Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1909 — PROHIBITION MEETING. [ARTICLE]

PROHIBITION MEETING.

The Rev. J. H. Hector (the “Black Knight") of York, Pa., and Prof. F. W. Lough of Indianapolis, will speak at the Jasper County Prohibition Convention, to be held in Rensselaer, Feb. 23, at 10:30 a. m., 1:30 p. m., and 7:30 p. m., in the east court room. The purpose of this county meeting will be to select delegates to a District Convention and elect county officers for two years.

Prof. Lough, Prohibition State Chairman, will speak in the morning and Rev. Hector in the afternoon. Mr. Hector Is a rull-blooded negro, the grandson of a Zulu chief, was a soldier in the Civil War, is an ex-G. A. R. Commander, and for more than twenty years has been on the platform in behalf of the Prohibition cause. He comes highly recommended, having the endorsement of the leaders of the temperance reform in not only the United,States, but Canada and England as well. The public is cordially invited to hear'this remarkable man. E. S. THORNTON, County Chairman.