1910-03-11; Clare Sentinel

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gatabliehed 1878.
CLARK,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1910.
Ill
Synopsis, of a Sermon Delivered
by Rev. N. J, Myers Sunday
Morning.
At the Congregational church Sunday morning with Eev, N. J, Myers
-utilizing the charming voice of Miss
Emerson to aid in interpreting the
theme of the morning, a most excellent presentation of a fundamental
motive of human life resulted. In
part he said:
*'God is Love.   In ifc are all his,
•virtues foonsedi   Love is the sum of
all good.    Behold what manner  of
love the father hath bestowed upon
us that we should be called the sons
of God,    Beloved,  now are we the
sons of God and it doth   not   yet
appear which we shall be, but we
know that when he shall appear we
shall be like him, for we shall see
him as he is.    And every man that
hath hope  in him puriiieth himself
evemas he is pure.   Little children,
love not   in   word but in   thought
and act.   It is the love of Christ that
constraineth us.    God so loved the
world that he sent his only son to
oring life, love' and immortality to
light.   But he came unto his own and
hiBJOwn received him not.    He was
despised and rejected of men.   A man
of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
This was demonstrated in every Btep
of his life from the manger  to the
oross.   But he bore our sorrows and
griefs without a murmur.    Infinite
love never faileth.   Love hath a tide
that flows to the mountain top of
ecstacy.   On the ether waves, of the
spiritual it carries the soul to illimitable heights of glory.   This is tone
Jn th'e Christian's love for his Brother
and it is true of God's message of
love to the human heart.
"True love is a pouring out of one's
self to another. Love is the master
of arts and in this capacity has pro-
-duced the worlds greatest paintings
and the purest, strongest and bBst
hearts. It ia the light, life, purity
and master of mind and soul. It is
not always easy to tell when it began bub one never doubts that it is
now acting. Love sees one's faults
as through a glass darkly, but looks
apon their virtues as through a
powerful magnifying glass. Love
falls only where love qualities dwell.
You see some of these qualities in
the man or woman that you love.
They are all found in God. In him
is the sum total of ^Ii the good of the
universe. Here are a few of the
divine qualities: temperance, kindness, humility, purity, virtue, faith,
hope and love. Love is the queen of
all. Love is an abiding principle.
Love is the bond of perfeetness, ]
Love transforms the soul in which it j
works. Love is patient, considerate
kind and sympathetic and thinketh
no evil.
"Love strengthened me by sympathizing witb my strength, not my
weakness. Where there is no love,
a crowd makes you' lonesome; talk
and laughter is a tingling symbol and j
faces but so much sculpture. 'A
fellow fesling makes one wondrously
kind.' Love is a spiritualized mental
force. It takes two souls and makes
them flow into each other until they
"become one. It demonstrates the
thought Of I in you and you in me.
Where spiritualized thought of like
character dwells in two souls, they
never tire of each other and are only
in their highest joy when they are
together. Love js tbe 'summum
honum,' or the highest good. There
"fore love God with all thy heart that
ye may be able to love one another.
SPELUHS COHTEST. '
Colonville and Slabtown Schools
Have an Old Fashioned Spell
Down.
One of the most interesting and exciting events ooouring in Sheridan
this year, was the spelling contest
held at the Slabtown school house between the Colonville and Slabtown
schools last Friday.
Great interest was shown by the
patrons as well as the pupils of both
schools and a good audience was in
attendance.
Both schools spelled well and both
have reason to be proud of the outcome. The words spelled were the
first 600 words of "Michigan's 800"
and at the finish neither side waB
spelled down, but Slabtown claims
the victory as there were eight remaining on their side and five on the
Colonville side. However, Slabtown
had the advantage of spelling at
home* besides having spelled the
same words in a similar contest once
before. There is talk of having another contest at Colonville in the
near future.
Both teachers have spoken highly
of the advancement of tbeir pupils in
spelling, brought about by the Bplrit
of rivalry between the two schools,
and more schools should follow the
example.
Following are the names of the
Colonville pupils who remained
standing at the close of tbe test: Mae
Allen, Isabella Gilson, Anna Orossen,
Hazel Boakins and James Grigg.
We are unable to give the names of
the Slabtown pupils but hope the
Slabtown correspondent will kindly
send them in next week.
Colonville correspondent.
BOYS' DEPOT CONDUCT.
Rev. Fr. McAllister Uttered Wise
Words of Warning at St. Cecelia's church  Sunday.
At the regular service at St. Cecelia's church on Sunday Rev. Fr.
McAllister strongly depreciated conduct of boya as observed by him recently while waiting for the evening
train at the Olare depot. The rever-
ened gentleman declared in the
strongest yet kindliest terms that the
few cents earned by the hoys in newspaper peddling cannot begin to compensate them for the bad influences
coming from so many boys hanging
around the depot waiting for trains,
where many of tbem vie with each
other in loud and coarse talk and
general lawlessness.
The warning is timely indeed and
the more significant in coming from
one who is not wont to notice from
the pulpit every passing event.
ley.
HOME FROM FOREIGN FIELD.
C. H. Parsons after Fivve Years
in China Gives Brief  Im--
pression of His Travels.
Detroit, Mich., Feb, 25,1810,
Editors Clare Sentinel,—Again the
.familiar scenes of Michigan are here,
After a journey from China through
India and Palestine, Paris seemed
bat a steps from home. Anight took
me to London and the second day
we were on tbe Atlantic bound for
New York, where Sept. 16 saw us
safe and sound again on American
soil.
The great famine, with its scenes,
is still fresh in mind as is the experience of the Siege of Anking the year
before last when the late ruler's head
was laid low and we saw tbe opening
cause of trouble suppressed.
Since leaving Olare 50,000 miles
have carried me* through Japan,
China, India, Egypt, Palestine,
France and Great Britain;
One impression remains—that
China's day is dawning and that
those of us who engage in missionary
work there will see historv made in a
marked degree, and Christianity
make remarkable progress in the future.
.' Yours truly,
Carsen B. Parsons,
93 Montcalm St. E.
P. S. Opium reiorm, inaugurated
by protestant missionaries in 1906, is
sweeping opium from the orient, as
the Temperance Reform is liquor
from North America, Thus is China
keeping step with "Uncle Sam" in
the onward march of progress and
earning the title of the foremost nation of  the .east in moral courage.
O. E. P.
| Pen BtGliings.l
With Bill and Frank at opposite
ends of the black half moon everybody ia getting ready to dodge on the
twenty-eighth instant. It will be a
dialogue this time.
ISABELLA HAPPENINGS.
at St, Henry's.
. EipiSI If Isti!J Pi
IF.
The following bills were allowed at
March meeting of tbe Clare
county
poor commission:
POOB EAKM.
Paid Keeper
S 90.00
Paid washing .and mending
9.00
Paid medicine
1.00
Haid tobacco
1.00
Paid tearooms
.25
TEMPORARY REUEP.
Paid food
$ 66.15
Paid fuel
23.75
Paid clothing
2.35
Paid medicine
6.75
Paid funeral expenses
16.50
Paid other expenses
-    .47
Jas. D. Dunwoodie
Geo, W. Graham
W. W. Harper
Supts. of the Poor.
During the forthcoming* week at
St. Henry's church in Vernon from
Monday to Thursday Rev. Fr. Xavier
of the Passionist Fathers will conduct a mission, lecturing at nine a.
m. and 3:30 p. m,, standard time, on
various fundemental subjects setting
forth the true position of the Catholic church. This week he Ib delivering a similar series of addresses at
Mt, Pleasant and is regarded as one
of the distinguished speakers of the
present. A cordial Invitation is extended to all, regardless of religiouB
affiliation, to be present.
fathers.
Items of Interest in the Hustling
Agricultural County.
Shepherd is getting on the map
through the prowess of her Own
"rassler" Ernest Femby.
A diagram of right of way for the
Grand Rapids Electric Railway was
filed at tbe proper office at the County Seat Monday,
To 33 births there were 13 deaths
for January and, of the latter, eight
were either under four or over 65
years of age. Mt. Pleasant had seven deaths and seven births.
Draft horses continue to bring good
prices. Dennis Carey disposed of
his fine team this week for S550.00
and bought another, a choice span of
matched bays, near Olare and refused
a like price for them before he got
the team home.—Mt. Pleasant Enterprise.
Frank McNamara of the County
Seat is acquiring fame as an orator
delivering bis address of Daniel
O'Oonnell, giving it at various points
in the state. It was recently given
in   Vernon    township     and     next
We have a client who wants to buy
„ good 80-acre farm in North Vernon.
H you want to sell such aee Welch &
Bennett, Clare, without delay.    I5tf.
The hearing of charges at Lake before tbe Garfield town board for ousting the Lake school board from
office enters upon its third day today
with J. F. Bowler for the petitioners,
Stanley Quinn for the schooiboard
and MiBs Maud Rhoades of this city
as court stenographer.
In fs Aiertisa Miens.
I advertised my auction sale in the
Olare Sentinel and got a crowd three
times as large as I expected—they
ate me out of doors. But I sold my
stuff to the very best advantage.
•  A, Crawford, Loomis.
'ream
Prices for butter fat are:
Cream delivered today 3.2^,
Highest   market prices paid   for
poultry.
Mich. Creamery Co., Clare.
For sale—Mate with foal   weight
1300, Alsyke   clover seed free from
foul seeds, American Improved
week Wednesdav will be repeated in
Olare.
Isabella Pomona met at Mt. Fleas-
ant last Thursday with a good attendance and decided that each is of
the same opinion still as to the cause
of high prices from trusts and tariff
to extravagance. 0, F. Russell and
Representative Dusenbury gave tbe
principal addreses.
G. C. liBlbrand, the former Vernon
farmer now attorney at Beaverton
with attorney Frank McNamara of
Mt. Pleasant are fighting a law suit
for Jessie Walters of Giadwin against
a Gladwin saloon man for selling
liquor to an intoxicated person. The1
case is alleged to have a bearing on
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F. B. Doherty in charge ot the
Olare postoffiice renovation says that
Uncle Sam is about to issue an edict,
at the opening of the fly season,
against utilizing the coat sleeve for a
handkerchief and the floor, wallB and
radiators of said institution as cuspidors.   Selah,
"Yes, after spending seven yearB
in Canaan, the land of milk and honey," I'm going back to Egypt to spend
the last of my days. In that time I
cleaned up $2,000 above all expenses
clearing and draining land. That'B
not so bad for a man 66 years of age
is it?"
The speaker was A. Crawford of
Loomis who on Wednesday left for
Franklin, Ohio, his future home.
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How little consideration some
people have for the other fellow has
certainly been evident of late,
especially in the matter of quarantine
At least chat's what the Olare powers
tbat be in quarantine matters allege.
But Grout township, Gladwin county,
and Harrison held the pole in this
matter to the extent that Bmall-pox
starting from Saginaw and Fiint has
been distributed nobody knows where
How very sweet some people prove
to be when tbey let themselves loose!
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Talk about  flshin'—well I reckon
Jim and Will Bicknell know all about
that. Took a two days' vacation—
walked ten miles at the end of the
first day to get home to a social function, left half their wearing apparel
at the "flshin' hole" to have a good
excuse to go back next day and
then!—Bad to relate, learned that tbe
fish wern't biting now, at least not
at that particular spot. But anyhow,
they had a vacation, and so did Joe
Cour. j
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BRIBE IN ZAPLEN.
Einzig (1) Geliebte:
Zweifle [2] nichtan meiner treue[3]
da mein Herz nur feur [4] Dich
Schlagt uneer Stab liegt in Finf [5]
Blirchen und das Extra [6] blatt Kann
Dir sagen dass ich tapfer facht und
Kein Siebenschlaefer [7] war, aber
gib Ache [8] tbe Du daran denkst
verde ich um Deine Hand anhalten
sage aber ja nicht nein [9] denn mir
waessern alle Zahne f_0] nacht Dir,
in Schneilster >eilfertigkeit Schreibe
ich diesen Brief die Ubr 1st zwoelf
[12] die Post geht ab.
DeinJDich Liebender, Hans.
13 ter gefreiter bei der 14 Coompanie
des 15 Infanterie Regements.
Am 16ten Januar 1718.
_'Tis durn good to sit back and see
the other fellows scrap it out, 'specially if you're just recovering from
a broken nose and a few other inconveniences. Anyhow the way Editor
Menery and Under Sheriff Doherty
of Coleman apologized for scrapping
"dry" right in a Methodist class
meeting Sunday night was the best
I thing since last spring, The preachers had 'bout all the Coleman business men lined up in class meetin'
and they all told "dry" 'speriences.
Then to cap the climax tbey sang the
chorus for the other fellow to get off
the fence. 'Twas a rip roaring
"dry" time and there wasn't a "wet"
in sight when class meeting let out.   ■
PRES.. TAFT'S POSITION,
Expose of Attempt to Misrepresent His Statement and. Position,   •
.   ^President Taft on Prohibition" is
the heading of a circular which is be-^
ing scattered broadcast in behalf of
tee saloon and brewery organizations
of the state.   In tbe circular a paragraph is quoted from an address delivered by President Taft to the students of Yale University in 1906 on
four aspects of civic duty,    Mr. Taft
was discussing the duty of citizenship
as relating to the enforcement of law
and he made reference to some laws
passed by legislatures for the entire
state which public opinion in some
sections ot the state   would not approve and where enforcemect of the
law was therefore being  made more
difficult, and then he gave expression
to tbia sentiment, "This result is a
great argument in favor of local option which is really-an instrumentality for determining whether tbe law
Can be inforced before it is made operative,"   It will thus be seen that
President Taft's declaration  was an
unqualified approval of local option,
an endorsement of its   purpose and
and principles, but the sentence here
quoted, mark you, does not appear
in the extract from President Taft's
address given in tbe -saloon league
circular.     They deliberately misrepresent tbe statement aud position of
the president of the United States in
order to deceive some persons as   to
President Taft's true position on this
important question.    Is it strange
thnt a business is rapidly going out
of existance which makes use of Such
methods to retain its unworthy  life?
ONE TICKET IN FIELD.
Farweil Village Election Occurs
Next Tuesday.
At the Farweil Citizens Caucus held
Monday evening the following ticket
was nominated for the election next
Tuesday:
President—L. Wiesman.
Trustees—G. E. Lamb, F. E, Oliver
and J. B. Harris.
Treasurer—O. I. Maurer,
Assessor—C. E. Bingham.
Constable—S. Coon,
Ne*wSe.ries   Vol. 18, No, 17
WHAT WE VOTEON APBIL 41
TWO SUNDAY FIRES.
L. Belcher
Martin
of Gilmore and
of Vernon Lost
Homes.
R.
During the storm Sunday afternoon
fire destroyed the L. Belcher home in
northeast Gilmore and the Robert
Martin home in northwest Vernon.
In both cases it was all so sudden
that little was saved, the winds
sweeping the fames quickly over
everything.
Settlement of insurance was effected with the county mutual this week
allowing Mr. Belcher S600 and Mr.
Martin $650.
"wet" and "dry" opinion   in   the
county for the vote April 4.
Inadvertantly mention was omitted
last week of the burial of Mrs, B. D.
Wheaton in Olare February 28, the
body being laid beside her late husband whose demise occurred eight
years ago. The remains were
brought here from Broomfield, Ohio,
accompanied by her only son, Herbert, of Brookville. Mr. and Mrs.
Wheaton were among our earliest
settlers, locating on tbe McLellan
farm in Vernon in 1867. When Clare
came into being Mr. Wheaton became
the town lawyer and one of her leading citizens whose name frequently
occurs ip the history of early events.
Their daughter, Clara, was the first
white child born in Clare. Mrs,
Wheaton is remembered by residents
of earlier days as a Worthy lady of
general esteem in the
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At the recent term af Olare county
circuit court, Robert Payne of Leota
appeared before Judge Dodds for
naturalization papers. The Judge
quizzed the old veteran rather severely as it seemed to the spectators
but he replied so readily that presently the old court room was transformed into a school room and the
judge and his pupil traced their way
through the mazes of U. S. history,
even the intr'icaces of U. S. and state
courts, but so thoroughly had the
pupil mastered bis lesson that he
never faltered responding to every
query of the learned judge. Unmistakable was the pleasure of Judge
Dodds to find an applicant for citizenship so thoroughly posted. Time
sped quickly but the judge with pedagogical instinct was oblivious of
time.
This was the ex-Englishman's coronation, as his allegience to his king
e&tntmd -ft_n* art*,*   _ TtiBeed She was 68 y6aS"0 old at the time of'was formally renounced and he him-
TALoolt Be«S"P0Ul^ *^eath which occurred quite sud,' self raised to be one of Uncle Sam's
a. a, _oomis, Bell 'phone.        14-tf, denly from heart failure. adopted kings.
Against Convict Labor.
Lansing, Mich., March 10.—Highway Oommisson T. A, Ely does not
approve of of having the convicts
Work upon the state roads, believing
that it would be a costly methods of
getting the roads taken care of satisfactory.
However, Mr. Ely favors taking
the hundreds of tramps and bums in
the workhouse, few of whom are
dangerous characters, and put them
at work on the roads while keeping
the dangerous prisoners behind prison walls and let them break the stone
for these roads. In other words he
favors having tbe petty crimals do
the road work and the dangerous
men the breaking of the stone where
there would he no chance of them
running amuck.
The week end thaw wrought havoc
with sleighing though the sudden
chill of Sunday night checked it.
Sleighs were seen in town Tuesday
but streets were bare, though
otherwise in the country. The Sunday night frost checked the possibility of serious flood down the Saginaw valley but by Tuesday morning
the Little Tobacco was filled well up.
The fact tbat with deep snow the
ground was not frozen so that water
Was freely absorbed by the ground is
one of the factors removing, what
seemed from the big piles of snow,
danger of flood,
A Card.
For kindness and sympathy from
friends and neighbors In the hour of
deepest sorrow; we desire to exprena
my ahwerest thanks,—John McLellan
and Mr.' and Mrs, Bert Kinsman*
Four Questions for Cjare CottntF
and Three for Isabella Voters
besides Regular Officers to
Be Chosen,
At the regular spring election* Apsill
4 Glare and Isabella county voters inn
addition to electing regular township*....,
and city officers will vote on severaK
propositions. For the thirtl Mme*
Olare county is t» Vote on a bonda
proposition for poor farm home' aot>*
for the second time on county roadi! f
system. Sheridan township' wilE
tackle the road question for heaseJf^
Isabella votes on a court house fr»n_3
proposition and everybody votes- obi
amending the constitution and' om
how to nominate circuit judge-. The*
separate (questions (there may fae*
questions in still other townships|*7«e>
as follows:
1. Shall the circuit judge of thSss
district be nominated by the primary-
system?
2. Shall tbe county road systems fees'
adopted in Olare eounty?
3. Shall Olare county be bondfedsfimr
85,000 for building poor farm Bomei?
4. Shall the Michigan constitutions
be amended to give counties off an*
assessed valuation of five miUtoxst
dollars or less the right to iaereases
their total debt to five per cent oS.
their total assessed valuation©
5. Shall Isabella county be boneSe_t
for 812,000 for addition to her ooorfci.
house?
6. Shall Sheridan township-be-hond—
ed for 98,000 for roads?
On number one, the nominaJio_> o£
Circuit judge, if it is voted? to. be*
made by primary, is required; to> be*
on the first Wednesday off M«j?efcs
which means tho holding of a apedaJl
primary election to nominate a Candidate for one office. The qaeetaiest is*
will the expense be warranted1 to»
change from the convention to the*
primary system?
On items 3, 5 and 6 the womens tax:
payers of the^ respective precinct* involved may vote, but they must sees. '
to it that their names are properly
registered the Saturday previous, to
the election.
Farweil.
E, Ouvrell of Alma was a F&rweM
caller Thursday.
D, M. Stauffer of Alma is the guesfc
of his son, John, and family.
Mrs. H. Tryon of Lake viBited relatives herethefir'st'ofthe week-
L. Wiesman to Saginaw Thursd!s;y
intbe interest of Olare Knitting Mifa-
Albert Wiesman returned Wednesday from a visit with his cousin, 1?-
A. Wolsey, at Saginaw.
Mrs. E. W. Brown was called to»
Saginaw Monday by the illness of fees-
daughter who has diptheria.
Miss M. E. Wood of Shepherd wasa
called here Saturday by the ilhiesaa
and death of her brother, Walten- W-
Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Oman oF Bocan
visted the former's sister,, Miss Mary,,
at the home of Mrs. Boyd Spra^-
Thursday.
The infant daughter of Wr. sa_l
Mrs. R. 3. Powell died Monday agefiJ
6% weeks. Funeral was held? Tuesday from the home and interment afi;
Farweil cemetery. Rev- W. Mi. K-
Jerrett officiated.
Walter W. Wood, eon, of Mr- ass&i
Mrs. Jessie H. Wood, passed mvmy
Sunday, March 6, age* 47 years- feom
diabetes. The funeral .was neldt ©w
Wednesday at Gilmore am_ fcs®?^-
ment at Gilmore cemetery. 2Sev-
Meese of Shepherd officiated. The
family have the sympathy of alSu.
'mum mmmmm
Ott next Monday and Tnee$ays
March 14th and 16th, Mr. B. F. ReeSS
representing Edward E. Siraass £fc
Co., tailors, of Chicago, will ear s&
our store with their extensive li©st» egg
handsome spring and summer. wcssBr-
ens for men's wear.
He will show 600 different pattens®
of the latest Spring, colorings. a__l
weaves, in large pieces (1JC SssSi
lengths), and yon can bay© youirgss5-
ments made just the way yo& want;
them. Mr, Reed is a tailoring e__ safe
of many years experience and-W®ag-*.
sist yon in making such selections as;
Will exactly please you.
Every order is Sold with our pbs&«
tive guarantee as to fit and aatMa^-
tion.
WilBon-Davy Oo--. ,
If you want good brown coffee,, tejf**.'
our special brand, roasted and p£a_s~
ed especially for us.
0. L. Featherly & G&*