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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
EXTRA CLERKS FOR DRAFT REGIS
TRATION.
Usual Voting Places Will be Used
June B.

Usual Voting Places Will be Used
| June 3.
| The county central registration board
upon receipt of telegram from Gov
ernor Sleeper Monday morning held a
meeting at which they appointed extra
registrars to work in conjunction with
those appointed at the meeting held on
May 9Th. The instructions from the
Governor called for registrar for each
500 Of the population to take the mill
tary enrolment as called for by the
proclamation of President Wilson.
The registration will be held OF, Tues
day. June 9Th The hours will be from
"a a. m. 10 8 p m. The registration
boards of tie several precincts will be
permitted to take twenty minutes for
meals. The county board is composed
Of County Clerk A. l.. Nichols, Sheriff
B. 8. Griffin and DIR. H. A. Hume The
additional registrars appointed on Mon
day were: Bennington. w. G. Fox;
Burns. Fred ID. Stowell; Caledonia,
Earl VanDekarr; Hazelton, George Tin
tel; New Haven, Frank Rosa Owosso,
George R., Fauth; Perry. A. L. Beard;
Rush, Leslie Allen; Sciota, Floyd f
Morgan; Shiawassee, VIM. j. McCul.
Tough; Venice. F. c. Reed; Vernon,
Frank Nichols; Owosso city, first wari,
r. P. Bigelow, second ward, Elmer
Schults; third ward, A. fl. Dumoud;
fourth ward, W. d. Whitehead; fifth
ward. Andrew Green.
The county central board also ap-
pointed the following places of regis
trationa for the several townships, wards
and precincts: Antrim, town hall;
Fairfield, town hall; Hazelton, first
precinct, Confer g. Zintels hall, New
Lothrop; second precinct. Reeds hall,
Juddville; Middlebury, town hall; New
Haven, town hall; Owosso. town hall;
Perry, first precinct. village hall; Perry,
second precinct, village hall, Morrice;
Rush, town hall; Sciota, town hal.
Laingsburg; Shiawassee, Phillips opera
house; Venice, town hall; Vernon, first
precinct, village hall, Durand; second
precinct, village hall. Vernon; third
precinct, Thomas building, Durand:
Woodruff, town hall; Owosso city, first
ward, water works Office. Ball street;
second ward. l. 0. o. F. templs, Mason
street; third ward, city hall; fourth
ward, library building. West Main
street; fifth ward, fire hall. West Main
street: Corunna. first ward, CONNER
cial house; second ward, city hall; third
ward, Corunna mills.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
CURLING INDUSTRY; OR The
!, !. Fable or The BUSY LEGISLATOR
asson In Tactical Politics, Outlining the 6est Course to
Pursue When the Welfare Of Industry
Intafiaras With Political Ambition.

One dark, stormy day there was born
10 otherwise happy and respectable
parents an embryonic legislator. He
made his debut in the midst of a thun-
der-clap. This fact may or may not
have been prophetic, but Ia after life
he manifested a decided fondness for
applause.
With no connivance on his part, the
infant Scion was named Thomas JEFF
ferson Monroe Miller His mother did
the naming, while his father, sue.
eessful retail butcher, stood by in mute
protest. thinking of the day when his
son should learn the meat business
from the bottom up. Thomas Jeffer-
son Monroe, the elder Miller knew.
would find the delivery baskets heavy
enough without carrying any excess
baggage In the way Of name. But
the maternal boss" had decided that
her son was cut out for better things
than constant association with steaks
and chops and, in the end she had her
way. thus depriving the world Of an
other perfectly competent butcher.
At the age Of eighteen Thomas JET.
ferson Monroe Miller began to feel
that his mothers confidence In him
was more than justified. The vista
Of his ambition included front ele-
vatioprof the Presidential chair.
During his college course. the pro-
spective statesman was so busy set
Ting the affairs Of the nation in ora.
torical contests and debates that he
had no time to spend on the problems
of trfgonometry. At the end Of four
years he had developed a magnificent
rush Of words to the face and. although
he was somewhat puny In mathemat-
les, the faculty decided that the best
way to get rid Of him was to hand
him bis sheepskin-
By this time our future legislator
bad grown a wonderful crop of back
hair that curled gracefully over his
collar, and had acquired the habit of
posing for his photograph with cor
rugated look about his brow and his
right hand in the breast Of his coat
By comparison with the most authori-
tative portraits. he was every inch q
statesman. 80 he returned to his ma
tive State and offered his services to
the BOSS Of the Party In Power.
The hard hearted political car
would have none Of him. however. and
Thomas jefferson came 10 the conclu-
sion that the Party In Power was cor
rupt. Therefore he Joined the ranks
,f the Reform Party and lent the
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fort to convince the 1nlain peepul"
hat the Predatory rilferers In Office
lad stolen everything but the brass
hinges on the Capitol door. Sg
After several years Of incessant ora
CRY. the promising youth was sent to
the legislature on the Reform Ticket
he won instant recognition By propos
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
With Eyes Shut?

Chairman Claude Kitchin, of the
House Ways and Means Committee
acknowledged the unscientific char
acter Of the customs feature of his
revenue bill, but said he intended to
vote for it s'with his eyes shut. -
That is the sort of legislation we
have been accustomed to for the past
four years. We shall have much of
it for the next two and possibly for
the next four years.
But while Mr.. Kitchin and his fel-
low Democrats are enacting laws
which are so odious as to call for a
closing of the eyes while the vote
is taken, what are the tax-paying
people of the country to dof Are
the manufacturers to close their eyes
alsof Are the farmers to till their
fields with their eyes shut Are
business men everywhere to run their
affairs on a basis that makes them so
ashamed they refuse to look UPON
what they are doingi
That is what the administration
teaches them by its example. Fortu-
nately, this country has few such
people in its citizenshi->-else the ma
ton would be short-lived indeed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25

ing a bill to prevent employers from
speaking harshly TO their employees.
That was the first of series of spec
tacular laws which he managed to
have enacted to curb the Ubiquitous
tendencies Of big BUSINESS"
With the naked eye the busy legis
lator could not have told an invoice
from petty cash account A high
powered ear trumpet would not have
enabled him to distinguish the song OF
the loom from the chant OF the buzz
saw. but his six cylinder self starting
oratory had to have some kind of
road to run on and the avenue Of In.
dustry was the most inviting to his
hectic eye. In other words the busy
legislator consecrated his lung power
to the work of helping the various leg.
islative bodies Of the country maintair
their record for enacting an aggregate
Of 1900 new statutes per annum deal
ing with production. distribution. EN-.
ployment and organization Like most
industrial reformers. be possessed the
rare genius for managing other peo-
pies affairs.
As q result of his active legislative
campaign, several Of the biggest man.
ufacturing houses In the State were
curbed into bankruptcy. but the jobless
employees gathered round the remains
and gave Three Cheers for the
Friend of the Workingman."
In few years Thomas Jefferson
Monroe Miller had Big Business
gasping on the mat and pleading for
help. There was apparently nothing,
left to curb. but by that time he had
contracted an Unsuitable thirst for reg.
nlating things. so he turned his attea.
ton to the liberties OF the individual.
He made II a crime for a man to put
his feet on the desk while debating to
bis stenographer. Next he put through
statute forcing restaurants to have
OIL hand q stock OF Ma Kim silencers for
diners whose audible fondness for soup
,nterfered with tho orchestra. Thanks
70 him. the prOprietors In hotels must
pow furnish their guests with bed
sheets Of statutory length or run the
chance Of being fined or imprisoned,
Meanwhile the Busy Legislator has
not reduced the height OF his youthful
ambitions. He has been standing
around with his hat Ia his hand. ready
to slip into the first vacant seat In the
United States senate. and his co;.stitu.
ents are convinced that he will not
have ia stand much longer. A commit.
tee Of MIS- townsmen recently visited
sculptor with view TO having their
hero's facial facade perpetuated In the
purest marble. The statue will be
placed in the town square after Miller
has gasped his last speech
Moral: They all look good In the
Hall Of Fame."-C. A. Rieser, Imdws
trSsl Conservation, N. =.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25

ideal farmer, one who would have no
bad qualities. There are lots Of them,
one who practices economy In every
way. personally oversees the work and
help do It. keep close tab on every brand
and see where improvements can be
made. Mr.. Green wald says the ideal
farmer should be q good judge of stock,
understand his soil. know when TO
plant, when to harvest and when to sell
MIR. Mccartney says those who have
farmed and experimental for years still
make mistakes. Mrs. Hammond thinks
one must like the work to be an ideal
farmer.
Mrs. Place read a humorous selection
"A Recruit for Suffrage" What is the
most obnoxious weed on your farm
and how to destroy it, Mrs. Schmidt
says the Canada thistle is bad, but wild
carrot IL worse. Thorough cultivation
Is the is. the best eradicator Mr.. Nc
Cartney successfully destroyed Canada
thistles by blowing the first week in
June then sowing Millet. Mr.. DeFrenn
told of killing thistles by the use Of
wood ashes put on them just before
rain. The I've killed the roots.
Mr.. Carson believes the best plan is
to set aside certain time each week Tor
tweed days" that this systimatic way
ia most successful
Mr.. Place thinks the wild carrot a
terrible menace, the seeds are 80 easily
carried
Some notes on the war situation were
given by Mrs s. l.. Henderson.
Mrs. Getman told of her recent trip
to Bellsire in an interesting way. Che
also told of a man near Grent who real
lied five thousand dollars from one acre
of onions last year In the locality OF
Belaire acres Of radishes are raised for
seed each year.
Mrs. Stewart read an article on Sub
stitutes for Bread. One chemist hav
ing 70.
The meeting closed with song and
prayer. The June meeting will be held
aJ the Green Meadow farm. After
partaking of splendid repast we went
to our many homes feeling well salts
fed with the time spent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
Is Japanese Competition overrated /?

Imports from Japan for the first
nine months of the current fiscal
year, S151,OOO,OCo, compared with
$73,000,O00 for the first nine months
of 1913-a protective period-a 107
per cent increase. DR.. Frank Rutter,
OF the Department of Commerce, is
quoted as saying the other day that
the danger Of japanese competition
was overrated. Well, the danger of
war was overrated by our Democratic
brethren last fall, but we got it just
the same. And we are getting the
japanese competition today.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
A Democrat Classification.

The Democrats in Congress are de-
termined to protect the soldiers Of
our new army from the infectious
contamination Of booze joints, handy
houses and Rwana Tumba. This is a
classification which even Editor New
EFT of Ishpeming never attempted to
make.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
Come TO Central Minnesota

This country is adapted to diver
sified farming, stock raising, dairy.
ing. all classes of small grains, cord,
clover. timothy and other grasses,
vegetables and small fruits. Prices
reasonable
We also have lands in Northern
Minnesota, and can furnish any size
tract desired. Low prices and easy
terms.
g. nton County Real Estate Co.,
3st Sank Rapids, Minnesota
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
increase Imports from CHINA.

China imports have recorded 100
per cent increase, comparing the first
nine months of the current fiscal year
with the same period 1919 $6O,OOO,-
600 worth of imports from China for
the 1917 period. Lot Of 'em were
antediluvian eggs beaten and mas
saged to hide their age and used by
constituencies bakers in cakes.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
NORTH owosso FARMERS CLUB

~ Wv II " Wv OoOO I <aNl06ho ObO %
"A large number of club members to-
gether with guests from CofunSa,
Owosso and their home neighborhood,
met at Cloverdale. the home of Mr. and
Mrs F. w. Galloway, May 18th, Mr..
FL. T. Stewart presiding. Columbia,
the Gem of the Ocean," was the open.
ing song Mrs. Stewart offered prayer
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Bttle were received
into membership. On current events
Mrs Place read an article telling of the
value of the butter fat. 1t contains
principles that promote growth and
cannot be classed with Oleo. 1t is not
only food but builder. Six hundred
million bushels of grain are wasted in
booze This is foolish and also wicked.
1t must be turned into bread.
In current events Mrs. Getman an.
nounced that there would be an illus
trated lecture at the congregational
church the evening of May goth, on
Making the Most of the Soil" Ladies
should buy table linen now as after
September first it will be impossible to
buy it at all.
DIR. Wiley. food expert, says woman's
patriotism will be proven by her de-
mand for whole wheat bread. that 2S
per cent of the wheat is discarded.
Whole wheat flour Is much healthier.
The British are in better health than
before the war. They suffer less from
overeatipg Reformi The Chicago
Board of Trade has begun to reform
itself. 1t isn't apparent though that
this great gambling institution has
really had change Of heart. The re.
form seems to be for it's own protection
rather than the protection of the public
Operating through it's board Of trade
and under its protection the profess
sional gamblers have engaged in what
Is virtually vast conspiracy to rob the
nation in the time of distress and their
example has been invited by boards of
middlemen all taking exorbitant toll
Of food supply that is scarce and OK
pensiye enough ut best. It Is time to
clear away this whole unpatriotic and
disgraceful mess of gambling and goug
ing. The state and federal authorities
ought to take hint fron the board OF
trade, little effort at self. and
stop every transaction in foodstuffs OF
any kind that does not involve the act
usl sale and delivery Of the food by
legitimate methods for legitimate pur.
poses.
Mrs. Mccartney read an article by
Prof. Petit stating that weather condi-
lions are such to indicate . pest of
insects. cut worms, etc. The latter
may be overcome by poison bate.
Farmers may get . formula for this
and many other helps by asking tn.
Agricultural Department for Farmers
Bulletin No 70. .
A recitation by Louis Freeman. "Mor
tifvipg Mistakes" was much spprs
ciated.
The local farmer. what qualities ar.
A. 3. Stewart means the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
For Golfers.

Bunker-Did you read about the golf
er who dropped dead right after max
ing 210 yard drive? Hunker-No.
but | have heard of several golfers
who have talked countless friends to
death after holing ten foot puts
Puck
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
sThousands of Mothers Worry

When the children cry in their sleep,
are peevish land constipated and take
cold easily. Mother Gray's Sweet Pow
ders for Children, has for 30 years been
a trusted remedy in many thousand
homes. They frequently break up colds
in "a hours, move and regulate the
bowels and destroy worms. SO
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
A Rerfact Iikanass.

Mrs. Sob. what beautiful face!
Who is it? Painter-That. madam. Is
your daughter. Mrs. S.-What a per-
feet likeness | think you must paint
moi
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
AHousehold Jewel.

rs your new maid competeAtY
"Very. She can even fool agents aad
peddlers into believing that she's mis-
tress OF the house
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-05-10
NEWS FROM MT. LEBANON

Rev. Bell preached strong sermon
to large congregation last Sunday
morning. We hope to have as many
at Sunday school next Sunday.
Most Of the farmers have the blues
over the cold weather, but we hope
to have some warm weather soon.
Mr.. Lotion Smithers returned from
Redlands, Cal, last week, after stay
Of two years. He likes California, but
likes old Tennessee better.
Mr.. Albert Parker, of Fort Pillow
is visiting friends and relatives here
this week.
Mr.. Mack Peeler is able to be up
again, after a long illness.
Mr.. Dick Smith purchased a new
Chevrolet car from Mr.. P. A. Gibbs
last week. Mr.. Will Whitehorn also
purchased a nice Dodge.
Mr.. ]. P. Boshers and wife and Miss
Lille Wood spent the day in Memphis
last Thursday.
Miss Gertrude Daniels, of Luxora
Ark, is visiting Miss Lorell Smith.
Mrs. Bette Shaw, Of Blytheville
Ark, returned to her home Sunday
after several days visit to her daugh-
ters hrs. Alt Myres
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-05-10
PERSONAL MENTION


Mr.. M. v. Crump, Of Brownsville,
spent Sunday with friends in this city.
Mr.. W. V. BringIe went Monday on
brief business trip to Nashville.
Mr.. G. G. Shaw, of Brownsville, was
visitor here Saturday.
Mr.. C. A. Hall, of Dyersburg, spent
Monday in this city.
Stock and poultry powders at Union
Drug Co.'S.
Mrs. H. C. HARRISON, of Memphis,
came up Monday evening on visit to
her daughter, Mrs. B. " Dickson.
Miss Vera Haynie paid short visit
to friends here, Monday, returning
home Tuesday morning.
Col. w. A. Owen was in attendance
on the supreme court in Jackson Mon
day.
Mr.. w. H. Henley, of Mayfeld, KY,
spent Sunday with his brother law,
Mr.. Rome Payne, Jr.
Miss Katherine Fite, of Atoka,
spent Sunday with Miss Emma De-
laSnmlt, OF this vicinity.
Mr.. Walter Brown and family left
Monday night for visit to Trenton,
going through the country in their car.
Miss Myrtle Murphy went Saturday
for visit of several days to relatives
at Stanton and Mason.
Mrs. ]. w. Featherston, Miss Jennie
May McKinnev and Mrs. 0zburn, of
Memphis, spent Sunday with the fam
lily of Esq. ]. A. Shoaf.
Mrs. Hunt Somervell, of Mason,
spent Sunday and Monday in the city
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Talley
Rose.
Miss Ada Harris and two sisters,
Misses Edna and Charlotte Harris, of
Memphis, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Sherrod Smith.
Miss Anne Cummings, Of Memphis,
after visit to the family of Mr.. G.
E. McFadden, returned to her home
Monday.
Messrs. r. S. Calhoun and w. d.
Sterling left Tuesday morning for
Union City and other points in the
interest Of the United LIS and Acct
dent Insurance Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-05-10
MARRIAGE
CONTINUED from April 1917
The Reciprocal Duties Of Husband
and Wife
By Rev, W. A. M. Plaxco

CONTINUED from April 1872
The Reciprocal Duties Of Husband
and Wife
1t is not known why the Apostle
Paul dwelt with special emphasis on
the reciprocal duties Of husband and
wife in his contemporaneous epistles
to the Ephesians and Collosians. Let
it suffice to say he does so, and that
the parallel sections should be care
fully compared.
The precepts enunciated are ex-
tremely simple and very obvious.
Domestic happiness is summed up in
very homely elements. One duty is
prescribed for the wife, and varying
forms of another for the husband
Like some exquisite perfume, distilled
from common flowers that grow ev-
erywhere, domestic happiness of mat
rimonial life is the blending in gentle
reciprocal consideratness of these two
simples- obedience and love.
The duty Of the wife is obedience,
The Apostle enforces this duty for the
reason that it is fit in the Lord. Thus
the scripture ideal Of the wife's duty
has for its. very center obedience.
Some Of you may smile at that. The
commonsense and wise counsel of the
Apostle Paul are sometimes flippantly
put aside by the idle remark that
Paul, being himself unmarried, takes
biased view of the subject and is not
competent Judge. Some of you will
think it, an old-fashioned notiona
survival of barbarous theory of mar
riage. But before you decide upon the
correctness of the Apostles precept,
YOU would better make quite sure of
its meaning. If you will turn to the
corresponding passage in Ephesians,
you will find that marriage is regard
ed from high and sacred viewpoint.
There the Apostle draws an analogy
between Christ and the Church and
the husband and the wife. Of this
subsection of the Church to Christ, the
relation of marriage furnishes an ex-
ample. In the thought Of the Apostle,
the holy and mysterious union of man
and woman in marriage is fashioned
in the likeness of the union of Christ
and the Church.
Such, then, as are the nature and
source of the Church's subsection to
Christ, such will be the nature and
source of the wife's subsection to her
husband. That is to say, it is a sub
lection of which love is the very soul
and animating principle. In true mat
rimony, as in the loving obedience of
a believing soul to Christ, the wife
submits, OF because she has found a
master, but because her heart has
found its rest. When thus seen, every
thing harsh or degrading melts away
from the requirement. 1t is JOY to
serve where the heart is engaged, and
that is eminently true of woman ma
ture. For its full satisfaction, a wo-
mans heart needs to look up where it
loves. She has certainly the fullest
welded life who can reverence her
husband. For its fullest satisfaction, a
woman's heart must serve where it
loves. For a wOman's love is nobler,
purer, more unselfsh and devoted
than a mans, and therein, as much as
in physical constitution, is laid the
foundation Of that divine ideal Of mar
riage which places the wife's delight
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-05-10

Mrs. Laura Wigs, after a visit Of
several weeks to Little Rock and Hot
Springs, Ark, returned Tuesday morn
ing and is again visiting in the home
of Capt. D. w. Rufin.
Mr.. Sam Montgomery, Of Amarillo,
Tex, arrived here Monday on a visit
to the family of his father, Mr.. 7. A.
Montgomery, in the Oak Grove vi
cinity.
Miss Alice Delashmit, Of this vicin-
ity, is now studying in the Lucy
Brinkley hospital in Memphis and is
preparing herself for the profession
of a trained nurse.
Misses Katherine Upton and Lucille
Bailey spent the weekend with Miss
Ruth Jacocks in Dyersburg and at
tended the field day exercises there
Friday.
Mrs. F. E. Hunt, of the 18th dis
trict, and her mother, Mrs. Black,
went to Memphis Sunday for a visit
of several days to Messrs. Emmett,
Noble and Charles Hunt.
Mrs. lneZ RlncK ana children, OF
Detroit, Mich, arrived here Tuesday
morning to be the guests of their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
Hanna.
Mr.. Charles Harris and family, of
the Stanton vicinity, paid visit to
this city Tuesday.
Mrs. M. E. Van Vickle and Mrs. w.
F. Van Vickle were visitors here from
the Beaver neighborhood Tuesday.
Hon. v. Kimbrough and wife and
Mr.. w. w. Templeton and wife, Of
Atoka, spent Sunday with relatives
and friends in this city.
Mr.. Eldredge Gotten, who has been
spending the past several weeks at
Armorelle, Ark, returned home Tues
day morning.
Rev. M. r. Gibson returned home
Tuesday morning from the meeting of
the presbytery of the A. R. P. church
at Ellsberry, Mo.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-05-10

GlencO, Jr., is black stallion, weigh
ing 1000 lbs, and was 4 years old on
April 20, of this year. He is q direct
grandson Of Glenco, the Ed Smith
racehorse; is a son of Barney. His
mother is granddaughter of Will
liam r.
GIencO goes all gaits and is a good
saddler.
This horse will make the season at
my barn, 3 miles east on Tabernacle
road. Terms; $1,000 to insure. Not
responsible for accidents. Money due
when mare proves to be in foal or
traded.
mayS-5w" WIN. BRAGG.