Charlevoix county herald., 1911-10-28
Dandy line of Wall Paper at Whit

DduuY ltLe VI wall Iupc' do Vuto
tington's.
Look over Empey Bros. stock of
CoMFoRTERs.
Go to Mack's for your China--both
fancy ana plain. Prices reasonable.
Robert McFarlane OF California was
an East Jordan business visitor this
week.
For the Michigan State Teachers
Assn meet al Detroit the X. j. & =.
r. Il. will sell round trip tickets at
IL fare. selling dates November IL
return limit November 9th.
The new Catholic school at Nance
Iona. built through the efforts of Fr
Burchard, was dedicated last Thurs
day. 1t Is a two story brick structure
built along the lines Of ST. Joseph's
school.
Empey Bros. are headquarters for
CoMFoRTERS. They are selling a
6Sx7S inch Comforter, filled with cot
ton batten, for the low price OF $l.15.
If you want anything in that line 1t
will pay you to look over their stock.
There seems to he good ground for
inquiry into this matter OF the sup
port OF the county poor The county
possesses at East Jordan a fine poor
farm with house thereon that would
do for a resort hotel The annual re-
port shows that l8 persons are being
cared for there at an expense Of
S3,lSOs5, while the cost OF maintain
ing the poor outside the county house
for the year was S3.747.l7. The in
quiry naturally is, IL we have a county
house and farm why are not the poor
support of the poor ia this small
county for one year is somewhat stag
gering to the average tax payer
: Charlevox Sentinel.
Last Wednesday night Sheriff Ed
gertOn received word from Harbor
! Springs that Joe Cobe, who escaped
from the Emmett county Jail several
months ago, had returned and was
at the home Of Bill Glasgow. Officers
at that village Immediately proceed
ed to capture the jail breaker and
he was brought to Petoskey Thurs
day and placed again in the Emmett
county Jail. Cobe escaped in COM
| al nH
claims he has been in Canada most
of the time. He was sent uD for
sixty days for drunk aud ds0rderly
] and had thirty days more To serve
when he escaped. He will now have
: to answer TO the charge of jail
(: breaking ng.-Petoskey Record.
The following resolution was unan'
imously adopted during the closing
] session Of the eleventh district OF the
W. &. II. u. that has been meeting
:. this week in the M. Il. church. "Thal
we hereby express our sincere thanks
to the w. &. Il. U. and citizens of
East Jordan for the kind entertain
x
r many thoughtful ways, for the use OF
4 the church. for the delightful music
and all that has contributed TO max,
this meeting pleasant and profitabl,
u u one" A great deal of interest was fel
in the above meetings and it is h0pe(
that much permauet good will result
A bout forty delegates from the var
ious counties and local centers were
e present and took part in the dis
d cussions and general business. Mrs
4 Biz prominent natl n al speaker fres
# from Europe addressed the convention
t and her powerful and moving state
: ments of facts, and eloquent appeal
stirred the delegates pro foundly
j., Mrs. Howard Of Petoskey, the presi
:. dent, presided with great tact an
efficiency. Music was contributed b
. the Church Orchestra and singing b.
!, friends. On the closing evening by tn
High School chorus under charge q
Miss Belding. The contest for tn
Grand Gold Medal was most inter
q esting, four competing, the Medal be
d ing surrendered TO Miss Lila
" Mosher. The competition was con
D. fined TO those who had already sc
y cured silver and gold medals in loca
l. contests. Miss Grace Howard wa
l. the representative Of our city and W
L. regret she cid not secure the Gram
II Gold Medal.