The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-28

AUTOMOBILE.
One of the most lpatrioc thrift
stamps in these days of wheat
shortage, is the print of mothers
fingers on the healthful corn
dodgers.
Is there law of supply and
demand?If there was. could it be
regulated and suspended by
governments as has been done
by the waring nations.
Paying your debts is a mighty
good way to get right with the
world. You will feel more like
smiling when you don't have to-
dodge your creditors.
The farms of the country
boast 81, 563, 900 horses. a. 824, 900
mules. %, 284,0O0 cows, 43. 546,-
900 other cattle. 4S,9O0,OOO sheep,
and II, 374, 900 swine.
To maintain a million men in
France will require at least four
million tons of shipping. The u
nited States now has about that
much under her flag.
The two big battles of 1918 as
now expected are the Germans
offensive in the West and the
Political Drive in the Summer.
Most of us will take part in nei-
Their.
Ever sit in your house and
watch a group of people in ami
mated conversation on the street
corner, while YOU couldn't hear
what they said? Just like NOV
ing pictures.
The nations hundred largest
banks are no longer confined to
one section. The report of the
controller OF the currency shows
that they are scattered over "a
States.
Did you know that up to Feb
ruary 1st, we have only spent
$4,000, 100000 for our own prose-
cution of the war. and that our
loans to our allies have totalled
81, 121, 900, 600?
Secretary Daniels says five
tons of shipping are required for
every soldier sent across the
ocean. The Tuscania. IA, 38l tons,
it will be remembered had only
2,177 men abroad.
We. saw a man recently who
claimed he had never been out of
sugar, flour or coal since the
war began. We didn't know he
had a secret store of these things
but he must have.
In compliance with her oft-ex-
pressed wish, Mrs. Emma Cam
eron Van Sickle who died recon-
tly at McGregor, Iowa, has been
laid away beside seven OF her
nine husbands in the front yard
of her home on the bluffs over
looking the Mississippi.
300 thieves were examined and
it was found that they were all
below the normal height and
weight of men. The average in
mate of the Elmira Reformatory
was, in height, even below the
average height Of the girls in
Wellesley College.
Do you know what Amen"
means? If so you are one in a
hundred, for the other SO believe
it means END" as end to a
prayer, for example. AS a matter
of fact, it is an old Hebrew
word meaning truly or verify.
A bill is now before congress
to increase the pay of rural car
riers on camille routes $500 per
year and an allowance of $50 adj
ditional for each mile beyond the
the "a mile limit. As in other
branches of work, costs have
likewise increased the carriers
bill for maintenance so that his
net receipts for the year do not
run very high, especially during
this period of the year.
America has its Hall of Fame
and it will also have its Hall of
Shame if its citizens continue
to care more for personal gain
than for the success of their
country in the struggle that
means the saving or the losing
of all that makes life worth liv-
ing. If we car. not earn q niche
in the Hall of Fame by doing
something of great value to the
world. we can at least keep out
of the Hall of Shame by not dis
playing disloyal greed.