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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08

atively, inasmuch as cooperation
seems more promising than coercion.
The first problem to be solved is
that of selling price. Wages have
had to be advanced and other operat-
ing expenses, along with the ad-
vanCed labor cost, make it difficult
for many mines to operate except at
a loss. The government can aid in
this direction either by announcing
a higher price for coal or it can force
the dealers in mine supplies. to
sell at lower prices. To mark down
coal as sharply as the President
marked it down without forcing a
commensurate readjustment of the
average coal operators costs is not
the policy that assures the large pro-
duction that the government aims at.
Car Supply Problem.
The second outstanding problem
confronting the trade is that of car
supply. 1t is of no use to keep the
mines operating and make contracts
for the delivery of coal if the COM
panies fail to secure adequate car
service. Just why the railroads as a
whole are falling so lamentably short
of the nations needs is a question to
which the transportation authorities
return conflicting answers. But one
thing seems certain, and that is that
if the government expects a maxi
mum coal output it must effect ma
terial improvement in the car supply"
Pittsburgh Post Comment.
The Pittsburg Post continues edi.
torially: "One of the delegates spoke
of having three brothers with the
American forces in France and Of his
eagerness to do his part at home.
This reminds us Of the interest that
practically every operator and every
American in the industry must have.
Common sense informs the coal men
that they would suffer as others if the
United States should lose in the war.
Naturally there we're cheers when DI-
rector Garfield declared it the duty of
every man connected with the fuel
producing industry to give of his prof
IIo hAoISlldl bAN0AIdSCb Will
the same unselfsnneSs with which
mothers and fathers of the nation are
giving their sons. Following the ad-
dress, resolutions pledging the organ
ization to support the nation and the
president were adopted unanimously.
After this, it is only left to say that
wnen the ability and judgment Of the
men of the industry are brought into
full cooperation with the government
the needs will be met promptly. The
meeting here indicated that full CO.
operation will be reached shortly.
1t is enough, after the splendid
spirit Of cooperation shown by the
representatives of the operators and
the Government, to remind the con-
sumers that they must look at the
question the same way. Do not talk
as if every little mishap or drawback
in the industry represented dislOyalty.
Credit the coal men with the same
patriotic impulses as other Ameri-
cans.
Let the spirit Of cooperation enter
into all"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08

The local exemption board today
announced the following list of ex-
emptions and denials of exemptions
of the men examined several weeks
ago:
Exemptions.
Elbert Eliker, r. S, Bradford.
w. E. Manning, Versailles.
C. W. Rehmert, 431 Tecumseh ST.,
Greenville.
Vincent Wallace Mider, 1O9 Arm
strong St., Greenville.'
George VIM. Terry, R. 3, Green
vile.
Oscar Eugene Olwin, r. l, Ross
burg.
Harry F. Wickersham, 6S5 Main,
Union City.
Ira Newton Rife, R. r. 3, Green
vile.
Fred Philip Kechersperger, R. Al,
Union City, Ind.
Simon Edgar Miller, R. R. 4, Ar
canum.
Russell S. Collins, R. 5, Greenville.
Clifford Edward Myers, Arcanum.
John Kindell, Union City, Ind
James Royer, New Madison.
Harry James O'Dell, Pitsburg.
Howard R. Harley, Holansburg.
Ira Baker, r. 3, Greenville.
Frank Culbertson, r. II, Greenv lie.
Noel Russell Myers, Arcanum.
Ernest ClaCe Toman, Rossburg.
Mansel Medford Mills, lpew Mad
iscn.
Ora Rhodes, Rossburg.
Fred Reuben Woods, 216 Hart
Ave-, Greenville.
Ira Benjamin Rose, Castine.
q. T. Penhorwood, 227 E. Third St.,
Ira r. Switzer, R. 6, Greenville.
Harry M. Derr, Rossburg.
Leslie Vincent Halliday, Bradford.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08
Big COAL CONFERENCE

The Pittsburg Press commenting
editorially on the Coal Operators
Convention, says:
ut is highly important conferences
that is in progress in Pittsburg tocay
between National Fuel Administrator
Garfield and 1000 or more coal opera
tors representing the principal BIZ
luminous producing interests Of the
country. DR.. Garfield is here pre-
sumably for a double purpose. He
comes not only to talk, but to listen
On his own behalf and that Of the
government, he will set forth the gov
ernment's requirements Of the coal in
dustry; and on the other hand he will
hear from the operators, II he gives
them proper opportunity, just what
they think tne government must still
do in order to make it possible tor
the industry to maintain output at the
desired high level.
Cooperation More Promising Thar
Coercion.
There are two difficult problems
that government and operators alike
must deal with, and there is little
promise OF success unless the govern
ment is brought to realize fully all the
obstacles that even the most patriotic
operator has to overcome. Let his
loyalty be as unquestioning as it may,
he must keep expenses somewhere be-
low income if he is to avoid insolv-
ency, and the "trade" is very eager to
know to what extent the power of the
government is to be employed cooper
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08
IF COAL
CARS Be
FURNISHED
Large Production Is
Assured.
Operators In National COnVen.
ton Pledge Government
Fullest Cooperation.
Abundant Mine Capacity Avail
abIe---OnIy Needs Are Rail-
road Cars and Other Trans
pOrtatiOn Facilities.

Pittsburg, Pa, (SpeciaD-At the
National Coal Associations convention
held here a resolution was unani-
mously adopted pledging DR.. Garfield
and his Fuel Administration the full
est support and cooperation not only
as an association but of the members
as individuals as well.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a STO RIA
What the Sick Want is Not
Merely to be Getting
Treatment.

What they want is treatment that
will release them from the clutch Of
disease. The public is becoming more
interested in the work of DR.. Kutchin,
and the wonderful cures he is constant
ly making Is your life a burden
through the denominations Of catarrh?
He can often cure catarrh. He might
cure you of the sufferings and distrac-
tions of nervous disease; and the weak
ness and .emaciation of stomach troui
bles, and the blight and agony of kid
ney disease; and the gloom and horror
of vital weakness. Here is a reliable
specialist who comes to your own town.
Why don't you go and see him? He
has been visiting your county for "a
years. He might save you big hos
pital bill.
DR.. Kutchin'snext visit to Green
vile, will be on Thursday, Nov. s,
at the Hotel James. Call in the fore
noon. ADV
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08
Feudalism is Making
Last Stand.

We are fighting Germany be-
cause in this war feudalism is
making It's last stand against on
coming democracy. We see it
now. This is a war against an
old spirit, an ancient, outworn
spirit. 1t is a war against feud-
alism-the right of the castle on
the hill to rule the village below.
1t IS a war for democracy-the
right of all to be their own mas
ters. Let Germany be feudal if
she will. But she must not
spread her system over a world
that has OutgrOWn it.
Feudaiism plus science, thir-
teenth century plus twentieth
this is the religion of the mistak
en- Germany that has linked it.
self with the Turk-that has, too,
adopted the method Of Mahomet.
"'The state has no conscience, {"
The state can do no wrong"
With the spirit of the fanatic she
believes this gospel and that it is
her duty to spread it by force.
With poison gas that makes liv-
ing a hell, with submarines that
sneak through the seas to slyly
murder non-combatants, with
diriglbles that lombard men and
women while they sleep, with a
perfected system of terrorizatiOn
that the modern world first heard
Of when German troops entered
China-German feudalism is max
ing war upon mankind. Let this
old spirit of evil have its way and
no man will live in America with
out raying toll to it, in manhood
and in money. This spirit might
demand Canada from a defeated,
navyleSs England, and then oul
dream of peace on the north
would be at an end. We would
live, as France has lived for for,
ty years-in haunting terror.
America speaks for the world
in fighting Germany. Mark on q
map those countries which are
Germany's allies, and you will
mark but four. running from the
Baltic through Austria an0 Bull
garia to Turkey, All the ot.r l
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08
Palestine.

Mrs. Ida Flatter has been quite
i'll, hut thanks to friends, is now
recovering.
Miss Louvera Stoyer, teacher
at "Kokomo," gave a very sue
cessful beah supper in the base
ment of the school building last
Friday evening. We are told
that the receipts are for our" SOL
der boys.
Tom Wenrick Was home from
Oxford over Sunday.
Mr.. Shafer. a business man of
Piqua, has purchased our general
store, ard is stocking up so chat
we shall have an excellent selec
ton Of materials 70 Goose from
He will occupy the Charles JEFF
ferris property.
Mrs. T. j. Wilson was on the
sick list last week.
Nov. 5. Fk0M PALESTINE,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08

s@suhsOrihe tor the Journal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08
4CL, SO -EstabIishedi832.
Getty 3ourg.

Rev Zepp is conduct 1g evan
geIistic services at Beech Grove
church, south of cur village at
out two miles, to continue for a
couple of weeks.
Miss Sadie Pickett of Dayton
spent Sunday with her parents,
R. \. Pickett and wife.
F. P. Lehman and wife had
the presence of their son Sclpic'
with them yesterday.
The bunker brethren are hold
ing evangelistic services in Oak
land church, north of here about
two miles.
Our Eresby terian and NJ. E.
= churches held their second joint
installment of temperance SER
vices last night in the formers
church. Rev. L. E. Carr, their
pastor, conducted the services,
and gave a very excellent talk on
reasons why the voters of oar
state ought to vote dry tomorrow.
Whether they will do,it remains
to be seen. While we are not
gifted with prophetic sight, we
incline to the belief that rrohibi-
tion will carry, and the grand
state cf Ohio will thereby enroll
herself in the dry column. to re-
main there, not as an ornament,
but as guiding star to point the
way to others needing friendly
direction in the right way.
Or. J. W. Vanlue entrained
here last Tuesday morning to en-.
ter the medical corps in Georgia.
A large attendance met him at
the train to bid him godspeed.
Our business houses closed for
the time being.
On last Thursday night we had
the first number of our Sunday
school lecture course in our audi
forum. It was advertised as a
TRIO, but it consisted of a quar-
tette. who performed very we'll.
The exercises were interesting
and were given to a we'll filled
house and pleased the people.
The most interesting part was
the legerdemain performance,
given in a way to avoid detection
of the manner of performance.
The next number will be given
on the night of the 10th inst. by
a female sextetLe and will surely
be interesting.
Nov. 5. XOB
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08
TOWNSHIP QUOTAS
ARE APPORI|ONED
Quotas to be Raised by Each Town
ship Made Known Today by
Chairman Minnich.

The quotas which the various
townships of the county are to raise
fer the Y. M. c. A. fund were an
nounced today by C. Minnich,
chairman of the board. The quotas
has been apportioned as follows.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-08

The active work will no doubt start
this week, as many of the townships
have already made arrangements to
hold meetings this week.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-09

LzArzg wA,srg na-g azarT.rs
The Washington times., 1917-07-01

When 1 called to visit this happy
lawn what did I ind7 Here are the
items: Four eIght-year-olds with
ball and bat playing FOUNDERS" and
with enough pep" to entitls them
to q place in league game; a pair
OF ten-year-olIs working like des-
peration to fix n box boat to float
uron the shallow pool in the rear;
a happy group OF nine smaller boys
and girls in a summer house filled
with children's work tools. and vari-
Gus appropriate tlaythings; swings.
see-saws, and a grassy incline to
roll upon
''It is easy enough to manage this
place." said the good foster aunt Il
come out every day and start the
play. 1t Is simply necessary 70 see
that every child has something in
terestinS to do. ConEenial play and
constructive industry in time tend
to make a so-called naughty child
over into a good one.
There Is no conscious discipline
here. although each child realizes
that good behavior Is the only price
Of admission. We probably receive
as mucn enjoyment out of these
children as do their own parents"
Now. owner OF the chiIdIess man
sion and of the beautiful empty
lawn and garden, go thou and do
likewise. and showers OF blessings
will fall upon thy place. Make
your big lawn a rendezvous for all
the boys and girls OF the nsighbor-
hood. Are they not far more pre-
clous than grass and trees and even
your treasured fowers7
The Washington times., 1917-07-01
Make a Neighborhood Play Center

places to bring therein a food of
Juvenile Joy by making them a part
time playground for the young Of
the community.
In q city like Chicago. for ex-
ample. there are tens Of thousands
Of little soul-hungry boys and girls
and easily q thousand Of these for
hidden lawns whereon they should
be joyously engaged.
What a hollow memory It Will be-
come when you are numbered with
the dead. Poor Rich Soul. If it can
be declared that "he preserved the
beauty OF the estate to the end and
kept the noisy children outF Open
your heart and your lawn at one
stroke and let the joys OF childhood
enter! At least one OF your class
has set the example.
Here was the instance OF an ex-
Lensive city home with a three-acrs
lawn about It, and whereon no child
entered until six years ago. Then
1t suddenly dawned upon u.s." said
the wife OF the owner, that we
were really getting nothing worth
while out of the place and we de-
cided to turn IT into a summer gar
den for the children OF the neigh
borhood." And there every bright
day they came with their noise and
laughter and their overhowing en-
ergy. And every day this good
foster mother came out Of the house
briefly to direct this energy into
wholesome ways and to give her
blessing. "Auntie and Uncle" the
fifteen favored boys and girls were
wont to call the owners OF the place
The Washington times., 1917-07-01

lovely cool green. are At . pinnacle
OF popularity. These tub froeks are
very practical and are being adapted
BY many women for house, porch
and outdoor wear. Lsathar bslts
are fashions latest edition Pock-
eta. buttons and piauo collar and
euns are Indispensable to the re-
viewed giugham dresa
One pretty model that responds to
the barrel slihouette u strictly tall
ored- II buttons from neck 10 hem
with white covered buttons and but
ton holes finished By q narrow bias
binding, The blouse II rather snug,
being fitted By corded seams at the
bust line. In copying such q gown.
be sure to get the plaid to match or
the effect will be ruined. A deep coll
lar and pointed euffs of plaue lend
q cool note 10 the simple blouse.
The skirt is' in three pieces and
measures about two yards at the
hem. The novel feature Of this
frock IL unusual pockets, giving the
barrel silhouette. They are very
deep and hang from the waist line,
sloping outward at the hIps A
neat binding OF pique and three but
tons finishes the pockets A broad
leather belt with . square buckle
IL worn with this good-looking
dress.
The Washington times., 1917-07-01

| by stage coach and automobiles
great shifting of people forward and
back from one part Of the country to
the other; excursions from the
South and West to the seashore
and to New York, Boston, and Phila-
delphia, excursions from the East
to Niagara Falls, to the resorts
along the Great Lakes and to the
Rockies.
And, if you are one of this moving
multitude, take the fortunes of the
road blithely, beg o. YOU, no mat
ter what they may be. You're there
to store up some pleasant memories,
not to Crouch over little ineonven-
fences and unavoidable discomforts.
For heavens sake, too, do leave the
weather alone. If it's hot, it's hot;
If it's damp, it's damp; and there's
an end ont" You can't change it by
groaning and signing about it. In
stead, you have the opportunity to
stamp yourself as a highly original
person, one who never growls about
the sort of day it is.
Why isn't it a good plan, indeed,
for every one to make a few sum-
mer vacation resolutions, to pack
them in your trunk with your sports
clothes and your frilly frocks?
The first might be, "No man (or
woman, either) liveth to himself" !"
We are going among a world Of
people who are seeking rest, recuper-
alton, amusement. They have a
right to these. The great majority
of them have honestly earned them.
So l think another travelling bag is,
go bury thy sorrow, the world hath
its share and still another, "The
great art Of life is the art Of for
getting"
Then forget for the time being at
least your worries, your diseases,
your unhappy circumstances, and
carry with you the will to enjoy and
to communicate that enjoyment to
others. And, above all things, leave
your critical faculty at home. Don't
be one Of the ghastly flock of porch
vultures who sit and pick the very
bones of their victims. Don't be
drawn into doinp a lot Of things you
don't want to, like making one of a
party to climb some neighboring
mountain when you loathe the very
sight of steep hill. Neither allow
yourself to be persuaded to go sail
ing when the mere thought of a
small boat rocking on the bounding
pillows makes your s>--l quake with
terror.
Say frankly you are there to en-
joy yourself, not to victimize your
self, and stick to it.
And, speaking of being victimized, |
to avoid it one will often have to
make a firm stand. There is the
lady with the plaintive voice who |
will say to you: You knit so beauti-
fully, and / am so slow about it;
would you mind helping me with |
this sweater? And, oh, won't you
The Washington times., 1917-07-01
Sweet Content Stories

amazed. "oh. Grandfather. look
here" she called.
He opened his eyes and saw the
field. why. you dear child. how
could you do it, he asked
Il didn't do it, she answered.
Fairies have helped US" She told
him about the voice bidding her to
rest.
He shock his head. laughing. 1T
was the boys" But after he had
called them to him. and they had
denied pIoughins the field. he didn't
know what to think. Dust Imagine.
stIll he didn't believe in fairIes.)
A few nights later Sweet Content
came to a nicely ploughed field. n
think" she said to Thistle Down.
the most wonderful dancer in ell
fairylsnd. who was with her. Tt
would be fun to look after this field
so John could have fine crops this
season"
Let's plant II tonight" answered
Thistle Down.
It's all ready planted" said our
fairy. but am going to make Il
grow" She waved her magic wand.
saying:
Wand made of moonbeam ray.
Let me have this wish. pray.
May this field be a goodly sight
And look like pure gold in the
morning light"
Sure enough. in the morning John
was surprised. for his hsld was
truly a "goodly'' sight. No one In
Cuddlytown had better luck than
old John that season. for his rye
was the nnest in the land. No won
der. for Sweet Content took care Of
II, aided by the rain fairies and the
Sunbeams.
And the only reward that came to
Sweet Content was when she heard
old John say one day to Rose, Il
reckon you were right. little girl.
The good fairies have been hSlping
US"
The Washington times., 1917-07-01
Mrs Wilson WOOdrOWS ArticleIDon't Lift the Bar
SHE WRITES FOR YOU ON "VACAIION"
This Summer WILDE DferenttO Many But There Will Be aVast
Deal of Travel of Outings in the Country of Fishing and
Other RecreaOnS- Resolutions Put in Your Trunk
By Mrs Wilson Woodrow

do two or three helmets for me ?"
And then there is that other lady
whose friends have appeared and
! who has made all arrangements to
60 OF on an excursion with them,
and now the ehildren's nurse has
suddenly been taken i'll, and would
you be kind enough to keep an eye
on little Jack and Mary today?
They're as good as gold, and simply
adore you, you know. You'll have
no trouble at all"
Also, there is the dear old lady
who has taken such a fancy to you
and loves to have you read to her,
and would without the least COM
junction keep you chained to her
chair reading until your throat
aches.
When these pleas are made, as
they will be, it is your duty to your
self graciously, sweetly tactfully to
refuse. You came away from home
to "rest and refresh your SOUL" not
to take new set Of burdens upon
your shoulders.
Furthermore, you are not a trash
basket. There are times when it is
kind and right to listen sympathetic
ally, understandingly, and helpfully
il possible while some tortured soul
unburdens itself of its grief. But
you do not have to listen to the nine
hundred and ninety-ninth repetition
Of the details Of this lady's last oper-
alton or to that ones dramatic re-
cital of the various brutalities of
her husband, murmuming namely,
Terrible! Awful" while all the
time your heart is going out in SYM
pathy to the long-suffering man.
All Persons Who Try to I'm
pose Should Be Dis
couraged.
And don't become intimate with
strange people. Intimacies, even
among those we know are dangerous
things; with chance acquaintances
they are apt to be disastrous, for it
is a strange anomaly of human na-
ture that one will bare condolences to
an utter stranger which one would
never dream Of breathing to friend
or even to a member of ones family.
This doesn't mean, of course, that
you have to hold aloof from your
fellow-wayfarers. It merely means
be discreet, be bit elusive, never
let others think they can put their
finger on you when they want you, !
no matter what your own inclina-
tions may be.
There is no reason why you should
not make pleasant acquaintances, (
why you should not enrich your visit /
with many agreeable conversations |
with those you meet. 1t is provin-
cial to adopt a stand-offish attitude. !
But don't allow yourself to be
used. Don't be "done," and then
come home complaining that your
time was ill-spent.
The Washington times., 1917-07-01
Ais We'll That Ends Well

words 7 DO" 4 hurried dressing. .
bevy of bridesmaids. and then quiet
and space. and the twilight and her
self and the one she loved best Of
all. her husband.
oh. how wonderful II had bsen.-
thought the girl. but how short and
blissful. and little Frances was to
have such brief period of breath
less happiness. II only there were
a way of prolonginE the FIRST won
der. the ecstasy. the emerging from
the cocoon into the butterfly. She,
Jean, had been unbelivably happy,
IL only there were q way of keeping
It all sacred and forever inviolats
for Frances.
Jean hardly remembered how she
had lost all the illusions. Some
ties when she was happy she be-
lieved that she still possessed q few.
But seeing Frances married. and for
a long time now. seeing Rodney and
Frances together. had made Jean
see life from q different angle Her
own life with John seemed somehow
practical and bereft Of romance.
Jean. who. as a general rule was
sensible. tried to reason herself out
OF foolish imaginationS. but coming
in contact with the newness and the
dreams and the Iongings of young
love. her own life had seemed in
comparison sordId and lacking
beauty.
Jean thought with real approval
OF Rodney. her young sisters choice.
A real man he was. virile and
worshippinE Frances. Yes. she could
trust little Frances to him and be-
ievs that he would make her happy.
and then q sudden wave OF jealousy
swept over her. Why was II that
Frances had II all to look forward
to and Jean had II all behind her on
the long road.