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AUCTION SALE OF
Attractive House on
Westhampton Carl Line
STOP NO. ool-2.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 4,
-, T. II NJ

The Dwelling has six large rooms
besi6.es Tiled bath. with handsome nx-
lures. hot water heat, electric lights.
sanitary plumbing. papegcd and
screened throughout. large porches
and roof covered with tile The lot
is 100 feet front and has garag q
which will hold two ears; also poul-
try houses The house WAS built to
be occupied as a home and contains
the best material and modern con-
veniences.
Immediate possession. TERMS: Reas-
enable.
G. L. & II. l.. DENooN. INC.
CORRECT cIassIncation and correct in.
dcxlnG Increase tho result power OF any
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WEST END.

WEST END.
sT ~ TT AVE. '-room modern house.
FLOYD AVE, room modern hous. $3.50.
Hi,N3S%%ER AVE. s-room modern house.
rARK AVE- s-room modern house. $500.
c9,k * ~ AVE. s-room modern house.
Ap,p!ss"N ST. e-rocm modern corner house.
ELM ST. s.room moa.rn house. $500
souLEyARD. II room modern house.
MONUMENT aNoHT AVE. ic-room modern house.
" x,h "A. arc o ,2s% modern hous.
J, \. coSNELI.Y & CO.
Seventh ami Franklin
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REAL ESTATE FOX SALE
Business Property,


BIG BUSINESS PROPOSITION-l have +.
isrfe o.story brick store building on Main
Strs.t. between Twelfth and Fourteenth
SNtec: can ktt p0shet-ion of building SEP.
tsmber !. 1919 II quick buYtr. regular
seNcn prooo'uon. but VIII sacrifice 10 uuich
buyer. terms cash. Atrlrt!v confidential
AddItIl D IA care Times Dispatch
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WEST TWELFTH ST, rooms. brick
corner. $500.
McDoNouGH ST: .s,room frame hou.. on
good corner. $3.50. V"
PORTER ST.. 10 rooms. baths. on rood
block. $4,000. NV"
]. A. CONNOLLY e. CO..
Seventh and Franklin.
sUBURBAN-Ws nave several nomes In
Barton HtirhU at onrgsins. J. c. An.
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PURSUANT TO decree of the Amherst
circuit Court tho undersigned will of
fer at public auction. a Amherst, in
front of the Courthouse. on court day,
JUNE :? 1919. l. NJ.
Tho Farmers Exchange Brick Ware
mouse situated on the Southern Rail-
way. at Amherst Depot.
RMS sale offers n rare business on
portunity, II is estimated that two
milton '2,nOoon") pounds of tobacco
passed by this warehouse during the
season 191S-l?l9
For further information. sec hand
hilis or apply to either OF the under
signed.
The property is now renting at a
good rental and has never been vacant
{. l.. SCOTT.
O. l.. EVANS.
Trustees.
WIN. Is. ALLEN
THOS. WHlTtHEAD,
ommisSioncrs.
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a me sioca farm conistnins 30 acres &
room houhe. good outpuiIuInEs. IL mile.
from Richmond And ! mile from raiirv.d
statlon: Chesp at HOO
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DISPLAY-CLASSIFIED
II. r. RlCHESON & Co.
Real Estate and Loans.
TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE
Beautiful Building
Lots

CENTER PARK TERRACE" on THE
EASTERN SIDE OF EDGEWOOD
AVENUE.
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NEST END-.Tvo Wet End FranETi1 S,-.z,
ne"d f" onih @3 sssh; mu1, ssll al once
ance easy monthly payments AdSrsss NJ
LloerMan Phons Randolph ISL " -
s2co cash and $40 PEI month vii hTT-on..
Of best residence lot. in RirhmoSIa 'ns
S2 care Times Dispatch
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FOR SALE. country home: htau,ifuI Iocs
tton. vii small farm in high state Of chi
tTiNati3nS, INQUIRE Address l. 26s. care Times
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+ 4 n Ms.

FARMS FOR SALE
Ashiand. T. mi les from Richmeennds o s.rno G1
DWELLING and outhouses: all new: 10 acres in
cultivation.
800 acres Charlotte County. mile Of rail-
road station: 100 acres low ground spcn-
room, dwelling. bath. running water tenant
houies. barns. etc. Offered At bargain
Of Richmond 4 money maker coo.
Richmond. IL miles from C. 4 8. Station tom,
6-room DWELLING. Very low price. Worthy
YOUR attention
los acres. Aibemarle County. miles from
room .dweiinE. bath. hot and cold water:
desirable
II acres. Hcnrlco County. 10 miles from
!. Richmond. mile frnm station r.. F. ~ r.
house: new 5.roonI tenant house: 20 acres in
cultivation. desirable county town: easv
access to city at all times. See this.
ome advise bnyins Broad Street scre essee I
todays prices.
Several small places around Greendale and
Dumoarton.
RICHMOND TRUST COMPANY.
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT.
O. A. HAWKINS. Manager
Seventh and Main Streets.
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FOREST HILL. Park
Kish:;;nTcoom bungalow, blocks from car
sI;;;,r ssan 'Fam. house. / block from car
st;S.nrroom s'Hss seo bungalow, new. block,
j. a. CONNOLLY & CO.
seventh and Franklin.
GRAGE ST, W.1on lsoo block: s-foom
GnoYE AVE.- Eight rooms, baths: hard.
woSa noo[f psS harse
sss one SocE rom
Ps SD EaefR an dsH SEQ So Terms
nUME for. sale direct from owner West
.an s sGs care nfS,TsGS Street
HOME BARGAINS
Ter heat modern N AND up to 0 Gat. not wa
ss.ooo-west Grace Street. s.room brick. mod
:, crn and W. To date, cellar under entire
Ss:5oo,-Floyd Avenue. .s-room brick. hot wa
ter heat and all modern conveniences. sit :
uated on prettiest square on FIovd Avenue
stoUl-Monteiro Avenue. Barton Heights. =
room dwelling: large lot: modern, conve-
n.ences.
t5.ooo--Grove Avenue s.room brick. detached
dwelling: brick garage: deem lot: hne
$40. $50 /anover Avenue. brick mats rooms
bath and closets to each fiat: separate en-
trance: separate heating plants: very deem
lot 10 ,20-foot aney: concrete cellar under
entire house.
No doubt YOU aware Of the fact that
YOUR rent has been raised: therefore b,v
his week or prepare for the inevitable We
ssve few left that possession can he had
W. 3. ROBINSON & CO.
'i5 East Franklin Street
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BY &. l.. & II. l.. DENOON. INC,
Real Estate and Loans.
The citizen., 1919-02-27

has always shown itself in a def
mite. concrete way-all of the really
great men of the world have been
praying men-and in instance after
instan"e they have been men who
openly dedicated their lives to the
cause they represented. Washing
ton was not great through force of
circumstances. He was great be-
cause ne believed in Liberty of
Government and the Freedom Of all
peoples and the dedication of his
life to this cause made him the
leader of his government and the
idol Of his people.
This whole thought is particular
~ pertinent TO the times because a
world is being reorganized and it
cannot be rcorganizcd rightfully un-
less there are leaders To see that its
foundations are secure. Everywhere
religious movements are being born.
great pieces Of machinery being set
up, organizations developed - for
the forces Of good are determined
to see TO il that the foundation is
secure and that the reorganization
is better than the old order of
things. But daily. il is becoming
more apparent that there is a short
age OF leaders - plenty of time
clock workers. hut mighty few real
heart-power workers. In other
words. there are few George Wash
ingtons. mighty few John Wesleys
and practically no other Woodrow
Wilson's i'm the world.
The citizen., 1919-02-27
PERMANENT GOVERN
MENT SAVINGS PLAN
Forecast by Secretary Glass

The rapid establishment OF a na-
tion-wide government agency for
popular savings is fore shadowed in
an announcement made recently by
Carter Glass, Secretary OF the Treas
ury, through l.. A. Wilson, Dire tor
Of War Savings Of the Eight Fed
eral Reserve District. Sales Of War
Savings Stamps will be continued
vigorously despite any slowing up
in other projects because OF the
Wars cessation. The announce
ment also stated that the 10000
War Savings Societies throughout
the United States will be maintained
and, where conditions justify, new
societies will be formed.
Secretary Glass, in discussing the
plans for the newly organized Saw
ings Division Of the United States
Treasury. and the special savings
function assigned to the Federal
Reserve Districts, said.
In the newly established savings
function Of the Treasury OF the
United States. it is believed, will
have a thrift mechanism rivaling in
the convenience the oft-quotei
methods Of Europe. Through il we
hope 10 establish new motives for
saving that will capitalize into a
The citizen., 1919-02-27
CLEMENCEAU TIRED OUT
French Premier Become Restless
as Result Of Wound.
Only Two Visitors Allowed to See Him
During the Day-obJects to
Taking Morphine.

Paris. Feb. 24.-Premier Clemenceau
has become very restless as result of
the wound inflicted In his chest by u
would-be assassin.
Only two visitors were allowed to
see him during the day.
Foreign Secretary Stephen Pichon
called at the premier's residence at
noon.
Paris, Feb. 24.-Premier Clemenceau
was able to rest well during the night
and seemingly suffered no adverse eff
fects from his exertions yesterday,
which caused considerable anxiety to
his physicians and family.
During the day he saw no less than
forty persons. which the doctors con-
sidered excessive for man of his age
with a bullet in his back, but NJ. Gle
menceau is an arbitrary gentleman
who does exactly as he pleases.
At last Doctor Laubry volunteered
to suggest an injection of morphine.
says the Petit Journal He appealed
TO the premier as brother DOCTOR"
but NJ. Clemenceau sprang up, seized
the physician by the shoulders and
shouted: "What, what. morphine, NOR
phinel You want 10 finish me? Are
you In the pay of the bOlshevikiT
Doctor Laubry threw up his hands
and said: "There you are. We wan
10 give your chest rest. and yoI
nearly burst IT,"
premier Ciemenceau Is sOmewha
fatigued and will receive No one to
day" said Doctor Cautra of the medi-
cal staff attending Premier Clemen-
ceau after the examination Of the rr 81
nier.
The citizen., 1919-02-27
CONTENTS

PAGE 4. - Editorial: Keeping Ac-
counts. President Wilson
Welcomed Home.-World News
u. $. News; State News.
PAGE 2. go School News. - Roose-
Welt Memorial Programs.
PAGE 3. - Serial story. - Income
Tax Article. - Y. w. C.. A. Notes,
PAGE 4. - Local News. - Wash
ington Thriftograms.
PAGE s. - Local Taxation and the
Distribution Of the County Tax,
Current News Review.
PAGE 6. - Home and Farm News.
PAGE 7. - S. s. Lesson. - Temper
ance Notes. Soldiers and Sail
ors' Letters.
PAGE 8. - Eastern Kentucky News.
The citizen., 1919-02-27
1,23e,e23 OUT o. TIE kR,lY
74,3t3 officers and 1884 $40 Men Have
Resigned or Ceen Dis
charged.

Washington. Feb. 24-The war de-
partment made public the usual statiS-
teal review of the progress of de-
mobilization, showing that n total OF
74,3l3 officers have either resigned or
been discharged from the army To date.
while 1,1Si.5l0 men have been re-
leased.
Orders issued up TO February 20
provide for the rehabilitation of ap-
proximately l.5300O0 additional men
249.O00 Of whom are those returned
from overseas.
The table Of weekly discharges show
Ell that on the basis of early returns
from the camps fewer men were re-
leased during the week ending Satur-
day than any week since November %
The discharged totaled 23,009. against
GS.co0 the preceding week. and 1885,
OO0, the record week, December IA.
The table showed that the 2i9,O0O
men listed as returned from overseas
did not include $4,000 commissioned
officers, but did include $1,000 classed
as sick and wounded.
Agreement was reached by house
and senate conferees ON the bill per.
mltting discharged soldiers. sailors and
marines 10 retain their uniforms and
granting them five cents a mile tray.
cling expenses from the point where
they were discharged TO their homes.
In view of the fact that the war rev.
enune bill provides for bonus of 90
10 all discharged men, the house con
ferees receded from their amendment
granting officers and enlisted men one
months pay upon their discharge
The citizen., 1919-02-27
President Wilson Given
A Hearty Welcome Home

The presidential party landed al
the Boston harbor at 1870 Monday
morning, and was given an enthusi-
astic reception by the thousands
who had assembled TO witness the
arrival.
In speech which was delivered
later by the PRECEDENT in Mechanics
Hall. he said in part:
II warns my heart to see a great
body of my fellow-citizens again,
because in some respects during the
recent months | have been very
lonely indeed without your com
radcship and counsel. and ! tried at
every step Of the work which fell
TO me 10 recall what ! was sure
would be your counsel with regard
TO the great matters which were
under consideration.
Il do not want you TO think that
| have not been appreciative of the
extraordinarily generous reception
which was given TO me on the other
side in saying that il makes me very
happy TO get home again. ] do not
mean TO say that | was not very
deeply touched by the cries that
came from the great crowds on the
other side. But | want to say 10
you in all honesty that ] felt them
TO be a call Of greeting TO you rather
than TO me.
II did not feel that the greeting
was personal. | had in my heart
the overcoming pride of being
your representative and Of receiving
the plaudts Of men everywhere who
felt that your hearts beat with
theirs i'm the cause Of liberty. There
was no mislaking the tone in the
voice Of those great crowds. 1t was
not a tone of mere greeting; II was
not a tone of mere generous well
come: il was the calling Of comrade
10 comrade. the cries that come
from men who say. We have waited
for this day when the friends of lib
criy should come across the sea and
shake hands with us. to see that a
new world was constructed upon a
new basis and foundation of justice
and right
Proudest Thing to Report
II can't tell you the inspiration
that came from the sentiments that
come out of these simple voices of
the crowd. And the proudest thing
! have to report to you is that this
The citizen., 1919-02-27

Deaths during the war in the
American Expeditionary Forces and
among troops In the United States
from all causes, the War Department
announced Monday, numbered i07,-
iii
In the Expeditionary Forces the
total was 72,95i. OF these o0,s29 re-
suited from disease, iS,762 from in
iuries received in battle and 1851
from all other causes.
Deaths from disease among the
troops in the United States totaled
39,737 and from other causes 1856.
giving a total for the troops in this
country Of 3ii93.
The citizen., 1919-02-27
DEMAND FOR LEADERS

George Washington has been dead
a long time and yet Americans con-
tinuc 10 make a great time over the
arrival OF February %. There are
celebrations aud "spegkings" and
red-whitc- and-blue ornamcntations
everywhere and the birthday of the
first great American goes of with
n hum. The question was raised in
recent gathering. why was
Washington great? Was il not JUST
circumstances that made him what
he VASE" And that brings on this
editorial.
Washington wasn't great through
mere force Of circumstances. Nei-
iher was Andrew Jackson. or Joan
Of Arc. or Livingston. or John Wes-
ley. Neither is our present-day
President great through mere force
OF circumstances. Circumstances
may serve To emphasize or 10 de-
'velop greatness in a man but, unless
he has that within himself that
makes him great. he sinks under the
strain Of responsibility or falls un-
der the insidious Vaccinations of
flattery. And the man who can
weather through both OF these dan
gerous pitfalls and come out hero
proves that within him lies that
spark of divinity which entities
him TO be numbered with the great.
II is a significant fact, in this con-
nection. that the spark of divinity
The citizen., 1919-02-27
EIephant 70 Have Shoes.

An Interesting experiment was re-
Gently tried out in New York city on
De Wolf Iiopper's hippodrome ele-
phant Lena, says the Christian Sci
ence Monitor. A huge shoe. presum-
ably made Of coarse leather or cow
hide. with stout laces OF the same ma
terial, was tried on the elephants foot.
To put II more correctly, four shoes
were tried ON the elephants four feet.
in the hope that they will keep Lena's
feet warm during the cold weather.
Certainly Lena will look very funny.
walking about with these huge shoes
on.
The citizen., 1919-02-27

permanent national characteristic,
the widespread willingness 10 save
and lend TO the government awak-
ened by the war.
The ultimate aim is 10 make in
vcstment in government securities
an everyday matter with us as IL
has become with the people OF
France and England. Most French
men and Frenchwomen look forward
very early in youth TO the day when
they will be the proud possessors Of
rcnles', as their bonds are called.
Rich and poor buy them for in
come. for old age protection, to pro-
vide education and doweries for
children and to add to family and
business security and happiness.
Twenty million Americans. thru
interest in Liberty Bonds and War
Savings Stamps have begun TO gain
n similar taste for saving through
interest-yielding secur-
tiles. To perpetuate this valuable
habit acquired as war measure.
il l. planned, especially in connec-
tion with the sale Of War Savings
Stamps. to aid in meeting war OBJ
legations. to emphasize new argu-
mcnts Of everyday patriotism, and
of individual sclf-interest for saw
ing and purchase Of stamps. which
will be equally compelling after the
neacc terms are signed.v
The citizen., 1919-02-27

great country of ours is trusted
throughout the world.
D. II have not come TO report the
proceedings or the results Of the
proceedings Of the Peace Confer
ence; that would be premature. I
can say that have received very
happy impressions from this con-
ference; the impression that, while
there are many differences of iudg-
ment while there are some diver
gences Of object, there is neverthe-
less q common spirit and a common
realization of the necessity of set
ting up new standards Of right in
the world.
The citizen., 1919-02-27
Keeping Accounts

Success or failure in farming in any other busi-
depends very largely the farmers ability to keep
accounts correctly They will reveal the cost OF produc
ton and discover any business leaks that may exist
II is almost important to know how much it costs
to produce good crop of corn to have large yield
to the The cost Of production will determine the
profit
The successful farmer by keeping accounts will
have figures to show how much he well as how
much he and the difference between the two items
will determine how much he is worth
The successful farmer finds that it pays to use his
head well his hands, and that time spent in count
ing the cost always pays big dividends. He has found
that keeping accounts enables him to substitute actual
figures for guesswork, and profit for perspration
The citizen., 1919-02-27

President Wilson plans to spend
just one busy week in Washington
before sailing again for France to
resume his work at the Peace Con e
ference. He will return on the
George Washington which is now
waiting in New York harbOr where
the soldiers she carried were dis
charged. Mr.. Wilson will re-em-
bark about March 5.
The citizen., 1919-02-27
u. S. News

Chairman pOu, of the House Rules
Committee, announced that his COM
mittee would this week propose a
right of way action to end govern
ment control of telephone and tele-
graph system on December 81.
The citizen., 1919-02-27

The Assembly at Weimar seems
TO be making advancement and
constitution of great length is being
shaped up. The financial problem
is looming up in all its immensity.
Whatever the efforts made to scale
the debt down it will still be large.
Forty to hundred billions Of dol
lars are figures that are mentioned.
The entire wealth of Germany is
only about eighty billions of dol
lars. The burden will have to be
carried for many years.
The citizen., 1919-02-27

Dead Mans Curve' ON the Lex
ington-paris pike, was the scene of
another serious automobile accident
Sunday afternoon about 80 o'clock,
when the touring car i'm which Mr..
and Mrs. J. ID. Alexander, formerly
of Lexington, but who were moving
some of their household furniture
To Paris, lost its right rear tire. at
the bottom of the curve under the
railroad bridge, throwing the ear
against the railroad abut-
ment, severely injuring Mrs. Alex
ander.
The citizen., 1919-02-27

In his political notes in the Gin
cinnati Enquirer Sunday, the Ken
lucky correspondent said; James
Wallace of Irvine aspires to the
nomination for State Treasurer. but
the organization makers say if ]. w.
Perkins of Frankfort is TO go on the
ticket, Wallace will have to wait,
since that would make two men
from the Seventh congressional
district.
The citizen., 1919-02-27

"If America were at this juncture
10 fail the world. what would come
Of it? r1lo not mean any disrespect
TO any other great people when |
say that America is the hope of the
world: and if she does not Justify
that hope the results are unthink-
able. Men will be thrown back upon
the bitterness Of disappointment not
only. hut the bitterness of despair.
All nations will be set up as hostile
camps again; the men at the Peace
Conference will go home with their
heads upon their breasts. knowing
that they have failed-for they were
hidden not to come home from there
until they did something more than
sign treaty Of peace.
(continued on Page Eighty
The citizen., 1919-02-27

A resolution calling on President
Wilson and Congress to urge the
Peace Conference to grant Ireland
the right to national self-determina-
tiOn was offered by Cardinal Glib
bons for adoption at the conven-
tion of the Irish race in America at
Philadelphia recently.
The citizen., 1919-02-27
World News

President Wilson has brought
back with him something Of tho
spirit of the Peace Congress that is
going on in France. There is an
enthusiasm about his utterances in
Boston that will challenge the at
tentiOn of the country. The decla-
ration that our country is trusted
by the nations of Europe awakens
the highest ambition of every cit
izen to be worthy of the trust.
The citizen., 1919-02-27

General Bennett II. Young. COM
mander-in-chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans from 1913 to 1916,
died at his home in Louisville, Feb
ruary %, following a short illness.
He returned to Louisville the night
of the 22nd in a dying condition
from Florida. where he went several
weeks ago TO recuperate.
The citizen., 1919-02-27

"And | don't see how any man can
fail TO have been subdued by these
pleas. subdued by this feeling, that
he was not there TO assert an indi-
vidual judgment of his own. but TO
try 10 assist the cause of humanity.
"And in the midst Of it all every
interest seeks out. first of all, when
il reaches Paris the representatives
of the United States. Why? Be
cause-and I think | am stating the
most wonderful fact in history-be-
cause there is no nation in Europe
that suspects the motives Of the
United States.
Was there ever so wonderful Il
thing seen before? Was there ever
so moving a thing? Was there ever
any fact that so bound the nation
that had won that esteem forever
TO deserve it?
The citizen., 1919-02-27

whats the row, sonnyT
"Why, tn examinin' doctors have
just been here an that's a physical
deficient knockin' tn stuflln' out NV
a perfect spec'men'"
The citizen., 1919-02-27

An uprising of the radical element
in Bavaria resulted in the assassi-
nation of the foreign minister, Kurt
Eisner. and several other leaders.
The revolt has spread TO Austria
and Hungary and threatens a period
of disorder and bloodshed. There
was general scene Of plundering
in Munich and many OF the inhabi-
tants left the city for safety. In
some cases there was doubt
whether the movement was gen.
timely radical or instigated by the
royalist party.
The citizen., 1919-02-27

Clemenceau. the French prime
minister. and president Of the Peace
Congress, was shot in the back by
an anarchist named Coffin, during
the week. The wound is not be-
lieved to be dangerous one unless
something unforeseen sets in. The
bullet entered the lung and may
cause inflammation. At times the
minister has spells of coughing. He
insists on attending TO some of the
affairs of the Congress and holds
conferences with his colleagues.