Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

A» Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

Items of Interest Til from Surrounding Towns Tersely Told. Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

j MILROY. | “I 1— James Blankenship was a Lee visitor Tuesday. Garfield Howell has- moved onr the farm owned by M. A. Gray of Remington. Miss Pearl Abersol visited friends in Monticello last week-, returning home Sunday evening. George Bullington and V. J. Boone and families ate..dinner Sunday with Wm. Bivans. Pan and Lon Chapman ,have been sick for several . days. Dr. Gwin of Rensselaer has been calle'd dn attendance.

A. E. Abersol presented his daughters. Misses Pearl, Velda and Fern, with a new piano, purchased of N. Sanders of Monon. Mir. and Mrs. G. L. Parks and daughter Hazel visited Mrs. Parks*’ mother and brother. Mrs. Ravensscroft and 'son Sarfiuel. Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Benson of Knox • visited relatives- here this week. They came Sunday to attend the; funeral of Mrs. Benson s mother Mrs. Johns. Mrs. E. Johns, whose serious illness has been mentioned, so many times, went to t her rest Friday. Jan. Ift. Funeral services were conducted Pun day at 2 p, m.. at the church by Rev. F, A, Morrow.

OBITUARY. Elizabeth Umphris. daughter of Bolar and Margaret Umphris. was born in Rush county. Ind.. Aug. 7. 1842. She was united in marriage Feb 24. 1856, to Jacob Johns, who departed this' life Feb. 14, 1905. To this union was born 12 children. 8 of whoni preceded their father and mother: 3 daughter and One son; viz: Mrs. Ma rtha Benson of Knox Ind.; Mrs. Belle Lear 'of Wolcott, and ’ Mrs; Lillie -Mitchell of Milroy tp.. Jasper county, and Roland Johns of McCoysburg; also 17 grand-children. 10 great-grami--children, and one sister, survive. While young she gave God her heart and -united with the M, E. church which faith she rejoiced in until the disorganization of said church. At the time of the organizing of the Milroy Baptist church, she united with this church and faithful until the end. She loved the church and its work, ever seeking a brighter and higher experience o: the Christian religion, ever *ady to help those in distress or sor, ow. As long as health permitted she was a regular attendant at all services. Being afflicted 20 months, suffering from paralysis, she bore her suffering with Christian fortitude, and silently and calmly awaited the dissolution of body and release of her spirit! She passed through the door of death to the land of eternal day, Jan. 19. 1912. aged 09 years, 5 months and 12 days.

I FOUR CORNERS. | Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Peregrine of Tefft have a very sick babe. Elwood Gulbransen sold his corn and is delivering same this week to the elevator at Tefft. The price is now 57c. Mrs. Frank Cones of Fowler and Mrs. G. F. Barnard of Lochiel, are ■at the bedside of tnelr mother, Mrs. J. A. Hixson. A nurse from Chicago came Wednesday to nurse Mrs. Chas. Brown of southeast of Kouts, who is sick with pneumonia. Clyde Davisson is buliding his dredge north of Wheatfield, preparatory to throwing dirt as soon as conditions will permit. Grandma Davis has been quite poorly for the past two weeks with asthma, and at this writing her condition remains the same. Joe Fenzel is coming home from ■Chicago the last of the week. Noth* ing doing in Joe’s line of business. He was working in an automobile factory. Dr. Matthews of Fowler was called Wednesday in council with Dr. , Fyfe of Wheatfield and Dr. Solt of San Pierre at the bedside of Mrs. J. A. Hixson, is dan-

gerouslv sick with pneumonia and at; this writing the chances, we are sorry to say, are against her recovery. Miss Clara Gulbransen, a trained nurse is constantly at her side and everything possible is being done for her comfort. Miss Edith Miller, of wlpose serious sickness mentioned in The Democrat last week, died Sunday fvetting and was buried from the M. E. churcn Tuesday after a brief service, conducted by the M. E. pastor of this charge. The floral tribute was beautiful and well represented the young life which so early was called from relatives and friends- She was a member of the Rebekah lodge at Wheatfield which had charge of the services at .the cemetery. Edith Minnie Miller was born at Wheatfield. Jasper county, Ipd.. Dec. 3, 1890; died at her home southeast of Wheatfield, Sunday, Jan. 21. 1912, aged 21 years, 1 month and 18 days. She leaves to mourn a father; mother, five siste:s and three brothers, besides a number of more distant relatives and a host of neighbors and friends.

BANNER. jThos. Conly Jbutehered hogs Saturday. ~ John Stockdale j hauled wood Monday. \; Chas. Jones was a Lee visitor Monday. People still busy in this vicinity shelling corn. Edith Clark spent Monday night with Tracie Johnson. , John Clark was in this vicinity Thursday buying chickens Thos. Knight and wife have gone to make their home in Lexington, Kv. Jhs, Blankenship entertained the cornshellers Wednesday and Thursday. Frank Birch and wife and Jas. Birch and wife took ’’dinner with Thos. Conly and wife Saturday. Clarence and Claude Blankenship and Chas. Jones engaged in physical exercise the first of the week in chopping an,d sawing wood.

| ' LAURA. | Clhas. Snider is again a resident of Laura. Paul 11 ift' spent Sunday with J. F. Pettet and family. John Marlatt loaded three cars of corn here this week. Jesse Nuss of Kersey spent Sunday with relatives here. Earl Bruner of Parr has joined the “black hand” society. Buck McCurtain, the Parr auctioneer, was in Laura Monday.' Gifford Mars of McCoysburg spent Sunday with J. F. Pettet. Arthur Snow and wife were visiting with relatives near Pdrr one day this week. Elmer Korns and Homer Myers attended the dance at Wheatfield Saturday night. Herman Klinger is going to move on the place formerly occupied by his brother Frank. Josephine Wallace returned home with Miss Hogan to Hebron and visited over Sunday. Miss Lerie Braddock of Laura and Mr. Oscar Gordon of Tefft were married at Squire Spriggs’ Saturday, Jan. 26.

j THE NORTHSEDE. | —, : ! j_. Mrs. I. F. Mdader took cream to Parr Monday. Alva Potts 'helped B. D. Comer shred Thursday. Jack Reeder helped Mr. Jungles butcher Tuesday,’ H. J. Dexter took a load of w r ood to Rensselaer Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ritter called on the Jungles family Sunday. Wallace jMiller helped Herman Schultz shred Thursday. Jack Reeder and family called on Art Millspaugh and family Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Todd called om Wesley Faylor asd family Sunday. I Misses Mae and Jennie Wolfe* called* on Miss Hattie Schultz Sunday afternoon. trMrs. H~’J. Dexter left Saturday to visit relatives for a few days iu Lafayette. - ..'-I Say! AKm't forget the literary ax Virgie tonight. Everybody come 1 and help make it a success. Peter Wolfe and A. R.- Schultz went to Hammond Monday for p short visit with fiends and relatives', returning Wednesday. Gladys Harrington of Virgie gave a shower for Miss Elenora Florence Saturday night. A large crowd was in attendance and Miss Florence received many Useful presents. .

i FAIR OAKS. | Ben Zellers shredded corn for Will Warren Monday and Tuesday.' Cottage prayer meeting was held at Wdll Warern’s Wednesday evening. • J | Leslie Warren and family recent!v moved into the house vacated by Earl Leech. > i ft is reported that there was a' very large turn-out at the Hillis 1 & Tolin sale and things sold well. - I C. L. Wood, who has been up about Lisbon. X. D.. the past year, returned home last week, looking fine. ; | Bert Warren, who has been at' Hoopeston, 111., for some time conducting a series of meetings, re- • turned home Tuesday. James Williams, who farmed and lived on a portion of the Moffitt farm last year, will move onto what is. known as the Hutchinson farm. Our winter weather is moderating considerably the past few days. The ice begun to disappear Monday and has been going fast since. "Let ’er go.” Miss Hannah Culp is slowly recovering from her injury. She is able now to get out of her bed with a very little assistance, and can sit up quite a bit. • It is, reported that Sharps Handley and Floyd Cox have rented the HamptjJa farm about 6 miles west of town, and will take possession about the first of March. William Gilmore of near Pedria, 111., who came over to attend his brother Thomas’ funeral last week, visited his brother Fish here Monday and Tuesday, before going home. ■ , to *■ ■ About two dozen young friends, of Dottie Thompson gathered in' Friday evening to celebrate her! 16th birthday anniversary. They staid till a late ' hour, playing vari-! ous games oi amusement. Lyman Zea was in our town Sunday to see his wife and son Ernest, who had been at Will War- 1 ren’s for a week while Lyman was away peddling medicine. They returned home Monday. '-John Guss, who lives near Virgie, was in our town Tuesday. He brought Mrs. Mathew Petty over to take the train for her hbme in Hegewisch. She had been yisitng relatives neair Virgie for a couple lof weeks.

John Cooper, of the vicinity of Virgie,'came over'auout a week ago to visit his daughter. Mrs. Geary, and while there had an attack of heart trouble and was in a very alarming condition for a couple of days, but is out again now. Chas. Fay, who has lived on the Earl place, better known as the Horner farm, about 2% miles east of town, for three years, moved last week onto an 80 acres which he purchased last fall, one mile north of the old Bruce Moffitt farm. It is a new piece of land without much of any improvements on it. He built a small house on it recently. A Mir. Stover will occupy the farm he moved off of.

I LEE. —I L Carl Westphalf* and family visited Sunday at O. A. Jacks. Miss Lural Anderson spent Saturday and Sunday here with H. C. Anderson’s. Mrs. Charles McCashen and daughter Velma visited her parents AlVin Clark’s, here Tuesday. There will be a box supper at our school on Friday night, Jan. 26. Everybody cordially invited.

Walter Jordan and family and Elmer Gil more and family visited at E. Gilmore’s Sunday with the "new married couple, Walter Gilmore and wife. W®. Jacks and Wife '■ of near Rensselaer attended the funeral of j Elizabeth ■ Redd here Sunday, and I then took dinner with his brothj er, G. A. Jacks. . ■ y ! On Jan. 19 occurred the death of I Elizabeth Redd at-the home of her step-father, David Culp, after an extended sickness of about two months duration, at the age of 53 years and 9 days. The funeral was held at-the home on Sunday at i 0 o'clock and interment in the ; Osborne - cemetery. The League had an election of new officers here Sunday evening, Miss M[artha Clark, president; Miss Verda Lewis, first vice-pres.; Miss Ethel Lewis, second vice-pres.; Miss I Pearl Abersol, third vice-pres.; (Charles Clark, fourth vicerpres.; T. R. Clark, sec; H. C. Anderson, treas., and Miss Gladys Smith, organist. We have a good set of officers and we hope they will each one do their very best for the gpod ot the - work.