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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03
GRAND RAPIDS KNOWS HOW

If "Grand Rapids Knows How 10
do things and sustain her reputation,
as the slogan she has adopted would
indicate, she will not fail to measure
up to the high standard of responsible
ity in the coming opportunity that is
before her of eliminating the open sa-
loon and placing her citizenship and
forces for morality and good govern
ment on "A plane of activity and adj
vancement that would crown her with
glory, as heading the list of large and
influential cities in the United States.
In the local option campaign which
is now on in Kent county, of which
Grand Rapids is the county seat, the
electors in the townships and rural dis
tricts and small villages could not do a
more handsome thing than TO give an
overwhelming vote in favor of the prop
osition and thereby assist in placing
the second city in the state in the above
named list.
With the saloons eliminated from its
business life and activities, the political
atmosphere would at once be purified,
politics and office seekers would not be
obliged to reckon with the saloon ele-
ment ana the social life of the city and
country would be greatly benefited.
AS "a good business proposition, the
substantial business men of Kent coun-
ty, and Grand Rapids in particular,
can not afford TO allow the opportunity
TO pass for the betterment of legitimate
business conditions of the county by
voting out the saloons and breweries.
Business will not turn away from
Grand Rapids or the villages where
saloons now exist, if the county goes
day. This is not the experience where
local option has obtained. Bedding
business men say their business was
never better than under the present dry
conditions, and it is less than year
since local option went into effect
Let Grand Bapids take up her slogan,
"Grand Rapids Knows How" and use
il as watchword in the campaign for
eliminating the saloon.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

The efforts of the political enemies
of the congressman Townsend to make
his record appear inconsistent are of
course but the natural attempts
TO d;scredit him in the minds
of the electors of the state and thereby
to injure his candidacy for the Senate.
As the movement in Mr. Townsend s
favor gathers strength the more
franticlly persistent these efforts be-
come and they are now SO diverse and
incongruous that only casual exami-
nation of them is necessary show how
foolish they are. Fortunately the record
OF Congressman Townsend is open to
inspection and will successfully with
stand the closest scrutiny on the part
OF any fair minded man.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

TNnciI;ua The throat is one of
the most delicate parts
Cures of the body. 1t is also
T,l.o< one of the most inn
OOiS Iii OdS portant, and should
be given the best possible care.
The throat is the gateway to the body.
The air we breathe, the food we eat, the
liquids we drink, all pass through 1t. 1t Is
very easily affected by cold, strain, ex-
posure. etc. and Sore Throat is therefore
one Of our most common ailments.
Strangely enough, 1T Is also one OF the
most neglected.
Sore Throat is very serious matter,
for the whole system IS IN danger In
consequence Of IL.
Every Sore Throat patient is a candidate
for Tonsilitis, Quinsy, Diphtherla and
other serious or fatal diseases, all OF which
can be prevented by the timely cure OF the
Sore Throat by the use OF TONSlLiNE.
IL taken in time dose or two Will do 1T.
TONSILINE is made to cure throat dis
eases and nothing else. IL IS the one
remedy for this purpose sold largely In the
United States. Every user endorses 1t;
every physician, knowing its virtues,
commends 1t.
The one most important thing to -IR
remember about T0NSILlNE is the IN
fact that it really does cure Sore IN
Throat. I'D
All druggists, DC and Soc bottles. y
The Tonsiline Co., Canton, Ohio. "
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03
t+ow He LIGHTED the Candles.

When John Keats, the poet, lay
dying In Rome, the most faithful
watcher at his bedside was his friend,
Joseph Severn. During the hours Of
darkness, a solitary candle Illuminated
the room. and in case, overcome by
WEAKNESS, he should drop asleep and
allow this candle to burn out, Severn
devised plan by which 1t would light
others automatically. To the base Of
the burning candle he tied a piece Of
thin Irvine, the other end of which he
attached to the wick of new candle
some yards away. AS the old end
died out the expiring flame caught the
Irvine, on Pickering up 1t like fairy
star. set light to the second candle.
A third or a fourth was added, and
the invalid's eyes never looked in
vain for the cheering light.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

For several days now Chase Osbron
has been very quiet but il is safe to say
that he is not idle, The upper peninsula
is very active in his behalf and because
OF his friends taking the matter of or
ganizing up for him it leaves him free
to devote his entire time TO the lower
peninsular. Mr.. Osborne is growing
every day in public favor. They like
his aggressive outspoken style and the
people begin TO feel that should he get
to be governor he will give the State
an administration to be proud of
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

A clever scheme is being worked in
The northern part of the state which
has the ear marks of another Bo-
hemian oatscheme which caught many
farmers some % or 30 years ago. The
present plan is TO get 100 farmers in a
district TO buy four bushels of oats at
s4'Oo per bushel the one raising the lar
gest crop from the seed To be presented
with new binder. In other words the
schemers raked inSl6O0 i'm each district
in retnrn they gave 400 bushels of oats
worth at market price $500 and one
binder worth $l35, leaving the fellows
a net weight profit of over $llOO.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

Governor Warner is taking firm
stand against pool selling and prize
nights In Michigan. During the past few
days he had to call upon the author
tiles OF Macomb county to look after an
alleged pool sales room and several
times has been obliged TO inform officers
oil various counties to see that no sched-
ule prize fights were allowed TO take
place. Michigan is at the top in educa-
tlonal lines and Governor Warner pro-
poses to see that degrading and unlaw-
ful abuses are not allowed TO blot the
state.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03
RESERVE HORSES FOR WAR
swItzerland's Simple Method Of Pre-
pairing for Rapid Mobilization
Of Its Army.

In Switzerland the state Is part own
er of horses used by reserves. II pur-
chases remount at 3h years old, and
the soldier pays half the cost OF the
horse TO the government, together
with the difference between its cost
and the price that the horse fetches at
auction-for all horses are sold by
auction to the men.
After every year of training the gov
eminent refunds one-tenth Of the orig.
inal half cost to the men, and at the
end of ten years the horse become the
absolute property OF the soldier. In
this manner the soldier Is not only al
ways well mounted but as he keeps his
horse with him at his home his mobi-
lization problem Is of the simplest ma
ture.
The average price OF these Swiss
troop horses is about f45 sterling,
says Baily's Magazine, and as most OF
these horses are imported from Ire
land and north Germany their price Is
considerably higher than 1t would be
in this country. Thus the state Sc
cures the services of a horse for an
annual outlay OF about "a 10s.; but
there are certain other expenses which
must be included In this estimate
such as the cost of the establishment
for remount depots, etc, which raises
the total cost of horses for the Swiss
government to about f8 lis. year
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03
WHAT THE BANlSTERS TELL
Wise Tenement DWeller Knew by
Their Condition That the House
Was Unhealthy.

Many q grewsome bit of wisdom is
CLEANED by settlement workers. The
other day a woman Of philanthropic
tendencies trudged miles looking for
rooms for an unfortunate family that
had to move. After she had made a
selection that would fit their scanty
means the mother of the family went
around to see the rooms before NOV
ing in.
oh" exclaimed that wise tenement
dweller, "we'd be worse off here than
where we are! This place Is too un-
healthy"
How do you make that out?" asked
the settlement worker 1T strikes me
as being better than most houses of
it's class"
The woman pointed to the banisters
which ran up through five flights Of
stairs to the roof in ragged, broken
line.
Collins" she said grimly. That's
what that means. Collins is terrible
hard on banisters. There are too many
deaths here to suit me"
And when the settlement worker
learned that many tenement dwellers
really do Judge Of the healthfulness OF
house by the conditions OF the ban
listers she concluded that that place
wouldn't suit her either.-New York
TraSs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03
We Want Your Cream

If you have any cream TO sell, call
and see our agent, Mr.. Hanson at the
Sandell building near the Richardson
silk mill. If you have not tried us ask
some who have. We also buy butter,
eggs and poultry.
Michigan Produce Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

The Cedar Springs Clipper, one of
the staunch old republican papers of
the state and not afraid TO speak the
mind of the editor at any and all times,
has followed the lead of the Banner and
come out in favor of Hon. Chas. +.
Townsend for United states Senator.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03
No Substitute

Accept no substitute for Foley's Hon
ly and Tar. 1t is the best and safest
eemedy for coughs, colds, throat ana
rung troubles. No opiates. Sold by
Wortley d French.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03
BELDINC BANNER
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
Published every Thursday at Belding,
(Ionia County, Mich, by
THE BANNER PUBLISHING {
n lAPHAM EpIToa

Advertising Rates upon application. Bills
collected monthly Cards Of Thanks, Doc 10
60c. Resolutions from 5Oc up.
Entered at the Postoffice Bedding, Michigan
for transmission through the Mails as Sec
ond class Matter
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03
Notice

Notice is hereby given that all persons
indebted to the late ID. +. Moon, can
pay the same at any time during the
day or pay nights at the Sandell build
ing west main street.
Mrs. ID. +. Moon.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

Wanted-Three or four rooms un.
furnished, suitable for dressmaking
parlors. Block preferred. Miss N.
Knickerbocker, 105 w. Grove ST.,
Greenville, Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

w ants Business Chances !
%~~~#~~x#x%~#&####<**x~ go

For Sale--Good house, all modern
conveniences; easy terms. Inquire of
37w2 l.. f.. Green.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

For Sale-House and lot in the Ellis
addition, Bedding, Mich. farm, 40 acres,
one mile south and two miles east of
Lakeview. For particulars inquire of
owner, Eugene Hollenbeck. 39w2
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

For Sale-A good horse, buggy and
harness. Horse is sound and gentle.
35tf Mrs. Della Barten.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-03

The throat is one Of
the most delicate parts
Of the body. 1t is also
one of the most inn
portant, and should
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28
NEGRO MAN DROWNED.
Samuel James Believed to Have Com
mitted Suicide.

Orangeburg, July 21.-Samuel
James, colored, was found drowned
in the Edisto river late this after
noon by William Pearson, a white
fisherman of this city. James's body
was found lodged upon a log, the
head and chest being above the Wa
ter. The drowned man could be seen
from the large bridge crossing the
river at the foot Of Russell street.
James was a sufferer from con-
sumption and it is thought that he
drowned himself. James formerly
lived in Florida and desired to re-
turn. Owing to his bad health he
was unable to do so and on last
Monday he told his sister he was 60
ing to the river. She stated that she
searched for him but that he has
been missing since last Monday un-
til found in the river this afternoon.
The inquest will probably be held
later this afternoon and the body re-
moved from the river.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28
SHE GETS REVENGE.
Negro Woman Splits Her Husband's S
Head with Axe.

Edgefeld, July 22.-Grant Brun-
son, a negro of the Cleora section of
the county, lies in desperate condi-
ton, suffering from wound in the
head, inflicted by his wife. 1t seems
that Grant had whipped his wife In
the afternoon, and she planned to get
even with him. While Grant was sit
ting at the supper table the woman
slipped up behind and struck him
with the blade of a club axe, cut
ting the occipital bone wide open
from the crown of the head over two
thirds the bones length, dividing the
brain in that locality.
The attending physician is au-
thority for the statement that he
lost a considerable quantity of brain
substance before the wound was
closed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28
Money Found in Cave.

Thos. L. Rodgers, of High Point,
N. c., has published statement to
the effect that he recently found $780,
900 in gold coin in what is known as
the Rock House cave, on the Clinch
river in Hancock county, Tennessee.
Rodgers states that the informa-
ton that such a sum Of money was
in the cave was revealed to him in a
dream. AS he relates 1t, he went
from his North Carolina home to his
childhood home in Hancock county to
explore the cave and with lantern
made the exploration alone, and
found in large chamber, many feet
from the entrance, an upturned ket-
tie, under which was stacked the
gold.
Around the old kettle were found
rusty bayonets, canteens and other
things, indicating that the cave was
used as a place of refuge during the
civil war.
Beside the kettle was found skel-
eton of man and upon slate stone
slab nearby was an inscription tell
ing of the gold and directing the
finder to take charge of it upon con-
dition that he bury the body of the
owner in a designated spot on the
summit of the mountain in which
the cave is located.
Rodgers says he compiled with the
terms of the inscription and left the
cave with the money in his posses
sion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28
The Weekly Papers and Fraudulent
Advertising.

There is no better evidence of the
new spirit that is abroad in the South
than the active support the county
papers are giving to the colleges OF
agriculture and the experiment sta
tions, and the interest these papers
are taking in getting matter Of agri-
cultural interest for their columns.
The county papers can help greatly
bv wise selections of such matter,
avoiding the sensational takers as a
matter of course.
But one of the most unfortunate
things connected with the weekly
county papers is the fact that most
of them seem to think that filing
their pages with ads. of patent medl-
cines is necessary for their exist
ence
In our town two weekly papers
publish columns of local news items
in short paragraphs, but each alter
nate paragraph is puff of some
nostrum worked right in the columns
that people are sure to read. In
fact, many of these weekly papers
get most of their living from patent
medicine fraud and cannot be in
duced to drop the business. The
county paper and the church paper
are relied upon by the makers OF
these nostrums more than are any
other sheets.-Progressive Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the eustachian tube. When this
tube is infamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, deafness is
the result, and unless the inf1amma-
ton can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an infam-
ed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28
Soldiers Play at War.

Chattanooga, Tenn, June 30
Throughout the month of July the
god of battle will hold sway at
Chickamauga park, where twelve
thousand militiamen from Tennessee,
Mississippi, Florida, Georgia and
North and South Carolina, with two
thousand regulars, will engage in
mimic warfare.
The battle Of the civil war, which
made this section histroic, will be
fought over, and while the fighting
will be bloodless, it will lose none of
it's spectacular features.
A new feature which is sure to at
tract many to the maneuvers will be
the use of the war aeroplane. The
war department expects to get valua-
BILE information as to the usefulness
of the air fighting craft during these
maneuvers.
In order to enable people from all
over the South to witness these most
thrilling sights, the railroads have
made special rates which will make
the trip so low in cost as to be in
the reach of all.
According to the present plans, the
second and third regiments of the
South Carolina militia will encamp
at Chickamauga and take part in the
maneuvers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28
In Demand.

"An infant in a Pullman car set up
a loud wall, and would not be COM
forted," narrates high railroad off,
cial, "and I came forward and told
the young mother that I had helped to
raise five, and that I thought I could
secure quietus. put the little tum
tum across my knees, and with gen
tie jogging achieved beautiful re-
suits.
"Instead of giving me the credit
l deserved some drummers in the car
showed stern disapproval of my "but-
ting in"
At a. m. the baby woke up and
staid awake, and kept every one else
in the car awake. Finally a gruh
voice asked:
Where's that damn fool that put
it to sleep this afternoon, I Won
der?' New York Times.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28

He gave his age as As, saying that
he was As years of age about a
month ago. He said that he was
born in Montgomery county, North
Carolina. He left home when he was
about % years of age. While at
home he had been engaged in farm
ing and mill work. After leaving
home he spent some years in North
Carolina working in the mills at
Charlotte and Wilmington. From
Wilmington he came to Darlington
in this State and worked in Darling
ton a year or more, from Darlington
he went to Charleston, where he was
engaged at work at the navy yard,
and other places for about two years.
From Charleston he went to Clinton,
where he worked in the Clinton cot
ton mills for four years. From Clin-
ton he came to Newberry and work
ed in the Mollohon Mill here three or
four years, leaving here in February,
of this year to go to farming. He
rented a farm from Mr.. Walter S.
Spearman, in the Spearman section
of the county, near Silver street. He
was running a one-horse farm.
Yarbrough said that he knew
nothing of the charges against him
until he was arrested and that the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28
The Tax of Bad Roads.

One of the heaviest taxes farmers
pay in many sections is the tax i'm
posed by bad roads in the loss of
time, the wear and tear of vehicles
and the breaking down of horses.
Add to this the loss in value Of
real estate bordering on bad roads,
as shown by the immediate rise in
value of real estate when good roads
are made in any district.
The Atlanta Constitution cites the
case of farmer in Georgia who re-
fused to contribute strip of his
farm for a good road because he did
not believe in goods roads on princi-
pie. But the road was made all the
same, and that farmer was offered
ten dollars an acre more for his 800
acres than he had asked before the
road was built. Queer sort of prin-
ciple, his.
Wherever a good road is built
there is usually no more kicking,
but people off the road soon want
one in their neighborhood, so that
one well-built road is the means of
getting more, as has been the case
in Mecklenburg county, North Caro-
lima, where good roads are the rule
rather than the exception, and the
people are making more of them all
the time.
There is no better investment a
farmer can make than liberal tax
for a first-class road.-Progressive
Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28
The Dairy Industry Of the United
States.

According to the last year book of
the department of agriculture, there
are 21,72O,000 milch COWS in the
United States, and these are worth
s702,945, 100000. The magniture of
the industry can perhaps be best un-
derstood when it is considered that
these COWS produce yearly about
s1,0OO,OO0,O00.O0 worth of dairy
products.
There is no other branch of diver
sifed agriculture so important to the
progress of a community. The fer
tility of the soil can best be main
tanned by the liberal use Of barn
yard manure and the dairy herd not
only makes this possible, but dairy
ing is also more remunerative than
other branches of farming when
properly carried on.
Dairying has made wonderful
progress since the advent of the
modern creamery and the consumer
of butter has not only been benefit
ted by being furnished more whole
some and palatable article of food,
but the wife in the farm home has
been relieved of the drudgery incl
dent to making butter on the farm.
Where formerly the cream was ripen-
ed and churned into butter under
conditions not conductive to fine
quality in the finished product and in
the majority of cases by unskilled
hands, now the most of the milk or
cream is delivered to modern
creamery where conditions are suit
ed to the purpose of making butter,
and the result has been wonderful
improvement in the quality of our
dairy products. AS the quantity has
improved consumption has increas-
ed and the progress Of dairying has
been remarkable during the past de-
cade.
The perpetuity of the country's
greatness depends upon increasing
the production of farm products
from year to year, a result which not
only furnishes our people with food
but maintains the prosperity of our
farming communities. Increase in
production can only come through
improved methods of agriculture and
soil improvements. When it is con-
sidered that the dairy COW is the
foundation for soil improvement and
farming prosperity, her importance is
best understood, and interest in her
should not be confined to her owner.
She is an important factor in the de-
velopment and prosperity of our
country.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-28

Beginning with the opening of the
new cotton season on September 1st,
cotton will be bought and sold in
Anderson strictly on grade. The sys-
tenn of buying and selling at an aver
age price, which has been in vogue
for several years, has been abolished
by an agreement reached between
the Farmers Union, the chamber of
commerce and the local cotton mill
men.