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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08

4 When we went to bed last
night it was warm enough to
plant corn and when we got up
this morning it was cold enough
to kill hogs. Such sudden twists
in the weather reminds one of
Bob Taylor's old friend who
was travelling through western
Texas in an OK wagon and one
warm, clear day one of his steers
got too hot and dropped dead III
the road and before he got that
one skinned the other steer froze
to death.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08
JUST SAYlN' SUNNI.

This has been a dull week on
the European battle front. Not a
single war correspondent has
died for his paper.
Every new innovation has it's
knockers. The skinney legged
ones are not a bit joyful over
short skirts.
Quit signing for wealth. Go
home, look at your wife, and
then realize that you are the
richest man on earth.
Yes, truth is mighty, but
where in Hades is it?
When the burden of your
troubles is too heavy to carry,
wriggle from under.
F The optimist sees one side and
and the pessimist the other, but
the rest of the world just wades
right in and helps itself.
The fire eater who habitually
carries a chip on his shoulders
often finds that he is too insig-
nifcant for a real man to even
notice.
Happy thought! Let's form
a league to keep the boys in the
trenches until Christmas. Then
perhaps they will hop out.
Bring Out the Facts read a
headline in an exchange. Not on
your life, if they concern US.
Life may not be all roses on
the farm, but there's a heap of
satisfaction in knowing that
every time the hen cackles you
can hear the money jingling in
your pockets.
That man vi la must be either
a humorist or a wag. He calls US
the ''barbarians of the north. F"
Colorado has been shipping
$25, 900, 100000 worth of potatoes
east. Gosh! Must have been a car
load.
Why rot a league to enforce
peace? We have every other
kind of league of which the hui
man mind can conceive-on paper.
We are again emitting our GUS
tomary gibe at Carranza. lsn't
worth it.
whats in name?" inquiries
a reader. A divorce, if the evil
dence is sufficient.
"Godsave" is the name of a
S student at a Chicago biblical in
stitute. And we hope He will.
We are told that an electric
bulb is brightest just before it
burns out. And so, wemight add,
it the nose of a boozer.
If you feel that you simply
must elope, grille, first write out
a thriller and get yourself on the
front page. He'll be looking for
it.
We hear rumbling of a coming
food shortage in this country.
But that's stale news to the edi-
torial stomach.
Don't stop to remark in pass
ing" Keep right on going and
you'll get there.
We never could abide the fell
low who talks learnedly on sub
jects he knows nothing about.
And that, gentlemen, is why we
have never attempted to dag.
nose the mind of a woman.
Here's hoping we live to see
the whole world in the gentle
embrace Of peace and brotherly
love under the protecting arms
of the. Monroe doctrine" all it's
own. For we would dearly love
to see what kind of CRITTERS"
inhabit this earth a thousand
years hence.
YOU ARE A GENTLEMAN!
Now don't make us out liar.
Notice In Re Purchase of Sup
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08
TO BUILD SHIPS
AT COST PRICE
Bethlehem Steel Will Make o.
fer TO Uncle Sam.
BIDS ON &c INCH NAVY SHELLS

no Chance For Profit In Thorn Unde,
Present Tests, Grace Says-PossibIs
Explanation Of the Prices Made by ar
English Firm Which Bids Under Al
American Manufacturers.
Speaking recently before the Terra.
pin Club of Philadelphia. Eugene G.
Grace, President of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, said in part:
In peculiar sense Bethlehem Steel
serves the American people. =
For example, though we have been
able to obtain in Europe almost any
price. we have adhered, in our charges
to the United States Government, to
the basis of prices established before
the war began.
We agreed-if the Government would
abandon it's plans for Federal plant
to make armor for our Navy at any
price the Government itself might con-
slider fair.
Our ordnance plants are at the dis
posal Of the nation at fair operating
cost. plus a small margin, thus saving
the Government investment and de-
probation.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08
AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL
LEAD THEM.
(From Ripley Sentinel.)

A beautiful story has been
printed about two armies en-
gagged in deadly conflict with
each other across small valley,
when a small child which had
wandered away from the parent
al home into the woods, was seen
by both armies to enter the val
ley, here plucking a flower and
there chasing gaudy-wlnged
butte fly, oblivious of danger,
innocently obstruding its little
life into the range of shot and
shell when instantly botn armies
ceased to fire. Couriers were sent
to remove the child to safety.
Then the raging battle was re-
sumed. And thus a child had, for
the moment, had led two great
armies.
The Memphis papers carried
an interesting story this week
about a divorce suit being sum-
marily dismissed in the court
there because the adopted child
of the couple had brought them
together. The husband and wife
had lived apart for some weeks
and the wife had brought the suit
and the husband had answered
it. When they were brought into
the presence of each other the
child climbed into the lap of her
foster father and twined its little
arms about his neck as only a
child can, too young to know
that a shadow had come between
his wife and him. Both the hus-
band and wife, being shamed,
no doubt, by the child's love for
them, put aside their differences
and had the suit dismissed. And
thus a little child had led them.
A prominent judge giving his
decision in a divorce case recent
ly recited the sad fact that a
majority of the divorce cases
come from childless homes.
The. Unsuitable. unsatlstled
yearning of the pare nt-heart had
been wasted, stifle smothered,
subjugated, but unconquered,
had refused to be comforted.
Children are the light and pleas
ure of the home and the greatest
happiness that comes to parents
| is to be able to lay a gentle hand
upon the head of thine own child,
to spend time and life and sub
stance bestowing their love upon
the offspring.
We are reminded in this con-
nection of the old legend of the
angel who came down from
heaven to gather the rarest gifts
of earth. After considering them
all he selected a boQuet of flow
ers, baby's smile and a mother S
love, and returned whence he
came. Upon reaching the portals
of heaven on his return he found
that the flowers had faded, the
baby's smile had vanished but
the mothers love was as pure
and fresh as when plucked on
earth.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08
Notice In Re Purchase of Sup
plies.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the Chancery
Clerks office up until IL O'Clock noon
on the first Monday in March, 1917,
for one months contract for the
following supplies, : delivered f. 0. b.
cars places named, all freight charges
prepaid:
/. Hardware, dry goods, groceries,
corn, oats, and mixed feed for the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08
FARMERS ORGANIZE.

organization OF a cooperative
morketing association, was held
in jackson Monday, and was
largely attended.
The name decided on for the
organization was the Central
Cooperative Marketing Asso-
ciation," and to embrace the
farmers and truckers of Rankin,
Kinds and Madison counties, la
dies also being eligible for. mem
bership.
The committee, composed of
DIR. j. w. Provine, A. l..
Hughes and w. T. Glenn,
charged with the responsibility OF
drawing up suitable bylaws, re-
ported, and those drawn up by
them were adopted.
A nominal membership fee OF
25 cents was agreed upon. and it
was the opinion of all present
that the membership could be
increased to 800 or 1000 in the
three counties.
The permanent organization
was perfected by the election OF
the following officers:
A. L. Hughes of Kinds, presl-
dent; r. L. Atkinson of Madl-
son, vice-president, and Walter
Alliston of Rankin, secretary
treasurer.
AS specified under the by
laws, an executive committee of
five is provided, and the follow
ing were selected: A. L. Hughes,
Walter Alliston, w. T. Glenn.
Edgar S. Wilson, jr., and DR.. j.
w. Provine.
Instructive talks were made
by Prof. John F. Mckay, W. N.
Taylor, superintendent-elect of
the Kinds County Agricultural
High School; S. j. Taylor, DR. j.
w. Provine, w. T. Glenn j. O
Trawick, Mr.. Roddy, who is here
contracting for cucumbers, and
others, and all breathed a spirit
of stirring optimis n and hearty
cooperation.
It was the determination of all
to stand shoulder to shoulder in
not only agreeing seriously and
earnestly among themselves as
to what they will plant, how
much of each of several leading
staple products suitable for car
lot shipment, but also to so
grade and class the products
grown as to meet the require
ments of the leading markets of
the country.
It is understood that every
member of the association will
raise'all necessary green stuffs
and other farm products for his
own use and for sale in local
markets" but, in addition to
these, to also form into classes
A, B, C, D, etc., and pick out
certain of leading products, such
as sweet potatoes, sorghum, Les
pedeza, Irish potatoes, etc., fol
carload shipment to the larger
markets of the country, all such
staple products to be grown and
classed and graded so as to meas
ure up to the requirements OF
the larger markets.
Another meeting will be held
in the assembly hall Of the Jack
son Board of Trade next Satur-
day morning, February 10, at 1C
o'clock, at which time classes
will be formed and agreed on to
cover the various products re-
ferred to, and in this way avoid
an overproduction of any one
product or a neglect of some
equally important product, in
the territory covered by the
membership of the association.
The following are the leading
products agreed upon as the best
for the larger markets of the
country, for carload shipment,
and every member of the asso-
citation who attends the meeting
Saturday is requested to have
his mind made up as to which of
these products he prefers to
grow and to be prenared at that
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08

One of the special needs Of the new
navy is sixteen-inch guns-guns sixty
feet long and capable of hurtling a
1000 pound shell with such power and
accuracy as to hit 80 foot square tar
get fifteen miles away.
We have undertaken voluntarily to
construct, at a cost of $4,500,000, a
plant fitted to build sixteen-inch guns.
Under no conceivable circumstances
can orders which we may receive for
this plant pay even a fair return on
the investment.
Considerable comment has been made
upon the fact that a British manufac-
turer recently bid less than American
manufacturers for sixteen and four
teen-inch shells for the navy.
] am unable to state the basis upon
which the English bid was made. 1t
should be remembered, however, that
this bid was for a specific shell, sam
pies of which are being sent over for
tesla test not yet made.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08

Such was the experience in the light
of which we were called upon recent
~ to bid for sixteeD-inch shells.
We bid on these shells at approx
mately the same rate per pound as
that of a fourteen-inch she'll contract
of one year ago upon which the Gov
eminent awarded contracts.
We have not the slightest idea what
profit there will be in the making of
these shells. We do not know that
there will be any. There is no certain
ty that it would be possible for us to
deliver shell to meet the test
For officers in the Navy to assume
that any bid made under such condi-
tons is "exorbitant" Is, utterly unfair.
We bid on the new battle-cruisers
sums which Navy department experts,
after examination Of our books, found
would yield profit of less thap ten
per cent. We agreed to assume risks
for increased costs Of materials and Ia
Dor, that made it possible that these
contracts might yield no profit what
ever.
The costs run beyond the amount ap-
propriated by Congress on the basis OF
the cost estimates made year ago.
And because shipbuilders could not
alter the memorable cost facts and re
duce bids to early estimates Of the
Navy Department, the prices are called
''exorbitant."
It would be real advantage to be
relieved of this naval construction. The
profit from it cannot possibly amount
to much, and the responsibility is enor-
nous.
We have determined to make this
offer to the American Government.
eff you will build two of the battle
cruisers in Government navy yards,
we will build the other two at the as
certained cost of building the ships In
the Government yards, without addi-
tional expense or commissions OF any
kind. We will also contract to have
our ships ready for service ahead OF
the Government ships"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08

Two years ago we took an order foT
240f fourteen-inch armor-piercing shells
at d contract price OF $769,O00, to be
delivered within a certain time or we
had to pay large penalty.
The only specifications for making
these shells are that they shall be
of certain size and must pierce
armor-plate at a certain velocity on i'm
pact. 1t is impossible to foretell the
exact conditions of the tests.
We had madelarge quantities of shells
in the past Which had been accepted.
But in placing this particular order the
Department altered the angle at which
the tested shells must pierce armor-
plate. The result, however, has been
absolute inability on our part to pro-
duce in any quantity, shells which will
meet these novel tests. In fact, we
know of no process Of projectile-mak
ing through which it is possible to pro-
duce in quantities shells which will
conform to the requirements.
The result is that up to now on that
contract of $76S 900, we have put into
actual operating expense SAT, 1881. and
have been penaliZed for non-delivery
$495, ia, a total OF $943,625., with no
receipts whatever.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08

the territory covered by the
membership of the association.
The following are the leading
products agreed upon as the best
for the larger markets of the
country, for carload shipment,
and every member of the asso-
citation who attends the meeting
Saturday is requested to have
his mind made up as to which of
these products he prefers to
grow and to be prepared at that
time to state how many acres he
is willing to put in this, that or
the other product:
Cucumbers, sorghum, Irish po-
tatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes,
other vegetables, poultry, hogs.
livestock, dairy products, Lespe-
deza, peas, peanuts, corn, oats,
etc,
The foregoing list may very
probably be reduced to not more,
and perhaps less. than half, as it
is thought that a concentration
upon four or five. of the most
staple products for carload ship
Arizona republican., 1917-09-23
ECONOMY METHODS
 ARE EXPLAINED BY
 4 CAREFUL DRIVER

Many people comment on the big mileage that Maxwell cars obtain in day after day performances There are thousands of automobile drivers who do not understand how the Max well drivers get from 20 to 50 miles on one gallon.
 In order to get the greatest gasoline efficiency from a Maxwell car accord ing to the Babbitt-Polson company, is to first keep the motor in perfect working order. Clean oil is necessary.
 The carburetor is to be adjusted so as thin a mixture as possible is ob- tained. The bearings should be kept clean, free and properly fabricated
 Another important feature is the oiling of all parts of the springs. Par ticular attention is to be paid to this as 20 per cent greater efficiency may be had if it is done
 Tires are to be filled to full capacity. about 65 pounds pressure being re- quired.
 When driving the windshield is best tilted back so as to offer as little re- sistance as possible to the wind Brakes are not to be allowed to drag.
 It is best to maintain a speed of about 20 miles an hour, or whereabouts. The driver in keeping the feed pressure even and steady assures greater econ omy as fluctuation uses up more gaso- line than a steady flow
 Coasting is legitimate and is highly important in the saving of fuel. Where the grade is long it is best to shut the engine entirely off. If the grade is short better results are had if the en- zine is kept barely turning over. The gasoline consumption is not as great by this as it is in starting the engine.
 Evening is the best time to make long drives as the gasoline lasts long CT than during the day time hours.
 By following rules which have proved efficient any Maxwell driver may make big mileage. It is necessary to take the best of care of a car at all times to gain the benefits of gasoline con- sumption. If the directions are fol- lowed any driver will get results that will be surprise to him.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-23
STUDEBAKER AGENT SEES NJ SERIOUS
 SHORTAGE OF FUEL

There isn't another man in the country more anxious to do his bit and help Uncle Sam win this war than myself says Manager Greth of the Harmon Motor Co.,, Inc, distributor of Studebaker cars in Phoenix and vicin- ity, but it does rifle me considerably to read and listen to all this hysterical talk of gasoline conservation. 'Conser- vation seems to be the watchword of the day now-everything is being Hooverized. Sure, it's good thing to eliminate waste in our daily life-it must be done if we are going to win the war-but let's be sensible about it.
 The suggestion that motor car pleasure riding be discontinued or very largely curtailed. as a means of con- serving the gasoline supply, is as ill- advised as it is indefensibe It comes from no source of authority, nor does it carry the weight of conviction. It is wholly in line with the now discredited, untenable tendency to place motor cars in the class of luxuries that can be dis credited, untenable tendency to place motor cars in the class of luxuries that can be dispensed with.
 But don't misunderstood me heartily agree that this is the time of all times to use caution and moderation III all InlHSS. CdT6lul use or gasoline most assuredly will tend to make avail able for war purposes, a most certain, if not inexhaustible sunply. But there is nothing whatever in the present sit uation that warrants the belief that there will be shortage of gasoline The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, an association of undiS- puted authority in all matters pertain ing to the automobile, bears me out in this assertion.
 'Incalculable harm can be done by creating false impression in this di- rection. The reasonable use of a mo- tor car is not an extravaganza in any sense of the word It is part of the sane. healthful outdoor life of every community. To eliminate the motor car from the daily routine of the American family at this time would do more harm than good. When the situation becomes so strained. if it really does, that larger conservation of gasoline is necessary We doubtless shall be so ad- vised by sources, the authority of which cannot be questioned"
Arizona republican., 1917-09-23
DODGE AUTOMOBILE
 HELPS RECRUITING

Recruiting officers in the Chicaso dlstrlct have been assisted materiaI}v In their efforts during the last few weeks by a specially constructed ar. mored car of the tank species. ac- cordlng to information received bp McArthur Brothers. local Dodge dealers. The tank, formfda ble looking object with heavy gYns mounted in genuine war time fash lon, an American flag flying from the top and a recruiting banner on the fear' nas attracted interest to such an extent that streets are often blockaded when it pauses for a mo9 ment on a corner The pauses are frequent incidentally, for the tank Is used by recruiting officers as q platform from which addresses are delivered. The tank is built over a Dodge Brothers Motor Car the en- tire outfit having been placed at the disposal of tthe government officers by the Dashiell Motor companv Dodge Brothers dealers in Chicago Through an arrangement just made ny the Detroit factory, the same tank Will appear in many other lead Ing cities of the country where re- crultlng for various branches of the service IS still in progress.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-23
TIE STILL BETTER"
 WILLARD BATTERY

ssOnly those who are familiar with the storage battery industry and who have closely watched the develop ment of this important part of the motor car can fully appreciate the significance of the recent announce ment by the Willard Storage Battery company, of Cleveland, that it has been able to perfect a threaded rub Der insulation for starting and light ing batteries said Mir o. w. Paf- ford, of the Schweitzer Machine Co. representatives for the Willard Stor- age Battery company. in Phoenix.
 For years, so it appears, storage. battery makers have been struggling with the problem of adapting rubber for insulation in the motor car bat tery, only to be baked by some one factor.
 Rubber has the durability neces- sary for protection of the plates, but his very virtue presents an obstacle in practice; for solid rubber would prevent free circulation of the electro 'yte and decrease the voltage neces- sary for reliable starting.
 Perforation of the rubber was re- sorted to but that raised new diff culties. it being impractical to make
 
 bridging" or "treeing" of the active material from plate to plate and con- sequent degeneration and ultimate de- struction of the battery.
 Many devices have been tried out such as introducing other separators in addition to a perforated or solid rubber insulation, but this again in creased the size and weight of the battery beyond the limits which have been found commercially practical
 t. The problem was then to use rub her without decrease of voltage, with out increasing battery size, without holes that would allow the active ma terial to bridge and without adding to the number of parts.
 It is interesting to note that ir solving this perplexing problem th Willard company departed entirely from thte idea of boring holes an. resorted to a method as surprisingly ingenious as it is effective The ust of thousands of tiny threads-196, ,00t to an nsulator-whch serve a. wicks and thus permit the circula 1 tion of the electrolyte. is something entirely new. These threads are i'm bedded in the rubber and are only as long as it's insulation is thick piercing it from surface to surface 1 The battery solution is drawn through the threads by capillary attraction out there are no holes through whci contact can be established iron plate to plate by freeing"
 After the idea of accomplishing tn, perfection of rubber insulations witl the aid of these myriads of thread,
Arizona republican., 1917-09-23

was developed way had to be de- vised to put it into operation This in itself was no small task. It called for special machines and these the Willard company produced.
 Before the Willard company made general public announcement of the Still Better Willard Battery with Threaded Rubber Insulation" 35,000 of them had been in use over two years. The kind of service they have been giving may be judged from tho
Arizona republican., 1917-09-23
HUDSON SUPER-
 SIX GETS TEST

out of the region of No Mans Land comes praise for a Hudson Super-Six. And it comes from a former Detroiter who has been at the front since the beginning of the war, according to word received by Carl Messner, local Hudson dealer.
 charles H. Stringer, Lieut.. Royal fleld Artillery, 0. c. 47th Anti-Air- cra1t section, writes us from a dug out Tn France about trip he re- gently made in a Hudson Super Six. Ihls car, which was purchased by the rfench government, was loaned to the Portuguese army. and is heine used for field work. Col Brito. chief of the Portuguese staff in
Arizona republican., 1917-09-23

performance of one of them in Georgetown. British Guiana, where the extreme heat usually limits the life of wood separators in year or less.
 The battery went into service Oc- tober l, 1915. About August 1st, of this year, the dealer who sold the battery wrote to the Willard factory to say that after twentytwo months of hard service it was still right on the job During all this time il had
Arizona republican., 1917-09-23

France, uses the car Lieut.. Stringer tells of a trip made recently over very hilly country, and of how well
 the Super-Six performed and thu, admiration of the Portuguese staff
 for the Hudson