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The Detroit times., 1917-03-02

me occasions for being helpful. I'd
me name Of Jesus. are at every
body's door. and they range all the
WAY nom caring for a tired neigh
bor's baby to writing an epic poem
This is the day Of opportunity TOR
even the least OF us TO DO large
services. The difhculty Is that some
Of us are boarding our pennies. or
talents. until they shah become a
big bank account instead OF put
ting them into immediate circuia-
tier. N the breath that n wasted
I'm sirhing for careers were spent Ina
propelllng little sail boats, there
would be an immense cargo Of ser
Vice carried to the needy WORLDS
marts,
All service ranks the sane WITH Cod
There Is no last nor hrst--Hobert
Browning
Help tighten the icaei
Humanity stumSlss aheso ON W.
Urged on DER the dsssrts Osss' BY
Men Ssns under burdens Of hunger
And Women mus, suffer and toll and
Yea. even me ehiisren astray. In the
AT. bowed by the weight tiii they
Hsrsi unto y each soul that lie hero
49, riear sounan the call % arise
and be brave.
Help tighten the Load
Help tighten the load,
with all the strength that the hesrt
can command.
WIN all the power Of brain aud Of
win Wills set TO sscrihes. strSsEIe.
with love mat seeks each burden
WIN unas gazing ssaeavor that stops
not to ask
OF the task.
children OF God
And along the dark path BY the
worries anguish tr0d
Help tighten the load
--Priciiia Leonard
The Detroit times., 1917-03-02
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS

To love playthings well as q child.
&c lead an adventurous and hon
orable youth. and 10 settle when the
time arrives. into a green and snil-
lns age. is TO be q good artist in
life and deserve wen Of yourself
and your neighbor.-Stevenson-
The measure Of life N not length
bu. honesty .--Eriy.
God nothing does nor suffers to be
But what thou woulGst thyEslf--
eouId'st thou hut see
Through All events OF things as well
Anon.
There are epidemics OF nobieness
az well as Of disease.-Froude.
Man-like Is Il 20 fall into sin.
Fiend-like " a 20 dwell therein.
chrIss- like 10 Il Tor Gin 20 grtege.
oed-tike is u ali sin TO leave.
This world Ia q might poor plaes
for any OF us TO live In unless ST.
a good place for al OF AS TO live
In. "--Theodore Roosevelt.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-02

- 80 snagtsr OF our
- - s'
- bsooa - iron POI
- barnnsck vss snnounc'
- - 0e tzzne Oh our
- 49, from that hour
- gowth 81 the mar
- esony.
- or customs
"A - - me eco
The Detroit times., 1917-03-02

BAY CITY. Mich. March a.
Boxing proomters in this city. WHO
have loudly announced their inten-
ton OF defying Gov. sleepers ban
on the sport In Michigan. have In
terviewed the governor and subsid.
&c They will not defy.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-02
MaranyIIIe Signs.

BoSToN. March Rabbit Mar
anvile, star shortstop Of the Boz
ton Braves. has come to terms and
will sign a contract for the season.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-02

Detroit Amateur Baseball fedora.
ton will hold a meeting tonight Al
8 o'clock on the eighth floor OF the
Farwell building.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-02

Averaging s15. Billy Miller easily
defeated Joe Bauer in the Greater
Detroit bowling tourney YESTERDAY
The Detroit times., 1917-03-02

~->-~
v vvskLsAn1 Z. Ellis
Z, - No. I fses--
> - nagp disease.
<< GS1uxb I hoD9 r,est dear.
- ~ 6ost-not these
~ ~ - which men say:
~ 11sss & Y ne wsr's as
- epuss - which he fesT
~ ~ 80 sssssgsh and then
k4ve 40 strsnGth 70 ~,
) "a a asAL and 1--we
- ne sss come fsst
81 NY not eumb<r The ground
Iiktsr N usslssras.s. 49,
v>a . nooesr notIve. 0 man
&nv nsst serve. He carnot help
Sc1r. ~ morU than the spring
y 40 nowine g the light keep
n cf1ning. he ideal Christian
nre hssp nom dong The Lords
r ne 80 know nothing about
- sNethods. buf the love for
= lrsreer wtll naturally overflow
- H n ministry. lie viii
r,oo1e because Il is bis new
- = u a.
- 49, ~ 20 Il now" are
- r6nnaae msttoss that we
- - eness. There is
81 = rooooo4 n b 'a0et right.
r 800 nnnn1p vish the springs
~ Gnpu11 pfessde forms Of
~ ~ convicfion seems
rtu1no anncng nen OF our
W - Toni nssd q Christian
~ - vuuk - nOfe money,
uo e - $500 e utter de-
rrn a. - more of
onrrDun1on With Him. |
no - rnoue pFactieai ser.
oon1al nnuns o. Christian |
r - un1ssxor soct
1Dunlnn1>un - accent
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1917-01-20
The Birth Of A 4 At
Gulfport Opera House

o. ,..-,.-.. .,,o.al -, so,o
al Jones Bros. Drug Store, Gulf
Dors. for.a three days' engage
ment at the GulfD2rt Opera
House. starting Thursday. Jan.
q. Of "rhe Birsh Of s. Nation"
the @50o.000 film So gtacle now
beng shown at the Tulane thea
tire. New Orleans. it will be pre-
4on.e7 With bv the same com
nanv Of fftv people that is
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1917-01-20

The Supreme Court OF Miss
issippi on Tuesday rendered an
opinion which declares the new
ly created county Of Stone is III
good standing with her sister
counties and as such is entitled
to the privilege and rights of
such unit.
Justice Holden handed down
the case styled p. l.. Hatten ct
al. VS. A w. Bond ct al, which
was from the chancery court Of
Harrison County. This was the
case brought to test the validity
of the act Of the Legislature crea,
ting the county of Stone, by
clipping eff the northern half OF
Harrison County. There Was DO
extended statement Of the ease,
the court holding that the action
of the chancellor below in Sus-
4a;nino fha demurrer Of 9tt0r-
neys for Stone County was emi
nently proper and would stand
affirmed Thus the final obstruc-
tions IN the pathway Of those
who noan~tool1 to and have
oroanizal fhfs inpf0r county Of
Stona stands in its own RIGHT
and soveYeipnfv.
Inc lolio"t NY - Vi'e ot'''''o'' .a
lu H. = l. i'al se'l' q "'' - "
. bono' @'a' blY' III - / i'l''e'' y !
by c'i2p' '@' 1>G0' " ''7 'I''z'
1sl@Oole VI ' i'i"' ''Pl'' y s7>, q ''''
uary OH 49, O1l0 &C. '',1'Ol'' =
duCnorIA0" ''i0 I Ga s'0'0'' ~ y '0'' :
Ooo'Oy' ooli l'''0eS' ~ :, -
CaN0ii 0'' o'S
oounVS' ono " '''A ''',' e'0'' 10y
governor "Pp0!'''9o ''1' 9G No'1
hlsslo'efa WHO ''e'ot 'n 7'Ve''"'i
III Vll'7 Oe' 1'"i ; u Ol'9 nv " 0o.''
ty' oil We y '1S'' o'''' - '''' 90 ''1.
1iiefeol' A lo"Joi ~ u '''0 y "''''
heo e'eC'oi@ = '''0 ~ 0'' y
Ell of'tcGu "l'i'I'l 'liG P'oto00"
county No'e" lOi lo0 : 60 O'''''
Inc result VI '''0 0'00'''''l "''7
ouiy Gel '''1eo ~ "i'0 80 0''''
ol So"U9' ""0 VIC " q ~ ''N'"~N'
MS prool'' .1'"''ol "eo''' = VIC
sa'o county ol o'one 0l7' O'''''
i follo"ll@ WIS 'il0 NoN = -'ol ;
p po IL I u III y " II . y
olllcers' "ho ass y il'7'' '''0'i
Respective LUIS Ac N'"H'S
was duIy organized "ho mas oe9'l
exercising iCs powers anu luHC-
t'ons as a county lof "oou'
montn, Wheh Lhe aPpei'3itS' 1
l.. Hatteh ana ~ ~ DaNiS' resi-
DENT taxpayers llled ih9'f p'H
In the chancefy court OF H1rtl-
s,norviso,. and other officnrs of
tho conntv Of Stone scekino TO
ooioi, +booo off;core from issu.
ing a loan warrant Oh o'ooo' 1IoN
issuing bonds or lhcufflhS any
expense IN MAINTAINING ana OPP
eratlng sald comfy governments
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1917-01-20

failed To divide into convenient
voting precincts the territory
embraced in the proposed coun
tv Of Stone: and failed to proyida
for the registration of electors
in said territory ten DAYS before
said election. as REQUIRED by
said act,
/
o3foa3' oec"oSP D''e "eo cle
arin% 09one county |Lo.' .'s 'o'e
IIoh @00 o. me : .al8 IONS 0I'o'.oa
IN 1i'a1 u ''"sli'fl1s9 '''7 o'e.'''0'
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1917-01-20

failed to divide into convenient
voting precincts the territory
embraced in the proposed coun
ty of Stone; and failed TO provide
for the registration Of electors
in said territory ten days before
said election, as required by
Sni1 act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08
To Widen Foreign Openings
For Sporting Goods

When he was in this country sew
eral weeks ago, DR.. Paul Miller, Miu-
ister of Foreign Affairs for Brazil,
gave voice to the far-reaching
thought that sports should be includ-
ed with banking and commerce in the
present campaign to increase the
friendly relationship between the
South American countries and the
United States.
He stated his belief that interna-
tional competition in the various
branches of athletics will result in
better and more cordial acquaint-
anceship and, particularly, he sug-
gested the introduction OF baseball in
the Latin countries.
The idea is worth noting for pres
ent and for future use. 1t is fun of
meaning which can be turned to ad-
vantage by American manufacturers
of sporting goods; for, regrettable to
remark, the volume of our exports of
sporting goods indicate that the sur
face, not only IF South America, but
the rest of the world, has been little
more than scratched.
AS love of sport springs inherent in
the human breast wherever located,
manufacturers of sporting goods have
ready-made advantage, which is
shared by few producers of other
goods.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08
How the Parcel Post Met
an Unusual Emergency

II never fully appreciated the ben
eft of the parcel post service until last
year when we encountered not only
a railroad freight embargo but a
teamsters' strike in Chicago" recent
ly remarked a well-known sporting
goods manufacturer.
I'VE had booked a large order from
q big house and deliveries were all
important. The embargo crimped us
considerably, but by using the ex-
press service we practically overcame
that difficulty; but when the team
sters' strike occurred and carried
with it Chicago's express wagon driv-
ers, both ourselves and our customers
were up against it until the full sig
nificanee of the parcel post service
dawned upon us.
When we realized that neither rail-
way embargoeS nor teamsters' strikes
could interfere with the United Sttaes
mail, we began shipping daily by par
Gel post as many of our goods as the
law allowed, and though the quanti-
ty was not sufficient to meet all de-
sires. it wa senough to relieve embar-
raSsment.
Yes. SIR added the manufacturer.
the parcel post is a great institu-
ton"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08
SPANS Ammunition Trade
Is Real Monopoly

The manufacture and sale of explo-
sives in Spain is monopoly owned
by the Government, which rented 1t
for twenty years beginning in 1898 20
the Union Espanola de Explosives,
with headquarters at Madrid! Apar-
tado No. Sc. says the American consul
al Barcelona in reporting the unusual
prevailing in Spain.
BY the terms of the agreement, tho
Union enjoys the exclusive right of
sale and manufacture of all kinds of
explosives in Spain, with the provis-
ion that the Government itself for the
use of the army and navy may be eX-
cepted from annually.
The prices for certain commodities
are stipulated by the Government;
those of other articles are fixed by the
monopoly, but controlled by the Gov
ernment. Previous to the grant of
the monopoly, the Union was obliged
to purchase the munition factories al
ready established in Spain.
OF the seven factories now belong
ing to the monopoly only three are in
operation. These execute orders es-
pecially for the filling of hunting
cartridges. The monopoly purchases
most of its supplies from England and
the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08
Uncle Sam Orders Branding
of Japanese Baseballs

japanese baseballs or baseballs
made in any other country no longer
will be able to masquerade in America
as American productions.
The Secretary of the Treasury, who
has ample power in the matter, has
issued an order requiring that here
after all imported baseballs be indeli-
bly, stamped with the name of the
cation marks when placed on cartons
being considered insufficient.
While this ruling will not prevent
them from being marked with fanci-
full American names, it will serve to
prevent the cheap baseballs made in
Japan at starvation wages and of
doubtful materials from being passed
over the counter or otherwise con- =
fused with American productions.
The Made in Japan" brand which
the Treasury ruling requires will
serve to draw a line of distinction and
quality between the baseballs made
in the home of baseball and those
made elsewhere.
The tariff law of 1918 under which
the Secretary of Treasury took action
prohibits the delivery of such un-
marked goods to the importer; ard
for the benefit of American jobbers or
dealers who may incline to market
the cheap imported goods, it may be
pointed out that the same law inn
poses a fine not exceeding $1,000 or
Imprisonment for not more than one
year. or both, for the obliteration, al
teration, or DETACHMENT of such for
eign markings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08

The motorcycle riders of the United
States do not intend to be left behind
in any preparedness campaign that may
result from the present international
crisis.
Already theer is well-organized
movement on foot to start a company
of motorcycle volunteers in every COM
munity in which 25 or more riders can
be gathered into a company.
The promoters of the plan have
received an unqualified endorsement of
the value of the motorcycle in military
organization from the war department.
Ralph A. Hayes, private secretary to
Secretary of War Baker. in an answer
to letter written Secretary Baker.
outlining the plan for the organization
OF motorcycle volunteer. says:
Doubtless in case the present crisis
should unhappily become more acute,
the services of motorcyclists would be
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08

Our line of 1917 golf
balls will help your
game. The famous
Red Honor and Bull
let Honor for the
long players; also
balls and clubs for
every kind of player.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08
Money Lust and the
Price of Gasoline

The price of gasoline is coming down.
1t ought to have come down long ago.
Indeed, there never were really sound
reasons why it should have mounted so
high. nor why it should remain at it's
present level. A cloud of words and
masses of figures were employed to dis
guise the truth. but the real reason
for the advance from 10 to % cents
was that the Standard Oil interests
wanted more money-and they got It,
The same wiseacres who. though un-
able to count or guess the number of
gallons in the ocean, or the number cs
grains OF sand beneath the salt water.
indicated their ability to estimate the
number of pints or quarts or barrels of
oil under the earth. are singing small.
For one of the reasons why the price
of gasoline is coming down is now said
to be the discovery of new fields and
new gushers, the flow of which is so
great as to wipe out the great arrays
of figures with which the public had
been entertained. 1t proves anew that
there are lies. damned lies and sta
tistics. The alarming shortage" never
existed and the earth never was in
danger of drying up.
Were the advance in price more
than manipulation or imitation, Stand
ard Oil never would have suddenly in
augurated an advertising campaign in
Nolving an expenditure of hundreds of
thousands of dollars in the daily pa
pers at time when shortage of sup
ply was being painted in acute colors;
( never would have been possible for
tn
dividends on their huge capitaliZations;
it never would have been possible for
John ID. Rockefeller's wealth to pass
the billion mark; it never would have
been possible for a Standard Oil stock
holder to die and. leave behind him per-
sonal wealth amounting TO more than
s2OO.000,000, nor for any living stock
holders to amass bloated fortunes ap-
proNimating that sum.
Facts of that sort give the lie to
and outweigh any statistics that may
be brought to bear or any technical or
confused data which Federal or private
investigation may bring to light. They
indicate that Standard Oil is not play
ing fair with the public, if indeed it
ever played fair.
Dominated or directed by men in
whom the money-lust seems to be alb
normal. Standard Oil long has viewed
the public as a bird fit only for pluck
will pluck it again and again, and
whenever Standard Oil finds excuse for
doing so.
1t has learned when it is we'll to ad-
vance and when it is wise to retreat
and the most useful of its recent les
sons is in learning how well huge eX-
penditures for advertising soften the
rush upward and deaden the slip down
ward.
The Standard Oil crowd is a clever
bunch of money-grab bbers!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08

Just about six years ago-April 15,
1911, to be exact, a very quiet, unaS-
suming little business poked its nose
into the light of day and two very
young but enthusiastic and energetic
young chaps stood sponsor for what
they proudly called our business" A"
The store room at 1904 North Third
street was the home of this emory
onic business house and two brothers,
Ray w. and Harvey c. Heagy, were
the two young fellows at the helm.
o-day. this sturdy young business IS
one of the largest distributors of mo-
torcycles and bicycles in all of Central
Pennsylvania.
When business was first begun, the
motorcycle was still pretty much of
an experiment and the Heagy broth
ers were satisfied to carry a small
line of bicycles, bicycle sundries and
supplies. The big end of the business,
at the outset, however. was in bicycle
repairs. In the summer of the first
year the Harrisburg agency for Har-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08
The Unreasonable Customer
and the 20-Year-OId Gun

Perhaps the customer is always
right, but, as the Sporting Goods
Sales Journal recently remarked,
some of them must stretch their con-
sciences out of shape in the effort to
make themselves appear in the
right" observed a department head
in well-known gun factory.
There's a good instance of it," he
said, as he pointed to several letters
reposing on his desk. That man
complained that his double gun had
bulged in both barrels and wanted to
know what we purposed doing about
it.
We had him send the gun TO us
and our experts. after careful exam
ination, found that one barrel showed
Enthusiastically that it had bulged
through excessive pressure developed
by some shotgun shells which had
been used in it. The other one bore
every indication of having been fired
with an obstruction in it.
1T was plain to anyone that we
were not in fault, but in the effort to
satisfy the owner of the gun, and
after explaining the result of our eX-
animation, we offered to supply n
pair of new barrels at very much less
than the wholesale price.
I'VE supposed we were acting very
generously and that almost any Gus
toner would appreciate such treat
ment. But this chap evidently was
not built that way. for he wrote us a
scorching letter in which he ques-
toned our truthfulness, and ordered
the gun returned to him in its original
condition, which, of course. was done.
The laughable and unreasonable
part of the matter is that our factory
stopped making that particular model
about ten years ago and that the Sc
rial number on this particular gun
showed il had been shipped out of the
factory more than twenty years ago.
Such unreasonableness as this
makes me wonder what sort of a re-
ply would be made to a customer who
smashed a pair of cylinders on u
twenty-year- automobile and then
expected the manufacturer to replace
them absolutely free of charge"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08
Should Crisis Become Acute

very necessary and valuable. The eN-
perience of the contending forces on
the other side of the ocean demon
strates that motorcycle forces can and
must be used for service which would
be less satisfactorily performed by
any other prancn of the service"
Captain DAVIS. assistant quartermas-
ter in charge of the entire southern dis
trict, in recent interview. said OF the
motorcycle forces on the Mexican bor-
der:
Motorcycles have proved very sat
isfactory in service on the border. All
of the officers want them and If war
should come we will have to have very
many more of them"
With these endorsements it is be-
lieved that it will not be difficult to
interest the riders to form local organi-
zations so that they will at least be
partially prepared should their coun-
try need them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08
WHY SOME SALESNIEN'S
SALARIES NEVER INCREASE

Bicycle trousers? No, we don't
carry them. Nobody rides a bicycle
nowadays; they went out of style
years ago. was the witless response
made to a prospective customer by q
near-salesman in a big sporting goods
store which maintains a clothing de-
partment. And curious to relate, BIZ
cycles are sold in another part of tho
same house.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-08
FINE BOSS

First Stenographer-"How do you
like your new boss?"
Second Stenographer-"Fine He
doesn't know any more about spelling
than l do'-Puck
The Washington times., 1917-12-27

CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK
EAST WASHING TON SAVINGS BANK
EQUITY SAVINGS BANK
FIDELITY SAVINGS COMPANY
HOME SAVINGS BANK
INDUSTRIAL SAVINGS BANK
LIBERTY SAVINGS BANK
McLACHLEN BANKING CORPORATION
MERCHANTS BANK
NORTH CAPITOL SAVINGS BANK
NORTHEAST SAVINGS BANK
The Washington times., 1917-12-27

NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK
RIGGS NATIONAL BANK
SECOND NATIONAL BANK
AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY
CONTINENTAL TRUST COMPANY
MUNSEY TRUST COMPANY
NATIONAL SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY
UNION TRUST COMPANY
WASHINGToNLoANA AND TRUST COMPANY
ANACOSTIA BANK
BANK OF COMMERCE AND SAVINGS
The Washington times., 1917-12-27

must endure prVatlon at tnlS Time; Dut does mean
that we-all of us-must save lresolutely where
formerly we have been careless or Wasteful. just
now it is of the utmost importance that we save our
money every dollar we can spare from actual
necessities, that our Government may have the
temporary use of it to defray the enormous imme-
date expenses of the war. nreturn for the loan of
these savings the Government pays us interest, and
absolutely guarantees the safety of the principal.
The Washington times., 1917-12-27
art in winning the war, and at

how limited his have part winning the
the same time profit by the investment
The against German ghlness must be won by SAVINGS
made easy for Americans to learn plainly evident that
victory will the side which best equipped and holds longest
food weapons, munonand money That does that Amer
The Washington times., 1917-12-27

Savings Stamps Every dollar so saved betters
your own condition, and is blow for Liberty
and Peace on Earth. You can invest as small
as Is cents at time in United States Thrift
Stamps This means that every person, no
The Washington times., 1917-12-27
Help Your Countryelp Your Boys the Fontelp Yourself
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The Washington times., 1917-12-27
ava and Release Labor and Materials for
= the Support of Our Army and Navy!

WYE all are prayerfuIly eager to see, the war
w end to see despotism crushed and peace
established for all time to come. Moth
ing will do more to discourage the Kaiser
and convince him of the futility of prolonged
conflict than for us to show him that all the
loyalty, all the determination, all the patriotism
of the American people at home are behind
the American soldiers facing him on the fields