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The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01
PERSONAL MENTION
(From Wednesdays Daily Press)

II (FrOm Wednesdays Daily PreSS)
 Sheriff R. l.. Elmore spent yes terday in Harrisburg on business
 Mrs. Jas. Austin of Wynne is here visiting Mrs. J. H. Wright on North Fourth street. E. V. Visart of Little Rock, fed eral game commissioner, is spend ling the day here on business.
 c. A. Raith arrived last night from Jefferson county to spend the week here with his family.
 Postmaster T. c. Banner and FL mer Taylor of Lafe spent the fore noon in the city on business.
 Mrs. Robt. E. Fuhr and babies are visiting friends and relatives in Jonesboro and Walnut Ridge.
 Miss Gagie Ross will leave to- night for Chicago to take special work in the Gossard corset school.
 J. B. Mime returned last night from a trip to points in Oklahoma and Texas. He has been absent three weeks.
 I w. s. Abrahams of Senath spent 1.-the forenoon in the city. He was Ienroute to Nashville, Tenn, to visit ] his mother.
 MT. and Mrs. Jack Clark, resid- ing in South Paragould, are the parents of new girl baby, born this morning.
 Jas. A. Thompson, local agent for the Buick car, has sold new five passenger six cylinder cars to J. Nj. Lowe and l.. A. Lawler.
 M L. Sachs who has spent the past week in Paragould looking after business interests, returned to Little Rock this morning.
 N. w. Tucker returned last night from Fulton, Ky, to which city he was called Sunday by the death of his wifes brother, Morris Owens. + Jim Williams has sold his saw mill and timber interests near Fair Oaks to E. D. Gill of Piggott and 1 Dr. Tiller of Bloomfield, Mo. MT. Williams has returned to Para gould.
 l V. B. Weber of Los Angeles is visiting his father, Fl. B. Weber. | MT. Weber is with the California Southern Music Company of Los Angeles and has stopped here on return trip from the eastern piano markets.
 Geo. o. Light, cashier of the Se- curity Bank X Trust Company, re- turned last night from Little Rock, where he had gone to attend a meeting of bankers of the state, called to determine what action should be taken concerning the bank guaranty bill.
 Mrs l.. l.. Little, aged 22 years, died this morning at her home on Gainesville street. Mrs. Little had been ill only a few days with pneu monia. She is survived by her hus band and one child. Funeral ser vices were conducted at the home this afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. A. c. Griffin.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01
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The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
 Take Groves

The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as e General Tonic because it contains the we'll known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

To lessen the shocks a new de- tachable tandem seat for motor cycles is equipped with both hori- zontal and vertical springs and has a back rest.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

An Italians pigs foot stuffed with ham meat looks like a toy. but the tail of cord is eaten. This is but one of many food freaks that one finds in visit to sunny Italy.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

In very early times silver was used for ornaments. Spain appears to have been the chief source from which silver was obtained by the ancients. It is thought the hills of Palestine may have furnished some supply of this metal
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

A series of electric buttons, tho correct combination of which to pro
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

duce results is known only to au- thorized persons, features one au- tOmobile starter.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08

on friendly terms with those who boast and brag of some person who has inflicted personal injury on him or his family
 The formal declaration of war on Austria Hungary will be received with the concern it deserves by our people. They will now have added to their list of enemies some men and women who, up to this have held the adVan- tages of aliens without bearing the stigma of the adjective enemy In some cases some good men and wom- en will suffer under this title, just as some good German Americans have suffered because of our war with their native land. This is inevitable; but at this time more than ever must the individual be sacrificed to society," especially to that part of society that is struggling to make the world safe for Democracy.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
LIFE AND DEATH.

Even war in all it's horror has pro-
 duced no single catastrophe to com
 pare with that of Halifax. In point of numbers dead there has been no
 single engagement on the battlefields fof Europe claiming so great toll in the short space of time which saw the tragedy enacted in a peaceful mart On battlef1elds men are schooled to ex- pect wholesale slaughter. In cities and towns far removed from the rum ble and booming of cannon Death, the Visitor, is not expected in such un- cefemonious fashion. On top of the man made disaster at Halifax comes the ravages of Nature to lend further destruction to the already pitiful state of affairs. Poor Halifax! Comment stands baked before such tragedy. The best that can be said is, "In the midst of Life we are in Death.''
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08

Kings Sons of the First Baptist church last evening. The West Main street residents will petition the com mon council to have the street graded before the new trolley tracks are laid A scheme is underway among moneyed men of Hartford and New Britain to construct an electric line between the two cities. Lieutenant Joseph R. An drews was elected captain of Company l last night.
 December 3-There were seven real ty transfers in the city last week. Harry Copley has returned from a trip to England. Charles Andrews peanut roaster caught fire last night and both the machine and peanuts were we'll roasted. Town Clerk Nor ton recorded five deaths and three marriages this week.
 Decem Der 4-Sunday.
 December 5-The Retail Coke ex- change in New York has advanced the price of coal 25 cents a ton but a prominent local dealer said today that there will be neither increase or decrease in the price of coal in New Britain this winter. Charles H. Dew ey of IA Spring street, a peddler, fell down the steps in the rear of the Strickland House Saturday afternoon and was killed. He had pail of pickles in his hand. A two year old child of MT. and Mrs. Charles Mo- Kirdy of North Stanley street swal- lowed a pin Saturday evening which lodged in it's throat but was removed by Dr. Styles.
 Decemb Der 6-There were recently hung in the High school three inter- esting group photographs one of which is the High school as it looked in 1880 with the class in front of it, among whose members for instance were John H. Kirkham, B. F. Gaffney and Theodore Stanley.
 December 7-The horse cars on West Main street ran only as far as Park Place today. Comment is freely heard about the streets that if the pro- posed trolley line to Hartford is established it will not be long before the two cities grow together.
 December 8-New Britain mer- chants are not anxious for a trolley line to Hartford as they think it would injure certain branches of their trade; they say their fellow business men should rise in their might and fight off the project, although they fa- vor connecting New Britain with Bris- tol, Southington, Plainville and Kens- ington.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
DO TT NOW.
"He Cannot Read His Tombstone
 When He's Dead"

If, with pleasure, you are viewing
 any work a man is doing, If you like him or you love him, tell
 him now; Don't withhold your appreciation till
 the parson makes oration As he lies with snowy lillies o'er his
 brow; For no matter how you shout it, he
 won't really care about it; He won't know how many tear drops
 you have shed; If you think some praise is due him,
 now's the time to slip it to him, For he cannot read his tombstone
 when he's dead. More than fame and more than
 money, is the comment kind
 and sunny, And the hearty, warm approval of
 friend, For it gives to life a savor, and 1t
 makes you stronger braver, And it gives you heart and spirit to
 the end; If he earns your praise-bestow it;
 if you like him let him know it; Do not wait till life is over and he's
 underneath the clover, For he cannot read his tombstone
 when he's dead.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08

mammoth performance for the benefit of any cause whatsoever she need look no further than her own confines for talent. In the tragic or the comic roles there are men here who can hold their own in any com- pany. For the management of any such enterprise there are willing hands and capable heads to carry on the business and producing ends. There are those who are more than glad to give their time and services gratis to these things. Having dis covered all this and having been ex- ceedingly gratified the while it was en- tertained New Britain should not lose sight of the riches at it's hand. We need look back but some sixteen hours, recall the scene at Fox's thea ter, and say, in the language of Eileen" Twas a Great Day Last Night"
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
|" TWAS A GREAT DAY LAST
 NIGHT"

Aside from very good minstrel show, there was patriotism in the air last night when the tableau, "The As sembly of the Allies" brought the benefit performance for "our boys'' in the service to a close. The rendition of that homely ballad, ''Tenting To- night on the Old Camp Grounds" brought a touch of pathos to the af- fair and lent many tear-drop to eyes that saw what the future holds in store for the young men in Uncle Sans Service. The camping ground will be Europe. Yet the men who go from this country will ren- der an account of themselves and fight the good fight as have all American soldiers from the time of Valley Forge.
 The men who planned and organ ized the company that carried out the great benefit performance of last night have done more than aid New Britain boys in the Army and Navy They have brought out latent talent that many never knew nor dreamed
 existed in this city. There are per formers here who might easily win
 laurels. on. .z the professional stage. There are. too. those who have al- ready graced the boards i'll just such a capacity. The soloists. in the main ] minstrels of last evening are worthy of more than mere mention. Some of them are stars of the first water. With just a trif1e more experience, with a little of that stage presence which at once distinguishes the pro- fessional from the amateur. the be- ginner from the veteran, these men ! might easily add greater wreaths to 1 their crowns of victory.
 Of this we are assured: Whenever New Britain again essays to put on
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY LIEuT. FITzHuGH GRNHN. U S. N. 4
Old Glory

Men make their living out of it. not the flag alone but the name. Re- gard the rhetorical Chatauquan whose best-loved scene is a sea of handker- chiefs waving wildly. "Old Glory" he repeats in laundering tones, lover The land and the sea-emblem of Freedoms might! " Then goes home and demonstrates his patriotism by cheating the income tax.
 The name would have come sooner or later. The Movie Age of Man could not have been complete without it. It is truly American epithet, a fine example of the spontaneous en- thusiasm which is the real blue blood of our veins whether it drip on a sanded deck or survives the awful strain of a nineteen-inning nothing nothing afternoon.
 Hats off, Men, to William Driver, master of the American brig Dag gett" out of Salem Mass.-Yankee itself is no more distant from as today than was battleship or basket mast from the stalwart simplicity of that rum-guzzling old rascal-God rest his faithful bones in peace!
 III 4oo1, 50 years ago thlS ta}i, Captain Driver provisioned his little ship for cruise around the wor!d. His chief purpose was to advertise America. In recognition of such pa triotism the town council set out sub rosa to give him a proper sead-off Brass band, free beer. and sandwiches culminated-as the last rat ran over the bow line-in a speech by the mayor. His voice shook, but he fin- ished, and to the parting one gave a bulky package.
 While the audience stood silent Captain Bill undid the strings and wrapper. Under his trembling fin- gers the parchment fell aside. Sud- denly to his feet rolled a beautiful expanse of stars and stripes-a four teen-foot silk American flag. For 9 moment his emotion would not per- init him to speak. Then, raising his cap aloft, he cried: '1'll call her Old Glory, boys; I'll call her Old Glory!"
 That night the news was flashed by stagecoach, pony express, and
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
COMMUNICATED.
THINK OF TT.
The Coming Millennium, Or Everything Will Be Lovely In the Sweet
 By and By.

To the Editor of the Herald:
 Time has three great divisions, viz: Past, present and future. Many of us know a great deal about the past, while the present is before us in which we may learn. But the future is a sealed book and insofar as mans knowing anything about it with any degree of accuracy is con- cerned he does not, notwithstanding we are told that history repeats At- self" Yet from the present. and things of the present man may fore cast as to the future if through log- ical reasoning he will but do so. That is, he may take certain conditions of life and through the power of reason say: Such and such are the condi- tions and if such and such a policy be adopted I'll get such and such result This conceded, beg your in- dulgence a moment or SO that may bring to your many readers attention certain deducted facts that to me are as irrefutable as that the sun rises and sets.
 Millions are concerned in this frightful war. There are two great
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
1UGH GREEN. U. s. N.

parcel post to every state in the Union: Old Glory must be-and if is.e older and more glorious every day that we live.
 Around the world and back again the Captain carried his famous flag, until like many good sailor grown old, in 1887 he retired and settled ashore. Old Glory went with him in brass bound cedar chest to Nash vile, Tennessee.
 So far inland, thought the old sea- dog, must he find peace-e .dess, to- baccoful peace. He was mist AkenT The South seeded. Captain Driver disparaged local talent and backed the Union to win. For safety's sake he sewed Old Glory up in purple he'd. quilt under which he slept every mig hi of his life. By day he stood guard in the front-porch rocker.
 After considerable excitement ex- tending over a period of four years the Northern Army won their bet and squad of the 9th Ohio reached Nashville. The now white haired mariner greeted them with his treas ure. The Stars and Bars canc down. from the state capitol and the gift of the Salem Council went up instead.
 But no Navy man lacks magina- tion. Captain Driver knew that his flag had its sentimental value. HeF figured he had done his part in the occupation of the city. That same, night he quietly regained possession of his precious banner. Next morn- ing another was easily procured whie the original Old Glory was carefully replaced in the cedar chest for tie generations of admiring patriots to come. Today it Is in the hands ot the Captains daughter Mrs. Roland of Wells City, Nevada. %t
 So it is our Fleet slips like mist-gray phantom across the seas, while high at the peak of every looTn- ing mast flickers spark of colot-. a bit of the flame of vast conf1agra- tion which William Driver and a handful like him started two centuries ago. '"
 Brother, have your own Old Glory. Fly it through the war. Save 1t for v0ur sOr =. ';1 5t sons son will bless you for the relic.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
WAR WITH AUSTRIA-HUNGAR

There was no fuss or furbelow in Congress over the declaration of war against Austria Hungary. There was but one dissenting vote cast, and that in the House of Representatives by the socialist, Meyer London, from New York. There were 365 yeas. In the Senate, the vote was 70 to 0. The dashing grenade thrower, LaFol- lette, managed to get out of the cham ber when the voting was called.
 Many will wonder at this seeming quietude over the drastic action that has been taken against the Dual Mon archy. It will be recalled that when eight months ago war was declared on Germany there was no such calm. In the Senate at that time there were slx votes cast against the resolution. In the House of Representatives there were fifty dissenters-we might even caal them deserters.
 Tn view of the fact that Germany has committed more sins against the rood graces of this country since the world war began than has Austria Hungary. the people of the United States will naturally compare the situ- ations of April and December. In April we had those who were loath to cast their votes for a declaration of war against a wanton enemy. In De- cember we have all hands joining in g. vote against a. nation that has not done one-half as much against us as has her ally, Germany. Why is it? The answer is easy:
 Since the declaration of war with Germany, the Congress of the United States has had let-up in it's labors. Its members were given a chance to 20 home and sound out public senti- rnent They returned to Washington swiser men than when they left They now know the trend of the nations thought. They know we have griev- ances against Austria Hungary which, if not as great as those against Ger many, are worthy of note, and which demand the most drastic action. Con- sequently, we are at war with the Dual Monarchy.
 It is only a question of time when war is declared on another power now lighting by the side of Germany. That is Turkey. And then we shall declare a state of war as existing between X the United States and Bulgaria. This is but natural. If we are fighting Germany we cannot remain on friend ly terms with her allies, those who are fighting for the same principles she upholds. We could not do this any more than a man could remain
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
THE LOST ART.

An! my Castles in Spain, sunny Cas- ties in Spain What joy would be mine could build them again As I did when boy in the long, long ago; Alas! how to plan them I no longer know. For the Dreams, golden Dreams come no longer to me, And without them one cannot build castles, I see; Tho I try, OCT and OCT, to recall them again, They still finger back there in Child hoods domain. Should the Future endow me with Wealth and with Pow'r. I'll gladly exchange all for one magic Of Childhood, if certain I'd once more regain The lost art of building my Castles in Spain.
 F. H. SHEA.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
FOR THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE.

Commissioning men in the United ] States army is a serious affair and not to be taken lightly. Especially is this so in the case of those men of the draft age who receive their commis- sions for performing services that any civilian might do perfunctorily and without the aid of a uniform.
 These are what may be termed
 ''swivel-chair officers" Already the
 country has seen too many of them.
 From now on, however, the Secre- tary of War has announced, there
 will be a dearlh of these fellows If
 political pull has had anything to do with getting them their "jobs' some thing more than political pull might be used to place them where they belong, in the ranks of active service.
 There is a lot of work, that must be done in Washington, work that is the out-g1owth of the war and which can be performed by civilians as well as by regular army men Or officers. To this work should be assigned men over the draft age who have special requirements for par ticular fields. And even then there should be care exercised in the se]ec- tions so that valuable timber is not taken from places where it Is best needed. Work of civil life which has been transt ormed into army life does not necessarily demand that it must be done by man in uniform. t can just as we'll be accomplished oy the men of the multi. Further, .he nations mind will be quietcr if it knows that the uniforms of officers l1e not used as hiding pla "es for those who would evade the actual workings of the draft insofar cs first fine duty is concerned.
 Washington these days is the n,eccs~ for many who see the strong right arm of the Selective Service law stretching in their direction. They are anxious to get jobs out of the ordinary. Ac- cordi1g to some despatches when jobs are not availa ble these men would have jobs made to order, a sort of plum pie affair It goes without saying that commissions must be attached to the offers. No one would think of lolng such war work without wearing on his shoulder the silver bars that denote the commissioned officer. Perish the thought These are the things at which the Secretary of War aims when he announces his intention of breaking up any practice that might cast reflection on those good men and true who are rightfullY cloaked in the uniform that denotes the Amer ican army officer. For the good of the service the tin soldiers should be relegated to the scrap-heap.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
A1uerica'S Sword.

A1uerica's Sword. Sword of Democracy, tempered
 and glowing, Sword of the Union-Free
 States in accord Sword of high righteousness, t. wrong overthrowing! Shout we, America has girt on her sword!' Clear, brave, the echoes dart!
 Our message is sounding: Safe be the Rule of the People,
 o Lord! Safe through the world, all in-
 justice confounding! Shout we, America hath girt 8 on her sword!' FLORENCE MARY BENNETT
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08

The man whose service flag has one star is just as proud as the one whose flag has a dozen, and why not? The one boy was all he had.-Portland Oregonian
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
Where Dye Get That Stuf.

Girrs Father-But how can you support my daughter? Twenty dollars a week won't pay the rent,
 Suitor-You don't mean to say you'll charge Edith and me rent do you?
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Lord Lansdowne seems to be the La Toilette of Great Britain. He is a. stacker from Slackville.- Press s-Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08

Perhaps President Roosevelt did not do such good job, after all, when he forced the peace settlement that saved Russia from impending annihil- ation at the hands of victorious Ja- pan.-Omaha Bee
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08

Possibly we should be grateful be- cause the size of letter postage stamps has not been reduced.-AlbanyJ Jour- nal.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08


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New Britain herald., 1917-12-08

French matches may have improved in recent years, but not so very long ago they were quite unsatisfactory. A Frenchman was once arrested for having a lot of stnuggled matches in his possession. The judge said to him: What have you to say for yourself prisoner?'
 Please your honor," stammered the culprit, 'it is true I use foreign matches, but only to light our own ones with .''-Boston