Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Today’s markets: Corn, 51c; Oats, 42c; Wheat, %6c. Wm. Large and John Brown of near Lee were in Rensselaer on business yesterday. Fred Putts of south of town returned home Saturday from a short visit with friends in Frankfort. F. W. Fisher of Kankakee tp., stopped off at Rensselaer on his way home -from MoCoysuurg yesterday. —— ; " ; Ira Williamson is dangerously sick with heart trouble at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Williamson, of (Hanging Grove tp. & ' **"' I - ~ Miss Myrtle Hammerton and Guy Hayes of East-Lynn, 111., returned home Friday after a several days visit here with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hammerton. 1 ,— a ' Misses Nell Meyers, Muriel Har-, ris and Carrie Pierce returned to school at Depauw yesterday after spending the holiday vacation here with relatives. Mrs. Olis Brown came up from Brookston Sunday to visit her sister, Mrs. Harve Miller, wfio will soon join her husband in their hew home at Ashland, Kan. Purdue University again opens at 1 o’clock today after a week’s vacation, and the students from here who are attending the university return there today. Misses Dorothea anil Cecelia Hollingsworth, who are attending school in Chicago, spent New Year’s day here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth. Wwvn<-iO»-,>-w.ij-wry . i. O. lv. Rainier, who lias been spending the past week witii his wife and daughter in Oshkosh, Wis,, returned home Saturday, Mrs. Rainier remaining there for a couple of weeks longer visit.

Miss Gertrude Jackson' returned home Monday from Monticello where she has been . visiting with Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Kiiuilg. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were guests of the latter Friday.

The dedication, of the remodeled and refinished M. E. /church will take place Sunday- with' appropriate exercises during the day and week following. The church is now undoubtedly the finest in the city.

John Holser has sold his 57% acre farm In soutnwest Marion to Frank Morrow, clerk in the G. K. Murray Co. grocery department, and Frank will become a granger. The price is said to be SBO per acre.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grube, who have been guesfs of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce White the past two weeks, went to Tefft Friday for a visit with their parents after which** they will return to their home in North Carolina. Mr. White accompanied them to Tefft for a few-days visit.

The annual New Year’s reception to the public by the Ladies’ Literary Society was held Monday at the home of Mrs. M. E. Thompson on River street. Miss Jackson of Lafayette, an accomplished elocutionist, delightfully entertained the large number present by "her well selected readings. After the readings a light luncheon was gerved.

It is linjieccessary for some people to make asses of themselves, nature having forstalled them in that process. There is none contestants who are complaining in any way about the prizes given or in the count, of the vote, and the idea of the, riepubMCan f,o stir up distrust and' trouble falls flat. Every vote cast is still kept, intact and will be, and if the Republican bunch will bring along a couple of HONEST MEN to watch them The Democrat has not the slightest objection to their counting the vote themselves all over again.

Public Sales. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Tuesday, Jan. 9, J. P. Hartsook, 4 miles north of Aix, on the old John- Swartz farm. General sale o T horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, e7~. , Tuesday, Ja,n, 23, G. w H._ mills, John J. Totten and A. B. Tolin, at the residence of G. H. Hillis, 6 miles northwest ;f x>f Mt. Ayr. Big stock and implement sale; 38 hegd of horses, 62 head of hogs, 125 head of cattle. Bring a Friend. Everybody who holds a share in the new co-operative store should now bring a -friend. You can do him ,no better turn and we would then be -ready £o launch the institution. The subscription paper is at, the Home Grocery. Don’t delay; ask at once.