1915-07-23; Clare Sentinel

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CLARK, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY L>3    1915.
New Series: Vol. 23 No. 37
THE CHAUTAUQUA
Will Be  Held In  This  Citv
On Aug.  19-23.
everTsessioh
Krebs-Gibbs.
Replete    With    Interesting   And
Profitable   Features.
Laughter,    music    and   instructive
.entertainment wili abound throughout
the entire five days' program   of  the
Clare Community Chautauqua which
begins here on Aug. 18.
Two sessions will be beld daily, according to the program wbich has
been announced—an afternoon and
an evening session. Bach day's pro-
grant includes a popular lectnre snd
a concert or novel entertainment.
Tbere will be music at every session
of the Chautauqua.
Tbe directors of the Community
Ohaatauquas, under whose suapices
tbe Cbsotanqna bere will be given,
etate tbat entertainment of the highest grade will be provided on this
year's program, at a price of admission Whicb has been kept at a minimum.
Lectures on vital present day problems bave been arranged for, together with addresses of a humorous
and inspirational nature. Tbns the
tired man or woman seeking rest or
recreation will find it during tbe entire five days of tbe Cbantanqua, and
will be able to take bome thoughts
that will be inspiring and helpful as
well.
One lecture has been arranged in
wbicb an expert will take up tbe
problems of community development.
He will explain in detail the place and
purpose of the community and suggest wave in which its scope of influence may be widened.
But the feature of the entire five
days' program will probably be the
concert to be given by tbe Kilties
Band, a Canadian organization of
nineteen pieces. This band appears
in full Scottish uniform and wili give
a program of Scottish music and
present day airs.
Congressman M. Clyde Kelly, of
Braddock, Pa., a former floor leader
in tbe House of Representatives, wil!
also appear on tbe program and will
speak on tbe subject "Machine Made
Legislation."
And tben to make tbe program
really varied and complete, on tbe
second day, Newton, "Prince of Magic" will give an entertainment.
Newton has been on tbe Chautauqua
platform for several years, and his
sleight-of-hand tricks and feats of
magic are new and mystifying.
The Chautauqua program will be
as follows:
FiarsT Day.
After noon—Opening Concert—Mon-
tanelll's Venetian Quartette. Tbia
quartet, whicb is composed of native
bore Italians, renders a program of
vocal and instrumental selections.
Tbe instruments used were made by
Mr. Montanelli and consist of combinations of tbe banjo with other
stringed instruments.
Lecture, Oeorge H. Spencer. The
subject of Mr. Spencer's afternoon
lecture will be "Dreamers and
Schemers."
Evening— Musical entertainment,
Montanelli's        Venetian      Quartet.
Lectnre, Geo. H. Spencer.    In   the
evening Mr. Spencer will speak upon
"Preparedness for Peace."
Second Day.
Afternoon— Musical entertainment,
Fred M. Marston, Soloist. Mr. Marston who is an opera singer of wide
experience, will sing selections from
the popular operas as well as ballads
and old familiar songs.
Lecture, Mrs. Demarcbus Brown,
Mrs. Brown will lecture on "Her
Long Road" a subject touching on
the feminist movement.
Evening—Musical entertainment,
Fred M. Marston.
Lectnre, Mrs. Demarcbus Brown.
The subject of Mra. Brown's lecture
will be "Modern Life and Literature.";
Feats of Magic, Ray Newton.
Third Day.
Afternoon—Grand Concert, The
Winifred Townsend Concert Company. Vocal and instrumental music, interspersed witb readings and
dramatic numbers.
Evening—Musical Entertainment,
The Winnifred Townaend Concert
Company.
Lecture, "Machine   Made   Legislation" Congreaaman  M. Clyde  Kelly.
Foubth Day
Afternoon—Opening Concert Kilties Band.
Lecture, Dr. E. 6. Shouse.
At tbe farm some of the bride's
parents, Mr. snd Mrs. J. 8. Krebs,
near Charlotte, Micb., on Sunday afternoon, July 18, Miss Jessia Krebs
and Mr. A. Bruce Gibbs ot this city
were united iu marriage, Rf;v. M.
Wenrich of the Methodist churcb
officiating. The full ring ceremony
was used. Tb« only ones to witness
the ceremony were the parents of the
bride and the mother of the groom.
After the ceremony the party sat
down to a lunch, the table being
beautifully decorated with carnations, amilax and ferns.
After a few days spent in visiting
in Eaton and Ionia counties, the
happy couple will return to this city,
where they will be at home to tbeir
friends at the corner of Fourth and
Hemlock streets.
Both tbese young people are quite
well known in tbis city and have
many friends. For the past two
years and over Mr. Gibbs bas been
the very faithful and efficient bookkeeper at tbe Clare County Savings
Bank. He bas taken much interest
in cburc-j and Sunday school work,
having been for some time secretary
of tbe County Sunday School Association. To him ia dne the entire
credit of securing tbe fine course of
lectures by Prof. Shannon laat spring.
Miss Krebs has been tbe efficient
trimmer for Miss Halstead during
tbe past two seasons and haa a wide
circle of frienda bere.
The Sentinel extends cordial congratulations and good wishes.
reed my
Camp   Meeting   Will   Be   Held
, August 5-15.
The Reed City camp meeting wiil
open this year Auu. 5 and continue
until and including tbe 15th. The
business men of Reed City bought
500 tick-ets, thus enabling the program committee to secure good
talent, so that a strong program has
been prepared. The annual convention of the District Epworth League
will be held the three first days of
the camp.
Announcement.
1 wish to announce tbat I have purchased the restaurant business heretofore conducted by George Valley
and I shall be glad to greet alt the
old customers and many more new
ones. I will give you a square meal
and treat you right. Lunches at all
hours. Bread, cakes, pies, canned
goods, candy, fruit and cigars always
on band.    Come and see me.
Thos. Groves.
FARMERS5   CLUB
Of Hatton Meets August 12  At
B. B. Lake.
The Hatton Farmers' Club wili
bold tbeir third annual picnic at B.
B. lake, Thursday, August 12th.
Program, which will consist of music
singing and apeaking, will be published later.
As usual, there will be lots of ice
cream and if nature bas endowed
you witb a five dish capacity don't
bang back but step np again and
again.
It was thought best to banish the
cigars tbis year for seme of tbe
younger sports got hold of eo many-
last year they smoked themselves out
of seven years' growth. No objection, however, to you bringing your
own "makins." Everybody welcome,
we're strictly neutral.
W. H. Kennedy.
Evening—Grand Concert, (2 parte)
Kilties Band.
Miss Jean Campbell, soprano soloist, will sing. A fitting Sunday program will be given.
Fifth Day
Afternoon—Music, The Stratford
Opera Company. Mrs. Lulu Hatfield
Solomon is leader of tbe Stratford
Opera Company. She will sing selections from the well known operas
with some comic pieces and musical
"freaks."
Lecture. "Taking Stock of tbe Old
Town," Fred Eastman.
Evening—Grand Concert, The
Stratford Opera Company. Part 1,
Popular Songs. Part 2, Portion of
"Tbe Mikado-' in costume. Between
the two parts of the concert by tbe
Stratford Opera Company, Fred
Eastman will lecture on "Waking np
tbe Village."
Tbe afternoon seeelooa of tbe Chautauqua will begin promptly at 2:30
and the evening sessions at 8:15.
BUSINESS CHAN6E
Milk Route Purchased By Capie
Stock Farm.
As will be  seen   by   the   announcement in this   issue,    the    milk   route
! here   which     has   changed   hands   a
'number of   time9   is   now   conducted
j by Walter Caple who   took   over   the
I business    on    Monday.      The   Caple
Stock farm-needs no introduction   to
; Sentinel    readers    and     it   furnishes
! ideal conditions for conducting   such
a business.    Mr. Caple invites ali patrons or prospective  patrons   to  call
at any time and inspect the buildings
and stock,   and   assures   ail   that   no
pains wiil be spared   to   keep  everything in a strictly sanitary condition.
Mrs. Mary Clark.
JUST ESCAPED
It Did The Business.
in tbe last issue of tbe Sentinel
appeared tbe liner of Archie Miller,
announcing the loss in tbis city of
tbree $10 bills. Ws warned Mr.
Miller tbat it was a forlorn bope, that
tbere was not more tban one cbance
in a thousand that he wonld ever see
his money again. However, it seemed tbe only way and the ad was inserted. Witbin a few hours after the
Sentinel went out, Samnal Loo-mis
appeared at Mr. Miller's residence
and banded him tbe money. It is
needless to say tbat Mr. Miller be-
lives advertising pays.
(From Northeast Arthur Correspondents
Mary McDermott was  born   in   Rochester, N.   Y.,   March   10,   1834   and
i died in Detroit July 12, 1915.     Jan. 1,
! 1857 sbe was united in marriage   with
j Ferry 1.   Clark.    To this union seven
'children  were   born,     two   of   whom
: survive, Alfred P. cf Detroit and   Ly-
: man E. of Fort Francis,   Ont.      Since
J tbe death   of   her   husband   Jan.   10,
ls»*i, she   has   made   her   bome   with
her son   Alfred.      She   had    lived   In
Northeast   Arthur    for   the    past   19
years but went   to   Detroit   one   year
ago witb her son.
Tbree months ago sbe fell and
fractured ber hip but seemed to be
recovering from tbis. On July 3,
however, she was taken worse and
soon passed to her final reward. Tbe
funeral, conducted by Rev. Hayward,
was held at Gladwin July 15, witb
burial at that place.
Mra. Clark waa well known and
loved by everybody. Beaidea the two
sons sbe leaves a number of grandchildren and a wide circle of friends.
Tbe sympathy of all is extended to
the sorrowing fripnds.
Thomas
Gray   Wonders
He's Alive
That
PIPERS MERGED
Herald and Clarion of Reed City
United.
The Reed City Clarion, after an existence of 43 years, is purchased by
the Huckle Bros, and merged witb
the Osceola Co. Herald, thus giving
Reed City but one paper. Otto A.
Schuman, late proprietor of tbe Clarion and wbo has been connected
witb it for several years, will now
join the Herald force.
Mrs. Emeline Sparks.
At tbe home of her eon, Burton
Sparks, in Lincoln township, Mrs.
Emeline Sparks died July 14, 1915,
at the advanced age of 79 years, 7
months and 9 days. Tbe funeral was
beld at tbe son's home on July 16
and the body taken to Alma for burial. She was tbe motber of seven
children, only two of whom are living, one son dying at Farwell only a
few weeks ago. She came to Far
well some tbree years ago bnt bas
been at her eon's in Lincoln but s
brief time.
CLASSICS CHOSEN
For
Teachers'     And
Examination.
Pupils'
Twenty thousand scbooi cbildren
and more than 2,000 teachers of Michigan will be interested in the classics
selected for the eighth grade reading
for May, 1916, and for tbe teachers'
examinations in reading for April
and August, 1916, wbicb are given
today by Fred L. Keeler, state superintendent of public instruction. They
are: Eighth grade reading, Tbe Birds
of Kiliingwortb," by Henry W. Longfellow: teachers, examination, April,
"A Man Without a Country," by Edward Everett Hale; teachers'examination, August, "Ode to Nightingale,"
by Jobn Keats.
Notice,
All parties having noxious weeds
on their premises must cat them at
once. I
By order of Street Commissioner.
PRIMARY MONEY
Sum Larger Than   Stated
Time   Ago.
Some
On May 21 we published the amount
of primary money tbat would be apportioned to the schools ln July, the
ssme being at tbe rate of 17.40 per
child. We gave ibis on the statement of tbe daily press wbicb professed to give Supt. Keeler's figures.
It is now stated tbat tbe sum will be
•7.85 per child and tbis will give
Clare connty 824,193.70 instead of
•22,792 aa previously given. Any district can determine the amount coming to it by multiplying 17.85 by the
number of children on its laat year'a
ceneua Hat.
Isabella county wili receive the
large sum of •64,887.70, there being
90S* children on the list.
One of the mysteries today is how
does it hupp- a that Thomas Gray is
alive. Mr. Gray drives a Ford with
electric lights, and in returning to
Rosebush trom 'Mare, Wednesday
night stopped at the artesian well,
one   mile   nortb   of   Rosebush,   for   a
The Garden Of Dreams.
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By Adelbert (lark.
Dear friends, there's a beautiful gar- j
den of dreams
Afar in thr- Valley of Life.
Wbere the sunlight of glory eternally |
MODERATE DRINKING
Life
Viewed In  Relation
Insurance.
To
gieams
Barring out all earth's sorrow and
strife.
The   walls   of  that   beautiful   garden
are hid
With vines trailing over the crest,
BISHOP BURT
Preached at Methodist Church
Sunday Evening.
HOUSE FILLED
Fine    Sermon     Delivered
Attentive Audience.
To
The Methodist churcb was filled on
Sunday evening by an audience glad
to bear so distinguished a speaker as
Bishop Burt of Buffalo. He was on
his way to the "copper country" in
Upper Michigan and thus Mt. Pleasant and Clare were able to secure
bis services. Many came from tbe
surrounding country and nearby
villages. Rev. Pritchard of Farwell
occupied tbe platform and led in
prayer. A double quartette rendered
a fine anthem whicb was much appreciated by the audience.
The speaker took as his text tbe
words "I am tbe ligbt of the world,
he tbat followeth me shall not walk
in darkness, but ebsll have tbe ligbt
of life" and then proceeded io show
the ways in wbicb Christ is the ligbt
of the world. Tbe first office of ligbt
is to reveal or make known. Tbe cry
of the ages bas been. "Wbat and
where is God?" and Christ bas answered tbat question. All definitions
of Ood simply elude us. "God is a
spirit," but tbat really tells us little.
Man needed a concrete illustration
to grasp tbe correct idea and that
Christ furnished.
Christ came not only to reveal God
but to reveal man to himself. Tbe
brotherhood of man and tbe fatherhood of God were made luminous by
bis teaching.
Mr. Burt spent years in tbe mission
fields of Europe He told of tbe
transformation wrought in a dark
corner of Bulgaria. A village degraded and sodden apparently almost beyond bope was ao transformed by tbe work of a faithful
missionary that travelers were astonished at the changes that had
been wrought in tbe lives of the people.
Baked Goods Sale.
Episcopal ladies will have a sale of
baked goods at Anderson's store tomorrow (Saturday).
ANOTHER  GHAN6E
Thos. Groves   Now   Runs  Wall
Street Restaurant.
Thos. Groves tbe auctioneer has
purchased tbe Valley restaurant business on Wall St. and took possession
on Wedneaday. This restaurant has
always bad a good business, especially from tbe country. We have no
doubt Mr. Groves will endeavor to
bold all tbe oid customers and .make
many new ones. Read bis announcement in tbis issue.
Weather Forecast.
For the week beginning Wednesday, July 21, 1916. For the
region of the Great Lakes:
Generally fair weather and
moderate temperatures are
probable until near tha end of
the weak wben warm weather
ia probable.
U
ever to bid
Poor mortals come
a and find rest
flowers of  cri:n
with
drink.      In     starting    up,   his   lights j An<i the songs of the birds seem for-
burned, and be thought he could   get
bome without them,   but in   crossing
tbe bridge be ran off tbe  end   of  tbe
plank and tbe car   upset, landing   on
the top.    How Mr.   Gray   escaped   is
the  puzzle.    It  is   four   or   five   feet
deep.    The top and wind shield were
crushed   and   steering  wheel   driven
into  tbe  mud,   yet   be   crawled   out
without a   scratch.
A. C. Carpo came along afterward,
and noticing tbe car in tbe ditch witb
tbe wheels sticking up, stopped to
see if anyone was uoaer it. Finding
there was no one hurt be came bome.
He aaya be bad to get on bia banda
and knees to look nnder tbe car
where Mr. Gray crawled out. Mr.
Gray says tbat ia bie third accident.—
Isabella Co. Enterprise.
NO SENTIMENT
But    Cold    Blooded     Business
Prop sition.
Announcement.
Having purchased Mr. Hubel'a
milk route, I wish to announce to
the citizens of Clare that I am prepared to furnish milk and cream
which will be iced and delivered
cold. Everything will be kept in a
strictly sanitary condition and you
are cordially invited to call and inspect   cattle   and   barns at any time.
Hoping that I may receive your
patronage, I am
Respectfully yours,
The Caple Stock Farm
Walter Caple, Prop. Bell phone
236—F 2.
COUNCIL PR0CEE0IN6S.
Several   Improvements  Ordered
By Council.
At the meeting of the common
council on Monday evening, in accordance with a petition signed by a
dozen interested taxpayers, the council authorized the grading and graveling of West 8th street from McEwan street two blocks west. Three-
fourths the expense will be borne by
the owners of the property fronting
on the street in question.
A cement walk was also ordered
on the west side of Maple street from
C. F. Haller's lot to Fifth street.
There is a considerable amount of
travel on this street, especially south
of the railroad track, and this walk
will be a great convenience.
The street committee and street
commissioner were also instructed
to repair McEwan street, which has
been considerably cut in places recently by tbe immense quantity of
gravel drawn over it to the stretch
of highway being constructed in Vernon, just soutb of town.
Utley-Stephens.
At the Congregational parsonage
in this city on Tuesday evening, July
20, Rev. Lyford joined in marriage
Mr. Andrew L. Stephens of Vernon
City and Miss Ruth Utley of Surrey.
They were attended by Ora Hubel
and Miss Myrtle Hubel. The Sentinel extends congratulations.
"RACE SUICIDE
There are beautiful
sen and gold,
And   a   fountain   o'er-fiowing
love,
And over it all tbere is many a fold
Of branches thickwoven above.
And Love is the king of that beautiful place
And   whispers  "good  cheer"  unto
all,
And he wears a  smile   that   enriches
his grace,
And   he   hears   you   whenever you
call.
And at night I steal to that garden of
dreams;
I find all the strength that I need,
And each blessing arises, a jewel that
gleams
Rare   gifts,   for   each kind act and
deed.
And I hear dulcet music that quiets
all pain
And bears me away till it seems
That I stand in the presence of loved
ones again,
Who come to that garden of dreams!
ALMOST DONE.
Highway
Mile Of Trunk  Line
In Vernon.
The mile of Trunk Line highway in
Vernon frorr. the county line south
will be completed this week, if nothing unforseen happens. The contractor, James Davison of Farwell,
has had much experience in road
building and doubtless the work
when completed will meet the approval of tbe State Highway department
The gravel on this Trunk Line
must be 15 feet wide and eight inches
thick when packed down, so that
doubtless it must be put on to nearly
the depth of one foot. It will be seen
that close up to 3,000 cubic yards of
gravel have been needed to make
this road. This has been hauled a
distance of about IV, miles to the beginning of the stretch and of course
the south end is 2% miles from the
pit. About 20 teams are hauling and
they make seven trips a day.
As we understand it, another mile
is now being graveled, reaching to
the south line of Vernon township.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to sincerely thank all
onr kind friends and neighbors for
tbeir sympathy and prompt assistance in our misfortune in tbe burning of our home We will ever remember and treasure your kindness.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Alwood Jr.
SERIOUS FALL
Samuel   Atcheson   Has   Narrow
Escape.
Apparently    Not  Impending
Michigan.
in
Michigan's birth rate continues to
lead the death rate in the state over
two to one, according tc the record
for June issued by tbe secretary of
state today. During the past month
there were 6,271 births and 2,977
deaths. A feature of the report is
tbe lower deatb rate among cbildren
468 being infants under one year of
age and 12S being from 1 to 4 years
old. The number of deaths of persons 65 years and older was 986.
Tuberculosis caused 263 deaths during the month, leading tbe list of
causes aa usual. Cancer is next with
1S8 and pneumonia with 142. Two
bnndred persons met death in accidents or other forms of violence during June and tbe other principal
causes are aa follows: Diphtheria 23;
typhoid fever 21; whooping cough 1ft;
measles 13; scarlet fever 6; tetanus 3;
mumps 3.
From Brinton Correspondent.
La9t week Thursday, July 15,   Sam
Atcheson had a narrow   escape   from
I death, when be and his   son,   Willie,
I were at work on top of his barn, patting   on   some  tin   roofing in places.
I A plank that was on the roof slipped
< and came off the barn, knocking Mr.
j Atcheson   down   and   be   fell   about
26   feet   from   off   tbe   barn   to   the
ground.     He   was unconscious for a
litttle   while   but   was hurried to the
house and quick aid   given   and   two
doctors summoned.     He   was  examined and the   doctors   found   his jaw
bone was broken  and  two  or  three
ribs, and some   otber   small   bruises,
but   he   is   doing   nicely   under   Dr.
Kelly's   care   and   his    friends   and
neighbors are glad to learn tbat he is
improving so well under such conditions.
Chicken Dinner.
C. A. Beading
business Friday.
waa at  Farwell  on
At tbe Miasiobfest at tbe Lutheran
cbnrcb next Snnday, the ladies will
serve a chicken dinner at'25c a plate.
Cbildren cheaper. Everyone welcome.
Why haven't YOU tried  a
liner in The Clare Sentinel?
We have received a copy (in fact
two ccpieeiof the "Ami Prohibition
Manual'' issued by the "Publicity
Department of tbe National Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Association of
America." Thie little book has been
issued we are informed to furnisb
"facts'' tbat will enable friends of
the liquor traffic to literally mop the
earth witb any crank wbo bas tbe
temerity to contend that tbis traffic
is not a most beneficent thing for tbe
race. "Statistics" clearly sbow, we
are informed, that prohibition increases crime, poverty, insanity, disease and death. No man of note baa
ever lived wbo did not use intoxicating liquors. Washington ran a
distillery, Lincoln a tavern witb a
bar, ln fact all our great men if living
today would unquestionably be running a saloon. A moat interesting
little book tbia and about as good aa
a circus. Still it fills one witb Badness. There eeems no qneetion tbat
when tbe saloon system is finally
wiped out what few people are left
outside the insane asylums, jails and
penetentiariee will soon drift into a
state of hopeless idiocy. It is very,
very sad.
Of course no attention should be
paid to prohibition cranks. Their
testimony is no consequence anyway,
but we wish everybody would read
an article in a recent issne of tbe
Outlook showing tbe attitude of life
insurance to ths moderate drinker.
No one will claim that there is any
sentiment mixed up in this. The insurance company views the matter
simply as a business proposition.
How does drink affect the man as a
desirable risk for insurance? Incidentally tbe change of sentiment
wrought by investigation is quite interesting. The article says in part:
In the year 1840, Robert Warner,
a member of the Society of Friends
and a total abstainer from intoxicating liquors, applied to an English life
insurance company for a policy. The
directors made a condition for granting tbe policy that he pay ten percent
more than tbe ordinary premium because, as tbey viewed bis case, he
was "thin and watery and mentally
cranked in that he repudiated the
good things of Ood as found in alcoholic drinks."
On Dec. 10, 1914 at a convention of
presidents of American life insurance
companies held in the city of New
York, Mr. Arthur Hunter, cbairman
of the Central Bureau of tbe Medico-
Actuarial Mortality Investigation, representing 43 companies and covering the records of over two million
policy-holders, reported on results of
a very searching investigation, and
classed liquor dealers among the
most hazardous risks, and even very
moderate drinkers as decidedly on-
safe, exhibiting a bigber mortality
than total abstainers.
The seventy-four years tbat have
intervened between tbese two incidents bave witnessed a complete
revolution in sentiment on tbe alcohol
question, based upon ethical, scientific sociological and economic investigation and experience. As a result
we find arrayed against alcohol as a
beverage the cburcb, social workers,
educators, scientists snd statesmen,
witb "big business" ae a recent recruit.
The attitude of life insurance to
alcohol ia especially significant because there is no phase of business
that is so scientifically accurate and
mathematically demonstrable. Life
insurance might have been born in
Missouri, for its motto is "Show me"
It turns its prospective policy bolder
inside out and outside in. It examines his heart, lungs, liver, kidneys,
stomach, bowele, nerves and brain.
It asks impudent questions about
pedigree, history and habits; and
when the examiners get through with
tbeir examinee tbey know more
about him than does his own motber
or bis father-confessor. Tben they
either throw bim into tbe discard or
classify bim and make tbeir wagers
on tbeir estimate of bim aa a life risk.
I bave recently interrogated forty
life insurance companies aa to their
attitude toward insuring liquor deal-
era and liquor drinkers, aad from
their repliea I gather tbat e*?ery reputable company either refuses entirely  to   insure liquor   dealers  or
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