Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1903 — BUT THEY WON’T, THOUGH. [ARTICLE]

BUT THEY WON’T, THOUGH.

Monticello Journal: After many days, yes weeks of persistent canvassing, Bensselaer has succeeded in securing a fund of $1,200 by subscription with which to purchase the necessary ground to secure Carnegie’s donation of SIO,OOO for a public library. They ought to know their own business best but it strikes the writer that there are a half dozen men in that city who have made large enough fortunes off of that community to be perfectly willing to donate the entire sum.