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The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

This is about half of our regular cost"
This man was selling "A complete out
fit of clothes for $685." He was will.
ing to pay a dollar for each sale the
advertising brought him. Ask your
local dealer how long he could keep
the sheriff away from his doors If he
took a dollar out of every ten dollar
sale.
You can't buy the same class Of
goods any cheaper from the catalogue
houses than from the local dealer,
though one may think he can after
reading the catalogues. The differ
ence comes in the quality of the goods.
There is a particular class of goods
known as mail order goods" This
trade term is applied to cheap but
snowy goods and novelties which can
be sold at a large profit. 1t means
much the same thing as street fakir
goods and, as is the case with street
fakir goods, mail order goods are not
handled by the regular jobbers and
wholesalers. They cannot afford to
handle them because their customers
want better merchandise. The street
fakir duplicates, in appearance, the
jewelry carried by a first class jew
elry house and makes large profits.
The catalogue merchant does the
same thing but does it on a larger
scale and much more cleverly.
The country store is n of the
--l -.z1..1L11 ~c%ffrtinno IF QnV
community. In the order OF estab-
lishment it is first and IN the degree
of social importance it is second only
to the church and the school. In many
communities it is greater even than
these. 1t is here that the members OF
the community meet and exchange
opinions. ideas and news. 1t is here
that most political questions are
threshed out and decided. 1t Is the
center of the community and any
community without a center of this
sort loses it's first organization with
which progress is impossible. 1t
is toward the local store that the
country boy looks as the first STEP
ping stone out of the drudgery of farm
life. Thousands of successful men
have risen through a clerkship In q
country store. The country store Is
human. The mail order house is
bloodless and soulless. The country
store has at heart the interests OF the
community. The mail order house has
no interests but It's own. In times OF
depression the country store gives
credit too liberal to be prompted by
mere purpose Of gain. The mail order
house demands cash with order. AS
with our fellow men, we will not real
ize how valuable the country store
is until it Is taken away.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

mail order house, the loss to the com
munity would be greater than the gain
for himself. 1t is needless to point
out that as the amount of the mail or
der business from any community In.
creases the amount of loss to the COM
munity also increases, until 1t Is only
q question Of time until the individual
loss caused by the general depression
OF business will exceed the individual
saving.
In fact II everyone in the commun-
ity bought from the mail order houses,
local markets would disappear and
the farmer would be compelled to sell
as well as buy from the catalogue
concerns. The rural districts would
be devoid of business activity while
the wealth of the country would be
conferred in one or two points. Buy
ing by mail may be attractive, but the
most pronounced mail order fiend
must look with apprehension on IN
condition whereby he would be COM
PEELED to depned on the mail order
man for a market for his products.
But the idea of saving on individual
purchases is, to a great extent, a
fallacy. In spite of his boosted ability
to buy in large quantities, he is not
able to buy for much less than the
country merchant. Competition in all
manufactured products is too keen for
that. And the small saving he is able
to make by large purchases is nor
than Offset by his larger expenses.
These expenses must come out of the
purchaser so the mail order man is
compelled to make a larger profit than
the local dealer. 1t costs him more to
market his goods. He must maintain
a large and expensive office force and
he must advertise. AS an example
OF what the mail order man expects
to make out of his customers, a letter
written by a prominent mail order
man might be quoted. Writing to a
magazine he said: Advertising in
your publication cost us II cents an
inquiry and we made sales at a cost
Of only Sc cents each for advertising.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Cotton Insurance.

A number of insurance adjusters Wis
tied Vicksburg to look over the cotton
situation. There are about 5000 bales
of cotton on the streets there. This
cotton is insured by fioater policies.
While stored in the congresses the rate
of insurance was n and a half per
cent; on the streets the insurance rates
were advanced to six per cent.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
States Registered Vote.

Now that taxpaying time has ex-
pired it will not be long before an ade-
quate idea can be had of those who
have qualified themselves to register
and vote in the ensuing primaries.
That the total voting population is
swelled considerably vel the strength
of four years ago is beyond doubt, and
it is believed that it will reach from
liz. 900 to 12O, 600.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

All of these cost him IS cents. He
was not experienced at putting spring
wagons together and he didn't do a
very good job of it, for one OF the
seats refused to sit in the right place
and he had to get a local blacksmith
to help him fix it. This cost him
another half dollar and delayed him
so much that he and the boy had to
go to the hotel for their dinners; an
additional expense of 70 cents. Sc
before he got his team hitched to the
wagon it cost him $3.50, allowing him
a saving of $1.10, which was very
stingy pay for the time he had lost
Of the amount he spent for the wagon,
only S1.95 remained in Boone county
The railroads and the mail order
house got the rest of 1T.
In the meantime his neighbor, Mr..
Jones. bought the SIS wagon from the
local dealer, who made a profit OF
SIG on the sale. AS the vehicle was
already assembled and there were no
extra parts or tools to buy, the amount
paid for the wagon represented all OF
the cost to Mr.. Jones. The dealer
spent the SIC profit for a new sign on
his building; the sign painter hired a
carpenter to repair the roof on his
house; the carpenter paid his bill at
the butchers and the butcher bought
a hog from Mr.. Jones. And so the
SIG kept going in the county until a
farmer with the mail order habit got
hold of it. He sent it to Chicago and
it never came back.
But this wasn't the last of the two
purchases. A few weeks after the
two wagons were bought, Mr.. Browns
how and Mr.. Jones boy, driving the
new vehicles, met on the country road.
They drove too close to each other
ond a smash-up resulted. The weak
est part of each wagon gave way; an
axle on the mail order product was
broken and a doubletree on the other
was smashed. Both breaks were plain
" of defective construction.
Mr. Jones took his broken doubletree
tn town the next day and the dealer
rave him a new one. Mr.. Brown at
temnted to explain to the Chicago firm
that the axle would not have broken
r. It had not been defective and
coupled this explanation with a re-
ouest for a new part, but after several
weeks of correspondence with the
niece as far away as at the begin
ming. he gave it up and bought the
axle himself. This experience told
Mr.. Brown why he should trade with
home merchants instead Of patroniz-
ing the mail order houses.
In Boone county and in every other
county there are many who send thou
sands of dollars out of the county
every year. without ever considering
the fact that they are making their
community poorer, reducing the per
capita OF wealth. and dwarfng local
business, only to enrich a concern al
ready rich enough to buy several
counties. An extra thousand dollars
in any community will mean, during
The year, many thousands OF dollars IN
business transacted and increased In
come for practically every u IN the
community. Often the amount sent
to the mail order houses is more than
enough to turn the balance the other
way and business depression exists
where prosperity would prevail under
normal conditions. Even il the coun-
try purchaser was able to save q snug
sum by ordering his supplies from a
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Physicians Phones.

The Cumberland Telephone Company
has notified the railroad commission
that it will accede to the ruling Of the
commission that telephones in the resi-
dences of physicians must be charged
for at residence rates, and not business
rates, unless it is shown that the doctor
uses his home for Office purposes.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Piumies Among Trees.

What is probably the most extraor-
binary forest in the world occupies q
tableland some six miles in width.
near the west coast Of Africa. The
popularity Of the trees is that, though
their trunks are as much as four feet
in diameter, they only reach q height
Of one foot. No tree bears more
than two leaves, and the latter are
not infreQuently six feet long.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Two Deer

Two deer, driven from the swamps by
the high water, were chased and caught
on Main street in Yazoo City. Before
being captured one Of them shattered
the plate glass windows of Marshall
Beams store. Neither animal was
killed, both being taken to the jail
yard, where Sheriff Stubbleield will
care for them.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Acuuiesce in Order.

The Illinois Central, Yazoo & Missis-
sippi Valley and Mobile & Ohio roads
have notified the State railroad conn
mission Of their willingness to acqui-
esce in the proposed order requiring all
railroads to sell interchangeable mile
age books at 2 cents per mile.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
RI pomesticate a Cat.

n n said that an unfailing remedy
for a cat that will not accustom itseiI
to a new home is to grease its feet
thoroughly with butter and put II
down The cellar. When it has licked
It's feet clean it will be thoroughly
domiciled and will cause no further
trouble by running away.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Dead at OIL.

Mrs. Amanda Owen died suddenly at
Amory, aged 81 years. Mrs. Owen
was born in Monroe county, and lived
in the house in which she died seventy
years. Deceased was a Miss Hardy be-
fore marriage and was connected with
the most prominent families of the
State.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Ask for Lieut.. winslow.

Adjt.-Gen. Fridge has filed a request
with the war department asking that
Lieut.. Richard P. Winslow, of the
coast artillery service, be assigned to
the task of making the annual inspec-
ton Of the Mississippi National Guard.
Lieut.. Winslow is q native Mississippi
plan.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Marriage Days In italy.

In italy Sunday Is usually selected
for the marriage Of those persons who
have never been married before.
widows, however. IN accordance with
an old custom, usually choose Satur.
day.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Charter Fees.

Secretary of State Power reports the
actual receipts for January on account
of new corporation fees to be $500,
which represents the largest number OF
new commercial and financial organiza-
tions on record, being between 130 and
15O.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Demand Cheaper Rates.

The board of supervisors of Coahoms
county has made q demand or the Cum
berland Telephone Company for lower
rates or the removal of the company's
poles from the roads Of the county.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Z. Of p. orphanage.

The order Of knights OF Pythias may
purchase the Natchez Protestant Or
phan Asylum and continue it a. an
ASYLUM.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

All for l2c postpaid in order to intro
duce our warranted seeds, and if you
will send Ice we will add one package of
Berliner Earliest Cauliflower, together
with our mammoth plant, nursery stock,
vegetable and farm seed and tool catalog.
This catalog is mailed free to all IN
tending purchasers. Write to-day
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box w, La
Crosse, Wis.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

PILES CURED IN Q TO IL DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any case
Of Itch ng, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
10 II days or money refunded. SOC.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

A kind thought toward a fellow mon.
tai has but little virtue In 1t II 1t be
not transmitted into a generous deed.
Rev. j. L Spalding.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Many American. Go to Canada.

Consul Harry A. Conant writes from
Windsor that the total immigration
from the United States into Canada
for the four months of the fiscal year
July, August, September and Octo-
ber-was 17.907, as compared with H.
664 for the same period the year be-
fore. .
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So much the more must this indi-
viduality be asserted when the dress
Is copied from fashion plates in which
the design Of woman's anatomy is SO
conventional, and so to say, untrue.
These she stands. tall and slender,
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

While man wants but little here be-
low, he never gets quite enough.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
a aio BARGAIN for ~ Cents Postpaid.

The year of 1906 was one of prodigal
plenty on our seed farms. Never before
did vegetable and farm seeds return such
enormous yields.
Now we wish to gain 2O0,WO new Gus
toners this year and hence offer for lie
-.s@noJ
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
The Mistress
ofDress
Coquetry.
BY Comtesse Cassfnf

BY Con,tesse Cassfnf g
Changing Fashions of the Ages
Preserved in Works of Art-The
Personal Touch In a Woman's
Toilette-Fashion Rightly Under
stood, No Frivolous or Futile
Thing - The Truly Beautiful
Woman Viii Show Intellectual
Culture.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

cupid ensnares WITH silken hairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-09
TRYING TO PROVOKE WAR SPIRIT.
Press Campaign or Misreprescutation In
This Country and Japan.

WASHINGTON. July SIT has become
apparent to Government officers and MEM
bers Of the Japanese Embassy In Washing
ton that a systematic press campaign az
misrepresentation is being conducted in
Toxic and this country for the purpose Of
creating a clash between Japan and the
United States. The two governments,
it is declared in authoritative quarters,
see no cause for trouble, but it is admitted
that yellow journalism may serve to pro-
duce i'll feeling that will eventually result
in distrust and serious friction.
In expressing the conviction to-day that
the Japanese Admiral Sakamoto had not
uttered the contemptuous words Of the
American navy attributed to him by aTokio
newspaper and cabled to this country,
Viscount Aoki, the Japanese Ambassador,
called particular attention to the authority
for the reported interview, the newspaper
Hochi.
a statement. The Admiral is a young man
who has done fine service and has spent
much time In Europe. o can be su re
that he said nothing Of the kind attributed
TO him In japan, as here, officers OF the
navy are not permitted to common upon
matters in relation to other nations, and IL
they were so privileged Admiral Sakamoto
would nave said no such foolish thing as
that. 1t is too foolish"
What the Hochi made Admiral Sakamoto
say was this:
Even il the Washington Government
should decide on a war it is doubtful whether
the Americans serving in the navy N
sufficiently patriotic to fight. American
naval officers are brilliant figures at balls
and social gatherings, but they are very
deficient in professional training n prac-
tioe. 1t is too much to expect q burning
patriotism in the American naval service
in case Of war with Japan. 1t is likely that
most Of the crews would desert and leave
the ships"
The statement was made also at the
Japanese Embassy that the Government at
Toxic would not permit the Hochi story
to pass unnoticed. in spite Of its question
able source, and that an official denial
might be confidently expected. The En-
bassy staff is angry over the matter and
declares that IL is merely part OF an attempt
to bring about bad relations between Japan
and this country. Officials Of the Embassy
and the State Department have not failed
to note hat most OF the news cabled from
Toxic to American newspapers lie credited
to the Rochi, while statements printed by
the reliable press Of Japan seldom get 10
the United States. This condition is re-
garded as significant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-09
FIGHT AGAINST POOLROOM SHIP.
Government Orders tho CancctinE OF the
License OF the City OF Traverse.

government ORDERS tho CanccttnI OF the
License OF the City OF Traverse.
WASHINGTON. July s.-The Federal Gov
ernment to-day started a fight against the
City OF Traverse. tho poolroom ship which
operates in Lake Michigan just OF the city
OF Chicago. Acting Secretary Lawrence
o. Murray Of the Department Of Commerce
and Labor sent instructions to John c.
Ames. Collector OF Customs at Chicago,
to cancel the vessels license at once IL the
evidence against the City Of Traverse 10
sufficient to warrant such action.
The Department has been informed from
various sources that the poolroom snip
Is anchored in Lake Michigan OF Chicago,
and Is operated solely as a gambling estab-
lishment. Wireless telegraphy 10 used to
communicate the Information from a station
on the shore to the ship. and the gamblers
are taken to and from the vessel in launches
and small boats.
The vessel is licensed "a a coasting vessel
and has a passenger certificate as such. IF
her license is revoked a. a result Of the
investigation to be made by the Collector
Of Customs at Chicago her passenge- GER
tificate will also be cancelled. The an
thority for this action IL contained in the
revised statutes, which specifically provide
that a license granted TO any vessel shall
not be considered in force any longer than
the vessel is engaged in the employ ment for
which she was specifically licensed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-09
X CANNOT SELL.
state Department o Report About
oarin station In M~agdalena Bay.

WASHINGTON. July s.-The report that
this Government o~ontemplates the purchase
OF Lower California from Mexico or, in fact.
any part Of il was p%unctured this morning
by the official announcement by the State
Department that no such proposition had
Been made. was under contemplation or
would be undertaken. The truth OF the
matter is that several months ago the
Mexican Government granted the United
States the right to anchor a coal float or
barge in Magdalena Bay for the purpose Of
supplying the ships with coal while they
were at target practice and drill in the Day.
The statement to the effect that the Next
can constitution contained a clause pro-
hibiting the alienation Of any Mexican
territory was also confirmed by the State
Department. Furthermore the coast sur
rounding Magdalena Bay is Of such a char
acter that it IN not suited for the establish
ment Of even a coaling station.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-09
JAPAN DESIRES PEACE.
DR.. Grinfs Says He Secs No Sign Whatever
That She Desires a War with Us.

That 6ue DcNrtb . war WIN Us.
ITHACA. N. Y. July s.-Dr. william
Elliott Grifis. who perhaps is the best
authority on Japanese affairs in the United
States, having been identified with in
terests in that country since 1870 and having
been the teacher Of the two Japanese pleni-
potentiaries who signed the peace treaty
between Japan and Russia, was inter-
viewed at his nome in Ithaca to-day relative
to the situation between Japan and the
United. States Government. DR.. Grinis
said:
Il have paid close attention to the news
paper talk about a war with Japan but
90 far do not see that 1t has risen above
the moral level Of ~highwaymen or con-
spirators. Apart from the exingencies Of
politics in Japan l see no sign whatever
that Japan desires a war with US or wishes
to do us any harm or expects to shut us
out OF the Pacific. ! can see only the law
Of self-preservation. can sec also that
us play into their hands.
knowing the Japanese from forty years
acquaintance and being personally ac-
quainted with most Of the leading men
Of the Government Of Japan. ! believe
their last thought ia enmity TO the United
States. They will exhaust every honor
able means OF maintaining peace with their
great friend and benefactor. the Ur tod
States"
DR.. 0rifis then pulled out OF a bundle
OF letters one from Gen. Kodama, chief Of
the stan which had control Of all the armies
in Manchuria, written two weeks before
he died, in which the General said:
Though I do not want my country fool
ishly praised, yet IL is my earnest wish hat
the truth about japan should BE- made
known in the United States, 30 the country
most friendly to Japan"
Continuing, DIR. Grifis said.
of course Japan must maintain her
rights and would not shrink from conflict
with any nation in the world that wanted
70 degrade her. There is no Ministry in
Toxic that could bold Office for three months
after signing atreaty discriminating against
the Japanese as an inferior race.
Personally l am opposed to the i'm
portation OF contract labor Of any sort
whatever and I believe in limiting the in
fiux OF foreigners from any nation, but 1
see no reason why We should not admit the
Japanese to naturalization, because they
are the most improbable race on the con-
tinent on which they reside. and the scien-
tito proofs from language n archaeology
and written history show that they are not
a Monaghan nation but a composite, in
which the Aryan element 10 quite large.
The first inhabitants OF the Japanese island
were white men, speaking an Aryap tongue.
Neither in body nor in mind are the Japanese
Monaghan"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-09
JAPAN BUYS KRUPP GUNS.
England Not Able TO Turn Out Dread
nought" Armament Fast Enough.

Special Cable Despatch TO THE SUN.
LONDON. July 9.-The Berlin corre-
spondent Of the Daily Mail says that Ad-
miral Yamamoto's naval commission. which
has just left Germany, placed a big order
with the Krupps for ~ inch guns for the
new Japanese Dr~eadnoughts which are
being built in Japan and England. The
order will take nine months to complete.
1t is stated that it was given In Germany
because the British works are already
working to their full capacity to turn out
-Dreadnought' armament for British and
foreign ships. As many as 100 II inch guns
are now being built in England.
The Japanese commissioners found that
the British gunmakers had not expanded
their plants proportionately to the demand
for big buns created by the general adop-
ton OF the Dreadnought armament. while
the Krupps within two years have enlarged
their plant at Essen by extensions costing
5000, 900 and increased the staff from
1000 to 30,0O0 men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-09

BUFFALO. July s.-Mrs. Albert Reuykauf.
90 years old. Of Cheektowaga, was frightened
to death this morning. She was driving
in the city alone when she saw a runaway
horse coming toward her. She made no
effort to get out Of the way. nor did she
check the speed Of her own horse. The
runaway cleared her rig by a few inches.
Mrs. Reuykauf drove into a nearby yard
and said she felt faint. Before a doctor
could be summoned she was dead. She
ID survived by her husband and five adult
children
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-09
Frank A. Leach or IN Francisco MAJ ne
Made Director OF the Min

WASHINGTON. July s.-Frank A. Leach OF
San Francisco has been highly recommended
for the Office Of Director OF the Mint to Sue
coed George E. Roberts. who resigned to
become president Of the Commercial Ma
tional Bank OF Chicago. and the strong
probability is that he will be appointed.
Il is understood that Mr.. Roberts's resigna-
ton will take Ell ct on August I.
Mr.. Leach has for several years been
superintendent Of the United States Mint at
San Francisco and is regarded as one Of the
ablest men In the mint service.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-09
A Sound Steamboat Breaks Down.

The steamboat Nantasket, which plies
between eastern Long Island and Connecti-
cut shore points. broke down yesterday
morning on her way from Sag Harbor to
Greenpoint. She was towed to Greenpoint
and laid up for repairs. She has had several
small mishaps in the last two weeks, but was
temporarily dxed up owing TO the difficulty
OF getting q substitute. The Meteor will
AXE the Nantasket's runs until the latter
is put in service again.