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Evening journal., 1919-10-27
THE FRANKLIN WON

summed up in the conservative statement
of franklin performance
20 miles to the gallon of gasoline
1850 miles TO the set of tires
500 SlOaCer yearly depreciation
Practically without exception, the
Franklin Car has established the econ
omy records of all the official events
held in seventeen years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04

Thomas Jefferson: Save, and
teach ali you are interested in to
save. and thus pave the way for moral
and material success.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
FINANCE IN TIMES OF PEACE

The end of the war finds the United
States a creditor nation to most of
the nations of the world, and econo-
mists deeply concerned as to insuring
the funding of these debts so as to
give US the prosperity to which the
condition entities us.
1t is agreed that the nations which
owe US must be highly prosperous in
order for us to be prosperous.
This was exemplified during the war
by our commercial relations with
Spain, where our dollar was worth on
ly about fifty cents, because shipping
conditions prevented adjustment of
trade balances.
Sentiment figured largely in pro-
posals advanced for our participation
in the rehabilitation of France. Sug-
gestions have even been made that
we cancel Frances entire debt to us.
One of the later proposals is that we
divert all the interest payments on
our Allies debts to us to "Rehabil-
itation fund"
Why should not the average man
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
THRIFT A WAR HERITCAE
Congressman Howard, In signed State
ment, Tells Of Benefits Of
Saving.

Government securities afford the
safest and most practical investment
In the world" said Representative
William S. Howard, Of Georgia. A
War Savings Stamp is a promisory
note for S. If redeemed at maturity.
or of the original cost Of the stamp
plus accrued interest II redeemed be-
fore maturity.
ut was only after America entered
the great world conflict that the small
wage Garner in this country has been
afforded the opportunity of investing
in government securities, of becoming
co-partners with the government. That
there are today more than 10000, 900
holders of government securities, as
compared with 100000 before the
war, is fact which speaks for it.
self
when you buy War Savings
Stamp you are helping the govern
ment. To be able to make loan to
the government, even as small as the
sum represented by War Savings
Stamp, is proof of patriotism and
also a practical manifestation of that
spirit of national thrift and individual
savings which has come to us as a
permanent heritage from the war"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
EIGHT EXCELLENT POINTS
Securities Offered by U. s. Govern
ment Possess Advantages Over
All Other Investments.

There are eight points of excel
lence in each War Savings Stamp,
that are mighty appealing, all of which
are not combined in any other secur-
ity now to be obtained in any market
on earth.
W. s. S. workers would do well to
digest these eight points thoroughly
and see to 1t that their advantages
are not lost on the multitude. Each
War Savings Stamp is a direct prom.
Use to pay on the part of the most
stable government in the world. 1t
bears interest at the rate of 4 per
cent compounded quarterly, if held un.
til maturity.
The amount of money required for
the investment is so small that every
person can own at least one interest
bearing government bond 1t is read.
lily obtainable-any post office, almost
any bank and many other agencies,
will supply them. 1t is always in
season and may be purchased any
time.
Its principal is always maintained
with an accrual at the rate of per
cent per annum. 1t is the most liquid
of all securities, readily converted into
cash on short notice, if necessity
requires, and is redeemable upon ma,
turity at convenient places. Its in.
terest is received Immediately at the
time of purchase, instead of period.
cally during the life of the security.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04

A wholesome and much needed les
son has been taught the American
people by the government in the vari-
Gus loan and thrift campaigns which
have been launched within the past
two years.
The War Carvings Stamp campaign
should appeal especially to the salary
and wage Garner, man and woman,
girl and boy, as an incentive to saw
ing and investment The War Saw
ings Stamp affords the readiest means
Of investment and the most frequent
and largest returns In interest. AS a
boy would have hailed with delight
such an opportunity to invest my
small earnings.
As a word of business advice to the
American boy and girl, would say:
but of your earnings. save something
each week and make your savings
earn money for you by investing them
In War Savings Stamps.
FREDERICK d. GARDNER,
Governor Of Missouri.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
SOME FIGURES.

Down in Washington some Of those
experts who are masters Of figures
and who have a mind attuned to sta
tistics. frequently dig up some queer
things. One OF this type has figured
out that the total wealth Of the United
States is 100000, 100000. Then he
figures out the new wealth produced
annually, which he terms met IN
come" This gets into dizzy figures.
too. He estimates that last year the
national wealth increased some 49,
900, 900, 900, which he admits is going
faster than the normal. Another
Washington official points out that
one Of the best ways to conserve this
national income in wealth is for in
dividuals to buy War Stamps.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
ENDORSE THRIFT

BY unanimous vote the convention
Of the United Commercial Travellers,
in session at Cumberland, I'D, re-
Gently, endorsed the Thrift and Say.
ings Movement of the United States
Treasury Department. The conven-
ton was attended by leading travelling
men from the district which embraces
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland
and Kentucky. Not only was the move
ment given endorsement, but the con-
vention pledged itself to do all in its
power to advance It, II was the sense
of the convention that thrift should
become national habit, inasmuch as
the great promise # Americas indus
trial and commercial power lies in the
ability of the people to conserve the
country's resources and supervise ex-
penditures of material and money
with careful minds.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
YUKON GOLD GOES
into GOVERNMENT
SAVINGS STAMPS
MINER ENTERS PosToFFlcE WITH
BAG CONTAINING $1,000 AND
EXCHANGES 1T FOR W. s. s.
HELPS COUNTRY AND SELF
Nations of the World Taking Pains to
Instruct Their Citizens in Les
sons of Thrift and Saving.

Way up in the Far North, in Daw-
son City, in the Yukon country, the
thrift habit is taking root and taking
the place of the extravaganza and
prodigal waste that formerly charac-
terized that land of gold.
The following tale, bearing the
guaranty of the Canadian Govern
ment for veracity, comes from Daw-
son City:
With a poke of gold dust as big as
a cabbage, buckskin shirt clad miner
from the creeks in the northwest
stalkei into the postoffice here few
days ago. He placed the bag of gilt
tering mineral on the counter, and
called to the postmaster:
1--we got $6,214 worth of dust here"
he said. II want some War Savings
Stamps instead. They're easier to
tote around, nobody can steal them,
and besides. see by your sign that
they bring higher interest than the
banks give. Then they're to help the
government get the boys back, so
guess they're the investment for me-"
The postmaster did not have that
much ON hand at the moment, SO the
miner waited in town for a few lays
until they could be cent for, bought
them, registered them, and deposited
them with one Of the local banks.
They look good to me as an invest
ment," he said. When l get back to
the woods III tell the boys about
them"
The Canadian thrift campaign is not
dissimilar to that now being waged
by the U. 8. Treasury Department.
and Americans everywhere are learn
ing that Government securities are
the best investment they can make.
The War Savings rnc Thrift Stamp
campaign is Just one of the features
the U. s. Government is impressing
on the public now to bring shout m
era of prosperity that will last
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
MINDS OF GREAT MEN URGE
THRIFT.

George Washington Economy
makes happy homes and sound ma
lions. Instil It deep.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
HOW MONEY GROWS.

An interesting display made recent
ly in a st. Louis Bank window showed
sixteen quarters, a dime and two PEN
MES under the legend Today while
an arrow pointed from this money to
another legend, New Years Day.
1924" with exactly sixteen quarters.
dime and two cents, then an equal
mark, followed by a War, Savings
Stamp and the arrow pointed to a
SIS bill under the coins On the opposite
side. This was graphic way of
showing that s4.12 in itself would not
grow at all during five years, whereas
invested in Thrift Clamps it will earn
nearly another dollar.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
JOHN BARLEYCORN'S
LAST WILL is FILED
IN PROBATE COURT

The last will and testament of John
Barleycorn, formerly prominent cit
izen of the United States, who died at
IL o'clock Monday night, was filed in
the st. Louis Probate Court Monday.
The will was made June 80, 1919, and
bears the signatures of the following
witnesses: Hon. Bronx Cocktail and
Cherry Highball.
Immediately after the filing of the
will gentleman in mourning, giving
his name as o. I. M. Dry, appeared
in the Probate Court and was granted
letters testamentary upon filing of a
$1,000,000 bond.
. The will reads as follows:
l. John Barleycorn, of the United
States of North America, being Of
sound and disposing mind and mind
full of my demise on this last day Of
June, 1919, do make public and de-
clare this to be my last will and test
ament:
l. I direct that the executor of my
estate pay all my expenses, funeral,
etc
2. will all of my highball, whis-
kcy, wine and champagne glasses to
my dear friend, Marsh Mellow Sun
dae.
81 give and bequeath and devise
all my saloons, cafes and cabarets to
my dear friend, o. U. Teetotaler.
a. All the rest, residue, and remain
der of my estate consisting largely
of M. T. bottles) I give and bequeath
to INV beloved friend, Aqua Pura, he
being very close friend and asso-
ciated with me in all business trans
actions.
In witness whereof hereby set my
hand this 30th day of June, 1919.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04

create a financial rehabilitation fund
for himself? The man of ordinary
income will be amazed at the i'm
provement he can make in his condi-
ton by systematic disposition Of his
salary or wage.
A few dollars saved first out Of ev-
cry pay envelope will soon amass a
fund which may, through making it
possible to seize upon the opportuni-
ty that awaits every man, revolution
ize a lifetime.
The first requisite is to save regu-
larly, the second to invest securely at
good interest. The government has
undertaken to underwrite your efforts
by offering you War Savings Stamps
for investment. They are safe, and
are always redeemable at more than
cost. You receive four per cent COM
pounded quarterly if you keep them
until maturity, three per cent if
emergency demands that you cash
them before maturity.
Lead and Oil, also Ready Mixed
Paints, can be found at Tetley-Klein
7 ,1,xnha, n
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
9tate of Ohio. City Of Toledo.
Lucas County, IS.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm OF F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State Aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In
my presence. this 9Th day OF December.
A. D. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine Il taken In.
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces Of the System. Send
for testimonials. tree. u
D, j. CHENEY q CO.. TeIeae. o.
Sold By al druggists. he.
Nalrs Family Pills Tor censtDetioas
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04

It's what you save, not what you
earn, that spells future opportunity for
your children. Invest your savings
In w. s. s.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04

Proverbs, 13-4.-The soul of the
sluggard desireth and hath nothing,
but the soul of the diligent shall be
made fat.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04

FOR SALE-A beautiful home in
the western part Of Pennington.
electric lights, furnace, bath and all
modern conveniencss, on car line.
Priced below cost. See ]. 8. Clay,
EArminGten, 10.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04

The habit Of thrift Il an asset. Be-
gin today BY buying = War ssvihgs
Stamp.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-04
(Signed)
JOHN BARLEYC0RN.
(Witneses)
BRONX COCKTAIL

CHERRY HIGHBALL
An inventory of the estate of the
late John Barleycorn was filed in the
Probate Court by the executor, o. l.
M. Dry, and lists the following prop
erty:
Personal Liberty, valued at $5,000,-
100000.
Twenty-Five shares of stock in the
Rotgut Distilling Company, valued at
so cents.
One hundred shares of stock in the
Moonshine and Bootlegger Company,
the value of which is so enormous that
it cannot be estimated.
The inventory was signed by the
following witnesses:
o. f. C. GUCKENHEIMER.
GIN RICKEY.
BELLE NELSON.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21

Some day we may add:
An dxtonso6flist are tned IL
they violates this rule
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
Answers to Correspondents

says ! make him more than miscr-
able when ] give him up at times.
I'm a young widow with daugh
ter. When we are angry | spend
my time crying when L could be out
having good time. but there's no
one else | enjoy even talking to.
He tells me he is so unhappy he
cannot work when we are apart.
Would you move to another city, be-
cause l can't see how l can give
him up here, as he will not let me
and | worry so about him?
NEW Y.
Both OF you are in a most I'M
wholesome state of mind and on
the verge of a nervous breakdown,
should say. You seem to be
miserable with him and miserable
without him and that is a fright
full way to live. These men who
monopolize woman for years
without declaring themselves need
pretty drastic treatment-absent
treatment probably in this case.
Why don't you tell him that you
suspect something in his past life
prevents your union: indicate you
think he has already been married
or has some other attachments. I'd
Smoke" him out one way or an
other. II that fails. / would leave
him firmly and definitely. Then,
when he finds that he cannot have
your companionship without mar
riage, he may speak at last. |
shouldn't worry about him or be
afraid OF hurting him. He is treat
ing you In the most cruel way a
man, can. In a case like this,
twentieth century woman has a
right to quit or demand an "un-
derstanding.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21

those homes" apd then say
whether your own is worse. |
think you would be quite glad to
get back to it. More than that, once
in home" Of that sort, it isn't
always the easiest thing to get out.
You are rather young" and in
spite of your assertion that you
love this young man better than
any one in the world" I'd like to
make a wager with you that you
will have cared for more than one
by the time you are twenty-five
and that when you are that age,
you wouldn't look at the man you
love" at sixteen. I wish you could
read some of the letters written
to me by girls who married at
sixteen, had babies and now. when
scarcely twenty. would give any
thing In the world 10 be iust a
care-free girl again.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
First Parties Present
Serious Problems.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAN

i am q young girl uf sixteen and
go to high school. | have come in
contact with very nice boy by
going down on the cars with him
every evening after school He
goes down on the car with a boy IN
my class room. One day going
home the boy in my class room
started talking to me and this boy
was very nice and he started talk
ing and laughing with this other
boy. So the next day in school l
met the boy / care for coming
through the corridor and we spoke.
Now we talk whenever we have the
chance. He has asked this boy in
my room to ask me IL / would go
to Thanksgiving party with him,
and / told him l didn't know but
would let him know as soon as pos
sible. They are going to SEND IN
vitations out. and he said he would
come after me. j don't know much
about him. and am puzzled. Shouid
] go to this party?
ANXIOUS AND PUZZLED.
First tell the boy who brought
the message to tell the young man
to bring you the message hlmseif.
Then, when he does, say you
would be very pleased to have an
invitation. II an invitation is sent
to you and this boy calls. for you
at your home and brings you back
afterward, fail to see any harm
in your going to this little Thanks
giving gathering. or course you
must know who the people are
who are giving the party and have
your mothers consent.
Will the mother of five children,
who wrote under date of November
z and signed herself Worried"
please send me a stamped, self
addressed envelope. want very
much TO help her
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems and Pitfalls
Especially For Washington Women
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

/ am a girl sixteen years old and
love a fellow twenty-one years old.
We have been going together about
six months. But he was married
about two years ago. never lived
with the girl, and is expecting a
divorce by December.
Now the hardest part comes.
Ny father has just found out that
he is married, and forbids his COM
ing to the house. When i told him
that l would meet him out, he said
that he would follow me every
where / went. Then if he sees me
he will put me in a home. / really
would rather he would than have to
live like / do. He treats the whole
family like dogs under his feet.
He says that he is doing this for
my own good. but no matter how
hard one tries, one cannot separate
q girl and fellow who really love
one another. Don't think l am silly
or sentimental. because l love this
fellow better than any one in the
"OT1u. anu Holhihh vi Soi ~ ~ 81
ing to make me give him up.
Please don't tell me ] am rather
young. HOPEFUL.
You're quite right. 1t is diff
cut to separate two people who
really love, therefore if this young
man is to get his divorce by De-
cember," neither OF you ought to
mind a single month of waiting.
Only a matter of four weeks and
then, IL the young man is telling
the truth and playing the game
squarely, he will be free to offer
marriage and satisfy your father
that his intentions toward you are
quite all right.
Since you are not yet "of age,
you will find it will pay to keep
your father good-natured, because
he can do all he says and more.
You might try living in one OF
The Washington times., 1919-11-21

sive. Tell me in one-step time, kid
and the mahogany will simply culver
with syncopated emotion. / defy
anyone to keep steady foot when
I finger the worries.
l DO read McIntrye's column in the
Herald and CLEAN therefrom much
OF human nature. DANCERS powers
OF comparative perception are keen,
IL is an honor indeed to have my
name coupled with that of the illus
trious New Yorker.
HAROLD P. STODDARD
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
This Is a Very Sad
Widow, Indeed.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

Have been going with a gentle
man for FIVE years. We are both
very devoted to each other. He
says he cannot live or do his work
without my love, yet he has never
asked me to be his wife. I've tried
In many ways to find his reason.
but always fail. Have told him I
was going to be married to another.
He feels very miserable. Says I
can't leave him. but does not say
anything as to our future.
Have also gone out with other
gentlemen. but still I'm unable to
understand why ne does not ask me
to marry. He also knows I've given
up several wealthy men to be with
him. Please tell me II you were in
my place what you would do. re
mskes my life miserable and ne
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
Thanks Be TO God, This Nation Has Ind
4 NeU Birth of Freedom

nal of Europes governing and exploiting dynast;es
and classes.
We should never forget the brave men who fought
and won this civic for the maintenance of our trad
ons and free institutions and the perpeuity of the
sovereignty and Independence of the Republic
They deserve live in history and We doubt not that
hey Will live in history in company Of Washington with
jefferson with Monroe with Lincoln and al those lesser
but not less devoted and patriotic Americans Who in
every period of national e have manfuy stood for
the ideals of the fathers and for the protection and II
maintenance and the defense of institutions Of orderly
liberty and OF government based upon and conducted with
the consent and the will of the sovereign people.
This generation at least &iIl hear no more Of HE
servie and abominable preachments that the Psdsut
of the United States is the ruler of the Amsriean psee
that the representatives of the people in the Cone u
the United States must not presume to st" o.
dot ''i in any of the ukases which issue from tie
White House.
That serve doctrine which has disgraced the lips q
SO many men and the pages of many jounals wi1l
not offend the ears of outstanding Americans again in
this generation.
We who now occupy the stage have again carried
high the torch of Constitutional liberty and viii hand il
undimmed to those who after u.s.
The trust that the mighty dead transmitted to us
been nobly fulfilled
We need not be ashamed to read the proclamation
of our famous Declaration the mandates and inhibition
of wonderful Constitution the propositions of our
noble Bill OF Rights the specific practcates and splcr
did ideals OF that bright succession of Americas Pres
dents which begins with the of Washington an
ends with the of Theodore Roosevelt
The day of our annual Thanksgiving approaches Thss
too, fitting incident Let approach whatever altar
is the wont of each Of and there grateful
thank the God who sheltered fathers and guided the
steps, who has, every faeful emergency us in "A
and right paths; and who has again strengthened d.
hands of servants to preserve liberties aud ou
independence and to strike down and rampe under foe
the most dangerous and most formidable assault ever
made upon the freedom of the American people and the
sovereignty of the American Republic.
Once again own flag floats alone. and undimin-
shed by the company of other banners above our Amer
lean land.
Once true American hearts beat high with pride
the ensign of the Republic streams its bright folds upon
the winds of America.
Once more true and can uncover their
heads before that dear flag. and proudly say:
THANK God I am an Americanr'