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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
TWO SIDES TO THE QUESTION.
Patronage of Home Stores Depends
Much UEon the Merchants.

How often do merchants complain
about the farmers and others sending
to distant places for goods, while al
the same time the farmers are forced
by the merchants to send their pro
duce to some other place while the
merchants ship in the same class OF
products that the farmers are send
ing out?
In the home patronage matter there
is nothing so wholesome as reel
procity. Do the merchants always
give preference to homegrown pOta
toes, to the products supplied by the
local hens, to the output of the local
creameries? Do the merchants al
ways show a good example by patron
izing their brother tradesmen? o.
do they at times send to the city fol-
the clothes they wear; the piano fol
their daughter, the wagon they use
in delivering goods, ETC.?
There are a LOT of narrow-miuded
short-sighted men in the mercantile
business as well as on the farms
There is a lot of selfishness in the
average of humanity, and this mani
tests itself now and then in censUr.
ing others for doing that which WE
feel Justified in doing ourselves
Many merchants seem to think that
there is only one side to the home
patronage proposition; that it is the
duty of the farmer to buy everything
at home regardless of whether the
merchant buys Lis flour from the
| home mill, or whether he sends away
| for the potatoes which he sells, in
stead of buying them from the local
! farmers.
Then, again, merchants are as blind
now and then to their own interests
as are the farmers. The merchant
seeks to squeeze the last cent OF
profit from the farmer and thereby
loses trade, as we'll as the farmer
trying to save a few niggardly pen
nies and getting "bit" by the distant
mail-order concern. There is such a
thing as equity, be it understood, and
there is such thing as compensation
The merchant who gives the farmers
of his community square deal and
shows the proper kind of enterprise is
hardly ever heard complaining about
the mail-order house or the depart
ment stores injuring his trade. But
the merchant who is intent upon play
ing a dead cinch' game is forever
bowling. The home patronage matter
is mainly up to the merchants o
the small towns. People resirl
ing in the country are pretty fair
minded They want decent treat
ment. They like consistency. The,
will even pay the live, reliable, homes
merchant a higher price for goods
than they will the distant mail-orde
concern or the surething department
store, or the scalliwag merchant whC
is always out to beat somebody out o
few cents.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

81 believe l would rather be down
right ugly than have face that re,
minds every Tom, Dick and H&ry of
some one he knows or has known y
said a comely southern girl to her
companion across the tea table. Only
Yesterday / had a most embarrassing
experience, and it isn't the first I've
had because | look like some one
else," she went on. Il got into sub
way train at the Grand Central station
and took a cross seat opposite woman
She looked at me and started percep
tibly; then she leaned closer to me
and looked sanarely in my face and
her own turned very pale. Suddenly
she put her uff to her eyes and
sobbed until the tears rolled dowr
over her ceAt. l was so uncomfortable
and at such loss what to do that
got up at the nearest station ant
waited for another train. | suppose
was the image of some lost daughter
or sister."-New York Press.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Pasteurize the Milk.

Nathan Straus sends a message to
American mothers to the effect that
raw milk is not good for children, the
scientific men of the world having
agreed upon the fact Milk should be
pasteurized and the mother can do this
herself in her own kitchen. The in
ternational congress at Brussels
warned against raw milk, because OF
the danger from tuberculosis. 1t is
not the poor alone who need instruc
ton upon the subject, as many of the
babies of the rich suffer from the eff
fects of raw milk, but Americans are
said to know more on the subject thar
people of other countries.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Doo and ALLIGATOR, Close Friends

Jim, an alligator, and Towser, a
dog. the property of c. c. Merz of 173
South Front street, have formed a
friendship which is one of the most
remarkable in animal life, says a
Memphis (TennD dispatch. They
even sleep together under the plat
form where their master has his work
bench.
The alligator, which is now six feet
long, has been the property of Mr..
Merz ever since it was Il baby, II
years ago 1t is a pet, and travels all
over the house.
He stops eating about the first of
December, and fasts until June. Dur
ing this period he remains in slug
gish condition. His usual diet during
his "eatfng period consists of raw
beef, varied with an occasional rat.
In the summer he is active and has
established a reputation as a pigeon
catcher. When an unwary pigeon
lights near Jim in the back yard there
is a quick snap, and the pigeon is
gone.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
REFERENDUM IDEA
May Be Made Feature Of PubIi> Utili
ties Bill.

Columbus, O-Representativa Carl
Shuler, of Dayton, author of the publ'1
utilities commission BILL has another
ldca that he believes will be an I'M
pr0vcmCnt over the measure now pend
ing, and which he will introduce IN
The form Of q new bill 1t does not
contain the high salaried commission
feature, which meant an expenditure
OF $4,000 for each member. 1t viii
pcrmit the people to act in the matter
of granting franchises to public utlli-
ties through q referendum on the ac-
zion of city councils All franchises
are to have an indeterminate life and
the municipalities will have power 10
regulate rates and service. AS to the
stock and bond features of the COM
panics the state railroad commission
will look after this. The former can
not be sold for less than par on the
original issue, while bonds must bring
at least Is per cent of the par
value
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Temperance Forces Oppose Bill.

Columbus, O.-The bill of Senator
Mather, of Summit county, introduced
in the senate, providing that saloon
keepers who have been put out Of busi-
ness by the operation Of any local op-
ton law may recover damages from
the community. was read for second
time in the senate and sent to the judi
ciary committee. This was done at
the request of the author, who is a
member Of that committee. The bill
has already caused much anxiety
among the temperance people, and
they are preparing for another battle
should an attempt be made to put it
through.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Too MANY Small Towns.

Economic laws regulate town build
ing. In certain locality there can be
too many towns. For a towns exist.
of trade, a volume of business suffi-
cient to give employment in the
trades and industries to the residents
of the town. Some people deplore the
fact that conditions are changing so
as to drive some towns out of exist
ence. Many of these places have no
natural right to exist. Perhaps their
geographical location in the district
is not advantageous. Their existence
takes from a better located town a
certain share of the support it should
have. In a farming community where
the population is only sufficient to
support a town of thousand inhabi.
tants it is foolish to presume that two
towns of thousand population each
can be properly maintained. In his
message to congress President Roose-
welt expressed his views in these
words: Il believe 1t is good policy for
our government to do everything pos
sible to aid the small town and the
country district; it is desirable that
the country merchant should not b.
crushed out" This is not mere Senti-
ment. 1t is an economic truth. The
interests of the farmer and the la
borer are closely intertwined with the
interests of the merchants of the small
town. When one suffers adversely
there is reflex action upon all other
residents of the community. When
the farmers as a class are prosperous
the merchants and others engaged in
other than farming industries enjoy
this prosperity. The quicker all good
citizens of agricultural districts recog
nize the true relationship of one to the
other the better it will be for all anC
the higher will become our citizen
ship.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
STRANGE ETIQUETTE IN CHINA.
Ones Own Possessions Always Re-
ferred to in Derogatory Terms.

"The mandarin shocked me- said
the missionary, the first time ! dined
with HIM, by referring to his wife as
his good d.for-nothing marital mistake!
But / interposed, it is said that
your lady is brilliant, beautiful and
kind.
He smiled awkwardly and changed
the subject. However, with the course
of bamboo sprouts he mentioned his
wife again, calling her this time his
stupid hand-the-clothes.
- am sorry your marriage is an
unhappy one, said l.
With an embarrassed air he began
to discourse on the high-binders.
Every now and then, though, his
w.ses name came up, and he called
her in quick succession his thorn III
the flesh, his punishment for youthful
sin, his 'hideous and lunatic spouse,
and his vile one of the inner room.
u spoke up impatiently.
BE more careful | said. regard
ing the lady There are two sides to
every story, and | must tell you that
your unmanly abuse inclines me very
ravoraBly towards your poor wife,.
He threw down his chop-Stlchs i'm
patiently. scattering sharks I'm and
SOY over the table.
Don't you understand he cried
that all this is etiquette, pure Ell
ouette? The Chinese host by the laws
of etiquette must speak of his own
possessions as unworthy and vile
even of his wife he must speak so
| though she be full moon for beauty
and Chang XVI, or sacred COW, 10,
wisdom. I have no fault to find will
my wife; quite to the contrary; | only
deride her in order to show proper
Chinese courtesy to you. And now,
beg, don't interrupt again
The missionary smiled rucfully.
"It was a bad break for me Il
make" he said. The man was
powerful mandarin. But it is trul.
most shocking, at the beginning, Il
hear these men abuse their womel
folk"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

Paris Pattern No 22S9.-Persian
lawn, nainsook, or batiste may all be
used for this attractive undergarment,
which combines wide umbrella open
drawers, attached to a fitted yoke
Joined to corset-coyer, the joining be
ing hidden by a ribbon run beading.
Similar beading. finished with a mar
row edging, trims the round neck and
armholes of the corset cover, and the
drawers portion is finished with a
wide edging of English embroidery.
held in place by bows of wide ribbon
The pattern is in six sizes-32 to AZ
inches, bust measure. For SO bust the
garment. as in front view. requires 25s
yards of material &c inches wide, or
2as Yards AZ inches wide, with five
yards of edging four inches wide, S3s
yards of beading, S9s yards of narrow
ribbon, 312 yards of wide ribbon and
3ll yards of narrow edging to trim.
TO procure this pattern send 10 cents to
Pattern Editor" office of this paper
| Write name and address plainly and be
sure toNglve size and number of pattern.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Rennn,mends liability Bill.

Columbus, O.-The Senate labor
committee voted unanimously to rec
ommeud the Metzgar comparative liza
bility bill, which has p ssed the
house. 1t has been fought by the
railroad lobby 1t eliminates from The
present law the fellow-servant doctrine
as far as it applies to railroads.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
A Strange Mixture.

The assertion OF Chicago rabbi
that the Apostle Paul produced the
Christ of Christianity is certainly COM
plimentary to Paul until he informs us
that Paul was poor, honest epileII-
tic, whose conversion was a halluCina-
ton he had during one of his epilep-
tic fits. That bewilders us and sug-
gests that unbelief can believe some
very absurd things. If epilepsy can
make a man like Paul, who in turn
produces such a character as Christ,
it behooves civilization to establish
institutions for generating and cult
waiting epilepsy for the benefit of COM
ing generations.
1t was Christ who made Paul. and
without Christ Paul had never been
heard OF as Christian preach
er or writer. Indeed, the only
rational explanation of Paul is the
fact that the risen. living Jesus
met him on the Damascus road and
transformed the fiery prosecutor into
an ardent missionary. However, il
is to the credit of the rabbi that
he frankly admits the historicity of
Jesus and the honesty of the apostles
This shows that he has gray matter
in his brain.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
FOR THE STATE
Miss Mather Testifes Against Mrs.
CarnpbcIi, Tried for Arson.

Norwalk, O.--At the trial for arson
mere of Mrs. Martha ]. Campbell, OF
ireenheld township, Miss Loa Mather,
Jointly indicted with Mrs. Campbell Tor
the burning of the Mather house in
Steuben on October 9 last, testified for
he state that Mrs. Campbell had urged
her to burn her house for the purpose
Of collecting the $1,000 insurance, and
that when Miss Mather refused she
said she would do it herself. J. f.
Lawrence described his meeting with
Mrs. Campbell in the dark on the
country road between his and Miss
Mathcr's place, a short, time after the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
In Husbands Memory.

Mrs. Custer has bought 16 lots in
Broxville, and to perpetuate the mem.
ory of her husband, Gen. Custer, will
build large memorial home. Aged
literary women will be admitted into
it, end it will no doubt be very beau,
tiful place, as it is pleasantly situated,
many artists and literary persons
nnw residing near the proposed site.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

he could not reject 1t without doing
violence to his reason; and Littleton
was equally convinced that the evt-
dence in favor Of the conversion OF
Paul was SO abundant and clear that
he could net be loyal to the demands
Of a healthy reason and reject it,
When the two friends met to compare
notes they were ready to worship him
whose religion they had sought to dis
credit. Their arguments, published
in book | have read, are unanswer-
able. proving that a true rationaSsm
which patiently investigates and draws
fair conclusions from, established
premises cannot fail to convince the
earnest seeker after truth that Jesus
was all that the New Testament
writer's claim for him.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Where Some Citizens Fail in Duty.


Many who have succeeded upon the
farms remove to the nearby town
to enjoy life, perhaps to give to their
children the advantages that the good
schools of the place afford. 1t is too
often the case that these people fail
to become the model town citizens
they should be. While they are desir-
Gus of having all the advantages that
the town has to offer they are adverse
to doing that which means its i'm.
provement and upbuilding. These
classes are the "moss-backs," the ones
who think that they have done their
duty toward themselves and their fel
low men when they manage to earn
sufficient on the farm so that they can
cease work. 1t may be their priv
ilege to quit labor but they show q
poor and lowly spirit when they fail
to give the town which they select as
a home place the support it should
have from one of it's citizens.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Judoe Dickman Dead.

Cleveland, O.-Franklin ]. Dickman,
80, former chief justice of the Ohio SUI
premo court and one of the city's best
known residents, died of heart disease
Judge Dickman was born in Virginia
After a long and successful law prAc
tice he attained the supreme bench
20 years ago. Ten years ago he re
iirnd
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Mo Nippinq on Trains.

Columbus, O.-Gov. Harris signed
the Eathburn bill, which makes it an
offense to drink intoxicating liquor on
railway trains. except in dining and
buffet cars. 1t was asked by the rail-
way conductors and is similar to stat
ute recently enacted in West Virginia.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

He-It's 1880 O'Clock, darling, anG
I'll have to be going, (After a pausel
Why don't you ask me what is nay
hurry?
She-I would, dear, but
He--What. dearest?
She-Father Is a somnamhulist
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
How Monopo!les Are Assisted.

During the past few months, mail
order houses located in the large
cities have been making more than
ordinary efforts to gain trade. These
efforts have been stimulated by the
panicky times. Residents of agricul-
tural communities should understand
that concentration of money in large
financial centers was the main cause
of bringing on the financial depression.
They should also understand that the
mail order system is one of the most
potent factors in this concentration;
that this system draws the life-blood,
the surplus money, from communities
wh4re it is earned, taking 1t out OF
local circulation and using 1t 70 build
up monopolies in the large cities
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

Marysville, O.-Sheriff Botenbaugh
conducted his brother-inlaw. Frank
Hornbeck. to the penitentiary to serve
one year and one day for assaulting
Florence Judd. Is. two years ago. He
has been a fugitive and came from
Oklahoma to give himself up.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
On Her Birthday.

Fremont, O.-Despondent on &C
count of i'll health, Mrs. George Tru'
man threw herself in front OF Lake
Shore passenger train at Genoa. h"r
twentY-ffth birthday. She died two
hours later. ..f
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Pnisoned at the Well,

ArCanum, GA well on farm near
West Sonora was lately examined and
found TO contain typhoid germs. A
pubIic sale was held there three weeks
ago, the visitors drinking water from
he old well. AS a result of same six
men have died of typhoid fever and 80
others are dangerously ill.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
The Only Explanation.

Christianity is a religion of facts,
which, interpreted by sound reason,
prove that Jesus was not a product of
the age in which he lived, but God in
carnate. No other explanation salts.
factorily explains him. Every other
explanation is simply an attempt to
explain him away.
Jesus claimed that he was the
Son of Man" and that thought was
not born Of the age in which he lived.
He was not Jew enough for the Jew
nor Roman enough for the Roman nor
Greek enough for the Greek. They
all rejected him because he belonged
to all alike, and refused to belong to
either exclusively. The forces at
work in the world at that time did not
produce such man.
Jesus claimed that he was the Son
| of God" AS the Son of man he was
truly man; and as Son of God he was
truly God He said: He that hath
seen me hath seen the Father
John 14:9) Many men before and
after Jesus have tried to demonstrate
the existence of God. He made nc
such attempt His mission was to
manifest God in his own person.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Mauck Presents Alibi,

Mt. Gilead, O.--The aged mother of
WIN. Mauck. who is on trial for the
murder CT Shad Westbrcok, was on the
stand and testified that the defendant
was at home on the night of the trag-
pdv. She was supported by other wit
HpSSCS.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Held Without Bail.

Galllpolis. O.-At a preliminary ex'
animation Fred Van Meter, a young
Meigs county farmer. was held with
out bail for trial. He is alleged tc
have fatally poisoned his wife by put
ting poison into her coffee.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

Gilbert w e s [
and Lord Little
ton agreed to seek
the overthrow OF
Christianity by
proving that the
resurrection Of
Jesus and the con-
version of Paul
were myths. After
careful research
West was con-
Vinced that the
proof in favor Of
the resurrection OF
Christ W a 5 so
oVerwhelmingthat
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
inventor Goes Insane.

Hamilton, O.-Wilson Weikel, the
young Middletown inventor, whose
mind became deranged in working out
a device 10 prevent safe-blowing, was
removed to a private sanitarium by
direction Of the j. o. U. A. NJ. of
which he was a member.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Want Better Roads.

Toledo, O.-Members of the Ohio
State Stone club met in annual ses-
sion here. Ohio roads and stone road
building we're discussed. It was de-
clared that Ohio was behind New York
and Pennsylvania in the matter OF
good roads,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Joyce Wins over Dawes.

Cambridge, O.-James Joyce. OF
Guernsey county. was nominated for
Congress from the Fifteenth District
on the 152d ballot. defeating Congress.
man Beeman c. Dawes, of Washington
county
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

Hamilton. O.-The board of trustees
of the Western College for Women at
oxford. O., elected Rev John Grant
Newman. pastor of the Wyoming (OD
Presbyterian church, president Of 1he
college.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Trial Draws Thronu.

Mt. Gilead, O.-The trial of William
Mauck for the murder Of Shad West
brook was marked by packed court
room. Mrs. Judd Biddle was robbed
of her purse while being jostled in the
crowd. The state rested and the de-
fense has started testimony.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
chases a Horse and Dies.

Piuua. O.-Geo. V. Thompson was
found dead in a stable at Ludlow Falls.
After long chase after a fractions
horse his heart suddenly failed him.
He had been dead for several hours
when found
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Rsceivershin For Oil Concern

Lima, O.-On the petition of b. K.
Russell. the National Consolidated OIL
Co.. million-dollar concern with out.
standing bonds of 100000. was placed
in the hands of a receiver. George w.
King being named.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Elaht Hundred sian Petition

Hamilton. O.-A petition for the par.
don of Caleb Powers, bearing the sig
natures of 500 Hamiltonians, fully half
of them democrats, was sent to Gov.
Wilson. of Kentucky. All of the sig
natures were secured by one man.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

Remember that trusts and combina-
tions are never tlilded up in the
small towns. They find their origin
and flourish In the large cities.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
A Unique Claim.

Jesus claimed that he was himself
the antidote for all evil. Men have
presented their schemes for remedy
ing earth's ills, but Jesus stands alone
in presenting not system, but his
own personality as capable of supply
ing the need of the soul. He said: Il
am the bread of life" Il am the way"
Il am the truth" Il am the life" u
am the light of the world" Come
unto me all ye that labor and are
heavy laden and l will give you rest. :"
Instead of systems Of philosophy or
schemes of relief. he presents himself.
This idea is not of the earth 1t
was not mans way of doing before or
since Jesus came. He stands alone
in the history of the world as one who
offers himself as the remedy for ali
evil.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

CL!an and well-paved streets indi-
cate the good character Of citizens
living In o place.