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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
FROM SMALL TOWNS
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOL.
LARS TAKEN ANNUALLY.
THROUGH MAIL-ORDER SYSTEM
Views of a Banker on the Situation
During the Recent Monetary
stringency Well Worthy Of
Consideration

The president of bank at Mime
apolfs, during the recent financial
stringency, called attention to one
source of financial drain upon the
country towns which should be taken
into consideration, and a remedy ap-
piled.
In this remarkable situation he
said, when everybody is prosperous
and there is not enough currency to
go round, it is important that every
dollar possible should be Kept at home
until the banking business is again on
cash basis. In the cities this is be-
ing done with good deal of success,
and the clearinghouse certificates and
cashiers checks prevent a serious
embarrassment. But out in the coun-
try, where there are no clearing
houses, every dollar boarded or sent
away from home counts double.
At this time the patronage of the
foreign catalogue houses is a factor
that ought to be considered seriously.
By their own reports two of these
SolGLlO6uC lOuOCO, LIE nllllOOJ
every commodity of use to the home
or farm, do a business OF 100000 900
year. This is 100000 for each of the
six business days of the week This
money comes largely out of the coun-
try towns. These catalogue houses do
not sell to people in the cities where
they are located. 1t is from the farm
ers and residents of towns of less
than 5000 population that 95 per cent
of their business comes and at least a
third of it is from the northwest. And
remember, too, that there are other
catalogue houses, and that the COM
bined business done by them is at
least $200,000,000 annually.
Il am informed that all through the
state of Minnesota this competition of
the foreign catalogue houses has been
very seriously felt by the merchants
of small towns, to such an extent that
some have been driven out of business
entirely.
IF this has been the case during
the great prosperity of recent years,
when money was circulated freely
what must the effect be now when the
currency is needed at home? Money
spent with the local merchant is dis
bursed in the locality, at least the
profits of his business are, but money
sent away is lost from local clrcula-
ton.
Without going into the home-trade
question it seems plain to me that
those who buy from a foreign cata-
logue house at this time are directly
injuring themselves, for this question
of keeping money in home circulation
involves people of all conditions"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
HANDLING FARM PRODUCTS.
Improved Methods Practiced in Many
Agricultural Towns.

Every farming community turns
trade to the town where best prices
are paid for the minor products which
the farmers have to dispose of. The
prices paid for butter and eggs, quite
often, decide the business life of a
town. The general practice in many
places is for individual merchants to
take produce in exchange for goods.
The lowest market price is the rule in
these towns. Should one merchant
pay cent pound more for butter,
or cent more dozen for eggs, the
farmers conclude that the difference
is made up in the quality of goods or
the quantity they receive in exchange.
To overcome the annoyances occa.
stoned through unwholesome competi.
tion in the buying of farmers prod.
ucts, the business men of many agri-
cultural towns, during the past few
years, have undertaken the operation
of cooperative produce establish,
ments. These establishments general.
ly consist of a commodious warehouse
WIN SOiN oNOloS0C opDllolSCos lC
merchants of the town are the stock.
holders in the concern. A manager is
employed on salary a1d is intrusted
with the buying and marketing of all
produce. The storekeepers refer all
farmers who have produce for sale to
the produce house and the highest
market price is paid and due bills
given which are payable in goods at
the stores in the town.
This method has proved highly sat.
isfactory everywhere it has been tried.
Not alone have the merchants found
it advantageous, but the farmers as
we'll. Another feature worth consid.
GRAFTON is the fact that farmers are
not compelled to trade at any particu.
lar store, but can make their pur.
chases in any store in the town. Then
again much trade is saved to the com.
munity that might go to the mail-or.
der houses of the larger cities.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11

The summer time is the time the re-
tail merchant must keep things mov-
ing at lively pace in his store. Gen
orally the warm weather season is
dull with retailers and the period from
June to September is generally regard
ed as time when there is little doing.
Here is where the retail merchant
must not allow himself to take a
wrong view of things. The fact that
this stretch of three months has been
generally regarded as a period of in
activity is just the very reason why he
cannot afford to allow it to be one
There can be M pa..ods of inactivity
for the merchant of to-day. He must
keep full head of steam up all the
time and it is even more important
that he should do this on the up grade,
when he is working against the forces
of gravitation than on the level, when
the business rushes almost of its own
momentum.
The live merchant will make up his
mind that there will be no periods of
inactivity in his store. He keeps
things moving all the time; there is
something doing every day and he
doesn't give people a chance to forget
for single day that he is selling the
best merchandise at the lowest pos
sible prices.
1t is these periods of inactivity on
the parts of retail merchants which
have given the retail mail order
houses their opportunity to make in
roads on their trade. With the mail
order houses there are no periods of
inactivity, and during the summer
months they will hustle harder than
ever for trade, because they need the
money" The retail merchant must
prepare to meet aggressive competi-
tlsn on the part of the catalogue mer,
chants and it Is up to him to hustle
and see well to his local advertising.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
SYNOPSIS.

Giles Dudley arrived in San Francisco
10 JOIN his friend and distant relative
Henry Wilton. whom he was to assist
~ AN important and mysterious task,
Stnd who accompanied Dudley on the
Jerry boat trip into the city The re-
nbrl;able resemblance of the two men
rs noted and commented on by passen-
Svls on the ferry. They see "A man with
snake eyes, which sends "A thrill through
hudlcY. Wilton postpones an explanation
u! the strange errand Dudley Is 10 per
tornL hut occurrences cause him to
know Il is one of no ordinary meaning.
Wilton leaves Giles in their room. with
instruction to await his return and shoot
any ON" who tries to enter. Outside there
Is heard shouts and curses and the noise
of quarrel. Henry rushes in and at
ms request the roommates quickly eX-
change clothes and he hurriHS out again.
Hardly has he gone than Giles is
.,Iartlcd by cry of Help" and he runs
Uui tu hnd some one being assaulted by
= hAif dozen men. He summons a police
man hut they are unable to find any
trace ot a crime, Giles returns to his
room ana hunts for some evidence that
might explain his strange mission. He
hndN map which he endeavurs to de
niphrr. Dudley is summoned to the
noreuc and there finds the dead body of
hi" friend, Henry Wilton. And thus Wilt
~ dies without ever explaining TO Dud-
ley the puzZling work he was to perform
IN San Francisco, In order 20 discover
the secret mission his friend had entrust-
~d to him Dudley continues his disguise
and permits himself to be known as
Hrnry Wilton. Dudley, mistaken for
Wilton, is employed by Knapp to assist
in a stock brokerage deal. 'DlCkN
takes the supposed Wilton to Mother
Hurtun'E Mother BOrton discovers that
hc IL not Wilton. The lights are turned
nut ana "A free for all fight follows. Giles
Dudley finds himself ClOSeted in = room
with Mother Borton who makes con
fllipt of him.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
Inventor of Envelopes,

1t is somewhat curious that such a
simple contrivance as the envelope
should be a comparatively modern in
vention.
AS a matter of fact, it is just 100
years since a paper manufacturer of
Brighton, named Brewes, invented en-.
velopes for letters in their present
form. Even then it was some consid.
cradle time before their use became
at all general, not. in fact, until some
where about the year 1850.
Before this date (as many who are
living now will remember) a letter
written only on one side, was folded in
two, then in three, sealed with a wafer
or sealing wax, and addressed on one
of the blank sides.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
CHANCE FOR GIRLS TO MARRY.
Lines of Business That Furnish the
Most Opportunities.

Il have noticed that girls from cer-
tain counters in department stores
continually marry off" said a clergy
man. Il refer to the counters that
men patronize-the pajama counter,
the pipe counter the haberdashery
counter, and so on. Were l a girl
about to take place in a depart
ment store, l should choose, even at
a lower salary, the pipe rather than
the ribbon line.
Nurses, too, are a great class for
getting married. And they make good
marriages. They become the wives
of promising young physicians. It's
different abroad, Abroad nurse is
treated almost as a servant. A physi-
clan would regard over there a mar
riage with a nurse as misalliance.
"Governesses, if the family travels
good deal, marry the mates and
stewards of ships. With stationary
families their matrimonial chances
are less good, though now and then a
really pretty governess hooks in some
friend of wife or husband, a million
aire broker or publisher"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11

That the market day" idea is be-
coming decidedly popular in the coun'
try is indicated by the fact that the
merchants of dozens of western towns
have adopted the plan lately. Re
ports from these places, which have
been giving the market day" plan a
trial, indicate that it is giving salts.
faction to dealers and to their
patrons. Like any other innovation
the success of the establishment of a
market day depends almost entirely
upon the interest which it evokes and
the sustained energy that is en-
ployed in giving it distinctive value
to producers. The merchants will get
out of the plan no more nor less than
they put into it. If the arrangements
made afford the assurance that pa.
irons will find improved facilities for
the disposal of their products it is Ger.
tain to prove a drawing feature. II
it is employed simply as plan for
drawing crowd of farmers to town
to spend their money, 1t is equally
certain that the ultimate result will
be unsatisfactory, if not seriously
detrimental to future business rela.
tions. 1t is good policy not to go into
scheme of this kind until satisfied
that conditions are right for it's sue,
cess, and once undertaken, to push 1T
for all it is worth. Make it worth
while for customers to come from a
distance for the day, so that they will
be ready to assist in the perpetuation
of the plan. A great deal depends on
starting right" and, once having pop.
ularized the idea to keep up sustained
enthusiasm by providing improved
facilities for caring for the increased
trade which 1t develops.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
LEARNED A LESSON.
One Farmer Finds Out Something
Through Buying MaiLorder Stove.

The Wayne (Neb) Herald recites
the story of a Wayne county farmer
who was caught by one of the cata.
logue houses. He learned the lesson
and paid dearly for #. Mr. Farmer
had seen the stove picture in tke cata.
logue and had sent on his good S29,
adding $3.50 for freight. Then the
stove came to the depot The farmer
came to. town, loaded UP the junk and
drove up onto the business street.
Then to- some. friends, he confides1:
That stove cost me $29 and 500
freight, and I'll bet it is half sheet
iron. l have been waiting for it for
over two months and my wife is, near.
ly crazy about it. coulf have done
better by buying Of the Wayne hard.
ware dealers. The catalogue fellows
can go to hades in the future"
This is a lesson that people of Ne
braska and other states are being
taught every day in the year and it is
pleasure to Know that they are get.
ting their eye teeth cut in the most
artistic and approved STYLE They are
ordering from the catalogues and in
return they are getting a miserable lot
of junk, paying much higher prices
than they would have to pay for first
class goods sold in the home stores.
The catalogue houses live, and grow
fat off just such people as the man at
Wayne. These men are constantly
looking for the big end Of the bargain.
The catalogue houses are dofng the
same thing 1t would look as though
it would be When Greek meets
Greek" but its nothing of the kind.
The catalogue concerns have all the
advantage. They have gotten the
money of the individuAE and then they
send him out any kind of an old lot of
junk, knowing that he has NO recourse.
These catalogue houses have been do
ing THIS thing for years and find
plenty of suckers, for you know there
is something recorded about a sucker
being born every second. Perhaps
they do not get the same sucker a
second time, but they catch some that
came along in the new crop,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
"wny did ne bring me here TO-

"why did ne bring me here to
night?"
Il nearn there's orders come TO
change the place-the boys place, you
know. You was to tell 'em where the
new one was to be, reckon, but Tom
Terrill spoiled things. He's lightning
is Tom Terrill. But l guess he got
it all out of Dicky, though where
Dicky got it the Lord only knows"
This was all that was to be had
from Mother Borton. Either she
knew no more. or she was sharp
enough to hide a knowledge that
might be dangerous, even fatal, to re-
veal. She was willing TO serve me,
and | was forced to let it pass that
she knew no more.
We'll, I'd better be going then,
said | at last. It's nearly 4 o'clock,
and everything seems to be quiet here
abouts. I'll find my way to my room. "
"Youn do no such thing" said
Mother BOTtOn. They've not given up
the chase yet. Your men have gone
home, reckon. but I'll bet the SALOON
that you'd have a surprise before you
got TO the corner"
Not a pleasant prospect" said
grimly.
NO. You must stay here. The
room next to this one is just the thing
for You. See?"
She drew me into the adjoining
room, shading the candle as we passed
through the han that no CLEAN might
fall where it would attract attention.
You'll be safe here" she said.
Now do as say. Go to sleep and git
some rest. You amt had much, 1
guess, since you got to San Fran
CISCO"
The room was cheerless, but in the
circumstances the advice appeared
good. | was probably safer here than
in the street, and | needed the rest.
Good night" said my strange pro-
tcctress. You needn't git up till
you git ready. This is a beautiful
room-beautiful. | call it our bridal
chamber, though we don't get no
brides down here. There won't be no
sun to bother your eyes in the morn
in, for that window don't open up
outside. So there can't nobody git
in unless he comes from inside the
house. There, git to bed. Look out
you don't set fire to nothing. And put
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11

Paris Pattern No. 1870, All Seams
Allowed.-This jaunty little design for
the popular Russian suit is intended
for the small boy. The material used
in its development is slate-gray In
dian-head cotton. The shawl collar,
straight cuffs and narrow belt are Of
bright-red linen, and all the stitching
is done in the same color. The re-
movable shield is of the gray stitched
with red, or if desired the latter
might also be of the red linen. The
blouse fastens in double-breasted ef-
feet with small pearl buttons, and the
full knickerbockers are caught in
around the knees by elastic, run
through hem facing. The pattern
is in four sizes-two to five years.
For boy of three years the suit re-
quires S9s yards of material 27 inches
wide, rs yards SO inches wide, or 15k
yard 81 inches wide; as illustrated, u
yard Of contrasting material 27
inches wide.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number Of pattern.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
Only Christian Names Signed by
Members Of Royal Houses.

The origin of most royal houses was
similar throughout Europe, and kings
and their families, speaking broadly,
never had or used surnames. They
signed their Christian names alone.
So universally was this the case
that it became rigid etiquette that a
person of royal birth should not use a
surname, though there have been nurl-
bers of cases of dynasties, like our
own Stuarts, like the Bernadotte dy-
nasty of Sweden or like the Bonaparte
family, who unquestionably and in
dubitably had inherited surnames. But
it has always been puzzle why the
cadet members of our own royal
house do not subscribe themselves as
peers by their peerage designations,
as do other peers.
However, the fact is they do not,
but 1t has not been discovered what
are the rules which govern their sig
;.atures, The sovereign signs by the
Christian name and USUALLY adds "R. !"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11

low. Let me tell you what | know.
Then maybe we'll have time to go
into things | don't know"
1t was of no use to urge her. l
bowed my assent to her terms.
III name no Names" she said.
My throat can be cut as quick as
yours, and maybe quicker"
The ones that has the boy means
all right. They're rich. The ones as
is looking for the boy is all wrong.
They'll be rich if they gifts him."
How"
why, l don't know" said Mother
Borton. I'm tellin' you what Henry
Wilton told me-"
This was maddening. l began to
suspect that she knew nothing after
all.
do you know where he is?" ] asked,
taking the questioning into my own
hands.
"No"-sullenly.
who is protecting hin?"
Il don't know"
"Who is trying to get him."
Its that snake-eyed Tom Terrill
that's leading the hunt. along with
Darby Meeker; but they amt doing it
for themselves"
rs Doddridge Knapp behind them?"
The old woman looked at me sud
denly in wild-eyed alarm.
SSH" she whispered. Don't
name no Names"
And is this all you know" l asked
in disappointment.
Mother Borton tried to remember
some other point.
Il don't see how it's going to keep
knife from between my ribs" COM
planned.
You keep out of the way of Tom
Terrill and his hounds, and you'll be
all right, reckon"
Am | supposed to be the head
man in this business?"
YES"
Who are my men?"
There's Wilson and Fitzhugh and
Porter and Brown" and she named
ten or a dozen more.
And what is Dicky?'
It's a smart man as can put his
finger on Dicky Nahl," said Mother
Borton spitefully.
'Nahl is his manner"
Yes. And I've seen him hobnob
with Henry Wilton. and I've seen him
thick as thieves with Tom Terrill, and
which he's thickest with the devil
himself couldn't tell call him Slip,
0ery Dicky,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
SURNAMESNOT USED BY KINGS

or "R. and l." Princes and princesses
sign by their Christian names and
sometimes, but not always, add the
letter "P." When or why this is added
or omitted is not kaown.
But the habits Of royalty lead 9TH
ers into strange happenings. There
was an occasion uron which Queen
Victoria after a "fuoction" was asked
to sign a visitors Eook. Her majesty
write Victoria r. and L." Princess
Henry of Battenoerg then wrote
Beatrice p" The turn Of the local
mayoress came neat and she signed
Elizabeth" The surname was hastily
written in the following day, but too
late to prevent the story gaining cur
rency.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11

face grew sharp and cunning in its
| look.
What can / do?"
"Tell' me, in Gods name, where |
stand. What is this dreadful mystery ?
Who is this boy? Why is he hidden
and why do these people want to
| know where he is? Who is behind me
and who threatens me with death?"
| burst out with these question pas
sionately, almost frantically. This was
the first time had had chance to de-
mand them of another human being.
Mother Borton gave me a leer.
Il wish | could tell you, my dear,
but don't know"
You mean you dare not tell me"
| said boldly. You have done me a
great service, but if | am to save my
self from the dangers that surround
me | must know more. Can't you see
that"
Yes" she nodded. You're in a
hard row of stumps, young man"
And you can help me-"
We'll, | will" she said, suddenly
softening again. Il took shine to
you when you came in, an | says to
myself. I'll save that young fellow,
an | done it. And I'll do more Mr.
Wilton was a fine gentleman, an I'd
do something, if l could, to get even
with those murderin' gutter-pickers
that laid him out on a slab"
She hesitated and looked around
at the shadows thrown by the flick
ering candle.
'Well?" | said impatiently. Who
is the boy, and where is he?"
Never you mind that young, fell
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
Advice to Younu Men

II you are i2clined to become bus-
band by all means select wife from
a family in which there are numerous
dadghters. In such case the girl IL
much less likely to be spoiled and
consequently is calculated to make a
better wife. Then you will render
yourself immensely popular with the
parents, who find it extremely dificult
to get rid of number of girls. An
only daughter is often q she,devi, J.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
Vierna's ssaaars.

1t has been proved that no fewer
than $4,000 beggars are at present
making better living in Vienna
than ordinary worKmen. One notori.
GUS family of professional beggars
recently gave a grand ball and a
cSlcert at a local hotel
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11

out the candle. Now good night,
dearie."
Mother Borton closed the door be-
hind her, and left me to the shadows.
There was nothing to be gained by
sitting up, and the candle was past its
final inch. l felt that l could not
sleep, but would lie down on the bed
and rest my tired limbs, that l might
refresh myself for the demands of the
day. kicked off my boots, put my
revolver under my hand and lay down.
Needless of Mother Borton's warn
ing | left the candle to burn to the
socket, and watched the tlickering
shadows chase each other over walls
and ceiling, finally dropping off to
sleep.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11

Paris Pattern No 1924 All Seams
Allowed.-A splendid all-cever apron
which thoroughly protects the dress.
is here portrayed. 1t may be deVel-
oped to advantage in plain or striped
gingham, ch&mbray, linen or duck.
The model is made with high neck,
finished with turn-down collar, edged
with embroidery or cut in square Dutch
outline, according to taste. A patch
pocket ornaments each side of the
front, and the full length sleeves are
gathered into cuffs of the material.
The pattern is in four sfzes-32, 36, 40
and "A inches, bust measure. For SO
bust the apron requires 7A yards Of
material q inches wide, or 51a yards
So inches wide; IL yard of edging to
trim
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper
Write name and address plainly, and bea
sure to give size and number of pattern.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
Immense Food RecsptaeIss.

At recent municipal celebration in
Covina, CAL, in which barbecue was
given to mark the advent of an elec-
trio railway, coffee was served from
an urn holding $50 gallons, or 5000
cups; beans were cooked in a pot
holding 200 gallons. ~
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
Heavy Imports Of Eoodstuffs

In 1906 the imports of wheat and
wheat -four into the United Kingdom
were rs per cent. of the total supply.
In 1905 the imports were 35 per cent.
and in France three per cent. In the
United Kingdom In 1906 the imported
supplies of meat were AZ per cent.