Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1911 — FAIR OAKS. [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS.

Bart Crofford has moved from the Lawler raneh into the Moore property. Ben Zellars Is sawing wood with a huzp saw and engine for the C. B. & W. railroad. Dan Wood has moved to one 6f the, Lawler houses, known as the John White place. Mr. and Mrs. Clark, of near Lee, were here, over Sunday, attending the meetings at Warren’s. Felix Erwin, Mrs. Jessie Cedarwall and Mrs. N: A. McKay all called on the dentist in Rensselaer last Saturday. Mr. fcn<J Mrs. Dora Cottingham visited the latter’s sister in Monticello the first of the week. Mrs. N. Littlefield and children, of Rensselaer, visited over Sunday with F. R. Erwin. Mrs. Tom MarllatTls still very low and there is not much hope of her recovery. There will be quarterly meetings at the M. E. church Friday night. Elder Briggs will preach and all members of the church are especially requested to be there and any others who are in sympathy with the cause. There is quite a little excitement in town just now 6n account of the elopement last Sunday night of Homer Lakens and Rettie Brown, who are supposed to gone to Michigan to get married, and from there to the west.

Considerable interest in regard o the temperance question is being shown in many places just now and Fair Oaks is not without interest in this matter. While we know there is some “bootlegging,” this does not justify good people in sanctioning tin sale of liquor for a few paltry dollars by way of license. We look at it in the same light that ,we would view any evil practice—murder for instance. There are people being murdered all over this broad land, and of course, against the laws, but for all that, we wouldn’t think of licensing a few to kill as many as came in their way, just because it would bring a few dollars into she treasury of this Christian land of ours.