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The Owosso times., 1921-06-24

Resolved, further, that IL is necessary TO raise
tnat portion OF the cost OF said Improvement
TO be paid by the City q large by loan, ana TO
the question OF raj sing by loan and issuiog the
bonds OF the city for the said city's portion OF
salu cost to-wit: the sum OF Thirty-three
hundred dollars (s3SOU.00), be submitted To the
electors :, said city 1t a special election TO be
nelu on Thursday. the seventh day OF July,
WI the FORM or the question as submitted TO
appear on the ballot as follows:
Shall the City OF Owosso raise by loan and
issue ltS bonds for the SUN OF Thirty. three
hundred dollars (t33o0OOl, TO defray the City's
paving South Water st. from the intersec' ion
ton st?
| For the issue OF bonds-Yes
For the issue OF bonds-No."
The City Clerk is hereby directed TO procure
ana have at the several polling places In said
city on the day Of said special election sum.
clent number OF ballots printed in the form
above prescribed, and OF ballot boxes TO accom-.
mouate the electors voting at said election, and
cause a copy OF this resolution To be printed In
one or more OF the newspapers OF said city, and
COPIES thereof TO be posted In five OF the most
prominent places OF each ward In said G ty at
least two weeks before the date OF the said
election.
Resolved. further, that the City Assessor is
hereby direct to prepare u special assess
ment roll for u special assessment agai st the
lands constituting the special assessment dis.
trlct Tor the said imurovement, for the sum of
rive thousand sevepty-two and 32nO dollars
tSoo.Z.ss. SAID sum bel q sixty t60) per cent Of
the entire cost OF said Improvement, said assess.
ment to be made according to frontage on said
improvement, and after certifying the said roll
o Tile the same in the office of the City Clerk:
whereupon said Clerk is directed consecutively
10 number the same and to give notice accord
ing 10 the terms OF the city charter, that the
sald special assessment roll together with the
estimates, plans and specitca ions OF the said
proposed improvement Mt are on tile in his Office
for public inspection, OF the action of the Com
mlsslon In relation TO the said Improvement, OF
tbe work TO be oone and of The district TO be
assessed therefor. and that the Commission
will meet at "A time and place mentioned in the
SAID notice, and 1ot less than two weeks from
the hrst publication thereof to review the said
roll. and TO hear objections thereto, at which
time ana place all persons interested will be
gaven an opportunity to be heard regaru ing
sa.a Improvement a"d assessment, which said
notice shall be publs shed In one newspapers OF
the City OF Owosso for not less than two weeks
next preceding said heariug.
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24
Why Red Ant Takes Prisoners.

The red ant is typical soldier; he
does nothing but fight. He has power
full Jaws, and is generally strong, but
he cannot get along without slave
to feed him. If he were left to feed
himself he would die. He continually
raids the nests of weaker insects and
brings them back as prisoners, thus
solving the servant problem and keep
hg himself well supplied with at.
tendants. There Is species Of ant
in Australia called the bulldog ant
because of its extreme pugnacity. 1t
wfll fight anything and everything. II
one Of these ants Is accidentally cut
In half, one half will actually fight
the other half to the death.
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24
SMILE SELDOM MAKES ENEMY
Why Il Would Pay Any Person to cail-
tiSate a Cheerful Disposition
and Demeanor.

II were to he born into this wora&
again and had the choice Of my en-
dOwments I shsnld arrange very care
fully about my smile, writes alpha
Of the Plough" In the London News
There is nothing so irresistible as the
right sort Of smile. 1t is better than
the silver spoon In the mouth. 1t wis
carry you anywhere and win you any
thing. including the silver spoon. II
disarms your enemies and makes them
forget that they have grudge
against you.
81 have a great many reasons for
disliking you," said public man to q
friend Of mine the other day, "but
when 1 am with you I can never re-
member what they are.- 1t was the
patch Of sunshine that did for him.
He could not preserve his hostility in
the presence of the others disarming
smile and gay good hUmor. He just
yielded up his sword and summed him
self in the pleasant weather that the
other carried with him like an atmOs-
phere.
Really first-rate smiles are singular
iy rare. Only rarely do we light upon
the smile that Is a revelation. Harry
LADDERS smile is like a national insti-
tuition or natural element 1t is
plentiful enough to fill the world. It
is continual and abundant feast that
requires neither words nor chorus,
and when he laughs you can no more
help feeling happy than he can.
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24
Outlook Correspondent
Has Plenty of Thrills
In Tventy-Seuen Nations
Gregory Mason Dashes Through EH-
rope on Special Investigation for
WeIi-knoAsn Magazine.

Gregory Mason, special editorial IN
'vestigator and war correspondent or
The Outlook, visited twenty-seven
countries of EurN@e. Asia and Africa
lin as many months. He was sent to
visit those countries for the specific
purpose of obtaining information-and
this Is the very thing he did. His in
iteresting articles have appeared in
The Outlook during the war and ever
.since. No other ipublicist or CORE
,spondent has had "a more varied ex-
;perience than Gregory Mason.
He was one OF the first correspond
cents to go to Russia. He met Trotsky.
ithe bolshevik leader, and he talked
with him on the bolshevik question.
From Russia he went to China and
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24
WHY.
Rome Objects to Proposed Use
,of.EoEseum

Some Of that emotionalism (which
Eexalts the coed old TIMES seems to
have cropped out In Rome over the
governments lease of the Historic
EGoliscum to theatrical company. A
former mayor of Rome brands the act
:as "a Dissertation" and most citizens
arc said to- indOrse the sentiment.
The Coliseum, Of course, IL hoary
with interesting traditions, among
which are very sacred Christian
traditions. But II Is difficult 40 see
how its return to the uses Of amuse-
ment would 'desecrate 1t. Thst was
what IT was built for, and IL Is hard
~ likely that modern theatrical art
would profane 1t any worse than 1t
was lprofaned by the amusement art
OF the later ,emperOrs.
Leasing rtbe ancient structure for
modern spectacles may indeed exem-
plify "a pOetic Justice, "While stands
the Coliseum Rome will stand" and
now 1t becomes potential revenue
producer TO aid country In need of
new sources of revenue. What
place for ia mouOn-picture perform
ance Of 'Iife Under the Caesars"
with the emperor in his box and tthe
gladiators In the arena standing face
TO face with death and with the
Roman pOpnlace, the senator's, lthe
vestals, the gilded youth, the merci-
less audience turning its thumbs
down, and ;al that Existence weuld
have a new thrill for the movie fan
and the circus would help pay treas
ury 'billS.-New York World.
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24
Why Smell Would Be Enouoh.

The young woman entered the gro
cery and approached the meat coun.
ter.
"Give me nickel's worth OF
cheese" she said to the butcher.
"Why, lady, you won't get smell
for nickel" the butcher replied, Civ.
Ing her q disgusted glance.
That's all ! want" was the tn.
umphant answer, 'it's for a mouse
trap."--New York Evening Post
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24

Japan and later 10 England by way
of South Africa. He fought U-boats
In an American submarine by special
permission of Admiral Sims and he
was with the advance guard of the
Yanks I'm the great ArgOnne offensive.
Following the war Mason was the first
correspondent to cross the Rhine and
he was frst correspondent to get the
news of the German revolution out of
Germany to the outside world. He
obtained this noted scoop" by Tying
from Berlin to Munich in a German
war plane. He will talk at Chautau-
qua on Americas World" and his
appearance here is creating more than
ordinary interest
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24
Resolutions Adopted by City Com.
mission of Owosso, June I3.
1921, as to Special Election to
be held July z. 1921.
Resolution No. 3.

Whereas, it is deemed necessary pursuant tc
the plans and specifications uf the consulting
engineers for the reconstruction and extension
OF the water works, and the mains and water
supply thereof in the City OF Owosso. TO con.
Struct extensions o. mains connections OF var
ious mains, connections with reservoirs, and
engagements and requirements. and replace
ments or water mains OF inadequate CT pacity
for the service required in order that the cir
culation OF water through the entire system
may be improved and adequate pressure and
missioner OF Public Utilities has estimated the
cost thereof for the year ending May 81. 1922
at the sum OF TWENTY-FIVE Thousand Three
Hundred Dollars (t25, ,300.OO)
Resolved. by the Commission Of the City
OF Owosso, that IL is hereby declared TO be a
necessary public improvement that the said
extensions, requirements, connections building
and engagements OF the water mains ,of the
City OF Owosso be constructed and laio and the
same are hereby ordered to be constructed and
laid at an estimated cost Of Twenty five Thou
sand Three Hundred Dollars (&25 300. .00), to be
raised by loan, the bonds OF the City OF Owosso
TO be issued and sold at par or more for said
purpose subject TO the approval OF the electors
OF the city as provided by the city charter: and
that the said question Of raising the said sum
by loan, and issuing the bonds OF the city
therefor. be submitted to the qualified electors
OF the City OF Owosso at a special election to
be held on Thursday, the seventh day OF July.
1921 the ballot ther, on to be in the following
form:
shall the City OF Owosso raise by loan and
issue its bonds Tor the sum OF Twenty five
Thousand Three Hundred Dollars N25 5.3OO) for
the purpose of improving it's water works sys-
tenn by connecting up, rebuilding, extending
and enlarging its water mains where necessary
and making reservoir connections, In order TO
provide adequate circulation, pressure and fire
protection?
For the issue OF bonds-Yes.
] For The issue OF bonds-No."
The City Clerk is hereby directed to procure
and have at the polls at the opening thereof on
the day OF said special election, u sufficient
number of ballots printed in the form above
directed. TO supply the electors voting on
said question, and n sufficient number o ballot
boxes TO receive the votes by them cast: and
to cause copy OF this resolution to be pub
lished In one or more newspapers OF the City OF
Owosso and copies thei eof to be posted in five
OF the most prominent places In each ward OF
the city, at least two weeks before the date OF
said special election.
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24

Mrs. Topper, Plaiufield, N. j., says:
Rats were 30 bad in our cellar the
servant girl wouldn't go there. Bought
some RAT-SNAP and it cleaned all the
rats out" RAT-SNAP destroys rats and
mice. Absolutely prevents odors Comes
in cake form, no mixing. Cats or dogs
won't touch it, Three sizes. 35c, 65c,
1926. Sold and guaranteed by Sprague
q Co. june
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24
To Play iR "'Peg
o. My Heart" at
Chautauqua Here

Miss Daisy Vivian is sister OF
Percival Vivian, and like the. other
members OF her family. first came TO
the United StRtes with Mr.. Greet as
member OF his famous ben Greet
Players"
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24
] For the issue OF bonds-Yes.
For The issue OF bonds-No."
Resolution No. 10.


OF Owosso, that for the purpose OF relieving the
heavy traffic in the business portion OF the City
OF Owosso, and to furnish proper facilities for
transportation TO the owners OF property nbut
ting on South Water street, IL il hereby de
clared to be necessary public improvement to
grade and pave said South Water st. from the
intersection with Main st. TO the intersection
with washington 81. at an estimated
cost OF Eight Thousand. Four Hundred
hfty-three dollars and s6-l0O (ss453.s6),
entire cost OF the said improvement. including
surveys, plans, specifications, superintendent,
advertising and construction, be paid by special
assessment and the remainner be paid from
the South Water st. Paving Fund of the CITY
OF Owosso, the special assessment district upon
which the assessment aforesaid shall be
levied, to consist OF the following lots and mar.
GELS OF land, to-wit All the lots and parcelsoof
land fronting and abutting on said improye
ment, saidassessment to be made according 10
frontage on said improvement
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.

Depositing of rubbish in the streets
is strictly forbidden. If this practice
continues, the city will remove the
rubbish and asses the cost of the work
against the property.
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24

Miss Ruth Vivian, who will play
Peg" in the Percival Vivian Players
production of Peg O. My Heart" is
not stranger in Chautauqua circles.
She will be remembered as the Gwen.
dolyn Ralston in last summers Chau-
tauqua Play Nothing But the Truth"
Ruth Vivian is member of the tai
ented family of Vivians who came to
this country from England with Mr..
The Owosso times., 1921-06-24
C-E Electric FIatircr.

which will enable you to do WEEKS
ironing for fifteen cents worth of ele,-
tricity.. No wasting of heat, no wear and
tear of clothes, no tiring of the body and
no worrying of the mind. We handle tka
Guaranteed Iron.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-09-21
FLORENCE MINIS.
Tonkawa, Okla, Sept IA, 1921.
The State Warehouse Grade,

The State Warehouse Grader.
Mr.. S. B. Nicholson, our State
Grader is doing good work for the
system. He is taking in new ware
houses and informing the farmers in
regard to the State Warehouse. The
State Warehouse is a great benefit to
the farmer who wants to hold cot
ton, es he can issue his receipts and
they are as good collateral as any
bank should ask. The insurance is
much less than he can get any other
way and the expense of holding cot
ton in his. own warehouse is nominal.
-~-~-eooooo>oe.>>
cousins, Misses Margaret and Emma
Blocker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerard Tarrant are
now domiciled in the Edwards
dwelling.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-09-21

In selecting seed ears we need to
know the kind Of stalk that the ear
grew on and the chance it had to
succeed, suggests Prof. C. P. Black
we'll, agronomist. We should not use
an ear Of corn for seed just because
it is large on<a good show ear. We
should take our seed ears from stalks
that grow under average conditions
and not in skips. We should consider
the whole plant and its environment,
the number of ears it has produced,
size of the ears, the shape and gener-
al perfectness Of the ar, the anngle
at which it stands to the stalk, the
covering Of the tip by the shucks,
and freedom from disease. All these
things should be kept in mind in Sc
lecting corn.
But selection alone will not give
US good seed corn unless it is proper
ly cared for after it is selected. It
should be thoroughly dry when har-
vested and should be stored by hang
ing in well ventilated dry barn and
should be kept free from mice and
rats and weevils.
More than enough to plant our
crop next year should be selected SO
that they may be some to. discard
at planting time next spring.
Making these selections now will
mean much for the success of the
corn next year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-09-21
Trenton News.

Trenton, Sept. 17.-Miss Fannie
Harrison and Mrs. I. C. Edison held
reception Tuesday afternoon at
Mrs. Eidson's in honor of Mrs. e. F.
Harrison. The guests were met by
Mrs. Edison and presented to Miss
Harrison and Mrs. Harrison. They
were then served punch by Misses
Matte and Mary Helen Harrison. At
ter the meeting the guests were in
vited into the dining room and served
pink and white block cream and cake.
The home was most attractive in dec
orations of pink and white cut flow
ers.
Miss Julia Wise gave card party
Thursday afterno ION IN honor Of Mrs.
E. F. Harrison. During the game
punch was served and at the conclu-
sion a salad course was served.
The town has given a glad well
come to the teachers for the next
year. E. w. Rentz is back again. Miss
Arab Gatlin of Rae ford, NC, has
the music class for another year.
The new teachers are Miss Annabel
Neeley of College Place, Miss Janet
Ligon of Orangeburg and Miss Mar,
tin of Spartanburg.
Misses Lena and Agnes Long and
Catherine Marsh have left for Co,
lumbia college.
Miss Laurie Moore left Monday fol
Chicora college.
Miss Julia Herlong has returned
from a visit to her brother, Frank
Herlong, in Saluda.
Hugh Clark has returned to Co
lumbia after visit to William Bet
tbs.
B. R. Tillman and G. T. Swearin'
gen, with. Mrs. Matte league Of
Graniteville, have returned from 6
visit to Greenville, where they were
guests of relatives.
Henry C. Miller left for Winnsbort
Tuesday. From there he went p;
automobile to his. home in Richmond
He has spent the summer with hi.
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w
Miller.
Mrs. J. D. Mathis, sr., and Mis-
Kathleen are in Atlanta.
Mrs. Edison Marshall of Medford
Ore, is the guest of Misses Doroth!
and Maud Belts.
Miss Mary Helen Harrison ha!
gone to Bennettsville where she will
teach.
| Mrs. Sallie Broddus and Mrs
Leonora Broddus of Newberry arr
quests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. II. Manget
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-09-21
Ford Sales Increase Fifty Per
Cent.

"Branch telegraphic reports indi-
cate daily retail sales for Ford cars
and trucks increased fifty per cent
the first week since price reductions
with corresponding reductions in
dealers stocks. Marked shortages,
particularly of the enclosed types of
cars, are already being felt in many
sections. Untitled orders for all types
of Ford cars and trucks are rapidly
accumulating as production has not
been increased over the regular
monthly schedule Of 100000 cars"
YoNCE G. MOONEY.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-09-21
Select Seed Corn in Field.

Is Clemson College, Sept. 19.-It is
very important to have good seed
corn to plant next spring and now is
the time to begin to get it ready. 1t
has been the experience of nearly all
good farmers as well as experiment
stations, that field selected seed corn
gives better results than crib selected
lcorn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-09-21

Miss Florence Minis Writes q
Dissertation on Oklahoma 8
Weather.
Dear Advertiser: .5s.Its
would like to write a dissertation
on Oklahoma heat. Those two small
vowels and two small consonants are
not enough to amply describe the sun
of Oklahoma. 1t seems to me as
Though this newly admitted state has
a new sun, all its own, bright and
burning, ready made for use. So far
it has not been properly regulated.
It scorches in the summer when we
do not need it. 5s;s "a
If did not know beyond the shad-
ow of any doubt that there were In Intl
dams in other parts of the country,
I would say that the sun had Drowned
the tribes of Oklahoma, but that the
ory is too illogical even for woman
to use. =. q
Tonkawa rivals Yuma, Arizona,
said to be the hottest city in the
United States. A man left that place.
so they say, and the world, in fact
descending to what is known as the
hottest place and sent back to Yumaa
for his overcoat. 81
/ At least the heat has not deprived
the citizens of Yuma of their sense
of humor. / think to myself, "Can
this be the same sun that sends its
rays to Minnesota and South Caros
lima, and yet ungraciously has
enough left for this far corner os
the globe?"
come in from a walk, and sink
llimply in chair, feeling as though
this were torture number one Of the
Spanish Inquisition and / was ExF
hibit A. u A
Do you remember the old story of
the contest between the sun and the
wind, as to which could force the
man to take off his coat? When the
wind blew, then he drew his coat
closer around him and shivered, held
his hat on his head, and gazed longs
iingly at the sun. Then when the sur
commenced to beam, the, man EloosT
ened his clutch upon ! his coa and
Hung IL aside I'll the same enefgy
with which he had drawn it around
him? 8
1t is even so today, and in Ton
kawa. The streets are lined with coat
|less men who would WELD large pal
metto fans if they had the courage.
If one man would start it, dare
say the town would look like one
great palmetto tree, moving in tl.:
breeze propelled by all those who are
not fortunate enough to possess elec-
trio fans.
Of what small avail are numbers,
one hundred and two degrees for in
stance, to describe heat? The ther-
mometer that l would devise would
register in the thousands and seem to
be more accurate.
Now I can sympathize with those
unfortunates in the earlier ages who
were tried, not by jury but by fire
or water. If the culprit was not bad
ly burned by putting his hand in
scalding water he was declared moi
guilty. How could he escape? We are
experiencing the ordeal by fire, by
sun. What have we committed to be
SO tested?
On Sunday at church most of the
men were coatless. However, far be
it from me and my views, to adVocate
the custom.
In few months, the Thermometer
will drop as suddenly as it has risen
and we shall sigh for the 'good ole
summer time" So quickly do we for
get the discomforts of one season
and think of them as good because
they are passed.
FLORENCE MINIS.
Tonkawa, Okla, Sept IA, 1921
The State Warehouse Grader
Mr.. S. B. Nicholson, our State
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-09-21

The jury commissioners will draw
the petit jury for the first week Of
the October term of court Tuesday,
September 9th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-10
CALL TO FARMERS HARDING ELECTED
Presidential Electors Officially
Cast Ballots Today.
Senator's Resignation Awaits
New Ohio Governor.

Washington, Jan. 10 Warren G.
Harding and Calvin Coolidge were to-
day elected president and vice presi-
dent. of the United States for the
terms beginning March. A.s 1871 =,
A7t-At The same time, ss6iffots new gov
ernor assumed his office and Harding
was to resign his seat in the senate
and let the new governor appoint
Frank B. Willis to the vacancy
The election of Harding and Coo
lidge was made official by the cleo
toral college machinery provided by
the constitution. The electors chosen
November 4 voted today in their re-
spective states and the result of the
balloting will be at once forwarded
to the secretary of state in Washing
ton who will transmit it to the senate.
AS soon as the electors finish vot-
ing. the race which occurs every four
years will begin. Messengers will be
dispatched to Washington with the
official result of the vote The effort
is to see which state will report first.
This year. it is expected that some
of them will drop into Washington
via airplane.
The action taken by the electors
today will be canvassed. checked and
officially announced to the country
by the senate and house in joint ses-
sion on February 9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-10
LucyP CASTOR
First Person
On Job Today

The first legislative lobbyist to ap-
pear in working clothes in Topeka was
Miss Lucy Page CASTOR, the Chicago
anti-cigarette crusader
Whether Miss CASTOR controlled the
$500 900 slush fund that is alleged 10
have been raised to control the iegis-
iature. was question that many
asked. 1t was not answered, but Miss
CASTOR fought her way thru clouds OF
cigarette smoke and told many of the
legislators that they must save the
anti-cigarette law if they propose tc
save Kansas.
Senator Paul kimbail. of Parsons
and Representative Gibbons. of Meade
told her they proposed to introduce q
bill to repeal the law Many of this
senators and representatives were said
to be giving them support in thii
move.