Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1911 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

As Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

MIT Item* cl latere* □1 from Sai matting Town* Tendy Told. Chronicling die Happening* in die Territory Adjacent to the jasper County Metropolis

-4— — |— | NEWLAND. | _ _j ] Mrs. Flesher visited Mrs. Wm. Clark Sunday. Miss Belle Tow spent Sunday with Miss Mary Rees. Miss Golda Teboy is working for Mrs. G. M. Beebe. Miss Reva Rees visited Miss Gladys Clark Sunday. Miss Mabel Dexter called on Gladys Clark Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Grube called on Mrs. J. W. Blacker Sunday. Floyd Tow and 1 wife visited Mrs. Dell Bowman Sunday. George Martin transacted business in Rensselaer Monday. Most everyone is afflicted with bad colds at this writing. Rev. Buchn preached a very able sermon here Sunday morning. Mrs. Wm. Gruber called on Ms. G. M. Beebe Tuesday afternoon. Miss Lizzie Tow attended Sunday School Sunday after a long illness. Miss Ruth and Cecelia Callahan called on Ella Beebe Tuesday night. Dell Bowman and Lawrence Blacker went to Rensselaer Monday. Miss Chloae Martin took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Beebe Sunday. •Miss Golda Teboy and Ella Beebe called —bn Chloae Martin Sunday afternoon. •Mrs. Ida Kimble and three children of Gifford Called on Mrs. G. M. Beebee Tuesday. Clyde Bowman purchased a Maxwell auto of Ray Thompson of Rensselaer this week. George Martin is digging potatoes at this writing. He has three acres of very fine ones. The Seven Day Adventists are still continuing their meetings at Gifford and will continue for two weeks. Mrs. Maud Haniford, who was visiting her parents, George Martin, and other relatives, has returned to her home in Goodland. ,

H I NEW CENTER. 1 —l- ’ •’ Mabel Clark spent Saturday night with Anna Caster. Frank Sommers was a McCoysburg visitor Saturday night. Wiley Latta hauled a load of buckwheat to Wolcott Monday. Oscar and Richard Hanna spent Sunday afternoon with Chas. Harwell. Vern Saunders attended band concert at Wolcott Thursday evening. Wiley Latta and family went to Wolcott Saturday afternoon in spite of the stormy weather. Mrs. Mabel Johnson and Mrs. John Sommers, Jr., called on Mrs. Will Vannatta Wednesday. Wm. Kinney of Wolcott was out Monday taking down and hauling away the windmill on the farm which he recently sold to Homer James. John Ward and family and Geo. Caster and family spent Sunday afternon' with Elmer Clark and family. ’ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grauns and three daughters and son spent Sunday afternoon with John Southard and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Beaver and children and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sommers took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saltwell Sunday. Vern Culp, who has b.een baling hay at Meadow Lake, spent Saturday night and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Culp. Mr. and Mrs. Webb Jackson of near Rensselaer and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miles and son Ralph of Wolcott spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. William Miles.

—1 | 1 | BURNSTOWN. —| 1 — Edward Jenkins’ little son is on the sick list, but at this writing is a little better.. Nearly all the farmers in Our locality have finished sowing wheat and it is coming up fine. Mrs. Samuel Price and son Vilas and her brother, W. N. Jenkins, called on the former’s brother, Edward Jenkins, near McCoysburg Sunday. The new school house at Burns-; town will not be ready for occupancy for a . week or two yet. It will be a better improved one than the older school houses. Benj. H. Price, who went to Menomonee, Wis., after he finished Jrfs summers work for his cousin, Wesley Price, to work for - - ■ ■!»

Dan Lesh this fall, is expected hpme in a week or two to commence husking corn for John Lesh. Victor Yeoman, who purchased the W. O. Williams farm a few years ago, has improved same and this year put out several different kinds of truck, among them was 2 acres of red and yellow globe onions. He will harvest about 800 bushels which he has sold at 60c a bushel. During the Parr festival he won first prize on red globe onions; first on pop corn; second on field corn. All of these were raised upon the above farm. Mr Yeoman expects to engage more extensively next year in truck farming.

| SOUTH NEWTON. | —I —l— Protzman hulled clover for Charles Weiss last Thursday. Quite a number of farmers will begin husking corn this week. Arthur Powell got a fine new Majestic range stove last week. W. E. Leek of Rensselaer spent Wednesday with his son Earl and wife. Earl Leek. took apples up north Tuesday and had them made into cider. (Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Blacker of Jordan tp., visited Tuesday with Clarence Pruett. iMr. and Mrs. Philip Paulus took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pruett. Mrs. Mary Powell and Lydia Waling were calling on friends here Tuesday afternoon. Peter Van Lear of Rensselaer did sotae plastering work for Arthur Mayhew and Fred Waling last Friday. Ben Harris of Rensselaer is doing some extensive repairing this fall on his farm, occupied by Harve Pierson. Ernest and Arthur Mayhew and families were Sunday visitors with Bert Mayhew and family of near Foresman. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pruett and Mr. Mrs. Jesse Dunn spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pruett. Arthur Powell and family and Fred Waling and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Silas Potts of near Brook. ■Carr Bros, are preparing to do some building this fall. They will erect a large corn crib and an addition to their dwelling also. Arthur Powell and family attended the horse show at Parr Saturday. It was almost a complete failue on account of the rain. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Overton visited with the latter.s brother and family, Mr. and Ms. Wm. Markin of north of Rensselaer last Thursday. During the storm Saturday afternoon quite a heavy hail storm was had in parts of this vicinity and it is said that up at the Blue Glass school house where the election was being held the wind did some damage to buggies that were tied in the yard.

L MILROY. . I T ■ I —I 1 Vern Culp is working for Frank May. Mrs. T. A. Spencer was in Monon Saturday. 'Richard Foulks called on W. I. Bivans Sunday morning. Branson Clark’s spent Sunday with hie brother Lud and family. Elzie Webb and family spent Sunday yith his father and family. Clell Clark and family visited Mason Barlow and family Sunday. Roy Culp and Earl Foulks called on Monon friends Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Frank May visited Mrs. Jennie Rishling and daughter, Miss Rose Wednesday. T. A. Spencer having sold his cattle, went to Chicago last week to invest in sheep. Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Bivans and daughter, Miss Phoebe of Los Angeles, Cali., called on Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Boone Saturday. Jos. Bivans of near Rossville, 111., came Saturday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Bivans, returning home Monday.

| LEE. | H — t W. L. Stiers and family visited Sunday at John Clark’s. Frank Eldridge has been on the sick list but is better now. Mrs. L. M. Jacks called on Mrs. S. W. Noland Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. H. C. Anderson and Miss Lural were Monon goers Saturday. The blacksmith shop is in running order again with Roy Noland as proprietor: 10. A. Jacks and family visited his sister and family, Mrs. Tyner, of Monon Saturday. Alvin Clark bought some dry wood of J. H. Culp and hauled it Tuesday for his own use. Picking apples is the order of the day and they are of such good quality and plenty of them. Our new rock road is progressing very well, considering the muddy roads for hauling the rockMrs. Holeman and son Asa and family and Elmer Gilmore and family took Sunday dinner at J. H. Culp's. Wm. LaMar, who has lived on his farm south of here so many years, has traded it for a livery barn and automobile in Francesville and will take possession in the near future. Ray Holeman of near Reynolds was here Tuesday and rented Mr. Large’s farm near here, where Arthur Williamson now lives, for next year. . Mr. Williamson moves on the Albert wkrner farm.

PALESTINE. | —| Willis Conley and Homer Burch were Lafayette goers Saturday. The Christian Ladies’ Aid met with Mrs. John Stroup Wednesday for work. Mrs. Nels Anderson and four children spent Sunday with Mrs. E. Marchand. Ed McKillip and family took Sunday dinner with Robert Templeton and family. Willis Conley and Nels Anderson left Wednesday evening for Michigan to look at the country. Charles Jones and sister, Mrs. Nome Hoston, called on Mr. and Mrs. James Blankenship Sunday afternoon. Misses Effie and Floe Gallagher and brother Harry and Miss Tillie Lear spent Sunday with Carrie, Elsie and Nelson Anderson. James Gray and Basil Henson, who have been ditching on the M. A. Gray farm for the past two weeks, returned home Saturday. While Mrs. Ansel Hoppe and son Fern were going to town Saturday the horse took fright at an auto and threw them out of the buggy, straining Mrs. Hoppe’s hip injuring her otherwise. - Mrs. Alda Jacobs of Hancock, Mich., who has been sick for several weeks with dropsy, died Friday night and was buried in the Palestine cemetery Tuesday. The funeral was conducted by Rev. McCorkle.

FAIR OAKS. —”—“' ———— - ~~ F. R. Erwin was a business -caller at Rensselaer Tuesday. The pickle company are barreling a car load of pickles this week. The last reports from Chas. Mallatt s wife of Michigan City are that she was improving. . j Mrs. Ike Kight is in Indianapolis visiting. She will probably be away for a month or so. Emery Cox and son Floyd and Lon Moffitt went down about Kentland Monday to husk corn. Otto Cedarwall and wife, with several others from here, took in the excursion to Chicago Sunday. Mrs. Ed Kesler, with her children, left here Saturday for North Dakota, to visit her sister, Mrs. Henry Wilson. Mat Karr received a car load of building tile a few days ago to be used in building a basement under his tenant house. Chas. Maadervilie came up from Kentland the latter part of the week to finish up the improvement of his mother's property. Earl Leech and wife stored their household goods in the Kesler hall a few days ago. and went down about Foresman to husk corn. We got another hard thunder shower Monday evening which put the corn binders out of business on the Lawler ranch for a few days. The houses in our town are about all occupied now and more are wanted. This is the first time such a thing has been for a long time. It is reported that Mrs. Dodge has sold her property here to Mrs. Abel, the railway agent's wife, who will take possession in a few days. F. R. Erwin received a car load of coal last week, and Al Brouhard has been busy for about a week filling up coal bins, throughout the town. Miss Hannah Culp returned Monday from Rensselaer where she had been nursing Grandma Kennedy. Miss Pansy Bozell went down and took Miss Culp's place for an indefinite time. Abe Bringle and family and Mrs. McKay, Mrs. Thompson. Lawrence Halleck, Mamie and Julia Bozell and Dotie Thompson attended the Sunday School convention at Rensselaer Wednesday. Miss Mace was also there. All reported a grand time. Abe Bringle received a letter from his brother, J. V. Bringle, of Summit, No. Dak., stating he was not a farmer any longer, he had rented his farm and had moved to town and was now in the employ of Uncle Sam an a rural route carrier. Still it rains and no frost at this 'writing to speak of, and warm weather still remains. The dandalion is out nicely in bloom again. The weather is still very poor for buckwheat harvesters and threshers. Corn in shocks in some localities is spoiling, it is reported. Tom Hoyes.” the telephone man from Rensselaer, came up to the Lawler ranch Sunday to do some telephone work. When he got ready to go home his faithful old Cadillac bucked, and he couldn’t get it started. He had to go home without it but came back Monday to try it again, but had to return without it. On Tuesday he " succeeded in getting it started.

i WHEATFIELD. —1 1" F. W. Johnson went to Chicago Tuesday for a visit with relatives. George Davisson of Barkley tp. made a business trip here Wednesday. O. D. Brown went to North Judson Sunday for a visit with relatives. Miss Charity Fairchild of Demotte spent Friday night with Mrs. W. J. White. Mrs. Louis Miller spent a few days in Chicago this week with Grandma Miller. Charles Gerber of Hobart spent Friday night with his brother-in-law, Warren J. White. Mrs. Mina Dahncke went to Monon Friday visiting her son Henry and family, until Tuesday. ' Albert Dunn, wife and daughter Lota, who have been in Washington for a couple of years, are visiting relatives hereWill Keen went to Indianapolis last Friday where he will take another course of study at the School for the Deaf. John McGlinn. who has been in Texas and Missouri for the last few years, was in town Wednesday calling on old friends. Mr. and Mrs. George Swisher

went to Broad Ripple, Ind., Tuesday for an extended visit with their daughter, Mrs. Fred Fuller. I A. S. Barlow returned Tuesday evening from Amboy, 111., where he went last Friday to attend the funeral of his step-father, Mr. Bernardin. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hogan of Hebron spent several - days last week with their son-in-law, C. J. Hobbs, who was injured in a mo- [ tor car accident last Thursday night. Bert W. Tilton and Miss Ethel [Cooper were united in marriage at [the M. E. parsonage at St. Joe, » Mich., Sunday. The couple will reside with his mother, Mrs. Samantha Tilton.

PARR. —f- —I— Mrs. J. Marion called on the Hurley family Thursday. < Several from here took in the excursion to Chicago Sunday. Miss V. Rusch of Monticello was a guest of the Gunyon family last week. Earl Bruner, who has been on rhe sick list, is still in a bad condition. Gypsies of Indianapolis caused quite an attraction here Wednesday. Fortune telling was the main stunt, Otto and Olga Schreeg and Clyde Gunyon spent Thursday evening with Miss Mary Johnson of Mt. Ayr. They went in Otto’s auto. A dance was given in Wood’s Hall Saturday evening and a large crowd was present. Music was furnished by Otto Braun of Lowell and Otto Schreeg of Parr.

THE NORTHSIDE. | ■— . Mrs. George Kessinger and two children were Parr goers Monday.. Miss Pearl Lilves is visiting this week with B. D. Comer’s. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lowman were in Rensselaer Wednesday. Duke Miller has been working for Jack Reeder this week. Grace and Wilma Peyton spent over Sunday with I. F. Meader and family. Misses Helen and Lois Meader gave a party to their friends Saturday evening. There will be a literary at Center school. Union tp., Nov. 2. Everybody come and help make it a success. Esta Keener escorted some of the girls of his neighborhood to the gypsy camp to get their fortunes told Tuesday evening. The Sunday School convention was a great success. The parade of all Sunday school workers was well worth seeing. Virgie carried off the banner, their whole Sunday school having turned out to help make it a success. Their delegates were Mrs. Peek. Miss Bradford, Min* Little Wiseman and Charles Harrington, and were conveyed to Rensselaer by auto with Miss Lena Schultz as chauffeur. The rest went in two gayly decorated wagons. AIJ enjoyed hearing Mr. Bernie speak Let the good work go on.

MT. AYR. | (From the Pilot.) Mrs. McCord expects to move to Rensselaer this week.

Miss Kenney is yet at Remington nursing the sick. J.” B. Ashby transacted business in Rensselaer Monday. J. J. Garrity of Chicago was in this place during the week, renewing acquaintances, Monday was visiting day for the teachers and students of the town school and they stampeded in various directions. Mr. Tovey of Watseka has accepted clerkship at Perrigo's and is on the floor with two feet to attend to your wants in the merchandise line. - They say that Ed Stahl says: “The inter-ruban has’ taken new breath and work resumed.” This is rather fresh, hope it won’t require much salt to keep it. Rev. Moshier folded his tent, like the Arab, and started Tuesday for greener fields, Burlington. The retiring editor wishes the family nothing but happiness and prosperity. Capt. J. W. Brown shook the clay from his frame, donned his suit of store clothes and hit the trail for the city of Chicago Tuesday. He seldom goes away, when he does, it is on business, the old farm being good enough for him.