Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 34, 18 December 1920 — Page 3

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WINCHESTER, Ind.. Dec. 18. An east-bound traction car struck a horse "and buggy easl of this city Thursday ;Might and demolished the buggy, while .J he horse escaped uninjured. It was later discovered that the horse and

buggy bad been stolen from Union .City. Ohio, and that the persons who were driving, disappeared in the darkness when the accident occurred. Marshal Malcon of Union Citv, Ohio, identified the horse as one stolen that evening, and returned it to the owner. Receives Commission. Mrs. George B. Robinson has been eomrnlrsioned Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star to visit P"d inspect several chapters in Ibis rnrt. of the state, and she also Tisited Red Key chapter, this week. Mails Checks. The Peoples' Loan and Trust company mailed $9,000 out in checks Thursday to the members of the Christmas Savinbs club. Elect Officers. The Randolph county Medical society has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Dr. R. W. Reid, vice president; Vice president. Dr. John Wallace, secretarytreasurer, Dr. J. S. Robinson. Past Masters Organize. At a meeting called for the purpose of organizing a Past Masters' association, at the Masonic lodge room Thursday evening, the followinf officers were elected: O. Griest, Union City, past grand master, Ben E. Hinshaw. Winchester, senior grand warden; W. H. Moulton, Parker, junior grand warden; Leroy" S. Davisson, Winchester, grand treasurer, and William Van Wylich, grand secretary. All Past Master Masons throughout the county are eligible to become members. The association will hold the first regular meeting Dec. 29, when all the newly elected Masters in the county will be given the Past Masters' degree, and an elaborate banquet will be given. Thirty-two past masters from all parts of the county were present at the organization, Thursday evening. Homer Sanders Dead. Homer Clinton Sanders, 25. for many years a well-known merchant of Rural, who has been in ill heath for some time, is dead at his home. He is survived by his widow, a 14 year old fon, a sister, Mrs. Ethel Johnson, of Muncie, and his aged grandparents, living near Portland. Entries Arrive. - Entries have begun to arrive for j.'he poultry and pet stock show to be held at Winchester during holiday Jweek. There is $300 in cash premiums, many gold, silver and bronze 'medals, silver loving cups to be iawarded for chickens, ducks, geese, jlurkeys, rabbits, pigeons, covies, cahailes and growing flowers. John Mclntyre Dead. John R. Mclntyre. 70, died Tuesday at the Methodist hospital, Fort Wavn. of heart trouble. The body i - as brought to this city and taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Walter JPayne, in East North street. Short ifuneral services were held Thursday, "after which tho body was taken to Daton, O., for burial. Mr. Mclntyra is survived by the widow and six children Harry Mclntyre, of New Orleans, La.; Charles, William and Frank Mclntyre, of Dayton, O.. and Mrs. Walter Payne and Mrs. Garfield Hiatt, of this city.

The World Situation

By B. B. JOHNSON It was fifteen years after the Civil war before specie resumption. But it was much longer before the economic effects of the war were over and business was restored , to norma! conditions. As far as the government was concerned, its credit was fully restored on or before Jan 1, 1879, the date of the resumption this despite the four billion dollar debt as the inheritance of the War period But the restoration of the public credit by the government as such, necessary as it was, did not begin to solve the troubles of business, or ot the people generally throughout the United States. The panic of 1873 was already in full sweep throughout the country; and in fact, the process of

oCRAIG Gil MORE HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE

EATON. Ohio, Dec. 18 Craig Gilmore, married and world war veteran, had not secured his release from jail today, where he has been held since Thursday night in dpfault of $5,000 bond, following the filing of a charge rgainst him by Miss Amy Von Kanel, local school teacher, who alleges he forcibly entered her room about 2 o'clock Thursday morning and attacked her. Gilmore denies the charge. Miss Von Kanel came to Eaton a year ago last fall from her home in Hamilton. Ohio, to teach domestic science in the local schools. On Friday afternoon she left for her home in Hamilton. Gilmore is a son of Dr. A. H. Gilmore, and is commander of the local American Legion post. He is a candidate for re-election. He served 18 months ovevseas in the aviation branch. Recently he has been employed in a Richmond factory. Gilmore was m?'ried in July last, in Oxford. O.. to Miss Elizabeth Wallace, of that village, but the marriage was kept secret until November. His wife is said to be teaching school at Brownsville, Ind. Hugh R. Gilmore, local lawyer, appeared as counsel lor Gilmore in the local court of Justice L. T. Stephen, from which he was bound over to the grand jury after entering a plea of Knot guilty, and waiving examination. County Prosecutor Phil Saylor appeared in behalf of the state.

rpecie resumption already had a most disastrous effect upon a great body of our citizens f for as the credit of the country improved and as the announced period for resumption approached, all values and prices, as stated in terms of depreciated dollars, were steadily reduced, while all outstanding obligations were payable in dearer dollars from yar to year. Thus the

(debtor class were the inevitable vic

tims of the policy of resumption, while the creditor class were the beneficiaries of it. One of the natural results of this reaction was the bankruptcy of tens of thousands of farmers and business men, who saw their property shrink in value until their equity or margin was entirely wiped out, and often the mort

gaged property was bid in by the cred-j itor at less than the face of the claim, leaving a judgment hanging over the ; debtor after exhausting bis entire hold-j ings. Thousands of these victims of a strenuous financial policy were driven to Kansas, Arkansas and other new sections of the country, to begin the struggle of life anew under pioneer

conditions, and many others who were not financially able to follow Greeley's advice and "go west and grow up with

I the country," remained to sink into

inevitable poverty and hopeless distress. Of course, the forcing on the already tight money market of all this land of bankrupt debtors had the effect of still further depreciating land

values below normal, which, owing toj the further depreciation caused by the panic of 1893, deferred normal prices and conditions until about the beginning of the new century, 1900. !

History Repeats Itself. We are. now, twenty or more years later, threatened with a recurrence of that unfortunate and unhappy experience. True, we have not in this country, the former currency depreciation, thanks to the Reserve Act and other favorable circumstances incident to the World war. But, on the other hand, when we consider the magnitude of that conflict, the unprecedented and inconceivable cost and waste of it, and the almost bankrupt condition of the civilized governments of the Eastern hemisphere; and when we contrast the four billion indebtedness of the Civil -war with the 24 billions of our present World-war cost.

and consider in this connection the L tremendous expansion of our own cur- j rency though kept at par with gold, k' we must admit that the road back to j solvency, and sane and normal cond.itions will be a long and rocky one one that will put not only our own but-L. the governments and peoples of the ' civilized world to an acid test of the I g fundamentals of honesty, courage, V&-

ueiitr, Mait-Mimnt-un) aim practical ability and fertility of resource in all directions. Our Increased Resources. On the other hand, we must not forget our greatly increased wealth and

resources over those at the close of i

the Civil war, and our increased ability to pay national as well as individual obligations. The additional protection of the Federal Reserve Act has been a tremendous factor of stability in our present financial condition. The vast, increase in direct tax paying power through the passage of the income tax law and it's approval by the supreme court also was a source of great financial strength to the government in the present war, as compared to the conditions at the dose of the Civil war; so, as far as the matter of the government debt alone is concerned our condition is

far from discouraging. j Period of Readjustment. When it comes to the private busi-' ness of the country, that is another story, just as it was after the Civil war. While we are freed from the I drastic effects of the severe currency;

contraction men resorted to in order j to accomplish specie resumption, there i is bound to be a great reaction in all j prices and wages. This slump has al- j ready begun, and the causes are ap- J

parent: First, the abnormal supply of money, as stated above; second, the abnormal demand for natural and manufactured products due to the needs and waste of tne World war. The necessity of having everything in a hurry under the war conditions also added to the cost of both materials and wages. All war conditions having been reversed for a year or more, the inevitable reaction in wages and prices is now coming in full tide. This reaction must run its course; and while our people will escape the effects of a depreciated currency which followed the Civil war. yet under the same law of supply and demand which produced the abnormal inflation, the reaction in prices and wages must run its course, despite legislation or other artificial makeshifts; for it has come at last to be pretty well understood that the laws of trade are natural laws, and l hey cannot be repealed by statutes operating as they do under the natural law of supply and demand. How long it will take for this reaction to run its course, since it is a world instead of a national problem, it is impossible to forecast; but it is safe to say that the period of reaction and readjustment will be a good deal longer than many men are now predicting. And the habits of extravagance that have been contracted by so many of our people will make the personal and family readjustment all the more difficult. Confronted by World Conditions. But we also have to consider, in a greater degree than ever before, that

we are confronted with a world problem in the broadest meanting of the term. It is as impossible to Ignore the world's political and social as it is its Industrial aspects. For whether we will or not as a people, regardless of our wishes as a government, the fate and future of the United States are irrevocally - bound - up with the lives and well-bemg of all the nations of the world, civilized and uncivilized. Whether for good or ill our . day of isolation of seclusion and exclusion is gone forever. The challenge of the past generations can no longer be satisfied with the outworn query, "Am I my brother's keeper?" In a larger sense than ever before we are. We are the servants rather than the masters of an advancing civilization. The law of progress is the law of life; and we cannot as a people accept the gifts and enjoy the blessings of progress without assuming and manfully bearing our full share of the responsibilities of that larger, life. Science and invention twin children of a divine discontent have brought and will continue to bring the nations of the world closer together. This is evolution manifest destiny it is written in the stars. Must Survive Tcrjether. In any readjustment of our national affairs, therefore, we may not ignore international affairs; for in a fuller, growing and more rbmmanding sense all nations are sailing in the

same ship over the rough old sea of Life, and we must survive or perish together. Politicians may have their day and make their little fclans. With eyes blinded by. partisanship, with! feet stumbling in the mire of selfish-' ness, and with minds filled with petty j ambitions and 1he pride of power, they may not catch the vision of the future, '

nor read the meaning of the stars ; but Ignorance and selfishness will alike prove abortive to prevent world progress. While these Influences may delay the embarkation, or obstruct the vessel's speed, they cannot change the tide of destiny, or defeat the landing port of Progress. The call of humanity is the outstanding cause in the world's future more than in the past, and for this cause, in its last analysis, governments were instituted among men.

Circuit Court

Two divorces were granted in circuit court at the Saturday morning session. The first was to Homer Miller from his wife, Mary, and was awarded on statutory grounds. The second was granted Katie Swathwood on grounds of abandonment, by her husband, Clement Swathwood. Interrogatory by the plaintiff in the case of Henry Reeg vs. Walter Hines, complaint for damages in the amount of $1,500, was filed in court Saturday. An answer must be filed by Dec. 30. Claim for $600 against the estate of Mary Outland was filed in circuit court Saturday by Iva Eall.

Virginia has more than a quarter of a million wage-earning women.

See Special Jewelry, Announcement on Page 5

Believe Twenty Drowned on Lost French Ship PARIS, Dec. 18. The French derpatch boat Bar-Le-Duc ran . aground the night of Dec. 14 near Cape Doro, and it is believed 20 member of her ciew were drowned. The ship was lost, according to an Athens despatch. Seventy men from the ship's crew have arrived at Piraeus, it Is said. Cape Dora is on the southeastern extremity of the island of Euboea off the eastern coast of Greece.

EXPULSION PROTESTED LONDON, Dec. 18. A general strike has been called In Halle in protest against the expulsion of Dr. Stern, an Austrian editor of a local newspaper, as an undesirable alien, cays a dispatch to ihe London Times from Berlin. The town is In darkness and the street cars and railroads have ceased running. The strikers threaten to call a general strike throughout Germany. Dr. Stern was actively concerned In the disturbances in the Ruhr region early in 1920.

HAGERSTOVN MASONS SELECT, OFFICERS , . : . ' 4 V f HAGERSTOWN, Ind.. Dec. 18. The Hagerstown lodge of Masons elected the following officers for the ensuing year: W. Blair Hartley, worshipful master; Iris E. Hall, senior warden; Albert Suckow. junior warden; Frank Geisler. treasurer; H. L. Stoltz, secretary; L. B. Davis, trustee. They will be installed Into office at the stated meeting in January.

WOMEN'S SUITS Wonderful styles and JOK A A patterns, your choice tPOaUU HIRSCH'S 15-17 North 9th St.

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"Say It With Flowers" LEMON'S FLOWER SHOP 1015 Main Street Phone 1093

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Removal Notice: We will move to 2d floon old Romey Bldg. on or about Dec. 20. LACEY'S SEWING MACHINE STORE 9 S. 7th. Phone 1756

BUILDING BRICK

We have a complete line ot face

brick and common bf Ick. HACKMAN-KLEHFOTH & CO. North Tenth and F Streets

Also South G between 6th and 7th

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Suits Cleaned and Pressed $1.50 PEERLESS CLEANING CO.

313 Main Street

SAFETY FOR SAVINGS PLUS 4V Interest DICKINSON TRUST COMPANY "The Home For Savings"

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Klg? Hats $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 Formerly Progress Store 912 MAIN.

Henry J. Pohlmeyer Harry C. Downing Ora E. Stegall William A. Welfer Murray G. De Haven Pohlmeyer, Downing & Company FUNERAL DIRECTORS

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If You Are Afflicted With GONORRHEA SYPHILIS Or Any Other Venereal Diseases You ought to go AT ONCE to some reputable physician for treatment, and KEEP ON GOING until he discharges you. Do not trust your own judgment in this respect because it is not reliable. Or, go to the CLINIC conducted by representatives of the- United States public Health Service at EASTHAVEN on Monday and Friday nights from 7:00 to 9:00. You owe this to yourself, but if you do not think of yourself, think of the COMMUNITY in which you live. Its health is something to be considered. The COMMUNITY has made it possible for you to be physically clean at little or no cost to yourself, therefore the least you can do is to co-operate with the CLINIC officials at EASTHAVEN. AND, after you have been cleansed, why not STAY clean? EASTHAVEN Monday and Friday

Don't Worry, but Hmrry If you have your Christmas shopping yet to do just hurry to this Richmond's only complete department store, the store of the Christmas spirit. Here you will find complete stocks and a small army of experienced clerks who will be a great help to you if you are in a hurry. Come to this cash store where your dollar is worth the most.

GLOVES

the useful ' gift Ladies' Kid Gloves, all new colors, $4 values, at $3.15 Ladies' Strap Wrist Fabrii: Gloves, special at $1.69

Ladies' 2-Clasp Chamoisette Gloves, all colors, our special ....$1.00 Warm Fabric Gloves, black and grey only, special at 59 Girls' Lined Cape Leather Gloves. Christmas special $1.35 Children's Fur Top Leather Mittens, grey ar tan, at $1.10 Ladles' Double Silk, all colors, at $1.95

Shoe Values that are Unvualed Anywhere Ladies' Black Kid Lace Shoes, military heels, short or long vamp; our P"ce is $4.00 Ladies' Brown Kid Lace Shoes, military heels, medium vamp. A month ago these would have sold for $7.00; our price is $4.50 Ladies' all-wool felt comfy style or leather sole and heel House Slippers, most all colors; our Price $1.95 All styles of children's Felt Slippers; some of them have little rabbits stenciled on them; our price $1.25 to $1.65 We find the little girls are wanting red-top Rubber Boots as well as the boys. The best ones are priced at $2.25 It seems as if everyone is buying a pair of our J. P. S. shoes for their boys and girls for Christmas. You know they are solid leather and 11 from $2.69 to 3.85 The daughter will appreciate a pair of our 2-Strap Satin Slippers. They are especially for dancing and Parties $5.S5 We have just received a new lot of Beacon Shoes for men. The quality is the same as we sold earlier at $11.00; but these seven styles are only $7.85

GUT GLASS AND GLASSWARE OF ALL KINDS

7-piece heavy Buzz Star Cut Etched Cut Blown bnemet Glass Water Set... $12.50 Glasses, doz $4 to $12

8-inch Salad Dish, heavy flor- Iridescent Blown Goblets ana

100-piece English Semi-Porcelain Dinner Set, five pattern.s price set $39.75

al cutting $3.50 Cut Glass Tumblers, 6 patterns. each.75 to $1.50 6-Inch Nappies and Pickle Dishes, heavy cut glass, several patterns, Christmas Sale prices... $1.50 to $3.50 Etched Cut Blown Goblets, a dozen.. $3.50 to $10.00 100-piece American Semi-Porcelain Dinner Set, six patterns, price set $17.50

Sherbets, doz $10 Cut and Gold Etched Candy Jars, each $1 to $8.50 100-piece White and Gold Hand-Painted Nippon China Dinner Set, set... $79.50 99-piece Bavarian China Dinner Set, dainty conventional pattern, price set.. $49.50 50-piece White and Gold Decorated Breakfast Set, price set $14.98

SEE OUR SPECIAL PRICE CHRISTMAS TABLES

25 50 $1.0O Pickle Dishes Salads Candy Jars Olive Dishes Sugar and Statues

Oatmeals creams Sugar and

Plates Salads Vases Salts and Peppers

50 Salads Sugar and Creams Candle Sticks Powder Boxes Plates Bon-Bon Dishes Pickle Dishes . Meat Platters

Creams Celery Dishes Vases, Plates Mayonaise Sets Gut Glass Blown Baskets

$1.50 Candle Sticks Salads Candy Jars Bon-Bons Vases Statues Syrup Pitchers Sugar and Creams

$2.50 Cut Glass Flower Baskets Salads Celery Dishes Sugar and Creams Statues Dresser Sets Berry Sets

We Have a Large Line of BRASS GOODS Jardinieres, on feet, all sizes, at $1.50 to $5.00 Smoking Ash Trays at 75 to $1.50 Smoking Sets, set $3 to $5

LAMPS 24 and 26-inch Art Glass Oil Domes at $13.50 to $18.50 Floor Lamps, in all styles and silk shades in all colors; price, complete $1S.50 to $50.00 Boudoir Lamps, complete, Christmas price $3.98 to $5.00

XMAS SPECIALS IN HOUSEFURNISHINGS

Washable Rag Rugs, All Colors, for Christmas Gifts $5.00 Axminster Rugs, 27x54 inches, Christmas special $3.9S $4.50 Velvet and Sample Axminster Rugs, 27x54 inches, Christmas special $2.98 Couch Covers and Portieres make good Christmas gifts. Special prices on CARPET SWEEPERS.

Room-Size Rugs at special prices for Christmas. Special prices on all Beds, Springs and Mattresses for Christmas. Asbestos Table Mats make good, desirable Christmas gifts. You can find many Christmas suggestions of useful Christmas gifts in our Carpet Department.

PURSES:

BAGS

VANITY CASES

Tooled Leather Purses and Bags, Christmas special, 2.50 to S4.00 Real Lether Purses and Bags, Xmas special, $1.50 to $3.50

Special assortment of Bags, Purses and Vanity Cases, all colors, all styles, at savings of $1.00 to $2.00, on every one. Special for Christmas $2.98

Note These Christmas Specials

50c Fancy Turkish Towels; Xmas special 39 Initial Bath Towels, large 6ize: Xmas special 50 Large size Embroidered Turkish Towels $1.00 to $1.50 Linen Huck Towels, embroidered, from 75 to $1.25 Embroidered Dresser Scarfs or Throws from ..$1.00 to $2.00 Xmas Books 35 to $1.00 Turkish Bath Sets, put up in boxes, special, set $1.50 Bed Spreads, full size; special, from $2.69 to $5.50 $7.50 heavy Satin Bed Spreads in pink, blue and yellow; Christmas special $5.98 50c Mercerized Marquisette Curtain Materials, Xmas special, yd. 19 Special Prices on all Wool Dress Goods for Christmas Gifts. Wool Blankets at special prices, most any one would appreciate for a Gift. Baby or Crib Blankets at special Christmas prices. Double size Bed Blankets, worth $4.00; Xmas special, pair ..$1.98 $8.50 Nashua Heavy Woolnap Plaid Blankets, large size; Xmas special. Pair $4.00 $5.50 heavy and largest size Cotton Blankets, Xmas special, per Pair - $3.00 50c yard wide heavy Percales, dark and good shirting stripes; Xmas special, yard 19 Children's and Ladies' Muff Forms, at special prices. $5.00 heavy Crepe de Chine Silk Shirtings, Christmas special, per yard $2.98 Best Silk Georgette Crepe, per yard . $1.39 Dress Ginghams make good Xmas gifts, yard 25 Home Made Comforts, large assortment; Xmas prices from $2.98 to $6.98

Christmas Specials for Men and Boys

Boys' Corduroy Trousers, dark colors, all sizes, pair $1.59 Men's Initial Handkerchiefs, special at 15 to 25 Boys' Waists, dark or light patterns, all sizes 75 and $1.00 Men's Dress Gloves, black or brown Jerseys, pair 59 Boys' Slipover Sweaters, assorted colors, combinations, sizes 6 to 14; special at $3.98

Men's Socks and Tie Combinations. plain colors, box $1.00 Men's Handkerchiefs, packed 2 in a box; a box 50 C Men's Flannelette Night Shirts, goodquality, sizes 15-17 $1.75 Boys' and Men's Toques, plain colors and combinations 50 Men's Belts, black only; packed In individual boxes; all sizes 50J Men's Suspenders, packed in individual boxes 50 and 75

Boys' Corduroy Suits, every one well tailored, sizes 10-15 $7.95 Men's Black Socks, all sizes, two pairs for 25 Boys' Mackinaws, fancy plaids, sizes 1 to 16 $9.50 Men's Slipover Sweater, heavy rope stitched, combination colors, sizes ,".6 44 S5.95 Men's Neckwear, individual boxes, a host of snappy patterns, broad ends priced at 50 75 and $1.00

Men's Wool Gloves, heavy weights, colors black, brown or grey, special at $1.00 and $1.25 Men's Umbrellas $2.00 to $6.50 We carry a complete stock of Suit Cases and Bags, ranging in price from $2.00 to $15.00 Men's Cotton Sweaters, dark or light grey, with or without collars, sizes 35 to 44 $1.50

We Are Open Every Evening Next Week

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