Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1911 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

A* Fumutied by Ou/ Regular Correspondents

f|T hem* *f Interest jj from Surrounding Town* Tersely Told. Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

| NEW CENTER. 1 —S *—- Abner Griswold's are the proud owners of a fine new buggy. Ruby Coffman spent Sunday afternoon with’ Biossorr. Grauns. Taber Spencer visited 'William Miles Tuesday afternoon. Charles Harwell spent Saturday night with Richard Hanna. Vein Culp spent last Sunday with his grandfather. David Culp. Miss Bessie Darrow spent Tuesday night with Miss Ara Griswold. Mr and Mrs. John Southard called on Mrs. William Miles Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs. Lillie called on Mr. and Mrs. Mode Dobbins Sunday evening. Miss Gladys and Blossom Grauns spent last Monday with Belle Southard. Mr and Mrs. William Miles visited with friends at Wolcott Friday afternoon. Any Latta. made another fashionable call to Benton county last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Abner Griswold and daughter Ara called on John Southard's Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Hanna and Mrs. George Hanna nsited Mrs. William Harwell Tuesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs. George Caster called on Mr. vand Mrs. George Beaver last Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Jacks of near Rensselaer were calling on their old neighbors in this vicinity Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks and Mr. and Mrs. AbersoU and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Brown. There will be preaching at Alilroy next Sunday morning after Sunday school, and also Sunday evening by Rev. Pitser. Quite a number of the young people of this neighbors attended services at the Christian church at Palestine Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Latta went to Palestine last Sunday evening for the purpose of getting a girl to help her with her summer’s work. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Beaver called on the latter's grandmother. Mrs. Elizabeth Johns. Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Johns appears to be no weaker than usual. Frank Coghill and Airs. Maude Murch spent Sunday with Mrs. Mabel Beaver, who is reported as being, the same in health. Mrs. Frank Coghill is nursing her. Word was received from Miss Mary Miles last week stating that she had reached Buttzville all O. K„ and begun her school the 9th. She seems well pleased with her work. Last Thursday while little Cifford Beaver was out in the barnyard playing, be was run over by a loose horse, which cut several ugly gashes on his forehead and also in his ear. The doctor took four stitches to dress the wound.

| SOUTH NEWTON. | ■H ; 1— Joe Ade was at the Ade farm in this ricinity Sunday. We are sure having some hot weather and are badly in need of rain. Eli Brown, who is working for Ernest Mayhew. is on the sick list. Robert Overton's three brothers of Rensselaer spent Sunday with them. Arthur Mayhew and wife took Sunday dinner with Clarence Pruett and wife. Miss Sadie Pa ulus called on her sister, Mrs. Ross Reed, Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waling visited with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell Sunday evening. Misses Oka Pancoast and Sadie Paulus and John Reed spent Sunday evening with Miss Helen Lamson. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mayhew of Brook and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mayhew of near Foresman were guests of Ernest Mayhew and wife Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pruett attended a birthday anniversary surprise on the latter's sister-in-law, Mrs. Amiel Sommers, of near Foresman Monday evening.

NORTH UNION. \ —! i-r .W. C. Faylor finished planting corn Wednesday. Mrs. Ogle, went to Fair Oaks the first of the week. A. R. Schultz finished, planting corn Friday evening. A 1 Keener Whs calling in this neighborhood Sunday. Elsie Schultz spent Sunday afternoon •» Antona Schultz. Arthur Schultz is working for Will Faylor, harrowing, a few days. Mr and Mrs. J. Miller was at Rensselaer Sunday visiting relatives.

Only a few from here attended the circus at Rensselaer last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Faylor went to Virgie Sunday afternoon to church. David Yeoman and family attended church at Virgie Sunday afternoon. Lorene Schultz spent Saturday afternoon with her sister, Mrs. Fred Krueger. Ed Eilts and mother spent Sunday with his brother. R. H. and family. The farmers are so busy there Is not much news in this part of the country. Wallace Miller was seen going south Sunday afternoon. What’s 1 doing. Wallace? Ed Parnell of Fulton county is visiting W. C. Faylor and wife since Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Faylor were in Fair Oaks Saturday evening a short time. Jack Reeder and wife and Dick Gasaway and wife were Rensselaer goers Friday. . A. R. Schultz and young folks took in Hammond Sunday in their new Overland auto. J. W Faylor and little son Marion Were at Rensselaer Thursday afternoon on business. Mrs. W. C. Faylor attended Sunday school and church at Brushwood Sunday morning. Mr. Allen and grandson of Fair Oaks came to W. C. Factor's Monday afternoon after oats. ’ Mrs. James Garriott and daughter Madaline attended church at Brushwood Sunday morning. Mrs \V. C. Faylor and neice, Bessie Faylor. went to Parr Wednesday afternoon shopping. George Cover and family called on James Wiseman and Jasper Cover Sunday afternoon.

Paul Schultz has his crib and granery almost completed. J. McColly and sons are doing the work. Mrs. J. W. Faylor had the bad luck to sprain her ankle Monday. She Is hardly able to get around. Mrs. Charles Eggleston of near Fair Oaks and her brother, Winn Blair, called on their cousin. Airs. W. C. Faylor Sunday.

LEE. —] — l —• S. M. Jacks and family visited Sunday at John Clark’s. Joseph Stewart and wife visited Sunday at H. C. Anderson's. Mrs. Westfall is sick and Stella Eldridge is working for her. Elmer Gilmore has sold his hay and is having it bailed this week. Air. and Mrs. G. A. Jacks visited a few days last week with their children in Lafayette. The creamery Is open for customers, two days of each week now, Monday's and Thursday’s. v Mrs. Ola Randle and two children visited her sister, Mrs. Cora Stiers and family of this place Sunday. Air. and Mrs. Q. S, Hughes, the former is our blacksmith, dr<jve to Goodland Saturday evening to visit their son and family and returned Sunday evening. Dollie Jacks went with them. Airs. Sal He Conaway and two children, who have been visiting her parents, David Culp’s and other relatives during the past five weeks, left here Wednesday to return to her home at Park Falls,/ Wis. A birthday anniversary party was given Sunday at David Culp’s in honor of his daughter. Mrs. Sallie Conaway of Wisconsin. The tables were spread for twenty guests, and several useful presents were given her.

PALESTINE. —I ■ : 1— Will Culp was in this vicinity Monday. ' . Miss Flo Gallagher spent Sunday at home. Miss Carrie Anderson ■ visited home folks Sunday. Mrs. Charles Jones called on Mrs. Anderson Monday. Most all the farmers in this vicinity are planting corn. Mr, and Mrs. Elza Webb and children visited near Lee Sunday. Charlies Marchand called on Jones Huston Sunday afternoon.' Miss Carrie Anderson is assisting Mrs. Wiley Latta with her house-cleaning this week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Templeton and little son spent Sunday with Jacob Day and family. Mr. and Mrs. Fred McDuffy and three children and Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Latta and three children spetit Sunday with Nelson Anderson and family. Hilda Gallagher met with an accident Sunday while playing on a board, fell on her head cutting an ugly gash In her scalp. Dr. BUckenstafT dressed the wound taking two stitches therin. She is getting along nicely.

I MILROY." Mrs. Ed Jphnson went to Lee Monday afternoon. Miss Pearl Abersol called on Martha Ctyrk Friday. Charles Saidla called on James Brown Monday forenoon, j : Earl Foulks spent Saturday night and Sunday in Monon. Mr., Hammond of Wolcott came out to his farm Monday. James Blankenship’s attended church Saturday pi White county. Ed Johnson and family spent Saturday night and Sunday in Monon. Mrs. James Brown and Pearl Abersol went to Lee Monday afternoon. A. E. Abersol and family and Air. and Mrs. George Foulks took dinner Sunday with James Brown’s. A. E. Abersol and family and Dan and Lon Chapman Went to Rensselaer Saturday to take in the show. Miss Pearl Abersoll. Chas. Clark, Earl Foulks and Miss Martha Clark attended the Baccalaureate sermon in Monon Sunday evening. Airs. W. I. Bivans made another trip to Hoopeston. 111., to take treatment Of her physician. Dr. Earl, a specialist. Her health seems to be improving. , Air. and Airs. W. I. Bivans and grandson Harold, Fred McDuffy and family. Air. Marchand and Chas. Alarchand spent Sunday with V. J, Boon and family. Lon Wood, fireer Bunnell and Thos. Johnson and families and Air. and Mrs. John Ward and two children ate dinner Sunday with Airs. Anna Chapman.

FAIR OAKS. I _ Abe Bringle and wife took another trip to Chicago last week. Dr. Hansson of Rensselaer came up Tuesday to treat a horse for Abe Bringie. X - John Wiseman left here Tuesday evening for Montana where he has taken up a homestead. Bern, May 16. to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Brounard. a son. Mother ana babe are getting along fine. Mrs. Pearl Zellers went to Rensselaer the first of the week to work as first Cook in the Makeever Hotel. Miss Minnie Cox went to Rensselaer Saturday evening to stay with her grandmother. Mrs. L. McGlinn. Sidney Schanlaub, ,ex-editor of the Morocco Courier, is the first in his neighborhood to begin plowing com this year. It looks fine. Dry, hot Weather and plenty of it. Cbm that has been planted but a few days is showing up fine, and other crops are doing equally as well. Mr Bozell, the tenant on the Eger farm, has got his 40 acres of Watermelons planted and what the cut worms haven't cut off look well.

Chas. A. Bringle went down about Julian last week to visit relatives and also in Jordan tp. On Tuesday he went to Lafavette on business. J: There is four teams hauiing grave! out to flninsh up the road north and west of here. It will take about three Weeks vet to complete it. George Lambert is over at Enos nowadays fixing up the gravel road engine. He will probably do the engineering on the stone road job over there. Frank McColly, who has been building McConnell's house, had a very severe attack of tonsiUtis the latter part of the week, and had to go home. Newton McKay has been building some cement curbing around some grave lots in the cemetery this week which will add much in improvement. Mr. Teach, the gravel road contractor, who with his family are living in a tent over at Enos where he has another contract, has a very sick girl with pneumonia and lung fever. Mrs. Isaac Kight w-ent to Indianapolis last week to visit her son John. She expects to be gone the greater part of the summer. Ike is trying his hand at- batching. He will probably get in good practice by the end "of the season. Elmer Cox received word Thursday morning that his father. Who lived in lowa, had just passed away. He was here last winter and visited for a week or ten days. Mr. Cox will not go out for the funeral as- it is so far he could hardly get there in time. The deceased was quite old and had lived there for a good many years. Some two years ago a certain editor of Jackson tp., Newton county, got wise and sent in a very flowery report to the postoffiCe department with the avowed intention of making the rural barrier out of here lose his job, hut was disappointed, 'and now aonther wise guy, a patron of the route, has likewise, endeavored to do the same thing, and in his report he has made charges that unless he makes a retraction will probably be aired out in the. circuit court. When people go into these things they must be sure they can prove what they report. Experience is a good teacher, but sometimes proves to be an expensive one.

| SCHULTZ SETTLEMENT. | — I 1— Lous Schreeg was in our settlement Wednesday. Corn plowing will begin next week in our settlement. Mrs. Omar Wilcox called on Mrs. Alva Potts Wednesday. " A. R. Schultz and son Amzie were Rensselaer goers Wednesday. Amiel Stibbe planted corn for Rinehold Teska Monday and Tuesday. A. R. Schultz and family took dinner with Daniel Wolfe and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Amiel Stibbe spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. John Stibbe. Rinehold Schultz spent Sunday with home fonts, his brother Leo returning with him to help him this week. From what we hear, A. R. Schultz took another run up near Shelby Sunday aftemoon. Wonder if the fish bite good? Michael Schultz got ins corn planted this week with; the help of Amiel, Wm. and Fermon Schultz. He expects . a bumper crop.

—! i PARR. | —i Miss Luvia Gunyon has recovered from her illness. The Ladies’ Aid met at Mrs. Charles Greenlee’s Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Warren spent a few days in Chicago this week. * ■ Prayer meeting was held at the school house Tuesday evening. Harry Thomas called on Miss Olga Schreeg Monday evening. . Mrs. Logan Wood and daughter Qcie ' spent Thursday in Chicago. Miss Ocie Wood called jon Miss Olga Schreeg Tuesday afternoon. The Squire Dinge Co. will run their pickle factory here this summer and want the farmers to raise all the pickles possible. Otto, Olga and Martha Schreeg and Ocie Wood were auto riding Tuesday in Judge Hanley's new Rep car. Mr. Thomas of Indianapolis was their chauffeur.

—| ! OAK GROVE. —f : : ! Mrs. Oscar Brown was a Rensselaer goer Thursday. Bertha Parker spent Sunday night with home 'folks. Nile Britt took dinner with Orpha and Myrtle Parker Sunday. Lizzie Stockwell spent Monday night with her uncle. John Price s. Blufford Torbet and John Daniels spent Sunday with Everett Parker. Mrs. Wm. Openchaln took dinner with Mrs. T. J. Parker -.londay. Nile Britt and little brother Frank called on Orpha and Myrtle Parker Friday. Everett. Orpha and Myrtle Parker attended the big show at Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. and Airs. James Davis and family spent Sunday with T. j. Parker and family.

MT. AYR. ; —J— —■ ———: -j—----(From the Pilot.) John Wiseman, Ben Sohupp and ••Chub’* Vestal left Monday for Montana. Dr, Martin left Tuesday for Indianapolis as a delegate to the Grand Lodge 1. O. O. F. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Woolley from Brook spent Sunday with his sister and family. Mrs. H. A. Ashby. Mis. Jasper Wright returned during the week from her three weeks stay down state with her sisters. , E. E. Stucker left Monday for Montana to. look over that section and hit a soft snap, if they are not all taken. Raymond Stucker, Lloyd Hopkins, Pauline Saylor and Hazel Warner attended the high school commencement exercises at Brook Friday evening. • William Shindler and family attended the commencement exercsies* at Brook Friday evening and report it a very pleasant affair, and large attendance. John I'lrey, who has been feeding at the Federal crib down at Washington for lo these many years in the census department, was here Monday shaking hands with old time acquaintances.

PINE GROVE. —I James Campbell is not so well at this writing. Bluford Torbet spent Saturday night and Sunday with John Daniels. Will Miller of Flora spent Saturday night with John and Roy Torbet. Chloae Torbet spent Saturday night and Sunday with Katie Morgenegg. A good many from around here attended the show at Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gaffey spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. George Daniels. Neva Beck, Creola Torbet and Everett Walker spent Sunday with Bernice and Lucy Walker. Mrs. George Cooper and daughter Bertha spent Tuesday afternoon with Will Cooper's of Gifford. Rev. Schaeffer, Asa Snow, Frank McGinnis and Theodore Snow and wife spent Sunday afternoon with James Campbell, Those that spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gifford were Mr. and Mrs, James Torbet and son Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Beck and sons Asher and Ernest, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beck and sons Ralph and Lloyd. Those that helped celebrate the nineteenth birthday anniversary of Miss .Lucy Morgenegg .were: George McElfresh and children, Mrs. George Ott and children, Eli Arnold and family, John and Chloae Torbet. Will Miller of Flora, Clifford Wells and Lester Schreiner of Sheridan. 111, The latter spent Saturday night and Sunday with his father-in-law, Chris Morgenegg.