Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 July 1915 — Page 6

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THOMAS A. EDISON SEES HORSELESS FARMS

Electricity Will Do the Spring Plowing Soon, Says Orange Wizard —Germans in Advance.

N©W YORK, July 5.—Thomas A. Edison gave glimpses, in a talk, into the future of electricity, when there would be new methods of generating and every farmer could tap the current to do his spring plowing. Incidentally he talked of rates and jitneys and the jinx which pursues the poor devil of an inventor. "Electricity in farming," said he, "is one of our coming developments. Some thing is being done, but that branch of our industry is only in its inclpiency. In many parts of the country, such as Indiana and Illinois, we have got to come to intensive farming. This will be done with electricity from big central distributing plants, with circuits all over the state. "In Illinois there are now some three or four hundred farm towns using electricity. All ought to have it, each with its little substation, if you like, attached to the village grocery or the local drug store. The whole service can be inexpensively handled. They do it in Germany. I noticed that in many sections nearly every farm had electric poles. "Electricity is a feature of the intensive farming which has put that country in the forefront of agriculture and made it hard to starve out Plowing by electricity Is an everyday matter there. "The public does not realize what an enormous reduction has gone on the last few years. Electricity is about the only thing that haa gone down In price. The public so far has had the benefit of all the inventions and improvements in this way, but there is a limit to which the rates can be cut, for the capital needed for growth and service must be invited by fair returns. The rate question is not well understood, however, and here again is a chance for simple explanation to the plain people. It is absurd to give a man who pays a monthly bill of only $2 the same rate as one whose bill Is 51,000."

Speaking of the jitneys, which are supposed to be making- such ravages among established transportation systems, the Wizard of Orange said that its career was likely to be brief. "Great railways," he continued, "have little cause for fear. The railroad men got scared once before when the bicycle was all the craze. A five-cent jitney fare will never pay for tires and repairs. "When you come to the electric vehicle for general use, and more particularly the electric truck, I see no end to its future. The horse is a very poor motor, its food is high priced, it is risky property and in the city nobody wants it. It is as sure as death that the electric truck is going to have its day. It takes time to introduce some things. When I helped make the first typewriters it took seven long years to introduce the machine. Then it went everywhere with a rush."

Mr. Edison said that he looked forward to the discovery of further chemical reactions which would be used in the generation of electricity. "But as to electricity direct from coal," he resumed, "there is nothing doing. Unhappily, there is the absolute certainty that under our present patent laws the poor devil of an inventor would never receive any reward for it. "I have never made anything out of inventing. The money that keeps all these men busy in the works here I got from manufacturing1, and I have long ceased to expect anything else. I suppose I Invent as much as ever, but the pathway to the patent office isn't quite so hot with my footsteps as it used to be."

Despite the fire which destroyed his plant at Orange, Mr. Edison has everything in full swing and is as busy as ever.

WINS BET WITH A WIFE.

Refuse* to Take a Dare by Taking a Bride and $200. ARDMORE, Pa., July E.—John Charles Norton, member of a prominent Maine Line fajnily, won $200 very easily, although it was necessary for him to get married to carry off the coin.

Norton's bride is Miss Margaret Adams, of Hazelton, Pa. She is 20 years old, well known socially and a graduate of the exclusive Shipley school, class of 1914, of Bryn Mawr. Wheix she was Informed that E. F. Walz, a friend of Norton's, had bet him 200 that she would not marry him immediately, she at once agreed that the ceremony be performed at once, thus allowing Norton to pocket the money without ceremony.

Norton, who 13 twenty-two years old, and a well-known architect, met Walz In Hazelton, where he holds a commission. "How are you?" Walz asked. "Fine," responded the young architect, "and ready for anything." "Halt!" directed his friend, "you are wrong!" I know you are not ready to get married." "Try me," responded Norton. "Here is $200," Walz fired back. "I bet you are afraid to marry Miss Adams right away." "I have you," said Norton. "The money is mtae," and he pocketed it. irllTss Adams was at once communicated with. Of course, she was willing, and within a half hour after the bet had been made she was Mrs. John Charles Norton. The mayor of Hazelton performed the ceremony.

Mr. Walz acted as best man. Mrs. Joseph Persons was matron of honor. Mr. Norton is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Norton, of Ardmore. The couple will be at home here after September 1. They were tendered a reception in Hazelton. The wedding occasioned considerable surprise here when it was made known.

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Semi-Annual Clearance of

Women's & Misses'

Suits

50 $7.50 Women's and Misses' Suits

A variety of poplins, gaberdines and serges all new spring styles in blue, black and black and white checks formerly sold up to $7.50. Clearing Sale Price

Seventy-Rue $12.75 Women's and Misses' Suits

A collection of poplins, gaberdines, black and white checks and serges various colors, distinctive styles. Suits formerly sold up to $12.75. Clearing Sale Price

Seventy-five $20.00 Women's and Misses' Suits

In this group are the cream of our suits formerly selling up to $20.00. Mannish serges, fino gaberdines and wool poplins all good spring styles. Clearance Sale Price

NoC. O.D.'s Refunds Approvals

Up to $47.50 Silk and Wool Suits, Choice $10 Clearing Sale Price on finest Silk and Wood Suits, your choice of all $20.00 to $47.50.

Up to $12.75 Coats

Clearing Sale on Spring Coats. Fifty wool coats in new spring models of serge, poplin and gaberdine values up to $12.'" 5. Clearing Sale Price

Choice

$1.98

Choice

$2.98

Choice

$5.00

All records to be broken in this great sale. We are offering all our finest silk and cloth suits, including many copies of Parisian models, silk poplins, taffetas, gaberdines, wool poplins and fine French serges, Styles too numersus to mention. Choice at Clearing Sale..

TERBE HAUTE TRIBUNE

Every July and January women of Terre Haute and vicinity watch and wait for this, the greatest sale of its kind—a sale involving more high-grade wearing apparel for women, misses and children at prices which wouldn't buy the material alone, than any other store in Indiana offers. Ten years ago we launched the policy of not carrying over merchandise from one season to the next, regardless of any loss we

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Fine Net and Batiste Dresses a in S a 1 3 O

All our fine Summer Dresses, suitable for reception or evening wear, including hundreds of beautiful copies of Parisian models offered in this Clearing Sale at

$8.75 Fine Voile Dresses

Fifty Wash Dresses, made of fine

dotted swiss with black velvet sash. Dresses well worth $8.75 offered for rapid clearing at

$6.75 Wash Dresses

Awning stripes, checks and various small figured patterns, made of good quality organdie, batiste and dimities twenty good styles. Dresses which formerly sold at $6.75, all go at the Clearing Sale Price of

$7.50 Linen Dresses

Buttoned-through Coat Dresses of fine linen in light blue, pink and white, formerly sold at $7.50. Clearing Sale Price

Slightly Soiled Dresses $1.00, Formerly Sold From $3.75 to $27.50

There are one hundred dresses in this

lot, some are slightly soiled and others are last season's styles. They originally sold up to $27.50. Clearing Sale price

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One hundred Skirts of values up to $5.00. Clea Price

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One hundred Skirts of in good new styles skirts sold up-to-$8.75. Clearinj

$1.00

White

Made- of a good quality bottom, sold regularly Sale Price

Made of black and whityoke top and flare bottorr $1.25. Clearing Sale Prici

$3.95

Silk

Jap Crepe and Tub Si assorted stripes former Clearing Sale Price &

Silk

Just a few left from on are slightly soiled, but al buy at our Clearing Sale 3

1-3 Off On

We've had a splendid sl| and our sales in this line great many pretty ones le from$7.98to$20.00. We* clearing at one-third off.

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Lace

Here is an odd lot of fine styles, but only one or tW values up to $7.95. Clean

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Messali

One group of Messalineand red sold regularly foJ Sale Price