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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-16

ministrative economy.
Another valuable improvement has
been the perfected locking cord fast
ener designed for use on tie sacks,
something which the Department for
years has needed and vainly endeavor-
ed to accomplish. This device will
be of great value to the postal service
at large by increasing the capacity
and efficiency of mail bags to a degree
difficult to estimate. The modern
system of business methods and the
proper encouragement of employees
to take an active and earnest inter-
est in their work, both of which desir-
able features this administration Of
the Department has favored and put
into practice, is responsible for the
many improvements made and the adj
vantages gained.
Active experiments are constantly
being made for the betterment of the
SERVE. For many years a tremendous
expense has been the labelling of the
immense quantity of mail bags in use.
The form of label used in the past and
still used by clerks all over the coun-
try is the doubling and refolding of
what is known as a facing Slip" The
preparation of these labels by the
thousands has been and is an expen-
sive proposition, yet there appears to
have been no effort on the part of
previous administrations to progress
from the old method. Under present
direction a perforated label in sheets
and runs has been designed which is
practically ready for use when fur
nished to employees. Every postal
clerk in the country and thousands of
post-office employees will find this
new method of great advantage and
it will result in a large economy in
the service.
There have also been some other
notable improvements made, viz, the
substitution of steel where brass was
formerly used, at very considerable
lessening of expense; device for
fastening foreign mail pouches, doing
away with the old-fashioned method
of string and, seal; a scheme for saw
ing Irvine by means of simple hold
er which permits free and easy use
without waste, and a flexible stamp
design, for which the contract price
was "a cents, but which will now be
made at cost of but 8 cents. A me-
chanical pickup or facing table for
use IN facing and stacking letters IN
first-class post Offices has also been
developed and will soon be perfected.
This device is considered superior to
those now in use and costs less, than
one-third as much to manufacture.
Those at present in use cost approx
mately $1,000.
1t will thus be seen that the activi-
ties of the Post Office Department
have been conferred along lines which
will not only produce large economies
to the people of the country, but will
also prove a great convenience to
those in the service. During the past
three years two objects have been
kept constantly in view, viz, saving
the public money wherever possible
and serving the people to the fullest
extent. There was room for great
improvement and there has been much
accomplished. 1t is but common
Justice to award due credit in these
administrative reforms to the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General, in
Bureau these measures of economy
were developed and who has so faith
fully devoted his time to that pur-
pose.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-16

Instead of waiting for a rich uncle
to die go and take lessons Of the in
dustrious ant.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-16

Labor is the foundation of many
q big fortune-but not necessarily Of
the laborer's. M
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-16

The average man never fully real
ICES at midnight how very sleepy Ne
is going to be a 7 a. m. the next
morning.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-16

The best way to get out Of tight
place is to sober up.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-16

Only foolish man will kick him
self when he is down.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23
DARK HORSE MAY
 WIN (. 0. p. RACE
REPUBLICAN LEADERS LOOK FOR PRACTICAL BUSINESS MAN
 TO HEAD TICKET.
COLEMAN DU POINT NAMED
 AS LIKELY CANDIDATE
Delaware Man Has Splendid Reputa- tion as a Self-Made Leader in
 Constructive Business.

With the Republican convention on. ly a scant twelve weeks away. the most popular topic of conversation in political circles these days concerns the c. o. P.'s choice of a candidate to run against Wilson.
 The Republicans will probably go back to old principles and look for a candidate who will command the SUD- port of the same army of voters who elected Mckinley, when a wave of patriotic common sense swept the country, and business men by the hundreds of thousands marched the streets demanding a practical govern ment. It is interesting to note that the name of General Coleman du Pont, of Delaware, has been repeatedly men, toned recently as the man eminently qualified for the nomination. To those who look upon the government as a big business concern demanding the supervision of a trained business man, the name of General du Pont car ries a strong appeal, for there is no man more qualified to handle the big problems of today than this same self made leader in constructive business. Moreover, both the public and private record of General du Pont will stand up well under the searchlight of po- litical opposition
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23
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believes that really perfect system of highways will enhance the farmers income and reduce the cost of living to the cities. He has built roads and given them to his state, always with sound business scheme to perpetuate them and save them from being a burden to the taxpayers.
 He comes from family more Amer ican than most-a family identified with the building of the nation since the Revolution. His grandfather was Thomas Jefferson's most valued per sonal friend and advisor in the time of great need during the dark days of the Republic
 The great Powder Company with which he was formerly identified has supplied our government with all it's powder at a price always named by our government officials themselves and never by the company.
 Because of his great executive abil- ity and high standing in the business world, some of the shrewdest po- litical minds in the country consider him as being one of the most likely dark horses for the Republican nomination. They point to the fact that his success in life would elimin- ate any need for a friendly Colonel House, or any other financial influence standing ever behind the presidential chair. Nor would he be compelled to take orders from any man or group of men.
 Another factor that the supporters of General du Pont are pointing to is his knowledge of military affairs For sixteen years he has been identified with the soldiery of his state and is thoroughly alive to the necessity for preparedness. He has also had practical training in politics, hay ing been a delegate to a number of State and National conventions, and serving as a member of the Republican National committee for many years.
 It is the splendid business training the way for him to the nom- nation For it is conceded on all sides that the biggest problems of this country at the close of the European war will be business problems, and there are few men among those men, toned, who have had his experience in coping with such huge problems. As a manager of constructive busi ness and as a reorganizer, Coleman du Pont stands in a class by himself.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23
.nuTY FIRST" WIN wit, GOODWIN .,,,vv !. tbe subimest word in the English language. ss."-Ro". E. Zee
cows AND THEIR VALUE.

The production of milk has i many
 l to commend it as the chief bus 'iiDs r os one of the sidelines on the
 '''' . Milk is a very important food. ,' 'l :. orp of our cheapest and best Y ,..d, * It would be very difficult
 .'st+er '' to estimate the influence milk sas r"' had upon our civilization as it l ..l. todav. One thing we know,
 sst no other nation where milk IS not
 m ;mnortant food has made any whore .a near the progress that the peo- !. of this country have already at ained
 Tho dairy COW is a need on every farm. She produces more food on .,s land and at less expense than ,,v other form of agriculture that h,s vet been found. A ton of milk removes but $2.SO worth of plant food constituents and the manure from the ,ov if saved and applied replaces this fertility several times. A ton of | htter worth $500 removes but 50 ,epts' worth of plant food constitu- nts Think of potential wealth of ana dairy row during her life on the l farm
 Farmers in the Southwest need more dairy COWS. Were there five or six dairy cows to every 40 acres of l land tiled in the Southwest our agri- cultural wealth would be much great |e, our people would live easier and our land would produce better. The Possibilities for dairying, creameries
 ad the production of dairy products l h the Southwest have never been |raEzed. Could onc-third of the cot
 ton acreage in the South be converted
 rio grazing, hay, grain and legume
 uOps and fed to higb-producing cows
 bur agricultural wealth would be as-
 iasling in a few years.
 Every cotton grower, landowner or
 tenant, should begin by raising n hefer to build up a small herd of
 SVs This would soon influence the
 cotton market and liberate many boys
 and girls from the cotton fields
 Farm and Ranch.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23
QUESTION NATioNALlzED.

'I havo been forced to the conclu- sion that the only effective way to deal with the liquor question is by and through the action of the national government" is the declaration of United States Senator Borah of Idaho. "The liquor interests themselves have nationalized the question. The large distilleries and manufactures of intoX- icating liquors supply every state in the Union from some particular manu- featuring plant so that it becomes in every sense a matter of interstate con- cern and matter which can be ef- fectually controlled and regulated through the national government which alone can deal with interstate matters.
 If I had felt that 1t could be dealt with by the states alone l would have much preferred to see it dealt with in that way. But I feel sure that it has passed beyond the control of the states and has become a national question in every sense, economically, commer- cially and politically"
 BOOKER A POOR PATRON.
 letter purporting to come from
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23

sas paying monthly fines; nor in fact are monthly fines being charged any where. The supreme court knocked that system out nine years ago.
 All sorts of arguments are put up by the vets against prohibition, but there are two points they ignore. One is that Kansas Is well pleased with prohibition, regardless of what others may think of her; the other is that if man cant spend his nickel for glass of beer he has that nickel with which to buy a loaf of bread for his family"
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23

a business agency, asking for the cred it ratings of certain men, was received by banker. Discovering that 1t came from a liquor dealer, he replied as fol- lows:
 The fact that you did not state the nature of your business led me to suspect that you were asking in the interest of the liquor business. If my suspicious are correct, l do not blame you for being ashamed to show your flag. I pity you for being in the business at all. l know the men referred to but have no specific in- formation for you. l know this much. which I am willing to tell you, that they would have better credit in this bank if they did not use your stuff.
 As a bank, we know that the man who is a good patron of your business is poor patron of ours"
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23
LITTLE REGARD FOR TRUTH.

LITTLE REGARD FOR TRUTH.
 II guess we will have to have prohibition press agent for the state" remarked Governor Capper of Kansas to a representative of the Kansas City (Mo1 Journal. as he ran through big raft of letters and communica- tions regarding prohibition.
 Tt is remarkable how little regard for truth some people have,' said the governor. For instance, here is a man in Brooklyn, writing to the New York Tribune, solemnly stating that during his residence in Kansas from 1905 to 1913 he saw more boys under sixteen years old drunk in this state than he had seen men drunk in other states in all his life. Just think of such an absurd statement. He also says that the hotels in all the big towns of the state pay monthly lines for handling liquor. AS a matter of fact there isn't single hotel in Kan
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23
WANTED, A NATIONWIDE POLICY

The policy of prohibition has failed to achieve among us in the past an ad- equate success, because wherever tried it has been only prohibition in spots But sanitation in spots-vac- cination. quarantine, sewerage, pure water supply only here and there such an arrangement would not give rs a satisfactory improvement in pub lie health Nothing will do but pol icy of public hygiene that is nation wide Just so with prohibition. a ne- cessity to public health, moral and physical. The liquor power can only be struck at It's vital center when hit by a national law. That blow given and then scores of minor evils, caused by drink, that cannot otherwise be reached will disappear.-The Congre- gationalist.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23

There are $40 daily newspapers, published in the United States and lsng the English language, that de- 'lne iquor advertising. A year ago 'Aere were 4S2. If the rate implied in |aese hfures continues the liquor |aade will soon be out on the road |nanung for new mediums of commu- |aRaton. The truth of the situation
 < mat what with voluntary action M newspapers and state action in the |'.in \. Of laws prohibiting advertising |u aVless business, the future of the ', .aAef or vender of liquors, as a buyer + publicity, looks dark.
 notwithstanding the war 100000 |N EaS0nS crossed the Atlantic last year. |.s. ]. 'nly half of them, or even a quar- |sI E were Americans. that was some |tsE |s for this country. And a lot of \. ~ ~ would have done themselves and |si, \ more good if they had remained on
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23
WV, .v, ALTOGETHER SELFISH

|nom,o' 70 not not altogether for purely eco ,sr. ' reasons that industrial con. |Aeir an ppVse drinking on the part of Bon ., ,'up'oyees,' says President Gib. panv 'le u,,' Chicago Pressed Steel com srsatlv l., me average employer is Ii, h,y ~.-, interested in the welfare of |them apeople' He wants to see wants p.osperous and happy. He also l |tms ,u ~ get the largest possible re.
 conaic, HIS HIS business and there is no wsa,ss'b as' between these two aims m l tal and ma improves the physical, men
 also Ino.ua uOrai conditions of workmen hriprs ,ssses ,n their efficiency and so |lesrra' m greater profits to the em,
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-23
h p-. INC FUTURE SOLDIERS

|pled ,'aln tou 4,OOO,OOO men have an. aeen reIectas ',ce' Y. One million have
 being snn,,O ctea, II peace standards were |sssa ,eiaI,d applied s,OOO,OOO would d' msre Sese PC. W u, ss,. Commenting upon this We tenp'sal 'salesOy' <, the eugenist, says snk at siy,o tue future soldiers witt seted men en' s,e This million of re
 ,ao s, says; pSe "Ne once younger" r,
 sseld deny ,ha NO t. instructed Germa
 '7s fsprsss the ne. fact that his own cour
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-08
Grubbs Children TO
Get ,SI,65O; Wife
Won't Get a Cen
$25,ooo DAMAGE SUIT FOR LOSS
LIFE OF J. =. cRuess is
COMPROMISED.

A compromise in the $4,000 damage
suit brought in the Forrest County
Circuit Court by Mrs. j. A. Grubbs,
against the Firm Lumber Company,
for the loss of the life of her husband
in the local plant of that organization,
last March, has been affected. The
suit was brought by Mrs. Grubbs on
behalf Of herself and her five chill
dren, Myra Grubbs, Annie May Grubbs,
Bessie Grubbs, Aldue Grubbs. and
Grace Grubbs.
The sum of $1,65O will be given by
the company to the five children. In
the agreement reached, it was stlple
lated that "the plaintiff, Mrs. j 4,
Grubbs, individually, take nothing by
this suit, and that the defendant the
Firm Lumber Company, do have and
recover of and from the said Mrs
| J. A. Grubbs all costs at this suit
| for which execution may isste."
Mrs. Grubbs is now confined in an
asylum in Jackson, having been declar
ed insane by Forrest county jury
some weeks ago.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-08
AT 8 O'CLOCK
PRE- SIDENT|AL
RACE in DOUBT
Both Parties Are Claiming Vic,
tories Wilson Leading In
Western States
CALIFORNIA DECLARED
TO BE DOUBTFUL STATE.

with returns coming slowly in from
q number Of the doubtful states, it was |
still undecided at 3 o'clock this art
ernoon whether Hughes or wilson
were elected.
Both parties are claiming victory
returns from the Western states
chow a trend toward Wilson, cutting
down the Hughes lead in the last.
The complexion OF the next House
and senate is still undetermined
The latest reports up to ! O'Clock
indicate that Wilson has carried Mary
lland by about 10000, and that Con
gressman Lewis, father OF the pafcei
nost has been defeated for the SEN
late by his Republican opponent
New york state gave Hughessa plu'
rality Of 100000. Governor Whitman
land the remainder of the state ticket
were elected, and Calder has beer
lsent to the Senate, defeating William
!, F. McCombs.
/ Kansas is still doubtful, but Wilson
IS leading by about $4,000.
Illinois has given Hughes plural
itv Of more than 100000 Lowden, Re
publican, was elected governor an
/ artncle joe Cannon was reelected :
B congress-. The Republicans game
0 tbroe congressman Six Illinois d
4 tricts are still in doubt.
indications are that Hughes has ca
,,ed New Jersey by about 10000
: Nebraska has gone for Wilson
, about 100000 Hitchcock is leadh
(continued on Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-08

TabuIatons made of the vote in the various
states for the Presidency this afternoon, based on
unofficial returns and claims by the Democrats,
give President Wilson 267 electoral votes, or |
more than enough to re-elect him.
The claims of the Democrats which do not
include California or West Virginia, cover those
states of the "Sold South" recognized as Demo
cratic; states which the Republicans concede to
have gone democratic, and others which the Re-
publcans declare are still doubtful
The NATIONAL Democratic Committee insists
that Wilson will be elected by 2S8 votes. The
Republican committee, while claiming Hughes
election, give no figures or details.
The states claimed by the Democrats, and up
on which all their hopes are based are:
Alabama, IL; Arkansas, 9; Arizona, 3; Colo
rado, g.; Florida 6; Georgia IA; aKnsas, 10; Ken
tucky,13; Louisiana, 10; Md. 8; Mimi. IL; Miss.
10; Mo. 18; Montana, A; Nebraska, 8; Nevada,
8; New Mexico, 8; NJ c. IL; Ohio "a; Oklahoma,
10; Oregon, 5; S. c. O.; Tenn, IL; Tex. 20; Utah
4; Va. II; Wash Il Wyoming, 3, or total Of 267.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-08

4
~ " Nov 6-Democratic Chairman, Vance MIC
Cormck gave out list Of the following 33 states with
total Of electoral votes Of 305 which he claims for wilson
Alabama ~ Arizona, 8; Arkansas, 9; California,
l3; Colorado g. Delaware 81 Florida g. Georgia, q
Idaho A; IndianaI IS; Kentucky, 3; Louisiana, O.
MARYLAND s; Minnesota. 2; Mississippi, 0 Missouri
s; Montana a; Nebraska, s Nevada 3; New famp-
shire, A. New Mexi-o 81 North Carolina :; Ohio, rs
Oklahoma 10; Soui E 'olina q Tennessee, RI lexass
20; Utah A; Virginia Washington, n West Virginia,
8; Wisconsin. 3; Wyenng, ,.
indications at II o'clock today were that Woodrow
Wilson has been reelected President OF The United States p
a safe majority.
The early reports Of last night from the north and the
east which apparently showed that the whole country with
the exception Of the solid South had gone for Hughes
yee materially changed today when the results voting
in the Middle West and the Pacific Coast states began com
in.
Chairman Vance Mccormick of the Depocratic Nation
Il Committee issued statement at 10 O'Clock today decar.
ing that Wilson had casxed states the Union and would
have representation the electoral college Of 305 tire
oures but zb6 to elect.
tcontnped on Page sixD
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-08
FORREST S VOTE.
mot YET KNOWN;
COUNT REQUIRED
How Citizens Of County Cast
Their Ballots Not to be
Known Soon.
HARRISON FAR AHEAD OF
TICKET; DOHERTY ELECTED

Fish and Game Law showed Under,
Although by What Majority Has Not
Been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Win
Meet During Next Day or TWO to
Tabuate the vote-six Precincts
Have Been Reported, Though unotfi
cially
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-08
VII SON LEADS BY 3 VOTES,
LATEST RETURNS INDICATE I
OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
COMMUTE DECLARES PRESIDENT WILL
RECEIVE 288 OF ELECTORAL VOTES

Middle West and Pacific Coast States Roll
Up Big Majorities for the Democratic
Nominees, and Indications are That
Wilson VIII Go Through With Safe
Plurality Associated Press, However,
Says That the Results are Officially
in Doubt" With a Drift Toward the
Reelection Of President Wilson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-08
(By Associated Press.

NJ Y, Nov. s.-Chairman Mccormick, at ii
o'clock this morning, claimed Wilson's reelection
with 288 electoral votes Mccormick claims Ohio
and Kansas.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-08

New York Nov. 8With rs Congressional districts to
be cleared up the Republicans have gained Their
present quota in the House. while the Democrats gained
reducing the present Democratic majority to 5
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-08

In the only, two real contests in the
Forrest county voting yesterday, Bar
ney o. Doherty was elected constable
in Beat No. 8, over his two opponents.
B. j. Bradley and D. L. Slaton, and
the fish and game law went down in
defeat,
The exact figures OF Forests vot-
ing are not obtainable. AS usual, the
officials at the Court House who re-
ceiye the ballot boxes from the re-
turning officers on the night OF and
The day following the election ne
elected obtaining the unofficial re-
suits. 1t will require an official count
to ascertain just how the voting Went
Five precincts in the county have
been reported on,
n The total city vote at the Cour
House and the City Hall, is as fol
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-08
THE WEATHER

For Mlsslssippi--lncreasins cloud.
ness probably followed by rain late
tonight and Thursday; cooler Thurs.
day,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-05
To Mark Linen.

\ bride-to-be has pretty method by
which she has been working her fu-
ture initials on some of her finest
pieces of linen.
The letter is first marked in the
usual way on the material and then a
square of net completely underlying it
is tackled on the reverse side. The out
lines of the letter are carefully fol
lowed with a strong lacking thread,
and then the principal spaces are cut
out with sharp scissors, leaving the
net showing through the strokes OF
the letter Then the edge of the linen
is buttonhoIed to the net very tightly
with fine mercerized cotton. When
this is done the superfiuous net under,
meath is cut away.
Any fine ornamental curves on the
design which decorate the letter may
be embroidered III the usual way. The
effect of the net initial is attractive
and it makes a pretty laeelike corner
piece for a dainty cloth or pillow slip.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-05
Full Calendar Monday Night.

Residents OF TINS pace may have
their choice Of several places to 20
next Monday evening. Several meet
ings and other attractions are sched-
uled. That evening the annual ban
quet of the chamber of commerce win
be served in the Armory and the WON
en- viii be guests of the members
About $50 are expected to attend.
Meetings scheduled are the annual
meeting of the Episcopal parish, the
annual meeting of the Rockingham
hospital directors, and a meeting of
the Old Rockingham Meeting House
association. Within the Law is book
ed for the Opera house, and the movie
theater undoubtedly will be open for
business as usual that evening Out
side of these opportunities open to
Bellows Falls people that evening the
outlook is that the evening viii be
quiet