Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1914 — Return From a Pleasant Winter Sojourn in Alabama. [ARTICLE]

Return From a Pleasant Winter Sojourn in Alabama.

Sylvester Hatton and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Witham and daughter arrived home Tuesday from a stay of three months in Alabama,-where they had a very enjoyable winter and where Mr. Hatton’s health continued good throughout the time they were there. They stopped at Fair Hope, a town of only 300 people, where they procured a furnished house of seven rooms. The weather was fine and Mr. Witham indulged considerably in the pasttime of the village, croquet playing, although he does not claim to be among the experts of the game. He relates that four of the best players, two on a side, started a game one morning at'9 o’clock, played until noon, left the balls and mallets and went to dinner and returned at 1 o’clovk and played until 3 before their first game was completed. This recalls the old days when a croquet ground in the court house yard in Rensselaer occupied the attention of many of our business and professional men and court house officials. Th epartici pan ts in the gam e in the south are mostly northern people who have nothing to do but while away the time. Mr? Hatton and members of his family have made their winter home in Alabama for several years.