Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

E. W. Hickman Sold Out To E. D. Rhoades & Son. E. W. Hickman, who started a plumbing business the first of July in a room belonging to H. R. Kurrie on Cullen street, has sold out his business to E. D. Rhoades & Son, for whom he has already begun to work. Mr. Hickman found plenty of work as a plumber but collections were slow and he thought the expense of continuing in business for himself not justified. Mrs. J. W. Tilton and daughter; Miss Beatrice, went to DeMotte today to visit until Saturday with her parents, Mt. and Mrs. John Greve. Turnips and carrots, 15c peck; onions, 20c peek. BOWEN & KISER. The Womans’ Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. church will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. A. A. FelL It is the time for electing new officers and all members are urged to be present.

Mrs. J. A. Dunlap has received word from Miss Willette Hill, who visited here last summer, stating that her father, on whose account she was called back to her home at Dallas, Texas, died about a week ago. • - Mrs. Phoebe Magness, 87 years of age, and daughter, Mrs. Hattie Boake, who have been visiting the former’s niece, Mrs. Henry Wood, sot the past week, started today for their home in Pomona, Cal. Mrs. Wood accompanied them as far as Chicago. The trial of William Steel, of Gifford, charged with killing prairie chickens, is taking place today. Two game wardens are pushing the case and employed Attorney Parkison to assist Deputy Prosecutor Sands. The defendant is represented by Attorney Leopold. ' Born, Sept. 6th, to Mr. and Mrs, Frank Crosscup, at Gatun, Canal Zone, a son weighing 7V 2 pounds. Relatives of Mr. Crosscup in Rensselaer have received cards announcing the visit of the stork. Mr. Crosscup is a policeman on the Canal Zone. Frank McCurtain, whose home is at Parr,’ has arrived home after working during the summer season for the Squire-Dingee pickle company at Fulton, Ind. The drouth cut the crop very short and it is reported the Squire-Dingee people have 100,000 less bushels of pickles than they expected to put up.

T. G. Wynegar, W. V. Porter, R. A. Parkison and H. E. Parkison made a trip to Raub yesterday to see a “bull” tractor at work pulling a John Deere plow. Mr. Wynegar is a salesman for the plow and R. A. Parkison expects to employ a tractor on his farm the coming year. The first night party for the winter season of the Round Table Club will be held at Mrs. Grant Warner’s Thursday night of this week at 7:30, Mrs. J. H, Chapman and E. D. Rhoades assisting. Members 'Who can not attend and have not supplied others in their places are asked to notify these ladies. England has brought into the European war a horde of Indian troops, black men from their Asiatic dependency. It is questionable whether this act will meet with the approval of the people of the United States who have for many reasons felt friendly to the cause of the allies. Surely these black men can not be voluntary agents in the war they are to fight and it seems outrageous to employ them to be butchered against their will Enlisting the aid of the Japanese seemed bad enough, but to have these half-civilized Indians.as drafted allies is unworthy the act of a highly civilized Hatton.