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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

went outside of the town and laid
ourselves down to rest behind a
hedge and under an apple tree.
The question was whether we
should remain here for the night
or after taking a rest. hike on for
a distance of about six miles to
Irvington, where we could board a
city car and yet be able to say that
we walked from Richmond to Ind
annapolis. The other alternative of
taking an interurban car at Cum
berland had been disposed of by
Ban as soon as it was suggested.
Well, the mosquitoes, the ants, the
gnats and the chiggers backed by
Bans insistent argument that we
should not remain here and could
make the six miles to the outskirts
OF Indianapolis decided the matter,
and we made them with Ban keep
ing in the lead and myself holding
him back as much az possible for
my own sake. I must confess, as
much as for his sake.
So we arrived at the outskirts OF
Indianapolis at 8 O'Clock in the ev-
ening, having walked distance Of
about Ga miles within 80 hours, 10
hours Of which were spent in sleep
ing and several hours in eating,
drinking and resting. We had about
a dozen rides offered us along the
way in automobiles and buggies,
but all were consistently declined
with thanks, the decision in every
case being left to Ban. However,
we had our reward, for in Indiana
polls we met former member Of
our Indianapolis Hiking club who
owns an automobile and he brought
us back in his machine on the aft
ernoon of July the Fourth after
we had seen the principal sights
of the city and after Ban had duly
celebrated by shooting off fire.
crackers all along Illinois, Wash
ington and Pennsylvania streets
and Massachusetts avenue.
THE When you have
that tired feeling, remember Ban
learn his 30-mile ways and snore to
your hearts content.
JOHN MELPOLDER.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08
Centennial Notes

You remember this is the cen
tennial year both for Indiana and
Richmond. and 1t is hard for us to
realize how different things are
now from then, or even for the past
fifty years, and so from now on
we thought it would be fun to have
one little corner each week in the
Junior for the things our folks
can tell us about those old times
One of the queerest things for me
to realize is that cows and all sorts
Of animals used to be right out in
the streets all the time, and people
used to have fences all around
their yards to keep them out. MY
mother says that she used to be
so afraid of the big cows that she
would go two or three squares out
Of her way to miss passing them.
Aren't yon glad you didn't live
here then?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08
STRAIGHT LINES.

There is only one straight line,
but there are any number Of crook.
ed lines between any two points.
A straight line used to be called
a right line. When We do right
we keep straight-when we do
wrong we are crooked.
A straight line is the shortest
line between two points, a crooked
line is always longer The short
est way to what we really want to
be is the night course. The crooked
way is always a.waste of time and
strength.
The straight way is always the
most easily followed. We get lost
on crooked paths, but in the
straight way we keep right on and
get there. We never get lost or
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

1t Is a simple problem in arithme-
tic that If it takes $500 falls for
Ban to walk one mile, 1t takes
100000 falls for him to cover sixty
four miles. This Is how Ban had
that many thousand falls In two
days without once getting hurt.
The first day we walked about
thirty miles and at 5 o'clock In
the afternoon arrived at Dunreith
where we had supper and spent
the night. We had stopped for two
hours tn Cambridge City for dinner
had Witnessed couple of innings
OF a baseball game at Strawns,
had halfdozen rests and drinks
Of water on the way, and mad
walked thirty miles; all this in less
than twelve hours.
We retired at Z O'Clock and rose
at 5 o'clock. making a total of 10
hours for sleep and for recupera-
ton. II Ban had made q record
that day Of 80 miles hiking, he
certainly made another spaendid
record that night in snoring. do
not know whether he struck the
bed before or after the first snOre
and SO l will compromise by say
ING that both happened at the same
time. counted about twenty
snores a minute which number
multiplied by the number Of min
utes per hour and the number of
hours per sleep makes, you will
agree. another good long distance
record
The next day we intended to
walk as far as Cumberland, a dis
lance from Dunreith of about 20
miles and a distance from the
heart Of Indianapolis Of about
II miles. which latter distance we
expected to finish early in the
morning of July the Fourth. We
left Dunreith at $3.50 in the morn
ing and walked FIVE miles before
breakfast. which we thoroughly en-
joyed at Knightstown. Arrived at
Greenfield, Is miles from Dunreith,
at IL noon. where we had dinner
and a two hours rest At 40 in
the afternoon we reached Cumber
land. Here we had our first dis
appointment in that we could not
| secure any lodging Cumberland
enjoys one roOming house and
! every room was occupied s. Nc
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

brothers. They don't know why
our soldiers are there, lots of
them-they don't understand what
Villa and Carranza are doing. All
they think is that their father Is a
great hero, and when some old
American comes down there and
shoots him, and he is brought home
stiff and dead, that little Mexican
boy c!inches his teeth and grips
his hands and mutters to himself,
you wait, you Americans. When
/ get chance III kill every one OF
you ! see." And can you blame
him? Wouldn't you?
Why, folks, you couldn't even ex-
plain to those poor Mexican boys
why we have sent our men down
there, II you were talking to them
yourselves. They can't speak our
language. So after il Is over, what
would be the good Of 1t all?
OF course, all we can do now,
when we have been insulted or
mistreated, is to fight; but boys,
when you grow up, don't you
think you can make great interna-
tiOnal courts that can decide all
these quarrels and punish the ones
who are wrong with an information
al police force? And then all these
boys fathers won't have to be
killed, and they won't nate US any
more.
AT least, that is something to
think about, isn't Il?
AUNT MOLLY.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08
Our Saturday Talk

loose out by keeping the straight
line of right
1t is not easy to draw straight
line. You can draw crooked line
with your eyes shut. Anybody can
do wrong-it is not to anyone's
credit to be crooked. 1t is the
easiest thing in the world to be
bad. We require a ruler or guide
of some kind to make a straight
course Or we must keep the way
Of good example and wise teaching.
The way of right has been made
plain to us in many ways and in
one great simple life it has been
lived for us. Let us take the path
of right and keep the straight way,
the nearest surest safest path to
all we want to be and have. Keep
straight! DO RIGHT!
DIR. ]. j. RAE, Pastor of
First Presbyterian Church.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08
Ban Fell 100000 Times
In Two Days and Still
Did Not Get Hurt At All

Ban il a little over three feet
short, q little over twelve years
young. and tips the scales at a little
over sixty pounds. This Is why
they call him Ban. You see, when
he was still younger they called
him Bantam Rooster, but that was
rather too long name for such
little boy, so now they have lop-
ped some of II of and call him
simply Ban.
There never was q nickname
that fitted q boy better than Ban,
or Bantam Rooster. for Alfred Pax
ton. You no doubt have observed
the grit and the spunk Of the
bantam. have seen little ban
tam tackle q COW because the COW
got too close upon the tiny chicks.
That IL the spirit Of Ban. and in
order to prove II to you. am going
to tell you something about Bans
100000 falls In two days without
getting hurt
We are told by scientists that
when we take a step we simply
let our body fall forward until the
fall Is arrested by the forward
swing Of one Of our feet. Now II
takes q distance Of about two feet
for Ban to stop the fall Of his
little body when he takes step.
To walk a mile. therefore. Ban
must take about $500 steps. or
must let his body fall $500 times.
Ban belongs to the Whitewater
School Hiking club. He has been
on every hike but one since spring
hikes that were from 10 to ~
miles In length. Ban always kept
IN the lead. setting the pace, and
always insisted on going farther
than the scheduled distance. His
ono great ambition WAS sometime
to hike to Indianapolis where he
had lived for . short time when a
baby and about which he had heard
such wonderful things.
rs = reward therefore for his
spunk he was given the opportunity
TO realize his one great ambition
. hike to Indianapolis. On the
second Of July at s O'Clock In the
morning We left the court house
In Richmond and the next day at
O'Clock In the evening We reached
Indianapolis, walking all the way
. distance Of sixty-fcur mica NV
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08
AUNT MOLLVs LETTER.

Now that so much is happening
about war. and we are 50 proud OF
all our grand looking soldiers who
are going down on the border line.
] wonder II you ever stop to think.
even for a minute, how the things
seem to those little Mexican boys
and girls down there.
In the first place you must re-
member. that they haven't had the
same kind of lives that you have.
They live in awful houses, and
there aren't any schools like yours,
and lately there hasn't been very
much to eat, and they have been
hungry. And for years now they
have been having fights all the
time with each other Can you
think how that would be? You
think 1t is awful to see anybody
hurt in an accident and terrible il
anyone is killed; but just think Of
seeing lot OF the men in your
neighborhood out in the street
shooting each other, and dying
there. That Is what has been go
ing on ever since some of them can
remember and SO. you see, they
don't think of anything much cx-
cept war.
And now, what's happening?
Well you see, all that they under
stand is that lot Of big Ameri.
cans are coming down there. and
marching through their country,
and killing their fathers and big
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08
On Patriotism

Many folks are wildly enthusiast
tic about the soldiers, but especial
ly two little boys l know Of who
havn't missed seeing a single train
load even when they don't como
until midnight.
One Of the boys wears a colonels
badge on his arm, and he shakes
hands with every soldier he can,
and the other wears red. white
and blue cap, and spends the day
marching up and down in front of
the house.
And then perhaps you saw those
two little girls who were dressed
In American flags, did you? Didn't
they look cute?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08
HOW TO MAKE A WIRELESS
INSTRUMENT.

In order to make a wireless tele-
phone for the distance of 100
yards, or from the house to the
barn, the apparatus needed for
transmission is one spark or Undue
ton coil. one transmission coil and
ground. and 8 new batteries. For
receiving a mureal dectector, Is
ohm receiver, an aerial and ground.
No switch or key is needed, as
the transmitter represents this,
and the vibration of the voice
makes the connection in the trans
mitter. Try experimenting in this
and see what results you have. and
any questions you would like to
ask send in to the Junior.
LLOYD SNYDER.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08
THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM

the Junior Palladium section Of The Palladium issued every satur
invited to contribute Stories sketches Incidents happenings
school acceptable
OF the give
The Junior Palladium No
returned The Palladium
printed Richmond entirely their
This
write, let parents write the letter
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

Here is the Giant Pigeon" Of
Three-Face Town. Paste his pic
lures on a piece of white paper.
Color his eyes, his beak, and his
web feet, and leave his body
white. Sometimes you will find
it easier to copy these drawings
larger on another piece of white
paper before painting.
After cOloring, cut out each fig
ure separately. Now fold in the
~, ro
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

TO TRADE-A good flashlight
with a new battery. What will
you give? Address E. X, 1888
Main st.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

Andrew Jackson was the oldest
Of the retiring Presidents going
out of office eleven days before bis
list birthday
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Good
Squirt Gun. 1t cost 25c when
new. Will take 15c for it if sold.
If you have anything to trade what
will you give for it. Everett Lasly,
1929 N. A ST, City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

center as shown by the arrow and
paste each figure back to back"
so that you will have three fig
ures made into one, which stands
alone and faces in three direc-
tons.
Save all your figures until you
have the whole town.
Next week comes the Police
man"
e Matthew Adams
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

STAMPS-A Belgian soldier in
termed in Holland, desires to OBJ
tain used stamps for the Committee
of Relief and for his own collec-
ton. Write to Eudore Verbiest,
brigadier. 18 enc Batterie de place
inferno, BaraQue %, Camp |, Zeist,
Holland, Europe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

WANTED--To trade new gymna-
SUM suit for good $125 base
ball. Russell Sullivan, 3515 South
Sixth street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

TO TRADE, 900 stamps, mostly
foreign, worth about $40, for a
tennis racquet. Call W. W., at
1851.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08
Exchange Column

TO TRADE-A good flashlight
with a new battery. What will
you give? Address E. X, 1888
Main st.
TO TRADE, 900 stamps, mostly
foreign, worth about $40, for a
tennis racquet. Call w. w, at
1851.
TO TRADE-30 rugs from cigar
cite packages to make a blanket.
Address D. r., care OF the Junior
Palladium.
TO TRADE-Grey Mackinaw for a
good tennis racquet. Address
w. NJ, care of Junior Palladium.
TO SELL-Unusual stamps; 3
Burmuda, Chinese, 1 Japanese
land several old American. See R.
IS. T. at II S. Goth, or call 3642.
TO SELL-2A Eastman folding
kodak CAN 1921.
TO SELL-A "a Scout camera
Call Eats, or address Junior Pal
ladium.
FOUND-A boys air rifle. The
owner can have same by calling
at go N. 10th street, and identity
ing It,
FOR SALE-Ingersoll watch in
good running order; also two
good Water Pistols. Frederick
Marsden, 333 s. 10th St, Richmond,
Ind.
FOR SALE American Model
| builder, Number 2. Will trade
for anything. Phone 21s0 or see
Byron Wettig.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

TO TRADE-3O rugs from cigar
cite packages to make a blanket
Address D. r., care of the Junior
Palladium.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

l have outgrown ball glove. 1t is
in excellent condition 1t is for
sale or trade Call 1910 s. Eighth st.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

Copyright by George Matthew Adams
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Angora
Billy Goat. John Hipskind. Jr.,
2205 East Main ST. Phone 1895.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

FOR SALE-Cheap, a rabbit pen.
1t is in excellent condition.
Ernest Mcdonald, 1921 Boyer st.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

TO TRADE-Grey Mackinaw for a
W. NJ, care of Junior Palladium.
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TO SELL-Unusual stamps; 3
Burmuda, Chinese, Japanese
land several old American. See R.
| S. T. at Il s. Goth, or call 3642.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

FOR SALE American Model
builder, Number 2. Will trade
for anything. Phone 27sG or see
Byron Wettig.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

TO SELL-A "a Scout camera
Call Eats, or address Junior Pal
ladium.
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FOUND-A boys air rifle. The
owner can have same by calling
at go N. 10th street. and identity
ing It,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

TO SELL-2A Eastman folding
kodak. Cali 1921.
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TO TRADE-A good base ball lat.
Will trade for pitchers NIT.
Garthe Pilgrim, ia South 9Th ST.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-08

STAMPS-A Belgian soldier in
termed in Holland. would like
very much TO obtain some Ameri-
can or other stamps for his collec-
ton, in exchange for European
stamps. Write to Antoine De Cos
ter, Is enc Batterie de place in
terne. Baraque 81, Camp 1, Zeist,
Holland. Europe.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-14
They re Filming Men in
London Now for Fearing
Dangerous Machinery
BY MARY BOYLE oREILLY.

LONDON, Nov. 11.-Fined for fearing
dangerous machine! Standards of
blood and iron now dominate English
trades. When war was declared all Ia
Dor laws were swept aside; today the
unprotected workman may be cited into
the munitions courts for considering his
own safety.
John Smith, eighteen, a maker Of mu-
nitions, appeared before the London trib-
unal indicted for refusing to take
charge of an extra machine. The youth
testified that the machine was known to
be dangerous, a girl worker having lost
her fingers few days before. The trib-
unaPs chairman frowned heavily.
IF you were in the trenches and or
dered to advance, do you think it would
be right to refuse because you might
lose a finger?" he challenged.
John Smith, artisan, answered that
being a workman, he considered his
hands were worth more than he was
paid for making munitions.
'You are fined $1.SS,' ordered the
tribunal chairman. You should be doing
your part just as much as the man at
the front. If you were not making mu-
nitions you. would be in the army. There
you would have to risk not only your
fingers, but your life"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-14
MEETING THE BOIL wEEVIL IN.
VASION

W. g. B., BOlingbrcke, Ga, writes: The
boil weevil has been found ON the adjoining
plantation TO mine. For years / have been
devOting my energies to other crops beside
cotton, but the only crop ! could count on
selling was cotton. Would you advise me TO
stop cotton entirely and substitute peanuts?
This is essentially cotton country as we
generally have very little rain when cotton
needs n. ] tried peanuts one year, but
found them almost impossible TO get up. My
soil is good red clay, which makes the pea
nuts hard TO gather. Any precautions l
might take TO get ahead of the weevil would
be almost useless as the adjoining lands
are rented out to shifting negro farmers,
and their negligence would render my care
useless.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-14
TROOPS USED TO EJECT
FAMILIES OF STRIKERS
South Carolina Troops Sent
to Aid Cotton Mill Com
pany at Anderson

ANDERSON, S. c., Nov 1.-Two
companies of state guardsmen arrived
here Saturday and are expected later
to aid i'm serving writs of ejectments
against five families of striking cotton
mill employees who have been living in
cottages owned by the mill company.
Sheriff Ashley yesterday notified Gov
ernor Manning by telegraph that he
would not serve the writs until the af-
fected families had had time to find
other places to live. Three more COM
panies of guardsmen are expected to
arrive later today.
Soon after the guardsmeR arrived ar
rangements were made to quarter them
in a warehouse of the Equinox mills and
pending preparation of quarters no ac-
ton was taken on the writs. No un-
toward incident attended arrival of the
troops but how service of the writs
backed by military power would be re-
ceived by the strikers was problemati-
cal at the time the troops were going
into quarters.
Many of the mill hands struck Aug
ust 81 when a demand for 10 per cent
increase in wages was demanded. Prac-
tically' all of them reside in cottages
owned by the company but only five
ejectment writs have been issued.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-14

If there are only a very few weevils
in your neighborhood and they have not
invaded your county until this fall it
is not likely that the weevil will do
serious damage to cotton in your Sec
tion next year. Under these conditions
you can afford to grow a fair amount
of cotton, but TO depend on cotton ex-
clusively would be a very great mis-
take. After next year you will be per-
forced 10 diversity materially and grow
other crops or the weevil when it be-
comes well established will practically
destroy your cotton.
1t is important. of course, that cot
ton stalks be destroyed by blowing
them under to a depth of about four
inches as soon as practicable. This is
one of the best things which can be
done to mitigate weevil damage. You
should plant only early maturing varie-
ties Of cotton. Plant as early as pos
sible and fertilize quite freely, espe-
cially with phosphoric acid and culti-
vate shallow so as to force develop
ment and maturity as quickly as pos
sible. Next year we would not reduce
the acreage materially but the year
following cut down to eight to ten acres
to the pillow.
Peanuts can. of course, be grown to
some advantage in your section OF
Georgia, provided the oil mills will take
them from you at a price of so cents
and upward per bushel. In case you
can not dispose of them to oil mills
to advantage you can, of course, Craze
to hogs. The hogs should be finished,
however, on corn. This industry will
be greatly benefited by the establish
ment of packing plants in Georgia.
There should be no difficulty in find
ing a .remunerative market for proper
" finished hogs.
No doubt you can raise live stock. to
advantage. If you build a silo you can
provide plenty of green food to use as
a substitute for grass at certain sea-
sons of the year, especially in the win
ter. Then by growing an increased
area of peanuts, velvet beans and cow
peas. YOU can provide a good part of
the grain needed and all of the neces.
sary roughaSe at a reasonable cost.
You should emphasize the cultivation
of winter oats and other cereals. These
can be planted out in the open burrows
in your cotton fields after the stalks
nave been plowed under.
In planting peanuts it is best to put
them in with a drill. IL requires about
two bushels of Spanish peanuts per
acre.