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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28
HARDINGS REFUSE MAR. a BID
Decline to Attend Charity Ball at
Washington Inauguration Night,
1t Is Announced.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-President-
elect and Mrs. Harding have declined
an Invitation to attend charity ball
TO be held here March as a substi-
tute for the discarded inaugural ball.
The committee In charge announced
that Mr.. Harding had replied that he
could not with propriety attend ball
of any sort at the time, in view of the
opinions he had already expressed
against holding an inaugural ball.
The charity ball plan will not be
abandoned however, it was added.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28

BUSINESS is picking up. Industrial
plants are resuming activity in the
east and also in the middle west. The
response to the lowering of the price
of goods in the stores is beginning to
show itself in the increased number of
sales. The January sales conducted by
all the retail firms throughout the coun-
try show willingness on the part of
the merchants to meet the reduced
purchasing power of the public, and
have a special significance this year as
indicating, not short season of bar
gains, but the coming of conditions
when business again is to be done as it
was done before the war The resump-
ton of normal activity in industry will
gradually take up the slack in the line
OF the unemployed Even if wages are
somewhat reduced, their drop so far is
no greater than the corresponding low
ering in the cost of the things needed
for life. The cutting down of the bill
for luxuries is inevitable, and is not to
be deplored The less we spend for
the things we do not need, the more we
have to spend for the things we need.
Even at that the people in this country
can permit themselves comforts that
in many other countries would be
classed as luxuries. The artificial pros
perity of the war period did not increase
the wealth of the everyday man. A
few made enormous profits, but they
did it as the highwayman and the pirate
make their hauls
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28

SHOULD the u. S. enact new pro-
tectlve tariff measure to keep European
goods off our market? At the first
flush American sentiment will, per-
haps, answer yes. The growers of cot
ton, wool, grains and other agricul-
tural products are afraid of the cOmpe-
tition of raw material imported from
countries where the cost of producing
them is lower than In the u. S. The
manufacturers who do not need for
eign raw material to produce their
goods also favor higher tariff on arti-
cles made by the cheaper labor of Eu-
rope, while Industries that must i'm
port raw material for the goods they
produce are against increasing the
duty. The call for higher import duty
always originates in class interest and
sectional interest. What NAV serve
the best interests of the country as a
whole receives secondary consideration.
Leaving out of consideration the merits
of protection as compared with tariff
for revenue only, and looking at the
case as it confronts the people of the
United States today, is it wise to raise
tariff barrier against imports from
European nations and thus close our
markets to their products? Europe
owes this nation. and individuals and
corporations in this country something
like SIS, 900, 100000 They cannot hope
to pay this enormous debt; they will
have hard time in paying the interest
on it, if it is to be paid in cash, in gold
Should our nation then refuse to take
goods in payment, as long as money
cannot be had anyway? It would seem
matter of good business on the part
of this country to give the debtors a
chance to pay off their debts to us.
Only in that way is it made possible
for them to get on their feet and be-
come customers and consumers of the
merchandise our country needs to sell.
For this country at this time and under
these circumstances to refuse to take
payment in any form, except in cash.
will not only prolong the impotency OF
our foreign debtors, but it will post.
pone, indefinitely, the day when these
nations can pay their debts to US, witt
probability that we stand the best
chance in the world of losing the whole
thing. From this point of view an in
crease in import duties for the purpose
of closing our ports to foreign import
would seem suicidal measure.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28
Notice as to Payment of faxes.

Notice is hereby given by the under
signed town treasurer of the town of
Porter that the tax roll for said town
for the year 1920 is in my hands for
collection, and that the taxes charged
therein are subject to payment at my
office at any time prior to the 1st day
of February, 1921.
That after the 31st day of January !
shall proceed to collect the taxes re-
naming unpaid in the manner author
lied by law.
will hold my office as follows, viz.
At the Grange bank, Evansville, ev-
cry Saturday after the first.
At the First National bank, Edger-
ton, Jan. 5 and 10.
At the Tobacco Exchange bank, Ed
gerton, Jan. IL and 26.
Every Tuesday and Thursday at home.
Dated this 18th day of Dec, 1920.
James Norum, Town Treasurer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28

THE ten day market conference to be
held at the college of agriculture at
Madison, February to 10, will deal
with one of the big issues of agricul-
ture as it's main topic. The marketing
of farm products is the matter around
which the attention of the conference
will center, and every effort will be
made to present this matter in such a
way as to arrive at practical results.
Farm organizations like the Farm Blu
reau Federation, Wisconsin Department
of Agriculture, Wisconsin Dairymen's
association, the Society of Equity, Wis
consin Live Stock Breeders associa-
ton will take part in the conference,
besides representatives Of every field
of activity in the state interested in
marketing problems The Wisconsin
Tobacco Growers association will be
there in force. The meeting should be
attended by as many farmers as can
get away, and they should spend the
full ten days. Men of national influ-
ence will address the meetings, and live
men representing the different fields of
agricultural activity will be there to
learn, and to present their ideas for
the mutual welfare of all engaged in
the industry. A solution of the prob
lem of marketing is going to benefit
both producer and consumer, and add
to the wealth and wellbeing of the en-
tire commonwealth.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28

Rock county tobacco growers met in
GAINESVILLE last Saturday to find means
by which to handle the unsold 1920 to-
bacco According to the estimate
voiced in the meeting, about 80 per
cent of the Rock county crop remains
in the hands of the growers. An effort
will be made through the association
with it's warehouse in GAINESVILLE to pool
interests and offer the whole lot to
some big tobacco concern when salts
factory prices can be had.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28
Notice as to Payment of Taxes.

Notice is hereby given by the under
signed town treasurer of the town of
Fulton, that the tax roll for said town
for the year 1920 is in my hands for
collection, and that the taxes charged
therein are subject to payment at my
office at any time prior to the 1st day
of February, 1921.
That after the 31st day of January
shall proceed to collect the taxes re-
naming unpaid in the manner author
ICED by law.
| will hold my office as follows, viz. :
Jan. 1929 Tobacco Exchange bank.
Jan. % First National bank.
Jan. "a o. P. Murwin's store, Fulton.
Jan. 81 W j. Davis store, Indian
Ford.
Other times at home.
T. B. Houfe, Town Treasurer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28
Tobacco Notes

When the tax list for Edgerton is ex-
amined, one realizes that the tobacco
business is doing its share in carrying
the burden.
Cooney Bayer of the Cooney Bayer
Cigar Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind, was in the
city last Sunday, making a business
call on ]. A. Jensen.
r. L. Henry, representative of the
American Sumatra Tobacco Co., was
in Edgerton last week. Local repre-
sentative is w. B. Wentworth.
Emanuel Wiel of the firm of Wiel &
Son. leaf merchants of New York, ac-
companied by VIM. Smith of Evans
vile, called on the trade here Tuesday.
Carl Wobbe of Rose & Wobbe, tobac-
CO firm of New York City, is in the
state. He called last week on the
Stoughton representative, Henry w.
Scott.
Buying is not being done around
Stoughton at present and it looks as if
farmers must do their own packing, "
says Captain ROLLS in the Madison
Democrat.
Hurley Ford, who for some time has
been in the Edgerton Office of the Gen
eral Cigar Co., has gone to Winona,
Mimi, to act as assistant foreman in
a warehouse which the company is
opening there.
Andrew Berkeland of Stoughton is in
the Kickapoo Valley receiving tobacco
for the Mcintosh Brothers who have
been acquiring some weed in that Sec
ton during the past month.
Mr.. Soulman of GAINESVILLE and Mr..
Libby of Evansville, tobacco men,
called at The Reporter office last Tues
day. They report active asserting in
their markets, but little buying of new
tobacco.
The tobacco warehouse of Hinsdale
Smith & Co., Springfield. Mass, was
Quilted by fire Jan. Is. The loss may
exceed $500, 00O The fire swept quick
ly through five buildings. A large part
of the new Shadegrown crop was in
process of being handled and is prac-
tically total loss.
C. o. Berg, Stoughton, was reelected
president of the Wisconsin Farmers
Tobacco Growers association. Other
officers elected are: Vice president, O.
M. Olson, Stoughton; secretary, John
McComb, Stoughton; treasurer, Lars
Lien Jr., Edgerton. Directors elected
are: o. D. Berg, Stoughton; T. d.
Larson, Stoaghton; Lars Lien Jr.. Ed
gerton: John McComb, Stoughton; E.
]. Jennings, Viroqua; C. K. Wright,
GAINESVILLE; Gunder Felland, Madison,
and o. M Olson, Stoughton. C. N.
Pulley, Madison, introduced resolu.
ton asking for an appropriation from
the legislature to aid IN standardizine
the states tobacco crop. The resolu.
ton which passed asks t.lat he appro-
priation be handled through the division
of markets.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28
DUBLIN b[s|EC[D
BY ARMY TANKS
Traffic ParaIyzed in Effort to
Capture Sim FeinerS.
SQUARE MILE AREA ISOLATED
Barbed Wire Entangicments Have
Been Erected in the Streets and
Trolley Cars Stopped-Nobody
+ Allowed to Leave or Enter.

Dublin, Jan. 1.-THE British mill
tary forces isolated a square mile area
inside Dublin city limits and have
started an intensive search for the re-
publican army headquarters.
The military have erected barbed
wire entanglements In the street,
which the troops are holding with full
marching equipment, including ar
mored cars. They have prepared for
a constant watch until their search
Of the district Is completed.
Trolley Cars Stopped.
Nobody La allowed to leave or en-
ter the area. Trolley cars are not
running
Ali day the house-to-house search
has continued under the machine guns
which have been posted on roofs OF
buildings to command the deserted
streets
During the weekend several at
tacks were made upon police barracks
and policemen throughout Ireland
many OF them being in the martial
law zones
Dublin Castle reports that there
were five unsuccessful assaults upon
police barracks. Two detectives were
shot and seriously wounded in Cork
streets
During indscriminate firing In Cork
were wounded.
LaWiess Acts Increase.
London, Jan. 17.-Week- end Deaths
raids and disturbances are already re-
ported from several sections Of Ire
land. and the fact that little atten-
ton has been paid to the martial law
requirement that all arms should be
turned In to British authorities under
penalty of death is evidenced by the
frequent reports of shooting Excise
Officer Pring, who was on his way to
his home In Cork, was killed Saturday
was passing a mOtOrtruck on one of
the main streets.
Fifty armed and masked men In civ
ilian attire raided several houses In
Athlone at three o'clock in the morn
ing. The men In the houses were
threatened with death if they resisted,
and were beaten. The raiders made
away with $3.50.
Two soldiers held up tobacconist's
shop in Dublin and relieved the pro-
prfetor of $10O. In response to an
alarm the police and military sgave
chase to the holdup men and captured
them. One of them fired on the police
during the chase
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28
Common Council Proceedings.

Edgerton, Wis, Jan. II, 1921.
Regular meeting Of the Common
Council, Mayor Leary presiding. AL
dermen present: Conn, Nelson, Bartz,
Dallman.
Following bills allowed:
A. K. Hahn, refund on taxes. S 2 As
Edgerton Motor Co., labor, ETC.. AZ 81
Edgerton Electric Appliance Co.
Christmas tree IL 90
Edg. Tel. Co., fire station. SO
WaterWOrkS z 5O
Edg. Fire Dept, janitor, etc.. 81 90
S. A. Rosendahl, rest room. 10 55
FL. Bunker, repairs on sewer. %
State of Wis, truck license -. 10 90
John Merrill, labor .......... 80 Is
John Rousch, inspection. ........ Sc 90
Highway Trailer Co., tire and
casing. ................. 80 w
Edgerton Cigar Co., mdse. 1880. 30
Petition of property owners for addi-
tional light on So. Main street read.
Motion made and seconded that light
be installed under the direction of the
street committee. Motion carried.
7 Invitation from mayor of Chicago to
attend National Good Roads Congress,
Feb. 9-12, read.
Motion made and seconded that mat
ter of sending delegates to the Congress
be left to the discretion of the mayor
and city clerk Motion carried.
Motion made and seconded that
Chamber of Commerce Offices in the
new Pringle block be designated as the
regular meeting place for the common
council for the year 1921.
Roll call-Ayes 4.
On motion council adjourned
G. w. Blanchard, City Clerk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28
Congregational Church Notes

January 80, 1921.
Junior church at 9:45. ''The Broken
Shaft"
Church school at 1000.
Morning worship at HOO. Rev. L.
Curtis Talmage, superintendent of the
Wisconsin Congregational Conference
will speak.
Vespers at 4:3O. Supt. Talmadge
will speak. The Bluebirds will sing.
Christian Endeavor at 700.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28
FOR WARTIME LAWS REPEAL
Senate Committee Approves House
ResoIution-Lever Food Act
lie Retained.

Washington. Jan. iS.-The house
resolution, proposing repeal of most
of the special wartime laws. was APP
proved by the senate judiciary COM
nlittee. The committee by vote of
A to 8 amended the resolution to con-
tinue the Lever food and fuel control
act.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28

WANTED Energetic man to act as
cur local representative taking orders
for garden seeds and bulbs. Liberal
commission paid References required.
Write US today. Il. L. Odds Seed Com
pany, Madison, Wisconsin. 11t3
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28

SILOs- We want agents to sell wood
stave and glazed tile silos, good prop
Write me for catalogue and Agents
Proposition. j. Y. Matthews, State
Agent, Hotel Francis, Madison, Wis
consin. 8t4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28
Norwegian Lutheran Church
e. A. GREFTHEN. PASTOR.

Next Sunday morning beginning at
IL o'clock, Rev. NJ. C. Waller of Eau
Claire, who is secretary for Wisconsin
of the Home Finding Activity of our
denomination, will speak in our church.
His address will, no doubt, deal espec-
tally with the work of Chriftian mercy
in which he is engaged. It is hoped
large attendance will be present to
hear his message. A free will offering
for the benefit of their foreign missions
will be taken.
Sunday school at 1000.
No evening service.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28

For Sale-A washing machine in
first-class condition. Inquire at this
office.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28

Have you Pronto in your home?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-26
Strand

It was pressing business that took
Squire Gordon to town on q stormy
day. Black Beauty knew it and went
ahead bravely owe the slippery road
through pools of mud. fighting the
gaze which almost threw him off his
FfSet again and again. The return
Zip was made under terrible con-
/ditions, and twice, with the way
I barred to two directions, the Squire
was compelled to seek other roads.
Millions of men, women and
young children have shuddered over
the dangers to Black Beauty re-
counted in the chapter called "A
Stormy Day" The terrific scenes,
so graphically described by Anna
Sewell in her immortal book, now
are to be made more real and i'm
preSsive than any printed page
could make them, for BLACK
Beauty" at last has been put into
mtoion pictures as a Vitagraph
special production. 1t will be shown
at the Strand theatre today. Friday
and Saturday.
Millions will remember how the
huge. dead oak tree, ~uprooted by
the storm, fell just in front of Black
Beauty as he drew the Squire's dog
cart through the dark woods, and
of Black Beauty refusing to go out,
through the pitch darkness, onto the
shattered bridge, because of a
strange feeling that something was
wrong.
All tho tremendous e and
events of IA Stormy Day" as of all
the other chapters of Anna Sewelrs
wonderful book, are faithfully pre-
sented in the Vitagraph special pro-
ductiop.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-26
THEATRES
At The Crescent.

Nance Abbott, an English aristo-
crat, is engaged 20 a man of her
own set, but twice her age. She
visits Canada and there meets Blair
Cornwall, a young ranchman. She
falls in love with him, but cannot
reconcile herself to living a life of
hardship as his wife. Nance re-
turns to England and Blair sails on
the same boat, determined to win
her in spite of her devotion to lux
ury and wealth. The ship is wreck
ed and the two left left together on
the floating hulk. Nance swears her
love for him but retracts when a
rescue ship is sighted, and asks him
to hide so that she may be found
alone. The w~reckage is destroyed
and Cornwall, so Nance believes,
with it.
Conscience stricken, she returns
to London and prepares to marry
the nan to whom she is engaged.
Cornwall, who has survived the
wreck, determined to make her re-
pent her act of condemning him to
death.
The concluding scenes of the story
embrace a climax SO unexpected and
powerful as to place Lying Lips"
among the monumental screen
dramas of the year This picture
will be shown at the Crescent thea
ire.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-26

WASHINGTON, May 26-Some
sixty students from the High Schools
of Monmouth county visited Wash
ington last week and spent several
days sightseeing. The party was in
charge of Prof. James r. Bennett,
superintendent of Ocean Grove
schools, and Ira Whyte, of Ocean
Grove, and was chaperoned by Mrs.
Ida G. Bennett, Mrs. S. A. Reeves
and Mrs. L. II. Keast. Among the
students were seventeen from the
Matawan High School, twenty-nine
from Neptune High School. Ocean
Grove, and seventeen from the At
lantic Highlands High School.
Congressman Appleby arranged
ar audience for them with the pres
ident, and he and Mrs. Appleby ac-
companied the party to the White
House Friday morning where he
introduced each one personally to
President Harding. While the party
was being shown through the White
House, the students called upon Mr..
Applebv for a speech, and respond
ing to the request the very unusual
sight of a member of congress ad-
dressing a body of his constituents
in one of the historic parlors of the
executive mansion, was presented.
Trip to Quantico
On the recent trip taken by con-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-26
Today In Washington

gress to the United States Marine
Camp at Quantico, Va. on board the
Presidents launch "Mayflower," an
elaborate program of drills and
other events was run off by the ma
rines for the entertainment of the
senators and representatives. Con-
Appleby. who made one
of the party, expressed himself as
being very much at home at Guam
tico. having visited the camp sew
eral times during the war period 10
e his eldest son, Stewart, who was
a member of the Marine Corps and
stationed at Quantico. AS Mr.. APP
pleby stepped from the "Mayfiow-
err" the first marine to greet him
was an Asbury Park boy. Benja-
min Franklin Frees, who has been
a member of the corps for some
years, and saw several months SER
vice overseas during the war. Later
the party was divided into groups
and shown the camp. The group
ia which Congressman Appleby was
included was in charge of Capt.
Robert w. Winter. of New Jersey, a
cousin of former speaker of the
New Jersey assembly and ex-acting
governor, Leon Taylor, son of Mrs.
Thomas r. Taylor, of Avon-by-the-
Sea.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-26
At The DitInas.

Can you guess" what the other
man is thinking? Is a man who
thinks murder equally guilty with
the wretch who actually commits
the deed? .
These and many other ethical
problems made 1.-The Witching
Hour one of the greatest stage sue
cesses of all times. The Augustus
Thomas triumph has now been film
ed as a William D.. Taylor Realart
special and will be shown at the
Ditmas Theatre for three days be-
ginning today.
To interpret this gripping play of
a strong mans will Mr.. Taylor need
ed-and secured-a really all-star
cast. Elliott Dexter, famous lead
ing man of many Cecil B. de Mile
productions was considered a per-
feet choice for Jack Brookield,"
the gentleman gambler who came
to realize that his ability to guess"
the other mans hand was cheating
just as if he had slipped cards up
his sleeve.
Mary Alden, of Birth of a Ma
ton" fame, has the mother role ere
ated by Jennie Eustace. Clay Whip
plH. the hot-headed youngster who
hid an inherited loathing for the
rs4EsEya is cast by the Juvenile lead,
while Ruth Renick, formerly lead
Ing lady for Douglas Fairbankt
plays opposite him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-26
Coming 10 the Majestic.

The greatest theatrical hit of years
is what they say about ID. w. Grifith's
wonder spectacle way Down East"
which is to be seen here for the first
time at the Majestic theatre for a
stay of two days Friday and Satur-
day. June 8 and a. 1t will be pro-
du2ed as it is now being shown in
N9w York, Boston. Philadelphia,
Chicago, San Francisco, Los Ange-
/es and other cities throughout the
country where it is creating a flu
rore. The story is based upon the
familiar play of the same title which
was sc popular for many season on
the legitimate stage. Griffith has
enlarged and beautified the simple
theme of this rural drama to an al
most unbelievable extent and Gre
ated a new art form of entertain
ment the like of which has never
been seer in a theatre. A special
orchestra accompanies the produc-
ton and the effects to lend realism
to its scenes are carried by the
Griffith organization. The climax
Showing the great storm and the
breaking up of the jam and the ice
tloe on the river are dramatic effects
10 thrilling that people shout their
appreciation on this part of the pre-
lentation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-26
West Point Appointment

By the failure to qualify of the
candidates nominated by former
Congressman Scully for appoint
ment to the United States Military
Academy at West Point June 1, a
vacancy was created for the third
congressional district, and a few
days ago Congressman Appleby was
called on by the War Department to
make an immediate nomination for
the appointment. Complying with
this request he has just forwarded
to the adjutant general, U. S. A, the
following nominations: Principal,
Edward Harry Ennis. 3 of Long
Branch: first alternate, Harry At
wood Perry. of New Brunswick.
and second alternate, James Francis
Hart, of Asbury Park. These young
men will be required to submit edu-
cational certificates in lieu Of mental
examination. and will be subject to
a successful physical examination.