Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 274, 1 September 1919 — Page 6

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his farm produce all it can and to exercise moderation in buying luxuries, and above all to save consistently and invest his savings wisely."

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th AasoeUUd Proas 1 xclulvely entitled to th IN for republication of all newt dlcpatche" credited to It or not oth-w!e credited in this paper and also the local newi published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. A Bit of Advice Active co-operation with the food administrations of the various states to reduce cost of the necessities of life and curb profiteers has been urged upon the farmers of America .who are members of war savings societies by William Mather Lewis, director of the savings division of the treasury department. Mr. Lewis pointed out that none is in better position to know real facts as to production and fair prices than the farm members of the 160,000 war savings societies in America. He declared each member owned a plain duty to co-operate with the food administrators to the utmost to establish and publish fair prices and to discover and prosecute cases of profiteering. "Checking of waste and increase of production are peremptorily necessary measures to be taken to reduce living costs," said Mr. Lewis. A veritable orgy of extravagance is going on. "Every sound analysis of the present price situation lends confirmation to the decision of Governor W. P. G. Harding, of the federal reserve board, that no solution of high costs can be reached until the country shakes off its present spending intoxication and settles down to demanding the receipt of a dollar's worth of food or material, measured by the labor or effort required to obtain that dollar. "One great trouble is that millions of persons are not spending from their earnings but from their savings of the past two years. "Liberty Bonds and other securities accumulated by the most worthy patriotic sacrifice during the war, are being cashed at a loss to purchase luxuries at prices exorbitant even for luxuries. The people have themselves to blame if prices of necessities have followed the prices of luxuries up, when merchants observed the absolute carelessness with which people parted with their money. The farmers of the country are not exempt from this extravagance. We read

without particular surprise, because of numerous similar instances, of a farmer buying out the entire stock of expensive haberdashery in the store where he was previously accustomed to drive hard bargains for necessities. "It is absolutely necessary, as Governor Harding has pointed out, to work regularly and efficiently in order to produce and distribute the largest possible volume of commodities and to exercise reasonable economies in order that )roney, goods and services may be devoted primarily to the liquidation of debt and to the satisfaction of the demand for necessities, rather than indulgence of desires for luxuries. "Enrolled in the savings societies are more than six million people, close to the very heart of American industrial life. It is in their power to increase the flow of production through the arteries of industry. It is in their power to check waste not only amongst themselves and those dependent on them but amongst all in the communities in which they live. "They can do this by wise buying and by treating what they buy with respect due to the hours

of labor its purchase cost them. It lies in their

power through i-egular and consistent saving and

safe and conservative investment in such securities as War Savings Stamps and Savings Certifi

cates, to add to the capital necessary for the in

dustrial expansion and increased production. "Tho chief complaint of the nation on the high cost of living is directed at the cost of food to the consumer. The middle men who are accused of profiteering can be made to lower prices most effectively if great quantities of food are produced. It is the duty of every farmer to make

Save Your Interest The next interest day for holders of Liberty bonds will be Sept. 15. The government will pay out $88,750,983 interest on that day. Other interest days follow before the year 1919 closes. Ihe total interest from March 15 to Dec. 15 paid by the government on Liberty bonds will be $804,057,716. Many holders of Liberty bonds in Wayne county will share in this distribution of interest. The Federal Reserve bank suggests that holders of government bonds invest the interest in savings stamps. The bank points out that money will buy less now than it did formerly, and that it will be the part of wisdom to invest in stamps that will mature when money will be worth more. A prudent investor does not squander the returns of his investment but uses them for new investments. If savings stamps appeal to you as a form of investment, put your money' in this security. If you have other safe and conservative opportunities for investments, use it there.

Condensed Classics of Famous Authors

DOYLE II. . Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is known everywhere and to everybody as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. He has naturally been pleased with this world-wide fame, but it has not beon an unmixed pleasure. He once said

that he wished America might have

taken a little less eagerly to the de

tective tales and evidenced an equal enthusiasm for his historical romances, which he regards as his best work. He remarked that he had spent two years of hard work and had consulted more than 200 books in composing: "The White Company." The numerous Sherlock Holmes tales and the historical romances show but two sides to the author's usual versatility. He has always kept up his keen interest in medicine, his first profession. In "The Crime of the Congo" he wrote about the cruelties of Kins; Leopold's administration of the Congo rubber traffic In South Africa, and more recently In France, he has studied and written about modern war. Long before the great war overwhelmed Europe he saw the storm cloud fathering and in short stories he forecast some of the terrors and marvels of war as it might be and as it proved to be. In "Great Britain and the Next War," in 1913, he exposed the specious arguments of General Bernhardt. For 30 years he has been Investigating Spiritualism, starting as a convinced unbeliever. More and more he has been won over to complete faith In communications from the spirit world, and in numerous articles and "The New Revelation"

(1918) he has set down the story of his progress from scepticism to belief, and is now playing a prominent part in the great spiritualistic movement, which is sweeping over England.

A CharacterUtlc Attitude Author.

of the

Sane Advice Leadership of organized labor is striving manfully to prevent a railroad shopmen's strike at this time. The disapproval of the strike by the American Federation of Labor should be accepted in good grace by workers who are anxious to precipitate a clash. "We hope the effect of this decision will be felt throughout the country in moderating unreasonable demands and checking the destructive tendencies of heedless radicalism," comments

the Chicago Tribune. "It ought to encourage the conservative forces in all unions and emphasize the urgent need for an assertion by these forces of a sane and constructive policy. The American nation is not going to tolerate for one moment revolutionary excesses and it has the power to protect itself from them. Organized labor would set itself back a long way if it were to turn from its experienced and level-headed leaders, whose loyal guidance has brought it so far, and follow the foolish incitements of impracticals and trouble seekers." Every disinterested observer of events in the industrial world will agree with the Tribune that organized labor has more to gain by following the advice of its conservative leaders, men who have fought valiantly and long for the cause, than it has from plunging into the excesses advocated by radicals. The people of this country will not tolerate a repetition of Russian outrages in this country nor an indulgence in scenes that will entail starvation and death. The big majority of the people favor a sane and well balanced evolution. They will oppose revolutionary methods with all the means at their command. Hasty action and resort to arson and pillage never yet won a lasting success. "Labor leadership in its action in the shopmen's strike, and the even more inexcusable coast strike, sounds a note of warning which organized labor, we trust for its own sake, will heed," says the Tribune. "If it does the country will emerge quickly from its present costly situation, the wheels of production will speed, and America again will forge ahead toward prosperity. This is the only way of bringing down the cost of living while keeping up the new level of wages." Men in increasingly larger numbers are beginning to see the truth of this theory. Radicalism will spell ruin. Intelligent co-operation will point the way to a happy solution for all parties.

THE WHITE COMPANY BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Condensation by A. J. Stafford, Wollaston, Mass.

The Abbot of Beaulieu sat iq a loftv room, before him his thirty monks. All were labor-stained and weary, for the abbot was a Lard man. A big redhaired youth, the black sheep of the fold, stood awaiting punishment. His sins were many, the worst being that ho had "conversed with a maiden . . . and did carry her across a stream, to the infinite relish of the devil." The abbot rose ia wrath. "John of

Hordle!" he thundered, "Thoa shalt be cast into the outer world! Seize him and scourge him from the precincts!" But the culprit had different plans. Lifting the big oaken desk he hurled it at his accusers, sprang through the open door and escaped. "He is possessed of a devil!" they shouted. Far different was the leave taking of Alleyne Edricson, a slender, yellowhaired youth, favorite of all. "Twenty years ago," said the abbot, "your father, the Franklin of Minstead, died, leaving to the abbey three hides, and you, his infant son, for us to rear until you reached man's estate; and now you must return into the world." Alleyne was a learned clerk, skilled in music, writing, painting and other attainments. His reading was scant and he had only a vague idea of Europe, beyond which were "Jerusalem, the Holy land, and the great river which hath its source in the Garden of Eden." The abbot now told him of strange nations, including that of the fair but evil women who slay with beholding, like the basilik. After many prayers, blessings, and warnings from the abbot against Bin and the snares of women, Alleyne left the peaceful abbey and went out into the world. And he found it a fearful place. His only relative was a brother, now Socman of Minstead, who had earned an evil name. Alleyne decided to go to his brother and try to reform him. On the way he was set upon by robbers and would have been killed had not the bailiff appeared. He was then made sick by seeing one robber shot and the other decapitated. Night found him with a boisterous crowd

at the Pied Merlin, kept by Dame El

MOROCCAN BANDIT'S CAREER NEARING END

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came forth from thm east and challenged victors. Four knights wentr down before him in short order, but Sir Nigel broke even. The White Company was at Dax and he set out to take command. With him were Aylward and John and his two squires, Alleyne and Ford. In the brushwood they saw many strange lean people who fled before them. Some were too weak with hunger to move. Their feudal lord had taken the last fruits of their toil. At a hotel

they found the strange champion of if

the tournament. He was Du Guesclin, I a French knight, known to Sir Nigel. His wife. Lady Tiphaine was with him. They all went for night to a chateau. Here they found several other knights and squires. They had a great feast and made merry, unmindful of the starving peasants. Lady Tiphaine went into a trance, which she called the blessed hour of sight. She saw the English driven out of France, but the power of England spread to many lands. She saw Sir Nigel's castle besieged by a mob led by a yellow-haired man. Lady Loring and Maude stood on the wall, directing the defenders. The big leader was slain and his followers dispersed. She told her husband that he also was in great danger, but he lausrhed at the idea. When all were asleep the enraged peasants stole into the chateau and murdered all but eight. Sir Nigel, Alleyne, Aylward, John, Du Guesclin and his wife, and two others fought their way to the keep. In a narrow passage at the head of the stairs they held the mob off. The peasants set fire to buildings. The stairs fell away and there were about to be enveloped in flames when the White Company arrived and rescued them. Sir Nigel and the White Company, four hundred strong, joined Edward's army and marched into Spain. Sent ahead to reconnoiter, they stole up near a Spanish camp and did some small deeds. Hordle John captured a Spanish knight by the foot and held him for a ransom. Later, they were surprised by a large force of cavalry. On a rocky hill they made their last stand. "To your arms, men!" roared Sir

Nigel. "Shoot while you may, and

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iza. His clerky ways got him into j then out swords and let us live or die

LITTLE BROTHER OF THE POOR Springfield Union. Almost everybody in the country will appreciate how Henry Ford feel3. Going out to buy groceries or anything else is much like going after a million dollar and coming home with six cents.'

EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE Toledo Blade. There are times when even China gets annoyed by being kicked about.

The California Strikers

From the Indianapolis News.

N his appeal to "public officers, railroad officers and

employes, and citizens generally in California, Arizona and Nevada," Director-General Hines says that

unless the striking men return to work tomorrow morning the government will operate the roads. The strike, ns is pointed out, is purely sympathetic, and the demanri is that there be a righting of the supposed wrongs of striking employes of another road over which the govern ment has no control. No grievances were either presented or alleged by the men to whom Mr. Hines speaks The strike itself is in violation of two agreements, one between the employes and the roads, and the other between the United States railroad administration and the chief executives of the organizations to which the strikers belong- It is also, as Mr. Hines says, "an illegal strike under the laws of the organization to which the strikers belong and has been so characterized by the chief executives of those organizations." Those executives have done what they could to get the men back to work, and have failed. The railroad ad ministration has urged on the strikers the absence of Justification for their action, but the strike continues. Therefore, the government is forced to act. It Is announced that all striking employes who fail to report foxduty tomorrow morning "will be regarded as having terminated their employment, and their places will be filled." Any one who interferes with the government's operation of the roads will be guilty of an offense against he United States and punishable by fine and imprison

ment All such offenders will be arrested and prosecuted. Mr. Hines sets out the law governing the case. He Bays: Any one who obstructs or attacks the persons assisting or endeavoring to assist in the possession, use, operation or control of any railroad under federal control, will be guilty of the offense described, and will be dealt with accordingly. Any one who obstructs or retards the passage of mail, or any vehicle or person carrying the same, likewise commits an offense against the United States, punishable by fine and imprisonment, and will be arrested and prosecuted accordingly. Instructions have been issued to the United States district attorneys and to the United States marshals to take the necessary steps to enforce these provisions of the statutes of the United States. Governors of states and mayors of cities and all other state and local peace officers are called on to lend their assistance by enforcing all local ordinances, by protecting railroad property and those who operate it. Thus the issue is clearly raised between the government and the strikers. It is for the latter to say whether they will be lawbreakers, or peaceful, law-abiding citizens. They have, as has been shown, no grievance, and their striko is in repudiation of their agreements, and in violation o the regulations of their own organization. All will hope that they will heed the warning of a very patient government, and return to work. At least they know the consequences of a failure to do so.

trouble, but big Hordle John protect

ed him. Samkin Aylward, a bowman of the White company, came in with rich booty from France. He induced John to enlist for the wars, and in the morning they started for Castle Twynham, held by the famous knight, Sir Nigel Loring, who was to command the White Company. Alleyne set out to find his brother. In a forest he came upon the most beautiful creature he had ever seen.

fauch he had pictured the angels. She

together.

Sir Nigel sent Alleyne for help. Sorely wounded he lashed himself to his horse, broke through the Spanish lines and, nearly dead, reached the English. When the rescue party arrived and drove away the Spaniards the flag still waved, with only John and six archers around it. All the rest were either killed or taken prisoner. The fame of the White Company travelled far. Alleyne was knighted.

was being held against her will by aiJohn sot five thousand crowns ran

big yellow-haired man. Alleyne came to the girl's assistance and found that

the man was his brother. "Young cub of Beaulieu! My dogs shall be set upon you'" cried the Socman. But he was unarmed ,and Alleyne, raising his iron-shod staff, compelled him to free the girl. He ran for weapons and dogs, but the other two escaped through the woods. The girl's page came with horses and when the young clerk told her that he intended to join two friends at Castle Twynham she laughed and rode away without telling her name. Long he stood, hoping she might return. Then he turned away, no longer a lighthearted boy. At Twynham castle Alleyne met his angel again. She was the Loring3'only child. He became squire to Sir Nigel, while Lady Loring engaged him to teach the wayward Maude and two other girls. Maude was no easy pupil, given to strange moods. In spite of the abbot's warning, teaching three girls was to Alleyne a joyous experience. Time came for him to follow Sir Nigel to the wars. Maude was far above him in station, yet he told her of his live and begged her for some word of hope. "Win my father's love and all may follow," she told him. Sir Nigel was a small man with a lisping voice, but when he said, "let us debate the matter further," it meant a fight. He spoke of his "small deeds," and he called a deadly hand-to-hand fight a "small bickering." With Alleyne, John Alyward, and onehundred fifty archers and men-at-arms he set sail for France. They fought a bloody battle with two pirate craft. Alleyne had his first taste of war and fought bravely. Sir Nigel's sword flashed everywhere at once. Alyward led the archers and John took the big Norman captain prisoner by sheer strength. They lost nearly all their men but captured both pirate ships. In a fast sinking ship they landed at Bordeaux where King Edward was mustering his forces to carry the war into Spain. Here Alleyne fought a duel and came out a hero. Five English knights held the lists aglnst'all

comers. The Lnglish won two bouts, J. Bennett Gordon, former editor of

their opponents two, and Sir Nigel won he Evening Item, went to Milwaukee

the fifth. Then an unknown knight

Ralsuli. Raisuli, the bandit of Morocco, who sprang Into international notoriety is a consequence of Roosevelt's famous telegram, "Perdicaris alivo or Raisuli dead," is nearing the end of his tether. His death or capture is expected soon, according to a recent dispatch from Paris

THE GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS DAILY TALK

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALU No royal road to success? Why, the road to success Is a royal one all the way! All you have to do is to keep your eye on the ball and work. And here is the way that it works out: Edison, world-wide known as an electrician; Ford, the greatest automobile maker of them all; Woolworth, master of millions, from nickle and dime sales; Schwab, giant steel maker and handler of men These men were all poor boys at the start. They kept their eye on the ball and worked and worked. And they inspired others to work with them. I recently read a very interesting article by a man who explained the secret of the success of his great concern, which makes daily sales of millions of dollars. And this is what he said: "I consider it a supreme test of good management never to forget fundamentals." And he believed that a firm should stick to the line that had made It successful. The really fundamental thing in all business and life Is to keep your eye on the ball. For if you do not, the other fellow is going to get it and you are out of the game. Concentrate your efforts upon the thing at hand it's your ball keep your eye on it! Leadership is not an affair handed over to one it is something acquired and earned. And a man is only capable of handling that which, thru stress and storm, he has learned to master. Another one of the great importants of winning is this: keep your eye on YOUR OWN ball not on that of the other fellow!

Dinner Stories

In an Arkansas river town built largely on reclaimed land most of the houses had to be built on pillars four or five feet above ground. One resident, with a longer head than his neighbors, inclosed the space under his house with pickets, and in the pen thus made, kept his drove of

scrawny hogs

steps and a gardner busy on the lawn?" "No. I judge by the size of the dog on the veranda. Anybody who can afford to feed a Great Dane these days must have plenty of money."

Good Evening

BY ROY K.

MOULTON

A Chicago elopine couple started

"Do you think it Is healthful to keep married life with $4 capital, which

som. and the two hurried back to

England. Maude Loring, hearing that every one of the company had been killed had entered a nunnery, but Alleyne took her home and they were married. Sir Nigel and Aylward were taken prisoners but escaped, seized a small coaster and came home with a rich cargo. Aylward wed the dame Eliza. John became Alleyne's squire, and

they all lived many years filled with honor happiness and laden with every blessing. j Sir Nigel rode no more to the wars, 1 but he found his way to every jousting within thiry miles. Twice again Sir Alleyne Edricson fought in France, and came back each time laden with j honors. Copyright. 1919, by the Post Publish-! Ins Company (The Boston Post). Copyright in tho Unitd Kingdom, the Dominions, Its Colonies and dependencies, under the copyrlg-ht act. by the Post Publishing Company, Boston, Mass., U. S. A. All rights reserved. I

your hogs under the house like that?"

he was asked. "Aw, I do' know, stranger, I reckon so," replied the native, and hitched up his overalls. "Never notice any bad effects from it?" t "W'y no," he drawled. "I been a'keepin' my hawgs there for fourteen years, an' never lost a hawg."

"There's an atmosphere of wealth about this home." "Do you Judge from the size of tho house, the ample garage in the rear, the maid sweeping down the front

was just enough to get back to the

old folks. We heard of a man in this town who sat in a poker game five straight hours. All that time he had only one pair and that was a pair of suspenders. The latest fashion hint tells us that "poison green" is to be a favorite color. It should suit hsuband's mood after he buys wife's fall suit.

When the poor can't economize and the rich won't, extravagance is inevitable. On with the dance.

Memories of Old Days In Thl Paper Ten Years Ago Today

An insane ward at the county jail was favored by the commissioners. Teddy, bear at Glen, ate off finger of Will Kuhlman. The City Water Works agreed to open its books for inspection. Charles Beck announced that he would run for the nomination for mayor on the Democratic ticket. Eighty-eight arrests were made in August, breaking all records. Fifteen negroes were rounded up in one raid on a crap game.

to take a position on the 'Journal.

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