Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1909 — Page 2

A Dangerous Insurance Measure.

The bitterness of the tld line Insurance companies aga'n't the fraternal insurance organ isations has long been known and t ey have no opportunity to beltle, falsify and hinder the fraternal organlzati ns Especially has their attack been directed against the Modern Woodmen of America, because that order h..s been most successful in maintaining a low rate and has met with £ sped "l promptness every death among its benificiaries during ti e yeqrs of its existence. The Modern Woodmen is esse itia’ly the insurance order of the man in moderate circumstances who de-ires to protect his family and those dependent on him, and who would be unable to carry insurance at the rates charged by the old line companies. Its members are the good citizens of evrey community who labor hard to succeed and who accept as a blessing the opportunity to protect their loved j ones at a very moderate rate. The order is secret and embodies framer- j nal teachings that are woithy the highest respect that bind the min' e s together for common good. Upper- 1 most in the teaching is held the duty of a man to those dependent upon him and it is impossible for a man to be a good Woodman and not i feel a loftier motive in life. But, the old line insurance companies I many of them, care nothing for the , welfare of the dependent ones; their ebject is greedy and their lust for gain at any sacrifice. Many of the agents, we are sorry to say, are likewise tempered and solicitors here in Rensselaer have belitt’ed fratr nil insurance end made gross misrepresentations about the Woodmen in their efforts to get insu' ance. These remarks are not directed against the old line companies in su h a manner as to discredit the value of old l'no insurance, and the writer 1 is a firm believer in that kind of protection and investment, but it is I out of The reach of many who do ] not want investment insurance, and | who can carry thrice the protection i for their dependants with less cost in I the Woodmen ban they can in tie ©ld iine companies. Old line insurance can not be diseredited. E very man that is able to carry it should do so, but with the j fraternal insmance, what is to be-j come of :Le families of the men who 1 most need, protection? The Moctm Woodmen of America is no new o; ganization. It has be?n ! doing business for more than a • quarter of a century, and while it j has gone ahead and paid all its honest losses wth brotherly love prompt- 1 ness, and can show a reco d cf faith w ith its policy holders better than can be exhibited by any other insurance company in the world, other companies organized for greed have failed and have dragged into 1 their nets many confiding investors. During the same period the old companies, many of them, have been investigated and their methods of avarice exposed, and there is not a policy holder in the country today who is not himself interested as a I stockholder in one of tl ese companies j who does not believe that the annual premium he is charged is more than it should be. He believed it because he knows that many of the officers of the old line companies are paid fabulous sums for the services they render, and all along the line there Is a chain of extravagant, expense that is charged up to the policy hold-* era. Here in Rensselaer, less than a year ago, William Smith died. He was a Woodman; and during his long sickness his lodge craftsmen from Mt. Ayr made up a fund to assist his alable family. They brought the money here and presented it to the wife in a spirit of brotherly affection. Did any one ever hear of the members of one of the old line companies thus aiding a brother’s family? William Smith died, and his wife received the full amount of his insurance, $2,000. S ave for the Woodmen siie would have been left destitute and a charge to relatives or friends. And now the old line companies, hacked by the actuaries who profess to establish that their mathematical calculation Is a better rate basis than the Woodmen's years of practice, are urgjflg various state to pass laws that will establish a minimum rate by which these companies can insure their membership. We are wondering what the old com- I panies would do If the states were to pass a maximum rate that would reduce the premiums of their companies. The Woodmen order stands ready to Increase its assessments whenever It beoomee necesary, and It has never made an error In the management of Its business, hat it Is opposd to having laws framed by Its enemies, the effect of which would pot It out of s>.£oo,ooo In surplus. Invested In the most approved securities and Is as pond today aa the Rock of Gibraltar. ▲ petition Is being circulated In Us—ilsir and will be mailed after

it has beep, signed by members of the local camp, to Senator Halle k and Representative Brown urging them to watch out for any measure calculated to injure the Woodmen and help to defeat any bill that would make It impossible for the members o fraternal organizations to protest theii loved ones as cheaply as they now do.

A Sermon to the Retired.

By a Layman. This is entitled a sermon because it is so serious that the name seems appropriate. Its object Is to create : or revive a generous feeling towards all. It is intended to reanimate the I enthusiasm of youth to the honor of | old age and the benefit of both old and young. Its consideration Is I humanitarian; its idea* is, Christian; :it is based on those fundamental ; emotions of the heart to which have 1 been due every che: ished deed of history and evei y undertaking in which j the heart takes pride and comfo: t, so that, humanitarian or Christian, whichever the reader may be, this will appeal to the nobler sentiments of the heart. A few years ago a doctor named Osier created a sensation by d. coring or being charged with declaring that all men over sixty years of age should be chloroformed as they were useless thereafter. 1 He figured It on a dollar and cents basis. His deaeration was so preposterous that it evoked the indignation of all who were blessed with hearts other than those of the lower animals. Their respect for the aged because of what they had done for those who were young, crushed the inhuman attitude of the “Scientist”’ and elicited proof that many men preformed the grratest deeds of their lives after tl ey were sixty. There are many masterpieces of the intellect credited to men past sixty and the champion walking record of the world was established last year by a man sixty-nine years old. No, age dees not necessarily disutilize a person; if the heart is young, so is the person, Age is not a reason why anyone should withdraw himself from the progress of humanity. If it is a reason for people to cfceiish in their hearts a love for and a desire to help the younger ones, to leave behind them an exemplary, benevolent impression of their lives. It is natural for virile young hearts to ■ reverence old age and they are wounded when thtre is nothing to old age upon which to bestow their reverence. From childhood up the veneration of our grandfathers and our grandmothers has been instilled in us. The love is so pure and noble that it is too sweet to be crowded out of the heart or to be confined for want of something to devote It to. —People ht their -oldage can take an active, or at least a sympathetic, interest in the welfare of humanity as_ long as their heartbeat continues. It is all the nobler on their part if they do a kind turn for the younger gsne atlon, even if it does the older no pai ticular good from a selfish, standpoint. For many years Rensselaer has endeavored to seek a way in which it could grow beyond the present limits of its development .which have shackled its progress for years. At last a feasible plan has been found and has been pushed with patiictic vigor by the younger generation and has been aided by some of the representative old people—those whose interest in the city’s welfare has been | kept keen despite the years of their retirement from active participation in the city’s affairs. It is desired now that more retired people who have an abundance to keep them iu comfort the rest of their days, come forward and manifest their appreciation of the progressiveness and hustle of the younger generation, as manifested by the enthusiastic manner in which it has endeavored to make a Greater Rensselaer of the Rensselaer they left them, by giving as much aid to the cause as they feel they can. No loftier example could be set by the wealthy retired of our city than a good donation from them to the fund, the Commercial Club is endeavoring to raise for the betterment of all and not' of a few. But when it Is known that for every amount given something in return is received which will Increase in value far la excess of the amount given, It Is regrettable. Indeed, if our retired people, whose lives have been spent in Renssleaer, do not, after thinking over the matter, show their loyalty to the community in which their lot has been cast and in which they have prospered. It seemes incredible that age should cause to grow cold the interest and the love which every human heart surely must cherish for the spot on earth where It earned its reward by struggle, patience and sacrifice. It would be discreditable If It did. It is earnestly hoped that our older citizens, who are able and who have not yet done so, shall show their approval of the way In which the young* er generation has so courageously attempted to further glorify the elty

which the older generation by hard work and privation established. Is not the immunity upon which you have expended so much effort to develop and which has served you so well in return, worthy of your assmauce now? Come forward, ye old r heads, and show that your love for your town And community has not grown old with yourselves. You could not do anything more becoming to adorable old age than to give what influence you can In bettering the conditions of your children and others of the younger generation which has followed you in assuming the care cf the city of your creation. Come forward; let nothing prevent you.

Wayne County Wet.

Wayne county is the -first county in the series of local option elections to remain beer-soaked to disappoint the temperance people. The Wayne county election proved to be the unlucky combination of “Friday” and “thirteen”, it being the thirteenth election and held on Friday. However, the saloon element is so pleased that it is about to transfer “Friday, the Thirteenth” from the unlucky column to the lucky. The result of the election is ominous as it affects the entire state by putting the local option law in danger of being repealed. The county wet majority was 702. Richmond went wet ty 1852. The rest of the county went dry by 1150. There are thirteen elections to be held yet.

Death of Mrs. Mary Lowman.

Mrs. Mary Lowman died this Saturday morning at about 7:30 o’clock at her home on Elm street, where her daughter, Mrs. M. E. Griffin, and husband lived with her. She has been in poor health for several years, and for the past three weeks or more has been in quite a critical condition. She was about 76 years of age, and is the mother of several of the Lowmans, well known in Rensselaer and Jasper county. The funeral will take place at the residence at 10 o’clock Monday morning, Rev, H. L. Kindig conducting the service. Interment will be made in the Smith grave yard, in Barkley township. Deceased was the widow of William Lowman, whose death occurred April 27, 190 L

Lincoln's 100th Anniversary.

“With malice toward hone, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for hie widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." The above is taken from the second inaugural address of Abraham L'ncoln Sweeter charity, firmer dete minatlon, the expression of greater heart reasoning, never fell from the lips of mortal man. The nation is to celebrate the lOOtbi anniversary of his birth on Feb. 12th. It should be universally a day of praise to the wonderful Lincoln. The Ladies of the G. A. R. have arranged some sort of program for that day. It would have beeh a fine'thing and characteristic of Rensselaer to have made some special effort to honor our greatest martyred hero on that day. A union service at one of the churches would have been appropriate and could probably be arranged yet if the pastors would get together and work it up.

Italy's Great Horror of Earthquake and Tidal Wave.

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One gallon canned Apples, 25 cents; 1 gallon canned Peaches, 30 cents; 1 gallon canned California Apricots, 40 cents; 1 gallon canned Blue Berries, 50 cents. JOHN EGER. j. Try the Republican for sale bills. If you want a draft horse, road horse, or Kentucky saddle horse, dairy raw, flock of sheep, bunch of hogs or anything else on the farm, come to my sale next Wednesday, Feb. 10th. •fob. HENRY WILSON. The Rapuhllma for your sale Mika

HIS FIRST LOVE CASE.

Myron Woodworth was an attorney just passing middle age. He was known as the lawyer who had never lost a case. Whether this , was-be-cause he would not take a case that be was not sure of or was so resourceful that his opponents could never defeat him does not appear. The fact remains that until the Yardley case was tried no judge or jury had ever brought a final decision or verdict against him. Upon that case hangs a tale. Mrs. Yardley died, leaving Borne SIO,OOO to a sister, Mrs. Hunt, who had nursed her in her last illness, cutting off her own daughter, Julia Scott, a young married woman living in a different place. Mrs. Scott undertook to break the will on the ground that her aunt had influenced her mother while under the effect of opiates to leave her property tc the aunt. No one doubted up to the last moment that Woodworth would win, for he has established every point seeded to establish his plea. The defendant’s counsel called for Margaret Hunt, and the name was repeated by the clerk with no more reverence than he would have spoken the name of a habitual criminal. There was a rustle jof woman’s dress, and a young girl—she was the daughter of the defendant —passed to the witness stand. Her very appearance begot an unconscious deference in every man in the courtroom. Woodworth at the moment of her entrance was chatting with 'a' fellow attorney. When he turned his eyes to the witness they rested upon a vision of loveliness. Not only he, but judge, jury—indeed, every one in the court—fell under the spell of her presence. In a voice low and sweet she responded to the questions put to : her by the defendant’s counsel, who elicited from her testimony which if not shaken might yet turn the case against the plaintiff. But those who know Woodworth did not fear. It was upon cross-examination that he was . especially strong. Indeed, as he listened to her evidence he saw a weak point that destroyed its value. She had repeated a conversation she had heard between her mother and the testator in which the former urged the latter to leave her property to her daughter, Julia Scott. But the witness had said that she was not inthe room and did not see those who were talking. When Woodworth took the witness for cross-examination and stood framing his first question a slight tremor passed over the girl, and she cast a quick glance at the judge as to beseech protection. Then she turned her eyes back on the lawyer, bit her lip as If to gain courage and submitted herself to be tormented. She did nc*t doubt for a moment that Woodworth would prove her a perjurer. “Miss Hunt,” he Baid, “how far was the room in which you were when you overheard the conversation you have mentioned from the room In which the conversation occurred?" A trouble look passed over the face of the witness, and she did not answer the question. The husband of the testator had been a physician, and his house—the house in which the conversation occurred—was fitted with a speaking tube between the front door and the doctor’s bedroom. His window occupied the bedroom to which the tube led, Miss Hunt, standing at the front door directly before the lower tube mouth awaiting admittance, had heard the conversation through the tube. Woodworth knew this and was prepared to make the statement appear improbably. He might force her to admit that she was not in the house at all, then deny her a chance to tell how she had overheard the conversation. He stood looking at the girl, who looked at him with all the gentle reproachfulness of a fawn regarding a hunter about to pluhg a knife into Its throat. Then her eyes filled. Woodworth’s case was lost. All he had to do to win It was to draw out the girl’s testimony so as to make it appear to the Jury a weak invention. He knew in fact, as well as by her guiltless bearing that she spoke the truth. At the moment of triumph he gave up victory gave up his client’s case which he was in duty bound to win. “Let me see,’’ he said, looking down at some notes he had made on a bit of paper. “Perhaps I can get at it In another way." The other way did not lead to the speaking tube or to anything that would compromise the witness. After asking a number of Irrelevant questions he released her from further examination. Everyone wondered. The Jury brought in a verdict for the defendant. Woodworth went from the courtroom to his office, where he wrote a note to his client informing her that the case had been lost through bis own fault and Inclosing his check for >IO,OOO. But If the attorney lost the man hoped to gain. Every man haa an ideal for ms wife. It is seldom that the Ideal Is realised, but when Woodworth saw Margaret Hunt in the. witness stand he recognise something more than he had ever pictured in his Imagination. He sought her out and eventually married her. He says that If be lost the case In which she was a witness and SIO,OOO he won a blessing that no success could equal. Besides he has made up the pecuniary loaa many times over.—Evelyn Ik Wltworth.

PUBLIC_ SALK To close up the estate of the late Geo. H. Maines, the undersigned will sell at Public Auction at her farm, 1 mile north and 1-2 mile west of Rensselaer, on what isk nown as the Henry Fisher farm, commencing at 10 a. m., on THURSDAY,, FEB. 11, 1909 13 HEAD HORSES AND MULES Consisting of 1 bay mare, 7 years old, wt 1450; 1 bay mare, 10 years old, wt 1100; 1 black mare, 13 years old, wt 1000, above mares are in foal to Kenton’s Jack; 1 sorrel road mare, 10 years old, In foal to road horse, wt 1100; 1 black mare, 5 years old, wt 1460; 1 bay mare, 10 years old, wt 1200; 1 bay mare, 10 years Old, wt 1100; J. bay mare, 12 years old, wt 1250, a good family mare; \ 1 black horse, 8 years old, wt 1200; 1 sorrel horse, 13 years old, wt 1250, a good family horse; 1 bay horse 11 years 1 old, wt 1100; 3 good work mules, wt 1100 and 1200 each. 16 HEAD OF CATLE. Consisting of 8 cows, one now fresh, one fresh in March, three now giving milk, and others will be fresh in spring; 7 spring steer calves; 1 Jersey bull calf, 9 months old. One Duroc Jersey Boar. IMPLEMENTS, WAGONS, ETC. Consisting of 1 McCormick binder; 1 Deering mower; 1 wagon, broad tire, nearly new; 1 wagofi, narrow tirq 2 com planters, one with fertilizer attachment; 1 Oliver gang plow; 1 14-inch walking plow; 1 top buggy; I 10-foot spading harrow; 1 7-fopt disc; 1 3-section Bteel harrow; 2 walking cultivators; 1 11-foot seeder; 1 hay rack; 4 sets of work harness, in good repair; and other articles too numerous to mention. A credit of 10 months will be given on sums over $lO with usual conditions; 5 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. JUDSON E. MA T NES, ~ SUSAN A. MA T NES, Admr. Fred Phillips, auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, clerk. Hot Lunch on Ground - ......

PUBLIC SALE. As I expect to give up farming I will offer at public sate at my residence, 2 miles south and % mile east of Rensselaer, on the farm known as the Kannal farm, commencing at 10 a. in., on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1909, The following property: 8 Head of HORSES —Consisting of I grey horse, coming 10 yrp old, wt 1350; 1 brown horse, coming 8 yrs old, wt 1300; 1 sorrel horse coming II yrs old, wt 1290; 1 browns gelding, 3 yrs old, wt 1500; 1 bay more, 3 yrs old, wt 1409, an extra goci one; 2 Black write, yearlings. 20 Head of CATTLE—Consisting of 3 milch cows, to be fresh in early spring; 6 2-yr-old heifers, one a half Jersey, all fresh In the' spring; 4 spring calves, two steers, two heifers; 7 yearlings, (one a full blood Jersey yearling heifer) two steers, five heifers. 9 Head of HOGS—Consisting of 1 brood sow, with pig, will farrow last of March; 1 Chester White boar, wt about 300; 7 shoals, ftt about 40 pounds each. FARM TOOLS* ETC —Consisting of 1 McCormick binder, good as new; 1 Champion mower; 1 sulky plow; 1 walking plow; 1 Peacock riding cultivator, with gopher attachment; 1 com planter with 100 rods of wire; 1 disc harrow; 1 flexible > harrow; 1 farm wagon, with triple box, broad tirfe; 1 carriage; 1 hand seeder; 1 hand corn sheller; 1 hay rack; ~1 endgate seeder; 2 sets work harness; 1 scoop board; 1 grindstone; 10 rods woven wire; 15 bushels white seed corn; some, household and kitchen furniture, including 1 Weber piano and numerous other Iqyticles. A credit of 11 months will be given on sums over $lO, with usual conditions; 6 per cent off for cash. A. A. BEAVER A. J. Harmon, auctioneer. R. D. Thompson, clerk. Hot lunch on the ground.

Public Sale. Having decided to quit fanning, the undersigned will offer at public sale, on what Is known as the George Patton farm, 3 miles south of Mt Ayr, Ind., and 8 miles north and 4 miles east of Brook, and I mile north of the Julian elevator, and 1 mile south and 7 miles west of Rensselaer. * TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Commencing at 10 o’clock a. m. 6 HORSES One bay mare 14 years old, weight 1860, one brown mare 13 yean old, weight 1.000, one roan mare 18 yean old, weight 1200, one sorrel mare co&lng three yean, weight 1,000, one sorrel horse 4years old, weight 1160. 6 HEAD OF CATTLE Consisting of two extra good milch cows due to be fresh by the 20th of March, 1 half Jersey heifer coming 2 yean old, freeh In spring, two oomlag yearling heifer calves.

MHoqa Two brood sows and sixteen pigs. 11 HEAD OF SHEEP. Consisting of 7 ewes due to lamb in spring, 3. lash spring lambs, 1 buck. FARMING IMPLEMENTS. One McCormick binder, with tongue trucks and 8 foot cut, good as new; One Black Hawk corn planter with 90 rods wire, 2 Janesville sulkey plows, in good order; 3 wagons, one broad tire Newton wagon, two narrow tire wagons, one Avery riding cultivator with gopher attachments, one Brown walking cultivator, 1 Success manure spreader, one 18 foot fexible harrow, one 8-foot spader disc, one oats seeder and box, one carriage, 1 single buggy, one hay ladder, one fiat rack, pne cutter, one steel frame hay rake, five sets of harness In good order, one U. S. cream separator, good as new; household goods, and other articles too numerous to mention. ’ ' TERMS —A credit of~ll months will be given on sums of over $lO with approved security, without interest if paid when due; if not paid when due, 8 per cent will be charged from date of sale. A discount of 6 per cent will be given fpr cash on all sums over $lO. All sums of $lO and under, cash In hand. No property to be removed until settled for. FRANK ERVIN, Fred Phillips, Auct. J. D. Rich, Clerk. Hot Lunch.

PUBLIC SALE. As I have' my farm and will move away, \ 1 will sell at public auction farm, 3 miles north and 2% of Rensselaer, and 1 mile south and % mile east of Surrey, commencing at 10 o’clock, a. m., on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1909 The following property: 6 Head of HORSES—One bay mare, 8 yrs old, wt 1300, In foal to Pullins horse; 1 team sorrel mares, coming 3 yra old, wt 2,610, well matched and a dandy good pair; 1 dapple-grey family driving mare, 7 yrs old, wt 1100; 1 spring colt; 1 fall colt. 6 Head of COWS—Ranging from 4 to 7 years old; one with calf by side; two fresh by March Ist, and the rest in April and May. Two Duroc Jersey brood sows, 1 recorded sow with 9 pigs four weeks old, and 1 to farrow March 20th. IMPLEMENTS—One sulky plow; 1 walking plow; 1 riding cultivator; 1 corn planter; 1 disc; 1 3-section harrow; 1 mowing machine; 2 wide-tlre wagons, one nearly new; 2 sets work harness; 1 rubber tire canopy top surrey; 1 rubber tire buggy; 1 hand corn shelter; 1 hand chicken feed grinder; 1 handy blacksmith outfit; 1 Sure Hatch 156-egg incubator and brooder; 1 No, 7 1908 Improved cream separator, and numerous other articles CHICKENS AND TURKEYS—Three dozen White Leghorn pullets. Five White Holland turkey hens and one tom. TERMS —A credit of 10 months will be given on sums of over $lO with approved security, without Interest if paid when due; if not paid when due, 8 per cent will be charged from date of sale. A discount of 6 per cent will be given for cash on all sums over $lO. All sums of $lO and under, cash in hand. No property to be removed until settled for. F. L. BORNTRAGER. A. J. Harmon, auctioneer. Ray Thompson, Clerk. Lunch on th» Ground. SALE. As I have more stock than I need, 1 will sell at public auction at my residence, 4 miles north and 4 miles east of Rensselaer, and 4 miles north of Pleasant Ridge, commencing at 10 o’clock, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1909 The following property: 7 Head of HORSES —One grey mare, 11 yrs old, wt 1450, in foal to the Rlngelssen horse; 1 sorrel mare, 10 yrs old, wt 1420, a good single driver; 2 coach horses, coming 3 and 4 yrs old, and a good team of colts; 1 bay gelding, coming 3 yrs old; 1 black gelding, coming 2 yra old; 1 colt. 9 Head of CATTLE!—6 good young cows, part of them fresh soon; 2 coming 2-year-old steers; 2 spring calves. 24 tall pigs, weighing 70 to 100 pounds. IMPLEMENTS—I Deere oorn planter, with fertiliser attachment and 120 rods of wire, la good order; 1 Oliver gang plow; 1 Bradley eagle-claw walk lng cultivator; 1 Morris 4-shovel cultivator; 1 8-eectton steel harrow; 1 No. 8 cook stove, with reservoir. TERMS— A credit of 10 months will be given on sums of over $lO with, approved security, without Interset If paid when due; If not paid when due, $ per cent will be charged dram date of sale. ▲ discount of 0 per cent will be given for cash on nil sums over >lO. All sums of $lO and under, cash In hand. No property to be removed until settled for. JOHN C. MAXWELL. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer, a a Spitler, clerk. Hot lunch on grounds.