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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-24

To retired MILL onair res from the east
also. the city owes ma ny Of It's beautifu
-,orpee Some sections contain whole
,olonHs OF soap bread, toilet powde
IA chewing gum kings. who have or
,aUlz.d m the cause OF exclusiveness BY
5uiIdiug their Italian, Dutch and japanese
residences all on one wide, paln-planted
ureet shut of from the public by pic
,ur5,sque iron gates
On less exclusive plane. but even more
beautiful IN some INSTANCES, are tie
numerous bungalow colonies Of the city
and the surrounding suburbs The bun
a,,low IS said to have originated III Cali
Iornia which has greatly contributed to
tic convenience of the world In the
-alifornia bungalow have been developed
~ most novel devices for ccoromizing
III space There are built-in refrgerators
and wall-concealed cupboards, dainty
closet dressing-rooms, and basement gar
sses. The bungalows Of the southern part
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-25
OF
SMALL, THINGS
gNgU

Drop pebble in the water-jes splash an it is gOne
But this half hundred rpples circln an an on
Spreadn spreadin' from the centre, flown out to
the sea,
An tn amt way O. ten' where tn end is gon to be-
Drop pebble in the water-in a minute we forget
But this little a-lown an this rpples circling yet
All tn ripples flown flown' to mighty has grown
An we've disturbed mighty river-jes' by droppin' in
stone.
Drop unkind word careless in a minute it is gone,
But this half hundred ripples crcling an an on,
Tn keep spreadn spreadin, spreadin from the centre
tn go,
An tn amt no way to stop em, we've started em to
Drop an unkind word careless minute we forget,
But this little aflown an this rippes crclin yet
I'm perhaps in sad heart mighty wave of tears
we've stirred,
An disturbed life cts happy when We dropped an I'm
kind word.
Drop word of cheer an kindness-ies' flash and it is
sC1e,
But ths half hundred rippes crcn' an an on,
Bearin hope and JOY an comfort each spashin dash
in wave,
Till We wouldn't believe the volume of the unkind
wore We gave.
But tn gf mess still asWelng and this joy a-crcling
yet,
An we've rolled wave of comfort whose sweet music
be heard
Over miles an miles % waterjest by dropping kind
word.
WORD AND WORKS.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-25

land, it is only a question of time
until he Will have neither farm
nor money.
Fifty-cent oats is entirely toe
low. Sixty or sixty-five cents
sounds fairer, alike to producer
and buyer, and 75c is not toe
much, a little over &c per ID.
Wheat should never go below
$3.50 per bushel, and So is not
exorbitant, especially for wheat
produced in this county. Per-
haps a standard price of ST. rs
would be better. Farms in this
country that produce fifteen
bushels of wheat to the acre are
rare. At So per bushel this
would be only $50 gross to the
acre. and that is not much for
farm lands, valued at $500 per
acre or more.
Southern farmers should get
not less than $25c cotton, but
they cannot pay So a day to pick
that cotton. To try to produce
cotton at 15c is suicidal, and land
had better be put in some other
crop than attempt it.
And we think Scent sugar is
too low for a producer to pay
living wages to his hands and
realize anything himself.
Labor also will have to give a
little, The 7-dollar, 8-dollar and
10-days are over, and we doubt
If they have been much of a bless
ing after all No laboring man.
in view of the reduced prices
should receive less than So per
day. And the scale should rise
from this according to his eff
cheney, occupation and zeal for
the interests of his employer.
Let US hear no more of SOC or
LOO labor. 1t is too degrading. |
This country is going to rock
along on a sound basis. Infa-
ion is stopped. In the days of |
y corn there were plenty of men
who endeavored to force it to So
% pocket the difference. 1t was
he same way with meat and
ard and sugar and clothes and
of other things. and
he result is the country has now
he finest lot of millionaires ever
got together.
However. they did not win the
lection, so as to plumber the
people some more, and we are
ecovering financial sanity. It's
.oing to be a slow job and some
re going to be injured. but tits
| process that is going to be &C
ompished.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-25

for in our budget. with the strictest
economy, would exceed the contri-
buttons, but we were unwilling eth
er to leave undone any legitimate eff
fort essential to complete success or
to change the method of raising
money. We were then sure and we
are now sure that every Repu bllcan
desires that the expenses of the cam.
paign be distributed In this manner.
Your presidential campaign this
year cost no more than that of 1916.
when dollar went nearly twice as
far as 1t does today.
-Four years ago the bulk of the
campaign fund came from $50 con-
tributiors, while this year the APP
proximately 100000 contributed
to date for the presidential election
has come from $4,000 givers.
The victory won, the raising of
the deficit would be easy, indeed, If
your committee were willing to aban-
don the policy of keeping down the
average of contribution. This we
are determined not to do. 1t was a
fight of all the people. The result
speaks for itself. 1t lifted burden
from the minds of millions and points
the way to better and happier days.
We ask now for that additional nelp
from all which is merited both by the
successful conclusion of the effort
and by the consequent contribution
to the welfare of all our people and |
the glory of the nation,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-25
Health, Promotion

Let US now have help from every
American who is grateful for the
victory and all that 1t means to the
the country. 1t might we'll be in the
nature of thanksgiving offering for
the return to certainly safe, sane,
constitutional progressive govern.
ment.
Let us by general and generous
giving put the seal of approval upon
the policy of putting national ad-
ministratlon in power free from any
possible embarrassment of special OBJ
legation to any man, men or group
of men. Let us make the contribu-
ton, whether large or small, and
whether or not we have heretofore
given, commensurate with our means
and our appreciation, always within
the maximum limit heretofore fixed.
Let US get our names on the cor
nerstone of sturdier political struc-
ture, upon the roll of those who have
helped make possible campaign of
which, in methods and result, we.
may as republicans and patriots be
justly proud.
Most earnestly we urge that this
aid be given quickly, that yonr com.
mittee may be enabled to discharge
the party's obligations and turn to
further constructive work in behalf
of country and party,
REP. NATIONAL COMMITTEE,
Will II. Hays, Chm.
Checks sltould be made payable to Fred
". Uphanl, Treasurer, or james G.
Blaine, IT,, Eastern Treasurer, and sent
to the Committees office. 10 Vest Nth
st., Ner York City, ". Y.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-25
An Appeal
To the Republicans of the Country
and all Who Aided Them:

To the Republicans of the Country
and all Who Aided Them:
The Republican success IN the
1920 election has been commensur-
ate with the quality of our candi-
dates and the righteousness of our
cause.
This success is the partnership ac-
complshment of all Republicans
everywhere and of hundreds of thou
sands of well-wishers of good gov
eminent regardless of past party af.
tiliations.
To these we now appeal because
it the mutual responsibility of us all
who will share alike in the conse
quent mutual benefit of good gov
eminent.
The plan of limiting campaign
contributions to 1000, adopted by
your national organization, has left
your party unmortgaged.
1t has been a most advanced step
in placing the business of politics on
the highest plane, and has brought
an interest on the part of thousands
who never before have been con-
cerned with politics
Some weeks before election 1t was
apparent that the expenses provided
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-25
NEW TIMES AHEAD.

The United States is now en-
tering a new era an era OF LIE
wheat, 70 cent corn. 50-cent oats,
0.cent hogs, 15-cent cotton and
6-cent sugar. These prices will
prepare the country for five
years of quiet times ahead. For
the years that we can loaf and
dawdle while Europe "merges'.
Nervous diseases will dwindl e,
Business will be sound but slow.
The autos will suspend their dali
ly murders of one every forty
minutes and coffee and rolls will
drop to ten cents. Men will re-
fuse to stiffie!in three small rooms
at $125 per month The ass
who gibbered that world trade
lay at the mercy of the United
States will be deported. A mon
ument will mark the southern
dream of 40 cent cotton. Farm
ers will not murmur three-dollar
wheat in their sleep. They will
say thank you" at the elevator
in velvet tones for a little old 81.
The $25 suit and overcoat,
sound wool and we'll. tailored,
will roam the country. Cat,
goat. rat. calf, squirrel and ev-
cry ''phony skin" that can be
CLOSED up will not masquerade
at 5000 to $500 per coat. Less
cigarettes will be sold, thank the
gods. The pill" will dangle
from fewer kid lips in elevators
and corridors. There will be
surplus labor to build up a big
army and navy A master"
ice cream soda will sell at dime.
And yet there are few who be.
lieve the United States should
continue its mad prosperity"
The above is from the Chicago
correspondent of the New York
News Record, and expresses the
condition and the end to be OBJ
tanned succinctly. We have had !
a money-mad prosperity, with
inflated values, and inflated ev.
erything. In fact, we have
been hanging frum an immense
balloon and the bubble has been
pricked, and we are now slowly
descending to Mother Earth and
to comnon sense.
We do not fully endorse, how
ever, the prices on farm products
For instance, corn should never
sell less than 81 a bushel and Zoe
is entirely too low for it. We
do not believe a farmer can
build up land and produce 70.
cent corn, and if he tries to pro.
avce it without building up his
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-25

The amount of revenue from
advertising and subscriptions
on this paper this week is very
much less than the cost OF
getting it out. Why cannot our
friends be more liberal with
their support and give the pa
per more than half q chance?
1t waulA be greatly appreciated.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-25
State Of Ohio, City of Toledo
TJ1raG County eg

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
If senior partner of the firm of f. ..
e SHeney q 60, doing business In the City
OF Toledo, County and State aforesai5
ana that said firm will pay the sun ~
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for aach
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
W STFg9 ~ me use OF HALLS CATARRH
Sworn to before me and snbscrihed n
A. d. 1886. A. w ri n a eSng
(SeaD Notar., T,.I,
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken IN.
ternally and acts through the I1end IN ~,
the Mucous Surfaces of the system Send
for testimonials, free. oeno
J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo O.
Sold by all druggists. 75c o' W
Halls Family Pills Tor const,na.,a..
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-25

You will note an appeal from
Will H. Hays for funds to make
up deficit in Republican cam
paign fund. And we were told
they had such an enormous fund
raised that they were going to
buy the presidency.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02

there is deluge of husky boys see
ment service in this city, reports that
king work for the summer, and the
number has become so great am not
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02

by the A. f. of L. national non-parti-
san political committee Acting with
this committee are approximately
5000 committees representing city
central bodies and local unions that
are distributing the records of sena
tors and congressman, and literature
issued by the national committee. The
local committees are also acting with
state federations Of labor The effect
of this agitation is already shown in
the primaries, where scores of re-
dictionary office holders have been de-
feated The sentiment now being de-
veloped and the organization that is
being perfected on national scale
will mark a new era in the political
life Of our nation, and the next con-
gress and state legislatures will de-
vote less time to the consideration
of anti-labor laws and listening to
speeches against labor that are made
for the purpose of securing campaign
funds from big business.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02
METHODS OF
PROFITEERS
New York City's
Food Supply

New York Hundreds of millions of
dollars have been lost to consumers
through a conspiracy that has five
times threatened the city with fam
inc, declared Edawrd J. O'Malley
commissioner of public markets, in
urging city control of perishable food
stuffs through a terminal system.
The official called the conspmators
the underworld Of the food trade. !"
lie said prominent merchants and
bankers were either directly or indi
rectly involved in the transactions.
The searchlight ON the underworld
of the food trade has shown where
spectators are working secretly and
in 'cahoots with the railroads, he
said
Spectators buy produce in the
country, and then reject it ON arrival
if market conditions do not guarantee
large profits. The railroads. interest
ed only in collecting their freight
charges, sell at greatly reduced prices.
often to the same dealers who origin
ally rejected the commodities
"One of the large trunk railroads
admits that 10 carloads Of Texas
onions, purchased in Texas at from
$4,000 to $4,000 a car, were sold in
Now, yorl, at from, only s90O tn 5000
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02
MOLDERS ON STRIKE

Schenectady, N. Y.-Iron molders
employed in the General Electric
Company's shops struck when no set
Element could be made with the mold
ers on strike at the Erie plant of the
same company The molders at Lynn,
Mass, are also out in support of the
Erie molders The men in the Erie
General Electric Company plant were
working under the Rockefeller union"
plan, and the manager refused to
recognize the unions committee when
hire ewas a grievance An effort was
made to bring the managers of the
three plants together in a conference
and adjust the grievance, but the
move was unsuccessful Work at the
three plants is completely shut down
in the moding departments.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02

county 115 miles from Washington.
Fewer persons visit 1t, because 1t IS
much more remote from the main-trav-
eled roads than is Mount Vernon, al
most within sight of the national cap
ital.
At Monticello jefferson lived nearly
sixty years Within a stones throw
he spent his entire life, for he was
born on the estate, and though he was
absent for several years In France
as American minister, and for eight
years as president Of the United
States and also in the occupancy of
other offices, that was always his home
He loved 1t above all other spots on
earth, from the cradle to the grave
There was rocked his cradle and there
his grave was made, when after SO
years of labor for the rights Of man
he died on the Fourth of July, exactly
so years after the signing ~ the Dec
laration of Independence. i was Civ
en- to him to experience half a cen
tury of the fruits of his own efforts
toward more equitable form OF gov
ernment something new TO human so
ciety.
History Of Monticello.
In 1869 Jefferson began the con
struction of his mansion on the noun
tain above Charlottesville. On New
Years day of 1872 he t<ok thlther his
bride, the beautiful young Widow
Skelton, whose husband, Bathurst
Shelton, had died when she was In her
nineteenth year, leaving her q consid-
cradle fortune She was about TWEEN
ty-three when Jefferson married her.
Mrs. Jefferson was a singularly beau
tiful woman, with auburn hair to
match the red locks of her famous
husband. She lived only about ten
years after her second marriage JEFF
ferson never took another wife His
daughter was the mistress of Month
cello and likewise the mistress of the
Executive Mansion when Jefferson
was president of the United States
Jefferson survived his wife "A years.
For the last 90 years of his life JEFF
ferson was hopelessly insolvent. From
time TO time his precious estate and
home were In imminent danger Of being
sold over his head. His debts were
due to various causes. For one thing,
he put his name on notes for friends
and was held responsible for large
sums. Then he was an extravagant
entertainer His house was perhaps
the most commodious and manorlike In
America. He was famous In two con-
tinents. Every person of distinction
who came from Europe to visit the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02

United States made Monticello his
chief objective point He must see
"the Sage" It cost the Sage money
Of course.
The chambers occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Jefferson are most interesting
Jefferson, radical in all things,
progressive In an age that was not
particularly progressive, had Ideas of
his own with regard to household fur
niture. Heretofore people had slept in
massive, cumbersome beds with great
posts or frames at the foot and head
Jefferson changed this, for himself
and wife He built two rooms, con
nected by q wide archway. In this
archway he placed the Jeffersonian
bed, which was merely a large couch
Of simple design, minus the unnsces
sary foot and head work. The bed
closed UP the archway, there being no
other communication between the two
rooms In one Of the chambers Mrs
Jefferson made her boudoir. In the
other Thomas Jefferson studied and
wrote. When Mrs. Jefferson was ready
and climbed into the bed from her
side When Mr.. Jefferson sought the
refreshment of Morpheus he disrobed
in his study and climbed into the bed
from his side. It was all very handy.
Jefferson's Monument.
The epitaph on the original monu-
ment over Jefferson's grave was writ
ten by Jefferson himself. 1t reads:
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson,
author of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, of the Statute of Virginia
for Religious Freedom, and Father of
the University of Virginia"
& thus appears that Jefferson was
more proud of these three achieve
ments than of being president of the
United States. as he does not even
mention the latter distinction
From a hilltop near Monticello enc
may see the birthplaces of three men
whose work and wisdom added to the
United States nearly one-half of its
present territory on this continent
These men we're Jefferson, George
Rogers Clark and MerIwether Lewis.
Through the efforts of Clark the states
of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin
and part of Michigan were added to
our domain. Meriwether Lewis, with
younger brother of George Rogers
Clark, was sent by Jefferson on the IA
nous trip of exploration and discoy
cry which, many years later, resulted
In giving Uncle Sam title to the Pa
cific Northwest.
lcopyrisht. 1920 western NewsDaner union
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02
"NO-PARTY" PLAN
For Fortieth Time is En-
dorsed by A. F. of L.

Washington For the fortieth CON
secutve year the A. r. Of l.. in annual
convention at Montreal, declared in
favor Of Independent, bipartisan po-
ltical action The policy of officers of
the A. F of L. in carrying out the
instructions Of previous conventions,
was also indorsed
Prior to the Montreal convention
lurid press dispatches informed the
populace that this or that group
would force the convention to adopt
new political policies These stories
were "hot stuff" but they had their
usual ending the convention voted
unanimously to maintain the guaran-
tee of the right to east an idnepend-
ent ballot that is given to every wage
Garner on affiliating with organized
labor
Every convention Of the A. +. of L
has refused to change the non-parti
san character of the trade unioa
movement or to make political tests a
requisite for trade unionism without
a mandate from the membership.
This mandate has never been forth
coming Instead, the non-partisan
political theory, first urged by the A.
+ Of L., is now so generally accepted
by citizens in every walk of life that
political party discipline has reached
the point where political managers
are continually haunted by the specter
of bolts, and the breaking down of
party lines
That the trade union movement is
conscious of its sound position is
shown by the partisan activity Of
organized labor, as is being recorded
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02
BY RoRERTus LOVE.

The Father of His Country was
George Washington, but the Father of
the Fourth of July was Thomas Jeffer-
son. Jefferson wrote the Declaration
of Independence, which was adopted
and signed on the fourth day of July,
1873. Forever thereafter that day
was and will be "the Glorious Fourth"
The Declaration of independence was
special plea for the rights of the in
dividual., The whole life Of Thomas
Jefferson was a protest against the
old-time tyranny which sought to limit
the development and action of indi-
vidual man. Jefferson loved liberty
and despised despotism. He was the
principal pioneer of democracy In all
the world. On this account all that
he did and said and wrote, his man
ner of living and working, his home
and his surroundings, are of interest
to the world.
So far as real human interest goes,
the home of Jefferson was and is more
fruitful of entertaining anecdote and
Renaissance than the home of Wash
ington. Both homes are in Virginia.
Jefrerson's home, which he called Mon
ticello divided with Mount Vernon the
reverence and homage of Americans
who have inherited the priceless bless
ings of Republican government for
which Washington fought with his
sword and Jefferson with his pen.
Sacred to Lovers Of Liberty.
Monticello is one of Americas
shrines of pilgrimage. The house,
shown below, is three miles from the
town of Charlottesville. Albermarle
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02
Autocratic Appetite Fed
When We Went to War For Liberty and Democracy,
Says Hughes

Cambridge, Mass.-In discussing
bureacratic rule and cour. proceed
ings in this country since The war be-
gan, Charles f. Hughes. former
United States supreme cour5 justice,
said:
eve have seen the Var powers.
which are essential to the pgeserva-
ton of the nation in time Of war ex-
ercised broadly after the military ex-
igency had passed. and ineorditions
for which they were never intended,
and we may well wonder, in view of
the precedents now established,
whether constitutional government as
heretofore maintained by this repub-
lie, could survive another great war.
even victoriously waged."
The speaker declared that democ-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02


fair dealers whom they assisted
financially
"An average Of $50 to 300 carloads
Of perishables are unloaded each night
at Jersey City These have to be
hauled to New York in motor trucks,
enormously increasing the cost to the
consumer"
This added charge expense is un-
necessary, Mr. Malley said, as freight
rates from distant points to New
York are the same as to Jersey City
or other points in the metropolitan
district j
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-02
BUILDERS RAISE
WAGE
r. r. n

Rock Island, Organized car
penters of this city and Moline and
pavenort have established a new rate
Of S an hour. Contractors have re-
fused to recognize the Hod Carriers
an q Building Laborers' Union and
these workers are on the street, rather
than accept non-union conditions.