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mw ,„• .+ -,^.^ •^•'•"'"• 'i...'.;^ *C." M'HENRY PLAINDEALER, JANUAKY 22,1931 Benjamin Franklin's Life A'% #?S§ s and Activities Recalled on Anniversary of BirtH Philosopher, Scientist, Statesman, Author and Patriot, , Frankliii/s AchievementsJVere Haile^ ;r ^ Throughout the'World ^ Next to George Washington, Benjamin Franklin was the best known erican of the 18th century. He aa renowned wherever civilized men ithered, in the circles of philosophy, nee and politics as one of the foreost men of his time. His personality was so delightful that everyone Who met him was charmed. His ver- ^_ iility seems to have known no mds, but it was thjrcugh his sound lodgment, common sense and clear hinking that he was able to attain - ®||his striking success. So great and t^V ^varied are his achievements that only T^ija comprehensive work could do justice •"'•Ki. "|to his many accomplishments. This great hero of the Revolution LIMITS • of NEW YORK In 1745 he began to experiment with a Leyden jar sent to him from Eng land, and his investigations in this field led to the discovery which made him famous as a scientist. Every schoolboy is familiar with Franklin's experiments with a kite and key by which he made the identification" of lightning and electricity, and which he was the first to prove. He also framed the theory of two kinds of electricity which he called negative and positive --a theory which still holds. With the lightning rod which he invented, he was able to overcome to some extent the devastating effects of lightning, and this made him the best known ^ scientist of the day. * y War and warm friend of Washngton, was born in Boston, on January 17, 1706. The 225th anniversary jof Franklin's birth is the occasion for statement from the Division of Information and Publication of the Jeorge Washington Bicentennial Commission which pays tribute to the emory of the great American and Icalls upon all his countrymen to hon- |or him. The service which Franklin ' i rendered to his country during- the ^struggle for liberty is invaluable. The jfaid which he obtained from France injured to the United States the lasting ^benefits of the victories which Washington won on the battlefield. In fact, ^if Franklin had not been able to persuade the French to come to the assistanee of the colonies, perhaps Yorktown never -would have taken place. When young Benjamin was eight : years old his father sent him to a 'grammar school and later to a some- •what technical institution in Boston - where he learned arithmetic. This was the extent of the boy's schooling, for when he was ten his father set /him to making candles. This was so . s distasteful to the lad that the elder / Franklin became apprehensive lest he ' run away to sea. To forestall anything of this sort Benjamin was ap - prenticed to his half brother, James » who was a printer. Here his mind developed rapidly. At his brother's shop he came in contact with the liberal element of Boston and from his reading of Locke, Bunyan, Plutarch, Defoe and Mather he imbibed a broadening philosophy. "The New England Courant," published by James and Benjamin, was called the "first sensational ~ newspaper in America." But trouble was brewing, and, in 1723, the 17-year-old Benjamin quarrelled with his- brother and went to • Philadelphia. Everyone is familiar with the story of Franklin's entrance into that city which has been pictured in school books to the "great amuse- ' ment of many young readers. As he X. walked down the street eating from a loaf df bread carried under his arm ^ he must have presented an appearance far from suggestive if the famous man he was destined to become. Obtaining employment in the Quaker City, Franklin soon attracted tlfe attention of William Kefth, the Governor of Pennsylvania, who persuaded him to go to London to study and to purchase equipment for printing off fice. Keith promised the hoy letters of introduction and credit, but when Franklin arrived in London he found that the Governor had not kept his word. Almost penniless and without friends in- that city, his condition was 1 acute, but he soon obtained employment and made many friends. One of these was a wealthy Quaker merchant named Denham who offered the youth a position in a stote he was opening in Philadelphia. Accordingly, Franklin returned to that city in 1726 after having spent nearly two years in London. Within a short time Denham died, and Franklin found himself out of a job, but this may have been a good thing for the youth because his next step was an important one. In 1728 Franklin established a printing house with Hugh Meredith, and in ten years had made it the most successful business of its kind in America. At this time he also purchased the Pennsylvania Gazette, a moribund newspaper which under his management gained a circulation of about 10,000 and became one of the most pirominent papers in the country/ Soon afterward he began to pub. lish his famous "Poor Richard's Almanac" containing the pithy maxims which retain their popularity to this day, and from which he made his fortune. He also became public printer of Pennsylvania, which added to his prestige, and in 1730 he married Deborah Read, with whom he had fallen in love some years before. During the next twenty years Franklin's popularity and activity steadily increased. He organized and became prominent in the Leathernapron Club, which he called the Junto and in which he learned the essentials of leadership. He organized the first , fire company in Philadelphia, founded the American Philosophical Society, "became postmaster of Philadelphia, invented a stove, acquired interests in several of the Continental colonies and in Jamaica and became clerk «£ the Pennsylvania assembly. In the Pennsylvania assembly, Franklin had been prominent in the fight to obtain taxes from the proprietary interests of the Penns, and in 1757 he was sent to England to lay the case before the throne. Here he was received cordially by his old friends and he made many new ones. After five years he returned to the colonies only to be sent back to England to protest the imposition of the Stamp Act. He was called to testify in a famous examination before the House of Commons in which his tact and ability was largely responsible ia having the obnoxious act repealed. He became the best known American in Europe and was popular everywhere. Franklin returned to America in time to attend the first Continental Congress as a delegate from Pennsylvania. As a member of that body he was appointed to the committee which drafted the .Declaration of Independence. He was made postmaster general of the colonies, and soon afterward went to France to secure the aid of that nation. By the French he-was received enthusiastically, and they regarded him" as one of the four greatjest men in all history. This popularity was BO great that the British were irked by it, but it enabled him to obtain the much-needed money for the American treasury. When the war was over, he was called upon to act as one of the peace commissioners, and in framing the Treaty of Paris, Franklin's activities were most eminent and useful. Ih 1785 he returned to Philadelphia, but he had one more important service to perform for his country. This was his participation, as a delegate from Pennsylvania, in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Franklin was then 81 years old and his age prevented him from taking part in the debates of that body. The influence he wielded in keeping the convention in order, however, is immeasurable. On April 17, 1790, three years after he had seen the government of his country firmly established, the life of Benjamin Ftanklin came to a close. Philosopher, statesman, philanthropist, writer, patriot and scientist, he was one of the most remarkable men of the age. He admired and loved Washington whose measure he seems to have accurately taken, for in his will he wrote: "iMy fine crab-tree walking stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty, I give to iriy friend and the friend of mankind, General Washington. If it were a sceptre, he has merited it and would become it." 8XMW00D Miss Olive Hettermann of McHenry spent the week-end with her parents. Misa Helen Smith of Woodstock spent the week-end with her parents. Charles Schaefer and John Pitzen returned home after spending a week in Chicago with relatives and friends. John Pacek spent Sunday evening playing cards at the home of Raymond Schaefer. I Miss Helen Schaefer of Antioch spent the week-end with her parents. Miss Isabella Schmitt of McHenry spent Sunday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Smith and family spent Sunday at the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. Miss Martha Hettermann and Joe Freund attended the basketball game at Woodstock Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Johi\ Schiele, John Pacek and Charles Schaefer motored from Chicago to home Saturday evening. Miss Mildred Schaefer spent part of the week, from Thursday to Sun day, in Grayslake at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Obenauf. Mr. and Mrs. George Michels and son, Donald, had the misfortune of meeting with an accident Sunday evening. The three parties were taken to the Waukegan hospital. Mr. Michels broke his leg and will not be able to return home at once, but his wife and son will be home soon. First America* Silver Monty In 1708 at tjie Philadelphia mint the first United States silver money was coined. It was a 10-cent piece with a slightly different design than the one now In circulation. ELECTRIC HEATING PADS Guaranteed For lifetime $4-39 '7 ••Mill FrMftr & patt*4ar Bolger's Drug Store HP One of the best known figures In New York is Rev. Francis P. Duffy. Partly owing to the fact that he went overseas with the "Fighting Sixtyninth," Father Duffy has mauy parishioners frota that portion of the city commonly known as "Hell's Kitchen." Going to a dinner one evening, be passed a group of them standing on the corner of Forty-second street and Broadway and stopped to speak. He was wearing a dinner suit with his black shirt, and felt that he looked rather well. Indicating his evening attire, he demanded: "Well, boys, how 4o yoi Skt tile scenery?" "Father," said one, "you ought to know that patent leather shoes go with that uniform." "Any other criticism?" "Yes," said another. "White gloves should either be worn or carried In the hand." "An $ veiling overcoat should be folded over the left arm," volunteered a third. Father Duffy was becoming a bit nettled. . "Maybe you have some otner Bug gestions," he said, a bit sarcastically. "Just this," came a drawling voice from the rear of the group. "If you will rig yourself up like that, you ought at least to take a taxi." * * * Father Duffy write* more letters to the policy and fire commissioners than does the mayor. Every time a police-" man or fireman .gets into trouble, he seems to want Father Duffy to write a letter, believing that will straighten things oat. He always asks what the difficulty is and always Is assured that the worst and only thing which has happened has been the overlooking of some little technicality. **N<f more than that?" "Not a thing except that. FtUwf." Among Father Duffy's prized possessions is a letter from a fire cWef In answer to his request to know why a good man had been laid off for some trivial Infringement of rule. The reply specifies in great detail sixteen separate counts on which charges had been brought for serious dereliction of duty. U will be long before be fceam the last of that one. ^ • • • When Father Duffy isn't trying to get somebody out of trouble or out of jail, he is getting him a job. One day, coming In on a train at the Pennsylvania station, a porter said to htm: "Please let me carry your bag. I don't want any money." "Why do you want to carry my bag?" "You don't remember me," said the red cap, "but a conple of years ago I was down on my luck and couldn't get a job. I had a wife and family and I needed work. You gave me a letter to Mr. Egan, the station master, and I have been here ever since." • • • "Sometimes people give me money for the poor," says Father Duffy, "but what I really need more, Is jobs. Say I can get a man a job at a salary of $1,000 a year. That's 5 per cent on $20,000. Isn't that better than giving him $10 or 920, which can last hlw only for a few days." » • » Police Commissioner Miilrooiiey also told me of a porter, but this was a pullman porter. He had once been oft the police force and he wanted to know what chance he had to get his job back. His total tips pn a chair car run to Syracuse and back had been 75 cents. He had tost tatareetia .itoe railroad business. ' 1 • • • •/ I Rosita Forbes, traveler and novelist, has lost a bit of faith in charms. One night in Persia she came to the cave' of a minor prophet who gave her a very superior sn;ike's head, guaranteed to bring Immediate and lasting luck. The next morning her car got stuck In the mud and It took five hours to yank It out. (©. 1»J0. Bell Syndlaftt*.) Home Circle was entertained at the home of Mrs. Jennie Bacon Wednesday. A one o'clock luncheon was served. In the afternoon the usual business meeting was held, and was followed by a fine program. There were forty-nine present. Mass Gladys Shepard entertained a few of her girl friends at a party Friday evening from 4 to 6, in honor of her 10th birthday anniversary. Games were played with prizes going to Lucille Peet, Alice Mae Low, Elsie Doberstein and Gladys Shepard. At the close of the games luncheon was served. The tables decorations were in pink and white. Those present weie Pearl Smith, Sylvia Freund, Shirley Hawley, Rita Mae Merchant, Alice Mae Low, Lucille Peet, Virginia Jepson, Elsie Doberstein, Mae Rager, Dora Anderson, Gladys and Howard Shepard. Miss Bernice Smith entertained the members of the Bridge club at a party at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith, Thursday evening. Two tables of bridge were played and prizes were awarded to Mrs. Clarence Pearson and MS*3 Ruby Davis. The honored guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hopper of Chicago and Zura Whiting. The hostess, assisted by her mother and Ruby Davis, served a two course luncheon. The Home Circle held a card and bunco party at the M. W. A. hall Thursday evening. Prizes in bridge were won by Mrs. L. E. Hawley and Clyde Bell, first, and Mrs. Clyde Bell and H. M. Stephenson the consolations. In five hundred prizes were won by Mrs. Walter Harrison and Ray Peters, first, and Mrs. Frank Hay and George Shepard the consolations. In bunco Mrs. Ray Merchant and Charles Peet were awarded first Mrs. Louise Tabor and Mrs. A. W. Smith left for Portland, Ore., Saturday evening, where Mrs. Tabcr expects to make her heme with her brother, Bradford Smith and family. A. W. Smith accompanied them as far as Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frey of Deerfield spent Sunday in the Elmer 01- sen home. « Miss Eleanor Sutton of McHenry spexit Saturday with Jessie Schroeder. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neal and family spent Saturday night and Sunday with Chicago relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hitehens af Chicago spent Saturday in the F. A. Hitehens home. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Thomas and family spent Sunday in the Julius Randal home in Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Will McCannon were Richmond visitors Saturday evening. Mrs. Edgar Thomas and daughter, Hiley Jean, were McHenry callers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carr and Mrs. Frankie Stephenson spent Saturday afternoon in Woodstock. Mrs. Viola Low and children and S. H. Beatty were Woodstock callers Sunday afternoon. Glenijr Treon of Bedford, Ind., and Miss Lora Harrison of Evanston are visiting in the George Harrison home. Miss Dorothy Peet of Waukegan spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peet. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Adams of Waukegan were Sunday guests in the Ed Thompson home. Edward Smith and Mike Butler of McHenry were callers in the George Young home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hinse of Crystal Lake spent Sunday in the George Harrison home. Edward Harrison and Ruth Owen of Elgin, Lora Harrison of Evanston and prizes, and Rita Mae Merchant and! Glenn Treon of Bedford, Ind., were Alec Anderson the consolations. The - - quilt v hich was given away went to Mrs. Kenneth Cristy and the threepound box of oandy went to Mrs. Nick Young. j( lunch was served at the close of the games. A peat sum was raised, which will be used for the redecorating of the hall. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Shepard were Woodstock visitors Friday afternoon. "Mrs. Catherine Young and sons, Clarence and William, and daughter, Genevieve of Elgin spent Sunday in the George Young home. Mr. qpd Mrs. Harold Dugan of Western Springs spent Saturday and Sunday in the S. H. Beatty Jiome. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich and son and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wiedrich were Richmond callers Saturday night. CS'he PRICE of FOOD Today Thase prices are pruiliM fegrTfci £reat At'»nti« * Pa«m« T«i . n,'S Company as a buying »*•§•» f housewives. Price*shownfaftlMlAiat column are in effect at A 4k P Food Store* January 23-24. SPEliAL PRICES TODAY IONA PEAS, CUT BEETS OK Tomatoes * * Golden Bantam Con .. • Hamilton's S&nerkraat.. Slab Bacon average lonaPink Salmon 2 3 3m 25c 3&S25* 3&£25* NO.l TA1A« CANS 4 Sunday dinner guests in the W. B. Harrison home. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard and family spent Sunday with the latter's parents at McHenry. About twenty high school friends of Miss Julia McLaughlin came up to remind her of her eighteenth birthday anniversary at her home Friday evening, following the basketball game. At the close of a pleasant evening luncheon was served. Raymond Hall went to Chicago Sunday evening to the hospital to have a finger removed. Mrs. Viola Low and father Woodstock callers Friday. Mrs. George Bacon of Antioch ia visiting in the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dodge. were FOODS MOST IN DEMAND Crmd--Hut's White Bread .. lt-ou loaf 8. France-American Spaghetti. S 151-ox. cans 2S£ 254 FfUerfsFlow buret ...... (2.151... Piilw|'sFlour barrel ...... 1.09 .... Geld Medal barrel 2:15 Gold Medal^nrorao*Flear...... r barrel .. . . . . 1.09 Sunn) field Fiog ..........barrel 1.701 Sunujfield Floor [barrel 87 ft Virginia Sweet Wheat Syrap... 14-ea. jug 254 Virgins* Sweet Pancake Flour 3^ ~lb. pkg. 270 290 --20 Virginia Sweet Buckwheat Flour 20-oz.pkg. 140 Pronhan Soda Crackers.. 2 2-Ib. caddies 490 560 PiBsbwy's Wheat Bran pkg. 160 170 Wet Shrimp ....5f«x.can 170 170 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ---- ----f--m-- Chipso Flakes or Granules.. .5 large pkg*. $1.00 $1.10 American Family Flakes... .5 med. pkgs. 1.00 1.10 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES • + .Cabbage, New Tex. J lbs. 13c Grape Fruit, sise 89 ...» 2 for 9c Apples, Rome Beauty 5 lbs. 25c Lettuce, large heads 2 for 15c Indicate* IncrMM in prtet" -- Indicate! d*cl$aM th filet -100 -100 AT Lut year A&P sold the rLAJWHAL best food at the lowest prioee poeatytle in 1N0. Th{*ymmr AtkP wOt--tt thm tot at th» low*mt price* po--tbl« in 1931. * |* - :$•; A&P FOOD STORES III Great Atlantic A Pacific Tea Co* MIDDLE WESTERN DIVISION tJSE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOR QUICK RESULTS I A [\ f & o . *ry: . * t • > • ..." Old Capital of Japan to Have Largest Area Tokyo.--The greater Kyoto, ancient capital of Japan, will be tbe largest in the world so far as its area is concerned, according to a plan recently drafted by Kyoto municipal authorities. Deputy Governor Fukuda, of Kyoto, will come up to Tokyo soon to secure the formal approval of the plan for "Greater Kyoto" from government authorities. According to the plan. Greater Kyoto will have an area of 97 square mlies and a population of 915,474. This Great Sale Ends Saturday Night, January 24 To fittingly end this great carnival of bargains we are offering a number of exceptional values.. Make profits by buying now. a '•i -a MEN'S AND BOYS' FELT BOOTS Men's size, 6 and 7; Boys'4 and 6 Per Outfit These prices are on stock items only. MEN'S FLANNEL SHIRTS ^ahies to $4.00, sixes 14 y» to 16, each ; Few Nats for Squirrels mat, Mich.--Michigan squirrel! will face a serious food shortage this winter, conservationists have predicted, due to the summer drougnt and lack of nuts In the wooded sections of the state, v . Bullet Carried in Throat for 15 Years London.--A medical examination on Robert Smith, who was tifty-three years old and who had committed suicide by Inhaling gas, revealed that he had carried a • bullet in his throat for fifteen years. He was shot during the war, but the doctors could not find where the bullet had lodged. Lost Teeth, Anyway / At Cardiff Herbert Wilkinson, seren times wounded In the World war, lost^ his nerve and fled from a dentist's chajr, bat the teeth he had intended to have pulled were knocked out the next day when a piece of coal struck him MEN'S AND BOYS' HIGH CUT SHOES 12 pairs, not all sizes, (£1 QQ ?er pair Jl.i/O ; MEN'S AND BOYS' 1-BUCKLE CLOTH ARCTICS tine lot . per pair, _-- 98c ^ MEN'S PACS With leather uppers to wear with wool socks, a few pair only, per pair 98c Little Boys' Plush and Cloth WINTER CAPS, 75c and $1.00 values, *ch ...V. 39c MEN'S CANVAS GLOVES Heavy weight, good quality, 6 pain for ; COTTON SOCKS per pair Men's Uncle Saai 8c Infants' White Wool KNIT PANTS and LEGGINGS, $2.00 values, per set 98c BOYS' BLACK WOOfe Bought to retail at $1.29 Now, per pair LEGGINGS 19c BOYS', LEGGINGS Button style,, V OQn per pair ..Jl. tll/C tm the face. Utterly lipenihU "Forget your worries," says the doetor-- and then he sends his bIll.-~ Phone 154 Main Street McHenry v- v