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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30

CARD WRITER. with COMMERCIAL ar, "a.
ins S"peE!ehvs; Wishes position. Box
I lb2 care III" D!Spatcc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30

Statesmen with nuto TO sell yrcnscs and
root coatinES TO accessory, garage. hard
wsTe.l coal and lumber dealers in small
towns. Salary and commission. Only
experienced speciality statesmen need
apply. The Premier CO.. r3l W.
E.eNeMth Street. Cleveland. Ohio.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30

Statesmen TO sell wooden slat porch
shades to dealers ON commission. Sam
pie will cost 81. References required
Automatic Curtain Company. Sank Rap
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30

SALESMEN-wanted. district salesman
ayers. 500 upward necessary; exclusive
rights patented article 10 merchants alb
koiuie necessity, mvney-inaking posi-
b!lt!es unlimited. Virginia territory
optM. DNA ~. PortaInouth. Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30

IADf wants rooir and board t., IN, i;y.
i.nu. H"I u :"i. care The Dispatci.
ioCN1 n..n ia Js~l,. ..o,iJ, ".
49,. "H pe'e''sd. III ~. caro- Times-Dl,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30

NEW on. LAMP nrNNs 81 per cynt air.
$. Y. johnson, h7s Aladdin Bldg :;
washington Place. New YORK CITY the
inventor Of wonderful ncw OIL lGiui
tHai burns 81 per cent S,r and beats
gaze o! electricity. IL unerlns one free
TO TIE !Ist uspf Ia each locality who wi!l
help Introduce IL: Write him Tor pay.
ticularr
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30

ROOF CEMENT and paint salesman; cS-
pericncc preferred. Our proposition viii
appeal to statesmen having ability plus
energy 10 work on commission with
drawing account. Continental Works
;. Wabash. CHICAGO
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30

SELL Holmes tires and tubes: no capital
required 500 weekly income. Price
sells them: qualify gets recorders. Holmes
kubHer Co., 1895 West Fifteenth. Chi
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
OLD RAG MAN is
RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING

[By Associated Press TO The Banner1
CHICAGO, Dec. 81 The rag man
who used to herald his progress up
and down the city alleys with cries Of
"Old rags, old from is rapidly disap-
pearing and now conducts a regular
licensed business, according to r. w.
Reidenbach of Rochester, N. Y, presi-
dent of the National Association of
Waste Material Dealers, which recent
ly met here. Mr.. Reidenbach also OBJ.
jects to- the word Junk"
''We want to abolish the word from
our business" he declared. 1.-THE word
junk means Chinese boat. It has
not the slightest connection with our
business"
The waste material business passes
the two billion dollar mark every year
and is the seventh largest industry in
the world, Mr.. Reidenbach declared.
There is really no such thing as
waste material" Mr.. Reidenbach said
There is nothing wasted when it can
be turned into another form of pro-
duct and sold for cash. We deal in
paper, metals, rubber and glass ma
terials. All these can be utilized by
modern science and chemistry into
useful products"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
OLDEST WOMAN IN
HAWAII IS DEAD

BY Associated Press 10 The Bannerl
HONOLULU, Dec. 31-(CorrespOnd
ence of the Associated Press) - A
kingdom now almost forgotten was In
the making at the time of birth OF
Mrs. Kali Waikiki, reputed to be the
Oldest woman In Hawaii, who died
here yesterday. 1t has been establish'
ed that Mrs. Waikai was more than
seven years old at the time Of the
landing OF the first missionaries on
Hawaiian shores. The centennial cele'
bration of the advent OF Christian
teachers was held here last April.
Mrs. Waikai's age was given by rela'
tives as 107 years, months.
Kamehameha. known as the Con
queror, the greatest OF the Hawaiian
kings, was completing his conquest
and consolidation of the Hawaiian
Islands when Mrs. Waikai was born
This kingdom remained under the
sway Of Kamehameha and his success
sors until the establishment of the
provisional government In 1893. Mrs
Waikai was two years old when the
Battle OF Waterloo was fought In Bel
gium shattering Napoleon's dream OF
world dominion. A century later when
William Of Germany attempted like
achievement with similar results, Mrs
Waikai already was a centenarian
Mrs. Waikai had lived In Honolulu fol
70 years, and retained her faculties
until death. She was born at KOna
Island Of Hawaii 81
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
Rural Church Great
Success, Report Shows

[By Associated Press to The BannerJ
COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 31-That the
rural community church is success
is asserted by Rev. B. f. Lamb, sec
retary of the Ohio Federation of
Churches, In report of last years
activities of community church In
Edon Community in Wyandot County
The report said:
"A year and Il half ago, Edon, not
a town but merely as open country
nefghborhood, had two churches, a
Methodist Protestant and United
Brethren. Each had services on al.
ternate Sundays, and each paid a
minister 5000 year to come into the
community twice month and con.
duct these services
To-day as the result of union af-
facted In September 1919 Edon has
one community church, with resi-.
dent minister who receives $1400 a
year, and parsonage.
Before the union, the two churches
together had 81 members. Since that
time Al new members have joined.
Before the union, each church had
difficulty in raising its pastors sal.
AIRY of $500. The community church
had a balance In the treasury at the
end of the first year. after 1t had
paid its PASTORS salary and subscrib-
ed $l55S for missionary and benevO.
lent purposes?
"A new community church building
to stand beside the consolidated
school in\the nelghbOrhood Is plann-
ed. Greatly increased activity Of the
church as factor in the life of the
community has followed the installa.
tion of the resident pastor"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
WOOTTON TO ATTEND
SALESMEN'S MEETING

Stockholders, directors and sales
managers Of the Robert G. Byers Co.,
dealers in securities, will meet in an.
nual convention at their main Office
in Columbus, Jan. 3 and 4. The Byers
company has Offices located through.
out the state of Ohio.
John II. Wootton, Peterman build.
ing, is the local manager, and will at
tend the convention with directors
and business associates from this dis
trlcti
The Robert c.. Byers Co. has han.
died securities Of the Frye Oil Co.
and has financed the Columbus Com.
munity Development Co., National
Service Co. and number Of others
during the past year. The company
is now floating the stocks of the Abel
Magnesia Co.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
PRISON-MADE GOODS
SHOW NO REDUCTION
lBy Associated Press TO The Bannerl

GBy Associated Press TO The Bannerl
COLUMBUS. o., Dec. 3l-There
will be no reduction in the price of
prisonmade goods for the present,
the board of administration annOun.
ced today. as the result Of many in
qulries. Prices Of clothing, shoes,
soaps, and all the articles manufac.
tured at the pententlary and reforma'
tory have been lower at all times
than the general market, 1t was point
ed out.
When outside markets. advanced
there was slight increase in the
cost OF shoes to political sub-divis
ions, but none of the other prices
We're advanced. Prices quoted on all
prison.made goods are still from 20
to so percent lower than the same ar
ticles offered which are made by free
labor, officials declared.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
REHEARSALS TO START
FOR MAY FESTIVAL

On Monday evening, Jan. 3, ut 1880
sharp. ut the Baptist church, will be.
gin the regular rehearsals for the
coming May festival.
The choral works to be given are
Rosini's Stabat Mater and The First
Walpurgic Night by Mendelssohn,
Neither of these works has been CIV
en- in Mt. Vernon. They are beauti.
ful. brilliant compositions, sutiicient'
ly difficult to require steady, full re-
hearsals up to the evenings of the
concertss All tenors, basses. sopranos
and altos be sure to be on hand Mon
day evening, 80 as to start the re
hearsals with vim and vigor, and lei
us make this May festival the mosl
brilliant we have had.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
NEW RULING BY
P. 0. Department
Not Necessary To Sign A Re-
ceipt For Special Delivery
Letters

An order has been received by
Postmaster Harper from the post
Office department that hereafter spec.
ial delivery matter will be delivered
without receipts being taken and will
be left in regular mail receptacles
when personal delivery cannot be ef-
fected. The department desires to
impress the public with the fact that
the special delivery system is de.
signed to expedite, and not to safe
guard, mail; that the registry sys-
tenn is provided to insure safety, and
that mail containing currency or 9th
er articles of value should invariably
be registered.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
COST OFfALL SCHOOL
BUILDINGS INCREASED

fT3y Associated Press to The. Banneri
COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 31--The aver
age cost of school buildings in Ohio
hassincreased during the last seven
years from $205 to $3.50 for each pupil
enrolled, according to statistics com
piled by the state department of pub
lie instruction. In other words, a
school building for 100 pupils cost
$4,000 in 1914 and s3S,9O0 in 1920.
The data was compiled by Vernon
M. Riegel, superintendent of public
instruction, after number Of school
boards had endeavored to submit
bond issues for ornate and monument
al structures far in excess of the di-
Visions ability to pay and support,
Riegel said
The data is being submitted to
school superintendents and boards Of
education 1 ndistricts where construc.
tion of new buildings is contemplated
Rural schools have advanced in
cost more than the city ones, the fig
ures show. In 1914, the average cost
for each pupil enrolled in 81 city
schools erected was 1897, and for %
rural schools, $169. This year, the
average cost of four city schools was
1884 for each pupil enrolled, and Of
% rural schools, 1894 for each pupil
The biggest jump in rural school
costs has been in 1920, increasing
from $297 for each pupil in 1919 to
1894 for each one this year? City
school costs, on the otherhand, drop
ped from $3.50 for each pupil last
year to 1884 this year.
The buildings included in the sur
vey are modern in every particular,
Riegel said and meet all the require.
ments of the state building code.
Costs include plumbing, heating, light
ing and in most cases auditoriums
and gymnasiums. For the most part,
only complete new buildings were
considered.
The average cost of city and coun.
try buildings for each pupil has ad.
vanced as follows 1914$203; 1915.
5000; 1916.$25s; 1917.$255; 191s-$323;
1919.$343 and 1920-$3S9.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04

Lincoln. "We~Are pIsaching better
farming and we realize that as soon
as our activities. :, result In higher
prices for consumers We are lost.
I "Of course we can't fix prices; they
are governed by the law of supply
and demand. We have a right, how.
ever, to get the best possible prices
for the farmer. Our livestock asso.
Citations have been marketing hogs at
q margin Of 80 cents per 100 pounds,
whereas the local, private shipper,
formerly paid himself 50.
"The farmer must organic his bust.
ness as does the business man, into
three departments, production, buy.
ing and selling. The farmer himself,
with the, aid OF colleges, experiment
stations and county agents, is good
producer. Our purchasing depart
ment, in cooperation with the county
organizations, can serve all commod.
ity divisions. We will need trained
purchasing agents as we'll as expert
sales agents.
"The central holding company now
is largely myth l believe though,
the demand will soon be here for 1t.
The holding company will be a con.
cern of large capital stock, operated
for profit and financed by selling the
stock directly to local associations or
farmers. It can own and operate stor.
age warehouses, terminal elevators,
perhaps a fleet of vessels, and others
of the larger physical properties
needed in our scheme of marketing.
1t might also loan money to local
units, under proper supervision, and
perhaps finance the purchase of the
central purchasing. company. hope
the need of doing banking business
will never materialize. l think the
banking interests will come to see
our needs and meet them"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
THE VILLAGERS DID 1T

The village funds were low in Graf
ton, Ohio. The village streets were
rough and dirty. Something had to
be done. The villagers did 1t them
selves.
A community meeting was held.
The business men agreed that they
would make each put in one full day
OF 10 hours on the streets If the other
citizens would. The other residents
said II the business men could take
time for road work, they could, and
they all did. Trucks and teams were
loaned for hauling away refuse and
hauling in cinders and for scraplng.
The citizens, overall-clad. scraped and
cleaned and filled the holes. The
women of the village served a good
old-fashioned dinner in the town hall.
The streets of the village are now
In good condition, and will be 30 un-
til next spring, when they will have
another overhauling. 1t is planned to
carry out the same scheme every
three months until the village is in
funds again.
Fixing the streets was big item,
but bigger still was the rou3ing Of
the spirit of cooperation and the
fact that the citizens of Grafton had
more good, neighborly fun in that
one day than they have had for years.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
LOCAL C|GARC0. '
CROWS RAPIDLY
Factory Started Making 5000
Cigars A Week; Output
Now $4,000

The j. ]. Cherry Cigar Co. on West
High street has made rapid advance.
ment during the past year. s
The factory started IA months ago
making 5000 cigars per week. The
output is now 10000 per week and
the company is 100000 behind on or
ders. Every cigar was shipped out of
the establishment. on Dec. 20.
Girls in the factory, after few
days experience, make from $40 to-
$27 and $50 per week. "
The company now employs 80 girls,
and arrangements are being made to-
double the capacity Of the factory.
More gir.s are wanted at the plant.u
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
421,lOO,OOO 3S5,OOO,OOO Ga
FIRE DEPARTMENT

The fire department responded tt
81 alarms during the year 1920. The
calls by months and by dates follow
January and 10.
February 10, II e alarms), 81 ant
26.
March 2, 3, 8, 8, %, 20, 30 and 30.
April Is, 10, q, % e alarms).
May /.
June and %.
July 8.
August (no alarms).
September IS.
October 2S.
November . G. alarms), 10. 25.
December 3, IA, 2S.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
Wreath AwaIts Inneyater.

We are holding wreath, contrib
uted by mn anonymous lover of the
silent drama, for the director who in
arranging an artists studio set sta
tions the model SO that the artist
doesn't have to look over his shoulder
at her while at his easel. We know
that this suggestion violates studio
rules, but the director really ought to
take the law Of physics into consid-
Grafton or else use periscope.-Ex.
change.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
WILL ABOLISH THE
CINCY SUB-TREASURY

CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 31-The Gin
cinnati sub-treas,lry will be abolished
next month, according to letter sent
Congressman Stephens by Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury s. P. Gil,
bert, Jr. in reply to an inquiry. This
is the first definite statement from
Washington regarding the Elimination
Of the sub-treasury. here, although II
has been felt for some time here that
it would be, done.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
CHEF PARkER,s REPORT

Tho number OF calls made by the
police department and arrests made
during each month of 1920 follow:
March, arrests, 43 calls.
April--5 arrests, Al calls.
Mays arrests, So calls.
June-16 arrests, 3s calls.
July-S arrests, 46 calls.
August-14 arrests, IS calls.
September-14 arrests. So calls.
October--l2 arrests, 50 calls
November-6 arrests, "A calls.
December-l0 arrests, SO calls.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
POSTAL SERVICE EDUCATION

Nearly three years ago citizens Of
the Park View school district In
Washington, ID. c., sent the following
communication to the board of edu-
cation:
I'VE may comprehend the purpose
OF the public school within the word
education fostering the development
OF the capacity of individuals for eff
flcient participation as citizens OF our
democracy. Exactly this is the pri-
mary purpose of the postal service.
Going past its secondary and Incl
dental function as convenience of
private intercourse, the United States
Postal Commission Of 1914 declared
the fundamental purpose of the post
al service to be education, defining
that purpose In these words:
"'To render the citizen worthy, by
proper knowledge and intelligence, of
his important privileges as Il sover-
to diffuse enlightenment, social i'm
provement, national ailinities, elevat-
Ing our people In the scale OF civili-
zation, and bringing them together in
patriotic affection"
The Park View citizens therefore
requested the establishment of post
al station In their school building.
They have now had 1t for two years,
and pronounce the experiment wholly
successful.
The school pupils attend largely to
the postal affairs OF their families.
They mail letters, insure packages,
earn weights and rates of different
classes of mail matter, register let
ters, make out money-order applica-
tions, learn about postal zones, and
so are brought into direct personal
relation with the greatest institution
Of world interchange, according to a
recent issue of School Life,
In day when the average citizens
chief thought of the postal service Is
one OF impatience and adverse criti'
cism, this view Of its possibilities as
o part OF education is almost n reve'
lation. After all, Is there not a
chance that some of the alleged in
efficiency OF the postal service today
IL due to the fact that the public Is
30 little educated In its purposes and
ways? Anyone who stood In line In
almost any postoilice in the country
during the Christmas mailing season
must admit Is honesty that gener
GUS proportion of the delays and in
efficiency were due to the private citi
gems who were ignorant OF every steI
OF procedure. Tho officials who
weighed and insured and stamped
packages hours at a time made rare
mistakes and explained details to the
mailing throng again and again witt
almost superhuman patience.
In fairness to citizens and posta
service alike, 1t might be well to have
more postal station schools for ev
erybody.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
MAYORS REPORT

Money collected by the mayor dur
ing the year and turned over to the
city treasury Is as follows:
February $40, March $2l, April $32.
May S32. June $lS2. July $36S. August
$i92, September 1890. October $23,
November $50, December s22.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
Out Of the Rut.

The 6ddlers three had just respond.
"a to old King Coles hurry call. "Tce
many strings in the band, boys" said
bis, majesty, "and you've got exactly
one week from now to show me some
real jasxho stun N torn of by muted
cornet. a saxOphone and q set O
drums with all the trimmings. And Il
you don't make good. gadzooks and
odsbodikins. you'd do well to settle
your worldly affairs. Get msT'-Buf'
talo Express.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04

Explorers have been astonished to
md In, toe iwilds of Africa savages
acquainted with the getting, Of iron
from the ore and working 1t. To
emelt the ore they use primitive
ftrnace Of baked mud, with charcoal
for fuel end bsllOws to obtain the re.
quiret temperature. 1t seems alto.
gether likely that theT knowledge of
these processes was originally derived
IN prehistoric days from the Arabs
and PhoeniciaDs, who then, as in
later times, Overran most Of Africa.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
Made Levy Of ooese Fsathsrs.

Six feathers from the wings Of ev.
cry goose In their counties, was the
war levy King Henry v made upon the
lord lleutenants Of English counties
when about to make war upon France
In lA17. The feathers were needed
for the arrows OF the archers. the IN,
eantrymen OF the day,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
Give . Thouaht to the LivInu. I

1t is remarkable how few OF luha
ever think that angels may be enter.
talned unawares, that, the misfit map.
be the one who Is in time to immoEsl
talize his name and cast luster on the
country of his birth or adoption, It
may be all right to canonize the great
when they are dead, but It Is sad to
think how few of them have been APP.
preciated while ealive.-EXchange. NJ
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
The SPEAKING vsles.

It 10 q great mistake to try and talk
above noise. It is so much easier and
more effeetive to speak below Ii; a
full, clear tone Will carry when q
shrili. one IL not only annoying but
very tirlng.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
WATER PUMPED

Supt, q. G. Pickard Of the city wa
terworks department furnishes The
Banner with interesting figures show
ing the amount Of water pumped for
each month during the year 1920.
The report by months, giving q
comparison with 1919, follows:
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
More BuriaIs In December
Than Any Month; Fewer
In September
REPORT FROM THE
WATER WORKS DEPT.
Another Report Shows The
Fire Alarms By Months
During 1920

During the year 1920, now drawing
to close, there were 154 burials in
Mound View cemetery, according to a
report given out today by Superin.
tendent Charles Friedrich.
hTe report shows the number of in.
terments by months, and Is as fol-
lows:
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
COAL MINER is KILLED

JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 31--Bernard
Lama, 25, was instantly killed under
a fall of slate in the mine of the
Doore Run Coal Co. Lama was a
world war veteran and married.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
REALTY COMPANY
TO ELECT OFFICERS

The board OF directors of the Krem-
: lin Realty Co. met this afternoon in
the rooms OF the Knox Savings &
Loan association and elected officers.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04
A New Year And A.
New Opportunity

Why not make the
most of both?
During this new year
of 1921 you will have
many opportunities to
save and you'll be better
off in every way it you
do. m
Why not start NOW
by opening an account
with the "Old HOme?"
RESOURCES OVER ]
$4,000, 100000
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04

Not lnsinuatlons. but nsws, In The
eANNER.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-01-04

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