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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo, o..
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucuous sur.
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24

for five months in a
hospital I was dis
charged as incura-
BILE, and given only
six months to live.
My heart was affect
ed, l had smother
ing spells and some
times fell uncon-
scious. / got SO ]
couldn't use my
arms, my eyesight
was impaired and
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24

FITS, st. vitus'D Dance: IN ervous Diseasespef.
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise frees
Dr.. H. r. Kline. Id, 93l Arch St., Phila., ia.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24

A conservative is q Whatsoever
specimen Of humanity too cowardly
to be In the firing linen. G. Fowler,
Jr.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24
REASONABLE OBJECTION.

REASONABLE OBJECTION.
Dick-"Where do you suppose Chol-
ly Saphead got that high handshake
that he is always working?"
Tom-"Taking cups from the ladies'
at high teas, maybe."-Somerville
Journal.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24

Eight hundred and fifty thousand
dollars is drawn from the New York
savings banks each day.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24

Mrs Winslow,s Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, reduceslnflammac
son. allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc bottle
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABIES.
The minister-"T suppose you are a
good little boy, Willie and do every
thing your father tells you"
Willie Peck-"You bet l don't. Moth
err wouldn't do a thing to me II l did"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24

The first use of a menu at a pan
quet in Germany dates back to 1883
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24
A CAUTIOUS

A CAUTIOUS VISITOR.
Young Mother-The doctor thinks
the baby looks like me.
Yes. l wanted to say so, but
feared you might be offended
Meggehdorfor Batter.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24
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XIII Kill!

HIS word is ON every tongue from the time the dig game s1a
son opens in the Far West until it closes, two months
later. Every mans hand seems to be against the WHO enneo
of the mountains-the harmless wild things winch ieno "
the forest half its charm.
II r. we're the aim of the people to e~xterminate the deer,
elk. and mountain sheep, they could not kill with more aviu-
ity. The question of skill does not enter into 1t. II an eA
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24

The worlds gold production in 1905
has been figured at $S76,2S9,2 200.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24
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! The Gospel Of Success
BY Arthur c. Benson.

Y own belief e. is that what is commonly called success has an
an insidious power of poisoning the clear springs Of life;
because people who grow to depend upon the stimulus OIL
success sink into dreariness and dulness when that stimulus
is withdrawn. Here my critics have found fault with me
for not being more strenuous, more virle, more energetic
1t is strange to me that my object can have been so singu
larly misunderstood. l believe, with all my heart, that hap
piness depends upon strenuous energy; but / think that this
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24

have impoverished the roads, and now turn to the public, asking To- swollen
loans. and ar surprised to find that the public does not respond cordially IS
of ore. r
The Pennsylvania railroad alone has raised $55oOooOo0 In m past hye
wears and is calling for more. The St Paul road wants tt borrow $100OO0'
Ooo. the Northern Pacific $95OOOOOO, the Great Northern $6OOOOOOO; New
York Central $4,000 900 while the New York, New Haven & Hartford will
he satisfied with s25 10000, and the Southern with only $15OO0O00 for the
present Actually there is not a single great railway in the land but is face
to fa with the necessity for making great and radical improvements and
wants millions to carry them through.
Had these railways kept in their treasures the vast sums that have been
diverted by high finance and promotion, the active managers Of the properties
would have been able five years ago (when they saw that business was grow
in bevond their ability to handle) to buy freight cars for $500 that today cost
$1,000, and to buy rails at s21 instead of s9. If they had borrowed then fol
suh improvements they could have had the money at four percent, which is
not now forthcoming at six percent-From Smiths Magazine.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24
" Vow,
find in the Middle fee
BY Hon. James Bryce,
British Ambassador.

OST of is probably rejoice that re did not live in tn nHn
xx~<~<~%~%e the tenth O. even in the seventeenth century OF the
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$>A>>AA>% time than the average mar has noW? h e Was In man.
SS%~@%~@1@o points less sensitive 10 suffering than we are, and n nay
have enjoyed some things more intensely. The literature OF
the seven centuries that preceded our own is in many ways quite IS buoyant
in shirt a our own. 1t is often thought that the fear of torment n a future
life must have brooded like a dark cloud owe the minds OF past generations
and that the tendency of opinion which has attenuated this fear represents a
great Frightening in the sky. Lucretus held that the greatest service ever
rendered tt mankind was that rendered by Epcurus, when he dispened those
mists of ancient superstition which had produced human sacrifice. other
mists settled down not SO long after the days Of Lucreuus, and, in direct vio'
lation Of the teaching it protested to respect, superstition caused far more
bloodshed and suffering after his time than it had eve causedb before. Perse-
cution has now vanishd, and with it the terrors to which superstition appealed
From The Atlantic.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24

energy ought to be expended upon WORK, II everyday He,a u relations witt
others. and the accessible pleasures of literature and art The gospel that
detest is the gospel offs success, the teaching that every n ought % be discon
tented with his setting, that a man ought to get to the front, clear a space
round him. eat, drink, make love. cry and strive and fight 1t is all to be Al
nc evnex se of feebler people. That is a detestable ideal, because it is the
sosneI of tyranny rather than the gospel of quaity-From Putnams Monthly
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24
By Charles C0chrdne.

HE great railway systems OF the United states are no" IN
the market trying to borrow money to the total of over one
billion dollars. The money is needed to increase their
trackage and rolling stock, and to enable them to handle
new business in increased volume. Though prosperous,
thew have not the money to make the improvements, be.
cause their treasures have been Quilted by high finance.
The multi-milionaires who have been reaping tremendous
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24
FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.

Discharged Because Doctors Could
Not Cure.
Levi P. Brockway, S. Second Ave-,
Anoka. Mimi. says: After lying
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-24
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25

Helmer Rahald Is ENJOYING his Christ
mas at Lansing this week.
private dancing party will se Civ
EN- at the Springs Hotel this evening
Mr. and Mrs James Morrison left
Tuesday for ST Johns to visit relatives
during the holidays
Mrs William Hill. of stettsyille, Is
visiting her mother, Mrs Lncy NJ
Clark, during the holidays
Mr. and Mrs. ). vliet left Tuesday
to spend Christmas with their daugh-
err Mrs. George Bates at Stanton.
Mr. Barton Young and sister, Car
RE, left Tuesday morning to spend
Christmas with their brother, George
Young at Pewamo
Mr. and Mrs Stewart Knapp. OF De-
troit, are spending the holidays at the
home of Mrs knapp's parents, Mr. and
Mrs McLaren
Harold REYNOLDS. bookkeeper OF the
Alma Manufacturing Company. left
Tuesday for Detroit to spend Christmas
with his parents
Mrs. ". A. Tutle is visiting rela-
tives in Darand during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Bahlke are spend
ing the holidays with Mr. BahIke' :
father and mother in Pewamo.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Meth
odist church have issued hook OF
quotations that viii prove of great
value to any one who appreciates a
choice collection of quotations. The
book il on sale at the store of Convis x
Congis. Call and see it,
General Manager Barnes OF the Alma
Springs Hotel informs rs that the pros
poets for future business for the insti-
ution was never brighter than at pres
ent. Inquiries and correspondence rel
alive to rooms and accommodations
are pouring in at lively rate.
Members of Arcadia Grange together
with their friends are enjoying Christ
mas day at the Grange Hall Christ
mas dinner, Christmas tree and good
program will cause the day to he long
remembered
The Ladies Aid Society of the First
Presbyterian church are soliciting
subscriptions tor the Ladies Home
Journal and the Saturday Evening
Post II you are in need of either
the above magazines you can help the
ladies' and at the same time get your
magazine As cheap as You can any
where else,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25

tion is that the funds of the postal
banks shall he deposited.in all nation
al banks. That would throw the
money back into its old channel bet
ter than the first plan suggested, but
even this would involve serious diff
Guilty. Isabella county has no nation
al bank. What would the farmers of
that county do forscashy When far
mer goes ont of his own county he us
ually is not well enough known to boz
row even in small sums. But-that is
not all. Under present legislation no
national bank is allowed to loan money
on farm mortgages and il is largely on
that account that state banks flourish
in Michigan. With the funds of the
postal banks deposited in the national
banks the same demand would exist
for farm loans and there would he the
same pull upon the state bank. But
the wherewithal to meet that demand
would be tied up where no farmer with
gilt-edged real estate security could
get cent of il
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25

c. {. Dickersor ana Miss Carey De-
long were married at the home of the
bride on Center street Thursday night,
December "a. Rev. Wolf. of the the
Methodist church performed the cere-
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Dickerson left on
the Ann Arhor train Friday morning
for Toledo.
There will he family reunion and
Christmas tree at the home of Mrs
Charles IngeIsol on Woodwork
avenue Christmas eve There will be
present Mr. and Mrs Charles Fishbeck
and family; Mr. and-Mrs Jake Kernon
and family; Mr. and Mrs Joe Sartar
and family and Mr. and Mrs Joe Sar-
tar. SIR
A young lady il is said entered one
of our dry good stores the other day
and said to the clerk Il want bow. I"
The clerk desiring to do something
smart drew himself mp and said I'm
at your service ma am. - The lady
gave him a disdainful look and re.
piled yes But want white one not
a green one. The clerk went to
measuring tape Immediately.
George w. Morrow. of Dstroit. state
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League was in Alma Tuesday and We'd
nesday appointing canvassers for the
different townships to circulate petit
tions to be presented to the Board of
Supervisors January 6. 1908 At the
present writing the canvassers are
meeting with good success both in the
cities and the country.
Edwin H. Griffith VS.. William II.
Edwards. Of Flint This was an at
tachment case tried on Wednesday the
18th. before Justice Chadwick Law
yer for paintiff was James g. kress
and for the defendent was Earle Love
joy and OF MILFORD and Charles Goggin
OF Alma The verdict WAS given in
favor of Edwin Griffith 10 the amount
of $50 with costs made the amount
So
&. y. Fox, living near Cedar Lake,
has been engaged in growing sage the
past year or two Last year he raised
tour acres securing 300 pounds to the
acre The present. pricee of sage is
eight cents per pound. There is no
duty on the product and the import
Is heavy. MIR. Fox is in hopes that
the sage industry of this country will
be better protected in the near future
as he says it j. good crop for the
American farmer to raise a. il thrives
very we'll here and the quality. seems
TO he the very best
From financial standpoint the
most productive piece OF land in the
section is undoubtedly owned by &.
". Vining. The entire, CROP meas
ured less than hushel for which he
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25

Congressman Darragh is not yet a
convert to the postal savings bank sys-
tenn. He saws: "A system of postal
savings banks under any plan yet sug-
gested would tend. to take money to
points where farmers could not borrow
it. One scheme. suggested is that the
postal banks place their funds in ma
tional repositories That would mean
that the Michigan money would go to
about ten of the larger towns of the
state. A very large portion OF the
state would be drained Farmers
would have difficulty to get money
from these distant poi ats. because they
would be unknown
The most liberal plan of distribu-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25

received sl0O. 2Dl Ii was giLgsen ana
will be exported 10 China where the
yellow fellows Use il as cnre-all for
all bodily ills. Lakeview Enterprise.
Ammi Lancashire who is attending
school at Andoyer is home for the hol-
lday vacation
Miss Fannie Smith spent the day
Monday-with friends in ST. Louis.
Mrs. G. j. Harness is visiting her
son. Archie in Detroit during holidays
X. L. Lee returned Monday from a
business trip.to Chicago.
Miss Laura Dyer of Ferris, who has
been visiting Mr. Bert Forquer re-
turned home Monday
Mrs Estella Mitchell of Owosso. is
visiting her cousin. Mr. j NJ Nixon
during the holidays
Mrs Charles Mangus left on Monday
Tor Toronto, Canada. to spend three
weeks holidays with relatives
Mr anu Mrs ID w Wood ~, OF North
Liberty. Ind. are spending the hoh
days with Mrs Woodar DIS parents, Mr.
and Mrs Charles Huchings
Mr. John Sullivan and wife started
Monday for Toronto, Bane. Canada,
to visit relatives and spend the holt
days. They will he gone four weeks.
Mrs NJ A Kelly who has been Wis
iting her brother, Warren Rollins re-
turned home Monday TO Tecumseh
Mr. Rollins went as far as Jackson.
Mrs Lewis Cartridge ADD children
and Mrs Clearance VanHorn and fam
lily are spending Christmas and holt
days at the home of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Courier near Forest Hill.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25
THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR

Senator JEFF Davis OF Arkansas
in his maiden speech before the senate
recently is reported as saying This
is age when men have gone mad in
their frenzied efforts for the dollar
This is an age when money is placed
above man; when gold is placed be-
fore God When we would sell our
souls. our government. our all for one
bright smile from the god of man.
mon What is money. Mr. President
that IL is held so. pricelessS You
cannot eat IT, you cannot wear il.
your shroud has no pocket in 1t and
st Peter will not receive it for admis
SIGN into-the Golden Ga'eA The trust
evil Is a csncerous sore upon the body
polite, Just as-upon the human body.
The only remedy, the only successful
treatment is the surgeons knife. Cut
ii out by the root destroy the virus
before the whole body polite is affected
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25
LET WOMEN vorr

In commenting upon the work of the
state constitutional convention the 81.
Johns News. of last week had the fol-
lowing relative to the proposed home
rule amendment The News said in
part: There is every Indication that
if the new state constitution is adopted
IL will contain one feature that the
News will be glad to see---incorporated
In the home rule proposal. --- - -
-sThe final draft of this -proposal
adopted by the committee on cities and
villages. restricts voting on franchises,
the borrowing of money or contracting
of debts to the taxpayers, including
the women.
Nothing could be more fair than
that. Take our own city, for instance.
or any city or village, for that matter.
There are many women taxpayers,
some of them very large ones, who
ha,e-no male representative, taxpayer
or Otherwise in the family TO express
their opinion for them upon ans ques-
tion at the polls. Living alongside
these same women are men who have
not a nickle. pay no taxes whatever,
even beating the city out of their poll
tax, who can step into the booth ana
vote upon those women all kinds OF
burdens in the way of additional taxes.
Anything fair or right abont thaty
Under the present law, if PROPOSE
tion no matter how unworthy nor by
what means il was brought to vote. 70
bond for larger sum is before the
people. This class of non-tax paying
voters each one of them has more
power than the woman taxpayer who
is upon the rolls for hundreds OF dol
lars in taxes.
There have been any number OF IN
stances where voters Who were not tax
payers who have been the means OF
voting upon taxpayers schemes which
proved to be nothing but blue sky, SO
far as being of benefit to the place vot-
ing upon the proposition. Many Vot-
ers who forced-this burden upon others
to whom it could not possibly have
been any benefit, were fioaters, who
had no interest whatever one way or
the other but who voted for it because
those interested in its being carried
asked them to.
BY all means let none hut taxpayers
vote upon such questions as those
noted at the beginning of this article,
and let them include women. III they
do not wish to take advantage of the
privilege thus granted them we'll and
good But the measure will har out
those who do not pay taxes as II
should; for because man who has
reached the age OF 81 years and has
the franchise is no reason why he
should have the power to vote burdens
upon those who have now all they
can stagger under in the way of taxes.
This law is in effect in school dis
tricts on the raising OF money; why
should it not apply in municipal and
like cases IL should.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25

The Owosso Times of last week had
the following notice: Owing TO the
fact that considerable feeling of dis.
satiafction exists among the growers
of sugar beets due to various reasons,
and n-the interest of both factory and
the farmers it has been deemed adyis-
able by number of prominent beet
growers To call meeting on Saturday
December 2sth at the court house CO.
runna at o'clock sharp for the pur-
pose of perfectirg an organization.
Among other things the foreign labor
question will be discussed Every beet
grower in the country is invited to he
in attendance
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25
GRANGE HEIGHTS

Miss Hazel kaufman who has been
quite III is on the road to recovery.
Mr. William Keefer. OF Ionia has
been visiting relatives i'm this vicinity
for a few days
Mrs. Eli Roycraft and Clarence Clark
are in Clare county. looking after
their timber interests
Mr. and Mrs Alvin Miller spent
Sunday with the latter's uncle. Mr..
Thomas Richards, of Bethem.
Ths pupils of the Morse district
will have a vacation of two weeks
during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Godfrey visited
the latter neice, Mrs Odessa Schaub,
Friday.
MIR. and Mrs Fred Clark were guests
of his brother Clarence Clark and wife
sunday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25
poN'T ny orr rHE HANDLE

There are some people always look
ing out tor sights They cannot
carry on the daily intercourse of the
family, without suspecting some Of
fence is designed They are AS touchy
as hair triggers. If they meet All ac-
quaintance on the street who happens
to he preoccupied with business they
attribute his abstraction to some mo-
tive personal TO themselves. and take
umbrage according. They lay on 9TH
ers the fault of their own irritability.
A fit of indigestion makes them see i'm
pertinence IN everybody they come in
contact with. Innocent persons who
never dreamed of giving offence, are,
by momentary tactiturnity, mistaken
for an insult. To say the least. the
habit is unfortunate Ii is far wiser
TO take the more charitable view of
our fellow beings. and not suppose
slight is intended unless the neglect is
direct After all life takes its hue,
in great degree. from the color
of our own mind. II we arc frank and
generous. the world treats us kindly,
if.on the contrary, we are suspicious,
men learn to he cold and cautions to
us Let person get the reputation of
being touchy and everybody is more
or less in restraint and in this way
the chances of an imaginary offence
are vastly increased. People who fire
up easily miss much happiness. Their
jaundiced temper destroy their own
comfort as well as that of their friends.
They have always some fancied slight
to brood over -Ex.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25

DR. f w Shumway secretary of the
state hoard of health. states that there
are two cases of smallpox in family
in Bingham township Clinton county
lie has issued directions to the health
officer of the township as well as of the
city of st Johns to take every precau-
ton to prevent "a spread of the disease
There have been 1874 cases of smallpox
reported this month from 30 or 40 To-
calities in the state.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25
WEST PINE RIVER

Mrs Nellie Fooks and little daughter
are visiting. AT the home of John Bau-
master
Mrs Matt Lentz has returned home
from st Clair
School closed in the Day district
Friday for a two weeks vacation.
The entertainment held at the
Wright school house Friday evening
was well attended. The teacher and
pupils are enjoying vacation this
week.
Ed Rogers is home again.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25
ELECT OFFICERS.

The following officers have beer
elected by X. A. NJ. No. 1913 to sery,
during the ensuing year,
High Priest--M. Polasky
King a. Bagley
Scribe-Wm Howe
Secretary. ; Fink
Treasurer-Wm. ,. Turck
=. Isaac Russell
p. 81. NJ Montigel
X. II. 5. " W Caple
lstV. "A. W. Brock
2nd V j ) Caple
Bird N.-Otto Sanderhof
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25

Delegate f. j. Baldwin has sub
mitted proposal TO the constitutional
convention prohibiting the manufac-
ture and sale OF liquor in the state af-
ter May /. 1903 and Delegate Gore, of
Benton Harhor. has introduced one
EN- bodying the features of local option
and high license The latter provides
that the next legislature shall submit
the proposition OF local option to every
county, city. village and ward in the
state. IL prohibits the sale OF liquor in
Ann Arbor on account of the univers-
ity anu IN towns and villages under 500
population The number OF saloons is
t. be based on one to each | 900 popu-
lation. the license is 81 600 and the
office OF. liqnor commissioner is created
whose duty will be 10 see that the laws
are enforced. Any person convicted
violating the law is TO be barred from
engaging in the business.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-12-25
CENTRAL PINE RIVER

Miss Edna Healy. of Bedding. and
Edna and Hazel Yats, of Owosso. are
visiting at the home of Frank Stone
until after New Years.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Stone visited
their daughter, Mrs. William : Roger,
SUNDAY.
Mrs. Hershel White is visiting her
sisters in Indiana.
Mr. ard Mrs. Doxey and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Roycraft visited at the home of
Tom Roycraft Sunday.