Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1909 — TO HELP GEORGE WOOD. [ARTICLE]

TO HELP GEORGE WOOD.

A. L. Padgitt received a letter Wednesday from R. B. Porter, who is with George Wood at Mt. Vernon, South Dakota, in which Mr. Porter stated that George is in destitute circumstances and badly in need of assistance in a financial way. Mr. Porter states further that he put up the money to bury George’s two children, whose sickness left their father almost penniless. Mr. Pagitt and W. F. Smith immediately began to raise money by popular subscription and have sent $172 to relieve the stricken family. George received SSOO a short time ago from the Hartsell estate for injuries he received while working for the late Dr. Hartsell, but after paying his attorneys and settling up bills and moving to Dakota he had but little left.