Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A good deal of fun is poked at commencement day wisdom of the! graduates. However, it appears to be as pertinent as the wisdom of other folks. C. S. Brinkley, of Magnet City, N. C., asserts he has the longest beard in the United States; it trails on the ground when put on display. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Vincent, who recently died iSSt Cincinnati, bequeathed $440 to her (friend, Oliver W. Norton, “to be expended for the best cigars he can buy.”' There has (been a 'protest raised .against the amount otf public money which American legislators spend on 'baths. The sum expended by the house of representatives last year was $0,200. A hat such as is worn by Mexicans may -east anywhere from 5 cents to SSOO. The better ones weigh from six to eight pounds and carry many dollars’ worth of silver and gold trimmings. Portland Ale, has Host one of its largest historical trees. It stood on Benedict Arnold’s trail and was more than one hundreds years old. It measured four -feet three inches across the butt. Vice President Marshall Tuesday addressed a class of 120 members at the commencement exercises of the University of Maine, at Orono, and in turn received the honorary degree of doctor of laws at the hands of President Robert J. Aley. When his 2-yearold sister fell into a well half full of water and Clung to a pump pipe for dear life, Otto Slusser, 14 years old, of Terre Haute, slid down the pipe, seized the child and held her until a rope Was towered, when both were pulled to the top.

Call for Republican Representative Convention. The Republicans of Jasper and White counties will meet in delegate convention at Montieello, White county, Indiana, on Saturday, June 20th, 1914, at 1 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for State Representative, to be voted for at the November election of 1914. The representation for said convention will be on the basis of one delegate and one alternate for each 200 votes cast in 1910 for Otis E. Gulley for secretary of state at the general election held in November, and one delegate and one alternate for each fraction of 200 votes cast for Otis E. Gulley for secretary of state at the general election in November, 1910, which will entitle the said counties to the following vote: Jasper County—B. White County—l 2. Delegates to this convention will be selected at precinct meeting to be held at the regular voting places of the precinct on Saturday, June 6, 1914, and the delegates will cast the vote to which their precinct is entitled. G. H. McLAIN, Chairman Jasper County. Wm. HAMMELLE, Chairman White County. FOR JOINT REPRESENTATIVE. The undersigned wishes to announce his candidacy for the nomination for joint representative of White and Jasper counties, subject to the decision of the delegates to the convention to be held at Montieello on June 20th, 1914.—William L. Wood, Barr, Ind.

Walker Township Call. The republicans of Walker township and all who care to co-oerate with them will convene at Center school house at 2 o’clock p. m., on SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1914, to nominate the following candidates: Trustee. Assessor. Three members advisory board. Road supervisors. Justice of the peace. Constable. Let all republicans turn out and help to nominate first-class men for these places. J. F. Pettit, Chairman. Frank Smith, Secretary. RENSSELAER MARKETS. Corn—6sc. ' v Oats—36c. Chickens—llc. Eggs—l7c. Wool—l6c-21c. Buttortat— 26y z c. CASTOR IA Bor and Children. IkiKUYMHan/UwajsßMgM