Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20
Briefs Of me Week

Cantata Ruth"
Local Option Mass Meeting Sunday.
Com'r Milford was "a Manistee ylsi-
tor this week.
Shall the liquor traffic in Charlevoix
County be prohibited? YES.
Col. j. w. Rogers was Charlevoix
business visitor, first Of the week.
Edison Phonograph sold on easy
monthly payments by Mack the Jew
eler.
Miss Mabel Pinney has been ser-
ously Ill with appendicitis during tue
week.
Get your seats for the Cantata
Ruth" at opera house next Friday
evening.
Sample Books OF SPECIAL Designs in
Wall Paper always on exhibition at
&. II. Whittington's.
Among those from here at Charlie
voix the past week were, Charles Bra
bant, Dan Goodman and Fred Ben.
nett.
On Monday evening, March 10Th,
Hon. j. S. Crandall Of Detroit will
speak at Loveday Opera House ia the
interests of local option.
Seed picking at the e. b. Clark
Seed Co.'S warehouse was concluded
Monday. They started sorting Sept.
eth and have employed force of
thirty since then.
The Woman's Local Option Society
OF East Jordan will meet with Miss
A. M. Kneale this afternoon at 2:3G
p, m. The loyal women are earnestly
invited to be with us.
Come out TO the Mass Meeting at
.Loveday Opera House Sunday after
noon at 2:30 and hear the Local OPP
ton question discussed by Hon. L. +.
Knowles and others. The Jordan
Glee Club will sing.
Mrs. Bruce LivngtOn of st. Peters
burg, Fla, through her attorney f..
city of Boyne for $1,000 damages al
legged to have been received on the
streets Of that city.
Mrs. G.. L. Sherman entertained
a bevy If our school teachers last
Saturday night. An ENJOYABLE even
ing was. spent with music. guessing
games, and refreshments. Miss Bah
cock won the prize in the guessing
contests.
Large crowds were in attendance at
all the local option meetings sunday,
which indicates that East Jordan is
not asleep on this question. Hon.
Grant NJ. Hudson and Rev. G.. f
Maxfeld are two able speakers and
they handled the subject ia a con-
yincing manner.
Judge of Probate j. NJ. Harris was
in the city. Tuesday and held court
He adjudged James Mention and Eu-
gene Gallagher, two inmates Of the
County Farm. insane and committed
them tn the Traverse Asylum. Sher-
iff McWain and Dep'y Curkendall
conducted them thither the same day.
The medal contest. given by the w.
&. T. U. at the Methodist church last
Friday night, brought out good
sized crowd. The contesta ats were
"neck and neck" Miss Winnie Mad
daugh being awarded the prize by the
judges-Att'y f. E. Boosinger, Mrs.
w. w. Lamport and Mrs. w. j.
Smith.
The Woman's Local Option Society
was organized at the home OF Mrs. w.
p. Porter lasJ Saturday afternoon.
About 30 ladies were present. Mrs
NJ. K. Heston was elected chairman,
Mrs w. j. Smith secretary and Mrs.
L. A. Hoyu. treasurer. Considerable
interest was manifested and a nice
sum raised to help in the campaign
East Jordan Local f. S. of e. will
meet with James Howey, next Thurs
day afternoon. Members are request
ed TO be present and make plans for
the big Equity Rally to he held in
Bellaire on April 10th. Subject foI
discussion at local meeting is Cold
Storage. Many Of our foremost farm.
ers are much interested in this plan To
control their own fruit. Local Option
will also come before the meeting for
discussion.