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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

amounts In a comparative few eentSrs
Of population.
The efore, the man who sends away
from his own community money which
he might have spent at home and per
mitted a fair profit to the home mer.
chant to be retained there for the
benefit Of the community, is injuring
his community, and thereby the pros
poets for his own future prosperity.
In : large namber of instances he is
doing more than this. Unwittingly, or
unthinkingly, perhaps, he is violating
his own principles of right and justice.
for, at the expense of his own CON-
munity, he is needlessly contributing
profits to the capitalistic combinations
which he continuously cries out are
menacing the country.
The mail order giants direct their
energies particularly toward the peo.
pie of the smaller towns and the agri-
cultural districts. In hundreds Of
thousands of the homes of these the
catalogue of the mail order house is as
regularly received as the home. paper,
The man on the farm last year sent
very large portion of eighty millions
of dollars to two of these institutions,
in one community, alone.
In all sincerity we ask: Admitting.
purely for the sake of the argument.
that the farmer or the resident of the
small community can save a few dol.
lars on some of his purchases, or even
that he could do so on all of them, can
he afford to continue to impoverish
his own community, upon which his
own prosperity, the very value of his
land depends?
If he will ask himself this question
and consider it soberly and fairly in
all Of it's phases, including the many
which cannot be touched upon within
the limits of single article, we think
his answer must be that he cannot.
The wonderful productivity of this
country has been sufficient to over.
come the various adverse economic In
fluences which have existed during the
period of years in which the mail or
der business has accomplished it's
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
china's Tea Trade Declining.

Some interesting statistics have
been collected by Vice-Consul Arnold,
at Foo-Chow, concerning the great
decline in China's tea trade. From
1878, when tea was first introduced
into England until 1887 China held ex-
clusively the tea trade of the world.
Then India began to enter the tea
market The Chinese trade reached
high tide in 1886, with total export
of 30,000,00O pounds. In 1884 China
furnished about ~ per cent of the
worlds total, India and Ceylon Is per
cent and Japan and Formosa 10 per
cent. But in 1904, when the total con-
sumption had increased to 644 ,000,0 900
pounds, China contributed only go per
cent, India and Ceylon 60 per cent,
Japan and Formosa 10 per cent. The
decline in China is ascribed to care
less methods of cultivation and pre-
paration of the leaf.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
THOUSANDS RENDERED HOMELESS.
RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE ALL
ALONG ITS COURSE.
Il is Not Expected That Stage Oi
Water Will Reach That
of 1884.

Cincinnati, Jan. 18-At midnight
the following bulletin was issued:
The river situation is becoming
critical, and there is no end of the rise
In sight in the Ohio river at the present
time. Should these peculiar weather
conditions last much longer We will
have flood beyond the ordinary. The
river is above the flood stages through
out the district, and, with present con-
ditions, will continue rising for several
days. At Cincinnati it will pass so feet
Friday night, and continue rising Sat
urday"
The following is the hourly stages of
the river: At p. m, 50 feet inches;
Z p. M, 5Sy4; p. H., 5S.5; 8 p. NJ,
$50; 10 p. m, 5S.7; IL p. M, 5S.S: II
p. m, $50; l a. m, 5S.1O; 2 a. NJ, So;
3 a. NJ. SOL.
With relentless force the Ohio river
continues to rise, and by Friday morn
Ing stage Of 60 feet will be reached
by the rushing waters.
The seriousness of the situation is
apparent on all sides. House dwellers,
factory owners and business men are
moving their valuables to places OF
safety.
The Ohio river continues to rise all
along it's course, and the worst is yet
to ccme. Thousands of people are
homeless and the property loss caused
by the flcod will foot up an enormous
figure.
1t is all but certainty that the food
will not reach II feet three-quarter
inches, the stage attained in the famous
food of 1854. which holds the record
for foods in Cincinnati.
Rivermen who have watched the
Ohio closely for years are of The opin'
ion that the rise will continue until
Saturday night.
All agree that 65 feet will be the
limit.
The most pathetic sight were the eX
lied families who were driven out from
their homes by the sweeping waters.
Many of them had only time to seize
few personal belongings and flee be
fore their houses were inundated.
They were helpless to do anything
except to watch the rising waters and
look up at the lowering heavens and
pray that the rain would stop. Despair
was written upon their faces. 1t was
hopeless to gaze at either the sky OF
the river, for neither promised any re
lief.
Measures have been taken to relieve
the destitution that prevails.
Fear FIod Stage of 1884.
Louisville, Jan. 1S.--E is predicted
that the river here will equal the flood
stage of 1884.
Rivers and creeks in Kentucky are
raging and much damage has been
done.
Many small towns on smaller rivers
are threatened with inundation and
families are moving out their goods
Rain has fallen in Louisville almost
daily for three weeks, and the Ohio
which has been rising rapidly, began
to creep toward Main street into tho
wholesale district running parallel
with the stream.
The weather bureau announced that
The river will continue TO rise for the
next several days, probably reaching q
stage of 35 feet, which is seven feet
above the danger line, by Sunday.
Trains from the south and east were
from two to II hours behind schedule
in reaching Louisville. A bridge neal
Leon, KY, was carried away.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

Pattern No. 5699.-This dainty lit.
tie dress in Empire style is charm
.ing,y quaint and is one of the pret-
test yet shown for the tiny tots.
Box plaits are laid in the upper part
of the front and back, the fuIlness
in the back being held in place by
broad ties of the material. The
sleeves are in the fashionable three
quarter length finished by narrow
bands. Nainsook is represented in
the illustration, but china silk, lawn
dimity and gingham are all suitable
to the mode For a child of five years
two and five-eighths yards of mate.
rial sc inches wide will be required.
Sizes for 2, 3, 4, and 6 years.
This pattern will be sent to you on
receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders
to the Pattern Department of this paper.
Be sure to give size end number of pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
your order on the following coupon:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
MOTHER AND BABE
Swept Into the Current and Drowned
Before Husbands Eyes.

PHtsburg, Pa, Jan. 1S.-Seeking to
escape the swirling waters that were
creeping up to their home, Jacob
Blakey, wife and two sons attempted
to ford East Pike run, in Washington
county, but their team became terri
fed and their wagon was overturned
The mother, with her 2-year-old babe
clasped in her arms, perishe1. Blakey
and the remaining son sought to save
them, but were swept down stream,
narrowly escaping with their own
lives. The horses were drowned.
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to coast and from border to border.

to coast and from border to border
A fact not generally known is that
hundreds Of concerns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through the regular trade channels are
awaiting only parcels post law to
unloose literature, already prepared
in many instances, whicA would pro-
ject them into the mail order field, and
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps thousands of
entirely new mail order concerns
which inevitably would spring into ex-
istence under such friendly auspices.
The two Chicago institutions re-
ferred to, already occupying immense
buildings, found themselves cramped
for room. One of them expended not
less than 81, 900, 900, and probably more,
for new home. The other lately has
secured a new location and also will
expend at least $1,00O,00O for an i'm
mense new building.
Anyone who will reflect even casual
ly on the subject must become i'm
pressed that the influence of the mail
order business is toward the central
ization of wealth, and how enormous
a part it is playing in this direction
will be understood from second
glance at the figures which have been
given above.
It is due to himself that every patron
of the mail order house should inquire
honestly of himself what the final out
come is to be If the mail order busi-
ness shall continue to make the great
strides which have marked Its prog
ress during the last half decade.
1t is useless to repeat the well worn
argument of the mail order concerns
that they are selling goods enough
more cheaply than the merchants in
the regular channels of trade to leave
their customers more money than
ever to devote to home enterprises
and institutions. The fallacy of this
statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute COM
parisons of goods, as to their quality
and prices. TIE refute it finally and
indisputably by simpler and more
direct method it is necessary only to
ask the reliable business men of any
of the smaller communities to show
the evidence from their books and ac-
counts of the harm the mail order
habit is doing their communities.
/, 1t Is a truth as old as the hills and
as certain as the rising and setting OF
the sun that no country or section of
q country can prosper unless the peo.
pie as a whole shall be prosperous.
Such general prosperity as may exist
cannot be retaineq If the institutions
OF the already larger and Weather
communities are to continue to be
built up by contributions that should
be spent at home from the thousands
Of smaller communities.
The need of the country, desper-
ate need upon which the welfare OF
the individual depends, pis for the
apbuiIdiHg and continued progress OF
the smaller communities, SO that the
wealth of the country may be distrib-
uted over the entire country, and not
congested and controlled in large
s.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
why Scotch Whisky Is Smoky.

Everyone who has drunk Scotch
whisky has noticed it's smoky t1avos,
A whisky salesman from Glasgow,
Scotland, was asked what caused this
smoky taste.
"kfter the termination Of the malt
is complete he answered, "the malt
is dred by being spread upon a per-
foratad tile or wire floor over an open
fire fed by peat and anthracite coal or
coke. The peat is specially prepared
and is kept dry for a year before u.s.
Ing. The emarations from the smol-
dering peat are absorbed by the malt,
subsequently dissolved into mash and
pass over into thu distitlate, inpart'ng
to it the much priced smoky !iavor so
we'll known in all Scotch whiskies."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

greatest growth. Everyone has been
getting along pretty we'll" While the
increasing flow of golden millions from
their source in the land of the coun-
try to the already great centers Of
money and population has held back
the growth Of the smaller communi-
ties, it has not yet occasioned a great
disaster. The test will come with the
first pinch of hard times" condi-
tion which no country ever has been
able to escape at recurring intervals.
When this time arrives those com.
munities will best stand the test which
have best conserved and husbanded
their resources.
JOHN S. POTTS.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
'Fraid of Machine.

Columbus, O.-Though more than so
of the leading scientists of the United
States and Canada were present at a
lecture before the American Breeders
association, not one responded when
the president called for someone to
volunteer to adjust the stereopticon
that had got out of order, and a news
paper photographer who was present
saved the lecture by making the nee
essary repairs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

Pattern No. 5671. Simple little
dresses in yoke effect, and having a
full blouse waist, are exceedingly well
liked for the growing girl, and are
very becoming The illustration shows
a development in red and black check.
The yoke and cuffs are made of plain
red material trimmed with black
soutache braid, put on in a fanciful
design. Most of the seasons materials
are appropriate, such as challis, cash
mer, albatross, linen and gingham
For a girl of II years four and three
eighths yards of material sc inches
wide will be required. Sizes for 8,
10, 12 and IA years.
This pattern will be sent to you on
receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders
to the Pattern Department of this paper.
Be sure to give size and number of pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
your order on the following coupon:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
British Motor Car Industry,

The motor car industry bids fair
to become one of uor most important
manufacturing industries. 1t may be
estimated that the amount Of capital
now invested in the industry well ex-
ceeds $5S,398, 900, and the total out.
put of vehicles of all kinds by British
manufacturers for the current year
can not fall far short of $4,000, with
an approximate value of $21, ,S99, ,25O--
London Economist.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Trust Dissolved,

East Liverpool, O.-The action OF
the stockholders of the East Liverpool
Potteries' Co. in dissolving the COM
pany removes the last vestige Of a
trust among the pottery marufactur-
ing concerns of America. Some of the
remaining stockholders will take the
management of the U. S. Pottery, at
Wellsville, and others will assume con-
troll of the Globe, in this city.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Fears Impressed Jury.

Hattlesburg, Miss, Jan. 1S.-The
mysterious circumstances surrounding
the death of Mrs. Dora McCroary was
cleared by the finding of the coroner's
jury that she committed suicide. The
young woman was found dead in bed
with bullet hole in her head. The
husbands tears and manly confessions
impressed the jury and they returned
q verdict as above stated.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
10 Helm Him Reform"

Cleveland, GA thief who entered
the home of NJ. Cullila, 2157 East 18th
street, for the purpose of robbery, had
gathered a quantity of jewelry togeth-
er, when his eye fell upon Catholic
prayer book. He took the book, but
left the iewelry, also this explanatory
note: mi mother brot me up Cath
olic. made misself thief. The book
made me tink of her, an wat ust to
be. So couldn't steal nuttin, but 1 TUX
the book to help me reform"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Suit Tn Cnnhenn-

Marysville, O.-The Columbus, Mag
netic Springs & Northern Electric
railroad has begun proceedings in the
probate court to condemn a strip Of
land 80 feet wide through the farm Of
Martin L. Anderson, three miles north
of Redwood. Mr.. Anderson declined
to consent to a right of way through
his farm
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Nav Prove a Murder.

Cleveland. GA mystery which may
develop into murder, the police say,
surrounds the death of Grover Love, 18
years old, in the City hotel, 405 Cen
trail avenue He was found stretched
on the floor There are marks on
young Loves throat, hands and wrists,
as if someone had grabbed and held
him
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
EnIInd Dead

FostOria, O-Louis Shuman went to
the home of John kraeis, sos Linn
street, to see his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Kraeis. On entering the house ne
found his father-in-law, Clement Leidy,
52 years old, sitting by the stove, fully
dressed, dead, and his 17-month-old
son, Leo, ON the floor Of the bedroom
dead
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
KILLS TWO WOMEN
With a Knife and Then Fires Shot
Into His Own Brain.

Barton, Oils wife and stepdaugh-
ter were murdered with butcher
knife by Alex Ballant, So, Wednesday
night Ballant committed suicide by
shooting himself with a shotgun. The
bodies of the three victims of the trag
edy were found by neighbors Thursday.
Mrs. Ballant had money in Hungaria,
which Ballant wanted turned over to
him, it is thought They are known TO
have quarrelled frequently over the
matter
The girl was 16. She had spent six
years in a Columbus CO., convent, and
returned home but a few weeks ago.
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MARRIAGE A SURPRISE.
sohn Came To Cincinnati a Single
Man, But Returned With Bride.

Hamilton, O.-Much surprise was oc-
casioned here by the announcement Of
the marriage in Cincinnati, by the Rev.
Mr.. Voss, of Christian Henry Sohn, of
Hamilton, and Miss Emma Anna
Roegge, of Cincinnati. Mr.. Sohn is ono
of Hamilton's wealthiest manufac-
turers; a member of the firm of Sohn
& Rentschler, and treasurer of the
Hooven, Owens & Rentschler Co.
Miss Roegge is the daughter OF
Henry Roegge, of 1885 Kenton street:
The ceremony was performed at the
home of the bride.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Accused of Marrying Without Divorce

Columbus, O.-Alpheus Beall was ar
rested at the instigation Of Amelia
Beall, who claims Uniontown, Pa, as
her home. She alleges that Beall was
married to her in 1897, but after five
yeads she was deserted. The woman
insists that Beall was married to his
second wife without the formality of
a divorce,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Korean Students Destitute.

Tokyo, Jan. 1S.-Twenty-one Korean
students here are destitute owing to
cessation of aid from their homes.
They have sent petition to the gov
ernment at Seoul inclosing a finger
cut from a hand of each student.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
KINDNESS SHOWN
To An Old Woman and Almost Forgot
ten Is Rewarded BY $4,000 Gift.

Findlay, O.-Miss Ethel Bish, residing
near here, has strangely fallen heir to
a fortune of $4,000. BY the will OF
Mrs. Mary Kendell, of Oswego, N. Y,
this sum is given Miss Bish for an act
of kindness toward Mrs. Kendell three
years ago.
Miss Bish, who had almost forgotten
the incident, remembers that when she
was attending a business college in
Toledo, on her way home from school
one day, she saw an old woman fall,
and she Immediately went to her as
sistance. The woman was removed to
hotel and when she had regained con-
sciousness asked Miss Bish her name.
saying she would be remembered The
young woman thought nothing more of
the incident until she received the
legacy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Kress Given DAMAGES.

Columbus, O.-Joseph Kress, an en-
ploye of the Cincinnati Traction Co.,
will get $4,500 damages awarded him
by the Hamilton county courts for in
juries received in an accident on the
Hyde Park division on October 5, 1902.
The supreme court affirmed the judg-
ment.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Homes Surrounded.

Cleveland, O.-Big creek filled hol-
low on the south side of Dennison ave-
nue. and a number of houses were sur.
rounded by water. Two sick children
had to be carried out of a second-story
window.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Wages Advanced.

Pittsburg, Jan. 18.-The American
Sheet and Tin Plate Co. announces
an advance OF per cent. in wages
to all hot mill tonnage employees, 1t
is probable that sheet mill tonnage
men will receive an advance Of 2.6
per cent. about March.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
nun,an Selects H,s. Clerk.

CircleviIias, O.-RenioR w. Dunlap,
state food commissioner. has selested
Charles Al. May, of tlbR city, confilian-
tial clerk and adviser at a. salary Of
$1,000. R. r. Denniss also of this enan-
ty, has hasn appointsd liquor insgRetOr.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Died in Louisiana.

Cincinnati, O.-Word was reeeivelI
by Edward c. Fowble of the death in
Bastrop, La, of his niece, Blanche Hall
Bacon, wife of Charles l. Bacon, who,
was prominent in the lumber bNsinesS,
in Cincinnati
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
CHARGED With Horse Theft.

Waverly, O.-Marshal Robinson ar
rested Jess Frendier, aged 18, for horse
theft. Frendier, it is charged, stole
valuable horse and buggy from Her.
shall Brigner. Of Shyville. and fled to
Kentucky It is stated that he con-
feSSed the crime.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Enolish Princesses.

Queen Victoria had 81 grand-daugh-
ters, and of this number only four re-
main single. They are Princess Vic
toria of England, Princess Beatrice of
Saxe-Coburg, Princess Patricia of Con-
naught and Princess Victoria of
Schleswig- Holstein.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Sister ln Cinclnnati.

Middletown, O.--John OpoRReAl or
Mike DOnely, aged 80. was follad dead
in his bunk at the Big Four railroad
camp probably of pneumonia He is
said to have a sister in Cincinnati
He was of sandy comphexion. mustache
and shaggy eyebrows
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
pIstiiIera Retarded.

Cincinnati. Several Cincinnati dis
tillers who had hoped to produce de-
natured alcohol by January Is are un-
able to do 30, owing to inability to
finish the construction Of their ware
houses on time on account of unfavor-
able weather.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
PARALYSIS Fatal

Norwalk, O.-Milton A. Buck, for
over twenty years yard engineer OF
the Lake Shore Railway Co. at Nor
walk, had stroke of paralysis andI
died, being found unconscious in. tho
furnace room of the Congregational
church
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Shipping Bill Endorsed.

Washington, Jan. 18.-The National
Board of Trade before adjournment
adopted resolution giving its approx
al to the shipping bill now pending
before the house of representatives
Other measures were also endorsed
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Friends Alarmed.

Springfield, O.-Friends here fear for
the safety of Mr.. and Mrs John Nc
Kee, who are in Jamaica on their we'd
ding trip They we're married ON JAM
uary 2 in New York city and sailed
for Jamaica on the Sd. 1t was their
intention to remain at Kingston until
January lG.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
A Gun for Roosevelt.

ST. Petersburg, Jan. 1S-Gen. Ar
thur Tcheren Spiridovich, president of
the Pan-Slavic league, is to leave for
Washington to present to President
Roosevelt, on behalf of the league, a
cup for his services in bringing about
the Portsmouth conference.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

Waukegan, Ills, Jan. 1S.-It is stat.
or from Zion City that the owners Of
the required 76 per cent of Zion
stock have agreed to Receiver Hate
ley's plan for reorganization and will
tnru over their stock fcS that purnosa
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Attempt To Rurn Church.

Columbus, o.--TwO attempts were
made to destroy the Plymouth Goa,
gregational church, The first attempt
was matte about o'clock. but tho fire
vas quickly discovered and extiugqlah-
Cd with a small los
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
coIlIe Buried In a s1oo casket.

Rutland. o.-Mlss Clara Strong has
provided a hundred-dollsr burial out,
fit for her pet dog, Teddy. which was
killed by poison. An especially de-
signed casket. costing 500, was ae,
cured,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24
Banknote Centuries Old.

The oldest banknote is in the Asst
attic museum of st. Petersburg. It
was ISSUED by the Chinese govern
ment and dates from the year 1899
B. c.