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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
COUNTY OLDER BOYS
CONFERENCE

The County Older Boys Confer
ence will be held at Clio, Friday and
Saturday of this week, February IL
and 18th. Definite plans have been
made for the affair by the Hi-Y
Council of the Y. M. C. A. 1t will
begin Friday afternoon and continue
until about four o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon. The program starts at five
o'clock Friday with business ses-
sion when the officers Of the Conven-
tion are named. The Banquet will be
held that evening in the Auditorium.
A number of boys will take part
along with one or more speakers Of
note. Saturday forenoon the boys
will discuss four fold development in
the interest of a larger and better
citizenship. Immediately after noon
there will be short session followed
by recreation program. All dele
gates must be fifteen years of age
and over. Any organization with
boys in it's membership is entitled to
two delegates. Each delegation
should have one or more adult lead
ers-preferably one for every five.
The registration fee is one dollar.
The conference officials have been
unusually fortunate in getting II. c.
Coffman, Of Detroit, Mich, as one of
the principal speakers. Mr. Coffman
is prominently connected with the
Hi-Y work in Michigan and is much
in demand for boys gatherings. Hon.
Fenton r. McCreery of Flint will give
short address on Mexico at the
banquet. Mr.. McCreery has had
large experience in the diplomatic
service of our government and can
speak with authority in regard to
Mexico. H. C. Moore, of Flint who
is well known to Clio people will
speak at one of the sessions Of the
gathering. A goodly attendance
from large number of points in the
county is expected.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
CONVENTION

The Genesee County Republican
Convention held in the city of Flint
last Mondey, was one of the most
largely attended affairs of the kind
in recent years. This was owing to
the fact that two strong candidates
were in the field for the office of
county chairman, viz. DR.. H. A..
Stewart and Otto Graft. DR.. SteWart
was selected by about 35 majority out
of a total of 225 votes cast. Those
in attendance for Vienna Township
were as follows: NJ. c. Doyle, S. j.
Pound, Z. L. Powers, j. C. Van Vleet.
Ed. l.. Beeman and Chas. II. Reed.
The two last named were elected
delegates to the State Convention
which will be held in Detroit, Febru-
airy II.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
Ordered Maypole Cut Down.

John Endicott was the Puritan who
caused a Maypole at Salem, Mass, to
be cut down. Sent TO Salem by set
tlement company, Endicott displayed
his stern opposition to all vain amuse-
ments" by cutting down MaypOle.
which had been put up by an earlier
settlement attempted at Cape Ann by
tor of Trinity church. Rochester, Eng.
land. Endicott named the place Sa-
lem. the Hebrew word for peaceful"
and lectured the people on the folly OF
amusements. He was most rigid
Puritan in thought and manner. Enid.
eott was commissioned governor Of the
colony.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
l. o. o. F.

The first degree will be conferred
on a class of candidates next Satur-
day night. All candidates are re-
quested to be present. On Friday
evening there will be practice meet
ing and all members of the first de-
gree team are requested to be pre-
sent. At our last meeting the Initia-
tory degree was conferred in man.
ner which was both instructive and
impressive to the candidates and
satisfactory to all brothers present.
About twenty brothers from Dawson
lodge and a party from Friendship
lodge of Flint were present. The
last named party having walked in
from Flint on a dare or stump made
by one of the brothers. They ar
rived at brother Eugene Miller's res
idence in due time for supper and
then proceeded to the hall. The Flint
brothers declared that they were
amply paid for their trouble by the
fine work they had the pleasure of
witnessing. Now brothers we can
reap praise in all the degrees if we
will get out and practice, so don't
forget next Friday night and come.
Conn.,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Because of the financial condi-
tion of the township and because of
the requirements of my Office as
township treasurer, desire to have
all taxes paid during the present
month. During this period taxes will
be received without penalty. Please
bear this notice in mind and endeavor
to cooperate with me in making tax
collection as easy as possible. Parties
who are holding township highway,
road repair or other orders are also
requested to hand them in, so that
a settlement may be promptly ef-
fected at the end of the current fis-
cal year.
Orkie e. Hempsted,
Township Treasurer.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
iErIcE OF VILLAGE CAUCUS

Notice is hereby given that a Cau-
Gus will be held at the Council Rooms
in the village of Clio on Wednesday,
evening, the 18th day of February,
A. ID. 1921, from 7 o'clock in the
evening for the purpose of nominat-
ing candidates for Village offices of
the Village of Clio, County of Gene
''see, State of Michigan, to be voted
for at the next election for village
officers to be held in said Village, and
for the transaction Of such other busi-
ness as may properly come before
and be transacted at said Caucus.
BY order of the Committee.
w. A. Haven,
Chr. of said Committee.
|. B. Corwin,
Gala r. Maxwell.
Dated, this 10th day of February
a. ID. 1921.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
Sl.50 A Year in Advance

determIDed TO gamble with death, for
the fatal glass might have come to
me as easily as TO any of the others.
The germs were frozen In the Ice,
but, too late. | will never live to
pay the official penalty for my expert
ments. The world may call me mad,
but | will not hear III"
A moment later he was dead. The
grain of cyanide of potassium hidden
I'm his signet ring, had done Its work
quickly and infalllbly.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
M. E. CHURCH NOTES

Please note that on account of the
Union Revival meetigs in the Audi
torium, Sunday School will begin at
1900 o'clock Sunday instead of the
regular time.
Epworth League Sunday evening at
6:3O in the church.
About forty were present at the
banquet of the Alpha class Friday
evening. Several songs and yells
were given at the tables, and the fol-
lowing program was enjoyed:
March, Lola Newman
Introduction Of Toastmaster. J. X
Frost.
Response by Toastmaster. Paul
Sangren
Alpha, Mrs. j. F. Wirth
Music, Quartette
Who's Who and Why. Mrs. Paul
Sangren
Reading, Mabel McCumsey
What Next, j. f. Wirth
Till We Meet Again, The Famous
Nameless Ten.
Among those present was Earl
Maltby, of Flint, former member
of the Alpha class.
The Ladies' Aid Society will have
no more meetings until after the re-
vival is over.
The members of Mrs. Gillett's Sun
day School class are furnishing
material for baby dresses for the
destitute Chinese.
The Ladies Aid will furnish the
banquet for the Boys Conference.
Friday evening.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
VILLAGE CAUCUS

Notice is hereby given that a Citi-
zens' Caucus will be held at the Viii
lage Council Rooms on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 10, 1921, at z o'clock p. m. for
the purpose of placing in nomination
candidates for the Village Offices for
the ensuing year and for the tran
scation of such other business as may
properly come before it. The follow
ing officers are to be nominated: one
president, three trustees. for two
years, one assessor, one clerk and one
treasurer.
By Order of Citizens Committee.
Signed w. G.. Goodrich,
Clerk of the Village of Clio. Mich.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
MEETINGS START SUNDAY

The opening gun of the coming
union evangelistic campaign will be
fired on Sunday morning, February
18th, 1000 a. m. when Evangelist
P. II. Kadey breaches his opening
sermon in the Clio Auditorium. The
church people of the community have
been organizing for some weeks past
and it is expected that everything
will be in shape for good send off
on the opening day.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
How 1T Looks to One Pair of Eyes.

1t is delightful to think how new
everything is, spite of description.
Never believe that there is an
old world. There is no such place,
on my honor You will find England.
France, Italy. and the East, after all
you have read and heard, as altogether
new as If they were created by your
eye, and were never sung, painted, nor
bewritten-you will indeed. Why-t0
be sure-what were the world
else? Pen and ink cannot
take the gloss off your eyes, nor can
any man look through them as you do.
do not believe the simplest matter
sunshine or verdure-has exactly the
same look TO any two people in the
world. How much less a human face
Ia landscape-a broad kingdOmt
Travellers are very pleasant people.
They tell you what picture was pro-
duc<d in their brain by the things
they saw How it looks to
one pair of eyes; would be good re-
minder penciled on the margin of many
volume.-N. Parker Willis in Rural
Letters.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
M. p. CHURCH NOTES

Union service at Auditorium. Sun
day morning 10:30; Sunday school
1900; Preaching service at Birch
Run at $50.
Christian Endeavor $50, Subject:
"Thy Kingdom Come. 2-In NV
Home Matt. 6: 7-15. (Consecra-
ton meeting,) Leader, DR.. Neelands.
Self-Starters is the name of the
boys new class. Mr.. Dibley is teach
er.
Ever-Ready had the largest collec-
ton last Sunday.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
MASONIC SPECIAL

Vienna Lodge, No. 205, F. &. A..
NJ, will hold special meeting for
the purpose of comforting the F. c..
degree next Tuesday evening. We
had fine attendance the last time
this beautiful degree was conferred
and we hope that every brother who
can will be present next Tuesday
evening. Visitors welcome.
Earl Shorten,
Secretary.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
L. o. L.

The L. o. L. met Monday evening
with good attendance. Every
brother is urged to attend next Mon
day evening, as the first degree team
will be organized. Don't forget the
date, February Id, 1880 sharp.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10

The Kadey party comes we'll
recommended. Mr.. Kadey has direct
ed number of church, tent, and
tabernacle campaigns throughout the
state, and in many places with marked
success. The Party has just closed
very successful meeting in the West
Side of Detroit.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10

Mr.. Kadey will be ably supported
in this campaign by Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Beckman. Mr.. Beckman has
had wide experience in chorus
work, and is very effective worker
with boys and girls. His wife is his
right hand assistant and soon reveals
her worth in her chosen line of ser
vice. The Beckmans are southerners,
and their plantation gospel songs and
melodies always attract a marked
interest.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
THETFORD CLEANERS

The Cleaners of Thetford Arbor
will hold dancing party at Guy
Whitman's on Friday evening, Feb.
18. Plenty of good music will be
furnished. Those who do not wish to
dance come and play cards. Ladies'
bring either cake or sandwiches.
Everybody invited.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
ANNUAL MEETING

A joint meeting of Clio Shipping
Assn and Vienna Township Farm
Bureau will be held in Clio Grange
hall on Tuesday, February 15, at
2 100 p. m. This is annual election
of officers for both organizations
and members are urged to be present.
Chr. Farm Bureau,
Sec. Shipping Assn.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
Or Some Fancy Duds.

Another thing that causes chicken
to cross the road is show window
with q good mirror In it.-COlumbia
Is. o. Record
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
@ark In thr Bihlr = Urxt

A Morning Thought:-"Cause me
to hear thy loving kindness in the
morning; for in thee do I trust;
cause me to know the way wherein
should walk; for | lift up my soul
unto thee. Psalm 143:8.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
The Presentation

Doctor-"Your boy is all right.
All he needs is a little soap and water.
Anxious Mother-Before or after
meals, sir?
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
MASONIC PRACTICE

All members who desire to do so
are requested to meet at the temple
this week Friday evening for prac-
tice in the work appertaining to the
M. M. degree.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10

These meetings promise much by
way of novelty as we'll as in the pre-
sentation of the old fashioned gos-
pei. The public is urged to attend
regularly as every service of the SER
les will be well worth while.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-14
PORTABLE HOUSES TO FRANCE
American Lumber company's Practical
Aid to the People of War-DeV-
astated Districts.

Thirty-one hundred portable houses
are being sent to northern France and
Belgium by one American lumber com
pany: the first shipment left Balu-
more on the New Britain recently, says
The Christian Science Monitor. Inc
size of the contract Is better under
stood when one realizes that the COST
of transporting the S15,0OO,OOO worth
of houses, each weighing from forty
to sixty tons, will be $4,O0OOOO. TO
gether with the other contracts which
preceded and which will follow, this
means the transformation of many
square miles of landscape, a second
transformation since the summer or
1914. Among the ruins Of stone cot
tages many centuries old, wherever
stretch of level ground has been cleared
between cellar and shell holes, new,
brightly painted frame houses are
springing up overnight.
The effect on the peasant OF this
great change in housing, a leap from
the middle ages to the latest develop
ment in the quick and cheap, will
doubtless be varied. Many doors and
many windows will make difference,
and so will walls which are anything
but soundproof. But most important
will be the question which will come
to him as he gazes on his American
| made dwelling:
my house has Travelled. Why moi
I2u
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-14
Stone Mountain.

Stone mountain, on Whost granite
wall is to be scuIptured a memorial to
the Confederacy, is 16 miles from At
Ianta, Ga. 1t will be the largest monu-
ment in the world. The space GOV"
cred will be about eight hundred feet
high and fifteen hundred feet wide.
The project first attracted attention
in 1915, when Mrs. c. Helen Plane
then eighty-eight years of age, lead
er of Southern women, sent for Gutzon
Borglunl, the sculptor, to come TO
Georgia, to consider the feasibility OF
a great sculptural monument to the
Confederacy on the wall of the noun
tain. Mr.. Borglum made a careful
study of several plans. The plan
adopted represents an army marching
into battle. 1t will comprise portraits
of all the Confederate leaders.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-14

In the hands of lazy labQrers the
picllax becomes the irritation, despair
or agent of humor of the average OBJ
servant man. Symbol of toll, proper
" speaking, strikers have turned II
into mockery of labor because Of the
caref .1ly calculated leisure with
which they swung it. BY their meth
DDS these ca'canny clock watchers
changed the pickax into visible sign
Of leisure.
But without knowing it these lei
surely pickax wielders were working
q change of great importance. They
were attracting the attention OF men
whose business it is in life to see
that work is done promptly, efficiently
and economically. From these men
has come the air hammer or air PICK
Tn its street work a New York COM
nanv has used one of these new I'M
Elements with gasoline engine ano
oir compresscrs mounted on a large
motortruck behind it. Where 10 mer
were hired to do the street job three
are enough to do the work with this
instrument.-New York Herald.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-14
ALWAYS A WELCOME VISITOR
Occasionally Late, but Once Every
Month She Was at the Door
to Receive Him.

She waited patiently for his arrival,
feeling that he wouldn't dlSappolnt
her. Sometimes he was little early
sometimes a little late, but eventu-
ally he would come, bringing with him
something dear to her heart.
Once every month for four years he
had been a welcome visitor. How
well she knew his voice-his smile
his CHEEKY whistle!
At times when he passed the house
without as much as glance, she un
derstoOd and made no effort TO at
tract his attention. If he appeared
distant now and then, SHE did not
grieve, knowing the day would come
a week. two weeks perhaps--When ne
would walk fearlessly up the walk
with a smile and a CHEEKY word OF
greeting.
After today she would never look for
him again. At least his appearance
would never again cause the delight
full little heart thrObs that were now
agitating her.
At last she saw him. Her arms
were outstretched to receive-the las
War Risk Bureau allotment check
which the pOstman handed to her VIII
n smile.-The Leathernecb.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-14
AGE ALSO WILL Be SERVED
Youth Has Nothing Like a Leading
Place In the Business World
Of Today.

Youth is lovely, beautiful thing;
but let not the youngsters grow too
cocky.
The fact of Col. Washington A.
Roebllng, eighty-four years old, being
elected to the presidency of big
bridge company, hes prompted B. Q.
Forbes, the financial writer, to In
vestigate the truth Of the saying that
America is a young mans country. 1t
isn't so, he says, according to the
Philadelphia Evening Ledger. Big
men, he declares, do their best work
after they are fifty.
e. H. Gary was past fifty when he
took hold of the big Job with the
United States Steel corporation that
he has held for more than twenty
years.
Not one important railroad presi-
dent in the country is less than forty !;
hardly any less than fifty. Samuel
Rea was fifty-eight when he took hold
Of his present job with the Pennsyi-
vania. Truesdale Of the LackaYanna
is seventy; Elliott of the Northern
Pacific, sixty-one; Lovett of the Har-
riman lines, sixty-one; Smith of the
New York Central, fifty-eight; Willard
of the Baltimore & Ohio, sixty.
One Of the most powerful bankers
in the country, George F. Baker, is in
his eighty-second year! Another, A.
Barton Hepburn, is seventy-eight.
Though Charles NJ. Schwab, Henry
P. Davidson and Frank A. Wandering
won fame early Chat is, before forty)
their greatest work has been done
when they could not possibly be
classed as chickens.
All of which seems to show thai
fame, after all, is no cradle snatchei
or chicken stealer.
Let the cockeries crow as they may
the wise old ROSTERS still appear Il
dominate the heap.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-14
Ii Preserve Famous Trees.

The National Geographic society
recently presented the United States
government with the title to the last
$40 acres of land which complete the
..hip tree" stands forming Sequoia ma
tional park. The park, established 10
preserve the most massive trees IN
the world from being converted into
lumber, totals 1915 acres. 1t was
purchased in three sections, during
1916. 1920 and 1921, for a total OF
S146,33 only $4,000 of which was
contributed by the government. The
remainder was contributed by the
members of the National Geographic
society. their friends, and by a tax
levy of Tulare county, California
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-14
Obesity Undesirable.

Are you fRt? Be on your guard II
you are. Doctor Joslin of Boston mas
gathered striking statistics that show
nm undeniable association Of obesity
and diabetes, the condition in which
sugar, the most common of food fuels
is not properly metabolized or stored
in the body. There are in this country
alone more than half a million dia-
betics. "The penalty of taking too
much alcohol is we'll known, and a
drunkard is looked upon with pity or
contempt" says Doctor Joslin. Rare
Nv, persons who become fat deserVS
pity, because of a real tendency to put
on weight despite moderate eating, but
most of them should be placed in some
what the same category as the alco'
holic. In 900 cases out IF 1000 be
ing fat implies too much food or Toe
little exercise, or both combined. -
Science Service.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-14
FORMER OCALA WOMAN is
HONORED

Ocala, Nov. 12.-Mrs. Livingston
Roew Schuyler, of New York, elected
president-general of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy at the
annual convention in ST. Louis this
week, is a former resident of Marion
county, having been Miss Leila Rog-
ers, daughter of St.. George Rogers.
owner of an ante-bellunn plantation
near Ocala. Mrs. Schuyler, who is
the first woman residing north of the
Mason and Dixon line to be elected to
the highest office of the organiza-
ton, passed her girlhood days at the
old home here.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-14
ssTHE IDOL DANCER" AT
THE GRAND ON MONDAY

New faces appear among the play
ers in D. W. Griffith's latest FIRST
National attraction, "The Idol
Dancer" at the Grand Monday.
Richard Barthelmess, the young
man whom Griffith developed in
few months into one of the. screens
most effective players, appears as the
Beachcomber, role demanding ORA
matte resources of the distinctive ma
ture Barthelmess possesses. HAND
some, defiant, determined to lead a
life into which he has drifted, ana
then changed in one great experience
the beachcomber is another character
Barthelmess will add to the memoir
able individuals on the screen.
Clarine Seymour. who has taken
important parts in several recent
Griffith productions, plays the part
of a half French, half Javanese
beauty. slender, impulsive, tempest
nous with the vividness of the tropics
She dresses like the natives but Is
not of them, and her friendship witt
the beachcomber and the New Eng
Hand youth develops into the perplex
ity of growing love for one or thf
other. Miss Seymour presents low
able character, different in conception
and fascinating in character.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-14
JAX FAIR is INSURED

Jacksonville, Nov 12..-The Flor
ida State Fair here will be a success
financially, even though it should
rain during the entire week, for the
largest rain insurance policy ever is
sued in Florida has been written.
according to insurance agents. The
policy is for $4,000 and is in favor
of the Florida State Fair and Elk
position and the Jacksonville Driving
Club. Should two tenths of an inch
of rainfall be recorded any one day
between the hours the gates open
and close compensation for the day