THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1917. The Om'aha Bee DAILY (MORXIXGKEVESIKO-SUNDAY ' . FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha poitoffice at eeeond-clais matter. " ! TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Bt carrier. Bv Sf ail inily ad Sufidiy..... pt nootb. 5e ht jiii, (S t Hilly attbeut Bunds?... 4 4 en rraning and ftundu " " " W Kffnin without SuncUr " l.V: " 4.04 ne4ay Rm only " Sf " ! DO Rend attioa of rhsnie of address or Irresnlsrity in delirery te Oaths Bee. Circulation iJepirtroent REMITTANCE lUmit by draft. eiprem or potlil order. Only I-cent stamps uk la PtTiMDt of smell aauntt. Personal cluck, except on Omiks aad win exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. " Oauha The Bi Building, ('hlrese People's On Building. Hnuih Ooiths Ml N St. JCe Yort 28 Fifth Ate. Council Bluffa 14 !. Main St. St. Louia New B it. of OomBWoa Lincoln little Bui I dim. WssWnston ",Si 14th Bt. N. W... CORRESPONDENCE Address communications relating to news and editorial natter to Omaha Bee. Editorial Depannisnt. JUNE CIRCULATION " - 55,982 Daily Sunday, 50,986 Awige eirrulatlon for the month subscribed and aworn to by D1ht Minnas. Clrculstioe Uut. Subacribart leaving tha city ahould have Tha Baa nailed le them. Addreaa changed aa often aa requested. Now let us all settle down for good hard work till the calendar is cleaned up. Southern patriotism stands firmly for govern ment control of everything but cotton. East St. Louis may enjoy its eminence as a murder burg without the slightest taint of envy from any quarter. President Li being at liberty, Dictator Chang Hsun will be bothered more than ever to keep'his emperor on the throne, t Old Ben Franklin is another who would have delighted in the sight of the Stars and Stripes floating over Parliament house. " -It is evident from his remarks at Glasgow that Lloyd George will rot be happy until the kaiser emulates Davy Crockett's coon It is estimated 2,000,000,000 feet of lumber will be required by the government for military pur pose during the next twelve months. Forest con servation is sure to get the ax. i ' Trouble persists in chasing Nicholas Romanoff. Crownless and in jail would seem punishment enough. Not so. The ex-czar's cook is suing , - li"' -. - . - - or shirts tor men ot tne navy, u tne matter ,vii include members of congress and his cabi- net associates and the beneficiaries. ' . f Strike leader of the. I. W. W. stripe threaten to tie up the nation's harvest unless the copper kings of Arizona "come across." The bluffing championship once held by King Canute deserv edly falls to his sage brush follower. Once more the Slav peril marches forward. This time the moving host sends to Berlin a deeper and more dreaded note than that sounded in the fall of 1914. Democracy, pressing on the back door of autocracy, accelerates the nightmare Labor boycotts and tne evils growing out of them are not monopolized by striking workmen. Three men are on trial in New York for a mur der conspiracy which resulted in the killing of a butcher for selling his products below the butch ers' scale. The men on trial are charged with financing the crime. Potato riots in Holland suggest that the Ger man food situation is not all the kaiser's publicity agents would have the world believe. It is through Holland the chief supplies from the out side have reached the Germans, and with the Dutch rioting on behalf of their own stomachs, the likelihood of further sale to their warring neighbors is slight. ' ' SMeMMWwaeMBBBlMeMWMBMenweMaa. ,' Coal producers still work the car shortage excuse, even though refuted by the record. Coal production since January 1 exceeded by 25,000,000 tons the record for the same time last year and the movement from the mines kept pace with the increased output Distribution , may not be as equitable as in former years, but jutput and move ment are record-breaking, Grairi trading during the war promises none of the "big killings" which radiated joy in the . pits last winter. President Griffin of the Chicago board picked up an earful of impressive advice at Washington and announced that dealing in fu tures is chalked off the board for an indefinite time. Deals must be restricted to cash deliveries. The certainty of the government being the prin cipal buyer threatens to reduce trading profits to the regular commission basis. BattleHymn Ready Made -Chicago Tribune" Dr. Lyman Abbott suggests "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" as an international war song. Excellent 1 Nothing' in its phraseology binds it to civil war times. Nothing binds it to America alone. It contains no specific reference to slavery, or to secession, or to the union. It is a hymn of freedom for all democracies today American, British, French, Russian, or what you will. . But how would the south take it? The tune is "John Brown's Body," and the south has hated that tune. The words ring with devout patriotism for northern ears; to confederates, they were bias-' phemies. Can the south turn right about face, forget the lost cause and adopt a northern war song? There are signs that it can. When America declared war on Germany, Betsy Ross societies sprang up all over Dixie and began stitching union flags. When the "Chathams" returned from Texas the confederate museum at Savannah displayed the stars and .bars, but flung out the Stars and Stripes along side. In another southern town the Daughters of the Confederacy were presented with a union flag by their president. In still another Old Glory appeared over a confederate veteran's nonu. If the south can love the union colors, why not a union war song? There is no longer a north. There is no longer a south. There is America, first, last, and always. Save for a quaint old fogy here and there in Dixieland, the south is exuberantly loyal. Let an orchestra strike up "The Star-Spangled Banner," and southerners spring to their feet. This hap pens even at Columbia, S. C, where Sherman left hardly a house unburned; and we may yet hear southern voices blend ; with northern in the strains: ' "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coining of the Lord; ; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath, are stored; He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible.-swift sword ; , ' Hi truth ii marching on." Great Feat Splendidly Carried Out. The passage of the American army transports through the U-boat zone without the loss of a man is a really remarkabe feat of war. Whether or not spies had communicated with Berlin is not so overwhelmingly important in connection with the main fact It may be taken for granted that the spies do have some means of communication with the kaiser's leaders, and that they may even have ways of gathering esecret information on this side. But it would do our own intelligence little credit, did we not also admit that the Ger man leaders are alert and watchful at all times. They had had ample notice of the intention of the United States to dispatch an army to Europe, and the least we could expect was that the sea lanes would be haunted by submarines, eagerly looking for Yankee transports. The pres ence of these terrors of the sea far west of their customary zone of operation was reported, long ago. It was not surprising, therefore, that they were encountered by the transports and their convoy. Plans laid by our own leaders were so complete that at least two attacks were success fully met, and the sections of the great fleet made their way through the utmost peril without the loss of a man, exacting, however, at least one U-boat as a toll from the Germans. It would be difficult to exaggerate the full im portance of this splendid feat, but extravagance of language can add little to the simple state ment of its accomplishment. Getting armed forces to Europe is a task of first magnitude, present ing problem not understood by the layman, but the ability of our army and navy had stood its first test perfectly. Publicity the Cure for Tax Shirking. A number of Nebraska counties are takinff ad vantage of the recent law authorizing the publi cation of personal tax returns with palpably good results. Here in Douglas county no one knows what the assessments of personal property arc, except as th newspapers make note of them in their news columns as subjects of complaint be fore the equalizing board, and the shocking in equalities of the tax valuations go unobserved. For a newspaper to suggest the publication of the personal tax list is, we know, an. invitation toa charge of selfish motive but that does not weaken the force of the assertion that such an advertisement would be worth many times the money it would cost the county, for it is proven by experience that nothing can hit the chronic tax shirkers as hard as the searchlight of pub licity. O.' course, this suggestion will not be acted upon this year in Douglas county, nor next year, nor any other year for that matter, so Jong as the law leaves the publication optional with the county authorities. The law ought to be changed to make publication of personal tax returns man datory and then we would have a more nearly equitable distribution of these taxes. Popular Success of the Liberty Loan. Analysis made possible by the completion of subscriptions and the allotment of purchase shows how successful was the Liberty loan from the viewpoint of its popularity. It provides a' really, good gauge of the attitude of the whole people towards the war. The loan was over-subscribed by more than a billion dollars this fact in itself being most eloquent of the united support from the people, but more significant are some of the details of the movement to purchase the issue. Almost 65 per cent of the total offered, or $1,296,634,850, was taken in sums of less than $10,000, while $1,856,787,900 was asked in amounts of less than $100,000. It was riot the big con cerns alone who went behind the Liberty loan, but the people. The smaller buyers will receive their orders in full, and those of $10,000 o'r over will be scaled in ratios running from 60 per cent down to 20 per cent of their proffers. In the beginning at least, the Liberty bonds will go into the hands of the people. The negotiation of this great loan, together with the Red Cross subscrip tion and the registration for the, draft, ought to to, convince the most sceptical that the American people do appreciate what is before them in the way of stern dutyi and that they are most earn estly determined to see it through. Workmen's Compensation Decision. The supreme court has just given an inter pretation of one of the points in the Nebraska workmen's compensation law that will be of in terest to employers and employes alike. It is held that the fact that a Vnan receives higher wages after than before injury -does not operate to estop the payment of partial wages awarded as relief or compensation. The tourt holds that extra earning power following special prepara tion does not remove the liability incurred when the accident happened. This brings into view an entirely new phase of the law and widens its range extensively. Compensation has been cal culated on the basis of Impaired earning power, and is intended to partially at least recompense thevictim of industrial accident for loss incident to injury. Also it has been framed to keep the victim on the payroll through the period of en forced cessation of earning power. This theory is by the court extended to include compensatory payments such as might be had through the suc cessful prosecution of a suit for damages. While this view may be supported by logic, its novelty adds to the importance of the law itself, and brings us closer to the final determination of whether the risk properply should be borne by the industry or by society as a whole. Why Not a "Barry Avenue?" It is suggested that in revising the names. of streets in the newly-annexed suburbs the city commissioners consider John Barry, commodore of the American navy. Some may have forgotten this gallant seaman, but those familiar at all with .the history of the revolution know the part he played. His name doesn't shine with the halo of romance that glistens around that of John Paul Jones, nor did he emit any dying words or farewell message to his country. He was an Irishman, full of the notion of liberty, and zeal ously embraced the cause of the colonies. It, the embryo navy he served with distinction and credit and brought much of advantage to the cause he served through his ardor and skill as a sea war rior. Severe wounds only kept Jiim temporarily from the deck and when the war was over he remained in .the service, being made the first commodore of the reorganized navy in 1794. Omaha has honored a few of the nation's fighting men and might do worse than add another to the list. "The goal of our enemies." says Maxiraillian Harden, "is democracy and independence for every race ripe for freedom." Unfortunately the writer's clear vision is not shared by the ruling power. For the Allies remains the task of mor Using the skulls of Junkerdom and lcttiug in the blazing light of truth. Women and the War National Woman's Committee By Fredric J. Haskin Washington, July 2. In one of Washington's most fashionable residential districts, not far from the British embassy, is a tall, aristocratic stone building known as "The Playhouse." At least that was its name until a short time ago. It was built by Preston Gibson, a playwright, who set out to write for the proletariat, but became discouraged and sought an audience among those of high social position. Here Mr. Gibson presented his plays and here Washington society frolicked and fox-trotted and cultivated the drama. There was a very good imitation of a stage, with footlights and several sets of scenery, and there was a little room in the front hall, with a little round window for ticket transactions that did very well as a box office. There were many such Broadway touches and everybody especially the younger set had "perfectly ripping" times. The trouble was they took the whole neighborhood into their confi dencesometimes at 3 o'clock in the morning and after standing it patiently for 'several years the neighborhood finally got out an injunction and had the Playhouse closed. Today the Playhouse has an altogether dif erent personality. Its ballrooms, dressing rooms and auditorium are furnished with shiny oak desks and chairs; the musicians' gallery is occu pied by typewriters and the space that was for merly occupied by pseudo dramatists is now taken over by soberly busy women. There is a constant click of knitting needles instead of cas tanets, a whir of sewing machines in the place of dancing feet and a low murmur of voices in stead of the eloquent monologues. This is the headquarters of the woman's committee of the Council of National Defense. As far back as last January, when it became apparent that the United States should have to enter the war, these many women who had been toiling for Europe immediately announced through the Red Cross that all their efforts would at once be directed in behalf of that organization. The Red Cross had base hospitals to establish, equipped with beds, linen, surgical dressings, cook ing utensils, ambulance corps to organize and comfort committees to establish. The Federa tion of Women's Clubs collectively and each sep arate organization, in addition to many independ ent committees, offered their services to the Red Cross. With the best of executive ability and the best of intentions there was a very great lack of system. People became confused as to their par ticular activities; there were more leaders than subordinates and the situation, when the actual declaration of war came, resembled a jig-saw puzzle, with all the pieces scattered in different directions. It remained for the woman's com mittee of the Council of National Defense to put them together. On May 2 ten women met in Washington at the invitation of the Council of National Defense and organized the first national woman's com mittee. They were all women of prominence and ability. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was elected chairman, Mrs. Philip M. Moore, Mrs. Joseph E. Cowles, Miss Maude Wetmore, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Mrs. Antoinette Funk, Mrs. Stan ley McCormick, Mrs. Joseph L. Lamar, Miss Ida M. Tarbell and Miss Agnes Nestor make up the rest of the committee. These women held a four days' session and discussed the ways and means of collaborating the scattered efforts of patriotic women all over the country. Their first idea was to hold a nation-wide registration of women; the second was to appoint temporary chairmen in each state isx call the representatives of all women's clubs and societies together. When the women met they were to elect a permanent chairman not necessarily the one appointed by . the rational committee who was to be the executive in, charge of the patriotic activities of her state. She was to establish various departments, with an c.y ecutive at the head of each, and this executive' in turn was to appoint a woman in every town and village to look after the interests of her depart ment. J ' The departments nverc to be divided tmcfer the following heads: Food production, food conser vation and home economics, women in industry, child welfare, maintenance of existing social agencies namely, settlements, public health work, philanthropies, day nurseries, hospitals, gen eral social service and finally the safeguarding of moral and spiritual forces. This was the origi nal plan of the national committee and it is the plan which is now being carried out. The country has responded very well. Disputes over leadership have subsided and the women have put themselves cheerfully under the orders of the national committee. Gradually duplication of ac tivities and overlapping of various committees is being straightened out as the general system becomes perfected. The women of the nation toil arid create in a devotion to the cause fully equal to that of the men. Under the national committee all prej udice of race, creed, class and principles is elimi nated. The society woman works by the side of the tradesman's daughter; the negro cook by the side of her mistress, the Jew by the side of the Gentile, united in one common grievance and cause. And the Playhouse in Washington has changed its name to the House of Industry, as have nearly all the "playhouses of the world. Our Fightng Men James J. Harbord. ' 1 Major James J. Harbord, U. S. A., chief ot staff under General Pershing in France, is a notable example of the army officer who has risen from the ranks. Major Harbord began his militarv career in 1889 as a private in the Fourth United States infantry. In the war with Spain he served as major of the Second United States cavalry. After participating in the Cuban campaign he was as signed to the Philippines, where he made an ad mirable record, especially in the work of organ izing the native constabulary and scouts. ' Major Harbord is 50 years old and a native of Illinois. He graduated from the Infantrv and Cavalry school in 1895. William A. Glassford. - Colonel William A. Glassford, U. S. A., a well known officer in the aviation service of the signal corps, is 64 years old and a native of Indiana. He entered the signal corps as a private in 1874 and rose through the various grades of the service to his present rank, which he attained in 1913. He was given command of the Fort Omaha signal corps school when it was opened and later assigned to the Philippines. As chief aeronauti cal officer of the Western department Colonel Glassford has been ordered to undertake imme diately the mobilization of the aircraft industries on the Pacific coast. In this capacity ho has been directed to see that every available factory in the states of California, Wyoming, Oregon, Washing ton, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana and Nevada is enlisted to aid in the construction of the new American aero fleet. . Thomas H. Barry. Major General Thomas H. Barry,, iirconRmand of the Central department of the army, with head quarters at Chicago, has been termed "a typical product of New York City." Born in the metropo lis of Irish parentage, he received his education in the public schools, where his brilliant scholarship led to his appointment to West Point In the forty years since his graduation from the mili tary academy he has held nearly-every important command in the service He participated in the war with Spain and in the China relief expedition and was commander-in-chief of the army of Cuban pacification. A year in the Philippines, a like period as commander of the Department of Cali fornia and three years as superintendent at West Point were followed in 1913 by his appointment to command the Eastern department, from which post he was transferred two years lattr to Chicago , Proverb for the Day. Every man li supposed to know his own business best. One Years Ago Today in the War. Russians patrols advanced across Carpathians into Hungary. General Foch captured second Ger man system of fortified lines on ten mile' front. Turkey officially announced the re capture of Kermanshah, Persia, from the Russians. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today. Mrs. M. Singer and her little son. Eddie, are in the city, the guests of Iter sister, Mrs. H. Friedman. Byrd C. Wakeley and C. C. Valen tine, well-known official court report ers, have formed a partnership and will attend to all kinds of shorthand and typewriting: work. The mayor has Issued an order stat ing that his office hours are from 2 to 4 p. m., at which time he will be per fectly willing to risk being talked to .death by as many as wish to call. C. H.' Brainard, manager of the Canfleld house, will assume charge this week of both of Colonel Higgin's res taurants, the old one at corner Douglas and Twelfth and the new St. Cloud, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth. Superintendent H. M. James has left for Chicago to attend the national edu cational convention and will return in about ten days. . Hon. Guy C. Barton has left for Chicago on his way to Europe. A number of clerks at Charley Need ham's office spent a very pleasant time at the residence of William Altstadt on Sixteenth and Leavenworth, The gentlemen made an impromptu call by way of a surprise on the genial gen- tleman on th occasion of his fifty second birthday. One of them slyly produced a gold-headed cane, which was presented later to the host. The following were present: Miss Bright, Prof. Hoffman, Ed Parrott, Bernard Gordon, John Taylor, W. W. Wilde, H. J. Worcester, W. C. Kelley. Mr. Web ber, A. Sjoberg, J. Doyle, George Bromley and N. B. White. This Day In History. 1811 United States of Colombia de clared their Independence of Spain. 1884 President suspended the ha beas corpus in Kentucky and declared martial law. 1867 James M. Wayne, associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, died In Washington, D. C. Born in Savannah, Ga., in 1790. 1869 The Washington monument, erected in front cf the state house in Philadelphia, was dedicated. 1886 Portland, Me., celebrated Its centennial. 1892 The people's party national convention at Omaha nominated Gen eral James B. Weaver of Iowa for president. 1898 Spanish warship Alfonso XII, attempting to escape from Havana, de stroyed near Mariel. 1900 Democratic' national conven tion at Kansas City nominated Bryan and Stevenson. The Day We Celebrate. John D. (Dad) Weaver is just S6 today, but doesn't look it or feel it. He was born in Zanesville, O., and came to Omaha in 1887. He, was con nected with The Bee till 1911, when he was made secretary of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben. Claude Milton Skinner, president of the Ralston State bank, was born In St. Joseph, Mo., July 5,' 1877. Mr. Skinner was the first mayor of Ral ston. Robert Bacon, former secretary of state and ambassador to France, now a major on General Pershing's staff, born in Boston fifty-seven years ago today. Benjamin F. Bush, the new presi dent of the Missouri Pacific Railway company, born at Wellsboro, Pa., fifty-seven years ago today. Henry Howard, who has been named director of recruiting for the new American mercantile fleet, born at Ja maica Plain, Mass., forty-nine years ago today. Jan Ttubelik, one of the world's most celebrated violinists, born near Prague, Bohemia, thirty-seven years ago today. Rabbi Judah L. Magnes of New York City sent by the Jews of the United States to investigate conditions in Russia, born in San Francisco forty years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. The first plenary sitting of the mid summer session of the German Reich stag, which Is expected to last from eight to ten days, will begin today. The advance guard of a great army of teachers is due to arrive in Port land. Ore., to attend the annual con vention of the National Education as sociation. The Russian war commissioners, who have been in Washington the last two weeks, are to go to New York for a three days' visit. Final arrangements will be com pleted In Boston today for the enter tainment of the national convention and reunion of Elks to be held in that city next week. Dr. Hans Sulzer, the new Swiss min ister to the United States, is scheduled to leave Berne today on his way to Washington. He will be accompanied by an extraordinary commission of commercial exeprts. Storyette of, the Day. A government official was discussing the morality of certain war profiteers. "Their morality reminds me," .he said, "of a professional gambler. "This gambler always won at cards, whereas at the races he always lost. " 'Oh pshaw, George,' his wife said to him one day, 'you make me tired. Why Is it you always bring home a horse collar roll when you play poker and turn up broke when you play the horses?' " 'My love, said George, quietly. 'I don't shuffle the horses.' " Washing ton Star. THE VOICE OF LIBERTY. Atlanta Conatltution. We fight for tha fettered soula that moan For love of Llberty'a atara alone; Freedom of aea freedom ot aort Liberty, old aa tha Mils of God To etrlke. while a thrill of Ufa remalne. For freedom from fetters and blood-red chains: Whatever the eorrow there la no loas With Llberty'a Sword In tha Llfht of tha Croaa, . ' Ob, Joy auprema, tt tha Eaiter tun Might llfht tha ftelda ot tha battlea done Aa far aa tha darkened war-wlnda roam And the wounded beart of a world aifha Mlrht Stream where tha trampled crossea lie And the aoula of tha alaln of War so by. And ee no Lily whoee breast steama red Over fhe graven that hide Karth'a dead. But liberty tpeaka: "In tba Easter Light I coma! Like Truth. I am mailed In Might! T coitie to ahelter; t come to save; Ther ta no grave that ia Freedom's grave! t fight for tha Right! and as God la my ; Light. WheVe my aword rleavea the darWnesa there I la no Night: r rotnpass that sea. and t strike for that and Wb4a God throueh Ut a'i la Liberty a " Some L'upatrlotic Acts. York, Neb.. July J. To the Editor of The Bee: What is patriotism? I have some way favored the answer that I found in the old high school dictionary to that question. But it is out of date now if one is to take some of the new stuff being put out as the real thing (name-blown-in-bottle kind); yet I want to protest to some of this disloyal kind of patriotism, as it will do just as much harm as any. Before war between this country and Germany the pros and cons were ques tions for open debate, but the time for that is now past. There is only one thing now for our people to do, and that us unite to win the fight, or we will be subjects of a crown. There is no room for doubt of that. The preacher that said this Is a Wilson war 1 think made a mistake. If he sincerely believes that way he had Just as good right to say what he thought as the man had who held anyone of the other hundred and one different views on the same point, pro vided he did it while discussion was the order of the day, but when war has been declared, then fight, help some other way, or at least don't hin der or do or say anything that will cause anyone else to hold back from doing his duty. That is the only way out now. Yet for an outsider to try to use that little indiscreet act of the pastor to cause a split in his church is surely a much worse blunder than the preacher made. Look back fifty or sixty years at the result of just such intolerance and for twenty years amid prayers and tears the churches thus rent then have been trying to heal that ojd sore caused by such advice. I cannot look up to any such as that for my teacher of patriot ism. A man that can come Into the breach at such a time with his little cruse of oil and pour it out on the troubled waters where the .waves of passion are running high is not only of far greater good to his kind, but there ought to be a full stop . and a dash left between their names. Then we have a case over at the state house that calls for a little brush ing up. When anyone in a high place fails so flat as a servant of the people as to tell his servants that their jobs hang on to whether they buy bonds or not, when some might be in just such shape as to make it nearly im possible for them to do it, and because a relative of one that did buy bonds made some remark about such lever age being used on help to go and fire them for that after they had complied with his order Is going back too far into ancient history. Now all such acts as these have a tendency to de feat the very purposes for which they are intended to help. Then that flaunt down at Washington caused lots of pain that should have been avoided at this time like you would avoid poi son. Now if such acts are true patri otism, then I am at a loss to know Just what is not. Who can tell us and make it plain? FRANKLIN POPTC. made a bum job f tt. I rather suapec Louisville Courier-Journal. Mra. Brisga brought home a new girl from tha intelligence office and Instructed her in ber duties. ' "And do you have to be called la tba morning?" she asked. "I don't has to be. mum," replied tba new gtrl. hopefully, "unless you just bap pena to need ma.'' Tonkera Statesman. "Did you get a spring tonic for that tired feeling?" asked Kidlelgb. "Tea." answered Mr. Henpeck. "Maria sort of braced me up with one." "Some homemade remedy?" Well er yes. That is, she told me she wanted an, automobile aoma time this sum mer and advised me to get a hump on my self." Louisville Courier Journal. First Credit Man How about Jonea of Plgville Centre? 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