Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1908 — Page 2

GIST OF COX OPTION BILL

SECTION L—Election on county local option may be demanded by petition. SECTION 2. —Form of petition to be filed with auditor prescribed. SECTION 3. —Petition must contain names of 20 per cent of voters at .ts v 1 ‘ last election. f. . ! SECTION 4. —Form of ballot prescribed. “Yes” and “No” vote determmined upon. SECTION 5. —Election commissioners. Auditor and two free holders. Duties. SECTION 6.—Election commissioners appoint a “wet” and “dry” judge and clerk. SECTION 7. —How election returns are made. If vote is “dry” no license issued. SECTION B.'—lf election is held no other can be held for two years afterward. SECTION 9.—ls vote is “wet” all licenses expire ninety days after election. SECTION 10. —Township' and ward remonstrance in effect if election gees “wet." SECTION 11.—General election laws apply to county local option elections. SECTION 12. —Act does not amend or repeal other acts affecting liquor traffic. , SECTION 13. —Act shall be liberally construed.

Following is the text of the county option bill passed Saturday at special session of the legislature, and which is expected to make nearly all of the state dry: Whenever a petition has been signed and filed with the county auditor praying the board o$ commissioners Of any county for the privilege of determining by ballot whether the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage shall be prohibited wittnn th’ limits of such county, such board of commissioners, at its next regular session, shall order a special election to be held in not less than 20 nor more than 30 days. Such election spall be held at the Usual places for holding general elections, and ten days’ notice thereof shaii be given in the same manner now provided by law for the notice of gpneral elections. The petit* on shall be deemed sufficient, and the commissioners shall order such an election when the petition is signed by a number of the qualified electors of such county equal to nrt less than 20 per cent of the aggregate vote cast in such county foi secretary of state at the last general election, which fact shall he veilfied by affidavit in writing by one or more of the petitioners who’ are freeholders. No voter can sign his name to such petition After it is filed, nor withdraw his name from such a petition after it is filed, and in any indictment, affidavit, or information for selling intoxicating liquors as a beverage without license, it shall not be necessary to set forth the facts showbig that the required number of v Oters ft the county petitioned for the elections, and that the election was held, or that a majority voted in iavor of prohibiting the sale, but it shall be sufficient to state that the act complained of was then and there prohibited and unlawful. The board of election commissioners shall consist of county nu*'Uor, a*id two resident freeholders of the county, one known to be in favor of prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquo-s as a beverage in such county and one against prohibiting such a sale, both to be appointed by the board of commissioners of such county at the time of ordering said election. A ny two members of such com.jnisSiOn shall have full power to act in all matters enjoined upon sueh commission by this act The hoard of commissioners when

(be State Bank of Rensselaer

JOHN EGER, President. J. H. CHAPMAN, Vice-President. DELOS THOMPSON, Cashier. JOE JEFFRIES, Assistant Cashier. Report of the condition of THE STATE BANK OF RENSSELAER, a State bank at Rensselaer, in the State of Indiana, at the close of its business on September 23, 1908. * RESOURCES. I LIABILITIES. * i *«•'«' Loans and Discounts $162,771.46 Capital Stock—*paid in $ 25,000.00 Overdrafts 1,829. s 9 Surplus 12,000.00 U. S. Bonds 100.00 Undivided Profits 2,301.61 Other Bonds and Securities- 12.110.00 Demand Deposits 184,083.20 Furniture and Fixtures—— 1,000.00 Time Certificates 44,774.36 Due from Banks and Trust Exchange, Discounts, etc., Companies 73,468.19 less ex. & taxes paid— _ 961.92 Cash on Hand Cash Items 720.20 Total resources $269,520.88 Total resources $269,520.88 STATE OF INDIANA, Countar of Jasper, ss: I, Delos Thompson, cashier of the State Bank of Rensselaer, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. DELOS THOMPSON. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 28th day of September, 1908. RAY D. THOMPSON, My commission expires July 7, 1910. Notary Public. Thl Only Legal Depository for State Finds li Jasper County. Money to Loan at Carreat Rates, Yonr Patronage Solicited.

possible, shall appoint on the election board of each precinct one judee arid one clerk known to be in favor of prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage in such county rind one Judge and one j cleric opposed to prohibiting such sate. Whenever an election has been held under the provisions of this act, no subsequent election shall be held thereunder until the expiration of at least two years from the last preceding election. L If a majority of the legal votes cr-st at said election shall be in favor of prohibiting the sale of intoxicating' liquors as a beverage in said county, then after 90 days from the date o| holding said election, all licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors granted in said county after the passage of this act shall te null and void, and the holder thereof shall be liable for any sale of liquors made by him thereafter the same as if a license had never been issued to him"; if the holder oi such void license shall surrender the same within 90 days from the date of holding said election, the county, town or city issuing said license shall refund to the holder an amount proportionate with the eunexpired time for which the license fee shall have been paid. Provided, however, that no license issued prior to the passage of this act shall be terminated by virtue of this act or any vote thereunder. If a majority of the local votes cast in any county at an election held under the provisions of this act shall be against prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage in such county, such vote shall not affect, change or alter the legal effect of any order, judgment, ordinance, remonstrance or action, making it unlawful for the board of commissioners of any city or town to grant a license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in any particular township, city ward or residence district or to any person, but such order, judgment, remonstrance or ordinance shall remain in full force and effect according to the provisions of the statute under which said remonstrance was filed or such ordinance was enacted; and in such case the legal voters of any township or ward may remonstrate against the granting of a license to sell intoxicating liquors as now provided by law, the same as if no election had been held.

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FROM OVER INDIANA

Nearly 1,000 Purdue students comprising the members of the Purdue university sophomore and freshman classes clashed in the fifteenth annual class contest known as the “tank scrap.’’ After 45 minutes of terrific onslaught the sophomore class won. Louis H. Dunlap, a Franklin grocer who disappeared suddenly three weeks ago has been heard from. He is visiting friends in Arkansas and has written attorneys in Franklin to proceed with the settlement of his business affairs. He will locate in the west and hopes in time to settle all his financial obligations. Charles King, who for the last two years has been mussel digging in the Ohio river near Rockport, Ind., found a pearl valued at sl,ood. One of his fellow workmen found another for which he refused SSOO. Green Goodman, who runs a mussel camp on the Wabash rive near Mink Island, found a pearl and sold it to a pearl buyer for SI,OOO. it is 4 understood that the combination organized to build a brewery at , Tolleston has abandoned the scheme ! because of the war against the saloons. The site was selected some time ago near the Pannsy and Michigan Central tracks, and for a time blossomed as a good thing. Then came the killing frost In the shape of the petitions against the saloons and the scheme died. A war which Chicago high school pupils have been waging against the 1 board of education's ett inp ed ub litlon of secret societies and fraterni- ; ties was enlivened when the Frank G. Smith charged tbe parents with being too lenient and recommended the use of the barrel stave. “If parents side with pupils in the

defiance of school regulation,” he said, “how can we expect other than that our future citizens will become habitual defiers of the law?”

Rensselaer Markets.

Wheat t r Oats, 46c. Eggs l7c. Chickens Bc. Springs 11c. Turkeys 11c. Ducks 6c. Geese 3c. The small boy who was raised in the country and wore a flour-sack shirt with the brand “XXX” In the back, makes the silk-ehlrted city Hallow go Borne when they meet on the highway of life. Stops itching Instantly. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, tetter, itch, hives, herpes, scabies—Doan’s Ointment At any drug store. | A Texas man has been hoarding money for 76 years. His life is almost spent, and when he dies some philosopher will suggest that the mlsr i might as well have hoardded stones might as well have hoarded stones or j thistles, or old bones, for all the good the money did him. Heavy .impure blood makes a muddy, pimply complexion, headaches, nausea and indigestion. Thin blood makes 1 you weak, pale, sickly. Burdock Blood : Hitters makes the blood rich, red and pure—restores perfect health. The 73d Indiana regiment held a reunion last week at Lowell and according to the Lowell Tribune, had a most enjoyable reunion. Fortyeight members of the regiment were present “Dr. Thomas’ OH Is tbe best remedy for that often fatal disease—croup. Has been used successfully in our family for eight yeare.**— Mrs I. Whitmore, Buffalo. N. T.

Some Weather Comments.

The parched earth has been blessed with a copious precipitation, and terra firma has been cooled and moistened with decended aqua, the result being a disappearance of the pulverized Inorganic surface of the globe and an occasional pool of H s O. In other words it rained, real, honest, sure enough rain. The local weather bnreau record keeper reports that the precipitation amounted to 1.3 Inches, which at ordinary times would be a very big shower, but as the earth was so very dry and needed so much rain, it did not look very much of a rain. An accompanying condition to the rain was a big fall In the temperature, which got almost down to the freezing point, being 38 degrees above zero. We have had some real hot September weather, as will be sean by tbe following extract from the records kept by ProlJ. Klosterman: Temp. Temp. Max. Min. September 17th 91 61 September 18th 91 48 September 19th 93 64 September 20th 93 67 September 21st 97 66 September 22nd 92 58 September 23 rd September 24th 93 60 September 26th 92 68 September 26th 91 68 July 12th, Max. 97, Min. 69. Aug. 3d, Max. 98, Min. 62. Sept. 21at, Max. 97, Min. 65.

OHIO FARMERB INSURANCE CO. v Has been doing business for 60 rears, writing firs, lightning and cy•lone Insurance on city, town and '»rm buildings and live stock; also nay In stack and bam. It will be • i your Interest to see me before yon •<»ve your Insurance written up. ' »«*f tftdsw J. C. Farter, Agent

r-f ? ; : ———- lmnnmv nvArv NURSERY STOCK For Sale by the Halleck Nursery Co., Fair Oaks, Ind. Large stock of apples In all sis—, trees 6 to 7 feet high, 915 per 100; 30 trees at the 100 rate. We also keep a good stock of pears, peaches, plums, cherries, grapes, currants, gooseberries and small fruit of all kinds, shade trees, evergreens, flowering shrubs and plants, roses, etc. Come and see us or write for price list. CHAS. HALLECK, feb.lsw. Manager. NIGHTS OF UNREST. NO SLEEP, NO REST, NO PEACE FOR THE SUFFERER FROM KIDNEY TROUBLES. No peace for the kidney sufferer— Pain and distress from morn to night. * Get up with a lame bade, Twinges of backache bother you aU day, Dull aching breaks your rest at night Urinary disorders add to your misery. Get ft the cause—cure the kidneys. Doan’s Kidneys Pills will work the cure. They’re tor the kidneys only— Richard Imes, Illinois street, Monticello, Ind., says: “I had such a lama back that I could hardly get around. Sharp pains through my loins were also of frequent occurrence, I could not sloop well at ntgfci and felt wont, out during the day. My kidneys were weak and the secretions were badly disordered. I finally procured a boa of Doan’s Kidney mis and began taking them. ' They relieved me shortly and my back haa given line no trouble whatever since.” Plenty more proof like this from Rensselaer people. Call at B. F. Fendlg’s drug store and ask what customers report. For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. . - Remember the name —Doan’s—and take no other. WILL HULL CLOVER. Persons having clover to hull can secure the services of A. T. Ropp. Drop card or leave word at his farm ~ near Aix, stating number of acres. A year ago there were only a few gray hairs in my head. Now there are many more. Bnt I dost eare for the white hairs in my bead if I only can keep them out of my heart. For a mild, easy action of the bowels, a single dose of Doan’s Regulets is enough. Treatment cures har bitual constipation. 25 cents a box. Ask your druggist for them. The man who builds his fame upoß the ruins of another’s name will find the foundation of his success afa tore . source of worry and danger. Ruing, of whatsoever character are ever safe for the superstructure of another edifice. Only Brother Wattprson hasn’t dined yet with Brother Washington. “ Mrs. W. S. Richards and Ira, visited Rev. Bundy and family at Parr

Chicago to Northwest, Cincinnati, and ths South, Louisville and French lick Springs. 1 ' ' v- - RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In Effect Feb. 25, 1908. SOUTH BOUND. No. s—Louisville Mall . . 10:65 §.«, No. 88 —Indianapolis Mail . 1:01 No. 88—Milk accommodation 5:40 pj*» No. B—Lou is vi 11s Ex. . . 11:86 p-Wk No. 81—Fast Mall 4:48 a.a. NORTH BOUND. No. 4—Mall 4:80 asa No. 40—Milk accommodation 7:81 a.ok No. 82—Faat Mall 0:86 a.*. No. B—Mall and Ex. . . 8:18 pan. No. 30*—Gin. to Chi. Mall 8:88 p.ae. No. 88**—dn. to Chisago . 2 67 p in. •Dally except Sunday. ••Sunday only.

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