Greenfield Evening Star, Greenfield, Hancock County, 21 April 1906 — Page 2

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A. W. FISHER, M. D.

PILE SPECIALIST

65 When Building,

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

BYRON JEFFRIES

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THE EVENING STAR.

(Published fOvery iv exceut Sunday.) 1

TEil3h OF MJIlhCKirTION.

One week, deiiverea ... S .10 One Month 35 Six Months, !y Mail 1-50 One Year by Mail 3.00

Subscribers who tail to receive their papers will please polity the editor, ana all •nisla.Kes will be rectified.

Entered as second-class matter August 1. i904, at the postofilce tiL Greenfield, Indiana, under an act of Congress. March 3. 1879.

i® After all, the American people like their Gorkys better at a distance.

a? Count Bonide (Jastellane has not as yet applied for a job anywhere. He must have saved something" tor the rainy day.

William K. VanderbUt Jr. refers to his chauffeur as his "driver." Hasn't Willie K. spent enough time in Paris to be unafraid to say it?

Foreign tire insurance companies are said to have lost $50,000,OOU in the San Francisco tire. Yet their eagerness for American business shows that it pays them in spite of an occasional big sweep.

W. H. Crocker, who lost several millions by earthquake and fire, says: "Within five years you will see a finer and better San Francisco than ever—the most beautiful city in the world." That is the kind of talk that wins. p®:

In one of his most most noted short poems Brent Harte wrote that the town that was "founded on the rock was swallowed up in the earthquake shock." But the city that he most loved, and met that fate, was founded on the sand at the ed^e of salt water.

Greenfield has many men who engage in the business of contracting public works. They are all enterprising citizens and seem to be doing well in their business. C. M. Kirkpatrick is one of the leading contractors and he does good, honest work. He is not afraid to let his work speak for itself. He did considable work at Brazil last year and went there again this week and secured a big contract. This speaks well for his work.

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THE VEIL

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ji^ftthe hair in position, but by many, %32imany women and girls to hide the .^unsightly pimples, blackheads and smother eruptions of the skin. There s^psgermlife in the skin and ZEMO," nice, clean liquid for external use, soon kills out this germ and leaves the face as smooth and soft as that of msa child. "ZEMO" will positively "cure all skin and scalp diseases, such as Eczema in its many forms, ringworm, tetter, pimples, dandruff, or any itching skin disease. Get a bottle to-day at your druggist's.

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E. W. ROSE MEDICINE CO.

ST. LOUIS. MO.

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THE CATALOGUE HOUSE.

A Masterly Exposure of the Fallacies of This Modem Destroyer of Local Prosperity.

The recent failure of the Chicago Cash Buyers' Union has set the people to thinking. After all, this failure may be a great blessing in disguise, says the Connersville Courier. For several years it seems that some of the people have had the idea that these catalogue houses were created and maintained for the benefit of the purchaser, and that they are a benefit to the community and to the country at large.

The catalogue house is a mod ern device of trade, the motto of which might aptly be "heads I win, ta'ls, you lose." And the process for operation, a sort of cat in the bag trade, or a "swap unseen"' so far as the customer is concerned.

The catalogue house occupies a citadel of security from which radiates a system of tenticles reaching into the heart of every community, and a counter system of well greased skids along which glides to their coffers the wealth of the land. There is a deft ingenuity in the system, which retains every advantage for the house, and gives nothing in return, until the last penny is yielded up by the farmers. The accumulation of prepayment, thus artfully exacted, looks like inception of another Tontine insurance scheme, which it de veloped unchecked, may some day invite another uprising of the people, and at least furnish fame for a Moses, a Roosevelt or a Lawson.

The theory of acaloguer's system, if carried to its logical conclusion means a stop to communal development a centralization, and monopoly, compared with which, the beef trust is a roadside peanut stand. It means the extinction of the country merchant, and the obliteration of inland distributing centers. With the country merchant and kindred industries, the villages and towns dwindle or disappear and the country at large finally resolves itself into a system consisting of one great center of supply on the one hand, and an unkroken expanse of agriculture on the other. With the innumeral small commercial centers must also go the read}1-facilities that make the suburban life endurable—The doctor, the lawyer and all of the professions that cater to the convenience and happiness ot communities—all drawn to the one congested vortex of strenuous life, and leaving the balance of the country to the loneliness of toil to enrich the one great octopus of city life. This condition attained, and monopoly is ripe for its final stroke that makes all commerce the servitor of the great trust, for which people

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and governments must exist only as feeders/ Thus in theory the catalogue house commences a long stride toward universal trustification, a condition which some political economists say is ideal, but against which all in telligent humanity struggle aghast, knowing that the pric is theextinctionof the last atom of individuality, reducing all men to a single unit as cohesive and indistinguishable as a mass of dough. This view, even if drawn with broad strokes, is yet the finality of the catalogue house theory. There is no class who rebel against monopoly centralized power and trustifica tion more than the farmer: -and yet their response to the sap sucking tenticles of the cata )Ogue house does much to trans fer the wealth of the country to the great centers—unwittingly they are sending abroad wealth which, in the channels of trade at home, would replenish and multiply. They are sapping the life of home commerce which is the basis of social and industrial development the first of which makes life worth living, as the second provides the abundant means of it. They are destroying that touchstone of progress, credit, without which the great west would be yet a wilderness Under the cataloguer's regiment it would require ten times the money now in use to carry on the exchanges of commerce and by the difficulty of its procurement to that extent retard the development of the country.

The country merchant and all he stands for represents a theory directly opposite to that of the catalogue house, he represents the greatest axioms of political economy, in bringing the consumer and producer in closer touch. He represents the idea of the completeness of communal organization and thus, the ideal society with the most varied happiness of life. The country merchant by the beneficence of widespread credit iurnishes millions of capital that have turned the desert to a garden and many a poor man from poverty to opulence. He gives the choice of selection on the spot, the advantage of which in economy and effective results, few consider. He stands as the visible guarantee of his goods which is an everlasting incentive to the highest standard of quality. And finally when the quality ot the goods, the variety presented to view, the choice of selection and quickness of delivery and the inestimable value of credit when needed, the saving of freight are all considered, he lays the goods in the farmer's hand at less cost than any catalogue house can ever do.

The popularity of the catalogue house is based on prestige not warranted by facts. A volumious catalouge, profusely illustrated, glowingly worded and presenting baits for casli in advance, conyeys the impres sion of bed-rock prices, but making no account of freight, expressage, exchange, cash account, loss of time, misfit and poor quality. It is a myth but the danger comes in the credulity of the people who continue to bunco themselves and impoverish their community, to fatten the deluder. To send their stocking-hoarded savings east, and then lean on their country merchants for necessities, until another crop puts them on their feet again. I say the advantages of the catalogue purchase is a myth, which allures the farmer and ghosts the merchant and which will disappear when the merchant boldly unmasks a given case of competition totals up the cost and advantage on both sides and puts them side by side.

In the language of John Burns "for the welfare of the people give us bigger villages and smaller citiss," and long may it be ere the sinister clond of the C. O. D. extinguishes the benign sun of the I. O. U.

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APPEAL TO KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Grand Chancellor Remembers Hospitality of Frisco.

Among the many appeals for aid for victims of the California earthquake none is more heartfelt than that of the Knights of Pythias of Indiana. Members of the lodge have a warm spot in their hearts for the Western State, and especially for San Francisco. Only three years ago the Supreme Encampment of the Uniform Rink and the Supreme Lodge meeting were held simultaneously iu San Francisco, and the people who are now destitute and suffering for want of food at that time were hosts of the lodgemen. Nothingwas spared by the people of San Francisco to make the knights enjoy themselves. The city was decorated elaborately and all kinds of entertainments were prepared especially for the Knights of Pythias. Indiana was one of the most prominent States in the San Francisco gathering, because of the position of Maj. Gen. James R. Car ahan of this city was head of the Uniform Rank, and the fact that Terre Haute Company No. 3, U. R. K. of P., won the national championship in the drill contest.

Rev. John T. Hatfield of Cleve land was in Greenfield this mornm"'.

George W. Bruce, the well known claim adjuster of the Indianapolis street Railway Company, was in Greenfield today-

"CUTTING OVER."

How Telephone Lines Are Moved From One Switchboard to Another. "Cutting over" is the technical phrase applied to moving the.wires iu a telephone central office from one switchboard to another. If you will reflect that many of the switchboards of the type used iu the Bell exchanges of large cities carry 0,t00 lines, you will see what a task transferring such a mass of wires is. Indeed, there are few mechanical operations which more impress one (th a sense of absolutely perfect forethought and organization.

When an exchange is to be "cut over," all the outside lines coining into It, both overhead and underground, are tapped and practically connected with the new board while the old one is still In use. That is to say, they are brought into the main distributing frame, which is the big rack through which the outside lines are separated and linked to the proper inside lines which run directly into the switchboard and terminate in the "jacks," by means of which the operator is enabled to put any two subscribers into communication.

The opportunities for confusion and mishaps in this work are evident, and It speaks much for the painstaking care with which it is done that a subscriber is px*actlcally never ••lost," as the telephone engineer calls it, if one of the lines is temporarily misconnected. To secure such perfection innumerable tests are necessary not only of the outside lines, but of every switchboard line, and these are conducted over a long period so as in no way to disturb the service of the subscriber.

The operators are thoroughly drilled in the use of the new board, and when it comes to the actual performance of cutting over," which generally takes place some hour in the night when business is always light, both boards have a full force to work them. The final step is to cut the old connections and complete the new ones at the same instant. This is usually done by pulling out from the board to be abandoned the heat coils which are put into every circuit in the distributing frame as a protection to the apparatus against an overload of electricity from lightning or from the crossing of wires, or what not, and simultaneously pushing coils into the mechanism that replaces it. So rapidly can skilled men perform the operation that one of them can put GOO or 700 Coils in a place in thirty seconds, and the whole jjrocess of "cutting over" in a large office occupies not more than two minutes. There is no interruption of service, however, for on« group of wires is dealt with at a time, so that no circuit is out of commissior more than half a minute at the longest

Incredible.

"Strange case, that of Miggsley and his wife. They fell in love with each other at first sight." "That's nothing new." "But they both had their automobile rigs 011 at the time."—Chicago RecordHerald.

Latest Report.

Mrs. Oldwed—What is your husband supposed to be worth? Mrs.. Newed—Really, I can't say. But I'm sure he has depreciated considerably since our marriage six months ago."—Detroit Tribune.

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Commencing Friday, April 20th, until May 20th, we will give away Free of Charge, one day's business.

NOTICE :==One dav out of this month we will select as the day we give away. Anyone having a sales duplicate bearing that date will bring it to the cashier and receive in cash the amount thereon. Save your duplicate sales checks. Those having this date will receive every penny back whether it be 20c or $20. By this method you may be one of them who will get a suit of clothes or fine dress or any mer= chandise you might purchase on that day free of charge. Some will buy on that day and you may be one of them. The day will be published in the first paper after May 20th.

We purchased a consignment of the Famous Krippendorf=Dittman Shoes last fall to be delivered March 1st. On account of their fail= ure to fill the order at that date we cancelled the same, However, they offered us a very special price to take the shoes later on, and we accepted. The shoes have just arrived. Hav= ing bought them at a bargain, we offer them as such to you. See the display in our west window and note the prices.

Dittman's famous Ladies' $4.00 shoes.. Dittman's famous Ladies' $3.50 shoes. Dittman's famous Ladies $3.00 shoes..

$3.50 $3.00 $2.50

We have the most complete line of Ladies', Misses and Children's Oxfords in Greenfield. See them. Ladies' white kid and canvas

Oxfords, heels of same $1.25 to $2.00 Misses' Shoes and Oxfords from 98c to $2.00 Children's Shoes and Oxfords from 49c to $1.50

We have them all in numerous styles and all qualities.

Saturday only, we will sell 10=qt tin Dishpans at 5c Hope Muslin, Saturday only.. .(%c For Saturday only, Indigo Blue and Black=figured Calico, all standard, per yard 4%c Also one lot of Boys' Summer

Coats, Saturday and Mon= day, at ,5c First quality Flour, 25 lbs, 19c

We have Clark'sO. N.T. Thread, known the world over as the best.

Remember to keep your Sales Checks, as they may mean $'s to you. -See our Shoe Display in the west window.

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