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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1915-02-24
Not Paint

The worst mistake il painting is net
putting.o That costs about 10 per.
cent; you keep your money year and
pay 10 percent for it.
Paint would have to cone.down p
percent to make 10 percent on the Job,
for wages do not go-down.
The:worst mistake is '.clleap'' paint
It costs from 50 percent to 100, irst
cost, and another in wear.
What liar "cheap'7 isl "Pnt-off''
is bsd-enoagh; "cheap'' is ten times
worse. DEVOE adv.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1915-02-24
EQuiliZation Boards.

Equalization Boards.
The following gentlemen have been
appointed by the Governor as mem
bers Of she Equalization Boards for
county for a period Of two
years:
Black Creek.
" N Yonce, Pelion.
w B Dunbar, Pelion.
r, Glover able, Steedmar.
Boiling Springs. .
&c Reeder, Edmund.
Andrew B Goodwin. Lexington,
Azariah Taylor, Gilbert
Broad River.
James B Addy, Peak.
o Luther Mayer. ''
WO Haltiwanger, :"
Town Of Chsp;n.
R F Cumalander, Chaplin.
,WtB Williams, .
Noah F Frick, +,
Bull Swamp. -
" @ Jackson, Swansea. ?
J L Jefcoat,
D Harrison Lawson, Castor i =. ,.,
Town of Swansea. ....
B E Graft, Swansea.
Martin, "
Henry e Wise. "
Chinquepin.
H jeff Burgess, Ssmsrsa. r.
PS Hsllman, Leesville.
Elijah Hall, Minis.
Town OF Batesbrrg.
DE O Ridgell. Batesbura.
w 8 Hise.
JR Unger. J."
Congaree.
Thomas J Roof. Lexington.
a Lou Hook, New Brookiand,
Danl E Shunpers4
Town OF Brookland.
Press i Sox. New Brookiand.
Henry Buff,
L W Moak - &" ..'
Dr. j L Shuler, Irno.
D F Lorlck,
James K. swygert. "
Gilbert Hollow.
Paul Hite. Leesville.
NJ a Lewis, Z"
Albert Price, Gilbert.
-. Town Of LeesvilIe.
F lamp Hendrix. Leesvilie.
John P Able, {"
B n Bodie, ".
Hollow Creek.
G Franklin Keisler Gilbert.
George @ Price, 80
William B Taylor. Gilbert.
Lexington.
j Wier Addy, Lexington.
6 Bsylis Wingsrd,
William D George,
Town Of Lexington.
\ ] Fox, Lexington.
B u CLARK, "
Hamp Kaminer, I"
Piast Springs.
J Perry Goodwin, CASTOR.
J Alfred Lucas,
Noah Spires,
Saluda.
4 Al WiDgard, Onapln.
" D Huffstetler, g
ID Buckley, Little Mountain.
Sandy Run.
" " Furtick, Jr., Swansea.
y B Wannamaker, Sandy Run.
Willie E Redmond, Swansea.
The first name in each town or town.
hip will act as chairman until the
tive boards meet and organize
and elect one of their number as
chairman. The acting chairman will
please call at the Auditors office,
tuesday, March ,, for the returns and
lece ssary instructions. Each board
will please meet IS soou as practical.
the acting chairman ro:i tying other
members of his board the time and
place Of meeting.
w. y, DENT. Co. Auditor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
MONEY TO LUTEN
If Bridge Mans Patents Are
Sustained by Courts
They VIII Cost Kansas &c.
100000 in Is Years.

If Kansas bows to the Luton de-
mands for ten per cent royalties on
his alleged bridge patents, he will col
lect Sc, 500, 0OO from this state in the
next fifteen years. That is the esti-
mate made today by W. S. Gearhart,
state highway engineer, in state
ment to S. n. Hawkes., assistant at
torney general
Suit involving the Luten patent
rights is now pending in the Kansas
courts. Recently the Colorado courts
held that Luten was not entitled to
royalties on his so-called patents. The
courts of that state held that some of
the arrangements claimed by the In
dianapolis man, were not infringe
ments within the spirit of the law and
that his patents were not patentable.
With the test of the Luten patents
pending in the Kansas courts, Gear
hart made an estimate of the cost of
bridge construction in Kansas He
based his figures on construction of
REINFORCED concrete bridges and ap-
plication in all instances of the so
called Luten patents
From the Investigations 1 have
made of the bridge conditions in Kan
SaS, 1 consider it a conservative esti-
mate that there is an average of at
least two bridges per mile of road and
the average length of bridge would
probably be about the same as in Illi-
nois-that is 7.76 feet" says Gearhart
in his report. "A REINFORCED con-
crete bridge 7-76 feet long with an
49, to 20 foot roadway would cost an
average of about $500. Assuming
two bridges to the mile, the cost for
concrete bridges per mile of road
would be about $500.
There are over 10000 miles of
highways in the state and at 5000 per
mile for REINFORCED concrete bridges,
it means an expenditure of S6,6e0,O0O.
IF the counties and townships of
Kansas are required to pay Luten ten
per cent patent royalty on all OF the
concrete bridges built. it means that
Luten will receive from Kansas alone
approximately 100000 in the next
fifteen years"
The Gearhart figures are based on
the assertion that the average life of
a tin bridge is about fifteen years.
Using these figures as correct, he fig
CURES that all of the present steel and
near steel bridges will be rebuilt in
fifteen years. If reconstructed Of con-
crete, he estimates the cost at $50, O00,-
900. To pay Luten his ten per cent
royalty. means a cost to the state of
100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
THE CHICAGO BARv

4. AT a time when politicians and gem
erals have to decide almost every day
whether to purchase trench or a hill
at the cost of so many human lives
the death of helpless baby has set a
whole nation talking, saws the New
Republic. 1t happens to be a
nation which cannot boast that If
cares supremely about its babies for
hundreds of thousands of them die
every year of preventabIe causes They
die of tenements which could be ven
tilated. of milk that could be kept
clean, OF neglect that could be reme-
died. They die because their fathers
are underpaid, because their mothers
are overworked; they are run over on
city streets because there are insuffi-
cient Fairgrounds; they are infected
by dirt diseases; they are starved.
Given a chance in life most of them
would become happy and useful. They
are refused that chance because pub
lie opinion is too indolent, because
many landlords and business men are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
THE BUSINESS BOOM.

Reports from all over the country,
and particularly from the central, west
ern and southern sections indicate that
business is moving more briskly than
it has in a long time. In some centers,
the activity of the retail trade, which
is the barometer of the general pros
perity of the people, is almost of boom
proportions. Merchants are reporting
the most voluminous and profitable
late fall and Christmas trade in years.
And some folk, no doubt. will insist
that the trade prosperity which is now
so apparent on all sides, is due in the
main to the European war, and espe-
cially to that feature of it which con-
Germs the purchase in this country by
the Entente Allies of food and war
supplies. These war orders have
been of large proportions, but their
extent has been greatly exaggerated.
And while they have helped to stimu
late certain lines of industry, theS
probably do not play any very consid-
cradle part in the business boom of
today. 1t must also be remembered
that this same war which has worked
to the advantage of certain manufac-
turers and industries in this country
has also worked to the disadvantage of
many other lines of manufacture and
business. So there must be another
reason for the present wave OF pros
perity. And it can be found nowhere
else than in the bumper crops with
which the United States was favored
this year. The war has helped to
maintain the prices of these crops at
remunerative figures, but it is the
crops and not the war orders that have
produced the better business of today.
Proof of this is to be found in the fact
that the prosperity at hand is more
general and larger in the big crop pro-
ducing portions of the country, and in
sections where war munition plants
are scarcerathan hens teeth The war
has helped in measure to bring about
the nations present prosperity, but the
most of it has been made by the crops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
WILLIAMS is wed
Former Husband of Cidie Writ
Takes Second Wife.
W. Y. Morgan's Nephew Deserts
Church to Marry Again.

Hutchinson, Kan, Dec. ga ro-
nance which begun three years ago,
shortly after the groom's first mar
riage, eliminated Thursday night in
the marriage of Harry Williams, a To-
cal newspaper man to Miss Ruth Pep
perday, daughter of a wealthy La
trobe, Pa, grain man, at the home of
the groom's uncle, Lieutenant Cover
nor w. Y. Morgan of Kansas.
To wed Miss Pepperday, Villa ms,
a Catholic, gives up his church. The
bride made a special trip to Rome
two years ago, it is said, to try to get
Williams marriage to Cidie Writ, now
Mrs. John Spreckels. of Los Angeles,
annulled. She failed to get an audi
ence with the pope, however.
Williams marriage recalls the ro-
nance of four years ago when he mar
ried Cidie Writ, daughter of a west
ern Kansas cattle king. who decided
in Williams favor after being engaged
to Count Hugo Leal of Brazil, by the
toss of a coin. They separated short
ly after their marriage and Williams
obtained a divorce. Miss Writ was
wed in August to Jack Spreckels,
grandson of the California sugar king.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
WILL GET VACATIONS
Western Union Grants Concession to
Operators That VIII Cost Com
pany 1900, 900 Annually.

New York, Dec. 3.-Telegraph oper-
ators all over the United States en-
ployed by the Western Union Tele-
graph company are rejoicing today
over the news that after the first of
next year, all traffic employees will
receive a vacation with pay.
''All regularly assigned employees
who have been in the service of the
com pany for two years or more will
receive two weeks vacation and those
who have been continuously in the
service for one year, will receive one
weeks vacation" reads the company's
announcement
Operating employees who have not
been regularly assigned but who haV g
worked for the company the equivalent
of full time for each period also will
receive vacations. 1t is stipulated that
the vacations shall be for rest and
recreation and not used in other en-
ployment-
The cost to the company is esti-
mated at s2.OOO.OOO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
BIG new STORE
Lux Mercantile Company Has
Taken Out a Charter.
Wholesale Grocery Firm Is
Capitalized at 100000.

A new wholesale grocery firm will
start business in Kansas the first day
of the new year, when the Lux Mer-
camille company opens up for bust
ness at 210 Kansas avenue. 1t will be
the outerOwth of the Samuel E. Lux
wholesale produce business, with
wholesale groceries included.
The officers of the company are men
wen known in Kansas S. Z. Lux,
president. has been located here a
VIII olesale fruit jobber for many years
and has always been prominently
identified with a number of local en-
terprises. He managed the free state
fair last fall, is an active member of
the Topeka Commercial club and has
otherwise been connected with Topeka
orga 1izations.
o. a. Fleming, the vice president, is
from Lyndon, Kan, where for a Ions
time he has owned a general mer-
chandise store, in addition to stores
in other towns in Kansas. The sec
rotary and treasurer, E. G. Wilson,
also of Lyndon, has up to the present
been president of the First National
bank of Lyndon. Both of these men
have sold out all their interests in
Usage county and are moving here
with their families.
For the present the firm will con-
ducts its business from the Lux plant
although shortly, probably within a
few months, a big fireproof building
viii be erected. Options have al
ready been secured on several desir-
able sites. The Lux Mercantile com
pany promises to become one of the
southwest.
y charter has just been issued to
the Lux Mercantile company with a
ca pitalization OF 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
Pathetic Physical Condition OF
Francis Nichols, Age 8.
/ Shoulder Gnarled and DislOcat-
ed Since Infancy.
HIS FATHER GOES TO JAIL
Mother Suing for Divorce in
District Court.
Kings VIII Attempt to Induce
Physicians to Operate.

Following trial in the court of To-
peka this moring, Charles Xneos a
Greek, sos North Van Buren, street,
was sentenced to 60 days in Jail, with
condition of parole Monday. on a
charge of assault and battery against
his American wife, Blanche Xneos
Testimony in the trial before Judge
Hugh Fisher this morning was more
startling that usual in such cases.
Testimony in the case as given by
Mrs. Xneos on the stand conferred
around the 9-year-old son of Mrs.
&neos by former marriage. The
lads name is Francis Nichols. The
wife testified that the trouble between
herself and her husband occurred
Sunday when Xneos began beating
Francis with a razor strop which had
buckle on one end. She interfered,
she said, and the husband turned on
her. She testified that he picked up
an axe and threatened to use it on her
and her child. The axe was exhibited
in the court room by Rad Lee and Ed
Rooney who prosecuted the case for
the state. Xneos admitted whipping
the child and admitted that he might
have struck his wife once with the
strop accidentally" He denied the
axe story.
Tho Pathetic Part of Ii.
The pathetic incident in the case
appeared when it was learned by Kill
maurs and Miss Kate King Sunday
evening that Francis, the 9-year- oId
stepson of Xneos, has had his right
shoulder deformed since infancy when
he dislocated it in a fall. He was
also badly in need of clothes, being
scantily attired. The Kings took charge
of him Monday morning and took him
to well known Topeka banker who
called up a local clothing store and
ordered the boy fitted out in warm
clothes at his expense. In the court
room the little fellow proudly ex-
hibited a warm overcoat
Now the shoulder has become twist
ed and gnarled. This afternoon he will
be taken to DR.. w. F. Bowen by the
Kings to ascertain whether or not an
operation will make the little body
straight. The child is bright and
healthy.
Xneos is defendant in the district
court in a divorce petition filed
against him by his wife. He is to be
paroled on his Jail sentence Monday
providing he goes to work at a job
which he says he has and turns half
of the money he makes over to his
wife and her children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
WILL Open The GATES
The Commercial Club Decides to
Admit Out OF Town Persons
to Membership.

A step forward was taken by the
Commercial club at the Know Your
Town dinner Thursday night. The
members voted to amend the consri-
tuition so that 200 prominent Kansans
might be included as associate mem
berS of the club.
For some time the board of direc-
tors of the club has been considering
this change in the constitution as
there have been many Inquiries con-
corning the possibility of associate
membership. Secretary 7. VIII
Kelley has received several letters
from prominent men in the state who
come to Topeka often, asking if they
can become members of the Topeka
Commercial club. To accommodate
these men the club members decided
to open the gates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
TOPEKA'S BIRTHDAY
The Sixty-first Anniversary Will BE
Celebrated Tomorrow by the Old
Settlers Association.

A big birthday party for Topeka will
be held tomorrow by the Old Settlers
association. Topeka will be sixty-one
years old and the annual Old Settlers
meeting will be held in honor of the
occasion.
One of the features of the progra m
which will be given in the First Pres
byterian church will be the showing
of eighteen scenes taken in Topeka in
1865. The views belong to Mrs. II. ..
Garvey, who will talk of them.
There are 200 old timers who have
been in Topeka since 1877 and who
are entitled to membership in the Old
Settlers association.
Henry McAfee, Mrs A. A. GODDARD,
and Robert Steele have made arrange
ments for the meeting, which will be-
gin at o'clock tomorrow morning and
continue throughout the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03

this experience of isolation and medi-
tation he realizes himself, as well as
GOD.
There is a spot where spirits blend,
Where friend holds fellowship with
friend,
Though sundered far; by faith they
meet
Around the common mercy-seat.
.'Ah, whittier could we flee for aid.
When tempted, desolate, dismayed,
Or how the hosts of hell defeat,
Had suffering saints no mercy seat.
And time and sense seem all no more,
And heaven comes down our souls to
greet,
And glory crowns the mercy-seat-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
TYPIST IN NET
Mrs. Leah Wilson Accused by Grand
Jury in Real Estate Frauds of
Late *. c. Operator.

Kansas City, Dec. 3.-Mrs. Leah
Wilson. confidential secretary to the
late Theodore c. Peitzer, a real es-
tate operator, was indicted by the
jackson county grand jury today. She
was charged with making fraudulent
acknowledgements to paper issued ny
Peltzers company
Peitzer lost his life in a fall from
the window of his office in Il down
town building two months ago.
Following his death irregularities
involving over 100000 were found.
He was alleged to have sold duplicate
deeds of trust on Kansas City real
aStafa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03

Crushing Montenegro is evidently
next in order on the program of Aus
fria and Germany. But they don't
seem to have much luck in such en-
deavors when they tackle any nation
their size. The Russian armies were
forced to fall back a great distance
before the Teutonic avalanche but
they were able to continue practically
intact, and were therefore not de-
cisiNely whipped And Germany has
MT been doing much crushing in the
western arena Of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
OAKFIELD BROUGHT IN
Drifting Disabled British Ship Res
cued by Lady Ninien; Ground
ed Marengo Also Safe.

London, Dec. 3.-The British steam
ship, Oakfield. reported recently to be
drifting in a disabled condition 500
miles southeast of Cape Race, N. F.,
was towed into St. Michaels today by
the Lady Ninien. The Oakdeld, which
was bound from West Hartlepool,
England, for an American port, lost
her propeller blade.
The Wilson liner. Marengo, from
New York for Hull. which stranded
on Goodwin sands, has been floated
and has proceeded on her voyage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
POTTER INDICTED
DIR. Rittegi Faces Many Charges
i'm Ohio Court.
Forged Names of Foreign Rep
resentatives to Checks.

Cleveland, Dec. 3.-Four indict-
ments were returned by Cuyahoga
county grand jury today against Dr.
Emerich w. Rittegi, alias Ritter, ar
rested Tuesday accused of check
frauds The indictments were for
carrying concealed weapons. obtaining
money under false pretense, and forg-
cry there being two of the latter.
The Indictment followed an invesu-
cation by United States department OF
justice agents of an alleged connection
on the part of Rittegi with attaches
of foreign governments which are en-
gagged in the European war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
Nickel Plate Making Gains.

Cleveland. Ohio, Dec. 3.-The Octo-
Der report of the Nickel Plate railroad
made public today shows gains. The
gross earnings were S1.232,S20. as
against s1,222,34S last year The net
earnings We're S369.12O against $195,-
S42. The gross for ten months was
S1OO7A ASH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03

Evidently the members of the Ford
peace party will have to rely on
ssabsent treatment" in their efforts to
bring the warning nations of Europe
to a peace parIey. Uncle Sam is going
to provide them with passports only to
the neutral states in Europe. This
will preclude the possibility of their
calling in person on any of the war
lords of Europe. So they might Just
as well stay at home and make what
ever proposals they have by cable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
DEATHS and FUNERALS.

Harvey H. Youngman, age %, died
Thursday at his home, 434 Chandler
street The funeral will be held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pen
wells chapel. Interment in Topeka
cemetery.
Robert Anderson, colored, age 3S,
died this morning at his home, 1921
Harrison street. The funeral will be
held at O'Clock Sunday afternoon at
the residence. Interment in Mount
Auburn cemetery.
The funeral of Charles Coe, who
died Thursday. will be held at 2:3O
O'Clock Sunday afternoon at the resi-
dence, AIS Western avenue.
Mrs. Hattie Brashears. colored. died
this morning at her home, 516 Taylor
street. Funeral arrangements will be
made later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03

paper 2a4 a.; per cent. Sterling, GO day
bills. 4.G6: demand 47o.35: cables. 4.71.1
Francs. demand. 5.s4; cables, 5.s3. Marks
demand. 1872; cables. 1Sz. Guilders. de
mand. 417s cables. 41H- Lires. demand.
6.32: cables G-51. Rubles demand. -
cables 32ik Bar silver, SOC Mexican dol
lars, 4212c. Government bonds. steady
railroad bonds, Irregular. Time loans.
steady: 60 days. 25A 90 days. 2MM2% q
months, p! as per cent.
Call money. steady: high. ? low 1%
ruling rate. q last loan, >; closing bid
ia; offered at >
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
SHE sues FOR $500
Leanna Hoover Claims Damages on
Account of Being Struck by the
Grccnou9h Automobile.

Leanna Hoover in the district court
this afternoon brought suit for 81, 500
against George d. Greenough of 400
Topeka avenue. The plaintiff alleges
that on or about March / she started
across the intersection of Eighth and
Kansas avenue and was struck by an
auto driven by Miss Lulu Greenough,
daughter of George D. Greenough.
The plaintiff says she was knocked
down and further alleges that Miss
Greenough was negligent in watching
out for the safety of pedestrians. she
also states in her petition that she is
neruanentIy injured as a. result and
she demands $4,000 for compensatory
damages and $1,000 exemplary dam
ac
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03

Some of the leaders of the Progress
sive party are insisting that Colonel
Roosevelt will be drafted as the party's
presidential candidate. But the colonel
may have other plans of his own, and
if he has, he is strong enough to dodge
a draft of this sort But would he
have the moral right to do so?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03

As William Allen White suggests, 1t
will be impossible for the Republicans
to beat President Wilson with can
didate of ''two-spot" proportions. But
there happens to be an ace or two IN
the Republican deck, Justice Hughes,
for instance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03

too greedy, because politicians are
cowardly and ignorant. Every year
hordes of fine human beings are con-
demned to save them. But the refusal
to keep alive a deformed idiot has be-
come moral issue throughout the
ma tim.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
ARE AFTER CONVENTION
Texas Democrats Take Big Check and
Go to Washington to Cinch Ma
tiOnaI Meeting for Dallas.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 3.-Armed with a
certified check for 100000 in the
possession of Mayor Henry d. Lindsey
of Dallas, seventy-five Texas Demo-
Gratis left here today on a special train
for Washington. where they will place
Dallas claims before the national
executive committee Tuesday to enter
tain the national Democrat convention
in 1916
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03

Now that Greece has received a
definite uldmatum from the Teutons
it would seem that she will have to
move in one direction or the other
before very long And little Rumania
is in much the same boat. For a
Balkan state to remain neutral in any
kind of war would appear to be the
hardest job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03

.;1.arge wads of sympathy shouid De
extended to Andrew Carnegie now
will he ever he able to make ooth ehos
meet? He has retained for ms own
use only s2O.OOO.OO0 of the SSf5'ooo'-
900 fortune of which he was once pos
sessed. Some of his friends VIII prop
ably have to pass the hat FOR nm
before. long.