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ULAJ^^ICHieAN. THURSDAY MORNING FEB. 3, 1921
New Series: Vol. 2£ Bfoi'l^
STARVING CHINA
Appealing To The World For
Food.
INTENSE COLD
Adds To The Suffering
^People.
Tax
AUTO LICENSE
Reduction. Proposed
Northern Counties.
In
AUTOMOBpf
Trailers Will Be Turned Out
In A Few Days.. t -
K-y '- ■ - — ■ 1 ■ ■.
►sT^China today shares . with Armenia
'* ia calling for tbe sympathy and help
" 'of tbe world. Indeed of course from
7 ber immense population China calls
*"- *or vastly greater help. We are read-
f ing bow it is common in some sections
. for parents to sell tbeir children for
' a trifling sum, driven as tbey are to
desperation. F '
Our readers will remember the very
Interesting personal glimpses given
of Ohina through extracts from letters
of Dr. Dennis Smith, a medical missionary tbere. - Mrs. Smith wbo has
A bill has been intodu^ed in tbe
legislature to make a 25% reduction
in the auto license tax in counties
nortb of the line of Mason. Lake, ^
Of The Osceola, Clare Gladwin etc. Tbis
proposed reduction is due to the fact
tbat autos cau be run very ll*»t?e in
these northern counties tiuriog tbe
winter. :" ..•'.- _, "-■■
In Memoriam.
How can I ever wrile tbis and yet
I must. I knew her batter than anyone else aud it would seam almost
sacrilege for m^ to ailow another to
doit. Far along the journey of life
we bave traveled together and sbe
clung to me tbe more closely as tbe
da>s went by Of late sbe could
scarcely bear to Bee me out of ber
country ! eight and -'Good-bye, dear," alwavs
ROAD LEVELERS ,
Already Being* Manufactured
/ Iii Small Way.
SAD TRAGEDY
Raymond Green Killed In
Accident.
Auto
spent several yeare in tbat
witb her husband is now at tbe borne [ followed me as we parted. In her
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Little-[death, several of her prayers were
fie'd*: in Farwell and bas sent as a answered. She died in my arms as
letter received not long ago from ber i she wished, death came quickly and
busbaod from which we give extracts..
We shall be compelled to divide tbe
letter giving only a portion this week. '
He says:
.-_ "I left Pekin Monday morning and
wben I arrived at Tietsin went at once
to tbe Mission where I stayed with ,
the Winans. We also visited Naakai
school and the Famine Relief catnp
near by. We found the camp crowd- ,
ed with t people - from the famine
regions, living in mat sheds, covered
with a layer of dirt and mud, the but
being half below ground. These buts
are not as good as those constructed
during flood relief times. EacQ bnt
has from four to eight people and in
a space wbich ordinarily holds only
two or three people. The people re*
ceive fuel, hot water and a small allowance of grain and do their own
cooking. The relief here is being
carried on by tbe Relief societies in
Tietsin and our mission is doing its
share. Dr. Miller is more than busy
looking after tbe women and children. It is said that tbere are from
five to twenty births a day and it is
easy to believe it for there are about
36,000 people in the camp wbich covers about a mile • Bqaare. Of conrBe
Dr. Miller does not attend to alt tbese
cases, but tbere is much sickness
among the people which is a natural
consequence of tbeir liviner under
sucb conditions. At present small
poz and influenza are rife among
tbem. Tbe most pitiful sight was on
the outside of tbe camp where there
were fully four hundred persons wair-
ng for admission to tbe camp. As
yet tbere were not enough hats prepared for tbem and so they were
waiting, shivering, huddled together
in little family groups, waiting for
something to happen. Most of tbem
were women, children and old men.
It was pitiful to aed them trying to
.get as much warmth as possible out
of tbe sunshine and by tbeir Closeness together. Tbe night before we
arrived one of tbem froze to death
and it was easy to see tbe reason
why. Many of tbem in ordea to travel to Tietsin where they had beard
help would be given them bad sold
all their bedding and possessions,
except tha clothes on their backs.
Just let me assure yon also that the
nights are mighty cold in December.
We left Tietsin . Tuesday morning
and traveled for about five hours,
arriving; at a place called Pao Ton
Oben about 3 p. m. We tben took
carts and traveled 25 li (8 miles) into
tbe country to Nan Pi Helen, a small
walled town wbere onr Mission is
OOUQUCunK £ >>usiuc Toilol Station.
, Rev. Mark Brown was iu charge.
We had a good supper, plain but
warm and nourishing, on tin plates
and then made up our beds on some
~ boardjs, fixed for us in the room
I whlob is "really tbe church or chapel.
; Wo used tbe pulpit as a bureau for
.our clothes etc. There was a stove
ia the room bnt it made a feeble resistance to the cold which emanated
from tbe bricks on tbe floor and the
mud wall and the paper windows.
£ We bad plenty of cover and so slept
warmly enough, the only difficulty
was tbat In the morning my legs and
t* sboalders aebed from supporting' the
- n*a—y weights of the bed clothes dur-
ii»a* tbo night. "* '
*. ~7 Continued next week.
the sun was shining
Come And Learn.
Hi yon don't know anything, corns
Lea 126 H. 4th St. aad laarn ^nothing
getting your elothos cleaned,
repaired and lined. I will
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John Aodabaogh.
brightly as ber
body was lowered into the grave.
Tbe one thing physical that sbe
feared was a long, lingering sickness.
• I ana always ready to go'\sbe would
say, "and when I go I pray tbat I
may go quickly". No person was
ever more sensitive to tbe sunshine.
To ber it simply transformed the
earth. Many times she had said.to
me, "I hope tbe sun will De shining
when nay body is borne to tbe grave".
Ber prayer was answered and the
little tired body rests, as sbe wished,
beside tbe boy whose tragic death
nearly cost her life. *
Left motherless at tbe early age of
fourteen years, her motber heart
went in love to every child and no
matter where we lived sbe was always
thiukiug and planning what couid be
done for tbe children - and young
people of tbe community. H<*r
charity was boundless and sbe could
never bear to condemn anyone.
"Let ub judge not", she would say,
"parbaps if we bad been iiketempted,
we would have failen" Her judgement of people was almost unerring
and I never knew ber intuitioua to be
at fault. The very presence of some
people affected ber strangely.
I could never quite understand tbe
source of ber power in appealing to
people, but so it was. ftiany years
ago when we lived upon a farm and
our children attended the little
country school near Oy, she joined
with the teacher in arranging a program in honor of the birthday cf the
poet Whittier. When they had decided to do this, she told me one day
that sbe was going to write to
Whittier and ask him to say ^me
tbicg for the children. I tried to dissuade her from doing anything ao
foolish Wbittier was then an old
man, in poor health, and of course
would pay no attention to such a request. I do not know what she
wrote bim, I never saw her letter, but
in a few days tbere came back a long
autographic letter from tbe Quaker
poet, among the last, perhaps tbe last
tbat he ever wrote, for he died soon
afterward. In ~ tbis letter, among
other things, he said, "I have upon
my desk scores of letters that I bave
not the strength to answer*'. It is
safe to say that most of these letters
were from personal friends. Many
of them prominent in life, yet tbese
bad remained unanswered and be had
written to a total stranger, touched
by something in ber letter. So in the
later year wben Mary Autin had become a national figure and she wrote
ber there came back a letter contain^
ing page after page of large sised
letter head, delving into things in her
private life that sbe bad not touched
npon in ber autobiography and closed
by saying, "Now this is tbe longest
letter I have ever in my life written
to a stranger*'. I verily believe that
if she had written to the Czar of
Russia or the German Kaiser, she
would have received a personal
answer.
No person ever prized friends more
than did she. Many times ahe bad
spoken of friends here whose friend-
We paid a hasty visit to-the. *'Furnace Factory" building on Tuesday.
It is no longer aromsce. factory but
is to be the <? home . of the Heather
Trailer, tbe finest thing of its bind in
the world, we are assured and' of tbe
Northon Road Leveler which is too
well known to need any commendation from us. ■ .'■ 7 ."■.-■ --. ■■;Xy .: ..-
We found quite a part of , the ma^
cbinery installed aad men busy erect- j
ingva large oveit to be used . in heating iron preparatory to bending it as
desired. Mr. Heather informs - us
tbat it-will not be very long before
tbe manufacture of the< trailer here
will begin. A
The hrat installment of tbe Ho ad
Leveler ie beintr assembled. A change
wbieja will doubtless be a decided' improvement ia being made. A set of
wheels is to be placed io the rear, the
driver having a seat where be x-eadily
reaches two levers that control tbe
machine When it is desired to shift
tbe machine to one side, tbe purpose
is quickly accomplished. . * _ -
We are informed tbat tbe mails
bring ten or a dozen inquiries every
day and from practically tbe entire
country. Orders are being placed for
early spring delivery and quite a little
force of men will doubtless be employed bere at an early day.
On Monday evening, somewhere
about 1G:30, at a point three fourths
of a mile east of tbe Grant Town Hall,
Raymond Green, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dell Gre»n of Mann Siding, met hi
death as the result of the'overturning
of his automobile wbicb be was driving. In company with Leo Campeau
be was in tbis city in tbe evening
leaving here about 9*80. When reaching tbe point above indicated, he in
some way lost control of the car and
could not regain it. The car ran to
the side of the road, striking a stone
wbicb broke the spokes from both
wheels on one side of tbe car, which,
finally turned over, apparently killing
young Greeu almost instantly and
somewhat injuring bis companion.
Young Campeau was uoconscioqs
for a time but succeeded- in extricating himself from tbe car and going
to a nearby, telephone called * Dr.
■Reeder who went to the scene. Finding young Green dead, be summonecT
Undertaker Gould who brought the
bbdy to this city. It will be taken to
Harrison today and tbe funeral beld
tbere. ' "s-. ■ i. . ^ N
Tbe young man was not quite 17
years old and Bad been at work for
Manuel Sutton two or three months.
Mr. Sutton speaks of him-in the very
"Sometime, dear, I'll hold your trembling hand
And plead tbe passing moments for
i delay;
Wben one of us must pass beyond
the real
And one must stay.
It matters not to as which it shall be
Who firBt shall tread along tbe
bidden "ways;
Sat may God be gentle in tbat lone'y
hour v
To the one who etays".
Enoch Andrns
REVIVAL MEETINGS
Church
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EXAMINATION
At
Congregational
A Success.
OPENING SERVICE
At The
Methodist
Feb." 10.
For -%tb Class Postmaster To Be
. Held Feb. 26.
One of our churches has
al eveotnge been holding revival services and another begins ~Feb. 10.
At the Congregational church Rev.
Badgi<»y is doing che work alone, so
far aa the preaching is concerned,
or, as ne qxpresses it, be is his own
evangelist. We have cot been able
to attend any of the meetings but
bear from r ;veral sources that they
are a success. The interest, and at-1
Tbe U. S. Civil Service Commission announces an examination to be
beld in this city Feb 26 from which
s it is expected to fili a contemplated
Church vacancy . for postmaster at Lake.
The salary there is *787 and applicants must reside within the " terri-
for sever- tory supplied by the office. .
CLARE STUDY
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Club "Met At The High
School Peb. 1.
CLARE COUNTY
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History Interesting .Topic
The Day. ^
For
Important Interest Oecision.
highest terms. The sympathy
goes to the bereaved parents.
all
snip sbe prized and which had meant
so much to ber. I assure all snch
tbat their friendship was not misplaced. No better woman *»ver lived.
Her life was woite through and
through and surely I ought to know.
1 am satisfied now that sbe had a
premonition of her death. Only tbe
night before as sbe sat upon my lap
with arms about my neok between
sobs she rspsatod softly these words:
>9ow la sail—s nan»r»able I
wbattaoy
Someone has aaid that the tragedy-
of motherhood is training children to
get along without their motber.
Tbat i» not the only tragedy ot
motherhood. Svery mistake and
wrong step taken by children is a
tragedy to their mother.
I think I have been helped most by
my mother's life by the thought that
if I did wrong it would grieve my
motber to know tbat her boy would
be so unworthy of the high example
set bim by his mother's life as to
stoop to anything mean or ignoble.'
Ber absolute unselfishness, her constant consideration for other people,
manifested in tbe highest degree
toward ' ber children, helped to
smooth away the rough- places along
tbe path of cbildbooti, and has been
a constant source of inspiration to
me in later life. ' - '
Springfield, 111. Charles S. Andrus
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Since mother's death, I bave been
thinking of the wonderful influence
which she had, not alone over my
life-, but aloo of the many lives with
which, she came in contact. Her influence was one which is more easily
realized than described, and. it is
rather difficult to single cut anyone
particular way, more than Another in
which her influence was exerted.
However, if I were \o attempt to
name one particular trait of character, 1 «uOuld put first ber unselfish
service - for others. • While ber
physical strength had for years been
unequal to ber own duties, yet she
was continually thinking of, and
doing for others. Tbis trait of character is one of my latest impressions,
and constitutes a fond and blessed
memory. To my mind, she exemplified in her life, in a quiet, unostentatious way, the teachings, of tbe Great
Master, wbo came to do good to
others. i_-7-
Lansing, Micb. Roy Andrns
Respectfully Declined.
v We have just received from tbe
American Tobacco Co. a contract for
advertising and a box full of cuts setting forth tbe wonderful qualities of
a certain brand of cigarettes. Tnese
people do not haggle : about price.
Publishers can charge about anything
tbey please if tbey will only do the
work.
No one will ever see a cigarette ad
in the tbe Clare Sentinel while the
present owner controls it. 'J A million
dollars an inch could not put • one
there. No boy will ever say that he
was induced to smoke cigarettes by
an alluring ad be saw in the Sentinel.
Wberkwe cannot make a living by
publishing a paper that is decent, we
will quit and dig ditches, chop wood,
teach school or something. We bave
done all of them and can again ir
necessary.
RURAL SCHOOL"
May
Consolidation Law
I Changed,
Be
A bill introduced by Sen. Amon, of
Mecosta, if enacted, would simplify
tbe consolidation of rural schools
It provides that several scbool districts may be consolidated either by
the several districts voting as a unit
or upon petition of a majority of the
legal scbool electors of each district
concerned. A consolidated district
may be organized at any time instead
of only in July. Under tbe proposed
act tbe term rural scbool shall include school districts containing cities and villages, of 1505 population
or less. Now the limit is 1000. The
bill also provides tbat scbool districts
containing within their border cities
or villages of more than 1500 population may unite under tbe terms of tbe
rural agricultural act without state
aid. Provision of the present act
requiring that each consolidated
school bave 20 aeries o laud would be
repealed. The bill would grant ttOOa
state aid to each such consolidated,
scbool Instead of J600. as is now given and would provide $400 for trans-,
portation In place of *f 00, tbe present amount.
Card of Thanks
t*fot nntil tbe boy becomes a man
does he realize what the life and influence ot a motber meant, to him in
tbe earlier years, and tben tbey bave
a meaning deeper than words can express. My mother's faith in a
Heavenly father who makes an things
work together for good bas beipOd to
give* mo an understanding of What
life moans; aad bar earnest desire, so
often expressed, tbat bar boys sboalaf
no good boys, will remala an a ttgbt
to beckon toward the bast and alga-.
To the many friends wbo so kindly
assisted ns -during onr recent bereavement, the O. E. 8. and F. Sc A M.
fraternities, tbe District Bar Association, the Oounty and Oity officials
and many^others who proved tbeir
friendship by expressions of sympathy; also for the floral offerings,
we wish to express onr slnceae thanks.
Mrs. George J. Cummins
Ma. and Mrs. Leo B. May.
Rarrisoa, Mlob.
Aadraslteg
. Mrs. J. W. Dunlop met with qnrte
a serious fall Thursday while on tbe
walk near Derby's Kandy Kitchen.
She was taken to tbo Dnalop store
In a jptssing csr, aad will probably
bs eonJiaed to bar borne for several
days. . We uadorstaad tbis Is tba
seoond aooident of a similar natare
happening lately at
.{jrimfNMftlt^Je
Tendance are increasing. Last evening tbe Odd Fellows were invited to
attend in a body and tats (Thursday)
evening the High School pupils are
expected. -»..,.
7 Rev. Badgley informs tbat be feels
the meetings are accomplishing the
purposes designed. The success of a
revival is not measured by tbe number of converts, but by the Dew life
and zeal" instilled inz.o the church.
On Thursday evening, Feb. 10,
meetings begin at tbe Methodist
cburch. We are not informed as tto
detail* or bow long tbe meetings are
likely to continue, Evangelist Owen
whose cut appears upon tbis page
will conduct th^-meeting while
J". W. Alexander will lead the
ing. -■>
Rev.
sing-
NO FRAUD
In Count
Of Ballots
As Yet.
Is Shown
Down to tbe close of last week, the
senatorial committee having in charge
the count of tbe Ford Newberry ballots bad canvassed tbe votes of 1901
of tbe 2232 precincts of the state, this
including one ward of tbe city of Detroit. Tbe counties were taken in
alphabetical order so t\\a^ we judge
the remaining precincts most be in
Wayne, Washtenaw and Wexford.
Thus far the net Ford gain bas been
2592. The original majority shown
for Mr. Newberry was 750.J, so there
seems not the least probable that tbe
total recount will change the result.
Tbe committee, Democrats and
Republicans alike, are un mimous iu
the declaration that no evidence of
fraud is shown in the original count.
One would think it incredible that
after all these years any board would
fan to initial ballots, yet such is the
case "frequently and this one blunder
accounts for most of tbe gains made
by Mr. Ford. Few people we apprehend, ever took any stock in tbe
idea tbat boards in tbis state bad
deliberately entered into a conspiracy
to count Mr. Ford out.
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A recent decision ' handed down*y
tba Supreme Court of Michigan is to
tbe effect tbat debtors may deduct
from tbe principal of their debts tbe
amouat of any 7 usurious interest
charged them, even though the
collection of interest is over a oeriod
of years and on a series of notes.
Tbe caae was that df the Gladwin
State Bank against Herbert L. Dow.
Mr. Dow borrowed S300 from the
bank in 1906, explaining that he
would need the money for a considerable time. The bank took a 90-day
note witb interest at 7%, agreeing to
permit renewal from time to time.
Mr. Dow paid $6 as interest, which
amounted to 8% instead of toe ie&al
7%. The note was renewed 47 times,
$6 being paid eacb time. The bank
finally sued on tbe note. Mr. Dow's
defense was that tbe interest was
usurious and tbat, therefore, tbe
whole amount of interest paid on
the series of 48 notes snould be computed as payments on tbe principal.
Tbe trial court held that tbe only
usury it could consider was that
evident in tbe last note, and rendered a judgement is favor of tbe bank
amounting to tbe face of the note
minus the interest paid on that particular note, a total of $296.—
In an exhaustive opinion written by
Justice Fellows, the six justices wbo
sat iu tbe case declared that tbs
taint of usury ran tbroueb the whole
series of notes and that tbe interest
paid on each was, therefore, forfeit,
It also declares that no importance
can be attached to the fact i bat tbe
interest was paid iu Kdvance and was
called ••discount". "We are satis
tied that by the overwhelming weight
of authorii.y in tnis state two propositions are established," the opinion
says. "Oce is that where a renewal
note is given containing and providing for usurious interest, the defense
of usury not only on the particular
note sued ou but in all of its prede
ceaeors wbere usury exists, is available to tbe debtor as a defense.
Tbe other is tbat^ as between the
parties to the transaction, ^aU payments of usurious interest made on
series of notes will be app:;ed by the
law to tbe extinguishment or tbtr
debt." '
Mich. Investor.
Many Thanks.
Our hearts go out in gratitude to
all who aided in our hour of sorrow
in the death of our wife and mother.
No person —as ever more in love witb
the beautiful things of life than was
she, and her casket was literally buried with beautiful flowers. They came
from so many sources that if we undertook to name them we would he
sure to omit some. From business
houses, fraternities, onr office force,'
groups and individuals. Nothing can
take away the sorrow and the sadness, bnt tbe sympathy of friends aids
much.
Enoch Andrns and Family.
Card of Thanks
Tbe Club held * Clare County day'
meeting at the school bouee Tuesday,
Feb. 1st witb a good number of tbe
membership present, also all of the
school faculty, moat of the higb
school pupils and a few of the town
people. -■'- :>
••- The meeting was presided over by
Vice Pres. Mrs. H. A; Anderson.
Roll call—Bioneer Incidents—was
responded to by a number of tbe
ladies with some interesting facts-
concerning pioneer days of the Co.
Very excellent music was furnished '
by the High School Orchestra aud
the Girls Glee Club Both responded to tbe encore and was much en*
joyect by all. , ' - , ...
A class of grade pupils, very nicely conducted by Miss McDonald,
told us ail about tbe geography of
Clare Go.
Tbe only paper for the program
was a History cf Clare Co. prepared
by Mrs. T. S. Dorsey^. Tbis was very
interesting and showed that she had
spared no time and patience in looking up :De r ariy hi^iury of the county. It began from tne rime it was a
wilderness aud traced it through tbe
steady growth to our present Clare
Oo. of which* we are so justly proud.
Adjourned to meet witb Mrs. C. C.
Harris Feb. 15th.
The Olub ladies wish to extend our
appreciation and thanks to the
teachers and pupils for their kind
hospitality and assistance in the
program. V-^ L C. W.
SUGAR BEET
Meeting At
M. A. C.
8-9.
February
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to tbe many kind friends and
neighbors for their kindness curing
the illness and death of our dear
little one. Especially would we thank
Rev. Bates and tbe singers.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Credit.
. Problems of interest both to Michigan beet growers and to sugar manufacturers will betaken up at a gatber-
iu<^ of state sugar beet men at tbe
Michigan Agricultural College, on
Feb Sand 9. All men interested in
the sugar beet crop are invited to
attend the meeting, for wbich an in-
1 terosting and instructive program
has been arranged.
' Leading authorities of tbe sugar
beet industry are scheduled- to speak:
during tbe conference,, taking up-
different phases of the work. Ex—
bibus of special beet machinery, sent
in by various manufacturers, .will be
on <:-.«play during tbe meeting.
Su^ar beet culture *and seed production wit-h special reference to
M:£h:gd.o conditions, will be discussed by U C. Townsend, W. BE. Burns,
aud J. B. W. Tracy, from the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. These men have written
several farmers bulletins on these
suojects, aud are well equipped to
give valuable aid to . Michigan men
interested in tbe industry.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the Knights of
Pythias for the beautiful flowers sent
us during our sickness.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stoy.
W. C. T. U.
The W. C, T. Di will meet witb
Mrs. H. W. Burd-on Thursday of
next week at 2 p. m. Miss Edna
Seeiey will be leader. Every member
should be present.
I
We wisn to express onr gratitude
for the loving kindness and care tbat
was given my wife and children after
being burnt and injured tbe night we
lost our home by fire and for tbe
kind assistance and help that was
rendered us by onr neighbors and
friends and the many that aided ns
in any way. Words cannot express
our appreciation for everyone's untiring efforts in our beba'f.
* . ■ *- 1 O. H. Breen
Wife and Children.
AUCTION
On Thnrsdsv, Feb. 10, V. Eisen-
bauer has an auction, sale on Sec 21,
Surrey. It Is not a largo sale but the
tools he offers are sll in good condition and tbo cows are to be fresh at
an early data. Farmers are not so
busy now aad doubtless Mr. Eisen-
baaor will bava a
list la tbis
tloosar.
good crowd.
Oao< Davlsoa
Sao
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Object Description
| Title | 1921-02-03; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1921-02-03 |
| Publisher | R.G. & F.A. Jefferies |
| Description | Thursday, February 3, 1921 issue of the Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
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| Title | 1921-02-03; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1921-02-03 |
| Publisher | R.G. & F.A. Jefferies |
| Description | Thursday, February 3, 1921 issue of the Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | This material is in the public domain. |
| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Transcript | ato "^"^%7—^ ^t^^A^js; X ■'O-1 "t ""v. «""" »» '-Jc*: -~ "'t<^,' ^«-JST- ~TCfl»C^ ~7*-."">*S "7 if*' - T,**"i'*i^ - tVBOOY READS THE CLARE SENTINEL Ittsteblished 1878 .^♦^■- v-^.- ■*^-««jr **'*& '^>"- 4^ > ^ "\ Official Paper of.' fClare County ~"Y- ULAJ^^ICHieAN. THURSDAY MORNING FEB. 3, 1921 New Series: Vol. 2£ Bfoi'l^ STARVING CHINA Appealing To The World For Food. INTENSE COLD Adds To The Suffering ^People. Tax AUTO LICENSE Reduction. Proposed Northern Counties. In AUTOMOBpf Trailers Will Be Turned Out In A Few Days.. t - K-y '- ■ - — ■ 1 ■ ■. ►sT^China today shares . with Armenia '* ia calling for tbe sympathy and help " 'of tbe world. Indeed of course from 7 ber immense population China calls *"- *or vastly greater help. We are read- f ing bow it is common in some sections . for parents to sell tbeir children for ' a trifling sum, driven as tbey are to desperation. F ' Our readers will remember the very Interesting personal glimpses given of Ohina through extracts from letters of Dr. Dennis Smith, a medical missionary tbere. - Mrs. Smith wbo has A bill has been intodu^ed in tbe legislature to make a 25% reduction in the auto license tax in counties nortb of the line of Mason. Lake, ^ Of The Osceola, Clare Gladwin etc. Tbis proposed reduction is due to the fact tbat autos cau be run very ll*»t?e in these northern counties tiuriog tbe winter. :" ..•'.- _, "-■■ In Memoriam. How can I ever wrile tbis and yet I must. I knew her batter than anyone else aud it would seam almost sacrilege for m^ to ailow another to doit. Far along the journey of life we bave traveled together and sbe clung to me tbe more closely as tbe da>s went by Of late sbe could scarcely bear to Bee me out of ber country ! eight and -'Good-bye, dear" alwavs ROAD LEVELERS , Already Being* Manufactured / Iii Small Way. SAD TRAGEDY Raymond Green Killed In Accident. Auto spent several yeare in tbat witb her husband is now at tbe borne [ followed me as we parted. In her of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Little-[death, several of her prayers were fie'd*: in Farwell and bas sent as a answered. She died in my arms as letter received not long ago from ber i she wished, death came quickly and busbaod from which we give extracts.. We shall be compelled to divide tbe letter giving only a portion this week. ' He says: .-_ "I left Pekin Monday morning and wben I arrived at Tietsin went at once to tbe Mission where I stayed with , the Winans. We also visited Naakai school and the Famine Relief catnp near by. We found the camp crowd- , ed with t people - from the famine regions, living in mat sheds, covered with a layer of dirt and mud, the but being half below ground. These buts are not as good as those constructed during flood relief times. EacQ bnt has from four to eight people and in a space wbich ordinarily holds only two or three people. The people re* ceive fuel, hot water and a small allowance of grain and do their own cooking. The relief here is being carried on by tbe Relief societies in Tietsin and our mission is doing its share. Dr. Miller is more than busy looking after tbe women and children. It is said that tbere are from five to twenty births a day and it is easy to believe it for there are about 36,000 people in the camp wbich covers about a mile • Bqaare. Of conrBe Dr. Miller does not attend to alt tbese cases, but tbere is much sickness among the people which is a natural consequence of tbeir liviner under sucb conditions. At present small poz and influenza are rife among tbem. Tbe most pitiful sight was on the outside of tbe camp where there were fully four hundred persons wair- ng for admission to tbe camp. As yet tbere were not enough hats prepared for tbem and so they were waiting, shivering, huddled together in little family groups, waiting for something to happen. Most of tbem were women, children and old men. It was pitiful to aed them trying to .get as much warmth as possible out of tbe sunshine and by tbeir Closeness together. Tbe night before we arrived one of tbem froze to death and it was easy to see tbe reason why. Many of tbem in ordea to travel to Tietsin where they had beard help would be given them bad sold all their bedding and possessions, except tha clothes on their backs. Just let me assure yon also that the nights are mighty cold in December. We left Tietsin . Tuesday morning and traveled for about five hours, arriving; at a place called Pao Ton Oben about 3 p. m. We tben took carts and traveled 25 li (8 miles) into tbe country to Nan Pi Helen, a small walled town wbere onr Mission is OOUQUCunK £ >>usiuc Toilol Station. , Rev. Mark Brown was iu charge. We had a good supper, plain but warm and nourishing, on tin plates and then made up our beds on some ~ boardjs, fixed for us in the room I whlob is "really tbe church or chapel. ; Wo used tbe pulpit as a bureau for .our clothes etc. There was a stove ia the room bnt it made a feeble resistance to the cold which emanated from tbe bricks on tbe floor and the mud wall and the paper windows. £ We bad plenty of cover and so slept warmly enough, the only difficulty was tbat In the morning my legs and t* sboalders aebed from supporting' the - n*a—y weights of the bed clothes dur- ii»a* tbo night. "* ' *. ~7 Continued next week. the sun was shining Come And Learn. Hi yon don't know anything, corns Lea 126 H. 4th St. aad laarn ^nothing getting your elothos cleaned, repaired and lined. I will -tbw,js#. ~ John Aodabaogh. brightly as ber body was lowered into the grave. Tbe one thing physical that sbe feared was a long, lingering sickness. • I ana always ready to go'\sbe would say, "and when I go I pray tbat I may go quickly". No person was ever more sensitive to tbe sunshine. To ber it simply transformed the earth. Many times she had said.to me, "I hope tbe sun will De shining when nay body is borne to tbe grave". Ber prayer was answered and the little tired body rests, as sbe wished, beside tbe boy whose tragic death nearly cost her life. * Left motherless at tbe early age of fourteen years, her motber heart went in love to every child and no matter where we lived sbe was always thiukiug and planning what couid be done for tbe children - and young people of tbe community. H<*r charity was boundless and sbe could never bear to condemn anyone. "Let ub judge not", she would say, "parbaps if we bad been iiketempted, we would have failen" Her judgement of people was almost unerring and I never knew ber intuitioua to be at fault. The very presence of some people affected ber strangely. I could never quite understand tbe source of ber power in appealing to people, but so it was. ftiany years ago when we lived upon a farm and our children attended the little country school near Oy, she joined with the teacher in arranging a program in honor of the birthday cf the poet Whittier. When they had decided to do this, she told me one day that sbe was going to write to Whittier and ask him to say ^me tbicg for the children. I tried to dissuade her from doing anything ao foolish Wbittier was then an old man, in poor health, and of course would pay no attention to such a request. I do not know what she wrote bim, I never saw her letter, but in a few days tbere came back a long autographic letter from tbe Quaker poet, among the last, perhaps tbe last tbat he ever wrote, for he died soon afterward. In ~ tbis letter, among other things, he said, "I have upon my desk scores of letters that I bave not the strength to answer*'. It is safe to say that most of these letters were from personal friends. Many of them prominent in life, yet tbese bad remained unanswered and be had written to a total stranger, touched by something in ber letter. So in the later year wben Mary Autin had become a national figure and she wrote ber there came back a letter contain^ ing page after page of large sised letter head, delving into things in her private life that sbe bad not touched npon in ber autobiography and closed by saying, "Now this is tbe longest letter I have ever in my life written to a stranger*'. I verily believe that if she had written to the Czar of Russia or the German Kaiser, she would have received a personal answer. No person ever prized friends more than did she. Many times ahe bad spoken of friends here whose friend- We paid a hasty visit to-the. *'Furnace Factory" building on Tuesday. It is no longer aromsce. factory but is to be the home . of the Heather Trailer, tbe finest thing of its bind in the world, we are assured and' of tbe Northon Road Leveler which is too well known to need any commendation from us. ■ .'■ 7 ."■.-■ --. ■■;Xy .: ..- We found quite a part of , the ma^ cbinery installed aad men busy erect- j ingva large oveit to be used . in heating iron preparatory to bending it as desired. Mr. Heather informs - us tbat it-will not be very long before tbe manufacture of the< trailer here will begin. A The hrat installment of tbe Ho ad Leveler ie beintr assembled. A change wbieja will doubtless be a decided' improvement ia being made. A set of wheels is to be placed io the rear, the driver having a seat where be x-eadily reaches two levers that control tbe machine When it is desired to shift tbe machine to one side, tbe purpose is quickly accomplished. . * _ - We are informed tbat tbe mails bring ten or a dozen inquiries every day and from practically tbe entire country. Orders are being placed for early spring delivery and quite a little force of men will doubtless be employed bere at an early day. On Monday evening, somewhere about 1G:30, at a point three fourths of a mile east of tbe Grant Town Hall, Raymond Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dell Gre»n of Mann Siding, met hi death as the result of the'overturning of his automobile wbicb be was driving. In company with Leo Campeau be was in tbis city in tbe evening leaving here about 9*80. When reaching tbe point above indicated, he in some way lost control of the car and could not regain it. The car ran to the side of the road, striking a stone wbicb broke the spokes from both wheels on one side of tbe car, which, finally turned over, apparently killing young Greeu almost instantly and somewhat injuring bis companion. Young Campeau was uoconscioqs for a time but succeeded- in extricating himself from tbe car and going to a nearby, telephone called * Dr. ■Reeder who went to the scene. Finding young Green dead, be summonecT Undertaker Gould who brought the bbdy to this city. It will be taken to Harrison today and tbe funeral beld tbere. ' "s-. ■ i. . ^ N Tbe young man was not quite 17 years old and Bad been at work for Manuel Sutton two or three months. Mr. Sutton speaks of him-in the very "Sometime, dear, I'll hold your trembling hand And plead tbe passing moments for i delay; Wben one of us must pass beyond the real And one must stay. It matters not to as which it shall be Who firBt shall tread along tbe bidden "ways; Sat may God be gentle in tbat lone'y hour v To the one who etays". Enoch Andrns REVIVAL MEETINGS Church *-■ EXAMINATION At Congregational A Success. OPENING SERVICE At The Methodist Feb." 10. For -%tb Class Postmaster To Be . Held Feb. 26. One of our churches has al eveotnge been holding revival services and another begins ~Feb. 10. At the Congregational church Rev. Badgi<»y is doing che work alone, so far aa the preaching is concerned, or, as ne qxpresses it, be is his own evangelist. We have cot been able to attend any of the meetings but bear from r ;veral sources that they are a success. The interest, and at-1 Tbe U. S. Civil Service Commission announces an examination to be beld in this city Feb 26 from which s it is expected to fili a contemplated Church vacancy . for postmaster at Lake. The salary there is *787 and applicants must reside within the " terri- for sever- tory supplied by the office. . CLARE STUDY * ______ ■■■' v- -" Club "Met At The High School Peb. 1. CLARE COUNTY ——-^—— ■*. ■■- s ■ m History Interesting .Topic The Day. ^ For Important Interest Oecision. highest terms. The sympathy goes to the bereaved parents. all snip sbe prized and which had meant so much to ber. I assure all snch tbat their friendship was not misplaced. No better woman *»ver lived. Her life was woite through and through and surely I ought to know. 1 am satisfied now that sbe had a premonition of her death. Only tbe night before as sbe sat upon my lap with arms about my neok between sobs she rspsatod softly these words: >9ow la sail—s nan»r»able I wbattaoy Someone has aaid that the tragedy- of motherhood is training children to get along without their motber. Tbat i» not the only tragedy ot motherhood. Svery mistake and wrong step taken by children is a tragedy to their mother. I think I have been helped most by my mother's life by the thought that if I did wrong it would grieve my motber to know tbat her boy would be so unworthy of the high example set bim by his mother's life as to stoop to anything mean or ignoble.' Ber absolute unselfishness, her constant consideration for other people, manifested in tbe highest degree toward ' ber children, helped to smooth away the rough- places along tbe path of cbildbooti, and has been a constant source of inspiration to me in later life. ' - ' Springfield, 111. Charles S. Andrus —f " Since mother's death, I bave been thinking of the wonderful influence which she had, not alone over my life-, but aloo of the many lives with which, she came in contact. Her influence was one which is more easily realized than described, and. it is rather difficult to single cut anyone particular way, more than Another in which her influence was exerted. However, if I were \o attempt to name one particular trait of character, 1 «uOuld put first ber unselfish service - for others. • While ber physical strength had for years been unequal to ber own duties, yet she was continually thinking of, and doing for others. Tbis trait of character is one of my latest impressions, and constitutes a fond and blessed memory. To my mind, she exemplified in her life, in a quiet, unostentatious way, the teachings, of tbe Great Master, wbo came to do good to others. i_-7- Lansing, Micb. Roy Andrns Respectfully Declined. v We have just received from tbe American Tobacco Co. a contract for advertising and a box full of cuts setting forth tbe wonderful qualities of a certain brand of cigarettes. Tnese people do not haggle : about price. Publishers can charge about anything tbey please if tbey will only do the work. No one will ever see a cigarette ad in the tbe Clare Sentinel while the present owner controls it. 'J A million dollars an inch could not put • one there. No boy will ever say that he was induced to smoke cigarettes by an alluring ad be saw in the Sentinel. Wberkwe cannot make a living by publishing a paper that is decent, we will quit and dig ditches, chop wood, teach school or something. We bave done all of them and can again ir necessary. RURAL SCHOOL" May Consolidation Law I Changed, Be A bill introduced by Sen. Amon, of Mecosta, if enacted, would simplify tbe consolidation of rural schools It provides that several scbool districts may be consolidated either by the several districts voting as a unit or upon petition of a majority of the legal scbool electors of each district concerned. A consolidated district may be organized at any time instead of only in July. Under tbe proposed act tbe term rural scbool shall include school districts containing cities and villages, of 1505 population or less. Now the limit is 1000. The bill also provides tbat scbool districts containing within their border cities or villages of more than 1500 population may unite under tbe terms of tbe rural agricultural act without state aid. Provision of the present act requiring that each consolidated school bave 20 aeries o laud would be repealed. The bill would grant ttOOa state aid to each such consolidated, scbool Instead of J600. as is now given and would provide $400 for trans-, portation In place of *f 00, tbe present amount. Card of Thanks t*fot nntil tbe boy becomes a man does he realize what the life and influence ot a motber meant, to him in tbe earlier years, and tben tbey bave a meaning deeper than words can express. My mother's faith in a Heavenly father who makes an things work together for good bas beipOd to give* mo an understanding of What life moans; aad bar earnest desire, so often expressed, tbat bar boys sboalaf no good boys, will remala an a ttgbt to beckon toward the bast and alga-. To the many friends wbo so kindly assisted ns -during onr recent bereavement, the O. E. 8. and F. Sc A M. fraternities, tbe District Bar Association, the Oounty and Oity officials and many^others who proved tbeir friendship by expressions of sympathy; also for the floral offerings, we wish to express onr slnceae thanks. Mrs. George J. Cummins Ma. and Mrs. Leo B. May. Rarrisoa, Mlob. Aadraslteg . Mrs. J. W. Dunlop met with qnrte a serious fall Thursday while on tbe walk near Derby's Kandy Kitchen. She was taken to tbo Dnalop store In a jptssing csr, aad will probably bs eonJiaed to bar borne for several days. . We uadorstaad tbis Is tba seoond aooident of a similar natare happening lately at .{jrimfNMftlt^Je Tendance are increasing. Last evening tbe Odd Fellows were invited to attend in a body and tats (Thursday) evening the High School pupils are expected. -»..,. 7 Rev. Badgley informs tbat be feels the meetings are accomplishing the purposes designed. The success of a revival is not measured by tbe number of converts, but by the Dew life and zeal" instilled inz.o the church. On Thursday evening, Feb. 10, meetings begin at tbe Methodist cburch. We are not informed as tto detail* or bow long tbe meetings are likely to continue, Evangelist Owen whose cut appears upon tbis page will conduct th^-meeting while J". W. Alexander will lead the ing. -■> Rev. sing- NO FRAUD In Count Of Ballots As Yet. Is Shown Down to tbe close of last week, the senatorial committee having in charge the count of tbe Ford Newberry ballots bad canvassed tbe votes of 1901 of tbe 2232 precincts of the state, this including one ward of tbe city of Detroit. Tbe counties were taken in alphabetical order so t\\a^ we judge the remaining precincts most be in Wayne, Washtenaw and Wexford. Thus far the net Ford gain bas been 2592. The original majority shown for Mr. Newberry was 750.J, so there seems not the least probable that tbe total recount will change the result. Tbe committee, Democrats and Republicans alike, are un mimous iu the declaration that no evidence of fraud is shown in the original count. One would think it incredible that after all these years any board would fan to initial ballots, yet such is the case "frequently and this one blunder accounts for most of tbe gains made by Mr. Ford. Few people we apprehend, ever took any stock in tbe idea tbat boards in tbis state bad deliberately entered into a conspiracy to count Mr. Ford out. ■•■>. x . ■■••■- A recent decision ' handed down*y tba Supreme Court of Michigan is to tbe effect tbat debtors may deduct from tbe principal of their debts tbe amouat of any 7 usurious interest charged them, even though the collection of interest is over a oeriod of years and on a series of notes. Tbe caae was that df the Gladwin State Bank against Herbert L. Dow. Mr. Dow borrowed S300 from the bank in 1906, explaining that he would need the money for a considerable time. The bank took a 90-day note witb interest at 7%, agreeing to permit renewal from time to time. Mr. Dow paid $6 as interest, which amounted to 8% instead of toe ie&al 7%. The note was renewed 47 times, $6 being paid eacb time. The bank finally sued on tbe note. Mr. Dow's defense was that tbe interest was usurious and tbat, therefore, tbe whole amount of interest paid on the series of 48 notes snould be computed as payments on tbe principal. Tbe trial court held that tbe only usury it could consider was that evident in tbe last note, and rendered a judgement is favor of tbe bank amounting to tbe face of the note minus the interest paid on that particular note, a total of $296.— In an exhaustive opinion written by Justice Fellows, the six justices wbo sat iu tbe case declared that tbs taint of usury ran tbroueb the whole series of notes and that tbe interest paid on each was, therefore, forfeit, It also declares that no importance can be attached to the fact i bat tbe interest was paid iu Kdvance and was called ••discount". "We are satis tied that by the overwhelming weight of authorii.y in tnis state two propositions are established" the opinion says. "Oce is that where a renewal note is given containing and providing for usurious interest, the defense of usury not only on the particular note sued ou but in all of its prede ceaeors wbere usury exists, is available to tbe debtor as a defense. Tbe other is tbat^ as between the parties to the transaction, ^aU payments of usurious interest made on series of notes will be app:;ed by the law to tbe extinguishment or tbtr debt." ' Mich. Investor. Many Thanks. Our hearts go out in gratitude to all who aided in our hour of sorrow in the death of our wife and mother. No person —as ever more in love witb the beautiful things of life than was she, and her casket was literally buried with beautiful flowers. They came from so many sources that if we undertook to name them we would he sure to omit some. From business houses, fraternities, onr office force,' groups and individuals. Nothing can take away the sorrow and the sadness, bnt tbe sympathy of friends aids much. Enoch Andrns and Family. Card of Thanks Tbe Club held * Clare County day' meeting at the school bouee Tuesday, Feb. 1st witb a good number of tbe membership present, also all of the school faculty, moat of the higb school pupils and a few of the town people. -■'- :> ••- The meeting was presided over by Vice Pres. Mrs. H. A; Anderson. Roll call—Bioneer Incidents—was responded to by a number of tbe ladies with some interesting facts- concerning pioneer days of the Co. Very excellent music was furnished ' by the High School Orchestra aud the Girls Glee Club Both responded to tbe encore and was much en* joyect by all. , ' - , ... A class of grade pupils, very nicely conducted by Miss McDonald, told us ail about tbe geography of Clare Go. Tbe only paper for the program was a History cf Clare Co. prepared by Mrs. T. S. Dorsey^. Tbis was very interesting and showed that she had spared no time and patience in looking up :De r ariy hi^iury of the county. It began from tne rime it was a wilderness aud traced it through tbe steady growth to our present Clare Oo. of which* we are so justly proud. Adjourned to meet witb Mrs. C. C. Harris Feb. 15th. The Olub ladies wish to extend our appreciation and thanks to the teachers and pupils for their kind hospitality and assistance in the program. V-^ L C. W. SUGAR BEET Meeting At M. A. C. 8-9. February Card of Thanks We wish to express our sincere thanks to tbe many kind friends and neighbors for their kindness curing the illness and death of our dear little one. Especially would we thank Rev. Bates and tbe singers. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Credit. . Problems of interest both to Michigan beet growers and to sugar manufacturers will betaken up at a gatber- iu<^ of state sugar beet men at tbe Michigan Agricultural College, on Feb Sand 9. All men interested in the sugar beet crop are invited to attend the meeting, for wbich an in- 1 terosting and instructive program has been arranged. ' Leading authorities of tbe sugar beet industry are scheduled- to speak: during tbe conference,, taking up- different phases of the work. Ex— bibus of special beet machinery, sent in by various manufacturers, .will be on <:-.«play during tbe meeting. Su^ar beet culture *and seed production wit-h special reference to M:£h:gd.o conditions, will be discussed by U C. Townsend, W. BE. Burns, aud J. B. W. Tracy, from the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. These men have written several farmers bulletins on these suojects, aud are well equipped to give valuable aid to . Michigan men interested in tbe industry. Card of Thanks We wish to thank the Knights of Pythias for the beautiful flowers sent us during our sickness. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stoy. W. C. T. U. The W. C, T. Di will meet witb Mrs. H. W. Burd-on Thursday of next week at 2 p. m. Miss Edna Seeiey will be leader. Every member should be present. I We wisn to express onr gratitude for the loving kindness and care tbat was given my wife and children after being burnt and injured tbe night we lost our home by fire and for tbe kind assistance and help that was rendered us by onr neighbors and friends and the many that aided ns in any way. Words cannot express our appreciation for everyone's untiring efforts in our beba'f. * . ■ *- 1 O. H. Breen Wife and Children. AUCTION On Thnrsdsv, Feb. 10, V. Eisen- bauer has an auction, sale on Sec 21, Surrey. It Is not a largo sale but the tools he offers are sll in good condition and tbo cows are to be fresh at an early data. Farmers are not so busy now aad doubtless Mr. Eisen- baaor will bava a list la tbis tloosar. good crowd. Oao< Davlsoa Sao -**-jfe *SKS pxi 7*,, * J. W.OWBN c# ,*>. i^W-i i_g_-1 |
