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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24
NO WONDER THEY WANT MoRI

Little seven-year- James came
home from the Muessel school the
first day with a determined look on
his face. he was decided on one
point.
Mother" he cried. I'm going TO
quit school and be a school teach
err"
why James" said his mother.
laughing. how can you? You don't
know enough"
Don't know enough ?" exclaimed
the would-be teacher. You don't
have TO know anything. All you
have to do is TO ask questions"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24
AND HIS RELATIVES WOULD
STILL BE FIGHTING
OVER IT.

LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. 22-
Relative to thrift week, a To-
cal statistician declares if Me
thuselah had invested one dol
lar at six percent on his 21st
birthday. he would have left a
fortune OF S302.230.O00,000.-
600, 1000 when he died
94S years later.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24

The grief OF Gene Warner ~ the
University clubs funeral service Tor
John Barleycorn the other night,
was described as the most sincere
ever witnessed i'm these parts.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24
Al Truths Providcd For.

Walter Hamden sees in the drama
a means Of promulgating religious
truth The musical comedies mean
while will promulgate the naked
truth
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24
WHAT'S In A NAME

Facts about your name; its
history; it's meaning; whence 1t
was derived; It's significance;
your lucky day and lucky Jewel.
BY MILDRED MARSHALL.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24
The Surcst Method.

II England really wants TO get rid
or ireland why doesn't she lend her
that twenty million dollars
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24

One of the odd sights of this city
Is 10 see union iabor's representa-
TIVE. IT, Metz-rouug to work
every morning in his big Ford i'm
CUISINE
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24
Too Late

This Is the time Of year when we
wished we had saved a little day
light when the saving was good.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24

We wouldn't blame the fellow
that works I'm the tower on the
Trib's new building. for holding out
for time and a half this kind Of
weather.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24

Sam Pickering wants 10 know
what play we want 10 see z. II.
SOthern and Julia Marlowe in here.
without any hesitation. we give him
our choice, The Follies"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24

The cruelest act of allan alarm
clock ringing on a cold morning.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24

PA PERKINS
SCI
" Q re- getting
10 be an up-to-
date town with
h & h " a y m en-
stills, n every
thing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24
The Tower of Babel
Nv Ri ARMSTRONG
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Y BILL ARMSTRONG,

thing was given away
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24

The league is Far from what was expected
comments Holland. contemplating making the best
of it," not very encourag ing,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24

Quit appropriately the senate disr osed OF the
water power bill just as water was coming into it's
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24

Some blame prohibition for social unrest in
America. but there is plenty drink in other
tries where there is more unrest
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-24

And dear father will not have TO be urged 10
home when the clock in the steepe strikes
II; there will be no place else to go.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19

proved. Questions such as this reach
collectors: eff advanced sum to
assist needy friend or relative, hav-
ing at the time little or no reason to
expect that it would be returned, may
claim deduction to cover such adj
vance," The answer is "No." Such
an advance is regarded as. a gift, and
is not held to be bona-fide debt.
A valid debt which is proved to be
worthless is not always a proper de-,
duction. Treasury regulations provided
that worthless debts arising from I'M.
paid wages, salaries, rentals, and SINH.
lar items of income will not be allowed
as deduction unless the income such
items represent has been included in
the creditors return for the year in
which the deduction is sought, or in a
previous year.
Where the creditor continues to ex-
tend credit to the debtor, debt may
rot be claimed as worthless. A debt
llay not be charged off and deducted
in part, but must be wholly and en-
tirely worthless before any part may
be deducted, though it may be clearly
worth less than the face amount. If
a debt is forgiven it can not be claim
ed as deduction, because it is then
regarded as gift, which is. not an
allowable deduction.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19
Good Roads Plans At Frankfort

Some real good roads legisla-
ton seems bound to result from
all the talk and planning at
Frankfort. Never has the road
proposition seemed to have such
ardent support in a legislature be-
fore. Senator White L. Moss, Pine
vile. who is a good roads boomer
in the upper house, is very en-
thusiastic over the outlook for
the enactment of legislation at
this session looking to the sys-
tematic construction of public
highways in various parts of the
State connecting county seats and
leaving to the various counties
the problem only OF building
lateral roads to connect with the
trunk line pixies The Bell coun-
ty Senator has about abandoned
the idea, of a bond issue for SIS
O00,OO0 or any amount, ana now
says that Ne believes that the
State, with the aid rendered by
the Federal Government, will be
in position to pay as it goes in
the construction of a modern
highway syseeln which he says
is imperatit i Kentucky is to
take her piac5 u march of pro-
greesrve Com wealthS. With
the passage OF TIE neces arr REM
edial legislation he proposes. Sen
ator Moss believes that about
5000 miles OF mtercounty seat
roads can be constructed in the
next seven years without radical
ly disturbing the fiscal policy of
the stat which he maintains
would assure the completion of
the project to give Kentucky
system of public roads second to
none in the country.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19

Before debt can be deducted its
character as a true debt must be
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19
FACTS YOU
SHOULD KNOW

"John Doe has owed me $500 for
Income-tax Facts You Should Know
two years. l have given up hope of
payment. Am / allowed to deduct
that amount in making out my in
come-Tax return for 1892"
The answer of the Bureau Of In
ternal Revenue to questions such as
these is, eyes, if you have exhausted
every reasonable menas for collection,
and have charged off the debt in 1919
as worthlessness"
TO be allowed as a deduction, debt
must be charged off within the taxable
year in which its wofthlessness is dis
covered. The return must show evil
cence of the manner in which worth
lessness was discovered. Statement
should be made that the debtor has
been discharged in bankruptcy, or has
disappeared leaving no property, or
that the ordinary methods of collect
ion have been exhausted. AS stated by
Income-TaX regulations, "where all the
surrounding circumstances indicate
that debt. is worthless and uncol-
lectible, and that legal action to en-
force payment would in all probability
not result in the satisfaction of
execution on a judgement, showing
of these facts WILDE sufficient evidence
of the worthlessness of the debt for
purposes of deduction"
Payment of an ordinary debt not
charged off as worthless is not income
to the creditor, since it is mere change
in form of capital. Whenever, how
ever, a debt deducted as worthless in
some previous year in later year
is recovered or partially recovered, the
amount received is taxable income to
the creditor for the year in which re-
ceived.
A fequent claim for deduction is
made for loans to relatives and
friends. y
! Before debt can be deducted it's
character as true debt must be
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19
Dreams


Dead leaves that scatter in the wind,
You once were green.
Faint scents that bring old loves to
mind
That might have been.
Years have forgotten you, and yet
You stir between.
Old notes of song, those bygone years
Once heard and knew,
Weak, striving things that move to
tear, .f.
AS dreams songs do;
You weave a subtle discomfort;
All! why do you?
Dream loves to creep into the heart,
Who loves you so.
You rest with US awhile, then depart,
Why do you go?
The hours are vain and weary then,
AS we'll you know.
E. L. Munsell in The Anglo
French Review. sax
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19

out why National Farm Loan As
sociations i'll Spermophilus were
lending twice as much per acre as
like associations in another coun-
ty Just across the state line. Aft
er his inspection this man report
ed that the loans were good.
Everywhere. in Spermophilus he
saw grass, alfalfa, livestock and
poultry, comfortable houses and
good barns: And everywhere the
story of the farmers was the
same Uncle Billy Payne, now its
most popular citizen, had forced
prosperity on the county.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19
Brazips Big Irrigation Project

(By Associated Press)
Rio De Janerio. Feb, 19-Pre-
liminary work has begun on the
construction of great irrigation
canals in the droughtstriken
section of northeast Brazil for the
relief of which the recent con-
gress appropriated 100000. 1t
is planned to extend railroads in
to that section. The work is ex-
pected to be completed Within
five years. 1t is predicted that
this section will then become one
OF the most fertile and prosper
Gus in all Brazil.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19

the man and the town, says Her
bert Quick, in The Country
gentleman of February 9Th.
Fired by stories of the rush to
Iowa in the early days, Payne
came to Bisonville when the
country was new. The town was
4 collection of shacks.
Other shacks, widely separated,
marked the homesteads of the
few pioneers; but his imagination
pictured a region of prosperous
farms, for anyone could see that
it was natural wheat country.
This despite an old-timer's warn
ing that the sparkling blue lake
would surely dry up when in
evitable years of drought cane.
So he opened a bank, and his
Judgment was verified, for he saw
the railroad swamped with in
coming goods and settlers and
equally burdened with the out
going stream of wheat. During
the next few years he witnessed
a marvellous spectacle til" build
ing of a new western county.
Then things settled down to hum
drum prosperity for the farmers
and for the bank.
One day Bruce Evans applied
for a loan, Trough another note
of his had already been renewed.
He wanted to buy thirty COWS,
he said; wheat after wheat was
running the land, the country was
going to pot. Payne WAS astound-
ed. True, number OF farmers
had renewed their notes and some
foreclosures seemed inevitable,
but Bruce,s statements were little
short of treason in alwheat conn7
tf SO he refused the5loail. low
ever, his bankers sixth sense
made him investigate a little. :.
The two drove ITO the Country.
Bruce pointed to the lake, almost
dried up; they to gray cloud
on the horizon. Dust! Contin-
ued planting to olc crop had rob
bed the soil Of the llulnus put
there by a century of prairie grass,
and weeds, PERSISTENT cultNati m
had pulverized il. 1t, was blow
ing away. Only pasture crops
could restore it.
Payne granted Evans his loan.
But, though the rex yea: s;,N a
bumper wheat yield. lie issued
this edict: Every farnlei- who
borrowed money from his bank
must go in for livestock and feed
crops.
The country rebelled at this
automatic dictation; threats OF
hanging him were made; but
Payne had the power-tn': magic
power conferred upon n man
when state or nation authorizes
him to call himself a bank 80 he
ruthlessly enforced his decree.
All this was long time ago
Within the past year or two
Washington sent d man to find
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19
The Power Of Money For Good

This IS the story of man
whom some hotheads in his COM
rntlr1ity once. wanted to hang
Banker Wihia4n O., Payne, OF
Risonville. Spermorhilus County,
Minnesota. These names, OF
course, are fictitious. but is likely
that plenty of people will identify
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19
Political Announcements
FOR CONGRESS

We are authorized to announce
RALPH GILBERT. Of Shelby county, a
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Congress in this, the Eighth
Congressional District of Kentucky.
State Primary Election Saturday.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19
QUALITY AND PRICE

Our goods. have been on our
shelves only a few days, and are
strictly fresh, clean stock.
Cremo Canned Corn. :. 1oc can
Key Mar Corn. lac can
Sifted June Peas. .19c can
Large Can Kraut. ..17c can
Pure Lard (bulk) -. Soc Id.
Pure Lard, ID. pkg. $50 lb.
Flake White 5 lib. Pals. .$1.oO ca.
Carnation Milk, tall can. l9c ca.
Small can, for. :. Csc
Sugar
Sugar is not costing any less
today at wholesale than it was
when we began to sell it for Zoe
a pound. Others were getting as
high as Csc per ID. Now you can.
buy it for zoe everywhere, SO for
this week we are going to sell it
for. ...... :. 18c per Ii
We claim to sell for less and
prove it, and solicit your trade. on
a basis of highest quality at low-
est prices. Isn't it worth call tol
see what we have?
j. 3. BAXTER
Cash And Carry Grocery
Cor. Second and Walnut Streets
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-19
A True SPORT.

Women have been accused of lack of
craftsmanship; yet was woman
ever known to beat a carpet when it
was down?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-28
LA IA YETTE SHOWERED WITH
HOSPITALITY ON RETURN VISIT
Entertained First in North,
French General Hurried
to South.
VISITED MONTICELLO,
HOME OF JEFFERSON
Travelled by Stage to Orange
Courthouse, Then Through
the Wilderness.

Mary Lucas" "freewoman." got
sl.25 for Saving l-2 cords Of wood
Depended on "the Ladies'"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-28

by stage to Baltimorc. and thence
n. sailed back to France. With him
went Mcssrs. Mercer and Lewis. both
sons OF men who had been generals
or equal rank with Lafayette, and
their expenses were presented thus
Stage TO boat, 81: supper at p.
Creek, soc; brandy and water. csc:
steamboat. 81: brandy and water, Csc:
stage to baltimore. $500: brandy and
water. 25c: breakfast. soc: brandy
and water. csc; stage to Washington.
81"
There ends the bill. They are back
in Washington. Did they ever get
home? General Lafayette did not sail
away without those means OF CON
VITALITY that in 1924 We're as we'll
bread and meat today. for thus
claim:
"Messrs. Crutchfeld and Hugh Pat
OF wine taken aboard the steamer
the night before General Lafayette's
departure. Sl7.Ij."
But the longest OF the hundred or
so bills is that Of William Allen.
merchant. whose account finally
proves that little was lacking when
Lafayette came back. Mr.. Allen
claims on one bill the following:
ITO VIM. Allen. dr., to Lafayette
Committee-to-
q 3-l6 lbs. best loaf sugar. :. s G. O5.
IS gals. best MADEIRA. at 40 81. IS
gals, best brandy. at l2.... 10
f: 8 gals. best rum. at r.. 3.25
3 gall. best gin. at S..... Lib
10. best tea, at 1-6. ......... 100
bottles best London Porter.
at i-o D. ID
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-28

tretemps. due probably TO the exuber-
ance OF one who had followed the
general In the great war for liberia
ton forty years before, is gathered
from these bills:
ITO John Phillips. for tending to
the gun. 81. Old junk. SIC. Old junk,
&c. Old junk. 23c. kegs powder. S24.
quarts whiskey soc"
To John Phillips. freinE the can
TO Thomas Wright. for 81 panes
glass broken by the cannon last
Saturday night and on the 10Th OF
November, l0c u pane and SxlO each
$40
mn Was Too High.
Who could arrive at any conclusion
save that John Phillips" charge was
TOO heavy. both personally and as to
the cannon, when due consideration
is given to that mixture - kegs OF
powder" and "2 quarts OF whiskcy."--
Saturday night"
Wine was not lacking elsewhere.
though. and John was not alone ITO
Martha Cook" reads one bill, for
Y gal. brandy and :umblcr for
Cap. Jno. stannard. Sic" Did the
colonel use II all or did he have his
stan along?
And here Is the Memo. Of wine
used ut Mr.. Ross house by Lafayette
Committee:
"l6 bottles sparkling champagne,
$500.
az bottles still champagne. 1915.
bottles claret champagne, $3.50"
His Ifomewnrd Route.
When General Lafayette left Fred :
ericksburg he went by stage to Po-
tomac Creek. by boat to Washington.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-28

bought of William Gordon. thirteen
Yards flannel for cartridges for sa-
lutes on arrival and departure Of Cen
eral LaFayette-32.S6. Thread and
needles to make same.-25 cent Total
-S3il. Pd. Col. Jno. Stannard. Nov.
Ia and Nov. 20. 1924"
But before the general arrived there
overwhelmingly work. and this h re-
corded in number of bills, among
them that Of Sally Stokes who had
one for cleaning and schowcring
The town hall. and whitening the
steps and cleaning the walls. etc
l charge for myself and other wo-
men.-!a.25." Her charge was prob
a .hy e little high as the work was for
ing contract and profiteered in the
-. me for myself and team and
{, Lor days hauling tor the En-
among the bills for labor is one
TO John Scott, DR.. 10 hire OF my
man BILLY. the painter, for 6 days TO
paint the market house, $3.50" While
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-28
Many Quaint Charges Are
Found in Archives of
Entertainment.
FREDERICKSBURG HALL
WAS SECURED FOR S2.25
Bills for Drinks for Everybody
Figure in All Expense
Accounts.
NY JOHN GooLn1CrS. Ju.

Forty years after his return to
france at the end OF the American
revolution. General Lafayette came
back to visit the nation he helped to
create" Cities OF the United states
hcapct honor and hospitality upon
MN. The people greeted him in VIII
lagos and tarerns as he Travelled. and
IL IL not strange that he, returned TO
France "astonishcd" at the vigor OF
the young republic.
lie himself had seen France taste
freedom, turn TO the Terror, accent
bonaparte's dictatorship and night tho
world-and he had taken his part in
II all, even to five years spent in n
prison cell. Now nc behe!d on tho
throne again the scions OF the sam.
monarch who tried in vain to prc-
vent him from coming TO America 10
aid in the fight for freedom. and. hJs
ute and estates gone. he must hay.
fcit Frances failure TO realize such
ideals OF government as he and Wash.
ihE'on knew. az kceniy as he ap2re-
Grated the astonishing march OF
democracy on this continent.
Guest Mt Monticello.
NS''o'h'" HsSk IN TIE North, La
'ayette hurried South to see Jefrer-
son at Monticello fer n day. From
the Charlottesville estate he Travelled
to Orange Courthouse, and thence.
over the road his army had cut
through The Wilderness" end which
even 10 this day is known az THE
Marquis Road" he came to wilderness
Iavern, where he was met by an es-
corr from Fredericksburg.
Fredericksburg was awaiting him
ana Lafayette was glad OF the on
portun!ty to spend the greater part
OF a week in the home town" OF
George Washington. to visit Wash
ington's relatives. and TO NEE, those
OF the Revolutionary generals st,u
lTing in tho place. He had been 10
fredericksburg before in 1774. and
had been one OF the honored guests
At tho peace ball" He had aaId IN
fact, that he felt more ut home IN
fredericksburg than anywhere T.,
America.
General Washington. Yrs. Washing
ton. General Mercer, General weedo,
"a dozen OF his closer friends whom
ne had left behind forty years ago
were dead. but among the Fredericks-
burg people there were still numbsr.
who knew him. some who had entcr-
tanned him. and many who had fought
with him.
That Fredericksburg did her hes,
and that good cheer wa; not lacking
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-28

when the general arrived. Is recorded
In the old courthouse in that city IN
the official bill OF expenses for the
entertainment of the distinguished
guest. On these yellow papers writ
ten In the careful hand of that day
are bills for ribbons and faces and
cocked hats. sperm candles and cakes.
oranges Cat :I.20 a dozen),. cockades,
cloaks and everything. that might
assist in making the November days
OF the marquis stay glide right mer-
rily along.
Wax No Dry Time.
Mr. Marshall. of the committee ON
arrangements. put in for six sup
pcrs. ami six breakfasts, for six per
sons-*6. To lodgings As. To
Brandy is.-Sl.50." leaving the infer
ence that this committee had no dry
Tune. And another quaint charge tells
fired.
TO the Committee of Artillery.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-28

Mary Lucas" "freewoman." got
sl.25 for saving 2 l-2 cords OF wood"
Depended on "the Ladies'"
There were decorations for the re-
and how this was done is made plain
In note from WIN. Gordon" to MIR.
Little" in which he says. please TO
let the bearer. Mr.. Coahicy. have one
ladies' engaged in ornamenting the
town hall John =. Little and Com
pany also furnished yellow, green.
pink, carmine. red. purple and white
Cambria At 20 cents 4 yard" as we'll
as spool OF cotton for 10 cents
and - yards Of velvet at rs cents Il
These were but preliminary prepar-
atoms. Lafayette was met at Orange
by committee and under its escort
he journeyed south. along the forest
road which his army cut when. with
Mad Anthony Wayne" ne followed
Tarleton into the unsettled parts OF
Virginia and the Carolinas. to the
wilderness and to Fredericksburg. 1t
is possible that some message had to
be sent from or to his escort. in fact
II is evident. for George Cary has left
h bim Ia Of It ;ot and in presep,inE his
atty and his photograph behind him
II one remembers that brandy was
$500 gallon. he needs little more of
George Cary's history than this.
ITO George Cary for services rem
dercd as messenger. to the Wilderness.
Including self and horse, $500
and drink. Sits"
Deduct soc advanced him by tho
Mayor SS2S"
Near Frederick sburg, land almost at
the spot where during the Revolution
the camp of Hessian prisoners was
kept. General Lafayette was met by
military escort commanded by Col
onel John Stannard. When the cavni-
c2de reached the city 1t passed
through rows OF Erown-ups and chill
dren and tsu-ely previously rehearsed
Tor many dayso. the latter sang In
French. the Marseillaise.
Steps From Conch.
when the song OF the old French
Republic reached his ears, General La :
tayette stepped out Of his coach and
himself singing. walked between the
rows OF people. He was entertained
at the splendid home OF James Ross,
eiiohsf" wh ,i, now stands the Fred
taiT was held there the second night
or MS stay. with great feast, while
on the hrst night there was n public
reception at the town hall.
rell and Co." Furnished
One saddle mutton,-33 lba I
round of beef.--3s Ia lbs. 8 tongues
and two turkcys-si.43 10" IS
ducks and pu!letts.-s2.5J."
Ihere was no meat trust then and.
cakes for the reception. it is evident
this bill of Mrs. Stevenson, for cakes
of various kinds for the reception
furnished By me. is.75." is not so bad.
Only one break was made during
ericksburg. il deductions from these
old accounts are correct. The town
cannon must have busted" And
why it did and the legitimate en-
thusiasm which led to such con-