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The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
TO HOLD PUBLIC
RECEPTION FOR
SCHOOL TEACHERS
CITIZENS WILL ALSO ii E
CHANCE TO INSPECT NEW
ELLIS SCHOOL

The board Of education is planning
on holding a public reception for the
teachers of the local schools in the
Ellis school on Friday night, Sep
tember %, at which time the school
patrons and citizens in general are
invited to be present and meet the
teachers who are here for the pIr-
pose of instructing the youth of this
city.
1t will also afford an opportunity
for the tax payers and other of the
city to inspct the new Ellis school
building. The reception will be held
at night and the school will be light
ed up comulete and there will be no
reason why you can not find out
what you want to about the building
or for not being able to get ac-
qua nted with the person who teach
es your children, because there will
be people there who will show you
the building and introduce you to
any one YOU may want to meet.
Remember the date, Friday, Sep
temher %. the place, Ellis school,
and be there.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
BAR ARBUCKLE
FILMS AS RESULT
OF MURDER CHARGE
REDICT COMEDIANS DRAW
ING POWER is OVER REGARD
LESS OF JURY'S VERDICT

No more will local friends of Fat
ty Arbuckle, the world wide known
comedian of the motion pictures
laugh at comical doings of the fun
ny fellow-that is at least not un-
til he has been cleared of the charge
of murder which has been lodged
against him because of the tragic
death Of Miss Virginia Frappe, which
happened in a suite of rooms which
Arbuckle had in the St. Francis Ho-
tel at San Francisco last week, af-
ter one of the parties" which Ar
buckle gave and which have taken
on more notorious hue each time
the fat man staged one of them.
Manager Joslin received word this
morning from the Michigan Motion
Picture Exhibitors Association to the
effect that he should not show any
more films in which Fatty Arbuckle
appeared as a star or otherwise. The
same request had been made by the
association to every picture theatre
in this state. Other states, perhaps
every one of them. are taking the
same action and where ten days ago
Arbuckle was one of the most popu-
lar motion picture stars and one of
the gTtdIeSI uIdWlHS CdIu WIllSIl a
theatre could get, today he stands in
the shadow of impending oblivion.
His admirers of Yesterday are today
ceiling for his punishment By the
forte ture Cf his life in retaliation
for the death of Miss Frappe, which
it is alleged he was the direct cause.
Manager Joslin, of the Empress
Theatre said that Arbuckle was al
ways one of his best pictures and
that a good crowd always greeted
h m when he was shown on the
screen. The local theatre had one of
Arbuckle's films booked for every
other Saturday evening, but from
now on will show no more of them
until after the murder charge against
him is either dropped or he is proven
innocent.
Arbuckle's career is spectacular.
Nine years ago he was engaged in
cleaning cuspidors and like work in
San Jose saloons. He came into
prom nence shortly afterward and
has been a big card in the movies
ever since. While his salary was
stupendous and his money came cas-
lily. he never helped his old mother
and two sisters. who live as washer
women in a small home in San Jose,
California and suuandered his mon
ey in riotous living and dissipation,
so reports allege.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
NEGRO LABOR IS
EMPL DYED ON
ELLIS AVENUE JOB
CONTRACTORS BRING COLORED
MEN WITH THEM FROM
GRAND RAPIDS

Martsen e. Green, Grand Rapids
contractors who were the successful
bidders and were given the job of
paving ELLIS Ave. west from Bridge
street to the, city limits have made
rapid progress lon the. work and
yesterday morning started in pour
ing the concrete on the job. The la
Dor on the concrete machine and job
is mostly performed by negroes,
three white men having the more i'm
portant and respons Bile positions.
These negroes were imported here
from Grand Rapids and are camped
across the road east of the Leland
Thompson house. They were unable
to get a house and so are camping
out in tents.
The grading of the stretch of road
is going along rapidly and the work
is being rushed with all possible
speed in order to get the stretch
completed by October 18th, the date
the contract calls for. The labor US
ed in grading and other team work
is being performed by white men
and they are for the most part To-
cal parties who were on the job when
the hiring was done.
The cement for the construction is
being furnished bv the local Cleaner
branch. 1t will take between 5000
and $500 barrels Of cement for the
job. The gravel is being hauled from
the rail road tracks to the Job by
Dave Sewers and a'crew of men and
iii reaching the city at the rate of
about four cars each day.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
Autos And Band Concerts

While the band concerts are very
nearly over for this season and
while it will not do great deal of
good to call attention to the fact at
this time, still we have ben request
ed to say that it would be better all
the way around if the people who
come to attend the concerts would
keep their autos quiet until the con-
cert is over and not start the machines
going about the time the second last
or the last piece is started. One lady
said that the Star Spangled Banner
which is usually the last piece given
by the band, is just as dear 70 her
now as 1t was when she had two sons
in the service and the same undoubt-
edlv will be true of many other peo-
pie. Keep the automobiles quiet un-
til the band gets through playing.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
CENTRAL LEAGUE
ALL STARS DEFEATED
LOCALS YESTERDAY
OWING TO LATENESS OF THE
SEASON NO MORE GAMES
WILL BE PLAYED

The Central League All Stars de-
feated Belding Tuesday by the score
of to /. 1t was good game and
the locals deserve much credit for
holding a club of that class to such
low score.
Manager Hartwell, of Ionia, GER
tainly has collected great aggrega-
tion. Every club in the Central was
represented and some of the boys
that are about to graduate into the
Big Leagues were in the line up.
Wernke, the main-stay of the
Grand Rapids club, was on the mound
for the Stars and showed some clever
box work especially with men on
the sacks. White was on the re-
ceiving end.
Kench pitched for Belding and
looked even better than his opponent
He worked himself out of many tight
holes and had our hits come at the
right tine, he would have been an
easy winner. Bill Simons, at his US
ual station, caught a fine game, he
held Kench up like veteran and be-
fore the game had progressed very
far the Leaguers began to show re-
spect for his throwing arm. Miller,
lTeldnu ana MdAWell TellllOICeO ny
McHale on third looked like that
famous million dollar infield. McKid-
die, Klock, Childs sure went and got
them in the outfield and robbed the
Stars of numerous hits by spectacu-
lar running catches.
The game which will probably be
the last of the season was witnessed
by good sized crowd.
The score by innings:
Stars 0 / % 0 2 0 0 0-5 8 l
Belding 0 90 0 0 o 0-1 8 2
Wernke. White; and Kench, Simons
Umpire, Little.
Many fans were disappointed last
Sunday as there was no game, but
weather conditions were such at noon
that the management deemed it ad-
visable to call the game off. II Is
possible, however, that game will
be played next Sunday, if so, it will
be announced at the Empress and by
hand bills.
The club wishes to take this op-
portunity of thanking the manager
of the Empress theatre for his as
sistance in advertising the games
during the season.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
Iona Sons of Veterans

A number from this city were in
Ionia Monday evening to assist in
the organization of Sons of Veter-
ans camp in the county seat city.
Eugene Vohlers was elected as COM
mander, Fred ID. Keister, as ST. vice
commander. Mr.. Shute. ir. vice COM
mander, c. o. Dickerson, patriotic
instructor, +. +. Branch, chaplain,
and others to fill the other Offices.
Division Commander w. II. Malone
of tn s city. was present and assisted
in the work of organization. The
camp has a charter membership of
Ga and was named after Allen b.
Morse, being camp No. 8. Quite a
number of the old Civil war vets and
the ladies of the w. r. c. were also
present.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
PROMOTERS Of
MAUSOLEUN ARE
MAKING PROGRESS
NEARLY 100 CRYPTS IN PROPOS-
ED NEW CEMETERY BUILD
ING SUBSCRIBED FOR

Excellent progress has been made
in the promotion of the new mauso-
leum for Belding, approximately
forty local families having made
their selection of locations in the
new building, and nearly one hundred
crypts have been contracted for.
The large mausoleum at st. Johns
Mich, also a product of Latchaw
Bros, hs been visited by several bus
mess men of Beld.ng and their fam
lilies and they are very enthusiastic
at the prospect of such beautiful
addition to our up-to-date little city.
Messrs. Latchaw and Gonderman,
who are carrying on the work of
promotion, report exceptional inter
est being manifested in the rural dis
tricts, many of the farmers prefer
ring to come several miles in order
to lay away their dead in the build
ing where absolute sanitation, scien-
tific construction, quiet, beauty and
actual economy combines to offset
the grief and dread that accompan-
les the lowering of our friends into
what we know will become a wet,
insanitary grave, in spite of the ex-
pense that is incurred in the effort
to make it otherwise.
The mausoleum is being promoted
and will be erected, under the SUI
pervision and the endorsement of
the local cemetery assoc alton and
the Belding city council and in MAX
ing it possible for the residents of
Belding and vicinity to avail them
selves of this more elegant way of
caring for their dead, these authori-
ties are certainly rendering a much
needed service to the whole commun-
ity.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
WEST MICHIGAN
FAIR To CLAIM
CROWDS NEXT WEEK
GRAND RAPIDS is READY TO
CARE FOR GREAT CROWDS
AND EXHIBITS

Every endeavor will be made this
year to far surpass all former eff
forts at the West Michigan State
Fair at Grand Rapids, September 49,
%, with the extra added Saturday,
24th, thrilling auto races, famous
drivers competing for the liberal
prizes.
After years of competition and a
studious outlay of time and money,
tn popular industrial exposition is
now regarded as Michigan.s greatest
agricultural fair and the increased
attendance yearly signifies the in
tense interest to all farmers and out
OF town visitors by the grand display
of new inventions adapted to the soil.
The tractor and auto exhibit alone
is well worthy OF trip to this great
annual event.
Nor has the entertainment and in
elestlng amusement features been
overlooked by this management in
securing only the highest class of
praiseworthy acts daring and skill,
al at an Xpense commensurate with
idea in mind TO repay every one for
visiting West Michigan's State Fair
and return home with a real feeling
of satisfaction.
The star headline feature act will
be the famous aviatriX, Ruth Law
and her flying circus celebrated as
"the air act supreme, and this will
be the only appearance in Michigan
this year of Miss Law and her COM
pany of acrobatic air pilots. Then
in addition, six planes from the Rose
swift Airplane Company will fly
continuously. every day. over the
fair grounds, giving daring exhibit
ons of stunt flying. and will take
fair visitors for a thrilling ride in
the clouds. The dav and night con-
tinuous programs offers lengthy
entertainment so all will be fully re-
paid and this year the night admis-
sion prices will be reduced.
Among a long list Of add tional
acts will be the white Arabian horses
in beautifully artistic posing; the
Roman standing races; the high
jumping horse Denver; Jazz Rags,
the crazy comedy mule; Lii Kers,
lakes educated pigs; Harry Davis &
Company works. greatest novelty
shooting act. Nathan Daniels famous
giant; the White brothers acrobatic
comiques; the Leach La-Quinlan
Trio, top-notch of gymnastic excel
lence and many other attractions.
The regular horse racing program
has been revised and purses increas-
ed to attract the thoroughbreds of
the harness world. Every day will
be its own special feature day and on
Tuesday, September goth will be held
Editors Day" a get-together news
paper convention that will be an an
nual event. A reunion of the clan
with their own headquarters.
A splendid and costly program has
been prepared for the nights enter
tainment when gorgeous pageants in
fireworks will depict in a most vivid
manner several historically famed
events such as "the great Chicago
fire., pioneer Days, "Siege of the
Dardanelles", the most elaborate
pyrotechnic displays ever seen any
where.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
Went To Attend Funeral

Lou Schrader, together with his
wife and two daughters and the
Misses Mamie Harrison and Florence
Peterson, left here yesterday morn
ing for Caledonia, to attend the fu-
neral of his brother-in-law, Deputy
Sheriff Charles Forward, who was
shot and killed attempting to arrest
revolver from a display which the
Caledonia American Legion had ex-
hibited. While Mr. Forward had
never lived here, he had visited here
many times and there are many peo-
nle whom he has met living in this
city who will regret to learn of his
death.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
Backed Car Into Windaw

An accident which might have been
a whole lot worse happened at about
eight o'clock, Tuesday evening when
Coy J. Scanlon. Of Grand Rapids, who
has been stationed at this city for
some time past as a taxi driver,
backed his automobile into one of
the plate glass windows in the front
Of the Sparks & Gambler store and
damaged the glass so that it will
have to be replaced with a new one
at a cost between one and two hun
dren dollars. The crash also pushed
the frame stile in so that it come
very near throwing the largest glass
out into the street. The accident
happned as a result of Scanlon hav-
ing his machine set in reverse when
ne started the motor.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
Clinic a Success

Miss Lille Young, r. N, in charge
of the Red Cross work in Ionia coun-
ty, reports that in the two day elm
ic which was held here a gbodly
number of people presented them
selves for examination. 81 coming the
first day and la the second day.
Most of the defects in the children
were traceable to malnutrition with
minor ailments of the eye. tonsils,
etc. being found as the cause for the
trouble in most cases. In the TB
clinic, II persons presented them
selves, of which were proved to
be positive cases and suspected.
The clinic was held under the aus
pices of the Red Cross. with Misses
Lille Young and Pearl Sparks, nurs-
es in charge. Local ladies who were
ence Washburn, Miss Edna Wise,
Mrs. G.. F. Smith, Mrs. Will Ward
and Miss hummer, school nurse.
the physicians of the city also man
listed considerable interest anda s.
sistance.
1t is the only general clinic in the
state, taking in diseases of the chest
diseases of children and venereal
diseases. 1t was organized year
ago and it's work is diagnosis only
with the cases being referred to the
family physician. DrFrank Rose,
of Jackson, assisted by Miss Alpha
Johnson, of the same place, was in
charge of the children's work, while
DR.. M. d. Campbell formerly of the
medical department of the Ford Mo-
tor Co., assisted by Miss Edna Shane
had the other work in hand.
The clinic is held to have been a
decided success.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
Special At Empress Theatre

r. f. Madsen, a Texas ranger
said to De the tallest man in the
world, will be at the Empress thea
ire on the coming Sunday. Madsen
is seven feet six inches tall and he
weiphs 230 pounds. With him is the
smallest horse in the world, Midget
three wears and seven months cid
and weight but 81 pounds. Madsen
is "a years old. His father was SIX
feet two inches tall and his mother
five feet six inches tall He attrf-
butes his great height to an out door
life. Madsen was rejected for army
service in the late war on account of
his height. but he was later on en-
ployed bv the government as horse
buyer. In addition to this attraction
VIM. Hart, of Chicago, the singing
comedian, will also appear at the
Empires Sunday.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
OPENS Chiropractic Office

f. G. Green, ID. C., Pm. G., has op-
ened an office for the practice of
chiropractic in the rooms over Pat
terson's store and in this issue he
has an advertisement which annaunc-
es the fact and also calls attention
to a series Of interesting advert Sc
ments which he will run in this paper
commencing with our next issue.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
TO Hold Baked Goods Sale

The Ladies Aid society Of The NJ.
F.. church VII hold a baked goods
sale in the Wicks-Fales Co. store
next Saturday from 10 o'clock in the
forenoon throughout the day and will
be pleased to serve the peonle of
this city with the assortment of bak-
ed goods which they will have on
hand at that time and place.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
Local PEOPLE Entertain

The Dimmicks' and Storeys' en-
tertained their relatives to the num-
Der of forty at Long lake, Sunday.
A large table was spread on the lawn
from which a bountiful dinner was
served, the dinner ending with fine
melons raised by Ray Smith, of
Grattan, this has become an annual
event, each guest voting t one Of
the happy occasions of the year.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
North Side Woman Dies

Mrs. Lydia A. Kemper. aged q
wears. died at the home of her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Elijah Kemper of Root St.
Monday afternoon at about four o.
clock. Funeral services are being
held this afternoon at the home, Rev
George A. Osborne. pastor Of the
Methodist church officiating and bur
ial will be in River Ridge cemetery
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
Arc On Eastern Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Donovan and
John Donovan, jr.. are on a trip thru
the eastern states and New York
City with a Ford sedan and a report
which they sent back while they
were camping in the Catskill noun
Ia ms, was to the effect that they
we're enjoying life in great shape.
They are expected back the latter
part of this week.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
Notice. Ladies'

On account of i'll health | expect to
leave Belding for the winter at least
and AN ladies wishing to have hair
work or any other kind of work in
the beauty line of trade should see
me. at once if you want me to give
your work personal attention.
Mrs. S. l.. Wright,
10 years at la Main street, phone
326 for appointments.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
Superintends Trufant Schools

Clarence Altenberg, former To-
cal boy, is now engaged as superin-
tendent of the schools at Trufant,
where he is making good and pleas
ing the school patrons 70 high de-
gree.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14

The Pythian Sisters will hold al
evening meeting, September 49, Ev
cry sister try and attend this meet
ing.
M. of r. and c.
Pythian Sisters.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14

Auto bus leaving Hotel Belding at
c:i5 (stahdard time) every morning
for Orleans, Ionia, Saranac and
Lowell, connecting at Ionia with ear
ly morning trains. Fred McDuffee.
i7-t-2
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-11
Today's Range In Liberty Bonds
GOSSIP OF
THE STREET

a Though an apparent effort was
made to bolster up the stock market
last week. it proved futile near the end
OF that period, when prices TOR most
issues broke badly under the leadership
OF some of the spccnlties. such as At
lantic Gulf and West Indies, Famous
Players, International Harvester:
American Wooden, etc, which sustained
losses ranging from . to points,
while United States Rubber common
also declined sharply as result of the
dividend payments on that issue. The
action Of the Rubber directors unques-
tionably had n depressing influence over
the entire list, because the break In
Rubber was Immediately followed by
severe losses elsewhere in the list.
The action of the Famous Players
stock was attributed largely to belief
in well Informed quarters that the
dividend of that corporation will be
passed, although there was no official
confirmation of such report. 1t, how
ever, was officially announced that the
company had abandoned It's large Long
Island City plant, upon which 1000
600 had already been spent, which will
be dismantlcd and the business moved
to Los Angeles and England. The
moving picture business has fallen of
considerably recently. which has meant
considerable loss in earnings to the
corporations engaged in that line OF
business.
Some of the leading bankers Of the
Street are predicting betterment in the
municipal bond market, and 1t is felt
that within comparatively short time
there will take place u more liberal de-
mand for this class of securities than
kou In, 81, fin,n
The next important public offering. Will
be that of the $5 900 900 519s of the
City OF Philadelphia on July 10.
Whereas short time ago it had been
felt the city might find some difficulty
in disposing Of these bonds at salts.
factory price, the feeling now Is that
there will be rather lively bidding for
them. This is based on the knowledge
that dealers shelves are becoming bare
of municipal bonds.
They have enjoyed fair business
during the last three weeks, which has
pretty we'll cleaned out their supply OF
mnnicipals, and the general expectation
now Is that savings banks, insurance
companies and investors generally will
come into the market on n liberal scale,
now that the July l interest date has
passed.
There was probably smaller volume
Of transactions in the foreign exchange
! market last week than has been re-
corded IN many years. specialists in the
trade saying that dullness predomi :
mated to an unusual extent, and that
many of the houses employing large
stats and extensive wire services have
been almost at standstill.
Hopes are entertained that the situa L.
tion In this respect will experience some
relief within comparatively short
time. but the general feeling is that
there will be n dull exchange market
throughout the entire summer and, in
fact, until business revival has set In
In earnest.
THE TRADER.