Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1913 — Auctioneer Shields Returns to White County—No Business Here. [ARTICLE]

Auctioneer Shields Returns to White County—No Business Here.

Col. J. N. Shields, who located here some three months ago and advertised as an auctioneer, will return the first of the month to White county, where he will live on a farm. He has a number of sales over there and will probably be able to book a number more yet this spring. Mr. Shields has been in the auctioneer business for a dozen years and last fall came to Rensselaer with the belief that there was an opening here. He was here for more than three months and did not get a sale in this county. He was called back to White and Cass counties for several good sales, but over here he could not even get a start and he has decided to go back to his old home. Mr. Shields has every appearance of being a worthy man and his recommendations so presented him, and also gave him a good send-off as an auctioneer. Here in this part of Indiana, however, the farmers are all so well pleased with the auctioneering of Col. Fred Phillips that it is only occasionally that any one else can break in on a sale. Mr. Shields was keenly disappointed at not even getting a chance to show the "kind of goods” he is capable of delivering and has left word with friends that he will be glad to come back any time they can get a sale for him. At The Republican office this morning he said, “you can thank the people for their patronage, even if I didn’t get any. I am not blaming anyone and am only sorry that I didn’t get just one chance, so that people would know that I am an auctioneer. My address will be R. D. No. 4, Monticello, and I can be reached by telephone for emergency calls. Just tell any one wanting my services to call me up and I will pay the telephone charges if I am employed.” Mr. Shields will not move his household goods until the first of February, but will take his family and go to Buffalo Wednesday and spend the balance of the month with relatives.