Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-28
Bviets Of the Week

Fire in the roof of the West Side
school house called out the fire depart
ment Wednesday morning. Loss about
5000, covered by insurance,
Marriage licenses issued this week
|. were to Clyde c. Sack, age Il, and
Y Elizabeth Mae Bishop age 81, both Of
Boyne City, and Dalton Gay, age 81,
Mabel King age Is, both of East Jordan,
Enoch Giles was taken seriously i'll
with appendicitis, Monday, and on
Tuesday was taken to the Petoskey
ktspital, where he was operated upon.
&eport from there indicates that MIR.
Giles is recovering from the operation
nicely.
Are you reading the articles by Prof.
M. E. buckles of Elk Rapids under the
Agricultural Education department? If
you are not, you are missing treat. If
your interests are conferred in this in
dustry you will know the value of such
valuable advice.
In circuit court at Bellaire this week,
Silas Watkins was convicted of man.
slaughter and sentenced to serve from
one to fifteen years at Ionia, with
recommendation of one year. Albert
Reinhart plead guilty to a larceny
heharge. Sentence not yet passed.
Erwin E. Hall is the fourth can 1idate
to enroll for City Commissioner at the
coming primary. Mr.. Hall has been a
resident of East Jordan for about four
teen years, has never held a public
office, and believes he could serve the
city's interests if nominated and elect
ed.
An orchestra balcony was installed in
the Knights of Pythas hall the past
week and used for the first time at the
Company X dance Monday night. The
addition is fine Improvement, allow
ing greater floor space for dancing
and giving the musicians a place by
themselves.
The Herald is indebted to j. E.
Houghton for copy Of the Atlanta
Georgian, published last Saturday. The
paper contains an announcement that
the Southern Railway Co., will eXpend
. in the near future ten million dollars in
improvements on their lines in Dixie.
This is certainly good evidence that the
southland is prospecting in spite of the
democratic administration-some of
our rabid newspapers to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Belma, aged nine years daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. r. A. Benson, died in the
early hours OF Tuesday morning, fol-
lowing en operation for appendicitis.
She lad been i'll twice before with I've
trouble and 1t was thought she he'd
thoroughly recovered. She was at
school the Friday previous and COM
planned of the trouble there. Funeral
services will be- held this Saturday
afternoon at 200 o'clock from the
Presbyterian church, conducted by the
pastor, Rev. A. D. Grigsby.
Miss Mabel King, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Guy King, was united in mar
rage to Dalton Gay, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Gay, at Bellaire, on Mon
day al high noon by Rev. T. Porter
Bennett, pastor of the Methodist
church of this city. The ma rriage took
place in the presence of the members
and patrons of the Rural Letter Carri-
ers Association, The groom being a
member. Miss Ruth Fox of Bellaire
played the wedding march and Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Hill and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Fox assisted the bride and groom. Aft
er the ceremony, R. A. Brintnall, on
behalf of the Association presented Mr..
and Mrs. Gay with beautiful mission
rocker. After response by the groom,
and congratulations, the company sat
down to we'll served dinner.