1912-05-17; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878
Pleasure On The Farm. '
Oh, 'tis royal fun to frolic
On the fragrant, hew-mown hay,
To Toll and romp and tumble,
And while the time away,
What a joy to lie and slumber,
Innocent of worldly care,
On the clover in the.haymow,
When some other's put it there.
What a joy when one is thirsty,
Ere as yet 'tis time to sup,
To consume the sweet ambrosia
That the cows have yielded up—
To drink out of the milkpail.
While you poise it in the air-
When some other has extracted
The rich fluid that is there.
What a joy.it is, in summer
To be free upon the farm;
Ah, the very air seems freighted
With a mystic Bort of charm:
Bound and over all a dreamy,
Peaceful spirit seemB to lurk-
That iB, if you do the dreaming,
While some other does the work.
(JLAKE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING}, MAT 17, 191S,
New Series: Vol. 20, No. 27
LIST OF JURORS
Drawn To Serve At May
Of Court.
Term
Arjihnr, Olarence Shull, Geo. Bryan.
Franklin, Everette L. Wallace.
Freeman, Leonard Berry.
Frost, Amos W. Toman,
Garfield, Samuel Sohermerhorn.
Grant, Rudolph Holtz.
Greenwood, Edward Fike.
.Hamilton, Arthur. Long.
Hatton, Clarence Durfee.
Hayes, William Shaffer.
Lincoln, Harry Kress.
, Redding, Frank Barber.    -
Sheridan, Perry Davis.    -
Summer field, James Garland.
Su?ry, Adam J. Cline*
Winterfield, Simon Alveson.
Clare, Ward 1, Jno. H. Ross.
-■"       "       2, Thomas J. Dwyer.
"      "       3, TJ. H. Patrick.
Harrison, Ward 1, Elmer Hughes.
." "«      2, Ellis Hughes.
" "      3,  Ohas. Widner.
Lelf For England.
LADIES MINSTRELS
A note from Rev. Shipway of Lake
side, Ont., dated May 3, states that
Mrs. Shipway and little son sailed
from St. Johns, N. B. for England on
the Empress of Britian, April 26.
They will spend the summer at the
old home. Before leaving Mrs. Ship-way was tbe recipient of many-sub-
"r stantial tokens from the people of
Lakeside.
NO SECRECY.
Cadillac Express Agent   Wants
None Of It.
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The following from, the Oadillae
News and Express would seem to indicate tbat one express company at
least does not; propose to assist in
law'violations.   It says:
"Agent Dickmire of the Adams Express company does not believe in
permitting'.young men who are under
age to call at his office and receive
whiskey and beer shipped in from
oUt9ide places.    He will have none
' of it, by the way, and Saturday evening he explained in detail, to some
young fellows just why he refused to
allow them to cart away a couple
cases of beer. He has the authority,
he says, to refuse to deliver to those
under age intoxicating liquors and he
will exeroise that authority to. the
limit.       • >
'Anyone who is getting beer or
whiskey through this office while it
,is 'dry' will not find the express messenger with orders to carry it down
the alley and into their cellar the
back way. On the contrary that
stuff goes as far as the front porch.
We will handle a case o£ beer or a
package containing Whiskey the
fjame as we would handle a hat or
suit of clothes shipped through ns.'
This is in accordance to/ recent
orders."  	
Decoration Day.
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The committee having 4the matter
in charge iB making arrangements
for on interesting program! for Dee-
oration day. As will be seen by notice elsewhere, the* Sunday services
will be held in the>M. Ev church' this
. year. On Decoration day -the exercises as usual will be at tbe .cemetery. Dr. Mulder and Fred Thompson are a committee on music.
Amos S. Musselman of Grand Rapids
Show Clears $75 For Woman's
• Dept. of Bi-County Fair.      .
The -minstrel show last Friday
night was a winner. A. full) house
was entertained with a good show
and, incidentally, the deserving
women's department of the fair was
enriched by about seventy-five dollars. The stage was tastily decorated and the raising of the curtain
disclosed an array of black feminine
faces relieved by a quartette of four
girls in white with handsome plumed
black hats.' An end girl asked the
interlocutor why the chicken crossed
the road and the big show was off.
Mrs. Bertha Gray proved a yery
acceptable interlocutor, the gags of
the end girls passing off in orthd.dox
fashion. End girls, Fern Barber and
Jo Terry sang pleasing solos, and
Marie Crampton, a sweet voice that
we have not had opportunity to hear'
often before. The' fourth end girl,
Florence White, led Ihe chorus in
tbe final number, Alexander's Band.
.The quartette, composed of.Misses
Nellie Jackson, Bessie Alger, Mildred'
Davy and Clara LaPierre, was a particular success, having to respond to
an encore to their opening number
and to every solo by tbeir .members.
Justice to the first part of the show
requires particular mention of the
most capable work of Miss Flossie
McKeever at the piano and of Miss
Nellie Long upon the violin. The
orchestra, a most essential and the
hardest worked part of a musical
show, doesn't get in- the limelight
and is apt to fail, of its just appreciation.
The second part of the show consisted of individual numbers opening with a solo, "Tomorrow,"' by
Leigh Wilson of Harrison, accompanied by his sister, Miss Sadie Wilson. Mr. Wilson's is a familiar face
in Olare but we have not had opportunity to bear him publicly sing here
before and we will be glad to welcome him again. Ad. Rogers was
back with a new Irish monologue.
Bruce Benjamin, a favorite Saginaw
singer, rendered a group of three
songs, "The Rosary," "Die Lotus
Blume," and -'A Dream." Mr. Benjamin is a talented singer whom we
are. thankful to have been able to
hear at this time. Champ Clark
Oanfield, Jr. with a rube make-up
and his pup sang "Quit* Kicking my
DowgAroun". Don was good and
had to do- it some more to satisfy
the crowd. By request Mr. Benjamin returned and sang, "Oh.Mother
of Mine." The show closed with a
Dutch sketch by Jo Terry and Bill
Adams, introducing two songs. Bill
and Jo are established favorites and
as usual were there with the goods.
Many thanks are due those 'Who
have labored so earnestly for tbe
success of this show as it was given
in a worthy cause and will give the
fair quite a boost.  -
Our Bpys Repeat.
Last -Friday the ball teams of the
Ciare and Coleman High * Schools
again tried conclusions at the Driving Park, and the result .was highly
'j)lensing to "the numerous rooters, the
fliial #core being 8 to 6 in favor of
Clare. Aside train. the first inning
in which each team coaxed four*
runners across, both teams put up a
highly superior article of, ball for
amateurs. Coleman tried two 'pitchers, but neither ■ offered' anything
worth bidding on. On tbe other
hand, Wbite was very steady through
most of the* game, and crawled out
of several pinches like a veteran.
The day was ideal, and the grounds
are. improving. The orpwd was
large enough to indicate tbat the city
likes good base ball, and the fans
are in the proper mood to patronize
regular games. Our town team
ought to be at work these days.
Here is the score by innings:
Clare 4 ,6- 2   2   0   0   0   1*   9
Coleman    4   0   10   0   0   0   10   6
RESOLUTIONS
Adopted
By
No.
Grant
1024.
Grange
Whereas, it has pleased God onr
all wise Father .to remove from oar
midst our worthy brother, Scott
Lackey, and .  ,
Wbereras, in tbe passing of our
brother the Grange loses a desirable
member, therefore be it,
Resolved r that while we, ' Grant
Grange No. 1024, realize and
feel our loss, it is nothing as compared to the sorrow of the 'parents
Who have loved and lost.'
Resolved, that we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the parents and
relatives of our brother in. this time
of their great affliction.
Also be it further resolved that
these.resolutions be spread on our
Grange records and that copies be
sent to our local papers and to the
Michigan Patron for publication.
Mrs. Libbie Arnold,
♦   -     Mrs. Sophia Garchow,
Mrs. Mariab Cavanaugh.
HARRISON.
Interesting Items from -Correspondent at County Capital.
School Entertainment.
On Monday evening next, there
will be given at the High School an
operetta, "Boy Bine," by the teachers and pupils. This is one of the
regular entertainments of the course
and it certainly deserves the hearty
support of every friend of the school.
Supt. Poulson sod his teachers are
endeavoring, under many discouraging circumstances, to give the people
a course of entertainments that are
clean and all right, and the preparation for this one bas meant no little
hard work for teachers and pupils.
Let our citizens encourage these
efforts by. their presence and sympathy;   .
May Crop Report,
The crop report issued May 7 and
covering the month of April, shows
the average condition of growing
wheat-to be 63, as against 84 one
month ago. As usual, it is poorest in
the southern part of the state and
the condition grows better as one
journeys northward. The reports indicate that 22 percent of the growing
crop will be plowed up.'    .
Rye seems to have survived the
winter in better shape, with meadows
and pastures a close second.
From every peach growing section
of the, state comes the statement
that trees and buds have been- badly
damaged by the severe,winter. The
outlook for all kinds of fruits is below that of last year.
\  PENSION' INCREASE
Court convenes next "Monday. -
Mrs. F. M. Morrissey'entertained
her cousin, Mrs. Edward Rogers of
Manistee, the first of tha week. .
The Editor of the Glare Sentinel
was doing business At the r County
Capital last Wednesday.
Miss Mazy Casey is home from
Leota.     , '_
Mrs. Wm. Holmes of Clare spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Crawford.
Mrs. Catherine Oosgrove returned
from the south part of the state the
latter part of tbe week.
Mrs. Wm. .Hill returned Tuesday
evening from Flint where^she has
spent the winter.
Mrs. Chas. Oarr was at Saginaw
Tuesday.
' Mrs. Johanna Rhodes- and little
son, Arthur E., are visiting relatives
in the city.
C. J.' Pease waB appointed Health
Officer last Thursday.
Harvey Kirshbaum returned from
Evart, Saturday. .
Miss Beatrice Toman was mt Olare
Tuesday.
MrB. Mable Lowe of Lansing. is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Wm. Budd,
of this city. i
Little Leona Halletmet with quite
a serious accident last Tuesday by
drinking coal oil, mistaking it for a
drink of water. .     '
Miss Helen and Master Henry Oanfield of Olare came up to spend Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. H. H.
Bogue.
The play entitled "The. Wolf,"
which was> played here last Thurs*
day .evening was a "high class show"
and the manager of the opera house,
H. K. p.a—pbell,, was fortunate in
securing the Company for tbis to'wri.
The players are all "artists" and
those that witnessed the play,give
them high praise.
Mrs. A. R. Oanfield of Clare,
visited relatives in the city Tuesday.
Services Were not held at the
Oong'l church- last Sunday, there
being a ".cave in" there was no fire
in the furnace. '
Mrs, Harvey Kirshbaum entertained
the Little Sunbeams at her home last
Tuesday,
Anthony A. Rogers has moved
household effects to the County
firmary this Week.
Mt. Vernon Grange.
.Attendance   at    Grange   Monday
evening 45,  -
Receipts from Grange dance $34.50.
Our new library will soon be here.
Come to Grange and get a good book
to read.
The degree team from Mt. Vernon
attended 'Grange meeting*" at'West
Grant Friday evening, May 10, and
initiated about 36 new members. A
good time.was reported, with a real
live Grange, ' there being about 80
present.
A Health Program was enjoyed by
all Monday evening.' Many valuable
suggestions being made.
Program for Monday eyening May
20. , Subject, The Home.
Song, "Dear Old Farm."
Roll call, Soma recollections of my
old home'.
Pioneer stories,. Ohas. Northon,
Jno Harring, and Allen McDonald.
Duet, "My Childhood Home," Mrs.
Walter Wbite and Anna Northon.
Relation of .flower garden to the
home, MrB.   S. Thayer..
Recitation, Mrs. Vance Warren.
Duet and chorus, "Old'Black Joe,?'
Effie Durnin and Myra Asline.
. Influence of rural environments in
the development of tbe child, Myra
Asline. '
Song, Grange. -        '"
Church News.
his
In-
Union Service.
FARMERS' PICNIC
On
To Be Held At Mt.' Pleasant
June 12.
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The annual farmers' picnic, will be
held at Island Park, Mt. Pleasant,' on
Wednesday,iJune 12th. Mayor Deuel
invites representatives of the Grange,
Gleaners,.and other farmer ,organizations to meet at the council rooms
in Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, May 18,
to make arrangements for the event.
Likes Oregon.
A letter from James' Hersey at
Asbland, tOregon, encldsing subscription to Sentinel, states that they
are pleased with the "country  thus
has been secured for sn addresB and. ** and hll<? a !erv Peasant trip from
there will be one other good speaker.
Full particulars next week,'
here. Ashland is a pretty town with
everything up to date. Fruit trees
in blossom when they arrived there
March 26, and no frosts since of any
conseqnence.   The many friends here
Union Memorial services at M. E.
church on Sunday, May 26. Members of G. A. R. requested to meet at
Oity Hall at 10 a. m., sun time.
By order of Committee.
CATHOLIC
■  FATHER J. J. MCALLISTER,  PABTOB
Mass at 8:00 a. m.
Alar Society.meets next week with
Mrs. J, Welch.
LUTHERAN
REV. O. WAIDELICH, PASTOR.
Morning service at Olare in German. Service at Hermanadale in the
evening.
BAPTIST,
REV. I. WILBUR KNIGHT,   PASTOR.
Services at the usual hours.
METHODIST.
* REV* QUINTON WALKER, PASTOR.
Morning subject, "Man'8 Value To
The World."   Evening, "Life's Enigma Solved."
,   Men's Class, "Bottom Facts."
L. A. S. Friday with Mrs. Loyangie
Randall. _
.Auxiliary' next   Wednesday   with
Mrs. F, H, Broderick.
CONGREGATIONAL
JOSEPH L. KENNEDY, PASTOR
Morning Theme, "Thomas the Believer." * Evening, "Evil In The
World."
Junior O. E. 3:00 P. M. "Why and
how to.please Christ." 2 Tim. 2:1-13.
Y. P. S. O. E. 6:30. Same subject
as Junior society.
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS.
Gets Results.
Certificates Issued   to Teachers
at Examination.
For-
Veterans Serving 90 Days
Or More. . .
On; Saturday tbja amended Sherwood pension bill was signed1 by
Pres. Taft. ..It jj.rovides a graded increase in ■ pension according to age
and length of' service for all who
served over 90 days and are now
oyer 62 years of age. Of course tbe
latter provision is merely a nominal,
one as all are now past that age.' -It
is said tbat there are still '420,965 of
these veterans and that this increase
will add about S35,000,000 to the pension rolls the* ;first year. The
veteran who is 75 years or over and
served three years, will receive. S30
per month.
Notice to AH Water Takers.
Notice is hereby given that all
water rents are now due.. The City
Clerk will be at E. A. • Anderson's
Drug Store to collect same every
evening'on and after Monday evening May 13th, 1912, to Friday even-'
ing May 3lst, and all ■ water rentB
that are not paid at that time will
be turned off on the first (1st) day of
June, 1912 until same is paid and
together with a fine of SO cents.    .   -
By Order of the Common Council.
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Address Wanted.
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On May 1st a subscription was paid
to our foreman, the paper to be sent
to Ernest O. Irwin, Clare route 3 as
it was understood . at. the time.
There seems to be no such person
on any route from Clare, Farwell or
Rosebush, and we are in utter ignor
Geo. Kauaar who has been spending the winter in Ohio was in town wUl be glad always to kWw" of" their -ance as to Mr. Irwin's proper ad*
yesterday.       _ • [prosperity. i dress.   Can any reader help us out?
Ffty-six applicants wrote . for certificates at the teachers' examination
held in this county on the last Thursday and' Friday in April. Of this
number twenty-one were successful
in passing. However, quite a number of teachers were writing for
second grade certificates and wrote
on only a major portion of the required subjects, intending to complete the examination in August.
Several teachers were entitled to renewals. Licenses to teach wera
issued to the following persons:
THIRD GRADE
Herman Bennett,   Clare.
Anna L. Geroux, "'
. Frank A. Hampton, "
Florence McKeever, "
Bernice Terwilligef, "
Quinton Walker, Jr. "
Florence L. Davy, "
Minnie Jones, Temple.
Coral Cadwell,      "
Mary E. Leitner, Arthur Tp. v
Loretta Mitchell, Hamilton Tp.
HazelJMcGuire, Hamilton Tp.
Raymond V. Rule, Arthur Tp.
Stella A^ Salisbury,  Leota.
Von H. Shaffer, Harrison.
Hazel Turner,   Harrison.
Nellie G. Bryan, Artbu>Tp.
Leora'Bailey, Hamilton Tp.'
Elvia E.-'Baker Freeman Tp.
SECOND GRADE
Christel He'ckathorn, Winterfield
Clyde D. Ritchie, Clarence,
SECOND GRADE RENEWALS
Julia M. Haven, Harrison.
Susan* Shepard, Farwell.
Anna Sullivan, Hamilton Tp. <
Sadie Taggart, Mt Pleasant.
Asa H. Aldrich. <
Com'r. of Schools.
Sentinel want ado pay.    Try them.
One man says his liner "House
a*nd lot for sale" must be discontinued quick. The bouse was sold at
once and now he is busy day and
night answering questions. Is sorry
he doesn't run a real estate business.
AH INTERESTING RELIC.
Paper   Issued   Morning    After
Lincoln's Assassination.
Mention was made last week in the
report  of the Eaykakee Olub of a-
copy of the New York Herald exhibited by Mrs. Vance  Warren.   Some
thirteen   years, ago   Mr.   Warren's
father   purchased    some, paint   in
Battle Creek and tbis   paper   waa
wrapped around the same.   It was
placed In the granary at home and
for sometime no one noticed its age.   -
How it chanced to be preserved bo
long and why the merchanfethas used
such a   valuable keepsake,  is   unknown.   It is a folio "Extra," issued,
at 8:10 a. m.t, April 15, tbe morning
after President   Lincoln's  Assassination-  The beading announces that,
it is  a "free   copy  presented    by  '
the Malena Company."     Evidently
this company   bad   great   faith  in
printer's ink for nearly two   pages,
or one half of the paper, is taken up
singing the praises of "Malena" and
"Liver Pills."    Perhaps this enterprising firm was the' fore-runner of
the Rexali and Nyal people of the
later days.
Of course the chief topic of the
paper is the assassination and this
takes np most of the first page. It
contains a brief account of the evacuation of Richmond by the Confederates, a proclamation issued by President Davis of tbe Confederacy'from
Danville, Va., on April 5, extract*
from various southern papers concerning the war, and quite an extended-account of Lee's surrender.
President Davis announces that he
will "never consent to abandon to-
the enemy one foot of the soil of any ■
one of the states of the Confederacy." The struggle will be contin- .
ued, he declares "until the baffled
and exhausted enemy shall abandon
in diBpair his endless and impossible
task of making slaves of people
resolved to be free." A few days
later Mr. Davis was captured in female attire, not nearly so certain
perhaps about that "endless and impossible task."
In discussing the battle of Petersburg, the Raleigh Confederate says
among other things: "All the prisoners whom we* captured were drunkr
having been prepared according to
the Yankee-tactics for the terrible
ordeal," This will doubtless be
Striking news for the Union-veterans. The same isbuo of this paper
announces the arrival in Raleigh Of a
Btock of shad and says "they went
off slowly at S50 per pair." One
gets here a little idea of the scarcity
of food and the worthlessness of the
Confederate currency.
This paper will be framed and be"
on exhibition in the show window*
at A. Thurston and Son's, where it
Will doubtless attract much attention.
MT. PLEASANT.
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Interesting News Items from Mt.
.    Pleasant and Vicinity;
A Good Road.
THE BLAKESLEE MURDER.
On Thursday evening,-the city was
shocked to bear of the shooting of
Mr. Blakeslee by Mit Reed. The
couple had quarreled about two
weeks before when Reed got • the
worst of it. This rankled in his
mind for some time, when he, borrowed a gun on the pretense of shooting a dog. He used large shot
from a ball-bearing bicycle. On
Thursday he waited for Mr. Blakeslee to pass on his way to supper and
when he did pass, Reed ran up to
to within a few feet of him and shot
him in the back. Blakeslee ran into
George Day's house and Reed went
and gave himself up. The wounded
man was taken to his boarding house
where he died at 5„ a. m., Friday
morning. He remained eoncious
most of the time and talked with his
mother, prosecuting attorney "Mathews and some of his' friends. There
was no hope, all the doctors conld
do was to relieve suffering. -His
funeral was held from the M. E.
church Sunday. Rev. Thos. Cox
preached a very fitting sermon' on
the sacr'edness of human life; The
coffin, a beautiful one, was covered
.with flowers, 'a tribute of many
friends. Hisjiremains were buried
near St. Louis where his people live.
The culprit is in jail and will likely
be tried in the oirctflt court. It is
probable that he will be defended -on
the insanity plea.
Henry S. G, House of Isabella-
blew into town on Monday and incidentally remarked that he had just-
seen one of the finest p'ieees of road
that be hadtrayeled ovfer in many a-
day, and Mr. House knows a road
when he sees it. This one in question was*, a mile of reward road between Hatton and Arthur, just completed by Thomas McGivern. Mr-
McGivern knows how to turn the-
trick and is now engaged on another
piece of road. Let the good work
go on.
SCHOOL NEWS.
Editors, Flnora Battles
Ethel Converse.    - .
Charles Conway is the new*scholar
in the first grade.    *   .
Miss Van Horn will teach the
second grade for the remainder of
the year on account .of the resignation of Miss Kane. «
The seventh grade are enjoying
tales from William Shakespeare.    , <
The eighth grade examination will,
be held in the eighth grade room on
May 16 and 16. -
The Seniors, have their subjects
for Commencement chosen and are
working on their assays.
Don't forget Field Day, Friday
June 7.
''Boy Blue," .an operetta will be
given by some of the pupils of the.,
school, next Monday evening,  May '
20, as ihe fourth number on the lecture course.
The class in German 1 haye just
finished translating Storm's I—-
mensee are now reading Gerstacker's
GermeMchausen.'
Read the proceedings of the board
of supervisors in this issne. -.;..__.__.. .