KiUntt ISfrralii1
ON - *2.50 Per Tr.
C., December 2, 1920
ons were killed on the
L919 than in any year
i'ewer hoboes was the
wns, where there has
tion of a coal shortage
ibly high prices, munlds
have been establish cialistic,
but apparentay
to solve the coal
all other methods fail.
Con. Pershing's salary has been
raised to $21,000 a year; he formerly
?ot $7,500. Even with the increased
???*- it IooIta as if being a baseball
.boss, like Judge Landis, pays better.
Yet Pershing is a more important personage
in the nation than any baseball
boss.
Profits of wheat flour millers in
the northwest for the last five years
averaged 24.4 per oent on their avcrage
investment, the Federal Trade
Commission says. How the millers
must hate the F. T. C. for saying so
much. In 1916-17 the profits of these
miBera averaged 44.7 per cent, the
same source states. Those were war
Tears. v>
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Four million farmers in the United
States are now thoroughly organized.
That means that they are ready
ftio act as a upit on any proposition
*fcat comes their way. With prices
ffor cotton and grain below the cost
.of production in some instances it
Is clear that Ihey are in a frame of
rmlnd to act 1 oldly when the time
comes. The f;umer3 hav? far surpassed
the city man in organizing.
THE COUNTRY IS NOT BROKE.
When a crisis threatens a nation
-the man who is looked upon as a
leader In thought and action should
weigh his words carefully. The wrong
word dropped at the wrong moment
may lead to disastrous results.
Too many of us are given to maktaf
statements off-hand that will not
k stand up under the force of logic and
L reason. Very often we lack the facts
f to back them up. They are accepted
t*y willing ears as statements of fact
4tid handed round by word of mouth
wntil they achi^Ve the very ends
which deep down in our hearts we
1 Ckd of Hani ra
When things do not go to suit us
and we cannot help ourselves we are
likely to give way to our feelings and
make sweeping statements which in
calmer moments we would like to recall.
But the damage has been done.
. The man who does not think as clearly
or as logically accepts those statements
as true and acts upon them.
The result is we contribute to the prevailing
spirit of -unrest and assist in
bringing about the very ends we
would like to defeat.
It is common nowadays to hear
men who are looked upon as leader#!
in thought say the country is broke
It has become an everyday expres-j
moo; when as a matter of fact thej
country is not broke. The man who
makes these statements does not1 believe
them. He is giving expression
to a pent-up feeling of helplessness |
tner a situation he cannot remedy.
It is like steam escaping from a pop-1
off valve.
The country has had a set-back. It '
is Buffering from a period pf readJttsfra'ent
which follows every war of
consequence, and the larger the wa*
the harder is the struggle before the
world finds itself again. There arr
scores of problems which must br
solved*1 before the readjustment per !
iod ib over, and it is idle to attemp*
to place tbe blame on any one thing
in particular.
The whole world, I. seems, decider'
on a policy of deflation at the same
moment; the war finance corporation
which would have opened up foreign
markets for cotton, corn and wheat,
was dissolved when it should have
l>eeti' functioning with its full powers;
the high rate of exchange in for-1
elgn countries that needed our commodities.
operated against exports;
o*f own government made the mistype
of attempting to reduce the high
^ ?dai>=ol living by deflation of the
^Vrrency and a drastic curtailment of
BBk orbits; the democrats charge the re-1
ptifclicans with holding up the peace'
treaty and the republicans charge
the president with attempting to force
oongreas to ratify the league of nations
covenant by tacking the peace
treaty on to it. And so there are numerous
other reasons for the depresikon
in business, all of wfiich are
traceable to the readjustment period
following the world-war, but all aro
the logical result of mistakes here
and blunders there, for which no man
nor set of men is responsible.
But nothing is to be gained by go*
ting all fussed up over something'
we cannot help. We have got to meet
the situation and the best way to
S
meet it is to redouble our efforts t<
regain a firmer foothold. Dillon couii
ty is not broke?not by a long shot
It is ten times richer than it wa
20 years ago, and it will be ten timei
richer 20 years from now than it ii
today. These statements are not mer<
figments of the imagination. The]
are based on actual facts.
The bank is the barometer of i
community's adversity or prosperity
It is the clearing house which show:
the way the tide of fortune runs. Th<
Bank of Dillon is the pioneer bank ol
Dillon county's nine banks. It was th<
first bank established In the territorj
krown as Dillon county. Let us tak<
the statement of the Bank of Dillor
published in January 1904 and se<
what it shows in the way of commun
ity wealth:
Resources:
Loans and discounts 1248,267.89
Cash on hand and due
by banks 36,364.13
Bank Futures 962.30
3285,584.32
Liabilities:
1 9 r A AAA Art
v>ayiiai oiuva f ju,uvu.vv
Deposits 182,836.14
Rediscounts 40,000.00
Undivided profits 12,748.18
8285.584.32
The only other bank in the territory
embracing Dillon county was the
Peoples Bank of Dillon, which began
business on or about 1903. Both
banks were serving a large territory
But let us see how the Peoples Bank's
statement analyzes in January of
lf-04:
Resources:
Loans and discounts 880,779.21
Cash on hand and due
by banks 16,528.85
Furniture and fixtures 906.33
Overdrafts 416.78
898,631.17
Liabilities:
capital stocK $z&,uuu.uu
Deposits 45,573.49
Bills payable 25,000.00
Certified checks 16.30
Cashiers checks 5.00
Undivided profits ' 3,066.80
$98,631.17
How do these statements compare
with the statements of Dillon county's
nine banks of today? The combined
deposits of both banks is three
times more than the combined resources
of both bapks sixteen years
ago. A day's transactions in either
bank represents more than its capital
stock sixteen years ago. The total deposits
in both banks sixteen years ago
aggregated only $227,000. The total
d< posits in the county's nine banks
today aggregate something likp $4,000,000
with resources of something
like $5,000,000.00.
Does that look like the county is
broke?
Dillon county is distinctively an
agricultural county, and the wealth
represented by Its nine banks wn
wiung from the soil. Dunng that sixteen
year period we have had three
panics ? the panic of 1907,
the panic of 1911 and the panic
of 1914 ? either or which found
us far less able financially to weather
the storm than we are today. Dur
ing that time we sold cotton at 4
cents a pound, and there was a time
when we could not dispose of it al
any price. The country was bankrupt;
there were no buyers. In addition
to the general prosperity of the
county as reflected in the bank stai
ments we have better homes, bettei
schools, better /churches, many per
n-anent improvements and better thing
conditions.
Before another sixteen year per
iod passes we may.see cotton sellini
at 4 cents and there will be mon
panics, but the county will continue
to forge ahead* The number of bank!
will increase, the resources of th'
present banks will double and th
comparison will be just as great ther
a3 It was sixteen years ago as com
Tared to the present day.
The county is not broke; It b
suffering a temporary set-back. I
will continue to progress in point o
wealth, regardless of who is presideni
or how many panics come and go
But the man who lays down on h'i
job?who surrenders because the fu
ture does not look bright?is the mar
who will go broke. The man wh<
sticks to his work, takes his losse:
philosophically and races me iuxun
with a smile is the man the work
will be eager to back in 1921.
She's Found Them Useful.
Flstbush?You know, my w1f<
threatened to smash all those stelm
and flasks 1 hnd In my den.
Bensonhurst?But she didn't do It
did ?he?
"No. she didn't; and she's glad o
It.'
?Wb **sIih's
using eiu for Jelly and pre
serves uow."
o
Out of the world's registration o
8,750.000 motor vehicles for 1920 th
registration of motor vehicles in thi
country is 7,558,848.
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IS RECORD BIBLE
s
3 immense Volume Now Nearing ,
Completion in England.
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Book Will Be by Far the Largest Vol'
i ume That Has Ever Been Constructed?Definite
Purpose
jj in Its Production.
? English Bible plans for 1921 center
^ around the production of the world's
5 j largest Bible, notes the Portland Orerj
goaian.
? Months of work have already been
I pmpnded unon 1L Many weeks more
will be needed for Its completion. Already,
however, the frame of the great
book Is In being. Six stout hempen
ropes, much thicker than the ordinary
clothesline, are Its backbone. Four of
these are laced Into millboards half an
Inch thick as a foundation for the
leather covering. The back of the
book is sewed with twine round the
six stout hempen ropes In the old
fashioned way. V
In every sense the biggest Bible Is
Intended to be the finest example of
book making that England can produce^
But why produce the biggest Bible?
The answer to this question was given
by the "Bible Crusade" as follows:
"The great Bible Is Intended to rivet
public attention on the primary im"
portance of the Bible as. the fountain
! and source of all tmth. As this unique
i| volume Is magnified In size above all
i j other volumes, so the grandeur of the
I Bible ought to be magnified in value I
, I above that of all other books."
,| A feature of the great Bible Is that
i It will be written entirely by hand.
I Not more than three verses of the text
will be written by the same person, j
Kings and field marshals will, side by |
Side with paupers and workmen, tes- j
tif.v their belief in the holy ttriptures. I
At the side of ti.e piece of text which
they write ail will sign their names to
the following:
"As my testimony that I acknowledge
t he Bible?as originally given to
mankind?to be 'as It is in truth, the
word of God,' I append ray signature."
The biggest Bible, when completed,
will not only be the largest example of
the word of God, but It will constitute
the world's completest autograph album,
with signatures, It is anticipated,
of most prominent English and foreign
men and women from kings
downward. Twelve thousand people
11 will be needed to complete the text
j Twelve large goatskins have been
, used In providing a cover for the big'
gcu Bible.
j When standing on end the volume
j Is more than 5 feet 2 inches high and
' nearly 3 feet 6 inches wide, so that
when it is opened flat it measures
about 7 feet 10 Inches across.
! The whole volume now lies at the
i > Oxford University Press. It awaits
! the advent of Bible year and the gift
. b.v some wealthy crusader or a spei-im
motor car which Is needed to take It
on Its mission In England and overseas.
Perhaps the great Bible will
visit America If Invited to do so. The
i| special car which -Is to be designed for
| the great book will contain a folding
; pulpit and a special platform for
exhibiting the text of the biggesf Bible
and the signatures.
When Vaseline Was Valuable.
About three thousand barrels of oil j
' have been obtained from the various
wells experimentally bored by the Brit
j ish government in Derbyshire (Eng.)
and elsewhere. It is not a great deal.
In fact, considerably more than this
must have been yielded altogether by
) the famous Balm well, situated at St.
Catherine's near Edinburgh, which |
" during several centuries exuded a sub"I
stance we now know to have been
genuine petroleum. No one ever seems
! to have thought of refining the crude
oil and using it for illuminating pur
poses; but it was in great repute ns
a remedy for skin complaints, and
people so afflicted came from far and
near to obtain supplies of it. 'Especially
esteemed was the solidified pe'
troleuin which was scraped from in'
side the well near the bottom, and
which used to be retailed, under the j
? name of Balm of Sinai, for as much
. as a sovereign an ounce. Today one.
, can buy an ounce of the same sort
of stuff?vaseline?from any chemist
for a few cents.
i
Hrannhta Admits Lldht.
I r\ctpa WM? ?w
A new arrival among shades Is the j
j celluloid window shade, used to keep '
I out draughts, says the Popular Science
Monthly. It Is fastened to a regular
^ spring shade roller and has the customary
stick through its lower end.
You attach It to the top of the window
frame Just as you would an ordl
nary shade. Being transparent, It does
1 not obstruct the view. The ends of
> the stick may be fitted In grooves In
i, the frame to keep the celluloid from
j curling.
Now let some one Invent a shade
that will shut out the light without
shutting out the air. This Is far more
needed, especially In summer time.
? Power From Small Streams.
1 Electricity from small streams Is the
title of a recent publication Issued by
. the department of agriculture. A. M. ,
Daniels, assistant chief mechanical enf
irlneer. division of rural engineering,
bureau of public roads, is the author.
This booklet comprises 2ft pages and
discusses in their respective order:
Latent sources of water power; plants
within reach of thousands: estimating
i the amount of power required; water
f power (frlnclples; measuring the
p stream flow, and power from small
sj stream*,.
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FARMERS DEMAND ? t
PROTECTION FROM 1
SLUMP IN PRICES. ?
?
Washington, Nov. 20?Responding <
in the demands of the farmers and i
wheat growers throughput the coun- t
try fo r legislation to protect them)
against the slump in prices, senators ?
and representatives from the agricul- 1
tural states today decided to hold a c
general conference here this week to {
draft measures to meet the threaten- J
ed emergency.
A tentative program of legislation
agreed upo . .3 for the enactment
of the following measures:
1 Revival of War Finance Corporation.
2 Extension of a credit to Germany
of $1,000,000,000 to provide a market
in that country for surplus food
and raw products from the United ,
States. This measure will require action
by congresss to permit the use
of the German assets in the country '
now in the custody of the alien prrv |
erty custodian, which are to be used
as the basis of the fcredit.
3 Placing an embargo or a tariff on
shipments of Canadian wheat into the .
United States to stop the food now
coming into the American market.
4 Passage of an act to prohibit tlreading
in future^ in the grain market
by the imposition of a tax
10 per cent on each transaction.
Girm Impetus by Capper.
The movement to bring about enactment
of this legislation was given
impetus by the arrival today of Senator
Arthur Capper of Kansas, wh
has spent much of his time since adjournment
of congress in studying
the wheat-growing situation in the
middle west. Senator Capper brought
with him a legislative program em-j
bodying most of the features outlin-;
ed above. The proposal to tax fu-|
tures is essentially his own, and h*1'
strongly favors also the proposal to
shut Canadian wheat from the mar- j
kets.
Senators who joined with Senator
Capper in the movement are: Kellog
of Minnesota, Curtis of Kansas, Kenyon
of Iowa and Norris of Nebra I
ka.
They have received assurances o'
assistance from Senatdra Nelson of
Minnesota and Gronna of North Dakota.
chairman of the agricult'ira1
committee. They are due in Washington
next Friday and the conference
will not be held until they ar-,
rive. j
Assistanco From Hou?e
Assistance has been promised also'
by solid delegations i? the house,
from practically al 1 the great wheat
growing Btates. I
Sentiment among those who are
drafting the program for farmers' relief
is strongly against asking congress
to make an appropriation. 1
Is realized that If an appropriation is
asked the first question to arise is
"where will we get it?" This is be-1
cause of the stringent condition of,
the federal finances and the an-|
nounced policy of the Republican1
Isadora to cut every appropriation to.
the bone. I
Secondly, the appropriation of (
government money is generally re-1
garded by the senators who planned,
the conference as being much less ef- i
fectlve than the passage of measures
to extend the passaee of measures
ptop the influx of competitive products.
Financo Corporation.
Senator Kellog said today he was
not eutirely satisfied that revival of
the finance corporation would be a |
good thing. He Mated, however, that i
if his talk with Mr. Meyer convinced
him otherwise he would offer
resolution in the senate re-establishing
It.
Senator Cappe r said he intends to
urge that the finance corporation be
reorganized. He believes that the farmers
have such backing they will be
able to get financial support to irp
ket their surplus iarm proaucis
abroad. With this corporation functioning,
Senator Capper also believeB
the federal reserve board will be inspired
to adopt a more liberal policy
in the extension of credits to farmers.
Germany Wants to Buy
"I do not think it would be advisable
to ask congress to make an appropriation."
Senator Capper said,
"but I believe congress should authorize
the use of the $500,0000,000 of
German money now held by the alien
property custodian for this purpose.
Germany is understood to be willing
to buy $1,000,000,000 worth of raw
material in the United States if arrangements
can be made for credit."
While the American Farm Bureau
Federation has hinted that in its annual
meeting to be held soon in Indianapolis
a resolution will be adopted
to ask congress for an appropriation
of $1,000,000,0000. Senator
Capper and the others interested i'
the program hope the federation will
support them on the alterative program.
Canadian Wheat.
It is understood that the proposal
to tax Canadian wheat or shut it
from the niafccet by the Imposition of
an embareo will receive strong sup-t
port in the conference of the congressmen.
The only question Is whether
measure to bring about this will
bo pressed for immediate passage o?
withheld until the spring and winter
wheat sections demanding protection
from the Canadian Lmports, it
is believed it will be made part o
the emergency program,
j Representative George Young of
North Dakota has a bill on the calendar
which places a prohibitive
tariff nn Canadian wheat. It was reported
favorably by the wavs and
means commit teo of which Mr.
Young is a member. The Kansas del-i
egation. headed by Senators Capper
and Curtis, will urge passage of the
Young bill.
May Rovivo Recinroci'y.
A bill repealing the Canadian reoi-|
procity act was passed by the hou?e
at the last session and is now on thoj
senate calendar. An effort may be,
made to revive this bill, although;
here is no certainty that President j
iVilson would sign such a measure, j
is his views on Canadian reciprocity i
ire understood to have undergone no
ihange. It is feared, also, that Presdent
Wilson would veto a wheat 1
ariff directed against Canada. ;
Revival of the war finance corpor- 1
ition will require no appropriation i
'rom congress, it is explained, be:ause
the act creating the corporation
jave it authority to function for one i
rear after peace is formally declared (
WAIS
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offered. For further infon
Chamber of Commerce, Wayn
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tiling in winter apj
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advantage of this
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ter wardrobe.
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get your supply
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md the rerolring fund under which
It is operated is stiiravailable ifi the
treasury.
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To hand over his business to . the
local trade union to be run for the
profit of the union for two yea-* is
the public offer by an English oil ^
merchant. K
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June inReikiavlk, for the edifi- 4
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nation, write- Burke- County
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