Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1920 — Page 1

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COURTHOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From !hi Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal New# Epltomlxed — Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. _, m Sheriff and Mrs. Woodworth attended the Jacks family reunion at Lee Sunday and report that there were 104 persons present and a very enjoyable time was had. Mike Wagner' leit yesterday for Sheboygan, Wis., for a visit with his parents. He will return Thursday, and on Monday wHI go to Bloomington where he will attend law school this year. Miss Florence' Ryan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' J. P. Ryan of Gillam township, has been employed as home service secretary for the local Red Cross, and is now in charge of the headquarters. Mrs. Lydia Crawfordi has been certified as a candidate for treasurer of Scott county on the Republican ticket, and is the only woman named on the ticket. No' nomination was made for treasurer by the Republicans at the primary, it being understood that Mrs. Crawford was to be the candidate if eligible at the time of the election.

Marriage licenses issued: September 4, Richard F. Williams of Virgie, aged 64 April 5 last, farmer, and MaJta.Jane Summers of Rensselaer. February 25 last, housekeeper. Second marriage for each. Previous marriage dissolved by death in 1916 and 191f7, 'respectively. Married by Squire S. C. Irwin. September 7, Harry J. Cowells ei Camp Grant, 111., aged 26 May 2 last, U. S. soldier, and Mintie Leota Williamson of Rensselaer, aged 20 on September 7, clerk. First mar riage for each. New suits filed: Goldie E. Saltsman vs. Jesse P. Saltsman; action for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married April 14, 1018. and separated on January 4, 1920. that defendant was guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment, failed to provide the necessities of life, was lazy, indolent, shiftless and made no effort to secure employment although physically able to do so. Plaintiff asks for divorce and the restciation of her maiden name of Gol'jft E. Hough. is ffc "* .2. Aloysius K. Hart vs. Ed Ilfiits; suit in replevin. Demand SSO damages. ,

COURT CONVENES NEXT MONDAY

Petit Jury Called For Third Monday —Grand Jury Not Called. The September term of the Jasper circuit court will convene next Monday, after the summer vacation. There is quite a large docket but no very important or big cases. The petit Jury is called for the third Monday. The grand. Jury was drawn, as usual, but has not been called. Following are the names and places of residence of both the grand and petit Jurors. GRAND JURORS Charles Kessinger, Jordan. James Donnelly, Marion. Ralph Donnelly, Marion. Charles Stackhouse, Marion. William J. Cullen, Kankakee. John G. Culp, Marion. PETIT JURORS Chares Erb, Hanging Grove. John Phillips, Hanging Grove. Greeley Comer, Barkely. Albert R. Hopkins, Marion. Rowley Moorhouse, Wheatfleld. James Amsler, Marion. Marion Freeland, Newton. Frank Fenwick, Jordan. Charles Stalbaum, Kankakee. Philip Durant, Barkley. Marion Davis, Kankakee. Albert M. Yeoman, Newton.

■NOTICE TO REDMEN All members are requested to be at the jßedmen hall, Friday evening, —A'avt. dance at kniman There will be a dance at Kniman Saturday evening, September 11 Music by Clark’s 4-plece orchestra. All invited.—Advt. ; Best Job work at Democrat offiee.

BUYS GANGLOFF PROPERTY

J. P. Ryan of Gillam Townahlp Will Move to Rensselaer Jan. 1. John P. Ryan of Gillam township has bought the Mrs. Gangloff residence on Grace street and will secure possession of same Jan. 1. There is 4.80 apres of with this property snd a large modern house, built about a dozen years ago. The price paid Is $9,500. The property is very well located and the price paid is considered reasonable ao measured on present values. Mr. Ryan is a splendid citizen and the people of Rensselaer are pleased to welcome him and his excellent family as permanent residents of our city.

CHURCH HAS BUSY PROGRAM

Christian church has planned a very busy program for the next two months. The last Sunday in this month, September 26, will be observed as Home Coming and Rally Day. On that day an old-fashioned basket dinner will be served and an all day meeting held. The parsonage recently purchased will be dedicated, and a general celebration will be held. This will be the second annual Home Coining. The Bible school is planning for a big day. Another revival meeting will be conducted during October with the Brocks singing. This will begin about October^.

WARREN ROBINSON IS DEAD

Well Known Citizen a .Victim of ' Perniciuos Anemia. Warren Robinson, a lifelong resident of Jasper county, died at his residence in the old Nowels House block, at 5:30 a. m., yesterday after having been gradually failing for about, a year with pernicious anemia, aged 62 years. Mr. Robinson leaves a wife and four children, one son and three daughters, namely: Edwin, Edna, Louella and Ada. Also three brothers and one sister. Two of the brothers and the sister in the west, Ad at idalia, Mo., Harve at Dickinson, No. Dak., and Mrs. L. L. Ponsler at lola, Kan. He was born in Gillam township, April 8, 1858, and had spent his entire life in Jasper county, most of this time at Rensselaer. He was a highly respected citizen and his many old friends will be deeply pained to learn of his death. The funeral will be held at 3 p. m., Thursday at the home, and burial made in Weston cemetery, i

ABOUT 65% OF VOTE REGISTERED

Last Saturday and Women Made a Good Showing. | At the registration of voters last Saturday about 65 %■ of the voters of Jasper county were registered, of which number the women made a very good showing indeed, demonstrating that they are going to take an active interest in politice and will go to the polls in greater number than was expected. In three precincts —Milroy, Marion No. I 1 and Carpenter, East —more women registered than men, and in Marion No. 2 and No. 4 they only fell behind the men 8 and 2, respectively. Following is the registratioh by, precincts as shown by the returns brought in: Men W T 1 Barkley, East 7 51 22 73 Barkley, South 63 44 107 Barkley, West ........ 60 29 89 Carpenter, East 146 161 307 Carpenter, West 117 78 195 Gillam 66 54 120 Jordan 94 53 147 Kankakee £1 *6 137 JKeener - 128 7*6 199 Marion No. 1 167 192 379 Marion No. 2 .4... 249 241 490 Marion No. 3 153 116 269 Marlon No. 4 — 183 181 364 MRroy 26 30 56 Newton 69 56 126 Walker 78 42 120 Wheatfleld Ml I° 9 240 Union, North 73 42 115 Union, South 88 55 143 Carpenter, south precinct, and Hanging Grove were not in at noon yesterday. Please bear In mind that no one can vote at the November election unless they are repfttered, and those not registering last Saturday must do so on next registration day, Monday, Oct. 4, or they will not be able to vote. Those who registered Saturday do not have to reregister unless they change precincts before Oct. 4. If they change precincts after Oct. 4 they will lose j their vote entirely.

An armload of old papers for ie at ’Hie Democrat office.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1920.

SALARIES OF OFFICIALS RAISED

At Meeting of the County Commiasioners Last Monday. The county commissioners met in regular session Monday and completed the work of the September term at Monday’s session. Among the more important matters transacted was that of raising the annual salary of the auditor and clerk $750; the county surveyor to $lO per day and the superintendent of the poor farm to $1,300 per year, beginning September 1. The latter, however, is to furnish at his own expense gasoline and oil for his car for joy rides. The contracts for supplies for the poor farm were awarded to John Eger for groceries and Roth Bros, for meats, for the next quarter. Inspectors ware appointed where nefecessary for the November election as follows: Barkley, East, Frank Henley; South, William Folger. Carpenter, East, George Hascail; West, Wester Bowdy. Marion, No. 1, J. W. Coen; No. 3, C. J. Dean; No. 4, C. C. Warner. Union, North, Thomas Florence. The township trustees, by virtue of their office, act as inspectors in their own precincts unless disqualified by having some relative on the ticket. The county auditor was directed to procure necessary ballot boxes to take care of the woman’s vote. Interest on county funds for the month of August was reported as follows: First National bank, Rensselaer, $134.20; Trust & Savings bank, Rensselaer, $111.96; State bank, Rensselaer. $130.19; State bank, Remington, _ $112.87; Farmers National bank, Remington, $44.39. Bapk of Wheatfleld report not in at this writing. Contractors on various roads now in process of construction were allowed the following amounts on same: Henry Amsler road, $797; B. W. Ellsworth road, $300; James Lane road, $1,430 in full; John E. Murphy road, $9,818.10 (treasurer reports sale of bonds to Fletcher American bank, Indianapolis, at $19,400); W. O. Rowles road, $1,348.65; John H. Rusk road, $2,920; G. I. Thomas road, $1,664; Joseph E. Thomas road, $10,995.90; G. L. Thornton road, $2,211.70, and 'Williams & Dean attorney fee of SIOO, road completed, caused dropped; Thomas E. Watson road, $4,451.60; William L. Wood road, $347.20; _ Robert J. Yeoman road, $292.65. __ Williams & Dean were allowed SIOO attorney fee in the Edgar S. Thornton road and George A. Williams SIOO and $lO extri allowance in the Henry M. Rayburn road: The John C. Parker and William Hershman roads were ordered established and auditor directed to give notice of letting at October term. Same order as to leting in the Thomas Abbring, John O’Connor and W. P. Gaftield roads. Resignation Of A. S. Lowman as superintendent of W. C. - Rose road was accepted and W. C. Rose appointed in his stead. Bonds were ordered Issued in the Alfred Duggleby road. Approval of proposed bond issue by state board of tax commissioners in the Jacob Johnson aM A. D. Hershman roads. Supplemental report filed in the Frank Henley road. In the Jesse Eldridge road petition board appoints E. D. Nesbitt, engineer, and Walter V. Porter ai)d J. W. Hoyes, viewers.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

THEY ARE WELL ARMED FOR A HOLDUP

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OLD BACHELOR FOUND DEAD

John Tokes, a Hungarian, Dies Alone In His Bhack. Coroner W. J. Wright was called to Walker township Monday afternoon to investigate the death of John Tokes, a Hungarian bachelor, who lived on a patch of ground belonging to Isaac Knapp of Walker. The man lived alone in a shack and did some gardening. He had been sick for several days, but refused to have a doctor. Mr. Knapp went to see him frequently and last saw him at 10 o’clock Sunday night, when he went to Tokes’ residence to see how he was coming on. He was then about as usual, but at noon Monday, another visit was paid to the place and he was found dead in bed, having passed away without a struggle. Tokes was about 60 years of age and was not known to have any relatives in this country. He claimed to have a wife back in Hungary. He had lived in this county during the summer for a few years and went from lands on the. former Springer ranch several months ago to Mr. Knapp’s lands. He usually spent his winters in Chicago. He had no means, so far as known. His place was kept as clean as a pin and he had numerous household articles that he had made, some of which were quite artistic. He had built a thatched palisade about his cabin which gave the .place a unique appearance. Burial was made at the Kniman cemetery yesterday morning.

WILLIAMSON-COWELL NUPTIALS

Miss Minta Williamson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Williamson of this city, and Mr. Harry Cowell of Peoria, 111., were married yesteiday at high noon at the home of bride’s parents in the north part of town. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C. W. Postill in the presence of relatives of the two families and a few near friends of the contracting parties. The bride has for some time had charge of the Schlosser Bros., cream station here and has many friends. The groom is now stationed at Camp Grant, 111., being still in the.U. S. service, but expects to be discharged on October 19. The young couple will visit relatives here until the last of the week when they will go to Rockford, 111., to remain until the groom’s discharge from the army The Democrat joins with the friends of the young couple in extending congratulations.

LITTLE BOY BADLY INJURED

Firman, the little 8-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Learning of Chicago, who with his mother, has been visiting here for some time with his • grandmother, Mrs. B. F. Learning, got one of his eyes badly injured Saturday. He was playing with some other children and was struck on the bridge of the nose with a walnut thrown by one of the other children. The blow struck just where the optic nerve enters the eyes. Some dirt or hull fronrthe walnut struck one eye and made a small incision. It was thought at first that the injury would nbt amount to much, but later an abcess formed on the ball to the eye and the little fellow waft taken to Chicago konday .by. his parents, accompanied by Misa Maude Spltler, for treatment.

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DEMOCRATIC WOMAN’S MEETING

At Lafayette Was Largely Attended, Says The Times. ,The Democratic ladles made a splendid start in the campaign on Tuesday afternoon and evening—the first being a conference of the comand workers and the latter a public gathering at the Jackson club which was filled with women who evinced the keenest interest. Miss Julia Landers of Indianapolis, made the principal adr dress and received much applause as well as the closest of attention. Mrs. Charles Quinn of Carroll county, made an interesting speech. Mrs. Ura Gwin of Rensselaer, made a “talk” which approached a mighty good address —although we have her word for it that she can not make a speech. Mrs. Gwin talked good sound political sense minus all flourishes, explained the League of Nations in an understandable way and told the ladies why she was a Democrat. With her it was a matter of study and conviction since all her relatives were on the other side. Those who heard Mrs. Gwin liked her—liked her talk and her sincere aggressive attitude. The ladies say that they will insist on Mrs. Gwin coming back to Lafayette later in the campaign when they will endeavor to have the largest ladies meeting ever held here. —Lafayette Timep.

DEMOCRATIC NEWS ITEMS

Of Interest to Jasper County Readers of The Democrat. The social meeting of the Democratic women of Rensselaer will be held Friday afternoon at the headquarters. Ten ladles are acting as hostesses and all who are invited are assured a pleasant afternoon. — A meeting of the Democratic precinct chairmen, both men and women, will be held in the Democratic headquarters at 1:30 Saturday afternoon Important matters are to be discussed and a 41111 attendance is urged. Do not handicap the organization by being absent.— CO. DEMOCRATIC COMMITTER A county Democratic rally will be staged Monday afternoon and evening, when meetings will be held at 2:30 at Fair Oaks, Gifford, Remington and Wheatfleld simultaneously. Both men and women speakers from other parts of the state will speak at each meeting, explaining the League of Nations and other national issues as well as those that have to do with state affairs. The day’s activities will end in the evening when Dr. McCulloch, the nominee for governor, will speak at a mass meeting to be held in the opera house at 7:30. Mrs. Hortense Trapp Moore of Rockville —a member of the faculty of the Purdue Special that toured the country, to demonstrate better homes for fanners, will be the woman speaker. Every Democrat is urged to see to it that as many as possible of their neighbors and friends hear the speakers that make the address in their part of the county.

VISITED OLD FRIENDS HERE

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Huff came down from Hammond Saturday and visited old friends here until Monday evening. Will has not grown a mite since leaving Rensselaer many years ago, and it would probably be necessary for hiin to put weights in his pockets to pull down 80 pounds on the scales. All their children are married and reside in Hammond, and Mr- and Mrs. Huff have bee*' grandparents so many times that it has got to be an old story wi(h them. They have five grandchildren now. While here they were guests x>l Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duvall.

REBEKAH PICNIC NEXT SUNDAY

At Home of Mre. Qeorge Bernhart, Near Fountain Park. Members of the Rebekah lodge will hold their annual picnic at the home of Mrs. George Bernhart near Fountain Park, Sunday, September 12. The Odd Btellows and their families are invited to attend. They will also celebrate the anniversary of the order. All are requested >to meet at George Collins’ shoe store at 10 a. m., and cars will be provided for those who have no way to go. Ladies please bring well filled baskets, also forks, spoons and cups for their own family. All come and enjoy a fine outing.

Vol. XXIII. No. 41

FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS LAW

Giving State ot Indiana Control Over Coal Industry. ALL PHAZES OF BUSINESS HIT Opinion Qlvea Authority Over Fuel and Food Price* Under Recently Enacted Law. The power of the state of Indiana to regulate the coal industry within its boundries was upheld in Federal court Monday at Indianapolis when Judges Francis E. Baker, Ferdinandl A. Geiger and Evans A. Evans denied the American Coal Mining Company of Bicknell an injunction to prevent the operation of the special food and fuel commission. The commia* slon was established by the special Legislature to relieve the coal shortage and reduce prloeß. The plaintiff in the case is understood td have represented the Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association. The coal company’s petition waa dismissed without prejudice that the record might show only that the state may regulate such industry under its police powers. The opinion was rendered by Judge Baker, sitting as district judge, after the two other judges had concurred. In his opinion Judge Baker indicated that the administration of the act may be such that emergencies can arise under which the court might have the right to interfere, but that such emergencies were at this time purely conjectural and hypothetical, and until a time when such an order might be issued by the commission, were not a basts for action.

FIRST DAY’S ENROLLMENT 569

Senior Class Numbers 34; Junior, S 3 and Bophomore, 68. The Rensselaer schools opened Monday with a total enrollment of 569, of which 34 was in the senior class, 53 in the junior and 68 in the sophomore. A few more were enrolled yesterday and it is propable others will come in bo that the total enrollment of the schools will reach about 600. The enrollment by grades follow: Ist, 64; 2d, 46; 3d, 35; 4th, 48; sth, 46; 6th, 50; 7th, 24; Bth, 34; 9th, 75; 10th, (sophomore) 68; 11th, (Junior) 63; 12th, (senior) *34; special, 2.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Born, Monday, to Mr. and Mrs, Charles Marchand of McCoysburg, a son. Guy Swim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Swim of this city, underwent an operation for appendicitis Sat* urday and is doing nicely. Fred Stath and John G. Hayed had their tonsils removed Saturday. ‘Mrs. Jesse Gwln entered the hospital Friday afternoon for medical attention. Joseph Larch returned to his home Monday evening. Mrs. Harry Lent of Brook expects to return to her home today. George Antcliff is very much improved.? Harlow Denton, who-was so badly injured in a threshing machine accident dn Newton county, is doing nicely and Is now able to be at his home west of Roselawn a part of the time, returning to the hospital for treatments. Mrs. Helen Reiddle, who has been in the hospital for several months, is now considerably improved and was taken to the home of her son, Chris Reiddle, northwest of town, yesterday. All other patients are doing nicely.

DR. McCULLOCH IS COMING Democrat Nominee for Governor of Indiana will speak at New Ellis Theatre 8 o’clock p. m. Hi MM Everyone Is cordially invited to come out and hear Dr. McCulloch. ...