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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-06-09
Buying On Time. e.

}. L. Sreen, IN lhe Nashville
Home.-Under the present war
conditions which carry an
element of extreme uncertainty
along business lines, without a
precedent in the history of the
world, a farmer who spends the
proceeds of his crop before the
crop natures, and is gathered,
Tor things that he can get along
without, commits an economic
crime against his own family.
Even if things are offered you at
half the usual price it's like
burning money to buy them if
there is no necessity for buying
them. But when a man buys
such things as sewing machines
from an agent under these pecu
liarly uncertain financial condi-
tions. and promises to pay two
prices, it looks like the result of
temporary insanity on the part
OF the man who signs UP the
papers.
One favorite scheme the agent
has in closing in with his victim,
as for instance with a sewing
machine or a cooking range, is
to get off pathetic sermon TO
the man on his home life rela-
tionship and his duty % to pro-
vide conveniences for his wife.
When you come to think of it
this presumptuous method of a
stranger, who has as much inter
est in the welfare of your family
as he has in the inhabitants of
Africa. bringing an indictment
against your loyalty and devo
ton to your wife and family, is
a gross insult and agents are
sometimes called to task by in.
teiiigent men when they pro.
coed to get off this familiar TOM
smyrot. The agent has a right to
talk k:up the merits of his wares.
but ,cofnnqon rnlnsz and aen.i
uemafi1y efRlcs Sive nm i'm
q right to preach you a sermon
on family relationship and vir
tually declare that you will not
be 'good to your wife" unless
you buy his machine or range.
A man who is really "good to
his wife" is the man who puts
into practice sound business
sense and spends his money
wisely and economically. For
example, let's make this COM
parison: One man buys a sew
ing machine on time, at two
prices, from a travelling agent
who tells him he will be good to
his wife and family if he will do
that thing. The crop yield in
the Fall is less than it promised
Gas it usually Isl. The price of
cotton is much lower than was
expected. But that note with
interest must be paid. The wife
and children must 20 thinly clad
and 60 without necessities dur
ing the Winter. Financial bur
dens always fall heaviest upon
the woman in the home, and
especially is this true with the
average farmer, because the
farmers wife is the hardest
worked woman in the country.
Now this part of the comparison
might be changed just a little by
saying that the agent, who was
very much ION the job" induced
this man to "love his wife" so
well that he actually gave his
old machine to the agent and
bought the new one. This
frequently happens, and it is
equally true that in many instan
ces the old machine with a little
cleaning up and adjusting is as
good or a better machine than
the new one which the agent
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-06-09

AT a party a lady said to a
little boy who was leaving:
won't you have some more
cake before you go?"
"No," said he, "I'm full"
"Then," said the lady, put
some cake and oranges and nuts
in your pockets, won't you?"
They're full too," said the
boy.-Ex.
"Are you going to have a
garden this year?"
NO." replied Mr.. Growcher.
ut isn't nv turn to make
garden. I'm going to keep
chickens this year and let my
neighbor make the garden.
Washington Star.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
AFTER BOWLING ALLEYS.
Factory Inspector D. D. Evans Causes
the Arrest of Owners Of
Bowling Alleys.

Factory Inspector D. D. Evans ap-
peared in the municipal court this
morning and secured warrants for the
arrest Of John Thomey, proprietor OF a
west side bowling alley, and G. V. Def
fry and W. H. Robinson, proprietors
Of the Academy alleys, on charges OF
violating the state law against the
employment of children. Tt was charg-
ed that Joe Urban, fourteen year old
boy, had been employed to set pins in
the west side alleys, and that William
Zbota, a twelve year old boy had been
employed at the Academy. The war
rants had not been served up to a late
hour this afternoon, but it was expect
ed that the defendants would appear in
court during the afternoon. Deffry
and Robinson leave the management
of the alleys to an employed manager
and they asserted that they had no
knowledge of boy under age being
employed. Bowling alleys in Kenosha
had shown every possible effort to keep
small boys away from pin setting jobs.
For some time the state inspector has
been watching conditions in Kenosha.
1t is declared that other arrests may
be made along the same lines.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
MATzkE MASTER OF LODGE
Blue Lodge Masons Show Appreciation
Of Good Services BY Advancing
Officers Year Has Brought Great
Growth For Masonic Bodies.

Kenosha members of the Masonic or
der dreamed dreams of a new Masonic
temple at the annual meeting Of the
Blue lodge and the Masonic Temple
association held at the temple on Mon
day evening and in few months it is
expected that plans will be worked out
which will result in a splendid new
Masonic temple being built in Kenosha.
The discussion of the matter at the
meeting of the association on Monday
evening was largely of a preliminary
nature but the fact was brought out
that a large number of the members of
the organization are favorable to a
new temple and they believe that it
should be built within the next few
years. The reports Of the association
showed that all of the bonds of the
association had been paid off and that
there was close to a thousand dollars
in the treasury at this time. Much of
the stock of the association is now held
by the various Masonic bodies in the
city and members of all the various
Masonic bodies have regarded with en-
thusiasm the plan to build larger and
build better quarters for Masonry in
Kenosha. During the next three
months it is expected that some move
ment will be made to crystalize these
plans. Committees have been named
to make recommendations both as to
sites to be considered and plans to be
followed in financing a new temple and
after these reports are made there will
be some immediate action taken. The
growth of the Masonic order in Keno
sha has been rapid in the past few
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
NOW IS THE TIME TO ADVERTISE
National Cash Register Head, Foresee-
ing Prosperity, Backs Up His
Opinion With His Money.

In the convention of statesmen of the
National Cash Register company, gath
cred at Dayton, Ohio, from all parts of
this continent, reports were made indi-
eating the general Improvement of
business everywhere. Out of the eight
hundred statesmen present, all but one
said that his territory was moving fact
toward business boom.
On the basis of these reports, John
Fl. Patterson, president and general
manager of the Cash Register company,
predicted that the approaching era of
prosperity would probably exceed any
thing this country has ever known.
AS a preface to his remarks, he re-
viewed the business depression of the
previous two years This, he said, had
affected all lines agriculture, mining,
industry, commerce and finance.
Now he continued, "the boom is
on. Agricultural interests are the first
to feel it. The farmers have record
breaking crops, with a big demand.
Confidence has been re-established.
Various industries have picked up, one
after another Then the stores needed
goods, and factory wheels began to
move. Then commerce and transporta-
ton reflected the change. Finally, it
was manifest in the financial world.
We have plenty of money and the best
banking system in-the world today.
GIVE have three big federal organi-
cations taking care of these various in
terests: First, the Interstate Commerce
Commission; then came the Federal
Trade Commission; and, finally, the
Federal Reserve Board, with its chain
of reserve banks. The value of these
three boards or commissions to the
country cannot be estimated.
s'Through the aid of the reserve
banks, the various banking institutions
Of the country began to loan money
where people could not get it before.
Now, with big crops and big demands,
with little foreign competition, we are
at the commencement of an era of pros
perity such as this country has never
seen before.
"All this great prosperity cannot
come in a day. 1t will take time. But
conditions everywhere are improving.
The farmers are prosperous. The mills
of Pittsburg are buster than ever be-
fore. Railroad stocks are going up. 1t
is only question of short time be-
fore the wave Of prosperity will be
upon us.
CHOW is the time for storekeepers to
ADVERTISE added Mr.. Patterson. He
is backing up his opinion with his
money His company is spending
more than 100000 this month for adj
vertising. In addition, it has spent
$50, 700 to have the eight hundred mem
bers of its selling force attend its
school at Dayton for three days, where
they were taught the new and up-to-
date ideas for their business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

years. Retiring Worshipful Master c..
H. Randall of the Blue lodge viii turn
over lodge of more than four hundred
members in good standing to Wenzel
A. Matzke who was named on Monday
evening as Master of the lodge for the
coming year. The other Masonic bodies
have all had big growth in the year
and considerable money is in the treas
uries of the various organizations.
Much of this would be available for a
fund for the erection of new temple.
The meeting of the association fol-
lowed the annual meeting of the Blue
lodge. More than hundred and thirty
members Of the lodge attended the an
nual meeting and faithful service Of
the officers in the chairs was recognized
by advancement. w. A. Matzke named
as worshipful master of the new year
has been active in the official roster of
the order for number Of years and he
has taken a great interest in the adj
vancement of Kenosha lodge. The
other officers named were: Senior
warden, Ralph Y. Cooper; Junior war
den, Martin Gauss; secretary, Ben Run
dell; treasurer, Thomas S. Scott; trus-
tee, Clifford E. Randall.
Theo. Kreiman who has served the
lodge in the capacity of secretary for
number of years declined to accept
a reelection. Mr.. Kreiman has rend-
cred notable service to the lodge and
he was given high praise.
At the meeting of the Temple asso-
citation Fred Hannahs was named to
succeed himself as director anG Sam
uel G. Newman was named to the board.
Henry J. Hastings was reelected as
president of the association.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

ness over the 1914 month and one re-
ported that his business had been just
about the same. Business of some of
the jewelry men showed an increase as
great as 1870. Clothiers showed a
very large increase in business, the
largest reported being 36go. Depart
ment stores showed an increase in bust
ness of $3.50.
The statistics on collection Of ac-
counts during November were decided
~ interesting. One druggist showed
that he had collected 900 of the
amount of his books in October during
November Two grocers returned a re-
port of 5000 collections and the third
owed that his collections had been
w. All the stores showed that col
lectiOns had been better than normal
Six Of the dealers reported collections
good in November and the others re-
ported them normal. Not one made a
report that collections had been
"bad.' Here are the answers made
by the dealers to the question "How
do you consider the business outlook in
your line for the coming yearg'
Druggist-The outlook is fine and
collections good.
Druggist Very good Gradual in
crease in weekly general sales.
Department Store-Conditions point
to better business.
Grocer-Good
Grocer Should be good
Grocer-Very good.
Grocer-I consider them good.
: Clothier-Good
Clothier- Outlook very good
Clothier-Good.
Clothier Very good.
Clothier--Outlook fair.
JeWeler-Good
Jeweler-Good
Jeweler-To my judgment, it ought
to be 209o better.
Jeweler-25 to 33B9e better.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

Business in Kenosha is improving
and Kenosha retail dealers are looking
forward to the new year with the ex-
pectation of the biggest year in the
history of the city. This is not q state
ment made on guess work, but one bas-
ed on reports made by the dealers
themselves in connection. with survey
made for the Associated Advertising
clubs of America. Eighteen stores in
the city were included in the survey
and these included three each of drug
stores, grocery stores, hardware stores,
rlothiers, jewelry stores, and department.
stores. A lot of interesting figures
we're made as result Of the suE
vey and some Of the results were re-
duced to statistics.
Comparing the volume of business
for November 1915 as compared with
the volume in the same month of last
year, clothiers showed 2596 increase,
iewelry stores 331s% increase, hard
ware men 1919 increase, druggists 1919,
grocers so, department stores 25@o.
The collection of October accounts in
the eighteen stores showed that In No
vember 500 OF the accounts were col
lected. No decreases were shown in
the stocks carried in the various stores
and the druggists, grocers and hard
ware men showed an increase in stocks.
The report showed that advertising
expenditures for the eighteen stores
averaged just the same as in the month
Of November in 1914.
The reports on the volume Of bust
ness showed an increase in every line
with the exception of grocers. Two Of
the grocers reported a decrease in bust
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
ORGANIZE BOWLING TEAMS.
knights of Columbus Making Big
Plans for Tourney to be Held in
Chicago in January.

Kenosha members of the Knights of
Columbus have taken to the bowling
alleys and forty of them are now in
active practice for the great K. G.
meet to be held in Chicago the latter
part of January. It is expected that
Kenosha will send eight teams of
Knights to the tourney. The local
Knights will start bowling on January
23rd and most of a day will be given
over to the Kenosha teams. Many of
the best known bowlers in the city
WI be listed on the teams sent from
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
A ROADSTER FOR YOU.

1914 Chevrolet in AL condition.
Fully equipped except starter and
lights. Get a demonstration and in
.ouire price. VIM. Curtiss & Sons &
Higgins, 319 Main street. Phone
1900. advdw16
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
Retail Merchants Make Re-
ports of Better Conditions
AS Compared With Last
November in the City.
SOME SHOW BIG INCREASE

Figures for National Association Of Adj
vertisers Show Kenosha Picking Up.
collections for November Show Big
Increase over Former Year.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-16
WITNESS STILL
KEPT ON STAND
Conrad Explains Formula Introduced
by Railroads In Rate Case and May
Finish Later in the Day.

The second day of the rte eases In
which the several railroads are suing
the state for recstHblishment Of the
old 3-Ccnt fare, opened this morning
before Special Judge Frank A. You
mans Of Fort Smith, with A. L. Con
rad Of the Santa Fe system on the
stand.
Mr. Conrad Is appearing AZ a wit,
ness for the railroads rs an expert au-
ditOr and k placing the formula
which win be used In establishing the
basis for the testimony before the
court
The entire day yesterday was given
to the hearing of testimony 10y Mr.
Conrad, as was the greater part Of
today the formula which he Is intro
duclng being of more than ordinary
volume
During the morning Mr. Conrad eI
planned In detail the formula by which
the several railroads had prepared
their data which will be introduced
into the case especially with refer
cnce to the maintenance ~ equipment
transportation expenses, as to passen.
ger terminals between state and in
tcrsIntc points by primary accounts
and the apportoumcnt of freight ter
minals between state and Interstate
by primary accounts He also intro.
duced a formula for the apportion
ment Of expenses accounts " the CON
pany. or non revenue service
In the last part VI his testimony he
presented formula for the apporton
mcnt " property values to the state
and between classes of traffic as ap-
piled to the test period results This
Includes the spportonment VI the
value " roadway and structures be.
tween freight and passenger and line
and terminal, also state and inter
state and mall and express. The for
mula for apportlonment NJ locomo.
tive values AZ 10 state was also given
and ny 10 class NJ service also.
Mr. Conrad is expected 10 finish his
testimony today when the railroads
will Introduce + Nay r. A. Hamilton
or T. W Peabody m witness
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-16
DIES DESPITE
FRIENDS WORK
Companions Pump Air Into Lungs
of ParalyIed Man for Seven Weeks
Set His Bones.

WASHBURN. WIS, March LA
FOyette Reuter-. % years old. ~ this
city whose every breath during
more than seven weeks has depended
on friends and relatives, who have
keL him alive by artificial resplru
ton X dead.
This was one Of the most peculiar
cases that came to the attention Of
physicians In this Vicinity. Last fall
Mr Reuter- was stricken with nerve
paralysis which affected the muscles
nf his arms and legs The paralysis
crep over his body until about seven
weeks ago the muscles Of the pull
mCnary region were affected. and he
was unable to breathe. Relatives and
friends have forced air into the Young
mans lungs by pumping the chest with
theiT hands. During the entire illness
the young man remained conscious.
and gave instructions Il sto how best
10 pump his chest. The food he was
able 10 take became less and less, un-
tll his body gave out Toward the
last the muscles became 50 weak that
they would not hold the bones of his
hands aud feet In place, and dislOca
tiOns would often occur. These would
give great pain, and he would advise
his attendants how best to reset the
dislOcated member.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-16
GLOOMY DEAN QUIET
Does Not Answer Invitation TO Sub 1
NIT. TO Typhoid incubation Ther
Drink Unflltered Water fer Days

LONDON, March 10-Dean Inge oi
St Pauis cathedral, who declared d
few weeks ago that the people agitat
ing against inOCulatiOn for typhoid
ought to he hanged for their country,
good, has been invited by Viscouni
HubertOn to submit to inoculatior
and then drink unfiltered water fol
seven days afterward The dean ha,
not yet replied
Viscount Haberton and other mem
bers Of the Dumb Friends league. Al
the British society for the prevention
Of cruelty to animals ls called. hay,
been waging fight against inocula
tiOn. A large proportion Of army re
cruits have In consequence refused
TO submit TO the serum. Scientifi,
mel and the army doctors then 70
their ire NJ but none went 30 fal
as Dean Inge, who prescribed hanginI
for the members Of the league. Thi
brought the retort from the league
secretary that the dean was an 'apos
tie Of cowpoI."
Dean lnge Is ordinarily not |
friend Of science, since only a yea
ago he prophesied the coming an
tinctiOn OF Darwlnism and atheism
which Ia held 10 be allied. On nc
count OF his pessimlstlc views Of 10
ciety, he II commonly refpred to II
the London press AZ the gloom,
dean"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-16

also In danger II they remain at home.
The Fighting has been Of the most In
deflnlte character with the contend.
Ing forces occupying and rcoccupying
villages at intervals sometimes ns
shortly separated az the rising aud
the setting " one sun.
The difficulty the soldiers have In
distinguishing friend from foe IL IL
luSlrated by It recent Incident In tho
suburb " Coyoacan. 4 pnrty ~ Car.
rnuzO men who had dismounted I'm
the main plaza encountered some
loungers who were not recognized M
HCpatlstas, A friendly conversation
was commenced and continued until
some one suspected the identity of the
loungcrs and challenged thcm. The
answer nng buck, "Niya Iapata !"
with that rifles were brought into
play and the plaza was strewn with
dead from both sides. Reinforce.
meuts arriving Tor the Carrnnza men.
the Zapatlstas were finally driven to
the woods
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-16
SUPREME COURT
REVERSES CASE
City Property Can BE Sold to Force
Collection Of Eighteen Per Cent Pen.
atty, the Court Decides

city property, whether homestead
or not, may be sold by the county
treasurer 10 force the collection Of the
1S per cent special assessment and
other taxes according to an opinion
~ the state supreme court Tuesday
The decision was given IN the case Of
Helen Wallace who commenced action
In Judge J j Carneys division of the
district court NJ Canadian county TO
restrain the county treasurer from
selling two lots In III Reno for the
collection of certain special assess.
ments with the IL per cent penalty
thereon.
The county through attorneys. filed
n demurrer to the Wallace application
hut Judge Carney granted the inlunc
tlon against the sale " the lots and
collection " the special assessment
The court In the opinion In which
all the justices concur with the eH.
ception " Justice G A. Brown. re
verses the JUDGMENT of Judge Carney
and directs the district court 10 sus.
tain the demurrer NJ the county forth
with Justice Summers Hardy wrote
the opinion
In an opinion by Justice Turner. the
court uphuds nm order Of the CORPORA
tion commission requiring the receiv
ers of the Frisco railroad 10 huld "A
passenger depot at Henryctta. The re.
ceivers appealed 10 the higher court
claiming that the commission had mo-
jurisdiction to make said order TO
them because the receivers were not
mentioned In the complaint and that
no notice had been given to them. The
court answers this point by saving
that the receivers, ny such, are for
the time heinr the railroad company
itself within tho contemplation NJ ar
ticle o, section "a Of the constitution
and are necessary pafties To the pro.
ceeding The order was based upon
complaint Of citizens of Henryetta and
the findings NJ The commission.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-16
THIS BILL IMPORTANT
Cash Cade Calls Attention 10 Meas
ure Diyorcing OIL Mills and Cotton
Gins, Still In Doubt.

"One OF the most important bills
before this legislature" writes Cash
NJ. Cade to The Times, rs the measure
dlyOrclng the cotton seed oil mills
from the cotton gins. II passed II
viii save the farmers Of the state II
million dollars. The bill was intro
duced early In the session and II is
still I'm doubt.
why should cotton oil mills OF this
state own the gins any more than the
railroads should own the coal mines
II looks like the bill divorcing the cot
toh seed oil mills from the cotton
gins has been held up until the sen
ate will amend or kill the bill. II
means that the farmers in the south
half OF the state will lose a million
dollars. Frank Gault tried TO make
II plain TO the people last summer
and failed. II the senate juggles this
bill and kills Il by delay or amend
ments every such member should be
defeated for office In the future. This
cotton gin divorce bill is the most i'm
pOrtant before the legislature this
year, and II has been held up for some
reason. What is the reasOn1
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-16
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS
ON THE WAR IN EUROPE

near ST. lloi, south of Yprcs has been
taken boy the Germans Fighting for
the possession Of this location has
been going ON since the day before
Yesterday.
In the champagne district several
utucks delivered by French troops
broke down In the fnce Of Ger
man fire The French losses were
heavy. To the north Of BcauseJour
German troops took possession N
several French trenches. An engage
mrnt began Yesterday In the Argonne
continues today Also in the VosgcS
there are several places where the
fighting stiII b, going on
"On the Orsyr to the northeast "
Przasnysz Russian attacks every
where have been rcpu~cd There was
an especially violent engagement for
the possession Of Jcduorozek, two
thousand Russinus being taken phs
Ouers.
South OF vlstuln there (, moth
Ing TO report"