1905-10-27; Clare Sentinel

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GLARE
Established 1878.
GLARE,  HIQHI&AN,   FRIDAY MORNING, OOTOBER 27, 1905.
New-Series: VoL13rNo. 49
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Paid to Rev. Fr. Maione at a
Farewell Reception in his ,
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Rev.    Fr.    O'Connell    Takes
Charge of the Work in Clare
Vernon, Harrison, Coleman.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lu-
man Burch on State street Monday
evening members of the St. Cecelia
church society and as many outside
friends as the capacity of a private
home would permit gathered to do
honor to Rev. Fr. Maione, who after
nine years in charge of the work in
Clare, turns it over to another. With
headquarters at Midland he has had
charge of the work of the Catholic
ohurch at eight points and so successful bas he been that now the Held is
large enough for another besides himself. When he came to Olare nine
year ago there was practically no
Catholic organization. Now St. Cecelia's church stands as a worthy monument to his leadership. During this
time too a modern residence has been
erectedas a parsonage near the church
in Vetnon.
The evening was a pleasant one.
A reception committee,, including the
reverend gentleman's sister, Miss Ma-
lone, met the company at the door.
John Doherty was master of ceremonies. Kirkbride's orchestra discoursed
sweet music. Lawrence Jackson rendered a fine bass solo. Refreshments
were served. Ethel Jackson contributed a piano solo. Mayor Lacy spoke
of his personal acquaintance with
Father Maione, specially emphasizing
personal regard. C W. Perry set
forth the evidence of general good
will for the guest of the evening because of successful work done for others. D. E. Alward, voicing the sentiment of all, presented Father Maione with a purse of $170, as a slight
token of recognition of worthy effort
on behalf of the Clare parish. It was
brought out that up to two years ago
not only had no pay been given for
services rendered but that he who
should have received it had himself
put in money. Father Maione was
deeply moved by the unmistakable evidences of love and good will but in
his characteristic frank way said, "I
deserve no particular credit. I only
did my duty." He assured his parish-
oners that he would always carry with
him pleasant memories of their work
and cooperation.
At the close of his farewell sermon
to his Vernon parishoners Sunday they
presented Father Maione with a purse
Of $75.
From now on the field of church
work cared for heretofore by Rev. Fr.
Maione will be divided between himself and Rev. Fr. O'Connell, who for
the past two years has been the assistant at the Sacred Heart church at
Mt. Pleasant. The former will devote
himself to his Midland church and
three other nearby points while the
latter will minister to the needs of
the work in Clare, Vernon, Harrison
and Coleman.
No Sunday Funerals.
Inasmuch as Sunday funerals are
deleterious to the buildihg up of all
departmentffof church work, by discouraging church attendance, especially of those who are not regular church
goers, and also of members who are
not as enthusiastic church-goers as
they should be, and as Sunday funerals often require the presence of many
of the ablest workers in both Sunday
school and church work, and as it also
tends to diminish the offerings so
much needed to carry on church work;
therefore we the pastors in behalf of
the Sunday school superintendents,
and officiaries of the churches of Clare
Farwell and immediate communities,
and Funeral Directors do with all
kindness earnestly protest against all
Sunday funerals} and urgently request
that the attending pastor and funeral director be interviewed before the
other arrangements are made.
Signed in behalf of the above by the
following representatives' G. W.
Maxwell, pastor M. E. church, Olare
and Herrick; W. J. Frost, pastor Congregational church, Clare; John H.
Lowe, pastor Baptist church, Clare;
_?. Porter Bennett, pastor.M. E.
church, Farwell and Giimore; E. Fra-
zer Bell, pastor Congregational ohurch.
JFarwell and Dover; Frank McLellan,
funeral director, Farwell; John, E.
Doherty, funeral director, Clare; A,
Thurston & Son, funeral directors,
•Glare. Dated October 26th, 1905.
Buy your lime and cement, Of, the
Saefih-Wymaa Grain Qo.
'   OrflnGreer Nuptials.
At the home of the bride's sister,
Mrs. D. H. Kump, yesterday at two
p. m. occured the marriage of Miss
Sara, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Orth of this city, and Burt Greer.
The bride was charmingly gowned in
white silk, while her traveling dress
was blue taffeta She was attended
by Miss Louie Louch while Emery
McLaughlin was best man.
The home was beautifully decorated,
suggestive of the occasion, in autumn
inaw and other points and they bore
with them the memory of good will
amply demonstrated by many friends
through showers o£ rice and sundry
other similar means.
The bride is widely known and popular among a large circle of friends.
Last week one evening she was the
object of a china shower participated
in .by forty lady friends at the home
of Miss Louie B. Louch while on another evening at the home of Mrs. F,
B. Doherty a dozen young lady friends
showered the then bride-to-be with
all sorts of granite ware.    For some
MB. AND MBS. BTJBT GREER.
leaves with their vareigated tints.
To the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, played by Miss Pearl
Dwyer, the bridal party took their
place at the improvised altar under
an arch of chrysanthemums and sml-
laxand with the beautiful notes of
"O Promise Me" filling in the interludes. Rev. G-. W. Maxwell in the
beautiful ring service with little Hal-
lie Kump, carrying the ring in a chrysanthemum, spoke the words that unit-
eb them in the bonds of holy matrimony. Only immediate friends and
relatives were present.
Following the ceremony a dainty
luncheon was served. At 3:53 p. rathe happy couple left on the Pere
Marquette train east for. a trip to Sag-
time she has been an operator in the
the local Bell telephone company's
office. The groom is a most estimable
young man whose former home was
Gladwin where his mother still resides. For the past six years he has
been in the employ of the Bicknell Co.
at Shepherd and Clare. For the past
two and half years of that time he
has been a popular clerk at Wm. H.
Bicknell & Co's dry goods and clothing store in this city and everybody
knows Burt and knowing him likes
him. Many beautiful and useful gifts
attest the high regard in which both
are held.
Mr. and Mrs. Greer will be at home
to their friends on Fifth street east
after November 6tb.
State and Other Taxes.
The statement of state and county
taxes is an interesting subject for the
consideration of the taxpayer in view
of the effort put forth in each campaign year to make the people believe
they are burdened by the state tax.
Last week we gave the complete statement for the county. It will be noticed that the total state tax for Clare
county this year is (in round numbers)
$5,400 and the county tax $14,000. In
other words the state tax is 'considerably less than half as much as the
county tax. Furthermore, to makeup
the total of taxes, must be added the
township or city tax, the school tax
and special taxe3, the state tax forming only about one eighth of the
whole. It is well to bear in mind that
the state tax is not so much of a burden after all—that the great bulk of
the expenses which the taxpayer 'is
called upon to prescribe for, are local
and are in no way chargeable to the
state administration.
It is interesting also to note that
while Olare county contributes approximately $5400 toward the support
of the state government this year, the
state then hands over the county $10,-
000 to help out in the maintenance of
the schools—giving us two dollars for
every one we pay.
In making comparisons of state taxes it should be remembered that more
money is raised for state purposes
every odd year than in the even year,
because the legislature meets In the
odd year and does not meet in the even
year. It is significant that wbile the
state tax for Olare county two years
ago was $5,580 this year it is less than
$5400 Next year our share of the
state tax will be only about $4,000,
somewhat less than it was in the corresponding even year, 1904. Gov.
Warner and the state legislature started out last Janu-ry to reduce expenditures and they did it. Mot only will
the taxpayer of Clare county pay less
for state purposes than in tlie corresponding year, 1903, but the amount of
primary money indirectly paid to him
by the state will be larger than then.
FARWELL NEWS.
Hunters have begun to arrive.
Mrs. Flora Burke of Cadillac is visiting relatives in Farwell.
Remember the Epworth League
Banquet Friday evening Nov. 10th.
Mrs. L, F, Leonard returned last
Thursday from a visit with her parents at Paris.
Rev. and Mrs. T. P. Bennett were
given a very pleasant surprise and reception on Monday evening last. Refreshments were served.
J. L. LittleSeld's engine shed was
burned Tuesday morning about five
o'clock. It is supposed to have been
set on fire from an engine. He intended to have moved ib back sf his
barn to be used as a tool shop. Loss
about $100.
A school ot instruction will be held
at Farwell Friday afternoon and evening October 27th in tbe interest of
Farwell Chapter R. A. M. Grand
High Priest Thos. H. Williams will
be present. All Royal Arch Masons
in this vicinity are cordially invited.
Mr. A. Vincent of Detroit and Miss
Jessie Hewer of Farwell were united
in marriage at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Oolburn in Dover by Rev. Frost
of Harrison on Wednesday, Oct. 18th.
They have the best wishes of many
friends. They left for Detroit Wednesday where they will make their
home.
lare Public Schools,
KATE MILLER,  Editor.
Mrs. A. MeKinnon visited the sixth
grade last Thursday.
Edith Smith and Frank Holmes
have entered the sixth grade.
Floyd Holmes has entered the fifth
grade and Harry Holmes the third.
Earl Best won In a spelling contest
in the third grade Friday.
Bessie Alger has returned to school
after a three weeks' illness.
Dora Smith and Teresa Morse have
entered the first grade.
The first graders are proud of their
new curtains.
Miss Cole and Mtss WeStfall entertained the teachers at a nut party
Friday evening,
School Report.
School report of Dist. No. 3 Sheridan townshipsfor month ending Oct.
13th.   "
Total days attended 690.
Number of days taught 20.
Average daily attendance 341.
Number of girls" enrolled 16.
Number of boys enrolled 20,
Total enrolled 36.
The names of those not absent during the month are: Clara Frost,
Clyde Butters, Willie Bntters, Dessie
Butters, Lenord Pendell, Jer-rie Bennett and Aaron Oarrow.
Myrtle Fullmer,
Teaoher.
SUPERVISOR BRAY WOW,
A Precedent that  Drain Commissioner must Consult Township Officers in Bridge
Building.
Supr. Gray et al of Isabella won in
their chancery suit in which Drain
Commissioner Eldred et al were defendants, as repects method of pro
cedure. In his opinion Judge Dodds
said the case should proceed to a hearing upon its merits. F. H. Dodds
and F, McNamara were attorneys for
counsel and I. A. Fancher, and J. H.
Davitt, of Saginaw represented the
defendants.
In building the Lewis and NefE
drains in Isabella township several
new bridges or repairs to old ones
were made necessary. The Commissioner proceeded to letting the contracts for the new bridges without
consulting with the highway commissioner or other township officers.
Supr. Gray maintained that some of
the new bridges were unnecessary,
and that the contracts were let at an
exorbitant price, and hence brought
suit.
The case proves an important precedent, and the people of Isabella
seem to appreciate their supervisor's
efforts to save the township hundreds
of dollars in taxes. The case will
probably come on at the next term of
circuit court for a hearing on the
merits.—Times.
MOST HARMONIOUS.
Were the Deliberations of the
October Session of Isabella's Supervisors.
The work of the Is vbella board of
supervisors is now history and everything done seems satisfactory to its
entire membership. At least there
was a remarkable spirit of unanimity.
Some of the things done the last
week include the raising of the salary
of the county school commissioner
from $1000 to $1400 under the new
laws greatly increasing this important
officer's duties. Three new water
closets were ordered at the court
house and a new walk from the courthouse north to the street. The sum
of $6000 was ordered borrowed to defray expenses till taxes come in to defray expenses. The board refused' to
spend money for ornamental shrubbery for the county court house
grounds and cut some of the bills put
in by physicians and attorneys. Kelley S. Searl's bill for $512.43 for helping prosecute the famous Mt. Pleasant rape cases was cut to $150. The
equalization for the county follows:
equalized      state     county
valuation       tax tax
Coe $1,200,000   $2,452.14, $3333 34
Lincoln 640,000 1,307.81 1777.78
Rolland 260,000 531.29 722.22
Broomfield 220,000 449,56 611.11
Deerfield 300,000 613.33 833.33
Union 790,000     1,614.33  2194.45
Chippewa 425,000 868.47 1180.56
Denver 320,000 653.90   888.89
Isabella 765,000      1,563.24 2125.00
Nottawa 600,000 1,226.07 1666.66
Fremont      370,000 756.08 1027.78
Sherman      145,000 296.30   402.78
Coldwater    205,000 418.91   569.44
Giimore       210,000 429.12   583,33
Vernon        550,000       1,123 90 1527.78
Wise
300,000
Mt. Pleas. 1,700,000
613.04   833.33
3,473.87 4722.22
$9,000,000 $18,391.06   $25,000
The practicability of Chairman Men-
erey and the general good will  were
the features of the sessions.
KILLED IN A WRECK.
Ed. Miller, Engineer, * a Former
Clareite, is Dead.
Saturday morning at four o'clock at
Shepherd occurred a wreck on the
Ann Arbor railroad in which Ed.
Miller, engineer, was instantly killed,
and his fireman, Roy Shisler, badly
scalded.
Millers' freight train was closely following another, which stopped at
Shepherd, leaving Its caboose just
around a curve, but of sight of the
second train. A rear-end colli-<sion
followed, stripping the colliding
engine of everything but the rear
trucks and demolishing several cars.
It is not known whether Miller died
from terrible scalds Or from the fall.
His remalnes were taken to his home
in Owosso, He leaves a wife and one
daughter.
While he lived in Clare his good nature teas admired and enjoyed by a
large circle of acquaintances, and Mrs.
Miller has here also a large number of
friends who will be pained to hear of
her deep sorrow. . ,
THAT TRUANCY LAW.
Interpretation   of a Number of
Controverted Points Relative
to the New Law.
Lansing; October 14, 1905.
TO  COMMISSIONERS    AND TRUANT
Officers: —
We have received a large number
of questions in regard to i$he operation of the truancy law and perhaps
it will not be out of place to answer
these iu a general circular so that
all may have the benefit,
1. The sheriff can appoint only
one deputy to act as truant officer.
If in any county there are no deputy
sheriffs generally appointed the
sheriff must in such cases appoint a
deputy who shall be truant officer.
2. Neither the sheriff nor any
other deputy can act in this capacity-
3. A deputy sheriff when acting as
truant officer acts only under the
direction of the county commissioner of schools and when the truant
officer has given formal notice to
any parent he should immediately
thereafter make his return to the
commissioner of schools.
4. Where thore are fractional districts between counties the truant
officer of the county in which the
schoolhouse stands will investigate
all cases of truancy and serve all
notices. If it is necessary to arrest
any parent or guardian in such a
district the complaint must be made
before the justice of the township in
which said parent or guardian resides, or in an adjoining township
of the same county, A deputy sheriff may serve notice in any county
but the case must be tried in the
county where the offense was committed.
5. The county truant officer is entitled to traveling expenses; also
compensation of not to exceed three
dollars per day.
6. The bills of the truant officer
should be certified to the board of
supervisors by the county commissioner of schools; that is, all such
bills should receive his O. K.
7. The commissioner of schools
should have all necessary blank
forms printed and furnished to teachers and officers.
8. It will be the duty of the county
commissioner to see that this law is
enforced throughout the entire
school year.
9. When the reports are received
by the commissioner from teachers
as to children who are not in attendance at school it would be wise
for the commissioner to have the
teachers see the parents of the children, or the commissioner may
write to them informing them of the
operation of the law before the truant officer is requested to act. This
course will avoid friction in many
cases and also the necessity of incurring the expense of formal notice.
Many parents will send the children
to school when they know what the
law requires. The penalty is to be
enforced only upon those who persistently and wilfully refuse.
10. All children from the time they
arrive at their seventh birthday until they reach their sixteenth birthday must be in school. Under the
exemptions foundin section 1 it is
probable that if any child under sixteen holds an eighth grade diploma
that suclf child cannot be compelled
to attend school further unless he
desires to do so.
11. When the commissioner .has
received the list of non-attendants
from the teachers of the public
schools he should immediately request the teachers of any private or
parochial schools in his county to
send him their enrollment. Then he
will know just how many are not In
school at all. The teashers of the
parochial schools should report their
attendance at least once a month
the same as the public school teach-*
ers. In any district where there are
both public schools and p'arochial
schools the children must attend
either one school or the other. They
cannot be permitted to go back and
forth from one to the other.
12. The commissioner should supply the teachers of each parochial
or private school with a copy of
bulletin No. 14 also with a copy of
the State Manual and Course of
Study. It would be courteous to
supply such teachers* with any
other pamphlets or pubications fur-
nished'to the public schools.
13. All children in the state of
Michigan are to be taught in the
English language. This law requires that -where children attend
private or parochial school they
must  be taught   in  the   eommon
branches usually taught in the first
eight grades, This does not mean
that a parochial school must have a
course of eight grades but that the
children in such schools shall' be
taught in the English language and
through the successive years or
grades as far as the course in this
school can take them. Suppose the
parochial school teaches all the
branches through the sixth grade,'
the children then being confirmed
must thereafter attend the public
schools. This I consider to be the
Intent of this law.
14. Any teacher who refuses to report those children who are not in
attendance should be summoned before the county board of examiners
to have his certificate annulled.
15. Any director who refuges to
furnish the teacher with the census
or who refuses to do any other duty
in reference to this law should be
removed from office by the township board, or procoedings should
be instituted by mandamus to compel him to perform his duty. The
proceedings for removing officers is
fouud in section 4772.
10. The marshal for any incorporated village is the truant officer for
the district included in whole or in
part within the boundaries of said
village and it will be his duty to act
within the boundaries of such district even though the district extends outside of the village limits
The marshal must act as truant officer and cannot deputize this work.
He acts under the supervision of the
superintendent of schools.
17. In cities the board of education
has power to appoint the truant officer, who will act under the direction
of the superintendent of schools.
Very respectfully,
Patrick H. Kelley,
Supt. of Public Instruction.
Here and There in Isabella,
The Loomis ditch is nearing completion.
Fall wheat is ready to go into winter in good condition.
County Hotel Bailey has only one
inmate, Mrs. Margaret Switzer.
The prophesized vote for county
prohibition would scarcely be a winner for the next year at least—cider
prospects are poor.
W. H. Wood of Union township
realiz-d $798 from thirty acres of red
kidney beans with plenty left for
planting fifty acres next year.
Last week Justice Fordyce of Mt.
Pleasant rendered judgement in favor
of EL G. S. House of Rosebush for
$86 10 against E. Scutt on a-debt of
over two years standing on farm Implements.
Though there is a county normal
training school in many counties in
Central Normal territory, a number
just established, yet its attendance
shows a slight increase over that of
last year.
The two weeks' meeting of the county supervisors failed to develop tbe
least but^of a scrap. There was only
one yea and nay vote during the wnole
time and only one dissenting voice
then. Twas a veritable love feast of
unanimity.
The secretary ot state reports thirty-
one deaths in the county during September. During the five year period
to January 1st, 1905, the number of
deaths, per year from diphtheria and
croup was seventeen, which is ten better than the average of other central
counties.
That over-the-line democrat
politican who makes his crack about
democrats being appointed to important offices by the Isabella board of
supervisors had batter keep Still if he
knows when bis political friends In
this county are well off. There was
no politics in the board.—Prominent
Isabella Republican.
Weidman got all tbe formalities
completed before tbe board of supervisors for incorporation as a village
but learning that as a village she
would have to build an important
bridge, suddenly changed her mind
and concluded to leave it tcrtownship
dignitaries to have the nonor of constructing the bridge.
Marked improvement is being made
in the artistic appearance at the
main portion of the'Central Normal
College, especially at the. entrance.
The fact is now apparent that the
state might far better have built an
entire new building when it took possession o£ the old building that is now
the nucleus of the main building.
One of Mr. Laadoa's sons, of
Isabella township, while driving to a
dance at Del win about two weeks ago,
drove into an open bridge at Dixon's
corners, doing some damage to the
horse and carriage. Mr. Landon claimed $50, while the com missioner put it
at about $16, and he offered to settle
GENERAL INFORMATION COLUMN.
In this column are foundlmlscel-
laneous items of importance sttclt
as articles lost, animals estrayed,
business announcements, stock for
) sale, farms for rent, etc., etc. JPiye
cents per line per week.
The Olare Iron and Metals Go. pay
highest cash prises for all kinds of
old iron, metals, rubber, rags, etc.
Office ana warehouse west of P. M,
freight office. 45-tf
Wanted at once—4000 bushels of
potatoes.   Burch-Wyman Grain Oo.
Owing to illness I am not able to
call on  my customers for the present
but those needing Dr. Terlff's medicated soap and   ointment   call   at   my      /
residence on State street.   John Kirk-,. .
Patrick.
Notice—Ten girls wanted to work
in Olothespin Factory, Steady work
and high wages. The Ouster Mpg .
Co , Ou ster, Mason Co., Mich.
Wanted—A horse or a team for tlie
keeping of them this winter.—Marlon
Gepbart, Rl. Harrison.
For Sale—Two good plain knitting
machines—at leasonable figure—Olare
Koitting Mills.
The   Ladies   of  a   Oongregational
Ohurch will open a rummage sale in ..
the basement of Elden's Bazaar next
Wednesday.
Burch-Wyman Grain Oo. have a full '
line of hav, straw and feed.
Smoke Court Royal 5 cent cigar.
Nothing better mide. At all dealers.      48-13
Colored folding papers, 4x4 ins., 500-
in a package for fifteen cents at the
Sentinel office.
Get prices on coal and wood from
the Burch-Wyman Grain Oo. before
you: buy.
For service—Registered large
Yorkshire hog. E. W. Allen, Loomis. 46-10-p.
We want live poultry, and if any
thiug else, more poultry. Olare
Poultry House. 43-tf
Just received a full line of drain tile
—Burch-Wyman Grain Co.
For sale—Bicycle wheel, rubber
tired hand cart.—Welch & Bennett.
with him for that amount, but Mr.
Landon was very indignant about it-
it was $50 or nothing. So they
agreed to arbitrate the matter by each
choosing a man, and he to choose a .
third if they did not agree. O. S. Cole
was chosen for the t )wn and Mr, Morrison by Mr. Landon. Cole put the
damages at $10—Mr. Morrison at $75;
so they chose a third man in the person of Jos. McDonnell. He itemized
the damage—to carriage, $6 10;
clothes, $1; robe 50 cents; horse $3—
total damage, $10 50, which Mr. Landon with not very good grace accepted. After che settlement Landon and
McOonnell got into a dispute and Mc-
Connell had Landon arrested for assault and brought before his honor,
Geo. E. Dixon, who, we understand,
fined Landon. Fine and costs $13 60
—and the buggy is not repaired yet.
—Northwestern Tribune.
ANNUAL HUNT.
Clare   Sportsmen   Will  Devote
Tuesday, October 31st, to a .
Friendly Contest.
The captains of the contesting sides
for  next Tuesday's hunt are James
Lackie and A. Bump.    The contest
closes at eight p. m.   After the coun ts
are made supper will be in order at
the,Central hotel at which time it is
expected to effect an organization "to
aid in the better enforcement of game
laws in this vicinity.    Committee on
score are J. Mason, O. E. Petit and
Geo. Mater:   A copy of the score card
follows:
Bear 500
Duck 50
Partridge 25
Mudhen 50
Hawk 100
Wild Oat 200
Lynx . 306
Fox 100
Porcupine' 50
Rabbit 25
Goose 150
Loon       •   .    . 100
Blackbird 25
Crow 75
Fox Squirrel 25
Black Squirrel 25
Gray Squirrel 25
Red Squirrel 25
Woodcock 50
Plover 50
Snipe 50
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