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_ CLARE SENTINEL
The  Clare   Sentinel.
The Paper With a Mission
and
Without a Muzzle.
Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN. THURSDAY MORNING JANUARY 11, 191^
New Series: Vol. 2a Mo. 10
MODELPRISON
As Carried On In Benighted
Chira.
STRANGE~CEREMONIES
In  Honoring   Dead   Heroes   Of
The Republic.
THE GUILD
REPUBLICAN
HATTON FARMERS
Peking, China.
Dec. 2d, 1916.
Dear Editor:
Some tr- •*«< we-fes »«<-, we witb
Mrs. L-,our ds'.ghter, r. ad V . Kmit-b
took P.icks :.is i. jl went to tbe sou*h-
weste-n Dirt cf the Chinese city
where i«. laCated tbe Government
Model Prison. As usual, tbe grounds
on which the buildings are located is
surrounded by a high brick wail We
were met at tbe gate by a Chinese
attendent who could speak fairly-
good English. He was willing and
seemed anxious to «bo* u* al! of interest. The buildings are of one
story brick and are built to radiate
from a central building in four it
five directions. So tho pasSA^-p ways
may be seen by one pe s n in a
revolving chair in tins central building. On er.ch side of tnis passage
way ere the sleeping bootus partitioned off in spaces just large enough
for one man. Some other rooms
were arranged with several cots.
Tbe work shops were located at tbe
end of these sleeping appartments in
•omfortabie well lighted rooms.
There are 700 prisoners in tbe institution of which 100 are women and
800 are men. Tbey are here for
various crimes, but most of them for
stealing we were told and for terms
of from three years to life. The
government has another prison,
something like the house of correction
in tbe city of Detroit for those wbo
have committed minor offences. Tbe
Ittrst work shop we were shown into,
was where lithographing and engraving was being done All of tbe
government engraving is here. An
other room was devoted to setting
Sype, making type and printing on
large hand presses. All of tbe government printing, and work for others
was done in this room, for which tbe
prison authoraties received pay. It
was interesting to note the manner
ln which tbe tybe setter had to do bis
work. Instead of the small tray before tbe type setter containing tbe
twenty six English letters, tbe
Chinese, owing to tbe thousands of
characters tbev are obliged to use to
express tbeir language, have a tray
about three feet wid» and fifteen or
twenty feet long with tbe various
Chinese characters arranged in
separate apartments. Tbe type
setter tbus bas to travel back and
forth to find the character be desires
So place in tbe form. At a bench we
saw a man cutting oat in type metal
the vary intrlcal characters witb band
engraving tools. This of course is
very slew wark bat it shows what fine
d*Meats werk the obinese eaa do.
We were aext shown into the blacksmith raesa where belts shovels aad
other thiagc mt practical as*, were
feeing made. Ia aa other apartment
bamboo chairs aad other faraitare
was m*bb factored. Tea have aa
doabt aeea the heathen faraitare with
tbe wseatjfai Battled appearaaee.
Wa learned how this ia doae. The
besabae pelt* are sprtakled with a
el ay mar tar aad then passed throaga
a small faraaee with tho bias* apoe
theta, the part not covered by th*
elay is hrawnsd and tbe other after
tbe clay is cleaned off presents th*
natural aolar of the bamboo. In an
adjoining room tables stands and
other heavy furniture were made.
We were aext shown through a room
devoted to weaving white cotton
good*. The looms were al! ran by
band. Tbe kitchen and bake room
where the rice and loaves were prepared for the prisoners on Chinese
stoves and bake ovens, was neat and
Clean. We were shown tbe daily
ration for a prisoner which consisted
of a bowl ot rice with perhaps a little
millet or some other grain mixed
witb it and a large biscuit or small
loaf making the food for two meals,
for yon know, all tbe Chinese, whether in prison or out of it, eat only two
meals a day. The men all appeared
to be in good condition physically.
Their clothing was of light drab
color, aud apparently of good quality.
In another room, shoes were being
made and tailoring done for the
prisoners. A part of tbe prisoners
are taken out daily to work on tbe
street, so there was work for each
man according to his ability and
natural qualifications. We were told
Continued on Page 8.
Holds    Annual     Meeting    And
Carries Out Program.
The Guild held its annual meeting
at the church parlors on Wednesday,
Jan. 3. After Tbe business meeting,
a ane supper was served to the hus-
bHii<1s of the irx-'uib-rs after which
tne gentif man responded to toasts in
a mantie highly flittering to the
ladies.
After supper all adjourned to tbe
auaitoriuro of tbe church where the
following program  was   carried   out
Spri
_ * _,     Hold Next Club Meeting Thurs.
ng   Convention    To    Be At Ga„oway Home.
Held In Detroit.
REPRESENTATION
Grand il-srch,
Socg,
Hecitation,
Instrumental 8-
Song,
Recitation,
Song.
Lai'.a Wilson
Maude Rogers
iiallie Kump
o, l.Aila WiKon
Mrs. Grove Pierce
Mrs. D. Willis
Guild
The following are the officers for
tbe ensuing year: President, Mrs.
D. Kump; 1st vice pres., Mrs. Jas. S.
Bicknell; 2nd vice pres., Mrs. John
Auiioe; secretary, Mrs. J. Yl Wilson;
treasurer, Mrs. L. McCullocIt;
assistant sec , Mrs. F. Holmes; assistant tress.. Mrs.  A'.   Welltnnn.
FARWELL INSTITUTE
On Tuesday A Great Success
In Every Way.
LARGE ATTENDANCE
Thursday, Jan   lath is tbe   date set
' for the meeting of the   Hatton Farm-
i ers Club, when   Mr.   and   Mrs.   John
j Galloway at the Welch aud   Frreman
Basis    Is    To     Be    Considerably   Ranch will be hosts.    The   following
Changed. i program has been   outlined   for   pre-
 , jsentation at that timo.
Meeting called to   order   by    Pres.
John List.
Prayer by Chaplain
BEET GROWERS
Insist    That   They    Receive
Eight Dollars Per Ton.
CLARE INSTITUTE
Date Changca From January 18-19
To Jan. 25-26.
ORGANIZATION
Formed    At
With
Saginaw   To   Deal
The Matter.
Aud
Much     Interest
Throughout.
Manifest
We saw and heard only   a   part   of
! the institute and can only speak very
I briefly of that, just touching here and
j there.    The attendance was certainly
j fine and it will be necessary to "get a
i move on" bereor wesball be outdone
I in that regard.    Farwnllis unlortunste
! in the loss of tb&t beautiful Littleheid
I Hall.    Tbe institute was   held   where
j artificial lights were necessary all the
1 time and tbe room was uncomfortably
' cold seme of the time, still  these did
not seem to dampen tbe ardor.    T. U.
Fuiier as conductor kept things lively
and managed uicely in keeping things
moving.
We heard two talks by Mr Clapp.
tbe state speaker. Tbe chief puint
be sought to impress in selecting
seed, so far as grains are concerned,
is the d&cger of trusting to the
fanning mill. Id general, the largest
grains, tbe one the mill selects, come
from short heads. Such a course
does not tend in the direction of more
prolific yields. The proper way'is to
select the most prolific heads. In
bis other talk on "Live Stock for tbe
Farm and Soil Fertility", after some
Interesting remarks regarding soil
formationly by glacial action, he dwelt
upon the importance of maintaining
tbe fertility of th* soli and tbe large
part live stock plays In this. He
•mphaslzad tb* importance of saving
all tbe liqctd manor* which is too
often partly or wholly wasted. At
present high prices, stock raising can
be saade to pay haadsasaely.
Rev O. E. Aldrieb, a retired clergy-
■tea, gave a talk aa poultry, eenfls-
Sag bis remarks to eaa phase ef the
subject, vis. eg* prodcetien. Ha
advaoatea a* partieeler breea ef heas,
beileviag that the strata is saaoh
aaere importaat than the breed.
Traasportatioa oata a big tgare se
tbat those aear the large cities bars
the advaatage. Th* eoet ef feed bas
Increased more rapidiy than ths price
oi eggs. Hens must have dry, comfortable, well ventilated quarters and
a variety of food. To get the
maximum of eggs, hens must consume tbe maximum ot food.
Rev S. L. Randall of Gilmore, a
specialist in tbe flower line, gave an
interesting talk on their propagation
and was followed by Mrs. Stinchcomb
and Mrs. Wymer along the same line.
Mrs. Stinchcomb advanced a beautiful thought when she said that as
God can produce beautiful flowers
from tbe humbie soil, so he can
develop beautiful spirits from our
bodies.
The discussions drew out many interesting facts of which ws can note
only two or three; W. H. Kennedy
is experimenting on his Hattcn ranch
witb marl taken from Beebe lake
This lake bas lowered so that the
marl can be readily obtained and
there is plenty of It, Many other
lakes also have It In abundance bnt It
is under water.
Supervisor Gilmore of Freeman
makes large quantities of butter on
his Windover Lake ranch and ships
it to various points by parcel po.M.
Is getting now 40 cents a pound at
the farm.
Doubtless tbe balance of tbe session was equally successful, perhaps
more so. We congratulate our sister
village on their institute. It
certainly a bummer.
Lansing, Mien., Jan. 2.—Detroit
will entertain the spring Republican
state convention February 20.
The Republican state central com-
mitee this afternoon set date and
place without discussion and placed
tbe burden of arrangemeuts in tbe
hands of the committeemen from the
First and Thirteenth districts, which
comprise the greater part of  Detroit.
Mr. Mangum, chairman of the
state committee, declared that he
was distinctly in favor of returning
to the old plan of selecting national
committeemen by state   conventions
and county committeee by county j Hileman, Mrs Grew*,
conventions. The present system of
permitting the candidates to select
the county chairman, lie declared,
Wrought an element of personal service to candidates rather then service to tbe ticket as a whole into the
county campaigns. Tho committee
look no formal action, but the mem-
bers expressed unanimous approval
of tbe idea.
The committee set the new representation basis for delegates to the
state conventiou at one delegate to
each 250 votes, which will give Wayne
county an increase   from   210   to   30*
Roll Call
Secretary's report
Song, Frier Galloway
Recitation, Mrs. W. R. Hamlin
Song, Daisy and Grace Hileman,
Chas. Heber, accompanied by Erter
Galloway.
Discussion, John List, W. H.
Kennedy and others.
Closing Song.
Reception   Commr.,     Mrs.   Grewe,
Mrs.    Hamlin.    Table    Commr,   Mrs.
Mrs.   Hamlin.
Spence-Scott.
Fruni Like Correspondent.
George ticott and Miss Margaret
Spence, thinking they would put one
over on their I Mends here, drove to
| Farwellon Sunday afternoon, December 31, and were quietly married at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Stincbcombe, Rev. Holdeu performing the ceremony. The bride is the
daughter ot James Spence, a farmer
and    r^al estate   sman    living     near
i Hrinton. The groom, one of our
i anc nateriallv reduce several j "«»"«n- grocerymen, is the son of
other counties, including Kent, which I Bbrt Scott> a P^PMrni* farmer
will have only 71 votes instead of 81 jllvln* Dorln of town- Both bride
Tbe convention will consist of 1,348 i and -room, are prominent among tbe
delegates, Instead if of 1,407 in the'?0011* People who join in wishing
past. The former basis of repre- | tbem a lo"8- haPP-v and Prosperous
sentation was one delegate to 150 |iu»-">ey through life. They will make
vct<>s | their home in Lake.
G-orgeM. Clark, of Bad   Axe, who!     A lar*e  crowd   went   to   the   Scott
1 home on tbe   night   of   January   first
and gave tbe bride and groom an old
fasbioned charivari. It took a long
time to persuade George to "roll out"
was tbe leading speaker for Governor A. E. Sleeper during tbe Iatter's
primary and election campaigns, will
be chairman of tbe convention, and
his debut marks the appearance of ft ! and paeB tD8 tr**ts
new tlgnre in the state political eye.
Clark, previous to his appealaoce for
Governor Sleeper, i'ad never Interested himself in state politics.
The state central committee will
move its headquarters from Detroit
to Lansing about February 1, to prepare for tbe spring campaign.
Glen Burch.
LIKES LANSING.
Tells How Reo Company Treats
Employees.
Glen Burch, second son of George
and Ida Burch was born in Wise
Township. Jan. 26, 1904, and passed
away at tbe home of bis grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Burch,
Sunday, Jan. 7th, 1917, being 12ysars,
11 months and 12 days of age.
He lost bis mother by death when
be was about two and one-half years
of age and since tbat time bas mad*
his home with his grandparent* on
ths farm near Herrick.
For years bs was a student la the
Herrick public school and far two
months at Anderson villa. How dearly he was loved by his teacher and
school mates was shewn by she (act
that aeariy all ef thesa cease to the
heme *r to the eharoh that tbey
might look into the fan* of their little playmate for the laet time.
He was ala* a member ef the IB. I.
Sunday School at Herrick and his
sm'.llag face was often seen ln the
other service* ot tbe cauroh.  .
He wae an altogether likable lad
and waa dearly loved by all.
He leaves bis father and grandparents near Herrick, a grandmother
and an annt in Chicago, an aunt in
Port Huron, an aunt in Herriok, ana
other relatives.
The funeral services were beld ln
Harriet M. E. church Tuesday, Jan.
8th.    Rev.   8.   W.    Large    officiated.
The sincere grief of the entire
neighborhood at the taking away of
the little lad was manifested by the
attendance of almost all and tbe
beautiful floral tributes. The bereaved relatives and friends felt indeed grateful to all for their many ex
presaions of sympathy and for many
kindnesses shown. Tbe interment
was in the Loorois cemetery.        x
Coming Jan. 24.
Clare, Mich , Jan. 4, 1917.
Editor Sentinel: —
Have just returned
from a visit  at   Charlotte,   Vermont-
ville and Eaton Rapids   with   relativs
and friends and, by tbe wav,   stopped
off at Lansing with   the   boys,   Loren
and Lewis, at tbe Reo auto  factory.
Found them aH enjoying auto  spirit.
On Christmas evs, Sunday evecing,
tbey were presented with a Christmas
greeting card witb tb* following lines:
"Tbe same old greeting,
For tbe asm* old day;
From the same old friends.
In the sates eld war "
In one oorasr was a ooia  slot  witb
a brand  aew  five dollar gold  piece
sacked in.   It io't s* bad to he a mem-
bar ef the fteo family ahaat that Msae.
That means several theasaad dollars
te reach areaad asaaag about 45M
employee*.
The Ree e*a.paay Is oertalaly- later ssied la their asea. The eoaspaay
bays potatoes la earlead lota at .1.80
per basbel delivered whieh is from
40 to 45 coats less thaa retailer's
prio*. They also have a co-operative
store whieh they say pays a good
profit.
Tours for Lansing,
Albert LauUenheiser.
Saginaw, Mich , Jan. 2.—Stontiy
| insisting tbat tbey will get *S a ton
for sugar beets or nothing and in.
timatiog that they may organize a
co-operative company for the manufacture of sugar themselves, beet
growers from all parts of Micblgau,
aided by members ot tbe Michigan
State Grange, organized the Michigan Beet Growers
today and pledged
fuse 1917 acreage contracts   until the !
sugar companies meet their terms.
An executive committee numbering!
six, including Jobn Ketcbam and j
R. P. Reavey, was by the beet grow- .
ers appointed to confer with tbe
Michigan sugar companies to secure a
better contract, if possible, and care
for all business which may be of
interest to the growers.
About   a    tbouaand    beet   growers
from al! over tbe state were   present, i
A. B.   Cook,   head    of   the   Michigan i
Bean   Growers'     association   gave   aj
lengthy talk on the subject   of   grow- i
ing and   marketing     beets.    He   also
told   of   bow     farmers   near   Owosso
sought a conference with the Owosso
Sugar company officials and failed.
President Ketch&m, of tbe State
grange, said tbat tbe grange was not
agitating higher prices for beets.
"Our only interest is to present tbe"
case   to   the   farmers   in   a   concrete
form," he said.
C H. Bramble, cf Lansing, state
overseer of the grange, wbo has
made an exhaustive study of beet-
growing and sugar-making, told the
farmers that the sugar companies in
1915 made more than 811,000,000 after
deducting the cost of operation,
overhead expenses, cost of beets, etc.
Of that profit the farmers received,
he declared, about one-tenth.
"There is an agreement between
tbe manufacturers to such an extent
tbat tbe growers have to do just as
tbey are told witb tbe manufacturer
as dictator," he said. It is about
time that there waa co-operation between tbe two."
He also said that land depreciates
in value after raising beets, and at
the prevailing prices the grower in
some cases loses money while others
are fortunate to break even. A few
make a little profit, he said. At ts
a ton there would be a little profit
for the farmer, in raising beets, be
declared.
Th* executive committee was instructed to have a conference witb
tbe manufacturers, if possible, snd
if St fails to secare tbe IS a ton contract for «117, with s*sd and labor at
tb* ifll* rats, th* committee is to investigate tbe advisability of the
association's entering Into tbe maaa-
faotariag basineea and erecting a cooperative sugar plant, .oat before
the aasalea adjoarned, ens member
said that all wwoid he lest sales*
svery ataa saw te it that the sagar
coat pan l*a "do sot Bet aay acreage
eeatreoto, aa their terms." He
asked every one preeeat to pledge
himself "te stick tor 18 a ton," aad
svery eaa did.
In this issue «pp<- irs ..he program i
of tee institute t-> be held !i>-re, so far
as the »atie has ;>een \>'t-i tired Some i
local talent is \et to be selected. It!
should be noted that t hf dale i-i changed ]
from that announced i'. a-t week's.
issue.
It strikes us that Mr. Taft is sending a guod arrav of state speakers, i
We understand Mr Oviatt is aj
practical farmer and doubtless has j
tested the matters he Is down to discuss. Prof. Burgess comes from our
Agricultural College where he bas
charge of the poultry department
and will doubtless give an interesting
association here | discussion of this important branch
themselves to re-j of farm opperations. Mr. Bailey wae
hare last year and we think all will
be glad to see bite return. We notice
Mtb. Hill's address is given as on a
rural route, which means doubtless
that sbe comes from the farm and
knows tbe problems of the farmer's
wife.
WEBB-KENYON
Law Declared Constitutional
By Supreme Court.
DRASTIC LAW
That Will Prevent   Shipment
Liquors Into Dry States.
Of
If   the    fine
there    should
tendance than
sleighing
' e   i   much
hist year.
Washington, Jan. 8—The Webb-
Ketiyon law, desig >ed to prevent
liquor shipments from wet to dry
states, was today declared constitutional by the supreme court by a
vote of 7 to 2, which also upheld
West Virginia's prohibition amendment, prohibiting citizens from receiving liquor for personal use
shipped by common carriers in interstate commerce,
■'The ail reaching power of government o^er liquor is settled, "said
Chief Justice White in announcing
tbe decision. "There wss no intention of congress to forbid individual*
use of liquor Ths purpose of tbia
act was to cit out, by   the   roots, the
continues, > practice   of
better   at- , sthte
i ,
STUDY CLUB
Met Tuesday With Mrs. Elton
Allen.
MUSIC DAY
And
Consideration    Given
Goethe's Faust.
Of
The Study Club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Elton Allen and with
a very fair attendance. This waa
"Music Day" and on roll call members gave quotations from "Folk
Songs of Different Lands."'
Mrs. Anderson read an interesting
paper on Goethe's Faust, the same
being illustrated by a number of
se'ections on the Victrola which
added much to the interest. The
paper was discussed by several, Mrs.
Kirkbride leading the same.
There was a lively business meeting and we bear in timations
tb&t.the Club may have something
more in store for the public, notice
of wblcb will appear ln due time.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Andrus Jan. 23.
First Honors Go Outside.
Enjoying Summer.
A card from C. W. Perry directing
ns to send the Sentinel to Miami,
Fla., states tbat tbe people down
there are enjoying June weather.
We cannot boast of that bere but we
are certainly having a very mild winter, thawing some nearly  every   day.
Card Of  Thanks
We wish to thank our   kind  neighbors and friends  for   tbeir   kindness
In   the   sickness   and   death   ot   our
darling, Glee II.   Burch.     Especially
we thank   those    who   so   cheerfully
offered   their   conveyances    for    the
Wednesday,  Jao.   24.   is   the    date   funeral, also  Rev.   S.   W.   Large   for
when J. Leahy   the   optometrist,  will ] bis comfoitlng words  and  the   choir
~_°..b°  ",„the J^/'J!"1'.?.  'tore'   for their beautiful selections.
Standard Softools,
Among the first to.jpay their subscriptions to tbe Sentinel at the new
rate of tl.BO a year were two of our
"foreign" subscribers, Clyde Fifer of
Lansing and Vance Warren of Flint
The latter planked down three dollars
and said, "yon may as well fixjme ur^
tor two yaars. Newspapers wont
cost any less right away," showing
tbat the facts are generally understood as to conditions ln tbe
market.
We believe all our readers will
appreciate that publishers have aot
raised subscription prices because
they felt that people had more money
or were better able to pay, bet that
they were obliged to do so for their
own protection.
McLaren elevator
one day only,     Headache,   dizziness
and all other symptoms of eye strain
cured.    Glasses guaranteed to fit.
10 2
Eagle Grange.
Eagle Grange will   hold  a  meeting
tomorrow   (Friday)    evening.       All
members are  nrged  to   be   present.
F. A. Carncroas, Secy.
George Burcb,
Mr. and Mrs. M. Burcb,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde  White,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burch,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Burcb,
Mrs. B. Bergey.
10* to 26% off on   all   furniture   at
Harrold Bros, daring January.
For some time the Department of'
Public Instruction at Lansing bas
been endeavoring to encourage rural
schools over tbe state to make certain improvements ln grounds, building, equipment, etc., and when, on
examination by a representative of
the Department, it is found to be up
to these requirements, it is designated a 'Standard School" and the Department furnishes a neat plate to be
placed upon the building.
Recently the following schools in
Isabella county bave wod tbe coveted
honor: D!at. No. 4, Chippewa; No. 3,
Denver; No. 2, Broomfield; No. 3,
Holland; No. S, Freemont. Doubtless
tots will encourage other districts to
seek the honor.
Closed Far Preseat   Aad Cccv
paay Asks For Receiver.
Notice To Farmers.
The Grange Co-operation Associate ready for business. All farmers,
whether Grangers or net, wbo wish
to ship tbeir live stock or bay, may
list what tbey bave to ship witn Paul
Zimmerman, Walter White or T. W.
Michael. Tbe above officers of tbe
Association will gladly give market
quotations daily. Have your stock
listed not later than Friday noon of
each week.
T. W. Mleba*!,
Sec. and Treaa.
The J. D. McLaren Company, owners of one of onr elevators in Clare,
bas lateiy asked for the appointment
of a receiver, according to advices in
the daily papers of last week. Tbis
firm has elevators at twelve different
points about the state, with headquarters at Plymouth. Lack of
sufficient capital to carry them
through the buying season is reported
as the cause of their difficulty, although they have ample assets to
cover ail liabilities. ,
Tbe local branch bas suspended
operations, so far as buying is concerned, D. Willis, manager, continuing to look after tbeir interests.
Just what arrangements may be made
for the future conduct of tbe business, is now uncertain.
permitting violation of
iquor laws. We cat- have no
doubt teat congress has complete
authority to prevent paraijzing of
state authority. Congress exerted a
power to co ordinate the national
with the state authority "
Considering the Weob-Kenyon act,
tbe court holds that there is no
foundation for the contention that
tbe act only applies to shipments
from one state into another for a
use prohibited by the state to which
tbe liquor is shipped. On the contrary, it is decided tbat the Webb-
Kenyon act, to use the words of the
act, applies to shipments of liquor
intended to he received, possessed,
sold or in any manner used, in violation of tbe laws of the state As tbis
conclusion causes every prohibition
of the West Virginia law to be embraced and comes under the right
Conferred by congress by the Webb-
Kenyon act, it is decided that the
West Virginia law was not in conflict witb the commerce clause of the
constitution and the power of congress to regulate commerce if congress had power to enact tbe Webb-
Kenyou iaw.
"Disposing of that question, it is
decided that congress had the power,
under the constitution, to adopt the
Webb-Kenyon law, whether considered from the point of view ot
original reasoning, or in the light
of the previouslegisiaticn by congress
and tbe decisions ot tbe court holding tbat legislation valid. It is.
therefore, decided that, by virtue of
the Webb-Kenyan law, there is no
power to ship intoxicants from one
state into another in violation of the
prohibitions of the law of the state
into whicb th* liquor is shipped, ln
other words, it is decided that since
tbe enactment of tbe Webb-Kenyon
law, the channels of interstate commerce may not be used to convey
paper j liquor into a state against the prohibitions of its laws, or to use interstate oommeros as tbe basis for a
right to receive, possess, sell, or in
any manner use liquor contrary to
tbe state prohibition.
The Webb-Kaayon law was named
for its oo-aatbors. Representative
Webb, of North Carolina, and Senator Kenyon, of Iowa. Tbe act waa
passed over President Tsft's veto
and provides tbat tbe shipment of
Intoxicating liquors from one state
to anotber'which intoxicating liquor
is Intended by any person interested
therein, to be received, possessed,
sold or in any manner used—in violation of any law of such state * *
*   is hereby prohibited."
The especial clause ot West Virginia's prohibition law attacked aa
void makes It unlawful for any person in that state "to receive, directly
or indirectly, intoxicating liquors
from a common and other carrier."
Tbe law was also made applicable to
"liquors intended for personal use or
otherwise and to interstate as well
as intrastate shipments." Another
clause, however, permits persons to
personally carry into tbe state liquor
not exceeding a half-gallon, for personal use   and when plainly labelled..
Auctions.
On Monday next, Jan. 15, Geo.
Haring, administrator of tbe Crawford estate, will bave an auction sale
at the farm at Dover. He will offer a
fair amount of stock and tools, also
some grsin, fodder, lumber and
household goods. Sale begins at 12:30
witb Jobn Beadle ae auctioneer. Bee
fall list It this issue.
Blevins-Lowry\
Another December wedding in
which many of our readers will be interested was tbat of Murney Lowry
and Miss Susie Blevins at Cadillac on
Dec. 2«tb.
The bride was a Marion  girl  while
Marney lately started   in  tb*   photo
graphic business at Evart.    He  lived
bere until a short time ago.
Special bargains on all furniture at
Harrold Bros, this month.
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