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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22

fresh plank there soon restores the
structure and places it in position for
use.
Now and then there is found a man
who at the first sign of trouble is
ready to run to the rear and hide. If
there were more of his kind this
would still be a world of wilderness.
But the average individual is ready to
do his part and stand by the guns to
see that the ship of state rides safely
over the rough sea.
The timid man always makes trou-
BILE. If he smells smoke in a great
theatre he Gale out fire" and if there
were not cooler heads than his a
great panic would follow.
This nation has passed through
many periods of strain and worry. If
the majority of the inhabitants had
been like some individuals, who take
to the tall timer with their bag of
money when there is a dark cloud
the country would have gone to it's
doom long ago.
But the hearts Of the majority of
people are strong. They do not court
trouble, but when it shows itself they
exert their greatest effort in restoring
order and beating back the enemy.
WEHRE DO YOU PLACE YOUR
SELF?
Are you timid and weak and does
your frame tremble because a few
stock manipulators went down on
Wall street?
If you are, think what an atom,
what an unworthy creature you repre-
sent. Button on your armor and stay
in sight. Don't hide behind the
breastworks. Sing little song of
hope and remember this, 1T IS YOUR
DUTY TO DO ALL WITHIN YOUR
NIGHT TO SHOW YOUR FELLOW
MEN THAT THE GREAT BLESS
INGS OF THE WORLD DO NOT
FOLLOW EXCEPT WHERE EV-
ERYONE REPOSES CONFIDENCE
IN THE PEOPLE HE HAS ALWAYS
FOUND TO BE WORTHY. THE MEN
WHO HAVE BEEN UPRIGHT AND
CARRIED THE BURDEN SAFELY
IN THE PAST.
Look up, brace up and do your
Press-Gazette.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
A Just Complaint.

Public officials who DO their duty
in conscientious and careful man
ner sometimes feel that they do not
get the proper support from the peo-
pie whom they serve. They go / n
and out for weeks and months doing
what is required Of them without
ever getting as much as word of
commentator from anyone. But,
let somthing go wrong, or some one
get the notion that they are derelict
in the performance of their duties,
and every one is ready and willing to
jump on them, and give them to un-
'erstand that they are forgetting
heir duties.
No objections can and will be made
to this procedure if the public offici-
ais are really derelict in the perform
ance of their duties The point we
wish to emphasize is that whenever
a public official does his duty and is
filing his position with credit, a
word of commentator should not be
withheld.
Another thing right along this
line. 1t has occurred in the past that
people have found fault with officials
for not enforcing the law, yet, when
they were asked to file complaint
against the offenders refused to do
so, or if the officials make arrests
and the offender was placed on trial,
these complaints and the better
class of citizens failed to show up
to lend moral support by their pres
ence.
These things make 1t hard for an
official to do his duty Yet in spite
Of it many of them go ahead and do
what they recognize as the right
thing to do.
Faithful officials should be reward
ed by the moral support of law
abiding citizens and should receive
encouragement by words of COM
mendation when they have done their
duty, and done it ell.-Muskegon
News.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
III convictions and 1,150 prisoners es-
capped. And to the shame of Michi-
gan, its Encouragement is paid a
salary of $500 per year.
Back to the Farm.

Is the movement of the people from
the country to the cities, which has
been such persistent and noticeable
feature of life in the country in re-
cent years, about TO cease? Is the tide
already turning the other way?
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
says it is and it is to be hoped that he
Is right. He said recently, that he de-
tected decrease in the tide toward
the city and that if 1t continued for
several consecutive years he would
consider that the turning point had
been reached and that with the COM
ing of that day the nation would find
itself confronted with fewer OF the
problems growing out of huddled pop
ulation and abandoned farms.
There is not the slightest doubt
that the tendency to desert the farms
and longest the cities is bad 1t is
bad for the city, bad for the country,
and bad for the nation. 1t harms the
city because it produces a surplus of
labor there, because 1t congests the
poorer districts and because it newt
ably increases poverty since there is a
limit to the number of people which
city can support. 1t Injuries the coun-
try because it leaves so few people to
properly till the fields and garner the
crops. 1t hurts the nation because 1t
reduces the number of actual pro-
ducers of wealth and increases the
number whom the producer must
support
The recent financial crisis in this
country showed what the farms mean
to the nation. When matters in the
cities were at their worst it was to
the farms that the finger of hope
pointed. 1t was the wheat fields, the
corn fields and the cotton fields whose
vast production for which there was
a market at high prices, gave promise
of better things. There is a surplus to
be sold abroad and that will bring
money that is needed in the channels
of trade. Without this surplus the
situation might have been dark in
deed.
The surest way to lay the founda-
tons of prosperity deep, and firm is
to put producers on every available
acre of land in the country and then
to teach them how to get the most out
of their land. There are millions of
unoccupied acres and there are mil
lions of dollars of profit in the soil
that present methods do not extract.
There is work to do not only in filling
the idle acres, but in teaching those
who till them how to make them yield
to their utmost capacity. In this way
real wealth will be produced and the
foundation for industrial and man.
ufacturing enterprise will be made so
broad and deep that the winds OF
panic and fear cannot disturb them.
1t is not improbable that Secretary
Wilson is right. There are thousands
in the congested cities who look away
from their misery and poverty and
long for the free, open fields. They
would gladly change places with the
poorest farmer. There is room for a
great and useful philanthropy which
will assist such people to locate them
selves upon the land where they can
produce and be well-fed, comfortable
and happy.-Kalamazoo Telegraph.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
BIRDS ARE THRIVING.
Hungarian Partridges Reproducing
Rapidly i'm the "Thumb."

Saginaw, Nov. 20.-William b.
Mershon, who has imported large
number Of Hungarian cartridges and
liberated them in the Saginaw Valley
for the purpose of stocking THIS part
CT Michigan with this highly valued
game bird, has received Information
from various localities, particularly
i'm the Thumb that the cartridges are
thriving and reproducing rapidly.
Farmers have taken special pains.
he says, to protect them against hun
ters and very few have been killed.
Those brought over year ago sur
vived last winter in excellent shape
and are now thoroughly acclimated
to Michigan. The federal govern
ment is interested in Mr.. Merchon's
experiment.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
THE OWOSSO TIMES
EDMUND O. DEWEY. EDITOR.
owosso, FRIDAY NOV. 90, 1907
The Detroit Free Press says:

The Detroit Free Press says: = Ar
gument on the existing policy as to a
sugar tariff goes on all the year round
sometimes bringing to the front
phases of the question that cause
some of us to doubt, Just now the
benefits of the policy are being reap
ed In Michigan, the benefits being of
such substantial character as to rem
der it impossible for us to doubt their
identity as benefits.
"The first Of this years sugar-beet
pay days came in the Saginaw Valley
last Friday. For three weeks deliv-
cries of beets at Bay City more than
$500 600 was paid out to the farm
ers, and in Saginaw, only twelve
miles away, aggregate payments on
The same account are said to reach
nearly 100000. And the payments
were all made in cash.
'At a time of great stringency in
currency many hundreds of thous-
AIDS of dollars in cash is brought in
to two Michigan towns from the east
and put into circulation as a result
OF the establishment of this industry,
and 1t must be remembered that
while these two towns are recognized
as the principal centers of the indus
try in this state, there are a dozen
and more other centers. 1t is esti-
mated that the total in excess of S.
100000 will be distributed among
Michigan farmers through this indus
try this year, the actual amount so
distributed being S4,750,000.
Whatever difference of opinion
there may be as to the general wis
dom of the sugar tariff policy, it is
certain that the beet sugar industry
Is an industry that exists with highly
beneficial results to the inha bitants
of this particular state and it is the
conviction of those best qualified to
Judge that no very radical modifica-
ton can he made in that policy with
out being followed by consequences
destructive to the industry.
sand those beneficial results come
in unmistakable form this year, at
most opportune time, when they can
not fail to exert a sustaining and even
stimulating effect on the general bus
mess situation in Michigan ="
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
Are You an Oak or Sapling When
the Wind Blows.

Dnd you ever pause to think that
the experience of the individual is not
unlike that of the whole structure of
society. industrial and otherwise. The
unit of the manufacturing and social
world is indeed an individual.
When spring comes each year it is
found that there are some weak
places in the foundation of your resi-
dence, or perhaps the roof may leak.
You hire a carpenter or a mason and
within a few days the repairs have
been completed and your home is
ready to weather the storm for many
years when the same careful atten-
tion is necessary again.
This is the individuals experience.
Now the great structure of society,
as applied to the industrial world, has
the same experiences. There has to be
frequent repairing. The weak, places
must be strengthened and the process
requires some liquidation of unstable
enterprises. He who has been un-
worthy the confidence reposed in him
by his fellow workers must step down
and give way to more upright and
deserving men. They began the pro-
cess down in New York after it was
found that few individuals had been
using positions OF honor to promote
their selfish ends. 1t took but three
days to accomplish the result, but
when the move had been made affairs
began to improve and the shock of
the operation, while of severe kind,
produced only pulsation in the
west.
Confidence begets confidence. The
worlds progress has been steady and
always on the upgrade. The house
now and then becomes rotten at the
foundation, but a new sill here and a
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
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Signature s,'.: q: Z1 Z, !; :; >: '

THE TINES and the Detroit Daily
Journal one year for $3.50.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
SEMI.-ANNUAL MEETING
OF the Shiawassee County Teachers
Association.

OF the Shiawassee County Teachers
Association.
The annual meeting of the Shia-
wassee County Teachers association
will be held in the assembly rooms,
Central school, Owosso, Saturday,
November 23,1907.
Forenoon, 10, (Standard.)
Music Association
Devotional. ..... Rev. G. H. Hanks
Domestic Science in the Grades
........... Miss Nina Daniels
Manual Training in the Grades
..-....... Miss Louis Andrews
Visit to Shop and Kitchen
Afternoon, 4, (Standard.)
Music. .Owosso Pupils
What can Shiawassee Teachers do to
arouse interest in Geography
Classes?. -. M. S. w. Jefferson
What is Practical Geography.
&C. G.. Miller
Why are rural pupils so weak i'm the
elements of Geography.
F.. F. Walworth
Business meeting and recess.
Outdoor work in Geography.
'..r. Prof. Jefferson
T. A. Mears,
Grace Mccullough, President.
Secretary.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
McCornick-Odeli.

A quiet but exceedingly pretty we'd
ding took place Monday afternoon
the 18th inst, at the residence of Mr.
+. A. Odell, when his second daugh-
ter, Eleanor became the bride of Mr..
7. B. Mccormick, of the firm of A.
Mccormick & Son, this city. The
bride, who was unattended, looked
very pretty gowned in a gray tailored
suit. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. DR.. McCrae, Westminster, in
the presence of only the nearest rela-
tives. A dainty luncheon was served
and the health Of the newly welded
pair was proposed by Il. Bennett
Scott, M. d., of Owosso, Mich, broth
er-in-law of the bride.
The young couple, who are both
well known and well liked, have the
best wishes of a host of friends.
Among the beautiful gifts received
by the bride was pearl brooch from
the groom, solid silver serving tray
from the Baker family, Minneapolis;
beautiful salad bowl, golden pen
dant and box of American Beauty
roses from the Misses Alice and Sarah
Robson, of Chicago, and many 9TH
ers.
The groom was also the recipient
of large number of splendid gifts
from his many friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormick left on
the evening train for Toronto and
other eastern points. They will be at
home to their friends after Jan. L.
London, (Ont.,) Advertiser.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
An Efficient State Officer.

The Times has taken pleasure in
referring several times to the splen-
did record of Attorney-General John
q. Bird. than whom Michigan never
had a better officer. A recent report
showing the business of the Office for
the year 1906 Is full of interest. 1t
shows that his department collected
during that time the sum of $6,032,-
&na,S6. OF which $5,975,790.43 was
railroad taxes. The report also gives
something of an idea of the large
ana ever increasing business referred
TO that department and the many i'm
tortant questions which 1t is called
npoa to decide and take decided
stand upon safeguarding the inter-
eSts af the state SO well that the de-
parement record is generally accept
ed es highly commendable.
An Interesting feature Is the Stats
tics regarding the work Of the prose-
euSng attorneys OF the several coun-
lies during the year. Under the head
OF offences charged It is shown that
eesing tho year 1854 persons were
nf1SeCuLcu lOT uTuuhtuueSS, l,oUO
for vagrancy and that other common
t@nplaint, assault and battery, was
1referred La 1878 cases. There were
eight cases of bribery prosecuted, 1919
cases for burglary, for carrying con-
r@aAed weapons, 1856. ~Embezzlement
charges were preferred against 116
psgsons. forgery 81, for swearing 337.
staple larceny, 1873, and the unclas-
SIZED larceny cases number 1,139.
Fnat violation of liquor laws are fire.
xssent is shown by the report of 161
prosecutions for keeping saloons open
after hours, 279 for keeping saloons
open on Sunday and about 200 cases
for other violations of the liquor
DAVIS, aside from 434 unclassified
There we're 13 prosecutions for man
slaughter, 80 for misconduct in office,
onclassified murder cases number as,
along with AZ assaults with intent
10 commit murder and in one case
Cor murder in first degree. There
were 100 prosecutions for rape, 2SO
FOR criminal SANDER and 45 for vio-
rating the Sunday laws.
The report shows total OF 1888
prosecutions OF criminal offenses dur
eng the year, of which 24,SS3 ended
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
The Country Was Prepared.

1t is not likely that anyone will
have heart failure because of the
shock which Bryan has given the
country in the two-thousand-word
announcement that he will again be
a candidate for the presidency. He
started his campaign at the last
national Democratic convention
and has been cunning ever since
for next years nomination His
declaration is not news, his
nomination will not be news,
and his third defeat will not
surprise the country. Mr.. Bryan's
perpetual candidacy is tough on the
Democratic party, but the Nebraskan
seems to thrive on it.-Toledo Blade.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
ASKS Us TO PRINT IT.
How to Prepare Simple Mixture to
Overcome Disease.

TOW 10 Prepare Simple Mixture to
Overcome Disease.
To relieve the worst forms of rheu-
matism, take q teaspoonful of the fol-
lowing mixture after each meal and at
bedtime:
Fluid Extract Dandelion. one.balf
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. three
ounces.
tnese harmless Ingredients can be
Obtained from our home druggists. and
are easily mixed by shaking them we'll
IN a bottle. Relief is generally felt
from the first few doses.
This prescription, states wall.
known authority in Cleveland morn.
ing paper. forces the clogged.up. in.
active Kidneys to filter and strain
from the blood the poisonous waste
matter and uric acid, which causes
rheumatism.
As rheumatism is not only the most
painful and torturous disease Init
dangerous to life, this simple racine
VIII no doubt be greatly valued by
many sufferers here at home, who
should at once prepare the mixture TO
get this relief.
- Is SAID that person who would
take this prescription regularly. a dose
or two daily, or even a few t;mos
week. would never have serious kidney
or urinary disorders or rheumatism.
oue TINS out and preserve il. Good
ruuematism prescriptions which really
reiieve are scarce. indeed, and when
You need IT, you want it badly. Our
druggists here say they will either sun.
ply these ingredients or make the mix.
'ure ready to take, If any of our readers
so prefer. '
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO, !.
LUCAS COUNTY. e

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner OF the firm of f Cheney & Co.,
and State aforesaid. and that said firm will nav
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of December. A. d. 1886.
fSrAr, w. A. GLEASON,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Oatarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials free.
+. j CHENEY & 90, Toledo, o.
Sold bv all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-22
PRESIDENT APPROVES PLAN.
Believes Congress Will Soon Come
Forward with Permanent Relief
He Admonishes People For Lack Of
Faith In Country's Condition
Bonds viii Be Available to All Cit
liens, and Bear Two Per Cent In
eerest. is..T 4.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-Secretary
Cortelyou has made the important an.
nouncement that, as a means of afford.
ing relief to the financial situation.
the treasury would issue $4,000, 900
Of Panama bonds, bearing an interest
rate of two per cent, and 500, 000, 900
certificates Of Indebtedness, or so
much thereof as may be necessary.
The certificates will run for one year,
and will bear three per cent interest.
The secretary's action in coming to
the relief of the financial situation
meets with President Roosevelt's an.
proval, and the plan is the outcome
of several White House conferences.
Secretary Cortelyou says that the
Panama bonds will afford most sub.
stantial relief, as the law provides
that they may be used as a basis for
additional nationl bank circulation. He
also states that the proceeds from the
sale of certificates can be made direct.
ly available at points where the need
is most urgent, and especially for the
movement of the crops, which. no
says. eff properly accelerated will pivs
the greatest relief and result in tho
most immediate financial returns
The secretary calls attention to tho
attractivcncss of the bonds and cor.
tificates as absolutely safe inveet.
ments. He adds that these roll, .
measures will enable him to meet nuh.
lie expenditures without withdrawing
for that purpose any appreciate
amount of the public moneys now do.
posted in national banks throupbout
the country.
Congress VIII Soon Act.
Two treasury circulars, one inviting
proposals for the issue OF bonds ana
the other asking for the certificates
will be sent out under date of Nov 10
In his letter to Secretary Cortelvo,
approving the treasury plans. pros,'
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-12
Mix This al Home.

The following simple home
made mixture is said to readil
relieve and overcome any form
of rheumatism by forcing the
Kidneys to filter from the blood
and system all the uric acid and
poisonous waste matter, reliev-
ing at once such symptoms as
oackache, weak kidneys and
bladder and blood diseases.
Try 1t, as it doesn't cost much
TO make, and is said to be abso-
lutely harmless to the stomach.
Get the following harmless in.
gradients from any good phar.
macy: Fluid Extract Dandelion,
one-half ounce; Compound Kar.
gon, one ounce; Compound Syrur
Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mi,
by shaking well in a bottle, anC
take a teaspoonful after eacl
meal and again at bedtime.
This simple mixture il said t,
give prompt relief, and Their
are very few cases of Rheuma
tism and Kidney troubles it vii
fail to cure permanently.
These are all harmless every
day drugs, and your druggis
should keep them in the pre-
scription department: if not hav
him order them from the whole
sale drug houses for you, rathe
than fail 70 Use this, if you at
afflicted.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-12

1t never speaks--yet it talks.
It circulates freely--yet it
keeps in hiding.
It's the ruination of millions;
1t lifts millions out ofthe depths
of despair.
1t comes with promise of glad
ness.
1t leaves many disappointment
We tremble at its strength.
Yet we can crush it with one
hand.
It's always the same--yet it's
ever changing.
The lack of it promotes indus
try.
The excess of it causes idle
ness.
1t creates trouble-it brings
peace.
1t makes one restful-it makes
one restless.
1t lubricates the axle the world
revolves upon.
Withal it's a silent friend.
Without it we perish,
For the world let's him
Severely alone
Who has not a dollar
He can call his own.-Bl
Charles L. Bonte.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-12
Guard and Inmate Burned.

Last Saturday morning Miss
Anna Hopkins, an inmate of the
county home, came near losing
her life. The cause was that she
was passing near the fire and her
clothing caught.
Hearing her calls for help
Guard Ferguson went to her as
sistance and succeeded in ex-
tinguishing the flames, not how
ever, before he and Miss Hopkins
were both burned, from which
they suffered a great deal of pain.
At last accounts both were rest
ing quietly.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-12

Much has been said and writ
ten about mems rights, especially
regarding the sale of whiskey in
certain places. In Durham no
whiskey is legally sold because a
majority Of the voters oftti; city
say they do not want it sold or
manufactured here, wilhelm some
other place it is not sold because
of an act Of the legislature. In
discussing this point the States
vile Landmark, which, by the
va. usually hits the nail on the
head, points out that when people
Say that for the legislature to
forbid the sale Of whiskey in some
locality where the people of the
town say they want it. is inter-
fern. with the rights of the
people to govern themselves, that
the people that live in counties
where towns vote out whiskey,
or vice versa, have no say in the
matter and that their rights are
taken away, and if the question
is 10 be settled by a vote Of the
people that all the people of the
county should be heard from.
That the Watts law was passeC
and endorsed by the Democratic
party and when that was don,
the country people So those no
living in incorporated towns hat
their lights taken from them
and are left no say in the matte
Il whether they shall have wills
key Ur not. These are question
that should be considered. and
the legislature is going to eDdors
the Watts law as the Democrat
party has d,ne. there is no reaso
why the" should not pass a la'
m IT,, a9v town prohibitio
that they p.4%e.