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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
FEBRUARY, 1917, WEATHER CON-
DlTloNS IN OHIO


The first half of the month was
quite windy and severely cold, the
minimum temperatures ranging, as a
rule, from Is to 20 degrees below zero
in the northern portion of the state
and from 5 to IS below in the south
ern. The latter half of the month was
moderately warm, the temperatures
averaging, at times, considerably
above the normal. The precipitation
was quite deficient throughout the
state, being most marked in north.
western counties.
In the absence of sufficient and ef-
fective snow-coyering, the low tenn
peratures were very severe on the
winter grain crops, especially on late
sown wheat and on fruit buds, espe-
cially the early varieties of the peach.
1t now appears certain that some
wheat and many peach buds have been
winter-killed. The early-sown wheat
clover, much of the rye, apples, plums
and perhaps the late varieties OF the
peach are apparently in fair condi
tion, but the late sown wheat, alfalfa
some rye, cherries, and the early va
rieties of the peach are in poor cOndi
tion largely as q result of the severe
cold early in the month.
WILLIAM II. ALEXANDER,
Meteorological in Charge
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13

Mrs. Charles Temple spent Friday
In Howard with friends.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
BIG OIL WELL
rs STRUCK IN
GANN VICINITY

Brinkhaven, March 9-What gives
every evidence of being one of the
best oil wells yet drilled in this terri
tory is that being drilled by the Forb-
ing Brothers in the Gam oil field.
At II feet, fluid oil to the extent of
1900 feet has been struck.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
COMMITTEE NAMED
TO FORM AN AUTO
CLUB IN KNOX CO.

Acting on a motion made at the
MONDAY luncheon of the chamber of
commerce last Wednesday, Vice.
Pres. w. l.. Robinson has named the
following on committee to act with
the good roads division of the cham
Der in organizing an automobile club
in Knox county: Charles G Iams,
chairman, DR.. G.. D. Arndt. T. e. Bell,
George H. Jones, and DR.. c. M. Gray.
The two bodies will meet Monday
night at 1880 o'clock at the headquar-
ters.
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13

Mrs. Guy R. Brackin of Montpelier
Ind, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur II. Cooley OF East High street.
J. L. Evans of Centerburg spent
Friday in this city ON business.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
w. c. T. u. GOLD
MEDAL WON BY
MISS BURGER

Fredericktown, March 9-Miss Thel-
ma Burger Of North Liberty was
awarded gold medal in the w. c. 4.
U. contest held at the mid-year meet.
ing yesterday at this place.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
TUCKER IMPROVES
SLOWLY, STATES

Millwood, March 9-Barnett Tucker
Is improving slowly, is the report re-
ceived from DR.. C. l.. Harmer. Tucker
Is still in a serious condition.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14

"Delishus" Drinks made in Sanitary Bottng
Plant of ingredients and Distilled Water
pers Ginger Ale has equal Best Brands Cider and Vim
egar. Both Phones 29.
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18

peace He is much more apt to be
faithful, conscientious servant than IL
he had not had military training. lie
enters public service in time of peace
In more nearly the same spirit That ne
would enter military service ii time OF
war-namefy, from sense OF patrlotlc
duty and desire to serve his country
and his feiioWmen.
In recent years we have been hearing
a great deal about government owner
ship of Our railroads. We are told that
in Germany the railroads are owned by
the COVE fnment and that their opera
ton is most successful. This is true,
but in Germany conditions are vastly
different.
The military training OF the youth, In
fact, the entire trend of education In
Germany is to impress upon the young
men of that land that they owe service
to their country. When a man enters
the governments employ in the rail-
road business he is as conscientious as
he would be were he entering the gov
ernment's service in time of war.
If our railroads were to be taken
over and operated by our government
at this time, how many of you think we
would duplicate Germany's successf
Government ownership of railroads
may be as desirable in this country as
it is in Germany, but we must first
have public servants who will at least
come somewhere near the standard Of
Germauy.s public servants In efficiency
and honesty.
Look at the spectacle we are pre-
seHtins T. The world at this very mo-
ment in ear pork barrel legislation!
Could W afford to have our railroads
operated ny the1 same type Of public
servants?
If our government is TO endure,
ne are 70 take our proper place among
the nations Ct the world in the new civ
nization the man Of the future must
I've not fer himself alone but for
others.
Consideration for ore another is
speedily becoming a social, industrial
and economic necessity
Capitalization Is the order Of the day.
Tie telegraph the telephone, the auto.
mobile and the airszhip are the causes.
They have wiped cut not only Old prec.
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18

OF mtercom municatlon and still adhere
TO the laws, the presidents and the
book learning of their fathers.
This is OUR great problem. 1t is a
difficult, complicated problem and y
causing a struggle OF titanic proper
tions@a struggle TO throw off in a
night as it were the preeedenrS of an
old world for the realities Of new.
Precedent makes towards of us ali
/ But the educator, the scientist and fhe
inventor have left us ne choice W
must adjust our thought and action to
/ new conditions.
The changes of the last twenty five
I years socially. industrially aud econom-
+ ically have been great, vet l believe
i they are infinitesimal compared to tie
/ changes that are coming
believe these changes are going to
deal most largely with the relation
ship of man to man.
The Day of Individuelism Gone.
In this country we have been living
in an age of the utmost freedom to the
individual. It has been the individual.
istie period. when the order of the day
has seemed TO be every fellow fer him
self and the devil take the hindmost
We have gloried il the freedom ol
the individual and have practi,ed thi.
freedom to a point where. iii many
phases Of our life. it has amounted to
license to do almost anything that W.
pleased or that brought profit O.
faneied reuown. regardless of its effec
on ones feGowmen
In the early DAYS. when instantaneou
intercommunication did not exist. wheI
education was meagre and science nm
developed what the individual did wa
Of comparatively small consequence, f.
his deeds did not reach very far ant
did not affect many people
, With iatereommunication drawn;
, the world together in one centralize,
community the act Of tie individual
can affect a large number Of people
therefore. that form of freedom whieI
: is Simply another expression for L
eeGse a de as one pleasese can n
longer e~ist
When Manhattan was sparsely set
tied ana NEST of the people lived o
its u,hern end il would not hav
matteged much had there been cas-
OF smallpox at the north end The pa
tient could have done pretty much a
T. he pleased without endangering an
one else.
: Put case of smallpox in the nortl
ern end of Manhattan to-day must /
4 quaiantined Immediately to prote,
other people.
|. When ! was boy there was no S
D ciety fer the Prev ention of Cruelty
Animals, and had any one snggeste
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18

Have the men Who have lived and
worked simply to acquire great for
tunes obtained peace of mind, happi-
ness and honor? How many Of them
could answer " es"2
Has the country been benefited by
the course they have taken? A very
large majority Of our countrymen
would answer No"
ON the whole, the indvidualistic
age has not been a success. either Tor
the individual, or the community in
which he has lived, or the nation.
We are, beyond question, entering
on a period where the welfare of the
community takes precedence over the
interests Of the individual and where
the liberty of the individual VIII be
more and more circumscribed for the
Mans activities will hereafter be
required to be not only for himself
but for his fellowmen
To my mind there is nothing in the
How the Rewards Will Come.
Our only decoration-the almighty
dollar-is receding into the background
The man of exceptional ability, of
more than ordinary talent, viii here
after look for his rewards. fer his
honors, not in one direction but in
two:-First-and foremost-in some
public work accomplished, and, sec
ondarily, in wealth acquired.
In place of having 1t said of him at
his death that he left SO many hundred
thousand dollars it Will be said that he
rendered a certain amount of public
service and, incidentally, left certain
amount of money.
Such goal win prove a far greater
satisfaction TO him, he will live a more
rational, worth while life and he will
be doing his share to provide a better
country in which to live.
| have two reasons for believing that
future conditions will be as l have
briefly sketehed them:
First, because the world is being
drawn together in one centralized
community through the wonderful de-
yelopment in science and the marvel
lous work of the inventor.
Second because in our country
especially we are entering upon new
stage of development, which calls
loudly for men who win render dis
interested public service.
We face new conditions, and in
order to survive and succeed we will
require a different spirit OF public
! service.
One reason why ! am strongly fol
universal military training is that i
develops in the youth a sense of al
around responsibility to his country
net euly III time of war but in time o
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18

that a man could not whip his herse as
much as lie pleased ne would have been
ridieHled. Indeed in those days the
idea that man had not the right To
beat his own chtld as be pleased was
given little attention.
When we we're all driving horses and
huggies there WAS 10 speed limit and
man did not have TO procure a
license to drive a morse. With tie adj
vent of the automobile liccEse has
become Il necessity. The public must
know that the man who operates an
automobile knows first now TO operate
it aud, second, to control 1t
Society is finding it necessary 10 take
away much of what has hitherto been
called freedom of the Individual In
my Judgment this process is only in its
infancy.
The freedom Of the business man to
do as he pleases is now being seriously
challenged. and l most heartily agree
with What Mr. join T. Rockefeller Jr,
said recently at Cornell University 70
the effect that one of tie CHIEF qaaii-
fications fer a manager ef a large bust
ness concern is rapidly coming ta be
the human quality and ability L. ad
just differences between capitalist and
Iaborer and to understand their rela-
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18
BY GEORGE w. PERKINS,
Chairman of Mayor Mi.chePs Food
Supply Committee.

One Of the greatest stumbling blocks
to progress is the human inclination Il
follow precedent and old methods toe
closely We ftnd it difficult to strike
out along entirely new lines.
Thomas Jefferson. in his old age,
wrote a letter in which he said
Some men aseribe to the men Of the
preceding age wisdom more than
human. and suppose what they did to
be beyond amendment l knew that
age [of the Regotutionl well. ! be
longed to il and labored with il. 1t
deserved well Of its country. 1t was
very ike the present, bur without the
experience of the present; and forty
years of experience is worth a een-
fury of book reading; and this they
would say themselves were they to
arise from the dead.
Great Changes Taking Place Rapidly.
The changes that occurred from the
close of the Revolutionary War to lief
ferson's old age made a deep impress
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18
WHY
INDIVIDUALlSM
is AS DEAD
AS A SMELT

A T A RECENT public \ .aring
~ on certain proposed food
legislation which -ir Perkins fav-
ored AID which recognized the
necessity of co-ope ration some one
remarked that the legislation was
a violation of tie principle of
individualism.
Mr.. Perkins retorted, "Individ-
ualism is as dead as a smelt."
Mr.. Perkins reasons for his be-
lief are outlined in the following
article
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18

edents and customs but State and ma
tional lines as well
A man living in Rston who wishes
to talk to man living in San Fran
cisco simply rings a bell, puts d little
instrument to his ear and proceeds to
talk There is hardly miracle in the
Bible more wonderful than this.
The doctrine of State rights" is
being rapidly demolished. The ma
ton is being obliged to assume many
of the functions Of government here
tofore performed by the State. and
this tendency is growing
The State. viewed as an individual
with the right to do as it pleases With
in Itself without regard for other
States, can no longer be tolerated
Only the nation can act In matters
that affect interstate relations. aud
with intereommunieation and trans
portation developed to their present
stage a considerable percentage OF
states activities are Interstate IN
their effects and consequences
The World Is Drawing Together.
We must therefore take on new
nationalism. The world has been
drawn very closely together by the
cable and the transatlantic liner. but
it is on the verge of being drawn in
finitely more closely together by the
wireless. the airship and the subma-
rine telephone.
When these are practical, everyday
instruments Of interc communication
and transportation the social prac-
tees and the industrial methods OF
one nation will quickly and seriously
affect all other nations. This will re-
quire the yielding by nations of GER
tin of their individualistic rights and
preroga tives in order to safeguard and
benefit the world ds whole.
This opens up great, new vista
it presents problems that are in
tensely interesting and of far reach
ing Importance.
The period that is upon us offers
large opportunities for individual
thought, initiative and action. for con.
structive work and for constructive
craftsmanship.
The mighty changes taking place In
Europe tell US with unmstakable
voice that the reconstruction period in
at hand The man of the future
must realize it. He must be ready to
adjust himself to the new conditions
He must have sufficient vision intel
| ligence and courage to cast aside tn,
methods and precedents Of bygons
age. He must let the dead past bury
| its dead He must not look back to
the setting but forward to the risi
! sun.
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18

As matter of fact, " hen a working
man strikes it is not merely to obtain
an increase in his wage; that is what
the papers tell las the trouble IS al
about and that IS what he asks for; but
way down underneath what be is really
striking for is larger percentage of
the profits of the business.
lie may not realize this, but. sub
consciously, thru is precisely what he
is doing.
No mere increase in wages can ever
satisfactorily solve this problem 1t
can he solved Only on the basis of
profit sharing
BY profit sharing do not mean
bonus giving mean actual profit
sharing plans based on the earnings
of the business, with fair percentage
to capital and fair percentage to
labor after ordinary wages and inter
est have been earned.
Profit sharing can be done salts
faetorily only when the business con
Germ makes public its transactions, 50
that the laborer ard the stoekholdeI
can know as much about the business
as does the manager himself.
In the adjustment Of difficulties be
tween capital and labor | am conf
dent that open books will accomplish
much more than open shops.
These changes are far reaching and
fundamental What are We going tt
do about il? What is to be our men
tai attitude? How are we going to
handle these problems?
Can we approach them from the
same point OF view as did cur fathers
who lived in a strictly individualistit
agef Can we approach them from The
knowledge we have gained from law
books which were written in the in
dividualistic age? If we do we vii
lie combating the mighty onward
rush of new thought and new eondi
tions. provided in large measure by
the scientist, the educator. the inyen
tor.
What the Future Holds Forth
What is the outlook? Is ii a sad
pessimistic future that unfolds? Does
life hardly seem worth living under
the new conditions or does II hold gu
an optimistic future, with finer op
pertunities and more worth while
goals?
Let me see if can picture ii as
see it. First, just glance into thu
past.
About the only goal we have ha,
has been the almighty dollar Tn,
= first question asked when a man die
: is How much was he worth" witt
scarcely a thought as to how mucl
he did for his community or his eoun
: try.
But what has it all amounted to
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18
Why a New Era Co-opera-
ton Must Succeed Pure
Indiuidualism.

ssyV1tTH intercommuni-
w cation drawing the
world together, the act Of an
individual can affect a large
number of people; therefore
that form Of freedom which
IS simply another expression
fer license TO do as one
pleases can no longer exist"
GEORGE ". PERKINS.
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18
Relation of Capital and Labor.

Until recent years little broad think
ing was given to this problem and dif
ferenees were settled on the basis Of
might makes right All this is rap
idly changing and we are entering u
period of new industrial relationships
Ia the long ago the relationship be-
tween capital and labor was that Of
owner and slave, then came the period
Of master and man, then the period Of
employer and employe. each period
being decided step forward
III my judgment we are just now en-
tering period of eopartnership,
where the tool user viii be part tool
owner and where capital and labor will
share more equitably in the profits of
the business il which they are Jointly
engaged
This advance is inevitable because Of
our educational system, which teaches
the workingman to think for himself
1t is inevitable because intercommuni-
cation has told the workingman In one
community what the workingman in
other communities are striving for and
achieving
1t is inevitable. because strikes and
loekouts can never be settled satisfae
torily or permanently by merely rails
ing a mans wages.
II is inevitable because It gives sta
bility 10 business and because II is n.
advantageous to capital as to labor.
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18
Entering = New World.

When Abraham Lincoln was Presi-
dent it took four days or more for a
letter to travel from his home in Hi
nois TO New York 1t took him sever
al days to go from his home TO Wash
ington TO be inaugurated. And yet
only few weeks ago young woman
unaided and alone, travelled in fly
ing machine from Chicago to New
York in eight hours and fifty minutes.
We are just entering new electrl-
cal world, where everything is done,
as it were, on the instant.
Our fathers had none of the modern
machinery with which social and busl-
ness intercourse is now carried on
Their sons are wrestling with the prob
lens Of how to use these methods
The Springdale news., 1917-05-18

Eion on his mind; yet as we look back
infinitesimal when compared with the
changes that have taken place in the
world the last quarter Of a century and
the tremendous changes taking place
now
George Washington was representa-
tive of the best type of American d
century and a half ago. He was a
scholar, soldier and a statesman. yet
he did not know as much about science
rs young schoolboy of to-day.
Thomas A Edison typifies the seien-
list of our time. but the gap between
the man of the Edison type and Wash
ington is probably greater than the gap
between Washington and the MIN
whose bones were recently discoy cred
near Trenton, y. J., said 10 have lived
125,oo0 years ago.
The advances in science. intercom-
munieation and in universal edHea-
tion-these three great factors account
for the stupendous progress this eoGn
try has made IN the last twenty-five
years.
They have swept away old prece
dents, old customs. and they will even
tually sweep away many of the laws
now on our statute books.
The man Of today who does no
fully comprehend all this is doomed Il
be somewhat of failure. while th'
man who does comprehend it will have
taken a long stride toward success.
1t is not many years since | was
lad, and vet at that time there was ~
such thing as a telephone. The tele
graph was in very measre use, fast ex
press trains did not exist It tool
several weeks to cross the ocean, an
the only flying machine we knew abou
was the much derided one possessed
by Darius Green.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-07-13
ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?

There are great many people
who would be very much benefited
by taking Chamberlain Tablets for
a weak and disordered stomach. Are
you one of them? Mrs. M. R. Scarf,
Baldwinsville, N. Y, relates her ex-
perience in the use of these tablets:
Il had a bad spell with my stomach
about six months ago, and was
troubled for two or three weeks with
gas and severe pains in the pit of
my stomach. Our druggist advised
me to take Chamberlain Tablets.
1 took a bottle home and the first
dose relieved me wonderfully, and
kept on taking them, until I was
cured" These tablets do not relieve
pain, but after the pain has been re-
lieved may prevent it's recurrence.
(adv-july)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-07-13

With haircuts at thirty-five cents
per cut, it will soon be quite proper
for Paris people to let wool grow
and explain to their friends that yoi,
once made a wager that you would
never have it cut again until William
Jennings Bryan quit the Chautauqua
platform and enlisted in the army.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-07-13
EDITORIAL MUSINGS.
Women And The War.

We know that women are an i'm
portant factor in the great war in
which our country is entering. We
also know that the women of Paris
have shown already that they realize
the vital part they have to play, and
we see in the homes of Paris every
day indications of their efforts to do
that part well. 1t is evidenced in a
greater conservation of foodstuffs
than they have ever shown before
1t has been evidenced by their will
lingness to take up their needles for
the Red Cross work, and in thai
work no denomination has been
backward, no classism shown. 1t is
manifested daily in the patriotic
teachings they have been instilling
into the hearts of their young men.
We know the women are an impor-
tant factor in the administration of
the greatest struggle America has
ever faced-for we can see it in any
home in Paris, be it ever so humble.
Fifteen years ago a Paris woman
would have been highly indignant at
the suggestion that she take up some
part of masculine work and do some
thing for her country. Now she re-
allies it is duty, patriotic as we'll
as a social and economic duty, she
owes the Nation, and those who are
not doing their bit" in the home
are actually engaged in some work
heretofore done by man, while the
man himself is gone or is going to
the firing line.
To-day registration of the women
of many States is being made. 1t will
be used to advantage by the Govern
ment during the war 1t will be val
liable in many ways because it will
show just how far the country may
depend upon them in time of war. 1t
will bring them into closer touch
with the institutions they can best
serve, it will be a census of real
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-07-13

hope they may ever hold out faith
fully. At $50 next Sunday even
ing at the old mill the rites of bap-
tism will be administered to those
converts who were not present last
Sunday.
The following is list of the addi-
tiOns to the church at this meeting
Misses Mary Day, Frances Master
son, Ora Day Hensley, Rhoda Cox,
Maude Bramel, Hazel Kimball, Der
tina Adams, Gertie Aldrige: Messrs.
Robert Pollitt, John H. Aldrige, Jas.
Mcbride, John Johnson, John Nc
CURE, John Adams, Mrs. .Adeal,
Botkins, Mrs. Pearl Austin, Mrs. Fan
ME Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. r. L.
Lodgeston, Mr.. Banta Bratcher and
Mr.. William Kerns.