Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 96, 4 March 1918 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1918.

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SALE OF THRIFT

AND WAR STAMPS TAKESJIG JUMP -Nearly Six Times Amount Sold in January, Jold in February. Nearly 6ix times as many War and Thrift Savins Stamps were sold during the month of February as In January, according to the report ot Postmaster Beck. In February, the total was $100,442..10 net sales, while In January only $17,106 worth of stamps were sold. Thrift and War stamp agencies are to be established In the various wards of the city during the present week. All stores, In addition to manufacture ing plants, are expected to qualify as first-class agencies, In order that citizens In every part of the city may be able to purchase stamps in the most convenient way. Thus far no stores asked to qualify have declined to do so, and City Chairman Joseph H. Hill expects that within the next week the dally sales will Increase with great rapidity. School children still maintain the pace they set several weeks ago and quantities, in addition to making sales to others. In all of the schools the ii'nrt la holnff Vfitcmotlrnll v rinn

"through the aid of the teachers and

Ihe patriotic spirit displayed has been

a source of much pleasure to the committee in charge of the county campaign. The polling of the city will be completed this week and the sheets containing the names of all persons will be eventually turned over to the State committee.

TO HELP YOU

NEW GARDEN AREAS SHOULD BE CLEARED THOROUGHLY OF TRASH

i ' I r Night School Echoes l

arithmetic class meets In i E

LAST YEAR'S RECORD MUST BE PASSED THIS YEAR This (1917 home gardening) campaign stimulated, It is estimated, the planting of from two hundred to three hundred per cent more gardens than had ever before produced food in the United States. From annual report of the United States Secretary of Agriculture.

The first problem in preparing the land for a garden that has not been used for this purpose is to remove all dead weeds, sticks, stones, bushes and trash of any sort. Briers and bushes should be dug up by the roots so they will not sprout again. Good drainage is essential to a successful garden. If the land is not well drained, this should be corrected as the first step In making the garden. Tile drains may be used or the land

; may be bedded by plowing It in long, ' narrow lanes, leaving the middle furI rows as drainage ditches. In the case of gardens spaded and worked by hand the same results may be had by

bedding up the soil. Vegetables will

West Manchester, Ohio

Jacob: Wolverton was taken to the Dayton state hospital, Wednesday, being found of unsound mind. His condition followed several paralytic strokes Mrs. William Buck of Gprmantown, visited her mother, Mrs. Mary Trone on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs. O. P. Wolverton of Greenville, was also a guest on Wednesday, Mrs. William Oswalt ot Eldorado, spent Wednesday with Mrs. George Troutwine.. . .Harley Juday spent Sunday in Dayton with Ozro and John Juday and families Union Sunday school and union Ecrvices both morning evening will be held next Sunday at the U. B. church, Union C. E. services at 6 : 30. .... E. B. Creaker and family were Sunday guests of Elden Gruber and family.. . . ,A very pleasant time was spent Friday evening whsn the Gleaners met in a business meeting at the home of Luclle Morris. It was decided to hold a social soon, date not yet determined. Games and con. tpsts were enjoyed. The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Helen Siler, on Saturday, April 27 Mrs. Isaac Christmas visited Saturday with relatives at Lewisburg Fred Jackson of Anderson, arrived here Tuesday k for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Davisson Mrs. John Garrison, returned Thursday from Dayton, where Fhe spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. Eldcn Brown Irvin Poyner and 'wife and Harold and Valeta Weaver spont Friday with Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Rraddock C. A. Trone made a business trip to Dayton Saturday Mrs. William Brock was in Arcanum Thursday where she visited her sister, Mrs. Jack Etzler, who is very low with cancer.. .Mrs. Wertie Craig and daughter Dorothy, attended the funeral of an uncle, Frank . Gaskell Sunday, at Verona Sam Troutwine and family of near Gettysburg visited Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. George Troutwine William Smith will again becom a resident of West Manchester after a stay of several years on the farm. His son Clarence will move to the Smith farm while they will occupy their property in town. Charles Morris will vacate and move Into the Anna IVtry property. Mrs. Petry will remove to her farm home near Eldorado Miss Bernice Juday visited last week with her cousin Goldia Coleman near Otterbein.. .Mrs. Mazie Siler and daughter Hilda, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fitzwater on Saturday and Sunday Mrs. Jacob Wolverton spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sellers Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ford, who were married last Tuesday at Eaton at the U. B. parsonage by the Rev. J. E. Yingllng return-

rd Friday evenin? from Columbus where they attended a meeting of the Hardware Dealers Association. They 111 make their home in West Man

chester Jesse T'ta was painfully

hurt last week while leading a colt. Hl collar bone was broken and suffered other minor injuries Several of the teachers from this place attended' the Teachers association Saturday at West Aloxandria Mrs. 'Ora Emerlck was taken to Reid Memorial hospital on Sunday by Dr. Carter. She will undergo an operation for appendicitis and adhesion as soon as her condition permits.. . . .C. E. Barnes was culled to Winchester, Tenn., last Tuesday by the death of his only sister, Mrs. C. F. Pittsinger, who died on Monday in that city. The funeral services were held on Wednesday Mrs. O. C. Schaetter visited last week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hamilton, nar Eldorado Mrs. Sam Holtzmuller spent Friday and Saturday with Anderson Wehrley and family at Verona William Parker and family spent Sunday with E. A. Locke and family Henry Siler and family of Dayton, were guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jone Bmner .Mr. and Mrs. John Gauch entertained Mr. and Mrs. T. I j. Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Howell and Mr. and Mrs. Diller Howell at their home Sunday. Mrs. Lurenna Trump, L,eah and Ola Trump and Miss Ida Tramp were afternoon visitors....

Mrs. Nellie Emerick and daughter Alice, were in Richmond Friday and Saturday, the guests of relatives Miss Ida Trump of Dayton returned home Sunday evening after a week's visit with Mrs. Lurenna Trump Mr. nnd Mrs. Mart Wehrley entertained Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wehrley and Mrs. Barbara and Miss Ella Wehrley. Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman and Mrs. Jacob Wolverton were evening callers Miss Mary Slier and Mr. and. Mrs. Aaron Spueler visited Sunday with Mr. -and Mrs. Noah Siler Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hunter of Dayton, wero Sunday guests of Mr. and Miz.

application of air-slaked lime or ground limestone to the freshly plowed soil In order that it may have time to correct acidity before planting time

arrives. The manure should not be

applied with the lime, as loss of nitro

gen will occur under tnese .clrcunx

stances. The lime should be applied

and become mixed with the soil before the manure Is applied. The manure

should be of a good grade, stable manure either from horses or cattle preferably. Manure that hag straw bed

ding material mixed with It is best, and should be applied at the rate of 25 or 30 tons per acre or from 300 to 400

pounds per square rod.

It Is an excellent plan to prepare the soil for planting as needed rather

than to fit the whole garden at once

If the work of fitting the ground Is done with a team It will not always

be feasible to follow this plan. Ground

that has not been used for gardening purposes should, in every case where It Is possible, be put In condition with.

a team, as the ground should be cut up with a disk or cutaway harrow, thoroughly fining the 6oil as deeply as It has been plowed, thoroughly mixing the manure with the soil.

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These "Before-and-After" Picture Show What Can Be Accomplished In Converting a Trash Heap Into a Useful and Eye-Pleating Garden.

not thrive in poorly drained soil no matter how much care is given them. Break Soil Early Plowing or spading should, be done at the earliest possible moment, in order that la sections of the country where freezing occurrthe soil may be subjected to freezing so that It will be broken up by the action of the frost and be mellow and priable when planting begins. Nothing aids In the preparation of soil, and especially stiff soils, like freezing and thawing. It Is especially important that ground in sod be plowed in time bo it will freeze after plowing and the grub worms and other hibernating insects and worms may be destroyed. Where severe freezing is sure to occur after the plowing is done little horm will be done by plowing the ground while wet. Otherwise the ground should not be plowed until fairly dry, or cloda will result. The ground after plowing should be allowed to remain rough until needed. Lime is Important It is an excellent plan to make an

Distribute Hand Labor It Is. of course, possible to do the work just as well by hand, but a considerable amount of labor is Involved.

For small areas, however, this method is the only practical one. When the garden is to be worked by hand it is especially desirable that the spading

be done os early as possible, as the

sooner it is done the easier it will be to get the ground In condition. The

ground should be worked down only as this will distribute the labor; and

as the rough ground will dry off

quicker than that smoother down, It is possible to get on the ground sooner if left In the rough than when well worked down. It Is extremely desirable to get such crops as early peas, early potatoes and early cabbage plants in as soon as the ground Is dry enough, and It Is often possible to get these crops planted a week or two earlier by following this plan. Well-sifted coal ashes, unlike wood ashes, have no fertilizing value, but are useful in lightening soil. Lime will lighten soil and at the same time correct acidity.

Miss Electa Henley will give a demonstration on serving in the cooking class at 7:15 o'clock. " Benjamin Null has several new features which will be Introduced In the public speaking class. , Business men are invited to join the class. Circulars ' containing information and suggestions on keeping up attendance in classes will be given the instructors -Monday evening by Principal Carman. . ... a' Ford car will be placed In the lunch roow for practical work by the automobile class. The classes in millinery, nursing, and dressmaking must have an attendance of fifteen in order to be maintained. Only men engaged in machine shop work will be permitted to enter machine shop classes. The night school term is too short to prepare any one for a new trade. . The Commercial classes including stenography, bookkeeping, typewriting and commercial . arithmetic will start work Monday evening. The

STOCK SALES AT $111,661.10

Jerome Shurley was able to realize his ambition of buying more than $100,000 worth of livestock in one month during February. The total purchases of stock for the

month were $111,661.10 at Glen Miller

stock yards. There were shipped out 31 single decks and eight double decks that had 3091 hogs, 212 veal calves, 66 cattle and 30 lambs.

William Haberkern Will Represent Richmond High The Richmond high school will be represented at the Wayne county district and state meetings of the State High School Discussion League by William Haberkern. The county meet is in Richmond, March 22; the district meet at Rushville, April 5, and state meet at Bloomington, April 19.

The subject fpr discusion is, "What Should Be the Policy of the United States in Financing the Present War?"

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INDIAN POET IN - SPY INTRIGUES?

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Rabindranath Tagore. Secret papers made public by the government recently at San Francisco purported to show that Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu poet and winner of the Nobel prize for poetry, had been active in plotting for a revolution which was to result in independent government for India.

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$5 ,200, Receipts of Sale at Greensfork Saturday Receipts of the Community Sale at Greensfork Saturday amounted to more than $5,200 and the success of the sale caused the promoters to announce another for March 30. Dinner was served by the Red Cross and the chapter made more than $100. Several hundred farmers attended the sale, some of them coming with their saleable produce for many miles. Livestock, machinery and grain were sold. Streets were fenced off for a sale ring.

Oscar Johnston, Pennsy Employe, is Pensioned Oscar Johnson, who has been in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad for forty-thtee years, has retired on a pension. He was last employed in the freight house. Employes of the freight house presented Mr. Johnson with a gold watch and a book bearing their names. He also received many beautiful boxes of flowers. .

Absolute proof that the gravitational attraction between masses of matter varies with changes in their electrictl potential due to electrical changes upon them has been obtained by Dr. Francis E. Nipher in a year of experiments in the laboratory of Washington university, St. Louis.

Walter Trump Miss Gladys Wilhelm attended the Teachers associa

tion at West Alexandria on Saturday : and spent Sunday with her parents at ; West Sonora Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe j Crisenberry of Troy, spent Sunday; with A. L. Riley and wife Miss Vertie Monebrake returned Sunday tot Xenia after a short visit with her par- j ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Monebrake, Mr. ! and Mrs. Jacob Wehrley were Sunday guests Miss Mildrel Stines visited Sunday with her parents at Dayton Dr. and Mrs. Carl Beane visited Sunday with his father at West Alex-1

andria Miss Grace Juday of Dayton, spent from Friday until Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Studebaker. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fowble and son Vincent, were Sunday guests Miss Irene Timmons spent the week-end with her parents at New Paris.;... Miss Cora Leas was a Richmond shopper Friday Ell Howell and wife ot Verona, were in West Manchester, Friday calling on friends Mrs. Harley Howell of Dayton, spent Friday with Mrs. Anna Howell. She together with son Harley, Loy and Mis3 Treva Howell visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hetzler, who is badly afflicted with rheumatism at his home near New Madison Mrs. Blanche Shively entertained her mother of near Eaton last week, who returned home Saturday. Her sister Nellie, arrived Sunday and will spend several weeks with her Mrs. F. V. Ream Is visiting this week with relatives at Sherwood, O Miss Ruth Crane of Eldorado, was the guest of Miss Helen Leas Sunday.. . .Miss Berdena Crisenbery of Troy, spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Schaeffer and was the

guest of Irene Leas Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Frank and family, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Parks, Mrs. Gertrude ; Moore and sons, and Carl Winsch of j Eldorado, were entertained Sunday at;

....Elliot Phillips and wife were Sunday visitors of Carey Pilman and wife. . . . .The Misses Florence Warner and Grace and Bertha Duvall of Dayton, spent Sunday with Miss Alice Scuerman Miss Shear! Emerick, Mrs. Daisy Crisler and Delphine Emerick of Dayton, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Emerick.

EAT VICTORY

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ON ALL WHEATLESS DAYS and for all WHEAT LESS MEALS J A Snappy, Crisp, Salty Top Cracker. REMEMBER There are eleven wheatless meals out of the 21 in a week. For Wheatless Meals ORDER VICTORY CRACKERS From Your Grocer Made only in Richmond by McfluinnioiiMl Bsikneg Comnipaey

12 AMERICANS

Continued From Page One. Thursday night said that two columns of the enemy had been thrown back with heavy losses. German prisoners were taken by the French. Some of the American troops in the Chein-des-Dames sector are having an experience of cave life behind the front trenches, their billets being deep underground quarries and natural recesses beneath the surface. The cor

respondent on a visit to this sector found them thus quartered, occupying positions held by the Germans less than a year ago. Most of the Americans, however, are living in the trenches and accompanying dugouts. The front line trenches here have been cleaned, strengthened and improved and are well protected with barb wire entanglements. The underground billets, some of them old lime stone quarries and other partly natural in formation and improved through blasting operations by the Germans who occupied them for nearly three years, are variously named. One of them accommodates 1,000 men. The living quarters of the Americans in this cave are 72 feet under ground. The cave consists of long galleries with cement ceilings. Fresh air is supplied by large air pumps. The cave is in part electrically lighted. Elswhere acetylene lamps and oil

lanterns are employed. The men usually remain in this cavern from four to six days each, a company being assigned a certain portion of the excavation. The men are not permitted to roam about from fear of being lost or to go outside except on duty, lest they be detected by enemy air men.

THISTLETHWAITE

Cine Poces

OTHERS TRY TO FOLLOW 35c Gold Bar Peaches, per can 27; 3 fori 7. .7. . . .75 18c Golden State Peaches, per can 15; 3 cans.... 424 35c Silver Bar Pine Apple, per can 27 ; 3 cans for. . 75 40c Coffee,' per lb. for. ... ... ..... V , . ,34 35c Coffee,' per lb. for..... ., i........29 30c Coffee, per lb. for. . .23 35c Jar Apple Butter, per jar 27 ; 2 'for.'.!. ...... .53 23c Hillsdale Asparagus, per can lSd; 2 for .35 18c Van Camp Kidney Beans ; per can 14; 3 for. . .40 Vz lb. Box Hershey's, Cocoa," per box 17S 3 for. .. .49 Tipton Early June Peas, per can 14 ; 3 cans for. . . .41 Jockey Club Fancy Sifted Peas, per can 18c; 3 for. . .5l 23c Ivanhoe Sugar Corn, per can 19r ; 3 for. ...... 55 18c Elegant Brand Com, per can 13; 6 for. . . . . ...75 Campbell's Soups, all kinds.' per can: . .'. ......... '.'.10 Quaker Puff Wheat or Rice, per box 13d; 2 for. . . .25 Shredded Wheat, per box 13 ; 2 for .'. 7 . 25 Grape-Nuts, per. box 13; 2 for. . .'. .'. .... . .. .25 Quaker Oats, per box. ..................... . . . . .10 Mother's Oats, per box. . . .. ..'.'. . : .'. .". . .7.7.7". 10 National Oats, per box. . . .7 . . . . . . .'. ............ .10 Toy Oats, per box '. 10$ Red Mine New Orleans Molasses, per can 12. 3 for 33 6c Fould's Spaghetti, Macoroni or Egg Noodles, per box 5; 3 for. .7 . ...13 25c Newton's Eggno, to take the place eggs, per box 224; 2 for. .42 Tall Wilson, 6 for. .75 Tall Pet, 6 for .75 Tall Carnation, 6 for 75 Small Wilson, 12 for .75 Small Pet, 12 for 75? Small Carnation, 12 for ...7.75 Michigan Navy Beans, 5 lbs. for 78 Lima Beans, per lb. 17; 5 lbs ..794 Red Beans, per lb. 13J 5 lbs 59 California Pinto Beans, lb. 12; 2 lbs. 21; 5 lbs. 47 Old Dutch Cleanser, 6 cans for . .504 Red Seal Lye, 6 cans for 58 Lenox Soap, 10 bars for 48 Ivory Soap, 10 bars for. 58c P. & G. Naptha Soap, 10 bars for 58 Bob White' Soap, 10 bars for 47c Lux Soap Chips, 2 boxes for 25c Royal Baking Powders, per lb. can 47c ; 3 for SX.36 5 lbs. White Corn Meal 28c 15c Aunt Jemima Pan Cake or Buckwheat Flour, 2 pkgs. for .25c Oat Meal, 3 lbs. for : 21c Head Rice, 3 lbs. for 29 Broken Rice, 3 lbs. for 25c 2 lbs. Pure Lard for 59c 2 lbs. Nut-Ola for 65c CUT RATE DRUGS

$1.00 Jad Salts 69c 35c Danderlne 29c 35c Freezone, for corn 29c $1.23 Pinkham's Compound.. 84c 50c Diapepsin 39c 25c Sloan's Liniment 16c 50c Pebeco Tooth Paste 39c 51.00 Nuxated Iron 74c $1.00 Vinol, for 89c

25c Wood burr's Soap ...... 21 c 35c Castoria (Fletcher's) ...25c 30c Musterole 21c 50c Syrup of Pepsin 34c 50c Standard 34c 50c King's Discovery 34c 30c Bromo Quinine 19c 30c Hill's Cascara Quinine. . .19c 35c Hinkle's Cascara 24c $1.00 Miles Nervine 89c

Chewing Tobacco All 1 Oc Scrap 3 pkgs 25c Always

CIGARS Cinco 5c Box of 50 $2.35 Denby. at 5c San Felice 5c Box of 100 54.65

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PALLADIUM WANT ADS BRING RESULTS TRY THEM

The National Defense Through the State Council of Defense Inaugurates Some Important Reforms in the Delivery of Merchandise. The official order is as follows: . Whereas, The National Council of Defense, through its Committee known as the National Economy Board requests that the State Council of Defense co-operate with the National Economy Board in bringing about reforms in the delivery of retail. Merchandise as follows: . : . 1. That delivery service in retail stores be restricted to not mere than one delivery a day over each route. ; - - . . . 2. That the time privilege for returning goods be restricted to. not more than three days. , 3. That special deliveries be eliminated as far as possible. : 4. That the handling of C. O. P. orders be curtailed as far as possible. 5. That the custom of sending goods on approval be discontinued. 6. That co-operative delivery systems should be introduced wherever practicable. These rules apply to all retail Mnes except those pertaining to the delivery of food and provisions which are to be regulated through the Food Administration which is a distinct department of the Government. , The State Council of Defense of the State of Indiana has instructed 'the Merchant's Economy Committee of the State Council of Defense to carry out the above orders at once and have authorized and instructed every County Council of Defense in the State of Indiana to assist the Merchant's Economy Committee in the enforcement of the above requests and if necessary may call upon the State Council to assist in its enforcement, f- The above rules have been in force in a number of cities all over the State of Indiana for nearly 30 days and it is hereby ordered that same shall be in effect in the city of Richmond on and after Monday, March 10th, 1918. Signed, LEE B. NUSBAUM. Member Merchant's Economy Committee State Council of Defense. DR. E. R. CHURCHILL ,

Chairman Wayne County Council of Defense.

NOTE : The above is in compliance with the U. S. War Advisory Committee of the National Council of Defense and is part of the great plan to conserve man power and motive power, Every time you carry a package home with you, you are giving your country just that much of some man's time it is YOUR BIT to help win the war. The buying public, realizing the necessity of conserving men for war purposes will no doubt be glad to comply with the Government's request. The National Council of Defense take the position that today there are many thousands of men now unnecessarily employed in the excessive deliveries maintained by the Retail Stores throughout the United States and inasmuch as every one of these men are needed for war purposes, the continued maintainance of the excessive delivery plan is not only an extravagance, but unpatriotic as well and is entirely contrary to the wishes and needs of the Government at this time.

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