Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1920 — ANOTHER OLD RESIDENT GONE [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER OLD RESIDENT GONE

On Monday, Sept. 6, Lewis S. Alter of Carpenter township received a telegram that his brother, James Leander Alter, had died in a hospital in Little Rock, Ark;, where he had been for the past three months, with tuberculosis. Mr. Alter was born on the old Alter farm, northwest of Remington, in Carpenter township, 61 years ago last June, and had been a resident of Jasper county all his life. At the age of seven he lost oife hand In a sorghum mill. After growing up on the farm he followed various

occupations and traveled about th* country, selling small notions. Thia he followed for nearly 30 year*. During this time he traveled over every state in the Union, Canada and Mexico, and on the water all around the coasts of this country, wintering in the south, summering in the north, getting around to hie old home once or twice a year. He published a book describing the points of interest in the United States and elsewhere. But few, it any people, in the United States had seen more of this country than he. Early in life he joined the Methodist church and tried to live up to its teachings. Strictly temperate, h* never learned the usual bad habits that young men fall into. He will be remembered by thousands of people all over the country by the religious and temperance cards he distributed, of wnlch he gave out nearly 100,000. He was never married. - He leaves two brothers, Lacy E. Alter of Boise, Idaho, and Louis S. Alter of Carpenter township; also one sister, Mrs. May C. Tolles of Lansing, Mich. He was burled at Little Rock, Ark., where he had nephews and nieces residing. He had many friends and relatives residing in this county. ••