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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02
Six Years Were Better

Albert Wheeling. farmer of Hol
comb, Mo-, pleaded guilty recently
to chopping off his his left hand
with an ak last July 2l to avoid
being drafted into the army He
was IS years old. Federal Judge
Dyer sentenced him to six months
in prison.
In doing so, the court said: Il
don't think you would have made a
good soldier, anyhow. You would
not have been worth killing A
man manning himself to escape
military servicel Pass on"
Evidence gathered by govern,
ment investigators showed that
Wheeling few hours after receiv
ing his order to report at Greenville
for service, went to a place in the
woods, near the Wappapello road
where J. P. Gallmore had been hew.
ing railroad ties out of logs. Wheel.
ing took with him bottle of patent
"antiseptic healing salve." common.
ly used by farmers to apply to cuts
on horses and cattle.
Gallmore had left his ak lying by
the log for the night, and the CIR
cumstances indicated that Wheel
ing performed the amputation there
applied the salve and then walked
to the home of Perry Bennett. E
farmer five miles away. Bennett
and Gus Haynes said Wheeling ar
rived there about 6 p. m, and ex
hibited his manned arm, telling
them it had been run over by {
train the preceding night.
However. George Haise, also {
farmer, declared he saw Wheeling
walking towards the spot in th'
woods earlier in the afternoon
Other persons living along the roa'
told of seeing Wheeling walkin
along. smoking his pipe. and ont
said be shook hands with him ant
that he was not injured.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02
pie of the State.

Wilkinson pointed out the evils
|os the PsGsssESysteaa. andsfeclared
that this was best demonstrated by
the Government during the war
when it substituted insurance for
the pension system. He declared
the people who voted for the
amendment to empower the Legis-
lature to vote pensions for the blind
have since voted for prohibition
resulting in cutting off $2,50O00O
annual revenue to the State.
Farris declared that the measure
did not carry an appropriation, and,
if such was made in another bill,
the Governor could strike it out.
Farris declared that the pensions
can be taken care of under the pro
posed constitutional amendment
providing for small direct tax for
the support of the blind.
He said that he had been assured
by the leaders Ofthe blind that they
were not expecting the pension at
this time. There would be plenty
Of money to meet the expenses il
all property was assessed at full
value. Farris declared.
Babcock declared that the Gov
ernor only several days ago approx
ed salary measures which mean
an additional expenditure to the
State of $4,000 year.
One Of the bills increased the sal.
aries of so Circuit Judges of the
State from $500 to $4,7OO year
" hich means an additional expendi'
ture of $4,000 for the State during
the biennial period.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02
According to the Fulton Gszett,

According to the Fulton Gazette,
Prosecuting Attorney Sanderson of
Fulton is a sort of modern Solomon.
Two farmers near Fulton recently
got into dispute over that ancient
source of trouble, a line fence and
passed from words to shots. When
Prosecutor Sanderson visited them
he found it would be difficult to
prosecute either, as testimony
against leach other would be in.
eliminating, therefore inadmisable
He found also that both regretted
the trouble, SO he put each under q
1000 peace bond, found both to
blame and let it 90 at that,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02

An article in one of our exchanges,
written by farmer says: Farmers
advertising is field that is just be-
ing opened. | have known of a
farmer driving ten miles to market
his seed corn when his neighbor
wanted it and would have bought it
had be known where it was, and
paid as much, or more for it. too.
The farmer as a business man is
realizing it more than ever before.
He will find that he can sell his
goods thru advertising. as profitably
as anv other business man.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02
Price Levels

The analysis of the new price re-
voIution submitted by Professor
Irving Fisher. of Yale University,
in an address before the recent con-
ference of Governors and Mayors at
the White House has been issued as
public document through the Gov
ernmeDt Printing Office. Professor
Fisher says that the main reason
that business is not going ahead
better is that most people expect
prices to drop He finds that the
merchant is selling, but not buying.
In consequence the manufacturer
is holding up the purchase of raw
materials. He figures it out in
this manner The general convic-
ton that prices are going to drop is
putting brake upon the entire ma
chinery of production and distribu.
ton. Readjustment waits because
we keep on waiting for it. 1t is in
terestine to observe that many
manufacturers think that prices
must come, down. including the
price of labor; but they are ready
to demonstrate to you that their
own prices cannot come down, moi
can they pay lower wages"
The quarrel appears to be with
t he general level of prices. and every
individuals cultivates a crouch be-
cause he thinks that everyone else
is getting rich while he is getting
the worst of it. 1t is the same
ancient plant that you have things
so easy, and nothing to trouble you
while | have such a hard time
This sort of human difficulty ori'
einated in the Garden of Eden. and
those who attempt to analyze busi
ness cares and difficulties nowaday:
find that things haven't changed {
bit since the juices of apples wer'
first pronounced delicious by woman
then man.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02
The Missouri Legislature

The first serious break between
the House and Gov. Gardner came
FRIDAY when the Houss, by e vote
OF III to 8, passed the bill over the
Governors veto to pension the blind
persons of the State.
The bill must now 90 to the Sen.
ate, where it must also be passed
by a two-thirds majority before it
can become a law without the
Governors approval
10 vetoing the bill the Governor
declared that he regretted that he
was compelled to do it, but there
were no funds to meet the provis-
ions of the bill, which would
amount to an expenditure of ap
proximately $1,G00.000 for the bien.
nial period. A pension OF $3.50 a
year TO all blind persons with an
income of less than $500 a year was
provided in the bill. He pointed
out what the State was doing fur
the blind through other sources.
Members who have been in the
Legislature for many years said the
passage of the bill over the veto
was the first action of the kind by
either branch of the General Assem-.
bly, in 35 years.
The nine members who voted
against the bill were: Clapper ol
Schuyler, Edwards of Dunklin, Hall
of Clay. Haynie of Saline. McMurray
of Scotland. Shouse of Shelby, Tay.
lor and Wilkinson of Kansas City
and:Wyman of Worth.
Wilkinson of Kansas City was the
only member on the floor who
spoke against passing the bill over
the Governors veto.
Farris of Phelps, Hackett of Pet
tis. Corbett of Pemiscot. Dyott oil
Howell, Parker of st. Louis. SapI
of Boone and Babcock of Butler
spoke in favor of passing the bill
The measure was called up by
Representative Speer of BOllingeI
County. author of the bill
Wilkinson declared that while
there was no appropriation carried
in the bill, the State would be un-
der q moral obligation to pass an
appropriation to carry it into effect
He said that some .of the eleemosy'
nary institutions Of the State are
now taking care Of the blind peo'
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02

johnson County farmers have in
augurated a road dragging system
by school districts. Each farmer is
assessed dollar for fund for drag
ging the main highways and the
rural mail routes. The county court
will be asked to duplicate the fund
in each school district.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02
Now a woman is advertising to

Now a woman is advertising to
teach courtine by correspondence.
Nothing doing, Take away from
the bashful swain the lesson he
learns in actual practice andsyou
rob him of his ability to control a
wife after he captures her. Besides
why make cold business out of the
youthful pleasures of life and rob
the world ofits thousands of chances
of smiles.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02

A St. Louis woman is suing her
husband for divorce, charging that
about twenty-eieht years ago. he
came home at 2 o'clock in the morn,
ing in an intoxicated condition, The
evidence will no doubt show that
the old man has sobered up by this
tiue.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02
Is Hell for Rent?"

Is I1Sll LOT KENT!
We wonder if Satan has heard the
news, and if he will believe it when
he hears it? 1t is certainly very
important, if true The Rev. W. A.
Sundays occupation will soon be
gone He himself hath said it. The
triumph of the prohibition amend
ment, following the overthrow of
the Kaiser, ushers in the millennium
at last Listen to the glad tidings
that come from the evangelist, who
has been laboring in Richmond, on
the James:
The rain of tears is over. The
slums will soon be.a memory. We
will turn our prisons into factories,
our jails into storehouses and corn
cribs. Men will walk upright now,
women will smile, children will
laugh, hell will be tor rent. If any
state fails to ratify the amendment
the star in the flag that represents
it should be draped in mourning"
Beautiful, lovely, almost to good
to be true. Hell for rent"-possibly
turned into picnic grounds for the
saints. And what will the poor
Devil do? Will he be permitted to
profess conversion and join in the
general smile of joy, or will he have
to be interned somewhere with the
Kaiser until it is certain that he
has discarded his tail and has grown
a sincere admiration for righteous
ness?
In spite of the Rev Williams
glory hallelujah. we have our doubts
whether the devil will 90 out of
business and hang up a For Rent"
sign in his front window on the
strength of the blow administered
to John Barleycorn. We have
heard that the devil rents to all
sorts of tenants, that his domain is
filled with all kinds of sinners.
Even if he can get no more drunk
ards and those made criminals by
booze, there are lots of other entic-
ing ard captivating sins that are
said to swell the tide ofimmieration
toward the Plutopic shores. The
Turks have been prOhibitionists for
centuries. but according to all ac-
couGts, they have furnished almost
as many recruits to the Grand Army
of Hades as the breweries and dis
tilleries have supplied. Then among
the untold millions of the Orient.
where strong drink is not a great
weakness many crimes and inn
moralities are committed. In fact,
the moral condition. of these nom
drinkers is so bad that we spend an
immense amount of money and
energy every year in trying to save
them from the warm and unpleasant
place which Mr.. Sunday says is now
to be closed.
We sincerely hope Brother Sum-
day is right, but until the devil HIM
self inserts his For Rent" advertise
ment in some of our religious con-
temporaries we shall be afraid to
begin to shout.
An article In one Of our EXCHANGES
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02
Better Take the Hint

Persons who may be planning to
make liquor in their own homes
after national prohibition becomes
effective July l are to be warned by
revenue authorities as to the penal
ties to which they will be subject
The Internal Revenue Bureau has
sent to revenue collectors and agents
a summary of laws on the subject
penalties with the suggestion that
they be made known widely.
The schedule of penalties for vari
Gus violations is as follows:
For failure to register still. $500
penalty. fine of between $100 and
ST.. 600 and imprisonment of between
one month and two years; for max
ing liquor in community where it
is prohibited by local or State laws,
tax of $1,000; for violating wartime
p rohibition, $1,000 fine or one year
i'm prisonment, or both; for making
a whiskey mash or beer. fine of be.
tween $500 and $1,000 and imprison-
ment of between six months and
three years. Wines come within
the same prohibition.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02

The death of Roosevelt leaves
but one former vice. president living
and he is almost forgotten. Levi
P. Morton, who was on the ticket
with Benjamin Harrison, is still
alive at a great age. He will be
ninety.five if he lives till May. His
name rarely appears in the news
papers now though he is rated by
those who claim to know as worth
about $5O,OO0,0OO When Mr.. Nor
ton was placed on the republican
ticket about thirty years ago there
was opposition to him-not because
of his wealth but because of his ad-
vanced age. 1t was said that the
party was taking too great risk on
so aged a man. But Mr.. Morton
has survived almost every one OF
the politicians who thought he was
too far advanced in life to hold so
important an Office. Even today
he has not exactly retired" from
business He still takes an interest
in his immense estate. watches in
vestments and pays the enormous
tax that now falls on the wealthy
man. His counsel is still sought by
those financiers who know its value
All of which shows that a man in
business is only as old as he thinks
he is.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02

A Masonic temple to cost 81, co.,
900 is being planned for St Louis,
S 100000 of the money having al.
ready been raised The temple will
be modern in every respect.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-02

W. S. Herrin, of Chillicothe, start
ed something when he sued Harry
St ewart for the possession of a
S cotch collie dog. Herrin has just
been awarded possession of the dog
through a decision in the court of
j ustice walden. but Stewart has
filed a $500 bond for an appeal of
the case to the Circuit Court. The
C ase was tried twice in the Justice
Court. the first resulting in a hung
jury. In the second trial two of the
jurors refused to sign the verdict
The costs of the case so far in the
Justice Court and arbitration have
reached 5000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13
RICHMOND ITALIANS
Will FORM ORDER

An organization Ia being formed in
Richmond by Louis Salzarulo and
Amedeo De Lauro, we'll known Ital-
ians, that will be called the Italian
Colony of Wayne County No. 933. The
initiatory services will be held March
80 in the Red Mems hall The prin-
cipal speaker will be Frank Mancini
OF New York, supreme recording sec
rotary OF the Sons of Italy in America,
the parent organization
At this time Al members will be
received as charter members. The
initiation services will occupy the en-
tire morning. The afternoon session
will be devoted to speeches and a dis
cussion of the aims and purposes OF
the organization. Mr.. Salzarulo and
Mr.. De Lauro, who have just returned
from New York: where they arranged
for local organization, stated that
the Italians owe debt of gratitude to
America and it is their purpose to
become good American citizens. The
organization will give all possible aid
to civic movements in the county.
The organization of Italians in
Wayne county is the 933rd organiza.
ton in the country and the first one
in Indiana. The Sons of Italy in
America is composed of 10000 lead
ing Italians in the country. 1t has
orders in "a states.
The motto is Liberty, Equality and
Brotherhood" The emblem of the
Wayne county organization will be a
lion on a white field
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13

millions of dollars which the govern
mert will obtain, nor from the amount
Of savings that the public is thus lay
Ing by. The broad advantage lies in
the fact that these small savings con-
stitute great national educational
movement in thrift.
A mistake often is made by many
In assuming thrift merely means saw
ing money. Its essential values are
mental more than material. Expert
ence has proved that he who saves a
little this year will save more next,
end still little more the year after
that, and so on through life. The
school child or the young person who
is saving pennies and buying Thrift
stamps to-day will still continue these
practices next year and the year fol-
lowing. and. in like manner, through
out life. Therein lies the great value
of the Thrift stamp.
The benefits of thrift always are
cumulative, and its practices always
are progressive.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13
WITH THE WOMEN OF TO-DAY

Mrs. Elizabeth Neff OF Cleveland,
Ohio, decided seven years ago that she
knew the first principle Of American
ization. She not only decided that she
knew 1t. but that she would apply her
principle to the foreign-born Of her
city and thus started the Girl Home
Makers According to the theory
that the American home is the first
principle of Americanization this club
was started with twelve girls OF five
nationalities. The object of the club
was to teach American home-making
to foreign girls.
Mrs. Neff held that the reason so
many girls detested housework was
because they were practically taught
to dislike 1t. Instead of encourage
ment to play house." initiate mother
in the kitchen and sewing.room they
we're told to run away and not both
err" And often household tasks were
given as punishment. Therefore the
little foreign girl who has not been
reared with the same notions will
think that housekeeping with conven-
lent appliances the most delightful
game in the world.
It. seems as il Mrs. Neff was. right
for her little club OF Ave has grown
to over two hundred and there are
other Girl Home-Makers" now in
other cities in the country. The little
girls Of six years old join the. first
club. They furnish a doll house, max
ing everything themselves. They have
a doll family to live in the house and
these little foreign tots learn to make
clothes for this family Of dolls in an
American way and they wash and
iron the clothes also. The next year
or so finds them in a new club, which
uses real bed big enough for six
year-old to use.. Then they learn to
sweep and scrub, wash and iron, set
table and cook d meal. They are
also taught to eat properly.
AS they go on from year to year they
learn to clean silver and brass, mend
neatly. make new clothing, rugs and
bedding, to can fruits and vegetables,
bake and cook, and to take care Of a
baby, wash, feed and sew for It, When
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
Bysw sTRAUs P,e,idn Am,isn Society for Thrift

The small savings Of today is seed
sowing process that will yield tre-
rnendously bountiful harvest in the
years to come. One of the most subtle
values of thrift lies in the fact that
it makes one think. Thriftlessness is
thoughtlessness. Often people fritter
away money and time without realiz-
ing it. They yield to small impulses
which Seem devoid of ill-efects, but
little reflection would reveal that
such practices can result only in
eventual harm. But thrift stimulates
reflection. The thrifty person will
consider the advisability of any ex-
penditure of time or money. Thus
thrift develops efficiency and adds to
ones value not only because of the
money that is saved, but because it
creates the merit of added earning
power.
There are more than 100000
Americans who have brought War
Savings stamps; there are 95,oo0,oo0
Americans who have bought Liberty
bonds. Who can calculate the aggrc
gate value of these thrift practices to
the people Of the nation in increased
personal efficiency, added will-power,
better living and clearer thinking?
Can anyone say that our wartime
thrift has not made us a nation Of
thinkerss Our Thrift stamps and our
Liberty bonds have opened up new
yistas and have stirred ambitions for
individual advancement that were un.
known before.
Let us never look upon the Thrift
stamp as catch-penn device. No
work Of the government, no by-pro
duct of the war, will mean more to
the. future of-ou country than this.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13
CUT THIS OUTFIT rs WORTH MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip,
enclose with &c and mail 1t to Foley 4
Co.. 2S35 Sheffield Ave, Chicago, Ill,
writing your name and address clearly.
You will receive in return a trial pack
age containing F'oley's Honey and Tar
Compound. for coughs. colds and Group;
Foley Kidney Pills. for pain in sides
and back: rheumatism. backache, kid
ney and bladder ailments; and Foley
Cathartic Tablets, wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic. for con-
stipation, biliousness, headache, and
sluggish bowels. For sale by A. G.
Luken & Co--Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13

The CAM
paign which, is
now going on
for the Thrift
S a v ] n g $
stamp is of
far more i'm
portance than
probably l s
generally rea-
lized. T h c
greatest bcnc-
fit from such
activities does
not lie in the
hundreds of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13

II am for men," said Henry George.
So are the fellows who build bridges,
construct railroads over deserts, es-
tablish great businesses and tear down
mountains for ship canals, only they
don't say so.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13

MRS. ELIZABETH NEFF
the girls are graduated they begin a
hope chest" which they I'LL with beau
tiful linens and lingerie, the work of
their own hands.
Mrs. Neff hopes to see Girl Home
Makers club established in every
city. She is very prominent in many
kinds of social work in her city where
her husband, William Bryan Neff, is
a Judge. -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13
GROW YOUR HAIR
Free REGIME

After being almost totally bald a
New York business man grew hair
and now has a prolific growth at age
OF 66-for which he will send the gen.
uine recipe free on request to any
man or woman who wishes to over
come dandruff or gain new hair
growth His address is John H. Brit
tain, BA-747. Station F, New York,
n. Y. This is genuine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13

Here is report from the civil war
archives concerning the capturing Of
rebel battalion by battalion OF Union
troops in which the major detailing
the engagement, wrote as follows:
Our left was trying to move around
the rebel right, but the rebel right was
also moving around our left
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13
SPANISH CAR MEN STRIKE

MADRID, March 13.-The street car
employees at Barcelona went on strike
this morning and the minister of the
interior announced that the men were
at once modified under government
control. He declared that the same
measure will be promptly applied to
the employees Of any other public util-
ity corporation who go on strike.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13

All that has been generally known
in the past about Lower California is
that it is largely mountain and desert,
but it is rich in minerals and con-
tains several towns and population
of over $4,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13

1t Is better to account and commend
good acts some of the time, rather
than to muckrake the evil all of the
time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13

The Enterprise Bible class Of East
Main street Friends church win meet
tomorrow afternoon With Mrs. Frank
Stephens at her home, III South Six
teenth street. 5 All members and
friends are urged to be present.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13

guest of his sister, Mrs. J. B. Hor-
witt in the Arden apartments.