The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-23
Oak Grove Farmers Club.

Grove Farmers Club at Hillside" farm
was a very enjoyable and successful!
one There We're but few absent mem
bers and host of invited guests
The meeting was called to order by
President butcher at eleven III. After
the opening exercises We're finished, the
minutes of the last meeting read we adj
journed until after dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Mcbride are noted
for their hospitality and the excellent
repast set before their guests was an
other proof that they are indeed royal
entertainers
The delightful dinner hour past the
meeting was again called to order and
after singing by the club we listened to
a very fine paper by Mrs M. Wilcox on
Character and its value. True, means
exact, right, and is the foundation of all
good. A good character cannot be de-
veloped by crooked path policy. The
qualifications of good char ;cter must
be an inherent love of truth, and the
| other cardinal virtues" We were es-
pecially enjoined to remember to above
all, BE true to thyself and it follows
as night the day, thou can st not be I'M
true ID any other man." No true man
would deviate from the path of honor
in business transaction in order to en-
rich himself with few paltry dollars
or his weight in gold. Character is
something we are ever attaining, we are
doing good or harm, we cannot live
without exerting an influence. I'VE
know and the world knows whether or
not we are true"
This very excellent paper was fol
lowed by a spirited discussion one per-
son raising the question. How are we
going to save the young if as people
we sanction the licensed saloon, which,
as we all know is fearful menace to
the whole community.
Is the tax commission an advantage
or not? Mr.. Winnie said his taxes were
two or three dollars higher since the adj
vent of the commission therefore he
judges that it is disadvantage. The
taxable value of real estate has been
, raised twenty per cent, while rail road
property has been only slightly raised.
| d. Morris said we are taxed for crime;
we have to pay an indirect tax on ac
count of tho crime and pauperism, re-
sulting from that center of evil, the
saloon, we legalize. Mr.. Wilcox said
the commission was made up of men
from different parts of the state and
| they could not possibly know the local
value of land in all parts Of the state.
They placed value of sixty dollars on
some lands that was not worth cent
| for revenue but there is no appeal from
their decision. Mr. Wilcox favors local
| taxation.
Mrs. Nellie Dawson next favored the
company with a finely rendered recita-
ton, How congress fought for Sheridan.
Mrs. Winnie and Mrs. Buel sang very
pleasing duet.
The question box was full but the
question that drew the close attention
of all was, Should we, as farmers, join
the Society of Equity? Albert Strauch
thinks favorably of the scheme and be-
lieves we ought to do something of the
kind. Mr.. Wilcox said we are trying
to fight new methods with old machin-
cry, and we will never succeed until we
organize. Many others expressed the
same sentiments and before the meeting
dispersed every man and some women
gave their names to the organizer for
membership in the Society of Equity.
The next meeting will be with Mr..
and Mrs. Chas Dawson at their home
in Corunna. The program is as fol-
lows:
What influence has home life over
school life? Mrs. VIM Cole; Should con-
gress appropriate money for building
and repairing country roads? Mr.. A.
Wrigley; Should mortgages be taxed?
Mr.. Kent; Selections of Washington adj
dress to the people of the United States,
NJ. Wilcox; Associational topic, Mrs
Bilhimer Thanksgiving quotations in
answer to roll CALL Question box, w. G.
Owen