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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
CRIES OF THE SIREN.
AIIuring Promise Made in Exaggerat'
ed Advertisements to Gain Trade.

Don't be robbed" Save the profits
that your storekeeper makes" and
many like catch phrases is the princi-
pal advertising stock of the concerns
who claim to sell at wholesale"
prices direct to consumers. Their ar.
guments appeal to women and men
who have little knowledge of CONNER
cial methods. Il is the appeal of self.
ishness that wins fer the concerns
who seek business among the resi-
dents of farming districts rather than
any merit that the arguments present
ed may have.
There can be little doubt as to the
mail-order way of doing business be-
ing a permanent fixture in the mercan-
tile world The fact cannot be dis
puted that in certain lines of goods
which are offered as leaders" lower
prices are quoted than like goods are
generally sold at in local stores. But
the average price on all linSS cannot
be lower, character and quality con-
sidered than the same goods could be
sold at by the local merchant.
The business of the big mail-order
concerns has been gained by extensive
advertising and continuous aggressive
work 1t has been the apathy of the
merchants in the country towns; that
has allowed these concerns to take
trade from under their very noses,
Conditions that allow the steady drain
of money from the agricultural dis
tricts and small towns to the big cities
are to be deplored. There cannot be
doubt as to the evils of the mail-ordcl
systems as a factor in the cOncertra
ton of wealth in the great fnancia
centers and the resultant building W
of trusts. For the past quarter of
century the trust evil has been con
stantly developing and keeping pace
with it, is the mail-order system
Much like the leprosy, its progress il
such that the evil has firm footholC
ere serious attention is paid to it. Th
cry of Save the dealers profits" /
synonymous with Kill the industrfe
of your own town; help us bind tn
trust ties firmer about your Owl
hands," Don't be traitor to- you
home town, even though there is
promise of a small saving in cents an
dollars. Do your part to head off tn
business concentration evil.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

possibility; but it will not be by gov
ernment connivance as before And
whatever comes, China is inevitably
destined to become one of the nations
controlled by the western ideals of
civilization.
Martyrs Have Not Made Converts.
This much of the political conse-
quences of the Boxer outbreak it has
been necessary to write in order to
make plain the religious conditions,
with which this article Is primarily
concerned. On every hand l have
heard in America, that "the blood Of
the martyrs" had again proved to be
1.-The seed of the church" 1t is
surprise to find to what slight ex-
tent this is true. Undoubtedly extra
ordinary progress has been made in
mission work since 1900, but for
direct results of the faithful testimony
of the many who heroically sealed
their loyalty with their lives I have
looked in vain. / have talked with the
missionaries in Peking, Paoting-fu,
Tung Chow and other scenes of the
worst massacres. They sadly admit
that they cannot trace any conver-
sions to the shining heroism Of the
men and women, native converts and
foreigners, who laid down their lives
for the gospel. '''
Instead, there are villages where all
! the Christians we're murdered IN lSVO
into which the missionaries are now
unable to penetrate. The people say
that Christianity has caused them
enough suffering; they want no more
to do with it.. In numerous communl-
ties where mission work was conduct
ed before, the massacres, there is no
mission work now, although the mis-
sionary force has been increased.
Similarly, for years after the troubles
it was found that inquirers concerning
"the Jesus way" who had been reached
through the street chapels, medical
work and otherwise. were forcibly pre-
] vented by their families and friends
from having anything to do with tAe
church. ALI this is contrary to the ex
pectation and preconceptions o.
Christendom; but the truth is more
sacred than any theory.
i Wherein the Boxers Failed.
II Certain manifest results from tbs
Boxer days are apparent. As already
stated, that uprising. which was pri
marily directed against Christians ant
secondarily against all foreigners, wa
B d futile attempt to'stamn out the west
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
WEALTH BY BILLIONS
VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS FOR
THE YEAR 1907.
WHAT THE EARTH PRODUCES
AaricuIturalists Have II in Their
Power to curtaI the Operation Of
Trusts and Prevent Unequal
Distribution of Money.

Farms of the United States in 1907
will produce more wealth than all the
gold mines of the world have produc-
ed in 20 years. Conservative estimates
place the value of all farm products at
approximately $7,000,000, 900, or about
S2OO,O00,O00 more than their value in
1906. The farmer is the magician, the
alchemist, that makes use of nature to
enrich the world. The farmers corn
crops alone average a billion dollars
a year, and all the other cereals an
other billion, with cotton, tobacco, hay
and fax worth another billion, and the
fruits, garden truck and animals few
billions more. Thus it can be seen that
the farmer, produces wealth greater
than taken from it by the miners for
its precious gems and minerals. There
is no other foundation for the wealth
and business of the world other than
the land. Men cannot eat gold; the
coal is only useful to him as a means
of utilizing what the earth grows;
there is nothing in the mineral world
that will sustain life, or anything that
is necessary unless mortals eat, drink
and wear clothes. When there is
abundance of agricultural productions,
there are prosperous times, and FAM
ne when the opposite occurs. The
whole financial fabric, the entire COM
mercial system, is dependent upon the
farmer, and his work.
One billion dollars is an amount be-
yond the comprehension Of the aver
age man. The life of an individual is
not sufficiently long to count it cent
by cent should he work ten hours a
lay, from his tenth year until death.
This is the average value of the corn
crop alone that the farmers of the
United States produce yearly.
One would believe that if only a
small portion of the vast wealth
which the farmers produce could be
)nly retained in the agricultural com
nunities, there would be class oi
ich men greater than in any CONNER
cla1 commSnity. Yet statistics show
hat for the amount of wealth yearly
produced, the farmers are retainers Of
only a small portion of it. The tend
ency is toward concentration o.
wealth in great financial centers. 1t i:
in these places, and by the control o
this great wealth, that trusts are bull
up, and the machinery put in opera
lion that Systematically draws from
the agricultural sections the grea
wealth produced. Farmers can, if the!
will, bring about a change by sim
pie adherence to the home trade prin
ciple; by patronage of local busines
institutions instead of the concerns il
he large cities. ID. M. CARR.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
ARMY STANDING
To Be Adopted BY ohio Militia Under
the Adjutant Generals Order.

Columbus, C.-Adjt. Gen. A. B.
Critchfield formally issued his general
order reorganizing the state militia to
the standard of the regular army, in
accordance with the Dick Law. How
ever, the reorganization was practl-
cally made some time ago. and there
is little to do The only difference Will
be few minor details in the matter
of changing the non-commissioned Off
GERS in a couple of departments, and
giving Adjt. Gen. Critchfeid the title
Of THE Adjutant General" All of his
assistants and brigade adjGtants will
in the future be known as "Ad1utant
General" which title will be in line
with the army officials of similar rank.
The number of men in companies viii
be made the same as those Of the reg.
ular army.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
rerms NAV Be Extended.

Columbus, O.-In an opinion render
ell to Secretary Of State Carmi A.
Thompson the attorney general holds
THAT sheriffs and treasurers serving
their second terms may accept the eX-
tension Of one year provided by the
last legislature. AS to sheriffs and
treasurers serving their first terms,
and who, on their second terms,
would, after having served the exten.
sion term, be in conflict with the con-
stftutional provisions on their second
terms, he renders no opinion. saying
that the matter is not now up for his
OniniOn.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

ahe nation will never again array it.
self blindly against the world. Further
more, 1900 convinced China that
Christianity is here to stay; the
sword, the fire and the stake of tor
ture cannot extirpate it.
Since 1900 each year in China's his
tory has accomplished more progress
than formerly was achieved in cen'
turtles Undoubtedly this country has
made greater strides in the past six
years than in the preceding two mil
lenniums. The change has been SO
swift, SO startling, so Kaleidoscope,
that the world outside cannot compre-
hend it. Missionaries who come back
after years .furlough have, to pinch
themselves to make sure that they are
awake.
chiSa's Greatest aMan. II
This province of Chilli, which in
cludes Peking. and Tien-T Tsin, affords
the most extraordinary evidences of
transformation. ss4ts vieeroy is Yuan
Shit Kai, China's greatest man, al
though at the moment oveFthrown by
the MancfIu .:ieact tIbnaries who now
dominate Peking. 1t was Yuan Shih
Kai who created and controlled the
modern army of 10000 men which is
one OF the assets Of new China. It
was Yuan Shih Kai who made over
into a modern city a. large part of old
native Tien-Tsin. It was Ylan Shih
Kais who established there and at
Peking police system and a fire de-
partment, and instituted regulations
which have diminished to an enor-
NOUS extent the filthiness of the
streets. 1t was Yuan Shih Kai. who
made the narrow, rough. and tortuous
alleys which throughout centuries
have passed for highways give way
to wide,J smooth. straight; modern
thoroughfares. 1t twas Yuan Shih Kai
who fostered q system of modern edu
cation, Of all branches and who
opened, public reading rooms and lee
ture halls, thus instfliing the leaven
of, modern progress into the minds o.
all young China.
To-day Yuan Shin Kai's sun is un
der cloud. He has been shorn O
the command of the army, of all his
numerous posts except his viceroyalty
and Of what is all important in Chi
nese politics,. his enormous revenues
The Manchp reactionaries who com
pose fhe palace clique are on top; bu
no, one expects them to attempt tn
mad follies Of seven years ago. Hall
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

ed as a reformer by these, Yuan Shih
Kai is also hated by the extreme
wing of reformers themselves, whom
he betrayed in 1900, thus making pos
sible the coup d'etat" whereby the
empress seized the reins of power
from the feeble hands of the emperor.
There is said to be a blood feud be-
tween the emperor and his most pow
erful subject, and all sorts OF con"
lectures are made as to what will hap
pen when the empress dies.
But the reform spirit grows daily.
The revolutionary society is increas-
ingly formidable. Nobody here would
be surprised at a national political
conflagration and revolution which
would be as different from the pres
ent sporadic outbreaks aS war is
from skirmish. But, at the same
time, nobody expects China to go
back to the old days. From what l
could CLEAN of the opinions of Sir Rob
ert Hart and the Oldest diplomats,
merchants and missionaries, general
massacre of foreigners is not an i'm
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

Peking, China.-Neither missions
nor politics in China is comprehensi-
Bile until the Boxer outbreak is un-
.derstood. All roads of investigation
lead back to 1900. That was the
most eventful year in China's hoary
history. Already its vast economic
and political significance looms SO
large that the massacre Of more than
200 missionaries is coming to be re-
garded as mere phase of a great
epoch.
The Boxer troubles we're the birth
tkroes of a new China. In those ter
rible days the nation, all unwlttingly,
broke forever with her self-satisfied,
Self-secluded past. And the punish
ment meted out to her, including all
the horrible and shameful eXcesses of
the foreign troops, and everything
else that was comprehended within
that unprecedented orgy of lust, loot
and lawlessness, has put the fear of
civilization into the hearts of the Chi
nese. Whatever reaction, may come
and l write in the midst Of one
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Escaned Convict CAPTURED!

Newark, O.-Chief of Police SheTi"
dan left for Urbana to bring back Geo.
Moore, captured in that city and who
broke jail here in October, 1906. Moore
was charged with shooting with intent
to kill. One of his fads- has been to
have his photo taken on postcards,
sending them to persons in this city
from various parts of this country.
The Urbana officers will receive $50
reward offered for his capture.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
BOYS Admit Burning Barn.

Columbus, O-Deputy Fire Marshal
Newman, of Dayton, reports here that
he has secured the confession OF Wiz
gil and Milton Garner, two boys, aged
rs and Is years, that they set fire and
burned the barn Of A. T. Corbett, near
Cable, in Champaign county They
burned the barn because Corbett rep
rfmanded the boys for setting fire TO
a hay stack. They will be sent to the
reform farm.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
MARRIED THE NURSE
After Being Restored to Heath-Ro-
nance of a Manufacture.

Marysville, O.-The wedding of Mr..
Earl T. Adams, wealthy novelty man
ufacturer of Portsmouth, o., and Miss
Emma Belt, at the home of the brides
parents. Mr and Mrs. Frank Belt, in
this city, was the elimination of a pref
e. romance. A few months ago Mr..
Adams was i'll and entered SANTA
rum in Columbus, where Miss Belt
was the head nurse. Patient and nurse
became warm friends, and soon be-
came engaged After the ceremony the
couple left to visit friends in Columbus
and Cincinnati, after which they will
take a honeymoon trip to California
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Tri-Church Union Recommended.

Cleveland, O.-The report Of the
committee of 2S. to which had been
referred the question of tri-church
union, was made to,the triennial coun-
Gil of the Congregational church, in
session here. The committee is unani-
NOUS in its report favoring' the pro
posed amalgamation of the Congrega-
tional, Methodist Protestant and. Undt,
ed Brethren.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Murdererroranted aaRespite.

Columbus. O.-The supreme court.
overruled ltheemotion for stay Of exc
cution in the case of John Solor, or
Cleveland. condemned tooeiectrocution
for the murder of WronAa Nargo, his,
sweetheart. Gov. Harris granted res.
pite to Solor~ until DeceEnber 1S, SO it
can come before the board Of pardonsN
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
WILL OF BAIRD,
Whose Ashes Were Strewn Over Mag
ara Falls, Contested BY Kin.

Akron, O.-At Cleveland many Ak
ron and Cleveland relatives of the late
Herbert w. Baird are contesting his
Will, by which they are deprived of an
interest in his property. The decedent
ordered that his remains be cremated
and the ashes thrown over Niagara
Falls. His wish was complied with
despite the objections Of relatives.
Now the relatives are basing their
claim that Mr.. Baird was not mentally
sound
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Two More REGIMENTS.

Columbus, O.-Assistant Adjt Gen..
Worthington KautZmann will muster
in two more companies for the Seventh
regiment. One will be installed at
Pomeroy or, October 25, and the other
at McConnellsville on October 81 The
former will be known as Company G.
and the latter as Company M! Seventh
infantry
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Wins Suit AGAINST Victim.

Hamilton, O.-John P. Wright or
Preble county, who about a year ago
shot Clement L. Wikle, OF Eaton,
through jealousy and was recently re-
leased from prison where he served a
term for the shooting. was awarded
$2.5OO damages against Willle. Wright
brought suit for $4,000 for the alleged
alienation of his wife's affections.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Annanned His Funeral.

Toledo, 0>-W. D. Lana. wfr9 few
weeks ago, went to the, residence OF
Rev. John Hill and made preparations
for funeral services and FROM there to
an undertaken to select a c@sket and
last to, q cemetery, where he selected
his last nesting place., is; dead. Lana
had been suffering from cancer Of the
StnmaOh
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Aced Ranker is Dead,

Manchester, O.-W. A. Blair, II.
died at his home in Tranquility. He
was a veteran of the civil war and was
the president OF several banks in Ad-
ans, Brown and Scioto counties Tor
the past 25 years. He was themealth-
lest resident OF Adams county and was
q member of the state legislature for
two terms.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Kln nHer Eor Bonds.

Dayton, Ono bids were received
when the county commissioners Of
fered $4,000 ditch and $4,000 bridge
bonds for sale. The rate OF interest,
placed one half per cent. lower than
usual. Is given as the cause of the
failure
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
One Killed. Etftv.Nine. Iniureut!

Cincinnati.-A traction car on the
Elberon avenue line jumpedi the track
while running, wild down the steep
grade, skidded sideways and then up
turned over an embankment is, feet in
height into, a rear yard. One passen-
ger was killed instantly and nearly
three score others were more on less
seriously injured
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Choked to Deaths

Columbus, O.--In an attempt to-
swallow a large piece of meat Aaron
H. Cordy, a brick mason in:the employ
of the city, living at 625 Buckingham
street, was ,choked to DEATH The doc
tors say thatIthe piece of meat was So
large that in his efforts to ,dtslDdge it.
he hurst his windpipe.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Good Use Of Spare Moments.

1 Chancellor D'Aguesseau, finding that
his wife always kept him waiting a
quarter of an hour after the dinner
bell had rung, resolved t1 devote the
time to writing a book ON jurispru.
dence. and, putting the project in exc.
cution. in course of time produced a
work in four quarto volumes,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Made His own Teeth.

Columbus, O.-Chas, Bennett, up t0F
five ye@rs for burglary from Ctnean~
natl, who was released on the exPiEa'
tion Of his term. made reputation as
his own dentist while in the prison,
having made from bone three perfect
teeth and fitted them in his mouth.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

Cleveland, O.-JOhn D. Rockefeller
has cut the expenses on his Forest Hill
estates and as a result tho superinr
tendent Of the grounds has given up
his position in disgust, and will seek
work elsewhere
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
An, Edition Nomtnated1 Fur Mayor.

Marietta. O.-At a. citizens mass
convention Ben ]. Mckinney, editor on
the Marietta Times anSB ax-chairman oA
the, statep democratic committee. WAS
nominated for mayor of Marietta oA
a platform favoring the enforcement
OF the, liuuor laws aGGf the suppression
nf eRml1lNnR
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Dunlan Has TuhoGdl.

Columbus, @-Attending physicians
pronounced the Illness of State Food
Commissioner Renick w. Dunlap
case of typhcid fever. The doctors say
that it will be several weeks before he.
will he able TO resume his duties.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Norlnated Ear a Fourth Term.

Wellston, O.--After one Of the most
bitterly contested primary fights in
the history of local politics, 7. r. Jones
was nominated for fourth term as
mayor. The organization was under
the supervision Of Warden Gould.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
The Home Market.

Good agricultural towns afford a
steady market for eggs and other pro-
duce, thus keeping prices even. There
Is a poor market in poor town, and
,lrices are uneven.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Rink wIped4 Out By Fire.

Defiance, O.-SharwOOd, village OF
about 1000 population in Defiance
cm,nfy, was visitsd by $15.OaG iire.
An entire business square was COM
pletelv destroyed. the largest building
bsing the HaveH hotel, the finest hos
t,alrv in the village
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Ottawa SHORTAGES

Columbus, O.-"Long established Gus
toms is the reason given by Examiner
J. c. Wood. OF the state bureau of uni
form accounting, fop the existence Of
Irregularities in the amount OF $7,O60.24
in Ottawa county.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Killed BIZ CaYe-ln.

NOrwalk, O.-AYnan J. Squares,
while building the West Main street
sewer. met TERRIBLE and sudden death
The sewer to a. depth of IA fest had
been cribbed Owing to wet saSad the
sides of the sewer caved ID and
Sauires was s1OOthered.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

Toledo, O;-That an effort will he
made to have the next session Of the:
legislature pass state banking bill
was the sentiment Of The first annual
session of Group 8 OF the ohio Bank
ers' association.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

Those who are opposed to the evils
of capital concentration, the building
ND of trusts that work against the in
terests of the masses, should consider
the fact that any and every system
of business that depletes a section OF
the country of the wealth it produces
strengthens the system of business
and financial concentration. One OF
the most baneful systems that at the
present is working against the inter-
ests of the smaller cities and towns,
and is the greatest medium of drain
ing wealth from agricultural communi-
ties, is the mail-order plan of doing
business. From some rural towns
from 40 to so per cent. of the trade
goes to foreign concerns. If this trade
we're confined to the home town, it's
business would be doubled, employ
ment given to twice as many people;
the profits accruing from mercantile
business would seek local investment,
and within a few years the population
of the town would be more than dou-
bled, and all living within the district
would be benefited.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
One Cause Of Drowning

Renewed attention has been called
to the probable explanation Of many
cases of drowning that was some
years ago advanced by DR.. Lowrie, a
British physician, as result of his
own experience. After cycling on
hot day, he took swim in cold water,
and was soon seized with headache,
dizziness and drowsiness, while mus
cular effort became feeble and slug.
gish. In many similar cases, he be-
lieves, the swimmer loses conscious
ness--or faints-from cerebral anemia.
If there is no help near, the result is
another drowning accident, and the
report of it will probably state that
the victim was seized with cramps
and sank" Swimming in cold water
is dangerous il the circulation is weak
ened from any cause, especially after
Fast of several hours, or If there Is
any heart trouble.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

II should be the aim of every owner
OF land to help build up the home
town, for Oy so doing he assists him
self, his neighbors, and his county and
state as well.