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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
Obituary.

Sylvester David Chickering, son Of
George and Clarissa Fales Chicken
ing was born in North Royalton,
Cuyahaga county, Ohio, April IL,
1S45. When ne was six months old
with his father and company of 9TH
er emigrants from the same vicinity
he came to Michigan, since which time
nearly the whole of his life was spent
IN Ionia county and more than so
years on the farm on which he died,
January 18, 1919. When a young
man he worked at farm work sum-
mcr or two in Fairplains and several
winters in the lumber woods which is
all the time that his labor has not
been in this county. He saw this
region change from a wilderness in
habited by Indians and the wild crea-
lures of the forest to what we see it
now. He was married to Miss Anne
M. Woodbridge April %, 1875. Be
sides his wife, five children, Berthold
A., Clarence G and Ernest E. Chick
ering, Mrs. VIM. s. Croel and Mrs.
James ]. Lind survive him. He leaves
also 10 grandchildren. Other near
relatives are three brothers, Roswell
G., Emory B., DAME z. Chickering
and one sister, Mrs. Eugene Post. He
had many friends who cheered his
long illness with their Kindness
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29

Will our Initters please send in all
knitted articles by Feb. A? This will
be our final shipment. We have had
splendid work done in this depart
ment and we wish to thank all who
have so willingly done the work.
Dan Vincent, one of our patriotic
lads, IL years old, knit as nice a sweat
er as any of the older knitters. Ev-
cry stitch was perfect. He did the
work without help.
We shipped " pairs of army paja-
mas last week.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
Stop and Think.

OtVp anu inuHk-
As the autos pass it brings to me,
Thoughts of the days gone by.
And as / look back can clearly see .
Where some words are going to die.
Words that were false when spoken,
But people doubted them not;
And now we have left as a token,
Evil words which cannot be forgot.
So Brothers, when trials overtake you
Please make your decision more
slow,
And when you are asked, "Did he do
it,.
Don't say till you positively know.
v. c. ShotwelL
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
OF MICHIGAN, The Probat,

Court for the County of Ionia.
In the matter of the estate of
Augusta Curtis, Deceased.
Having been appointed commits
sioners to receive and adjust all
claims and demands. of all persons
against the said deceased, we do here
by give notice that four months from
the second day of December, A. d.
1918, were allowed by said court for
creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and adjustment
and that we will meet at the store Of
Smith Stanton on West Main street
in the city of Bedding, Mich, in said
county, on the Bird day of February,
"A. ID. 1919 and the End day of April,
A. ID. 1919, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon of each of said days for the pur-
pose Of examining and adjusting said
claims.
Dated Belding, Mich, Jan. 2, A. d.
1919.
Smith Stanton,
Henry Friedly,
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness and SYM
pathy during the sickness and at the
songs and the minister for his COM
forting words, and all who sent floral
offerings in our time of sorrow.
Anne M. Chickering.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
CHURCH OF CHRTsT

CHURCH OF CHRIST
Regular services on Sunday, 1890
a. m. Worship and communion.
1900 noon, Bible school; 900 p, m,
senior c. E.; TOO p. M, evangelistic
service.
Mid-week prayer meeting and
training class Thursday ut 7:30 p. m.
You are cordially invited to all SER
vices Of the church.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
CHRISTIAN SCIENCI

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Christian Science society, log So.
Pleasant street.
Sunday morning service at 10:45.
Sunday school at 1:45.
Testimonial meeting every Wed
nesday evening at 7:30.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
METHODIST

METHODIST
Sunday, 1000, class meeting; 1890,
morning service; 11:45. Sunday
school; Epworth league, 900; even
ing service at 700 p. m.
Prayer meeting for young women
in Philathea room and young men n
Baraca room Tuesday evening, 7:30.
Thursday evening at 1880, general
prayer meeting followed by Bible
stury. p. Ray Norton, Pastor.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC

ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC
Mass every other Sunday at 8 a. m,
every alternate Sunday at 1890 a. m.
Mass every week day at 7:30 a. m.
Rectory residence, 400 South Bridge
street.
Rev. John A. Klich, Rector.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
w C. II IL Nnfice

Regular meeting of the w. C. T. u.
Friday afternoon, Jan. 81 in the par
lors of the Alvah N. Bedding Memoir
ial library at 2:30 o'clock. Miscel-
laneous program, Mrs. Hannah,
reader.
Mrs. Mary E. H. Coville.
Press Supt.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
LATTER DAY SAINTS

Sunday school, 1880; prayer SER
vice, 11:30; religo, $50; preaching,
1880. ]. ID. Aelick, Pastor.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
BAPTIST CHURCH

BAPTIST CHURCH
STRENGTHENING worship, 1920 a.
m; Bible school, 1900; B. Y. p. u,
600 p. m; evening service, TOO;
prayer meeting, Thursday evening at
1880. w. A. Bliss. Pastor.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
FREE METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday school, 1000.
Morning worship, HOO.
Class meeting, 1900.
Evening service, TOO. Sermon by
the pastor.
Holiness meeting, Tuesday evening,
1880.
Prayer service, Thursday evening,
z 80.
You are welcome.
j. Fred Iulo Pastor
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29

Word has come from Bayreuth an
nouncing the death of Cosima Wagner
the widow of the famous operate
composer, Richard Wagner, on Dec.
Fl. Nine. Wagner was the daughter
of Franz List, the celebrated pianist,
composer and conductor. Her first
husband was Hans Won Buelow, the
pianist and conductor. Nine. Wag-
ner was 78 years of age. She had
been in failing health for some time.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29

performances in England were con-
Quoted by Mendelssohn himself. He
played for the high and mighty of
that country, and he even played the
Accomplishments to some of his songs
for the late Queen Victoria.
The queen and her ccnsort, Prince
Albert, were quite musical and great
admirers of Mendelssohn. On one
of his visits he was invited to call on
the. queen. He was received by her
in her own sitting room. She asked
him to play for her and later sang
some songs to which he played the
accomplishments. The queen sang
quite well, but admitted that she was
nervous in the presence Of such cele-
brated musician.
1t was only when his sister Fanny
died that Mendelssohn began to know
sorrow in the real meaning of the
word. And that he did not have to
endure very long, for his own demise
occurred shortly after.
Mendelssomn, somehow, always re-
minds one Of the French painter, Co
rot. Both saw and painted the beau
tiful things in life; both were ex.
quisites and for both the sun shone
brightly and brilliantly throughout
their lives.
The history of music recounts very
few lives as brilliant and as free from
sordidness as that of Mendelssohn,
and this PROFESSIONALLY had its influ-
ence on his music.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-29
G1aurrh q9S.R!E
Surl1d45 School.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
w. J.. Rookie. Pastor.

Morning service at 1920.
Evening service at 700.
Christian Endeavor at 600.
Sunday School at 1900.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04
An Hour a Day
With Jesus
BY REV. HOWARD W. POPE
Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago

TEXT-What! Could We not watch with
me one hour?-Matt. 26:40.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04
Odd Buildings in Far East.

Of the many strange buildings and
temples in the far East, says a writer
in the Wide World, there are none
more wonderful than the $50 temples
of the law at Mandalay, in upper Bur-
ma, known as the Rutholdaw, "Royal
Merit" The group consists of a large
central pagOda surrounded by hundreds
of smaller white temples or shrines.
They were erected by Ain-shay-min,
who assembled the throne on the death
of his brother in 1857. The latter was
cruelty murdered by his two nephews,
and it appears that this very much af-
fected the new king. Not only did he
devote his energies to peace, but erect
ed this strange group of temples, each
one of which contains q slab on which
is engraved a portion of the Buddhist
Bible. The holy tablets are made of
soft marble or alabaster, each slab be-
ing about the size of a large, old-fash-
loned upright tombstone. On both
sides are engraved chapters from the
Buddhist scriptures. Over every slab
s erected a canopy surmounted by a
yilded framework OF metal with small
linking bells. The temples are stu
ited in a beautiful wooded valley and
seen from the surrounding hills they
present a fascinating picture.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04

Figures made public by the marine
corps show that since our entrance
into the war the corps has enlisted 49,
.S26 recruits under 81 years of age, rep.
.resenting 30 per cent of the enlist
ments during the period. The policy
Of the marine corps in admitting boys
Of eighteen years and over into the
rank is more than justified, officers
claim, by the heroic fighting by the
marines at Chateau-Thierry and Bel
leau wood, the showing they have
made in their sector Of the Marine line
since thar time, and the y%outhfulness
of many of the marines who have
been decorated and cited in France.
While it was known that many boys
under twenty-one were serving with
the sea soldiers, the statement that
they aggregated nearly one-third Of
the enlistments was a surprise even
TO the marine officers themselves.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04
Why the Barber Pole Is
Painted Red and White

The barber pole is a souvenir of the
days when all kinds of business were
represented by pictorial signs, largely
because ability to read was not gen
eral. An explanation of the barber
pole is that it comes from the time
when %barbering was done by surgeons
or physicians and when the practice
of bleeding for all kinds of illness pre-
vailed. The barber stripes, according
to this explanation, picture the blood
stain on white cloth so frequently to
be observed after taking the bleeding
treatment. The barber pole has aoth-
ing to do with national colors.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04

Money well spent is that invested in
subscription to The Pleasantville
Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04

In 1917 only 1,6l4 persons ~emigrated
from Denmark to foreign countries; of
these 1859 came to the United States.
grants from Denmark in seventy years.
Heretofore fve-sixths of the smiRrants
have been farmers, workmen and
house servants, but during 1912 only
one-sixth belonged to these classes, a
larger percentage than usual being
tradesmen and commercial men of va
rious kinds.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04
Ash Sitter Hard to Beat as
Money Saver; Easy
to Build.

The Illustration in the upper right
represents a homemade ash sitter made
from plain boards and one-half inch
mesh cellar window wire. It's meas
urements are 30x27 inches, and it has
an elevation of one foot.
In the center is another view of the
same ash sitter. 1t shows the sitter
placed against the ash pit of a heater,
with a be. in back of it to catch the
reclaimed coal.
Ashes are drawn from the ash pit
with hoe, as shown in Illustration. As
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04

day. We are liv-
ing at a rapid
rate. Every one
seems to be in a
mad rush to get
there, and multi
tudes of business
m e are C o n
sciously violating
the speed laws of
health and safe
ty. 1t is becom-
ing harder all the
while to secure
time for private
or family wor-
ship, while medi-
t at on the
Word is, we fear,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04

Never was the Masters rebuke to
the disciples more pertinent than to-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04
Now for Motor SIeighs.

The governments first motor sleigh,
designed for mail delivery work in
Alaska, has been shipped from Cleve-
land. 1t is 25 feet long, 8 feet wide
and is expected to cover at least
100 miles Of ice and snow track
a day, with a burden of 500 pounds
of mail. Present delivery is made
by dog teams.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04

form of ash sitter which can be made
with four boards, or a box sawed in
half, a broomstick and a piece of one
half inch mesh cellar window wire.
This style of SITTER is efficient but scat
tiers more dust than the other.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04

SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH
Lake Place, PleasantviIIe.

Sabbath School this Saturday morn
ing at 1915 o'clock, followed by
Church services at II.
Prayer Meeting every Friday night
at 7.45 o'clock.
Everybody welcome.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04
Cotton in Egypt.

Area planted to cotton in Egypt is
about 100000 acres, compared with
1,744,000 last year. Weather is favor
liable, but on account of decreased
acreage the production must be
Anller.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04

they are pulled over the mesh the
ashes drop through the SITTER and the
recovered coal falls into the box. The
purpose of this form of sitter is to
allay dust and reduce work.
In the lower illustration is a simple
New-York tribune., 1919-12-08
harrington and Ho,Uat
Ciue Bonds of $4,000
In u. S. CONTEMPT Case

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Dec. 7.-After
obtaining q writ Of habeas corpus from
United States District Judge Fitz Henry
at Bloomington, Frank harrington,
president of the Illinois miners, who
was arrested last night on a charge
of contempt os court, to-day gave bond
for $4,000. Harrington was arrested
on information filed in the Federal
district court of Indianapolis charg-
ing him with violation of the injunc-
tion issued by Judge A. S. Anderson
and with criminal contempt Of court.
FORT SCOTT, Kan, Dec. 7-Alex-
ander M. Howat, district president of
the United Mine Workers of America,
appeared before United States Com
missioner Clarence Price to-day and
gave bond for $4,000 to insure his
appearance in Indianapolis Tuesday to
answer q charge Of violating the Fed
eral court injunction issued by Judge
Anderson in connection with the coal
miners strike.
"If President Lewis and Secretary
Green have accepted the proposed set
tlement of President Wilson's as re-
ported" said Howat on leaving court,
"it is almost certain that settlement
meets with the agreement of the union
miners. or they would not have
accepted it,"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-08
been cndeavoring to keep In close
touch with all developments in the coal
strike situation.

been cndeavoring to keep In close
touch with all developments in the coal
strike situation.
Truce Surprises Warrington.
The attempt by the Administration
to settle the coal strike came as . great
surprise to Washington. While tho
bare announcement was authorized at
the White House yesterday that At
torney General Palmer conferred with
the President on the coal situation,
President Lewis and Secretary Green
succeeded in keeping their presence in
Washington complete secret until tho
midnight announcement issued by At
torney General Palmer.
The activity of Governor Lowden in
Illinois, Governor Cox in Ohio. and
Governor Allen in Kansas in endeavor-
ing to settle the strike in their states,
It il believed, was one of the influences
which stirred the Administration to
action. Politicians declare the activi
ties Of Governors Lowden and Cox, who
are political candidates respectively for
the Republican and Democratic nomina-
tions for the Presidency, have demon
strated to the Attorney General who
also is mentioned for the Democratic
nomination, that every effort possible
should be made to bring about an am
icable settlement of the coal strike.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-08
Germans Charge British
Broke Arntistiice Terms
German Sovereignty Inpaded
at Kiel, Says Berlin, by
the Steamship St. Helena

BERLIN, Dec. 7-Vigorous repre-
sentations have been made by the Ger
man government to the Inter-Allied
Naval Commission relative to an alleged
violation of the armistice terms and
an invasion of German sovereignty at
Kiel by the British steamer St. Helena,
carrying German prisoners.
The incident, which is described as
extraordinary" in semi official state
ment issued day, occurred along the
Kiel Canal Word was received by the
German Baltic station that a German
had escaped from the steamer while
she was anchored at the Holtenau
docks, and that he had been pursued
and fired upon by the British. German
troops were at once ordered to occupy
the docks and Kiel police boarded the
st. Helena to inquire as to the cause
of the incident. They are alleged to
have found there about 700 Germans
who claimed they were being held on
board and believed they we're being
taken to Danzig for forcible enlistment
in the Polish Legion. They asserted
they had been selected from prisoner
camps in England because of their
Polish names, and that many had joined
the legion under British pressure.
was in German territorial waters, and
that, therefore, the men were no longer
prisoners, and thereupon the British
commander Of the naval escort and
the captain of the st. Helena liberated,
under protest, 600 men who did not
wish to remain on board. From SO to
100 Germans are said to have remained
on board the ship, which proceeded to
Danzig.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-08
Railroads Fuel-Saving
Schedules Ready To-day
Curtailed Service on All Lines
Becomes Effective at
Midnieht

New train schedules designed to save
fuel by putting into effect general
reduction Of passenger service will be
announced to-day by A. T. Hardin, re-
glonal director Of railroads for the
Eastern District. The new schedules
VIII go into effect tomorrow at mid
night. 'N
Nc, more trains will b. run than are
absolutely necessary to handle traffic
The public already has been warned
by Director General Hines of the Rail
road Administration that railway
travel will be difficult and unsatis-
factory" He has asked that no one
shall travel unless compelled to.
Among trains already discontinue
are the New York Central's Twentieth
Century Limited and the Pennsyl-
vania's Broadway Limited, between Chi
cago and New York, and the Congress
slonal Limited, between Washington
and New York. Besides these. manv
less known express services are to be
discontinued,
1t was said in railroad circles that
the train limitations will be more se
we're than those imposed during the
war.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-08
Steel Erectors Declare
Closed Shop Impossible
Officials Say Building Trades
Agreement Means Return to
DAYS of Sam Parks

W. A. Garrigues, president Of the
Iron League Erectors' Association,
members of which object to the agree
ment entered into by the Building
Trades Employers Association and the
unions, in letter to The Tribune
yesterday said:
"The Iron League Erectors' Associa-
tion has not subscribed to any agree
ment to use the closed shop in the
setting of structural steel work in this
city and has no intention of doing 50.
"This fact was officially made known
to the Building Trades Employers AS
sociation before the execution of the
agreement . and as the practice
of using union and non-union men
of structural steel work, established
fourteen years ago, has resulted in
eliminating strikes of our workmen, in
increased efficiency on their part and
in making available larger number Of
men for this class of work, the Iron
League Erectors' Association would be
false to the interests OF its members
and the public alike if it should change
policy that has worked so success
fully"
Walter Drew, counsel for the asso-
citation, said the report that the iron
contractors were taking the aggres-
sive in disrupting an otherwise peace
full condition was untrue.
"1f any trouble and warfare is be-
gum" Mr.. Drew added, "it will be by
those who seek arbitrarily to change
the established conditions and Gus
TOMS"
In 1905 closed shop conditions were
abandoned, Mr. Drew explained, be-
cause "they were unbearable." He de-
plored any agreement that would force
them back to the conditions that ex
listed in the regime of Sam Parks. ex-
business manager of the Iron Workers
Union, who died in Sing Sing a few
years ago after having been convicted
of graft and extortion.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-08
Kansas to Continue
State Mine Control
Regardless of Truce

PITTSBURG. Kan, Dec. 7.-Twen-
ty-seven carloads of coal were shipped
from the mines operating under the
Kansas receivership tonight, the rec
ord fer single days shipment, and an
increase of twenty cars over yester-
days production, it was announced to-
night by the state receivers. The total
production up to Saturday night was
twenty-five carloads.
The receivers said they had a report
that nearly eight cars of coal were
produced in the Linn County mines.
They hope to have fourteen mines in
operation tomorrow.
Concerning Washington reports as to
the probable settlement of the strike,
Governor Henry J. Allen announced
that operation of the mines under
state receivership probably would con-
tinue for some time and that the re-
ceivers would continue in charge even
after the union miners returned to
work
New-York tribune., 1919-12-08
1872 Passenger Trains
Taken of Ne,U Haucn;
77Of BOst0r, e Maine

BOSTON, Dec. 7.-Discontinuance of
1872 passenger trains on the New York.
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and
n on tho Boston & Maine Railroad,
effective Wednesday because Of the
fuel shortage. was announced to-day.
Two trains in each direction will be
taken off the New Haven roads New
York Boston service, the Knickcrbocker r
Limited leaving New York at p. m.,
the Knickerbocker train leaving Bos-
ton at the same hour, the 7:51 a. M.
train from New York via Hartford, and
the 7:46 a. M. train from Boston via
Hartford.
Fifty Of the New Haven trains to be
discontinued run only one day week,
Saturday or Sunday. Nine of those
specified by the Boston g. Maine are
Sunday trains. Extra stops will be
made by other trains in many cases to
accommodate local traffic.