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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-06-25
TWO CENTURIES OLD
Cold Spring Church at Cape May
Has Long History.
Congregation First Formed by Presby-
terians in Lower New Jersey-Many
Stirring Events circIed About An
Client House of Worship.

Cape May.-The Cold Spring Pres
byterian church will observe the two
hundredth anniversary of its found
ing with appropriate ceremonies dur
ing July. A rally week is TO be
held, when an endowment of $4,000
will be completed and the organiza-
ton placed upon a secure basis for
dress is to be delivered by Charles
H. Edmunds of Philadelphia, whose
foreparents lie in its graveyard. where
the dead of Cape May for two CEN
turtles are buried.
When the whalemen OF New Eng
land migrated to Cape May in the
latter part OF the seventeenth CEN
fury, the spirit Of Presbyterianism.
as spread by the preaching of Jona-
than Edwards, was brought with them,
and the community about Town Bank,
then called Portsmouth, but now
washed by the waters of Delaware
bay was formed. Later these people
moved inland to Cold Spring neigh
borhood, and began agricultural pur-
suits
In 1705 the first Presbytery organ
lied in America was in Philadelphia,
and under this Presbytery the Cold
Spring, or Cape May, church was in
stituted in 1714, being the second de-
nomination to start a meeting house
in the county. Two years previously
the Baptists had started the church
at Middletown, now Cape May Court
House In 1920 the Quakers started
their cedar meeting house at Sea-
vile, in the upper precinct Of Cape
May, giving to each precinct house
of worship. The three original town
ships of the county thus retain their
names of upper, middle and lower.
and it is in the lower one hat the
Cold Spring fishing and ricuItural
was founded and 1t has
been a community which has brought
forth many Of the leading men of the
country. AS with all ancient churches,
the graveyard was made and began
10 be filed SO that the descendants
If those buried there spread all over
his broad land. The first minister
IF the church was Rev. John Bradner,
who continued with it for seven years.
The first church was small log
and was not really finished
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-06-25

wrapping his entire wardrobe about
his neck and smiled, and De Lancey
knew that he was no Mexican. And
yet that soft which away" of his be,
| trayed Spanish tongue.
"Ah, excuse me-" he said, taking
quick advantage Of his guess, but
from the way you pronounce that word
'zarape' l take it that you speak Span
ish."
mo one better" replied the host,
smiling pleasantly at being taken at
his true worth since l was born in
the city Of Burgos, where they speak
the true Castilian. 1t Is a different
language, believe me. from this bas-
tard Mexican tongue. And do you
speak Spanish also?" he inquired,
falling back into the staccato of Cas-
tile.
No indeed" protested De Lancey in
very creditable imitation; nothing
but little Mexican, to get along with
the natives My friend and | are min
Ing men, passing through the country,
and we speak the best we can. How
is this district here for work along our
line?"
None better!" cried the Spaniard,
shaking his finger emphatically. ut
is of the best, and, believe me, my
friend, we should be glad to have you
stop with us. The country down be-
low is a little dangerous-not now,
perhaps, but later, when the warm
weather comes on.
But in Fortuna--no! Here we are
on the railroad; the camp is controlled |
by Americans; and because so many |
have left the country the Mexlcans
will sell their prospects cheap.
Then again, If you develop a mine
near by, 1t will be very easy to sell 1t
and If you wish to work It, that is
easy, too. am only the proprietor of
he hotel, but If you can use my poor
services In any way l shall be very
Happy to please you. A room? One
If the best! And II you stay week
,r more l will give you the lowest
ate"
They passed up the winding stairs
md down long corridor, at the end
Il which the proprietor showed them
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-06-25

until 1913 Since then the church has
had two other houses of worship, the
present one having been in existence
| for upwards of 80 years.
The original pastor of the church
in 1918 conveyed in perpetuity for
the church his 200-acre estate, and
those who were named as grantees
were Humphrey Hughes, George
Hand, John Parsons, Joseph Whildin,
James Spicer, Shamgar Hand, Joshua
Gulickson, Samuel Johnson, Constant
Hughes, Cornelius Schollinger, John
Hand, Nathanial Hand, Barnabas
Crowell, Jehu Richardson, George
Crawfort, Benjamin Sites, Jeremiah
Hand, Samuel Eldredge. Jonathan
Furman. Ezekiel Eldredge. Eleazer
Newton, Nathaniel Norton, Nathaniel
Rex, Yelverson Crowell, Josiah
Crowell, William milford, William
Matthews, Samuel Bancroft, Samuel
Foster and John Matthews, names
which have been continued in each
succeeding generation to the present
day. Only few of the family names
have become extinct
OF recent pastors, Rev John L.
Lands, now retired, has become a
permanent resident of the neighbour
hood, and was pastor rs years ago,
when the one hundred and seventy
fifth anniversary exercises were held.
He will take a prominent part in the
coming celebration.
The present pastor is Rev. Charles
Henry Jones, who has been the minis
ter about two years. He is an active
worker, and doing much to preserve
the traditions of the much-loved old
place. Owing to the few people liv-
ing in the immediate neighborhood,
only morning services are held there,
while services are held in the two
chapels which have been built nearer
Cape May City.
When President Benjamin Harrison
lived at Cape May in 1890, 1891 and
1892. he and Mrs. Harrison worshiped
N the church.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-06-25
SYNOPSIS.

Bud Hooker and Phil De Lancey are
forced. owing to revolution In Mexico.
10 give up their mining claim and return
10 the United States. In the border town
of Gadsden Bud meets Henry Kruger a
wealthy miner. who makes him PROPOSE
ton to return to Mexico to acquire title
10 very Hch mine which Kruger had
blown up when he found he had been
cheated out OF the title by one Aragon.
The Mexican had spent a large sum In
an unsuccessful attempt to relocate the
vein and then had allowed the land to
revert for taxes Hooker and De Lancey
start for the mine
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-06-25
CARLYLE and Ceremony.

Thomas Carlyle and his wife were
so neutrality-suspicious. that 1t is sad
to think of 1t. Replying to letter
of his describing his fantastic terrors
she wrote: For heavens sake get
into more bcrignant humor, or the
incident will not only wear a yer.
original aspect, but likewise a verJ
heart-breaking one. / see not how I
am to go through with II"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-06-27
Marketing Eggs BY Parcel Post

exposure to high temperature may
start incubation and cause the egg tC
spoil and iniure the shippers reputa-
ton. 1t is advisable, therefore, to re
tain the fertile eggs for home use on
dispose Of them in some other way
than through the parcel post. This =
also true OF soiled eggs Eggs should
never be washed when intended fo1
high-claSs trade, Stree the process
removes natural mucilaginous coat
ing and opens the pores Of the shell.
After this thorough elimination oi
the unfit, the eggs that remain should
be carefully packed in a ccntainer Of
corrugated paSteboard, metal, wood
or other suitable material The post
Office regulations require this contain
or to be SO wrapped that nothing can
escape from the package and each
egg i'm addition TO be wrapped sepa-
rately i'm excelsior, cotton, or some
such material Any soft paper serves
the purpose quite well. As for the
container itself. there are many kind
on the market and the Department
Agriculture investigators have not
attempted to decide which is the best.
instead they refer inquirers TO the va
rious State experiment stations whic
have available information on this
question.
In packing eggs it is well to SORT
them as far as is practical, accord
ing to size and color and to keep for
home use those which are irregul
in shape, unusually long or thin
shelled. Containers that have beer
badly stained by broken eggs shouli
be replaced by new ones and the PACK
age wrapped as neatly as possible n
short every effort should be made t.
deliver as attractive a package as pos.
sible into the hands of the customers.
The extra expense will be little and
the returns in increased trade great.
The larger the shipments that the
producer can arrange to make, the
cheaper can he afford to sell his eggs.
Within the first and second zones Of
the parcel post service, package
costs five cents for the first pound
and only one cent for each additional
pound. Ordinarily eggs weigh about
p pounds a dozen, which with the
additional weight of the wrapping and
container, would make a package of q
dozen eggs NelBn between TWO dHu
three pounds. The postage on this
would be z cents. If another dozen
eggs were included in the package the
postage would not be more than 8
cents, or 4 y instead of Z cents a
dozen eggs.
To the value of the eggs and the
cost of postage must be added. the cost
of the container and the wrapping.
For two dozen eggs this may be esti-
mated at cents. With postage at 8
cents, it would, therefore, cost II
cents to market two dozen eggs, or
81a cents a dozen. By shipping IN
10-dozen lots, it is estimated that the
marketing cost can be reduced to Al
cents a dozen.
Where the container can be used
more than once, this cost can of
course be somewhat reduced. Large
sized containers will stand from two
to four trips, smaller ones three TO
five, so that it will pay the producer
to induce his customer to return the
containers periodically. The postage
required for this is Of course deducted
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-06-27
Lost its Sparkle.

Colonel Cocktails, who as chief en-
gineer of the Panama Canal has be-
come world-famous, recently told a
canal zone story.
1--WE had an AncCn," he said, IAN
engineer who was in constant dread
of disease. He also was crank on
the subject of microbes.
"Boil everything you drink, no
matter where you get it.. This was
his creed, and he made his raw ma
tive cook observe it vigorously.
Zone day, while on tour of in
spectioh, the engineer was presented
with a bottle of champagne by sea
captain. Managing also to pick up
a piece of ice on his return to town,
he hurried back to quarters with his
prizes.
"a temperate chap, this was the
first wine that had come his way
since his arrival in Panama. He
said to his native cook, as he handed
over his precious burden:
"Get up something extra good to-
day, for | have asked a few friends
i'm to dinner to help me drink this
superb wine
"The guests arrived. The COOK
served the stewed beef and potatoes.
"'Now the wine! cried the host,
rubbing his hands.
"The cook disappeared, then
stalked back, carrying a steaming
hot saucepan nearly full of hot,
muddy-yellow liquid. $50
"'What in thunder's that, you ras-
cal?'
"'That's the wine, senor,' replied
the cook gravely. boil him good
and he most all go way. 'Cording
to your orders, senor.'"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-06-27

from the bill for the next shipment.
Although il is obviously advan-
tageous both to the producer and con-
sumner that the eggs be shipped in
large quantities and consequently eco
nomically, it must be remembered in
taking orders that the supply of eggs
undergoes the greatest fluctuations.
In times of scarcity il is not good pol
icy for the producer TO send all his
output to one customer, neglecting his
other friends, nor in times of plenty
can he expect to dispose of his entire
stock to his regular customers. These
points must be given due consider
alton and the quantities that are to be
supplied at each season of the year
carefully stated in the contract. The
price, too, varies with the supply. One
good method of determining this is to
take as a basis the wholesale price Of
eggs on the open market and add to
this a certain number OF cents a dozen
for the new-laid parcel post eggs
Care should be taken, however. TO sec
that there is no possibility Of any mis-
understanding arising in regard to the
basic price. To obviate this, the quo
tations published in a given newspa-
per or some other similar authority
may be accepted.
Eggs are scarcest and highest ir
the fall. Chickens should, therefore.
be Matched early enough to begin lay
ing at this season. Moreover. little
difficulty will be experienced then in
in dispOsing of the entire output and
it will in consequence be Improbable
to divert any Of the supply to home
purposes. This difficulty can be over
come by preserving eggs in the
spring, when thoy arc plentiful and
cheap. A solution of water glass
which can be ohtoined at drug stores
for Is cents q gallon should be used
for this purpose, crch quart being di-
luted with 10 quarts Of water, which
has been boiled and cooled. The eggs
should be packed in stone jars or
crooks and the solution poured over
them, or they may he carefully placed
in the solution caCh day. Eggs kept
in this way are perfectly good, but
naturally they do not command the
prices of those rewly-laid. The shells
sometimes break in boiling, but this
may be avoided by puncturing the end
dropped into the water.
The onl-' drawback TO marketing
eggs by parcel post appears to be the
time and trouble involved in packing
them. This is compensated for by the
extra price that can always be OBJ
tanned for products that are absolute
ly reliable. At bottom, therefore, the
shippers success depends upon the
care with which he safeguards the
reputation of his products. Satisfied
customers will soon build up his bust
ness for him. Any postoffice will fur
nish complete information in regard
to regulations and rates, and, as al
ready stated, the several State Exper-
iment stations have information in re-
gard to the various types of shipping
boxes. The results of the u. S. Gov
ernment's investigation of the matter
have been PUBLISHED in Farmers Bull
letin 594, of the Department of Agri-
culture, which will be sent free on re-
quest.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-06-27
Retribution.

When State Senator Cal Stone of
st. Paul was in the passenger depart
ment OF the Northern Pacific Railroad
be wrote many bitter letters to tbe
passenger department of the Great
Northern.
Suddenly he was made general ms
senger agent of the Great Nortbern
AS he came in to take his new JasL
the man he succeeded handed him an
immense pile of papers. OH
"Now-dod CAST your he said ~
Stone-"sit down here and answe "
your own lettersp-Saturday Even.
ing Post.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-06-27

child some day to save his own dirty
carcass. 1t never fails. And then
and then will come the reason for
Billy's living on. He doesn't hope
to have her-not he. Oh, he hasn't
told me, but | know it, man; | know
it like l know myself. What he
hopes to do, and what he will do, is
to save her from this-this Walsh,
and to keep her happy if he can
this little dark girl you were asking
me about. Old Billy Wagner is one
of Gods own gentlemen
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-06-27
A System of Marketing That Offers
Possibilities of Better Prices foe the
Producer and Fresher Articles for
the Consumer.


Washington, ID. C.-That eggs e.,
! be marketed successfully by parcc
post and that this method frequently
secures a better price fer the produce
and a freSher article for the consumer
! has now been demonstrated to the sat
| isfaCtiOn of the experts In the |. :
/ Department Of Agriculture. The De
partment conducted tests that GOV.
cred a period Of five months. At tho
end of that period ii came TO the con
cluSion that the parcel pest was OF
particular value to the man who's,
flock was too small or who lives toe
far from express service TO permit
him to ship his eggs in the regular
commercial case which holds 80 uoZen
eggs.
In the course OF these experiments
the Department shipped 9.l3l eggs in
400 lots, Of these 327 or slightly less
than SO per cent were broken, but
only 200 or slightly less than 2.3 per
cent were absolutely wasted. The
others, though broken, could still be
used. The percentage of breakagC
moreover, will be greatly reduced, it
POstOiiice become more accustomed &
handling such fragile matter.
That eggs should be properly pack
ed Is of course essential. This i'm
olies time, care and some expense and
is one reason why no attempt SHOULD
5e made to market by parcel post any
tut the finest quality of eggs, for they
lone will bring remunerative prices.
Moreover, if the customer who buys
n small lots finds that any consider
able portion of his purchases is un
desirable or even unattractive in ap.
Dearance, NE will not trouble to ask
Tor reductions on that account; he will
simply discontinue his orders The
producer, therefore, must see to it
that all the eggs the post-man deliv-
ers are what he represents them to be.
This can only be done by Gambling
them. Gambling, "The process of
testing eggs by passing light through
them so as TO reveal the condition of
the contents" is omitted by many pro-
ducers who rely on care in collecting
to eliminate all bad eggs. 1t is, how.
ever, impossible to avoid an occa-
sional accident and Gambling is there
fore advisable as an extra precaution.
a simple outfit can be made out of a
small hand lamp and an ordinary
pasteboard box sufficiently large to be
placed over the lamp, after the ends
have been removed, without risk of
fire. In order to supply air to the en-
closed lamp, notches should be cut in
the edge on which the box rests. A
round hole is then cut in the box at
the level of the lamp flame and the
Gambling done by holding each egg
against this hole while the rest of the
room is in darkness. The light from
the lamp reveals the contents of the
egg and those that show any defect
can be rejected.
If possible only infertile eggs
should be sent to market. Fertile eggs
deteriorate rapidly in warm weather
and are the cause of much loss. A
broody hen on the nest or accidental
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-06-27

chief, let the matter rest! The three
thousand has been made good
Chief he gasped, I'm a sick man
I
"But he got no further, and the
chief caught him in his arms as ne
fell forward out of his chair"
Judge Crowley stopped and
drained a glass of water. Then he
blew his nose, and pulled violently
at his cold, dead cigar.
"After that" the judge vert on,
"Billy was home for a day. II
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-06-27

seemed to make his dyspepsia worse.
Look at him now-toast and milk
He has no stomach at all, and the
least exertion knocks him out. If it
was me, Pd-I'd--well, you know, a
little cyanid or forty-four caliber."
| must have looked shocked and
there was a long silence.
"But Billy" the judge said at last,
"has hold on life. This--this fell
low Walsh, he has stolen once, and
he'll steal again. You mark my
words, he'll throw over wife and
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-06-27

Woman's love, like lichens on a
rock, will still grow where even char
ity can find no soil to nurture itself.
-Bovee.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-25
CHRIS TUCKER INJURED.
Upper Peninsula Representative in
State OratoricaI Contest.

While working in the machine shop
of the Calumet high school manu-
training DEPARTMENT this morn ng
Chris Tucker, accidentally got his fin
gCr caught in the milling machine ard
suffered injuries which necessitated its
amputation at the G. 81 II. hospital,
between the first and second joints.
The accident is especially deplore,i
at this time in view of the fact NJ :.
Tucker has Leen chosen as the UPPER
peninsula's representative in the stare
oratOrical contest to be held at Mus
recon on June 3. 1t is not believed the
injury will interfere with Mr.. fuckers
entry, although it doubtless will serve
to disconcert him.
Mr.. Tucker also had planned to en-
ter the mile run at the intercollegiate d,
Track and Field meet at Chicago the
last or next week, and there is no
question but that his injury will in
capacitGte him for that event.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-25
SHAFTHOUSE is DAMAGED.
Lightning Cause of Blaze Which Burn,
Roof Off Structure.

Lightning i'm last nights severe cleo
trical storm damaged and set fire I,
the roof of the No. IL shaft house
South Hecla branch of the G. * III
mine, this shaft being located almost
at the extreme southern boundary of
the c. Il II. conglomerate lode. The
fire burned fiercely for almost an hour
but was successfully combatted by the
members of the South Hecla and Hecla
fire departments, who used three
streams of water very effectively. The
heavy downpour of rain which accom-,
panied the lightning also helped Il
checking the flames. The loss was not
heavy.
Lightning last evening struck the
residence of Herman Guck on Pine
street, the home Of Contractor Jesse
Butler on Portland street and the home
of Joseph Soddy on Scott street. In
each case but slight damage resulted.
At the Butler residence the chimney
was knocked down and number of
shingles torn from the roof. Flames
started by lightning at the Soddy res
idence were detected by neighbors anu
quickly quenched.
1t is believed last nights downpour
has eliminated all immediate DANCE:
from forest fires i'm this vicinity. II also
is very much appreciated by the cop
per country farmers.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-25
CHARITY GAMES
TO OPEN SEASON
New Independent Baseball League
Formed Yesterday

There was organized at a meetin
i'm Calumet yesterday, fourteen
baseball league to be known as tn
Houghton County League and to I'm
clude four teams, the Calumet team
entered by the Caulmet Engineer!
and including well known players from
the G. * III. league and from Rec
Il Jacket, the Laurium team, managed
by Al Orth, and including such players
as Or. a. c. Roche, Orth, DIR. Edwards
! Peterson. Cameron and iothers, the
! Hubbell team, composed of the pick of
the Lake Linden and Hubbell teams of
the G. q IL. league and the Portage
team with the Portage team of the
G. Il II. league as n nucleus and
with such players as Hogan. Stack,
Alutter and Kaiser, Another meeting
will be held in the armory i'm Calumet
Thursday evening at which time Of
ficers will he elected.
The league will play independent
baseball throughout the season. one
game being scheduled for each week.
1t was decided at the meeting yes
terday that the first games will he for
the benefit of charity, that scheduled
between the Calumet and Laurium
teams for the IAurium Driving park
next Sunday afternoon being for the
benefit of the Calumet Associated
Charities and that scheduled for the
Hancock Driving park at the same
time for the benefit of the Good viii
Farm. In thus rendering their serv-
ices for charity in the opening games,
the players in the new league will un-
doubtedly receive much commenda-
ton.
The schedule of games adopted is as
follows:
Hubbell at Portage May 81, July II ]
and Aug. %.
Calumet at Laurium May 81. July
II and Aug. 23
Portage at Calumet June Z, July 10 |
md Aug. 80.
Laurium at Hubbell June 7, July 10
md Aug. 30.
Hubbell at Laurium June IA. July
g and Sept.
Calumet at Portage June IA, July &c
md Sept. 6.
Calumet at Hubbcll June II. Aug. .
ma Sept. IS.
Portage at Laurium June 81. Aug.
and Sept. 13.
Portage ut Hubbell June %, Aug Q
md Sept. 20.
Laurium at Calumet June 2S, Aug. .
nd Sept. 20.
Laurium al Portage July 8, Aug. 16
md Sept. I, Labor day.
Hubbell at Calumet July ), Aug. 16
nd Sept. Z, Labor day.