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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-13
Morley To Have Light Plant

Morley-It now seems certain that
Morley will have an electric light
plant Of its own. For many years a
fine power has been running to waste
in this thriving burg but now it is to
be utilized. The dam will provide a
12-foot head and furnish power suffi-
Gent TO send current to Howard Civ.
Lakeview, Stanwood, Remus and other
nearby towns. A carload of electrical
material is on the way and the work
Of wiring the different business places
will begin soon.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-13
Was In Wreck

Muir-William Sherman, former
Muir man who is now resident of
the Isle of Pines, off the coast Of
Cuba, was returning south last week
from visit of some weeks with the
Muir friends, and writes back that he
was caught in the disastrous subway
catastrophe in New York City, and
that the only thing that saved him
from death was the fact that he was
riding in the rear coach.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-13
Old blacksmith OF Grant Dies

Newaygo-Andrey Cedarburg, six
ty-fve years old, was burned to death
when his blacksmith shop in which he
lived on the Grant road was destroy
ed by fire. 1t is believed that he was
carrying a lamp and dropped it, thus
causing the blaze. He was dead when
found by neighborS who were awak-
ened by the flames
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-13
Touches High Tension Wire

st. Louisville gathering hickory
nuts in a tree near Moots' Crossing
Sunday Ralph French touched the
high tension wire. The middle finger
on his hand was so badly burned that
amputation may be necessary, but for
tunately he escaped other injuries. Mr.!
French went to Dewitt on the 9 o'clock
car where the hand was dressed by
DIR. Wheeler.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-13
Read the Want Column

Everyone should read the Want Col
umn this week. 1t is the best news
in the Banner. You can see what your
friends and neighbors have to sell,
want to buy, trade or exchange. Prob
ably the very things you want are
listed there, or maybe, you may find
a sale for something you thought was
useless. Get the habit of reading the
Want Column each week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-13
Thieves Steal Bees

st. Louis-All thieves have more or
less nerve but the parties who recent
ly visited the apiary of J. N. Harris
and carried away two colonies of the
bees certainly had their full share.
Mr.. Harris naturally feels rather
indignant and offers a reward for the
arrest and conviction of the thieves or
for any who in future trangress the
law in this regard.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-13
A Hunter AT Eighty

Howell-Sheridan Drew went to
the county clerks Office to secure a
hunters license and when asked his
age spoke up rather chipperly and re-
piled eighty years old. He is as live
~ as grasshopper and says that he
has fine gun and may want to use it
little and thought he would be ready
If he did.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-13
THE BELDlNG BANNER

was uninjured. The party returned to
Olivet. They are all old people and
their friends are congratulating them
on their good luck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-13
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends
and neighbors for their kindness and
flowers during the sickness and death
of our dear wife and mother.
r. Bradish and family.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
Heard at Hackettstown, N. J.

(Newark News.) where you going, all dressed up?" lover to Danville to a wedding" Who's getting married?" "Old Bill Onions. Know him?" Sure I know him. Bill Onions that live on the Henshaw placer" NO, he rents the Jones farm" Big stout fellow?"
 'I'd call him rather slim.'' Sort of bald?"
 'rI don't think so. Had lots of hair last time I saw him."
 "Cross-eyed, like?'
 Mot so you could notice." "Got a son by his first wife, about thirteen years old ?-tall, skinny boy with funny teeth?''
 "No, Bills never been married be- fore"
 1T guess I know him, though I wouldn't be sure. Who's he marry ing?"
 Tom Gardens widow. Know her. maybe?"
 Little bit of a woman with red hair?"
 Gosh, no; she weighs 200 and her hairs black as coal"
 Drives Ford car, doesn't she?" "I reckon not. I reckon she never rode in an automobile in her life" Well, give 'em my regards. They'll probably remember me-"
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
Avarice and Envy. (Wall Street Journal.)

Promising that nobody has been seriously hurt in the present specula- ton in war and other stocks, and that a large number of people have been benefited, having in fact graduated from gamblers to spectators, and from speculators to investors, it may still be said that there are two moral effects or such activity, each unde- sirable.
 The first of these is the passion of avarice so widely aroused It is not in human nature to watch other people make easy money without developing desire to share in the Pactolian flood. The desire to secure wealth without working for it is demoraliz- ing, but is one of the commonest frailties of human nature. Its con- sequence in stock speculation is that after a market has discounted the favorable developments upon which 1t advanced, a new crop of petty gamblers, through less reputable agents, buy into the exhausted move ment at the top.
 Obviously, purchase, whether made on margin or paid for outright, may be an investment, a risky specu- lation, or the merest gamble, accord ing to the motive of the purchaser The injury to the public mind is in the widespread unintelligent avarice great stock movements engender, and the way the feeling tends to merge into another, one of the greatest social consequence.
 That feeling is envy. It is en- gendered by the contemplation of wealth even when it is honestly &C., quired, and still more by reports of a lions n defended without casuistry. It is this feeling of envy which largely creates unrest in labor, violence through organiza- tions like the International Workers of the World, and false teaching by the socialist element, which is sup piled with a new crop of rhetorical examples It is largely this passion which dic- tates destructive legislation, as, for in stance, the cotton future law, or the La Toilette seamen's law. Wall street particularly as it represents legiti- mate, useful and necessary finance, becomes a universal target. Popular newspapers play down to the passions of their readers. When they can no longer appeal to their avarice they can obtain wide acceptance by appealing to their envy.
 No remedy is here suggested, and none is possible so long as human
 nature is what it is Large and sud- den profits are made in other things than stocks and speculation is part of any free market. The primal pas sions of the heart are not to be cured by legislation. The press and the pull
 pit can do something, and the indi- vidual, starting with himself, can do everything.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
MeTnento.

Narrowly Partisan critics of the President were once more rebuked, not by the President but by the facts in the case, when Germany, acting through Ambassador von Bernstorff, backed down in the Arabic case last month. In what amounts to a re- pudiation of the sinking of the Arabic, the German Ambassador accepts the principle of compensation for Amer ican lives lost on the Arabic. So far so good-and it is more than totable diplomatic victory for MT. Lansing and MT. Wilson. The fact remains, however, that the Arabic is only one of several cases pending between this government and Germany. The fol- lowing dates must not be lost sight or:
 February 10, 1915, when Ambas- sador Gerard was instructed from Washington to inform the German government that we could not assent to the German declaration of war zone about the British Isles and to warn the German government that "critical situation" would arise if Germany destroyed an American mer- chant vessel or caused the death of an American citizens.
 May 2, 1915, when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk without warning by German submarines off Old Head Kinsale Ireland, and 1,153 lives were lost, among them 115 Americans.
 May 10. 1915. when the German foreign office, through the German ambassador at Washington. expressed deepest sympathy" with the United States because of the loss of American citizens. and when the verdict Of the Irish coroner's jury at Kinsale on the Lusitania disaster charged the Ger man emperor and high German offi- cials with murder.
 May IS. 1915. when President Will son, acting through the state depart ment, called on Germany ito make reparation so far as reparation Is pos sible for injuries without measure" and informed the German govern ment that the United States would not omit any word or act necessary to the performance of it's sacred duty of maintaining the rights of its citizens.
 If individuals in Germany or else where think that the people of the United States have. foreotten this se- quence of events. it is high time that the misconception were corrected. Now that the Arabic case seems to have been settled. what about the Lusitania?
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
c. of c. Presidents. (Rnckuille IIeadar.O

The Connecticut Chamber of Com merce, in placing at its head for the ensuing year Charles A. Pease of Hartford, has named a worthy and we'll qualified successor to President Frank H. Johnston, who has made one of the most successful presidents the state body has had. Both the retir- ing and incoming presidents are en- terprising and energetic business men, who have an abundance of public spirit and civic pride and of type that cannot fail to inspire confidence and get re- suits Our best wishes to Frank Johnston, who will take his place In the ranks. Whether president or private, he's a hustler and will be seen, and heard, and his influence will be felt all about the state. To Pres1- dent Pease, greetings! Those who know you best are satisfied that you'll keep the c. of c. on the move and maintain the high standard of your predecessor. Efficiency has been one of your notices and has been illustrated in your entire business ca reer And we feel satisfied that your administration as president of the C. of c. of Connecticut will be efficient and effective. Tn other words, it will be a successful administration.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
Parents Should Know this Splendid Remedy
Simple Laxative Compound Helps to Correct Consti-
 patton in Children.

With all children there are times when the bowels fail to act naturally and it becomes necessary for the par ents to administer remedy. Cathar- tics and purgatives should never be used as these agents afford only tenn rorary relief while their violent action shocks the system unduly. Mrs. Eva F. Calf, 517 10th St., Washington, D. C., says that her little girl, Marie, had been subject to constipation, and that she found pr. Caldwalls Syrup Pepsin the best remedy because of its mild ress, and now always keeps a bottle of 1t in the house.
 Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a. compound of simple laxative herbs, free from opiates or narcotic drugs of any kind, and is an ideal remedy for children because of its mild action and positive effect. Its use tends to strengthen the impaired bowel action and restore normal regularity.
 It is important that parents should know of a dependable remedy with no unpleasant after effects. gripping or
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
LUTHER LEAGUE FESTIVAL.

At the Swedish Lutheran church last night under the auspices of the Luther league the annual harvest fes- tival was held. The event proved a success in every way. Professor Ger hard Alexis, the organist, and the Misses Adeline Ohman and MiIdren Swanson favored with musical num- bers. Professor Alexis and Fillmore Ohman played piano solos and duets and Miss Mary Johnson delivered a recitation. Rev. Dr. s. G. Ohman de- livered a short address and a social hour followed, light refreshments being served
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29

bought three bales at 10 cents a pound, rather more than the quota ton then prevailing. One bale he gave to a cotton promotion organi- zation in New York-losing his $50. Another was sold for charity in Okla homa-and another $50 was lost. The third, 1t Is said, has just been dis posed of by the president at exactly the purchase price. The net result is that the president is "out" $1O0. Who got the money? The South? The hard-pressed cotton planters?
 The South did not profit by the "buy-a-bale movement. It is doubt full whether such a promotion scheme could have been carried out in any other country. Witness the depressed cotton market, the alarmed growers, the solicitous statesmen and the un- certain brokers. Recall the propos- als for government aid. These re- 5ected-and wisely-the "buy-a-bale" plan was evolved, and for some rea- son became immediately popular. Men in public life, according to their 1 station, responsibility or political needs, bought one or more bales. By buying bale the purchaser was | strengthening business, North and l South; he was keeping his money at
 home, but what was more attractive, | the inevitable rise in the cotton mar
 ket would assure him reasonable | profit. It was plain that no one | could lose.
 The "buy-a-bale" plan has come and gone. The South has managed to worry through the winter and finds itself with another big crop on it's hands. There is something ridicu- lous in the memory of the bale dis tribution plan, especially when re- suits are compared with predictions. There Is also a moral to be drawn, although morals are of little benefit in politics. The point to be remem- bered is that emotional action for re- lief rarely gets anywhere. If 1t does, results are not commensurate with expenditures. Thus it was with the "buy-a-bale" movement. Thus it may be with trade merchant marine or other proposals to meet the needs of a day. In the business of gov ernment as in the government of business, emotion and theory gener- ally should have the strict practical examination.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
Haverhill Of Today. (Haverhill Gazette.)

Nine hundred Lithuanians reside within our borders, 700 Poles, 1,5OO Italians, 2,450 Greeks, $500 French, 10000 Irish, 2,300 Jewish, 500 Ar menians, 25.000 Americans and 1000 of scattering nationalities. The vaults of our savings banks contain deposits of $13,Oo0,0 ,000, not including deposits in savings departments of national banks, trust companies or postal sav- ings. Over 76 per cent of the more than 10000 registered voters own their homes The total valuation of the shoe industry alone is over s36,- oo0'0oO With an annual wage roll of $l6,OOO,000. Our 32 public schools With their 225 teachers and 1000 pu- p1ls and strong parochial school sys- tenn tells the story of our education progress and-over all, crowning all the spires of half a hundred church. es point to the skies.
 what contrast to the original settlement! The crude Haverhill of 1o4o has become one of the indus trial centers of the world. It is of little avail to babble anniversary sen'' ument. The utterances of the pio- neers were marked by that discretion or speech which Bacon says is more than eloquence." They were doer3 or deeds, not dreamers of dreams. Theirs was a serious task and those who performed it had a full sense of their great responsibilities. Our duty today Is to recognize the obliga- tions laid upon us by the past to which our civilization owes such pro- gress as 1t makes It will be poor citizen who does not, with searching honesty, examine his heart today to find if it beats with a stern resolve equal to theirs of the first settlement. Not merely to love the republic with honor, but to pay for its preservation, if need arise-to pay such a price as they ungrudgingly paid.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
Had Advice to Women With a Little
 Money.
Bridgeport Farmer.)

Bridgeport Farmer)
 The magazines seem to be quite generally slipping into a practice more doubtful than the best news papers permit themselves.
 Many of them have established so- called Investment hints" or Guide to Investors,'' or something under a similar name, which are merely so many columns of touting for Wall street. While couched in the lan- guage of caution, most of these hints are guide boards that direct the unwary into the realm of endless securities, upon the issue of which speculation thrives.
 The Ladies' Home Journal, which Is rather free from this sort or onense, has a lapse, in it's October number
 Its kind words are addressed to 'The woman who inherits some money, who is "sorely puzzled as to how and where to invest it."
 A woman who inherits money finds it invested as a rule, or in the savings bank, and there is little reason why she should be puzzled, and little occa- sion for special investment guiding for this group of women.
 But there would be little harm in selecting "women who have just in- herited a little money" if the advice were sound, which it is not. Here 1t Is:
 "The safest investment for woman is to put her money into a savings bank This will pay her from three to four per cent.
 "The next safest investment is a ffrst-not a second-m ortgage. That t1.aI f.N five per cent.
 "The third safest investment is a bond That will pay her from four to six per cent"
 Money in savings banks is safe, money on good first mortgage is safe. but money in "a bond!' There is the rub All this sort of thing ends up with the bond. It is pretty nearly criminal to advise a woman who has inherited a little money, and who is puzzled what to do with it to invest in a bond, especially when the advice is followed by a representation that the return will be larger, and a decla ration of the dangers of investments in stock.
 Stocks says our contemporary, are doubtful because of the possibility of fuctuation. Then too, a stock may stop paying dividends Again you cannot always sell the stock.
 But bonds are doubtful, not because of possibility of fiuctuation, but be- cause. like stock. they are almost cer- tain to do so. Again, a bond will not stop paying dividends, but 1t does stop having interest, which is exactly the same thing. You cannot always sell
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
A COSTLY LESSON.

hen mothers kiss their little chill good bye, in the morning and ale them of to school 1t Is but and right bti1at these mothers s some assurance that their loved are not going to be brought Pe charred and burned as a result farelessness on the part of fire in- Ftors, or because school authori-
 falied to make, proper provision
 saIetG The schoolhouse fire in S4otly' Massachusetts, which re- en Tn the. destruction of twenty e girls yesterdaS. gives evidence of
 wtlful neglect sometimes con- ca by public officials. From a able report of the catastrophe the
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29

following description is given of the ramshackle fire-trap at Peabody: ..It was an old three-story structure of brick. with a wooden interior. There were no fire escapes on the build ing" That sentence practically tells the whole story. An old three-story structure of brick with wooden in- terior burns like paper box when confiagration starts. When there are no fire escapes on such buildings the chances of the inmates getting out in the event of fire are materially lessened. And yet how many of these old three-story structures with wooden interiors and no fire escapes are scattered throughout the country and are being used as school houses? As there was a revo- lution in theater construc- tion after the horrible Iroquois fire in Chicago. there should also be a campaign waged against old school houses after this appalling Peabody disaster. The moans of those inno- cent little children who perished yes- terday should not be in vain. Their little brothers and sisters throughout the nation should be granted immun- ity from such danger. The mothers and fathers of little school children should be spared the anxiety and mayhap the grief that is ever liable to befall them when old three-story structures with wooden interiors are pressed into use as schoolhouses. This is the day of enlightenment, the day of improvement. There are more children going to school now than ever before in the history of this nation, and they should not be housed in buildings that may prove to be fiery graves. A thorough official in vestigation of the fire at Peabody should be instituted, and the respon- sibility for the loss of life fixed so that the entire nation may take heed. There are too many of these poorly constructed schoolhouses, for the most part not having the proper fire precautions.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Lieutenant Fay and his accomplices in the conspiracy to blow up ships used in the munitions export trade are better representatives of German impudence than of German efficiency
 There is urgent need that this con- spiracy be broken up and that the criminals engaged in it be brought to book. They are making territory of the United States the base of hostile operations against Germanys enemies in way that seriously compromises our neutrality. If we fail to use due
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29

a share of stock, but neither can you always sell a bond.
 The modern bond, 1t may be added, frequently carries every evil and un- certainty carried by stock, even to an enormous amount of water. To ad- wise women who have inherited a little money to invest in "a bond" which is what the advice under con- sideration amounts to, is to invite her to sacrifice that little.
 Some bonds are good investments. but no woman unfamiliar with invest ments should put her money into bonds except upon reliable advice of those who know the character of the particular bond.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29

We suppose that the bluebird the suffragists have in mind is not really the familiar member of the thrush family, but the bluebird of happiness described so beautifully in Maeter- linck's fairy play which everybody ought to see. But we wonder wheth- CT the thought was a happy one. r. will be remembered that Tyltyl and Mytl in their search for happiness visited the Land of Memory, the Palace of Night, the Palace of Hap piness and the Kingdom of the Flu ture, thinking vainly they would see the bluebird only to find it at last in their own home. Will the ballott bring to woman a greater happiness or open up to her a wider sphere of usefulness and influence than she now finds in her own home? Has not the bluebird really been there all the time, its song unheard, it's form unrecognized d?-Springfield Republ- can.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-29
KEEPS KIDNEYS ACTIVE WITH A
 GLASS OF SALTS
Must flush your Kidneys occasionally If you eat meat regu-
 larly.
Noted authority tells what causes
 BaclSache and Bladder

Noted authority tells what causes
 BaclSache and Bladder
 weakness.
 No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally. says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which clogs the kidney pores so they sluggishly filter or strain only part of the waste and poi sons from the blood, then you get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, head aches, liver trouble, nervousness, con- stipation, dizziness. sleeplessness bladder, disorders come from slug gish kidneys.
 The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts. or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment irregular of passage or attended by a sensation of scala ing, get about four ounces of lad Salts from any reliable pharmacy and take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to ac- tivity, also neutralize the acids in urine so 1t no longer causes irrita- tion, thus bladder disorders.
 lad Salts is inexpensive and cam not injure; makes a delightful effer- vescent Whitewater drink which all regular meat eaters should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and the blood pure, thereby avoid ing serious kidney complioessaa4