Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1908 — Page 7

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

AIX. / We would like a little more sunshine in this vicinity/ Mrs. Fred ShuUz spent Friday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Swain. f James Abbotl; visited his sister, Mrs. Bowman) Switzer* Saturday night. J Mrs. Clarence Hurley and Mrs. Frank Vest/were callers Wednesday. 1 The Holiness people held meeting at Aix school house Sunday at eleven o’clock. James Knight, who has been on the sick list, is better and able to be up and around. Misses Maudie and Lova George took dinner with Misses Lillie and May Hurley Sunday. Miss Lillie Burns, who has been sick for the past four or five weeks, is better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Zebedee Swain and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Willis Hurley and family Sunday. Mrs. Bowman Switzer and Mrs. Hattie Ott spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Swain. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Henkle and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vest spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hurley. The farmers of this vicinity are very busy getting ready and planting their corn. Most of them have some corn planted, but few have all of it planted.

Plenty of Trouble Is caused by stagnation of the liver and bowels. To get rid of it and headache and biliousness and the poison that brings jaundice, take Dr. King’s New Life Pills, the reliable purifiers that do the work without grinding or griping. 25c at A. F. Long’s drug store.

SOUTH NEWTON. Mrs. Charles Grant did shopping in Rensselaer Tuesday. W. E. Leek and Earl Clouse of Rensselaer spent Tuesday with Earl Leek. W. B. Yeoman and C. R. Weiss transacted business in Rensselaer Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dewey called on Charles Weiss and family Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs, Nelse Hough took Sunday dinner with their daughter, Mrs. Ed Schanlaub. Miss Sadie Paulus went to Morocco Sunday to attend the ball game. Mt. Ayr played Morocco. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reed and family spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs. Nelson DuCharme. Mrs. Mary Powell returned home Wednesday after a few days visit with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Markin. Charles Weiss started to tear down his old house Monday. He will start to build the new one immediately. Mss. Wm. Yeoman and daughters Lura and Ada visited with the former’s brother Arthur Powell and family Sunday. Carr Bros, are having a large number of tile put in on their farm. Philip Paulus is hauling corn to the Julian elevator this week. Mrs. Arthur Mayhew went to Brook Saturday to attend Decoration exercises there. She returned home Sunday, her mother accompanying her. George Bentley and Charles Hammel of Brook visited Saturday night at the home of Philip Paulus. They visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Reed of Jordan tp. Several from this vicinity attended Decoration day exercises at Rensselaer Saturday. Not so many of the men went, as they were so busy owing to the bad weather heretofore. Mrs. Mary Powell and daughter Mrs. Fred Markin took dinner with the former’s daughter, Mrs. Wm. Yeoman Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leek went to Mt. Ayr Sunday. Mrs. Leek stayed with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bengston, and Mr. Leek went to Moroccb with the boys to play ball. Mt. Ayr won with a score of 7 to 0.

If you will make Inquiry It will be a revelation to you how many succomb to kidney or bladder troubles in one form or another. If the patient is not beyond medical aid, Foley’s Kidney Cure will cure. It never disappoints. A. F. LONG.

IROQUOIS VALLEY. Still planting corn. Hot! Well, I should smile. Gertie Kolhoff went to Rensselaer Monday. Emmet -says his chickens are getting better. John Marlatt’s children have the whooping cough. Mike Jungles was in this locality Friday afternoon. ,

Alpha Mcßlfresh has gotten over the measles all right. The fellow who does not sweat nowadays must be overheated. Curtis Steel drove his colt Sunday. Curtis says it is a dandy. Barney Kolhoff and family at;tended church at Rensselaer Sunday. Milton Roth, ■ the Rensselaer butcher, visited John Marlatt Sunday. Cade Potts attended the band concert in Rensselaer Thursday night. Bennie Price and Newt Jenkins attended the pie social at Independence Saturday night. Look out, Richie. The measles have a smile on you they don’t miss one. No-sir-ee. Mollie McElfresh of Rensselaer visited her father George McElfresh and family Thursday. Blanche Steele has the measles. Wm. Green has a telephone put in his house. Now, Noah, you can talk to your best girl without taking such a long drive. Ask Miss Louella Green for points on poultry raising. She is a model in the poultry business and has great success in raising chickens, ducks and turkeys. The other day her incubator, hatched every egg but three. Say, why can’t we have a Sunday school in our locality? There are lots of children and several older people that would be interested, and as we are not all heathens let’s do something for a good cause. It will be far better for the young generation than going fishing or hunting bird’s nests. Rouse yourselves, good people.

■... Death Was On His Heels. Jesse P. .Morris, of Skippers, Va., had a close call in the spring of 1906. He says: “An attack of pneumonia left me so weak and with such a fearful cough that my friends declared consumption had me, and death was on my heels. Then I was persuaded to try Dr. King’s New Discovery. It helped me immediately, and after taking two and a half bottles I was a well man again. I found out that New Discovery is the best remedy for coughs and lung disease in all the world.” Sold under guarantee at A. F. Long’s drug store. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free.

FAIR OAKS. Walter McConnel began pressing hay near here Monday again. Mrs. Rilla Cox Kella of Chicago is visiting Mrs. Ike Kight this week. Quite a number attended Memorial exercises from here Saturday at Rensselaer. Fish Gilmore and wife of Lacrosse visited in these parts from Saturday until Monday. Mrs. Kight, with her father, Mr. Spry, attended Memorial exercises at Lake Village Saturday. Miss Iva Moffitt returned home Tuesday after a few days visit with relatives in Jordan tp. Mrs. Will Warren who has been on the sick list for some time, is not much changed at this writing. A series of meetings began in the M. E. church Monday night, conducted by Rev's. Gable and Evans. Mrs. Ike Kight returned home Tuesday after a visit of some time with her son and others at Lacrosse. Dora Cottingham and O. Atwood went to Kentland Monday to attend a stone road case which was on hands over there in Commissioners’ court. George Graves’ two boys, Willie and George of Kankakee, visited their grandfather William Cox's here Saturday and others at Rensselaer also. After a lapse of three or four days without rain, we got another one Wednesday. During this time the farmers have Improved every minute, comparatively speaking, in getting in their corn. Mr. Barns, the night operator who has been boarding at the Cottingham house with his little boy, went to John Casey’s Tuesday to board, thinking it would be better for the child as he is small and requires lots of attention.

Y Consumption is less deadly than it used to be. Y Z Certain relief awl usually complete recovery 6 Y will result from the following treatment: ¥ Z Hope, rest, fresh air, and— Scott's X ALL DRUGGISTS| 800. AND SI.OO. Mil [

John Andrus met with a very severe accident Tuesday while working on a building at Mr. Eggleston’s. He lost his footing and fell to the ground and broke his leg. Dr. Fyfe being out of town, Dr. Washburn of Rensselaer was called to give the necessary attention.

A Lesson in Health. Healthy kidneys filter the impurities from the blood, and unless they do this good health is impossible. Foley’s Kidney Cure makes sound kidneys and will positively cure all forms of kidney find bladder disease. It strengthens the whole system. A. F. LONG.

BLUE SEA. Frank Summers finished planting corn Saturday. H. Beaver was in Monon Saturday on business. Thos. Johnson was in Rensselaer Monday on business. George Caster was in Wolcott Saturday on business. • The Gilmore dredge is making good headway this week. Uncle Tom Johnson was in Monon Monday on business. A. C. Robertson was in this locality Saturday on business. Charles and James Wood called on R. Williams Monday evening. Farmers are amking good headway and- will soon be through planting. Mrs. Perry Beaver of Monon spent Saturday and Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Edward Johnson. Otto says no telling how much ice cream he could eat if he only could get it, and had a bigger, spoon.

A Twenty Year Sentence. “I have Just completed a twenty year health sentence, imposed by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, which cured me of bleeding piles just twenty years ago,” writes O. S. Woolever, of Leßaysville, N. Y. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve heals the worst sores, boils, burns, wounds and cuts in the shortest time. 25c at A. F. Long’s drug store.

FORESMAN. Mrs. Kendall and Mrs. Mooney visited near Rensselaer at Carr’s Sunday. Mr.- and Mrs. Chas. Snow visited north of Rensselaer Saturday and Sunday. L. A. Sunderland and sons Will and Horace visited with C. E. Sunderland Sunday. J. S. Toyne is quite sick. He has been suffering with a gathering in his head for some time. Mrs. Emery Mathers of Joliet, 111., is visiting her mother and other relatives near here. Henry Gushwa lost one of his best farm horses. Blood poisoning was the cause of its death. Mrs. Kissner of Kankakee returned home Monday after a short visit with her mother and other relatives here. Quite a good many of our citizens attended the ball games at Brook Saturday and Sunday. Wheatfield won both games from Brook. Hugh Spaulding went to Remington Saturday to see his cousin, Will Patrick, who got hit with a base ball and was seriously hurt. There will be a strawberry and ice cream social at the school house Saturday night, June 6, given by the ladies and there will be a quilt given to the young lady receiving the most votes. Everybody is invited.

.Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs.. “Several years since my lungs were so badly affected that 1 had many hemorrhages,” writes A. M. Ake, of Wood, Ind. “I took treatment with several physicians without any benefit. I then started to take Foley’s Honey and Tar, and my lungs are now as sound as a bullet. I recommend it in advance stages of lung trouble.” Foley’s Honey and Tar stops the cough and heals the lungs, and prevents serious results from a cold. Refuse substitutes. A. F. LONG.

HANGING GROVE. Ralph Low man of Whiting was here visiting relatives Sunday. Frank Peregrine’s took their son Wallace to the doctor Wednesday. Elmer Gunyon went to Parr Sunday morning, returning same- day. June Ist was the first Monday for seven weeks that it hasn’t rained. The dredge has been idle for a few days this week awaiting coal supply. Uncle John Tillett of Gillam was down last Friday after the big rain

Extra Special Sale Of Dress Goods, Ginghams, ITuslins, Calico, Shirting and Denims, at The Two Big Cash Stores G. M. Wilcox & Son SURREY, IRp. PARR, INC. order to make room for our stock of new summer dress goods, muslins, ginghams, and all piece goods, we are going to make the greatest reductions this'|store||has ever seen. Calico is sold in most stores at 7 and 8 cents per yard. Our prices'Jare to continue until our stock is reduced sufficiently to accommodate our new stock. Do not t fail to come early so you may get the best pieces as they will not last long at these prices. We may have some of our new stock in when you come as our buyer hasjfmarfe several purchases to arrive at once. We sell for cash]and can save you]money on anything in our line. It is impossible for stores doing a credit business to touch our prices, come in and see for yourself. »

Calicoes The American Printing Co’s Standard Prints. American Ihdigo and White, yard. s^c American Indigo and Gold, yard.. . .5 He American Indigo and Red, yard 3^c American Calcutta and White, yard.. 5He American Calcutta and Red, yard 5He American Black and White, yard 5Hc American Silver Greys, yard , ...5Hc American Blues and Whites, yard 3^c American Turkey Red and White, yard 3^c American Light Blue and White, yard. 5He Plain Red, yard 5Hc Plain Blue, yard '. 5He Plain Black, yard ..5Hc Plain Light Blue, yard. 5He

A new line of dress Ginghams will be in this month and at prices reduced lower than ever. Rememlier that >ve sell for cash and can sell you Dry Goods and Groceries at a much less margin of profit than any credit store. The Two Big Cash Stores G. M. WILCOX & SONS, SURREY AND PARR, IND.

and spent the day with C. W. Bussell, fishing and spinning old hunting yarns. Hoy Rishling and family visited J. L. Osborne's north of Rensselaer Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Foulks spent Monday among friends in McCoysburg. - ——------- C. W. Bussell is doing some house moving near Francesville this week. John Bowman and family returned home from Brookston Sunday evening. Mrs. Lewis Hooker spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives at Francesville. v Mrs. C. A. Lefler and daughters Edna and Francie were in Rensselaer Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Parker took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Moulds Sunday. Geo. H. Thomas of LaFayette, foreman of the Dr. Wetheral farms, was up a few days this week. Michael Ringeison is going to have some repair work done on his big barn before haying season.

Mrs. James Downs visited Saturday and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hoyes, north of Rensselaer, returning home Sunday evening on train 39. S. H. Howe came back from the west on the 29th ult. During his absence he visited several points in the west, and says that some places he liked and others he didn’t. Lute Jacks of Lee, one of the supervisors of Monon tp., has removed some of those annoying logs from the middle of the road along Mr. HOwe’s farm of Kate Parcels’. Many thanks. The wind during last week’s storm did some light damage here but nothing to speak of, compared with other places. Two or three wind pump wheels were wrenched oft and a few old apple trees were uprooted! A couple of what looked to be professional crooks bunked in a box car at McCoysburg Tuesday evening. They did not attempt to do any harm, but were very anxious to read. One of them came in and got an Old paper at McCoy's store. R. V. Johns. J. R. Phillips and Roy Bussell took a little fishing trip Monday evening over to the dredge ditch. They caught several fine big channel cat, but as they had been having plenty of fish lately they didn’t bring any home. Mosquito bites were most plentiful. Gallnipers grow nearly as large as hornets.

Hanging Grove will hold its Sunday school convention the 3rd Sunday of this month at McCoysburg, at 2 o’clock p. m. That will be on preaching Sunday and arrangements will be made with the Parker people to give their time to the convention.

James Lefler has them all skinned on the new potato deal. He has a half acre patch all nicely in bloom, and will have young potatoes by the 10th inst easily. They are by far the evenest and most forward patch of potatoes in the township if not in the county. Quite a number of people attended the Decoration Day exercises at Rensselaer Saturday, including many farmers who could not work in the fields. Capt. Geo. Healey delivered the oration, but the wind wav blowing at such a rate that only those near the platform or directly in front w'ere able to hear very distinctly.

Yours truly called at The Democrat office while in the city Saturday to see the new Linotype machine perform. It certainly is a fine piece of work, and for an inexperienced hand to try manipulating such a thing would cause as much trouble as putting up a stove pipe. Wednesday was the first twice-a week Democrat, which is the outcome of this new 1 machine.

The postofflee department has issued a number of circulars of printed matter referring to the use of stamped envelopes for everyone. These circulars have been or will be distributed to the rural patrons by the carriers. In the first place stamped envelopes are cheaper, more convenient, and you have advantage of the return card in the corner, which very often will save letters from being sent to the dead letter office.

Today is commencement at Banta at 2 p. m. We have a nice little bunch jof graduates, two gold star pupils and one gold medal. The gold medal will be awarded .to Robert Cook for ten successive school terms. Graduates are now permitted to read or recite their themes from memory, which ever they choose, but a few years back when your humble servant was a graduate, in ’OO, they had to say it off hand.

Five autos from Rensselaer passed through McCoysburg Sunday about 6 o’clock, enroute back to Rensselaer. They had made a little tour around by way of Remington, Wolcott, Seafleld, Reynolds, Monticello, Monon and McCoysburg. They stopped a few moments In McCoysburg for Dr. Turller to make some re-adjustments on his nobby little

ITuslins BLEACHED. Admiral fine Muslin was 8c yard, now 7c Rainbow fine flinish was Bc, now 7c Harvest Moon was 9c, now. ......... ... .. ... .8c Lonsdale, very fine, was 11c, now... 10c UNBLEACHED. Beaver Dam LL was 7c yard, now. .........6c Continental 36 in. C was 10c, now. .... . . ... .9c Santee River LL was 7c, now 6c Black Hawk CA was 9c, now .. .8c Amoskeag Staples, the very best, was 9 and 10c per yard, now only. ..., . 6c Everette Cheviott Shirting was 12c, now cut to 10c 1 1 Denims, brown, blue and black, the very best summer weights, per yard 14c

Buick and to wait on a couple of the cars that were a little delayed. C. G. Spitler headed the flock and Jack Montgomery and wife were in the rear with Thompson’s Premier. We know bf no other cause why Jack should be in the rear with such a speedy car, other than he must have stopped to show some of the natives over about Seafield how to climb a telephone pole. A little of the wet goods was also in evidence here, which was probably used to cut the dust.

Kocrect Shapes Won’t Break ! F If the patent leather in this pair of I BURT & PACKARD Korrect Shape Shoe* breaks through before the first I sole wears through, we will give ■ I yon a new pair fra*. JCj *G. E. Murray Co. RENSSELAER, IND.

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