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Charlevoix county herald., 1910-03-05
Farewell Reception.

The meeting of the Methodist
church on Wednesday evening in
recognition Of the departure Of Rev.
L. S. Matthews and family from our
midst was successful affair, both as
a social event and as a parting tribute
to friends who have done much 10 adj
vance the social and religious inter
ests of East Jordan during their
twelve years o. residence.
There was large and represent a
tive company, and after an hour Of
social enjoyment the pastor, Rev. W..
w. Lamport, called to order and in-
trOduced the formal program. Misses
Jennie and Eva Waterman gave a
piano duet, followed by an instru-
mental by Miss Marguerite Fortune.
Rev. A. ID. Grigsby. of the Presbyter-
ian church. spoke few kindly words
in recognition Of the occasion and Of
appreciation of the departing guests
A beautiful trio followed and was
sung by Mrs. VIII Sloan, Mrs. Harry
Sloan and Miss Marguerite Fortune,
who responded with second number.
M. III. Robertson then spoke l
terms Of warmest friendship and clos
ed 10y turning over to Mr.. Matthews a
basket Offering. which had been gath
cred during the evening, amounting
to over $500.
Mr.. Matthews response was full of
appreciation of the Occasisn and Of
the delightful associations of these
years in East Jordan. He was not
leaving thro lack of regard for the
people here, but for other reasons.
among which was long standing de.
sire TO live somewhere upon the At
lantic seaboard and in closer prOximi-
ty TO the great cities of this country.
Miss Jennie Waterman then pre-
sented Miss Ada Matthews a sold
watch in behalf of her music pupils
10 replace the one lost in the recent
fire. Miss Matthews responded and
was followed by other members of the
family as the pastor In turn called
upon each.
Mrs. B. A. Dole sang 20 Heart of
Nine" by Riley, and when recalled
sang, "Sing Me to Sleep"
Prayer by the pastor closed the
formal exercises, but the company
fingered for sometime In social fell
lowship.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-03-05
High School Notes.

The Physics class were honored by
test last Wednesday.
The twelfth grade English class arc
now taking up dlagraniing.
Mancelona High School are still
ahead In the spelling contest. The
fourth list OF words was received from
Mancelona Tuesday and solne OF them
looked like "stckers".
The Seniors are making preparations
for the Commencema Exercises
which will take place during the
week OF June 1917.
Although our Basket Ball Boys lost
in Harbor Springs last Friday
IL was with small score OF %
To 10. And on Saturday afternoon,
when they thought of the good supper
the high school girls had waiting Tor
them here in the l. o. O. II. Hall,
they were somewhat disappointed
TO find they were unable to get farther
than Boyne Falls. They went to
Boyne Falls and then drove hone,
arriving here quite late as well as
mighty hungry and did justice to the
supper each one enjoying himself i'm
mensey.
The HarbOr Springs boys played
here last night.
And owing to the fact that some Of
the first team Of High school Girls
were unable TO play, another team
consisting Of some of the first
and second teams besides some who
had never PLAYED this year, was made
up and played with the mIdgets, who
are working up toa strong team, Fri
day might.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-03-05

Threatening feverishneSs with child
rem is quickly and safely Gained by
preventics. These little candy cold
cure tablets should always be on hand.
For promptness is all important. Pre-
ventics contain no quinine, nothing
harsh nor sickeniug in Preventics.
they are indeed, 1.-THE stitch ia
time". Carried in pocket or purse, Pre-
ventics are genuine safeguard again
ST cclds. 25c. Sold by James Gidley.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-03-05

Montaville Flowers, Monday even
ing.
Miss Bell Roy was guest OF Bellaire
friends, Saturday.
Marshal johnson was Bellaire
business visitor, Tuesday.
Mrs. ID. s. Pavton was guest of East
Jordan friends this week.
Bert Lorraine left THURSDAY for a
visit with friends in Minnesota.
G. G. Mack left Tuesday on bus
mess trip TO Detroit and Chicago.
Mrs. Carrie Lanway of Traverse
City Is guest of Mrs. VIM. Johnson.
Mrs. Lyman Miles was Bellaire
visitor first of the week, guest of
friends.
w A Stroebel and A. r. Cross left
Friday for business trip 10 Glad
win and Beaverton.
Ounce Seed Lotion-a fine prepara-
tion for chapped skin. l0c per bottle
at Payton's Pharmacy.
Regular SOC 14-quarJ Patent Roll
Top Dish Pan only 29c at Harper
for this Saturday only.
b. G. Hubbard & Go. will carry a
full line of Millinery this year.
Watch for opening date.
The ladies OF the Civic Society will
hold Bake Sale at Miss Kneale' s
store this Saturday afternoon.
Mesdames Frank Brotherton and Fl.
3. Price were guests OF Mrs. ID. L..
Rogers at Bellaire, Wednesday.
E. A. Ashley is now ilng the posi-
tion at the State Bank made vacant
by the resignation Of B. A. Dole.
b. A. Dole left Monday for Cleve-
land where he takes up "A position
with the Z. II. Foote Lumber Co.
Pros, Atty Nicholas and Atty
Clink were at Bellaire this week hav-
ing business in Circuit Court there.
The East Jordan Flooring Plant
and the Lumber Company's Single
Mill resumed operations this week.
DR.. RI. w. Dicken and family now
occupy their residence on Fourth
ST. recently purchased of B. A. Dole
A. G.. Muma is now cashier at the
East Jordan Lumber Co.'S general
Offices, taking the position that Mr..
Ashley vacated.
MRS. NJ. A. Harper and Mrs.
Smythe Will open an Up-to-Date Mil
linery Parlor in the Miles Building
after March 18th.
w. A. Loveday has recently been to
Chicago lining up buyers for fruit
farms for Spring. n your farm is not
now listed with him, better call aud
see him.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Mission
arv Society will meet this month on
Friday next. the llth, at the home Of
Mrs. Charles Malpass. All ladies
WIN Uidp CUlllc dIt LuduC WtICOtlC.
Mrs. George Carr entertained the
Methodist w. F. NJ. S. on Thursday
afternoon, with Miss Elsie Matthews
in charge Of the program. Mrs. Geo.
Carr and Isabel Lamport were chosen
corresponding secretary and treasurer
respectively TO fill vacancies. An un-
usually large number Of visitors gave
added pleasure to the hour.
The civil service examination, be-
ing held before the commission in the
post Office today, has nine applicants.
This examination is for rural carriers
from the CharievoiX post Office but
the examination is held here because
the board of examiners for the county
consists of members of the office force
in the local post Office. The follow
ing took the examination today
Thos. w. Miller, Ellsworth p. Van
Leuven, Roy l.. Ripley, Louis O.
Sharow, Mark B. Hooper and VIM.
Mclean OF Charlevoix and Lyman j.
Nj lies and Arthur X. Hill of East Jor-
dau.-Boyne Journal.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-03-05

Look at our adv. in this ISSUE
Fitch & McCslmon, Real Estate
Agents.
After you see those Go-Cart Run
ners at Whittington's you will have
none others.
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wARRENTON DRAG A SUCCESS.
Thanksgiving RUN TO Hounds One
of Best of the Season.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Warrenton. Va. Nov. 2.-The annual
Thanksgiving drag, which has been for
many years run over the same course.
was ridden here this morning. with the
meet at Il o'clock, at the Warren Green
Hotel. and proved one of the largest and
fastest runs OF the season.
The field was very large, and the pack
was thrown In at Paradise and quickly
picked the scent. CORTLAND Smith, mas
ter. hunted the hounds with Thomas
Allison. Roy Adamson, and John s.
Gaines. riding whips. The coArse. which
was almost visible the entire way. lay
over the fields of Messrs. Gaines, Wilbur,
and Wallaeh, with the finish at Loretta,
The estate of John S. Gaines.
The first jump was rail fence, and the
field went over as a team; then came
seeded fields and plank fences. water in
and out and other rail and planks, d
grand line Of country and rafting scent
proving a stirring scene as the hounds
swept on. The jumping was clean. and
there were many out to see the start
and finish.
The field was composed Of the follow
ing riders. all faultlessly mounted and
appointed for the run: Mrs ]. K. Mad
dux, Mrs F. A. B. Portman. Mrs. c. IL
Smith, Miss Flynn, Miss Spilman, Messrs.
Smith, Adamson. Allison, Gaines. B..
Stone, J. P. Stone. ErRest Hayes, James
Nash, Charles Daniels, and Blair john
son
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PLANS A GARDEN CreY."
Sage Foundation VIII Seek TO At
tract Flat DweIIers.

New York, Nov. .2-When you speak
OF Garden City" to an Englishman
or a German you will probably be under
stood Immediately by those representa-
tives Of Town planning" countries, but
the word and what H. stands for is prac-
tically unknown to Americans who have
as yet not gone into systematic distrib-
uting of their congested communities.
New York is TO have Garden City about
thirteen minutes from the Pennsylvania
station at Seventh avenue and Thirty
fourth street. however. according to an
announcement made to-day by the Rus
sell Sage Foundation
This new scheme win be started az
Forest Hills Gardens, at Forest Hills
station on the Long Island Railroad near
Jamaica Mrs. Russell Sage and those
associated with her on the Foundation
have been studying the facilities of the
suburbs as one answer TO the conges-
;ioa problem, and they have come to the
conclusion that a garden city similar TO
the European type will do much to get
people away from fiat and tenement into
the country.
30 they went TO work at Forest Hills
to build small attractive houses with
a little growing stuff in the front wards
wherein fiat dwelling wage-earners and
the like could get away for a while from
the city's clatter without further dimin-
ishing those moderate means hv having
excessive rents.
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DISCOVER HEAVY SHORTAGE
London Agent of New York Copper
Concern Placed Under Arrest
August w. Finch Admits Discrep-
ancIes OF Many Thousand Pounds
in His Accounts.

London. Nov. 24.-August William
Finch was arraigned in the Mansion
House Police Court to-day on the charge
OF fraudulently converting funds amount
ing to Ru.s52 bSbnging TO Phelps, Dodge
& Co.. Of New York. while acting as their
London agent He was remanded-
Finch cabled his employers on August
. that he had misappropriated e29.O00
which he was unable to repay.
New York, Nov. 2A-GeOrge hoffman.
secretary and treasurer of Phelps. Dodge
q Co, the copper concern at SO John
street. was seen at his home In Brooklyn
this afternoon. He said that August
w, Finch was a British subject and had
been In the employ OF Phelps. Dodge &
Co. for twenty-five years In the London
Offices For four years past Finch has
had charge OF the sales IN Great Britain,
and on the ContiDent OF the copper ex-
ported by the firm from this country
About q year ago Mr.. hoffman said that
the company discovered that Finch's re-
mittances to the firms London bank ae-
count we're not as large as his sales
would warrant An explanation was
demanded. but was not pressed until last
summer because part OF the discrepancies
were from time to time made good.
Last August Finch cabled the company
here that his misrepresentation had
reached the sum OF s2sOO0.. That was
all that the cablegram said according
TO Mr.. hoffman, and an investigation was
at once started, resulting In Finch's ar
rest. Mr.. hoffman added. that Finch had
always been trusted i@blicitly by the
company and that the latter would now
let justice take its course.
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Boccaccio. the third great figure In Ital-
ian literature, who, lacking the inspira-
ton Of Dante and the perfect form of
Petrareh. is remembered in the history
OF culture as the creator of a clasSe
Italian prose. and, through the became
ron." as the father OF the modern novel
was born in Paris. where his father was
temporarily residing, on November Is, 1873
The question which most people will
ask as they close the "Decameron" is
What manner OF man was he who wrote
It? OF outward events there Is enough,
though not too much, 10 tell. Boceaceio
was taken in his infancy TO Flor
ence. but his father. a well-to-do
banker. had remarked. and his child
hood was. unhappy. At ten, or not
long after. he went 10 Naples TO work in
a merchants Office AS he neared the
city, the tired hoy, stopping TO rest, fell
asleep and dreamed that he was passing
through a street he had never seen be-
fore. and that lady in green came and
kissed him II was not till eight years
later. when, sick Of the office, he was
learning canon law. that on a Holy Sat-
urday coming out of church, he first
saw the real lady, In her green robe, ''all
shining with gold"-his Fiammetta, his
love for whom remained with him all his
life. From passion 1t cooled TO a senti-
ment. almost-one may say-into a lit
eraTy sentiment Had 1t been otherwise,
IL would surely have colored his concep-
ton OF love and OF women. which was
remarkably low,
Fiammetta's real name was Maria
Aquino. and she was the illegItimate
daughter OF King Robert OF Naples. a
princess married 10 a noble Boccaccio
got to know her at once ami became her
devoted slave. serving her from 1881 TN
1888. when he found out her infidelity.
Not long after, his fathers ruin called
him back 70 Florence. But meanwhile he
had been In worthier service than hers.
In the cultured town OF Naples he had
found men Of learning and of letters: he
had been plunged in the study of the
classics; he had read Virgil ''in the
shadow OF the poets tomb" And he had
begun 10 write himself The 'Filocolo, g"
the "Filostrato." the "Fiammetta." and
other works belong to his last years In
Naples and his first In Florence. From
that time onward he devoted himself 10
literature and 10 scholarship: the more
so, perhaps, that Fiammetta died OF the
plague in l34S.
It was not until 1880 that the greatest
event in his life-his meeting with Pc
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SUSPECT WOMAN AS FIREBUG.
Police Believe Valuable Barn Was
set Aflre Following Threats.

Greenwich, Conn, Nov. 2l-The burn
ing OF one OF the barns on the ]. O0O-acre
estate of Edmund c. Converse early this
morning brought 10 light a threat re-
Gently made by a woman believed TO be
demented TO kill MI Converse.
The building was destroyed with thou
sands OF dollars worth OF hay, grain.
and winter fruit. The police are inves-
tigating, but refuse TO make any state
ment
About six months ago a woman known
as MenthOl Sweeney began writing letters
10 Chief OF Police Richie telling him
that Mr.. Converse was trying TO get her
out of the way. so he could purchase a
farm adjoining his estate.
She was possessed with the idea that
Mr.. Converse had his place covered With
wires, and thus kept track of her
nlents, and that she could hear him taIk
ing about her all the time She appealed
10 Charles Brown, who is an employe on
the Converse place, 10 protect her from
harm or suffer the consequences.
Last week she appeared in person at
Chief Ritchie's Office and astOunded him
by saying: Are you afraid OF lead? II
you're not, then go and pump Converse
fun Of lead I'm tired waiting for you TO
act. and I'll do il myself"
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GALLAGHER HEARING TODAY.
Defense of Mayor GaynOr's AssaiI-
ant VIII he Insanity.

Jersey City. n. J.. Nov. 24-The case
against James J. Gallagher. who shot
Mayor Gaynor on August s, VIII probably
come before the Hudson County grand
jury Friday. Subpoenas for witnesses TO
attend the session went out yesterday.
The defense viii be insanity.
The prosecution has been postponed be-
cause Justice Swayze. Of the Supreme
Court charged the grand jury not TO take
up the case until the mayors physician
had certified within a year and day
or the date Of the shooting that the
mayor was out OF danger. Such assur-
ances have been received. and the State
will now move for an indictment for
atrocious assault with intent to XIII. :"
punishable with a maximum penalty of
twenty years in State prison.
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TAILORING TALKS
BY J. FRED CATCHELL,
a28 FOURTEENTH STREET
e2s FOURTEENTH STREET.

A gentlemanesaid to me yes
terday morning coming down on
the car, Il see you emphasize Fit
or no pay Just what do you
mean by that" wonder if.
generally, that isn't understood?
/ want to make it very clear;
thought | had. 1t MEANS
JUST WHAT TT SAYS-"FIT.
OR NO PAY" In other words,
it's guarantee, WITHOUT
ANY STRING Toe IT; for I
don't require any advance depos-
its-NOT A CENT.
| am doing the tailoring bust
ness on the same modern plan
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SEIZED LIGHTED BOMB.
New York Policeman Saves Scores
from Possible Death.

New York, Nov. 24-At the risk of be-
ing blown TO pieces. Policeman Benjamin
Fay rushed into a tenement house to-day
ami extinguished the fuse of bomb just
in time TO save sixteen families from pos
siblc death. Salvatore Pizza, janitor of
the tenement saw in the dark hallway
a tiny jet Of flame sputteriag at the end
of asfuse. Not knowing what il was, he
picked UP the bomb but set It down in a
hurry and ran from the building. He
found Policeman Fay and told him what
happened Without a seconds hesita-
ton Fay ran into the hallway and step
ped on the burning fuse.
The tenants in the building, who are
all Sicilians, say they never have re-
Gel sed any Black Hand letters.
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STUDENTS CAUSE NO TROUBLE.
Denomination at st. Petersburg
Lacks Public Sympathy.

st. Petersburg. Nov. 24-The students
demonstration in front Of the Kazan Ca
thedral to-day passed of much more
peacefully than was expected. but it held
up traffic on the Nevsky prospekt for
several hours and kept the police. Cos
sacks, and dragons busy all the time.
These, however. used remarkably mild
methods compared with those adopted In
past times. Neither weaponz nor whips
were used, but the troopers charged ire
quently, causing wild stampeding in
which several persons were hurt.
The demonstration, which professed TO
be IN support OF Tolstoi's views against
capital punishment, did not have popular
sympathy.
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OFFER BRANDEIS A PLACE.
Western Railroads VIII Give Him
Job AZ He Can Save Them Money.

Western Railroads VIII Give Him
Job IL He Can Save Them Money.
Chicago. Nov. 2L-Attorney Louis d.
Brandeis' statement before the Interstate
Commerce Commission on behalf OF the
Eastern shippers that railroads. through
alleged inefficient management, wasted
$1,000. 900 day. was answered by Western
railroad presidents. after a conference
yesterday. with a telegram Offering him
a position "at his own salary" II he
could point the alleged mismanagement
out
"A salary OF $4,000 a year would not
be excessive II he could save twice that
much. all told, to US" said the repre-
sentative Of the presidents. The telegram
read:
1T is reported you have said that Amer
lean railways are wasting $1,000. 900 daily.
If you can point out a practical way by
which a substantial portion OF this
amount may he saved. several Western
railways would be pleased TO tender you
employment. allowing you TO name your
own salary. This proposition is made TO
you in the same spirit OF sincerity in
which you made your statement TO the
commission"
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IMPRISONED BY EXPLOSION
Five Men Under Lake Five Hours
Until Repairs Are Made.

Mount Vernon. n. Y. Nov. 24-Because
of the mysterious explosion of 100 pounds
OF gunpowder in a shanty adjoining the
engine house at The mouth of the shaft Of
the Catskill aqueduct which goes under
Croton Lake. in the northern part OF
Westchester County. and which killed the
engineer operating the elevating cage In
the shaft. five workmen were imprisoned
several hundred feet under the lake for
five hours to-day.
There was no way of getting the work
men out for hours until the debris had
been cleared away and the cage was
hoisted by horse power. The coroner
says the cause of the explosion is a
mystery. as there was no one near the
gunpowder when it exploded
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made. for I had an actual demonstration
OF the value Of the aeroplane as a war
engine. 1t will be great for scouting. In
fact. It will. l believe prove a most i'm
portant factor in the next var"
Harmon few around the field once. then
Grahame- White made four aseents with
passengers, taking up in turn his chief
mechanician, his engineer, his manager.
Clarence P. Wynne. vice president OF the
Aero Club, and finally Howard ". Gil.
OF Baltimore. Then ne made a finaI
flight by himself. ending. as usual, at the
door OF the hangar
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turn of the propeller. Had he turned 10
the right. having found the wrong river,
he would have landed at Point Breeze,
anyway.
. When he saw a city he thought he was
all right, but he missed the familiar city
hall tower. and realizing that he was
lost, planed to earth. The city was
Trenton. 1t was too late for him to re-
sumo his trip when he learned his mis-
take. so he hunted up quarters for the
monoplane. telephoned TO Grahame-White.
and took train back TO this city.
In the meantime the thousands at Point
Breeze were having idgets. The Farman
biplane In which Grahame-White had
made several exhibition flights was haul
ed out of the way TO the edge Of the
field, so that Drexel would have every
thing his own way when he arrived. The
minutes passed, and Grahame-White de-
cided he would go TO meet Drexel.
Flies Over Football Field.
The plane was pushed out again and
Grahame-White mounted. He circled the
field, then at an altitude OF about 500 feet
he shot off TO the northwest. and for few
minutes disappeared from view. He failed
TO find Drexel. but he made wide circle,
flying near the football field. TO the de-
light OF the thousands there.
OF the events on the field the most in
teresting was a flight made by Grahame-
White with Gen. James Allen. chief of
the Signal Corps OF the United States
Army, as a passenger. The general. who
came from Washington expressly for the
purpose, was taken on fight around the
field several times and then few of to
League Island, where he circled above
the battle ships. ordnance stores, and
magazines.
at was not my first flight" said Gen.
Allen. when he returned to the field. but
II was the most interesting that l have
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Nurse sues Former Patient.

Hollidaysburg. Pa. Nov. 2l-EIla
Mitchell, nurse. instituted suit for s.. 900
in the Blair County Court yesterday
against Henry z. Mitchell a seventy
year-old merchant and former patient
She charges that defendant promised her
home in Altoona should she safely
nurse him through lingering illness. She
SAYS he repudiated his promise.
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mig Coal Mine Ere Checked.

Canon City. Colo. Nov. 24-The fire in
the Bear Gulch coal NINE near Florence.
Colo, owned by the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company, which imperiled the lives
of 200 miners, is reported TO be under
control The mine rescue car reached
the mine early yesterday. and in an
hour the body of one of the two missing
miners was recovered. Rescue parties
are still searching for the other missing
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you are doing your business. I'm
not taking refuge behind any
traditional customs-but coming
right out in the open-guarantee-
ing that the clothes I make for
you shall be satisfactory in every
respect-if they are not you don't
have to take them-and as I have
said before, YOU ARE THE
JUDGE.
Doesn't that sound good to
you? Hasn't it got the ring of
fair and square dealing?
III be glad to have your tail
oring accountant l believe af-
ter you try us you'll be glad TO
have my tailoring.