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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-05-24

SIS Bliggins man to be trusted
I'm some respects. II be owes 20
something and says he can't pay &c
you can place absolute relianee ina
g - Lonfn &tne
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-05-24
k..p. MINK From Boiling ov.r.

Among the various devices Wnlcn ae
intended to prevent milk from boili' y
over we noticed one which solves the
problem In very simple way, says the
Scientific American. 1t consists OF
straight tube Of say two or thrss
inches in diameter at the top and a.
panding somewhat toward the bottom.
where it is provided with flaring ana
cup shaped end Of rather large diane
ter, the whole being somewhat OF
trumpet shape. Outsof the lower pars
are. cut, say four suitable openings, ana
We set the device upright In the vessel
with the small end Just out OF the
LIQUID. Should the milk tend TO boil
violently this action commences at the
bottom, and the liquid is forced up tAs
Tube. then falls upon the surface again.
10 that the boiling action win continue
In this way and the milk has no -
denoy to leave the vessel
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-05-24
A Sold Monarch.

Charles TX. of France was boN
enough to interfere with the attire 81
fha women of his realm. In 1851 -
forbade the ladies to use any 'ban0
Of embroidery stitchlngs or fxings q
silk. excepting only bordering N
width of a finger or at the most TN
bprderings with chain stitchings.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-05-24
Make every day a thrift stamp day

W. s. s.
Every time you lick war savings
stamp you paste the Kaiser.
w. 8. S.
Thrift stamps to be bought to col.
lect millions Of dollars are like the
soldiers who go to make the army
complete. As Rudyard Kipling says,
'It amt the individual
Nor the army as whole,
But the everlasting team work
OF every blooming soul"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-05-24

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at II A. M. and 500
2. NJ. s. K. fCOCKRELL,
PastOr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-05-24

Address.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

History is being made in France and
when the erudite pen of the scholar g.
says the RON of scribe to write Of deeds
Of yalor he will not write Of splendid
deeds Of White men, but of Americans,
and they win not all be deeds Of White
men. II he says we have the enemy On
the run it win mean that Americans
have the enemy on the run, and they
win not necessarily be White men.
American means more today to Negroes
than ever before.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

The Negroes who have recently come
to Chicago may have brought with them
some of the spirit that is ugly, but
many have all those excellent qualitie.
90 greatly needed among rs. The spirit
of thrift and race patronage and q
due regard for law and order is not
lacking. They win gradually wear OF
the rough corners of their nature just
as We have, and finally settle down to
the quiet manners Of sterling citizens.
We must give them time, we must not
be harsh, but charitable in passing
Judgment. At the bottom Of their
hearts there throbs the noblest impulses
and they win in short while reflect
with some dignity the nobility of true
raeehcod.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

Our fighting in the trenches, and at
the front, our recognition for valor, and
our readiness to lay down our lives for
the cause Of humanity in this great
world-war has strangled the life out Of
such principles that were preached by
dead-Ben Tillman, dying,Jim Varda-
man, and about-to-die- Helm of Ala
bama Conditions are rapidly changing
on the chess board of humanity and the
star of hope. brightens as It enlarges to
our view. The Negro win, yet be
credited for his manhood, and cease to
be diseredited for his color.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

gan upoa which it has predisased In
potency. Z :
Progress has risen out Of oblivion 70
shine forever against the old order
vhieh Abraham Lincoln annihiIsted with
his immortal pen,
The Negro press is becoming foreibis
and mighty, And has built Itself upon
the foundation OF truth and honor, de-
flying envy and al supping time.
Today it stands intrenehed by every
noble qualification. Capable and praise
worthy, in fact, it has become deter
mining factor Of our steady development
and progress, besides being q monitor,
q guide, and defender Of our race
escuteheon, points the way like q SEN
tinel on q watch tower or guiding Hike q
hghthOus epointing the shoals and quick
sands.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

The business Negro is our greatest
factor and every one of rs is an integral
factor. Each individual Is therefore q
cog in the great wheel of race progress.
Every dime you spend with q Negro in
business is added strength to the de-
telopment and promotion Of our race.
Every dollar screams success and plenty
in the ears Of our boys and girls who
are our future merchants. We have got
to trade with our kind If we are going
to rise in commerce and just in the pro-
portion we do this, win we meet with
real, tangible joys of living.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

Most of the trouble we complain
about nestles closely around our very
small uncharitable hearts. We are max
ing rapid progress all right, but we must
not aggravate the situation by imagin'
ing that somebody is doing something
against us. Our trouble is near AT
home. We are not doing enough for our
selves and for each other. Brace up;
get the race spirit of grit and determin-
alton, open up your little heart and let
the blood Of action and spirit circulate
throughout your little NANCY carcass.
The wrong is in you.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21
RECEPTION m HONOR OF THE
OFFICERS AND DELEGATES At
TENDING TIE NATIONAL EQUAL
RIGHTS LEAGUE.

Yesterday afternoon Prof. Adena c,
E. Minott and a committee of students
game q delightful reception at the Clio
School of Mental Sciences, s543 South
State street in honor Of the visiting Off.
GERS and delegates attending the SEES
sions Of the National General Rights
League.
DR.. A. Wherefore Williams delivered
an address. The music was under the
direetorship of Mrs. Martha Broadus-
Anderson. Mr.. Anthony overton was
master of ceremony.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21
rHE osLoazD PRESS.

The Negro newspaper is beginning to
WELD great power. Il required the
great White race centuries to reach q
place of merit which We have reached
in less than half = century. One hun
dred yesrs ago there was mot nsws-
paper in America As wen printed a
The Broad Az, nor better edited, and
pethaps not . extensively read Eau.
cation Of the masses has been the slo-
The broad ax., 1918-09-21
Nssdsd ouaiihcstions.

Earnest Youth--Father, what quail.
ihcations do you need to be q member
Of the Supreme courtr' Father-@You
have to be thoroughly respectable.
honorable beyond reproach, and be
able to write English In such q way
that no other lawyer win be quite sure
what you mean."-Life.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

President Wilson appreciates the fact
that the Negro soldier has made good
on the battiefelds of France, and % he
sees nothing of benefit to be found in
useless hanging Of Negro soldiers who
were found guilty in the Houston riots.
He thinks q sober and sufficient lesson
has already been taught them, % he has
committed the sentence TO life imprisOn-
nent.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

Chicago is supplied with an sbun.
dance Of manhood power among Ne
sross. This manhood power Is greatly
weakened because Of q eonssnptibls,
jesious spirit running up and down q
host ef Little spiasle.s backs Of big
headed individusls who have about a.
pssA raee loyalty - = guiaa pig.
WE'VE sst % ssndy aad apprseiass the
The broad ax., 1918-09-21
THE BLACK SOLDIER BOYS.
By Dr. Majors.

They went to camp and learned the trick
And learned their lessons well.
The officers discovered quick
That Negro skulls were not 30 thick
As they'd "been hearin' tell"
They left our ports and landed there
Where he'll ism 7 magnifed,
Already for the fearful fight
To put down wrong that strangles
night,
And for that cause have died.
We little knew our boys could do
A work Of rugged men,
Sure we saw their hearts were true
To Stars and Stripes red, white and
blue,
But they have ever been.
And when their work has been well done
And Huns are whipped enough
They II come back home with straps and
gun
And proud because they gave the Hun
The hottest kind Of stuff.
Then will America, their native land
Pay him the honor duet
Will she % soon forget how grand
He carried out what she had planned
To make q nation truef
The broad ax., 1918-09-21
Insane Pretend Insanity.

A rather paradoxical message comes
from the Paris Medical In general, 1t
seems, the doctor is not lightly to dis
miss insanity which Is obviously simu-
lated A pathological basis should be
sought There are cases where the pa
tient Is insane to pretend to be In
sane.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

Contention and strife among The
leaders is helpful always to those who
oppose us. TOO many would be leaders
all reaching cut for the prestige Of
leadership, unfit, any Of them for leader
ship. The time, the occasion, and then
the man offer solution that ambition
and opposition, however strong, must
give way 10.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21
EDITORIAL SEPT. q, ls1s-ABoUl
STREET TALKING.

Scene: On or near the corner Of SSH
street half dozen of well dressed
colored men busily engaged in con
versation about whatf Reader, you
eouldn't guess what they were talking
about.-About almost nothing to be
sure.-certsinly it was not about the
sudden shift in the price Of wheat OF
coal, or sugar, or the prospects Of Q fay-
orable turn in the shipment Of potatoes
or coffee No, none Of these, hardly.
And they were not discussing the neees-
sary qualifications of q man or woman
to enter upon certain elevating lines
Of work. They were not talking about
what amount Of cash it required to take
some line Of trade in this busy city,
where everybody is making and spend
ing money for everything. Their ap-
pesranees would have led You to believe
they were highly cultivated gentlemen,
educated and refined, but for that loud
hal hal and vulgar ribaldry in ELUSIVE
explosion every once and a while.
We were watching you watching
them. They were neither aware of
yOu watching them any more than you
were aware thai we were watching
you Ever and anon as ladies would
pass them with their gentlemen com
pany or alone, all heads Of this half
dozen well dressed Colored men would
automatically turn toward these highly
dressed and stylish looking young
women, and then would Immediately
commence q form of bad society elo-
quence that would make people believe
there are no respectable Colored people,
and no purity and virtue at all among
our young women. This episode is one
Of almost daily occurrence at or near
The broad ax., 1918-09-21
TeIephone pnobe.s

The inventor Of the Bell telephone,
Alexander Graham Bell. has another
invention to his credit that very few
know Of. Yet Il 70 In constant use In
France. Il b called the telephone
PROBE" and absolutely locates the ex-
act position Of bullet In the human
body.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21
Maintaining One. Rluh..

II It be duty to respect other mems
claims, % also Is II duty to maintain
cur own That which Is sacred In
their persons Is sacred In ours ALSO
Herbert Spencer.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

Hnsh of our failures result from a
iaek Of sincerity on the part of people
whose names would surprise you II only
you were to see them in print.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21
snasnodIe Sermon.

No matter how anxious q girl may
b 30 get married quietly she'll ind
hat Il can't be done without ceremony.
Indianapolis Star.
The broad ax., 1918-09-21

Ifss q darned ssht batter b Be- abls
% laugh at NE than 10 have e iars1r
m At yel-B4lnmore Sun.
Evening star., 1918-01-13
What Is a Free Port?

Athert"- Brownell. in the Navy and Merchant
Marine. 4 H2l
What is meant when we speak OF
a free port in the sense that the term
will be used in public discussions this
winter?
When the subject of free theater
was being discussed in this country
some years ago a great many people
were in favor Of it because of their be-
lief that the seats would be as free as
those at "A public band concert. Where
as, the meaning of the word Tree used
in this connection was that the theater
should be free from commercial or other
Influence that would trammel IL high
est artistic development So, in speak
ing of a free port, in the sense that it
is used by the tariff commission, the
reference is not to ports that are free
in physical sense for the ships OF all
nations to enter, or free from wharf
age or pilotage or other port dues, but
free from the custom house regulations
and restriction and inspection Of goods
and the levying of duties. The United
States has never had a free port in this
sense. Nor is it meant that certain
ports shall be favored above others In
the sense that through them foreign
goods may enter the country without
the payment of duty. The free port is,
in fact, extraterritorial 1t is a port for
transshipment of freights or for the re-
ceipt of raw materials that are to go
through some process of manufacture
before going out of the country again
or in the event that they finally enter
the countrv, to pay their duties at the
time of such actual entry. The free
port is the development of the bonded
warehouse to its highest point of ef-
dciency.
Evening star., 1918-01-13
REDUCTION IN EXPORTS.
Accounted for Largely by Decrease
in SHIPMENTS to Allies.

Figures made public by the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
show that decrease in shipments to
Great Britain, France and Italy ac-
counted for most of the s55.000.oo0 re-
duction in exports over the preceding
month. The Netherlands and Norway,
with whom export agreements have
been reached. received an increased
amount of goods.
Exports to Sweden. which has not
entered into a satisfactory arrange
ment. are listed at 81. In the previous
month there were no shipments to that
counry. Shipments to Denmark and
Spain also showed decreases as COM
pared with October.
Europe, North America. Asia. South
America. Oceania and Africa rank in
the order named as Americas custom
ers. but in the sale of goods to the
United States North America ranks
first. Asia second. South America third,
Europe fourth and then Oceania and
Africa
Evening star., 1918-01-13
purpose it will have the cooperation of

purpose it will have the cooperation of
all other divisions.
Then comes the production division,
known as the follow up" 1t is super
visor and adviser 1t will see that every
plant is giving the War Department
100 per cent efficiency: it will show
any plant not up to the standard the
tt heas ss
Is that of inspection. and that means
continuous inspection, so that if any
of the work goes wrong the trouble
will be detected at once and there will
be no further Toss to the manufacturer
or, what is worse, delay to the govern
ment.
The fourth. the supply division, re-
ceiveS. stores and distributes all the
country and the expeditionary troops.
That is, it delivers them to the proper
places for distribution and then follows
them up-just as a business concern
would-to be certain that the supplies
reach the troops
Above the four operating divisions is
the Office of the chief Of ordnance. in
which are three subdivisions-general
administration, engineering and con-
troll The first of these regulates
arsenal management. finance. property,
legal matters and personnel; the Sec
ond handles all technical ordnance
matters, while the control bureau has
charge of estimates. Industrial rela-
the chief Of ordnance contains all the
technical elements of the bureau of
ordnance which a munitions secretary
would have to duplicate or take over
from the Army.
The chief of ordnance has the advice
of the war council. War College. gen.
eral staff and military attaches of the
allied governments and of the Council
of National Defense and other civilian
bodies.
Such will be the reorganized depart
ment, planned long ago, and grown
from a mere handful into force of
more than 5000 officers. A year ago a
fifth of an acre OF office space con-
tanned the whole force; now it has
grown SO that 1t occupies fourteen
acres.
1t has accomplished it's most difficult
task: it has brought about it's own evo-
luton. It is ready to carry on a busi-
ness in which that of the greatest
plants of the world would be lost. In
the last few months it has expended
and given orders for more than $2,0O0,-
100000 in supplies for Army ordnance.
If it and the quartermaster generals
office are transferred to a munitions de-
partment a sorry looking War Depart
.ment will be left.
Evening star., 1918-01-13

which made him master Of the contl-
nent and insured eight years more OF
struggle and of horror before Water
loo destroyed the empire which Tlisit
had legaliZed and put term TO tne
ambitions which had there been ac-
cepted by Europe.
The fact that Russia can do nothing
for herself does not lessen the ob!iga-
tions of the western powers toward tne
Slavs. If the Slavs are permanently
conquered and by the treaty of peace
which ends this war placed under
German yoke, there will be new wars
be able to bring millions and millions
of Slav troops westward to complete
the ruin of France and to undertake
the final conquest of Great Britain.
seize Slav territory either in the Balk-
ans or along the Baltic. there can be no
peace which is not a mockery, no peace
which is not in fact prelude to an
other confagration, in which Germanys s
chances of victory will be far greater.
The war began in the east, when the
Slav state of Russia dared to oppose
German expansion southwark to the
Dardanelles. Belgium and France were
but incidents. The war remains in the
east, SO far as the real problems are
concerned. The disappearance of Rus
sia has placed Germany in a more dam
gerous position, SO far as the safety of
the world Is concerned, than Napoleon
ever occupied. If she is permitted to
consolidate her position she will have
won the war and have gained new mo-
mentum on the road to world suprem-
acy.
Beyond all else Germany is now seek
ing an early peace which shall leave
her still sufficiently strong to organize
eastern Europe and to control her mil
lions of conquered Slavs. This is her
goal. and we may in the next few weeks
see that she is willing to pay for it in
CONCESSIONS uneXDected
magnitude. But if as a reward for these
concessions in the west the allies per-
nit Germany to dominate the east we
shall end the war saddled with a new
eastern question far more threatening
than the old and new German peril
thousandfold greater than that which
troubled Europe for the last quarter of
century before the storm broke
Evening star., 1918-01-13
The Rccm Rule for Coal Supply.
To the Editor of TIE Star:


1 was amused. entertained and, to
some extent. surprised by the state
ments of our local fuel administrator
made the other day before the Senate
manufactures committee, as reported in
The Star. He says that under the card
system that he proposes to inaugurate
John Smith. living in Washington, in
a ten-room house, on or about April
would be given a card emitting him to
buy eight tons of coal and no more
A "ten-room housei" What do you
mean, "a ten-room house?" Architects
and engineers, when arranging facili-
ties for the heating of a structure, gen.
orally base their computations upon the
space to be warmed, and the conditions
as to location and exposure of the build
ing, not upon the number of its COM
partments. "a" occupies a ten-room
house. in a row, let us say, fronting
upon a street running east and west.
His rooms average 9x11x10 feet in
size-the aggregate space being s.ooe
amount of warmth from the sun, either
back or front during the cold period.
"B's" ten-room house. in a row, 'front.'
ing on north and south street, gets
very little aid from the sun. His rooms
average 10x12x12-14,400 cubic feet
nearly so per cent more space than A
has. The absurdity of a rule that
would accord the same quantity Of fuel
to these two is apparent to the most
were no differences in the dimensions
of the rooms, "B" would require q
greater fuel allowance than "a and. in
the case of detached or semi-detached
houses the difference in amounts of
fuel required, all other things being
equal, would be greater still. Again,
there are differences in heating appli-
ances; some require more fuel than
others.
Are none of these matters to be con-
sidered in the expert" making of a
rule? MIR. Weaver seems to entertain
the belief that Washingtonians in the
past-that is before he arrived among
them-have been most wasteful peo-
pie, with money to burn" who paid
little attention to their furnaces" ep-
ploying only the cheapest and most
careless labor" to care for their fur
mace fires.'' the implication being that
they should either personally tend their
furnaces or employ expert" firemen for
perience of about fifteen years in at
tending to my own furnace fires, to say
that:
First. 1t is not probable that one half
care for would succeed in the task
nearly SO well as the persons whom
they have usually employed.
Second. 1t is practically impossible for
one having duties to perform in a pub
lie office to care for his own furnace. if
he hopes to secure a reasonable amount
of sleep during the twenty-four hour
day, or to devote any of the time to
reading or recreation of any kind.
Third. If he were competent and
could find the time. the work of caring
for the furnace would tend to so dis
able his hands as to render difficult the
performance Of the clerical duties per-
tanning to his position.
Fourth. There is but one super-fur-
mace man. He has spoken: mo one can
look after my fire as well as l can"
CHARLES H. BABBITT.
Evening star., 1918-01-13
New Ord
nance Corps.


Senate of bill to create a ministry Of mu-
nitions that would take over the bulk Of
the business Of the bureau.
It seems apparent that the Senate COM
mittee investigating the course Of the war
as far as it has gone feels that there
have been some delays that might have
been avoided under different management,
but those delays did not originate in the
ordnance bureau as 1t Is now constituted.
At the outset of the war the ordnance
officers were few in number and were not
attached to the department except by de-
tail for duty there, and with the advent
of hostilities most of them sought active
duty In the line Now only ninety-seven
such officers remain in the bureau. repre-
senting about per cent of the 1904 Off
GERS now in the department, and it was
not possible to have filled the corps with
competent men at an earlier date. AS it
is the majority OF the new officers have
had no military training, but are en-
gineers-men of big business and spe-
cialists in certain lines. They now form
an organization ready to cope with the
big undertaking Of providing ordnance for
the Army Of the United States but that
they may operate to better advantage
than ever better system, in keeping with
business methods had to be adopted, and
that is why the reorganization of the de-
partment became desirable.
The new organization regards the ord
nance production capacity Of the nation
whether in federal arsenals or in private
plants. AS the starting point or base, and
to secure the maximum in quantity and
quality it provides four operating di-
visions.
The first OF these is called the procure
ment division and deals with placing all
orders and the making OF all contracts.
II 'dxes prices and qualities for which