New Richmond Record, Volume 19, Number 45, New Richmond, Montgomery County, 20 May 1915 — Page 4

HE PATRIOTISM FDR ROME TOWN

menus standing together against common foes. This isn’t n sentimental orati.m or edilorinl, it is n plea, to the people of tliis community to study well the effect of the giant octopus called the Mail Order lousiness—to study its effect on your future, on our future. If you do give this great question the consideration it deserves you will think twice before sending your money away from home to bring desolation into the community you call your home.

WONDERFUL VALUES IN

Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats and Suits

Destroy the Country Town, You Destroy the Community.

This great May sale of ladies’ and misses’ coats and suits afford buying opportunities that will truly appeal to every thrifty buyer. In the assortments you will find the very newest spring and summer styles, each individual in its tailoring and workmanship. Whatever you may have settled upon in your mind as the fashion or material, coloring or design of your new suit or coat you will be pretty certain to find it here—a suit or coat that will please you, fit you and become you well. Note these values —

By O. A. Charles,

The preservation of the home trade to the home town carries with it the preservation of our American institutions. It seems to me that a Jot of good things in American life will pass if the country town passes, and it will pass just so surely as centralization of business in the cities continues as it goes now to the city department stores and the mail order concerns.

Ladies’ Tailored Suits

Ladies’ Tailored Suits Ladies’ tailored suits, wide variety of pretty patterns, serges and novelty weaves, good §15.00 values special only

Ladies’ Silk Suits

Cash Prizes Offered.

Newest summer styles in gabardines black and white check serges good values up to $25.00 special only

Ladies’ silk suits, beautifully made, wide range of colors and styles to select from, good values up to $35.00 at your choice only

Tlie Record offers three cash prizes of fifty cents each for the correct guess and best reasons for such guess of who wrote the ’‘Big Athletic Events” as given on the last page of the “Homo Coming Week” circular. The conditions of the prizes are that you must (1)say whether you happen to know who wrote the matter; (2) the best reason why you think the person you have guessed wrote the article; (3) in which of the various athletic events you intend to enter. Early answers will be considered in points of decision. Seal your answers and mail to the New Richmond Record. All of the above conditions must be complied with.

$ 1 2.98

$8.88

$16.50

The American country town, the town of from 100 to 100,000 population, deserves better than the crowded city and better than the lonely ranch and isolated farm life, the things that make America great.

Here in these country towns the spirit of neighborliness is the prevailing spirit. Men come to know one another, and when two human beings come to know one another, in the one who is intelligent and wise, respect always for the other. To know one’s fellows always is to sympathize with them; neighborliness spells fraternity.

Obituary Parties.

Boston has developed a new social divertissement of a more or less intellectual variety, as might justly be expected. It is deservedly popular and is called the obituary party. The method of proceedure is to ask each guest to supply an original obituary note or epigraph appropriate to one or more of the other guests, no limit being placed upon the number who may be subjected to having a few last respects paid to them. Any guest declining to act may be mulcted in a forfeit to be determined by the company. Only obituaries in verse are accepted, but epigraphs may consist of no more than one line. Herewith are a few specimens submitted at a party held in Commonwealth avenue recently:

The American country town with its broad circle of frindships, with its close, homely, simple relations between men, with its spirit of co-operation and with its economic status that permits the creation of no indecently rich and no abjectly poor, the American town, it seems to me, is the most hopeful of our American institutions.

To destroy a town furnishing the market for the farmer, for giving steady employment to labor, means a re-organization of our commercial, social and industrial life that will be revolutionary and more, a matter of doubtful value.

The mail order houses therefore become a menace to this country. The mail order house unrestricted will kill our smaller towns, creating great cities with trouble and conflicts of life. With their cruel social relations, with their inevitable caste feeling that comes from the presence of strangers who are rich and poor, Jiving side by side. Great cities give much in alms but little in justice.Oiily as'weknow each other well can we treat each other justly; and the city is a wilderness of careless strangers whose instincts of humanity are daily becoming and more blunted to suffering because in the nature of things suffering in cities must be impersonal. It is in the suffering of friends and neighbors and kith and kin as it is in the smaller towns, is drying up the milk of human kindness in our hearts.

Deacon Wiuthrop, thou hast left us, And we’re sad, as sad can be; It was the devil who bereft us And he has our sympathy.

Mrs. Susan Smith has gone To the world that never ends; Sister Smith is always doing Something that will please her friends,

Tom Linson’s gone away from us, They say a better place is his; But that’s not so, because there ain’t No better place than Boston is.

CRAWFORDSVILLE. INDIANA

Beneath this stone lies Standish Doan, And surely he must love it, Because all know he did love so To always lie above it.

Township Notice. Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, June 1, at 2 p. m. at my office in New Richmond, I will receive bids for the construction and erection of one fire escape for the school building at Wingate and two for the school building at New Richmond in accordance with the order of the State Board of Inspection. Specifications for same are now on file at my office. 0. W. Mason, Township Trustee. May 10, 1915.

Chair for Presidents Only. ; Alexander Spring, owner end i residing on the former C. B. Landis farm, just west of this city, ; possesses an old arm rocking chair : with which he would not part. In i this chair has reclined every pres- > ident of the United States, from [ George Washington down with the 1 exception of the present executive, 1 President Wilson, and it is Mr. i Spring’s intention to arrange that , Mr. Wilson may sit in the chair, > to thus preserve the unbroken line > of its illustrious users. The chair is an old colonial arm i rocker, made of mahogany, and ap- . pears to grow better with age. It I is a most comfortable chair and - one can hardly blame the presir dents for desiring to sit in it. The t associations in connection with it i are certainly valuable and the j chair is the objfect of the silent

Couldn't Applaud Alone. The cheerfulness of the wounded and maimed is one of the remarkable features of the war. No matter if the men have empty sleeves or disfigured faces with an eye missing or are minus a leg, they can be seen going about with the most cheerful view of the future, A remarkable scene during a performance of “LaYivandiere” a few nights ago is the talk of the city. The opera is particularly appropriate for the present time and the great “Hymn to Liberty,” the climax of an act, always receives an ovation. All the audiances arose and applauded at this song the other night except two men in the uniform of officers. There were murmurs until it was seen that the right sleeve of one and the left sleeve of the other were empty. At last one man held out his right hand and the other brought his left hand upon it to applaud. That ended the interest of the audience in the opera. A great cheer arose. The orchestra quickly turned to the “Marsellnise” and the two men received a reception. “Had we known our action would have caused so much commotion we would have remained quiet,” said one of the men afterward, “but we did want to show our appreciation for the great music.”—Paris Cor., New York Sun.

wonderment of visitors to the Spring farm, as they are made acquainted with its history. The chair was presented to Mr, Spring by former Congressman Charles B. Landis, now of Wilmington, Dela.— Delphi Journal. There’s a limit to every man’s capacity—but few men reach their limit. Subscribe for The Record.

Fireless Cooker Fire. One of the peculiar fire cases reported to the state department is that of an instance where the origin of a fire is reported to have been a fireless cooker! The question naturally arises, What sort of a tireless cooker could it be that 1 set a fire going? Evidently there are still a few things new under the sun, —and this thing of a tireless cooker starting a fire is one of them.

To heaven above has gone at last Dear Sister Martha Hewitt, And it will be some time before She gets accustomed to it.

Richard Johnson has departed; He was a long time getting started.

Waiting for the elrvator ■ Stood our dear friend, Silas Brown; “Going up,” they called, but Silas Missed and got it going down.

This brings us bock to the first principles, If we who live in these smaller towns in America cannot see that our duty to our country lies first of all in our duty to our neighbors, then we are indeed blind to the basis of real patriotism, for after all, patriotism is only neighborly kindness. Patriotism is not in cheering for the flag. It is not in feeling our eyes filled with emotional tears at hearing the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Patriotism is just old-fashioned human duty; patriotism is a matter of locality, community and home.

There were others, some showing the master hand no less than these, and there were still others, not so good, because it is not in every Bostonion to versify in a manner suitable for print, and it would be unfair to publish to the gorld what is not flattering to the well known Boston intellectuality. However, in this obituary party proposition Boston offers to jaded society everywhere a new divertisement and jaded society everywhere may hasten to divert itself in the Boston manner, without fear of brain fag to a hurjful degree, —New York Sun,

To sacrifice our neighbor—the man who helps the town and its taxes, with its public business, with its myriad activities of neighborly righteousness—to sacrifice that man and his business for the mere sake of saving a dollar on the purchase of a hundred dollars’ worth of goods, is just as unpatriotic as it is to spit at the flag. For the flag, if it means anything, means the Golden Rule. The flag means friendly burdens carried, it

Lame Back.

Lame back is usually due to rheumatism of the muscles of the back. Hard working people are most likely to suffer from it. Relief may be had by massaging the bach with Chamberlain’s Liniment two or three times a day. Try it. Obtainable everywhere. —Adv.

Play the game square!

" 1 A . CO-OPERATIVE i|OUIS|ischOF'

Ladies' Summer Coats Ladies’ and misses' new summer coats in pretty coverts and serges, good $6.50 to $7.50 values special eacn only $4.98 Ladies' New Spring Coats Ladies new spring and summer coats, in coverts, gabardines, serges and wool tweeds, regular $18 to $20 values special each only $9.98

Dutch Aprons Ladies’ coverall aprons made of gingliams and percales, good 50 cent values special only House Dresses A big assortment of house dresses, neatly made, of good quality ginghams and percales, good values to $1.25, special Skirts Ladies’ skirts, made of fine gaberdines and serges, good values up to $7.50, special each only 35c 75c $2.98

Grass Rugs for The Summer Porch, Sun Parlor, Bed Rooms Size 27x54, May sale price , 67c Size 8x10, May sale price 15.48 Size 6x9, May sale price $3.68 Size 36x63, May sale price ; $1.48 Imperial Axminster Rugs Size 4.6x7.6, good value at $9.98, choice $7.48 Size 9x12, good $25 values, choice $18.50 Axminster Rugs Size 27x36, good $2 values, special each, only 98c Size 18x36, good $1 values, choice, each only 69c Reversible Art Rugs Reversible art rugs in a wide variety of color effects and patterns, good values at $4.98, choice $3.48 Japanese Matting at 10 cents a yard Saturday special we offer a splendid value in handsome Japanese mattings. We offer these in a wide variety of patterns, a good 5c value, special yard only 10c Limit—One to a customer. — i

Homeseekers ' Excursion Fates TO SOUTHWEST VIA CLOVER LEAF ROUTE First and Third Tusdays of Each Month. See J. H. Lnne, Agent New Richmond, for Information.

Are You Going to Ting \ PANAMA EXPOSITION IN CALIFORNIA? I am organizing a special party for this Tour. See me for rates and particulars. Also other tours to the Coast, Homeseekers Rates to the Southwest, and Semi-Monthly Low Rates to St. Louis. J. H. LANE, Agent Clover Leaf Route, New Richmond, Ind.

Special May Sale of Summer Millinery EXTRAORDINARY VALUES Ladies’ Street Hats A pleasing assortment of fashionable new sailors, all shades, ribbon trimmed, good $2 to $3 values, special each only Si .29 Ladies’ Trimmed Hats If you have not purchased your new summer hat you’ll find these prices for Saturday afford remarkable values. The styles are all the very latest of the season, the workmanship superb. These 13.50 to $5 values, special each only S2.4-8 Children’s Summer Hats Children’s trimmed hats, made of fine straw, velvet and ribbon trimmed, the $1 value, special.69c