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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
rlrea Of t.ls Damn Name.

Bloomin2tCl,, H.. March 24..--Ed.
ward Damn cfi Fomer is dissatisfied
with his nGmh lie has fled a petit
tier in ne g. Dit court asking that
it be ,a-Hat4 TO Daum. his two
children are 4nGluded in the petition.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
Michiaan Has Real Javert.

Hastings, Mich, March 24.-Sherif
Manni arrested William Warren. War
rer had escaped from the Pontiac
state asylum twenty years ago. He
will be committed to the Kalamazoo
asylum.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
sixty Year Resident Dies.

Charlotte, Mich, March 24.-Jerome
Fullerton, a pioneer carpenter ami
resident of this section, is dead after
a brief sickness. He had lived here
sixty years.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
VIII Plant Bic Bean Crop.

Clio, Mich, March 24-Genebee
county farmers have announced that
they will plant large bean crop this
year in spite OF blights which have
beans during previous years.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
Agricultural Az nts Work

The Saginaw Courier Herald outline
four days work for County Agricultural
Agent Robinson in Saginaw county a.
follows:
Demonstrations of methods for th-
treatment of farm seeds for smut and
other diseases have been arranged b,
County Agriculturis' Earl P. Robinson
for tomorrow. Wednesday THURSDAY
and Friday. To morrow morning at 8
o'clock the first demonstration will be
given at the Bannau farm in Rockville
Wednesday demonstration meeting
will be held at the j. j Hurst farm in
Albee; Thursday one will be ! ED at
the Charles Fox farm in Fremont and
Friday at the w. B. Hackett farm in
Saginawtown. The latter meetings will
be held at o'clock IN the afternoon
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
Desth of NJ SIS Carrie Seelhoff

Miss Carrie Seelhotf aged 81. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs Albert Seelhpff, of
Rush township, passed away Friday
evening after suffering for over two
years with kidney and heart trouble.
Mrs Seelhoff was born in Rush and
had always made her home there She
was educated in the district schools
and has remained at home with her
parents. Surviving are her father and
mother and one sister, Miss Bertha, who
attends school in Owosso. She was n
mem Der OF Salem's Lutheran church of
this city and an estimable young
woman. highly regarded by all who
knew her.
The funeral was held Tuesday at l
O'clock from the home, Rev. G. Hahn
officiating.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
K G. Gold Cake

BY Mrs. Jaret Mckenzie Hill, Editor of
the Boston Cooking School Magazine.
/ cup butter; J cap sugar; yolhs of /
eggs, beGte5, light; I cap -four, less Q
leoel tdblespooayuls;2 leUel teaspoont,1ls
X c Baking Poacdcr; { cup milk; grated
a'ind Of 1 orange.
Sift flour and baking powder together
three times; cream butter and sugar, beat
yolks of eggs, add these to creamed mixture,
and lastly add the moisture and -four alter
nately, beating batter until smooth. Gold
Cake can only be made successfully by beat
ing yolks of eggs, very, very creamy and
light lemon colorcd, using a rotary beaten
The rotary beater is the only ,1yssssHS.o
beater that will do justice to siSss:.1sfs &c
the yolks of eggs. The beat ETIMSN
ing kills all egg taste and MtWS w
improves the texture of the &HyFsS9
cake. w,,. EM
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
Thirteen Drunks in Dry Town.

Thirteen orunke in Dry Town.
Flint, Mich, March 24.-Fifteen OF
tie seventeen men arraigned IN rolice
court were charged with intoXication.
Thirteen pleaded guilty. Flint Is in
"dry" county.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
Cocoanut Frosting

Beat the whites of eggs dry; gradually
beat in half cup of s,fted confectioner's
sugar and continue the beating until the FROST
ing is smooth, thick and glossy; then beat in
grated cocoanut, fresh or prepared, and
spread upon the cake. This frosting is made
thick by beating rather than by sugar.
Save this recipe. You will want to use il
frequently Or better, send us the colored
certificate packed in each ascent can of X
c Baking Powder and we will mail you "The
Cooks Book" containing this and SO other
baking recipes equally good-all by Mrs. Hill.
Jaques Mfg. Co., Chicago.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
cha ced. with Making Coins.

aDixoL H., March 24.-Theodore
Rrinl mcr, was arrested here
on q ia { counterfeiting silver
dolig ,i.,n to Chicago by
secre' .: erS.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
Probate Order.

State of Michigan. the Probate Cour. for the
County OF Shiawassee.
At session OF the Probate Court for said
County held at the Probate ONCE In the City
OF Corupna, on the 18th day OF March A. ID.
1915
Present, Matthew Bush Judge OF Probate.
In the matter Of the estate OF Maria Benson
deceased.
On filing the petition OF Arthur F.. Benson
praying for the probate " the will OF said
deceased now filed In this court
1t is ordered that the 18th day OF April next,
at ten o'clock Ia the forenoon. at said Probate
ONCE be appointed for hearing said petition.
And IL is further ordered that cory OF this
order be published three successive weeks,
previous to said day OF bearing, In THE owes
40 TIMES q newspaper printed and circulating
In said County OF Shiawassee.
"a True Copy MATTHEW BUSH.
Judge OF Probate.
CLAIRBEL GALLOWAY,
Register of Probate.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
An Everyday Cake

Here Is simple and inexpensive cake that
can be varied in many ways with different
frostings and icings. 1t looks little nicer
baked in tube pan, but will be equally as
good baked in square loaf.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-26
OWoSSO MARKETS
GRAINS

Owosso, Mich March 20. 1915
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Custer Defendants Deny Charges.

Memphis Preliminary hearing of
proceedings in custer against e. H.
Crump, mayor; R "A. Utley, police COM
missioner, and o. H. Perry, inspector
OF police, has been set for Sept. 81.
Answer of the defendant city officials,
which was complete denial of all
charges. has been filed in chancery
court. A jury is demanded to try the
cause. The hearing will be before
Chancellors Heiskell and Fentress, sit
ting jointly.
The answer filed demands strict
proof that each and every relator seek
ing to GUST the defendants is a free
holder, and charges that the REALTORS
are tools of politicians seeking advan-
tage In an approaching campaign.
It is specifically denied that liquor
is being sold, that taxes are being col
lected from saloonists under the guise
OF fines, or that gambling is being car.
ried on. 1t is also denied that there
has been any intention whatever to
have the books of the city ''mislaid,
destroyed or hidden, so as to preclude
an investigation of the same at the
hearing of the cause"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Survey CITY Lioht Plant.

Mr.. H. M. Brinckerhoff, an expert
engineer Of the engineering house of
William Barclay Parsons, of New York,
is in Nashville and has begun with Mr..
James Cameron an efficiency survey
of the city light plant. At the conclu-
sion of the survey the experts will
make complete report of the value of
the property, its defects, ETC., together
with recommendation for the increase
of efficiency and lowering Of operating
cost. Other similar property of the
city will be investigated later.
The report of the engineers will b.
Of particular interest in that It will
cover many of the points at issue in
the probe now being conducted in the
Chancery Court. The efficiency, rela-
i've values, cost Of operation and the
value Of the plant to the city as an
auxiliary utility will be delved into and
brought out.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
NEW CURE FOR RHEUMATISM
Woman Who Had Suffered for Many
Years 10 Cured by Bolt OF
Lightning.

The medical faculty was put to
shame by bolt of lightning which
the other night struck the farmhouse
of Charles A. Burdick. on Washing
ton Ridge, says the Berlin Comm
correspondent of the New York Her.
aid. The electric bolt destroyed arti-
cles In all the eight rooms Of the
house and did damage exceeding g..
900. but 1t cured Mrs. Burdick of rheu-
matism, from which she had suffered
for many years.
Mrs. Burdick was about to put wood
IN the kitchen stove when the bolt
struck her. knocking her down and
rendering her unconscious. One Of
her feet was on zinc beneath the
stove. The lightning took a nail out
of the sole OF her shoe and her foot
was severely burned. DR.. Thomas
Mulligan OF New Britain soon revived
her.
Today Mrs.. Burdick, although SUI.
fering from the burns on her foot.
was free from rheumatic pains. She
does not think the price her husband
must pay in repairs to the house too
high, but Mr.. Burdick is discreetly 81
lent.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
BODY OF MAN IS
FOUND IN RIVER
BELIEF IS THAT AGED MEMPHIS
CARPENTER TOOK HIS LIFE
BY DROWNING.
IS HELD WITHOUT BOND
William sheffey, Accused OF FoulIy
Killing Sewer County Girl, 10
Committed to Jail After Pre-
Iiminary Hearing.

Memphis.--A body identified as that
OF A. G. Carraway, aged carpenter, OF
this place, who disappeared from his
home recently, after asking number
of strange questions about drowning,
as means of death, has been found
floating in Wolf river. Employees u
the Phoenix Cotton Oil Mill company
discovered the body in the stream.
The aged man had been in bad
health for some time, 1t is said. He
left home in his shirt sleeves and wore
a small derby hat. 1t is presumed
that he walked to some point upstream
and threw himself into the water.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Accused of kiIIlna Woman.

Knoxville preliminary trial OF
William Sheffey and Claude Emert,
charged with the murder of Miss Dora
Davis. shot to death while asleep in
her room at the home of her father,
J. R. Davis, merchant at Sevierville,
about O'Clock on the morning of
Sept. l, came to an unexpected close
when, after the state had finished the
presentation Of its case. the attorneys
for the defense announced they would
introduce no witnesses. The magis.
trates announced that Sheffey would
be held without bail, while Emert
would be allowed $1,000 bond. Shelf.
Fey was placed in the Sevierville jail.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
A BIT OF HISTORY.

A BIT OF HISTORY.
The revenue system by which the
United States became partner In the
liquor business originated during the
Civil war. In order to prosecute the
war to free four million slaves the
congress Of the United States passed
bill putting high tax on liquor.
When the bill had passed both
houses, Salmon P. Chase, secretary of
the treasury, brought it to President
Lincoln for his signature. Chase"
said Mr.. Lincoln, II would rather have
my right arm taken off than to sign
that bill, but l reckon I'll have to do
1t. You say it is necessary to carry
on this war to free those human
slaves. We have got to do it. But
tell me, Chase, will you promise, and
will congress promise, to repeal this
bill as soon as the war is over?"
Chase promised.
But at the close of tho war and
before the promise could be redeemed,
President Lincoln was assassinated
and the promise forgotten. Doubtless
had Lincoln lived the country would
not today be under the domination of
the legalized liquor traffic.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
WITNESS TEST|F|ES
POLICE IN POLITICS
STATEMENT MADE IN PROBE
THAT OFFICERS ATTEMPTED
TO INFLUENCE VOTING.
BIG COAL YARD BURNS
Fire Destroys Plant and Many Cars
of Coal, Valued at $4,000, Belong
ing to the st. Bernard Com
pany--NashyiIle News.
Nashville.

-NaSnVlllo.
The city police department came in
for Its share of investigation before
the chancery courts municipal probe
en- Sept. II, when several of the wit.
nesses testified that members of the
police department have been active in
politics recently.
Charles T. Boyers, formerly a soft
drink dealer, said he was visited by
Detectives Dixon and Redmond and
told he must line up for Tompkins
and Armstrong" Boyers quoted the
detectives as saying they would make
a church out of his place If he did not
line up" The witness said the Off.
GERS sometimes drank several bottles
of his beer and sometimes several
dozen. 81 didn't line up" said the wit.
ness, "and was raided before ths
election"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
TREND OF THOUGHT.

At the convention in Chicago of the
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World ne speaker evoked more enthu-
siastic applause than did Mr.. Henry
D. Estabrook, New York attorney,
when he made plea for temperance
and lauded the European rulers who
are curling the drink oorr;;i This eA-
preston Of temperance sentiment
among the country's advertising men
is, said Mr.. H. s. Houston, the new
ly elected president of the associat-
ed clubs, Significant of the trend Of
thought. These men are in closer
touch with the public feeling and de-
sires than any other class except
newspaper men. Perhaps better than
politicians they reflect the general
state of mind ON q grave problem, and
conclusions may be drawn from their
attitude"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

Chattanooga. The Southern Labor
Congress adjourned here after holding
Its fourth annual session. Memphis
was chosen as the next convention
city over spirited contest by Louis
vile, Atlanta and other cities, Reso-
lutions were adopted pledging the sup
port of Southern organized labor to
the movement to organize textile
workers throughout the South and an
other to request all travelling mems
associations in the South to assist in
securing the passage Of full crew and
train limit laws in all the states.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
instantly killed ~ ra,IIno nr,ek

Clarksville. Robert Jamison, aged
rs years. was killed here while working
on residence. He was cutting an
archway in brick wall and had cut
the distance required and stopped down
to pick up another tool, when a brick
fell. striking the kidneys, killing him
almost instantly. His home was at
Erin, and he had been married only
few months.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
state Rangers Restore Order.

Chattanooga. latest reports
from the mountain section of Sc
quatchie Valley, where there were
some disturbances by band of "Ku.
Klux." indicate that everything is quiet
and the state rangers ordered to the
scene by Gov. Rye have restored or
der. There is, however, an undercur-
rent of fear that an outbreak may oc.
cur at any time. Six OF the alleged
ringleaders have been indicted and the
grand jury to be impaneled Sept. 81 Is
expected to indict others.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
St. Bernard Coal Yard Burns.

Fire which burned stubbornly for
five hours broke out in the big st.
Bernard coal yard at Twelfth and 10
Johnston avenues Sept. 16 and COM
pletely destroyed an immense coal
chute, large shed and about ten car
loads of coal, causing loss estimated
at about $4,000. No insurance was
carried on the property. Spontaneous
combustion, an explosion of gases
arising from overheated slack in the
coal chute, is held responsible for the
blaze.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
sanitary survey for CITY.

The healtK authorities, state, county
and municipal, are planning santa
tion survey Of Nashville as means of
preventing the spread OF contagious or
infectious diseases. The survey will
be placed in the hands of competent
men, and much good is expected to
follow their Investigations. Causes
Of the spread Of typhoid, pellagra.
scarlet fever, diphtheria, infantile par
alysis, etc, will receive due attention
Of these men who are well qualified in
every way to make the investigation.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
lndorse Douglass for General.

Gallatin.--Donelson bivouac Of Con.
federate veterans has indorsed Capt.
G. s. Douglass. of this place, for major
general of the Tennessee division, u.
c. v. The division win meet this fall
at Memphis. Capt. Douglass Is wide.
ly known educator and was a gallant
Confederate soldier.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Fire Damages Gymnasium.

The splendid gymnasium Of the
Nashville Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, one of the largest and most
modern in the entire South, was badly
damaged by fire, entailing loss esti-
mated by Fire Chief Rozetta at be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. The blaze
started in corner Of the gymnasium.
where several oil rags and mops had
been left by painters engaged In paint
ing the gym. but 1t is not known how
the latter became ignited. There were
about 200 young men roomers asleep
in the building when the fire broke out,
but all were awakened In time to leave
their rooms In an orderly manner, and
little excitement prevailed.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
TRAVELLERS WANT PROHIBITION.

HANEIEno WANT FnOHIDiIiON'
Years ago the travelling man got
many orders by taking his customers
out and buying them drinks. In fact
the system was highly approved and
commonly employed. But now comes
the Iowa Union Of Commercial TRAY.
elers, In convention assembled. and
calls for national prohibition. The
very men who used to be regarded as
the friends of liquor are now its enc
mics. Why? Because they know the
saloon business cripples trade, and
when trade is crippled travelling men
can't sell goods. Any travelling man
will tell you now that business is bet
ter in dry towns and collections come
easier.-Sioux City News.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Raid BROUGHT up In Probe.

Practically the entire time consumed
in the Chancery Courts inquiry into
Nashville municipal affairs on Sept.
Is, was occupied in the examination
OF w. e. Irwin, detective on the
Nashville police force. The officer de-
tailed the order for a raid on disor-
derby house given by Mayor Howse
July "a, 1913. alleged to have been
made for political effect.
The detective on cross-examination
admitted that disorderly houses were
open before this raid.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
BEER A POISON.

The man who uses a quart OF beer
daily expends enough for 1t to buy
three loaves Of bread for his family,
says DR.. Winfield Scott Hall. He gets
for himself trivial amount Of nour-
ishment worth half a cent and incl
dentally takes into his system nearly
two ounces Of a narcotic poison, the
influence Of which Is to make him
less alert and therefore more amen
able to accidents, to make him less
efiicient and therefore more likely to
lose his Job, and to make him more
likely to suffer from toxins and In.
fections.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
PoINcARE A TEEToTALER.

To the National Anti-Alcohol League
OF France President Poincare has
sent the following statement:
You ask the president Of the re-
public to follow the examples of 9TH
er heads of states and take an en-
gagement to abstain from all spiritu-
Gus liquors during the war. That is
an engagement the president takes
willingly and without difficulty. not
only for the duration OF the war. but
even afterwards. He never drinks
alcoholic liquors"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Auditors say Memphis Books o. K.

Auditors say Memphis Books o. X.
Memphis. Charges of discrepancies
in the city's recently published finan-
cial statements and which were set
forth by REALTORS in the custer suit
against city officials as basis for the
proceedings. are without foundation,
according to report submitted to the
board Of city commissioners by local
expert auditors.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
The Library.

From that waste welter Of endless
space and time, the dome of library
shuts us in to the warm little world of
literature. charged with human
thought and feeling. The good,
the true and the beautiful are some
thing real and ascertainable.-- Paul
Shorey.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Library Day Set.

Library Lay So1
State Superintendent Of Public In.
struction Sheriff. has declared Friday
Oct. l, 1915. Library Day" The Stats-
aids In this important factor Of educa.
tlonal work by giving dollar for dollar
for sum not less than $40 nor more
than $40 during any one year, for the
establishment or maintenance of q
school library.
On that day every public school in
the State is expected to raise funds to
establish or supplement the school IL
brary.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
Released on Bond.

Randle Williams, the young man
whot shot his wife. Bette Williams,
in the Maxwell cafe, where she was
employed as night clerk, has been re-
leased on bond. The bond Of $1,000
was signed by w. s. Williams. the
young mans father. Mrs. Williams
Is reported to be improving rapidly.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
WHY AZ KEEPS SOBER.

why don't you drink" ] asked my
friend, the honest saloonkeeper.
well, you see." he replied, I'm a
business man. don't indulge, be-
cause l want to make money, not to
drink 1t up. / insist on absolute So
briefly among my bartenders and pcr-
tiers. It's bad enough for the boys to
have to look at my patrons. Besides,
a drunken employee is only Is per
cent efficient. Cincinnati Republican
Gazette.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
coNpEMN USE on ALcoHoL.

CONDEMN USE OF NLCOF1OG'
Forty-one Of the physicians OF Osh-
kosh, Wis, have put themselves on
record in writing as condemning tho
use of alcoholic beverages and declar-
ing that organized medicine should
Initiate and carry on systematic, per-
sistent propaganda for the education
Of the public regarding the deleterious
effects of alcohol"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
oreenvllle Sells PAVING Bonds.

Greenville. = Street improvement
bonds to the amount of s55.00o have
been sold to Toledo (ohio) firm. The
proceeds from the sale of bonds. which
were sold at par with accrued interest,
will be used in paving streets of this
city. The paving work viii he started
at once.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
CANNOT AFFORD TO DRINK.

In and for the future 1t Will be
known that no nation can AFFORD to
drink" says Rector Saleeby, distin-
guished British Scientist, writing in
the London Chronicle. Every mole
Guile OF the poison alcohol means q
smashed and lost molecule Of sugar,
the superlative food and fuel for en-
ergy, work and warmth. Nations that
choose this slow suicide will go down
like their predecessors, in the night 81
Time"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
STARTLING EecentrIelty.

What makes you think that pris.
oner man Is lacking In sound mental
qualities?"
His utter lack of judgment" re-
piled the attorney. "He refuses to
dodge the law by saying that he is In.
sane"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24
eEER CAUSES ACCIDENTS.

The Western Electric plant Of Chi
cago forbids its employees to bring
beer on the grounds. Why! Because
It was noticed that large number OF
accidents occurred after noon. and In
almost every case the victim had taker
beer with his lunch.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-24

The law" says . contemporary,
assumes that even an indicted man Is
innocent until he Is proven guilty"
The law may make this assumption.
but 90 per cent Of the population do
not.