Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1914 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

| Vern Haas of Chicago, spent Sun- ! day here with his brother and sisters.

Nicholas Wagner, of northeast of Remington, has recently purchased a fine new 7-passenger auto.

The Van Rensselaer Club is to give a banquet at the M. E. church parlohs tonight, followed by a dance in the armory.

Mrs. .James Griswold of Valparaiso. came last week for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Mary D. Eger, and brother. C. W. Duvall.

John Sehanlaub left a sweet potato on our table Saturday that tipped the scales at 3 s * pounds, the largest homegrown sweet potato we have ever seen ’here. It was grown by Mr. Sehanlaub on his lots in the northwest part of town.

Call John Eger’s grocery, phone 54. and leave your orders for apples and potatoes. Michigan apples in 3 ha. barrels at $2 and $2.25 a barrel. Wisconsin sand-grown potatoes in : bu. sacks, in 5 bu. lots or more, 55c a bushel.

The Democrat still has a few copies of Rev. Father Krull’s book, "A History of Religious Denominations,” left, and until the supply is exhausted a copy will be given free with all paid-in-advance subscriptions; new or old. .

In Saturday's football game here between Morocco and Rensselaer high school teams, Rensselaer was victorious by a score of 24 to 0. in Sunday s game between a Chicago team and the Rensselaer Athletitc team, the score was 62 to 0 in favor of the latter.

Frank Lowman, son of Wash Lowman, of southeast of town, who was injured some time ago by cutting his knee with a comknife. infection later developing, was operated on the latter part of the week in a Lafayette hospital and the bones of the knee scraped, and it is now expected that he will get along all right, although the knee will probably be stiff the remainder of his life.

Frank King had a lively runaway on north Weston street Sunday afternoon. when his team became frightened at a passing auto and ran on south to Washington street, where they collided with the front of the Dexter creamery, in making the turn, and fell to the sidewalk. One wheel of the buggy was broken and Mr. King received a few scratches. The horses were uninjured.

Harry Watson and his book-keep-er and office girl. Miss Mary Hayes, returned Sunday evening from an auto trip to Hammond, Chicago Heights and Chicago, visiting Mr. Watson's sisters in Chicago Heights, and the latter accompanied them to Chicago. Both deny that they went away Friday to get married, or that they were or are married, and in the absence of any more convincing proof to the contrary we will have to take their word for it.

Fred Markin of Pleasant Grove, mention of whose having been taken to the hospital, was made in a recent issue of The Democrat, underwent an operation Saturday in the Wesley hospital, Chicago, for an abscess and appendicitis. At this writing he is reported to be doing as well as could be expected and it is hoped that he will soon recover. His wife and Mrs. George Bond went up to Chicago Saturday to be there when the operation was performed, and the former is still there at this writing. His father, George Markin, of Rensselaer, went up to see him Monday.

POLITICAL NOTES. i ■ Hon. Patrick Hayes, democratic candidate for joint-representative of Jasper and White counties, was in the city a short time Monday between trains. 1

Frank W. Fisher of Kankakee tp., democratic candidate for county commissioner for the Ist dist., and Ezra Whitehead of Wheats eld, were in Rensselaer and,, Rmnington Monday looking after Mr. Fisher’s political fences.

A neighboring exchange says: “Remember the green ballot providing for a constitutional convention when you vote.” The constitutional convention ballot. Brother, is printed on white paper, the same as the county ballot, only it is but four inches square. The five ballots the voter will have presented to him when he enters the voting place next uesday, will be: State ballot, printed on red or pink paper; county ballot, printed on white paper; township ballot, printed on yellow paper; constitutional convention ballot, printed on white paper, and centennial celebration ballot, printed on blue paper. Remember that the maohine pol-