Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1914 — All Over The County [ARTICLE]

All Over The County

McCOYSBURG. Alice Stevenson spent Sunday with Mayme Stephens. Mrs. A. P. Burton called on Mrs. Charles Stultz Sunday. Miss Esther Johnson spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Eva Johns. Elvin Bussell spent Saturday night with Wilson Bussell and family. Miss Sadie and Grace Herr spent Sunday evening with Josie Stultz. Leslie Lowman took supper Saturday evening with Jessie Brown and family. Levi Herr and family spent Sunday with his parents, John Herr, and family. Joshua Ross and family spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Jake Roy, and family. Mrs. C. E. Messenger and baby spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Charles Stultz. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Bussell spent Sunday with his parents, Charles Bussell, and family. R. L. Bussell and family spent Sunday with home folks, George Parker and family. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Steel, of Gifford, spent Saturday afternoon with Jim Jeffries and family. Mrs. Charles Ferguson and children spent Monday evening with Mrs., Jessie Brown and family. Mrs. D. W. Johnson and family spent Monday evening with her daughter, Mrs. Grant Lutz. (Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johns, of near Wolcott, spent Sunday with his father, R. V. Johns, and family. Eva Johns, Leslie Lotvman, Esther Johnson, Douglas Cowen were out for a fine ride Sunday evening.! Misses Josie Stultz, Sadie aixl Grace Herr spent early Saturday evening with Mrs. C. E. Messenger and family. Dan Robinson and two daughters, Ruth and Madge, of Rockford, are visiting his sister, Mrs. J. R. Phillips, , and family. The ice cream social, which was held at the home of Gus Stephens, was well attended and all enjoyed a good time. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McDonald and two children spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Charles Beaver, and family, of Milroy. Ray Heck went over to Fowler Saturday morning to visit friends add relatives, returning Sunday reporting having a nice time. Mrs. J. I. Gwin and Mrs. A. P. Burton, of Rensselaer, visited our

Sunday school Sunday and gave us a talk on Sunday school work. The people around and in McCoysburg are getting tired of watching it tain, especially the farmers. We had a big hail storm early Monday morning. The men upon the Gifford road are starting to improve the road. There has been about thirty cars of ties went up and have nine more ready to go up yet. Miss Mayme Stephens, who has been spending the last two months with relatives at Crawfordsville, came home Saturday evening to make a week's visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Stephens,, and family. She is expected to return this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Brown and son, Norman, Ethel Ferguson, Mrs. R. V. Johns, Charles.Stultz and son, George, and Hugh Davisson spent Sunday evening with T. B. Stevenson and family. Mr. Brown entertained them with his guitar and songs, and all enjoyed themselves.

GIFFORD.

Sam Cavinder was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Ed and Frand Snider were Wheatfield callers Saturday. Lizzie Smith took dinne’r with Golda Akers Sunday. A few from Gifford attended the show as Newland Thursday night. The ball games at Gifford on Sundays are getting very interesting. Beulah Walker stayed all night with Beatrice Caster Saturday night. Charley Snow called qn his best girl at Demotte Saturday night and Sunday. ■Miss Flossie Cavinder called on "Mrs. Lona Cavinder and family Tuesday. Several from this vicinity attended the show' at Rensselaer last week Wednesday.

There will be another barn dance at Silas Toombs’ Saturday night, May 16th. They expect to start revival meetings the latter part of next week at the Gifford school house. William S. Nuss and wife and Art Snow and wife took Sunday dinner with Jesse Nuss and family, Frank Snider and wife, of Wapella, 111., came and spent a few days with friends and relatives in and about Gifford. Stella Campbell and two children, and Bessie Snider' Frank Snider, wife and baby took Sunday dinner with Lona Cavinder and family.

MILROY.

Walter Chapman visited his grandmother this week. Virgil Johnson is working for Charles McCashen. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saltwell spent Sunday with John Woosley’s. Martha Clark spent this week with her brother, Clyde, and family near Morocco. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chapman and family visited his mother, Mrs. Anna Chapman, Monday. Charles Marchand, who is working on the dredge, spent Saturday night with his parents. Creighton Clark, Harold Lamar and families, Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks, Martha Clark, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark and daughter, Mildred, of Newton county, ate dinner Sunday with J. R. Clark’s. Sunday school will be held at 10 a. in., from now on, as it seemed a better attendance is realized. We will have a children’s day program, but the date has not been decided yet. Mr, and Mrs. Ludd Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Manson Beaver went to Delphi Sunday to visit with Frank Coghill’s, as Frank has been in poor health and will go west this week for the change. They will go to Idaho for awhile.

SOUTH AMERICA. 1

Elmer Clark was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Gladys Havens spent Monday with Mrs. William Havens. Irma Clark spent,.Sunday afternoon with Leona Ogle. Wo will have preaching at she church Sunday at 3 p. m. ' Mrs. Rachel Sommers spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Homer Ogle.— Mr. and Mrs. William Havens spent Sunday with Dave Harris and family. Jack Harmon and George Havens ate Sunday dinner with John Havens’. Mrs. John Shellhart spent Saturday night and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Crister. Miss Blossom Grouns and little sister, Myrtle, spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Rachel Sommers. Mr. and Mrs. John Southard and daughter, Belle, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Walter Gilmore. George Caster returned home from Rensselaer last Thursday, the jury having been excused for the term. William Vanatta is making some new improvements on his placedome new windows and doors and a ■'Dutch" porch.

FOUR CORNERS.

All are now able to get a drink without going to the river. Mrs. Smith, southeast of Wheatfield, is quite sick at this time. Dave Wesner sold and delivered hogs to the Wheatfield shipper Monday. ( , ■ Wilson, of Lake county, shipped a. car of hogs to the Chicago market Monday. L. C. Asher was called to Owen county Saturday to attend' the funeral of his brother. George Hoosline and wife visited with home folks Saturday and Sunday, near Valparaiso. Fred Tresmer is putting in some new partition fence on the line between his farm and the Luse land. Rev. Kuhn, of Indianapolis, delivered the address to the graduating class‘at Wheatfield Wednesday night. Our friend Gore, of Tefft, is the proud owner of a new Hupmobile runabout, which he purchased in Chicago last week. F. W. Fisher and wife visited with Orville Fisher, north of Kersey,Sun- i

day. Likewise Pa and Ma Keen pushed their feet under the same table. Dr. w. J. Solt, of San Pierre, has been nominated for township trustee by the progressives of his township. Alfred Tilton's team became frightened Wednesday and ran away, throwing Alfred out, dislocating his shoulder and bruising him up otherwise. R. A. Mannan and A. Jensen were up in Kankakee tp.. Monday adjusting a loss of a horse killed by lightning, a result of the storm Sunday night. 1 rustee Shirer was induced by an ad in The Democrat want columns to make a trip to look at the hogs advertised for sale by Geo. Hoosline, southwest of Tefft. Pete Zimmer, now of Chicago, but formerly of Wheatfield, was out a few days last week, closing up a sale to Ambrose Hendrickson of the lot formerly owned by Mr. Zimmer. Bowie says the thunder-pumper of the Four-Corners belched again through the columns of The Democrat. He will find that this weather is ideal for thunder-pumpers and mud hens.

The trin to attend the M. W, A. Camp at Tefft last Wednesday night, proved an expensive and painful experience for a part of the Wheatfield members. Not quite so much river water, boys. Ihe farmers are disappointed on account of the continued rains of the past week, a number of whom expected to start their planters and rush the planting of corn this week. Don t rush the season; there is ample time for a good crop, Schrader & Schrader are adding to the appearahce of their property by putting in a new cement porch and also cement in front of their place of business. They are selling the farmers a new line of machines this year. Lightning sjtruck the Wheatfield bank .Monday afternoon but did little damage. For fear they should receive another shock, they should report to the heavy-weight dictator, the would-be ruler of the universe, and have -him put a stop to that kind of recklessness. ? 1 reichel, the full-of-energy merchant Tefft, still continue; to improve his property here. He is now putting a new foundation under the house recently purchased of J. B. DeArmond, and in a short time this property will put on a *ew appearance and add greatly to this part of town. The Dutch for push. We are informed that the Monon ofncials are undecided what disposition to make of the Gifford railroad. A by don't they consult Bowie? They might get him to take the inanagenent and put it on a paying basis That wonderful brain of his could certainly solve the problem. The company certainly have not heard of his wonderful adaptability to all forms of business. See him at once.

Several of the Wheatfield M. W. A. members attended camp at Tefft last Wednesday, and for some reason. it is reported, took a run down to get some river water, and on their way back one of the cars became unmanagable or mismanaged and into ihe ditch south of the litzgerald home, shaking up all and near causing the death of Stonebreaker, of Wheatfield, who was unconscious for some time and who now lies in a critical condition. The ear belonged to G. O. Stem.ble, and was driven by one of his boys, After the party left the car it caught fire and burned up, almost a total wreck.

FAIR OAKS.

Mrs. Umf.-ees hung paper for Mrs Bringle this week. Cleaning house ; s the order of the day in these parts. Win Blair hung paper at Floyd Baxter’s the first of tlie week. William Geary’s sister from Indianapolis is here visiting him. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Will Warren’s Wednesday evening. , Mike Duffy, of Fowler, was in our town Tuesday morning on his way to his farm. The new telephone man from Rensselaer, called on Charles Halleck Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Thorn, of Hammond, moved here this week onto, the Pembroke fruit farm. Mrs. John Thorn and little son, of Hammond, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Halleck, this week. Mrs. McDonald, of Brook, gave a good talk to a good-sized audience

in the Christian church at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, There is not much news this week, and not much doing except a few have been catching some nice carp out of the ditches. There will also, no doubt, be a good many come up during the high water. Can Manderville went to Shelby Thursday to buy lumber to build an addition to his house. It is said he has been holding a pretty regular correspondence with a certain lady at Brook, so we suspicion he has a matrimonial bee in his hat. Ha! Frank Garriott and wife were mixed up in a runaway Sunday eve in which the latter was considerably shaken up, but probably not serious. They had been here to attend church and on going home, their team of mules, which they were driving, became scared at a motorcycle which came meeting them. They whirled around and upset the buggy, threw the occupants out and ran away. Rain, did you say? Well, yes, 1 should say so. It began Sunday night and kept at it the greater part of the time up until Tuesday night. The fields are full of water and there is plenty of washouts on the roads. Farmers will not be able to get into their Helds, for a week should it not rain any more now. It will no doubt damage the oats and other small grain crops considerably.

LEE.

Vet Young and wife, of Monon chapel, called on Will Stiers' Sunday evening. J. H. Culp is at Monticelo this week as one of the jurymen at this term of court. The big rains the first of the week stopped farmers from planting corn for a few days. T. R. Clark and wife and Will Stiers find family were in Monon Monday afternoon. Sunday Frank Overton and family went in their auto to visit his brother near Parr. Mrs. O. E. Noland was called to Logansport Tuesday by the death of her brother, Al Maple’s, child. Wm. Wall and wife and three .voting children visited Sunday at Andy Hubbard’s, north of Monon. Miss Wilcox, a deaconess of the Monnett Home at Rensselaer, gave a talk here Sunday about their work. Creighton Clark, Wm. Wall and O. A. Jacks are building the pantry and porch on Mrs. C. A. Holeman's house. Next Sunday, May 17, will be Monon township Sunday school convention held here at the M. E church at 2 o’clock. Mrs. C. A. Holeman, son, Asa, J. H. Culp and family and Elmer Gilmore and family ate Sunday dinner at J. W. Mellender’s.