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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
HOME MERCHANTS
GOOD REASONS WHY THEY DE-
SERVE YOUR SUPPORT.
MEANS MUCH TO COMMUNITY
He is at the Head of the Things
That Are Good for the
Town and Your
self.

Copyright. by Alfred c. Clarke
The above head is subject that
can well be treated as open for dis
cussion and consideration at any and
all times. It is also a subject that
should interest all persons who have
at heart the welfare of the community
In which he lives and who wishes to
see it grow and prosper.
No person can afford 10 do what he
knows Will work an injury to the COM
munity in which he lives. In justice
to himself he cannot refuse his sup
port to the home industries that are
striving for existence and the welfare
of the town in which he goes to do his
trading.
In consid ering this question it
should be borne in mind that the coun-
try people, like all other American
citizens, are always on the lookout for
a place to invest their money that
will bring them the biggest returns
for the least expenditure: in this they
are right and are justified in SO doing,
but. at the same time they should re-
member that they are dependent on
the home merchant for the money that
they send to foreign markets.
If they should stop to think how
these catalogue houses are operated,
and look into. and know, the true con-
dition of affairs, probably they would
reconsider the stand they had taken
toward them. In many cases the peo-
pie are ignorant of the true surround
ings and inside operations of these
concerns and think they are doing
right in sending them their money
They are led to believe that what they
get from the catalogue house is the
same article that the home merchant
sells, only at much lower price. The
majority of the people do not know
that they are buying the cheapest
article that can be manufactured and
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More About Nail Order Houses

from the wholesaler or manufacturer
and IL viii be sent to the purchaser
in as good condition and short time
as if it had been ordered from a casa-
logue house. The home merchants
business must be kept up and in order
TO do this it is absolutely necessary
that the people at home patronize
him and help him keep up with the
times. or else he viii soon be out of
the struggle for existence among the
country people.
The home merchant should not b
expected to pay the highest price for
produce and farm products and then
be turned down by the seller of these
articles when he wants anything IN
the merchants line. He should be the
first one to be consulted when the
farmer intends buying. He should De
seen and arrangements made for the
purchase of the article, If he does not
carry it in stock
The home merchant adyertises or
should advertise in the home paper
This keeps the home paper in the field
and helps the community along. The
people take the home paper because
it gives all the local news that the!
cannot get any other way and thus the
advertisements of the merchants are
read by them. If the people DO not
patronize the home merchant he can
not afford to advertise, and without
advertising a paper will soon prove
failure. Soon the home paper is sent
to the wall for the want of support
from the merchants; il may have
large circulation, but without the mer'
chants help it will soon be lost 10
sight Then the merchant is next 10
get out of business for the want OF
support. and the town will decrease IN
population, and the people Will won
der what the trouble is when the
editor and the merchant leave town
together.
The home merchant contributes TO
the support of the church, he pays
his taxes to keep the schools up, ne
contributes to the horse show, the fali
festival. and the hundred ana one
things that he is supposed to help out
and give his support to. He is at the
head of the list for everything that is
for the good of the community and he
deserves the honest and hearty Co
operation of all the people, all the
time. that are interested in the vel
fare OF the community in which they
live. The merchant helps to elect the
men that are to represent them in the
city, county, state and national at
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
SUITS SET FOR TRIAL
Wayne County Litigation in
Henry Court.
'CROMER CASE HEARING

New Castle, Ind. April G.-Three
damage suits each for $4,000 and
venued here from Wayne county. have
been set for trial next month. John
IS. Lackey, the Cambridge City horse
man is suing the Indianapolis x East
ern for the killing of a valuable horse
and Owen Dillon. who was driving the
horse, seeks to recover $4,000 for
personal injuries. These two cases
will be heard May g. The third suit
is that of W. c. Con.erse. administra-
tor of the estate of Joseph Cromer.
against the |. * E Traction Co. and
the Richmond Heat & Light Co. Gro
mer was an employe of the Minclx
Brewing Co. and was killed by COM
ing in contact with live wire. The
case has been set for trial on May %.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
RATl|FF HAS HOPEFUL
VIEW OF SITUATION
Thinks the Freeze Has Done
Little Damage.
FRUIT TO BE PLENTIFUL.

Again the thermometer sank below
freezing point Friday night, the little
glass tube registering two degrees be
low freezing. Although not as cold
as during the first days of the week,
when it registered twenty above zero
or twelve degrees below the freezing
point, the raw wind made it more I'M
comfortable.
Walter Ratliff, who studies the con-
ditions of the fruit and crops, states
that he does not thing the freeze Fri
day night did any great damage and
all fruit could stand at least one more
freeze before there would be any
great harm done. The peach. plum
cherry and crab apple buds have only
been partially killed In case no frost
comes and the buds hang as they are
at present. there will be plenty of fruit
according to Mr.. Ratliff's prediction.
The buds are not developed much
more at present than they We're at the
beginning of the week and since it
was not SO cold, the damage from last
nights freeze will be comparatively
light. The mulch placed over straw
berry plants has been removed only a
short time and only very early variet-
les will be damaged by the freezes
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06

fairs, and he is ever on the go looking
to the interests of the people.
The people like. to be entertained
and they will come many miles to
some amusement given by the mer-
chants of the town where they are
ever ready to go to sell their farm
products. The merchant cannot give
these entertainments unless he has
the support of the people and it is not
fair to expect this of the men that are
striving for a livelihood when the peo-
pie send their money to a concern in
some far away city that will neither
contribute to any of these enterprises
or take an interest in the surround
ings thereof
Home trading makes home indus
tries brings more to the town and
keeps them there. and it helps to build
I'D the place. But the town will be at
a stand-still so long as the people per
sist in this way of robbng the home
merchants of the right to live and do
business among them.
If the people will keep their money
at home there will be no need for
complaint. The place will assume a
lively air, it Will take on a netropoli-
tan look. and the people will say to
their neighbor that business is good,
and it Will be. as long as the people
continue to trade in the home mar
kets. The least that a person can do
toward the betterment of the com
munity and his own interests. is TO
keep the money at home and see to Il
that it is put where it is most needed
and wanted.
This should be a vital question to
all concerned in the welfare of his
community md it should be an estab-
lished rule that one should not seek
for things in other parts that he can
get at home.
FENTON J. LAWLER.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
REBEkAHS ENTERTAINED.
Local Members of This Organization
Had a Pleasant Visit at
East Germantown.

About fifty-fiye members of the 10.
cal Eden lodge. Daughters of Rebelx-
all, went to East Germantown Friday
evening where they attended meet.
ing of the Jesse chapter. The even
ing was most enjoyable one for all
concerned, and the local people at
tending were more than pleased with
They We're splendidly entertained.
Jesse lodge degree team gave work
To n class of two candidates in most
pleasing and satisfactory way. Fol
lowing the regular program of the
evening social session was held and
luncheon served.
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that they are in reality paying more
for an inferior grade of goods than
those sold by the home merchant.
which probably cost them few cents
more.
Since the catalogue house has
sprung into the commercial world and
begun operations in the United States,
all kinds of schemes have been tried
and worked to get the money from
the people that are always looking for
bargains. No expense has been spared
in their struggle for the almighty dol
lar of the country people, and they
have been so far successful, at the
great expense of the home town of the
people that sent their money to these
concerns.
Magazines have been started for
the sole benefit of the catalogue house,
and these circulated among the coun-
try people at ten or Is cents a year.
They build up circulation on this
low price of hundreds of thousands:
this circulation brings to them mil
lions of dollars in advertising from the
catalogue houses and this money ex-
pended for advertising is more than
doubled from the sales of these con-
Germs TO the country people who are
losers by the transaction.
Catalogues are sent out telling the
people that the house from which they
came is the cheapest place in the
country to buy. and it is, If the person
receiving this catalogue wants cheap
article, not only in price. but also in
make and material. The farmer re-
ceives this catalogue. looks it over,
and after reading the we'll composed
guarantee or assurance that the goods
described in it are the very best that
can be found anywhere. sends in an
order The house receives the order
and Immediately ships the articles
wanted. The farmer drives many
miles to get them and when the box is
opened ii is found 10 contain some
thing much below his expectations,
but this does not satisfy his mind on
The fact that he has been duped and
that he is not getting his full money
value In a second order he may be
treated the same as the first one. but
still he may think that he has saved
money by buying It where he could
get i cheap.
At the same time the merchant a.
home has the goods on the shelf IN
his store waiting for them 10 be taken
away so that he can replace them with
newer goods. thereby keeping his
stock fresh and up-to-date. II he has
ntt the article wanted he can order II
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
FIELD MEET ON THE
PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS
This Decision Reached by the
Garfield Council.
LAST SATURDAY I'M MAY.

Garfield school council has vote.
that the annual track and field meet
shall be held on the school playground
this year. Heretofore the meet has
been held on Reid field at Earlham
The absence of an ampitheater on the
playground makes ii d little inconven-
tent. but it is not probable that one
will be built until need for it is felt
II is not practicable to charge an adj
mission fee. as the grounds are not en-
closed. Programs may be printed and
sold. The date for the meet has been
fixed for the last Saturday in May.
The school will be divided into seniors
and juniors as has been done for sew
eTal years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
Origin of "Hcipmeet -

sHelpmeet has had curious his
tory which began with the biblical
account of the creation, when the
Lord God said, 1t is not good that
the man should be alone: ! viii make
him an help meet for him" That is
10 say. fit assistant But the two
words hove become curiouslv combi
ed into -"helpmeet." and they are
constantly used as enc Moreover
the confusion is increased by the cor
ruption of the words into '.help-mate. :
and Macaulay writes of the waiting
woman who was generally consider
ed as the most suitable help mate for
pars0n"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
BURGLARS PAY VISIT
TO GREENFIELD. IND,
Secured Revolvers and Knives and
Then Left With Stolen
Horse and Buggy.

Chief Bailey was notified over long
distance telephone that burglars Fri
day evening broke into the store of
A A. Grappin at Greenfield, Ind. and
had carried off nine revolvers and fit
ty knives. After looting the store the
thieves stole horse and phaeton from
a barn and the last seen of them they
We're driving rapidly east. The stolen
animal is a sorrel mare Chief Bailey
was asked to keep a sharp lookout
for the thieves
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
HEALTHY PLANTS
Require the Most Careful Attention n
We'll as Good Soil.

Did you ever see roSebush which
despite the most bene4cent environment
% zsoil-of sunshine-and of atmosphere.
seemed never TO achieve a healthy
growth.
ton Of manure will not help plant
that has n canker eating out its heart.
You must DESTROY the cause before you
can remove the effect
You cannot cure Dandrur ard Bald
ness by rubbing on hair lotions. and
rubbing IN vaseline. etc.
You must look TO the cause OF the
trouble-it's a germ at the roots of
your hair which causes II to fall out.
Newbro's sHerpicide destroys the germ.
and healthy hair Is the sure result
Sold by leading druggists. send 1oc. IN
btsmps for sample to Tho Herpicide Co..
Detroit Mich.
Two sizes-50 cents and S1.o0.
Leo III. Fihe, Special Agent
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
HAD GOOD HORSE SALE.
Bidding Was Spirited at the Taube
Brothers Barns Today.

About one hundred head of fine
horses were sold at the Taube Bros
sale today at the barns on North
Sixth street. There was a good
crowd of buyers. while the prices
showed a wide range. Bidding was
brisk from the start The sale start
ed today at noon. VIM. Norris of
Greenville, O., was the auetioneer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
The Price of Health.

The price of health in malarious
district is just % cents: the cost of a
box of Dr. Kings New Life Pills. .
writes Ella Slayton, of holland. Ark.
New Life Pills cleanse gently and i'm
part new life and vigor TO the system.
25c. Satisfaction guaranteed at A. G..
Luken & Co. druggists.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
ARE GOOD INDICATION.
Majority o. Robins Have Come North
Fer the Season.

Observers OF weather condition re-
port that on Friday majority of the
robins that annually come from the
south passed over this section and that
this can be taken as a good indica-
ton that real spring weather is close
at hand. The brown thrush. also a
summer bird, has made its appear
ance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
NAMES ITS OFFICERS,

Boston, Ind. April 6-The Ladies'
Cemetery association of Boston at its
meeting April , elected the following
officers. President, Malissa Grimes:
secretary, Ada L. Porte rfield; treas
urer. Hester Powell. The expendi-
lures for the past year were S5S.06.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY
Josiah 7. White Has Reached an Ad-
vanced Age But is Active.

Josiah T. White, of Spring Grove,
celebrated his eighty-third birthday
anniversary on Wednesday. He re
ceived many letters and congratula-
tons from his friends. Mr. White is
one of the best known and most high
ly respected residents of Richmond
and is especially well known among
the members of the Friends society.
He IS exceedingly active for his age
and still attends to business affairs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
AN iNSIDioUS DANGER.

One of the worst features of kidney
trouble is that it is an insidious di-
sease and before the victim realizes
his danger, he may have a fatal mala-
dy. Take Foiey's Kidney Cure at the
first sign of trouble as it corrects ir-
Irregularities and prevents Brisht's di-
sease and diabetes. A G. Luken &
Co
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
KOKOMO STILL IN LEAD
WalI0pS Anderson Team in an
Easy Game.
Standing of the Clubs.

Kokomo. Ind. April 6-Kokomo won
over Anderson last night by score of
: to :. Soxy" Lyons warmed TO the
fight in the third period and the MINI
BILE feet of Mallory saved Anderson
from Waterloo. the ball rolling at his
feet continuously. His seventeen
legs" struck the ball from every side.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
Next Tuesday Night.

The eommencement of the Green
township schools will be held Tuesday
night at Williamsburg and the Rev. ]
20. Campbell &C this city, will deliver
the address
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
AN ELEVATOR FALLS
WITH FATAL RESULTS

elevator fell from the fifth floor in
the wholesaie grocery of Esterburg.
Narocamp and Murphy today The
cable snapped and precipitated one
man TO death and two others were IA
tally injured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06
This May Interest You.

No one is immune from Kidney
trouble, so just remember that Foley S
Kidney Cure will stop the Irregular
ties and cure any case of kidney and
bladder trouble that is not beyond the
reach of medicine. \. G. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06

Mr. and Mrs John Maxwell, who
have been living on South Sixteenth
street. have left for Carmel. Ind.
where they will remain over Sunday
and will then go on 10 Kansas City 10
visit relatives. After 4 few weeks
there they will go 10 Shawnee, Okla
homa, to reside
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06

Have you noticed the improved sery-
ice to Chicago via the c.. c. & II
Through sleeper leaves Richmond at
11.1o E. NJ. daily, arrives in Chicago
at i:Vo A. NJ Try it. aprt-tf
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06

eases of domestic animals. Write the
National Medical Co. Sheldon. Ia
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06

If in need of a hog. sheep or cattle
dipping tank. write before buying TO
the National Medical Co., Sheldon, Ia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-06

Use artificial gas for light and heat
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Csc artificial gas FOR tight and heat
.0-te
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Artificial gas. the SotR century fuel
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that they are in reality paying more
for an inferior grade of goods than
those sold by the home merchant,
which probably cost them a few cents
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
WHEN TO MAKE CUTTINGS.
Work Should Be Done After the Plants
Have Matured the Shoots.

Make cuttings of gooseberries and
currants when the plants have ma.
tured the shoots of the present year
and are dormant and clear of leaves.
Cut them about 10 inches long, cut
ting just under bud at the bottom
and about half an inch above bud at
the top. Insert them in the soil in
rows their full length, so that the bud
at the top will be about level with the
surface. A slight mulching of straw
or leaves between the rows to prevent
too hard freezing will be of advantage.
Cutting of nearly all the spring flow
ering shrubbery can be treated in the
same way. In cold climate it is
hardly practicable to root rose cut
tings in the open ground. They can,
however, be put in sand in a cold
frame with glass sashes and rooted
so far as the hardy hybrid perpetual
class is concerned. In shaded frame
in late summer and early fall you can
root cuttings of tea roses from the
half-ripened wood. Make the cuttings
of shoots that have just formed bud
and use the lower half of these shoots.
Cut right under the lower eye and
leave full leaf of the upper bud and
about half an inch of wood above it.
Insert the cuttings in rows thickly in
the frame and place a whitewashed
sash over. Keep the sand always wet,
and If the wood was in the proper con-
ditiOn they should show white roots
in about four weeks, when they should
be potted in small pots and can be
packed in a frame in coal ashes COW
ering the pots, and the frames pro-
eected during the cold nights of win
ter with straw mats. I have grown
and wintered tea roses in this way,
and planted them in the spring in the
open ground, where they soon made
fine plants. But all the tea rose fami-
ly are better rooted in the greenhouse
and kept in q cool greenhouse during
the winter.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23

house of the past was ever more jubilanta
ly welcomed by his Satanic Majesty than
yesterday. We pray Heaven no cotn-
ing day may be ordained to go against
yesterdays record for tigerish cruelty and
awful destruction. 1t is rumored that
Mr.. BROMLEY of Randolph & Randolph,
either for himself or his clients cleared
S25,000,O00 Of profit. We believe that this
estimate is low. The losses coming
through Robert Brownley's terrible on
slaught must have run over $500, 000, Co.,
Wall street and the country will do we'll
to take the moral Of yesterdays market
to their heart. It is this: The concen-
tration of wealth in the hands Of a few
Americans is menace to our financial
structure. 1t is the unanimous opinion
of the Street that Robert BROMLEY could
never have succeeded in battering down
the price Of sugar in the very teeth Of
the Camemeyer and Standard OIL support
as he did yesterday, without a cash back
ing of from $5o,ooo.ooo to $1oo. 10000. II =
vast aggregation Of money owners DELHI
erately place themselves behind an on
slaught such as was so successfully made
yesterday, why can that slaughter not be
repeated at any time, on any stock, and
against the support of any backing?"
When I read this and listened to
talk along the same lines, l was puz-
zled. I could not for the life of mo
see where Bob BROMLEY could have
got five to ten millions backing for
such a raid, much less fifty to q hun
dred. Yet I was forced to confess
that he must have had some tremen-
dous backing; else how could he
have done what had seen him do?
(TO BE CONTINUED)