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The Belding banner-news., 1922-03-15
WHITES BRIDGE

Miss Eber Compton was a Lowell
visitor Wednesday.
A pedro party was held at Le-
land Bozung's Wednesday evening
and quite a few were there from
Whites Bridge.
Mr.. Fred Williams was in Belding
Monday.
Mr.. Will Dicken went to Detroit
Monday. returning Tuesday night.
His father, Milo Dicken, returned
with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Mooney, of De-
ttoit, have moved into Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Dickens house and will work
for them the coming summer.
Lloyd Hornbrook will work for
vii, Byrnes this summer.
Milo Hornbrook spent Sunday at
the Will Pierson home.
Mr.. Merle Miller and family spent
Friday with his folks, south of Low
cl'
Callers at the Mosure home Satur-
day afternoon were Mrs. FLOYD Clark
and baby and Ed. Murphy
Joe Shear and family spent Sun
dav with Mr.. and Mrs JerryDivine
Sunday visitors at Mr.. and Mrs.
VIII Dickens were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Reeves and family and John
Klcrp of Smyrna and Mr.. AMI Mrs.
Jake Mooney and family.
Charles Mosure spent Sunday with
Els friend, Gerald Cotter, in Smyrna
Mr.. and Mrs Joe Shear called on
the sick at the Baker home, south of
Whites Bridge, Sunday evening.
Floyd Clark spent Sunday with his
folks in Keene.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Mosure were the
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Frank Richmond, of Smyrna.
Charles Bowen and daughter,
The Belding banner-news., 1922-03-15
OFFICERS

Brinton +. Hall. President
Frank r. Chase, ce-President
Ambrose Spencer, Cashier
Sumner Wilson, Asst. Cashier
Anna II. Larsen, Asst. Cashier
The Belding banner-news., 1922-03-15
WALL PAPER
AND PAINTS

/ am now ready to take
your order for wall paper
and paints and can give you
quality goods at a saving to
you. Am also prepared to
hang the paper or spread the
paint for you.
Call at my house anytime
and inspect my line of goods
or call ne on the telephone
and | will bring the samples
to your home, where you can
make your selection.
II. J. CURRIE
Painter and Paperhanger
Phone 391
The Belding banner-news., 1922-03-15
BUSHNELL

Clarence Bennett was pleasantly
surprised last Monday evening when
quite a number of relatives and
friends came to spend the evening,
whirh was spent with games and
music. Light refreshments were
served
Mrs. VIM. Soule and children
spent Thursday with Frank Pierson
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Soule.
Ed. Smith and S. C. jerks were
Tuesday visitors at Horace Bush's.
Arlo Sprague and Clyde spent
Tuesday afternoon with Clare Gal
loup.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Howard, of
Fenwick visited Thursday with Mr..
and Mrs Horace Bush and family
They also called on Clare Galloup.
Miss Bernice Sprague is working
at the home of G.. +. Chandler, near
Butternut.
Mrs. Charlie Greenhoe visited the
Frank Pierson and Charlie Soule
families, Thursday.
The trunk line road across Bush
mel is now closed to all outside
traffic until the road becomes settled
and dry.
Peter Munger spent few lays of
last week with Joe Bennett and fam
lily.
Little Norman and Harold Hays
mer spent Thursday night with Flos-
sic and Harley Sinclair.
Several sugar bushes have already
been tapped in this locality.
AT the Republican caucus held on
Saturday at the town hall the fol-
lowing were nominated for township
Offices Supervisor, Mr. Herrick;
Clerk, Ward Whoople; Treasurer
Norman Itlebus; Highway Commits
sioner, Frank Wolverton.
Irving Soule, from near Palo, spent
the week end with his grand parents
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Soule
Mrs. George McVeigh and daugh-
ter, of Vickeryvil,e, visited Mrs.
Octa Galloup and family, Friday.
A verp pleasant evening was spent
Thursday when about forty friends
gathered at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Monty Soule. Dancing was the
feature of the evening Light re-
freshments were served.
Miss Avral Bennett was the Sun
day guest Of Misses Mildred and
Bernice Bennett
Mr. ana Mrs. Clyde Bush and fam
lily spent Sunday at the home of
John Larsen.
Ernest Sebung has rented the Fred
Simmons farm for the coming sea-
SON
Fred Reimer, of Palo, called at
prlie Galloup's, Sunday.
Jake Ribble, an old resident of
Bushnell, died Friday after long
illness, caused by a stroke. Funeral
services were held Sunday from. the
home of Mrs. ellison, where he has
been cared for the past seventeen
weeks. nterment in Sheridan ceme-
tery:--He leaves a brother. who lives
in Bay CITY and one daughter, Mrs.
Ernest Hauck, of Stanton.
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FENWICK

nv - N-hOlu goods OF Mf. A
bert Roof, the new cheese maker, ar
rived Thursday. They will occupy
Ma Main FEfd sffeeHt.a eHt.anssthouse' north Of
Robert and Ernie Thomas are
busy at present working in their su-
gar bush. They report that the sap
is not running good this spring.
Floyd McCombs spent Sunday at
the home Of Chas. Snyder, near Sher-
idan.
Mrs Chester Courser spent Thurs.
day night in Ionia.
Floyd Robinson, from Stanton,
spent Thursday night with his par
ents, Harry Robinson's.
Mrs. Scott Conklin spent tie past
week In town with friends.
Mrs. Elmer mellow is reported on
the sick list.
Miss Lila Pierce, who has been
working at the home ofsLee Williams
near Sheridan for the past Z months
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dove Shelby, for a few weeks.
Mrs. Rex Calkins and baby spent
the week end with her parents, Les
ter Doanes.
Mrs. Robert Thomas spent Mon
day at Stanton, having dentist work
done.
Mr.. and Mrs Clay White and sors
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Haysmer and
|children were Sunday guests at the
home of Chas. Whites, near Sheri-
\ian.
i Mrs. Thomas McCombs is spending
ten days in Fort Wawne, Ind, on
business.
Peter Monger, of Ionia is visiting
his son, Vern and family for a few
days.
Rev. Wood, Adventist minister,
from Cedar Lake. is still conducting
meetings at the l. o. o. F.. hall. The
attendance is reported large and the
people Of Fenwick and vicinity have
taken very much interest in the
meetings.
Orman Stains spent Wednesday
night with Gerald Monger.
The Belding banner-news., 1922-03-15
Card OF Thanks

We wish to express our apprecia-
ton of the kindness and sympathy
and the many floral tributes received
from our relatives and friends dur
ing the sickness and death Of our
mother.
Raymond Noddins
Mr.. and Mrs. Berthold A.
Chickering.
The Belding banner-news., 1922-03-15
In Memoriam

In memory of our dear son, Louis
G. Benson, who passed away 13
years ago, March IL, 1909. Gone
though not forgotten.
Mother, sisters, brother.
The Belding banner-news., 1922-03-15

with Mr.. and Mrs. Will Dicken.
Quite a few are making maple
syrup now.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
WiIHngham's Jurors
Petition Judge to
Reduce His Sentence

MACON, Ga, June 24.-Judge H.
A. Mathews, Of the superior court,
who presided over the trial of Rich
ard F. Willingham, found guilty
June 9, on a charge of larceny after
trust and sentenced to one year at
the state farm, is in receipt of a
letter in the formation Of a petition
signed by the trial jury, asking him
to reduce the sentence to a fine.
Judge Mathews said Saturday that
a number of people had approached
him in regard to the case and ex-
pressed hope that he would permit
Willingham to pay a fine. Judge
Mathews said he had not formulated
any idea as to what he would do
in regard to the petitions.
Willingham was put on trial June
5 on the charge of larceny after
trust of $163,475. The trial lasted
until June 9, when a verdict of guilty
was returned with recommendations
for mercy. a sentence of one year
was imposed Counsel for the de-
Tense Immediately filed motion for a
new trial and date for hearing the
motion was set for July 20. Willing
ham is now under bond, with
thirteen other indictments resting
against him.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
@ u D =

entered in the governments chrono=
| logical list Of battles exceeds 1900.
An alphabetical list of battles COM
piled at the bureau of pensions, in
cluGing such minor actions and
skirmshes as seemed worthy Of in
CORPORATION, contains over $500 sep
arate affairs.
! it returns to the water 1t uses Its
gills, SO that it may be regarded as
truly amphibian.
Go. Who invented clocks?
A. Clocks, as distinguished from
hour glasses, sun dials, and the like
were invented by William, abbot of
Hirschau, who lived in the eleventh
century.
70. When does a rainstorm be-
come a cloudburst?
A. A cloudburst generally con
| notes six or more inches of rainfall
per hour.
SO. Why are bankers sometimes
called Lombards?
A. The great bankers and money
lenders of the middle ages were
Italian merchants who came prin-
cipally from the cities Of Lombardy
dIlu SGIIlSO III oil as 1llU
other large European cities. LON
bard street in London became q
great financial center and the name
Lombard came to be synonym for
money lender or usurer.
60. Is it a fact that foreigners
of the second generation in this
country are larger than their par
ents?
A. Americans born Of foreign
parentage are larger than their an
cestors, whether English, Irish Ger
man or French; and Boroditch has
shown that the children of Ameri-
cans of both sexes born in the Unit
ed States are larger than those of
foreign races.
100. Where Is Henry Ford's
coal mine?
A. The coal mine owned by
Henry Ford is in Kentucky near
the town Of Kentenia.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
'SALvAC|VG BEGUN
| Of Inflated ROMA
BY JOHN ARCHER CARTER
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
DOWNRIGHT 1921

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, June "a.
Four months almost to day after
she sailed from her giant hangar at
Langley field, with officers, passen-
gers and enlisted crew personnel
revealing in the whirr Of her nam
moth motors, the battered wreckage
Of the Inflated Roma came home.
Today in Back river, at the aviation
grounds, targes laden with pieces of
broken steel. shattered engine parts,
bits of propellers and strips Of can
vas are being unloaded and taken
to storehouses for waste material.
That is the Roma.
Captain Walter Reid, who piloted
her on her trip as she left the
hangar on February 81 for the trial
trip, only to explode following con-
tact with the high powered electric
wires near the aviation camp, caus-
ing the death of thirty-four-the
worst disaster since the war-was
in charge Of the work Of unloading
the wreckage. A strange coinci
dence was that as Reid supervised
the work or unloading, WOrkmen
only a short distance away were set
ting up the successor to the Roma
a military dirigible just sent in from
the Dayton plant.
Lieutenant Clarence Welsh, an
other survivor, accompanied Captain
Reid in bringing home the wreck
age. They will not be assigned to
the Roma's successor.
cit is not that we are through
with aviation" said Reid today.
But unless plans are changed we
will not be with the new ship"
Two other survivors, Sergeants
John Biedenback and Alberto Flores,
however, will go with the new
They were working today on her
The new craft is midget compared
with the Roma. 1t will carry only
ten men. The Roma carried fifty
But these ten will not be in danger
of explosion, as helium gas, non-ex'
plosive, is to be used.
THAT wouldn't make any differ
ence to US, anyhow" said Flores to
day. WED jump at the chance tc
go with her, anyway. Why not? It's
great life"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
RADIO
THE JOURNALS RADIO SERVICE

THE JOURNALS RADIO SERVICE
The Atlanta journal owns and Op.
crates the first and only radio broad.
casting station established by news.
paper in the south.
WSB, The Journals powerful sta
ton, is located on the fifth floor OF
The Journal building. A daily serv.
ice. including weather forecasts,
market quotations, crop summaries,
late news flashes and entertainment
programs, is broadcast at regular
hours.
This column is intended to give
practical help and information to Tri.
Weekly journal readers interested In
radio development. Questions will be
answered promptly in the column ii
addressed to the Radio Editor.
Following is a brief summary OF
the service schedule followed every
day by WSB:
NOOn-Weather and crop sum.
mary for southern states.
2:30 p. M.-ClOse of cotton market
and market quotations of Atlanta
Commercial exchange.
5 p. M.-Baseball scores; other
sport news; news flashes; additional
market reports from bureau of mar
ketS; reading of Thornton w. Bur.
CESS daily bedtime story.
to 8 z. M.-DaiIy entertainment
program. consisting of orchestral
and vocal concerts, organ recitaIs.
addresses, etc.
to 1855 r. M.-Quiet period for
listening in to distant programs.
8:55tO 8 p. M.-ArIingtOn astro.
nomical time.
Tune to $50 meters for news, mu
sic and entertainment; 485 meters for
weather and government repOrts)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
Expedition Starts
To Try to Conquer
Mount Everest

LONDON, June 24.-Sir Francis
Younghusband, president of the
Royal Geographical society, is au.
thority for the statement that the
expedition which was to attempt
the conquest Of Mount Everest had
left Darjelling at the end of March
and had arrived at the mountain in
good health. So far as the configu-
ration Of the mountain was concern.
ed, there remains no serious obsta.
cles to oppose the climbers.
"But there still remains" he ad.
ded, "the incalculable factor that
ma" prove fatal to SUGGESTIVE de.
bilitating effect of high attitudes
on the human constitution.
1--WE have sent out the hardest,
pluckiest and most experienced
mcuntaineers we can find. But can
they, with all their courage and de.
termination, skill and resource, sue.
cessfully contend against the para.
lysIng lassitude which the rarif1ca
ton Of the air beyond $4,000 feet is
certain to produce.
GApeileHCe-lue experience OF
these next few weeks-alone can de.
termine. The weakness is occasioned
by the lessening quantity of oxygen
in the thinning atmosphere. And
to make up for this want of oxygen
we have sent out special apparatus
for supplying the precious gas. Even
this may not avail, for the appara.
tus is heavy, and Of necessity the
oil
And no one can say whether the ad-
vantage Of breathing the oxygen will
outweigh the drawback Of having to
carry the apparatus"
With every condition favorable,
Sir Francis concluded, the task
might prove beyond human capac.
ffN
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27

ing for his services to make jazz
records for them.
During the last five years Jones
and his saxophone have accumulated
over 100000 in salary and royalties
from his compositions and phonO
graph records.
And the jazz king is only twenty
eight.
Members of his orchestra have
grown prosperous with him.
Jones is a big strapping fellow and
locks entirely unlike musician.
But how he can play!
I'm going to make a million and
then quit" he says. There's no use
working all your life. A million will
suit me fine"
Jones goes to work in his specially
designed limousine. The driver wears
a mouse-colored uniform to match
the color scheme of the car.
A pocket has been built into the
auto to hold Jones' saxophone.
Usually after each performance
Jones takes in the town with his
wife. Jones spends with the prodi.
gabty of "Coal-Oil Johnny" of halt
! century ago, tipping with bills OF
large denomination. But there S
meHod in his madness, for thus he
keeps attuned to the spirit of jazz.
Frequently he uses his orchestra
to raise charitable funds.
Folks say ''King Jazz" has a heart
| as large as a piano.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
RADIO

(Which will give better results, Il
single-wire aerial $50 feet long, or
an aerial of four strands of wire 40
feet long? 1 have been advised by
friends that it is impossible to re-
ceive from NAA with a crystal de-
tector set. Is this correct? 1 have
picked up spark signals from NAA
on a naval vessel 1900 miles at sea
with a crystal set.'-T. C. D., e.
Delta place. Atlanta.
Answer. Single-strand aerial is
best for receiving. You may be able
to hear NAA over crystal set if you
would use good tuner.
'I am thinking Of getting a .0011
mfds variable condenser with SO
plates. Will this give good service
with a vario-coupler in receiving,
and is it the right size and capaci-
ty?'-T. B. M, Winder, Ga.
Answer. Yes.
my single strand aerial is 275
feet long and averages so feet high.
Is this too long? Which is the best
vacuum tube I can use?"-T. B.,
Winder, Ga.
Answer. The aerial Of your set
should be not more than 200 feet
long for best results. The Western
Electric V. TIL is the best type of
tube on the market. The next best
is the U. Woo.
"Does it matter if my aerial is
located near electric wires?"-P. c.,
Andrews drive, Atlanta.
Answer. Yes. The aerial should
not be near high-powered electric
wires.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
YOU CAN'T TRUST
CALOMEL At ALL
It's Quicksilver Salivates,
causes Rheumatism and
Bone Decay

The next dose Of calomel you take
may salivate you. It may shock your
liver to start bone necrosis. Gallo
mel is dangerous. It is mercury,
quicksilver. It crashes into sour bile
like dynamite, cramping and sicken.
ing you. Ca1omel attacks the bones
and should never be put into your.
system.
If you feel bilious, headachy, con.
stipated and all knocked out, just go
to your druggist and get a bottle
Of Dodson's Liver Tone for a few
cents which is a harmless vegetable
substitute for dangerous calomel.
Take a spoonful and If it doesn't
start your liver and. straighten you
up better and quicker than nasty
calomel and without making YOU
sick. you just go back and get your
money.
Don't take calomel! It can not be
trusted any more than a leopard or
wildcat. Take Dodson's Liver
Tone which straightens you right UP
and makes you feel fine. No salts
necessary. Give it to the children
because it is perfectly harmless and
can not Observation-Disclosures
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
100000 Is Income of King
Oompah,' Who Followed
Advice of Blowing His
Own Horn

CHICAGO, June 24.-"Blow your
own horn, sonny, and blow it hard!'
This was the advice the town.
richest citizen in Adrian, Mich, gave
to Isham Jones, twelve years ago.
Jones had gone to the moneybags
asking the formula for a short cut
to great wealth.
Today Jones owns palatial home
and a fleet of automobiles and has
servants and all the trappings of
wealth. And his bank account Is
swelling so fast that he can hardly
keep track of it.
Simple" says Jones. "I blow my
own horn-I mean my saxophone."
To, the world of music Jones is
what Charlie Chaplin is to the film.
His nickname is king Oompah."
That's because he's probably the
highest paid jazz orchestra leader in
the country.
A loop hotel here pays him $500
a week to play in it's restaurant two
hours an evening.
Photograph companies are clamor.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
Naval Radio Station
To Transmit Weather
Report Twice Daily

WASHINGTON, June 24.-Weath-
er reports for the states east of the
Mississippi river will be broadcast
from the naval radio station begin
ming next Monday, it was announced
today. The weather will be sent by
telegraph code using $3.50 arc wave
length, at 10 o'clock in the morning,
and at 10 o'clock at night, using a
1850 spark.
The forecasts will include Geor-
gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Kentucky. 1t is expected
the radio forecasts will be picked up
by amateur and other operators for
re-broadcasting by radiophone.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
Toccoa to Get
Electric Power

Electric power will be furnished
to the city Of Toccoa, beginning next
fall, by the Georgia Railway and
Power company, according to an
announcement by the company. BY
terms of the contract between the
power company and the city of Toe
Goa a perpetual franchise is granted
the company for the supply of cleo.
tcicity for light, heat, power ard
other purposes in quantities in ex-
cess of so horsepower.
Toccoa is the fifty-second Georgia
city to be furnished power by the
Georgia Railway and Power COM
pany, Rockmart, Ca, which recently
abandoned it's steam plant, being
the fifty-first. 1t is planned to buy
power at wholesale and retail it to
other customers.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
New Questions

How did Bud Fisher happen tc
think of Mutt and Jeff?
2-Is Cora Harris a niece Of Joe
Chandler Harris?
3-Was Robert e. Lee ever offer
ed command of the Union forces in
the Civil war?
4-What is the longest air trip
ever undertaken in this country?
5-How is the figure Of Christ sus
pended on the cross in the Oberam
mergau Passion play?
6-What is the largest cotton mill
in the world?
What has become Of twilight
sleep?
8-Why does a man who is com
ing up to bat in baseball swing two
or three clubs until he steps to the
plate?
81 am told that the warning
Beware Of the dog" comes from
the Bible. Is this correct?,
\ 10-What does "a bushel Of wheat
represent in labor?
Questions Answered
1. @. When was the first mill
tary execution in the American
army?
A. A conspiracy of the British OF
ficials and royalists of New York
was made in 1875 to end the Revo
lutionary war by the murder OF
capture of it's leaders, and the seiz
ure or destruction of it's supplies
Washington was to be taken alive
and delivered to Sir William Howe
Two guards were bribed, but a third
pretended to join the plot and ex
posed. it instead. One of the treach
erous guards was named Thomas
Hickey. He was hanged June 81
1776. the first military execution in
the American army.
2. Q. What do they mean wher
they say that a race was hippo
dromed?
a. A race run with all the ap
pearance of a real contest but ir
which the winner is prearranged, as
in circus chariot race, Is said tc
be hippodromed.
8. O.. What was Lincoln's 70
nous statement about office-seekers
and patronage?
A. One month after he was in
augurated Lincoln wrote: II think
L KNOW WIldI Is WduLSU anu USllSVS
could do something toward quiet
ing the rising discomfort, but the
office seekers demand all my time
am like a man so busy letting
rooms on one end Of his house that
he cannot stop to put out the fire
that is burning in the other"
4. @. How many battles were
fought during the Civil war?
A. The number Of engagements
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
Letter Contains Threat
To Judge Ordering
Walter S. Ward Held

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, June "a.
Supreme Court Justice Morschau-
ser, who has held several hearings
In the case of Walter S. Ward,
charged with the murder of Ciar.
ence Peters, has received a threat
ening letter warning him that he
would be shot unless Ward were
freed, it was learned today. He said
he regarded the missive as the work
Of crank and would ignore it.
Wards wife visited him in the
county Jail again last night, chat
ting with him for an hour. She
was accompanied by another wom-
an, who was said to have been Mrs.
George S. Ward, her mother-in- law.
The next effort to free Ward from
Jail will come Monday, when his
counsel will appear before Justice
Morschauser seeking an order au.
thorizing inspection of the grand
jury minutes. The justice has an
nounced he will grant the request
unless District Attorney Weeks
agrees to try the case July II. Mr..
Weeks has declared he would not
agree to rush the case.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-27
Son of Minister
VIII Face Trial !
In Death Case

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, June
24.-(By the Associated Press.}-
John Wilburn, whose father, Rev.
J. E. Wilburn, was convicted of
second degree murder here last
night, will go on trial next Thurs
day for the part he is alleged to
have played when John Gore, a Lo-
gan county deputy, was killed in
the miners march last fall.
Judge j. M. Woods, arranged to-
day for new panel Of veniremen
to try Wilburn. It was expected
that Judge Woo IS would not give
his decision on the motion for a
new trial for Rev. j. E. Wilburn,
filed by the G-fensE after the YER
dict was rendered.
1t was announce that after the
second Wilburn trial court will be
adjourned until August, when, the
prosecution indicated, G.. F. Keeney,
district president of the West Vir-
ginia miners, would go to trial on
an indictment charging treason.