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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

tesy costs nothing. A st. Louis man.
while in the act Of bowling to a lady
on the street, was struck by an auto
mobile.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

One concern in Atlanta burned $780,
900 worth of one time fashionable car
riages to make room for the modern
auto. And yet the horse is holding
his own in price and style excellently
we'll
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

The New York baseball club has in.
sured Manager McGraw's life for
100000. Might not humanity pre-.
scribe a similar provision for the
league umpires?
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

A little piece of Irvine, which
dropped into the steering gear of the
liner Lusitania. caused $1,O0O.OOO dam.
age. It sounds "fshy," but the Cunard
company says it is fact
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Selling old letters for $4,000 and
$4,000 convinces us that the goose
quill and the sand. used by our fore.
fathers, beats up to date writing meth
DDS, financially speaking.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Stockings are not to be worn on the
Cleveland bathing beaches next sum.
mer, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A barefooted bathing beach ought to
be worth seeing.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

A man in Pennsylvania who volun-
teered for service in the Civil war and
was rejected because he was too old
has just died. But he established his
point, though it took him long time
to do it.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Taking into consideration the ad-
verse talk against the tipping habit.
we are forced to concede that after all
tips are grudgingly given.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Springfield, Ohio.-This city is in
the midst of the worst flood in it's
history. The lowlands are under wa.
ter. Several hundred houses in the
eastern section of the city have been
flooded. Many factories have been
compelled to close.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

An experienced English aviator
thinks bomb dropping at best game
of chance, but it will never be taken
up like poker
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03
Reservoir Rreakc

Akron, Ohio.-The, big state reser-
voir south of Akron has broken. Men
on horseback spread the warning.
Residents of the nearby sections are
fleeing for their lives.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Aerial headlines are to be establish
ed. That leaves the cyclone cellar as
the only place left for the poor in
habitants of earth
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Chicago. according to the latest esti-
mate, has a population Of 2,307 .628,
but the next wave of crime may re-
duce that considerably.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Cleveland officials, who declare that
the fly has been exterminated there,
evidently plan to spend their summer
vacations in some other state.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Just to show that he is a Jolly
good fellow still, Sir Thomas Upton
will come over next year and lose an
other race for the Americas cup.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Strange as it may seem, while beef
and lamb and butter awaited, the price
of chile con carne remained station
ary
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Now is the time for energetic in.
ventors and vendors Of bul1etproot
cloth to be interesting high Mexican
officials in their material for new
spring styles.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

The Iowa man who missed train
connections and was one hour too late
for his marriage ceremony should ap-
preciate just how kind fate was to
him
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Five million muskrat skins are mar
keted each year, but when the con-
sumers get them they are variously
named
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Sometimes we refer f1ippantly to
the antiseptic life. but there is no
doubt about 1.-THE free lunch fork
ought to go.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

In tracing the typewriter back to
1714, we fail to find any record show
Ing when the stenographer took hold
of the situation.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

1t is fervently hoped that walking
does not become a fad. Cold suppers
are not the most enjoyable things in
the world
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

The San Francisco dog. with gold
hinge on his back leg, wouldn't be safe
a minute in Chicago.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Paris may have seen the last OF the
hobble skirt, but they are still popular
in America
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

The French aviator, who flew 207
miles in 1876 minutes, had little time to
view the scenery.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Noah was more fortunate than
present day circus men. He had no
press agents on his salary list.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

The soda fountain industry is traced
as far back as 1862. Surely the SODA
thirst has not existed that long.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Pythons have gone up. They now
cost IS a foot. Isn't that AWFUL
Mabel?
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

Fashion may decree mannish skirts
for women, but why masculine When
they talk of embroidery effect?
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA

This is the open season for Turkish
rugs and hot tamales
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

. Some of those new songs would
make a respectable family photograph
blush.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-03

What IS wanted Is a cold storage
egg that bears the date OF Its seput
ture.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-08

of passing along the road-well,
lives were cheap in Hunstaple,
and the black river knew its own
secrets. The woman shuddered
and turned and closed the door.
Presently knock outside
faint tap, sounding almost like
the peck of bird upon the tele-
graph posts that studded the
landscape, startled her from the
reverie into which she had fallen.
She sprang to her feet and stood
alert, listening. It sounded again,
and cautiously the woman I'M.
barred the door. Outside stood
a man.
One glance at his face and she.
was reeling backward against the
wall of the little narrow hall. The
man grinned and stepped inside
noiselessly. As he did so he re-
moved his hat and glanced round
him. The lamp within the parlor
drew him as it had drawn the
white moths that futtered upon
the cheap table beneath it. He
entered. Now it could be seen
that he was in the last stage of
decrepitude; his clothes hung in
loose rags upon his bony frame,
and his eyes were the bleared
eyes of the dipsomaniac.
''Well, Jane" he said; little
sheepishly, don't be scared of
me, my girl, like you used to be.
I amt drunk now, though I do
look like a hobo. 1 heard you
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-08

which e had placed instructive
ly between them.
What do you want?" she
gasped. why have you come?
Haven't you wronged me
enough?" she continued, clench-
ing and unclenching her fists in
impotent anger. "Come to the
point-what do you want, Jim?8
The man grinned again and sat
down. well, must say you
amt over cordial, Jane" he NUM-
bled. Il heard you were. here
quite by chance-from a mining
fellow in the state penitentiary,
who was my cell mate. 'Ho!
thinks I, she used to be my wife.
Andis, too, for the matters of that,
since the knot was never united.
Say Jane" he interposed, what
would your man say if he found
out that you wasn't his .ateall?"
He'd kill us both, She gasped,
thinking of her husbands faith
in her. That he should ever learn
of This was impossible. 1t must
be made impossible for the sake of
their baby.
well, Jane, don't want to
hurt your feelin's," the tramp
grumbled, filling his pipe with a
foul-smelling weed which, when
lit, diffused a rank aromathrOugh
the tiny house. 4 amt saying
as I treated you altogether on the
level during the six months you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-27
CLASSES OF DIRECTORS.
Beard Of Nine to Control Each Reserv,
Bank.

Beard Of Nine to Control Each Reserve
Bank.
Every federal reserve bank shall be
conducted under the supervision and
control Of = board of directors.
Such board Of directors shall be Sc
lected as hereinafter specified and shall
consist of nine members. holding Office
for three years and divided into three
classes. designated rs Glasses A. b
and C..
Glass A shall consist of three men,
bers. who shall be chosen by and be
representative Of the stock holding
banks.
Class b shall consist of three MEM
bers, who at the time Of their election
shall be actively engaged In their dis
trict In commerce. In agriculture or In
some other industrial pursuit.
Glass c shall consist Of three men,
hers. who shalt he designated by the
federal reserve board. When the nee
essary subscriptions to the capital
stock have been obtained for the or.
ganixat1on for any federal reserve
bank the federal reserve beard shall
appoint the Glass c directors and shall
designate one Of such directors a.
chairman Of the board to be selected.
Pending the designation Of such chair
man the organization committee shall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-27

this requirement. Whenever Z vacan-
CT shall occur other than by expiration
OF term among the sir members Of the
federal reserve board appointed by the
president. as above provided. q success
sor shall be appointed by the president,
with the advice and consent Of the
senate. to MI such vacancy.
The president shall have power to
MI all vacancies that may happen ON
the federal reserve board during the
recess of the senate by granting COM
missions which shall expire thirty days
after the next session Of the senate
eonvenes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-27

shall extablish branch banks within
the federal reserve district in which
it is located and may do so in the dis
trict of any federal reserve bank
which may have been suspended.
Such branches shall be operated by
board of directors under the rules and
regulations approved by the federal
reserve board. Directors Of branch
banks shall possess the same qualifi-
cations as directors of the federal re-
serve banks. Four Of said directors
shall be selected by the reserve bank
and three by the federal reserve board.
and they shall hold Office during the
pleasure, respectively. Of the parent
bank and the federal reserve board.
The reserve bank shall designate one
Of the directors as manager.
Sec. 4. I" . . Upon the filing Of
certificate with the comptroller of the
currency the said federal re-
serve bank shall become a body cor
porate and as such and In the name
designated in such organization GER
tifcate shall have power
First.-To adopt and use a corporate
seal.
SecOnd.-To have succession for a Pc
Rod of twenty years from its organize
ton unless it Is sooner dissolved by an
act Of congress or unless its franchise
becomes forfeited by some violation of
law.
Third.-To make contracts.
Fourth.-To sue and be sued, COM
plain and defend. in any court Of law
or equity.
Fifth.-To appoint by its board Of
directors. elected as hereinafter pro-
vided, such officers as are not other
wise provided for in this act, to define
their duties, require bonds Of them and
fix the penalty thereof. to dismiss such
officers or any Of them as may be ap-
pointed by them at pleasure and to ap-
point others to I'LL their places.
Sixth.-To prescribe by its board Of
directors bylaws not Inconsistent with
law regulating the manner in which its
general business may be conducted
and the privileges granted to it by law
may be exercised and enjoyed.
Seventh.-To exercise by Its board of
directors or duly authorized officers or
agents all powers specifically granted
by the provisions Of this act and such
incidental powers as shall Ike necessary
to carry on the business Of banking
within the limitations prescribed by
this act
Eighth.-Upon deposit with the treas
urer of the United States of any bonds
Of the United States in the manner
provided by existing law relating to
national banks to receive from the
comptroller Of the currency circulating
notes in blank. registered and counter
signed as provided by law. equal In
amount to the par value Of the bonds
30 deposited. such notes to be Issued
under the same conditions and provi
sions Of law which relate to the issue
of circulating notes of national banks
secured by bonds Of the United States
bearing the circulating privilege. ex-
cept that the issue of such notes shall
not be limited to the amount Of the
capital stock Of such federal reserve
bank.
But no federal reserve bank shall
transact any business except such as
Is incidental and necessarily prelimi
nary to it's orga nizatiOn until 1t bis
been authorized by the comptroller Of
the currency TO commence business I'm
der the provisions OF this act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-27

Wheres0evef Il my deem best for the
purpose q purchasing. selling ana col
lecting bills Of exchange. and to bur
and sell with or without fts indOrpe-
ment through such correspondent OF
agencies, bills Of exchange arising out
Of actual commercial transactions
which have not more than ninety days
to run and which bear the signature
Of two Or MORE responsible p6rties.
Section 10 provides that moneys held
in the general fund Of the United
States treasury. except the per cen
tum fund for the redemption Of ont
standing national bank notes and the
funds provided In the act for the re
demption Of federal reserve notes,
may be deposited In federal reserve
banks which shall act M fiscal agents
and that the funds Of the Philippine
Islands, the postal savings and any
other government funds must be de.
posted in federal reserve banks.
Section 16 provides for the issuance
Of federal reserve notes to federal 10
serve banks. redeemable in gold on de-
mand at the treasury department OF
In gold or lawful money at any fed.
eral reserve bank. The collateral Sc
curity '4all be notes and bills accept
ed for rediscount under section Ii
Federal reserve banks shall have q
gold reserve Of 20 per cent OF their
federal reserve notes and shall main
tain in the United States treasury In
gold a reserve Of not less than pet
cent of the federal reserve notes for
their redemption.
Section II repeals laws requiring ma.
tional banks to deposit government
Section IS provides a plan for retir-
ing the 2 per cent bonds on which the
present currency Is based. Under the
plan $4,000, 900 worth Of these bonds
viii be purchased each year. beginning
two years after the system h placed in
operation. by the new regional banks
from member banks On one-haH Of
it's holdings each regional bank may b
sue currency. The remainder win be
refunded in per cent thirty year
bonds or 3 per cent one year treasury
notes, which the banks must agree ia
renew each year for thirty years.
Section 10 describes how member
banks shall establish and maintain re
serves.
Section p provides for the examina
tion Of each member bank by the
comptroller Of the currency at least
twice a year. for a special examination
Of member banks when desired by
federal reserve banks and for a spe
cfal examination of any federal re
serve bank upon the application Of
ten member banks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-27


exercise the powers and duties appeF.
thinning to the ONCE Of chairman in the
organisation Of such federal reserve
bank.
No senator or representative In con-
gress shall be a member Of federal re
serve board or an officer or q director
Of q federal reserve bank.
No director Of Glass B shall be an
omceR. director or employee Of any
bank.
No director Of Class G shah be an
omcer, director. employee or stock
holder Of any bank.
Glass @ directors shall be appointed
by the federal reserve board They
shall have been for at least two years
residents Of the district for which
they are appointed, one Of whom
shall be designated by said board as
chairman Of the board Of directors Of
the federal reserve bank and as fed
eral reserve agent" He shall be a
person of tested banking experience,
and in addition to his duties as chair
man Of the board Of directors of the
federal reserve bank he shall be re-
quired to maintain under regulations
to be established by the federal reserve
board q local Office Of said board on
the premises of the federal reserve
bank.
Sec. 8 The capital stock Of each fed
eral reserve bank shall be divided into
shares Of 500 each.
Division Of Earnings.
Sec. Z. After all necessary expenses
Of a federal reserve bank have been
paid or provided for. the stockhold-
err shah be entitled to receive an
annual dividend of per centum on
the paid In capital stock. which divi-
dend shall be cumulative. After the
aforesaid dividend claims have been
fully met all net earnings shall be paid
to the United States as a franchise
tax. except that .one-half Of such net
earnings shall be- paid into a surplus
fund until it shall amount to 40 per
centum Of the paid in capital stock Of
such bank.
The net earnings derived by the Unit
ed States from federal reserve banks
shall, in the discretion of the secretary,
be used to supplement the gold reserve
uCiu aSoAASS OUTSTANDING CWICU oe"ecS
notes. or shall be applied to the re-
duction of the outstanding bonded in
debtedness of the United States. Re
serve banks shall not be taxed except
upon real estate.
Section 8 amends the existing bank
ing laws, so that stockholders owning
81 per cent of the stock Of banks other
than national banks can convert their
organizations into national banks.
Section o describes how state banks
may become members Of reserve banks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-27

The students presented Mr.. Strick-
Ter with q beautiful once chair Tor
Christmas.
Mr.. Barber. who IL stenographer
Tor the trainmaster at Marceline, No.
made US q pleasant call Friday. He
ana says Gregg Shorthand u the sys-
tenn used by nearly all the steno-
graphers at Marceline.
Miss Blandin recently received word
tnat she had passed the civil service
examination with excellent grades.
Shorthand IL taught In the high
schools of 1,470 cities in the United
states. Thirty-four systems or text
books are used. The Gregg System 10
taught in 943 cities while the system
ranking next il used in 275 cities.
Misses Jasperson and Gage and
Messrs. Schmid and hudson have
been doing temporary work for I. w.
Baker.
Mr.. o. d. Harris. assistant claim
agent with the Pacific Electric Co. OF
Los Angeles, Cal, paid the school .
visit this week. He Is another Strtck.
lerite who is making good
Miss Howard has secured q position
as stenographer for the Kansas Farm
er. 1t will be remembered that AtaD
Howard took q three weeks temper.
bate association upon completion OF
her course. But before completing
this work, she was offered this place
at the Kansas Farmer.
Mr.. Humid. a graduate Of 1910, has
been promoted to assistant cashier Of
the Alma State bank.
Mr.. Stein is now holding . steno-
graphic position in Salt Lake City. A
letter from him states that he u get
ting along nicely and says the moro
he uses Gregg Shorthand in competi-
ton with other systems, tho better he
likes it.
Mr.. Hart. manager Of the Reming-
ton Typewriter company, gave the
school a very interesting talk q few
days ago.
Miss Hoover writes from Kansas
City: Il like stenographic work just
f1ne and am getting along nicely.
One Of our young men who accept
ed position with the Santa Fe about
six months ago has received q raise
| in salary three times since accepting
this place.
Also one Of our young men tells IN
that he made $50 in one day doing
court reporting work in Kansas City.
Another writes that he made $40
! outside Of his regular salary in one
week by doing reporting work for q
law firm in Kansas City.
Mr.. Saddlemire has recently pur-
chased an automobile to use in his
work in Los Angeles, Cal. Mr.. Sad
dlemire graduated about a year and a
| half ago and Is another one of our
boys who is making good.
Mr.. Ferrin is now stenograper and
assistant at the ticket window for the
A. T. & s. F.
Mr.. Coleman, who graduated from
| the Topeka high school last spring,
has recently received an appointment
from the civil service commission as
stenographer. He will leave for
Washington. d. c., tho first Of the
year. Mr.. Coleman studied Gregg
Shorthand with us during the after
moons while completing his senior
year in the Topeka high school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-27
NAMING RESERVE BANKS.
To Take Title Of Principal City In Re-
serve District.

To Take Title Of Principal City In Re-
serve District.
The said committee shall supervise
the organization in each Of the cities
designated Of a federal reserve bank.
which shall include in its title the
name of the city In which it is situat-
ed, as Federal Reserve Bank of Chi
cago."
Under regulations to be prescribed by
the organization committee every ma
tional banking association in the Unit
ed States is hereby required and every
eligible bank In the United States and
every trust company within the Dis
trict of Columbia is hereby authorized
to signify in writing within sixty days
after the passage Of this act its ac-
ceptance of the terms and provisions
hereof.
When the organization committee
shall have designated the cities in
which federal reserve banks are to be
organized and fixed the geographical
limits of the federal reserve districts
every national banking association
within that district shall be required
within thirty days after notice from
the organization committee to sub
scribe to the capital stock of such fed
eral reserve bank in a sum equal to 8
per cent of the paid up capital stock
and surplus Of such bank.
Any national bank failing to signify
fits acceptance Of the terms Of this act
within the sixty days aforesaid shall
cease to act as a reserve agent upon
thirty days notice to be given within
the discretion OF the said organization
committee or Of the federal reserve
board.
Should any national banking associa-
ton in the United States now organ
lied fail within one year after the pas
sage Of this act to become u member
bank under the provisions hereinbefore
stated or fail to comply with any Of
the provisions Of this act applicable
thereto all Of the rights. privileges and
franchises Of such association granted
30 1t under the national bank act or un-
der the provisions this act shall be
thereby forfeited.
No Individual. copartnership or cor
poration other than a member bank
Of Its district shall be permitted to
subscribe for or to hold at any time
more than $4,000 par value Of stock
In any federal reserve bank. Such
stock shall be known as public stock
and may be transferred on the books
Of the federal reserve bank by the
chairman Of the board Of directors Of
such bank.
Should the subscription Of stock BY
banks and the public be inadequate
the government itself may subscribe
for stock. Stock not held by member
banks shall be voted by Class @ direc-
tors only.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-27
THE PRESIDENT.

treasury, the sec
rotary of agriculture and the comp
troller Of the currency. acting as 1.-The
reserve bank organizat n committee"
shall designate not less than eight nor
more than twelve cities to be known as
federal reserve cities, and shall divide
the continental United States, exclud-
ing Alaska. into districts. each district
to contain only one of such federal re-
serve cities.