1913-12-05; Clare Sentinel

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OLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MOKKIN& DEQEMRBJR 5   1913
New Series; Vol. 22 No, 4
UNDAY SCHOOL
Convention at Harrison Next
Week Friday.
PROF. F. S. GOODRICH
Principal    Speaker   But
Able Assistants.
With
Every Sunday School Superintendent in Glare Oo. and also from
neighboring Sunday Schools should
avail themselves of this opportunity.
THINK, th« vital man of onr great
Sunday School organization, our
state, secretary, to bf> at our county
seat for a one day convention, so
that people from remote corners of
the county can reach him with equal
ease. Come rain or shine, for we
do not want anybody to miss this
treat.
Now, Mr. Superintendent, we
want others from your Sunday
School besides you. It would be the
greatest thing you ever did for your
flock if you would bring every officer
and teacher with you. Talk this
over thoroughly Sunday. Plan to
drive to Harrison together, or to get
aboard the train Friday a. m. at
Clare, Moore's Crossing, McKay, Hatton, Mann Siding or Leota. Train
for home leaves Harrison at5:20 a.
m. Saturday. Appoint your delegates
Sunday. Let's have a large number
present who are not regularly appointed. This will be showing real
personal interest in this vital work
that means so much to the future of
our boys and girls. Send some
yonng "delegates. Use your boys
and girls.
Harrison people are planning to
accomodate as large a representation
as we can bring. They are going to
throw open their homes for the
night, and all churches are uniting
in giving the dinner and supper in
the congregational church parlors,
which is the church to be used for
the convention. Remember, entertainment is free for man and beast.
"Your rush of work over, this is certainly an opportune time for getting
to a convention.
Music will be furnished by the Harrison Male Quartette, and a chorus
choir. Good singers will be present
from Olare, Farweli, and other parts
of the county to assist, and it
goes without saying that the musical
part of the program will be a very
pleasing feature. We are in hopes
that Rev, George D. Lyford of the
Olare Congregational church who is
a capable singer, will respond with
two or three solos.
At the last moment before going to
press President Blaisdell of Alma
College phones us that he can be
present for the morning and part of
the afternoon "session, which is also
delightful. We have hopes to be
able to announce a good speaker on
the adult Olass Movement on our
programs.   Watch for them.
If there be communities that do
not have but would like a Sunday
School, be sure and be represented
and make your wants known, as we
want to be of service to just such
communities.
There will be three sessions as follows: 10.a. m., 1:30p.m., and 7:00
p. m., standard time. We expect the
train to be on time for once as tbe
conductor is interested in Sunday
schools.- At the afternoon session
Prof. Goodrich will give us his talk
on "The Book We Study," and it is
said by Olare county people who
have beard this address tbat it alone
would be worth the going to Harrison to bear. In the evening he will
speak on the subject "The Greatest
Sundry School Convention Ever
Held," which will be illustrated by
Palestine costumes, and a copy of
the Sameritan Pentateuch.
Arrangements at Harrison are by
committee under the following oapa-
fale leadership. Arrangements Oom.
And Music Oom., F, Weatherhead,
chairman; Entertainment Com., Mrs.
H. Kirshbaum, chairman; Reception
Oom. Ohas. H. Roe, chairman; and
Serving Com., Mrs. O. H. Page.
Thia is a live wire representation,
and parties Wishing tn be assigned to
quarters in advance or, wishing to
nssist the committee in any way
Shonld write or phone the chairman
Concerned.
Watch for progress early next
Week. Distribute same to homes of
delegates through day school scholars. .Shonld we fail to get program*
to any organization it will be because
wo are not informed* and do not
&aaw whom to address, OOjME
AMtHitAY. We will save a program
i&i yon at Harrison.
Labor's Greatest Curse.
"It seems strange that, after tracing so muoh poverty and crime direct
to the saloon, the American people
do not rise en masse and obliterate
it from the face of the earth. No one
who keeps pace with, the times can
deny that the salooiu is responsible,
either directly or indirectly, for nine
tenths of this poverty and crime.
No one can deny that it is whiskey
that has made the coward a demon
who took tbe life of his fellow man.
No one can deny that in nearly every
walk of life its baneful influence 'can
be traced from the United States
Senate to the almshouse, and the
penitentiary. No well-advised unionist can deny that a greater part' of
the infernal quarrels and bickerings
among tbe trade unionists have been
conoocted in the back rooms of saloons, Tbe greatest curse to the labor movement has been the saloon,
and it is high time that the labor
leaders get together and forever divorce the trades' union movement
and the saloon influence."—President of National Brotherhood of
Blacksmiths.
READY TOMORROW.
The Sentinel Calendars Will Be
On Display.
Tomorrow (Saturday) we will begin
the distribution of our handsome
line of calendars for 1914.
An extra large supply was secured
this' year, as many were disappointed
in not being able to get one last year,
and we hope every subscriber who
wishes a fine ornament for the home
will avail himself of the opportunity
to secure one of these beautiful calendars free.
Anyone whose subscription is paid
at least six months in advance is entitled to his choice of the various
styles. Only one, however, can bo
alloted to each family.
We especially urge that any whose
subscriptions are somewhat in arrears come in promptly and do us
and themselveB a fayor by getting
square with the publisher and also
getting as fine a calendar as is offered by any merchant or business
man anywhere. If you have never
had one in previous years, you will
be as enthusiastic as many others, on
looking them over.
WISE FARMERS' CLUB.
Will-
Recall The Olden Times
On Dec. 10th.
On Wednesday of next week the
Olub will be entertained by Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Seeley. No special program has been prepared, but the idea
is to make it a pioneer meeting, a
recalling of tbe early days. Everyone is asked to come prepared with
some reminiscence of tbe pioneer
days. Sing a song, tell a story and
have a good time.
Reception committee, Mrs. A. O,
Stoy and Addie Presley. Table committee, MesdamesJ. D. Allen, Geo.
Snear, Fred Phillips', S. Loomis, W.
B. Maxwell, O. A, Allen.
Serious Operation.
Monday, Miss Pearl Mahoney who
has millinery parlors on McEwan St.
Went to Bay Oity to undergo an operation for appendicitis.' This was performed on Tuesday, and although
word was received that her condition
was found to be more serious than
expected, at last reports she Was
making satisfactory progress toward
recovery.
Miss Mahoney has been a sufferer
from this malady for some time past,
but has postponed an operation on
account of her mother's ill health.
All hope that sbe may soon be well
again.
Sale.
Ladies Auxiliary will hold sale at
Tatman's store Wednesday and
Thursday, December 10th and 11th.
This is purely an INTERDENOMINATIONAL S. S. meeting. We need
the inspiration. This County convention is the fountain head from which
your Sunday School can get an impetus that will put new life into every
department of your local for another
year, and before that time is up we
want to call on the. good people of
Clare to act as hosts of another, and
possibly larger convention so as" to
keep the flow of inspiration unceasing*
T. V. Fuller,
„   . . "      President.
This is the interior ot* the model dairy barn afthe Cornwell farm, a description of which was
given last week.   The barn is 40x120ft.       ^
RESOLUTIONS
Of Hobson Arbor On Death
Mr. Walton.     *
Of
Whereas, it has pleased our Creator to remove from our midst Co n-
panion Thomas W, Walton.
Resolved, we extend our heart felt
sympathy to the bereaved family.
Resolved, that the "charter be
draped for thirty days, and a copy of
these resolutions be sentjthe bereaved
family, and published in the Olare
Sentinel.
Walter  White
Asher Knight
W. J.  Jennings
Uommittee.
School News.
The morning class of Englisn Literature played the murder scene from
Shakespear's "Macbeth," in chapel,
last Friday morning.
We believe that the Shakespearian
critics are right when they say that
the. students of the Shakespearian
drama receive more benefit and become more interested when they put
action into the study. Therefore we
try to dramatize one or more scenes
from each Shakespearian study,
Irene Haner has returned to town
and has taken up her work in the
seventh grade.
The O. J. O. club held itB bi-monthly meeting Tuesday evening at Mr.
Hood's residence. Mr. Olson has
charge.
The fourth grade were asked to
illustrate the meanings of words
found in their spelling lesson. These
sentences were written to illustrate
the meaning of the following words:
childish, graceful and future.
1. I had a dog tbat was childish.
2. I had a graceful dog.
3. Tomorrow 1 must do my future.
4. I am going to future tomorrow
and come back Monday.
The program committee of the
Literary Society are preparing a
Christmas program.
Not Largely Attended.
The Caple stock sale on" Tuesday
was a disappointment so far as attendance is concerned and Mr, Oaple
can account for it only upon a theory
that seems very reasonable. Farmers doubtless imbibed the notion tbat
the stock would sell at a figure beyond the reach of the average man,
and so they stayed at home. The
sale was well advertised and people
knew about it, yet tbey did not attend. Of course the day was gloomy
and the cattle were so delayed in
transit as not to appear at their best
by any means,
However, tne cattle were sold and
the limited number that attended had
the benefit. And tbis does not end
the matters by any means. Mr.
Oaple is no quitter. He proposes to
have another sale at an early date,
probably next month, and wants the
people to understand that stock will
be sold just tfs advertised even though
it is a losing game for him on tbe
start.
More Opportunities.
Although our stock has been greatly reduced during the last few weeks
we still   have   too  large  a  stock.
While tbe stock   is still   fresh  Our
prices are cut suprisingly low,
S8-S10 hats for S4.50-S5
$5-87 hats for S3-S3.75
S3.50-S4.75 hats for S2.50-S2.75
Beavers S6-S3.60 for  S3.90-S2.75
S3-S2.50 hats 8l.50-Sl.00 *
Auto veils S1.50 now S1.00
A few colored plumes left S|.50-S3.90
Black ostrich  feathers  $9-810 for
S7-S8.
Children's hats S2-S1.50 for    81.00-
80cts.
L. Halsted, Jackson Block.
Back In Clare.
Carl E. White, who has been with
the Ohas. A, Berkey Oo. of Detroit for
the past year and a half, is now at
home again and will assist his father
in the jewlery business. The Arm
mentioned above is the largest wholesale jewelry and jobbing house in
this section of the country, and a
term of employment in such an establishment gives one who intends to
follow that line of work experience
Which is almost invaluable. Hia
presence, Mr. White feels will add a
gteat deal to the efficiency of the,]
service which can be giyen to all
customers.
COURT HOUSE NEW
GLARE COUNTY
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Walter J. Sunday to Alfred L.
Newton, 80 acres seo 21, Greenwood.
John H. Wilson, Extr to Tuff O.
Hampton, 80 acres sec 14,  Sheridan.
Wm. O. Pendell to John H. Wilson, 40 acres sec 14. Sheridan.
Walter H. Huddleston to Hugh
Ewing, 80 acres sec 19, Winterfield.
Olive S. Harpster to Willard Ford
Harpster, 120 acres sec 24, Hatton.
Oharles O. Staffeld to David Tucker, 40 acre sec 25, Franklin.
Joseph Ellwood to John  M. Neith-
percut, 40 acres sec 19, Sheridan.
Herbert Allen to  Henry N, Cofl-
man, 120 acres seo 16, Arthur.
.  John Gardner to Miss. So. of Evan.
Asso., 160 acres sec 25, Arthur.
Byron Alger to Franklin A, Brown,
lot 3, blk 2 McEwans add, Clare.
George Vanbuskirk to W. Henry
Wilson, 40 acres sec 4, Greenwood.
Edward F. McOallammore to Edward E. Moore, 40 acres sec 23, Summerfield.
Oharles A. Bruner to Brandt O.
Carpenter, 40 acres sec 17,  Redding.
Perry D, Brown to Barton J.
Weaver, 200 acres sec 7, Hatton.
Forest M. ''Shumway to Almond
Powell, w X of lot 3 blk 22, Farweli.
Mack E, Monday to Perry D.
Brown, 60 acres sec 34 Hatton.
Ella Payne to Victor C. Squire, 40
acres sec 3, Summerfield.
John F. ProbaBCo to James H. Mc-
Farlan et al lot 2 blk 3, Redding.
Pearl Jones to John McDonald, lot
7 blk 1, Summerfield.
John McDonald to George Covert,
lot 7 blk 1, Summerfield. ^
William T. Friess to Delbert A.
Sherman, 40 acres sec 19, Bedding.
Charles W. Martin to Alvin R.
Beadle 40 acres sec 13,  Grant.
Sarah A. P. Bawkey to James H.
biksH. I. Littlefields add, Farweli.
Fair.
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All donations   for Auxiliary Fair
Should be sent to Mrs. G&rfcwrigbt
J Tuesday, December 9th.   ,
* School Report.
School report of Vernon District
No. 1, for month ending November
21,1913, ;
Enrollment 21
Total attendance ; 396
Average dally attendance 19.8
. Percentage Of attendance 94 %
The following pupils were neither
tardy not absent during the month:
Florence Aokermsn, Kitty Aroham-
bault, Lavina Aekerman, Milton Converse, Dominic McConnell, Theron
WhifeOj Lapoyt Q&toyt .Edward Mc-
Oonnell, Eugene Malpom, Lida Aekerman; Leda Aokerman, Phoebe
Barney, Sidney Carey and Alfchea
Arohambaulfc.
*    ■ Effle Ii. Hales, teaohe?.
LADIES AID
Elects Old  Officers.    In
perous Condition.
Pros-
Enforcing   The   Liquor   Law,
 ,     „
Ex-Governor Folk, as everyone
knows, is a man who believes that
law is law and ought to be enforced.
He believds that what ought to be
done can be done. After trying, ae
governor of Missouri, to turn theory
Into practice, he bad this to say:
"Statistics carefully gatberecK in
the larger citids of the state clearly
show tbat crime has been greatly
reduced since the Sunday closing
law bas been strictly enforced. 1
have bad many encouraging letters
from the mothers and wives throughout the state telling of tbe great
change that bas come since tbe enforcement of the Sunday closing law.
Men who formerly spent the greater
portion of the day at the corner saloon now put in tbe time at home,
and money tbat formerly went for
drink is^now spent for food, clothing
and other household necessities.
One such letter more than pays for
tbe ten thousand curses tbat come
from the lawless clement. Tbe lawbreakers may curse, but so long as I
am governor of Missouri tbe laws of
our state will be enforced,"
The Lutheran Ladies Aid met with
Mrs. Fred Bauer for their annual
meeting on Tuesday of last week.
The old officers, Mesdames Wichman,
Giebel, Lange and Silmore, were reelected president, vice-president,
secretary and treasurer respectively.
Although tbB society held no sociables to raiBe money during tbe past
year, yet the receipts amounted to
S105.52,
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
J. Sohugg on east 8th St. Jan. 6th.
School Report.
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School report of Vernon District
No. 4 for month ending November 21,
1913.
Total attendance 570
Average" daily attendance 28
Total enrollment 31
Percentage of attendance 90
The following pupils have neither
been abBent   or   tardy  during   the
month:   Irene Pope,  Irene Behlke,
Albert Behlke,  Marguerite  Behlke,
Ethel    Archbold,     Dorothy     Gorr,
Vivian Pope, Marie Archbold,  Willie
Rhodes, Russell Stanley, Ray Arch
bold and Esther Rhodes.
Martha Larson, Teacher,
ID. <£. C. U.
THIRD ENTERTAINMENT
At   Congregational  Church
Wednesday Evening
To Hear About "Worms Beneath
The Bark."
Church News.
EPISCOPAL,
REV. O. E. NEWTON,   RECTOR.
Services in Maccabee Hall at 2;30
every Sunday. Sabbath school immediately after.
LUTHERAN
REV. 0. WAIDELICH, PASTOR.
Morning service in German. No
evening service. Communion service at Hermansdale at 2:30. Ladies
Aid of Hermansdale will meet with
Mrs. August Krug on Tuesday, Dec.
9th.
FREE METHODIST
REV. B. H. DtTRYEE, PASTOR.,
Quarterly meeting in charge of
Rev> Gaffln of Belding will begin this
(Friday) evening and continue Saturday afternoon and Sunday. All
cordially ihvited,
METHODIST.
REV. W. H. IRWIN, PASTOR.
Services at the usual hours, subjects unannounced.
Ladies Aid meets on Friday   with
Mrs. Thompson's on W, 7th St.
congregational
rev. Geo. d. lyford, pastor
Morning   subject,   "Seeking   the
Best."    Evening,   "Showing   your
colors."
"Endeavor meets at 6 p.m.   Leader,
Muriel Rogers.
baptist. »
rev. i. wilbur knight, pastor.
Morning subject, "The Christian's
Attachment to his Church."    Evening, "What is law for anyway?"
B. Y. P«'U. at usual hour.
OATHOUC
FATHER J. J.   iroAIAfSTER,   1PASTOB
Services at 8:00 a. m.
Myers-Zachrich.
Miss Mildred Myers, who has been
with Miss Mahoney as trimmer for
the past two seasons, was married at
midnight on Nov. 30tb, air Toledo to
Mr. Alvin Zaohrich. They left Mom
day for a wedding trip to Mississippi
and southern points, and will late*|
make their home at Toledo, where ho
is a barbel?., . '   7
Misa Myefs has made hosts of
friends in ol *xoby hot obaMniagjwayA
nnd all join ia Wishing them well.    .
fflfyat CTre Some of tfye (Efpngs
^or.tD^ctjrpcStanb.
It is estimated tbat it takes 1500
West Virginia boys every year to
take the place of drunkards who are
killed outright by the liquor traffic.
Do you believe in using boys that
way? Shall we allow the saloon to
come back into Olare and take our
boys in the same proportion? Under
any license law your boy is unprotected and you are defenseless. Any
license law protects the saloon. It
exposes and endangers your boys and
your girls. Christian people who
wish to protect their children cannot
do it under a license law. Which
will you protect, the child or {the saloon?
In France, the term "alcoholism"
is used to cover all the evils arising
from the use of alcoholic beverages.
The statistics gathered by Dr, Plau-
zoles shows that of every 100 murderers, 52 were intemperate; of every
100 vagabonds 70 were intemperate;
of everylOO assaults to commit bodily
harm 90 were intemperate; and of
every 100 acts of violence against the
person, 88 were committed while the
offender was actually drunk. He estimated that 50 percent of the drinkers were afflicted with cerebral or
mental irouble.
BUM PI6S
Flourish
In
Most     Abundantly
Wet Counties.
The Congregational church was
filled about up to its seating capacity
on Wednesday evening for the third
number on the course,, a lecture by
Chas. H.Plattenbargof VintOHj IoWa*s
Mr. PlOittenburg has had a somewhat
varied career as preacher, newspaper publisher, etc. He is rather
versatile speaker and probably would
please the general audience; yet we*
cannot but feel a sense of disappoin£-<
ment. We feel sure tbatjMr, Platten^
bu-g might make h|a lecture much
more effective. There are several '
"worms beneath tbe bark" to which
be did not specifically allude, worms'
that must be dealt witb or the tree of
Btato will inevitably be destroyed.
There is no use in dodging or blink'
ing tbe issue. People may just a» •
well recognize and face the facts and '
meet them like men.
Mr Plattenburg gayo several/Word
pictu/es showing the diversity of
elements that this country>is receiving from tbe Old World and endeavoring to mold into a common citizenship, Tbe Pennsylvania mining town
School illustrated what the public
school is doing in tbe solution of the
problem. A high tribute was paid to
this country as the haven of the oppressed everywhere and it was likened to a giant tree that had withstood tbe element through unknown
years, yet was finally killed by the*
"worms beneath the bark." Of
course these worms typify the evils
that are threatening the life of the
nation and here is where we thing he
might have made his address far
stronger.
Thepe is no question about Mr,
Plattenburg being right where he
saye that SELFISHNESS is the prime
curae everywhere. Selfishness that
causes England to force opium on
China, selfishness that consigns an
army ,of children to factories and
sweat shops, selfishness that creates
trusts and monopolies to "oppress the
people, Americans are tpo prone to
"think in dollars" and measure every
body by his wealth.
Mr. Plattenburg paid a tribute to.
the young man, citing numerous examples of great achievements by
men under 30 years of age. He g&ve
some interesting figures showing the
large proportion of soldiers in the
Civil war who were mere boys at tha
time of enlistment.
The Detroit dailies announce that
Sheriff Oakman of Detroit emptied
into'the gutters at the Jail this week
7200 bottles of beer that his force bad
confiscated in the last few weeks.
There is also a large quantity of
wjjiskey and wine in addition to the
above. This taken in raids on blind
pigs during a short period of time.
It is the stook argument of those
who oppose the Local Option law
that the moment the saloons are
banished, blind pigs spring up. They
don't have to spring up, they are already there. We question whether
there is a wet county in the state but
has more illicit sales than a\ dry
county of tbe same population and
with'similar conditions. It will be
remembered that a few years ago the
saloon keepers of Muskegon complained to tbe authorities because the
bootleggers were robbing them of a
large share of their trade.
The Inevitable.
Home.
"I read within a poet's book
A word that starred the page:
'Stone walla do not a prison make,
Nor iron Dars a cage I'
"Yes, that is true,  and  something
more:
You'll find, where'er yon roam,
That marble floors and gilded walls
Oan never make a home.
But every house where Love abides,
And Friendship is a gaestK
IS surely home, and home,   sweet
home)
For there the heart can rest/'
Confirmed.
.. At last the suspense has been partially relieved and W. W. Hamper has
been confirmed as postmaster at
Harrison. Bnt why cannot some-
[thing be done to irelieve the dreadful suspense here?
I like the man who • faces what he-
must,
With step triumphant and with heart
of cheer;
Who fights the daily  battle without
fear
Sees his hopes fall, yet keeps nn-
faltering trust
That God is  good;   that   somehow
true and just
His plana work out for mortals; not
a tear *
Is shed  when fortune,   which   the
world holds dear,
Falls from hisgrasp—better with love
a crust ■'"      v.
Than living in dishonor—envies aiofc
Nor loses  faith in man;  but   does
his best,
Nor even mnrmers at his humble lot;
But with a smile and words of hope,
gives zest
To every toileir; he alone is great
Who by a life heroic conquers fate.
Sarah K. Bolton.
Montana Pioneers,
After scouting aronnd through several statesj Earl Wier and Ernie gilmore have concluded to settle down
and "grow up with the connhfy."
They have taken homestead olaiias
in northeastern Montana itt the
neighborhood of Glasgow, a town on
the Great Northern railroad. fjfitjc-
cesa, boys, ....•■
Putting Off. *
Too many people wait until the last
|,week to begin tbe selection of Gbitist-
mas presents for their family ind
friends, i. F« Tatman & son hate a
special announcement to those who
may wondeie what to bay tot fafcbnr
or mother oi child, or to ns* m*th»
home *o make the d»y happier. Yon
may get a suggestion th*re that wUl
help you.   7 ,v'''    ..,-..'.' 7., .,, '■''.;'
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