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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17
SHORT SHIP
HORSE RACES
Old Time One With New
Tangled Name Held Here
Saturday.
ALL HALF MILE HEATS
Lady Bonair Took Second None,
Although Just Off Grass
From Pasture.

Twenty-Five or thirty years ago it
was no trouble to get up "hoss race"
at Cooks Corners or at any four cor
ners in this vicinity for that matter if
the road was level one. Old timers
well remember when w. A. Knott
Jerome Vincent and such sportsmen as
the Halls in Orleans, Sam Davis of
Smyrna, 'Lew" Stone, Carey Upson
and whole lot of others could organ
ize race in the morning and have it
pulled Off at Cooks Corners before sun
down with crowd in attendance that
would make the gate entries they have
now days look like thirty cents.
Those were the days when most every
farmer had 'hoss" just fast enough
to lose money on every time and if Il
fellow was lucky enough to win two
dollar and half purse he considered
himself the ''high-cock- -a-lorum" of the
community.
A couple of races were pulled off at
Spicer park Saturday with a sprink-
ling of attendance that netted S22.35.
There were two events, a running race
and pacing race. Will Adams of
Greenville was starter, +. f.. Fales,
time keeper, and w. G. Spicer, Wm.,
Ray and f. f. Fales, judges. "Bill'
Davis of Carson City entered his horse
for the running race and Thad Corn
well of Greenville went up against him
with his mare for half-mie heat, best
two in three, but the Davis horse could
go like ''streak of lightning" and won
easily, time 53 seconds.
In the pacing race there were three
entries, Dan c., owned by Frank Col
Inns, of Greenville; Lady Bonair, owned
by Sam Davis OF Smyrna, and horse
from Ashley, half-mile heats, best two
i'm three. Lady Bonair was just off the
grass, l6 years old and hadn't been in
race for five or six years, but Sam con-
sented to go i'm and fill the race after
considerable coaxing. Hite Hall was
her driver taking second money and if
she hadn't been crowded off into the
sand and muddy part of the track by
the jockeying of Dan c., she would
have taken first money easily. Time,
1:15}, 1:16@. Starter Adams announced
before the race that Lady Bonair had
just been driven in from the pasture,
that she had record of 2:l7l, that
Fales and Spicer told him that she was
one of the ''has beens," but he stated
that he would rather be a "has been"
than ''no BEEN" Sam Davis says it
is the first time his horse was ever
beaten on this track and that he has all
kinds of money to bet that she can
beat any horse in Belding.
In the crowd at the track were seen a
number of old time horsemen and quite
sprinkling of young sportsmen who
think they know few things about
fast horses.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17

The so-called soft drinks are getting
TO be and have been for some time a
dangerous drink for our boys and girls.
And also for the grown ups but espec-
cally the poung people because of the
fact that scientists say they contain
poisonous drugs,
The report says for several years the
bureau of chemistry at Washington
has been investigating the many ''soft'
drinks offered To the public at Soda
fountains, fruit stands and other plac-
es. The Investigations revealed that
over hundred of these beverages are
made up with drugs which are injur-
ious to health. Such as caffine and
cocaine. Coco-Cola is one of the
drinks and the report of the govern
ment chemist SAYS, ait is doing much
harm" The prevalence of the Coco
Cola fiend is becoming matter OF
great importance and concern.
People of all classes young and old,
delicate women and even little child
rem, consume these beverages indiscrim-
mating and no warning is ever given OF
the baneful effects of the powerful
habit forming drugs concealed therein.
Beware of many of the soft drinks.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17

Bugs on base ball! this can be truth
fully said of the entire United States
and especially of the Southern section,
never before has the south given the
great American game the support il is
giving it this year. New baseball
clubs and leagues have sprung up gal
ore and they all are receiving loyal
support, on every vacant lot, boys can
be found after school or on Saturday
playing ball, and even the big depart
ment stores, the newspaper, foundrys
and other commercial and mechanical
houses have teams. Probably the two
best known baseball leagues in the
south are the Southern and the South
Atlantic commonly known AS the
'Sally', league) both leagues are made
up of eight clubs representing as many
cities. The cities covered by the"Sally
league are not as large as those in the
Southern league circuit, but the inter
est in baseball is far greater and il is
well known that club in the "Sally''
league is a better financial proposition
than one in the Southern.
The following cities are represented
in the South Atlantic League, Chatta-
nooga Tenn, Augusta Ga, Macon q a..
Columbus 5. G. Columbus Ga. Jackson
Fla, Charleston ;. &. and savannah
Ga. The average attendance at the
Sally league games is $500, the average
receipts are $3.50 and there are l30
games played by each club, this would
look like total of 1910 games but as it
takes two clubs TO play $40 thus giving
a grand total of S33S,000 spent for
baseball in five and one half months
by eight cities, an average of S42,25O
for each club. Chattanooga Tenn. is
the largest city in the Sally league cir
cult it has population of $4,000.
School baseball clubs are encouraged
in the South and sometimes we find
each class in the public schools boast
ing a baseball nine +. w. Forstner.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17
A Big Michigan Corporation,
Opens Branch Store in
This City.
NOW READY FOR TRADE
Their Line Includes Everything in
Teas, Coffees, Spices, Groceries
and Baked Goods.

Several months ago Will Garnett,
formerly proprietor of the Hotel Gar
nett of this city, came here from Grand
Rapids TO establish an agency for the
| Wolverine Tea Co. of that city, and
from the first met with such success
among our citizens that the company
which he represented thought it advis-
able TO open a branch store here. Ne
gotiatlons were opened with n. Lap
ham for the lease of his building and as
"A result the company secured the build
ing for term of years and since the
first of May have been gradually get
ing things in shape for the proper hand
| ling of their patronage in this city and
vicinity.
Naturally enough, the question arises
| "Who or what is the Wolverine Tea
Coz" This question may be answered
| by saying that the company is Mich
igan corporation, incorporated in 1908
under the laws of the state of Michigan,
with a capital stock of $4,000. The
| nucleus from which this great company
originated dates back to 1897 when Mr..
| ID. +. Hemer, who is now president
| and general manager of the company,
opened up small tea and coffee busi-
ness in a spare bedroom in his parents
home. For three years Mr.. Helmer
put every energy into the business and
by dint of hard pulling succeeded so
well that he was able TO open a store on
Bridge street where trade began to grow
so rapidly that two years later he adj
ded another store to his already well
equipped tea and coffee store and put
in line of groceries. Mr.. Helmer's
business increased from $50, 1854 in
1903 TO Sl12, ,606.36 in 1907, when it was
incorporated and in 1908 the sales ran
up to $3.50, 454,09.
Today the company. has three stores
in Grand Rapids, one store in Jackson,
Holland, Cadillac and Belding, besides
agencies in many other cities in the
state. The company imports all of
coflees in a large roaster with capa-
city of 10000 pounds per day. They
also manufacture their own extracts
and put up their own spices, soaps,
lard, ETC.
Recently they have added a bakery
to their equipment and beginning to-
morrow will have choice line of fresh
baked goods for the accommodation of
their patrons. The Belding branch
store is under the management of Mr..
II. ID. Phelps, IA courteous and pleas
ing gentleman who will be glad To have
you call and see the line of goods they
carry.
In connection with their business the
Continued
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17
FINE TRIBUTE
To The Girl Behind The Loom And
The One Who Works.

God bless the girl who wooks. She
is not to proud to earn her own living,
nor ashamed TO be caught at her
daily task. She smiles at you from
behind the loom, desk counter, or prin-
ter's case. There is sweet memory of
her in everything she touches. She is
like brave mountaineer, already far
up the precipice, climbing, struggling,
rejoicing. The sight an inspiration. 1t
is an honor To know this girl and be
worthy of her esteem. Lift your hat To
her young man as she passes by. She
is queen i'm the realm of womanhood.
She's princess among the toilers.
Her hands may be stained by dish
washing, sweeping, printers ink or
factory grease. But they are honest
hands. They stay misfortune from the
home; they support the invalid loved
one, maybe; they are moving, potent
shields that protect many family
from the poor house God bless and
protect the girl who works.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17
Twenty High School Students
Finished The Course of
Study Here
THEIR MOTTO CLIMB"
Strenuous Commencement Week
Baccalaureate, Grade Exercises,
Class Play and Graduation

This week has been a strenuous one
for pupils, teachers and parents. Ev-
cry day has been taken up with work
along the lines of closing school days
for the summer vacation and all have
been busy getting ready for and attend
ing the events.
The baccalaureate sermon was given
by Rev. G. w. Maxwell in the NJ. +.
church TO large audience, Sunday
evening, from the text "But Daniel
purposed in his heart that he would
not defile himself with the portion of
the kings meat, nor with the wine
which he drank therefore he requested
of the prince that he might not defile
himself, y from which he drew many
excellent thoughts and pointed and
profitable suggestions for the class and
the audience. The high school chorus
of fifty voices in charge of Miss Louise
Dangers sang. Bev. o. w. Winter
read the scripture and Rev. Edrie Col
lins offered the prayer. The large class
of twenty, ten boys and ten girls, sat in
a body in front of the rostrum and also
assisted in the chorus.
There was very large attendance at
the Episcopal church on Monday eve
ming where the eighth grade exercises
were held. The pupils sang couple
of songs, and after the invocation was
pronounced by Rev. j. Frank Jackson,
a fine little play taken from seven
scenes in Miles Standish was enacted,
the young folks showing marked ability
in the dramatic line and pleasing every
one of the large audience in attendance.
Superintendent +. n. Pitlin pre-
sented the diplomas in appropriate and
well chosen remarks and the pupils
will now pass along to the higher grade
next year.
On Tuesday afternoon the NJ. f..
church was the scene of the grade eXer-
cises and the audience room and gallery
were thronged with parents, pupils and
teachers. Mrs. VIM. Wilson read a
Psalm and Rev. G. w. Maxwell offered
prayer. The exercises, which were
necessarily of considerable length re-
fected credit on both pupil and teacher.
On Tuesday evening came the class
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17

Frank Heath with wife and child
rem visited with the Deckers Sunday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17
Fipney--Strong.

The marriage of Mr.. Charles l.. Fin
ney and Miss. Marion q. Strong occur
ed at Highland Park, Ill. Sunday June
18th. The bride is well known here
being daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bax-
ter Strong and graduate of the class
of 1894. Mr.. Finney is a prominent
and popular business man of Highland
Park where they will reside. The
couple are on a visit for few days
here and will return home by way OF
Niagara Falls for a short visit there.
The many friends of the bride wish
her much happiness.
Hon. j. ID. Morse made business
trip to Ionia Wednesday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17
Cdd Fellows and d. of r.

All Oddfellows and all members of
Silk City Lodge l. o. o. f. and also ID
of r are requested to meet at the Odd
fellows hall Sunday morning, at 10
O'Clock and march in body to the
Congregational church TO attend
memorial service. BY order of Com
mittee. A. j. Torrance Chairman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17

On account of the multiplicity of at
fractions last week there was not a
large attendance at the committee
meeting of the anti-tubercolosis society
Monday evening held in the Congre-
gational church, nevertheless the inter-
est in the work is not tagging. The
meeting was adjourned until June 2lst.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-21

position. We also think that he ought to quit
sending type-writing machines and other
things equally foreign to legitimate use OF the
mails through the P. 0. Department. Let him
use his Express Company frank, unload his
Junk on those melon-slicing corporations, and
not help pile up that large deficit in the Postal
service WHICH DISCOURAGES AND
CHECKS THE EXTENSION OF THE r.
F. D. SYSTEM.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-21
ATLANTA, GA, JANUARY Fl, 1909.
A Deadlock at Washington.
ROOSebeh and 7illman.

James Sherman, Vice-President-elect wrote
a letter to Brewer-combine Kern Bryans yoke
fellow, expressing the hope that the Indiana
legislature would elect Kern to the u. S. Sen
ate.
Sherman is believed to be a Republican,
while Kern is supposed to be Democrat If
the two old parties were not pair of legs upon
which Special Privilege stalks its game, Kern
would not write loving letters to Sherman, and
Sherman would not want Kern in the Senate.
See how nobly the Congressman of both
these old parties are standing together against
the President He has intimated that there
are some crooks among these solons. Every
body knows that the rascal1ties of Congress
sional legislation would not be possible were
Congress free of rascals Yet when Roose-
welt says that some of these statesmen will
bear watching, all Of them bunch together to
hide the criminals just as those niger troops
did at Brownsville.
During political campaign when there's
a scramble for the offices, Democrats abuse Re-
publicans and Republicans denounce Demo
Gratis, but no sooner do the polls close than we
see the Twins get together again. Nobody can
change the policies of the Government, because
both the old parties favor those policies. Those
who control Democratic Congressman want the
same kind Of legislation as that which is de-
manded by those who control Republican Con
gressmen. Therefore, in Congress, as in
Presidential campaign, the struggle between
the two old parties is not one of principle. 1t
is no more than a scramble for spoils.
Not only do the two old parties support the
present system of class-legisation, but the in
dividual Congressman of both parties indulge
in the same abuses of their position.
When a certain number of Republican Con
eressmen wish to take an Oriental trip, they
Simply hunt around and find similar number
of Democrats who wish to travel, and these
Congressman go on aunt to the Philippines
or some other foreign territory at the expense
of Uncle Sam.
Last summer Senatorial party of Demo
Gratis and Republicans spent months in Europe,
at your expense, having glorious t1me,-pre-
tending to be studying the money question.
The idea that the money question cannot be
studied in America is huge, but costly joke.
The rasca1s who toured Europe at the expense
of the tax payers of this country upon the pre-
tense that they were studying financial sys-
TENS, did not even save their faces by making
a Report.
Now, it must be apparent that when the
President or anyone else, attacks any member
of Congress for something that they all do, all
of them will stand by one another.
Mr.. Watson found it SO when in 1892, he at
tackled the Congressional Barroom which from
the floor below sent up its intoxicated patrons
to make speeches and cast votes upon matters
of national Importance, when they were too
drunk to have the proper idea of what they
were doing.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-21
6be Jeffersonion

Mr. Liley found it so when year or so ago,
he undertook to prove that the Submarine Boat
builders maintained an expensive lobby in
Washington to influence Congress in the mat
ter Of authorizing more boats.
Mr. Roosevelt finds it SO as he now seeks
to have Congress continue the appropriation of
money for the Secret Service, which may
watch Congressman.
Republicans and Democrats forget for the
moment, the difference in their political names
and come together with fraternal unanimity,
voicing the virtuous cry eve can't afford to
be watched"
There are honest, true men IN Congress
men who as Trustees, Guardians, or Executors
would feel disgraced if they should take the po
sition that they could not afford to have their
conduct vigorously scrutinzed. Yet these hon
est members of Congress, overcome by the
pressure of those members who are not honest,
express their indignation at the very idea that
Congressman should be watched.
No honest book-keeper, banker, or Admins
traitor objects to the expert examiner, nor
breads any sort Of watching. You cannot en-
ter street car, hotel, mercantile establishment,
railroad office or bank without being painfully
impressed by the evidences Of the fact that
everybody is watched.
How absurd then, is Congress when it bris
ties and snaps at the President because he
hints that Congressman are human!
Note how CALAMITY Republicans as we'll as
Democrats are rallying around Ben T1llman.
Roosevelt raped Senator Tillman for abus-
ing his official position, and proved his case by
introducing Tilman's own letters yet, because
Tillman has done nothing more than what the
others do, all the others rally to Tillman.
They must save Benjamin, for if they allow
the President to make pulp of one Senator, who
knows where the Big Stick may fall next?
What are the facts as to this Tilman-Roose-
welt scrap?
Simply these: A man by the name of Dorr
published a circular letter in which he sought
to secure purchasers of certain Oregon lands,
stating as an inducement that Senator T1llman
had caused some of these lands to be reserved
for him.
tTillman on the floor of the Senate, declared
that the Dorr circular was false, that he had
not bought any western lands and had not I'M
dertaken to buy any.
The evidence which Roosevelt submitted to
the Senate proved concusively that while Till
man had not bought any Of the land he was
going hot foot after I44o acres of it, asking that
nine quarter sections be reserved for his family
and private secretary This land is said to be
of the most valuable character, but Tillman
was seeking to get it for ST. 50 per acre, the
price to actual settlers"
At present, the railroads controlled by Harr1-
man are in possession of 100000 acres of the
public domain, a portion OF which l1llman
wanted to buy. Hartman not be ousted,
save bv forfeiture suits brought by the Gov
eminent.
TiIlman, as Senator introduced Resolution
recurring the Government to bring such suits
to recover this land He did not tell the Sen
ate that he was personally interested in the
matter-did not tell them that he wanted some
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-21

F. D. SYSTEM.
Casual Comment
Brewer-combine Kern did not land the In
diana Senatorshp after all. Ben Shively got
it. Once upon time, Shively was an ardent
Greenbacker. But so was Adai Stevenson,
whom the Democrats ran for Governor of Hi
nois. Even Jim Ham Lewis, who was the
campaign mentor of Kern last year, made his
first dash into politics Populist And the
Congressman who represents in national coun-
sells "the moral element of Atlanta" belonged
to Gideons Band, took an oath against both
the old parties, and sailed around with Sock
less Jerry and Mary Ellen Lease.
Apostasy pays, sometimes
Congress voted away 100000 of your tax
money to succor the Italians who were reduced
to want by the earthquakes in Calabria and
Sicily. Have Governments any legal right to go
into the charity business? None whatever
Does any other government, excepting ours
vote away the public funds for charitable work.
in foreign lands? No. Our Government is the
only one that Stops over in this fashion. The
citizens of France have contributed to the re-
lief of the earthquake sufferers, but the French
government has not. The people Of Great Brit
ain have been liberal in their charities to the
Italian sufferers, but the Parliament, the Gov
eminent, has not voted a guinea SO it is all
over the world. Private individuals and socie-
ties should do the charitable work: GOVERN
MENTS WERE NOT FOUNDED FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
In recent official report it came to light
that less than hundred individuals own a
controlling interest in all the railroads of the
United States. E. H. Harrimans interest, i'll
just two of the trunk lines, amounts to $II6-
100000. lnasmuch as he is virtually master of
all excepting the Northwestern systems, and
the Rock Island, there is no telling how much
this Wall street magnate is worth. It is evil
dent that he is the master spirit in the Wander
bilt system, in the Gould system, in the Santa
Fe, in the Southern Railway as we'll as in the
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Central Pa
cifc, Chicago and Alton, and Illinois Central
Through his dummies and his allies, Harri-
man controls more than two-thirds of the rail
way traffic of this republic.
There are but two big combinations that are
independent of Hartman anes J. Hill is at
the head of one of these, and Judge Moore
leads the other. These three big railroads are
even now preparing for the final, inevitable
battle Tor supremacy.
HARTMAN WILL WIN. He is the
youngest of the fighters, he is the most auda-
clous; and he is the most resourceful. Behind
him. or allied with him, are the great lew bank
ers, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the Standard Oil group.
the Morgan interests, and the Steel Trust
HE is ALLIED TO HEARST, AND HAS
MADE PEACE WITH ROOSEVELT.
He will win.
After the last tug of war between +he three
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-21

After the last tug of war between the three
vast railway groups is over, Hartman will
loom up before the country as the monarch of
our Transportation systen1-THE SOLE
WAYS
What then? Will the people tolerate sys-
tenn which gives to an uncomfortable autocrat
vaster powers and revenues than are possessed
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