Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1916 — Republican Committeemen. [ARTICLE]

Republican Committeemen.

In compliance with the requirements of the new primary law, which requires the meeting of the newly elected precinct committeemen on the first Saturday after the primary election, March 11th, for the purpose of organizing, selecting the county chairman, county secretary and the county treasurer, and transacting other business pertaining to the county organization. Now, therefore, in compliance with the requirement of the law all newly elected committeemen are requested to meet in Rensselaer at court house at 1 p. m. on Saturday, March 11th, to transact the necessary business to come before the committee. G. H. McLAIN, County Chairman. A. G. Catt, County Secretary.

Policewomen are now employed in twenty-six cities of the U. S. / “Silo kick”, is; a popular intoxicating drink at Terra Alta, W. Va. The drink is drawn from the bottom of a silo and is the unfermeiited juice of the com. The matter of a platform is said to be worrying democratic leaders. Why should it? Wilson will be the nominee of the St. Louis convention, and a brief and fitting platform would be: “I have changed my mind.” O. R, Cook, of Ft. Wayne, a traveling salesman who comes to this city, made inquiry this morning -.bout Frank Brusnahan, formerly of Union township, with whom he chummed when they were attending Valparaiso University. He was shocked to learn that Frank was the victim of a murderer while practicing law in- New Mexico. IH. W. Philippi, of- Lafayette, was a Rensselaer visitor today. He is an agent for the New York Life Insurance Co. Charles Wellington, who oame to this city for that company for many years, is still writing insurance, "but lives-on Ms stock farm near Lafayette. In another year he witLbe retired on a substantial pension by the company.

President Wilson says there is nothing in either the doctrine of free trade or that of protection. We are willing he should speak for the doctrine of free trade but there are others vastly more competent to speak for the doctrine of protection. We shall entirely agree that there is nothing in free trade. We have proven it by sad experience. But as for protection —there is much in it. There is in it, for instance, a full dinner pail for the laborer, busy factories for industrial investors, plenty of business for retail merchants, wide-spread prosperity in the United States, a full federal treasury and no need for stamp taxes. Nothing in it ? We should worry. • T- ~4: ■/V ■ . ■■

J. G. Spencer and family have moved to the James P. Overton farm. Everet, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ringeisen, has been quite ick for a few days. Miss Opal Robinson, of Rensselaer, visited relatives in McCoysburg Wednesday night. The final rehearsal for the Saturday evening entertainment will be held Friday night. Mr. and Mts. W. R. Willits have both been having the grip quite severely, as has also their granddaughter, Mildred Willits. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Snedeker started up in Barkley Wednesday to see his father, who has been quite sick, but found the roads too bad to finish the journey. ■Mrs. Chas. W. Bussell, Sr. and Mrs. Mary E. Lowe, the latter of Rensselaer, went to Packard, Wis., Tuesday, visit with Mr. and Mrs. -James Lefler. Jack Kalb and family will move Thursday from the Geo. Potts tenant place, to a house near Zadoc. Jack will work on the section this summer. Will Kalb, who was married last Christmas in Chicago, will also moye to a farm near Kniman. Col. G. W. Hobson will be the principal speaker at the “Indiana Day” exercises to be given at the McCoysburg school house Friday night, March 10th. Mr. Hobson i® indeed a very interesting speaker and no doubt the building will be thronged with "people to hear him on that night. During the electrical storm Tuesday evening lightning struck the barn on the farm occupied by N. in Gillam, killing two valuable horses and damaging the bam considerably. The bam was set oh fire, but the blaze was extinguished before it had spread very much. In attempting to get the horses out, Ammen Osburn received a kick from one of the horses but was not seriously hurt. Ammen and Jud had quite an exciting runaway just the day before, in which Jud received some bruises about the shoulder.