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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
The Philippine Tariff Bill a Menace
to toe Beet Sugar Industry.

IF people in Michigan fully un
derstood the Importance of the
| beet sugar industry to the state
and the peril in which it is being
placed by the proposed PHILIPPINE
tariff they would be a unit in de-
manding that the legislation under
consideration be shelved Immediate
ly and indefinitely"
The speaker was Carman N. Smith
manager of the Owosso Sugar Co.,
and president of the Michigan Sugar
Manufacturers association. Mr..
Smith has been active in organizing
the sugar manufacturers of the state
for the protection of their business
against adverse legislation, and has
fought vigorously against the en-
actment of the measure Secretary
Taft is urging for the establishment
of sugar factories in the Philippines.
THE trouble Is that the people
don't understand how great this in
dustry has grown to be, and how
much is involved in the proposed
tariff changes" he continued. eve
have in this state Low 16 factories
with a capacity of slicing 10000
tons of beets a day. There are three
in Bay City, one each in Saginaw,
Caro-, Croswell, Sebewaing, st. Louis,
Alma. Owosso, Lansing, Blissfield.
Holland, Mt. Clemens, Menominee
and CharlevoiX.
These factories represent an ac-
tual investment Of $10,OOO,O0O.
Last year they paid to farmers $4,-
100000 and their output in sugar
was valued at $S,75O.0OO. There
are $4,000 farmers in the state who
raise sugar bes&
so much for the state. In the
whole country the value of the beet
sugar product in 1906 was $39,5O0,-
600. The farmers got 500, 100000 of
this for their product and there is in
vested in GA factories sec, 100000.
This entire great industry in
evitably will be wiped out if the Phil |!
lippine tariff becomes a law.
More than that: This great bus |
mess was built up because of the di- |
rect promises of protection by the
United States government and that |
government today is seeking to de-
stroy it for the sake of mere senti-
THE state authorities first Of
,ered a bounty, and one factory re-
'eived 21A cents pound on its pro-
iuction in Michigan, After that the
bounty act was repea1d. Then the
United States government, through
he department of agriculture, urg-
I'd the people to go into the bust
less. The department made an ex-
investigation into the possi-
'ilities of beet sugar cultivation in
he United States and the Republi-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7,
are the dates for the Shiawassee
County Farmers Institute, to be held
in Durand.
Although the preliminary program
for this affair has just been sent ont
by the state committee from the Ag-
ricultural college, yet it is believed
this will be one of the best institutes
In the history of the work. The state
VIII furnish such institute workers as
Prof. c. d. Smith, j. r. Jeffrey, DR..
T. G. Blaisdell, Mrs. C. L. Barber and
Hon. II. s. Earle. The last name
mentioned, that of State Highway
Commissioner Earle will attract i'm
mediate attention, and it should. but
at the same time some of these other
speakers are worth going miles to
hear. If the merits of the program
that will be announced later count
Tor anything, the seating capacity of
the church to be chosen for the insti-
tute shoud be taxed at every session.
In addition to the state workers.
the local committee will call on some
OF Durand's best talent to help in the
program. Music, too, will feature the
institute. Miss Elizabeth Brack will
have charge of this part of the event.
For the evening session on the first
day, an extra program will be put on.
including several selections by the
Durand City ORCHESTRA.
The farmers committee consists of
Thomas Cooling, president; Earl
stone, vice-president and ]. c. Smith
Durand Express.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

The Union bank at Laingsburg, con.
Quoted for some years as private bank,
has been reorganized as State bank
under the name of the Union State
Bank, with capital of $4,000. The
officers are President, Andrew Rohra-
bacher; first vice president, Frank B.
Smith; second vice president, r. H.
Scott; cashier, w. H. Hunt; directors,
Andrew Rohrabacher, w. II. Hunt, F.
B. Smith, Jas. d. tHoughton, R. ii.
Scott, w. FL. Lacey, Seymour Piatr.
The bank will begin its career with an
established business and with the men
back of it should be even more prosper
ous than in the past.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

A most interesting conference was
held Sunday and Monday by the Y.
M. c. A. for the purpose of promoting
the Bible study work among the
young men of this city. The first
meeting was held Sunday afternoon
at the Congregational church, when
Warren l.. Rogers, state secretary,
spoke on the subject, "'The Funda-
mental Principals of Religious
Work" 1t was a very profitable
meeting. In the evening Mr.. Rogers
spoke again at the Methodist church
when he further emphasized this line
OF work. The last meeting of the
conference was held in the Y. M. C.
A. rooms Monday evening, where.
after partaking of q most excellent
supper prepared and served by the
st. Agnes Giuld Of the Episcopal
church, Mr.. Rogers again spoke. In
this address he outlined briefly the
plan OF work which is successfully
carried out in different cities in Mich
igan. Following Mr.. Rogers talk
Prof. Porter, Rev. Jennings and Mr..
Blood gave short talks upon the
work. These talks were followed by
a discussion by several members af-
ter which a policy was outlined for
Bible study campaign this winter. !
Much credit for the success of this
meeting must be given to the st.
Agnes Guild for the supper served,
which with the forceful talk by Mr..
Rogers, will make the meeting one
o be remembered by those present.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
Fatally Injured by Cars.

| A most distressing accident hap.
| pened in the yards of the Ann Arbor
tuesday afternoon about O'Clock
and as a result Gordon Willoughby.
the ten year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Willoughby, SIT Glenwood ave-
nue. died three hours later. Gordon
had taken a small cart after coming
nome from school and gone to the
Ann Arbor yards to pick up some
ccal to burn in an oven he had con-
structed in a play house used by the
boys of the neighborhood. AS he
was busily engaged in gathering the
pieces OF coal, freight backed into
the yards and was almost upon the
Doys cart before he discovered the
train approaching. Gordon sprang
onto the track and endeavored to
pull the cart off but was knocked
down by the caboose which passed
over his left leg, crushing it almost
to the hip. While no one saw the ac
cident, the boy was soon discovered
and taken into the yard office. phy
sicians called who made his condi-
1t was seen that there was no chance
for his recovery. AS soon as possible
he was carried home and in a short
time his sufferings were ended by
death. Gordon was, conscious for
some time and told.t about him
how the accident occurred. For
boy of his age he showed wonderful
nerve.
The grief of the family, two broth
ers and two sisters, besides his par
ents was such that the friends pres
ent were nearly prostrated. Gordon
was favorite with the family-as
well as his schoolmates. Mr.. Will
loughby is foreman of the bench
room of the Estey Mfg. Co.
The funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon from the
Corunna Avenue M. e. church. Rev.
Hoyt ofhciating. Universal sympa-
thy is expressed for the family.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
Badly Bruised.

A. G. Frey, Jr., had an experience
Tuesday which he will not care to re-
peat and he will probably not engage
hereafter in the practice of catching
on passing wagons. With two other
boys, young Frey had been climbing
on one of the United Delivery wag-
ons, despite the orders of the driver
TO keep of. In some manner he fell
SO that one of the wheels passed over
his chest and part of the wagon hit
one OF his ears in such a manner as
to nearly tear it off. DR.. Mccormick
was called and found that there were
no serious injuries although one lung
was injured and his chest badly
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
FIRST CONCERT
Owosso Maennerchor Delights Large
AuGisnce.

|
The Owosso Maennerchor opened its
second season at the Owosso Theatre
last Friday evening with a concert that
was of very high order and pleased
the many members and their families
exceedingly. The society shows a
wonderful improvement under the able
direction of Prof. A. Coy, of Saginaw,
who has been putting forth his best
efforts to make the organization one of
the best of its kind in the state, and has
succeeded wonderfully well. The
members have given much time to the
work, have attended rehearsals faith.
fully and are entitled to the hearty
thanks of the music lovers of the com.
munity for their efforts.
The program was divided into two
parts, I'm Waldo" being the first num-
Der and the Maennerchor were well
received when the curtain went up and
heartily encored at the close.
Miss Nellie S. Westcott, the we'll
known and popular soprano of this city,
and Mr.. Kurt Schwahn, tenor, of Sagi-
nav, sang, "Ye Ladies Fine and Fair"
duet from the seasons, which showed
the wonderful range of their voices and
their grand control of them for concert
work
DIR. R. J. Tick never pleased his
friends more than in the solo in "Das
Posthorn" and responded to continued
encore.
Mr.. Schwahn sang, "Onaway, Awake, |
Beloved" and responded to the ap-
plause of the listeners with an old |
Scotch melody.
The Maennerchor rendered the |
Hunting Song from the Freischuetz,
by Won Weber and this most popular
piece brought forth rounds of applause.
Miss Westcott was greeted with a
round of welcome when she appeared to
sing the waltz from Romeo and Juliet. /"
The second part of the program
started with 20 lieb, so lang du lieben
Kannst' by the Maennerchor, with a
duet by Mr.. Schwahn and DR.. Tick and
they were compelled to respond to a
hearty encore. Carl Dewey played a
concert solo and Mr.. Schwahn and Miss
Westcott gave popular numbers and
The concert closed with "Still" and "Jm
Maj by the Maennercbor, which were
from the last concert of last
7ear by special request
1t is hoped that this society will be
avored with large increase in mem
'ership in the near future so that the
people of the city can continue to have
he benefit of their grand efforts in a
musical line.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
Circuit Court.

The November term Of the circus
court opened Monday and came very
nearly finishing business the same
day. The calendar was a small one
to begin with and several. of the
cases were put over or reported as
settled. The only jury case for the
term was that of los. H. Copas VS..
Louis Mueller, ct al, in which a YER
dict for $3S.09 was given the plain
tiff. Part of the jurors were only
kept one day and all were discharged
Wednesday.
VIM. H. Seigel, of Laingsburg,
plead guilty to the charge of keep
ing his saloon open on Sunday and
will be sentenced Monday.
The case of the People VS.. G.. B.
Symes, charged with violating the
liquor law, and that of Abbot L..
Coste, of Corunna, charged with
perjury, will go over until the next
term.
George Gerard, charged with in
decenMexposure, plead not guilty
and gss&e $500 bail for his appear
ance at the next term.
In the case of John Clay, ct al, VS..
Chas. Hart, a judgment for $337.3OI
was entered by consent.
Freeman Waugh VS.. VIM. HI. Lef-
fingwell, judgment for the plaintiff
for $469.61.
Motion for a new trial in the case
o. M. ID. Comstock VS.. Clark Taggart.
ct al, denied.
"A decree of divorce was granted
in the case of Armenty VS.. James
The case on the canendar which
most interests the taxpayers is that
of j. T. McCurdy VS.. Shiawassee
county brought to recover $4,000
and interest on a loan made several
years ago for money to meet the cur
rent expenses Of the county. AS the |
facts in the case are not disputed, the
whole matter rests upon the right of |
the county to make such loans and
the case turns on the law. This be-
ing so no jury will be required. the
case being argued and the decision
made by the presiding Judge. Judge
Miner stated that he should ask q
Judge from another circuit to hear
he case and that the date of hearing
would be set as soon as he could Sc
cure the promise from Judge to be
present. Prosecutor Hicks announc-
I'd that he had engaged Hon. Thomas
8arkworth, Jackson, to assist in the
presentation of the case for the coun-
y, his services costing $50 per day.
Nr. Barkworth is known as one of
he leading lawyers Of Michigan and
he people of the county can rest as
ured that their interests will be well
aiken care of by Messrs. Hicks and
3arkworth. E.~H. Lyon, of st.
ohns, who is also a very successful
practitioner, will care for Mr.. McCur-
ly's interests. The arguments will
veil be worth hearing.
| .
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
Just to Think, Only Thirty DAYS.

AT the council meeting, Mond ay
night. Mr.. Thick, the promoter of the
Lansing. Owosso & Saginaw Electric
KY was given a new franchise, and
we understand he has said that work
on the line would actually begin in
short time-thirty days. in fact. Now
1t remains to be seen whether Mr.
Thick was romancing or not.-Laings-
burg News
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
Rev. G. n. Hanks Declines Call to
Cadillac.

At the close of the morning service
at the Congregational church last Sun
day, Rev. G. III. Hanks announced that
he had declined the call extended him
by the church at Cadillac. Mr.. Hanks
said: mo one could live in the COM
munity and be pastor of the church as
long as | have without being drawn
into very close relations with the com
munity and forming very tender asso-
Citations. confess to you 1 am fond of
Owosso and of the people who live here
and OF this church. have, therefore,
wired the church at Cadillac declining
the call"
The brief announcement drew from
the audience an instant round of an.
plause and hearty amen. Following
this came remarkable demonstration
OF the affection of the people for Rev.
Hanks when the entire audience press.
ed forward to express to the pastor their
qualification at his decision.
The call to Cadillac came to Rev.
Hanks entirely unsolicited and without
any knowledge on his part that the
church would take such action. When
he did not give an answer for several
days the church gave him second call
with an increased salary and urged
him to accept-going so far as to insist
upon Rey. Hanks and wife visiting
Cadillac to talk the matter over. The
salary offered was fiattering one and to
stay in Owosso means financial loss,
bat Rev. Hanks felt that the people of
the church and community had some
claims upon him which he could not
overlook. Without regard to church
lines his decision to remain in Owosso
is greatly appreciated.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

Many inquiries are being received
at the executive Office at present relas
tive to the terms of the new law re-
quiring automatic feeders on corn
husking machines. Within the
last few years these machines have
torn the hands and arms from many
men in the state. At the last regular
session Senator Tuttle, of this dis
trict, put through a bill making it a
misdemeanor to operate husker
without an automatic feeder which
will prevent danger to those operat-
ing the Notwithstanding Republi-
can.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

The good news has been received
that j. T. Mccormick, who was run
over and lost a leg in the Pere Mar
quette yards in Grand Rapids last
week, is still alive and it is said he
VIII recover. Mrs. Mccormick is at
his bedside and is making arrange
ments to have him brought here as
soon as he can be removed She is
having her household goods shipped
to Durand.-Durand Exnress
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

FOR EXCHANGE. II. e. Fairfield. one
mile south, one mile west of Burton.
wants to exchange work team for span
of colts r.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
Send Your Cow, Steer, and Hors q
Hides.

Calf, Dog and other skins to the Crosby
Tristan Fur Company, Rochester, NY.
to be converted into Fur Coats, Robes,
Gloves, Mittens, or Rugs. They are
the largest custom Fur tanners of
large wild and domestic animal skins in
the world. Send for illustrated catalop.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

Miss Pearl Young is acting as
Oookkeeper for s. d. Emery.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-08
3 PURELY PERSONAL

Dr c. E. Gates is spending the month at Bantam lake.
 Mrs W. H. Sandland and son How ard left to-day for visit at sharon.
 Miss Nellie Connor of New Britain is the guest of Miss B. McGill of Bank street.
 The Misses Martha and Belle Mo- Lean of Reid & Hughes are on a two weeks vacation.
 Miss Loretta Henebry and Miss Nellie Calvin are spending vaca- tion in Litchfield.
 Mayor and Mrs William E. Thoms are entertaining Helen and Ruth Thoms of Torrington.
 Miss Nellie Sutton of William street left to-day for a ten days vacation at Block island.
 MT and Mrs Edward Oakes have been called to Georgia by the serious illness of MT oakes' mother.
 Charles Nolan of the composing room of the Republican is on a weeks vacation to Walnut beach.
 Sentaor Irving H. Chase came to town last evening for few days. His family is staying at Narragansett.
 J. Elmer Sydes. a north end boy, is in Chicago and doing we'll He does not expect to be home until late in the fall
 Miss Nellie Ferris of River street and Miss Florence Johnson of East Main street are spending weeks va cation at Walnut beach,
 Miss Helen 1Ionahan of Hartford has returned to her home after spend- ing few days with her cousins, MT and Mrs George Heffrin of Cooke street.
 Miss Margaret Coyle of Ridge street has returned home after spending sev- eral weeks at the Jamestown exposi- ton, Washington, New York and New Jersey.
 Robert Brinkley and Miss Sarah Mum were married last night at the Pearl street A. NJ. E. Zion church by the Rev c. Fairfax. Miss Edith Dixon was maid of honor and Alfred H. Mum, brother of the bride, was best man. The couple left for a wedding tour.
 Word has been received here that daughter was born to MT and Mrs Mikas. Mikail of this city while they were on the steamship Potsdam oi the Holland-American line. The birth took place on June 26 and upor his arrival at port MT Mikail immedi ately had the information conveyed to this city and took other steps te have the child regarded as being American born" Town Clerk Frank P. Brett was notified by the executive secretary, Charles E. Julin
 4 very pleasant surprise party was given in honor of Master Charles Earth, at his home, p529 Washington street Tuesday evening. Piano selec- tions were rendered by the Misses Loretta Bowes. Catherine Shea and Master John Dwyer. A quartet, con- sisting of Catherine Tyrrell, Amel Des- pins, Lulu Lane and Thomas Egau, rendered I'm Tying the Leaves Violin selections were beautifully ren- dered by Charles Earth Mary Rior- dan. Julia Lynch and Elizabeth Car roll. Supper was served at late hour, after which the party broke lip, voting Mir Earth a very jolly host.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-08
Tainted Money

!, has come before the public once more. We see the Standard Oil Co has been given fair trial in regard to their making tainted" money, and the fine ($29,240, ,O0O) twenty nine million, two hundred and forty thousand dollars. has been imposed;
 but we suppose honest John will say to his henchmen, We'll spend few millions more and see if we can creep out of settling." We'll. well. it's a horrible predicament for per son or company to accumulate too much money-the more they get the more they want. and they don't care rap who they hurt so long as they get the wealth Have you taken mo- tice of the large crowds of people the trolley company carry to and rom Hamilton Park day after day, and on Sunday the people can hardly get standing room on the cars, and yet we haven't heard of that company saying to the public that they would pay for Cat least) one band concert per week. No, no, that would cost money. We'll, that may be one way of doing business, but it's stingy way and doesn't please us at all
 When we take money from the pub lie we give something in return, and both sides are happy; therefore this week if you purchase pound of our warranted good tasting 50-cent tea we will give you something with it that will repay you for buying at
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-08
TheMi||er & Peck Co FIRE SALE
Euerything dam aged by smoke or Water must be sold

AT 49c-1.000 yards all wool Dress
 Goods, were s1. AT 50c-All our Velvets, were s1
 and $1.50. AT $s.sS--Ladies' Suits, were S15. AT $7.9S-Ladies' White Serge
 Suits, were $15. AT 50c--1O dozen White Waists,
 were 75c. AT 10c skein-Germantown, Saxony
 and Spanish Yarns, were 121 1sc to
 19c.
 AT 5c-Black and White Laces and
 Trimming Braid, were 15c to 25c. AT 10c-Children's White Purses,
 were 25c. AT $1.25-Ladies' Leather Hand Bags, were $1.9S. AT $1.9S-Ladies' Leather Hand Bags, were $2.9S. AT 10c-Plain and Dotted Veilings,
 were 25c.
 AT 3sc-Roys' Blouse Waists with
 neckband and collar attached,
 were soc.
 AT 25c-Boys' Waists. ages 2 to q,
 Russian style, were 49c. AT 39c-Boys' Pants, were 49c. AT .$1.00-Men's French sElannel N Negligee Shirts, from $1.50. AT 9S--Cowhfde Dress A Suit Cases, value s5.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-08
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
Butchers, union.

Butchers union.
 l. B. B. w., No ASA. Court Acme, F. of A. Women's Relief corps. Polishers and Buffers. French Canadian band. Court Linden, F. of A. First division, A. o. H. Wadhams post, G. A. R. Court Oregon. F. of A. Tunxis tribe. I. O. R. M. Fourth division, A. o. H. Clark commandery, K. T. Ladies auxiliary, A. o. H. America lodge, A. O. U. w. B. L. DeForest council, R. A. Court Martin Hellmann, F. of A. Ansantawae encampment, LOOP Mary Lincoln council, P. D. of A. Brass City lodge, I. A. of M. Brass Workers union, No 1S6. Artisan Canadian Francais. Amity castle, No II, Knights O he Golden Eagle.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-25

it? Didn't they make great to do
over what busy places American
ship-building yards would be? How
there would be a job for every man
and double pay both morning and
evening?
Well, what has become Of this fea-
ture?
The proposed subsidies, under the
present measure, will accrue in the
main to lines of vessels already in
operation There isn't penny
toward encouraging the building, or
increasing the wages of workmen-
Every sou markee of the So, 900
fortnightly graft goes into the Golfers
already prepared for its reception
II ever there was swindle upon
the public this subsidy measure fills
the bill 1t is simply a hand out" 10
existing lines: a permission for the
owners of these lines to put their
hands once every two weeks into the
money box Of the government and
pull out $3.50, 900. Truly this sub
sidy scheme is a good thing for those
owners, but 10 let them make a grab
at il proves it is nothing but a grand
larceny OF the peoples money