Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1917 — RAIN HALTS PATRIOTIC MEET [ARTICLE]

RAIN HALTS PATRIOTIC MEET

Weather Kept Many at Home Who Planned to Come. A large number responded to the call for a mass patriotic meeting here. Monday night. However, the threatening weather kept many more away as practically all of the neighboring towns had planned to send delegations. The meeting opened in the court house yard with a few selections by the Rensselaer band. The rain then came and the assembly repaired to the Christian church. Mayor Spitler presided and introduced Hon. Ed. Jackson, secretary of state, who delivered a stirring and patriotic appeal to the young men to respond to the call for troops. Mayor Spitler was delegated to select a committee, one person from each township, with the chairman in Rensselaer, whose duty it will be to utge desirable young men ip their respective communities to enlist with Company M.