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may be responsible for the problem.
1t also intensifies the necessity of pedestrians
using judgment in crossing streets and of NOV
ing along thoroughfares that are crowded with
automobiles.
Many careful automobile drivers narrowly
escape running down persons who are not using
care in crossing streets, or who are taking des-
perate chances in trying to beat an automobile
across an intersection.
The caution used by pedestrian does not re-
lieve the automobile driver from exercising care.
Magistrates of New York City believe that care
less drivers must be forced to learn that pedes-
TRANS and other motorists have rights that dare
not be violated. Some of them assert that dras-
tic punishment of persons who cause injury and
death by their careless driving is the only meth
cd of curing the passion of automobile drivers
who persist in speeding and taking chances.
Multiplicity of regulations, Mr.. Haskin be-
lieves, will not produce results. He enuncates a
policy that Seems to be fundamentally sound
when he says:
"The only legal method that has worked is to
make laws as few and simple as possible, and
when the man actually does harm, punish him
severely; or, if he is irresponsible, confine him
in an institution. After ALL civilization is only
possible on the theory that the rest of us are
of US are not, then the nation should be con-
verted into one great asylum with high fence
Iaround it,
The process of educating all of US to the point
where we will recognize responsibility as
fellow citizens will be a slow one, but it is the
only one that will solve the problem.
If motorists and pedestrians will observe the
fundamental rules of safety, accidents will de-
crease, but so long as all of us take chances the
death rate from automobile accidents will keep
on increasing at an alarming pace. The death
rate in New York from traffic accidents today is
three times greater than it was three years ago,
and the same ratio probably holds true every
where.
The only way to reduce it is through the in
telligence of the automobile drivers who value
their lives and those of the other occupants of
their cars more than their desire to show the
speed of their motor cars. And pedestrians will
! help in the reduction if they stop, look and
| listen" before crossing intersections.
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Ripping Rhymes
THE BACK SEAT.
By WALT MASON

I often rode with Stephen Stuss, in
his green supereight; it was a large
and powerful bus, and strictly up to
date, and was admired by every cuss
who marked its easy gait. l do not
like to beef or knock. it doesn't seem
refined, but | would say, on every
block, ut aggravates my mind, the way
you turn your head to talk with those
who sit behind The man who drives
a motor car should always look ahead,
and know just where the culverts are,
and shun the mudhole dread, or he
may ditch us, with a jar, and leave us
lying dead The people in the seat
behind would feel much better. too, if
you would keep your feeble mind on
what you have to do, and make your
boat in safety grind, until this, jaunt
is through But Steve kept turning
round TO say his bright and witty
things, and ran into a load of hay,
and busted all the springs; they took
us home upon a dray, in plaster casts
end sings. And foolish Stephen Stuss
was hurt the worst of all. tbs said; he
landed squarely in the dirt upon his
bony head, and ruined his twelve
dollar shirt, all striped with green and
red. And as | said to that poor toad,
l say to every gent: When you are
driving, on the road keep all your
glances bent, or you may soon have
your abode beneath a monument.
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has just sent to Washington large
shipment of the products of its vines
and orchards for free distribution
among the officials of the govern
ment.
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TODAY'S TALK
DR. JOHNSTON MYERS
Matthew Adams, Author of "You CAM, "Take It," Cup"

In Chicago there
that is one of the remarkable in
Many stood
dence district Today business
churches near have long
march of But
because this had job to
especially
Germ mas always been for human
had Or Johnston Myers chose to business
neen one OF the business giants of today
men OF TINS age Tor what he has done make religion
teal affair as well as beautiful thing to live
His church is closed
ana rest room for any who wish it.
employment office both
nurses for the sick And daily the hungry
is ee Simple and plain, has
could be secured. =
But the big impressive institution
the behind = mise
He embodiment
standing OF human nature He is frank and direct And
filled with those who to listen and who
faith As said of Henry Ward
No wonder that after quarter Of in this
than
When the writer of this talk went to the big city
this preacher
This is what he said: George believe in you'll"
That is ii, he believes in
And large mutuds listen to him gladly believe what
them of the
live better and useful lives.
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Dinner Stories

John T. went with" Susan for
three years and then suddenly grew
tickle and began to go with the young
est Allen girl. And Susan was decid-
eddy peeved. She had entertained
him well, fed him well, and had done
everything in her power to win him.
So when she heard he was going
with the Allen girl she decided to get
even.
A little later her chance came
Johns sister at the ladies' aid began
10 tell how regularly John was going
to Aliens. And when she was through
Susan shifted wisely. "At last" she
said with an air of triumph, Il know
something I've long wondered about"
Several pressed her to share her
knowledge with them. and finally she
did. Il know that the Aliens set a
good table" she said with so much
meaning that Johns sister was silent.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-16

the Official publication of the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce, known
as Commerce Reports, which up to
now has been published daily, has been
changed to weekly and materially
altered as to its form.
Valuable Data.
The daily bulletin contained trade
reports received from six hundred
consular officers and other represent
atives of the United States abroad
was very valuable but loosely present
ed. The vast amount of data which it
contained was unsystematiZed, present
ed under geographical divisions ard
hard for the busy business man to read
to any advantage.
From now on the data will be pre-
sented in departments arranged under
commodity heads, the expert at the
head of each department acting as
editor for the particular section of the
report which deals with his division.
In addition there will be features out
lining the more important economic
events of the week from a world trade
standpoint, cable reports from various
countries and authoritative articles
upon economic, financial, business and
industrial conditions in foreign coun-
tries, upon shipping activities, foreign
tariffs, foreign commercial regulations,
transportation problems and the mar
keting of foodstuffs.
Not long ago Joe Watson, 12-year-old
SON of Senetar James E. Watson and
thirty-third degree baseball fan. took
a basket of Indiana grown peaches to
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace.
While the secretary was devouring one
of these peaches with keen relish a
photographer for a news association
snapped him. The picture, widely
published throughout the country, has
apparently aroused the envy of Califor-
MIA, for that state, famed for its fruit,
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Don't Speed Up

Under this caption, Frederick ]. Haskin
few days ago warned motorists of the danger of
speeding upon straight and level stretches of
more accidents occur on those sections of the
highway than at curves and crossings.
Automobile drivers, he said, care and
discretion in crowded traffic zones, but become
reckless where traffic is not heavy and where a
level stretch of the street or highway invites to
speed.
He may be wrong in the conclusions which
he has drawn from his analysis of automobile
accidents, but he is right in warning automobile
drivers to be careful at all times.
And not only are drivers included in the ad-
monition but pedestrians might take to heart 4
few lessons. The automobile has become the
most popular form of transportation in the
United States. There is one automobile for
every IL inhabitants of the United States, and
that proportion is becoming larger every day as
more persons buy motor cars.
The large number of automobiles present a
traffic problem that is stupendous in its magni-
tude. 1t involves not only the movement of
automobiles in crowded areas of cities of the
size of New York and Chicago, but also in the
smaller cities and in the rural districts.
New York hardly devises one method of
relieving the congestion before it becomes use
less by reason of the increase of automobiles
Our own city council has enacted many
ordinances governing traffic regulations and
parking procedure and yet they soon prove I'm.
satisfactory
All of this indicates that the increase in the
number of cars, rather than a disposition on the
part of the automobile drivers to violate the
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Good Evening
SOMETHING WRONG HERE
By ROY X. MoULToN

Man Taken as Slayer, Murder Oc-
Cured in 1S19."-Headline in n. Y.
Tribune.
Men at Zion City must wear skirts
when bathing. Daring women may
expose their necks down as far as the
collarbone-but who wants to live in
Zion City?
WHERE'S THE VICTRoLA?
A want ad.: For sale-Brass crib,
copper coffee percolator, large sewing
tray, wash bench, lawn mower, gard
en- tools, chatting dish, pewter vege-
table dishes.
Lloyd George is one statesman who
can go to Paris successfully.
It must be winter is at hand. The
ladies are all putting their furs away.
Every paragraph writer in the
world demands the freedom of the
wheeZe.
We sometimes wonder if anything
ever happened in the world that didn't
cause a famine in China.
| Love human interest? Every CLASH
/ fled ad is a human interest story
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Correct English

Don't Say:
think l shall LAY down and rest.
LIE the book on the table
shall SET wherS l SET yesterday.
SIT the things on the table.
When l called he was LAYING
down.
Say:
| think | shall LIE down and rest
LAY the book on the table.
shall SIT where l SAT yesterday
SET the things on the table.
When | called he was LYING down
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Memories Of Old DAYS
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

The promoters of the proposed in
terurban line to run between this city
and Portland. Indiana, met in the Com
mercial club rooms and made final
plans for putting through the project
The most important step taken at the
meeting was the decision to have the
route TO go through Union City, to
east of Portland, rather than through
Winchester, located to the west of the
terminal point.
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gress and to the country information
garding agricultural conditions
which will be more definite and con-
structive, as well as more comprehen-
sive, than has yet been made by any
public investigating body.
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and orchards for free distribution
among the officials of the govern
ment.
A nationwide QUESTIONABLE to de-
termine why consumers pay such high
prices for food while producers are re-
ceiving such low prices is being con-
Quoted by the joint commission of agri-
cultural inquiry. 1t is addressed to
farmers, transportation officials, job
bers, storage and commission dealers,
retailers and other agencies which
deal with the production, transporta-
ton and marketing of food products.
The commission is finding the study
of the market situation its most diff
cult task because of the lack of any
definite data of a general character.
Most all data upon the subject is local,
and local conditions vary so it is I'M
fair and unsafe to attempt to draw any
! general conclusions or make any rec
concentrations for the country at large
from localized information. The COM
mission feels, however, that when it
has completed its work and made it's
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A new set of banking laws is being
drafted for the Cuban republic with
the assistance of Mrs. j. B. Newman,
of Washington, D. c., who is an expert
in Latin-American business affairs.
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Answers toQuestions

medical and financial matters 1t does
not attempt to settle domestic troubles
nor to undertake exhaustive research
plainly and briefly. Give full name and
address and enclose two cents in
stamps for return postage. All replies
Reader-The style OF composition
governs the tempo which controls the
measure. Our needs only train his ear
in roder to recognize the different
forms
@. How large do drops of water
have to be to be called rain "A w. A.
A Drops of water formed in the at
mosphere by condensation of aqueous
vapor and falling rapidly by virtue OF
their weight are known as rain. Small.
err, finer particles falling more slowly
are known as mist or fog. Drops OF
rain one-fourth to three-tenths of an
inch in diameter have been measured
The smallest drops of rain measure
one-twentieth of an inch in diameter.
O. Can you tell me how to set colors
in wash materials-especially ere
tonnes and cotton draperies-so that
they can be washed 1T. E. NJ.
A. One of the most effective meth
DDS of setting colors is to add table
spoonful of EPSON salt to bucketful
of water Soak the material in the
solution-then remove and wash in the
usual way.
Q. What kind of clover can be plant
ed without hulling the seeds &C.
@. S.
A. The department of agriculture
says that the type of clover that may
be planted without hulling the seeds
is known as bur clover.
Q. Why was the Moonlight Sonata
so-called?-J. B. G.
A. The title of this Beethoven
Sonata is probably due to Rellstab's
likening the first movement of it tc
boating by moonlight on Lake Lu
cerne.
Q. How many times does the hear
beat to each respiration w. U.
A. The normal rate of respiration i:
Is to the minute and the heart y tt
the minute This means that the hear
beats times in two respirations.
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Masonic Calendar

Friday, Sept licking Solomon's
Chapter No. 4, r. A. NJ. Called con-
vocation; work in Royal Arch degree.
Light refreshments.
Saturday, Sept. 17-Loyal Chapter
No. 40. Q. Z. S Stated meeting.
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HOOVER
Continued from Page One.)

IOOuIluueu IrOnl Fdg6 OnE.J
standing of the problems of these par
ticular industrial groups, but in turn
may interpret to the foreign staff the
needs of these industries, and develop
the material received in such form as
may be of the greatest use in the in
dustry to which it is related
In connection with the reorganiZa-
ton of the department of commerce
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Man Taken as Slayer, Murder DC
Cured in 1S19."-Headline in n. Y
Tribune
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Love human interest? Every CLASH
fled ad is a human interest story
The Farmington times., 1921-07-15
HUMAN NATURE AND NUMBERS

We regret to observe that the un.
derlying sentiment at the noteworthy
national convention Of colored people
at Detroit recently was threat.
At best it is hard for two totally
opposite, races to live on the same soil
in harmony. When such condition
exists bitterness and hate, finding out
lets in threats, is direct incentive to
trouble. During the Detroit conven-
tion a threatening feeling was mani
fest among the delegates and one or
two speakers were even foolish enough
to say openly that unless the colored
race were granted its full "rights" in
America, it might follow that force
would be necessary.
Lynching by criminal whites is not
to be palliated. But although it is not
called lynching, more white people are
murdered by white people in America
than colored people are murdered by
whites. The accumulation of the
criminal records of our cities and
states will show that the foregoing is
true. Consequently, in the matter Of
taking a human life, the negro is no
more Disseminated against than the
white man. Both are victims of the
assassin to a degree unheard of in any
The Farmington times., 1921-07-15

] j. W. Whitehead, resigned, and that
commission be issued to him, and
that his bond be fixed at $1,000. Said
bond was forthwith given, filed and ap-
proved, with w. H. Webster as prin-
cipal, Chas. R. Pratt, Henry Rinke, A.
j. Norwine, M. H. Topping and w. B.
Massey as sureties.
1t is ordered by the court that j. E.
! Brewer, Collector of Revenue, return
an erroneous 1870 of the assessed val
uation of part Lot So. town of Farm
ington, assessed to the estate of G. E.
Mccormack for the taxes of 1919 and
1920.
1t is ordered that the sum of $3.50
be appropriated together with dona-
tion of $3.50 for the improvement Of
the Perrine road from the city limits
of Pennington to the State Hospital
grounds. Wesly Pratt appointed su-
pervissr of the expenditure and his
bond fixed at $500.
1t is ordered that Theo. Lott be and
he is hereby appointed Janitor of the
Court House and JAIL and his salary
is hereby fixed at S65 per month.
Upon Examination by Drs. Graves,
Braning and Fuller, J. l.. Worden
was declared not fit subject to be
sent to State Hospital No. 4, and he
was thereupon released by the county
court.
Recommended for Appointment
The following delegation appeared
before the county court on Monday,
requesting the court to appoint W. H
Webster Constable of st. Francois
township, to succeed J. W. Whitehead,
resigned: ...
Messrs. c. r. Pratt, M. H. Topping,
Hy. Rinke, Rev. Bailey, Rev. Stewart,
Rev. Baker, Prof. Stewart, J. W.
Whitehead, A. J. Norwipe, L. R. Reid,
Warren Parker, T. W. Martin, W. B.
Massey and Edward Griffin, and Mes,
danes H. Rinke, Ed. Griffin, NJ. H.
Topping, L. r. Reid, Frank Baker and
Geo. Spray.
The Farmington times., 1921-07-15
WHO PAYS THE FIRST CALL

Brides and strangers newly arrived
in neighborhood never make, but
wait to receive calls. Women who
have been invited to visit, or during
the summer season have been enter
taiAed, in friends house in the
country, must be among the first, di-
rectly their hostess returns to town, to
call upon her. When there exists no
previous Indebtedness on either side,
and, after a summers holiday, two
women arrive in their houses on very
nearly the same date, the younger
usually calls upon the elder first.
When the differences in their ages is
very slight, the one who returns to
town first makes the initial call or the
unmarried calls first on the married
The Farmington times., 1921-07-15

which Enos Mills says is the most
beautiful cave in the United States ?
How many Missourians ever saw our
great springs, which are veritable
rivers bubbling out of the ground =?
Imagine the Meramec spring, the flow
of which is so great that proposals
were made at one time to bring the
water supply of st. Louis from that
source!
"Most of the people in st. Louis and
Kansas City never sew one of the
Ozark rivers. The Current River
would be one of the favorite recrea-
tion streams of half dozen states if
there were any way to get to it. Yet
it is only one of several such streams.
"Good roads would discover the
Ozarks, and the Ozarks are in more
ways than one Missouri's greatest as
set."-Clark McAdams. in Post-Dis-
patch.
The Farmington times., 1921-07-15
MR.. ANTWINE'S OPINION

st is pretty hard to figure a chance
for the opponents of hard roads in
Missouri" Mr.. Antwine said.
"There are plenty of one-gallus
statesmen in the Legislature who
would throw $6O,OO0,OO0 away on dirt
roads and forfeit our right to an ad-
ditional $35,0OO.OOO from the Federal
Government, but popular sentiment
against such folly is acting as a
powerful deterrent.
81 notice the map of the proposed
hard road system shows it extending
into every county of the state, which
ought to appease some of the dirt
road people. Certainly a little of the
right thing, capable of extension, is
preferable to many times the wrong
thing made for season.
"There is an impression at Jeffer-
son City that the dirt road people are
going to win. This is the opinion of
the correspondents and the political
experts, who believe that what the
Legislature is going to do is to turn
the road fund over to the counties and
have big pie feast instead of good
roads system.
II don't believe the Republicans
dare do that. If they do, they will go
down under the wrath of the people in
the next election. and they will stay
out of office as long as the dirt road
bonds are unredeemed. 1t is for them
to say whether they want to visit this
penalty upon themselves. Theirs is
the power.
at seems to me that g|od roads
have a much greater Significance to
Missouri than most of us realize. We
have in some respects one of the
most interesting states to get into,
and once people begin to get into it
we are likely to find ourselves playing
host to many states around.
"We must not forget that. How
many people ever saw onondago Cave,
The Farmington times., 1921-07-15
POCKETBOOKS OF
OUR PREIDENTS

Mckinley went to Washington in
debt. During his five and half years
as president he managed to pay off
his debts, and on his death Mrs. Nc
Kinley was found to be adequately
provided for, says Richard Barry in
Leslie's.
Roosevelt saved money in the pres
idency. He received during his life
time, in legacies from his father and
other relatives sums that aggregated
between $175,OOO and 100000. His
estate, on his death, amounted to
very nearly a million dollars. While
in his later years he received hand
scme income from his writings, his.
savings were partially represented by
accumulations laid aside during his
seven years in the White House. Taft
was in debt when he became presi-
dent. After four years he was out of
debt and had little money laid by.
What was the presidency worth in
cash to Woodrow Wilson? We know
that previous to 1912 he had prac-
tically nothing, and that early in 1921
he bought a residence in Washington
for $150,000. At the same time he is
planning to spend similar amount
on country home, and is so independ-
ent that he can casually refuse an Of
fer of $25O,OOO for book on the peace
conference. And this is the man who
twenty years before had applied to the
Carnegie fund for a pension.
1t is true that Mrs. Wilson has
small fortune, but no such amount as
is indicated here. 1t is altogether
likely that Mr.. Wilson saved $50,000
year, at least, during each of his
eight years in high office. This $400,-
900, added to the income from his
books, an income greatly accelerated,
due to the prestige of his station, has
made him independent.
Judging by the new presidents ear
ly months in office, it is hard to see
how he can fail to retain something of
a nest-egg out of that monthly check
for $6,25O.-Richard Barry in Leslie's.