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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-22
Mems Gloves

Mems Gloves
Mems kid suede and burro dress
gloves in unlined, silk, fleece
and fur lined; auto driving
gloves, gauntlets and mittens,
fur back gloves, and gauntlets
for men and boys. All attrac-
lively priced. Mems and boys
wool and jersey gloves and
mitts, your unrestricted choice
20W Discount.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-22
Silk Refer MuHlers

white pearl stripes figured designs and many
ted silk and fibre muners. Price, $780, $50, 500, mi
400, 2.75 LIS Lew
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-22
2Oq6 Discount On All
Ivory Goods

Big assortment of mirrors, brushes puff boxes,
trays, military brushes, clothes brushes, perfume
bottles, photo frames in all sizes. Bud vases and
manicuring pieces.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-22

Infants Sweaters.
Slipover and button styles. As
sorted colors, made of finest
zephyr and have sold all sea-
son for 5.75. On sale . 90
now at AsOO
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-22
Always
Give
Handker-
chiefs

Women's crepe novelty
handkerchiefs, especial
~ fine for Xmas giving.
Specially priced, 9Hc
75c, ACC and wv
Mems initial handker-
chiefs, good size, OOc
now reduced to AON
Mems plain linen hand
kerchiefs, large ize,
neat hem, very Coz
special each Wv
Mems silk h a n d k e r.
chiefs, in novelty colors
and styles, reduced to
I.2o and 7Cc
and down to sSN
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-22

Women's linen initial
handkerchiefs of espe-
cially good quality and
priced for quick 4oc
selling at OS
Women's plain lin e n
handkerchief
10 inch size 1-16 900
inch hem NV
inch hem AO~
IL inch size, l-S 900
inch hem S~N
inch hem wv
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-22

A large assortment Of sets, 4 to
II pieces. attractively packed in
black. brown. tan. grey and
blue leather-handsome satin
lined roll cases fitted with
heavy French ivory and finest
steel manicuriEg pieces of high
est quality. A most attractive
gift.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

A million dollars worth of liquor and
alcohol has been seized in New England
since the first of the present calendar
year, but it is probable that more than
a million more dollars worth has been
consumed in the same length of time.
This latter phase of the dry regime
is due to the fact that prohibition does
not prohibit unless there are whole
hearted efforts to enforce the law. IT
goes without saying that in some in
stances public sentiment is lax in at
tending to this very necessary feature
of the prohibitory law. Hence the rum
business is still continuing in spots
here and there throughout New Eng
land.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

If the reports concerning the practice
of the people of Germany in muleting
Americans and others who come inside
the boundaries Of that country are true,
there will be only short season OF
summer tourist business for Germany
1t is said that hotels in Germany have
been for months forcing their foreign
patrons to pay prices ranging from one
hundred to two hundred per cent more
than they ask Germans TO pay, while
the prices Of other service are mount
ing in similar proportion. Americans
who may be planning to go to Europe
during the present summer would per-
haps do well to avoid Germany, at least
until the Germans bring down their
prices somewhere nearer the mark they
set for the natives.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

The Springfield Mass Republican
calls attention TO the necessity that Sen
ator Harding, the Republican nominee
for president, revise his statement, re-
Gently made, that what the nation
needs is a return of party govern
ment" rather than personal govern
ment." It was a rather poorly worded
statement The nation needs a patri-
otto, broad minded government albeit
such a government would undoubtedly
have to be based on party division at
the outset. There really is no more de-
STABILITY of a rankly partisan party
government than there is for the gov
eminent of the personal sort. Perhaps,
as The Republican suggests, Senator
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06
MORE PUBLICITY FOR VERNON { IS
MAPLE SUGAR.

Plans laid by the Vermont Maple
Sugar Makers association for an en-.
larged exhibit and greater stress on
publicity of Vermont's famous sweet
product at the state fair in White
River junction ought to be productive
of much good results for the industry.
of course, the people of Vermont and
New Hampshire are quite thoroughly
acquainted with the product of the
naples. But there are many Others
who attend the annual fair from dis
tant points who have no conception of
the excellence of the Vermont maple
sugar product unless it be through the
printed word or through occasional
sampling of the maple sugar. To these
latter people an exhibit of maple sugar
in various forms and in varied pack
ages will be more or less of revela
ton; and if the exhibitors can arrange
TO let the visitors taste the product
there is likely to be an increased de-
mand for Vermont maple sugar in the
years to come. Vermont maple sugar
makers have failed to attain the high
est degree of publicity of their prod.
uct, having, perhaps, relied on the old
time reputation of the sugar and for
getting that a new generation is con
stsntly coming up, to whom Vermont
maple sugar does not signify anything
especially delectsble and to whom the
sugar must be advertised anew The
placing of an exhibit of some of the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

Harding meant that the nation needs
return of congressional government.
Better still, to our way of thinking, he
may have in mind a restoration of con F..
stitutional government in every re.
spect, with proper distinction be.
tween departments yet with a delicate
coordination between those depart
ments. Such plea would go farther
in campaign to get votes than an ap-
peal for the return of party gov.
eminent"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

the people of the nation in well'worded
advertisements, carrying some emblem
OF peculiar significance. II may not be
too much to expect that the Vermont
Maple Sugar Makers association, after
having seen the benefits of publicity
gained at the state fair, will extend
their efforts to get vermont's splendid
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

carefully planned publicity campaign
through few of the leading Journals
of the large cities in several parts OF
the country. Just as the westerners
advertise their apples, Vermonters
might with equal reason present the
virtues of Vermont maple sugar before
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

best samples of the states product at
the state fair will be one means OF
attaining that degree of publicity
which is essential to the progress and
development of the maple sugar max
ing industry.
Another effective means would be
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

product before the nation, not because
there is no market for the sugar at
present but because the increased de-
mand resulting from publicity will
strengthen the market and stimulate
greater production. These are mat.
tiers worth considering by the assoeia-
tion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

What the relations are between Pres
ident Wilson and exSeeretary OF the
Treasury McAdoo at the present time
taside from the relationship by mar
riagel is a matter which comes in for
no slight degree of speculation. Out
ward indications are that there is no
close bond of sympathy between them
in a political sense.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

Uncle Sans liquor law is no respect
er of persons, as one notes from the
punishment meted out to a judge of
Essex county for smuggling 100 quarts
of liquor into the United States from
Canada. It was an unfortunate occur
renee in more ways than one.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06

OF course, Vermont cannot always
pick her company; but it will be no
ticed that Herman L. Barney, escaped
convict, had not lived in Vermont long
before becoming imbued with the de-
sire to do the right thing and sur
render himself. There's something in
the force of environment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-06
Statement, July l, 1920
RESOURCES

HESUUHNED
Time and demand loans .... $750,635.74
ovardrafts ... 3.24
II 6 bonds To secure circulation .. 100000
Other TT s bonds 69,25000
Other bonds and securities ..... 730,341.40
War savings STAMPS ... 1880
Cash on hand and in banks ... 154,461.44
per cent redemption fund ........ 5,OOO00
Interest earned but not collected ..... 2o,olo.zo
$685., 1856
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22

it in quantities as it recedes from peak prices. The peak must yield from the manufacturer at the top to the consumer at the bottom.
 President Wood entered the fall season with cut of 20 per cent, and is optimistic. Others will do and feel likewise. The federal reserve system has seen to it that they do the one; the other will follow the increment of orders based on price reductions.
 It is also pleasing to learn that Americans are realizing the superior workmanship of their own craftsmen. Made in Germany" has been dis posed of. "Made in America" is be- coming good enough for Americans, because what it made here is proving equal to the best made anywhere else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
VANISHED "BEST SELLERS'

Just harken to the roster of literary fame and success as it was written half century ago, and sigh "Sic transit" There was Charles Reade, and what of Charles Reade still survives? Peg Wolf ffington,' perhaps, and The Cloister ana the Hearthn" Then there was Wlkie Collins But who reads The Woman in
 White" or Man and Wife?" There were Trollope and the lesser authors whose names are almost forgotten: Miss Brad don and Miss Rhoda Broughton, Mrs.
 Henry Wood and Mrs. Oliphant Even
 Bret Harte, we are told, lays claim to life only in the volume in which are
 printed The Luck of Roaring Camp and
 '"Tennessee's Partner"
 Some of us are surprised and a little dis appointed to learn what books in Mir.
 Mathews opinion, are the real survivors of the sixty years which he discusses. We
 can be reconciled to The Scarlet Letter."
 which, when it came out of copyright a
 few years ago and was published sinul-
 sale of several hundred thousand copies;
 but when we read that Uncle Toms Cabin outstrips The Scarlet Letter" in circulation, we are forced to wonder with some bitterness whether half century hence we shall be remembered chiefly for having produced The Shepherd of the Hills"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
Dr. Walton Popular

Few ministers have ever come to Birmingham who have made more friends in short time than Dr. H. c. Walton, pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church." said Dr. r. E. Perkins, who is member of that church. "Our congregation is delighted with our new preacher and although he only came here last May he has proven himself very popular, not only with our congregation, but with all de- nominations. Dr. Walton is very young and his youth makes him energetic and progressive. He is one of the hardest workers I have ever seen. He breaches three times a week at the shops and fac- tories, besides his two services on Sum- day and the mid-week prayer meeting and other church services, so that his life is very. full and very busy He has some plans on hand for our church which when developed ought to develop a great work and I believe it will. Dr. Walton has been away for a short va cation, and is back now and extends a cordial invitation to the public to join the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church nits services at any and all times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

We hope that some of the slush mush-
 gush serials in the current ma gaz,res
 were as tiresome to write IS they are
 to read
 You have often noticed that Re-
 former often advocates Reform when
 there isn't anything in it for him
 haven't you? Neither have we, brother.
 Neither have we. No matter how old a sweater is you won't see any wrinkles in it when a Corn Fed girl is wearing it. One of the surest things we know is that the man who works like he knows he isn't being paid what he is worth isn't worth what he is being paid.
 l. Don't get the idea into your head tha, an Old Maid is that way because she has to be. Any woman who wants 8 husband bad enough can get one with out much trouble. A single man gets cold feet when ht reads the jokes about Hubby having tt pay $50 and s60 for his wife's hat. Bu | the truth of the matter is that most O. the hats you see women wearing cos s and $S.
 | When a man pays $10 for 100,00' | shares of unlisted Oilless Oil We'll stocl 1 he thinks 1t is up to him to read th' Market Page of his newspaper every day and look important. ! A married man never hollered owe the way his wife kicked the lining ou of his Personal Liberty the way he di' when the Prohibitionists finished th
 job
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
Day of Specialists

This is a day of specialists" said Perry Fowlkes," and It was brought
 home forcibly to me on the recent visit of Dr. Prince E. Burroughs, who spoke
 at the Alabama Baptist State Sunday School convention at Howard College,
 for through him l learned that the
 architectural department of the Sum day school board of the southern Bap- tist convention, with headquarters at Nashville, was pushing its work and ready to aid in designing church. build ings and Sunday school annexes. and that he had the title of architectural secretary. He is the author of the well known book, Church and Sunday School Buildings which has just come from the press in a revised edition. It
 is far cry from the old Sunday classes held in the main church auditorium to the modern, up- date plants which
 are being constructed in the great cen ters."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
From the Mobile Register.


 "A BOOK of special interest to news A\ paper men, but one that deserves S = its slipover characterization, "An seen on summer piazzas, 'tis sixty years since.' Mir. Matthews knows very well where they are, and he tells us "all. all are gone, the old familiar faces. They are not only gone forever, they are al- most forgotten."s That goes for the Prince of the House of David" for Ben Hur,'' "Rutledge" and the 'Lamplighter' innocuous tales our grandmothers re- counted to the tots at dusk-and it goes for Adam Bede''~and the Mill on the Floss" "Silas Warner lives solely be- cause it is one of the requirements for college entrance. Even East Lynne survives only in the repertoire or the stock company that plays week, let's say, in Passaic, N. J., or Evansville, Ind. lit is the deeds of only Thakeray ana Dickens that live after them. Their con- temporaries have "all gone away in the Ewigkeit," as Hans Breitmann says.
 Perhaps as curious feature as any IS the fact of Brander Matthews admission that he does not know who wrote The Prince of the House of David,'' author of at least two works that were the best sell CTS of their time-the Rev. Josph Holt Ingraham, for sveral years rector of St Johns Church in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
FOCH HAS MANY GIFTS

ErOm the LOnQOn Mdll.
 Marshal Foch's home on the Avenue de Sake, Paris, has become one of the wonderful dwelling places of the world. Far more than dwelling place, it is now a museum of glory. The rooms of that modest first floor flat are crowded with the trophies which all civilization has offered in homage to the man who led the allies to victory. Such profu- sion of beautiful things and notable works of art is rare, and amidst it the lunassuming figure of the marshal
 moves almost grieved, as it seems, by the possession of these precious trib- utes. which only his kindly courtesy ! induced him to accept.
 They come from every part os the
 world. That large, solid silver statuette
 of French general of the Nap,lconic wars is signed by Los Amigos de Fran ca. a Francophile league in Spain. Next
 to it is an alabaster figure by a French
 master. Over the hearth stands a great
 Foch, from the Grateful Town of Cas- sell"
 ] Gold caskets, jeweled swords ot
 honor antique and valuable miniatures
 and worries the splendid enameied col
 lar of the grand cross in the bath. are
 crowded together in the glass cabinets that line the walls, Here is all the respect, all the enthusiasm, all the gra,- itude and joy of victory of a whole Hest forms that the ingenrlrv of grea artists. sculptors, goldsmi Is. can con trive. And it is proof an1 touchstons of the merit of the man 10 whors the, have been offered that n- lives in Uni. \ illustrious treasury of glory withou seeming to ns conscious a:thsr of it ol
 his fame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
Go Ahead, Los Angeles

we have spent $16.0oo. 900 in putting Los Angeles on the ocean and we are spending just $24.5O0,0O0 more" said W. S. Wheaton of that city, who is in Birmingham for the purposes of inter- esting the districts exporters in the port of Los Angeles as a gateway to trade with the Orient.
 Every cent Of, it has been worth while. Our port is connected with the city by three trunk lines, by electric passenger and freight lines, and by three paved highways one of which is reserved for heavy trucks that are not allowed on the other highways,
 "Of the total expended on our port we have had between a third and one half from the federal government. understand you have a federal gift of $15, 100000 in the canalized Warrior river. That being the case, it should seem that the people of Alabama are due to spend about $7,000,000 as theil share of the investment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
nARNUM,s WHITE ELEPHANT

Charles Mayer Tn ASIA
 Gaylord was an expert animal man
 probably the best informed in the SEQ"
 husiness-and had been P. T. Barnlm
 confidential agent for years. He had
 travelled the world over. time and again. It was Gaylord who negotiated w'tn the Siamese officials for one of 'he ia mcus white elephants of Siam. Gar mum had his heart set on having one or them for his show and he sent Gayioru cut with instructions to go the nhi'l' The stumb bling block in the trsnsactoh was that the Siamese believe the spirits of the ancestors of the royal fami.y are transferred to the white elephants. TLe animals lived in the royal palace anu
 were cared for with all the ceremony given to any members of the reign.ng sarilv. Of course Barnum's plan was ius- as unthinkable to them as if he had offered to exhibit the king in his
 v'deshow.
 There was a hot of exchange of cable grams between Barnum in New York {, and Gaylord in Siam. Finally 6Arhum offered the governments $250,oo0 for the privilege of borrowing one of the eie- plants for just one year. He asseai 10 support a retinue of priests and attend ants and to pay all transportation charges. The government would not even consider the proposition, snd so
 Gay.ord gave up in disgust and eat.s;l
 that the deal was off.
 Rnt Rarnum was not discouraged
 whea Gaylord, returned to tnss country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
Prosperity of South
 Shown in Many Paths

- ROM most interesting compl- JC' lation or data based on answers to interrogatories sent out by the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland and accurately annotated by this high authority, the east-south- central portion of this country, which comprises Alabama, Kentucky, Ten nessee and Mississippi, is in an un- usually sound condition.
 The chart issued by the company and based on answers to its inter- rogatories covers the entire country No section renders a better account of itself than the east-south-central According to the answers from this section building operations are ln- creasing, there is neither labor short age nor evidence of unemployment, wholesalers and retailers regard the autumn and winter prospects as good" the shortage of freight cars is being reduced, industrial concerns are discounting their bills and carry ing only a normal amount of cus- toner's paper, there is sufficient raw materials for industrial operations and manufacturing plants are well filled with orders.
 The condition of farmers is pro. nounced "good," savings accounts have increased, bank deposits of all kinds are larger and banks appear to have funds to lend at to 8 pel cent. There has been no increase 1T protested cheeks.
 In regard to the national campaign people of this section appear iron the answers to the questionnaires tt place foreign relations first and in dustrial questions next in importance with the high cost of living thirt and prohibition fourth. The answer. show this section democratic, with di vided sentiment.
 What Alabamians will like mos about this document is that it dis closes fine state of progress an, progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
N W F Henry Ford Shows How It Can Be Done

TN many respects Henry Ford is the ll most practical altruist in the United States. He has just announced the establishment of pre-war prices on all products of the Ford Motor Company, effective at once. "The worlds most ubiquitous car" will be reduced in price from IA to 31 per cent. But there will be no reduction of wages at the Ford plants.
 In formal statement issued yes terday, MT. Ford says:
 "Now is the time to call halt on war methods, war prices, war profi- teering and war greed. It may be necessary for everybody to stand a little sacrifice, but it will be most profitable after all, because the sooner we get the business of the country back to a pre-war basis, based on progress and prosperity, the sooner contentment will occupy the attention of the people. For, the best interests of all, it is time that a real, practi- |cal effort was made to bring the busi- ness of the country and the life of the country down to normal. Inflated prices always retard progress"
 This is sound doctrine. It is the kind of doctrine everybody has been preaching, but no one, apparently was willing to put into practice until MT. Ford set the example. He has hurled a bombshell into the ranks of profiteers which will cause dismay. His position is unassailable. The way to bring prices down is to start at the top. That is where MT. Ford started.
 He isn't going to suffer in the long run, and he knows it. If he is called on to make any sacrifice, it is tempo rary. He has by no means lost his business judgment, but he may be re- garded as crazy by manufacturers who are still careering "in high" and making the people foot the bills.
 If twelve other great manufactur- CTS of commodities the people con sume in large quantities-not automo- piles, but the real necessities of life were to follow. the example of Henry Ford, the high cost of living would soon cease to be problem.