Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1908 — SOCIETY OF EQUITY [ARTICLE]

SOCIETY OF EQUITY

Representatives Are Holding Meeting In Indianapolis. Indianapolis. Dec. B.—Representatives of the different state branches of the American Society of Equity are meeting in Indianapolis to pass Anally on the action of the organization’s national convention. Immediately after the completion of this work- today, the new board of directors will “check up” the organization and take office. The new board will formulate this week its policy which will include a vigorous*campaign for membership. The organization now has about 28,000 members, and has a good footing in twenty states. November Health Record. Fairmount, Ind., Dec. 8. —Falrmount probably holds the health record for November, not only in the state, but in the whole country. With a population of 4,000, there was not one death within the corporate limits during the month and only one. that of an aged woman, in the township. Postmaster’s Wife Scares Robbers. Sullivan, ind., Dec. B.—An attempt was made to rob the postoffice at tJrayvllle. The office is in the residence of T. K, Cushman the postmaster. Two men crawled to the porch roof. Mrs. Cushman and daughter heard them and their screams frightened the robbers. "Prof.” Hansen In a Cell. La Porte, Ind., Dec. 8. —“Professor” Charles W, Hansen whose leaving of his wife and family last summer in Chicago and his subsequent attempt to found a unique business college in La Porte attracted much attention, was arrested on a charge of wife abandonment and placed in a cell. Date for Bpecia! Election. Indanapolis, Dec. B.—Governor Hanly has set Dec. 29 as the day for the Special election in Vanderburg county to elect a successor to Senator Walter Itegeman. . Gary Skating Rink Burned. Gary, Ind., Dec. B.—The skating rink of the Gary Casino company waa burned in what is thought to have been an Incendiary fire. The loss Is 516.006.