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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
MACCADEES WILL
RALLY At ORLEANS,
TUESDAY, NOV. IS
EXPECT MEMBERS PRESENT OF
EVERY TENT IN IONA COUNTY
GREAT OFFICERS PRESENT

The November rally of the Ionia
County Maccabees is scheduled to be
held with Orleans tent on Tuesday,
November Is and the Orleans boys are
making preparations to show the rest
of the fraternity just how the thing
should be carried out and the only
thing they might be disappointed in
could be IN case less than. SOC Mae
cabees should show up. The invita-
ton has been extended and isshereby
repeated TO every Maccabee in Ionia
county, (including Harry Osgood, over
in Kent county, TO be present at the
Orleans rallf, Tuesday, November Is.
We have word That in addition to
District Deputy, Arthur Throop, Great
Commander Thompson and Great Rec
ord Keeper Slay, will be present and
will give talks on some potent sub
iect dealing with the Maccabee order.
Fred Cutler of Ionia will also be there
and provided that Fred can forget
ladies handkerchiefs, corsets and 9TH
er feminine wearing apparel we may
have a continuation of the excellent
Maccabee insurance plan and rate
talk which be gave at the Belding raj
ly here last mouth. Mr.. Cutler at
that time brought out many facts not
generally known of the order and his
talk was real good.
A good many of the Belding Macca-
beees are going over to Orleans, wind
rain, hail, snow or shine, Tuesday
night, November Is and it is hoped
that each tent in the county will send
good showing of Nmemhers.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
FAST DRIVING
PUTS TWO MEN
IN THE HOSPITAL
AUTO is BADLY DEMOLISHED IN
EARLY MORNING CRASH
WITH TELEPHONE POLE

Two men so badly injured that it
was necessary for them to be taken
TO the hospital was the result of an
early morning crash between Chew
rolet automobile and telephone pole.
The machine carried Eugene Hop
pough, proprietor Of a garage at Or
leans and son., Of Sheriff Mark Hop
pough, of Ionia and Frank King and
Wesley Prentice, also of Orleans, and
the men were returning from Smyrna
where they had attended a dance which
had been held there Friday evening
and Saturday morning. They had left
the hall after the breaking up of the
dance and were returning home and
were coming down the hill between the
residence of w. B. Travis and the old
brickyard-a dangerous place-at an
alleged high rate of speed when the
machine, which was driven by Hop
pough, left the road after having pass
ed another car and shot directly and
with an apparently terrific speed, into
one of the heavy duty telephone poles
which stand along the roadside.
The front end of the Chevrolet
touring car was practically entirely
demolished and the impact threw the
men out of the machine, through the
windshield and onto the earth and
completely turned the automobile
around and had it headed when it stop
ped, directly opposite the direction
which it was travelling. King sustain
ed severe fracture of the collar bone
while Prentice received numerous cuts
and bruises about the face, head, arms
and hands. Hoppough came through
the smash without even a scratch and
those who saw him Immediately af-
ter the accident say that he was not
even badly scared over the affair.
Doctors from the city were soon on
the scene and attended the men and
they were taken to the hospital. Hop
pough came in in the morning with a
truck and loaded the front end of the
wrecked car on 10 and towed it over
to his garage at Orleans where it will
be repaired. IL was stated that the
machine was borrowed car.
People who were returning from the
dance and were driving along at a
moderate rate of speed say that the
Hoppough machine passed them and
that they were driving at a pretty
faif clip and that evidently they were
trying to pass everything on the road.
The road at the point where the acci-
dent occurred is very dangerous one
owing to the Pere Marquette railroad
crossing being at the foot of the hill
and it is customary with all careful
drivers, when reaching this place to
go very carefully on this account.
Hoppough passed machine just as it
was coming down the hill and shot
across ahead of it. 1t is thought that
he then lost control of it and the ac-
cident happened. He is reported to
have been inseveral automobile acci-
dents as the result of reckless and fast
driving and so far in each instance he
has come out of them unharmed. while
his companions received injuries of
more or less degree.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
THE SISTERS FAITH:
FORD RETURNS THEM

Rev. FIR. John M. Zindler, of st.
Joseph, former resident of this city
sends in the following Ford story.
During his residence here, FIR. Zind-
ler gained the reputation of being
the champion Ford story teller Of the
whole United States.
He sends the following in, not
claiming it to be the very latest, but
good enough to be published in the
Banner-News and of quality sufficient
to wiring a smile from even little Joe
Schoendorf, south of the city.
MANY are the stories of Henry
Ford and his popular automobile, but
Hillsboro is relating what it calls the
best of the season, and the facts in
the case are true. 1t happened in one
of the leading churches of the city
that the pastor took for the text of
his sermon, Better Church Attend
ance'.
"The pastor held that the automo-
bile has taken more people away
from church than any other thing. He
concluded with the exclamation: The
Ford car has taken more people to
hell than any other thing I can men,
tion Whereupon an old lady in the
congregation began to clap her hands
and moan Praise the Lord! PRISE the
Lordl'
whats the mater, sister," asked
the pastor.
"The Ford never went anyplace that
| it couldn't make the round trip, and
I am sure that all those people. In hell
will be back she answered. $50
praise the Lord"
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
MICHIGAN TO HAVE
BIGGEST EXHIBITION
At CHICAGO SHOW
INTERNATIONAL GRAIN AND
HAY SHOW ALLOTS STATE
LEADING SHOW SPACE

Michigan will have the largest state
exhibit of farm products at the first
annual international Hay and Grain
Show, at Chicago, from November 20
to December 6. The grain show,
which will be held at the same time
as the annual livestock show, will be
the biggest thing of its kind in the
country, all Middle Western states
and many Canadian provinces being
represented. Michigan has. been allot-
ted more show space than any other
state, and her educational exhibit will
be the feature of the show.
The Michigan Crop Improvement
Association, the Michigan Potato
Growers Association, and the Michi-
gan Agricultural College are cooperat-
ing in the preparation of the state
exhibit. In addition many of the
leading farmers of the state are en-
tering private show samples in COM
petition for the prizes offered on the
$4,000 premium list.
"The State Exhibit will feature
Michigan's seed industries, showing
the highly diversified seed production
of the state. says Prof. ]. f. Cox,
Farm Crops Specialist at the Michi-
gan Agricultural College. "The ex-
hibit will pay especial attention to
the production Of pedigreed seed,
in which field Michigan is recogniz-
ed leader"
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
TITLES PUhCTURED
ROMANCE ! WILL Be
SHOWN At EMPRESS
FILM TAKEN YEARS AGO HELD
UP BY WAR AND JUST RE-
GENTLY GETS RELEASED

To be lost on the Titanic and then
interned in bank vault until Presi-
dent Wilson affixed his signature TO
Uhe peace treaty, has been the expert
ence of the celluloid-exives of galaxy
of screen stars, headed by such fav-
orites as Charlie Chaplin, Mable Nor
mand, sgd Chaplin, Marie Dressler,
Chester Conklin, Chas. Murray, and a
host of others from the Mack Sennett
Studio, who appear in Titles Pune
tured Romance, the feature attrac-
.tion at the Empress for Wednesday,
November 10, the six reels of which
have Just. been hurried back to this
country from overseas by special mes
senger. It is probable that no other
feature in the history of the film in
dustry ever met with an as adventure
Gus career as this super-comedy, with
its host of famous screen comedians,
who could never be gathered together
in front of a camera again, because of
contracts and prohibitive salaries.
Frank Joslin, owner of the Empress
was in Detroit during the engage
ment of TITLES Punctured Romance"
at the Detroit Opera House and while
there learned some interesting facts
regarding the picture.
almost Immediately after this pic
ture was completed" said Mr.. Joslin.
lit was received with such storm of
popularity that it was decided to show
il throughout Europe, with sub-titles
translated in Chinese and japanese
and every known language. 1t was for
this reason that a print was placed
abroad the ill-fated Titanic. After
wards the negatives were sent abroad
and Immediately after its arrival over
seas, war was declared and the reels
were placed in one of the most famous
vaults in Paris, one which at the same
time housed a mass of allied docr-
ments. There il remained until the
signing of the peace automatically re
leased it. The positive prints which
had been made from the negative were
exhausted soon after the original was
sent abroad, where the prints were to
be made for European distribution,
the average life of film being less than
100 days. Owing to this situation,
TITLES Punctured Romance" has been
placed on virtually the basis of a brand
new release, with stars who could not
possibly be posed together again.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
Give Interesting Travelogues

DIR. and Mrs. A. c. Robinson are
pleasing good audiences at the Bap-
tist. church this week with a series
of intensely interesting travelogues
which they are giving, accompanying
them with stereopticon views of the
countries lectured on. Both DR.. Rob
inson and mis- wife are travellers of
note and they have a varied list of
countries, together with their condi-
tions which they touch on in the ser
les of educational travelogue. Every
body who has attended the lectures
this week speaks only in the highest
terms as to their quality and the abil-
ity of DR.. and Mrs. Robinson as enter
tanners in this line.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12

Mrs. Della Wright, who has be
visiting her sister, Mrs. Emn vsNNN'
liams, who lives near st. } seph,
Michigan, brought good sized dish of
nice ripe Strawberries home with her
She brought them into the Banner
News office and tempted the palates
of the Editor and the Office girl, by
allowing us to have a few looks at
them. Mrs. Wright says that she
had many strawberry shortcakes
while she was at her sisters and that
many green berries are still on the
vines. Her nephew, John Williams,
is very proud of his achievements
along the line of the late fruits and
is unusually successful.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
Girl Burns To Death

+ Mary Smith, 10 year old girl,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
Smith, living south and east of Lake
view, was so badly burned Saturday
that all efforts to save her after she
was taken to a hospital were futile.
Her body was so badly burned that it
was charred to crisp. The girl wish
ed to quicken slow fire and she
threw kerosene oil on the live Goals,
with the result that the stove exploded
and set fire to her clothing. The house
was burned to the ground and practi-
cally everything in the house was lost
only a few articles being saved.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
"Florida. Or Bust

Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Ring and son,
Carol, pulled out of the city Friday
morning about ten o'clock on the be-
ginning of their long journey TO Lees
burg, Florida. where they will stay
for the winter. Written on the back
curtain Of their Ford, in which they
are making the trip, were the words
''Florida or Bust. Everyone here
hopes that it is Florida and that the
"bust" part of it will never show up
at all and that the trip to the Sunny
Southland will be full of pleasant
events. With them were Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Norton and Mr.. and Mrs. AL.
Richardson and daughter. Leesburg
Florida is the home of Waldo f. Fran
cisco, former resident and mayor
of this. city and the local people will
make that place their headquarters
during their stay in the south.
A full line of window shades and
curtain rods. Ballard-Lloyd Co.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
Dies On Reaching Here

Stanley, the three weeks old baby
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd King, OF
Grand Rapids, died Monday night just
as he, together with his parents
reached the home of Mrs. Kings par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Benton
south of the city, where they had plan
ned on making a short visit. The King
family had arrived in the city and
while the baby was not sick before
leaving their home in Grand Rapids II
showed signs of illness during the
latter part of the journey and died
when the Benton home was reached
The funeral was held today.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12

Veterans Night At G. A. r. Hall
On Wednesday night, November 10
the Sons and Daughters of Veterans
will entertain the boys of '61 with a
fine supper and an unusually good
program.
Stare Department Commander of
Michigan Division, Ssns Of Veterans,
artzog will talk on Americanism.
This man is also a Baptist minister
and is an unusually fine speaker.
/ All are requested to be there and
bring your wives and husbands. The
committee in charge is A. M. Eaves,
Vern Davis, VIM. III. Malone, Mrs,
Smith Stanton, Mrs. Will Cobb and
Mrs. George Wiley.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
Girl Shot At Ionia

Lucille Cottrell, of Ionia, daugh-
ter of Happy" Cottrell, a former res
ident of this place wsSS shot IN the
stomach during the Armistiee Day
celebration in Ionia, on Tuesday af-
ternoon. The revolver was in the
hands Of Vito Baptista and it was a
blank cartridge charge which struck
the girl. The revolver was so close
to her that the wadding, burnt powder
etc, in the charge went into the girl's
stomach, making a wound about an
inch deep. 1t is thought she will get
along alright unless complications
set in.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
Lyle Wright Marries

The marriage of Lyle Wright, of
this city and Miss Marie Evans, of
Pomona. took place Saturday, Nov
Sth in Ionia, Rev. A. r. Mitchell off,
ciating and performing the ceremony
in the rectory there. Lyle was a sail
or on the Leviathian during the war
and made II trips over the briny deer
and considers himself. expert seaman
enough to take charge of bis matri-
monial barque and steer it through
the rough seas of life. Here Is hop
ing that no rough weather Is eucount-
cred and that health, wealth and hap
piness may be the waves over which
the happy couple sail
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
"Racy" Cases Not For Women

Judge Davis sitting in the lonia
Circuit Court has excused the women
jurors from service in a number of
cases in which rape, adultery and
other crimes are charged. The law
yers, sensing some racy talk and
quizzinz decided that it would be
rather embarrassing for a mixed jury
of men and women and therefore re-
quested the judge to excuse women
from the jury on these cases. The
ladies will, however, have chance
in a number of other cases which are
to be tried.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
HOSPITAL BOARD
MAKES PUBLIC ITS
MONTHLY REPORT
VERY FEW PEOPLE FOUND WHO
REFUSE TO COOPERATE AND
AID BOARD IN WORK

The regular meeting of the Lady
Board of Managers of Belding City
Hospital was held at the City hall on
Tuesday November a, 1919.
Minutes of last meeting were read
and approved. The regular business
was taken up, including the reading
Of bills and reports of committees. 1t
was voted to have Potato day in the
schools and Tuesday, November 20
was the date named, heretofore the
custom has been TO have an "apple"
and potato" day, so if any child cam
not bring potato, they may bring an
apple. The committee for Potato day
will be Mesdames Hubbell and Burris,
North side; H. Friedly and Weter,
High school; Klock, kindergarten:
The ladies have been very busy col
lecting from those who signed as
members of the association last year
also securing new members, of which
there are several.
Any person wishing to help the hos
pital in this way may become a regu-
lar member by paying one dollar an
nually. Life members paying fifty
dollars and an endowment member by
paying one hundred dollars. The la
dies have secured three life members
so far and large number of yearly
subscribers. A full list will be print
ed just as soon as the work is COM
pleted, oftentimes people will say IL
would do so and so far the hospital,
but no one asked me-. Please do not
wait to be asked. This is an oppor-
tune time to come forward and show
what you can do by becoming men,
Der of the association and help carry
the good work along, thereby year by
year increasing and developing this
grand mission Of mercy and succor to-
wards the afflicted.
The solicitors have met with great
success in their work only two or
three refusals so far.
The treasurer, Mrs. b. F. Hall, SUBJ
mitted the following report.
Balance, October 1, 1919 ....$ 5.18
Deposits in October.
Subscriptions :. -. -. ... 5000
donations -. So. -. 5.OO
Patlents -. 1884
Other Sources -. -. -. 1865
Total ..... ...... 80. $780,
! Disbursements in October.
Table Supplies 80. -. -. 226.70
Fuel, ice -. -. 80. 49,. 26.41
| Telephone, water, lights 80. 20.96
Drugs, hospital supplies ..... 144.53
Laundry -. -. .....l... BS.6I
Nurses -. ~. ...... 253.90
Housekeeper, cleaning. ..... 51.10
Repairs, furniture, bedding). 64.92
Sundries -. 49,. -. -. 6.43
eooo re
Total 80. -. -. ..... $yZ3.5b
Balance November l ........$ 21.11
Mrs. VIM. r. Ward, Sec.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
Brickers Sale Continues

Take notice all you who would save
money on blankets, ETC., that Bricker's
sale continues to Saturday night of
this week. Avail yourselves of some
of the money saving opportunities at
the Bricker store.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12

Marshal James Meginley corraled
bunch of boys, Tuesday evening,
some young girls having complained
to the Marshal that the young ruff
fans had been grabbing them and
kissing them, against their viii. The
youngsters were ordered to report
at the Marshal's Office at nine o'clock
this morning where they were to be
given a good lecture and a promise Of
more severe punishment for the next
offense. Only about one half Of them
showed up for the talk however.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
THE AMERICAN LEGION

wishes to thank the G. A. R., Red
Cross, I. o. o. F., the Belding
band, the Sons of Veterans, the
School children, speakers and Old
Gray Mare club and all those who
helped to make the Armistice Day
parade and dance success.
The American Legion
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12
SMYRNA DEPOT BURGLARIzED

The p. NJ. depot at Smyrna is ap-
parently on a regular schedule and is
considered as easy picking" by some
petty thief or thieves for on Wednes-
day night of last week they again
entered by means of a skeleton key
or other lock picking device and stole
a coat, hat, ivory clock, thermos bot
tie, pair of shoes, the electric light
globes, a suit case full of clothes
which had been left there and mum
Der of othef things. This is the sec
ond visit Of this nature to take place
in the Smyrna depot within the past
two weeks. Only FIVE cents in money
was secured in the two trips.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12

Mrs Fannie Eckert left Monday fol
a few days visit at Ionia-
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12

Bring your pictures you wish to have
framed for Xmas to Ballard Lloyd Co.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-11-12

A full line of window shades and
curtain rods. Ballard-Lloyd Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-12-12
For Alderman.

We are authorized to announce
C. T. Lovelace as a candidate for AL
derman of Union City. Mr.. Love
lace is stakeholder and general Sc
cretary of the Lovelace-Farmer
Wholesale Grocery Company OF
Union City and Martin. He was born
and reared at Como in Henry Coun-
ty, and located in Union City six or
seven years ago. He is young man
of family and fine personal charac-
ter and one of the very best citi-
zons we have. With all this he has
contributed with his efforts very
largely towards the success of his
wholesale house in Union City Mr..
Lovelace has a desire to see the
town of his adoption make progress
along good strong lines and he feels
like taking a hand in it's municipal
affairs. He believes that the women
are equally interested and solicits
their vote, asking everyone to care
fully consider his claims. He will
your kindness.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-12-12
FLOOD SWEEPS VALLEY.
Thousands Homeless as Result of
Swollen Streams.

Meridian, Miss, Dec. 9.-One
thousand people were homeless and
train service on six railroads was in
definitely suspended Here tonight
because of a flood from swollen
streams at the south of the city. One
person, negro. is thought to have
lost his life. The damage is esti-
mated in hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
With the exception of Mobile and
Ohio trains running to and from the
North, Meridian was cut off from the
outside world following the forty
eight hour rainfall, which reached
1910 inches.
The small valleys to the south are
completely flooded and the residents,
mostly negroes, had to flee to higher
ground. Several manufacturing
plants are in these valleys. The
railroad tracks are under water for
miles, and it is estimated that the
food will not recede within less
than three days. Several washouts
on railroads have been reported.
The unverified report of loss of
life was that of Milton Jones, negro,
who was said to have been swept
away by the water while attempting
to rescue negress marooned in her
house.
The dams of lakes privately owned
have broken. The damage to these
lakes including the loss of fish with
which they were stocked is estimat-
ed at $4,000.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-12-12
FLOODED MEN
Happy and Successful People Every
where Are Always in Great
Demand.
Best FriendsARed- BlOoded.
Pepto- Mangan Produces Better Blood
Sold in Liquid and Tablet
Form.

Get into the red-blooded class ii
you are not there now. Take a few
weeks course of that splendid ton
ic-Pepto-Mangan and note how you
improve in health and looks. Pep
to-Mangan is a red-blood maker and
is for sale at the drug store right
near your home. 1t is put up in both
liquid and tablet form. Take which
you choose. but see that the name
"Gude is on the package. With
out "Gude" it is not Pepto-Mangan.
1t is the cry Want
ed-Red- Blooded Men" The soldiers
and sailors that won the war were
-blooded, two-fisted fellows. In
business it is the red-blooded man
that stands the strain and wins the
big successes. The world has no place
for the thin blooded weakling. 1t is
natural, too, that red-blooded men
and women should have more friends,
and they do. They are better human
beings than the thin-blooded ane-
mics, who are likely to be "grouchy"
and irritable most of the time.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-12-12
For Alderman.

We are authorized to announce Tom
w. Jernigan as a candidate for AL
derman of Union City. Mr.. Jernigan
is a candidate for reelection. He
has served his first term and seeks
an Endorsement for the second. He
was born and reared in the county
and has been a citizen of Union City
for number of years. He is inter-
ested in private and public enter
prises and hasm ade an enviable re-
sord as Alderman. He is a man of
fine personal character and qualifi-
cations, and has been very careful in
looking after public interests and
guarding public safety and credit.
Mr.. Jernigan solicits your vote upon
his merits as citizen and Alderman.
He asks the support of the women
upon the same plane, believing in
their right to the ballot. Your kind
ness in considering his claims will be
appreciated.