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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-04-25
ODD FELLOWS DAY
Tomorrow a Memorable Day in the
Order I'm This city

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Tomorrow will be Odd Fellows day in
the city Of Beldng. and from every indi-
cation there will be something doing every
minute. It is the anniversary Of the birth
of the order and the local lodge men are
putting forth every effort to make the
day one long to be remembered.
The program for the day commences
at $50, when the Odd Fellows. Patriarchs
and Rebekahs will form in line and march
to the Pere Marquette depot. where they
will meet delegation from Edmore and
other places and form for parade on
the principle streets, winding up at the
opera house at ll:l5, where q business
meeting is called for that hour.
At 1880 drill by Canton Montcalm
from Edmore will take place on the square
in front Of the silk mill, and inasmuch as
this canton is finely drilled and equipped
company, it will be worth the while for
our citizens to be present and watch their
maneuvers.
At 80 an open meeting will be held
in the opera house, to which the public is
cordially invited. At this meeting there
will be addresses. musical selections, ETC..
and special effort will be made to make
it entertaining.
At $3.50 the Rebekahs will meet at
Woodman hall and the Odd Fellows at
Hubbell hall for the conferrng Of degrees.
1t is expected that there will bs several
hundred visitors here from other places
and this will be the greatest day in the
history of local Odd Fellowship.
The Congregational and M. E. societies
will serve dinner at the churches.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-04-25

his duty Saturday A vote for Mr.. Dick
ema will be a vote to strengthen Presi-
dent Roosevelts hands and to uphold him
in the great work he is doing.
Mr.. Diekema says: "If elected to
congress will do all in my power to sus-
tain and hold UP the hands of the splen-
did republican president, Theodore Roose-
yelt."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-04-25

Letters remaining uncaled for in the
Belding postoffce are as follows;
Mr. Austin Baker, Mr.. A E Benson,
Miss Leila Mcconnell. Miss Kittie M. Col
bry, Elsie Ferguson, Mr.. c. j. Lynch
Mrs Mabel Russell, Mr. Grover Smith
Mr.. Eugene Steele.
d. E WILSON, Postmaster.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-04-25
Sale of State Tax Lands
STATE OF MICHIGAN,
AUDITOR GENERAL S DEPARTMENT

Lansing, April |, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that certain lands
situated IN the County Of Ionia. bid off to
the State for taxes Of 1908 and previous
years, and described in statements which
will be forwarded to the office Of the
Treasurer of said County, and may be
seen at said office previous to the day Of
sale, will be sold at public auction by said
Treasurer, at the County Seat, on the first
Tuesday of May next, at the time and
place designated for the Annual Tax Sale,
if not previously redeemed or cancelled
according to law. Said statements con-
tain full description Of each parcel OF
said lands.
JAMES b. BRADLEY,
Auditor General.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-04-25

There will be meeting OF the church
and society at the Congregational church
Sunday morning Immediately after the
service to consider the report Of the pull
pit committee and take action thereon.
It is expected there will be full at
tendance.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-04-25

The Weter-Wise Co. will open their
seed store from seven to eight o'clock
evenings, commencing Monday, April 90,
to accommodate those who cannot come
during the day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-04-25
SPECIAL ELECTION

Don't Forget To Vote Saturday for
Congressman
The special election to elect a congress
man for the 5th district will be held Sat-
urday Of this week. 1t is an important
one and voters should make it point to
go to the polls.
Every republican, every believer in
President Roosevelt and the principles he
stands for, should be determined to do
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But it is no exception
to the others we show
All feathers -all prices
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
Keepine Off the Burglars.

Mr.. and Mrs. Choice had a mag,
nifcent Great Dane, a brindle fellow
so tall that he could eat off the din
ner table without raising his head an
inch above its natural poise. They
called him Bowse. Bowse died, and
his mistress, frightened by the re-
peated burglaries in the neighbor-
hood, thought she would not be able
to remain in the house alone while
her husband was in the city. 81
have an idea," said Mr.. Choice. 1--WE
will have him stuffed and mounted,
and stand him near the door, where
every one who calls can see him.
If you go to the door and see a per-
son whom you suspect Of being not
quite respectable, catch Bowse by the
collar, just as if he were alive, and
make a show of holding him back
from tearing the caller to pieces"
And so it was done, and the stuffed
Bowse was as efectual a 8 the ami
mated one. Among the light-ingered
fraternity and the second-story gents
it soon got to be known that an ex-
ceedingly dangerous dog was in that
house; and they kept away.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
VORACIOUS ENGLISHMAN
ATE 5000 PEAS IN A DAY.

London.-John Cotton, who lives
in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, is believed
to possess the most voracious appetite
Of any man living. Within the past
few days he has consumed a meal at
which a van horse would have jibbed
in despair. The contest which has
just ended lasted fourteen days.
The condition was that he should
eat two peas on the first day,
double that number on the Sec
ond, and continue to double it day
after day for fourteen days. The
peas which were used for the contest
were the ordinary green marrowfats.
During the first week the man simply
swallowed them like pills, in the dry
state; afterward they were stepped
and boiled. On the tenth day the
number was 1924; on the eleventh,
2048; on the twelfth, 4O96; on the
thirteenth, 1892, and on the four
teeth, 1884. Owing to a little hitch
in the proceedings he refused to con-
sumo the total on the last day; but
on the thirteenth day he disposed Of
1892, which is believed to be a
worlds record. The only condiment
he took was a little pepper. On the
thirteenth day operations were COM
menced about 3 o'clock in the after
noon. He disposed Of 500 without
the slightest inconvenience, and
calmly rested until 7 o'clock in the
evening. before recommending opera
lions. At that hour he faced the
enormous mass, which filled the
largest household bucket, with a de-
termination not to surrender. Just
before II o'clock he cleared the last
of the dishes, and was greeted as the
worlds champion. During the thir-
teen days he had eaten 1884 peas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
NEGROES KILLED IN RIOT
Fight With MarshaIs at Musko.
gee, Indian Territory.
Dead Men Were Known as "Morcy
Finders" ana Dug For
Treasure at Night.

I~.Iuskogee, /. T.. In a a riot
here, John Cofeld, a policeman, was
fatally shot just above the heart; Guy
Fisher, clerk in a wholesale estab-
lishment. was shot through the shout
der; Sam and Ebert Barker and a
man named Scott, all negroes, are
dead. Two other negroes were badly
wounded. Six other desperate ne
groes are in Jail.
The negroes belonged to the
united Socialists" established in
many Indian Territory towns, and
have defed the United States author
tiles. William Wright, a negro
preacher, was the. leader. The mem
bers of the gang all live in a sort of
a club, where the battle took place.
All the members wear badges. Pa
trolman Cofield went to this house to
serve a warrant on Ebert Barker
and was shot down. A riot call was
sent to the United States Marshals
office. Deputies Bud Ledbatter, En-
nest Hubbard, Paul Williams and
Paul Smith responded.
"Give Bud Ledbatter hell! remem-
Der he kills niggers!" screamed a ne
gro woman. A negro cooked his Win
chester, but Ledbatter was too quick
for him. The fight was on. The
four deputies began shooting at the
two Bankers, who were on the porch.
One had a Winchester and the other
a six : shooter. Both were shot
through, but they fell against the
side of the house and continued to
shoot at the police until their guns
were empty. Not a deputy was
touched. Two other negroes were
shot from the windows Of the house.
Fifty shots were fired. The negroes
killed were riddled with bullets. The
four deputies emptied . their guns.
Ledbatter emptied his Winchester,
threw it down, emptied his automatic
revolver and then rushed back to
headquarters for more ammunition.
The negroes killed were known as
money finders because they went
around at night and hunted for
buried money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
FROGS AND BUGS IN A
MICHIGAN CLOUDBURST.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-A shower Of
insects of a kind never seen in this
vicinity, large in size and greenish
in color, together with very small
frogs, fairly covered the territory be-
tween Kalamazoo and Battle Creek.
The storm broke quickly in a cloud
burst. Frogs began falling slowly
at first and increased in number until
catch : basins became clogged with
them. The bugs followed after the
frogs. Professors and students car
ried large numbers of insects home
for examination. Scientific authori-
ties assert the specimens are not
known, but claim they would not
have reached earth had not an In
usually heavy thunderstorm pre-
vailed. Most of the bugs were dead
when picked up. ~"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
PE-RU-kA A MEDICAL COMPOUND

In any medical compound as much depends upon the manner In which
it Is compounded q upon the ingredients used.
First, there must be q due proportion Of the ingredients. Each drug
in the pharmacopeia has its special action. To combine any drug with other
drugs that have slightly different action, the combination must be made
with strict reference to the use for which the compound is intended. The
drugs may be we'll selected as to their efficacy, but the compound ENTIRE
LY SPOILED By THE PROPORTION in which they arr combined.
1t takes years and years of experience to discover this proportion. There
is no law of chemistry. of pharmacy, by which the exact balance of proper
ton can be determined. EXPERIENCE IS THE ONLY GUIDE.
In compromising a catarrh remedy DR.. Hartman has had many years
experience. In the use of the various ingredients which composed the a.
tarrh remedy, Peruna. he has learned. little by little, how to harmonic the
action If each ingredient, how to combine them into a stable compound, how
to arrange them into such nice proportions as to blend the taste, the opera
alton and the chemical pecuiariths of each several ingredient in order to
cits Or chemists.
WE REPEAT, THAT AS MUCH DEPENDS ON THE WAY IN WHICH
THE DRUGS ARE COMBINED AS DEPENDS UPON THE DRUGS THEM
SELVES.
The compound must present a stability which is not affected by changes
OF temperature, not affected by exposure to the air, not affected by age. 1t
logging O. mining camps Of the northwest o. the coffee plantations of the
tropics.
A complete list Of the ingredients Of Peruna would not enable any drug
gst OF physician to reproduce Peruna. 1t is the skill and sagacty by which
these ingredients re brought together that give Peruna much of its pecu-
liar claims a. an effcacious catarrh remedy.
However much virtue each ingredient Of Peruna may possess, the value
of the compound depends largely upon the manner and proportion In which
they m combined. The right ingredients, put together rightly, Is the only
way a medical compound can be made Of real value.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
HNL SEES HOPE AHEAD
1Red Lights" Still 0ut, But Good
Time Coming.
Views Of Various Experts Upon the
Financial Situatlon-No Serious
Trouble Feared.

New York City.-"We still haze
red lights before u.s." said James J.
Hill, President of the Great Northern
Railroad, when asked about the gem
eral railroad outlook. 1T means that
we should go slow. A recession has
undoubtedly set in, perhaps not a
big one,b but still a recession. II men
will be CAUTIOUS and good-tempered
and have patience, much goodca 9
done. Granted that, I see no reason
to be apprehensive.
II do not think you should AZ
too much stress on the lack OF money.
About n~inety-fve or ninety-six per
cent. of business Is done on credit.
Men don't carry big wads In their
pockets. Some sort Of a check does
the business. We have plenty OF
money as money is ordinarily useds
The trouble is that u credit Is inn
paired. The business Of the North
west will go on regardless Of general
conditions in the main, because the
Northwest deals in food, shelter and
clothing, which are the things people
must have. The trouble last winter
and at present has largely been
caused by the fact that merchants de-
layed sending their orders for coaf1
until there was a great stream Of
traffic coming Eastward, both lum-;
Der and grain. The two streams OF
freight met and there was trouble.
Asked If he ascribed the impair
ment of credit to misdeeds, Mr.. Hill
answered.. Partly to misdeeds; yes,
but there are many other factors
don't care how rich your soil IL, IL YOU
SOW the wind you are bound to reap
the whirlwind. But there are other
factors in the situation. We are deal
ing not with theories, but with con-
ditions, and should be awake to this
fact" 1
Mr.. Hill was asked how he found
business and traffic conditions IN the
Northwest, and he said: Il must say
that I never saw them better. Bust
ness must be fully twelve per CENT
to fifteen per cent. ahead OF what it
was a year ago. But there Is no par.
adox in this. Conditions up there
are peculiar. We have a few big irl-
dustries. Rather, we supply the raw
stuff to keep the industries elsewhere
going. The most Of the business the
Great Northern does Is In food, shell
ter and clothing that men must have.
The ifrosts of recession will nip GONE
of the luxuries, some Of the flowers,
like automobiles and diamonds, but
lumber and wheat and coal andSfron@
ores are not flowers. They are tie
last things which the frosts OF reces-
sion cannot easily touch. You must
remember that a recession lis ole
thing and bad times quite another.
There is nothing at this time to he
apprehensive about. Let men keep
their tempers and their patience arid
a world OF good will be done
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
A Distinguished Trio.

The Hon. Joseph Chamberlain is
fond Of relating an incident that oc-
CURED while he and Lord Rosebery
were returning from the theatre one
night. While crossing the street they
were accosted by a ragged boy who,
after sweeping the mud from their
path, asked for aims. Lord Rose
berry was about to give the boy a coin
when an idea struck him. my boy"
said Rosebery, eff you will hit that
policeman a swat 1 will give you ten
shillings."
Prompt to the word the boy crept
in back of the officer, struck him in
the back, then turned and ran, but to
the dismay of Rosebery, the officer
caught the boy after a chase of a few
yards. Not willing to leave the boy
in a fix Rosebery tried to fix things
up with the officer, but the worthy
gentleman would not listen. and took
them all three up to the station.
They were then taken before the
judge of the station, and after sur
veying them through his glasses, he
took down a book and, turning to
Chamberlain, asked his name. "Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain" was the reply,
and the Judge smiled. Rosebery re-
sponded also with his full title, Lord
Rosebery."
The boy was next. and stepping to
the front he drew himself up to his
full height and waited for the usual
question, Your name?"
my name," said the boy; "well,
Judge, I'm not the kind as what goes
back on me pals. I'm the Duke of
WELLINGTON" - American Home
Monthly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
REWARD or $500
FOR TRAIN WRECKERS
Keystone Express Narrowly Es.
capes a 40.Foot Plunge.
PLATES REMOVED FROM RAILS

Serious Disaster Averted on the Penn
sylvania Only by Speed Having
Been Reduced to About Thirty
Miles an Hour.
Pittsburg.-The Pennsylvania off,
Gals in Pittsburg made an appeal to
the county authorities in running
down the band of train wreckers who
derailed the Keystone Express near
Turtle Creek. Rewards aggregating
$500 have been offered by the COM
pany for the arrest of the wreckers.
The place where the wreck occurred
is within the confines of Allegheny
County, and County Detective George
Waggoner at one put four men on
the case.
At the same time an appeal was
made to the Police Department Of
Pittsburg asking that detectives be
put at work in the city, where, it is
believed, the wreckers are now in
hiding.
The railroad officials believe this
wreck and that of the Chicago Lin
tied were the work of employees dis
charged some time ago, and who were
known to have made threats against
the company.
Train No. 20 of the Pennsylvania,
known as the Keystone Express, east
bound, was derailed near Wilmerd-
ing, Pa, fourteen miles east OF this
city. The engine, two mail cars, and
i combination baggage and smoker
left the tracks, but no n was hurt.
The train was derailed by wreck
ers, and it is believed that the same
persons who wrecked the Chicago
Limited at Stewart are responsible
for this work.
The Pennsylvania officials an
bounced that the company will pay a
reward of $4,000 for the arrest and
conviction of the persons guilty of
wrecking the Keystone Express and
$4,000 for the arrest and conviction
of the persons responsible for the de-
railing of the Chicago Limited. In
addition, the company offers $500
for information leading to the arrest
of the guilty person or persons.
The same plan was carried out and
only the slow speed of the train,
thirty miles an hour, saved it from
turning over and diving over a steep
bank. The work of the wreckers was
thorough, for on both the east-bound
and ~west-bound tracks one rail joint
was displaced. The displacements
were only a few rods apart.
Following the derailment the pas
sengers rushed out in their night
clothes. When they discovered that
there was no immediate danger they
returned to the cars. A hasty exam
nation disclosed the fact that the
crime had been committed by men so
familiar with the signal mechanism
that, while the rails had been discon-
nected, the signals continued to indi-
cate safe. The outside rail held
against the grinding of the heavy
train and prevented the whole train
from plunging over a forty-foot en-
bankment into the river.
Near by, on the tracks, were found
a track wrench and a pair Of gloves,
while in the river below were a crow
bar, nuts, bolts and ish-plates.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
ODDITIES IN NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD
NURSE FINDS HUSBAND
ON DISSECTING TABLE.

Kansas City.-By means Of a de-
formed foot Mrs. William B. Turner,
a trained nurse, was able to identify
the body Of her husband al it lay
upon the ~dissecting table in the
Hahnemann Medical College. The
head had been removed. Mrs. Tur-
ner is now exerting every influence
to have it found and restored, so that
she may have the body decently bur-
led. Turner had died at the City
Hospital while his wife was attend
ing a patient, and under the law the
body had been turned over to the
medical college. When the woman
applied for admission to the dissect-
ing room she was refused, but she
soon displayed authority for her pres
ence and was then allowed to enter.
The moment she saw the deformed
foot she cried out: ut Is Will! Oh,
my poor husband" The hospital au-
thorities and city officials are silent
as to the case. It is said there will
be an Investigation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
JAMES HENRY SMITH DEAD.
Stricken in Kioto While on His We'd
ding Trip. 81

New York City. - James Henry
Smith, to whom Wall Street had CIV
en- the name Of Silent Smith" died
suddenly at Kioto, Japan. The new
of his death reached here in a cable
dispatch sent by the Duke of Man
chester, who was one of the Smith
party.
Mr.. Smith was on his wedding trip
with his wife. who was Mrs. William
R~hinelander Stewart. Mr.. Smith was
born in the West f1fty-three years
ago, and when a boy was taken to
London by his uncle. Mr.. Smith,
whose fortune was estimated at $780,
00O, 900 at the time of his death, in
herited most of it from his uncle,
George Smith, a pioneer Of the West.
at one time a partner of Alexander
Mitchell and heavily interested in
Chicago real estate. MI. Smith came
into this fortune il 1899.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
Too Much For the Class.

She was only a substitute teacher,
still she should have known better.
Suppose" said she in the mental
arithmetic lesson-"suppose Mary
has five oranges and Gladys gave her
eleven more. Then, if Mary gave
Winifred six, how many would she
have left?" There was a long pause.
"Well?" she prompted, impatiently,
"it's easy enough
please, teacher" spoke up the
smallest girl, "we always do our
sums in apples. New York Tri-
bune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
MANIACs. FIGHT TO DEATH.
Two Negro Inmates at Marshalsea,
Pa, Die From O Contest.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Two maniacs, both
gigantic negroes, and inmates of the
City Home at Marshalsea, battled to
the death with bare knuckles at that
institution and died.
The two men were James Jackson,
thirty-eight years old, and Albert
Henton. thirty years old, both of i'm
mense build, and both in the prime
of early manhood, physically. The
two negroes were preparing to go to
their rooms for the night, and were
passing each other in a small passage
way, when they bumped into each
other. With a cry of rage Henton
jumped at Jackson and knocked him
down on the stone floor. He was on
his feet in an instant, however, and
the two lunatics were at each other.
For almoA two hours they fought
with their bare knuckles, alone in
the small passageway, blocking the
entrance of the attendants, who,
when they were finally attracted by
the screams, only gazed on in terror.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-17
GOOD NATURED AGAIN.
Good Humor Returns With Change to
Proper Food.

For many years I was a constant
sufferer from indigestion, and ner-
vousness amounting almost to pros
tration," writes a Montana man.
My blood was impoverished, the
vision was blurred and weak, with
moving spots before my eyes. This
was a steady daily condition. I grew
ill-tempered, and eventually got so
nervous I could not keep my books
posted, nor handle accounts satisfac-
torily. l can't describe my suffer
ings.
Nothing I ate agreed with me, till
one day, l happened to notice Grape
Nuts in a grocery store, and bought
a package, out of curiosity to know
what 1t was.
Il liked the food from the very
first, eating it with cream, and now
1 buy it by the case and use it daily.
1 soon found that Grape-Nuts food
was supplying brain and nerve force
as nothing in the drug line ever had
done or could do.
ut wasn't long before l was re-
stored to health, comfort and happi-
ness. Through the use OF Grape-Nuts
food my digestion has been restored,
my nerves are steady once more, my
eyesight is good again, my mental
faculties are clear and acute, and l
have become so good-natured that
my friends are truly %astonished at
the change. feel younger and bet
ter than l have for 20 years. No
amount of money would induce me to
surrender what I have gained through
the use of Grape-Nuts food" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich. There's a reason" Read the
little book, 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE"
in pkgs.