Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1911 — “Farmer" Hopkins Says He Will Fight Guardianship Proceedings. [ARTICLE]

“Farmer" Hopkins Says He Will Fight Guardianship Proceedings.

Sheriff Hoover served the summons on “Farmer” Hopkins this Friday morning. He got wind, it is understood, of the .fact that his children had instituted the proceeding and was making an effort to get out of town. He had gone to the depot and then to lumber yard office, where the sheriff found him. He came down town peacefully but did considerable cussing about the action his children had taken. The proceeding is simply a civil suit and he was not required to give a bond. Judge Hanley will rule on the guardianship proceeding Monday, February 20th. “Farmer’’ left this afternoon for Wabash, where he sair he was going to hire a lawyer to fight the case. He also said that he had paid S6OO on a farm near North Manchester and that he intended forfeiting it, i v