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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-07-18

This office is now prepared to furnish
tape, Irvine, wax and all kinds of ware
house supplies.
Substantial reductions in demurrage
charges have been announced by Direc-
to General Hines. For OBTAINING cars,
either loaded or empty, the charge will
be 81 per day for each of the first four
days, SIS per day for each succeeding
day. The new charges become effec-
tive July 20. Present charges are So
per day for each of the first four days,
Sc per day for the next three days and
$40 per day thereafter. Heretofore,
however, no charge has been made for
cars detained for loading.
The warehouse under the manage
ment of FL. J. Klinefelter re-opened
Monday with representative force at
work, and MIR. Klinefelter says that
the present force will be doubled.
There are stacks upon stacks of to-
bacco yet to be stemmed, which means
lot of steady work for anyone over II
years of age. And the work isn't hard
nor is experience necessary. The
women who are at present stemming
the tobacco are earning from So to SIS
per week. -Deerfield News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-07-18
Trailers Defeat Madison.

The first five innings between the
Highway Trailers and the Four Lake
Ordnance nine from Madison at the
Driving Park last Sunday afternoon
looked like defeat with a great big
sd" for the Trailers. In these innings
our boys were unable to connect with
the visiting slab artists curves, who by
the way heaved them from the port
side, except to the extent of getting
two hits in the second spasm which
Melted them one run. While Peterson
of the Madison team was holding down
the locals his teammates were busy
with their war clubs which together
with loose fielding and poor judgment
on the part of the locals netted them
seven hits with as many runs in the
six frames. L. Olson, first man up in
the lucky sixth, whitfield, E. Whitford
kissed one for single, Hefferon was
safe on Fosnot's error, Williams step
ped into one for base hit, scoring
Whitford and Hefferon, Trevorrah
struck out, L. Olson came across with
a double, scoring Williams, G. Whit
ford was out, Longfeld to Weidenbeck,
ending the rally. They continued in
the seventh, G.. Olson started with
double, Schumacher followed with
double, Maltpress, who took |. Olson's
place in right field, was safe on Long
fields error, E. Whitford whitfield, Hef-
feron singled and was forced at second
on Williams liner, Trevorrah doubled
and L. Olson whitfield after five mark
ers had crossed the home threshold.
They registered two more in the eighth
on three hits and an error. The feat
ures. of the game were G. Whitford's
long running catch of a foul ball and
the leaping catch of G. Whitford's GEN.
ter field drive by Dawson. Oakley re-
lieved Peterson on the mound after
two were out in the seventh.
Summary r Ell E
Madison -. 113 1O1 o. s 9 8
Edgerton. 90 2 sill IL a
Struck out-by Peterson 5, Oakley /,
Whitford IL. Base on -Whitford
2. Left on bases-Madison Z, Edger-
ton 5. EMPIRES 'Leary and Rossebo.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-07-18
Wind Storm Passes Over City.

Edgerton and vicinity was visited by
one of the most severe wind storms
Monday afternoon about 2 o'clock that
has been known for some years. Dense
clouds of cyclonic nature gathered in
the west and moved rapidly to the east
over the city, giving warning of the
approaching storm, and for a short
time rain fell in torrents and the wind
blew terrifically. In the city no great
damage was done aside from breaking
few shade trees, taking shingles from
old roofs and interrupting wire service.
Reports from the outlying districts
in this vicinity show the damage to be
quite general in every direction. The
storm seemed to cover a territory
starting near Dunkirk, covering an
area about three miles in width. pass
ing over northeast Porter, portion of
Fulton and Albion townships, and ex-
tending east of the city about two
miles. In places farm buildings were
quite badly damaged, the loss falling
heaviest on tobacco sheds, many of
them being completely wrecked and
others moved or partially blown down.
Henry Johnson's insurance agency
has been notified of about fifty build
ings being damaged, tobacco sheds,
silos, barns and residences, some only
slightly and others total wrecks. Mr..
Johnson after receiving the first few
notices started out the same afternoon
and commenced the work of adjust
ment, some losses being settled that
day.
The damage to electric light and tele-
phone lines was quite heavy, but by
quick action the general service was
not interrupted very great length of
time. South of the city the Telephone
company had several poles carrying
heavy loads blown down, and in all
directions broken limbs were hanging
from the wires. Manager Brown of
the Telephone company reports that
this week will see all the trouble clear
ed away.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-07-18

The Edgerton Decorating Co. are
moving from the Dickinson building
next to Royal hall into the lower rooms
of the Phoenix block owned by F. F.
Burgy.
Sunday noon many Edgerton rela-
tives and citizens were saddened by the
news Of the drowning at Indian Ford
of Max Fox, the IA year old son of
Peter Fox and wife, who reside few
miles south of that village. In COM
pany with several young boys Max was
bathing in the river just below the
power dam and the wings he was using
collapsed and he sank in about 10 feet
of water. All efforts were made by
those present to save him, but without
success, although the body was brought
to the surface in about 20 minutes after
he sank. GAINESVILLE was applied to for
their pulmotor and two members of
the fire department of that city deliv-
cred the pulmotor in Indian Ford in
less than Is minutes, but it was too
late as the body had been under water
too long. Funeral services, conducted
by Rev. Charles Spilman, were held
from St. Johns church in this city
Tuesday afternoon and interment was
made in Fassett cemetery.
One of the most pleasing recitals
ever held in this city was given at
Royal hall on Friday evening by the
piano and voice pupils of Mrs. Van
Ness Green and the dancing pupils of
Miss Genevieve Holcombe. The stage
was beautifully decorated with summer
flowers, and the use of Mrs. Green's
cabinet grand piano added much to the
musical numbers on the program. The
work of the piano and voice pupils,
from the beginners to the most adj
vanced, was highly creditatle and
showed wise and careful instruction.
The interspersing of the dancing was a
decidedly novel and pleasing feature of
the program. The aesthetic dance by
Pauline Dickinson and Helen Smith,
the Chinese dance by Eloise Riven-
burgh, the Junping-Jack dance by
Elizabeth Towne, and the Court dance
by the four girls were wonderfully
graceful and charming. The last three
dances were done in costumes which
were complete in every detail. The
dancing of the girls gave evidence of
excellent instruction in that art. Mrs.
Green and Miss Holcombe are to be
highly complimented on the success OF
the entertainment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-07-18
Obituary.
SAMUEL WILEMAN.

SAMUEL WILEMAN.
After many long months of pain and
suffering, but all the time patiently
waiting the end which he was certain
was not far distant, Mr.. Samuel Wile-
man passed away at the Lockwood hos
pital on Blaine street near the hour of
A o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday.
July IL, 1919.
Samuel Wileman was son of James
and Esther Wileman and was born on
Albion Prairie, March 3, 1854. His
boyhood days were passed on the farm
on the Prairie and attaining the age of
twenty-one he was united in marriage
to Mary Jane North, daughter of
Thomas North and wife, who resided
on the Prairie. This happy union took
place March Is, 1875. For long term
of years Mr.. and Mrs. Wileman con-
tinued to reside on a farm purchased
by them on the Prairie and to them
were born six children, Emily (now
Mrs. Thomas Young of Cooksville) !;
Thomas. living east of the city; Sarah
MRS. Henry Kealey of the town of
Fulton); Charles of this city; Arthur,
who died October IL, 1918, and Edith
MRS. A. Steger of Park Falls, Wis.,.
In the early months of 1894 Mr.. Vile
man moved his family to Edgerton and
shortly thereafter, April IS, Mrs. Vile
man passed away leaving the husband
with family to care for without the
aid of wife and mother.
On the 9th day of March, 1895, he
was again united in marriage, this
time to Miss Jennie j. O,Connor. To
this union were born four children
George, Ralph, Belle, (who died in in
fancy and Samuel The family home
on Albion street is now doubly broken,
the mother being an invalid.
For number Of years Mr.. Wileman
conducted the farm implement business
on Front street, disposing of that bust
ness to Marsden & Tall few years
ago; engaging in selling nursery stock
and looking after land interests in the
west occupied his time until four years
ago when he was first affected with
cancer on the back of his hand. The
best medical and surgical aid obtain
able was employed but to no avail.
This most dread disease continued to
spread and about one year ago his arm
was amputated by specialist at Sa-
wanna, Mo. For a time hopes were
entertained, but the time was short
and with a new start the cancerous
growths spread until the vitality and
strength of the man were entirely ex-
hausted and the end. came as stated
above.
Samuel Wileman was an upright
man, known so IN all his dealings, a
good and friendly neighbor and man
who was able to point with pride to the
large family Of children which he help
to rear, the most of whom, together
with his second wife, one brother,
James Of the town of Albion, two sis
ters, Mrs. Priscilla Spike of this city
and Mrs. F. MADISON of Milton Junction
are left to mourn the loss of husband
and father. ~
Funeral services, conducted by Rev.
Hooton of the Methodist church, were
held from the home Wednesday after
noon at 80 and from the church at 2
o'clock, largely attended by friends
and neighbors who went to pay last re-
spects to one with whom they had as
'sociated many years. Interment was
made in Albion Prairie cemetery beside
his first wife.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.

There are but IA days to the first of the year, not including Christmas. in which congress must provide legisia- tion for the railroads when they are turned back to their owners. if as he has stated the president still intends to turn them back on January first. It was promised that they would be re- turned in as good shape as they were taken and 1t is to be realized that thay must have due protection in the way of legislation If that is going to be done.
 Conditions are different today than they were when the roads were taken over and even the laws that govern ed the roads at that time came far from meeting the situation. No better evidence of this could be wanted than the fact that they were totally disre- garded the moment the government took the railways over. It was then the director general began to do the very things that the roads had been prevented from doing. though they had sought permission to better their own positions and the transportation situation by so doing.
 Of the two measures before con- gress cealing with the railroads it is unlikely that either will be approved as i; stands. Out of the conference that will be necessary upon them some legislation will probably be forthcom- ing hut it should not be of a hit or miss character. It is too big and toe important a matter to trife with There are the interests of the em- pioyes, owners and public to be con sideicd.
 | If there is not time to do that and do it right before the first of the year the governments control and gnaran.
 tees should, be continued for limited time until it can be.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13

this plea to give fnr the childrer'g Christmas celebfatian There are ofi- CTS who will have a narrow touch pf Christmas that should be iiteadeead and deepened by the littie gifts bsilt this coniElunity Christians eEebra- tion will r1ake possible. What could be finer than to make them see that all Waterbury is interested iii them and is ahXiohs u make Christmas the happiess possible day for them?
 waterBurys heart is all right We have TO question on. that score. The
 trouble thus far $ the slowhess wf.h which contributions to this Christ
 mas celebration have been coming in has been. that the city has been very busy. On the day before Christmas l and on Christmas day Waterburys Fheart will be aglow with the warmth of generosity that is Of the season, Then 1t will be ready to rush forward to do everything for the kiddies Ths trouble will be that it will then ba l too late. It takes early shopping to I provide for 5000 Waterbury
 Republican.
 l. Rockville has lost it's reputation for speeding the parting guest. Instead. of l sending q show troupe of beuneina Broadway beauties out of town by 1 means of the usual elFtric route, the l dozen ladies of the chorus left in 2 l freight car. The "S cheveaux. 40 hornme' method of transportation aroused the ire of the itinerant dam sels to such an extent that their groans And protestations were heard ip neighboring towns and hamlets ana even reached Hartford in time for the early editions. If Broadway ever hears
 of this, we're ruined" gasped one of the indignant girls and that seemed
 to be the concensus of opinion among
 thefn:-Meridel Journal.
 ] The treaty of peace is still up in the air.'' The republican senators
 are generally backing Senator Lod~e
 and insist that there can be no rati- ication except ijpon the basis of the majority reservations to the treaty , The administration leaders say thai , tbev have no program concernine the treaty. and that they will formulate Il none until they hear from President l Wilson as to how far he is willing tt go in an effort to compromise Sena } tor Lodse said yesterday: T do no E know what the democrats intend to d about it. They have but one courst , to follow and that is to accent tht
 reservation which the voted down
 as part of the resolution of ratifica ! ltion."-Watefbury Democrat.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
EuRoPE,s TROUBLE TODAY.

Just at the present time when this country Is giving attention to the protection of its interests. and will be giving much more than 1t is. Sir Heo-So Faish of England, a strong be- hever in free trade and one who Is urging commercial and financial CO., operation between this country and Europe, comes forward with the state ment that the protective tarin of this country is primarily responsible for Europe's inability to pay America for American goods"
 Mr. Paish is acquainted with the fact that the balance of trade between the United States and Europe is heavily in our favor. Our exports for the fiscal year ending with June were greater than our imports ny nearly four billion dollars. We have been lOaning large sums to Europe, which has been too much occupied with oth- er things to produce as much. as Is or ainarily sold to this country in normal times. In fact Europe looked to this country for goods of all kinds during the war and we provided the money to pay for them.
 
 is increasing abroad but it still needs more. Credits are not obtained the way they were during the war and as a consequence foreign exchange has dropped and no more goods than are necessary are being bought. They cost too much when they have to make up the exchange rate.
 But that would not affect the salling of goods to this country. for the pres ent low exchange would permit the flooding of the country with goods since they could be sold for less even than the cost of production across the water and handsome profit made of Of the exchange alone. The reason that this is not done is not because of our tariff but because Europe hasz'i the goods at present to do it with When 1t gets back on its feet 1t can ''pay America for American goods' but then if we do not have protective tariff we are going to feel the effects of it
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
HARD BUT NECESSARY.

How long the fuel regulations will have to be kept in effect depends en- tire!y upon the number of miners who return to work and the amount of coal that they produce. After six weeks during which time the bituminous coal production was not quite half the ncr- nal it can 3e appreciated thar re- s.i~es have been well depleted Il: I ti:st i: is going to be some time 1s- fore the coal shortage is overcome. We experienced much the same kind of trouble during the war when coal was scarce because of transportation difficulties and scarcity of help but re- gardless of that situation there was not a day when some coal did not come into New England, yet J. J. Stor- row of the New England federal sub coal committee is authority for the statement that for three weeks not a pound of coal has come into New Eng land over the railways.
 Such being the case it Is perfectly plain that there must be every effort to overcome waste, that such stocks as are available must be made to SC as far as possible in supplying heat and power in homes, stores and fac tories, with those vita1ly irnpottant getting first consideration. The peo- pie have, it is believed. approved the stand that has been taken a1aihs
 those who have detied the nation ana tic laws, those who have conducted ain illegal and unjustihed strike anc those who have considered the con
 tract under which they were working
 a scrap of paper. Whether it would
 have been possible to make the coa that is available render any bette
 service than 1t is, is a question. Ther, are no doubt causes for complaint her and there, for one reason or another but for the most part the people hav' sanctioned the un%illinSness to giv in to class domination and as con : sequence they are prepared to tnak the best of the existing condi tions 1 Though they are hard in some in
 stances they are prompted by neces
 sity.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
Sunday Morning Talk
shoVELlNG COAL.

As the mighty ocean stea ship cleaves it7 way through the painless waters with tireless energy. who thinks of the coal shovelers away down in the hold? The engineer. with his hand on the source of power. is always an interesting figure, and the captain marching back and forth is ah object of respect. but who cares for the men who shovel, coal? Yet without these, what would he the use of engineer or captain? The great ship itself would be nothing but costly toy.
 Others may direct the motion of the ship; may control the forces. of the engine: but it is the coal shovelers alone that can supply force to the engine and set the ship in motion. So it is, with the church. ministers and church officers may direct the working forces of the church, but without coal shovelers there will be a lack of spiritual power in the church.
 Shove1ing coal in the hold of a steam ship is very hot work, very toilsonle work They cannot watch the motion of. the ship All that they can see 1 is that every sflovelful of coal thrown oii the furnace is soon burnt and must be replaced by another.
 But spiritual coal shoVelihg involves more than mere evidence There must be energetic and persistent ac- tion,
 Hear ye one another's burdens and
 so fulfil the law of Christi
 Be ye kind one to another, tender
 hearted, forgiVing one another"
 i'Be ye doers of the Word, and not 1 hearers only"
 These are some of the shovels with | 1,,l.; ;aI. 1.s of the Gospel ship But the biggest shovel Of all. is prayer.
 | Prayer is the act by which man makes connection with the source l of all power and sets in motion the l spiritual forces which work for good | to the world about him The man or
 woman who kneels before God in the silence of closed room, and there 1 pleads with faith. the cause of shining
 and suffering humanity, and especial ly of such individuals as have been
 proyidertly brought within his or her
 sphere of Influence, that man or wo-
 man is shoveling coal on the furnace i of the great ship of Gods Kingdom at
 a rapid rate. And though he or she may not see af definite results, the captain will take care that none of | the power thus generated shall go I to waste. He will see that the ship is properly steered and that by the power of tIiese prayers 1t shall go forward
 carrying it's precious freight toward the desired harbor.
 s It IS 2 case of spiritual gymnastics. l The muscles of the soul must be strengthened, and Kept up to the mark by diligert and vigorous use. But just las ordinary. gymnastic exercise cofnes easy to the trained athlete, so the
 ordinary obligations of Christian liy- ing will come easy to the, man who is mighty in secret prayer.
 Every Christian would like to dc | "sdff1e great thing" for God, but how | few there are who are willing to be without getting any credit for it. Yet lit is 4 universal law of the spiritual life that the man, who would be an
 athlete must become So by sh6veiine fcoAi.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13
The League of Nations.

Mr. Editor: It is only once ill a million years, more or less, that one of us common folks who has not been to, college or high school ever at tempt to write to the press or make a speech because we know 1t is out of our line and only invites ridicule if we happen to make grammatical error, sslid # we dare to express an opinion or eritieise why-someone will go pussyfooting around to see what college we ever attended # any, what we do for 8 living or If we ever held office.
 One does not wonder at Prof. Taft agreeing with President Wilson or that President Wilson has a large following among the college people neWspapermen. etc, because they are all in the same class, scholars, but this country thanks to it's founders Is | not a one man or one class nation ! We have had backwoodsmen. who never . went to school, fill the president ] chair ably, men who never went te : college have done fine work in con. gress, and many a boy from the farm and city sluns has become grea and wealthy men. We have also Seer :, college men serving as clerks, farm hands and digging ditehes.
 i The league Of nations is not wa rneasure that shovld be rushed blindi! ] through congress flor Is it a peact pact wholly as its upholders try u make us believe. it is something tha should be considered and studie, fully and freely before 1t is hande, down to future generations.
 We are told that we should no longer isolate ourselves. What. pra did our ancestors come here for, an why are people still coming? Was not to get away from the influence of the old world? What has mad this the greatest nation on eartt Gods country?" Was it not be cause we have always follewed>Geo Washington's advice and kept out c
 Europes mtddles?
 We sixth graders have no dis
 respect fof President Wilson, bu
 still in our ignorance we believe tha
 this country has done her Dit nobl
 and willingly and we can not see wh