Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1904 — Page 2

The Republican. Official Paper of Jasper County. □Bee in Republican building Sn the corner ot Washington aud Weston Streets. - ■ ISSUED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY BY GEORGE E. MARSHALL EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. - *r~ —— : farms of Swbwiptioa. One Year $1.50 Six Months. Three M0nth5.......... .50 Tuesdry May 10, 1904

Blodgett Was Here Again.

W. H. Blodgett, the celebrated staff corespondent of the Indianapolis News, was here a few days ago, digging into the McCoy Bank fpilnre again and Friday evening had a two column article in reference thereto. The article is largely made up of a list of depositors, more or less guesswork. The following extracts from tie article, are given to show its general terror, but we vouch for neither the accuracy of the statements, nor the correctness of his conclusions.

What A. McCoy & Go’s bank has done to the people, not only of this county, hut to the people of the north part of the State, will not be fully known for along time. There seems to be a profound determination on the part of those who have the knowledge, not to let much of it get to the creditors. Diligent inquiry on the part of those who would like to know the the amount of the liabilities leads them to believe that the debts of the banking firm will aggregate close to $500,000, and perhaps more than that for every day the liabilities appear to be increasing and the assets growing smaller. The list of creditors that follows is only a partial one, perhaps not onethird, for no one who has seen the bank's books will tell what is in them. But what is given furnishes some idea of the magnitude of the failure.

First National Bank Lafayette SIO,OOO Merchants’ National Bank Lafayette. 10,000 Bowen Bank, Delphi 3,500 Maud Irwin, olerk McCoy's Bank... 600 Roselawn Banking aud Loan Co ' 6CO Horace Marble Wheatfield Bank 1.600

The Widow’s Mite. Mrs. Hettie Reynolds $ 100 Mrs. A. Pruett 200 Mrs- McDaniels 7,000 Mrs. Dr. Alter 6,000 Mrs. Morgan 300 Eliza'Galbraith 190 Mrs. Michaels 2,700 Rebecca J. Porter 600 Mrs. Peyton 10 Lennie A. Gant 20 Eunice I. Morris . 350 Mrs. Shea 300 Mrs. Israel 20 Mrs. Maggie Welsh Valpo. 500 Mrs. Oairie Healy., 345 Mrs, Gish .... 175 Mrs. Sophia Ohiloote 600 M*.- 1 Bingham 1,500 Au. ther interesting feature of banking life in Rensselaer was the oare that A. McCoy &Co. took of the affaire of the schools. It is not long since the bank entertained the school teachers, and much comment was made over it. About all the teachers who had money put it in the McCoy Bank. Here are a few who are creditors:

School and School-Teachers. W. H. Sanders, superinten- <• dent city schools $ 200 Mias Sanders (sister to WE) 500 W. O. Hiatt, principal, city schools 500 H. H. Bass, teacher 600 T. J. Headlee, teacher 150 Miss Mande Allen, teacher 125 Miss Stella Shields, teacher 125 O. E. Frazee, teacher.S’.... 600 Mrs. Jesse Nichols, teacher 940 L. H. Hamilton, Co Snpt.. 600 Nellie Byrd, teaohor .... 100

St. Joseph’s College Indian school 2,800 St. Joseph’s Colb ge...... 2,500 Miss Ora Duvall, music teacher 87 Wilbur Sayler, teacher .... 300 Tillie Malohow, teacher.... 100 A number of other teachers are away at present, and it can not be ascertained who, beside those named, have money with the McCoys, but it is said that this list does not comprise one-fifth of these connected with various schools who help to swell the army of creditors,

The city aud county officers did not escape, either. The McCoys are great politicians and practically run things, not only in Jasper county, but all through the Tenth congressional district. So far cs known the list of public officers who were caught as follows:

Public Officers. Charles Chamberlain, superintendent city light plant $1,600 S R. Nichols, county treas 22,000 M. B. Price, Co surveyor... 400 J. R. Phillips, Co assessor. 1,500 Joseph Stewart, Tp trustee 1,000 J. F. Major, county clerk.. 3,000 J. fl. Chapman, city treas. 610 CM. Blue, township trustee 3,036 Fred Waymire, Co Oom.. • 250 S. L. Luce, trustee 1,700 John Bill, trustee 1 500 Eli Arnold, trustee 1,000 B. D. Comer, trustee 500

G. M. Wilcox, trustee .... 3,000 But those who have been figuring on the possible assets say that the 3,300 acres of land assigned will not bring $100,000; that the equities will amount almost to nothing, that about all of the good paper in the bank has been put up as collateral and that when the lawyers get through with their fees, when the court costs are paid, when the cost for administration is settled, there will not be a great deal left for the creditors.

The Ladies’ Home Journal in its May number printed an attack on patent’medicines, giving a long list □f remedies containg an amount of alcohol and other harmful drugs Among the number was “Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription” which was said to contain 17 per cent of alcohol. Tae manufactures of the medicine have sued the publishers of the Journal for $200,000 damages for libel. Dr. Pierce is a very shrewd advertiser, and will get a lot of good advertising out of his big suit, at very little cost.

Austin & Hopkins can make loans on farm and city propertr quicker than any firm in Jaspey Go unty ■ To Rent. 15 acre pasture to rent, inside of corporation. w2tp B. F. Ferguson, 10,000 feet of the latest mouldings to choose from at Parker’s Studio. Sole agent for ‘‘Red School House’’ shoes for children. I. J. Porter & Co. 100 bbls of flour from 50 cents to one dollar a barrel less than others ask for it, at John Eger’s. Ladies’ Blucher shoes, Pingree make $3 00. I. J. Porter & Co. Odds and ends in shoes at Bargains. I. J. Pobter & Co. A fine line of double folds ginghams, all new patterns aj 10c worth 12J at Laßue Bros’.

Money, Money Money. Parties desiring to borrow money and to offer farm lands as security will do well to see us before placing their loans. We have the best facilities for placing loans and we believe we can save you money. Our contracts are from two to ten years with privilege of paying at any interest paying time. While others have either raised their rates or quit business, we still have an unlimited amount of oasb at 5 per cent interests. See us, we will do you good. Baughman & Williams, Attorneys & Abstracters, Rensselaer, Ind. Telephones ‘'Bruner & Merry” 15 wtf “Bell Phone 329’

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Newland. Fied Arntt of McCoysburg will begin work for T. M. Callahan Monday, as clerk in his store. Onions are about all sown here here, not a very large aoerage being planted. The Monon & C & W. V. R. R have put in a switch at McCoysburg, so in future all Oil Tanks will come in from the south over the Monon instead of going to Fair Oaks and come in over the C. & E. I.

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Fine Feathers at Fendig’s. For sale, plenty of fine goose and duck feathers, of iny own picking. B. 8. Fen dig. Now is the time to get a fine tailor made suit at greatly reduced prices. $22.50 suits now $15.00 $18.50 “ “ $12«50 $14.00 “ “ $9 75 SIO.OO, $12.00 and $13.50 suits at SB.OO. These are certainly great bargains. Call and see styles and samples, Phone 174. wdl GENFVieve Sprigg,

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• FARM LOANi. I make loans on farms aus per cent interest, with privifge of making partial payments, monejr furnished promptly. CITY LOANS. I make loans on City iroperty for a terms of years, or payable in small monthly paymlits. SECOND MORTGAGE 1 make Inpnson hetiie 1 p j t»e it i J. Moua tL\ t /uj Aoa< /Il making a loan of this kfid. LOANS ON PERSONAL SECURITY, I make loans on personal security, purchase sale nc/es, or any other character of totes, either personal, or real est/te mortgage notes, If you want a loal, or have a note to sell call or wife. James £. Chapman, Makeever’s Baik building. Rens/elaer, Ind

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...THINGS ARE WARM... wyi o I' ■ : I Iwßl I and the other merchants sweat, swear and ± fume when they come in contact with OUT £ Hardware, Lumber and Implement prices. Because are careful buyers, our expenses are light and, and we are satisfied with a «. small profit. Get our prices. X 3 Lee & Poole | McCOYSBURO, IND. | » * ♦ * * ♦ * * * ♦ ♦—*—i' * * A Chance for Industrious » ■ POOR PEOPLE I ► o it - < » I own a large amount of land in Jasper County. ° » Indiana, very superior for cucumber culture. I will ’ ’ L furnish free house rent and free fire wood during the pickle season commencing about June ist and ending ” L about October ist, to all who will engage earnestly in ’’ L this industry. These cucumbers will sell at soc a bush- ► el delivered at the stations on my railroad, and they o k have made as high as 6oq bushels to the acre, and , , f doubtless an average crop, where there has been fair o [ cultivation and proper attention has been jn excess of o , 200 bushels everywhere in Jasper County. ’ SEED FURNISHED FREE. ° t VERY LITTLE CAPITAL REQUIRED. o » o • Room io new Bank Buildina, o ; Beni. j. Ginora, H<miwK«, mmois. { . ■» f ->-•»—» ■» * » Farmer Friends, o WILL THIS INTEREST YOU? ;► he line of goods I shalL handle this season aie o I high grades, every buggy and carriage will be a guar- o ’’ anteed job. I have several good makes: Studebak- o ° er. Page Bros., Gates, Osborneaad others. o Studebaker Farm wagons are the best ironed and o ° have the best box ever put on a wagon. o h i two best mowers and binders on the market t McCormick and Milwaukee. I have extras for both " o machines; Best of all is the Kemp-Burpee Manure ’’ Spreader: makes farmers more money than any impleo men t ever put on the farm. o i, I have the Birdaell clover huller, of South Bend. It gets all the seed aud an En glish sparrow would go hungry on the seed it leaves In the straw. I have the McCor- ’ * inick Shredder and Corn Harvester, thr world’s best. Come and see me. < I 0 A WATCH, one teat will keep time, will bo given FREE with Each fßuggy and Carriage Sale, lam yours truly, C. A. ROBERTS ° On Front Street ■ c RENSSELAER, INDIANA i o» »♦♦»♦♦♦♦** ♦ •»••••»•••• »" J # DIRECTORS *- A. Parkison, President E. L. Hollingsworth, Cashier J* John M. Wasson, Vice-President James T. Randle £ George E. Murray THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. | North Side Public Square, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J LOANS MONEY' • • • J on all kiads'oCrood security on City Property J* V and on Farms>t lowest rates, pays interest on J • savings, and makes investments for • - customers and solicits personal in- « * si* tervlews wltn s’view.to business, promising ev- ;F f a ery favor consistent with safe banking. “ •V i ' FARM LOANS ATSPECIALTY. J