Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

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. Tho 1920 population of Winamac, the county seat of Pulaski county, is given at 1,684, a gain of 77 during the pest 10 years. The Wood for president campaign in Indiana cost $5,301, according to the sworn statement made by his manager in this states Southern Indiana strawberries will soon be on the market now. The crop is said to be quite large, but this fact and the shortage in sugar is not likely to create any reduction in price. The annual Hereford sale at W. T. McCray’s Orchard Lake stock farm near Kentland last week totaled over $330,000. One bull brought *25,000, probably about as much as he gave the entire herd in for taxation. Frank Busch and Earl Fritz killed seven woIF puppies about four miles southwest of Medaryville last week. They found no trace of the old wolves, but took the seven pelts to Winamac and received p bounty of $2.50 for each of them. Official confirmation has been had of the assassination of dethroned President Carranza of Mexico on last Thursday morning, and the body arrived in Mexico City Monday. • De La Huerta has been chosen ad interim president by the extraordinary session of congress, receiving 224 votes to 28 for Pablo Gonzalez. The annual eighth grade commencement of the Newton county township schools will be held at Brook Thursday afternoon, June 3. There are 70 graduates —7 in Beaver, 12 in Grant, 4 in Iroquois, 12 in Jackson, 7 in Jefferson, 4 In Lake, 5 In Lincoln, 3 in McClellan, 16 in Washington. The class address will be made by Dr. Byron W. King of Pittsburg, Pa., whose subject is: “Pay Up or Quit.”

The Westinghouse Lamp company of New York has secured a 13-acre factory site on the east side of Indianapolis and will erect a big incandescent lamp factory theredn, with a capacity of 50,000 to 70,000 lamps per day, similar to its plant at Trenton,’N. J. The estimated cost of the factory and equipment is $2,500,000, and it will employ about 1,000 people. The plant is to distribute goods to south central points. Indiana Republicans are in a quandary' what to do with Davies, their candidate for state treasurer, since the publicity given his shortage'as treasurer of Howard .county and the city of Kokomo of nearly $4,000, and which he was made to refund by the state board of accounts. Backed by the Watson-McCray machine, whiep brought about his nomination, Davies has thus far declined to withdraw from the ticket “for the good of/ the party,” and great worry in the Republican rank and file results.