Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mrs. Russell Willits was in Rensselaer Friday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hooker, Dec. 16th, twin girls. Mrs. Chester Downs has been sick the past few days. Miss Maggie Richmond visited her father at Pleasant Grove Sunday. Miss Bertha Cook took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. 'Sunday. J. Ross bought a brand nW wagon running gear Thursday. Too big a corn.crop is given as the cause. Mrs. J. R. Phillips and son, Harvey, attended the boys’ corn show Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Rishling spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Willits. Cuma Gwin has been quite poorly for several dM*s with a gathering in her head. Mrs. C. A. Lefler and Miss Myrtle Lewis did shopping in Rensselaer Thursday. , Lon Wood has a horse that is quite lame, from some cause, and he called the veterinary out from Rensselaer to see it Friday. Miss Vera Lefler and Estel Osborne, of Rensselaer, and Ed Cook took dinner with «the former’s parents, C. A. Lefler, and family Sunday.

A party of young folks gathered at R. B. Porter’s Thursday evening and enjoyed the first skating party of the season. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peregrine went to Wolcott Friday to see the latter’s mother, who is quite sick. Julius Taylor and another machinist, of Rensselaer, came to McCoysburg Friday mortiing to give the elevator engine an overhauling. The supervisor elections held Saturday afternoon were- very quiet affairs, in a place or two only a few more than were necessary to constitute a board were present. A. A. Rusk was elected at Parker and J. H. Montz at McCoysburg. The other two districts have not been heard from at this writing.

The next time one of the children catch cold, give it something that will promptly and freely but gently move tne bowels. In that way the cold will at once be driven out of the system. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup moves the bowels promptly and freely, yet gently, and at the same time heals irritation and stops the cough. It is especially good for children. Sold by all druggists.

The Ratless Club- has been organized by a number of young women at Converse- The club met last week at the home of Miss Lora Carmichael and denounced the use of rats in hair dressing. Twelve girls are members of the club and, as they belong to the circle that sets the fashion in Converse, it will not be long before Converse is a ratless town.