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ULARB, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MQRNXOT, OCTOBER U. 1913.
CITIZENS J50MMITTEE
Engaged In Checking Liquor
Shipments And Sales.
STATE AUTHORITIES
May Be Asked To Take
In Matter.
Hand
A committee of citiaens has been
for some days quietly checking np
shipments of liquor bere and the sale
of same as indicated by prescriptions
on file with tbe prosecuting attorney
and from*other sources of information.
All honor to this committee, We
take off our hat to them. Wben
business men outgrow the sublime
nonsense that their "business" interests demand tbat they shut their eyes
and close their mouths to wrongs
right around them, a mighty gain
will be made. Doubtless a few will
declare that these men are "poking
theironoses into what is none of their
business," Future generations will
call them blessed. They need not
worry in the least. They have the
entire respect even of those who profess to sneer at them. We are quite
willing to admit that they are doing
work that it is the duty of officials to
do and for the doing of which they
are supposed to be drawing a salary.
The attitude of the Sentinel in
these matters is perfectly well known.
If any official considers his official
oath a joke and utterly neglects to
do his duty, let him be promptly
kicked out and some one put in his
place whose conscience is less elastic.
Neither have we ever had the
slightest doubt that any intelligent
jury would promptly convict any
doctor who had day after day given
a man a prescription for a pint * of
whiskey. Any claim that thiB was
for medical purposes is so utterly
absurd as simply to bean insult
to the intelligence of anybody. JuBt
imagine a physician going before a
learned medical body and advocating
the use of a pint of whiskey a day as
a specific for  "heart  palpitation."
Can any one conceive of anything
more preposterous? Does anyone
need be told tbat such a physician
would be the laughing stock of the
world?
We Want The News.
When you have a little item,
SEND IT *N. '
There is no time like the present to
begip*,
We'll appreciate it too—
•   Just like we always do—
If yotf*ll promptly' send your little
»    item in.
When you Hear' that   something's
happened     -
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It will only take two pennies   worth
Of tin;
You'll feel better every day
All along life's rugged way,
If- you'll think about the  printer, so
begin.
If you know of any news   note    *
PHONE IT IN—
It will make us Bmile from   forehead
down to chin;
It will drive away the blues
When your neighbor   reads the
news,
So phone your local paper—phone it
in.
When you  hear of some opcurence
STEP BIGHT IN—
We will greet you  with a   "howdy"
and a grin;
For we like to print the news   ,
And 'twill save our only shoes
If we do not have to chase the items
in.
S, Showen, Minoo,  Oklahoma.
—W.
MT. VERNON GRAN6E
Corn And Potato Contest
A Great Success.
Was
Narrowly Escaped Death.
While braking on the 0. & N. M.
Railway on Monday of last week,
Jacob Colmus of Onaway was very
seriously injured. A telephone wire
which was stretched across the railroad track caught him above the
knees throwing him off the box car
to the further end of the locomotive.
His back was terribly bruised besides
a gash in his head and injuries about
the arms caused by the throw. Medical assistance waB called and he was
made as comfortable   as   possible.
in this
will be
danger
Afc the contest held at Mt. Vernon
Grange Monday evening, there were
fifteen entries of corn aud potatoes.
The hail was prettily decorated for
the occasion with apples, carrots,
celery and other products of the garden.
After tbe program supper was
served to about, fifty, and all went
away feeling that it had been a profitable evening.
The winners are as follows:
Corn, first, Wm. McKay; second
Lewis Hales.   .
Potatoes, early, first David Malcolm; second, John Northon. Late,
first, Andrew Asline; second, Lewis
Hales.
GREAT MEETING
Held At Methodist Church
Monday Evening.
largTsum
Subscribed    For    Enfoecernent
Of Local Option Law.
Jacob Colmus is well known
place and his many friends
glad to learn that he is out of
at this writing.
/Horse thief
Hires Rig And Makes
Trade At Alma.
Good
Last week Wednesday James
Roundfcree, who as we are informed,
is the son k of a well Iftiown farmer
living south of Mt. Pleasant came to
the Leffingwell Livery and hired a
{earn', representing that he wanted to
drive to Mt. Pleasant and-return the
following day.
When nothing had been beard of
the rig for two days, Mr. Leffing-
well's suspicions were aroused, and
he promptly got busy and, sent the
word along the line to be on the
watch for a carriage and two. The
first of the week they were located
at Alma, where the young man had
traded for one horse and taken the
difference in cash, Then he went to
a clothing store and had himself outfitted afc a cost of thirty-five dollars
and disappeared, doubtless taking a
train for some larger city.
The team,was brought back to this
city Tuesday-evening, but the culprit
has not been apprehended at last
accountD.
Our University.
One hundred and thirty foreign
students, representing 27 different
nations, are registered in the various
departments of the University.
China heads the list with 53 students,
while Porto Rico follows with 24.
Holland is represented by 12 students, Poland by 10 and South Africa
and Armenia by 9 each. Other nations represented are Turkey, Persia,
Egypt, Germany, India, Cuba,
Hawaii, Scotland, Switzerland, Australia, Argentina. Bulgaria, Columbia, British Columbia, Brazil, Russia,
Canada, Jamaca and  Panama.
With a well equipped infirmary and
a staff of three physicians, Michigan's
"health service" was established
this fall. All students will be entitled to free medical treatment at the
infirmary. Cases requiring special
treatment will be given immediate
attention at the University hospitals.
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THE EARLY DAYS.
Maynard An Encyclopedia
Of Clare's Childhood.
ANKLE BONE BROKEN.
Hugh Clark Has Collision
Scraper.
With
Last week Thursday while Street
Commissioner Olark was at work in
the gravel pit north of town, he conducted a little experiment to determine which was harder, wood or
bone, and proved to his own satisfaction that the former was it.
In trying to get the scraper through
a (particular hard spot, the jerk
threw one of the handles against his
foot in such a way as to break a
small bone at the ankle. He was
around on crutches the firBfc of the
week and expects to be around again
ready for business ill the course of a.
few days.
Chickens Wanted.
The Michigan Produce Co, is buying chickens at its offices on S, Mc
Bw&n St. six days in the week, loading a car for the eastern market at
regular intervals. .Bring in your
poultry while prices are high,    4S4f,
See Albertson before selling your
potatoes.
Birthday Party.
Last Monday marked the fifth anniversary of the birth of Master Sned-
icor Lyford, son of Rev. Geq. D. Lyford, pastor of the 'Congregational
church in Ulare.
The occasion waa fittingly celebrated by $' chicken pie supper arranged by Mra, Lyford in the basement Of the church, at which all the
teachers and pupils of the primary
department were guests. Needless
to say, an uproariously good time
was had, the only regret being that
birthdays cannot come more often.
The Methodist church was filled
on Monday evening to hear Sam
Small from Georgia who has-long
been noted as a'Whirlwind in the
temperance cause. There were
many present from the surrounding
country and a large delegation from
Farweli. Unlimited enthusiasm
characterized the meeting from . beginning to end.'
After a hymn by the audience and
prayer by Rev. Lyford, Mr, Small
was introduced. He is a typical
southerner as we conceive the type.
He has made a careful study of the
liquor question and is armed with an
array of facts and figures. He believes in calling a spade a spade and
minces no words in calling things by
their right names. While he said
that he had never voted for him and
never expected to do so, yet he paid
a very high tribute to Theodore
Roosevelt as the man who had done
more than any other in this country
to arouse the national conscience
againBt wrong and corruption. He
believeB that the time will come when
this fact would be recognized.
Aa a*fetriking illustration of the conditions in two states, the one with saloons, the other without, he compared his own state of Georgia with
Michigan,'two states witb almost the
same population. Georgia which 50
y^ars ago was impoverished by war
has 40 percent of her population of
the negro race. There is not a brewery or a licensed saloon in the state
while Michigan haB 4122 saloons.
The figures of the latest census
show that Michigan has 2^ times as
many paupers, 8 times as much crime
and 27 times as much insanity as
Georgia. Offioial figures show ■ that
over 60 percent of the pauperism is
traceable directly to the saloons.
Mr. Small remarked that many
people in this country had an awful
dread of anarchists, but he. considered the individuals usually thus
classed as exceedingly harmless.
The country has nothing to fear from
them. The type of anarchist that is
dangerous and the one the people
must deal with is the public official
who takes an oath fo execute, the
laws and then, in utter disregard of
his oath, does nothing. The flaying
he gave that class was a scorcher
and from the applause with which
this sentiment was greeted, it was
evident that the audience accepted
hiB idea of anarchy. *
Paying his respects to the "personal liberty" idea and that no one had
a right to dictate what any man
should eat or drink, he declared that
no legislature had. ever so declared
and if it did no court would sustain
the law for an instant. A man had a
perfect legal right to drink whiskey
or kerosene oil, to eat rotten meat
or take strychnine if he 'wants to.
When he proposes to sell some of
these things to other p'eople the public has something to say about it and
the "personal liberty" plea has no
bearing. The question of the right
of the people to prohibit the sale of
liquor is no longer a debatable question. The highest court in the »land
has passed upon that. The people
have that right; and . oan exercise it
when tbey choose. 52 percent of the
people of the United States. live in
dry territory. From July 1st, l3l2,
to July 1st, 1913, 21,554 retail dealers
were put out of business in this country. 14 southern states have fewer
saloons than the state of Illinois.
Seven have been made dry in the
past six years and he predicted that
five more would follow in the next
two years.
■. J. F. Burke, superintendent for the
Anti-Saloon League in Michigan,'
who -had been advertised for a speech
was unable th be present and Herbert H, Rood, Michigan editor of
The American Issue, appeared in his
stead, He told the audience something of What the League is afctempt-
ihg to do in the Way of Jaw enforcement and asked for pledges of contributions$0 aid in the work. We are
nofc informed as to the amount of
these pledges but judge they must
have amounted to several hundred
dollars, *
Mr, Rutledge, law enforcing officer
of the league, was present and spoke
briefly. He will remain and supervise prosecutions which wa are informed will be speedily begun.
When one wants information concerning anything in the infancy Of
this city, or the figures that moved
on the stage afc'that time, Dr. May-:
nardisthe handiest man in town.
Do you want td know when a certain
building waB ejected? He can tell
you in an instant. Perhaps you
would like to know when some man
settled here. He can promptly tell
you, Possiply you are wondering
about; how old John Smith is.    In
flash comes tho   answer, "He
a
was
born 32 years ago the' fifth of last
August at a quarter past three in the
afternoon." In fact, such a wonderful memory does he possess along
this line that one wonders whether if
the birth registers were all lost he
would not be able to reproduce" most
of their Contents.
On tbe 16th of this month he celebrated ihe 47th anniversary of his
coming to this vicinity. We say "celebrated" though we are not certain^
he did anything out of the ordinary,
though he did talk of going bunting.
Just think of the changes those 47
years have wrought in this country,
When he settled at that time in Vernon township, the first doctor north
of Mt. Pleasant, an unbroken pine
forest covered the site of Olare,
What delightful tramps through the
forest he must have bad that first
year when he pnt in 2500 mileB on
foot. In the, pjioneer days 'everywhere it was common for the medical men to go on horseback, but we
suspect the doctor bas them all
"beaten a mile" when it comeB to
the walking proposition. No wonder
it makes the boys hustle now to keep
up with him.
It must be somewhat like a moving
picture show for him to -revolve in
memory the appearance of the town
and surrounding country from year
to year as the changes^went on. The
forest melting away and giving
place to beautiful farms, the huge
pine Btumps blown skyward to make
room for brick blocks, a cedar
swamp drained and now presenting
hardly a trace of its former character.
And the people. The young men and
maidenB now grown old or passed off
the stage while the babies are middle
aged men and women. Wonderful
changes time brings.
The doctor is a familiar figure on
our streets with his cheery greeting
for everybody. When a political
campaign is on he is not altogether
idle and we suspect that he accomplishes more in his quiet way than
many another who makes a noise
about it. He iB a democrat and we
think may safely claim to be the original Wilson man here. Throughout
the campaigh he boomed his favorite candidate on all suitable occasions and we doubt whether any of
the local brethren did more to put
"Mp. Wilson in the White House than
he did. Still we suspect that good
citizenship means more to him
than partizanship and party lines
would fade in the face of a clear call
to duty.*' '
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Anonymous Communications.
We have received a communication
entitled "A Farewell Dance" with no
signature asking us to publish the
same. People should, understand
once for all that no paper publishes
any such articles. The writer's
name need not be published but the
publisher must know the author. No
man should write anything he is
afraid or ashamed to stand back of.
HEAD OF SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Fred   L.    Keeler    Appointed
Superintendent Ot Public
Instruction*
Gov. Ferris has appointed Fred L,
Keeler of Mt. Pleasant as Superintendent of Public Instruction to succeed L. L. Wright, the present, encumbent, who retires Nov, 15th, to
become Supt. of the Michigan School
for tbe Deaf at Flint.
Mr. Keeler has for the past thirteen years been an instructor in, tbe
State Normal at Mt. Pleasant, and is
well known1 throughout the state,
having lectured on various SubjecfcB,
particularly along educational lined.
Since 1908 he has served aa deputy
of the department to Which be now
succeeds an bead.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Complete Business And Adjourn Tuesday Evening.
LOCAL OPTIONJUESriON
May Be  Again Submitted  At
Next Spring Election.
The board of supervisors completed
their work and adjourned on Tuesday evening. A considerable amount
of business was transacted, a year
having elapsed since the last meeting.
The full proceedings will apbear at
an early date, perhaps next week, so
we'note ouly a few things. Thomas
J. Dwyer was elected superintendent
of the poor,.E. W. Brown of Farweli
member of board of canvassers and
Peter A. Oman reelected as school
examiner, Mr. Oman is a clean, exemplary young man and well worthy
of this deserved recognition. A large
number of bills was audited.
Probably the action of the board
that will most; interest the people of
the county is the adjournment to
some date in Janurary rather than
without day( We think we shall be
safe in saying that it was generally
understood that a large majority of
the board was opposed to this adjourned session. Of course if there
is important business demanding
snob a session it might be necessary
but if it is to be held simply to afford
an opportunity to present petitions
asking for the submission of the local
option question, then we sincerely
believe tbe board have misinterpreted
tbe sentiment of a large majority of the people o f the
county. We regret exceedingly that
such a contest must be again waged.
The people can avoid it by refusing to
sign petitions'and concerning that we
shall have something to'say in the
future.
We have heard only two reasons (?)
offered why it would be better to restore the saloons: "Conditions could
not botany worse fchan-they axef'iaad
"more intoxicants are sold in dry
counties than in wet." We emphatically deny both propositions. .We
are quite willing to admit; that conditions are far from, being what they
should be, but that is not the fault of
the law but of those whose duty it is.
to enforce it. Who is complaining
about the Local Option law? Is it
those who are sincerely attempting
its enforcement? The man who
simply stands around and sneers at a
law andnever lifts his finger to aid
in its enforcement is estopped from
any criticism of that law. When will
people realize that to wink at law violations in one direction is to encourage it in all others. Why sliould it be
thought Btrange that two young men,
one of them a mere boy, should engage in a series of burglaries here?
When they saw one claBS of laws violated with perfect impunity, why
should not they conclude that any
other class could be? The liquor law
can ho enforced just as well as any
other lawB when we have officials who
want to enforce them. If any one
wants an object lesson along that line,
just let him exammine the prescript
fcions filed with the proseoufcing attorney next. Monday morning and
compare them with previous weeks.
If he does not discover one of the
most rapid and extraordinary recovery of patients from "heart palpitation, k "feeling bad" and kindred disorders, then we shall be wonderfully
surprised. And all due to something
in the air that indicates that at last
something is going to happen. We
admit that there a few unfortunate
men Who have such an insatiate appetite for whiBky that they will commit
perjury or do almost anything to get
it, but these men will not live always.
Ib it wise to restore the saloons and
train up a class of boys to take their
places when they are gone?
Of all the aillyfcwadle connected with
this question, the second proposition
iBthe capsheaf. Are the bfeWers
and distillers of this country a parcel
of idiots? Do they spend' thousands
of dollars to defeat Local Option in a
county in order to decrease their
sales? Why are they bo anxious to
bring on an election in this county if
they are selling more goods How
than they could with tho saloons restored? Doea not common sense tell
any one that tbey would work tooth
and nail to put every county In Michigan under Looal Option if tbey
could thereby sell more of their
goods? la it not time that people
stopped prating such nonsense?
Nancy Elizabeth Jacobs.
Nancy Elizabeth Fish was born in
Windham, Canada, June 29, 1874,
and Came to Michigan with her parents when about seven years of age,
locating In Wise township.' 21 years
ago she was united in marriage to
John Jacobs, Three children were
born to them, Mrs. F. K. Warner of
Mfc, Pleasant, John, also of Mt. Pleasant, and Faylrene, who' passed on
■before on Aug, £2, 1903.
Hor immediate relativ.es, Mrs. T. A.
McGregor, Mrs. P. Ripenburg, Mrs.
H. Homing, Mrs. H. A. Bixby of
Clare, and four brothers, David Fish,
Osborn Fish, of Clare, ,Wm. Fish of
Owosso and Enoch Fish of Franklin,
Ohio.
Mrs, Jacobs died in tho Homeopathic Hospital at Ann Arbor after an
operation for tumors, This was*per-
formed Oct, 8th and seemed successful. But on Oct. 14fch peritonitis developed until the 18th when death
claimed her spirit  at 7:55 A.   M.
Her husband was at her bedside
from first to last. Her son John,
Mr, and Mrs. F, K. Warner and Mr.
and Mrs, Henry Horning of Clare,'
were with her wben death came.
Services were held at the residence
o* her sister, Mrs. Henry Horning in
Clare, being conducted by Rev. W,
H, Irwin. The body was laid to rest
in Cherry Grove Cemetery.
About 40 members of Mfc. Pleasant
Rebecca Lodge No. 205, of which
Mrs. Jacobs was a member, attended
the Bervices in a body, the many flo«: broke
ral pieces giving testimony   of  the
esteem in which she was  held.
A loving wife and a kind mother
bas passed away and sorrow bas
taken her place. -But she bad given
her heart to God and was prepared
to die. Friends from Cadillac, Marion, Mt. Pleasant and Owosso
were at the funeral.
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Saturday night, Ootober 28tfa, at
Duncan's hall, adv*
School Social.
The social to be held at Herrick
school house this (Friday} evening is
•a box social. A big crowd is looked
for. - *d*?,
EDbat aye Some of the Chinas
§or r0^tc| Wi Statt&.
Our leading statisticians show that
the revenues derived^from the liquor
traffic are far less in amount than the
cost to the commonwealth of the pauperism and crime imposed upon it
by the traffic.
Organized enterprise everywhere
increasingly demands from its operatives abstinence from the use of intoxicants.
Labor is seeing that lfe cannot attain its best hopes with the burden of
the saloon bound upon it.
The Courts are interpreting anew
the manual law and life. They are
declaring that the liquor traffic must
eease under the law, for there are
no rights apart from  righteousness.
Temperance forces old and new
are lining up in a new fellowship far
industrial, commercial and civic defense against a common foe.
The liquor press freely announces
the doom of its own cause. It is
wearing mourping over thetardiness,
indifference, division and -selfishness
of the allies in the traffic. We get
some of our best ammunition. from
its pages.
Sobriety now has control of half
the territory of the United States to
the irreparable trade loss of the liquor traffic.
At last the liquor men are pleading
for mercy. They plead that they
themselves are benefactors and supporters necessary to the state and
Bchool.
Mothers arouse yourselves. Think
on these things.
Thank You.
We wish to acknowledge the gift Of
a bushel of fine potatoes frond John
O'Boyle, of Vernon, who lately Jsenb
iu a sample of two differeot yarities
for exhibit, and about whic^b mention
Was made in a previous issUe.
We don't make any claim to Irish
descent. But there must be a little
Irish blood in our veins, because we
oertalnly recognize a good potato
Wben We get it properly digested,
Afc any rate these are fine potatoes
and will be duly appreciated.
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