Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1919 — HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

PINE GROVE Mr- and Mrs. John Dale were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Several from thle neighborhood attended the David Popel sale Monday. Lowell Hayes and Aleece Stanley called on Creola Torbet Sunday evening. Miss Lora Beanwegard of Chicago is visiting Miss Grayce Price this week. Several from this vicinity attended the stock show at Rensselaer Saturday. John Dale returned home Friday froftn a land prospecting trip in Michigan. He purchased an 80acre farm while there. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson and son Lynn and Mrs. Burr and son Elliott spent Sunday with Charles Shroyer and family.

John Dale and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bluford Torbet and daughter Ruth and Everett McCleary spent Sunday with James Torbet and family. Will Schultz and family, Otto Ritter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Davisson, Frank Payne and family spent Sunday with Rudolph Ritter and family. Charles Shroyer and son Elmer, Ralph Johnson and Elliott Burr attended a meeting at Chuipps, near Surrey, Sunday afternoon. The minister was an old schoolmate of Mr. Shroyer’s.

LEE I Roy and Charles Stiers are painting S. M. Jacks’s store building. S. M. Jacks and wife visited relatives near Brookston Sunday. The young people enjoyed a shower Tuesday evening, given at

Roy Heltsel’a home, for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waymouth. Several from here attended the stock show in Rensselaer Saturday. J. W. Mellender and family spent Sunday at Jake Moore’s, near Monon. W. L. Stiers and wife of Gary are here now. He has a job of painting and papering. The Ladles’ Aid cleared almost 120 .Monday at Mr. Pratt’s sale, south and east of Lee. “Uncle” Tom Eldridge and wife of Monon spent Tuesday here with his son Frank and family. Elmer Gitmore and family and J. H. Culp and wife called on J. F. Eldridge Sunday afternoon. O. A. Jacks and wife took Sunday dinner with his sister’s, Mrs. True Woodworth’s, at Rensselaer. Mrs. Dorman Cade and two children of near Danville, 111., came via auto Saturday and visited at Frank Overton’s and with other friends till Monday morning. The Ladies’ Aid will serve lunch next Tuesday at Ray Holeman’s sale. He has sold his farm here and bought one In Dekalb county, where he is going to move some time this winter. Charley Waymouth went to New York city and met his bride from England. They were married there and returned here to make their home where he is a prosperous young farmer. Last Sunday Sam Griffith’s entertained for dinner his mother of Monon, his brother, George Griffith, and family of Lafayette and Will Johnson a/nd Frank Newbold and families of Remington. SIOO Reward, SIOO The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all Its stages and that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly Influenced by constitutipnal conditions requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Is taken Internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith In the curative powers of Hall’s Catarrh Medicine that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75 c.

POSSUM RUN Some cooler weather we have been having. Everett Parker is ditching for Mariatt this week. Chamberlain & Mariatt delivered hogs at Rensselaer Monday. Several from this vicinity attended the Popel sale Monday. T. J. Parker and family spent Sunday with the Campbell Mrs. Ores Cunningham and son Windell . were Wheatfield goers Friday. George Davisson was delivering fresh meat through here one day this week. Several from this vicinity attended the stock show Saturday. It was quite good. Mrs. John Price is confined to her bed with sickness and Dr. Gwin was called Friday. Mr- and Mrs. Alfred Caldwell and daughter called on Mr. and Mrs. John Price Sunday afternoon. Mrs. James Davis 'and three children took dinner with her mother, Mrs. T. J. Parker, and daughters Monday. Mrs. David Hahn and sons, Dber and Ray, and daughter Ada spent Sunday afternoon with the Campbell family. Eber, Carrie and Ada Hahn returned home Saturday after visiting a week with their grandmother at Brooklyn, Ind. They made the trip by auto.

FAIR OAKS Milt McKdy was down from Gary to spend Sunday with home folks. We have been having very good fall weather for several days, with an occasional shower. Charles Wood came to town with his buzz saw Monday and put in a couple of days butzzlng wood. John Ke’ssick and sister, Mrs. Carl Carpenter, and daughter of Haskell, Laporte county, made a short'call at Abe Bringle’s Sunday evenJing. Mr. Lamphler and another man from near Kniman delivered several loads of hay to James Winslow and Abe Bringle the first of the week. .

Janies Clifton and Arthur Ropp have a couple of barns under construction for Frank Hufficker on his ranch. They are held up now waiting for lumber. James Clifton received a letter from .bls brother Charles the first of the week stating that their brother David had died that day in a military home in Texas. Miss Amy Bringle came up from Lafayette Saturday evening, and with her brother and wife and Leota 'Moore and Edward Baloh of Lafayette spent Sunday with her parents. Rev. Todd, a student of Evanston, delivered a very good sermon to a good-sized audience at the ME. church Sunday at 11 a. m. The congregation will decide next Sunday if he will be the regular minister for the coming year. The people of the Christian church organized Sunday school a couple of weeks ago and are starting out with a very good attendance; 10 a. an. is the time set, and they extend an Invitation to all to come out and take part and help make it a success. The gravel road work has been progressing fine. This end of the contract will be completed in a few days. They began on the one mile west and pouth of Parr Mouh day with a dozen teams. They are getting the gravel for this part of* the road out of the dredge ditch on Firman Thompson’s farm, one rmiile west of Parr. If the weather holds good they will build this quite rapidly.

VIRGIE Hauling grain is the order of the day. James Crownover is working near Hebron. Mrs. John Zellers visited In Fair Oaks Wednesday. Trustee Walter Harrington was In Virgie Tuesday. Miss Flossie Wiseman went to Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Zellers were Rensselaer goers Tueeday. Mrs. Lewis Harrington visited in Kniman Friday afternoon. Miss Indus Wiseman came home from Chicago Monday evening. Ancll Potts and family visited Mr. and Mt®. Ray Potts Sunday. Mrs. X. Geesa and family took dinner with Mrs. William Potts Monday. MTs. Fred Thews of Rehnington came home for a few days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Wiseman.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Mr. and Mrs. Bela F. Roberts returned Tuesday from a several days visit In Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. King Chamberlin left Saturday on a prospecting trip to the great state of Texas. Ell Miller and wife returned Saturday from Nappanee, where they had visited for the past several weeks. Bruce Hardy was home from Dane, Wis., over Sunday. Bruce Is closing up his affairs In Wisconsin preparatory to coming home to stay. Edwin Harris still remains indisposed. He has not been to the office but a single time In well over two weeks*. And think of the movies he Is missing. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lamson and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Smoot, of Milwaukee, Wls., visited Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burners. The quartet visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Roberts. Franlk Burns and family motored to Royal Center Sunday and visited his cousins, Joe and John Butts. They were accompanied by Mrs. Harry Elijah, who visited her mother, who also lives •at Royal Center. Thomas Inkley was a business caller here Monday. Tom moved to Rensselaer a few weeks since to work the real estate 'business and starts off right by selling a chunk of the Lawler lands to James Elijah. Uncle George Clark, one of the oldest residents of Jackson township, passed away at his home In Morocco Saturday afternoon at about 4 o’clock, after a short illness at the advanced age of 90 years. His long life was spent principally on the old Clark farin' west of town, which he still owned at the time of his death, and which Is tenanted by Pfrlmmer Hopkins. Sunday, Oct. 19, Mr. and Mrs. James Price of Mt. Ayr entertained as their guests Mr. and Mrs. John Baker and children of Valparaiso, Mr. and Mrs. Manly Price and children of Rensselaer, iMr, and Mrs. Walter Brown and children

of Francesville, Mr. and Mrs- Earl Price of near Surrey, Mr. and Mrs. 'Hursel Blaze and daughter of Mt. Ayr and Mrs. Cecil Stowers and son and daughter Myrtle of Rensselaer. Altogether 31 were present. All reported having a One time. Mrs. Horace Arvin, whose husband works for Roy Lowman, east of town, was in a runaway mix-up Saturday that will lay her up for a week or more. Coining to town in the afternoon, her horse became frightened at some hogs and ran away, throwing her out and bruising her up considerably. It was

first thought that tfhe had broken her shoulder but an examination at the doctor’s office proved that the Injury was not that bad and outside of severe bruises and a very bad shaking up she was uninjured. The horse received some severe cuts, and it was found difficult to stop the flow of blood at first.