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New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
State Prison Charges.
lMeriden Jonrnal. }

The charges made against the OFF,
Gals of the state prison at the hear
ing yesterday seeking to change the
contract labor law in tho institutions
OF the commonwealth are too serious
to be lightly passed over and they
! should be investigated to ascertain
whether they are true or whether
they arc the uttCrancus of some IL
responsible chap VINO is making atCtc-
mcnts that arc buscd on rumora.
1T was charged at this hearing that
inmates OF tho prison, too i'll To " ork
we're strung up by the thumbs and
otherwise maltrcated because they
could not or would not work It was
further stated that men who coEld
not live but a short time were driven
by the contractors until the last
minute.
Those are pretty serious charges To
make against an institution that has
always been rated high AID supposed
to be operated on humanitarian lines
and we shall be 10th to accept amy
such accusation until there is some
thing more TO back it UP. There
should be no hesitancy about an OK
animation, especially as these charges
refer to happenings within the pact
year.
AS far as the contract labor sys-
tenn goes IN the institutions we be
lievc it TO lie bad thing IL means
cheap labor to compete with things
that arc made under different condi-
tions and if is no real value TO tho
institution. OF course the inmates
should labor but what they DO should
he under direction Of the authoritios
there should be no crowding TO So
cure big output nor anything clso
done to make these fclons compete
with honest worlSmen.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
William Jennings Bryan, Jr.
dallas (TeN.) News.)

To be an assistant district attorney
in Arizona isn't so exalted a station
as the son of the secretary of state
might be expected to aspire to. Con-
sidering that tho senior Bryan might
have obtained for the junior Bryan
something very much better, it is
hardly fair to ascribe to the latter
or to the former, from this circum
stance, attributes unlovely in the eyes
Of a democrat However, being the
son of famous father undoubtedly
helps a young man at the beginning
Of his career. He has advertising,
advertising that costs him nothing,
and advertising pays.
When young Bryan. out there in Ar
iona, appears in "a case at bar the
spectators will nudge one another and
say, Here's William Jennings Bryan s
boy!" Even the jurymen will be
impressed by that fact, and although
the young mar may make a punk
speech-as some young men some
times dot will be accorded close
attention and respect. Probably
Bryan fills. judging by Bryan pere
will have more difficulty in keeping
out of politics than in keeping In the
public eye To be born of a father
who loves political life as sincerely as
w. j. B. loves it is to inherit politics.
dream of politics and have politics for
breakfast, dinner and supper. 1t is
not necessarily fortunate inheri-
lance. The politicians are not the
happiest people in the world. Their
! successes are never quite as sweet as
! their failures are bitter-unless they
get elected to the United States SEN
| ate or to the presidency, in which
| case they are not politicians, but
! statesmen.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
The Service of March.
(Springtield Republican,

(springtield Republican,
The sense is dull the heart inert,
that does not know that spring is
here. Not the sweet charm Of May,
when summer flies in by fits and
starts; not the delicate Caprices and
fiighty favors Of inconstant April
but the hearty rousing rush of
March, a wild spirit that takes the
earth by storm, Il friend that COM
mands, not coaxes. Its north winds
are not wintry though they be search
ing, for the quality of freedom is in
them; it's sun is climbing and earths
life responding
And thou hast joined the gentle
train
And wear'st the gentle name of
Spring"
as Bryant grects it on the brisk noun
tain tops; so that he goes or 20 say
that
lin Thy sternest froWn abides
A look of kindly promise yet"
And the birds are returning. She
blue bird pioneers came on time in
February, and now there are families
and f1octis of bluebirds, in places they
know where the food is best, are
singing their delicious warblc-now
from the shelter of the hemlocks on
the hllsldes, now from the telephone
wires and the fence-rails (where they
can find such antiquated institutio1,s)
and the substitutes in fashion in their
stead; robins are boldly announcing
themselves in the old orchards ana
the song sparrows are happy in their
melodious way, while in the tail trees
the grackles clatter and creak, mean
ing the same as the others, notwith-
standing their cacophonies. Indeed
the servitors of the new life are all
eagerly helping on March to liberate
the earth and impatient humanity
with cheer and grace.
God, the elemental soul. works in
high ways, and all the achievement Of
molly nature is won by noble powers.
The great sweeping ga les of March
are clearing the air for the tcnderest
exposition Of her love for earth. So
is the summons emphasized. and each
day has its cnlivening message for
our, moment Of eternity. Be not de-
ceived: rapid alterations Of wooinc
zephrs and harsh tenpests, Of sunny
encoura gements and forbidding froets
each AMI all are intimate movo-
ments of the vital force that SPRINGS
into life, day by day, preparing fo7,
the grand triumph. IT'S no Io,7ro,.
winter: in our CLINE spring has heo,
at work, and trees and shrubs and
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
Frances Death Graphic.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

A recent visitor to the battle lines in
southwest Belgium and northern
France compares the situation along
that front of 375 miles to the death
grapple of Grant and Lee which main
tanned for months along the works
and trenches outside Of Petersburg.
With 10000 Relgians fronting the
Germans along the ten miles of
trenches nearest to the British chan
mel, With an unknown number of the
British guarding approximately the
next forty miles OF the line, the SOL
diers of France. with the assistance of
a few scattered regiments of the Brit
iGh army, have upon them the heavy
task of defending the other 325 miles
of works which they hold to bar the
way of the Germans to the heart Of
their country.
The lines have been held since Octo-
! Der without the change Of an aver
age Of five miles either in advance
| or retreat. but been held at the cost
: of hundreds Of thousands of lives and
| intense suffering by the more than
! 100000 of com batants in both arm
| les
The Belgians are virtually exilas,
! for their reserve camps arc upon
French soil, while they hold by the
width of less than five miles d, mar
row fringe of their native land.
The British soldiers display Their
usual bravery and enter the trenches
! with the expectation Of death, fighting
| their battle. however. upon foreign
! soil and all their thoughts concen-
| trated upon the quiet homes across
the channel, and from these homes
! they are warding off the fury of war;
I desolation.
It is Frances sons to whom the
greater horrors come, with their
ruined cities, towns, villages and farms
| on every side, with their country men,
! women and children, by the millions,
| homeless or within the e1iemy's lines;
! with their frightful lists of killed and
wounded after each days struggle to
hold that long front of 325 miles,
or to hero and there endeavor to re-
lease the grip of their determined and
fierce antagonists by desperate charges
| It is France that is bleeding to
death in this slaughter of months. 1t
is France, with it's omparatively small
population and decreasing birth rate,
! that is already feeling faint and ex-
! hausted.
1t is france whose heldS are dotted
| with graves, and whose homes are
| filled with the wounded, the sick and
| the dying.
| 1t is France whose hospitals now
| have more than 100000 wounded and
| sick patients. an increase of 200, 900
! during the past nine weeks.
1t is France that is the greatest suf-
ferer among the allied nations, and it
is the people, Of France who realize
that to them has come the glory of
martyrdom, that the consciousness of
duty nobly performed may remain
and abide, but the victory at the cost
already pald, will come to an ex-
hausted country and a distressed and
most sorrowful people,
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
They do not f
litiCaI institutions.

low tn cir husbands
According to Ella l'1agg Young the
Chicago women will vote for SWcitHcr
for mayor because they Will want 10
be with a winner; they won't want
to waste their votes" More evidence
if she is right, that the feminine
voter is swayed by the same reasons
and want of reason as the masculine.
1T thes views are sustained by the
facts. no change or publication or ele-
walton or idealization or poetization Of
politics is to be expected from woman
suffrage. The number of voters is ito
be doubled, say; the processes and re-
suits are to be the same.
1t is not for the good of the state,
them but to please the women or
some of the women, who pine for
Justice and "equality," that woman
suffrage is to be adopted. More vot-
ers, the same old politics.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
D. MCMILLAN.
19o-oO1-2O3 Main Street.
More Voters, the Same Old Pollt1cS.

(New York SUM
Mrs Grace Wilbur Trout, president
of the Illinois Equal Suffrage associa-
ton. AYERS that these "stock argu-
ments'' used against woman suffrage
have been demolished by the recent
primary in Cook county:
women will destroy the parties by
voting for visionary and radical par
ties
They will not appreciate the vote,
but after having procured 1T will drop
it like a stale toy
They cannot differentiate prop
erly in making political selections.' :"
The first argument, if argument IT
be, was founded in large part upon
the number of tempestuous petticoats
that fluttered about the colonel IN
1912. The third was an assumpti on.
The second, whatever its force, can
be refuted only by time. It is far too
carly to decide whether the ballot is
TO he q weapon or rattle in female
hands. It Is to be noticed. however,
in estimating present Appreciation
Il, Chicago, that less than third
Of It's women folks have regjst cred
Mrs. Trout goes on to say:
"rhe results show, and will continue
+o show that there is nothing to the
crv that the women will follow their
husbands in party division. The voting
60 far sh ows that the women arc as
human as the men. They vote for the
same reasons and accept the same DO
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16

herbs of the field have been answer
ing to her insistent suggestion. How
ready all things in the woods AND
pastures have been is shown by the
swelling buds of the spice bush and
the pushing aments of the black
birch the alder and the sweet fern.
The sweet ferns kindred, the bayberry
and the sweet gale. wait on the hills
and at the brook-hedges; and the Will
low catllins, which are so devoted to
spring that they begin dashing out of
their sheaths in search Of her at any
odd spell of warm weather, even as
early as November. It's not sign
of spring" when pussy willows shine,
silken and silvcry, beside the pond
in March They are not timid, like the
peppers Of the marshes-they haste
TO greet The magician ere her gracious
wand is waved.
one should rise early in the city to
get the taste of SprinG in his nostrllS.
JnuaL as the dawn lightcnS, aud
sweet surprise begins to steal over
the earth, and revelation is at the
edge of the horizon, and the stars
IaIc and vanish into their unimaglna-
HE distances-just as the birds Drcen
their wings and whisper and anon can
each other by name, and presently
chatter, or essay bit of song-just
as the clean scent of earth and the
now buds join in a delicious freshness
which is not SO much fragrance as the
promise thereof-then for brief
time the city breathes the air Of
fields and woods Then it is gone,
disDclled, destroyed, by the dusts and
the vapors and the rude noises of
Il r.iN lie hot
moment of purity, that interval of
grace, and fortunate are those who
greet it. if they can get no further
away from the necessary evils OF city
conditions and interests.
But to one who can escape into the
wide welcome of the mountains and
The marshes and the plains, there is
inspiration to be found--inspiratio
" hich matches aspiration. and even
if but for a day, this is worth while.
Such outgoings injure no ones zest
for what he has to do in the actual
Compulsion Of the daily tasks; one
is the stronger for it all; to visit the
marsh where the skunk cabbage is
forming its starry blossoms, beneath
a splendid hood more glorious than
any milliner can design, is to gain
Spirit that informs all life; and this
Scorned and recluse plant, which dis
Gains not the sluggist and Ger
scummcd pool beside the railroad,
tells the apprehensivc soul how beau
Gful self efiacement may be in tho
view of that great Spirit Now. too,
one may, by good grace, discover the
earliest lovely flower of spring, on
some sunny bank, or nestled at the
loot of a rock, in those regions which |
it frequents, and where it awakens
in it's lover all his reverence and de- |
Notion-the hcpatica, exquisite in ey-
cry delicacy of tint in its fragile pet |
als-fragile but so hardy that 1t |
pierces through tough oak leaves of |
the year long past. and even beside !
the snowdrift proclaims the love of !
God to thankful lovers.
March is the nurse and guardian of i
al the seasons. for in its Sternness !
il cmbodies the care which preserves
es well as the courage which strength
ems and so draws on the earnest pur- |
pose of the plant to bloom and |
fruit. fulfilling the external irapulse
Of vital charm. Had not there been
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
INSURANCE RATES DOUBLE.

New York. March 16-Marine in
surance to French and British ports
within the field or operations OF the
German submarines today are almost
double those prevailing last week
This was attributed mainly to the loss
OF the steamer Indian Prince, with
her $750,0o0 cargo of cotton, whica
1t was said, swept away the profits or
the war risk insurance on all cotton
shipments to England and France
since the war began.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16

ssssgSNTQt as to the security of
~ after death. Mrs. John
1eiier's body laid in
n vault Yesterday and armed
be on guard over 1t for an
~ period to prevent 1t being
I'd by vandals.
he has not been much said about
Fobbing of graves of late years
1T used to be done. 1t is a most
6uliar crime but men used to follow
much the same as they FOLLOW other
Rrms of robbery. The object of
purse In such a case as is now under
ascnssion is to obtain money, al
hough it used to be said that graves
ENere robbed for the purpose Of OBJ
Raining bodies for dissection. No one
seems to care about the remains Of
the unfortunate who has been buried
In Potter's field because no one cares
where he is inferred, but if he had
money his body would be in demand
because Of the amount 1t might bring
to those who might disinter it and
hold it, one might say, for ransom.
Nothing appears to be free from the
wickedly inclined, they can see money
in almost everything that the ordi-
nary person would not touch and they
will not stop at anything that promises
them a financial return. 1t would
SEEM however as if the dead might
be allowed to rest and that there
should be no need Of taking pre-
cautions against them being disturbed
IN the grave.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Connie Mack says that tangoing is
an important aid to base-running.
Probably fox-trotting is also an I'M
portant aid to running Il carpet
sweeper, and it is obvious that the
canter waltz and the "lameduck' are
an invaluable training in acquiring an
easy and nonchalant use of wooden
leg. AT last are getting at some
Of the real values of these modern
dances.-Providen Ce Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16

The man who predicts that auto
mobiles will ultimately Misplace cleo
tric cars just as the latter displaced
horses is, Of course an autom bile
man. He foresees a development Of
the cheap jitney service which will be
both quicker, more convenient and
even cheaper than the trolley In
view of the fate which has overtaken
too many prophets in the past, a man
would be rash to declare this expecta-
ton impossible. Ameri-
can.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16

charm in life, how were ii possible
that there should be such life as We
can all catch a glimpse OF and per-
petually pursue? The flowers are
blessings from the soul OF the uni
verse; not TO be sighted; not to be
regarded with indifferent tolefation,
but to be cherished, as
"-gleams from a brighter world
Too soon, eclipscd, or forfeited"
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
GRAVE.


some very queer
" anc there are
ies too. People
who are classed
priSed by others
Dr other reasons,
/ OF their holdings
Rpears that there
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16

In Pennsylvania the people think
that the legislature is doing we'll be-
cause it is doing comparatively moth
ing. We don't have exactly the same
fear as to the Legislature of Connect
cut We wish to have them do some
thing and something drastic to the
finances of the state. Letting things
go is all very we'll When q state is
sailing along on the even keel of solv-
ency. But it is all wrong, when
revenue cannot even get within railing
distance of expenditure. That has
been the case with Connecticut for the
past four years or more. 1T cannot be
the case in future for the taxpayer is
bound to see the state made solvent,
even if he has. to overtur11 several in
competent legislatures in the process.
-AnsOnia Sentinel ~'.'
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
Sweeper Vacs and Suction
Cleaners

Make House Cleaning So Easy.
Don't wear yourself out cleaning
the old way. Let us demonstrate to
you the modern way of house cleaning
by using the Sweeper Vac or Suction
Cleaner in your home. We will be
pleased to demonstrate at your home
if you cannot call at the store, SO
that every woman will know the mer-
it's of our cleaners.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16

ION OF 1OreSt
pie have been
There is a big
~ of Middle
pcres of land
and there is
he extent Of
boy who had
ot with which
ullets is said
Are, althoug h
those things
eing warned
The other day
1en issued a
lex of rain
ds and woods
Il, that people
but throwing
karette stunps
and it seems
this as 4 rea-
forest fires in
of New Brit
bit too early
out it, because
nd the number
ing into the
and the next
b forest fire, as
Re ever had in
have been some
mountain. A
at any time Of
he visitor of the
Ege. Trees have
of shrubbery
a places where
any young trees
rned until there
1T the trunks to
3 and saplings
a long time to
$ not take long
times, and that
careful about.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16

Carranza ought to be thrashed: but
the United States has not the prepar-
edness, as they call it, nor the tact,
to go thrash Carranza without arous-
ing the eager hatred Of the Mexicans.
1T is a difficult position. Our govern
ment has stood off the European gov
ernments and they have Practically
held our government responsible for
Mexico. A massacre of foreigners in
Mexico City now would mean an OK
petition of relief, slow and costly.
Then a slow and costly conquest of the
rest of Mexico. Is Mexico to make us
forget Europe ?-Norwich Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16

The proposal, so vigorously advo-
Gated by George L. Fox of New Haven,
to make high school students pay for
their tuition is being taken alto
gether too seriously. A measure that
is emphatically not wanted by those
i'll whose behalf it is being urged and
that would be resented by the rela
.tives and friends Of every high school
pupil in the state could not be put
through the general assembly even
if the arguments in it's favor were
unanswerable. Connecticut legislators
aer not in the habit of playing the
part of benevolent despots and forcing
upon the people against their will
supposed benefits that. the people
don't want.-Bridgepor Standard.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16
MCmILLAN'S
Special Sale
Fancy Waists
and Blouses
al $l.o0 ca.
Values up to $500.

VN S1NLFl " fLDN ILSDINI NO1tN-
ING AT $50 A. Nj.
In thi ssale you will find dainty
Waists and Blouses of Chiffon Laces,
Nets and MessaHnes.. Remember the
time of the sale, Wednesday morning,
at $3.50 Il. IN.
See waists displayed in our show
window until time of the sale.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-16


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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-03-04
Boyd Culp Wedding.

An event of more than usual
interest in the social circles of
Fort Mill was the marriage Fri
day evening of Miss Carrie Cor
nelia Culp and William l.. Boyd,
which took place at the home of
the BRIDES mother, Mrs. Augusta
Culp, in the presence of large
number of the friends and rela-
tives of the couple.
The rooms had been beautifully
decorated, smilax, ferns, and
other potted plants and flowers
being used in great profusion,
and the arriving guests were
received at the door by Misses
Meta Gulley and Dora Grier
when they were ushered into the
parlor and received by Mrs.
James T. McGregor and Mrs.
Ettie Thompson, sisters of the
bride. Just before the ceremony
Miss Mary Caveny, of Rock Hill,
sang Until" accompanied on
the piano by Miss Ruth Kim
brell, also of Rock Hill.
At 8 o'clock little Miss Evelyn
Mills entered the parlor bearing
the ring in a lily and was fol-
lowed by the bride, dressed in
navy blue go away" coat suit
and carrying a bridal bouquet of
Bride roses and lilies of the
valley. She was accompanied
by her bridesmaid, Miss Beatrice
Boyd, sister of the groom, who
was likewise dressed in a travel
ing suit and carried bouquet of
pink carnations. The groom fol-
lowed, accompanied by his
groomsman, F. Everard Ardrey,
the enrire party entering TO the
strains of the wedding march
played by Miss Susan Bradford.
The beautiful ring ceremony was
used and was performed by Rev.
w. A. Hafner, the brides pas
tor.
After the ceremony the guests
were served with punch by
Misses Isabelle Grier, Estelle
Massey, Kathleen Jeter and
Lillian Caveny, and the couple
boarded No. 80 at 9 o'clock for
Philadelphia, New York and
other points in the north and
east. Upon their return they
will make their home in Char
lotte.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-03-04
New Drug Law.

The new Federal drug act,
regulating the distribution and
sale of various forms of mar
cotics, became effective March l.
This is one of the most far
reaching measures ever placed
upon the statute books and will
doubtless require some time to
get properly combed out. For
months past druggists and drug
clerks generally have been
studying it's provisions which
are numerous and complex.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-03-04

theft, and a search of his home
resulted in the recovery, it is
said, of the aforesaid missing
rations. The negro had only
two weeks ago finished a term
on the county gang for larceny.