People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1893 — GILLAM. [ARTICLE]

GILLAM.

Farmers are busy sawing their summer’s wood. The protracted meeting at Gillam closed last Thursday evening. Mr. Geo. Coppess has bought the Joe Hardesty farm near Independence Chapel. Mr. Matt Carr and wife, of Monon, are visiting friends in Gillam. Mr. A. J. Rathfon and wife will move to Chicago in the near future. Mr. Hutchings has bought a house and lot in Harvey and will move there with his family in two or three weeks. Mr. Chas. Odom is erecting a store building at the cross roads near his dwelling and intends laying in a supply of goods as soon as convenient. We hope to obtain a post office at the same place. Ruggins. From Another Correspondent. Gillam is not dead if she has kept still a good while. Health is generally good. Florence Robinson and Eva Hess visited with their parents Saturday and Sunday. Mead Rayburn has rented the farm of Mr. Harris and will take possession as soon as the house is vacated. We are inclined to believe that Mead will place his name with the list who have grown tired of single life and is now preparing a cage for his bird, which is a veiy good idea. , A grand time was expected at the Center school house last Saturday night, but alas, the children and teacher met to make arrangements and some one became so chicken-hearted

because only the small number of five were present and gave it up. They determined to wait until they could find a more earnest ‘-go to work” leader and we presume the supper will not even be mentioned again. Gillam is self supporting, or at least will be when Charles Odom, one of our enterprising farmers, starts his store in the southern part of the township Mr.. Odom backed by several others intends to have a stock of goods to the amount of two or three thousand dollars and will deal with the people fairly and squarely. This makes two stores in this township and with the erection of a mill our Medaryville business men will look bluer than they are at present. Spring.