1912-09-27; Clare Sentinel

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Observations on the  Subjectlby
George Pitch.
«"Divorce is an operation for the
removal of a husband or wife.
;, It is performed by a lawyer instead of a surgeon' and can .be done
without an anesthetic, though the
,fee ia as large as if it had to be .done
with kniyes, sawB,')Btump pullers and
electric massage. It is1 not painful
except when cross bills and co-respondents set in, but is subject to
severe after-effects, Buoh as alimony,
which keqp the victim financially
bedridden for years.
, In other countries divorce is resorted to only as a relief, and is regarded as bei*3g too serious to use as
jk cure for wife-beating or other min-
'or troubles. In this country divorce
is used as repartee, as a diversion, an
advertisement, as second thought
and as a means .of playing that fascinating game, known as '•'progressive marriage." Divorce in this'
conntry is so common that the slip
knot is now being tied by all ministers. Couples marry for better or
for divorce In New York, where
people are so prosperous that they
arjtnot afraid of lawyers, it takes
longer to call off the matrimonial history of a society leader thdn- it? does
to announce the ancestry of a Bos-
tonese. '
Oases for divorce vary in different
states which, together with the
low rates and excellent train service,
js a great convenience. In South
Carolina there is no excuse for divorce, whileJn Reno, Nev. a $100 bill
is considered ample reason. In Illinois divorce is as free as air to the
lowest as well as the highest, and the
wife who burns beefsteak or~tfce husband whose feet perspire have no
legal standing and are likely to lose
their matrimonial jobs.'kfc any time.
It usually takes a young couple a
year or two to decide whether they
are fitted for matrimony, but in Chicago they marry first and decide afterward with the help of tbe judge.
Owing to the ease in which diverse can be obtained in this country, it is being greatly overdone.
Wives are getting divorces in order
to raise their husbands' salaries and
husbands are getting divorces in order to improve their wives' com-
plexioos.   One wife at a time iB still
foe rule in   tbis   country,   but the
abit of keeping a waiting list is
causing a great deal of remark. It
ib time for reform. Every man or
woman is entitled to niake one mistake, but when a husband has proven a repeated fizzle, he should be
compelled to go back to the lunch
counter for the rest of hiB life and
give the bachelors a chance..''
OLAKE, MICHIGAN, FRLDAY MORNING, SEP f EM BER 27, 1912.
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NewJSertes: Vol. 20, No. 46
He Was Glad.
: Dick Emerson and Bobert Hutchinson declare that the happiest man in,
the township' of Sheridan is Tom
Hutchinson and their reason for
thinking so is something like this:
They say that'Tom's wife went away
for a somewhat extended visit, at
least that was the supposed purpose,
but somehow he imbibed the notion
that she^ was never coming back.
These gentlemen assert that really
there was, some ground for Tom's
fears, but tbat friends at various
points wherjiLsbe was visiting urged
Mrs. Hutchinson to come, back and
give him another trial. The above
very worthy and reliable gentlemen
declare that when she returned. Tom
was at tbe depot to meet ber, tbe
happiest man in Clare county. We
have nofpersonal knowledge of the
facts herein set forth, but.our informants stand ready to swear to
every word of it and neithe^*of them
has ever been-impeached so far as
we know. Certainly Mr. EmersOn
should be excellent authority on such
matters. His friends declare that be
has not seen a happy moment since
his wife left him.
HARRISON.
EASTERN STAR LODGE
Interesting Items from   Correspondent at County Capital.
AUSTIN BEFEM ED CURE
In Two Games At The Fair On
Wednesday. .
Clare and Austin crossed bats twice
on Wednesday, the morning game
being a five inning practice affair
which Austin won.
The afternoon game was a fight,
the fight referring to the earnestness
with which it was played and not to
the nearness of the score as Austin
took tbe lead in the first inning and
and never lost it, the final count being 9-4; Lack of time this week forbids detaiis. Some of the scoring
was not earned bnt the score is a fair
index to the relative playing of the
two teams. Smith for Austin pitched
a rather better game than White for
Glare, in that White evinced some
wildness in fatal spots.
F. E. Morresoh umpired with his
usual impartiality, not a decision be'
ing questioned.
Installs Officers With Interesting
Program Last Week.
We mentioned in our last issue the
installation of officers in the O. E. S,
lodge, Thursday evening Sept. 19th,
but were- unable to*give aB full an
account as we should have liked on
account of tbe nearness to printing
time.
MrB.   Lizzie    I.   Harrison,    Past
Worthy Grand Matron of Saginaw,
Wfto has presided at such occasions
before in this city, was in charge and
conducted the ceremonies in a very
impressive manner.   Both her voice
and appearance are well adapted for
making i er a leader and instructor
in this kind of work.    Mrs. E. H.
DeVogt, Past Grand Chaplain, who
contributed no little toward the success of the Chapter while she resided
here, was  also   present,   and   was
honored with a place on the   platform.   An   orchestra,  composed of
Bessie Alger, Noel Oudney and  Bay
Walling interspersed the entire program with music.   There were also
vocal numbers by  Norma   Beadle,
Mildred Davy and Seymour Andrus,
while Mrs.   Bose   Harrison gave a
reading, • all of the numbers   being
well received by the audience.    Refreshments were served at the close
of a very successful entertainment.
V The Eastern Star lodge is in a Very
prosperous .condition, indeed,   and4
under tbe leadership of Mrs. H. O.
Oudney, who is again Wbijthy Matron, will no doubt.add  many new
members during the   coming year.
We are phased to   furnish below a
list of the nfficerf? installed.
W. M.   May Cudney,
W, P.   Harry C irlney,
A. M.   Mary McKay.
Sec.   Anna Greer.
Treas.   Emma Haller. " s
Conductress   Nellie Thurston.
Asst.  "   Bose Harrison. *•
Chaplain   Virginia Fredeborn.
Marshall   Mattie Kane.
Ada   Grace Clark.
Buth   Nora Boe.
Esther   Myra Asfine.
Martha   Lillie Bodgers.
Electa   Sarah Crippen.
Warder   Effie Lewis.
Sentinel   Arthur Stevens.
Organist   Ava Clark.
Court convened Monday.
Don't forget the~01are Oo. Fair to-
be held at Harrison, Oct. 1-2-3,
Oo. Treasurer Dorsey was at Clare
last Saturday.
Atty. B. E. Hughes visited friends
at Ze-eland over Sunday.
Franoic M. Morrissey is having an
annex made on his city property fpr
a garage. .
Mrs, Bertha Darling is.assisting at
tho office of the Judge of Probate this
week. /
Mr. and Mrs. Austin . Richardson
Spokane", Wash., are visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs, Haryey Kirshbaum
returned Saturday evening from a
brief yisit in the State of Ohio,
Mrs. W. H. Wilson and daughter,
Sadie E., visited relatives at Cadillac
over Sunday.
" Judge. Welst of Lansing presided
•at the Jast session of court in the
absence of Judge Dodds.
There were no church services at
the M. E. church last Sunday, Mr.
Silkwood is attending "[conference at
Big Bapids.
'Mrs. Emma Hoag attended a meeting of the Eastern Stars held at Far-
well, last Friday,
Ohas. Care, cashier at the -State
Savings Bank, left Tuesday morning
for a visit with relatives in the state
of New York,
Hiram Hughes with his brother,
Jud Hughes, are camping at U-need-
a-rest this Week.
The Ladies' Auxiliary /was very
pleasantly entertained at^the home of
Miss Eva Hall last Friday.
Oarl Dorsey of Olare was in the
city Monday.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church
met at the home  of  Mrti.   W.  W.
Harper last Wednesday.
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Lyman Leech of  Sheridan   Twp.
served as a juror at the last term of
court. *
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County Olerk Morrissey has sufficiently recovered from his injury as
to resume bis duties as clerk of tbe
court at the last session.
D. M. Lapgin and wife returned
Friday from a week'B visit with relatives in the state of Ohio.
Mrs. Johanna Rhodes of Leota
visited her parents', Mr. and MrB. M.
Casey, tbe first of the week.
H. Gardner of Leota was in town
the first of tbe week,
Mr. and MrB. Walter Sunday visited tbe former's~parents the latter
part of the week.
Susan L. Foster was born in
Canada, Deo< 25', 1869. aud died at her
home in Sheridan' township Sept. 20,
1912, aged 52 years, 3 month's and five
days. She was married on Dec. 25,
1879 to Carson Harvey at Brown Oity,
at which place they resided till the
spring of 1898 when they moved to
the farm in Sheridan township which
haa since been their home. To their
marriage five Children were born,
four of whom survive; two boys, Cor-
ridon and Calvin, residing at Brown
Oity, and a son, Eslie, and daughter,
Ada, living at home. Beside the
husband and four, children, ihe
'deceased is survived by three brothers
and three sisters, residing at Beaverton, Marlette and Brown City.
Mrs. Harvey had been about as
usual and upon the day of her death
was preparing to leave for a visit to
Brown City when she ' was suddenly
stricken with apoplexy, A brief service was held at ithe home on Mon*
day and the body taken to the old
home, at Brown • Oity where the
funeral and burial took place, The
sympathy of all is extended to the
mourning family.
Susan Foster Harvey.
Hawkins-Dorsey.
GAME LAWS
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Silver Wedding.
On Monday evening, some eighty
neighbors' and friends of Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Kellar gathered at. their
home at Stevenson lake to remind
them that they had been traveling
the journey ofj life together for the
long period of years. The evening
was pleasantly spent withjmusic and
dancing and games, Dainty refreshments in the form of ice cream and
cake were served. J. T. Brown in
behalf of the many friends assembled
presented the worthy couple with
many beautiful and useful presents
as a token of respect and ■ esteem in
which they are held.      "
It was a most pleasant and enjoyable occasion and much appreciated
by all present.
Jesge Bigiey afad wife of'Frankforfc
came on Tuesdayvfor a few days'
visit \vith his mother, Mrs. 0. Bigiey.
George W. Robinson.
Geo. W. Bobinson was, born at
jHastings, Ont., December 31, 1863
and died at Herriek September 19,
1912, aged 49 years, 8 months and
19 days. While a small boy his .parents moved to Saginaw and a few
years later to Herriek where he
grew to manhood. For tbe past
twenty years Nhe haa lived in and
about Clare, residing at the time of
his death on his farm in Grant township. •
Deceased had been in poor health
aU the spring and was at the home
of his father, T. W. Bobinson, at
Herriek when the end came. The
funeral was held Sunday at that
place, Rev. Younglove officiating,
and interment at Loomis.
He is .survived by his wife, a
daughter, Hazel, of Vanderbilt, a
Bister, Mrs. Violet Atkinson, of Niles,
and a brother, Sheldon, of Washington, tbe latter being unable to attend
the funeral. They have the sympathy of all in their loss.
Mr, and Mrs. John McDonald of
Roscommon visited tbe latter's
mother, Mrs. C. Bigiey, a few days
this week. ,
Rules Governing Sportsmen For
This Season. \
On Wednesday, Sept. 25, afc the
home of the bride's parents in this
■J city, Oarl Lester Dorsey and Miss
Sylvia Irene Hawkins were united in
marriage, Eev. I.. W. Knight of the
Baptist church officiating, . At high
noon the bridal party entered the
parlor to the strains of Engleman's
vy"edding March, played by Miss
Mabelle Mudge, the bride being attended by her father.. The ring
ceremony, which was very impressive
waB performed under a bell of white
asters while the rooma were dec-,
orated with asters and sweet peas,
While congratulations were extended
to the happy young couple, Miss
Mudge played "Wedding Dreams"
by Wolfe. .<'' . '
The bride w,as attired in crepe me?
teor, {rimmed in lace and white
roses,, and wore pink carnations.
The groom wore the conventional
black. After the ceremony a four
course dinner was served by the
Misses Mildred Davy, Hallie Kump,
Fern Barber and Josephine Terry.
The. bride a#d groom ,are highly
esteemed young people, the most of
whose lives have been Bpent in Clare.
They are'both graduates of Clar6
High School, while the bride taught
during the paat two years at this
place. Mr. Dorsey is teaching in the
Manual Training department of.the
Ypsilanti Normal College'.
The out of town guests were Miss
Mabelle NMudge of St. Louis', Miss
Villa.MeMi'llen of Mt. Pleasant and
Mrs. W. K. Tasker of Port Huron.
-The couple left on the 2:19 train
for Ypsilanti where they will be at
home to th^ir'friends at 21 Normal
St. after Of*, 1. A goodly number of
relitiveB sad frit-nds were at the
d^pofc to extend farwell congratulation and good wishes in these the
.Sentinel cordially joins?
VDTES FOB WOMEN.
I believe in women voting:
1.—BECAUSE equal suffrage woqld
increase the proportion W educated
voters. From the fifth grade up,
boys, drop out of our schools rapidly:
not so. with the girls. Our high
schools everywhere are graduating
more than twice as many girls as
boys.
2.—BECAUSE equal suffrage would
increase the proportion of native
born •> oS^rs. "In tbree years from
June 3U, 1900', to June 30, 1903, there
landbu in the United States l,344,62i
foreign men, and only 576,746 foreign
women." (Report of Commissioner
of Immig'-n'uion.)
3.—BECAUSE equal suffrage would
iucrease the proportion of moral and
law-abiding voters. Only two-fifths
of 1 percent of the inmates of Wisconsin prisons are women..
4.—BECAUSE equal suffrage woulft
make women more broad-minded..
As Americans we are practically
agreed that the ballot is .an educator.
. 5.-BECAUSE the ballot would/increase woman's influence. I often
wonder whether or not the men who
argue that women's influence is
greater without the ballot would like
to have .their ballot taken from them
to increase their influence. I wonder
what group of men would like to be
disfranchised that their influence
might be the greater. %
6.—BEOAUSE it is no more than
right that the people who muat^obey
the laws should bave a voice in making them. "For a man to govern
himself that iB democracy. For a
"man to govern, himself and another
without his consent, that. iB despotism."   {A. Lincoln.)
7.—BEOAUSE "Taxation without
representation is tyranny." Said
George William Curtis: "A woman
may vote as a stockholder on a railroad from one end ot the country to
the other; but, if sbe sells her stock
and buys a house with tbe money,
has no voice in the laying out of the
road before the door, which her house
is taxed to keep and pay for."
8.—BECAUSE the argument that
woman's place is in tbe home was
largely an independent industrial and
social unit no donbt there was some
weight to the above argument. But
how different is the twentieth century
American home, touched as it ia by
numberless influences wholly without
the home and many of them political
in nature. To-day, practically every
question in politics touches the home,
and for this reason women should
have the ballots
9.—BECAUSE women are unlike
men. Their aspirations, needs, viewpoints and inclinations are different
from those of men; therefore theirs
and man's efforts would suplement
each other.—O. M. Sanford, JPlatte-
yille Normal School.
Peter Lansing.
Peter Lansing was born at Richmond, Cunada, May 27, 1838 and died
in Wise township, Isabella county,.
Sept. 17, 1912. He was united "in
marriage Nov. 8,1864. to Louise Purdy
and to that union four children were
born: Mrs. W. J. Jennings, Chester
of Kettle* Falls, Wash.; Mrs, A. E.
Fox and" JJJre. L.' Muma. Mrs. Jen*
nings and the son, Chester, survive
him, together with two brothers,.
Richard of Belleville, Ont., and
Chester of Salem, Ore. The other
two daughters and ihe faithful wife
all passed away during the last four
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Lansing- came to
Wise township*in 1881 .and he has.
ever since made it his home except
for a short time spent in tbe weBt.
His Christian integrity and, long
residence here had made him many
friends who will regret his loss from
thisxsommunity.      ' ■
The funeral was held Thursday,.
Sept. J9, with Bev. Knight officiating*,
and interment at Cherry Grove
cemetery.
Church Appointments.
The recent special session of tbe-
legislatnre amended the game laws
but in general tbey are quite similar
to last season. The season. for teal
and. mallard duck opened Sept. 15
though the season for duck generally
-^and snipe', woodcock and plover does
not open till Oct. 15. They may all
be killed till Dec. 31.
Quail and fox, gray and black
squirrels may not be killed this season. » ' .
Rabbits; open season Oct. 15 to .Mar.
1."   Unlawful to use .ferrets?
Partridge; open season. Oct.  15
Nov. 30/
Geese, open   season   Oct.   15
Dec. 31.
*"* Deer may be killed'from Oct. 15
Nov. 30 but a license to any person
will issue'for only 25 days. This was
found to work well last season in'
minimizing accidents and has been
repeated. The limit is two deer and
there are .the usual'11 prohibitions
against dogs, etc. License as usual
SI. 50 for residents of the state.
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Wesley Boulton.
We learn, that Wesley Boulton af
Mann Siding died, early Tuesday
morning,of malaria fever. He was
a pioneer and much respected citizen. Funeral'will he held today.
We hope to give an extended sketch
next week,
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Card of Thanks.
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We wish tQ. thank the friends and
neighbors for their great kindness
shown us at the death of our beloved wife and mother.,
Oarson Harvey and family.
CONSOLIDATED
Light And Power Company Sells
Stock.
A majority of the stock of the Consolidated Light and Power Co. has
been sold to Detroit, New York and
Chicago capitalists, and the papers
of transfer are how being executed.
The new owners it is said have an
abundance of money at theirt command, equal' if , not exceeding in
amount the financial strength of the
Commonwealth company, which runs
into the millions. Some big. industrial enterprises may be promoted
for this section of the state by the
new owners.—Mt. Pleasant Times.
Eska Sewall Skelton.
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The friends of. Miss Eska Sewall,
who clerked for sometime at the
WilBon-Davy Btore not long ago, will
be pleased to learn that she was married on Sept. 15th, to Grant Skelton,
.a prosperous farmer near Hamilton,
Ind. They will-be at home there
after Oct ' *
1st.
The Big Ad.
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We dp not need to call attention to
the big ad of W. H. Bicknell and Co.
Our readers cannot help seeing it
and it constitutes mighty interesting
reading. J. E. Doherty gives another chapter of hisjdelightful serial
story entitled "The Great MajeEtic
Range.".. Don't fail to read all the"
ads. .Yon will find them full of interest'.
The Methodist conference at Big
Bapids made the following appointments to churches in thia vicinity: „
Clare, W. H. Irving; Farwell, L. E.
Holmea; Harrison, B. Silkwood; Mt.
Pleasant, Thoa. Cox; Rosebush, O.
W. Holden; Leaton, C. E. Edinger.
All are re-appointments except in
this city.
Our readers will be interested in
the location of former pastors.
Quinton Walker goes to Charlevoix,
Qt. W. Maxwell refurns to Belding,
F^G. IJunbar to Lakeview and W. P.
Jerret to Orleans.
FARWELL.
Paragraphs Picked Up By Our.
Farw-ell Correspondent.
Bev. and Mrs. L. E. Holmes returned on Tuesday from Big Bapids
where they attended the M. E. Conference. We are happy to state that
Mr. Holmes will continue Xo occupy
his fbrmerlposition as pastor here.
Mrs. F. Babcock left on Monday
for Ann Arbor and Milan to be ab-
sent'for a few days.
Jno. Black of Cheslea, Ont., was
tbe guest of his brother-in-law, A*
McLeod, and family the past week.
Drs. Kelley and Lamb were called,
to Lake on Friday in a professional *
capacity to minister tto Orville
Thompson who badly . lacerated
throat and wrists in an attempt to<
end hiB life which had become unbearable from illness. Thompson
died Saturday evening.
Mr, and£Mrs. Oral Woodin of
Grand Bapids are visiting relatives
here. -
Mrs. G. E.JiKelley returned home
on Saturday from a two weeks' visit •
at Lansing. >
The Farwell Schools suspend operations on Thursday so tbat the teach*
ers and pupils may attend the Bi-
County Fair.
* Material is being hauled for a new
building which will be erected by the
Odd Fellows adjacent to their hall.
The building will be built of cement
blocks.
Postmaster Saxton left the first of
tbe week for Detroit where he will
undergo treatment.
Mr. Odin of Alma has moved his
family here and will open a shoe
repair shop'in the Braey  buiifling.
Born on Sunday to Mr. and -Mrs*'
Virgil Demond, a daughter.
Mrs* W. Weaver has purchased the*1
Geo. Lewis residence on tbe state
road.
The first meeting of the F. W. C.
will occur next Tuesday p. m. at the
home of Mrs. J. T. Palmer.
The Oong'l. L. A, S. will meet
next Friday with Mrs. Chas.. Beldin.
Those Naughty Burglars.
Sometime between Saturday evening and Monday morning thieves
effected an entrance into the store of
Wm. "Bicknell and Co., through a
basement window. They were not
clever enough to annex any money,
but perhaps just went in to get a new
necktie'ttnd kid gloves to wear to
tfaiev fair. If these near-robberies keep
upv here, Borne day somebody will,
steal something, /if burglary only
had as high a death as aviation it,
would be encouraging.
More Library Money.
Spearing fish in Five Lakes seems
.to be rather costly business and
Game Warden Petitt has hia eagle
eye over in that quarter ofy the
country rather frequently, John
Oolmos, also Joe Murphy living on
the Stoll farm contributed to the
fund for the purchase of books.
Card of Thanks.
, We. wiah to-aank the many friends
for their* kindness and sympathy in
our recent bereavement in the death
of our father, Peter Lansing.
Mrs. W. J. Jehnings and family.
A Vigorous Pioneer.
We are informed "that R T. Bellinger, an old gentleman who lives 'between this city and Farwell, although
past 76 yeanRjQic age still is something
of a boy. During this summer he
has made shingles from timber on
his oWn farm .and shingled his home
a building 18x26. We presume he
has worked a farm among other
small matters.; Perhaps there wa
better material from which to make
people in the by-gone days.
\ Fine Apples.
We are indebted to Wm. J; Jen-
inga of Wise township for a basket oft
as fine apples as one could w4sh to;.
see. They are the Wealthy and Mr-
Jennings' haB a considerable quantity
of these fine apples. He marketed
two loads, all picked from five trees
with some still left. They are cer-
ainly beauties.   r
. Card of Thanks. •
We wishto thank- the many .kind,
friends and neighbors who bo kindly
assited us during the sickness and
death. 6f our loved one. Also for
the beautiful floral offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Robinsv %
Mrs. Geo, W. Bobinson,
Hazel Bobinson.
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