Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1909 — County Temperance Campaign Starts With Organization. [ARTICLE]

County Temperance Campaign Starts With Organization.

The meeting of the county temperance workers at the east court room in the court house at 1 o'clock last Saturday afternoon was quite well attended," almost every ptecindt iri’Yhe county being represented. The organization was made permanent b/ the election of 8. C. Irwin, chairman, J. K. Dayls, vice-chairman, Rev. G. H. Clarke, secretary, and J. P. Ham>uend, treasurer. The county chairman was empowered th select township chairmen and they are to select their own assistants. Rev. J. B. Payton, a student in Evanston, and the pastor of several Methodist churches in the north end of * the county, and an enthusiastic temperance man, had blanks printed for the petitions for an election and presented these to the organization without cost The following township chairmen were appointed: Marlon, W. S. Day. , Carpenter, R. H. Crowder. Union, John Gwin. Walkdr, H. B. Brown. Keener, W. H. Tyler. Wheatfield, John M Helmick. Kankakee, F. W. Fisher. Hanging Grove, Joseph Stewart. Barkley, W. N. Jordan. Jordan, Chas. E. Sage. Newton, John Rush. Milroy, G. L. Parks. Gillam, Jas. W. Stephens. Another meeting is called for 11 o’clock next Friday, March 26th, at the court house. ' Superintendent Hicks, of the state anti-saloon league, will be here, and a rousing meeting will be held; AU committeemen and temperance workers are urged to be present. A full line of. nobby children’s suits in jail, the very latest shades and cuts, from 3 years to 16 years, aU at very reasonable prices. EARL DUVALL. Get a new pair of those Crossett Oxfords for the Easter parade.

ROWLES & PARKER.