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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
OVER $36,o0o,000| IN LIBERTY BOND
 INTEREST READY

According to estimates by Treasury ton, D. C., approximately 4,500,0oO persons will receive s3e,s58,377 this month, as interest for six months on First Liberty Bonds. This money fell due on June 15, after which date coupons for "F,irsts' may be cashed.
 Attention of those who will profit by these interest coupons Is called by the Savings Division of the Treasury to War Savings Stamps which pay four per cent, interest, compounded quarterly. These Government se- curities can be obtained at practical ly every bank. Holders of coupons can also exchange them at Post Of fees for War Savings Stamps.
 Investment of the interest money in War Savings Stamps Is not only an excellent way of savings but helps the United States Government tha, still needs money with which to mee, war bills and to pay for bringing back soldiers from France and the occupied territory of Germany.
 Funds invested in War Savings Stamps bring a higher rate of interes
 than is paid on First Loan bonds
 which bring only three and one-hal. per cent. If all holders of Firs Loan coupons put their earnings 1T War Savings Stamps, the money thus reinvested with the United State: Treasury will net upwards of S7. 0,000, by the time the popular small denomination securities mature January 1, 1924.
 The Government Is now payins more than ss09.0oo,000 in interes annually on savings that were in vested in war loans. That part wihcl Is paid as interest on First Libert, Loan bonds Is paid on and after Jun' Is, and December Is of each year | The other interest months fare, Ma. and November, for the Second Loan l March and September for the Thir' Loan; April and October for tn | Fourth Loan, and June and Decem Der for the Fifth Loan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARY.

The British infantry soldier first wore trousers 96 years ago today. June IS, 1923. Previous to that he wore brooches or pantaloons until the memorable day in 1923. when the Duke of York, as commander in chief, issued an order stating that His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the discontinuance of brooches. 1eggins and shoes. as part of the clothing of infantry soldiers, and of blue grey cloth trousers and half boots being substituted Before the era of trousers, panta1oons were sometimes worn by British privates, brooches by others. but gaiters and leggings in almost every instance. Art various times different regiments wore brooches of red, green. blue purple and other colors. In 1759 the foot soldiers who fought with Wolfe in Canada had a sort of knee cap covering the brooches and gait
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18

but In September. 1880, it was or
 dered that the name be changed to Boston. The aboriginal inhabitants had been decimated by plague.
 but in 1884 an Indian sachem laid
 claim to the site of the city, alleging that 1t had been the property of his grandfather. In order to avoid trouble with the red skins, the set tiers paid a small sum for the prop erty, on condition that they be left in peace. The name of Boston was chosen in honor of Isaac Johnson, one of the foremost of winthrop's
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
BOSTON.

The site of Boston was sold to the date in 1884. When Gov. John Win. throp and his company, with the kings charter, had arrived at Charlestown on June IS, 1880, they had found the peninsula without hu- man habitation, except for the little cottage of Rev. William Blaxton, a clergyman of the English church. The English settlers at first called tho peninsula Trimountaine, on Fremont
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
ONLY 1,5OO LOST SIGHT.

Paris, June 1S-When deputy speaking in the Chamber last night said that Frances war casualties in- cluded 30,000 men who had lost their sight, the Under Secretary of the Army Medical Department at once challenged the figure. Later in the same sitting he announced that the number of blinded men does not ex- ceed 1.5OO.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
A DILEMMA.

Father: I'm ashamed of you cry ing because a bee stung you. Act like a man."
 Boboie: "Y-yes. and th-then you you'd gim-me l-licking like you s-said y-you would tiff you h-heard m-me usin' that k-kind of l-language."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
IT ALL DEPENDS.

'Is the place within walking dis tance of the cars?"
 T dunno" answered the land lord. 'HoW far can you WaIk3"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18

Our Store Hours:-As per agreement with the Re- tail Merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Mems Association, Meigs X Co. will close usual in June at p. m. | every day but Saturday when the hour is p. m. Beginning July 1st the Summer hours will be 8:3O | a. m. to p. m. every day, Saturday closing at D. until Sept 18th.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18

company, who hailed from the Eng fish town of Boston.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

j. w. Morgan and sons. Tillman
and John, visited the Signal Tues
day. The little boys are earning s.
a day each picking cotton, Mr.
Morgan says he has the Clifton boa !,
crop nearly picked and has rented
200 acres of the Price farm and
thinks he will get over there in time
to finish Mr.. Prices picking.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

Benny Waskom who went out ear
ly in the war has come home fully
discharged. He was seriously sick
for quite while after the close or
the war and has been In hospital
until recently. a.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

b. A. Hull has accepted a position
in the abstract department in the
office of Boren & Erwin. Ben has
been in that line OF work at East
land
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

Christmas spirit is arousing new
interest in romantic lines and Great
ing activity in matrimonial matters.
For some years the young men have
held aloft from anyso rt of alliance
that might call for extra expense
but they are so prosperous this year
they are willing to take the risksp
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

+. C.. Palmer, one of on, Dunn
boys is here to visit his father He
has been in Live Oak County as ag-
riculture agent and is doing good
work. He thinks there are great
possibilities for that country.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19
F. A. Hamer

AFR. and Mrs. II. V. williams and
Thelma, left Tuesday morning for
Wichita Falls to spend Christmas
with their daughters. Misses Maud
Annie and and Lora Williams. who
are teaching there.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19
Apply and prosperous New Year.

+ Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Watkins
of Del Rio are here for Christmas
visit. Homer has a government Job
at Del Rio in the immigration de-
partment and Mrs. Watkins Is
teaching in the school
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

We are expecting cold weather
and are afraid to joke about a pre-.
dicted upsetting OF the world. but
the scare didn't come as predicted
and folks are going along In the
same old way
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19
1t has been stated that haze quit

tt mas Deem stated that ! have nut
the second hand business in Snyder.
Any statement to that effect is a
Misrepresentation as ! am here to
stay and want to buy anything you
have for sale in second hand furni-
ture. etc.
rs + A Hamer
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19
City Tax Collector

Marin Thompson has recently
wired his mother from Vega. Texas
that he will be here to take Christ
mas dinner at home.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

The town has been crowded with
Christmas shoppers this week and
nearly every body went home loaded
with bundles.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

Clover q Harrison have some buy
ers from the east. See them If you
want to sell your land. 2S
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19
Dennis business College

Has experienced teachers. first
class equipment, thorough courses,
and promptly answers all inquiries.
30 Sweetwater, Texas
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

Billie Harris is home from New
Mexico He says he likes ranching
tne but may not 20 back TO IL.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19
Notice

To the tax payers of the city OF
Snyder:
have employed w. NJ. Curry to
collect the city taxes for me for the
year OF 1919.
o. p. WOLFE
City Tax Collector
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

We meet all Santa Fe trains
Phone your orders in to IA or 121
'- y Newt Hargrove
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

Forest Sears, who is attending
Baylor University is at home TO-,
the holidays.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

Sheriff A. r. Lambert of Fisher
County was here Monday from
Roby.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

Miss Ruth Buchanan is home from
the G. l. A.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

Naomi and Leona Strayhorn are
at home from the G. |. A. at Den
ton for the holiday vacation.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

Mrs. T. j. Thompson returned
Sunday from visiting her daughter
at EastIand.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

MissesZada and Veda Maxwell of
the Sweetwater school are~here this
week with the home folks.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

Dee Hull and family of Hermleigh
are visiting the home folks
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
ATLANTA SUFFRACISTS
STAGE A BIG ROW
CITY COMMITTEE CAME NEAR
Resembling ACTION ALLOW
ING THEM TO VOTE.

ATLANTA, Ga.-The democratic
city executive committee, in session
at noon Friday in the city hall, re-
fused to have further dealings with
the central committee of women citi-
zens; asked that the registered wo-
men appoint a new committee and
pledged itself to appropriate the fund
accruing from the women's registra-
ton fees to any public or civic ser
vice recommended by majority of
the women voters, the recommends
ton to be approved by the executive
committee.
In executive session the city COM
mittee, it is said, by margin of one
vote rejected a motion TO refuse the
registered women permission to vote
in the primary Of September 3rd.
Advocates of this motion declared
that the women, by their action have
shown themselves as unfit to vote.
The democratic city executive
committee declared in resolutions in
troduced by Chairman E. C. Buch-
anan, that the central committee of
women citizens had broken faith with
them and have declined and refused
to carry out the agreement originally
made.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
A BLOATED CREDIT SYSTEM IS THE CAUSE
OF THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN DOLLAR
By George E. Roberts, Former Director of the Mint

| bloat or leprosy.
eff the PRESENT level of prices IS
permanent the value of money and
of all obligations to pay fixed sum OF
money will be deprecated approx
mately one-half. 1t means that all the
savings of the people, which are IN
the form of bank deposits, 'promlssory
notes, or life insurance are in large
part, possibly one-half, wiped out as
with a sponge. The farmer or busl-
ness man who, in the declining years
of life, has converted his property
into bonds or mortgages will lind the
| interest as he receives it, and the
principal when it is paid, of only
about one-half the purchasing power
that he bargained for. A great many
salaried people and wage earners are
unable to get prompt adjustment
of their pay. The railroads and pub
| lie utilities have been reduced to a
state of almost financial ruin. Nobody
gains anything by the higher scale
except at the expense of some one
else. The distribution of higher pay
is not based upon any principles OF
equity, but upon the power of coer-
cion.
Credit Initiation Important Factor.
"The inflated state of bank credit
is a factor in these high prices. The
whole situation is artificial. Bank de-
posts are all up to so to 100 per
cent, and large part Of the increase
is pure imitation, due to the increase
of loans. The way people are befud-
died into thinking this state of things
is prosperity has been the despair of
economists in all times. These depos-
it's have the same effect as so much
paper money.
"Liberty bond loans in the banks
ought to be paid off, and the loans
of the federal reserve banks ought
to be liquidated The federal reserve
banks were never intended to be a
resort for continuous borrowing,
They were intended, as the name i'm
plies, to be banks holding reserves OF
credit for emergency and reasonable
requirements"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
MYSTERY OF 1862
FINALLY CLEARED
A FRENCH FARM HAND STUCK
FAST IN HOLLOW TREE. DIED
FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO.

LIE SUEUR, Minn.-In August,
1862, Jean La Rue, servant of Ed
ward Gleek, a farmer living near
here, disappeared when he and other
farm employees became frightened
by the appearance of soldiers. His
body, now mummy, was found in a
hollow tree which was cut down re-
Gently by employees of Gleek.
On the day of La Rue's disappear
ance a body of troops proceeding up
the river frightened the natives by
discharging their rifles. 1t was at the
time of the Sioux Indian uprising,
and La Rue evidently believed that
the guns were fired by Indians and
went to the hollow oak to hide.
That he became fastened in the
tree is shown by his diary under date
of Aug. 20, 1862, which has this no.
tation:
Cannot get out. Surely must die.
If ever found send me and all my
money to my mother, Nine. Suzanne
La Rue, near Tarascon, in the Prov
ince of Bouches du Rhone, France"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

cent dollar" Mr.. Roberts said the
other day, "and free silver was vot-
ed down. But we have got the fifty
cent dollar today, and it is a question
whether we are going to make 1t per-
manent.
Everybody knows that the pur-
chasing power of money has declin-
ed, that prices are twice as high, but
most people think it is due to the
fact that something has happened to
commodities. We think of it as due to
changes on the side of money. There
is something elusive about a rise IN
prices due to depreciation in cur
rency. 1t sets up a situation which
| looks like prosperity, and which for
time has some of the features of
real prosperity. Rising prices stimu-
late buying and stimulate produc-
ton while they last. They make bus
mess good and bring profitable en-
ployment. We have had great in
| crease in bank deposits, and some
people, including some bankers, re-
gard that as prosperity. They think
it is proof of an accumulation OF
wealth
Bank Deposits Not Wealth.
"But bank deposits are not wealth.
If you borrow $4,000 from your
banker, and it is credited to your
checking account, the deposits of
that bank rise $4,000. And when
you check it out your checks will be
deposited in other banks, and will in
crease their deposits. Bank deposits
constitute purchasing power, and the
$4,000 we have taken as an exam
pie remains in circulation until some.
body pays off the $4,000 out OF
savings.
$50 long as that $4,000 remains
in circulation it is not an increase IN
wealth. But that is the kind of pur-
chasing power we have in this councc
try. 1t is pure imitation, a kind OF
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

Why has the dollar declined in
value, so that today it is worth only
about half as much as it was before
the outbreak of the European war?
The answer is that it has been di-
luted, and Americas bloated credit
system is held to blame.
If the United States had issued
greenbacks instead of bonds to fl
nance the war there would be clear
er understanding of the imitation
which has cut in half the purchasing
power of the dollar. 1t would be APP
parent that the production of useful
commodities having been curtailed
and the turnout of dollars having
been greatly expanded it would take
more dollars to buy a given commod-
ity, under the law of supply and de-
mand. But the step from greenbacks
to bonds was a step out of the realm
of currency into the realm of credit,
and it confused the issue.
Factor in High Prices.
The man who had a savings &C
count of a thousand dollars before
the war has only half as much now.
The man who works for $50 week,
say, is actually getting only $25.
Those things are true. whether you
blame high prices or imitation. But if
you are prone to consider high prices
a kind of unacceptable juggernaut
you are wrong, because high prices
are chiefly reflex of the credit in
fation from which this country is
suffering, and the imitation is remedi-
able.
Twenty years ago the people of
this country rallied against the fifty
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
BUNCLINC HOLD UP,
HE SHOOTS HIMSELF
ROBBER DEMANDS $15O,OOO. SIN
GLE-HANDED THIEF ENTERS
THE MUNSEY TRUST co.

WASHINGTON, D. CA holdup
man, entering the banking room of
the Munsey Trust Company in the
heart of the Pennsylvania avenue
section today, pointed two pistols at
teller, demanded $150,O00, and
then after firing one shot at a clerk
turned a pistol on himself, attempt
ing suicide. He shot himself in the
jaw and was taken to a hospital
Two money orders, issued at De-
fance and Toledo, O., were found in
the hold-up mans clothing. When he
demanded the money the teller first
made show of counting bills and
then dropped behind his counter as
the robber fired a bullet that pierced
the coat of a clerk nearby. The bull
let the robber intended for himself
went through his jaw and then shat
tered a plate glass window.
The scene of the attempted rob-
berry was within 500 feet of police
headquarters.
The man told the police his name
was John E. Fetzer, of Defiance, and
that his uncle, Charles R.. Fetzer, OF
that city, could tell "why he couldn't
get ahead" The man is a mechanic,
"a years old. He came here today
from New York.
The man told the police he picked
out Washington because he under
stood there was plenty of money in
the capital and that a hold-up was
easy. He said he previously had been
in a Detroit hospital suffering from
an electric shock.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
TOWNSVILLE GIRL is
VICTIM OF NEGRO BRUTE
Crime Committed During Afternoon
Near Two Residences.

BROWNSVILLE, Ga.-Within 100
yards of two residences in residen-
tial suburb of Thomasville this af-
ternoon at 4:3O o'clock seventeen
year-old white girl was attacked and
criminally assaulted by a negro. The
girl was dragged into thick shrub
berry by the negro, who later made
his escape.
The attack was one of the boldest
ever made upon a woman in this sec
ton of the state The community is
stirred to high pitch of excitement
by the crime.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
FATHER is BURNED AND
DAUGHTER is OUTRAGED

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug IL
George Peters, SIS, farmer of Arun-
del, Prince Georges county, was MUIR
dered and his body set Attire today
by an unidentified negro. Catherine
Peters, his daughter, was shot
through twice. A posse is searching
for the assailant.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
MISSOURIAN is PROUD
OF OLDEST CUCUMBER
Although Product of 1868, 1t Is Still
in Good State of Preservation.

Although Product of 1868, 1t Is Still
in Good State of Preservation.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-The Oldest
cucumber in existence is claimed by
j. P. Ramsey, of this city, who is ex-
hibiting one just 81 years old, which
is still in a good state of preserva-
ton.
II am willing" said Ramsey, "to
put my aged cucumber in competi-
ton with any other in the United
States"
Ramsey's cucumber was grown in
Burks county, Pennsylvania, in 1868
1t was raised in a bottle on the vine
1t is now 5 p inches in diameter and
is preserved in alcohol. The bottle
in which is was grown is an old fash
toned glass receptacle, with the date
stamped in the glass.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
EARN LOANS.

l make loans on farms at ~ per
cent. interest for 5, and 10 years.
No commission. JNO. R. IRWIN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
Soul Mss

MYTH each purchase of Csc Or over
w of any Soul Kiss item in this list
your druggist will give you 25c BOTTLE
of Soul Kiss Perfume FREE.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-06
ion of an important part Of it.

tion of an important part Of it.
1t is hope that a passable road will
be provided in season for the use of
the Valley people and others before
the coming of the warm weather.
A convention, composed of the Off
GERS and directors of San Diego-lm-
perial Northern highway and people
interested is to be held at Julian, Sat
urday and Sunday, December 20 and
21, at which time further plans will be
decided upon. An inspection of the
Banner grade and Sentenac canyon
route will be made. George Butler,
couty surveyor of San Diego county,
is quoted as asserting that a five per
cent grade can be secured down the
Bannet canyon. The opportunity of
exploiting the wonderful mountain
country of the Julian -Cuyamaca reg
ion will be improved to the limit at
the next gathering of the good roads
clans. 1t is expected that the Valley
will hold up it's end with the San
Diego contingent. The opening of the
road means whole lot to Imperial
valley, as we'll as to San Diego coun-
Ity.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-06
Heath of Escondido, secretary.

Sam Porter, one of the new direc-
tors, and who is a member of the good
goods committee of the San Diego
chamber of commerce, was the first
manager of the Barbara Worth hotel
in Ell Centre. His particular hobby is
good roads-paved roads wherever
possible, and good dirt roads as second
choice Porter is president of the Cal
ifornia Hotel Mems Association, to
which organization he is eligible, be-
ing manager of the Hotel San Diego,
in the "City of Opportunity"
A. P. Johnson, Jr., San Diego is
the treasurer of the inter county road
building organization. The San Diego
chamber of commerce of which Mr..
Johnson is president has formally
and strongly endorsed the proposition,
as have all of the chambers of COM
merce of the northern part of San
Diego county.
Want Work Now
1t was the sentiment of the meeting
Of Friday evening that work on both
ends of the road should be commenc-
ed Immediately. inasmuch as the
funds are available for the construc-