Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Have you got your tickets yet? Get your sale bills printed at The Democrat office. Mrs. Harry Claffey of Indianapolis is spending the week-end with Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Strecker. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schultz of Buchanan, Mich., visited relatives in Union township this week. E. G. Sternberg of Chicago and L. E. Sternberg of Creston, la., were in Rensselaer on business Tuesday. Miss Addie E. Hinds of Paris, 111., ram Pl Wednesday for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Leßoy Kurtz, and family. Among the Chicago goers Tuesday were John Eger, Mrs. C. E. Prior, A. E. Shafer, George Daugherty and Thomas Knox. Mrs. Martin Marshall and family, who had been trucking at Newland this summer, left Tuesday for their home In Kentucky. 'O. A. Yeoman of Kingman, Kas., Is visiting here with his brothers, A. K. and Robert Yeoman, and other relatives in this city. ' There will be a dance on what is known as the Dr. Moore farm, three miles north of Aix, on Saturday night, Nov. 13. Good mtfsic. Everybody Invited. —ASA ELLIOTT. The Rensselaer high school football team met their second defeat of the season at Riverside park Thursday afternoon In a game with the Kirklin high school, the score being 3 to 0.

The cold snap came with almost not a pound of coal on hand by the local dealers, who have been unable to get coal-from any place. A little sl6 a ton soft coal was all there was in town yesterday morning, no Indiana coal at all. The new state food and fuel control bureau doesn’t seem to be functioning in a way that is helping the consumer to any extent.

Get your tickets, please. Mrs. G. E. Murray and Miss Josephine Day ton were Chicago goers yesterday. Help make Indiana rank first in education. Come to the primary building Nov. 16 at 2:30 p. m. The Republican national campaign cost was 13,416,000, according to figures* of National Treasurer Fred Upham. William Eldridge has purchased of J. C. Passons his tenant house on Elza street, now occupied by Earl Easterday. Consideration $1,650. Remember to help the campaign for better schools by attending the Community club at the primary building Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 16. George Hershman and family and Mrs. Smith Newell of Crown Point were here Wednesday afternoon to attend the burial services of Mrs. Charles Saltwell. — —— Mrs. Susie Lister, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Eliza Reed, returned to her home in Chicago yesterday after a visit since Sunday with Mrs. E. J. Morris and Mrs. Laura Harris. Capt. J. L. Hagins returned home Tuesday evening from a few days’ visit with his daughter, Miss Clara Hagins, in Chicago, and with a number of his old friends of the Pullman company. The funeral of William Adams Bell, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bell of Tulsa, Okla., was held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock from the Ivan Carson home on Franklin street and burial made in Weston cemetery.

Miss Ruth Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Kennedy of near Wheatfield, died Monday after an extended Illness. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon’ at Wheatfield where burial was also made. Deceased was 23 years of age and •was a niece of Mrs. George F. Meyers of this city.

Ernest Lamson of Rensselaer, former county superintendent of Jasper county, was a pleasant visitor in Knox Thursday. Mr. Lamson was on his way home from a trip by auto up into Michigan after apples. He had a truck load of the finest that can be found anywhere. He stopped in Knox at the noon hour and was a very welcome and pleasant Caller at the Democrat. —Starke County Democrat. —

Word has. been received here of the accidental death of Genevieve, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lehman of Oklahoma City, Okla. The mother of the child was formerly Miss Ethel Spriggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Spriggs, former residents of Rensselaer. Mrs. Lehman and three children were crossing the street in front of an approaching automobile and the little one had gotten across alright but turned and started back and ran directly In front of the automobile. She was killed Instantly.

The Democrat Is In receipt of a letter from Mrs. M. A. Stout .or Marion, Ky., in which she tells of the death of her brother, William Benson Sampson Henkle, on Sept. 15 last, at the home of his nephew, B. B. Stout, near Marlon, Ky., and says that deceased, who was borh In Champaign county, 0., Meh. 15, 1841, had some relatives and old .friends in this vicinity, and she desired The Democrat to publish the report of his death, that they might learn of same, as she had forgotten their names. , c,

Have you got your tlckota yet? Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office. i. . Miss Ruth Ames went to £hlcago Wednesday for a few days’ visit with Mrs. H. R. Kurrle. Mrs. E. E. Shumaker and son of Three Oaks, Mich., came Wednesday for a visit with h«r sister, Mrs. Ross Ramey. Mrs. Josephine Needham returned to her home at Dublin Wednesday after a visit here with relatives and old friends. William Eigelsbach returned home Wednesday from a several weeks’ visit with his sister, Mrs. Albert Marshall, at Olene, Ore. Among the Chicago goers Wednesday were Ellas Arnold, Granville Moody, Robert Overton, Estel Osborne and Mrs. C. H. Porter. William Babcock, Jr., went to Madison, Wls., Thursday for a few days’ visit with friends and will witness the Wisconsin-Illinois football game today. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Misses Mayme and Vera Sever, Mrs. J. A. Grant and grandson Jack of this city and Joseph Thomas of Surrey. I. N. Hemphill left Wednesday for Tarpon Springs, Fla., where he will spend the winter With his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hgmiphill, who is a teacher in the schools there. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Williams,* Mrs. W. I. Yates and daughter Elizabeth, Mrs. John Eigelsbach, Mrs. Elmer Wilcox and Mrs. Ralph O’Riley were Lafayette goers Wednesday. ; ' Frank Reafsynder, who had been employed as a printer at the Republican office, has resigned his position and moved back to Goshen, where he will be employed in a like capacity. John E. Alter of Union township returned from Indianapolis Wednesday where he had been called to serve as a member of the federal grand jury. He was excused for a few days. The Ft. Wayne city council Tuesday night went on record as favoring a municipal coal yard for that city. A resolution was adopteu favoring the yard and a special committee was appointed to investigate the local situation with a view to obtaining emergency coal. Rev. E. W. Strecker conducted the funeral of Miss Fanna Taylor at Danville, Ind., Tuesday. Miss Taylor was a teacher in the Danville schools for. many years and was a member of Rev. Strecker’s church and a particular friend of the family when he was pastor there. Mrs. Strecker accompanied her husband, they making the round trip via auto. Chester F. Larson of Minneapolis, Minn., was the guest here Tuesday night of Thomas Knox. Mr. Larson was a member of the same company and same squad as Mr. Knox’s son John, who died in France Dec. 5, 1918, and was a near and dear friend of the deceased. Mr. Larson left Wednesday afternoon for Indianapolis where he Will be employed, but expected to return here for the burial of the remains of his friend, which are expected to arrive here within a few days. *

Get your tickets, please. Yesterday’s local egg and butterfat prices: Eggs, 64q; butterfat, 58c. Attorney A. D. Babcock and Mike Foley were over from,, Goodland yesterday. Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, 60c; oats, 43c; wheat, |1.75; rye, $1,35. The prices one year ago were: Co/n, $1.20; oats, &7c; wheat, $2.11; rye, sl-20. The county hospital management wishes to thank the generous people who recently donated fruits, jellies, | vegetables, etc., to the hospital through the Home Economics club. This year’s contribution was more than 1,000 quarts and will go a long way toward supplying the hospital’s needs for the coming year. One of the miracles the Republicans were going to perform, if returned to power, was that of bringing the price of Liberty bonds up to par p. d. q. Evidently the holders of such bonds have placed little credence in this pre-election promise, as the price has dropped about $1.50 per SIOO since the election, and they are still on the toboggan. Louie Misch was down from Wheatfield to attend the Armistice day celebration. Louie was one of the first contingent of Jasper county boys to leave for Camp Taylor In September, 1917, but on account of severe Illness after he was transferred to Camp Sherman,. 0., he did not get to go overseas, as did most of the other boys of this bunch of soldiers. “Another” telegram was received Thursday stating that the body of John Knox, which recently arrived from overseas, was being shipped here and it was expected yesterday that it would reach Rensselaer either yesterday evening or today, in which event the military funeral will be held tomorrow. This is all the. information that the friends had up to the hour of The Democrat going to press. Monticello Herald: Ora Hamill, who has been a patient at the Presbyterian hospital for the past 10 days, remains In a serious condition and word from his bedside Is not encouraging. However, he is holding his own and hope is held out for his recovery. Owing to his weakened condition, it will be several days before a second examination can be made to determine whether or not an operation will relieve the trouble. In our opinion the next campaign will be fought on economic lines again. The good old Democratic times when laboring men could afford to wear silk shirts at $25 and afford to pay 30 cents a pound for sugar is going to look mighty good to a lot of people four years from now. The Overland plant in Toledo closed Saturday, throwing 15,000 people out of work. The rubber manufacturers *at Akron discharged some 35,000 and then offered to reemploy them at 35 cents per hour, which sent thousands back to their former homes. It is probable that the cheapest rents in the country W’ill be found where lately they have been the highest—under the eaves of great manufacturing plants. — Benton Review. i — f

JUNIOR RED CROSS NOTES It has been the ambition of all the Jasper county teachers to have their respective school rooms enrolled as Junior Red Cross auxiliaries before the opening of the Senior Red Cross roll call on Nov. 11. We take this opportunity to announce the following schools whose applications for enrollment have been received: Barkley township—Newland school, primary grades, Day Jordan, grammar grades, Allie Morehouse; Blackford school, Irene Price; Burnstown school, Jennie Eib. Carpenter township—Hartman school. Opal Hafey. Gillam Itownship—Gillam school, Lucy Grafton; Fairview school, Adele Gwinn; Independence school, Martha Faris; West Vernon school, Leta Hershman.

Hanging Grove towriship—McCoysburg school, Beatrice Tilton; Osborne 'School, Goldie Kessinger, Banta school, Ira B. Washburn; Moore school, Edna Jordan township—Union school, primary grades, Helen Kessinger. Kankakee township—Consolidated -school, four rooms, Addle Harris," Prill. Marion township—R ensselaer, primary grades, eight rooms, Minnie Hemphill, Prln., grammar grades, .four rooms, Hollis Leighley, Prln.; South Marlon consolidated school, two rooms, Mrs. Kerlln, Prln. Newton townghip —Burr Oak school, Mary Norman. Wheatfield township— Kersey school, S. B. Llewellyn. Kankakee township was the first to report a complete enrollment, but Gillam, Marlon and Hanging Grove each need only one more schodl to make their 100 per cent. Demoorat want *d* g«t result*.