The Clinton Independent. I VOL. XXXVII.—NO. 23 ST. JOHNS, MIOH.5 THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1903. WHOLE NO.—1885 ingly handsome, and the singing by abstainers. Its work is to outlaw the At Auction. HON. PORTER K. PERRIN the church choir was all that could LOCAL OPTION. saloon, Its motto, “The Saloon Must OBITUARY Andrew Scott, one of the well-known Go.” Make the traffic illegal, and have been desired. BOWMAN. residents of Olive township, having Of tlie Old, Honored and Reliable Firm of A Reply to Dr. Corbin ’s Article, •* How you drive It from our streets, putting As a mark of respect to the memory it on the same level with stealing ana sold his farm, will sell at auction on Perrlua & Baldwin, Is Dead. Are You Going to Vote?** of the deceased, all places of business other crimes against the peace and the premises, 3-4 mile««outh and 1-4 Hon. Porter K. Perrin, one of the were closed during the funeral hour, We have for some time been looking welfare of the public. By doirg this Ira B. Bowman was born Dec. 16, mile east of Olive town hall, on Tues­ best known and most useful men In and the circuit court was adjourned by for a champion of the liquor interest the churches, temperance societies, 1874, In Waterloo, Canada, and died day, March 31, commencing at 12 Clinton county, died at his family resi­ Judge Stone, when a committee was of this couDty to appear and were just etc., will have a much better chance Sunday forenoon, March 22, 1903, at o’clock, noon, work horse, buggy, har­ dence in Detroit, at 8 o’clock, Friday to reach and save the drunkards and chosen to draft a set of resolutions, and wondering why he came not, when lo ! to keep the young from becoming Wacousta. Moved to Petoskey when ness, sheep, farm Implements, bay* evening, March 20,1903, of acute bron ­ several tine addresses were made on the he steps forth from under the eaves of drunkards. eight years old where he lived until corn, oats, potates, cook stove and chitis, in his 69th year, after an illness death of this member of the bar. The the Baptist church, all armed for the We hold that the license law is Im­ 1898, then coming to Wacousta, which some other household goods. Terms of about eight months. Court, bar and county officers then at­ fray. moral in principal and vicious in prac­ for the greater part of the time was favorable. Louis Boron, auctioneer. Mr. Perrin was born in Berlin, Vt., tice, suits the traffic and curses the tended the funeral in a body. The His armor is not, indeed, like that of community. That the saloon is a his home. He was converted in the September 13, 1833, and came from following are the resolutions unani ­ his great foreljeai*. Goliath of Gath—a curse all will admit. Secretary Long winter of 1895 and joined the M. E. Ohio to Michigan in August I860, lo­ helmet and breastplate of brass and a TOWNSHIP CAUCUSES. mously adopted and ordered spread up­ spear the “staff of which is like a declared it “the dynamite of modern church In Petoskey, where he was ac­ cating here in St. Johns, where he had on the court record : weaver ’s beam.” Rather, tills new civilization. ” It aids and abets every tive in all the church work.. He was done businss as a member of the firm crime in the catalogue of human de ­ Bengal Democratic Caucui, Whereas, Death has entered' our champion ’s weapon is a pen dipped in pravity. Outlaw it and every crime transferred to the membership of the A democratic caucus for the town ­ of Perrins A: Baldwin, and lastly the ranks and taken therefrom one of the a tear-drop from a defeated past. With Wacousta M. E. church January 20, ’02. this he boldly attacks the armies of on the list will become less frequent. ship of Bengal will be held at the firm of Perrin, Baldwin & Walsworth, members of the Clinton countv bar, As to the second point, that of the He was married to Miss Sadie Low­ town hall Monday, March 30, at 2:00 up to the time of his death. His Hon. Porter K. Perrin ; and the living God as represented by the p. m. By Order of Committee. Whereas, At a session of said court Anti-Saloon League and the great host revenue derived from the open saloon, ell, June 15, 1897. They spent some brother, Henry M. Perrin, and senior of men and women in this county who let us see who pays the tax. Greenbu*ti Democratic Cauca*. and a meeting of the members of said There are in this county at the time in Djenver, Colo., in hopes of re­ member of the old lirrn, died seven bar in the court rrom, words of regret are engaged in the modern reform mov : ceiving some help for Mr. Bowman, The Greenbush township democratic ment for temperance and better social present time twenty-one open saloons. years ago last January. at our loss and commendatory of the The amount of the tax paid by each is but returned in Sept, of 1901, to their caucus will be held at the town hall Mr. Perrin, subject of this sketch, deceased have been spoken by those conditions. on Saturday, March 28 at 5 o’clock p. present ; therefore be it We do not, and no one need, ques­ $500 per year. This would make $10,- home in Wacousta. in. By Order of Committee. enlisted in the civil war and was cap­ tion the doctor ’s sincerity of purpose 500 in all, one-half of which is paid Resolved, That we recognize in our into the county funds and the other Bro. Bowman was patient and en ­ A. L. McClintock, Chairman tain of the first company of the 27th deceased brother a man of worth, in ­ but it is evident on the face of his ar­ dured his sufferings with true Chris­ ticle that he has taken a “ Rip Van- half into the various local village Lebanon Democratic Caucus. Michigan volunteers, and was com­ tegrity and honor, and that the mem­ treasuries where the saloons are locat­ tian fortitude and when God called bers of said bar feel aud express tlieir Winkle ” sleep of more than a third of The Democratic caucus for Lebanon missioned major of the 2d Michigan ed. Now where does the dealer get him, went peacefully home without a deep sorrow at his death. And be it a century on the temperance reform township will be held at Matherton f Infantry. He held the office of pro­ also question. No one, up to date in ills the money to pay this tax, to support fear of leaving evidence of the Sav ­ bate judge of this county from 1869 to thinking on this question, would have his family ana carry on his business? Friday, March 27, at 1 p. m. Resolved, That a copy of these reso­ We answer from the people, and the iour’s presence with him in the final 1873; county drain commissioner for lutions be spread at length upon the dug up the bones of that old skeleton By Order of Committee. proper record of this court. And be it of a law enacted In 1855 and repealed people have to support the jails, poor moments of life. six j ears and state senator in 1877-1878. at the behest of the liquor dealers of houses, reformatories and police force, The funeral was held Tuesday last, Riley Democratic Cauca*. further with the expense of many prosecutions, He had been president of the State Resolved, That a properly engrossed tills state as has been shown again and March 24th at Wacousta, being con ­ The Democrats will meet In caucus Bank of St. Johns during the last thir­ again. Of this law it has been well a large portion of whicn expense for at the Town Hall, at 1 o’clock p. m., and certified copy thereof be delivered all of these is directly due to the ducted by his former pastor at Petos­ teen years, and for six years was presi­ by the clerk or the Court to the family said “ that if the evidence required to Saturday, March 28, 1903, and nomi ­ of the deceased, convict a man for murder by shooting liquor traffic, while a less amount key, Rev. R. S. McGregor, of St. Johns, nate a township ticket to be supported dent of the Durand Land Co. As a might be traced to the traffic as an who had baptized, received into the at the polls April 6th. and to transact Aud be it also requested that as a was the same as that required to con ­ indirect cause. It can be shown that lawyer he had successfully tried and mark of respect to the deceased, this vict a man of violating the provisions church and married him. Rev. W. such other business as may properly argued some important cases and was Court adjourn for the remainder of the of this act. a witness woula have to the expense for the prosecution of come before the caucus. drunks and disorderlies alone in Clin ­ Aldrich, of Wacousta, assisted. The By order of committee, distinguished by his tine sense of fair day. ride straddle of the bullet from the ton county for the year 1902 amounted March 24, 1903. time it left the muzzle of the gun un ­ services were largely attended, the or­ Robert Landers , Chairman dealing and justice.