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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21
USES THE ALIENS
AS AN EXAMPL E

The Missionary society Of Mizpah
Presbyterian church, Highland Park,
held their regular monthly meeting
Tuesday afternoon. December 17th, al
$3.50 o'clock. DR. John Booker, OF
Farmville. gave a most interesting
talk on Current Events In Our
synod" He spoke very feelingly OF
the Carroll county tragedy and said
that every Christian might feel in q
meas ire responsible for Its occur
renee. and that the lack OF Christian
education was responsible for It.
He made most earnest appeal
that schools sh ould be established In
the mountain districts and that the
Bible should be taught In the school.
A recitation by Mrs. w c. Carpenter
was very much enjoyed as were also
the delightful refreshments. The dec
orations were suggestive of the hoii-
day season. Each member was pre-
sented with q souvenir program and
sprig Of holly. Much credit u due
tho committee composed OF Mesdames
Shelton, Carpenter. Kerr, Lawton and
Pearsai for delightful and instruc-
tive meeting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21
AGRICULTURAL HIGH
SCHOOL is OFENED

The agricultural high school, Of tn
Second congressional district, was FOR
maliy opened yesterday at DrivsS.
Nansemond county. The exercises,
consisted Of speeches. singing. and
vocal selections and were presided
over by Superintendent OF schools Lee
Britt
l.. D. Eggleston. superintendent OF
public instruction. was present and
made An address. This was probably
the last address of superintendent
Eggleston in his present capacity. r.
F. Claxton. United states commission.
er Of education. in whose ONCE Mr.. Egg
gleston will assume his duties next
week; R. c. Stearns. secretary OF the
State board OF education, and tho Rev.
w. v. Savage. . distinguished local
Baptist minister. were also speakers
Of the occasion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21

that his motives are misconstrued--if they are
misconstrDed. He could have taken the same
action at an earlier date. and SO would have
prevented doubt He did not chose to do SO.
and In the minds OF many that doubt of his
motives will remain.
1t is another case of doing the right thing
at the wrong time--something for which Mr..
Taft Is famous.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21

A New York man has refused to pay a bill
for his wife's bathing suit because 1t was
too short at both ends. Too short. according
to his ideas probably, but 1t Is q safe bet that
the wife did not make the complaint The
man must be q crouch to make q row over
such little thing, anyway
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21

"In the meantime the street car ventiiator
should not be forgotten. davenport Uowa)
Democrat. While at It we might also remem-
Der the street car radiator. 1t 10 gone. but not
forgot.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21
CURRENT COMMENT
Value Of Peace.

Peace propagandists. instead of arguing On
general principles. could advance their cause
more rapidly with the average taxpayer, by cit
ing such concrete illustrations af tire economic
waste involved In war as that explosion Monday
at Sandy Hook proving grounds, in which y ia
inch disappearing gun, built for the Panama
canal Notifications. was destroyed at a net loss
to the government Of $4,000. Still more I'M
pressive Is the fact that this ornousiy txpen-
sive engine OF destruction II 1t bud withstood
the qualifying test OF three rounds, would have
been good for not more than $50 discha rges- and
each discharge would have cost upwards OF 500.
Furthermore It Is claimed for this tyne a. gun
tnat It Is much more durable than Che STANDARD
l2-inch coast defense guns mounted in various
nar1or works OF this country. since these latter
guns though little less costly In construction than
the new model cannot safely be fred more than
seventy times. 1t is easily conceivable that an
installation of the new ll-inch guns costing
$4,000 each. might he worn out in the course
OF single bombardment, II this were severe
and protracted.-Columbia State
Cleaning the Streets
Cleaning the streets Of a city and keeping them
in neat condition Is to a large extent a health
measure. 1t would seem, therefore. that Mr. H.
H. Trice is on the right track in his endeavor
to put that work here under the control OF the
health department.
cities, says Mr. Trice. 'the work is done under
direction OF the board Of health and the streets
of such cities are in better condition than the
streets of cities which are not looked after by
the health departments
"It IL only reasonable to suppose that the
streets Of a city can be kept in better shape when
under the supervision Of the health authorities
than when not, because the health departments
have men going around the cities looking after
that particular end and knows better what
should be put the street
"Other cities arc realizing the necessity Of put
ting their streets under the health departments ..
and It Is time that Norfolk should be doing the
same thing"
MIR. Trice disclaims any intention Of rejecting
the present street -cleanins department. He
thinks. though. that his view IL the correct one
and will work hard for its adoption The mat
ter II well worth careful consideraton.-Norfoik
Ledger Dispatch
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21

The rim OF the summer hat next season Ia
to turn up instead Of down according to the
fashion editor of the Staunton Daily Leader
Can't we compromise little on that7
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21

Finance COMMITTEES Winds Up Affairs.
The finance committee OF the ma
tional Democratic committee for Vir-
ginia, OF which John Stewart Bryan
IL chairman. he'd Z meeting Wednc~
cay to audit accounts and wind up the
huainesa Of the campalkn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21

It costs a railroad q great deal TO injurs a
grown mans big toe, but big factories can ruin
the health Of children and make q profit out
of 1t.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21

"T would rather have combination than com
petition. y. P. Morgan. We don't believe 1t
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21
1t Is Up To You

to stand by the Administrative Board IN
their work for the betterment Of our city
streets a. shown in the active campaign
they have begun to ind out the wishes of
our citizens.
This IL simply the beginning Of what
the Administrative Board will be able to
do for you'll you will tell them
WHAT you want done. Don't neglect
YOUR duty and At the end of the year
blame the BOARD Get an inquiry blank
and let them know your wishes. It viii
be their duty to heed your voice. That
is what you elected them for. Don't 20
half the way In your duty. SUPPORT
THE BOARD.
American National Bank
or RICHMOND. VIRGINIA
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29

sters need the work, the roads need
gravel and the roads are least dam
aged by drawing heavy loads over
them The county system furnishes
work practically all the year round
while the township furnishes work
when the farmers are busy. The coun.
ty system takes over the roads having
the heaviest travel and the township
will work the side roads. The town.
ship system now does most of the
work on the heaviest travelled roads
and neglects the side roads, The
county system is as large as the coun-
ty and will connect the principal roads
of the adjoining counties and thus
have a continuous system of good
roads all over southern Michigan.
Some one says automobiles. We stop
to say that the last report of the State
Com mission of Labor says that in
1910 there were as automobile facto-
ries in Michigan, located III ten differ
ent cities. The capital invested was
$50, 727 900, the cars built were 3l5, 900,
the men employed were 80, 144, the
daily wage was 500, 064. OF, while the
total value of the output for the year
was S157, Sos, 045 Compare this with
the Secretary of States report of the
farm crops. 1t will give you some
thing of an idea of whether the auto
mobiles have a right to demand better
roads, especially as they have to pay
a personal tax besides license fee
The report shows that the wheat crop,
corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat,
potatoes, beans, peas, apples, sugar
beets and hay of the state of Michigan
for 1910 amounted to S153, 379, 800, or
/ 81, 100000 less than the automobile in
/ dustry We have got to recognize the
automobile industry and we have to
recognize the fact that they are tear.
ing our roads all to pieces and will
continue TO do so unless we build our
roads and build them good. they
stand ready to help lis build roads in
Van Buren, county, the state is ready,
South Haven city is ready, so why
should not the farmers be willing to
let them help by putting themselves
IN such shape that they can helpY
1t will cost $500, 900 to build 25C
miles of good roads in Van Buren,
ty and this mileage is sufficient
to connect every shipping point in the
county. The county is now paying
at the rate of over 100000 a year and
we are not getting the roads. Nearly
one-half of the highway commission.
ers in Van Buren, county will be
changed this year and the townships
cannot afford to appropriate money tc
educate inexperienced men in road
building. 1t will cost to build GOOD
roads under the county system as wei
as any other system, but the supervi
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29

When the plans of the Kalamazoo
county road commission are fully
carried out, that county will have $50
miles of improved trunk roads, reach
ing not only the city of Kalamazoo,
but every village and Hamlet within
its borders.
Agitation for good roads in Kala-
mazoo county was begun about four
years ago, and the chief promoter was
Willard M. Bryant, who has been
chairman of the commission since its
organization. Chairman Bryant was
not alone, however, in endeavoring TO
educate the residents of the county
into the advantages of improved high
ways, for many farmers have already
taken it upon themselves to properly
construct the roads adjacent to their
farms, among these being A. ] Sager
of Climax and, d. J. Schlobohm
of Kalamazoo township.
AT the present time Kalamazoo
county has more than so miles of good
roads built under the state reward
system, on which the state has re-
bated 70 the county more than
$50, 900
TwentysiX miles of road have been
mapped out for improvement during
the coming year, and in addition to
the work thereon there will be some
repair work, while the commissioners
will also try the experiment of oiling
portions of the highways already con-
structed, to test the process.
1t is the desire of the commissioners
to build approximately 25 miles of
good highway each year until every
trunk road in Kalamazoo county is
under improvement, and included in
this will be the y main highways
lending out of the city of Kalamazoo.
The improvements which the COM
missioners hope will eventually be
made will connect all of the towns
throughout the county and bring the
farmers closer TO their home markets
When the trunk roads are all improved
the commissioners will see TO it that
the cross roads in all parts of the
county receive their share of inn
provement, thus making the high
ways of Kalamazoo as whole the
best to be found in the state
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a 8 TO F q
DON'T Be BALD
Nearly Any One May Securs a Spleen
did Growth of Hair.

We have a remedy that has aided to
grow hair and prevented badness in
% out of 100 cases where used accord
ing to directions for reasonable
length of time. That may seem like
a strong statement-it is, and we
mean it to be, and no one should
doubt it until they have put our claim
to an actual test.
We are so certain Rexall "93' Hair
Tonic will cure dandruff, prevent
badness, stimulate the scalp and hair
roots, stop falling hair and grow new
hair, that we personally give our
positive guarantee to refued every
penny paid us for it in every instance
where it does not give entire satisfac-
ton to the user.
Rexall '93" Hair Tonic is as pleas
ant to use as clear spring water. 1t
is delightfully."- perfumed, and does not
grease or gum the hair. Two sizes
SOC, and S1.00. With our guarsntee
back of it, you certainly take no risk.
Sold only at our store-The Rexall
Store. The Paw Paw Drug Co.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29
the GOOD ROADS QUESTION


city; total amount now paid Sol, 752. %.
The amount Mr.. Chase gave in his
last article for the several townships
to raise, If the supervisors allow the
full tax of the three mills, would be
$4,000 or Sill, 752 % less than the town
ships are now paying, besides now the
burden is on the farmer, while under
the county system the entire property
of the county pays equally for the
roads and South Haven city pays l215
per cent of all.
The roads that are taken over by
the county system are those that get
the most wear To illustrate: A road
where 100 vehicles pass over it in
day would wear out ten times as fast
as a road that only ten vehicles passed
over, for every mile of such road
taken over by the county the town
ship would be relieved of the same
and the money spent on this mile UNI
der the township system could be
placed on the side road which should
keep in repair ten miles, for it only
has one tenth as much wear as the
main road. ! see no reason why our
township tax could not be materially
lessened in proportion to the number
of miles the county system builds.
Therefore the side roads will improve
in the same ratio as the main roads
and those living on them will receive
this benefit besides those derived from
the improved main roads.
Mr. Chase says we have so many
miles to build and so little property to
assess that the county system is not
feasible. Notice the following as
sessed valuation of counties under
the county system as compared with
Van Buren, county:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29

child urinates too often, ifthe urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when It should be able TO control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with hed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause OF the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble IS due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men arc made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
aid both need tie came great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swanp-ROot is soon realized. It's sold
by druggists, in fifty cse,
cent and one-dollar [TTIGs lil1lll ~
size bottles You may
have a sample bottle sas..;:
by mail free, also VA ~ \. :: ::.
pamphlet telling all sEsLssss SO = ~ 80
about Swamp-Root, Home OF swamp.Root.
including many of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
who found Swamp-Root TO be just the
remedy needed. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, n. Y, be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y, on every bottle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29
ANNUAL TOWNSHIP MEETING

Notice is hereby given TO the quail
fled electors of the township of Paw
Paw, County of Van Buren,, State OF
Michigan, that the next ensuing an
nual Township Meeting will be held
at Longwell's opera house, within
said township, on
MONDAY, APRIL l, A. ID. 1912,
at which election the following OIL
GERS are to be elected, viz:
TowNsHIP-One Supervisor, one
Township Clerk, one Township Treas.
urer, one Highway Commissioner, one
Justice of the Peace, full term, one
Member of the Board of Review, full
term; one Overseer of Highways; four
Consta bles.
Also for the purpose of voting upon
the following proposition-viz.: Adop.
ton of County Road System.
Women Electors.
In accordance with the constitution
of II e State of Michigan and Act 200,
Public Acts of 1909, should there be
any proposition or propositions to vote
upon at said election involving the
direct expenditure of public money or
the issue of bonds, every woman who
possesses the qualifications of male
electors and owns property assessed
for taxes or owns property subject to
taxation jointly with her husband, or
with any other person, or who owns
property on contract and pays taxes
thereon, all such property being To-
Gated somewhere within the district
or territory to be affected by the re-
suit of said election, will be entitled
to vote upon such proposition" pro-
vided such person has had her name
duly registered in accordance with
the provisions of said Act.
The polls of said election will be
open at o'clock a. m. and will re-
main open until 5 o'clock p. m. of
said day of election.
Dated this 18th day of March, a D..
1912.
+. V. HODGES,
6,3 Clerk of said Township.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29

sors have the matter entirely within
their control and the whole system
can be voted out at any time If not
satisfactory Thirty-seven counties
of the state are now under this system
and are building roads. None of them
have ever voted il out although they
resubmitted it TO get an expression
from the people And we of Van Blu
rem county are helping to build roads
in these 81 counties. Why not build
them in Van Buren, county!
The county system will undoubtedly
carry at the polls, but our majority
would have been much larger If the
weather had been more suitable and
we could have met more people.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Voter, if you mark
your ballot yes for good roads you
will have done your part and you
will have no cause to regret it.
Yours for good roads.
DAVIS HAVEN,
President County Good Roads Assn
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29
Communicative by Davis Haven.

Bloomiugdale March D, 1912.
The True Northeruer,
Paw Paw, Mich.
Dear Sir:-The campaign that has
been conducted for good roads in Van
Buren, county this winter has been
greatly interfered with on account of
the severe weather and impossible
condition of the roads at times. The
weather has been too bad for people
to turn out, yet we have done the best
we could. We are confident that the
agitation will result in good roads
building by the different townships to
quite a large extent There is nothing
i'll the county road s. stem that pre-
vents the township from building
good roads and drawing the state
award and there is every reason to be-
lieve we would have the county system
i the different townships had for the
past few years built state award
roads, as they would need to be con-
nected up. and could best be connected
up by the county system, and good
roads always call for more good roads
We want, however. in this our last ar
ticle before the election on the county
system to again present some of the
reasons why we think we should have
the county system.
First, it is an equitable distribution
Of the road tax over all the taxable
property of the the county, both real
and personal, while under the present
system the city pays no highway tax,
and the incorporated villages pay only
on the highway Improvement fund,
which, according to the last report,
was for Van Buren, county S34, 547. %.
Outside OF the city and incorporated
villages there is road repair tax at
S27, 405 o.. Each of these taxes are
voted by the people upon themselves
to pay for the road building and make
"a. 50 on 81 COO for the roads paid by
the farmers and about 81 90 on $1,000
for people living in incorporated viii
lagos and nothing for the city. Why
should the farmers build the roads for
people living in the city and yillageY
The county system makes all property
pay alike in the county.
Second. The county system gets the
roads. The commissioners do not take
over more roads than they can build
permanently each year and maintain
after they are built. For five years
the state has paid the state award on
roads to encourage building of good
roads and only three townships of the
county have drawn the state award,
while Kalamazoo county, working un.
der the county system, drew $4,000
from the state last year and will draw
$4,000 more before July 1, 1912, fol
gravel roads that they are drawing
gravel on this winter, when the team.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29
Another Objection.

Paw Paw, Mich, March 25, 1912
Editor True Northerner:
l wish to submit my contribution to
the good roads problem. The follow
ing item, clipped from the Detroit
Times, will give the tax payers an
idea of what they will come to if they
allow the smootL-tongued orators and
also the writer's who are drawing their
sustenance from the public nipple to
influence them Having had a sample
of the punishment from said source,
they relish it and are only looking for
a nipple that will "give down" more
freely and are looking for you to pro-
vide it:
Monroe Mich March 2O-Erie
township has issued call for a third
election to authorize bonding the town
for $40, 900 to build a l6-foot roadway
in the proposed line of the Detroit To-
ledo boulevard Elections in January
and February resulted in turning
down the proposition. Election will
be held with the regular township
election, April l."
1t is evident from the item that the
automobile interests did not have
money enough in Erie township in
the previous elections to win out, and
having dug up some more, will try
again.
Very Respectfully,
DAVID LYTLE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29

each mile built during the year So
when considering the cost of a mile of
county road, don't forget the state re-
ward.
Under the present system most OF
the money is put on the main roads
at the neglect of the side roads and
our main roads are not improving as
they should If the county takes over
the main roads that would leave more
township money 70 be placed on the
side roads, hence they would receive
that much more work, money and at
teution
l have no excuses to offer for advo-
eating the county road system because
l happen to live on main road, but
am sincere in the belief that it would
be for universal good and | believe if
the people of Van Buren, county
should adopt this system the supervi-
sors will give us fair and impartial
service as they see it for the good of
all the people.
Yours for good roads,
@. w. LEE q
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29

Several others might be given. All
of these Except ouel are less than half
the assessed valuation Of Van Buren
and some of them nearly as many
miles Of road
The question of submitting came to
the Kalamazoo board, as Mr. Chase
says, but not from the people. The
request came from one man who was
opposed TO the system And this was
before any work had been done on the
roads, and the supervisors took the
position that there was 40 reason for
voting il out before it had been tried
Now, after fair trial, take notice
and see if Kalamazoo votes it out at
this spring election
Again, the money is not taken from
one township aud put int, another, as
Mr.. Chase state, might hv one, Tor
the reason that the state VII. apt pay
on more than three miles In AIRY town
ship in a year, and by distributing
the roads throughout the eutir conn
~, state rewards can be drawn for
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29
From Farm Hand to Statesman.

Joseph Taggart. who went to con-
gress few days ago from the second
Kansas district, began life as a farm
hand. BY teaching in the little school
houses which with their cyclone eel
lars dot the plains of Kansas he
earned the money that paid for his
legal education. He came to general
notice throughout the west by solving
three murder MISUNDERSTANDING.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-03-29

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that ii Is not uuConl-
mon for q child to he
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. Tffhe