Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1918 — NEWLAND. [ARTICLE]

NEWLAND.

The stormy weather last week stopped mail service here again for two or three days. Miss Lucy Ruthledg'e is going to give a box social at Kennedy school this Friday night. A new Literary society was organized at Gifford last Thursday night. The last debate at Center school; Resolved: That the government should own and control the railroads. A. C. Campbell and Miss Selkirk affimative and Elizabeth Yoeman and Glenn Baker negative, was decided two to one in fhvor of the negative. There are seven cases of small-pox here now. All in the Rees family. This is the third week school has been closed on account of the epidemic.

Mr. Stanton and Ed Fensler went to Indianapolis yesterday to sell onions that they have stored thdre. Mrs. J. W. Spate returned from Hattiesburg, Miss., Monday, where she has b£en visiting relatives at Camp Shelby. Floyd Tow made a trip to Wolcott last week Mr. I- W. Smith returned from Rensselaer Saturday. Mrs. S. L. Jordan and daughter, Nettie were guests of Mrs. Eib Saturday. •