Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1907 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

J. A. Williams and sod Claude returned Friday from a prospecting trip up in the vicinity of Grand Rapids and other points in Michigan. They did not invest, as it did not look very good to them. A great many peach orchards are completely dead, killed by freeze last fall and it will be several years before they can be replaced and begin bearing again. Mr. Williams was up there three years ago and was considerably taken up with the country, but this time it looked far from good to him.

The Monticello Journal had an article a few days ago about church publicity—or want of it, rather—that nearly every newspaper has run up against. It has repeatedly stated that its columns were open free to any pastor whp desired to announce the services at his church, and it made a point for some time to ’phone all the pastors and ask for their announcements. “Some took interest enough in the matter to give the required information, others did not and acted as if they were grieved at being bothered,” says the Journal. It further states that if it donates the space to give due prominence to the services it feels thatothers should take enough interest to prepare the notices, and that hereafter if the Journal does not contain announcements of the religious services at the different churches of the town, its readers can understand that those (having charge of such work do not take interest enough in it to give it any publicity.