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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-02-06

Read the platform OF q. r. Richards
for Governor. It explains taxation.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16

as by the Law of Market which de-
mands that a product be turned out
at the least possible cost to sell at
the highest possible price
Then, too, the schools are some
times to blame. The children often
prefer working to spending their time
in school.
The parents among the poor, es-
pecially those of foreign birth, have
worked in their childhood at seasonal
occupations, tilling the soil, planting
the crops and reaping the harvest.
They cannot understand why their
children should not work also and
they send them to labor in factories,
in mills, in mines and in quarries
where the close confinement and the
wracking work results in a break
down of health and spirits, in prema-
ture senility.
In the South, whole families OF
poor whites" settle in the manufac-
turing towns and live on the labor of
their children Among this class are
the dinner toters,' fathers who
bring the mid day meal to their chill
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16
FORBID AN ATROCTTY LIKE CHILD LABOR,
SAYS JANE adams

amazing United States
90
IS and that SIS
child slaves before they II.
Here the question: Why the murder rate so high in
the United States?
In the following article Jane Addams the leader of Hull House and ia
advocate Of social justice the child slave situation today
y
AN AUTHORIZED STATEMENT BY JANE ADAMS
awaiting passage should fed
ing it under the jurisdiction of the government
making of their products child labor fighting the bill struggling
failing
of possibilities
this added
Palmer Bill general
seeks prohibit the employment children IA years
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16

making OF CQ6lr prOQucCS on CnllQ Il
against its passage with all the resou
nize that the regulation and the abol
value of their products and increase
this added value.
The Palmer Bill is drawn on the
and seeks to prohibit the employment
featuring occupations and to limit
the work of children under 16 to 8
hours a day.
The penalties imposed for the
breaking of the law are fines and the
Secretary of Commerce, the Secre-
tary of Labor and the Attorney Gen
eral constitute a permanent board
on rules and regulations and the Sec
rotary of Labor is authorized to in
spect and prosecute for violations.
The law also provides that state fac
tory inspectors, truant officers cor
any other person" may bring COM
plants before the United States Dis
trict Attorneys and every separate
shipment is made to constitute sep
arate offence.
There is nothing new in the body
of the proposed law except that it
puts child labor under the jurisdic-
ton of the federal government.
Child labor presents an economic
problem that is intertwined with the
other problems of our communities.
1t is caused by sheer poverty of par
ents, by the ambition of parents and
by the ignorance of parents as well
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
ADVANCE IN SUGAR
CAUGHT MANY MAIL
ORDER CUSTOMERS

When sugar commenced 10 so up,
Sears and Roebuck Of Chicago sent
out special advertisements 10 the
people Of the county telling them that
in spite Of the big advance they We're
still selling sugar at the old price Of
about sc a pound. hundreds Of or
ders were secured in this way and
those who ordered have most Of them
been waiting ever since for the sugar.
Some had their money returned with
the Information that if they would
order "A certain amount of groceries,
spices or something else limited
order for sugar would be filled Others
were turned down fiat and told that
sugar is now nine cents "A pound.
Gratiot merchants are filling all or
ders sent them at just the price they
advertise. Many would be Sears and
Roebuck customers are now paying so
per cent more for sugar than it would
have cost them had they bought it at
home when they sent the order TO
Chicago. 1t is hardly necessary to
point the moral.-Gratiot County
Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
To Have Pretty Hair

If your hair is not as soft and
pretty, or as fresh and full as that of
some friend do as she does-give it
daily attention, just the same care
you would give "A plant to make it
healthy and beautiful. LuXuriant
hair-soft, fluffy, thick and lustrous-
is really matter of care. If it is too
dry and brittle soften it up-lubricate
it. If you have dandruff it is because
the scalp is too dry and flakes off.
Partisan Sage, an inexpensive tonic,
which you can get from any druggist.
or from Wortley q French, Is just
what you need-it softens the scalp,
nourishes the hair roots, Immediately
removes dandruff, and makes the hair
fluffy. lustrous and abundant. Partisan
Sage takes away the dryness, stops
itching head, makes the hair twice as
abundant and beauties it until it is
soft and lustrous.
BY the use of this helpful tonic any
woman can easily make her hair
fluffy, soft and Iustrous.--Adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
1914 CROPS BETTER
THAN ANY IN HISTORY

The last crop report issued by the
Bureau of Crop estimates week ago
shows marked Improvements in es-
Inmates of crop yields of every kind in
Michigan and the United States. These
estimates are given by crop experts
i'm every section of the country. These
experts have given the reports for
years and besides are located on the
ground and can estimate in the light
OF existing conditions.
a total of these estimates shows that
i'm Michigan alone there will be three
and one half million bushels of corn
more than last year, while in the
United States there will be two hun
dred million more bushels this year
than last. Wheat shows an increase
in the state OF five million bushels and
in the United States an increase Of
1873 million bushels. oats increased
in Michigan by five million bushels,
while barley shows a Michigan i'm
crease of 112 thousand and a United
States increase of 23 million bushels.
Potatoes in Michigan are estimated
at million bushels more than was
the yield last year, a total Of Al, $780,
600 bushels. and a 40lz million in
crease in the whole country.
Six million bushels OF apples more
than last year will be harvested in
the state with a country increase OF
75 million. Compared with an aver
age of eight years cabbage is given an
increase of 8. onions 2, tomatoes z,
sugar beets 5. and cantaloupes per
cent
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
Death of DIR. o, X. Long

Or. O. X. Long, head OF the Ionia
state hospital died at his home in
Ionia, last week Wednesday night. of
heart trouble. Or. Long was the
founder OF the Ionia Asylum for
Dangerous and Criminal Insane. He
was appointed head Of the asylum by
Gov. X. a. Alger after an appropria-
ton had been made by the legislature
in May 1885.
Or. Long was known as one Of the
best authorities on matters pertaining
to insanity in the country. He was
many lines called as an expert in
important cases and had hundreds
of patients under his care who had
figured in the foremost insanity cases
of the state.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
As TO Titles

We have one Jay practice here in
Higginsville which we ought TO drop,
and that is our habit of speaking OF
some women by their husbands titles,
as Mrs. DR. Braecklin, Mrs. Rev.
Rogers and Mrs. Judge Ryland.
Wouldn't it sound ridiculous If we
would carry the thing through the
list and speak of Mrs. Ticket Agent
Vermillion, Mrs. Iceman Canterbury,
Mrs. Livery Man Wilson and so on?
Higginsville is not jay town and it
ought 10 forget this jay practice.
National Laundry Journal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
NEtGHBORHOOD NEWS
The Wrong Bull

\ peculiar case has just been tried
in the Hastings courts. Here is the
way the Hastings Banner tells the
story:
The celebrated bull case of Assyria
is being tried in Justice Cadwallader's
court. George Wilson has a farm
which borders the farm owned by
William Wick and Bert Holden. There
were bulls on both farms. Mr.. Wilt
sons animal went upon the neighbour
ing farm and his owner brought him
back and sold him to a ckbuyer,
Messrs. Wick and Holden declare that
Mr.. Wilson took their bun instead
of his own and they want the court
TO give them satisfaction. Mr.. Will
son says there was no mistake
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION
lFirst Insertion Sept. %


STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Pro-
bate Court for the County OF Ionia.
At a session OF said court, held at
the probate office in the City OF Ionia,
i'm said county, on the twenty-ninth
day OF August A. y. 1914.
Present: Hon. Montgomery Web
ster, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter Of the estate OF Nor
dant +. Peck, deceased, Thomas w.
Peck, administrator with the will an
neXed OF said estate. having filed i'm
said court his final administration ac-
count, and his petition praying for the
allowance thereof and for the assign
ment and distribution of the residue
OF the said estate, to the heirs entitled
thereto.
1t is ordered, that the twenty eighth
day OF September, A. ID. 1914, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon, at said pro-
bate office, be and is hereby appointed
for examining and allowing said
account and hearing said petition.
1t is further ordered, that public
notice thereof be given by publication
of a copy OF this order, for three sue
cessive weeks previous TO said day Of
hearing, i'm the Bedding Banner,
newspaper printed and circulated in
said county.
Montgomery Webster,
Judge Of Probate.
A true copy.
Anna T.. Webster,
Register Of Probate.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
COMPLETE LIST OF
DEM. COUNTY COMM

As completed by the county con-
vention the Democratic county COM
mittee now stands as follows:
Chairman-J. c. Taylor. Ionia.
Secretary-Ed. Engmann, Belding.
Otisco-Albert Barry. II. V. Cowles.
Orleans-Walter Decker, Allen
Sherwood.
Ronald-C. f. Peabody, Harvey
Charles.
North Plains-J. w. Burns. f, p.
Hayes.
Keene-L NJ. Cahoou, l.. j. Hunter.
Easton-Jesse Braman.
Ionia-E. l.. Vohlers, Henry Miller.
Lyons-A. X. Roof, -McKenna,
Chas Brunn. James Cotter.
Boston-Chester Adgate, Lee Otis.
Berlin-Thos. Mitchell, Earl Ad-
gate.
Orange-M. Bliss
northumberland Bates, Fred
Francis, Ed. Harwood, Ted Wilson.
Campbell-O. j. Eldred. Wilson FL
liot, Francis Rush, c. c. Petty.
Sebewa-S. l.. Kaufman, II. j.
Whorley.
Danby-Dennis Guilford, James
Curry
Beldng-Thomas Bracken, VIM. II.
Price, Byron Cook. A. M. Hail. G..
Wagner, Ford Hicks
Ionia City-Donald M. Steele, O. C.
Wright, G. w. Wilson, Louis f.
Speckin, II. A. Redemsky, William
Barrett.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
THE BELDING BANNER

Peaches took "A drop OF nine per
cent compared with ten year aver
age. while grapes are given at a 2
per cent increase over the same time,
and pears eleven per cent over that
OF the last six years
With this splendid showing there
would seem 10 be no reason why any
one in Michigan or even in the United
States should go hungry or become
destitute the coming year. Most of
the crops are so far advanced that
there can be but little variation from
the present estimated yields The
best crops in our history are these Of
1914 and we are proud Of them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
WANTED-AN OLD FASHIONED
MOTHER

A state exchange recently contain
ed an editorial. which it pleased to
give the above heading.
The sentiment is commendable and
is not unparalleled even in our own
community.
Here is the editorial:
Eta, 15-year-old girl, has bluffed
the whole reformatory machinery of
WAYNE county and the state of Michi-
gan and has been returned to Detroit
from the Adrian school for girls as too
terribly incorrigible to be taken care
OF.
Isn't there anywhere in the state of
Michigan one ld-fashioned mother?
Isn't there a woman with kindly
eye and stern hand, the combination
which can infiict punishment but holds
out hope of pardon at the same time?
Perhaps this is only more myth of the
pathos of distance, but it seems to us
that the old fashioned mother was an
institution capable of dealing efffect-
lively with any 15-year-old girl who
refused TO he good.
4 good spanking perhaps, administer
ed every day of if necessary once an
hour until relieved, might have its
effect; few motherly talks, little
sincere affection and understanding
would probably be part Of the treat
ment.
Whatever methods she would use
we would back real old-fashioned
mother against Eta in a contest for
control of the situation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
LEGAL NOTICES
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION
(First Insertion Sept. %

STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Pro-
bate Court for the County OF Ionia.
At session OF said Court, held at
the probate office i'm the City OF Ionia,
in said county, on the thirty-first day
Of August A. ID. 1914.
Present: Hon. Montgomery Web
ster, Judge Of Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF Del
phine Barton, deceased, Albert L..
Spencer, administrators with the will
annexed OF said estate, having filed in
said court his final administration ac-
count. and his petition praying for the
allowance thereof and for the assign
ment and distribution OF the residue Of
said estate to and among the persons
entitled thereto.
1t is ordered. that the twenty eighth
day of September, A. ID. 1914, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon, at said pro-
bate office be and is hereby appointed
for examining and allowing said ac-
count and hearing said petition.
1t is further ordered, that public
notice thereof be given by publication
of copy of this order, for three sue
cessive weeks previous to said day of
hearing, in the Belding Banner, a
newspaper printed and circulated in
said county.
Montgomery Webster.
Judge OF Probate.
\ true copy.
Montgomery Webster,
Judge Of Probate.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
CONVENTION At IONA
WEDNESDAY, sept. 9

The county Republican convention
was held in Ionia last week Wednes-
day afternoon. Most of the delegates
were present at the meeting. Fred
]. Mauren OF Portland was made
chairman Of the meeting and ii. H..
Lowrey secretary The usual order
of business was transacted. Both the
state and county nominations were
endorsed by the convention.
The following delegates to the state
convention To be held at Kalamazoo
September 80 were elected:
At large-Otis Fuller.
Berlin-A. II. Loomis.
Boston,. Clyde Watt.
Campbell-Elisha Strong.
Ionia-A. w. Minty.
Easton-James Dildine.
Keene-F. r. Daniels.
Lyons. .. Probasco.
Odessa-Frank l.. Fsght.
Orange-Andrew Aldrich.
Orleans-Chris. Liebum.
Otisco-Frank l.. Moon.
Portland-Fred j. Martin.
Ronald-Herbert Il. Powell.
Sebewa-John NJ. Bradley.
Ionia City-James +. Tower, Fred
w. Green X. r. Smith, r. A. Colwell
Belding-Owen j. Barker, Brinton
f. Hall, Elmer T. Fales
Members of the county committee
are as follows:
Berlin-Carl Lowrey, Saranac; John
Mailman, Saranac.
Boston-James a. Aldrich, Sara
II - 1
Campbell. Long, GAINESVILLE; NJ.
T.. Lehnard. GAINESVILLE.
Danby-To be supplied by com
mittee.
Easton-Claude Head, Ionia; J.
McKendry, Ionia.
Ionia-D. a. Bowerman, Lyons
81; A. Minty, Ionia.
Keene-Louis Daller, Lowell; \.
Kohn, Belding.
Lyons-George T.. FaXon, Lyons;
Fred Keister. Pewamo.
North Plains-To be supplied by
committee.
Odessa-Shirley Leopard, Lake odes-
sa; Robert Shaw. Lake Odessa.
Orange--Lyman Simmons, Ionia;
A. Fred Klotz, Portland.
Orleans. NJ. York, Orleans; II.
w. Olmstead, Orleans.
Otsco-Frank l.. Moon, Belding;
Mark Hoppough, Smyrna.
Portland-Del A. Packard, Port
land; Claude -. Lakin, Portland
Ronald-C b. Johnson, Palo; Her
bert Kellogg, Ionia.
Sebewa-Snow Peabody. Sunfield;
I-raJ ptIIfpo utya Odessa
fonia City-First James l. Willis
ton. Frank X. Montgomery; Second,
+. c. Miller, f.. +. Cilley; third, A. T.
Montgomery. Il. A. Hawley; Fourth,
f. S. Loree, Wallace Haight
Belding-First, w. f.. Little, l.. T..
Hudson; second, +. e. Conant, Earl
Wilson; Third Il. G. Curtis, w. H.
Cusser.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
HUNTERS IN LIFE

Expectancy rules the world.
If il were not for what a man ex-
pected TO receive for his thinking, his
working and his sacrificing, how little
would be the impetus for results.
To the sportsman. hunting would
be devoid of all its charms were it not
for the fact that he expected TO bag
game.
The human =throng is hunting
throng
You are hunter, your neighbor or
friend is a hunter, we all are hunters.
The important thing, however, as
well as the thrilling thing is, What
are you hunting"
Are you hunting for mere money
that is liable TO be swept away from
YOU in a day, or disappear in a flash
as though you had never had it2
Are you hunting for a lot of empty
honors, perhaps selfish, or even may
be ostentatious?
Are you hunting for trouble? Or
are you hunting big things that make
for fine character, wide happiness and
broad smiles-the things that endure
even after your life has naturally
wendell its way to where it becomes a
part of the past?
1t is great to be a hunter and to eX-
pect that you are going to be mighty
one.
The anticipation of the final spoils
urges you on, without any prodding,
ever expecting that abundant success
will crown your strenuous efforts in
the chase.
But nevertheless it is highly inn
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
Unsigned Letters

The Banner is occasionally receipt
OF unsigned letters or letters 10 which
the writer's do not sign their real
names. Such letters cannot be taken
seriously. If people have n grievance
TO air surely they should be willing to
shoulder the responsibility by signing
their names. Letters without names
signed TO show good faith cannot be
printed. IL is not always necessary
that a letter printed in the Banner
should carry when published the real
name OF the writer but the Banner
editors must require that they know
who is the writer Of any letter pub
lished
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16

portant that the game you gather, the
things you gain are not dead game and
worthless trash.
Rather gather the game OF service
TO your household, to those who were
not with you in the struggle. Hunt
for the game that will endure both
now and in the time yet to be.
BE a good hunter and with ii all a
conquerer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
GrccnyilIc Fair A success

Greenville's fair was complete
success. Never before were such
crowds in attendance and every one
who attended from here is loud in
praise of the entertainment offered
After Grand Rapids scoring such a
fizzie with its fair the success of
Greenville is more notable.
A large number from Bedding took
i'm the fair
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16

quality speaks well for the judgment
OF those having the library in charge.
Fiction. Juvenile and reference books
are the principal ones added. The
fiction is especially up-to-date and
interesting
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
IL JntIec Kcllcy Nom

Dean w Kelley Of st, Johns has
been appointed Judge OF Probate by
Governor Ferris 10 fiji the vacancy
made by the recent death of Judge
Merrill. Kelley is democrat and the
republicans of Clinton county are in
clined To feel that one of their political
complexion would have filled the
office more satisfactorily. Judge
Merrill was a republican.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16

Never fear to bring the sublimest
motive TO the smallest duty, and the
most infinite comfort to the smallest
trouble.-Phillips Brooks.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
SENTIMENT HEARD FOR
NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUE

A news article in the state papers
under an Ionia headline states that
Ionia fans believe that next year Port
land, Belding, Hastings, Charlotte
Grand Ledge and Ionia ought to move
towards the formation Of league and
regular schedule.
Good idea.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
Lowell Has New Books

The Lowell public library has re-
Gently added over so new books. The
books are well selected and their
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
A Hundred Uses for Acetylene

Acetylene is used in hundred different ways in many
Industries al the worldl il today Of the
universally used gases, we know anything about
Hundreds Of thousands Of automobiles lighted with
Acetyene-rom little generators PrestOLiie or Search
light tanks
Countless numbers of little Aceylene lamps used b.
miners in their work beneath the ground
Locomotive headlights and passenger coaches lighted
with Acetylene--
Lighthouses and buoys Acetyene-
Parts of the Panama Canal lighted entirely with
Acetyene-
The OF Acetylene for welding and cutting metals
has the big factors in the metal industries
Of sl,, world
The story Of Aeetylene and its is Of the
fascinating commercial stories Of the age II would take
pages tell
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16

but woman is generally older than
she thinks she looks
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
Gas Lighting and Cooking with Gas
The Worlds Standard

These PILOT Lighting Plants compact and per-
fecty constructed that they be placed right of
abe cellar or in out-building-as you prefer.
If had space would tell just how the PILOT
makes pure Aceylene, automatically from Union Carbide and
water, a little a time
How the PILOT has stood the Of years until today
1t is the Standard of all Acetyene Machines
How its record for safety efficiency and satisfactory service
surpasses that of other lighting device in the world So
much that the highest authorities in the Insurance work
allow its installation in insured property without increase in
insurance rates
How the United States Government the PILOT for
Lighting its Indian Schools and other public buildings
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16

The Banner is read i'm more homes
than all other local weekly papers
combined in its territory
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
THE BELDING BANNER

Display rates on application. Card OF
Thanks-one cent a word. Business
locals on first page-121a cents a line
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21

full control of the office, was Obliged IN
leave on account OF the unpentIenanIv
conduct and abusive treatment tovord
her sister who for four years, an assistant
in the office, was peremptorjlv discta rpe5
by Mr. Kiddcr, without even plving anv
reason for so doing. Here is another casa
Of brother-in-law, as the person a,aI1v
chosen TO MI Miss McCaffrev's nIace "a
the then Water Commissioner courtrev,s
brother-ln-law.
Eleventh: on many public occo sions
without provocation Mr. Kidder flies into
a rage and INDUCES in insulting and I'M
gentlemany remarks and never offers anv
apology for so doing. The display Of this
seemingly uncomfortable tenper. as above
described, shows him to he lacking in those
traits which mark a gentleman. and shows
him to he totally unfit for holding n prom-
lncnt official position.
Twelfth: Mr.. Kidder has apnropriated
and retained in his own possession nnate-
rails Of value. which belong to the city.
Thirteenth: The removing of Mr. Hein-
niger. without good cause, who is and has
been faithful employe of the depa rtment
under various superintendents, for 90
years a respected citizen, having two SONS
graduates of our university. two more at
present in the junior class. and fftb
now in the high school preparing for COL
lege. stamps Mr.. Kidder as person un-
worthy Of holding any important position
as an official in the city's service.
JAMES e. BURKE. Mayor.