Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1920 — Page 1

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BOTH PARTNERS GET MARRIED

And Both Choose Morocco Men for Their Husbands. falter C. Atkinson, a young business man of Morocco, and Miss Ruby Briney, of the Jones & Briney millinery firm of this city, were united in marriage Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock by the Rev. E. W. Strecker at the Methodist parsonage. Mr. Atkinson is a grain dealer at Morocco. The bride is a charming young lady and for the past three years has made Rensselaer her home, coming here from Attica with Miss Jean Jones and engaged in the millinery business. | Her partner was recently married, also choosing a Morocco man, and it is presumed that they will close out the millinery business. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson are taking a honeymoon trip up In Michigan. The Democrat unites with the many friends of the bride In extending hearty congratulations.

NOTICE R. E. Davis, the piano tuner and player adjuster, is here. Leave your orders at the Rensselaer Hotel, phone 167. Expert on all makes of player pianos. Work guaranteed. ts

MEETING LARGELY ATTENDED

Farmers’ Grain Co. Held Regular Annual Meeting Monday. The third annual meeting of the Farmers’ Grain Co. of Rensselaer was held in the west court room Monday and was attended by several hundred people, a majority of the 541 shares of stock being represented in person and by proxy. On account of poor health, Presi-» dent F. L. .Hoover made the request that his name be not presented again for one of the directors, and in this meeting Manager Potter acted in his stead. The by-laws were changed by unanimous vote to put up but three new directors with the seven old ones at each annual meeting ot stockholders, from the 10 so nominated seven to be elected, in order that but three of the old directors could be retired each year; also, provldinng that each stockholder have but one vote in a stockholders’ meeting, regardless of the number of shares held, and but one proxy vote. The report of the manager shqwed a business last year of approximately half a million dollars and that the business was in a prosperous condition. A refund of 58 cents a ton was made to stockholder coal purchasers; 1.7 cents per bushel to stockholder grain sellers, and $1.35 per ton to fertilizer purchasers. The actual earnings for the past year were about SIO,OOO, and after taking into consideration some sl,800 depreciation in the elevator here and the one at Surrey, it left SB,673.84, from which 7 per cent interest was paid on the outstanding stock, which, with the rebates, amounted to $6,858.65 that was actually distributed. In the election of directors for the coming year, Fred Waymire, Bert Amsler, Ed Ranton, E. L. Fidler, George Kanne, Amos Davisson and John Kolhoff were selected, and the directors elected Ed Ranton, president; Bert Amsler, vice-president; George Kanne, treasurer, and Fred Tyler, secretary. The retiring di-t rectors are C. F. Stackhouse, F. L. Hoover and Herman Hordeman. The book value of the stock outstanding is about S6O per share, not taking into consideration the fact that the elevator property is probably worth more today by several thousand dollars than was paid for It.

VISIT MAMMOTH CAVE AFTER ALL

Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Montgomery, •who had intended visiting Mammoth Cave, Ky., on their outing this sums mer but thought it was too hot to go south when they left here Sun? day, June 13, and went up in Michigan instead, evidently got caught the cold wave last week and aded south again, as cards re? from them Monday and yesterday stated that they had reached Lexington, Ky., Saturday night and would go to Cave City Sunday. A card written Monday stated / tikat they were at Cave City, driving 43 miles in the rain Monday morning from Elizabethtown. They are enjoying the trip very much, however, they state.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From Iho Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized — Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. Marriage licenses issued: June 19, Daniel Castor Smith of Newland, aged 20 June 20 last, farmer, and Etta Beatrice Hansen, also of Newland, aged 19 Feb. 12 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. It is said that jasper county is to get 12 miles more of state highway; that Route No. 50, which starts at Argos, Marshall county, and runs from thence to Culver, Knox and San Pierre, as announced in the Indianapolis papers, continues on west from San Pierre and connects with our north and south state highway, officially known as Route No. 8, % mile south of Kersey.

ANOTHER GROCERY STORE SOLD

J. A. McFarland Sells to S. M. Haas and C. G. Newby. J. A. McFarland, who for nearly a quarter of a century has conducted a grocery store in Rensselaer, for the greater part of this time oh the corner of Cullen and Washington streets, sold same Friday to C. G. Newby and S. M. Haas, who will assume possession on July 1. Mr. McFarlantj’s condition of health has been such for the past few years that he decided some time ago to retire from business with this season. With his wife he expects to spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs. Charles Mann, and family •at Biloxi, Miss. Mr. Mann, who is a railway mail clerk and has been running out of Cincinnati for several years, has been transferred to a southern route. Mr. Haas, who with Mr. Newby will take over the McFarland store July 1, has been conducting a grocery on north McKinley avenue for the past year or more. He expects to reduce his stock and move the balance down town and consolidate it with the McFarland stock. Mr. Newby has been clerking in the Hiliiard & Hamill clothing store for the past couple of years. He will be succeeded there by T. M. McCollum of Chicago. Mrs Newby is a brother-in-law of Mr. Haas.

OFFICERS OF JASPER COUNTY

Chapter American Red Cross, For Year 1920. Chas. G. Spitler, chalrmianMrs. Martha Hopkins, vice-chair-man. C. TJ. Mills, treasurer. J. M. Sauser, secretary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rev. J. B. Fleming, chairman Nursing Committee. J. M. Sauser, secretary. Chas. G. Spitler. C. H. Mills. Louis H. Hamilton. George M. Myers. A. Halleck, chairman Home Service. J. J. Hunt. Floyd Meyers, chairman Disaster Relief. Mrs. Martha Hopkins. Mrs. Mary E. Drake. Mrs. Wm. D. Bringle. Mrs. J. J. Hunt. Mrs. Ora T. Ross. Mrs. George M. Myers, chairman First Aid Committee. Miss Ida Milliken, secretary Home Service. Miss Nelle Meyers. Miss Helen L. Lamson, chairman junior Red Cross. Mrs. F. L. Lough, Remington. Mrs. C. O. Spencer/ Demotte. Mrs. Simon Fendig, Wheatfield. Mrs. Lottie DeArmond, Tefft. Mi'b Wm. Faylor, North Union. Mrs. Arthur G. Catt, secretary Nursing Committee.

ARE BACK IN BUSINESS AGAIN

Thomas & Myers of Parr, whose store room was destroyed by fire last Friday morning, but who succeeded in saving the greater pare of their general merchandise stock, rented the former W. L. Wood cement block store room, which was empty, Friday afternoon and moved their stock thereto and were ready for business Saturday, enjoying an, extra, large trade that day. They will be pleased to meet all their old customers in their new quarters and assure them the best of service at the lowest prices possible.—-Advt.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1920.

G. A. R. MEETING SEPT. 19, 1920

Come* to Indianapolis Instead of Atlantic City, N. J., as Planned. Columbus, 0., June 22. —Indianapolis will be the scene of this year’s Grand Army of the Republic annual encampment, instead of Atlantic City, which was selected last fall when the encampment was held at Columbus. This decision was reached late Saturday at a meeting of the national executive committee here. The fact that suftcient monebcould not be obtained from £he New Jersey legislature is said to have been one of the main reasons sot changing the place of the gathering. Several other cities, including Colorado Springs, Colo., and Toledo, were strong contenders for the meeting. The encampment, it was announced by Captain D. M. Hall of Columbus, national commander-in-chief, will be held the week of Sept. 19, Instead of Sept. 25, as originally set.

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LITTLE CHILD FATALLY BURNED

Yesterday Forenoon While Starting Fire With Coal Oil. Marta Johnson, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ord Johnson of Wolcott, was fatally burned about 10 o’clock yesterday forenoon while starting a fire with coal oil in the kitchen range at the Homer Hendrickson home on south Van Rensselaer street. The girl is a cousin of Mrs. Hendrickson and had accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Hendrickson home from Wolcott last Sunday. Mrs. Hendrickson was lying in bed suffering from a sprained ankle, sustained in Rensselaer Monday, at the time the accident occurred. It is probable that there was some fire in the stove and when the oil exploded the blaze melted the nozzle from the can, the burning oil enveloping the child who ran from the house a mass of flames. She ran around the house and it was a few moments before anyone could catch her and extinguish the fire. Her clothing was all burned off her body, and the entire front of the body and limbs burned so badly that there was practically no hope of her surviving. She was taken to the hospital at once and everything possible Is being done to alleviate her suffering The fire company was called out but extinguished the fire in the kitchen with chemicals, only the paper and woodwork being scorched.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Harold Ricks of Francesville and Russel Sage of Rochester had their tonsils removed yesterday morning. A daughter was born Friday night to Mr. and Mrs. George Kanne. Four major operations were performed Friday afternoon. The patients were Mrs. Elizabeth Carlin ot Parr, Mrs. Fred Simpson of south of Rensselaer, Mrs. Jane Bridgeman of Morocco, and Stanley Lane of Newton township. All are doing nicely. Miss Mata Hauser, daughter of Mrs. H. T. Gwin of this city, underwent a major operation Saturday. Elizur Sage of Rochester underwent a major operation Monday and his condition was reported fairly good yesterday. Loma Belfield returned to her home at Goodland Monday. Ralph Motzlnger of Chicago is a patient at the hospital, suffering from a fractured leg, the result of a motorcycle accident near Morocco one day last week.

Your presence is expected at the regular meeting of the I. O. O. B'. lodge Thursday evening, June 24. Work in the First degree. Refresh? inents. Last day for paying quarterly due.—SECRETARY.

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I. O. O. F. NOTICE

ELECT CHAUTAUQUA OFFICERS

For Entertainment to Be Held In Rensselaer July 21 to 25. At the organization meeting of the guarantors of the Chautauqua to be held In 'Rensselaer five days, beginning Wednesday, July 21, held at the First National bank Monday evening, the following local officers were elected: W. L. Wood, President. J. D. Allman, Secretary. D. D. Dean, Treasurer. G. H. McLain, Chm. Ticket Com. R. D. Wanglin, Chm. Adv. Com. O. F. Parker, Chm. Grounds Com. Helen Lamson, Junior Supt. The committee believes that it has an excellent program and wants everybody to boost for the Chautauqua, more of which will be said in later issues.

The Barkley Ladies’ Aid will serve ice cream and cake at the Barkley church Saturday evening, June 26, following the commencement exercises.—Advt.

A BIG WEDDING AT REMINGTON

John Wagner and Miss Nella Mat« thews Will Be Married Today. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Wagner went to Remington yesterday to be present at the marriage of their son, John Wagner, of Princeton township, White county, to Miss Nella Matthews of West Point township, also in White county. The marriage will take place at the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Remington at 8 a. m., and a bit, wedding dinner will be served at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Matthews, at which 150 guests have been Invited. A big dance will be held at the home of the groom’s brother, Anthony Wagner, near Wolcott, tonight. The groom is a farmer, and his father’s wedding present is to be a $5,000 home on the Wagner farm of 480 acres near Wolcott. Until the completion of this home the young couple will stay with his brother Frank of the same neighborhood. The Democrat joins the many friends of the happy couple in extending hearty congratulations.

INSPECTION TRIP TO PURDUE

County Agent Mawhorter had the pleasure of inspecting the Purdue farm Monday, June 14, with the rest of the county agents of this district, and in doing so he found many interesting plats and demonstrations on wheat, oats, rye, sweet clover, alfalfa, soy beans and live stock that would be of Interest and value to everyone in Jasper county and more especially to those Interested in farming. ’ This being the cas-, we are planning to make an inspection trip to Purdue and thus make it possible for all to receive the same benefits. So all those who are interested in such an instructive trip please meet at the court house and be ready to start for Purdue by auto Monday morning, June 28 at promptly 7 o’clock. Purdue will have guides to take us over the farms and show us every phase of their experiments. They are making plans for our coming, so make this a big day for Jasper county. The ladles are also invited to go along. Please remember the date and make arrangements to go. Many have slgni> fled their Intentions of going already. —COUNTY AGENT.

AT PUBLIC AUCTION Saturday afternoon, *June 26, at 2:30 o’clock, at the Fred Phillips place on College avenue, team of ponies, surrey and harness, two cows giving milk, also household goods.—FßED PHILLIPS. ‘ j-26 NOTICE TO FARMERS We. handle the Rumely line tractors, threshing machines and fanning implements; also Mid-West UtilItor, one-horse tractor, at White Front Garage.—KUBOSKE & WALTER ts

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many r Parts ot the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happening* in the Nearby Citie* and Town* — Matter* of Minor Mention From Many Localities. RETURNS AFTER FOUR YEARS John Wyrwoz, Given Up a* Dead, Back at Former Home. Lafayette, June 22. —John Wyrwoz, who disappeared from bis home at Oxford more than four years ago, and for whom a nation-wide search was made, surprised residents of that town Sunday by reappearing as If from the grave. / Wyrwoz, who was In the plumbing business, disappeared without warning, leaving his wife and children almost penniless. He was last seen In Lafayette, but no trace of him could be found there, in the spring of 1916. The following year a skeleton was found in the Wabash river and it was thought that the bones were those of Wyrwoz. Mrs. WyiM woz decided that her husband was dead and moved to Lockport, N. Y., with her children. When he arrived at Oxford Sunday he told friends that he had left home because of domestic trouble. He said that he had spent two years in Cuba and had made up his mind never to return, but the thought of his wife and family never left his mind and that remorse finally drove him back to his former hom.e. He left Oxford Sunday. night for the east to make a search for bls family. Wyrwoz is 45 years .old.

WILLIAM H. ADE DIED FRIDAY

End Comes to Prominent Newton County Man in Chicago Hospital. • William H. Ade of Kentland, a son of the late John Ade and a brother of George Ade, the noted author and playwright, died in Henrotln hospital, Chicago, last Friday. His age was 61 years., The funeral was held at the Ade home in Kentland Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and burial made in the cemetery at that place. Mr. Ade suffered a fall six years ago in which he received Injuries that had left him an invalid practically all the time since. His back was Injured and later he developed a heart ailment. Ten days ago he went to the hospital in Chicago for a surgical operation and appeared to be recovering, but Friday morning suffered a relapse and his death occurred a short time later. George Ade was at his bomb at Brook when the news came and left immediately for Chicago. Mr. Ade owned considerable land in Newton county and served as treasurer of his county some two or three terms. He was born and raised a Republican but went off to the Progressive wing of the party in 1912, and in 1914 was a candidate on the Progressive ticket for congressman from this district. He is survived by a wife, who was formerly Miss Kate Shepard of near Goodland, and three children, Mrs. J. D. Rathbun and Miss Ardis Ade and Roland Ade of Kentland, also two brothers, George Ade and Joseph Ade of Brook, and three sisters, Mrs. John W. Randall of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. J. G. Davis and Mrs. W. T. McCray of Kentland.

HAMACHER FAMILY REUNION

The annual Hamacher family reunion was held Sunday, June 20, at the home of Mr. and Mra. Carl Hamacher at Lowell. All came wit*, their baskets and at noon the table fairly groaned under its weight, but by the time the 63 people present had satisfied their appetites it looked quite different. Those present were from Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Valparaiso, Parr, Rensselaer, Brook, Goodland, Attica and Indianapolis. In the afternoon Ice cream and cake was served and all departed for their homes feeling glad they had been present. *• Mrs. James Dickson of Hammond was elected president and Mrs. Lutb* rell Thompson of Gary, secretary. It was planned to hold the reunion next year at the same place on the Sunday before Labor day. •*

Vol. XXIII. No. 25

FORMER JASPER COUNTY BOY

Has Close Call From Lightning In South Dakota. A Mitchell, S. I)., paper under date of June 12, has the following concerning a former resident of Barkley township. The Petersons moved from here to South Dakota three years ago: To be struck by lightning and suffer no other discomfort than a lame back and a slight burn on the arm, is the unusual experience of Jack Peterson, the 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Peterson, who live flve miles south of Mt. Vernon. Young” Peterson was struck about 4:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon while planting corn on his father's farm. The lad was setting the planter stakes at tho time he was hit. The bolt came after the storm had apparently passed and while the sun was shining brightly. The youth was unconscious for some time after he was carried to the farmhouse. The team of horses on the planter near him was killed Instantly. Mr. Peterson, who was on a tractor nearby, saw his jon ftll. The lad was thrown first forward and then backward, he said. \ The boy's two sisters in the yard also saw the horses and boy fall. With the help of neighbors he was brought to the house. His mind is clear, although a little dazed.

PIONEER CITIZEN OF COUNTY

Death Angel Visit* John Kohler Home and Take* Mr. Kohler. .John Kohler passed away at hie home % mile west of Rensselaer Saturday afternoon at the age of 72 years, after a prolonged Illness from which he was a patient sufferer for several years. Mr. Kohler was born in Saxony, Germany, and when a boy of six came with his father and only brother to America, his mother having died enroute. They located in Lafayette, Ind., where he grew to manhood. Here he graduated from the Lutheran school and united with the Lutheran church at an earty age. He was married to Catherine MlnIcus and the following year moved to Rensselaer—almost 50 years ago —and engaged In the manufacture of brick and tile, and which business he successfully- conducted until the year 1900. The funeral services were held from the house Monday morning at 9 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Father Kjull, and he was laid to rest In Mt. Calvary cemetery, south of town. He leaves to mourn their loss a wife and seven children, namely: Peter, George and Mrs. G. H. Wright of Chicago Heights, 111.; John of Chicago, Mrs. Ellis Iliff of Hoopeston, 111., and Mrs. Fred Chapman and Leonard of Rensselaer; also flve grandchildren and one brother, Balser Kohler, of Kansas City, Mo.

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere thanks to the many friends and neighbors for their many acts o* kindness and sympathy during the Illness and after the death of our husband and father. —MRS. JOHN KOHLER AND CHILDREN.

ITEMS FROM AROUND ABOUT US

At the 40th aflnual convention of the American Federation of Labor held in Montreal, Canada, last week. Samuel Gompers was re-elected president for the 39th time and his entire administrative cabinet re. turned to bffice. George W.’ Perkins, who figured prominently in one of the Republican campaigns a few years ago, died at Stamford, Conn., last Friday, following a general breakdown, aged 58 years. Mr. Perkins was born In Chicago but for several years past had been a member of the J. P. Morgan banking firm of New York city. He is survived by a wife and two children. Detroit, Mich., Is now the fourth city in the United States in population, the 1920 census giving it a population of 993,739, an Increase of 527,923, or 113.4 per cent. Detroit is the only city of 100,000 or more which has more than doubled its population In the last 10 years. It has passed St. Louis, Boston, Cleveland, Baltimore and Pittsburg, all of which were larger than * Detroit IO years ago. While the Philadelphia figures have not yet been announced, it is known that it will hold its place as the third largest American city. The popu-t lation of Cleveland has been announced at 796,836, an Increase of 236,193, or 43.1 per cent.

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