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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-24
VIE NES-DLSPA TCH,S RECORD OF FINANCIAL NEWS

modify OF which there Is a great sur
plus supply there he substituted
something more sorely needed.
Would lie Too Late.
world movements Indicate n grad
ua( clearing up 81 the foreign Imam
cial SKIES. II the series of inter-
national conferences being HELD re-
suit in establishing the buying
power OF Europe. the fall may find
us facing an active demand Tor our
fundamental commodities. 1t viii
then he too late to plant the ncccs-
sary crops.
should the foreign situation not
improve materially. then financial
America must provide the machinery
Cor carrying the surplus temporarily
and prevent Generalization in values.
The demand cannot be long delayed
il the needs OF the world are TO he
properly supplied. Today crops luay
be both planted and financed on L
materially different basis OF risk tfan
was incurred during the period OF
nigh cost Of production. What shall
the banker do?
Help the farmers Of his nelghbor-
hood to approach this planting sen
son with chcerfuiness and rugged
determination to succeed. Put new
tiuued sympathy and co-operation,
assist them over the rough places.
Many "f them are discouraged and
disconsolatc as they review the losses
of the last two years. They must
be stimulated 20 look forward. not
backward. and the banker must help
bridge the gulf between the disheart-
eninS past and the promising future.
Need Financial Aid.
They stiIl need the bankers ac-
tive support-hc needs their energy
and the ability TO create new wealth
II his loans to merchant aud law
yer. doctor and school teacher. man
ufacturer and the farmer himself. are
To be liauida;ed.
AS in the immediate past, display
confidence in those who have shown
their Willingness to work and their
ability to crente--once more assist
them in financing their needs for
seed. fertilizer. implements. II we
are To press forward successfully,
agriculture must not be allowed to
become dcmoralized.
For forty years the South's crops
were financed when the average
farmers only collateral was his char
acter and his chattcl mortgage. This
collateral is still available-make use
OF 1t. His success is national pros
perity.
Put the American farmer on his
feet. not through paternalistic lcgis-
laiion or spec!ous noStrums-he
neither wants nor needs charity
but through the application of old
fashincd common sense American
banking and business principles
Again on his feet. ne will stand
unsupported. and as he stands Will
American business be renewed in
strength and activity and American
labor find new fields for employment.
Then shall we seen the dawn OF
, the day after tomorrow"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-24
LIBERTY LOAN BOND MARKET,
by Ercd'k Il. Nothing g. Co.,
Investment Bankers.
NEW YORK COTTON
DECLINES FURTHER
NV Associntel prc..,

NEW YORK. Jan. 2a-Unfa yorabie re-
r"'s.s rom the cotton goods trade led
"a, tnr'her, declines In tho cotton arl,ct
tn",SS W tncrr was some selling late
~ tnc ,altoinoon on reports OF sharp
Dtehk III the cotton futures market at
lt'inhay and the collapse OF a bull camp
lhish III East Indian cotton March con
tracts sold OF To l"37. or 80 points net
lower. anu closed at l,.i2, with. the gen
cline of y 10 81 poin.s - 49, NC
me market opcncd steady at unchanged
prices 10 decline OF . points AMI nricas
worried lower right af:pr the call because
OF ,casE Liverpool cables tho unsettled
and r"p9ris THAI domestic buyers OF cot.
Ton Goods were holding on in the hot a
OF iowsr prices. Tho census report show
Ing .siSs'I hplea glnned 30 January Is.
Was snaus above the recent forecast hut
Ginning fr2m the, crop ~ 1915. which
on record. amounted to eS.oS bales. and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-24
CHICAGO LIVE SrOCK MARKET,

VII NIV Jan. -8---VaIf..: r"u.lpt-. %
90. beef steers .Jc To zoe higher, heavy
Kind VIZ in"-t, ton. -. weight ID.
F'nn"s; hulk beef .t"-rs. ..VIf, ,.vI: She
stock anu hIi'S. ljc sc uu: CalX-s
strong 10 sic higher. hullt walters .sT
100. shippers nr 10 ircH u ii h"i:cr: stock
~ aud feeder. strong to higher. hulk
O.yrHs.jO
ii"g': receipts. 800. active: NASTY ne
10 NC hi%hrr imam Saturdays average.
some 80 10 ~ pound hogs uD 5GC: close
strong; ho!doN-r moderately liberia! (.
mostly on IA" rk"i: shippers brought about
:ltT"' bag rR"S.r- "ui III market: tor.
50; very few OYER. 800. hGlh Z, ~ y ~ .
p!E-. 10 higher: bulk desirable 500. few
!l0
Sheen: receipts. 1907: hest IA, lambs
closing. -5c to 30 higher than Friday
others ana sheen mostly re higher lat
lamb. tup. 1913: bulk d"sIrab.. Kinds
IA ton. in
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SHIPPERS OF SOUTH
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
Cotton md Flour ENp"rtrrs Gather
This Week In New

LRv AssoclateL Trcss. |

between cotton and flour shippers
Of the South To he held in New
orleans on January - and ~ wcrc
announced today by William j. Love.
vice president Of The Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
William II. Eerne. manager OF the
tartiic department, will represent the
iicet corporation 1T the conference
MI OF the Gulf operators Of govern
mcnt ships VIII attend, IL was said
while numerous representatives Of
the -four and cotton interests will
he on hand To discuss shipping Ques-
tons.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK., Jan. IN large WOODEN
nlannf'"tur.ng company American WOODEN
C'inu"ns "D"n-h It's fan lines OF wool
fvuHT today 20: 1872 deliveries u, prices
I" u"- cent lover than last season
-. ,hnrp"s' reductions were In CiuaIinI
ana ur--- goods
Euy!hE became active and continued go
,hf"uEhNu; the day Other lines. includ-
INK thr amer lines of ovsrCOatines were
h1sn iTlt"d for the new season without
Additional lines from other mills will
h'' opened thts week. Cotton good were
h'f"iG steady IN IN" unfinished end due
20 4. hi""N IN raw cotton Raw ELK WA
hH'h lover. som" lines az knit goods
Ere being advanced ahDy" the low open
ing hEuT"- Tor Ih- season.
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NEW YORK BANK BUYS
C.. & 0. CERTIFICATES
Snic Comprises Twu-Thirds Of Al;
Mnturitics of Equipment
Trust I.Sues.
HES AssOcinted rres.. |

WASHINGTON. Jan. 23-Saie OF
6'6''."oc Of the railroad equipment
trust certificates Of the Chesapeake
arc OH" Railroad TO the Guaranty
company Of New York. vas an
nounccd today 10y Dircctor-,icn.ral
of Railroads Davis
According &" Eugene Meyer. man
aging direct ~ pf the War Finance
'2'""rait"n. III" Snic comp. SIS vo-
macs o' All m"turities II ''c,c
Gu t'm"nt :tnSt il. ues. the go,.crA-
n"rt holding tie talancA OF one
iflrI in acco,d;' i"c with the t.y MIA,
a"r"rnc"d las; week Cor the s,i,uu
ia'ion OF the sale Of such obligations
through the government aSsumin.. u
second mortgage on onc-ihird of IN.
remaining issues Of trust certificates
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New York Mnkc. Loan ~ chi,

NEW YORK. IAN. 2S,-.'. T.. Nor
gan Co. today announced mar
Il group Of New York banks nnd
bankers had made 81 one-ycar loan
OF $/"".""o Ia the republic Of Cuba
|" cover the pressing. immcdiat q
n"euS OF 'he republic No public
Offering OF the loan Is planned tho
announcement stated
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after January 10 In that season only
ENVO bAlt- lnO:o M-rr cInIcA

after January &c In that season only
<N."O ba't- more "-r" cinnca.
IN. hEur"s. consequently were retarded
IS 'h'ofinE crop pfOsp-cts az a Jittle
under :hr governments estimate Of De
ceinbrr u, bur the i!nercnC. was not
rnH!Slent 10 nave any .noCt on III.
S.t Very ii'tie southern selling was re
ported, nat mare VAS scattering pressure
from !oCa! anu Wall Stree, sources. nd
AFRO some selling hero from Llycr3ooi
account. This weighed prIc.. down In
the absence OF AM important, sup.or;.
Win active months showing net losses
OK - 90 - points ia "a. late trading.
Nh-n January roid at lea nj May ut
Hol Trade aGviC"s from l.ig-rpoOl 70
to!t!ng sharp break IN the market .or
Erst InIisn cotton at bombay Corti III
ut"d Ia the lat- decline. and tn. clos.
va. within few point. 81: ,hv lowest
MAnc hesi"r ca blss said cloth SELLERS could
do no ngs!n.Hs except cOnccSslUHs.
ana a very similar condition WAS reported
In she local cotton goods market.
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was considerably higher through buying
10y cotton hru-cs aud Trtiner- and short
covering on iHr bul.ish showing In crude
on ana hog products Closing bids wrr.
mar i"i' and represented ne; gains 81
''.'H barrels Prime crud.e 1.3jTf7.S):
t,.Mr summer Yellow SPOT. S.nHd9 -.
March. ..t1. MAY y2i. .Iulv. g.i AN hil
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Port movement:
New YorN-M iddi!ur. l7.1. receipts. ls,:
exports. ST.: stock. b5."s5.
Minor poft>-stock. ..I.l
Total todAy-E. o-ipis. io.i3T: expsr,s. ..
t0i. stock l.sIacti
iGs.
Total FOR season--Rece!pi, ass,.sas: e1-
purta 32.s. rT2
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PRODUCE MARIE TS.



shaving Of The i IN" cao iF[Hs XIII
Irr-ruisrty In the early market for col-
Zee :n'nre. The oneniny was e 2
:" points below last weeks closing fG-
ur"s hci"r- tn" End of the morning hut
.falli's later on uncon irmel reports OF
s,sadier tone in Rrazli. MAY contract.
~, The genera make; Closed me-
nary. SO: March. SIS: NAV. So Imiy.
$50; Sept"inber. $50: October. S,33: De-
SPOT coiIec. duh ana nominal: Rio Is.
-. to g. Santos - !: {" i2M Cos, and
changed. with 8 ANA 3. ranging FROM
iio l." lis. RIO offers were a shade
The official cables reported an advance
OF 10 refs Ia the dollar buying rate. with
London. ri" futures were unchanged 20
:" rs hishHy. and Sani2s . r.'s hwer
New York and i7.sSa Tor New orleans. ''
SUGAR.
NEW YORK; Jan. THE raw sugar
yanccd i-IG cont Il" tn" basis OF -, cemts
FOR cubas. cot ans. freight. equal TO $50
s;oaH ana 2s5.s6, Eas " Theree w%re W ais"
SIalcs OF q v" bag. % cnbas fer F"hrnary-
Tho raw sugar mtnrHa market was
strong and NOR active with tinaI price'
~ ! ~ h''S' tl ln' ,lNN, or ~ IN j. points
net higher On covering AMI renewed buy
ing for ouisd" account. promptcd hY tn,
higher ruling Of the spot market. March
closed nj 2i3: May. 2.63: July. 20: Sep
tNmber 2ai.
No further changes occurred In 70.
fined sugar. with fine graduated listed At
. cents. although not much new business
is being accented. relners ARE all over
sold and some of them our OF the inarkc,
entirely.
There were no transactions in refined
futures. and nnal ,r.ces were 3 Ia u
points net higher. with March at SIS:
May. $50. and July. $40.
COTTONSEED OH.
NE WYORk. Ian. 23.-Cottonsccd oil
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NANAI. STORIES

SAVANNAH. GA. Ian. 2S-Turpentine
hFm ~, sn'"s; ~: rvc"ipiS. -. shii .
Is iesi2 n 10: NJ 90. y iln Wi 575 WV
!, iHi iir.EF iO1l. II 10: OH ii9G MS: rs
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RICHMOND STOCK MAn,lnr.
ti"ns by Cnsisic G.. Burch ~ Co.
Ills East NainStrrct.
Quotations mt Cfnsr.

Quotations MT Cfnsr.
tit3 anu state securities.
;bd Asked
Va. 3s. Old G. and R..l?32-s7
virginia Centuries.
3, &. and R.... 1897 II ia
street hallway Hond>.
No. and J.. +. Co. as 1876 200 I3
V X. and T. Co. IS 1884 II
+. :. Roystcr. 5 y. c.
bonds 100 iot 1905
street Hnnwn, stacks
Y. X. and l.. Co. NJ. leo 20 "a
'. X. and l.. Co. com. 100 10 10
Railroad stocks.
X. T.. and l.. DIV. oh. 100 1874 2u7l
Insurance stocks.
Life Ing. 20. OF Va 100 as
Va. i. and NJ. lns. Co - 81
nnnk and Trust Company stock.
Nm crlcAn National 100 22n
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SIiGAR.

COTTONSEED OF.
NE WYORK. Ian. e3.-Cottonsccd oil
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Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27
VALUED SLAVE ABOVE WEALTH.;
 COST S100,000
Swapped Real Estate Years Ago For Black; Property
 Now Worth Fortune

ATLANTA Aug. 26,-If Thomas Pea cock had clung to piece of Atlanta real estate that he swapped years ago for Ran Peacock, a negro slave. he would have been worth at least $1OO,- 900 before he died. But he never re- gretted it, according to his statement
 Death now has claimed them both, Mir. Peacock died a few years ago, and Uncle Ran" passed away the other day at the age pf S3. The property in- creases in value yearly as Atlanta grows, but it was the best bargain l ever made" was the white mans re- mark a few years ago when he saw great office building going up on the lot at Whitehall and Alabama streets, one of the most valuable cor ners in the city.
 The story behind the trade is that of the affection of the old-time south erner for the slave boy who was his especial playmate. Seventy years ago before Lewis Peacock died, in ap- portioning out his property he left Ran to his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Con nOlly. Young Thomas Peacock, few years laSer, gave his sister his fourth interest in the Alabama-W Whitehall corner for Ran, who, as a likely young negro, was worth around S1,500 Mrs. Connolly's son now owns the lot and the Connolly building which stands on it. Real estate men say the lot itself is worth $4OO,O0O or more.
 Peacock said it was the best bargain he ever made because when he went away to war he left Ran to take care of Mrs. Peacock and the children and it was Ran who worked the plantation near Atlanta and foraged for the wife and children of his master, after Sher- mans soldiers had burned the city and stripped the countryside of food.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27
Flappers, Give Up Cigarettes; Smoke
 Pipe, Says Gran'ma

.KINGSVILLE, O., Aug. 26.-Flap- pers, abandon cigarets! Leave the mas ty things alone
 And
 Smoke a pipe!
 That's the advice of Mrs. Mary Grif- fin spoken from the wisdom of her 99 years.
 You can't call Mrs. Griffin a refor- mer. She doesn't pretend to be an au- thority on c:garets. In fact she's never smoked one. But when she lights up her old baseburner corncob, packed with Hod Carriers Revenge, even the stars come out and think.
 'Seventy-nine years ago., says Mrs. Griffin-they call her "Gran'-ma" at the county infirmary where she lives "the doctor said smoking would cure my cough. I've been curing it ever since.
 When the flappers quit smoking cigarets and take to pipes" says she, they'll tame down and cut out their mad capers. They'll be lot happier too. A pipe is such a comfort"
 Mrs. Griffin's fuel consumption is about two packages a week.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27
BOOZE MONEY
 HELPS TOBU|LD
 PARKS IN OHIO
Copper Stills Are Beaten Into Wash Boilers; Fines Are
 Used to Beautify City

MILFORD, O., Aug. 26.-It's an i'll wind that blows no good, in the opin- ion of Mayor M. B. Scott, of this thriv- ing village.
 Mayor Scott has beaten copper stills into wash boilers, gasoline containers, and similar articles of Legitimate" use. With the money obtained from the sale of these, together with the fines he has collected from their own CTS, he has built playgrounds and rec reatiOn centers for the youngsters, and other municipal improvements
 Since January Mayor Scott has as- sessed $125,OOO in liquor fines, of which the share going to Milford was $30,000. Hundreds of illicit stills have been confiscated and their owners sent to prison.
 Affords monuments to prohibition are being paid for by fines into Mil ford's treasury from the rum peddlers, mOOnshiners and still manufacturers of Cincinnati, which is 20 miles away. The mayor of Milford is their terror. His jurisdicton as prohibition enforcer ranges all over Hamilton county, but Cincinnati is his happy hunting ground His three officers haul Cincinnati dry law violators before tn mayor at the rate of five a day.
 We are the prohibition capital of the state" he says. And here you see the first good that whiskey has done." he adds, pointing to the rapidly growing number of civic improve ments.
 ''Whiskey money built most of our polling booths, our public playgrounds and parks. I'm going to keep on until Milford hasn't any more stills, and bootleg poison is stamped out in our vicinity"
 Mayor Scott's idea is to convert liquor fines into public playground facilities and municipal improvements is perhaps the first of it's kind in the United States.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27

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Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27
'CavemanStuff' Is Denounced by Girl
 Who Was Kidnapped

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-"No cave man stuff for me. That belongs to ancient days and those days are gone forever"
 That's what Miss Tessie de Fino says and her lips are firmly set as she says it.
 Tessie knows whereof she speaks.
 When interviewed, she'd just re- turned from court where she'd attend ed the preliminary hearing of her suitOr, charged with abducting her.
 The suitor had been devoted to Tes- sic for some time and though his fer vent pleadings met only with rebuff, his ardor was undimmed.
 Finally, remembering the successful methods of the first Romans in ob- taining wives, he, with a friend. car ried off Miss De Fino and held her prisoner two days. With threats he forced her to accom- pany him to the marriage license bureau, but there the girl was recog- nized from the description given the police by her distracted parents, and the suitSr's arrest followed. That rough stuff might have been all right in ancient times when wo. men were nothing but property" Tes sic says, but it doesn't make any hit with me.
 "I wouldn't have any thing to dc with a man who treated me as he diC if he were the last man on earth.
 ''I want to be treated with respect and as an equal.
 i "I could learn to love a man who would treat me gently and sympa thetically but these cavemen can stay away"
Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27
Spirit or Scientist Refuses To Listen To Melody In F." Wants
 Tune "From Dear Old Handel"

DENVER, Colo, Aug. 26-Friends of the late Dr. John H. GOwer, famous organist who died here July 31, de- clare they have established a definite contact with another world and have received messages from the musician. Regular meetings have been held by a small number of his intimate friends since his death. During the latter years of his life, pr. Gower became interested in psyclIc research.
 "I have slept. I am awake. I am very tired. Later there will be more. Now let me rest.'
 That was the halting message said to have been traced by the hand of a young woman at one of the recent seances held by the group. A longer message was written automatically in a more recent sitting, according to the psychic experimenters. who are con fident the messages come direct from Df. Gower.
 q am still very tired, but am com
Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27

ing along fine" the second message is said to have read. q am here with Betty. Tell Lewis to be very careful with that letter. He knows. Ecto- plasm, Ectoplasm. my friends. That's the word. I always told you it was ec- toplasm. Will soon be my own self again." .-
 The group at the table, when the message was written included 8 law yer and his wife, a physician and writer. A musician who had known Dr. Gower created an atmosphere through piano music.
 The musician at the piano was asked to play Rubenstein's Melody in F,' but he replied, 'the doctors beyond that.
 Immediately, the sitters declared, came confirming message: You're right, old man, what I'd rather hear is Bach Fugue or something from dear old Handel"
Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27
Youngest 'POrtia' in United States
 Only Seventeen

SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug. 26-How would you like to be defended in court or prosecuted!-by little girl of r with black curls hanging down her back?
 Those who have court business here are going to have that experience.
 For Thelma Leonore Harrell, r, youngest Portia in the United States and probably in the world-has just been admitted to the bar here.
 Miss Harrell started studying law as a high school student.
 She was admitted to practice in all Georgia courts June 2S and to practice in federal courts July II.
 But she still wears her curls.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27
MODERN 'PHILO
 CUBE LOCATES
 K|DNAPED BOY
Correspondence School Detec- tive Re-unites Mother, Son
 After Sixteen Years

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 26.- (By the Associated Press)-Cecil Brittan 21-year-old son of Mrs. R. l.. Brittan Of Soap Lake, 120 miles west of here, has been reunited with his mother from whom he was kidnapped 16 years ago and c. W. Stark, graduate of a detective correspondence school. who was responsible for the reunion, has returned to his position as vegetable sorteT in Q local hotel. Thus "finis" has been written to the story of the search for lost son that rivals tales produced by the best fiction writers.
 The young man was kidnapped from his home in the Blue mountains near Walla Walla Wash, when a lad of five. Soon after he was stolen. the kidnapers demanded a ransom of slc,OOO which his parents could not pay. Later several Walla Walla fra. ternal organizations joined in the search and at one time rewards az gregating S3,500 were offered for his return. but nothing further was heard of the missing youth.
 The Brittan family continued to search for him, however, confident that they would find him sometime, and it was only recently that their courage began to wane. Last July, after years devoted to a fruitless quest. the boys father died, almost sixteen years to a day after the kid naping. His end is believed to have been hastened by despondency over the failure of his long hunt.
 Then G. w. Stark entered the story He has read a great deal about the case at the time of the kidnaping and the story had been further impressed upon him by meeting Mrs. Brittan sev- eral years afterward and learning from her own lips of their fruitless efforts to locate the missing boy.
 When Stark entered the employ of local hotel short time ago he be- came friendly with Q fellow employe. by the name of Cecil Lenighen. He was further drawn to Lenighen by the latter's resemblance to a relative of his. Upon questioning LenighenI he learned that he had no knowledge of his early life or his parentage. Ger tain characteristics of Lenighen sim liar to those he had heard Mrs. Brit tan mention caused Stark to believe that Lenighen might be Mrs. Brit tan's missing son.
 He got into communication with Mrs. Brittan at Soap Lake and ar ranged a meeting between her and Lenighen. Upon first catching sight of Lenighen Mrs. Brittan was con yinced that he was her missing son.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27
DIAMOND MARTY
 KLINE EXPL PLA|NS LURE IF L|GHTS
Says Royalty Never Received More Attention Than Good
 Spender on Broadway
BY BOB DORMAN

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-What does it cost to see Broadway? A thousand dollars a night. says Broadway's most spectacular spender.
 He is Diamond Marty"-otherwise John Martin Kline, theatrical "anger' and real estate broker.
 q ought to know" he says, flor L have spent S150,0O0 along Broadway in the past five months. have been the kind of a fellow they love along the Great White Way-a spender"
 Diamond Marty wears a 35-karat diamond ring. 8 stickpin that looks like a headlight. and so many other gems that he is acclaimed as the sue cessor to the late Diamond Jim"
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Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-27
WHAT THE SEAMAN SAW

Church was over, the congregation filed slowly out and gathered in little chattering groups.
 Presently the minister came up and joined the select party. He intro duced an old sea captain to the lead ing light of the village, a wealthy MT. Smith.
 You must have seen each other in church today" said the beaming cler- gyman.
 Sure" said the old salt, "'e was sleepin' in the next bunk to me"
 The United States Patent Office has issued more than 1900 patents for making buttons.