Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1920 — Page 1

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MONUMENT WORKS IS SOLD

E. J. McCormick of South Dakota Buys Out W. H. Mackey. W. H. Mackay sold his monument works Tuesday to E. J. McCormick of Watertown, S. D., and the new proprietor took possession at onoe. He expects to move his family here as soon as he can obtain a suitable house. Mr. McCormick is a practical marble and granite cutter and seems to be a hustler from the word go! Mr. Mackey, who has been proprietor of the business for the past quarter of a century, succeeding his father, will devote his entire time to Us farm —the old Rensselaer Stock farm—just east of town, and retires permanently from the monuirtent business after an honorable career of many years.

GRANVILLE MOODY STRICKEN

With Paralysis Thursday and His x Condition Is Critical. Granville Moody of Barkley township, one of Jasper county’s wealthiest stock growers and land owners, was stricken with paralysis Thursday forenoon while on‘ his way on horseback to his north farm. While not unconscious at any time except panibly when the attack first came on, a blood clot is ' said to have formed on the brain and his condition is considered critical at This writing. Mr. Moody was walking slowly and leading his horse when he came to the home of the tenant on the farm, seemingly dazed, and acted queerly. The tenant’s wife tele-* phoned to the Moody home and told Granville, Jr., of his father’s condition, and he at once summoned a doctor and informed Mrs. George Long, the daughter residing here, then went with the car and brought Mr. Moody home, the doctor and Mm. Long and husband having reached the Moody home ere Granville’s return. I The doctor prescribed absolute rest and quiet and put the patient to bed, and up* to yesterday noon there was no particular tn his condition. He doesn’t seem to remember much of what transpired while going to his other farm or how or when he got off the horse. He may have fallen off *when the attack seized him, for all he remembers of the matter.

NOT SO BAD, CONSIDERING

A number of the business and professional men of Rensselaer recently organized a volley ball club with Principal A. A. Shepler of the Rensselaer high school as instructor, and for the past few weeks have been practicing at the high school gymnasium. On Thursday evening a team composed of J. D. Allman, C. E. Baumgartner, Dr. A. (g. Catt, George H. McLain, W. O. Rowles, George Collins, Mr. Schaupp and A. A. Shepler drove to Gary and played their first game with the Y. M. C. ~A. team of that city. The score was 1 to 3 in favor of Gary, which was a very good showing, indeed, as the Gary team is the champion team of the state. Mrs. Catt and Mrs. Shepler accompanied their husbands to Gary to witness the game.

DEATH OF MISS NELLIE DUNN

IMiss Nellie Dunn, aged about 48 years, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Bicknell, on west Merritt street Tuesday afternoon after an extended illness. Deceased is survived by her mother, Mrs. B. L. Dunn, and sister, Mrs. John Bicknell, of this city; Mrs. Maggie Agistand, also a sister, of Illinois, and two brothers, Jesse Dunn of Jordan township, and William Dunn of Larimore, N. D. The funeral was held at the Bicknell home yesterday afternoon at 2:30, services being conducted by Rev. C. W. Postill, and burial made in Weston cemetery.

MISSING SOLDIER IS LOCATED

Vern, son of Chas. Elijah, who served in the world war and who had not been heard from since his disApril 3, 1319, has been located at East Columbus, 0., where he is working in the car shops. The young man was finally located through the work of Dr. Behmlander of Morocco and the American Legion. Following the young man’s enlistment his wife sought and pro- . cured a divorce, and because of this trouble it is thought that ‘he was loath to communicate with his people-

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized — Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. Attorney W. H. Parklson of Lafayette was in Rensselaer on bus!-* ness Thursday. New suits filed: No. 9200. George H. Yerion and Almon W. Yerion, ex., vs. George H. Yerion; petition to sell real estate. The official notice of the primary election to be held May 4, together with a list of all the candidates to be voted for, appears on another page of this Issue of The Democrat The local supporters of Senator Harding of Ohio, one of the numerous Republican candidates for the nomination for president have made arrangements to have Senator Harding in Rensselaer next Thursday afternoon to apeak in the opera house. Judge Hanley is one of the principal Harding supporters here, while B. D. McColly is the Lowden local manager and L. H. Hamilton is the Wood campaign manager. —j— There are six Republican candidates for judge, it appears, but this fact was not known by the other candidates here until the certificate from the secretary of state was received by Clerk Nichols, district candidates being required to file their declaratiops at Indianapolis. The sixth candidate ie R. R. Cummings of Kentland, and he is the only Republican candidate for the nomination for judge from that county, hence his entry in the race is giving the five Republican candidates here considerable uneasiness. It was understood that Newton county Republicans would not have any candidate for judge or joint representative, centering their all on McCray for governor, but it now appears that they have candidates for both these offices, which will probably not gain many McCray votes in Jasper and Benton counties.

NEPHEWS DECLINE BEQUESTS

Of Forsythe Will Because of Conditions Attached. r In mentioning the B. Forsythe will in Wednesday’s Democrat, the amount of land left by decedent was incorrectly given. This will was made in 1915, and at the time of his death he owned 20 acres of muck land reserved on the former Churchill farm, northwest of Rensselaer, and 285 acres in Kankakee township, besides the residence, store building and cold storage building in Rensselaer. • The nephews mentioned, who were bequeathed the real estate outside of Rensselaer, are required to “pay all indebtedne/s on any and all of my lands or lots as well as all other indebtedness,” including expenses of last sickness, funeral expenses and the expense of settlihg the estate in the court, all of which is to be paid within one year. On of said nephews to make satisfactory an* rangements with executrix for said payments, latter shall bring action for sale of said real estate and personal property. The mortgage indebtedness on the real estate is—sl3,ooo. on store building, $2,600 on the home and $3,500 on the Kankakee land. One of the nephews has been here looking over the values and indebtedness, and it is understood that they will decline the bequest, saying that the real estate left them would not sell for enough to pay the Indebtedness which they are required by the will to pay. Mrs. Forsythe has declined to act as executrix, and E. J. Randle has been appointed administrator of the estate.

J. J. Norgor will sell some household goods, 2 horses and 1 buggy at the community sale at the Leek bitch barn this afternoon.—Advt. Best job work at Democrat office.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1920.

MICHAEL RINGHEISEN IS DEAD

Former Resident of Hanging Grove Passed "Away Wednesday. Michael Rlngheisen, for many years a resident of Hanging Grove towhshlp and later for a few years residing just west of Weeton cemetery in the former' Thomas Robinson which he purchased and about a year ago sold to the cemetery board and moved to Reynolds, died at his home in the latter place Wedneeday morning after an extended illness. Deceased was 83 years of age and is survived by a wife and 11 children. Funeral services were held at the late home in Reynolds yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock and the remains taken to Thawville, 111., for burial.

HOW WARREN T. McCRAY HELPED WIN THE WAR

Statement by “Citizens of Kentland” Challenged by Official Records. There was published this week in all Republican papers of Indiana what is purported to be a “paid advertisement by the citizens of Kentland, Indiana,” an article regarding an alleged propaganda that was being organized ‘presumably by Republicans, for the Democrats have no interest in the matter) to “undermine and injure the candidacy of Warren T. McCray for governor." In this endorsement appeared the following paragraph: “During the war he (Warren T. McCray) led every Newton county activity In support of our government. He gave unstlntingly of his time and money, and was an untiring worker at home, and was one of the recognized leaders in state and national war work.” Now The Democrat is in no way interested either for or against Mr. McCray’s candidacy, but it does believe in putting the truth before the people. Mr. McCray is making his campaign largely as a “farmer,” when as a matter of fact all the farming he has ever done in his life by proxy. He is a banker and is at the head of the DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT STATE BANK OF KENTLAND, is president of this bank, owns a great deal of real estate and has an efficient and high-salaried manager of his Meadow Lake stock farm, “The Home of the Fairfaxs, where his Hereford cattle are raised and sold at fabulous prices and which he no doubt visits on these sale dayb at least. Now, in reference to the paragraph copied above from this “paid advertisement,” we clip from The Democrat of May 25, 1918, a little mention of the subscriptions to the treasury certificates which were then being issued by our government to tide it over from one bond issue to the next and when our boys were being rushed overseas to defeat the world enemy; a time when our patriotic citizens responded to the call of their government for the sinews of war which were so urgently needed and were so necessary to our success at arms. At that time we published in this list, herein copied, in making a comparison of the Jasper county banks’ subscriptions, the subscriptions of every bank in our neighboring counties of Benton, Newton, White and Pulaski. We here copy only Jasper and Newton, and will say that the subscriptions in Newton were the least o» any of the five counties then named. Here they are:-

U. S. TREASURY CERTIFICATES Remarkable Showing Made in Subscriptions by Jasper Co. Banks. In January the Secretary of the Treasury announced that Treasury Certificates would be issued every two weeks, commencing with January 22, and he asked every bank in the United States to subscribe regularly and take one per cent of its resources per week son ten weeks, which would amount to ten per cent of the resources of each bank. The certificates were issued in anticipation of the Third Liberty loan and the banks had the right to use the certificates in payment for the bonds. Each issue of certificates was tv mature in ninety days from its date. The Federal Reserve bank of Chicago has issued a statement showing the total amount bought by each bank in its district, and the following figures are taken from such statement and, show the amounts bought by the banks of this county and also neighboring counties: Jasper County Bank of Demotta I State Bank of Remington...'. 31,0d0 First Nat. Bank, Rensselaer 10,000 State Bank of Rensselaer.... 37,000 T. & S. Bank of Rensselaer 160,000 Bank of Wheatfield 5,000 . Total >243,000

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country* SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. OVERALL CLUBS FLOURISHING Many Southern Cities Join Fight on High Clothing Prices. Atlanta, Ga., April 15—Organization of overall clubs continues in the south as a protest against the high cost of clothing. John A. Manget, chairman of the Georgia fair price commission, today called on citizens of Atlanta to organize an overall club. He announced that he had placed an order for 3,000 pairs of overalls to be supplied members at wholesale prices. At Greenville, S. C. many business and professional men today appeared in overalls. An overall club of 200 members was organised at Pickens, a small town near Greenville. At Columbia, S. C., every member of the student body at the University of South Carolina has agreed to wear overalls until "such time as the prices of clothing reach a reasonable figure.” The glee club win discard evening dress In favor of denim on its concert tour. At Richmond, Va., 1,500 men have joined the “old clothes and overall club” organized by the Renters and Consumers’ Protective association. At Roanoke, Va., three overall clubs and one apron club were organized at four different mass meetings of citizens. A total membership of 1,400 was enrolled, r Wearing Khaki in Spokane Spokane, Wash., April 14. —A. L. Weeks, fire chief, many city firemen, reported for duty today in $8 khaki suits. Chief Weeks said that hereafter regulation blue uniforms which cost >72, would be required only on formal occasions.

STATE NORMAL OVERALL CLUB

Students Also Threaten to Go Barefoot—3B on List. Terre Haute, April 15. —Students at the Indiana state normal school here are organizing an overall club, .similar to those recently formed in several southern cities, whose members pledge themselves to wear overalls until the cost of clothing has been reduced. The students say they will go barefoot in sumtaer as a protest against the high price of shoes, unless objection to this is made by W. W. Parsons, president of the school. The club started with a charter membership of 38.

Starts Movement at New Albany

New Albany, April' 15.—James B. Stewart, a business man and traveling salesman, appeared* in overalls in the streets here Wednesday. He announced that he had adopted the costume and proposes' to organize a local branch of the National Overall association to fight the high cost of clothing.

Newton County

Bank of Brook .— $ First Nat. Bank of Goodland 10,000 State T. & S. Bank, Goodland 5,000 ■Discount & Deposit State Bank of Kentland ... 2,000 Kent State Bank,- Kentland.... 20,000 Citizen’s State Bank, Morocco 3,000 Farmers’ State Bank, Morocco 2,500 Bank of Mt. Ayr 3,000 Total $45,500 It is easy to see that many of the bslnks did not comply with the request of the government by buying certificates to an amount equal to ten per cent of their resources and thus loaning that amount to the government, but the banks which did so are enUtled to the satisfaction that comes from the feeling of having done their full duty in this service to the country. In fact several of the banks took no certificates at all. Jasper county, with but six banks, took five times the amount of Newton county with eight banks and- Benton county with thirteen banks; nearly four times the amount of Pulaski county with eight banks, and more than SIOO,OOO more than White county with fifteen banks. Judge for yourself whether the item from the endorsement of *’Citizens of Kentland” is correct or whether the Federal Reserve bank’s statement was false.

WHY POTATOES ARE SO HIGH

Cold Weather and Railroad Strike Has Prevented Moving Stocks. There was never a time in the history of this country, probably, when potatoes were as high In price as at present. Retailers are getting from >1.25 to >1.40 per peck for them, and they are very hard to get. In many places, owing to the railroad strike, the local supply has been entirely exhausted. While the crop is said to have been very short last fall, the present excessive prices are probably occasioned to a large extent from the fact that the late spring, followed by the railroad strike? has prevented the moving of the supplies in the northwest, and the few held in storage in the cities have been doled out at the highest prices ever known, making hundreds or thousands of dollars’ profit for the owners.

VAN NORMAN STILL IN STUPOR

As Result of Kick From Horse Early Wedneeday Morning. Van Norman, who resides on the Kershner farm in Barkley township, was kicked by a horse Wednesday morning and is now at the county hospital in a very critical condition from the effects thereof. It seems that Mr. Norman had gotten up about 5 o’clock Tuesday morning, built the kitchen fire and went on out to the barn to care for the stock. Mrs. Norman did not get up until some little time later, having been up considerably during the night with the children, who were not very well, and on finding the fire out and her husband nowhere about she went to the barp and found him lying behind the horses, unconscious. After pulling him away from near the horses she summoned help and a doctor. It was found he had been struck by the animal just over the left ear, near the base of the brain. The flesh was badly bruised but the skin was not cut or broken. He was brought to the county hospital, where he still lies in an unconscious condition, and it Is feared that he will never recover.

COURT NEWS

Not very much has been done in the circuit court this week except setting cases down for trial and a little probate work. The Kennedy vs. Kennedy will case from Newton county which promised to occupy a couple of weeks or more of the term, has been certified back to the Newton circuit court, bn agreement of parties. It will come up for trial there at the May term. Chae. Bender, Fred Bender, H. Horner, Chamberlain Ice Cream Co. were given judgments on default Thursday against Charles Bibos, the Greek restaurant man who recently took French leave from Rensselaer, for $776.22, >369.24, >205.32 and interest and >125.75, with Interest, respectively. The personal property and fixtures were ordered sold and the March rents' paid Mrs. Haus, owner of the building, from the pr> ceeds. Cases were set down for trial here as follows: First Thursday—Bender vs. Bibos (2 cases); Chamberlain Ice Cream Co. vs. Bibos; Horner & Co. vs, Bibos. First Friday—Mllhartz et al vs. Craig et al. Second Monday—Mather vs. Cottingham & McConnell; Kennedy vs. Dunn. Second Tuesday—Danford vs. Berry. „ „ Third Monday—State vs. Bell; Premier Stock Farm Co. vs. Seitter; Citizens National bank of Mulberry vs, Templeton. Third Tuesday—Wood vs. Luers et al. Third Wednesday—Jones vs. Oliver et al - Fourth Wednesday—Lewis vs. Gifford estate; Hobbs vs. Gifford estate; Hudson vs. Hudson. Fourth Thursday—Moran vs. N. Y. C. R.R. Co.; argument In disbarment of Saric & Crundwell. Fourth Friday—Burns vs. Carpenter. _ . Fourth Saturday—Premier Stock Farm Assn. vs. Nicholas et al; Yeoman ditch.

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Vol. XXIII. No. 6

GOVERNMENT IN FIGHT ON REVOLT

Strike Raid Seen as Move to Nip Soviet Rule In the 11. S. RED ORGANIZATION POWERFUL Gained Control of $50,000,000 of Imerlal Russian Money In America and Have 35,000 Speakers. Chicago, April 16.—The first move of the government in an open fight against revolutionary groups whose avowed purpose is the overthrow of tho constituted government of the United States, substituting therefor a “rule of the proletariat” patterned after the Russian soviets. Is seen in the Issuing of warrants for the arrest of “outlaw” railroad union officials for violation of the Lever net. It is known —has been known for some time In official circles, due to the vigilance of certain volunteers esplonorganlsatlons centered In Chicago—that an attempt at revolution was to be made In the United States May 1,1920. The date was originally November 10, to follow the unauthorised steel strike. It was a month to follow the tleup of the coal mines; then it was set for May I, to follow a general tleup of the country's Industry through a nation-wide railroad strike —the country Is In the midst of It now —all unauthorised by the international labor unions. ‘ The power of the old labor unions to hold the radical groups In check Is lost. The preambles to the published platform books of the various "outlaw” labor organizations—bound in red paper—state that the purpose of their existence Is to form a grand lodge of locals, independent of the' International brotherhood of railway workers. Powerful Organization, Claim. The organization is powerful, according to William R. Moss, chairman of the committee on Americanization of-the Chicago Association of Commerce, who has been touring the country speaking before business men, manufacturers, bankers and , employees' associations, trying to warn the country of the proposed attempt at revolution. “Ambassador David R. Francis, upon his return from Russia," said Mr. Moss, “showed that the soviet organizations In America had gained control of $00,000,000 of Imperial Russian money In this country. The revolutionary groups are not poor. They have 30,000 speakers and organizers scattered throughout the country. The country should be aroused to this attempt by the minority to rule the majority. It is not a time to get excited, the thing is going to happen. This is the time for every man who Is an American and who has the nerve to say so, to stand upon his own feet, to talk sanely, to act sanely, for the situation Is one that calls for the sanest, coolest, clearest thinking heads In America. “The situation is grave and cannot be overestimated. The revolt movement can be defeated if the American people—by that I mean the people who believe In this country—can be brought to realize the peril. Radicalism as well as bourbonlsm, the two extremes that are causing the trouble, must be corrected. I can only refer for corroboration to the book on syndicalism by Earl C. Ford and William Z. Foster, who engineered the steel strike, published in 1912.” Business Thrown Into Confusion. The situation is known to business men, contractors, bankers, etc. It is next to impossible to get a contractor to make blds upon work now that cannot be completed before May 1. Bankers are considering methods of refusing more deposits. Business is chaotic. “This Idea of revolution Is not a scarehead one,” said a man, who cannot be quoted for the reason that he is one of those who have been looking Into the unmabked red of the volcano and reporting Its seething. “It began In Seattle more than eighteen months ago. The Industrial Workers of the World, the Friends of the

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NOTICE A few fine high-grade Player Pianos and Pianos at bargain prices if bought in the next 15 days. A great many dealers are out of Player Pianos and are not liable to get any soon of the high-grade class —they are scarce. Regular price of these Player Pianos, >750, but a real reduction while they last. Come over and see them before they are gone. Talking Machines and' Singer Sewing Machines carried in stock.—J. SPAULDING, Goodland, Ind.