Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1917 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Charles Makeever and sister, Miss Nellie Makeever, of near Mt. Ayr were Rensselaer visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Helsel, who went from Union township to Duluth, Minnesota, some two years ago, returned to Jasper county yesterday and Will probably take up their residence here again on their

farm, but will visit with their children, Mrs. James Davis of Kniman, Mrs. Ray Casey of Kirklin, until spring. Their reason for returning was because of their little son having very poor health in Minnesota, ' ~ John I. Gwin started work on the remodeling of the Bruce White property which he recently purchased Saturday. The house Is being raised and a new foundation put in, new roof an,d porch and the interior rearranged. When completed it will make a very nice home. It is understood that Mr. Gwin has rented the house to Mort Murray reserving two rooms for himself and his wife, and that they will board with Mr. and Mrs. Murray.

Capt. J. L. Hagins, who served twenty-nine years with the Pullman Palace Car company and has been on the retired list since 1903 and drawing S3O per month pension from said company, received an additional check for $7.50 this month with the statement that because of the high cost of living this additional sum would be paid each month temporarily, but might be withdrawn at any time at the option of the company. It is needless to say that the captain is highly appreciative of the temporary raise.

N. S. Bates received a paper from Adrian, Missouri, yesterday giving the particulars of the death of a nephew, Lieutenant Dr. Floyd S. Bates, who was killed recently in a training camp at Fort Riley, Kansas, when lightning struck the tent in which he and another doctor were sleeping. A wire was stretched across the interior of the tent and one end of the wire was close to Dr. Bates’ cot. The bolt struck this wire and he was killed instantly, while his companion was severely shocked. The young man, whose father and two brothers are doctors, was but 30 years of age and leaves a wife and three children.

E. P. Honan returned late Friday night from his four days’ speaking campaign in the special drive of the State Council of Defense.’ In his team, besides himself, there were three other good speakers—former Mayor Charles A. Bookwaiter of Indianapolis, who has two sons in the army; Charles M. Niezer of Fort Wayne, former state deputy of the Knights of Columbus, and a German, and Thomas H. Adams of Vincennes, editor of the leading Republican paper of that section of the state. They had especially good meetings, both afternoon and evening at Auburn, Angola and Albion, but the. meeting at Lagrange was not so largely attended as the others. They found the people thoroughly awake to the needs of the hour in the three former counties, but the meetings accomplished much good even there.