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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-10-25
WORLD EVANGELIzING PLAN.
INSTRUMENTATION Society to Raise
S25,oco.ooo Yearly For Five Years.

S<o,uCu,UOO yearly For Five Years.
In the hope OF eyangelizIng the world
IN the present generation the Layman's
Missionary movement. an interdenom-
national organization OF wealthy
church members. is planning 10 raise
S2J,O00,OUO a year for the next five
years among laymen in the United
States, says the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
]. Campbell White OF Pittsburg, sec
retary of the movement, who visited
Philadelphia recently, outlined the
plan. lie said ii had just been COM
pleted by those In charge OF the
scheme and had been approved by the
mission boards OF the various denomi-
nations interested. The plan will be
tested within the next few weeks.
Mr., White said that the Christian
people of the world We're spending
S2l ,2S0,OOO Il year at present OH for
eign missions, of which amount the
people OF the United States contributed
SS.9S0,O00. This S2l 100000, he said,
supports $4,000 missionaries, who are
working in foreign territory TO evangel-
ize 325,O00,0O0 persons, but there are
GI5.0Oo.Oo0 others who are not pro-
vided for.
Mr.. White declared that 10000 mis-
sionaries We're needed, which would
require an expenditure of between SI5,-
100000 and $S0.OOO,O0O The PROPOSE
tion Is to raise Sl25 200, 600 within the
next five years. 1t is estimated that
S25,000000 will be received In small
amounts from children and others in
the churches. The remaining $780,
000,G0 will be obtained by the sale OF
"shares" among church members of
all denominations and others, as fol
lows:
Two million shares at So year for
five years, SJ0,00O00O.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
shares at 500 year for five years,
100000.
Twenty five thousand shares at ST.
600 year for five years, s25.00O,O00.
The laymen's missionary movement
will turn this money over TO the vari-
Gus mission boards for the extension
of their work
Even If we gave S25,000,000 a year
for foreign missions II would be only
one-siXth Of what we give to our
church work at home" said Mr.. White
"Instead of decreasing that contribu-
tion for work at home believe it
would increase the offerings, as there
would be greater interest In church
work"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-10-25
Hail to Thee, October!

Banner month of all the year.
Month of cool and balmy airs,
OF the fields that glow ablaze
With the goldenrod each bears
October
Month of ripened fruits and grain,
OF the brilliant flowers of fall,
OF the queen chrysanthemum,
Regal bloom that rules them all
October
Month Of natures gorgeous hues,
When the woods with beauty blaze,
Every color rainbow hued.
Pouring glory on thy days
October
Month Of warm and sunny hours,
Free from summers burning heat,
But with genial atmospheres,
With crisp aroma sweet
October!
Month of beauty, month of calm,
Free from cold or heats excess,
Bringing ease and gentle peace
In languorous loveliness-
October!
Month Of all months in the year,
Queen of its maturity.
eplendor glowing in thy heart.
All the world sings hail to thee
October!
Baltimore American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-10-25
A Woman's Ideas on Poultry Food.

Careful, painstaking poultrymen who
appreciate the value of poultry and
recognize the advantage which Il good.
honestly made Poultry Food gives
them are the ones who will be espe
cially interested in the following letter
from Mrs. f. Edgar Brown of Brim-
field, Mass. She says: Il like Pages
Perfected Poultry Food very much 1t
is the best of anything l ever used,
and shall soon send for another bar
rel"
Any one sending his address on
postal card to c. 5. Page. Hyde Park,
VT, and mentioning this paper, will re-
ceive by mail, free, postpaid, IL sample
package Of Pages Perfected Poultry
Food"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
ExtradItion unavoidable.

Governor Warner will. II is expect
ed, refuse the request for a reQuisition
Tor the extradition of Daniel Baxter,
whom the Buckeye authorities desire
to try on charge of conspiracy to
deIraud insurance companies.
This is another case growing out Of
the confessions OF "Old Jack" Page,
the convict who by detailing partic-
uiars OF an alleged conspiracy extend
ing over 80 years In Williams county,
o., TO burn stores, residences and
barns to secure the insurance money.
AS Gov. Warner refused the request
TO extradite Ira Bryant. of Hudson, on
the strength OF this confession, II is
regarded as certain that Mr.. Baxter
VIII not be turned over to the Ohio
authorities. Baxter. who is advanced
In years, was for years a member of
the village council of Bryan and
leader in the community. One of his
sons, Charles +. Baxter, was formerly
deputy state treasurer Of Michigan
and now holds an important position
In Detroit with an insurance com.
pany.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
Galleries Under the Sea.

At Cape Breton there are immense
colleries being worked under the
ocean. These submarine mines cover
a thousand acres, and are being in
creased steadily. The mines are en-
tered at the shore, and the operators
follow the vein beneath the water for
more than mile. 1t might be ex-
pected that the weight CT the water
would force its way into the mine.
The bed of the ocean is as tight as
a cement cistern. A sort of fireclay
lines the submarine roof of the mine,
and the sediment above is held in
piace and packed down by the water
pressure until there is not a crevice
nor drop of water from overhead.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
West Branch Fire.

The principal business block Of West
Branch burned TO the ground early
Thursday morning by fire which start
ed in Cooper & Co.'S baker shop and
meat market. This firm, the West
Branch hotel, A. c. Nelson's grocery,
Angus McPhee's saloon, John Weir's
barber shop, Frank Estey's grocery,
Meszie's restaurant, Dr. Thomas s.
Glenn's drug store, Crawford Bros.
grocery, A. A. Weiler's and J. d. Bur
CESS tailor shops, w. Marthen's sa-
loon, c. Dpsenbery's furniture store
G. G. French's insurance office. Bell
Telephone Office, Pettis Bros hospital
and office, Dr. Matthew Spink's resi-
dence and dental office, besides store
houses in the rear of each building
were burned.
The fire had a start before it was
discovered and the fire engine failed
to do the work. The estimated losses
are about $4,000.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
NOTES FROM TWO
PEN|NSULAS,
WoMAN'S CODY FOUND BADLY
oEcoMPosED, CANNOT
BE IDENTIFIED.
WIDOWED SECOND TIME.
Happenings in and About the State
OF Major and Minor Importance
Briefly Told.
Who Was She

The body of woman, badly decon.
posed, was found In the water near
Port Huron Sunday and all efforts to
identify her have proven unavailing.
She is supposed to have either jumped
or fallen from one of the ID. & G..
steamers.
The woman was about FIVE feet eight
inches tall, wore light gray coat, a
light waist black kid gloves, black
skirt and No. shoes. She had light
brown hair, and from the clothes in
which she was dressed, is thought to
have been well off financially. She also
wore two rings, one plain gold band
ring, the other a gold ring, with en-
craving on it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
Farmer Suicides.

After a family quarrel, Asa Sharp,
a farmer living north of Inlay City,
came to town and proceeded to accum-
ulate a Jag" Then he went to the
drug store and bought quantity of
carbolic acid. Climbing back into his
buggy he drove around town like a
wild man. Finally he quieted down
and was apparently asleep, but the
horse kept on going. When the rig
was stopped in the middle of the road
1t was found that Sharp was dead,
having swallowed the carbolic acid.
This is the second time Mrs. Sharp
has been widowed within FIVE years
by her husband taking carbolic acid
Sharp's daughter by his first wife
committed suicide in the same way
year ago.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
LIFE INSURANCE A SACRED
TRUST.
Responsibilities Of Officers and ri.
rectors.

Evidently President Kingsley Of the
New York Life Insurance company
has learned the great lesson Of the
times with respect to the responsible
ity and duty Of directors of corpora.
tons. Speaking TO the new board of
trustees, on the occasion of his cleo.
ton to the presidency, he emphasized
the fact that life insurance is more
than a private business, that life in
surance trustees are public servants,
charged at once with the obligations
OF public service and with the respon.
sibilities that attach TO a going bust.
ness which at the same time must be
administered as a trust"
He also realizes that similar respon.
sibilities rest upon the officers of the
company. Il understand" he says.
your anxiety in selecting the men
who are day by day to carry this bur.
den for you, who are to discharge this
trust in your behalf, who are to ad.
minister for the benefit of the people
involved the multitudinous and exact.
ing details to which 1t is impossible
wi yOu " give ptISOudl attention. NV
long connectionl with the New York
Life-covering nearly twenty years
my service in about every branch of
the company's working organization.
gives me, as | believe, a profound ap-
probation, not merely of the heavy
burden you have placed on my Shout
ders, but of the standards of efficiency,
the standards of faith, the standards
of integrity, which must be main
tanned at all times by the man who
serves you and the policyholders in
this high Office"
Best of all, perhaps. he feels that
words are cheap, and that the public
will be satisfied with nothing short of
performance. MY thanks, therefore"
he continues. "for an honor which out
ranks any distinction within the reach
of my ambition. cannot be expressed
in words; they must be read out of
the record make dav bv day"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
The ROYAL Road.

Struggling Author-Why. De Poesy.
how prosperous you look! Was your
last book of poems a success?
De Posey-No-o. can't say that It
was.
Published popular novel, per
haps?"
NO"
"Ah, then you have written a play.
have always held that play writing.
while not the highest form of art, was
nevertheless"
Il have written nc play"
You haven't? Where did these fine
clothes come from? How did you pay
for that handsome turnout"
Il have abandoned literature and
am peddling clans. IN. Y. Weekly.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
Compton Acquitted.

Silas Compton, the aged blacksmith
who was brought back from Pennsyl-
vania to answer to the charge of muir
dering Miser VIM. Lampman in Grand
Ledge 10 years ago, was acquitted by
the jury. after they had been out FIVE
hours. The old man broke down when
the verdict was given. Several friends
and sympathizers asked him to go to
their homes, but he refused all invita-
tons and returned to his cell for the
night. He will return 70 Pennsylvania
John Butcher, the lifer who was con-
victed of the murder Is years ago and
who recently made an alleged confess
sion in which he said that Compton
killed Lampman, is back in Jackson
DrisOn
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
Dates Changed Again.

Because the primaries for the cleo.
ton OF delegates to the constitution.
al convention will be held on August
Is, the state military authorities are
compelled TO again change the date for
opening the state encampment of the
Michigan National Guard to August
IA.
The military board had first set Au-
gust 10 as the opening day, but the
Pere Marquette objected because this
would hinder their Sunday excursion
business too much. so August IL was
selected. Then someone remembered
the primaries and the second change
was made. The troops will visit Sagi.
nav August %, instead of August 21.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
MICHIGAN NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
VOTE WHICH Mr.. KELLEY CAST
WAS ILLEGAL, SAYS
Mr.. BIRD.
THE RESOLUTION is VOID
Attorney-General'e Opinion on the
Matter Of Submitting a Question to
the People.
II lo Unconstitutional.

In a lengthy opinion Attorney-Gen-
eral Bird replies 10 two questions sub
mitted by Secretary OF State Prescott
as TO the adoption Of senate resolu-
ton No 81. entitled Concurrent reso-
luton submitting to q vote of the
| people the question of nomination OF
united States senator, governor and
Northumberland, by direct vote OF
the electors" and whether 1.-The secre-
tary OF state should give the notices
and take all such proceedings as are
required Of him by said resolution,
or should he treat said resolution as
having failed OF adoption by the nee
essary vote OF the senate, as such
vote appears in the senate journal?"
The senate journal of June 10, 1907,
pages 1914 ct seq, shows that when
this resolution came before the SEN
ate TO be voted upon. in the regular
course of business, sixteen senators
voted yea and sixteen senators voted
nay; whereupon the lieutenant-go
nor, as president of the senate, voted
yea and declared the resolution adopt.
ed.
The encouragement cites the provi.
sions OF the constitution bearing on
the duties and powers of the lieuten.
ant-governor, and says: Considering
the several constitutional provisions
TO which have referred in connection
with Section IA, of Article ", / find
no express provision which In any
manner tends to extend the power or
authority of the lieutenant-governor
as president of the senate, to give the
casting vote where there is an equal
division In the senate beyond that
found in Section IA. 1t is therefore.
clear that such power and authority
and, in my opinion, is limited TO the
action OF the senate when In commit
tee OF the whole.
While this resolution on its face
purports TO be a concurrent resolu.
ton, II is in effect a joint resolution
as defined by the supreme court in
the case of Olds VS.. State Land Com
missioner, 1874 Mich, 446, 447, and as
such requires for its adoption the
affirmative vote of a majority of all
the members elected by each house
(Section 10, Article w., Constitution
of Michigan).
In this connection | would say that,
In my opinion, legislation which is to
have the force of law, whether desig-
mated as a bill, concurrent resolution
or joint resolution, cannot be legally
enacted without the affirmative vote
of majority of the members elected /
to each house The resolution under
did not receive the af |
frmative vote of a majority of the I
members elected TO the state senate. (
| would. therefore, say in answer
to your first question, that this reso-
luton was not adopted in accordance /
with the requirements of the state !
and is unconstitutional |
and void.
In answer to your second question.
would say that, by reason of the fact /
that said resolution is unconstitutional !
and void, it has no legal force or ef- /
feet and does not impose upon you
any duty to give the notices referred I
to or to take any action whatever I
in the premises
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
JOHNS IGNORANCE.
Standard OIL Pays S4o,ooo,0oo DivI-
dends, So Rockefeller Says.

bends, So Rockefeller Says.
John d. Rockefeller testified in the
United States court In Chicago Satur-
day that the Standard Oil Co. OF New
Jersey, of which he is the head, the
parent company OF the oil trust. has
capital stock Of $l00. 000, 900 and that
II pays 40 per cent dividends.
Other than that he professed to
know nothing more than that the
company's business is the production
of oil. He said he had not been d.
rectly connected with the company's
business affairs for eight or ten years,
consequently knew little of what II
had been doing.
Other witnesses admitted that the
800, 100000 New Jersey company own
ed one S1000,00O Indiana company Ii
is the latter which was convicted on
1852 counts OF accepting rebates from
the Chicago a. Alton r. r. 1t is sub
ject to a fine of from 81 900 to $4,000
on each count. Thus the minimum
fine faced is s1,462,0O0 and the maxi
mum 500, 100000. Ii was TO determine
the financial ability of the company
that the hearing was held and on its
ability to pay the fine will be based
VIM. Rockefeller and John ID. Arch
bold. who were in court, were not put
on the stand.
According to a Wall street news
agency, the Standard Oil Co. is con-
trolled by only fifteen individuals or
estates, which hold 80 per cent OF the
stock. These holders have received
In dividends In the last ten years 1884,
100000. OF this amount John d.
Rockefeller has been paid, says the
Wall street authority, $110.696,000, or
an average of more than s11 900, 900
a year.
The attorneys for the Standard Oil
Co. declined to submit any further
evidence in the investigation held Sat
urday by Judge Lands in the United
States district court. Judge Lands
then announced that sentence will be
passed August on the Standard Oil
Co. of Indiana, which was convicted
of rebating.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
A Sane Fourth

Not since the days of the unrestrict.
ed use OF the giant cracker and the
toy cannon have there been as many
small Fourth of July accidents in De-
troit as there were Thursday, though
to the casual passer along the streets
1t appeared that the city was enjoying
sane and comparatively quiet Fourth.
The Joyous antics of the small boy
let loose to revel In noise and colored
lights, kept the police, the fire depart
ment and the physicians on the 20
from early morning until late at night.
The doctors report 55 cases of injury
from fireworks, the fire department
was called upon to extinguish 10 con-
fiagrations directly traceable to the
celebrants.- and the police were obliged
to lock up 90 people whose method of
celebration seemed to menace the pub
lie peace and well being.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
Injured at a Fire.

WILDER j. Owen, proprietor of the
Midland Bazaar, had one eye de-
stroyed, Dexter Anderson, druggist,
had an artery in his left wrist badly
cut, Eugene Willis had one foot
crushed and an unknown man had a
shoulder laid open by falling glass dur
ing fire early Monday morning.
The building was owned by w. l..
Baker, and was occupied by Britton
& Smith, clothiers. The loss is about
$4,000 Both buildings and contents
were insured. The fire is supposed to
have originated from a defective cleo
trio wire. The men injured were volun-
tarily helping TO fight the fire. Mr..
Owen, who lost an eye, is one of the
leading business men of the city.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
Admiral Evans's View

Admiral Robert ID. Evans, who will
TAKE the great fleet of American bat
tieships around the Horn next fall
attaches no more importance to this
l4,OOO-mile practice cruise than he
would TO any other. 1t is absurd, he
said, to construe the appearance OF
this formidable fighting force in the
territorial waters of our west coast
as demonstration TO impress the
friendly government Of Japan.
1t is silly TO talk of war with ia.
pan, he said. Because some tough
wrecked a japanese restaurant IN San
Francisco, there is no more reason for
war with Japan than there would be
for one with China If few hoodlums
on the east side should stone Chi.
nese laundry"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
The Psychological Moment.

The fact that Priam was closeted
with the adjuster did not prevent Cas-.
sandra from dropping in to say that
she had told him just how it would be.
She was all / saved" murmured
the burnt-out monarch, jerking his
thumb at the retiring prophecies.
Say no more" rejoined the other.
Well call the loss total, and If / could
make it any more than that, old man,
I'd do it, under the circumstances"
This incident shows the value of a
word spoken at the right time. Puck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
Game, Fish and Fire Wardens.

Charles S. Pierce, state game. fish
and fire warden. has announced the
appointment of Charles Smith. of East
Tawas, as his chief deputy. Smith was
deputy game warden under Charles
Chapman, Pierce's predecessor, for
two years, and has been stationer dur
ing the session of the legislature. The
other deputies are j. B. Eddy, OF Sault
Ste. Marie; Theodore Trudel, of Bay
City; Peter Prochaska, of Detroit, who
succeeded Fred E. Fisher as deputy
three months ago; Charles X. Hoyt. of
Grand Haven, who was chief deputy
under Chapman. Pierce says: Il shall
not appoint the 10 district fire wardens
until / have made a trip through the
upper portion of the state"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
COULDN'T KEEP 1T.
Kept II Hid from the Children.

I'VE cannot keep Grape-Nuts food in
the house. 1t goes so fast l have to
hide it, because the children love 1t so.
Ii is just the food have been looking
for ever SO long; something that / do
not have to stop to prepare and still is
nourishing."
Grape-Nuts is the most scientifically
made food on the market. 1t is per-
fectly and completely cooked ut the
factory and can be served at an in
stant's notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk IL hoe dish
is desired. When milk or water is
used, a little sugar should be added,
but when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can be
seen glistening on the granules, is suf-
ficiently sweet to s@,isfy the palate.
This grape-sugar is not poured over
the granules, as some people think,
but exudes from the granules in the
process Of manufacture, when the
starch of the grains is changed from
starch to grape-sugar by the process
of manufacture. This, in effect, is the
first act of digestion; therefore, Grape
Nuts food is pre-digested and is most
perfectly assimilated by the very
weakest stomach. There's a Rea-
SON."
Made at the pure food factories of
the Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich
Read the little health classic, "c.'he
Road 20 Wellville,' in rkgs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11
Disrobed BY Liuhtninu

During the recent terrific electrical
storm, lightning struck in several
places in the village of Wakefield
Gogebic county. A bolt hit the chin
ney of a cottage owned by Fred
Strough scattering the bricks in every
direction and SCATTERING the walls and
roof A young woman standing in the
doorway come, ting the dining and
living rooms was Knocked unconscious.
and her shoes f1d most of her cloth
ing were torn from her body Her
escape from death is considered mar.
yelOuS
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11

There were but three births in Pom.
tiac In June, while 20 residents died.
The individual shoot OF the Michi.
gan National Guard. which was held
June %, has been declared off by the
state military board and will be shot
over again Saturday. July 81. The team
shoot for six men from each company
will be held August 8. These changes
are made because many of the possible
contestants are interested in the com
petition in Port Huron and did not
enter these events.
The Van Buren, county supervisors
after fixing salaries of county officers
in lieu of fees in accordance with the
new law, passed q resolution condemn
ing the law and the manner in which
1t was handled in the legislature
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11

Charles H. Davis. aged 81, OF Will
son township, civil war veteran,
dropped dead while driving cows
home
Fire started by lightning destroyed
the home of Capt James Wilcox, SUI
perintendent of the Mass Consolidated
Mining Co, in Greenland. Not an
article was saved: loss $4,000
The mistake of a printer in Ian.
sing makes the salary which the leg
islature voted to Deputy City Assessor
John J. Williams. of Saginaw, S1.96O.
instead of $780, as intended. and VIII.
Jams says that he will draw that
amount If he G.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-11

II is stated by c. c. Georgeson. spe-
cial agent of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, in charge of
Alaskan Investigations. that Alaska
has agricultural possibilities to an ex-
tent which will make the fullest de-
velopment Of her resources practi
cable. The territory can furnish
homesteads of 800 acres each to zoo.
900 families, and has abundant re-
sources to support a population of
5000, COO persons.