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The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05

J. i. and +. j. Lea, Deceased.
BY y.ttue of Il Commission. aud to
me- directed from the Honorable Court
aforesaid, | will offer for sale to the
last and highest bidder, at the Court
House door, in the town OF Green's
burg, State and Parish aforesaid, on
the Ind Saturday, the
18th DAY OF AUGUST, 1904,
between the hours pre-cribed by law,
all right, title, interest and claim in
and to the following described prop
erty, tO-wit:
First. Fifty acres Of land, bounded
north by w. b. Thompson & Co.,
east hy the Estate Of Lafayette Odom,
south by Natalbany Lumber Co., and
west by II. Homer Craft.
Second. Two head of mules.
Third. Five head of cattle.
Terms Cash with the benefit of ap-
praisemcnt.
EUGENE B. WATSON,
Sherltf'S Office, Sheriff.
July ), 1904.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
RIntaiIV Tortured

A case came to light that for per-
sirtont and unmerciful torture has per
haps never been equaled. Joe Colo
bick Of COiusa, Calf, writes: For
Is yea ! endured insufferable pain
from Rheumatism and nothing reliev-
ell me though tried everything known
l came across Electric Bitters and it 5
The greatest medicine on earth for that
trouble. "A few bottles Of it complete
ly relieved and cured me-" Just as
good for Liver and Kidney troubles
and general debility. Only SOC. Sat
isfactiou guaranteed by w. E. Ham
berlin e. Son.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05

ed. The sheets were accepted as filed
by the Assessor.
Adjourned to 3rd Monday in Au-
gust 1904.
r. d. WILSON, President.
j. L. WILSON, JR., Clerk.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
We are authorized to announce
w. Fl. MCCLENDON.

of Amite City, as a candidate for the
Office Of Judge of the 18th Judicial
District Court, at the November cleo
tion. subject to the action Of the Dem
Ocratic Party.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
tRepr1nted by request).

WANTED: A GARRISON FINISH.
On the American turf years ago
followers Of the track were often
sent into the seventh heaven Of de-
light by the manner in which one
hockey came down the home stretch.
This famous riders name was CARR
son. His mode Of riding was to allow
Others to set the pace hold his horse
In check, and then at the proper
time come into the lead and win
the race. Such exhibitions Of hard
driving came to be known the coun-
try over as "Garrison finishes" Such
Ia finish, too, is typically American.
The American nature goes at a thing
in an off hand sort of way, gradually
wakes warm, and then throws all its
energies into the scale. We are now
entering on the last leg of the race
for the purchase of the Second Lib
blerty Loan. We are, in the language
LOT the track, on the home stretch.
There are but few more days after
this in which we can subscribe, IN
(which we can purchase bonds. Let
lit not be said that we lost out on the
Hast lap. The race is to the swift
this time. The Kaiser knows that,
Iall pro-Germans know it, and every
lone interested in the failure of Amer
hcan arms hopes and prays for a dis
NAL defeat. With one good squirt the
goal can be attained. We must mo-
lose. Let's have it in every sense
sGarrison finish.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
Loyalty Easy.
(Omaha Bee),

One of the speakers at a local Jew
ish meeting accurately touched on the
most important feature of our ma
tional life. He said loyalty is easy in
the United States, stating in brietest
form a tremendous truth.
Loyalty is so easy in the United
States it is cause for marvel that any,
thing savoring of disloyalty can exist.
To be true to our country and IT'S free
institutions requires only tina. the
citizen be true to himself. No gov
eminent since the Garden Of Eden
has burdened it's citizens more lightly
IN time of peace than does ours One
of our national characteristics is that
we have asked all of our government,
and have returned but little. No
where has freedom ever had such in
depreciation as here, and nowhere was
ever individual liberty and personal
rights moro sacredly guarded or
jealousy preserved to all. In time Of
war it is common duty, mere mat
ter of self defense, that we stand
firmly together against all foes. Men
tai twists or bias that find express
sion in seditious acts or words are be-
yond understanding, and are the
more iniquitous because they are
aimed against the best government
man. has ever framed. Being loyal is
the easiest and lightest burden that
Is laid on the citizens of the United
States
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
One Too Many.

One Too Many.
d-6 human nature to be little
,qDore than willing to let the other
AsI1ow pay the bill. How many
" us. I wonder. are hiding at
1eme In the trenches Of indiffer-
emoe ana snug selfshness, emery
ing only when we see q chance
10 make a little more money?
How many Of us are hushing
oocusing condolences with ex-
CARNATIONS that do not explain,
Ind EXCUSES that do not excuse,
hoping to get by perhaps. with
liberal applications Of bunting to
our homes and automobiles? I
do not know how many such
there are, but II there is one.
there IL too many. We have no
right to eat and sleep in safety
On American soil and enjoy the
protection Of the American gov
eminent unless we Join. and join
now, the ranks Of those at home
who have determined that the
brave boys at the front shall be
and supported until VIC
tory crowns their heroic blows in
defense Of liberty and Justice.
-GNORGE P. MCLEAN.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
Punishment.

latter was a trough of wooden Stats
with sprinkling of garbage at the
bottom. The culprit lay dashed and
was slowed away in dark corner OF
the hold. After the bugs finished the
food scraps they began on the naked
man. Rats also took their share This
was better than hanging because it
need not be recorded in the log, ex-
cept that John Smith, having lost his
mind, etc.
Punishment in our Fleet today COM
pared to the old forms is like mental
healing beside vivisection Absent
treatment is the style; and it works.
Absence from food. by bread and wa
ter in the brig (ship's prison)-3O
days the limit Absence from recrea-
ton, by loss Of Observation-Disclosures
effective when young mans fancy
is turning to thoughts of love and
| movies and small beers. For special
cases loss of pay and even term in
! naval prison are sentenced. But ex-
! IRENE punishment is rare and mostly
confined to men morally degenerate or
| trying to be discharged
! Justice is most sharply defined in
naval law. Hard and fast schedules
bind the Captain or courts martial to
| cut and dried retribution in all cases
The three kinds of courts, deck, sum-
mary, and general, can deal with and
punish only certain misdemeanors, and
their powers are limited.
Injustice was for centuries the
greatest crime upon the seas; and it
went unpublished. Today the Navy
knows it not-except when some
guys don't get no seconds on the pie!
Last winter two men clashed ir
ranks, a doubly serious offence: fight
ing" and "disorderly conduct at quar-.
ters." Instead Of making a report the
Divisional Officer stood them face tt
fact at attention for an hour. He also
set watch to see that they didn'
| blink or move. There was only one
thing they could think about. Aftel
an hours mediation they though
sense. Incidentally the officers mid
die name is Solomon.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
Free Ships AT Last.
(Ncw York WORLDLY

INC" DIX SVOTio)
Exercising the power conferred by
the act of Oct. 6, the Shipping Board
has opened the coastwise trade Of the
United States to foreign shipping. The
bars are down for 1.-The period of the
present war with Germany and for
100 days thereafter" They ought to
be down forever, for this action
forced by war, marks the suspension
Of an odious monopoly sustained by
law.
Americans may find, in the relative
dwindling Of their deep-water mer-
chant marine during the fifty years
preceding the present war, proofs Of
the blighting effects of favoritism an1
monopolization. Until 1914 no Ameri-
can could build or buy a ship abroad
and operate 1t under his own flag, and
the tariff on materials that might have
been imported for hip-building was
in most cases prol1ibitive. Since then
and until Oct. 20, Of this year no for
eign ship by whomsoever owned could
trade on our coasts.
i-The problems presented by a war
the result of which is to depend large
ly upon shipping have at length
| forced the Government of the United
F.? States to do away with restrictions
which never had an excuse except in
the greed of a selfish interest If at
the end CT the war we return to these
Anticipated policies of exclusion we
! shall be needless indeed of the plight
! in which we found ourselves when
| Germany ran amuck.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
A ONE-MAN STRIKE.
This Union Man Stopped a Show
When He Struck.


Los Angeles, Oct 25.-A one-man
strike tied up the Symphony theater
in Los Angeles and sent several hum
bred people home with rain checks in
their pockets.
The motion picture machine opera
tor, according to Manager Charles
Gates, stopped the picture in the mid
die of the last show and closed the
operating room.
When Mr.. Gates inquired the cause
of the strike he was confronted by a
walking delegate for the Motion Pic
ture Operators union who informed
him that the show could proceed If he
would sign an agreement with the
union.
The manager refused to sign-even
declined to look at the agreement to
see what the terms of it were. He ex-
planned the situation to his patrons
gave back the money to all who want
ed it, and issued return checks to the
others.
''I'1l have a show tonight as usual"
said Mr.. Gates.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25

You can spank child, thrash a
boy, beat a dog, whip a horse, ana
lambaste a mule to get obedience. All
have been tried on sailor and failed
to break his spirit.
John Paul Jones pummeled his
Mate but failed to change the Mates
mind. Nelson logged his helmsma an
numerically but failed to prove that
the compass was crooked. Farragut
did everything but tar and feather
signal boy who sent THE Old Birds
got a crouch today; then caught him
a week later in, His wife amt scared
of his mug!'
Physical pain used to be the only
medicine. On the old square riggers
smart ship was a speedy ship. At
each rigging stood 'walloper'. armed
with a cat-o'-nine- tails. He drove
tender ended lads up the shrouds as
drunken sheep herder might propel
his stock through the packing house
pen. Last boy up got the butt
Common deck discipline was en-
couraged with Delaying pins. fists,
marlin spikes, and stout oak hammock
stretchers. No wonder we read of a
gallant tar who upon being felled to
FOUNDER leaped to his feet screaming
''show me the dirty hound what done
it!''
Regulation punishment was ever
more grotesquely cruel F>loggine
was done in public, crew assembled
aft. From 900 to 1000 lashes were
som etimes given. If the victim fell
unconscious he took the rest next day
Once a. recruit could stand the cries
of agony no longer. He plunged
through ranks and stood before the
Captain quivering with nervous feal
and indignation. "I'll take them; le.
let me take them!" he almost sobbed
"AN right. you young whelp," snapped
the Skipper. When the first man wa.
done the boy received an equal mum
Der for his impertinence.
Thumb-hanging and the 'cockroact
cradle" came from Captain Kidd. Thu
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
TIE ART OF "GETTING IT'.

Interesting stories based upon the
EDame subject came to light Tuesday
from three different cities,-New York,
Buffalo. and New Britain. The salient,
Dr more properly the saccharine.
Feature Of each was sugar.
From New York city came the
story that refiners, grocers and re-
representatives. Of the Federal and
City governments agreed to meet the
conditions of sugar scarcity due to
last until late February. They pro-
vided means for dividing the avail
able supply of this commodity among
the wholesalers who in turn will ap-
portion it among the retailers who in
their turn will limit the supply Of
consumers. A maximum retail price
This was based on the Federal gov
ernment's price to the refiners.
Wholesalers will be enabled to pur-
ahase the sugar at $3.50 a hundred
bounds Thus New York city is
guaranteed sugar at ten cents a pound,
camparatively cheaper than many
people have been buying it for some
time. By the process of fixed prices
and restriction Of purchases the Big
City is insured against a sugar short
age.
Now we come to the story from
Buffalo: Uncle Sans Secret Service
men discovered in a warehouse there
bone millions of pounds of sugar ir
barrels and bags labelled top crust
Hour" Notations on the packages in
heated that the sugar had beer
brought to the warehouse during :
period extending over several months
conservative estimate by an expert
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
Poor Though Rich.

(New Haven Journal-C ourier)
The statement which has been made
public by George Parmly Day, the
treasurer of Yale university. is Of In
terest to others than members Of that
great brotherhood. It gives to lay
men in such matters an illustration Of
what the experience is Of being poor
while possessing great riches. Yale
as a corporation is worth nearly $780,
100000 and is the constant recipient
OF large gifts: but it Is estimated that
the close of the university year will
show a. deficit of over quarter of
million.
It Is not generally understood that,
while Yale is managed as a business
institution by trained administrators
Yale is not a business institution. She
has education to sell but sells 1t at a
nominal price, nowhere near enough
in total to meet fixed charges. Par
ents who send their sons to big pre-
paratory schools are often amazed
a trifle over $3.50. The business an
swer to this proposition is to raise
the tuition fee as practically all other
forms Of investment 10 under like con-
ditions. But education is not a COM
modify. Should Yale rate her tuition
fee in accordance with her expenses,
she would at once cease to be the ma
tional, democratic institution she Is.
Her halls would be crowded with
those who have the money but not
with those who have the brains. Tn 9
country has no interest in, and GER
tainly the state would not exempt from
taxation, university devoted to the
training Of rich mems sons.
Yale must continue to be the
charge of her graduates and friends.
Nothing must be permitted to inter-
fere with or impair the great serv-
ice she is giving the country, though
as the report of the treasurer shows
she is doing all in her power to re-
duce expenses without impairing her
domestic efficiency. And Eow more
than ever is Yale deserving Of her
graduates and friends. She has become
a powerful factor in the prosecution
Of the war and will be found magnifi-
; Gently represented wherever there is
work to be done In connection with
it. Yale may be embarrassed but she
will not be injured by the abnormal
times that have Cvertakep her along
with the rest of us.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
ERNEST WILL BE INTERNED.
Former Cigar Maker Now III at Hart
ford Hospital.

A German, Walter Ernest, about S5
years of age is now in the Hartford
hospital under the surveillance of the
federal authorities and will probably
be sent south in accordance with or
ders of the United States marshal. He
was previously employed at Muller's
cigar factory on Arch street. His re-
moval to the south is being prevented
by his sudden illness.
Ernest came to this country three
or four years ago and took out first
citizenship papers. No further attempt
was made following this to secure the
second papers which would make him
a citizen. The next heard from him
was his alleged malicious attempts to
stir up trouble in local union circles.
Because of this he was taken to Hart.
ford where it was discovered that h.
was in need of medical treatment
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25

slavs of the War Zone. by w. F. Bal
ley.
Soldier Songs, by Patrick MacGill.
William II. by 8. c. Hammer.
Fiction.
Baree. Son of Kazan, by J. O. Cur
wood.
"A story of the eternal struggle be-
tween the primeval and civilization"
Publishers Note.
Christine, a Fife fisher girl, by Anne
liza Barr.
Mrs Bars new novel is laid on
the coast of Fife among the fisher
folk of her beloved Scotland. Pub
lisher's Note.
The Coming. by j. c. Snaith.
by the author of The Sailor etc.
A romance dealing with the spiritual
and ethical side of the war. The GEN.
note.
Fanny Herself, by Edna Ferber.
Fishpingle, by H. A. Vachell.
"a glimpse of the o1d-fashioned
squire endeavoring to maintain feu-
dial traditions. under modern con-
ditions. Produced as play in
England in 1916."-A. L. A. Booklist
Green Fancy. by George Barr Nc
Cutcheon.
More like the old-time Ora ustark
stories than anything the author has
recently written. The scene of this
story, however, is laid in a New Eng
land community instead of In Eu-
rope."-Publisher's Note.
High Heart. by Basil King.
Indian Drum. by MacHarg and Bal
mer
Ladies Must Live. by Alice Miller.
By the author of Come Out of the
Kitchen
The author writes with frank
humor Of social pirates and their
tricks. She seems to have drawn her
characters from life rather than So
ciety Journalism and exhibits genuine
wit In their handling. DIAL.
Running Free, by James B. Connolly.
"A group of ten sea stories with a
BACKGROUND of the sea and a touch
of humor and adventure running
throughout.''- Publisher's Note.
Soul of a Bishop, by H. G. Wells.
"In his novel. Mr.. Wells shows the
hot hui
wark of society, the church. Pub
lisher's Note.
Tales of the Revolution; by M. P.
Artsybarhev. translated by Percy
Pinkerton.
Five Russian stories of the rev.
olution which depicts the unrest of
the people. "A. L. A. Booklist.
Under Fire. the Story of a Squad. by
Henri Burbasse.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
High Prices.
(New York Times).

\ANCW L VI llI1l0S).
Again Mr.. Hoover calls the atten.
ton of the public to the fact that his
power as a regulator of food prices
does not extend to the producers and
can be exerted directly on only
small number Of retail dealers-those
whose business amounts to over $780,
600 a year. In consequence Of these
restrictions he more than intimates
there is row to be seen and felt not
a little of ruthless exploitation Of the
consumer.
In other words, though war has
made prices high, it has not COM
PEELED and does not justify many of
the prices now demanded. The only
thing, or at any rate the chief thing,
he can now do is to give to consumers
clear and definite knowledge of what
the various foods cost at wholesale
and so enable them to bring pressure
Of one sort or another on dealers who
are making wholly legitimate profits.
regardless of whether scarcity or
abundance of supply exists.
This he is doing. Whether or not
1t is enough to remedy the evils and
abuses noted by Mr.. Hoover remains
to be seen. If it is not, the proiteers
are inviting action by the govern
ment that they will have reason long
to remember.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
FAN In,

Fail In.
What will you lack, sonny what will
you lack
When the girls line up the street,
Shouting their love to the lads come
From the foe they rushed to beat?
Will you send strangled cheer to
the sky
And grin till your cheeks are red?
But what will you lack when your
mate goes by
With a girl who cuts you dead?
Where will you look, sonny, where
will you look
When young children yet to be
Clamor to learn of the part you took
In the war that kept them free?
Will you say it was naught to you If
France
Stood up to her foe or bunked?
But where will you look when they
give the glance
That tells you they know you funked :?
How will you fare, sonny, how will
you fare
In the far-off winter night,
When you sit by the fire in an old
mans chair
And your neighbors talk Of the fight?
Will you stink away as 1t were from
blow
Your old head shamed and bent?
Or say-"I was not with the first to
go,
But went, thank God, I VENT"
Why do they call, sonny, why do they
For men who are brave and strong
Is 1t naught to you If your country
fall,
And Right is smashed by Wrong?
Is it football still and the picture
show,
The bar and the betting odds,
When your brothers stand to the
tyrant's blow
And country's call is Gods?
HAROLD BEGBIE
(In the Boston Transcript
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25

Joseph F.. Carroll is one Of the
youngest New Britain boys IN the
service and one Of the first to reach
France. He enlisted June IS. 1917, in
Company e in this city and saw SER
vice at the Mexican border last sum-
mer with the local troops. Th1s year
he was again called upon to don
the khaki and shortly after was made
a corporal. Later, at New Haven. he
was transferred to the headquarters
company.
Carroll, who Is but 1s years Of age,
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Carroll of 1O2 Sexton street.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25
PLANS BIG CONFERENCE.
Mid winter Meeting of Women's Clubs
Are i'm Session in Woodbury..

Woodbury., Conn.,, Oct. 25.-The
mid winter meeting of the Connecticut
Federation of Women's Clubs was held
here today, reports of the presidents
Of the constituent clubs being the chief
business before the session. Plans
for the New England conference,
which is to be held in Hartford some
time in January were also discussed
The principal speaker was Miss Car
oline Ruthless of Greenwich, chair
man of the Connecticut division
woman's committee of the National
Council of Defense.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-25

placed the amount Of this boarding
at $50 carloads or approximately
100000 pounds Flour had actual
ly been sprinkled over the bags and
barrels to make them resemble re-
ceptlcles for this commodity and 10
not hesitate to state Is camouflaSe
in the nth degree. It is also q
plan of profiteering which would never
be broken unless the government re-
sorted to fixed prices.
Now We come back to New Britain
The attention Of this newspaper was
called, by reliable authority, to q
condition which approaches the
shame perpetrated in Buffalo. Ono
salesman for a wholesale house visited
merchants who buy large quantities Of
sugar. He offered the commodity at
~ cents a pound. When his attention
was called to the exhorbitant price,
and the fact the government will reGu-
late the prices on sugar. this gallant
young patriot exclaimed, "Well, We
have the sugar, that's the price, and
the government can't get us until
November IL Oh, Def1ancea Thy
name is the wholesale sugar merchant
who feels safe until November 1. But,
we hasten to add, the government
might get you before that time, "ef
you don't watch out"
So. we have gone through three
phases of the sugar s1tuat1ons@tne
fixing Of prices by the governm ent.
the attempt to corner the sugar
market by the prof1teers, and the
boosted "hold-up" game Of patriotdo<D
wholesalers. The facts are there.
The public can Judge for itself just
what would happen If Uncle Sam did
not ever exert g. watchful eye upon
the wolves who would prey on the
human family. Poor old ultimate
consumer. His time is coming; but 1t
is long way off. It will be in Heaven !
that he will have his day. Then he |
can look down upon his oppressors
and say, IT got mine once. You are
getting yours now" And we cannot |
blame the consumer If he hopes with |
all his power of hoping that they"
get it good and proper. He'll is too
good for some prof1teers.