Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of Ao Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. ANNUAL JACKSON CLUB FEAST Wfll Be Held at Fowler Hotdl, Lafayette, Wednesday Evening. One of the most famous Democratic clubs of America is the Jackson club of Lafayette. Though Tippecanoe county is Republican, this elub, with over 700 members, flourishes like a green bay tree. Midst victory and defeat it goes on. Every year it celebrates its anniversary in a manner to attract national attention. The most famous Democratic orators count it an honor to be the club’s guest on these occasions. The club’s twenty-third anniversary meeting this year occurs on Wednesday, March 6. As everybody is welcome. Democrats all over the state are planning their pilgrimage to Lafayette. The auditorium of the new Fowler hotel has been engaged. There, at 8 o’clock, to a thousand guests, dinner will be served, to the accompaniment of orchestra, song, cigars and patriotic speeches. The dinner will be tn absolute conformity to government regulations.