Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1910 — MAY CELEBRATE 4TH AFTER ALL. [ARTICLE]

MAY CELEBRATE 4TH AFTER ALL.

New Life Injected Into Proposition Thursday. HAVE S3OO NOW SUBSCRIBED With More In Prospect, Puts a Different Aspect On Situation, and It Can Now Be Said With a Practical Certainty That Rensselaer Will Celebrate the Glorious Fourth this Year as Never Before. ■■ ■. . . ■ • ■ . When it became appaJreJnt 'Wednesday that Rensselaer would have nd 4th of July celebration if the business men did not want it, as shown by their apathy toward the proposition, some of the apathctics awoke to the fact that they wanted- a celebration, and as a result they began to evince considerable interest in the project. D. M. Worland went out with Mose Leopold a short time Thursday morning and they soon had S2OO subscribed, with the understanding that it was all “off” unless S4OO was raised. Up to yesterday morning the subscriptions had reached S3OO, with many more of the smaller business lines not yet represented. It is the intention to raise SSOO if possible, and have one of the best celebrations ever held in Rensselaer. Everybody wants some place to go the 4th, and from a business point of view, if from no other-, it is better to have a celebration at home and bring in $4,000 or $5,000 in cash to Rensselaer, to" circulate in this community, than to have that much takn out, never to return.

“The Democrat has always held —iuo matter what other attractions we may have during the year —that Rensselaer should give a celebration July 4th each year. We are most centrally located for drawing a big crowd and other towns are too far away for our people who want to attend a big celebration." If we had our way about it, we would let the word go out -and have it generally understood that Rensselaer celebrates the 4th every year, makq the celebration a regular feature and let our people strive to make each celebration a little better than the ope preceding it. If this were done 1 it would not be long until we would have to extend our corporation lines to hold the crowds that would come, and the advantages derived would be many.

COLLEGEVILLE NEWS. The census man enumerated tjie local inhabitants yesterday. Only a few counts of the last census were there, but the increase will not be outdone by many college towns. All things are rounding up for the dedication. This week will see the chapel ready. Besides Bishops Alerding and Koudelka, arid Gov. Marshall, other church and state dignitaries have accepted the invitation and will be present. Through the columns of The Democrat the college faculty extends the invitation to the locar citizens to attend the' celebrations, the play, “Scanderbeg,” on Monday evening, and the dedicatipn Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock, the speaking and the ball game of the afternoon. Dinner will be served in the collge basement at 35c a plate. On May 7th the varsity invaded DePaul’s territory and defeated the Chicagoans in an exciting game, in spite of the drizzling rain that fell continually, by the score of 6 to 1. Hasser was in his good form and allowed the Chicago boys only two hits, and struck out 14 men in seven innings. The varsity displayed remarkable activity in the game and only for Berghoff’s error would have scored a shut-out game. All had on their batting feathers, HasSer and Retinger stinging two baggers against the fence of the small lot. Grathwohl

held Hasser’s speedy shoots with ease. DePaul had in stock their usual supply of excuses, but. as these were on cold storage from former years they had no effect on the Hoosier players. Raiu ended the game in the eighth. The score: Rll E St. Joe. .2 0 1 1 20 0 0 67 3 DePaul .1 0 00 0 0 Ox 12 4 DePaul will play its return game at the college on Tuesday afternoon, May 17tlk ‘‘Scanderbeg,’' the drama to be •rendered in the college hall Monday evening May 16th, is a dramatized event of the early 15th century. of the fights between the Turks and the Christians in eastern Europe, in old Albania on the shores of the Adriatic. Scanderbeg’s youth was spent at the Ottoman Court as a hostage. After his release the Turks again strove to annex Albania to their empire, and Scanderbeg, having been made commander of his countrymen opposed these cruel plans in bloody wars, and was able to maintain by continued fighting, the independence of his principality. The drama graphically presents the crowded events of the last few months of this Christian warrior’s career. There are treasons, plots and counterplots agamst him and his son who will succeed him on the throne. Manesa, Scanderbeg’s, first general, turns traitor in the most dangerous fight, but his perfidy is detected by a half-witted gypsy, and proper deserts are meted out to the apostate. While the traitor is busily seeking to destroy his own home, his youthful daughter, who is the betrothed of Scanderbeg’s son and successor, dies bravely in defense of her fatherland, that 'her proud sire seeks to deliver into the abject slavery of the Mohammedans. The play ends with the battle in which Scanderbeg utterly defeats his country’s and his own enemies, though the fruits of that victory are never his, but his son’s John Castriota. The hero expires in the tableau as the curtain falls. And from present indications the local curtain has not fallen on many a better play than will be witnessed next Monday evening. True, the plot is not deep, but every line carries in its words its Own intense interest and action. The costumes and the stage setting are superb. But superlatives after are better than before; to come and seeit will cause no regrets; it is a drama given by amateurs irt true professional style. Curtain rises at 8 p. m. K Monday, May 16th. Admission 25 cents. 4 two-pound cans of Cranberry sauce for 25c.—John Eger. Use the souvernir envelopes on sale at The Democrat office when writing to your friends or business acquaintances. Our prices on Acme and White Star flour only $1.50 and $1.40 a sack, and guaranteed equal to any $1.50 and $1.75 flour sold any-where.*—-Rowles & Parker.

For this week only—4 cans of Peas, Hominy, Sauerkraut, Wax or String Beans or Pbmpkin for 25c; and if these goods are not equal in quality to what others charge 10c or 3 for 25c, we will cheerfully return your money.— John Eger.

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