Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1910 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Henry Farmer and Joseph Blake of Oklahoma City, Okla„ who. have been visiting relatives here for the past week, left from Remington Monday for their home, going via Memphis, TeniL Messrs. Farmer and Blake have formed a partnership, and will engage in the hay and stock commission business in Oklahoma City. A. C. Farmer owns a hvc acre fraet in the new stock yards district, and Messrs: Farmer & Blake will erect their buildings on this tract. The outlook for success in their venture is very bright indeed. About 50 members of the local K. of P. lodge, headed by the Boys' Band, observed their memorial day Sunday by marching to \\ eston cemetery and there decorating with flowers the graves of their deceased members. The services, as usual,Were held at the grave of the latest deceased member, which this year was Randolph Spriggs, who was killed about a year ago in a street car accident near Hammond. The services were not in the nature of public decoration services, and were participated in only by the K. of P’s. assisted by the Pythian" Sisters. , McClure’s Magazine for July contains a page advertisement of "How. He Made a Million 1 rom"Nothing,” John W. Paris, formerly of near Rensselaer being the "he.” Mr. Paris was later associated with the Dwiggins’, in the banking business at Oxford. and lost all lie had, in the failure of their chain of banks in the" nineties. He went to New York City and is now president of the Real Estate Exchange of Long Island. He is credited with now being worth a million dollars, made in the real estate bust ness. Mr. Paris is a brother of Mrs. L. M. Imes, Who for several years was engaged in the millinery business in Rensselaer.