Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1918 — SELLS HIS HAT AT AUCTION [ARTICLE]

SELLS HIS HAT AT AUCTION

Farmer Without Money Get* ft* for the Red Cross by Macon, Mo. —“Folks, I haven’t got very much —I haven't got any money, but I’ll do what I can,” declared Frank Long, a farmer, at a Red Cross auction Kile at Rogers schoolhoose near here. “llow much am I offered for this hat?” he asked as he lifted his hat in Ids hand above his head. The crowd laughed. Then someone said “ten cents." Someone else doubled the bid, and tbs hat was knocked down for $-.50. ThS sale brought $65. Mr. Long went homa bareheaded and hanov.