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The Press., 1917-07-12
BANKS LOAN" MONEY.
They Don't "Lsnd" It Because It Ia .
 Business Transaction.

They Don't Lend" IS Because b$ B9
 Business Transaction.
 Why Is 1t banking houses always loan" their huge sums of money, neV- CT by any chance ''lend" them? Lend" is the true verb, while "loan" was ex- clusively the noun. How came it about that ito loan" has uniformly supplant- ed ito lendY'
 The purtsts make great fuss about this. They insist that the stupid and untaught financial world has foisted upon the language a substantive verb when no new verb was needed, when the ancient and established usage was fixed in the signitcation of ito lend" But prior to the modern development of business enterprise when money was lent 1t was bestowed upon the bor- rower either for temporary use with out compensation, as a mark of favor or patronage. or by the professional money lender who, taking advantage of persons in extremities of need, de manded usurious interest. This Anglo Saxon verb today retains it's ancient connotation. When 1t was coined the productive powers of money were un- known and the wealth of rich men was locked up for safety and kept out of the channels of commerce.
 Nowadays. by devices of credit and rapid intercommunicafiOn it is kept constantly working in productive en- terprises. Immense loans are made. no longer to relieve the necessitous and the improvident. but to stimulate in SfVU nd fsN I.~ we'll as the loaner to reap a profit in his transactions. Money is loaned in his sense. It is not lent-New York Times
The Press., 1917-07-12
AIAnrnd Mar Mordn.

An examination of modern military terms reveals the fact that very few of them possess the meaning originally assigned to them. Munitions, for ex- ample, in ancient times signified not only the materials of warfare, but also the fixed defenses of an army. Thus the translatOrs of the authorized yer sion of the Bible use the phrase 'mu- nitions of rocks" to translate 'impreg- nable rock fOrtreSses." and the defend ing army Is charged to keep the mu- nItiOns" when the meaning Is guard the fortresses." Carriage Is another word with a changed meaning. In Acts appears the phrase We took up our carriages" 1t Is one Greek word meaning having packed up," and the Geneva version (l557l has we trussed up our fardels" In those days the words meaning was something car ried," not as now. something that car ries. ."-LOndOn Chronicle.
The Press., 1917-07-12
THE PRESS.
LEWIS MoLAuaHLIN, PUBLISHER

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The Press., 1917-07-12
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.
A Roason For Some of the Automobile
 Accidents at Night.

A Reason For Some of the Automobile
 Accidents at Night.
 Frequently when there is an acci- dent, where the automobile runs off the road, hits an obstruction or is up- set, the driver or some other occupant of the car or the reporter says that "the steering gear gave way" Yet 1t is safe to venture that it is not the real reason for the accident. What often happens is that the driver goes to sleep.
 In 8 report of an accident some time ago the driver frankly said he went to sleep and the next thing he knew he was under the car, which was thrown against an abutment. The sO- pOrific effect of driving an auto at night for several hours is really re sponsible for more accidents than de- fective construction. The constant vi- bratiOn of the steering wheel the con- tinuous noise of the machine and the drone of the wind have the same ef feet as does the buzz of an electric fan on most folk.
 Before the driver realizes it he is get ting drowsy. The wheel is held more and more loosely. Gradually the car takes the line of least resistance, aid ed by the stacking Out not totally abandoned) control of the driver. The next thing he knows he is off the road. Sometimes the car Oyerturns. Some times the driver escapes, together with the occupants of the car. .Oftentimes the dereliction results in injury or death.
 If more drivers realized the danger of not keeping awake there would be fewer accidents. At least this is the opinion of. experienced drivers.-Chi- cagO Journal.
The Press., 1917-07-12
WELLINGTON.

Mrs. Lucy Maroey Crofut of Hart ford and party of friends motored to the ancestral town, visited the family plot at cemetery and called at Maple Corner on Monday. -s...~
 The news of the sudden death on Monday of Dr. Harvey Converse of Eastford elioits many expressions of sympathy for his son, Frank E. Con- verse, M. D., West Wilmington, from his many friends here and all about the country -side.
 There are a few remaining in the borough, particularly in the Metho- dist church. who will be interested to know that the very popular Mayor Morse of Northampton is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. s. A. Stockwell, former residents.
The Press., 1917-07-12
A Small Rox,a Invention.

Sir Hiram Maxim began to invent almost as soon as he could lisp. When but small boy he invented sort of sextant made of wood, with sights, a piece of thread with a bullet at the end and an indicator for the thread to swing along.
 On dark night he took his instru: ment outside, and while he sighted it to the north star his little sister read the indicator ''Forty-fve, Hiramw she called out. This meant they were living in 45 degrees north latitude. The observation proved to be perfectly accurate.
The Press., 1917-07-12
ASHFORD.
Westford

Mir. and Mrs. Linden Wilson were in Willimantio on Monday.
 Herbert and Oscar Burrill have enlisted in the navy and are in Hart ford at present.
 Mrs. Huntington and two children of Ware Mass, are spending a week with Mrs. Lindon Wilson.
 Miss Ruth Barlow of Hartford is spending a two-weeks' vacation with her father, H. O. Barlow.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. Hughes of Mon son, Mass, have been calling on relatives here the past week.
 Frank Eastman of Brioktop, Willi- mantio, is with his daughter, Mrs. Edith Barlow, for the present.
 Leslie Barlow, who has a position in Springfield, Vt, spent a part of last week here with his father.
 Mir. and Mrs. ". H. Reed and son of Stafford Springs are at their sum mer home here for the having season.
 It is with much regret that we learn of the death of Dr. Harvey H. Converse, as he has been called here many times in the past and was a friend to everyone.
 John Willis and Mrs. Lula Leigh were married Sunday afternoon at Warrenville by Rev. Bertram Bugbee. They will reside here and will be at home after this week.
 WarrenvilIe.
 The Who-Do club gave B lawn social on Friday evening.
 Morgan Brewer is back again as horse shoer for B. H. Gardiner.
 Clifford Brown and family of Willi- mantio were recent visitors at W. O. Browns.
 Frank Bassett and family of Terry vile have been visiting at A. M. Bassett's.
 Mrs. B. O. Bugbee is home again after a two-weeks' absence in Kenne- bunk, Me.
 Mir. and Mrs. David Mathewson, Mir. and Mrs. ". O. Brown spent the Fourth at Savin Rock.
 O. P. Durkee, ". L. Durkee, A. L. James and Milton Durkee went to Crystal lake fishing on Tuesday of last week.
 Rev. B. O. Bugbee makes note of the fact that last Sunday marked an even five years in his pastoral relation. ship with the Ashford Center church.
The Press., 1917-07-12
pav BilIs Promptly.

If you pay bills promptly the man you owe will be inclined to pay his debts at once. There's an old saying that those who go borrowing go sor- rowing" YOuH never contract the habit of running into debt if you meet your obligations when they are due. Paying up makes for business eticien- ey. There are some men rated wealthy who find 1t hard to get credit. Other men with nothing often can borrow vast sums. Their credit Is good. They always meet their obligations. You have heard it said. I'd sooner take that mans word than another mans bond" Be one of these men with the word. Try paying your bills promptly and see how 1t works.
The Press., 1917-07-12
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINTS.
Sore Throat.

* The most frequent cause of dis *s tress or discomfort in the throat * is exposure to cold and wet. 9th * CT conditions cause sore throat, &' such as exposure to infection. It + may be of gOuty or rheumatic *a' origin. It may be excited by To- # cal irritants, such as hot drinks < or the inhalation of nOXiOus * gases.
 + In mild cases of sore throat a &s gargle of a saturated solution of * boric acid, used every four hours, < will give relief. In severe cases
 < the application to the neck of + cloths wrung out of cold water 4 proves grateful. Sucking small t' bits of ice affords much relief. $' Internal treatment Is needed. *s' For this seidlitZ powder is very + useful or d dose of salts upon ris- * ing in the morning. If, how sa' ever, there is any fever or the * tonsils are red and swollen or + show tiny yellow or white spots * on their surface, send as soon as * possible for a physician.
The Press., 1917-07-12
The People of India,

The population of India speak about 150 different languages and are divid ed up into forty three distinct nation alities. There are 2,37B main castes besides a large number of suDcastes There are 2OOOOO,OOO Hindus. GO.OOO,- GOO Mohammedans. while among the Hindus there are 5O.OOO,OOO of degrad- ed people of no caste, whose touch or even shadow is supposed to cause pol. Iution.
 Limited in number. but mighty in in huence. are the Parsees, who hold the wealth of Bombay in the hollow of their hands and dwell in the loveliest mansions around the coast They con. form to European customs and live as much like Europeans as Is possible for a colored race. Yet these people still worship the sun.
The Press., 1917-07-12
Turkish Riddle.

Here is an old Turkish riddle which has been handed down for many cen turies and yet has never been an- swered. There was once beggar who always dreamed he was pasha, and there was q pasha who always dreamed he was beggar. Which was the happier?"
The Press., 1917-07-12
Rall Mauar stona Rinninn.

In the Clarendon laboratory at the Oxford (England) university museum is little bell which has rung day and night for seventy-six years. It is somewhat near approach to perpetual motion, yet its mechanism is very sim pie.
The Press., 1917-07-12
sprcIAI N0rIcE r0 cHIRoPRAcroRS.

The Connecticut State Board of ChirOpractic Examiners hereby gives notice that according to sec. of le 811, Statutes Of 1917, eacn ChIOp- make application for state license to the Sec. Of the BOar0 before July 16, 1912. Each applica- plIcafion blanKg may be secured from the Sec. Of the Board, e. HUNT WILBER, D. z. Ansonias Conn.
The Press., 1917-07-12
Saemad All Riuht.

Robbie, your face wants washing. Did you look at it in the glass this morning?"
 ''No, mother, but it seemed all right when felt it.''-New York Sun.
The Press., 1917-07-12
Bait For Fishing.

A fish hasn't a nOse but it can smell. Recent experiments have proved this. Anglers have laid so much stress on the need of exciting q fish's interest by the look of food that the effect of scent has been overlooked. A shark will bite at hook containing d piece of fat pork, although the pork does not look like any kind of fish that swims in the sea.
 It may be heresy in angling to sug- gest that "fly" should smell like g fly. These scientific experiments show how large a part smell plays in the food pursuit of fish. Bait, such as small crabs, was found and eaten by the fishes two or three times as rapidly when the shells were broken. Bait placed inside a gauge bag was smelled within three minutes of being lowered In the water, and almost at the same time all the fishes began nibbliHg at the bag. When cotton was stuffed into its so. called "nostrils" the dogfsh would seldom observe the food that came near them.-ChicagO Herald.
The Press., 1917-07-12

HARM FOR SALE in Holland, Conn. I 70 acres land, p acres in moving and til- lage, balance in woodland and pasture; good mile to post 0face and depot; near good neigh Dors; slx-room cottage; good water, pump in Kitchen; good sized barn ice house; hen houses to keep one hundred hens; wood shed and wagon shed. For further particulars write MRS. M. I. GUTTERSON, Hall-ave.. MeTiden.
The Press., 1917-07-12

AT Court of Probate holden at Som- A CTS, within and for the district of Somers, on the 9th day Of July, A. D. 1917.
 Present. CHARLES S. FULLER, Judge.
 On motion of Ernest s. Fuller, administrator, with will annexed, on the testate estate or Ed- win O. Davis, late Of Somers, within said district deceased. -. :,
 This court doth decree that six months be d. lowed and limited for the creditors Of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the administrator, and directs that public notice De given of this order by advertising Tn neWspa- per having circulation in said district, ana Dy In said town Of SOmeTs, nearest the place where the deceased last dWelt.
 Certified from Record.
The Press., 1917-07-12

DAY MARE for Sale.-Weight, 1900. D Good worker. EDWIN BLAIR, Orcuttville. Tel. 73-12. 2w14
The Press., 1917-07-12

EOR SALE.-Large New Milch Cow, I giving IS quarts. THE HINES FARMS, Wales, Mass. 3w'
The Press., 1917-07-12

FOR SALE-A good, strong one horse 4 farm wagon. Can be seen at W. J. BOWL FRS, Crystal Lake. IA
The Press., 1917-07-12

EOR SALE-My stock of Vehicles at I Bargain Prices.
 IA J. c. WIGHTMAN, Stafford.
The Press., 1917-07-12

STANDING GRASS for Sale at the O Brooks place. JOHN PERENY, R. F. D. 9.
 1ws
The Press., 1917-07-12

OWEET PEAS for Sale; 75c per hun O dred blossoms. Telephone 1O2-3.
 tf15 MRS. w. H. WEBSTER, Hollow.
The Press., 1917-07-12

Y OST-A Straw mating bag on the 1L road between Wilmington Hill and stafford, about 10 days ago. Finder please notify.
 MRS. FLORENCE ESSEX, SO Wilmington.
The Press., 1917-07-12

NOTICE.-Ha Having purchas ed of Brown 1N < Penny their stock of Blasting Powder, Cunning Powder, Dynamite, etc., am able to furnish anything in the above line to those who have use for the same. BENJAMIN CAMPO,
 l5tf Mason Contractor.
The Press., 1917-07-12

OLD FALSE TEETH BOUGHT O broken or any condition. We pay up to S set, according to value: Mail at once and get our ofer If unsatfsra ctory. will return teeth
 DOMESTIC SUPPLY CO.,, BinghamtOn, N. Y.
The Press., 1917-07-12

Y OST-A Gold Watch Charm initials A {. A K. H. Reward if left at the Press Ofrice
 tfI4
The Press., 1917-07-12

TOR SALE-15O Acres of Land near I Crystal Lake, with wood left afGer cut ting out the timber. Address W. K. Demond, North Adams, Mass, or Francis Sturtevant
 West Stafford. "1Sjan6m
The Press., 1917-07-12

DARED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS ID for sale. Fertile and f1rst-Class stock. 75c per 18 eggs, or S5 for 1OO Write W. J. Bowler, West Wilmington, or Crystal Lake, or orders can be left at the Mccormick Drug Store, Stafford Springs. 5Otf
The Press., 1917-07-12

TNGRAVED CARDS furnished at The LPress ofice-60 cards and script plate 9Oc.
The Press., 1917-07-12

EOR RSALE-Second-h hand Chairs, Bed, 1 Dishes, Rugs, etc. Inquire of BURT T. EATON, Highland Terrace. s2Wl3
The Press., 1917-07-12

TOR SALE-Chamber Set, Iron Beds, E Carpets, Rugs. Tables. Chairs. Dressers, Pictures, Dishes. Preserve Jars, Refrigerator.
 15tf l.. R. HAMPSTON, 15 High-st.
The Press., 1917-07-12

HELP WANTED in the spinning, H twisting and spooling departments.
 STAFFORD WORSTED co.
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01
Pertinent to Farmers.

Every hour seems to draw
| this country nearer to war. Nc
man can assure US that we vii
escape, for no man knows.
The year 1917 may see US shut
off from all source of supplies
from the outer world, and de.
pendent entirely upon local pro-
duction.
Facing such a possibility, it is
incumbent upon every farmer to
cultivate to the limit of his acre
age and ability, aul the town
person who has a vacant lot
should do the same.
The time to begin is now. If
we place armies in the field those
armies must be fed-and the
products come from the farms.
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01
SUBSCRIPTION s1.OO A YEAR
FEanklinton, Ia. March I, 1917.

Our columns may seem over
full of Good Roads talk this
week b1t as we see it the ques
tian is second to none in impor-
tance at this time. This is the
best opportunity we know of,
Mr.. Citizen, for you to make a
Showdown, so instead of stand
ing off waiting for the police
jury to make a mistake that you
can criticise, why get to work on
whatever spirit of cooperation
there may be in you and come
out to the good roads meeting
Tuesday with a spirit of helpful
ness, that this question may be
settled in the best way for the
parish at large.
The police jury, as we'll as
every observant citizen of the
parish, sees the need of improv.
ed roads, but they want the best
roads possible with the best ex-
penditure of the peoples means,
and believing that the question
of road building is of sufficient |
Importance to warrant the most
efficient direction, the jury pro.
poses the selection of a good
roads committee from the parish
which will be given full power to
act in the premises. This com
mittee will make plans and han.
die finances and will get special
instruction in this work, and if
the citizens will give it the at.
tention they are asked to do we ,
cannot but believe that the re. :
suit will be all that the police
Jury hopes to accomplish.
State Engineer, Mr.. Duncan Z
Buie of New Orleans, has been o
invited out to confer with the z
committee at the good roads \
neeting Tuesday. f.,
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01

for an investigation to be made.
The action of the mob seemed
a little more than reckless in
Jew of tile fact that the District
Attorney and Sheriff hastened
. the scene of the crime early
tuesday morning to make full
Investigation and secure speedy
trial; and with every assurance
of the extreme penalty for the
crime being speedily inflicted by
officers only too ready thru the
nature of the crime. to help Sc.
cure justice, it seemed unfair to
all concerned and doubly. to be
deplored that our parish should
be made to suffer the censure
which the mob violence of Tues
day is sure to incur.
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01

The big Cunard liner Laconia,
carrying Americans As Dassen-
gers and members Of her crew,
was sunk without warning by a
German submarine Sunday.
President Wilson appeared be-
fore Congress Monday and ask
ed authority to adopt a policy of
armed neutrality toward Ger.
many.
The flood control bill passed
the Senate by a large majority.
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01
Mob Violence Condemned.

The attempted criminal as
sault of little Lena Sumrall c
Bogalusa, La, by a blacI
brute, while on her way hom
from school Monday, arouse'
the whole parish, and everybod.
within hearing of the dreadful
crime is shocked and Indignant
and all want to see the extreme
penalty inflicted upon the negro
at the earliest possible trial.
Notwithstanding our horror OF
the crime and our great sorrow
for those concerned, we as a
people are law abiding and law
respecting, and practically our
entire citizenship will condemn
the mob violence which followed
the crime Monday. The fact
that the negro was not lynched
makes it very little less appalling
to US. The mob was composed
principally of beardless boys
who seemingly were under the |
influence of liquor and conducted |
themselves in manner that can.
not be too highly condemned.
Some of them, armed with shot
guns demanded to be shown
over the court house. Some of
the Offices were locked and be-
cause the deputies in charge |;
could not furnish keys they
threatened to break in, but hap
PLY they did not carry out their
threat. One or two private | 6
houses were searched. The +
action of the mob is indictable Il,
under our laws and no Doubt o
will be investigated by the grand Il
ury. Their action comes un- 6,
Ter the head of conspiracy tol =
murder, which is punishable byin
term in the penitentiary for ri
lot less thau six months and not
nore than. two years. Most of
he members of the mob arel
poWn and ii will not be hard Ifr
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01
Mt. HermOn.
Mt. HermOn. La. Feb. q

MT. HermOn, La, Feb. 25.-
u Mrs. Fannie Breeland died al
= her home near here last Wednes
: day morning, and was buried |ir
the cemetery at the home of he1
son, Iseral Carter, Thursday,
Rev. Early Corkern conducted
the funeral rits assisted by Rev.
|C. T. Corkern. Mrs. Breeland
was Miss Fannie Powell and q
member of one of the most
prominent families of Mississip.
pi. She was born in Amite Co..
on Feb. 5, 1850, was married to
Mr.. Lolan Carter in 1866. She
had seven chilren by this mar.
riage; Mr.. John Carter, a promi.
nent farmer of Mt. Hermon,
Eliza Carter Of Franklinton, Is.
eral Carter, of Mt. Hermon.
Felden Carter, of Suny Hill, and
Mrs. Vol Simmons of Selma, Ala.
two having preceded her to the
grave. After the death of he ri
first husband she was married
on May 31st, 1883 to Mr.. Cic ero
Breeland. Three children we're
born to this union, Robert, book
keeper for a firm in Hammond.
Murry, a farmer of Mt. Hermon
and Alvan, formerly of Selma,
Ala, but now at home with his
father where he will make his
home, Soon after her first mar
rage she moved from Mississip-
oi to Louisiana and settled near
Mt. Hermon where she lived un-
il after her second marriage q
Vhen she moved with her hus. e
'and near Pleasant Hill Church n
7here they lived until her death. -
he leaves one sister, Mrs. D. =,
OFT, of Mt. Hermon, and a n
rother, Mr.. Warren Powell of
lississippi. She was a conse. u
rated christian, a member of ~ ~
le Pleasant Hill Baptist church. tb
er children grew up to call her tn
essed and are known as our Sc
,st citizens. en-
tn,
A Friend. - ~
DR.. T. f. Tynes died in New ~,
leans at the Charity Hospital po
st Thursday morning after a acl
lg illness and the remains l
re brought out on the K & E. e4 ne4
ilroad yesterday and buried La
the cemetery at the Mt. Her. ira
n Baptist church. A sketch Jul
bis life will be given later. 0ei'
Ion. Gilbo, Agric ultural High ! our
lool Inspectsr visited the Mt. and
cman School last Friday look acre
over the school work and poir
e very interesting lecture to acre
classes. He expresses him .neo
as being highly pleased with mort
work and says we have the AL
spects of one of the best Ag- Was
ltural Schools in the state. 10
IL, datir
.;+;sh e A.. n Th
. :, "a 'o A'siis} }I9l7.
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01

Where He Draws the Line.
A wise and observant man will do
almost anything he can to please q
woman he admires except to kiss her
dog.-Houston Post,
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01

British forces On the Tigris
front captured Kut.N.Amaya,
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01

Advertising Rates on Application
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01
Always at Your Service
For Printing Needs.

All Kinds of Commercial Job Work
Promptly and Neatly Executed.
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01

Address all Communications to
Era-Leader, Franklinton, La.
The Era-leader., 1917-03-01
Official Journal of

Washington Parish Police Jurv.
Washington Parish School Board
and the Town of FrankIinton.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-06-01

We received a shipment Of yege-
tables from Hamilton this week and
the knowledge that mother had a
part in the cultivation and sending
Of them made US relish them all the
more. In the package were new po-
tatoes. snap beans and onions.
Glrard Reporter.
Some OF mothers good biscuits
would have been rellshed by that
editor even more than when he wa
a boy and had access to her good
cooking.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-06-01

Don't depend upon your own judy
ment when selecting special rene
dies. Mrs. d. Anderson can save
YOU many risks and help you In
scientific treatment OF the skin. AT