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JOHNSON OITY-ENDIOOTT RECORD, OCTOBER 23, 1915 Jolmson City-Endicott Record ESTABLISHED 1SH PUBLISHED BY THE LEST ERSHIRE-ENDICOTT PUBLISHING CO Entered » s second dis s m»lttr March 26, 1906, at the Postoflice In Johnson City N Y WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 23, 1915 Publishing House, Arch Street, Johnson City, N. Y. WM. H. HILL President and Trewurer F. A. GREENWOOD Vice President F. S. BENEDICT Secretary BELL TELEPHONE 3091 SUBSCRIPTION RATE S 1 % Oil Tear Fifty Cents. (One Dollar If not paid In adTanc«,> Oificial Paper For Villages Of Johnson City And EndicoH, N. Y. SEEING THE BEST IN MEN The superintendent of the Coneraaugh division of the Pennsyl vania Railroad has adopted a \white list\ to replace the old-time \black list.\ Instead of posting the names of delinquent Employes, the chviston now publishes a monthly list of those ^whos* service and conduct have been meritorious. Since the new plan was adopted, the coses requiring discipline have^fycrensed by two-thirds. The \white list\ recognizes excellence and/stimulates endeavor* The \black list\ often arouses only resell tident. Looking for the best in men is more difficult than looking for the worst. When encouragement takes the place of \raw-hiding ter results are certain and better men will be made. There is some good in every man. Search fot >Jt and publish, it. The \white list\ will do good; the \black list\ spells ruin THE PUBLIC BUILDING PROBLEM energetic, intelligent. A less virile people would have been sub merged by the sufferings they have met, in the face of which they have retained their national identity 3000 years. In America they are eager for education. Their restless faces are a striking conrast to other slow types that have become so common. The majority of recent aliens seem to segregate them selves in colonies of their own people. It is for them the easiest way. The learning of a new language seems impossible. In a little Boland or Hungary of their«own, they speak the tongue of the fathers and connected with American life only by their jobs. Fortunately their children attend school and become Americanized. The Armenian is much more likely to attach himself to some na tive American group in his effort to live an American kind of life A considerable number of their educated men have become pastors of American churches, so easily do they adapt themselves. The children are said often to avoid play with the children of the neighborhood, preferring to hang around the stores where their fathers work. A l ready they are trying to learn about business. * Like all newly freed peoples without much experience of life and ^tljought, they sometimes run to unbalanced extremes. They would probably show an undue proportion, t£ Socialists. It is natural enough that th.ey should dislike the modern order that has permitted the massacres of their native land But if the race as a whole eoula be put through our schools, tbiey would add strong elements of energy and alertness to our composite type. Seoretary McAdoo of the treasury department, it is announced, is making a trip across the continent to study the public building problem. It is more of a subject than can be covered in a three weeks' trip Just what phase of it is being investigated is not stated in the dispatch. The phase that worries the taxpayer is the enormous waste through the pork barrel system of distributing government struc- tiavsi^ -I-et while the whole thing is wrong, you«-can-t~blaine--the-in» dividual town for hustling for its fair share. It is not right that one place* gets a handsome limestone postoffiee through exerting, the pro per influence, while some larger and more central town is reft out. And so Congress will go ahead distributing these plums through some invisible principle of influence and pull. It will go into a town wheer adequate quarters could be rented for $1,500 a year, and put up a $10(>,000 building. The interest on investment and upkeep musf | represent at least $5,000 a year, probably more. A private citizen who had contracted to do the postal work would pursue a different policy. Commonly he would draw up specifica tions and hand them to some local capitalist. The latter would put up a block, reserving quarters adequate for the government work The rent for the postal quarters would be reduced by letting part of the building for office or store purposes. Of course in the larger towns it may be desirable to provide a building for government use exclusively. Here comes the rub Every crossroads village is convinced that it has reached that stage So it proceeds to demand one more gem of federal architecture And as politics now goes, everybody's doin' it! A town must grab for its share of the pork curvet left in the game But some day the average voter w ill s «j3 what it costs him and take steps to stop it. THE CRAZE FOR ANTIQUES There was some interesting talk about the antique rug business in a recent New York trial, in which it was alleged that a rug cost ing only 80 francs in Paris was \antmqued\ and sold for $12,000 In another case it was stated that antique treatment worth $400 be ing given to a rug costing $250, it sold for $15,000 If deceptions of such magnitude exist they are of course unusual But in a small way this kind of thing is going on all the time and many people are de- -ceived, partic^aryyaarespects'oid^fimj'itvre^ 0, m \** \~ \** The American furniture makers of a hundred or more years ago had a great eye for simple and graceful lines The work of that primitive age was superior to most of the things you see in the parlors of the wealthy today. It is natural that stuff that is both old and superior should bring fancy prices. Jn the old parts of the country attending auctions of household furniture in the rural distripts is one of the diversions of the idle rich. Many impecunious amateurs also flock thither, hoping for in expensive \finds.\ These are rare, as good work is pretty well snapped up and most people know its value If a family has been socially prominent, its goods are likely to bring prices out of propor tion to intrinsic worth The demand being such, naturally the market is full of imita tions. Some dealers state honestly that their stock consists of copies. Others feel that what the buyers don't know won't hurt them. When one lias old furniture in the family, it seems a part of fam ily spirit to hang on to it. It then suggests au ancestry with a back ground of culture A house full of old furnishings, collected by skill ed amateurs, is very interesting But the average person who sets out to acquire nice old furniture is likely to buy some gold bricks. Unless he has a cultivated taste, he may fill his house with n melange that is neither beautiful, comfortable or livable SOCIAL LINES AND TRADE The Washington newspaper reporters are gossiping about the re lations of *\society\ to Mrs. Gait, the president's fiancee She is reported to have been snubbed in the past by some social circles be cause sh ewas \in trade \ Her offense consisted in being the pro prietor of a large jewelrx business inherited from her husband. There has been a tendency among some of the \Smart Set,\ to draw social lines against small merelinnts and their families. The golden power of the dollar, however, is a powerful argument with social arbiters. If a man conducts only a small retail business, he and his famil\ may be doomed to outer dark'ness. But if his busi ness grows and if he makes money, he is u gentleman and entitled to enter with the elect And yet some people say this is a democratic cpuntry The falsity of all this needs.no argument The man with a small busiuess, mid bis family, may have all social graces nnd charm of manners The big fellow may by nature be a hog, whose arrogance and ostentation are multiplied by the power of money. It is the inability of so many cliques to look beneath the veneer that disgusts one with the circles which in so many places assert themselves to be \society \ As a whole American life is not deeply\affected by tinsel and tawdrmess. In many places the old democratic spirit of democracy still lives and people are accepted and classified on their merits. The people who have always had wealth are indifferent to it. Frequently they choose friends among those of small means, preferring their sim plicity nnd sincerity Snobbishness occurs much more among the \elmrbers the newly rich, the recently arrived, who ore not quite sure of themselves and thejr position. They are fearful of embarrassing relations with people outside the pale, and can afford to swap social favors only for value reeeived The children may have to wear shabby shoes to> school, but gaso line and tires must be bought. How the teeny little fear that the mushroom might be a toadstool does make it taste so much better' Freedom-of the seas seems to mean being allowed to have a navy big enough to liek any other navy Who says that the Amenc\^is not patriotic, when he gives a winning ball team such cordial support? There is a growing feeling that motorists ought not to feed in more gasoline merely because they see a danger sign The dance craze must be dying down, as you can still dnnoe in September the steps that were fashionable in August Why is it that when the theater people put on a specially risque show, they always announce it as \refined JSQJMALL\...... It may not be any safer^or the automobilist to cam glaring headlights, but it tends to make the other fellow get out in the ditch Gen Carranza will probably find that the appeal of the Pan- American powers will make excellent kindling for the kitchen stove The man who invented the present style of soft cuffs never thought how difficult it is to write notes on them for a school examina tion The exceptions under which passenger ships can be attacked by submarines seem more numerous than the rules under which thev can't. The stock speculators are equally ready tStmake money by put ting stocks down if there is war, or by putting them up if there is peace The results of the training pf those business and college men for war will not appear until they show up at the dances m their-uui- forms.' It is very easy to make economies in the expense of running a family when you are trying to figure out if you can afford an auto mobile. ^\ffcjs to be hoped that .the people who are buying war stocks will sc/>n sell out and bet on something comparatively sure like the weather The uew tennis champion is only 20 years old What a, Come down if later in life he should become a mere congressman or college president 1 generals are two phases of the war on pests that have oui*hearty sympathy The public feels lots more confidence in the corporations that make elaborate financial reports, even if no one can understand Vhat they mean. * That bad smell may not be some German using asphyxiating gas, but the pile of lawn clippings that your neighbor keeps decaying next your fence ^ The Washington government has concluded that the \genius and talents of Ambassador Dumba are wasted in the United States unappneciative A great many of the high school boys are determined to prepare themselves thoroughly for college, even if thev break a bone inraak- ng a tackle THE ARMENIAN CONTRIBUTION TO OUR LIFE — The reported massacre of half the Armenian race will seeni a peculiarly pathetic tragedy to all who ha\ <-~sVen that rmv m this country XQ very large -colony, some 30.000 by. the last census, have —<K>m& -to 4h& : Brutcd States, -rt pussioiiute^attachmeiit seems toTioId them to their hereditary and blood stained soil. They are called the brightest race of Western Asm. industrious. • Au P Am< ' rH ? a F s who t0( 'k passage on the Arabic are no doubt glad that they did not have a safe and monotonous vovage under the American flag The American dollar is now worth $1 05 in English monev, and some people around here must regard it ns, worth $2.05 bv the wav they hustle for it. • The great decline in modern statesmanship was suggested,at the conference ot governors when most of them appeared without tail coats and plug hats. t For several weeks none ofTfre diplomats at Washington have been seen coming away from a state dinner with their tongues hang ing out of their mouths. The metropolitan newspapers jolly the papers of smaller towns because they sometimes print a man's name without any initials The metropolitan reporters never do such slipshod work If they' don't know a man s initials, they can always make some up for him You Can Never Tell what the future may have In store for you; It may be success— It may be failure—It may be misfortune- One thing you are sure of—'there will be many times when you will need money, either to help you with some business ventures, or to supply your needs when your earning power Is gone on account of sickness or loss of position. The surest way to get money Is to save it, and the best •way to save it Is by means of a savings bank account. We would be pleased tg have you start your account with We are paying 2'/ 2 per cent. Interest on deposits and will give you good service, Chenango Valley Savings Bank EHELPS BUILDING, BINGHA1WTON, N. ¥. A. S. BARTLETT, Pres. W. R. ELY, Treses. PAUL AS OF Union Organization is in Fine Con dition and Growing Rapidly— Edward Schimmeling is Named President to Succeed E. A. Sweet The Union .band held a meeting Wednesday evening and elected Ed ward Schlmmelring president to suc- Sweet, resigned, and Paul ceed E. A. Hooper, director, in place of George Stone, resigned. The band Is increasing in numl iacb. • SP^S^^'Ck-''?''''*'''''* each, week and is in a flourlsh^r^oniV' dition. ADVERTISE IN THE RECORD ^g5$&. A BAD COLD will got improve by neglect, in fact, that is the reason they generally get bad, and it is much easier to prevent thenvj than to eure Kheinitis, Anti- Kamnia, Phenacetine,. Quinine and several other standard rem edies are 'effectual A s this is the season when coughs and colds are generally prevalent, a visit to CONROW & ST. MARTIN pharmacy for a supply of any of the above will no doubt be of service to you . Washington Avenue, Endlcoll, N. Y. Place Your Auto_ In Good Running Condition For The Ensuing Season /^VUR Garage and Repair Depart- ment offer alrdost unlimited facil ities for Autoists. We have a compe tent and thoroughly schooled corps of mechanics,- and we assure you that All Work is Done Promptly' Atlfa Nominal Fee Van Patten's Garage TIRES ^0E*3ESX_. QUALITY! Washington AYC. ENDIC0TT, N. Y. jSPACE&FOR RENTAL FOR CAR [STORAGE EYE STRAIN RELIEVED Seeing With Comfort Restored Do You Want It? That's What flCan Do For You JUDSON S. NEWING, Optometrist 57 Court SI., Up one flight. BINCMAMTON, N. Y. EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT LESTERSftlRE Why? BECAUSE OF ITS RE-CHRISTENING JOHNSON CITY\ And of its wonderful prosperity, rapid industrial growth, and in crease in population, which is merely a forecast of the future possibilities of one of the most • progressive and prosperous villages in the STATE OF NEW YORK The following Lestershjre property, of the late Hannah L. Jenison, now offered for sale by the executor of the estate, pre sents efh unusal opportunity for investment in property that is rapidly increasing in value and demand. VACANT LOTS FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES-In business section. FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES—In most desirable location. HOUSES and LOTS * Attractive modern homes of recent, substantial construction. • There is not a more choice or desirable property available for persons desiring investment for quick returns or to build upon for either home or business purposes than the above property. Improve This Opportunity! \Get In On the Ground Floor\ Call or address WILLIAM H. ALLEN Executor Estate pf Hannah L Jenison 80 'Main Street \ Lestershire, \ T . Y.
