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THE PEOPLE'S PAPER.
SENTINEL
Circulation This Week 1,200
Hritablial.c-*.. L878.
OLARE,   MICHIGAN,   THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 29. 1904.
New Series: Vol. 12,No. 45
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54-inch All Wool Suitings,
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54-inch Heavy Suitings, all
colors, worth 90c, only    75c
Fancy Suitings in all new
fall effects 59c, 75, 1,00, 1.39
and 1,50. All new bright
patterns.
We are showing a complete
line of Black Goods in all' the
popular weaves at 25c, 49c,
59c, 7c5,  100 and 1.50.
Brillantines 25c, 49c, 59c,
75c, 1.00 and 1.39.
New Waistings in new fall
patterns.
New Silks, new Velvets.
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and Skirts
Cotton Blankets 49c, 65c,
98c and 1.50.
All   Wool   Blankets   3.50,
3.95 and 5.00.
'Women's Knit Skirts     25c
Women's    all   wool    Knit
Skirts 1.00.
Women's Skirt Patterns
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Women's
Walking Skirts
An endless showing in all
the popular styles at 1.89,
2.50, 2.95, 3.95, 4.95, 5.95
and 7.50.   Call and seethem.
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W. H. BICKNELL & CO.
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ISABELLA GO. CONVENTIONS.
Both Parties.Have Named Their
County Tickets to be Voted
on November 8th.
The republican county convention
for Isabella met at Mt. Pleasant last
Thursday with Thomas Gray as chairman and 0. W. Campbell as secretary.
Every township was represented.
[Resolutions adopted endorse the national and state platforms and tickets.
All nominations except for that of
state representative were made by acclamation, but in that case only one
ono ballot was necessary. The following, which are all renominations except Adams, Mathews, Denslow, Well-
man, are the nominees;
Eepresentatlve, O. H. Adams.
Judge of probate, John Maxwell.
Sheriff, Charles II Bailey.
Clerk, Alfred C. Eowlader.
Register of deeds, William H. Hovey.
.Treasurer, William E. Dersnah.
Pros. Att'y F. H. Dusenbury.
Circuit court com'rs, Albert H.
Loveland, Roy D. Uathews.
Surveyor, G-. H. Denslow.
Coroners,J3am May, Ruben Wellman.
After five hours of balloting the following democratic ticket was named
at Mt. Pleasant Saturday:
Representative, Samuel Croft.
Judge of probate, F. A. WinanS.
Sheriff, W. L. Dibble.
County clerk, B. M. Duffy.
Treasurer, P. J. Marthy.
Register of deeds, J. A. DolL
Pros. Att'y, H. A. Sanford.
Surveyor, W. H. Trussell.
Coroners, Allen Clay, Warren Johnson.
* William Taylor Hicks.
In the somewhat sudden death of
W. T. Hicks at the home of his son,
Philip H., at Mesick Saturday another
has been taken from the rapidly diminishing number of Olare county's
pioneers. He had been ailing for the
past three years and his death occured
while on a visit to his son. The
funeral took place from the home in
this city Tuesday Rev. J. H. Lowe
preaching the sermon and interment
was made at Cherry Grove.
Deceased was born in St. Clair
county in 1849. While young he
moved with his parents to Listerville,
Ont, but subsequently moved back to
Michigan and located , in Lapeer
cotmty Thirty-one years ago just
after the railroad had readied Clare
Mr. Hicks came to Clare county and
located near Dover. Seventeen years
ago he moved to Clare where he has
since resided. He married first in Lapeer county and of that union his son,
Philip "H. Of Mesick, still survives,
After the death of his first wife he
married Nancy Lee in Olare couuty,
Of that marriage two daughters survive, Rosa and Ruth, who with the
widowed mother now mourn the departure of a loved one. Besides the
son, Philip H., there were present at
the funeral from a distance, deceased's
sister, Mrs; L M. Smith of Lansing
and Mrs. George Nix, sister of Mrs.
Hicks. »
Mr. Hicks was a member of the
Modern Woodmen and members bf
the local lodge escorted the body, to
its last resting place. Many floral
offerings attested the esbeeirun which
deceased is held
of one of the first families that started
to reclaim the present rich township
from the wilderness. Great were the
privations but she kept bravely on.
The mother of eight children by her
two marriages, these four still survive:
Wm. Loomis of Millersburg, James
Loomis of Wise, Matthew Loomis of
Beaverton and George Stough. Besides the children there were present
at the funeral from a distance: Maud
Belcher and*George Stough of Temple
and Mrs. Archamboult of Riverdale.
Wheatley Money Order Office.
Commencing October 1st the post
office at Wheatley will issue post
office money orders. This will be a
great accomodation to many in that
vicinity along the borders of Clare and
Gladwin counties. B. J. Wheatley is
postmaster. .
Republican Delegates Attention
On the day of .the republican jcounty
convention at Harrison, Tuesday,
October 4th, the tvahi for Harrison
will leave Clare immediately after the
incoming of the P.M. brain from the
-westatlOiOSa. m.
Mrs. Annie Eliza Stough.
At the ripe old age of ninety-one
Mrs. Annie Stough departed this, life
Monday at the home of her son, Geo.,
in Vernon city. Up to about a week
ago she had been sturdy and well till
suddenly stricken down with apoplexy
after which she gradually sank to her
last sleep. The funeral occured from
the Brick school in Vernon Wednes-
day under the ministration of Rev. J.
H. Lowe and interment was made in
the Vernon cemetery.
Annie E Drake-Stough was a native
of Pennsylvania where her early life
was spent. Thirty-seven years ago
settling in Vernon, she was a membe*.
The Death Angel.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Sutherland was this week saddened by
the Angel of Death entering and taking their little three months old
daughter, Ruth Isabel. She had been
ill with that dread disease, cholera infantum, for about a week and last
Sunday, September 25th, she passed
peacefully away. The funeral was
held at the home Tuesday morning at
ten o'clock Rev. Woodlock speaking
words of comfort to the bereaved parents and friends.
Though but a baby little Ruth had
endeared herself to the hearts of
many friends and they with the fond
patents feel the loss most deeply.
Many floral tributes attested the
sympathy of loving friends.
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-DAVY & COMPANY*•
Everything to Wear.
Lowest Prices.
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HERRICK METHODISTS.
Welcome Their Hew Pastor in a
Very Practical Way.
At Rev. G W. Maxwell's flrst service at Herrick last Sunday his parish-
oners tendered him a right royal welcome by volunteering- to send teams
to move his household effects from
Farwell to the parsonage in" Olare.
Accordingly Wednesday morning
John Presley, Samuel McJames, Wm.
Badgley, Harvey Fairman and P. M.
Loomis each with his team and v. agon
journeyed to Faawell and speedily
made-the necessary transferal of goods
from there to Clare. Such practical
manifestation of good will bespeaks a
ydar of successful work.
Estrayed—Two yearling heifers, ot.e
white and the other red with some
roau hairs mixed, from my farm two
miles southwest, of Clare. Findtr
please notify—John Pa&ish, R. 3.
Clare.
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Milllinery   Opening!
The ladies are invited to inspect our Opening Exhibit of  Fall   Millinery
Tomorrow and and Saturdry.
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DEMOCRATIC RULE, 1891-2.
Neglected State Institutions; Did
not Enact the Australian
Ballot as Claimed.
Clare and Isabella Yearly Recieve Big
Sums from the State in Excess *
of State Taxes.
(Continued Irom last week.)
The assertion made by the local
democratic organ that the Australian
Ballot system was enacted by the
democratic legislature of 1891-2 is
another example of the misrepresentation of the present campaign. The
fact is that the official ballot and private voting booth were given to the
voters of Michigan by the legislature
of 1889, in which the senate contained
twenty-four republicans and eight
democrats and the house seventy republicans and thirty democrats. The
tinal vote on the bill was fifty four republicans and ten democrats voting
yes and six republicans and six democrats voting no. An analysis of all
the voting on the bill shows that
eighty per cent of the republicans
voted for it and five per cent against
it while fourteen per cent did not
vote; of the democrats forty per Cent
voted for the bill, thirteen percent
against it and forty-.six per cent did
not vote. The act became a law by
the authority of a republican legislature and a republican governor, with
only a minority of democratic mein*
bers consenting. Subsequently the
law was amended by succeeding legislatures as found necessary, including
the single democratic legislature of
1891. " ,
Such is the history of the granting
of the official ballot and the private
voting booth which are the vital features of the Australian system now in
use in Michigan. And just as republican statesmanship, without even the
concurrence of a majority of democratic legislators, adapted the essential features of the Australian ballot
to the needs of our state in 1889 so republican statesmanship will rightly
solve the problem of primary reform.
Wayne, Kent and Muskegon counties
already have a system of direct nominations by the vote of the people and
that system will be improved and extended without risking any revolutionary changes.
MILLINERY   OPENING
Firday, Sept. 30th, and Saturday, Oct. 1st.
We are displaying a full line of ladies' pattern hats, and everything in ready-to-wear and.
children's hats. Ladies of Clare and surrounding villages and country are cordially*
invited to attend this opening,    e save you money on this line of goods.
MRS. J. E. LADD.
Millinery Opening Sept. 30 and Oct. 1
Fine display of Trimmed Hats. All the Newest Novelties 6f the season. Pattern
Hats a specialty. The ladies of Olare and vicinity are cordially invited to call and
inspect my fine stock of goods. .
MRS. G. W. FORWARD.
For "the enlightment of the voters"
the Courier's juggling of figures is
designedly misleading. In 1891 when
the democrats took control of the state
government there was in the*1 state
treasury $412,000. Two years later
when they went out of office there
would have been an actual deficiency
of $225,000 had not the state received
$420,000 from the United States treasurer, a refund of Michigan's direct tax
during the civil war. During these
two years the expenses of ordinary
government were high while the
money set aside for caring for state institutions was little indeed. In 1892
•only 8700,000 61 was devoted to caring
for state property and institutions.
Today the salaries for our 2,386 employees in our educational, reformatory and penal institutions alone at
an average of only $562.66 for each person amounts to $1,342,283.95. During
those two years no improvements
were made, nor were repairs kept up
on state institutions.
Figures as to state taxation in Isabella and Olare counties speak for
themselves, if they are not garbled.
In 1902 Clare county's state tax was
$3,722.12 and Isabella's $12,687.06 but
in that year the former received fro-m
the state in the form of primary money
$7,270.50 while the latter- received
$19,307.22, or an aggregate of $10; 169,44
that the two counties received from
the state after deducting the state
tax. Last year the net balance paid
over to these two counties was $8,410.-
80. This year Olare county's state
tax is $4,119.08 and primary money
will amount to $10,182.40, Or a net balance of $6,063.32 that the county will
receive after deducting state taxes;
Isabella's state tax is $14,042.33,
but her primary , money will
amount to"$23,724.80, leaving a net
balance of $9^82.37 that she will receive from "Bhe state. Bach of the
towuships of Sheridan,«• Grant and
Vernon, specified by the Courier, has
at least for the last two years, and
will again this year receive a nice
little balance from the state over and
above jihe amount of state taxes paid
by each of them. How was it in 1891-
2? Did either Clare or Isabella county
receive more from the state in primary
money than it pa'id state taxes? The
Courier would delight in proving that
state taxation is an unbearable burden to these two counties but the fact
is that both of them are yearly receiving more money from the state
than they are paying state taxes.
Prom January 1st 1902 to January 1st
1905 Olare and Isabella counties will
have received a grand'total of $34,056-
.13 from the state in primary money
more than they will have paid state
taxes.  ■       " .   ;.
In view of sucli misrepresentation
by an organ owned by the secretary of
the democratic state central committee it becomes plainly evident'that
the sole purpose of the present campaign of personal abuse is to win at
any cost, regardless of truth or principle, through blinding republicans as
to the facts at issue.
*   ' A Card.
We wish to thank fche^many. Icifad
friends for their assistance in our
great sorrow and bereavement.
Mr. and Mks. W." L. Pariush.
A Card.
For the klndiy sympathy of mauy
friends and neighbors' in our bereavement-, we desire to express our heartfelt thanks; also for the many floral
offerings uud especially for the kindness of the M. W. A. In the montns
prior to death, in the hour of deepest
sorrow and at the funeral.
M'ns. Nancy Hicks and ■famii.y.*
 J-'bu.ip M. Hicks,
Tbe county pooiona grange mee*is
f^ith the Eldorado grange at Eoseb*us*i
October 4th.
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