Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1917 — GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU

VIRGIE Elsie' Zellers' spent Sunday with home folks. Mrs. Mathew Petty of Chicago is visiting friends here. “Buck” McCurtain and wife were fishing Monday, afternoon. Earl Wiseman attended the show at Demotte Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Zellers were in Rensselaer Monday on business. Mrs? Thomas Florence called on Mrs. Demoss Wednesday afternoon. A. L. McCurtain and family attended the show at Demotte Wed•fiesday night. The Ladies’ Fortnightly society met with Mrs. Anna Middlecam]) Friday afternoon. Hazel and Vernon Hurley attended the Sunday school convention at Kniman Sunday. The young people met at the John Zellers home and practiced singing Wednesday evening. Mrs. Charles Malaney and son of Roselawn spent the day Sunday with George Cover and family. Mrs. Charles Harrington and daughter Gladys called* on Mrs. Thomas Mallatt Sunday evening.

Firman Pettit of Oak Grove was seen over in thqse /parts Sunday afternoon ex(corting) his best girl. Mr. and Mrs. John Reed visited several days with relatives at Goodland and Remington last week, returning Monday evening. Mr. Cook, manager of the pickle factory, was called to’his home in Chicago Tuesday on account of a sudden death in his family. 'There will be no church services after Sabbath school Sunday on account of Children’s day at Kniman. Sunday school at the usual time, 10:30 a. m. Everybody come. The daughter of Gideon Kauffman of near here, who had been poorly -bo long with consuinptipu, .passed away Saturday evening. She was taken to Mt. Ayr for burial.

ROSELAWN Otis Phillips was a Kankakee, Illinois, visitor Monday. C. T. Otis was a Chicago visitor Wednesday on business, Myrop Born of Cook spent the week visiting the Rice boys. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Brooke were in Roselawn shopping Wednesday. Several from here attended the commencement exercises at land last Thursday. Clarence Boyle is reported to be very low at this writing with little hopes of his recovery. Mrs. IHL H. Baxter returned to her home at Lacross after a two week’s visit here with friends. Mrs. J. W. Crooks and Miss Pearl Best attended the Children’s day program at Shelby Sunday evening. CBruce White of Rensselaer and Vance Collins have been working on the Sawyer home ranch this week. Calvin Parks of Hammond visited T. H. Gebhart and Earnest Parks and family from Saturday until Tuesday. The Children’s day exercises will be held at the M. E, church Sunday evening, June 17. Everyone welcome.

We had another heavy rain Wednesday" afternoon, and the farmers are , hoping for some warm and dry weather. J. J. Mulder and sister Maggie, Jeannette Crooks, Mary Jane Phillips, Zella Bess and Dorothy Rogers autoed to Demotte last Sunday. Earl Bruner of Morocco was up Wednesday helping Frank Garrard on the Roselawn switchboard. It was almost put out of commission by the last storm. The ladies and children of the Roselawn church and Sunday school are preparing a program for Children's day, to be observed at the M. E, church Sunday evening. All are requested to be present. Miss Iva Dunn of Thayer suffered a broken arm and was quite badly bruised up when a gasoline speeder on which she was- riding in com'pany with Section Foreman Charles Fuller of Fair Oaks and a young lady from the latter town jumped the track between Roselawn and Fair Oaks Sunday afternoon. Miss Dunn was taken home via automobile and Dr. Tate and a Lowell doctor were summoned to her home. Miss Iva is well known tp the young folks of Roselawn, who are very sorry to hear of her misfortune and hope for her early recovery.. : • „ ■ .

PINE GROVE Roy Torbet went to the "doctor at Monon Monday. Grant Davisson is the purchaser of a new Oakland light six. Frank Britt spent Sunday afternoon with Robert and Kenneth Scott. Roy Torbet and family spent Sunday afternoon with John Dale and family. - . Mr. ■ and Mrs. Henry Ropp of near Aix spent Sunday with their son Dalton and family. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Ritter and son Fred .were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Davisson. Ocie Nicholson and family spent Sunday with his parents, Robert Nicholson and family, of Kniman. There will be Children’s day exercises at the Brushwood church Sunday evening, June 17. Everybody invited. Mr. and Mrs. James Britt attended the Children’s day exercises and Sunday school convention at the Barkley M. E. church Sunday.

McCOYSBURG

Ben Hensley spent Sunday with R. L. Bussell and family. Mrs. Levi Herr called on. Mrs. Charles Ferguson Monday. There will be Sunday school at 1.0 o’clock Sunday morning. Mrs. J. R. Phillips spent Wednesday with friends at Rensselaer. Elvin and Wilson Bussell were guests of home folks over Sunday. Orvel Hitchings and family spent Sunday with friends near Rensselaer. Mrs. Wilson Bussell is spending a few days with her folks at Terre Haute. Talk about cold weather, we are surely getting it for this time of the year. The Children’s day program was largely attended and the children all did fine. Van Wood and family of Rensselaer were guests of friends here over Sunday. James Jeffries and wife were at Logansport to ■ see the latter s mother Friday. There was a number from herd to attend the commencement at Milroy Saturday night. Mrs. Orvdl Hitchings and son, Miss May Thomas and Mrs. John Osborn called on Mrs. J. R. Phillips Tuesday. Charles Ferguson and family had for Sunday guests Mr. Beazy and wife and Bertha Campbell of Morocco, Al Campbell of Mt. Ayr and Ben Kesler and wife of Monon.

WHEATFIELD Mr.» and Mrs. Louis Grube and niece and Mr. Huber visited with George Heil and family Sunday. The Kniipan Ladies’. Aid society will serve refreshments . the third Thursday in June. Come out and help in the good work. C. M. Dewey and Charles, Hewett attended the better live stock meeting at Rensselaer Saturday. A county •organization was effected, whose motto is: “Swat the scrub.” Quite a few of the neighbors held a basket dinner in the McDaniel grove Sunday. All present had a fine time and they all decided to have a number of these during the summer. Lots of eats, you bet. , Louis Misch attended the St. Joe college commencement Tuesday evening. If Louis keeps up the pace that tie started with he ®rill- have to advertise next week for his Ford's shadow, for it couldn’t possibly keep up. James (’lark and son Presley, Mr. and MrS. Ira Clark and daughter Myrtle, Mrs. C. E. Bush and daughter Pauline of 1 " Kersey. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dewey and Mr. Hewett and son Charles of this place, and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bush and son William called on 'Bert iVandercar and family Sunday. By a mistake of some one, the names of Mr. and Mrs.. Lewis Grube were omitted from our last item' in last week’s department as among. those, who attended " the farmers’ club officers’ meeting from the Wheatfield club. Mr. Grube is our vice-president and Mrs. Grube is a -member of the program committee. We either failed to copy it when W made up our corrected report or else the linotype man failed to see it. No matter how it is, the guilty cuss ought to be kicked to death by an old-fashioned mule.

DEE Little Gefald Clark continues in very poor health. * Leroy Noland ate Sunday dinner

: COLUMBIA CALKS (Dedicated to the People of the United States) ■ Awake! ye men from dreams of peace— '■ Nor sleep when danger's near. But fling Old Glory to the breeze— There are no cowards here! Our fathers fought; like heroes died, For years their blood they gave. That honor, home and peace be ' ours: Awake! Thy country save! Our flag for honor ever stands. -To lift the weak, to lead the free. America, our blessed land, Is calling, calling thtee. From North to South; from sea to ■ . sea. I hear the answering cry: • “Thy sons forever shall be free For thee will live and die." Then fling Old Glory to the main Beneath her stars enroll. For cowardice shall never stain The glory of her folds. The Stars and Stripes shall lead us on ~ « A mighty host for right- j That peace shall. reign forevermore And war from earth take .flight, i F. E. HALSTEAD. •

with Harry Rishling and family. David Stewart of Ohio came Monday to visit his brother Joseph and wife. Our children's day Exercises will be held in the grove here Sunday. Everybody welcome. Omar Smith and family of near Francesville spent .Sunday afternoon with Harry Rishling and family. Most everyone from here attended Children's day exercises at Monon chapel Sunday afternoon and at McCoy sburg Sunday evening. Lonnie Noland went to Monticello Sunday evening to begin work for Mr. a stone road contractor. Joseph Stewart went to Lafayette Tuesday to consult a specialist. He has been in very poor health for so"me time.

STOCK BREEDERS ORGANIZED

Local Shows Will Probably Be Held in County This Fall. About forty-five livestock breeders met at the office of the county agent Saturday afternoon and organized the Jasper County Livestock Breeders’ Association which has for its object the improvement of the livestock of the county. The meeting was called to order by County Agent Learning, who stated the object of the meeting and called on Prof. J. W. Schwab who spoke at length on the Advantages and disadvantages of County Breeders’ Organizations. He stated that the day of the small livestock breeder had arrived and that it is now necessary for the men to co-operate to , more advantageously advertise and sell their surplus stock, control animal diseases, and furnish a means of exchange of desirable breeding stock. He spoke of the good work which is being done by the Huntertown and the Ft. Wayne District Breeders’ Associations and stated that he saw no reason why Jasper county breeders could not be equally successful if they were willing to work together. Fred Phillips stated that he had. been observing live stock sales for twenty years and has noticed the great difference in price between well bred and scrub stock. He stated that every farmer can well afford to have a pure-bred sire, at least, and that the day is . coming when there will be a great improvement throughout the country. He stated that he was a strong advocate of the proposed organization. W. C. Rose stated that an organization would be especially valuable in assisting the sales. A large number of breeders have but a few animals for sale each year and by holding a county sale these might be disposed of at a good priceO. S. Bell stated that he was familiar with the work of the Pulaski Association and felt that it was doing a thing sot the men who were m 1L He also spoke of work that lie knew was being done by Illinois tionsA number of other go"i talks were made by some of the men present and it was unanimously decided to form an organization at once. The foilowing officers were elected:

President—-Fred Phillips. Vice-president—H. J. Dexter. Secretary-treasurer, Chauncey H. Wood. Directors—George Putt, Russell Sage, Rolland Stewart, O. S. Bell, W. C. Rose, John R. Lewis, J. H. Guild, R. J. Yeoman, Chas. Lakin, Jess Austin, Russell Van Hook and V. M. Peer. It was decided that if possible stock shows would be held in the three leading towns of the county this fall. C. M. Dewey and M. J. Delehanty and John R. Lewis were placed—in charge of the show at Wheatfield. Chauncey Wood, Kenton Parkison and Henry Paulus were placed in charge of the show to be held in Rensselaer. _ A number of other plans for th? betterment of livestock conditions were discussed but it was decided to postpone final action on these masters until the next meeting, which Will be held in the county agent’s office Saturday afternoon, June 23, at 2 o’clock. Everyone interested is invited to attend.

Get a hot air furnace of the Watson Plumbing Co. ts If your Willys-Knight starts hard when It’s cold, take it to the Vesta station. They will dear up your trouble in albout one hour’s labor. —RENSSELAER GARAGE.