davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08
Sunday Morning Talk
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

 cellent rules of conduct for daily life. Suppose. for instance, tf"t in spite of all the censorious judgments of the world, we teld a man .ini.ocSpt until he is proved guilty" Whaf a vast deal of injustice an1 consequent misery might bn avoided! Or, suppose we were always minded to give the pris- orer the benefit of the doubt" How frekuently such generous charity might he justified, after all the facts were in
 "AIasl for the rarity of Christian charity under the sun'' laElented Tom Hood. It is perhaps not strange that charity is rare in view of the half knowledge through which most of our opinions are formed No judge or jury wil. pass sentence when a third of the evidence is availble. Yet, we are gull ty of about that very thino when, on the basis of rumors, we begin to give characters as an old divine called it, to people about us. A scarccrow or ar old stump may appear terrifying spectacl. in the dark In the morning we laugn at our suspicious. Not oth- erwise. the human mind is able to conjnre up all sorts of moral phantoms that are quite certain to be dtssipated in the full light of day.
 An argument for cfarita ble judg- ments is to be found in the very lures of cur fellow men. Man is made in the image of his Creator and, nor IIldlly ndS a production toward SOOu. On general principles he had rather do right than wrong. When the scales of choice hang anywhere near a bal ance, conscience will swing them to the side of honor. Of course, we are speaking not of low browed criminal the race who stand erect and breathe the upper air. Of these why should we so habitually expect the worst rather tFan the best?
 fny nf nf ic illogical than to assume that the dom inant mood of men is base As fire as- cending~ seeks it's source in the sun so l man, even in the midst of his tempta- not swift to impute willful sin to your struggling brother. At least, give him the benefit of the doubt.
 It is well nigh impossible for any of us to judge another accurately, in view of the limitations of our knowledge. The real moral quality of any act must be uncertain to- us. since the motives behind f are invisible. Nowhere are full than in the field of human con- duct. It is so easy to blame people for faults that are not theirs and to praise them for virtues they never had. We are continually getting the saints and the sinners confused. Beyond doubt. many a man who has been cast beyond the pale of our regard will make Letter showing before the great white throne than some of his critics. | For him to refrain from a single evil | deed, or to do a single good one in | the course of the day may Le ten times | harder than for his neighbor. We must l not lightly charge him witt. moral ob- | liouity Vho may be fighting for his very life against his tempta tions. Judge net; the workings of his brain | And of his heart thou canst not see; | What looks to thy dim eyes a stain, 1y he A scar. brought from some well won
 field,
 Where thou would'st only faint and
 yield.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08
NOTICE

FOR SALE: By order of the Honor able Court of Probate for the. District Albert @ A. Jennings. iate M of f chicago. % 11i.. T.. deceased. in the real estate situated in the Town of Norwich in said District. consisting of three certair4 tracts or parcels of land. and which are fully described in the application to sell on file in said Court. For mora particular descriptit h. see sa i'd application.
 WALLACE g. ALLIS,
 sepa Admr C. t. a.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08
TO BE MADE

Electors in said Town of Norwich be- fore the Annual Town Meeting to be held October 1st. 1917, to wit:
 In the First Voting District-At the Selectmen's Office in City Hall
 In the Second Voting District-At W. D. Ricker's Drug Store. West Side. In the Third Voting District-At W. H. Bowen's News Office. Greeneville. In the Fourth Voting District-At the Barber Shop of Patrick T. Cornell on West Town Street.
 Tn the Fifth Voting District-At Ponemah Large Hall, Taftville.
 In the Sixth Voting District-At Billings Hall, East Side.
 Dated at Norwich Conn, the Sth day of September, A. D. 1917.
 TYLER D. GUY,
 CORNELIUS J. DOwNES, Registrars of Voters.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

Tho action of one southern manu- facturer in endeavoring to have the chfld labor law declared void is the signal for others to do their utmost to break down, the measure.. 4 child doesn't gst much show in some states.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

The City Fathers of Chicago were pretty much of the same mind when it came to expressing their opinions re- garding the recent act of their mayor, and their view is the view of the na- .ion.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

Two Hungarian papers fully approve President Wilson's note to the dis gust of . German contemporary Aus- tro- Hungary is fast becoming a drag upon imperial Germany
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

Adele Pankhurst has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment in Aus tralia. That's a long time for any member of the Pankhurst family to keep quiet. i
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

It is sometimes darkest where there :s the most light. The Italians by blinding the Austrians with search lights threw IA bridges across the Isonzo at night.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

When the kaiser says Onward with God" he must have the strange notion that the Lord is able to move in only enc direction.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: Must make girl fidgety to: get cauglk in a cool wave while wearing her sum nier furS. .-is--.- t--n'- t-t
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

1t is a mistake in life to expect too much; but it not an error to be re- solved to win all that Is possible. - It it true that disappointment tracks hope as persistently as a hound will track a rabbit; and envy is the viper success is sure to discover in it's
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

Villa couldn't be any more quiet if he occupied that plot of ground which
 he has so many times been reported to have entered
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

Between May 1 and October 3, 1898 of the Spanish War, 23 officers and 257 men were killed and four officers and 61 men died of wounds in Cuba.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

a Sudde stop IS demanded Trolley equipment and service, rot simply wrecks need roStIg.-Waterbury Re publican
 But if there is a predominance of
 democrats among the court officials of republican lawyers. to whom that is an ,intolerable grievance that the pre- dominance is more than offset by the
 ,oliticaf conditions which are found
 n court circles in other counties in the state. The tendency to associate
 politics with out courts should not be encouraged. The tendency is
 strongest amount some lawyers who have not confidence in their ability
 o succeed in the practice of their
 profession, and who depend on polit- ical preferment for the income which their practice as attorneys does not yield This, of course, is not true of all lawyers who engage in political ac- tivity; there are many who are autu public service.-Hartford Times.
 The season has again shown that the garden thief Is a very real, active and outrageous nusisance. Despite stern laws he piles his hateful trade, able aff1ction Is for the proper of1- cia1s to take some interest in giving protection or, in authorizing property owners 10 guard their own premises win powers to ShooI. Tlle or d shot gun is the best thing known and there stould be permits issued to property owners conferrinS the right 10 use the weapons as occasion re- quires. Only drastic action can give the relief that is essential. In this connection the action of J. P. Barnes Of YalevilIe is to be commended. Three men invaded his peach orchard. One of them when detected fired on MT. Barnes who returned the fire with the reSit that opG of the thieves is dead That was justifiable and we submit that nothing scort of shooting will stop the raids upon gardens and orchards. Bristol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08
LEGAL NOTICES.
Registrars of Voters
 Notice

The Registrars of Voters of the Town of Norwich will meet in the several Voting Districts in said Town on THURSDAY, the 18th DAY OF SEPIEMeER, 1917, from 8 o'clock a. r., till o'clock p. n1y to receive ap- plicattons from. or in behalf of those persons to be placed on the list
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

(Written Specially for The Bulletino
 The changes which even eight years can bring about are indicated by the contrast between conditions as described by MT. Gilman in his ac- count of the celebration of the quarter millennium of Norwich, in 1909, and the exact status of affairs today. Tor he takes up in his narration the Ir1n- cipal industries of the town at that gone strangely changed fortunes be- tween that time and 1912
 However, the light which he throws upon the beginnings and histories of most of these industries is interest ing and informing. Consequently it is worth while reviewing what he has written regarding them
 The statistics of the Norwich Board of TraGe-sfnce merged with the Chamber of Commerce-sho in 1909, he informs us, that the amount of capital invested Tn manufactures and the jobbing trades twas about twenty six million dollars, and that there were abeu. one hundred and fifty different manufacturing Industries,
 Touching only upon the interests which are most important, he notes that the manufacture of cotton began St an carly period and has been con- tinued ard extended by the Falls and Shetucket Companies, and the Totokett company at Cccum, and still more by the great Ponemah Mill at Taftville, managed Gin 19O9) by John Eccles as agent and superintendent. This, MT. Gilman reminds his readers. is said to be one of the largest, if not the largest cotton mill in the United States, and is situated in the village oe Taftville, which sprang into existence as a re- suit of the development of the water Eower of the Shetuclzet River.
 This was due in great measure to the sagacity of the late Moses Pierce, who was also largely inter ested in. the Ashland Cotton mill and in the As pfnook Company at Jewett City, now under tile management of Oliver l.. J Johnson. Mr& Pierce was one of the most useful znd enterpris1ng citizens
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

other parts of the equipment on which the safety of the public depends when a sudde stop is demanded. Trolley equipment and service, rot simply wrecks need proStIg.-Waterbury Re- publican
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

of Norwich, where he died. in 1900, at the age Of ninety-tWo
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

Noted in the list of pIarts, some of which continue in unchanging pros perity, are the John T. Young Boiler Company's factory, the Uncas Paper company at Thamesvi1le, since ab- sorbed by the American Strawboard Company, the Chelsea File Works. es- tablished by Henry l.. Butts, and the McCrum Howell Company, formerly the Richmond Stove Works, which has great foundry on the west side of the river for the manufacture of stoves and heating apparatus.
 THE DICTAGRAPH
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

Among newer industries of import anee is the J. B. Martin company's large establishment for manufactur- ing velvet, situated on the Lisbon Road near Taftville. The M J. Green silk mill. on South Golden Street, is also mentioned, although the latter in- dustry is now controlled by the Brain ard 6. Armstrong Company.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

The Norwich Nickel & Brass Com. Pany, of which Gen. William A. Aiken is president and Edwin A. Tracy the treasurer and general manager, car- ries on large business in manufac- turing by electric power an immense variety of metal fixtures for interior display. This big industry was es- ta blishe.l in a modern building of the best type of factory construction on Chestnut Street, which plant was sold to the Hopkins & Allen Aems Com the former c. B. Rogers building, on Thames Street ',.-7
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

In the list of industries reference follows to the Crescent Fire Arms company. an. important industry of comparatively recent date, extensively engaged in manufacturing shot guns in the Industrial Building, on Falls Ave nue. Central Wharf. The president G9o9) is Henry H. Gallup
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

Everybody supports the war in Ger many, in England and in France Everybody in America is going to do their bit. The amazing thing is how the people of England have contri- buted to the financial defence of the empire. England issues savings cer- tificates which are an encoura cement to labor to share in the bond bearing support of the government: and up to August there had been sold 113, ,I65,715 of these certificates and the number is constantly upon the increase. The issue is too great to be neglected. Nations in future must by league be protected from the dangers which now confront them. Future control of armament seems to be an absolute necessity. What would any nation do against a fleet of thousands of air ships in a surprise attack? The past is dead and new heavens and a neW earth arc confronting the people. The security of all in their human rights is the thing which must be settled and settled right.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

THE PARSON.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15
GET EXPLOSIVE FROM FLOWER
British Scientists Discover That Bios
som Of Mahua Tree in india Is
Rich in Acetone.

The munition output of India has in
two years been Increased thousand
fold, mainly through the discovery that
one of Indln's commonest blossoms. the
Hover of the mahua or mhowra tree,
contains acetone in quantity This tsee
Is widely known to all travellers In
Britain's Asiatic empire. but Its use as
base for explosives Is ut lenst one
thing new under the sun, says the
Scientific American.
When the war broke out. acetone,
which forms the chief Ingredient of
cordite, was extracted mainly from
wood, maize, and starch and the Brit
ish admiralty erected great factory
for the process of acetone recovery
from starch. But fortunately two Eng
lish scientists In Hydefabad discovered
that the mnhua flowers contained ace
tone In larger proportions than IL Is
found in any other vegetable substance
that this inoffensive bloom was ten
time richer in the material In ques-
tion than any known wood. In fact,
the director general Of ordnance for
India reports that the mnhua liz by
all odds the best source for acetone
known.
Manufacture on a large scale Is now
under way and II Is whispered that the
abundance Of munitions with which
the British forces in Mesopotamia np-
pear to be blessed is to be attributed
to the new discovery.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15
ManteII,s Ghost Story.

Ing company in the West in the old
days that made try at Shakespeare
Considerable complaint was heard rela-
i've to the efforts of the man who es.
sayed to do the ghost in Hamlet"
One day dramatic man on Il local
paper said to the leading man.
THAT fellow who plays the ghost
1oes not suggest the supernatural"
II should say not" assented the
eading man with alacrity, "but he does
suggest the natural super."-Every-
oody's Magazine
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15
KIDNAPPED BABY FOUND IN WELL
City Gives Vent to Fury When Bruised
Body of Child is Found.

Springfield. Mo.-Baby Lloyd Keet
was found dead June 9th. The child
had been drowned in a well on an
abandoned farm at least four days, ac.
cording to the findings from an au.
topsy when the band of kidnapers who
took him from his home May both be
gan to fear capture. June 9th scores
of Springfield men in automobiles
were hurrying in pursuit of the coun-
ty sheriff's automobile in which
seven persons suspected of compile
ity in the kidnapping and murder were
being sped to the state prison at JEFF
ferson City. Openly the pursuers de-
clared their intention of taking sum
mary vengeance upon the perpetra.
tors, but the prisoners denied their
guilt, and they were held by the sher-
iff.
Mr.. Keet repeatedly had offered to
pay any ransom sum demanded and
promised at one time that he would
not press the prosecution If the baby
should be returned TO him
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15

Washington.-Presid Wilson, in
a communication to the new govern
ment of Russia, has made plain the
war aims of the United States and its
position on mo annexations; no in
IDENTITIES" The Presidents commu-
nication was delivered to the Rus
sian government by Ambassador
Francistat Petrograd. In full, 1t is as
follows:
''In view of the approaching visit of
the American delegation to Russia to
express the deep friendship of the
American people for the people of
Russia and to discuss the best and
most practical means of cooperation
between the two peoples in carrying
the present struggle for freedom of all
peoples to successful contamination,
1t seems opportune and appropriate
that | should state again, in the light
of this new partnership, the objects
the United States has in mind in en-
tering the war. These objects have
been very much beclouded during the
past few weeks by mistaken and mis-
leading statements, and the issues at
stake are too momentous, too tremen-
dous. too significant for the whole hui
man race, to permit any misinterpreta-
ton or misunderstanding, however
slight, to remain uncorrected for a
moment
Oppressed Groups kaiser's Dupes.
THE war has begun to go against
Germany; and in their desperate de-
sire to escape the ultimate defeat,
those who are in authority in Ger
many are using every possible instru-
mentality, are making use even of the
influence of groups and parties among
their own subjects to whom they have
never been just or fair or even toll
Grant, to promote a propaganda ON
both sides of the sea which will pre-
serve for them their influence at
home and their power abroad, to the
undoing of the very men they are us
ing.
'The position of America in this war
Is so clearly avowed that no man can
be excused for mistaking It, She seeks
no material profit or aggrandizement
OF any kind. She is fighting for no ad-
vantage or selfish object of her own
but for the liberation of peoples ey-
erywhere from the aggressions of au-
tocratic force.
THE ruling classes in Germany
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15
PEPsHlNG RECEIVED BY KING.
King Tells American Commander
Dream of His Life Is Realized.

London.-Gen. Pershing was re.
ceived Saturday morning at Bucking.
ham palace by King George He was
presented to the King by Lord Brooke,
commander of the Twelfth Canadian
infantry brigade Gen. Pershing was
accompanied to the palace by his per.
sonal staff of twelve officers. After
the audience the officers paid for.
NAL call at the United States embassy.
After the formal reception the King
shook hands with Gen. Pershing and
the members of his staff and ex.
pressed pleasure at welcoming the ad.
vance guard of the American army.
King George chatted for few mo-
ments with each member OF Gen. Per
shing's staff. In addressing Gen. Per
shing the King said:
1T has been the dream of my life to
see the two great English-speaking
nations more closely united. My
dreams have been realized. It is with
the utmost pleasure that | welcome
you at the head of the American con-
tingent to cur shores"
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15
Then Silence.

They We're dancing merrily. this
young man and the young woman. and
we're talking of nothing at all, when
suddenly the girl asked:
'Have you enlisted?"
No" answered the youth.
Haven't you Joined the Officers Re
serve coYps?"
mo, not yet. ! haven't thought
much about that sort of thing"
Haven't you done anything about
The war;"
NO" the youth replied.
Whereupon the girl stopped dane
ing.
81 wish you would take me to seat.
[ don't think / want to dance with
ou."-Washington Star.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15
Get Down to War euslness-Taft.

Ames, Iowa.-The people of the
United States must get down to busi-
ness and give up their happygolucky
style during the war with the Kaiser,
William Howard Taft told graduates
of the Iowa State College here. The
war against kaiserism will be hard
one. struggle that may last years
and years. he told his auditors. I'VE
may have TO give up million men to
free the world of Prussianism," the
former President said. Germany is
not conquered and will not be without
o heroic struggle"
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15
COULDN'T LIFT SIX
MONTHS OLD BABY
Nrs. Hawkins Was So Weak
Couldn't Move in Her Bed
Without Help.
HAD SUFFERED TORTURE
Well and Strong Again After Taking
TanIac and Weighs More Than
She Has in Over Eighteen
Years

Il was down in bed and couldn't
raise my head or move without help
and now I'm able to do all my house
work, even to my cooking and garden
work and weigh more than / have in
eighteen years and have been taking
Tanlac only about four weeks" said
Mrs. Dollie Hawkins, 1906 Second ave-
nue., South, Birmingham, Ala, recent
ly.
For years." continued Mrs. Haw-
kins, Il suffered with rheumatism and
acute indigestion. The rheumatism
got me down In bed and had me bound
so hard and fast somebody had to
move me about and the pain was ter
rible. I couldn't lift my six-months-old
baby, and had TO hire someone to wait
on me and do my work. was so
nervous the least little thing dropping
on the floor would startle me and my
heart would almost stop beating.
couldn't eat any solid food at all and
was in such rundown condition my
baby fell off until it was just little
skeleton and fretted and cried all the
time. No kind of medicine did me any
good and / was getting worse all the
time.
IF ever a medicine did wonders,
Tanlac did 1t for me and my little ba-
by. / felt better in just few days
after 1 began taking it. 1 have taken
three bottles and am not nervous in
the least now and my sleep is fine and
rests me. The awful rheumatic pains
and misery is all gone. I can eat any
thing I want and my food not only
gives me nourishment but my baby is
as fat as little pig and sits for hours
Mt time on a pallet and plays with
out a whimper. Tanlac has made a
well woman of me and a fat, healthy
baby out of my little sickly one, and
Pm just so thankful for what Tanlac
has done for us / want everybody to
know about this great medicine"
There is a Tanlac dealer in your
town. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15


Americas peace terms, in brief.
as outlined by President Wilson.
are as follows:
No territory must change hands
except for the purpose of securing
those who inhabit IL fair chance
of life and liberty
No indemnities must be insisted
on except those that constitute pay
ment for manifest wrong done.
No readjustment OF power must
bo made except such as VIII tend
TO secure the future peace of the
world and the future welfare and
happiness OF its people.
In unmistakable terms President
Wilson declared against Germany's
proposal to restore the status quo"
before the war.
1T was the status quo ante out
of which this iniquitous war issued
FORTH he says, the power OF the
imperial German government with
in the empire and its widespread
domination and influence outside of
that empire. That status must be
altered in such fashion as to pre-
vent any such hideous thing from
ever happening again."
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15
Russia Demands Trial of Ex.czar.

Petrograd.-The demand OF the rev.
olutionaries for the trial and condign
punishment of Nicholas Romanoff. the
former Emperor. and in the meantime
the subsection to restraint in prison,
which at first was made only by a
handful of irresponsible extremists, lie
growing daily. All Petrograd laughed
at the resolution of the Bolsheviki.
the faction led by Nikolai Lenine, de-
manding the transfer OF Nicholas to
Kronstadt or even to the Siberian
mines.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-15
FORTY DIE IN SALVADOR QUAKE.
Two Towns Report Hundred Injured
In Worst Disaster Since 1893.

La Libertad Salvador, June lin
the towns of Armenia and Quozalte-
peque. near San Salvador, forty per
sons were killed and 100 were injured
as the result of Thursdays earth
quake. which was the most severe and
most disastrous felt In San Salvador
since 1893. Eighty out OF every 100
houses in San Salvador were razed
and the entire business section was
destroyed by fire.