Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1910 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

PUBLIC SALES. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Thursday, Oct. 27, E. K. Koons and others, 2J4 west and 1 mile north of Surrey, on the Thompson ranch. Principally a stock sale, horses cattle and numerous other articles.

LECTURE DATES. Oct, 25— Robert Parktr Miles, dramatic lecturer. Nov. 30 —The Schuberts, a mixed quartette of singers and entertainers. Dec. 9—L. B. Wickersham, popular, lecturer. Jan. 19—Booth Lowery, humorist. March 13—The Beilharz Entertainers. Extra Number—Byron King, last year's favorite, whose date has not been set.

PRESBYTERIAN RUMMAGE SALE. The Presbyterian ladies will hold their annual rumamge sale on Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29, in the room first door north of B. K. Zimmerman’s tailor shop, formerly occupied by Scott Bros. Hundreds of articles of household use and wearing apparel will be on sale at almost your own price. The ladies also solicit articles for this sale, and those having anything they wish to donate can phone Mrs. John Eger.

BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES. Sunday sermon themes: Morning, “I was in prison, and ye visited me.” This will be a Prison Sunday sermon. ‘ Evening, Harvest Home. This will be the second of a series of Sunday evening sermons/ of which die Flower service, two weeks ago was the first. The success of that service leads us to believe that larger successes will attend those that are to follow. Come and bring your friends; the house will be appropriately decorated for the occasion.—J. P. Green, Pastor.

THE REPUBLICAN NOW HEDGES. The editors of the Republican now admit that The Democrat was right and they were wrong, as usual, about the recent “improvements” to the Burk bridge, .although at the solicitation of the contractor and at his expense one of the editors visited the improvement before it had been accepted or paid for and said that he thoroughly inspected it and that the specifications had been followed closely. He came back to town and wrote a half-column eulogy on everyone connected with, the contract, the commissioners, engineer, contractor, et al. This, understand, was before the work had been accepted or paid for. and, whether so intended or not, would very likely have some bearing with the commissioners in their action accepting the work. The people in the vicinity of the bridge know that the Democrat’s report of the work was correct, and from the apologetic manner in which the Republican is now hedging iu the matter it is evident that it “has heard from” some of these people of its own political persuasion, for they as honest taxpayers want value received for their money. •In its last issue the Republican says: *-■ , “The writer did not have the specifications, for the job and was not thoroughly familiar with them. The trip there was not an official one and had no bearing whatever tipon the acceptance of the job and that was not considered. * * It seems probable, however, that the strict letter of the specifications were not followed. W. Frank Osborne, the engineer, visited the work eight days, Sept. 2,5, 6,8, 10, 17, 20 and, 28. He states that he authorized no alterations from the specifications.” So the specifications were not followed, just as The Democrat stated? But the engineer did pot authorize such change? Several parties who were working on the job tell, us that the engineer did authorize the change: that he told them they could cut off the piling above ground, instead of 8 inches below as the specifications provided. .' We don’t know whether he did