Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1910 — Distinguished Former Jasperite Contributes to the Monument Fund. [ARTICLE]

Distinguished Former Jasperite Contributes to the Monument Fund.

Hon. George W. Faris, the only native Jasperite that ever reached the halls of congress, to our knowledge, has contributed $lO to the monument fund. Mr. Faris represented the Terre Haute district"in congress for eight years and has since taken up his residence in Washington, D. C., where he is the vice-president of the United States Trust Co., which has a capital of one million dollars. Mr. Faris is related to the Faris families of Gillam township and a cousin of C. Pi Wright and Mrs. John W. Medicus, of Rensselaer. He was born 56 years ago just west of the city of Rensselaer. His letter Was addressed to his cousin, Mrs. Medicus, and read as follows: “I was pleased with and interested in your letter about the monument to General Milroy and would really enjoy being at its dedication. That will be impossible, however, as I sail for Europe on the eleventh and expect to celebrate the Fourth of July with other Americans in the city of Berlin. I cheerfully respond, as a native son of Jasper county, and enclose you a check for ten dollars, which plOase deliver to the proper person for the monument fund. 'I thank you for the kind words of your letter and if I can free myself from the rush and jolts of life for a little while, I hope to visit Rensselaer before long. Give my regards to all your folks and also to dear old Aunt Betty Brown’s family.”