Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1920 — Page 2

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[IE JASPER MH DMII F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JABPER COUNTY - Long Distance Taiaphonea Office 315 Residence 811 " ■" ' 1 Entered aa second cUlss mall matter Tune I, l<oß, at the poa toffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 8, x<7>. Published Wednesday and Saturday Yha Only Alf-Home-Prlnt Newspaper In Jasper County. •ÜBSCRIPTION *2 00 PER ANNUM—STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. —ADVERTISING RATES—DISPLAY Twenty cents per inoh. Special position. Twenty-five cents Inch i READERS Per line, first insertion, ten cents. Per line, additional insertions, five cents. ! WANT ADS One cent per word each insertion; ' ■Minimum 25 cents. Special price if run sne or more months. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has an open account. CARD OF THANKS ♦| Not to exceed ten lines, fifty cents; •tash with order. ACCOUNTS | All due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. • No advertisements accepted for the i first page. Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION ! WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1920.

HIGH PRICES AND PROSPERITY

. The pessimists complain about high prices and the mounting cost of living, but the fact remains that in spite of it all we are getting along better and saving more money than ever before in the history of the country. The comptroller of the treasury has issued a statement of the condition of the national banks on May 4 of this year which shows that those institutions on that date had 20,380,350 deposit accounts, or an average for one for every 5% of our population. That was an increase of 12,689,882, or 165 per cent in 10 years. The national banks of Indiana had 606,319 depositors on May 4. The total resources of the national banks was shown to be $22,038,714,000, which was an increase of $1,213,723,000 over the amount reported in May, 1919. It should be borne in mind that those figures relate to national banks only. The state and savings banks of the country, recent figures for which are not available, have in excess of s>l2,•000,000,000 of deposits,. The savings banks of the country in 1917 had 11,367,013 depositors. The banking

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institutions not included in the comptroller's statement unquestionably have shown progress equal to that of the national banks. We complain about extravagance and bewail the fact that the workers are buying automobiles and silji shirts; that money is being wasted and the country is headed directly toward a rude awakening. There is waste and extravagance, but there can be no denying banking statistics which show that the people.are accumulating nest eggs. Prices are high and we are paying more than ever for what we eat, wear and use, but we have more with which to pay, and after we get through paying we have a larger margin than formerly left for our savings account. Thrift is a fine quality and should not be underestimated by an individual or a nation, but what might have been called economy under other conditions very easily could be classed as parsimony in these times. We are living on. a new plane of prices. It is human nature to complain about what we have to pay, compared with prewar costs, but we should bear in mind that income is not the same as it was. In spite of all our grumbling and anxiety we are better fed, better clothed, have better times and more money in the bank than ever before. —lndianapolis Star (Rep.)

THE TAX SITUATION In speaking of the unprecedented muddle which the Republican state ( administration has got Indiana into through the handling of the new tax law, the Indianapolis -News (Rep:) says, in attempting to shield those responsible for the present situation: The legislature is, as every one can see, facing a job of extraordinary difficulty. Who is responsible for the mess in which the state now finds itself it is, just now, profitless to inquire. It is the duty of the best men in the legislature, without regard to party, to find a way out of the tangle. Whether the pending bill would afford the needed relief is a question, and a rather serious one. The supreme court recently decided that the legislature had conferred no power on the state tax board to make equalization orders differentiating between different taxing units within counties, and that therefore all such orders are void. As a result vast sums of money will, unless something is done, be lost to the various treasuries' affected. It is now proposed to confer the needed power, and, by retroactive legislation, to validate these orders. ' There is a question as to whether orders that have been declared void can be validated and made effective by subsequent legislation. They were illegal under the law as it existed at the time they were made. What the state tax board did, therefore, is the same as though it had never been done. If the legislature attempts to legalize what the board did it will amount to an attempt to legalize act'S that had been illegally performed. Almost certainly the proposed bill, should it become a law, would be attacked in the courts, and with some chance of success. There । are also constitutional questions on ! which the supreme court did not 1 pass. It simply decided that the needed power had not been conferred. No one can say that it would hold as to the authority of the legislature to confer the power. ■ Here is another possibility that must, be considered.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

G. O. P. KILLS WOMEN’S BILL

Smother Measure to Give Female Voters Right to Hold Office and to Sit on Juries. Indianapolis, July 17. —Republican members of the general assembly now in session have played true to the form displayed by their state convention which refused to grant women places on the national dele-< gation by killing a bill designed to make female voters eligible to public offices. The measure, which was introduced in the house by Representative J. L. Axby, Democrat, of Lawrenceburg, and in the senate by Senator Edward P. Elsner, Democrat, of Seymour, has been apparently smothered to death by the Republican majority and it is doubtful If it will ever even be allowed to see the.daylight of publicity by being brought onto the floors of the legislature. The bill would make it possible shat “any female voter . . . who possesses the other qualifications prescribed by law, shall be eligible to every public office or employment created by any law or statute of this state, or any ordinance, by-law or resolution of any municipality of this state, anything in such law, statute, by-law, ordinance or resolution to the contrary notwithstanding.” It would also make women eligible to fill election boards and registration offices, and would grant them the right to serve on juries. It was the idea of the framers of the measure to give women an equal participation in state, county and municipal affairs inasmuch as they have been' granted the right to vote for presidential electors in this state. Although it is confidentially expected that the federal suffrage amendment will be ratified before November 2, there is a question in the minds of a great number of attorneys whether even then women would have the right under the present Indiana laws to hold office and to sit on juries. i Senator Elsner and Representative Axby said that while they had designed the bill for immediate con-* ditions, it would also add an additional safeguard to tl)e rights of women in case they are admitted to complete suffrage before the election. . The measure, however, was not looked upon kindly by the adminis- | tration crowd that is rushing through i Governor Goodrich’s “cut and dried” I cure-all program. The house bill was referred to the committee on elec- ' tions and when it came up ther# only -the lone Democratic member, Representative Roscue U. Baker, of ' Mt. Vernon defended it. The Repub--1 lican majority promptly recommended that it “be indefinitely postponed because of lack of merit at this tim’e.” o That was the end of the measure. Although the Democrats will attempt to get it on the floor of the’ house, there Is little prospect of its passage because of the Republican majority. Scarcely as ( much courtesy was, shown Senator Elsner’s measure in the senate. Although it had been referred to

the committee on election! there, it was found after several days of waiting carelessly lying around on the clerk’s desk. The clerk insisted that it was a mistake, but there is a well-defined belief among the Democrats of the senate, that. the Republicans do not care to have the measure come to the attention of the public.

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

(By Co. Supt. Sterrett) The last eighth grade commencement will be held Saturday night at the south Marion consolidated. This will be a joint township commencement held by Marion and Newton townships. Trustee Postill delayed the occasion until now hoping all the while that the exercises could be held north of town, but the new building will not be ready for dedication for several weeks yet. It is very likely that Mr. Postill will hold dedication exercises some time near the opening of school at the north Marion consolidated. -The commencement exercises Saturday promise to equal any exercises held in the county even though a little late in the season. Trustees Rush and Postill were very anxfous to give the young graduates and communities an inspiration that will lead to later school results. Consequently they secured a noted speaker for this occasion. J. G. Collicott is at the head of the vocational department of the state board of education. He was city superintendent of the Indianapolis schools for several years. It is a rare treat to rural commencements to get men ot this intellectual caliber. Mr. Collicott is very much Interested in rural education and will impart some inspirational instruction that will be of much worth to the patrons of these two school communities. There will be 17 young men and women who will receive diplomas and certificates of promotion Saturday evening. A full house is expected and provisions will be made to take care of the large audience.

NOTICE OF DITCH CLEANING Notice is hereby given that the trustee of Barkley township, Jasper county, Indiana, will, at Cosy Palace school house, on the 30th day of July? 1920, at 2 o’clock p. m., receive bids for the repair of the following ditch: Repair of abuttment and repair of tile on the Burns tile ditch. Plans and specifications are on file in my office. The successful bidders shall enter into a contract immediately and give bond with two freeholders as sureties in a sum of double the amount of contract. GRANT DAVISSON, j!4-21 Trustee of Barkley Township.

NOTICE OF STEEL BRIDGE LETTINGS Notice is hereby given that on Monday, the 2nd day of August, 1920, the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals for the construction of the following bridges: No. 3363, bridge over Delahanty ditch in Walker township. No. 3370, bridge over Delahanty ditch in Wheatfield township. No. 3392, bridge over Keefe ditch in Milroy township. No. 3396, bridge over Bartoo ditch in Jordan township. No. 3371, bridge over Delahanty lateral in Wheatfield township. Said bridges to be built according to plans and specifications on file in the auditor’s office. All bids to be on file by 2 o’clock p. m. of said date and to be accompanied by bond and affidavit according to law. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, SCHUYLER C. ROBINSON, j!4-21 Auditor.

NOTICE OF DITCH CLEANING Notice is hereby given that the trustee of Union township, Jasper county, Indiana, will, at his office, on the 31st day of July, 1920, at 2 o’clock p. my receive bids for the repair of the following ditches: Branch of Iroquois No. 2 improvement open ditch. Thompson and Norman open ditch. C. D. Lakin and Wishard tile drain. Amos Davisson and Lake tile drain. Amos Alter and Butler tile drain. Moffitt lateral open ditch. * Thompson and Kurrie open ditch. Pharis ditch, tile, also Thompson and Lane tile drain. Swaim lateral No. 2. Plans and specifications are on file in my office showing the number of cubic yards to be removed In each 100 feet, also the specifications of any other improvement to the above named ditches that are necessary to their repair. The successful bidders shall enter into a contract immediately and give bond with two freeholders as sureties in a sum of double the amount of contract. WALTER HARRINGTON, jl4-21 Trustee of Union Township.

FOR SALE For Sale —43 lots all In one body. —GEORGE F. MEYERS. ts For Sale—Team of 4-year-old work horses. —HENRY LUERS, phone 909-L. J2l For Sale—s acres adjoining this city at a bargain if sold at once.—G. F. MEYERS. . ts For Sale—New rubber-tired top buggy, only been run about 50 miles; S9O takes it.—WM. COOPER, Brook, Ind., phone 55-C. 322 For Sale— ; Baseburner, good as new; heating stove, for wood or cdal. —

PRINCESS THEATRE Wednesday July 21 D. W. Griffith presents “Scarlet Days” A Tale of the Olden West The trail, the strife, the dance hall glare. The blood of youth adventuring. And through it all a soul as only Griffith can paint it on the screen. Presented by a great cast, u including Richard Barthelmess, Clarine Seymour, Carol Dempster and Ralph Graves. A flaming epic of love and life in the days when the west was young. Scarlet days, when love meant all the world and the game of life was the game of pluck, of nerve, of gallantry, of love. A new Griffith picture —galvanizing, fascinating, so different, so distinctive‘that it tops all his others. Probably the most romantic and picturesque period in America’s history was the days of ’49. Can you imagine a D. W. Griffith production with those times as a background? He’s done it. As you know Mr. Griffith is recog-, nized as the greatest genius in the motion picture art. ALSO CHRISTIE COMEDY “HE MARRIED HIS WIFE” Admission—Adults, 25c—Sc—28c. Children, 10c —1c—11c Thursday, July 22 Jesse L. Lasky presents ‘Everywoman’ With Theodore Roberts, Violet Hemming, Wanda Hawley, Bebe Daniels, Irving Cummings, Monte Blue, Raymond Hatton, Noah Berry, Jay Dwigglns, Tully Marshall, Robert Brower, Edyth Chapman, Clara Horton, Mildred Reardon and a distinguished supporting cast’lncluding 100 of the most beautiful women in the world. “EVERYWOMAN” is a play everyone knows about. It has played the theaters of the biggest cities and of the smallest. “Everywoman” is a story of every woman’s quest for love. Wealth and flattery, dissipation and vanity stand in her way, but her quest is finally successful. A picture that every woman wants to see. Gorgeous gowns, marvelous scenery and splendid cast. What is a morality play? It is a parable in popular form. Its characters all bear the names of familiar virtues and vices. In this screen -story Everywoman becomes a compelling attractive heroine: Devotion a perfect lover, and Passion a satisfactory villain. Visualie’zd in these various characters are the invisible forces which for good or evil, influence the life of Everywoman. Who shall fathom the dreams of a young girl as she first looks out on life, ■ T .t “Standing with reluctant feet,. Where the brook and river meet, * WomanhooiJ and childhood fleet!” She starts fortified by all the beneficent attributes—Youth, Beauty, Modesty, Truth and Good Conscience; but near her are Ambition and Pride beckoning her on; Passion with pleasant exterior- Vice in attractive form; Wealth ready to smooth every path- while Love, Compassion and Devotion seem but dull company. Everywoman meets these characters daily. She must choose which shall be her companions. In real life they bear ordinary names, but she knows to which group they belong, whether they are a force for good or evil; whether they should enter the inner circle of her friends, or be passed by and forgotten. Will she pursue Ambition» Consort with Vanity and Pride? Indulge in Dissipation and Vice’ Or in the path of simple standards and quiet modest wavs be content to live her life in companionship with womanly virtues believing that if she pursue Truth alone, Love which she so earnestly desires, will be her sure reward? Admission: Matinee-Adults, 25c-3c-28c; .Children, 10c-Ic-11c Night—Adults, 30c—3c—33c; Children, 15c —2c—l7c

DANA RISHLING, 335 Elm St., Rensselaer. For Sale —'/ 2 h. p. electric motor, Fairbanks Morse, 1200 'r. p. m., 3-phase, 110 volts. This motor is practically good as new, and will be sold at two-thirds cost of new motor if taken at once. —THE DEMOCRAT. ts For Sale at Bargains—All kinds of second-hand automobiles. Come in and look them over, in tne white-front garage.—KUBOSKE A WALTER. ts For Sale —Four city lots in Columbia addition at intersection of Elm and Rachel streets. A good building site or a safe investment. Address MRS. K. R. WATSON, Rensselaer, or telephone No. 8. 322 For Sale —Best 160-acre grain and stock farm in southwestern Michigan, well improved, live creek, near Buchanan. If interested write me. I am a farmer. Jived here all my life. —L. N. TATRO, Sawyer, Mich-i igan. 324 For Sale—l6O-acre Farm, well drained, most all level, black soil; 5-room house, good barn, corn crlbe, good well, fine orchard land all in cultivation. Can give * good terms on this. Price SBO per acre.—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON. ts For Sale—Some real bargains In well Improved farms located within three miles of Rensselaer. 120 a., 133 a., 212 a., 152 a., 80 a. I also have some exceptional bargains in improved farms of all sizes farther out from Rensselaer. For further particulars see me or call phone 246, office, or 499, home- — HARVEY DAVISSON. ts Typewriters—Rebuilt and secondhand at very attractive prices Do not pay SIOO or more for a new machine when we can sell you a rebuilt one that is to all intents and purposes every bit as good as a new machine for from 1-3 to % the cost of a new one. We now have on hand the following: 1 Oliver No. 5, back-space, tabulator, etc., a fine machine, $45. 2 Oliver No. 3, dandy condition, each S3O. 1 Remington No. 10, a No. 1 good machine, SSO. 1 ■Smith Premier No. 10, tabulator, back-spacer, 2-color ribbon, etc., a fine machine in every way, SSO. 1 Smith Premier No. 5,2 r-color ribbon, fine condition, S3O. All the above machines have new

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1920.

rubber tympans, new ribbons, and -are In first-class condition. Will be sold on payments' 1 if desired to responsible parties at a slight advance over above cash prices.—THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale—37o acres black and sugar land, easily divided into 100, 130 and 140-acre tracts, five dwellings, plenty of barns, hog houses, dairy barns, silos, etc., $30,000 to $40,000 in buildings, on good pike, % mile to paved road, % mile to elevator and store, 7 miles to county seat or 8,000, and located in one of the best counties in western Ohio. Belongs to heirs. Full information upon application. Price $275 per acre.— BURNS BROS., Greenville, Ohio. als WANTED Wanted—Three furnished rooms for light housekeeping.—Call 315. 321 Farm Wanted —I want to hear from party having farm for sale. Give me price and description.—JOHN W. WAIT, Champaign, 111. 321 Trucking Wanted —I have a new ton truck and solicit business in this line. If you have moving or any other trucking to do, call 473. —FRANK HAMER. ts LOST Estray Hog Taken Up—Came to my place 3 miles north and 2 miles west of Rensselaer, female hog, wt. about 300 pounds. Owner may have same by paying charges. —CHAS. STATH, Rensselaer, R-2, phone 902-1. 324 FOUND — ! Found—Saturday evening near St. Joseph college, Indiana license plate No. 124788. Owner may have same by calling at Democrat office and paying 25c for this ad. 324 FINANCIAL Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO. —E. P. HONAN, Money to Loan—CHAS. J. DFAIA & SON, Odd Fellows’ Buildlna Rensselaer. u Money to Loan—l have an nnUm. ' ited supply of money to loan on 4 good farm lands at 5%% and usual commission or 6 % without commission, as desired. Loan* will be made for 5 years, 7 years. 10 years or 20 years. See me about these various plans.—JOHN A DUNLAP, fl