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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04
NO CONVICTIONS.
Too Much Money. Ease. Rest, Mild
and War Literature Have Played
Havoc With America.

(Memphis Commercial Appeal).
Before we entered this war We did
not have convictions. That was the
trouble. We had a sort of sub-con
scious going on which was the evolu-
ton of three natural normal cheers
that we give ourselves occasionally
Job e. Hedges in an address delivered
last September before the American
Bar association.
Mr.. Hedges truly says that we do
not have any convictions. Lack OF
convictions is one Of the weaknesses of
the American people.
Typewriters, stenographers, adding
machines, telephones, case law and
printed cooking recipes have brought
about a condition which makes US lazy
in using mental processes that will
enable us to reach a conclusion. We
are content to stop short of a con-
victien. We are willing to stand upon
a first impulse or prejudice. We
accept a wave Of enthusiasm as
fixed principle and use it as plat
form, and are willing to stand upon
it without investi eating its soundness,
We expect genius to invent ma
chine that will do our thinking for
us after we have stated the problem.
At the outset Of the war winning
it at the expense of blood did not
appeal to us. We were waiting for an
invention by Mr.. Edison or by young
Mr.. Hammond that would enable Mr..
Wilson to sit in his Office in Washing
ton and blow the whole German army
and the kaiser out of the trenches and
into he'll.
And not yet will we sit down and
sober1y think of the cost of winning
this war. We don't like to think on
unpleasant things.
All Of our picture shows have nice
endings, and the circulation of the
weekly short story papers grows be-
cause at the close of the story the
boy is always a millionaire and the
girl marries the man of her choice.
The capitalists, the managers and
the 1aborers are taking half to an
hour every day to discuss the pros
pect Of peace following the speech of
Mr.. Wilson
We have not conviction yet that
if we don't win this war we are 60
ing to be enslaved, Inundated and
ridiculed.
Too much money, too much ease.
too much rest, too much milk and
water literature, too much mollycod-
die preaching, too much mollycoddle
teaching have all but broken down
that stern fiber in our makeup which
characterised the men and women OF
both sides In the struggle fifty years
ago. No, we have ne convictions.
There Is yet too much fat I'm our
brain cells to permit hard, keen think
ing
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

Show me- is the slogan of Naval
Ordnance
The showing is done at the u. S.
Head, Md. Here on the Potomac, %
miles below Washington, is a 1000
acre farm on which the Government
sows a. strange crop the year around.
Projectiles are the seeds. The Har-
vest is a. vast mass of data which
does not reduce the high cost Of liv-
ing, but has great deal to do with a
batleship'S cost and upkeep.
Big steel companies and powder
mills also have their proving grounds.
Gums are tested immediately after
their completion. Five rounds are
fired in them with charges of varying
sizes. In IL and 14-inch guns the
working pressures range from IL to
20 tons per square inch. The first
and low pressure charge gives the
metal 4. chance to set. The last which
is % per cent above normal, demon
strates the guns ability to stand pun
ishnent~
Powder Is manufactured in large
lots. say 100000 lbs, at a time.
Several charges from each lot are
tested in two ways, first by the pres
velocity given the projectiIe Small
copper discs in the breech indicate
the amount of pressure by the flat
tening they receive when the gun is
fired.
Velocity of shell in fight was a
mystery for a long time. Then came
the Chranograph invented by
Frenchn1an. Two wire screens 80 yards
apart are pierced by the projectile in
fight, each time breaking an electric
circuit Cutting the first screen re-
leases a magnet-held rod which drops.
Cutting the second releases a spring
held knife that leaps out sideways
and hicks the falling rod The higher
the shells velocity the less the dis
lance the rod will fall and the nearer
it's end will be the nick.
Despite the simplicity of this ap-
paratus veloctties up to 5000 feet a
second are easily measured, or about
$500 miles an hour. It can indicate
time intervals as small as one twenty
five thousandths of second. These
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04
TODAY'S TABLOID TALE
MOguI Waters ESCAPE
BY Joe Blast.

MoguI Waters Escape
Mogul Wafer, with practical
~ every muscle tense, awaited
the order to go over the top.
Short, sharp, and crisp, the
orders followed each other:
Get ready!'
Mogul Wafer got ready.
Clean bayonets!''
Mogul Wafer pulled out Asant
Dewlappe's muffler and hastily
cleaned his bayonet with it.
"Go!"
Mogul Wafer went But half
way across No Mans Land a.
German aviator flying directly
overhead in a schrapnel fired
fifty shots from his automatic
taube directly at him. Each
bullet found it's mark, but,
luckily, the hole made in our
hero's leg by the first one was
SO large that the other forty
nine went right through with
out INJECTING further injury.
1rhe Sally Boche!" said Mo-
gul Wafer. Pulling out cousin
Tibia's muffler, he made a
tourniquet above the wound
and sat on an unexploded bomb
and resumed reading "ren
Barrooms in a Night" while he
waited for the return of the
rest Of the raiding party. Soon
they came, bullets so thick
about them that they could not
see their hands In front of
their faces, and each carry
a wounded comrade, so that
not one had an arm free to
carry Mogul Wafer. But our
hero, pulling out sister Dimity's
muffler deity tied a moose in
one end, threw it about Cor
poral Tweed's neck, and was
being lowed safely back when
Corporal Tweed Stun bled over
q bit of loose camouflage and
fell, with the two wounded
men to the bottom of a thirty
foot shell hole.
Knotting end to end the
mufflers sent by Aunt Thrifty,
Aunt Ammonia, cousin Lesbia,
cousin Ala, Mrs. SPIRITS, and
Mrs. Osopeed, Mogul Wafer
threw one end Of the impro-
vised rope to the mouth of the
shell hole and the three of
them were soon pulled up and
out and into their own nice
warm lines.
Moral: Send EN- mufflers,
girls, send 'eTn mufflers.
Copyright 1918 by George
Matthew Adams)
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

other Things. Some idea Of the enor-
NOUS amount of money this is NAV be
ooealned When l tell you that if there
was machine invented which would
urn out a gold dollar every minute
AND mad been running without inter-
since the birth Of Christ tn tho
present hour, dropping it's, dollar a
minute into the treasury, it would
nave coined less than s1,oo0,ooo,oo o."
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04
rTTEN,SHUN. LADIES-RARGAIN
fDenton cord-Chronicle1.

Remember this: A five dollar war
stamp is better than a five-doilar
gold piece. and will make a more
appropriate present This month
thew sell at s4.12. Ask your post
master Or banker.-C1arksv i1le Times,
In January you can buy 1t fof
s4.12. ladies, but it will never be sold
again at the same price. Positively
the last appearance of the war say
ings bond at SAP. During Febru~
airy it will be s41S; next, $4.l4. Buy
it while you can get 1T cheap.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04
>rarv,s Tamb on Monday

Memphis Commercial AppeaD
Mary had no little lamb,
For Hoover called q stop,
And Garfield said, ION Mondays,
miss, =
You can't go out and shop
And Mary acquiesced and said:
I'm game clear through, old
te~.~
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04
FACTS AND FANCIES.

coal holidays may be inconvai:ient,
out the indications are that the. Ger
man strikers are giving their govern
meht some holidays that are worse
Exchange
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04
Telegraph, Telephone, Tell a wonsars
From the Smith County IN Yg


Tsfk about your old men and w,or-
en- gossips, but give us a sweet sixteen
year old girl every time for news. She
knows everything that has happened
everything that is going to happen.
and can forecast the distant future
pretty accurately. Added to that, she
is willing, even anxious, to tell 1t ala.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

Take up some problem and study it:
There goes a woman, poor and old.
She carries a heavy burden because
she is too sad and weak to fight
against fate. too honest to leave a.
world that treats her harshly.
There struts a youn gster, rich and
idle.
How many centuries of hell on
earth will it take to put that woman s
load on that other broad, fat idle
back?
Answer that one question, better
still. TRANSFER THE LOAD, and
your life will not have been wasted.
It is THOUGHT that moves the
world. In Napoleon's BRAIN are
born the schemes that murder mill
lions and yet push civilization on.
The mere soldier, with gold lace and
sharp sword, is nothing-a mere tool.
Tt is the concentrated thought Of
the English people under Puritan in
huence that makes Great Britain a
sham monarchy and a real republic
now.
It is the thought Of the men of in
dependent MIND in this country that
throws English tea and English rule
overheard forever.
Don't wait until you are old. Don't
wait until you are ONE DAY older.
Begin NOW.
Or. later, with a dull, fuzzy, use
less mind, you will realize that an
minimizing man might as we'll have
been a monkey, with fur instead Of
trousers, and consequent freedom
from mental responsibility or self-re-
spect.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04
Tn in De 'SimIsaOn Tree
(Arkansaw Thomas Cato

J. F.. Cross, while on his way home
from a craftsmanship late the other
night. was pursued for some distance
along Coon HoI1er by some strange
animal, and took refuge in a persim-
mon tree, where he stayed until day
break. After climbing the tree the
excitement throwed him into chill,
and when he got through shaking
there wasn't a persimmon left on the
tree,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

Helpful Health Hint: II you srer
cola sucking around the house and
mo you are too numb to monkey
with the oll-stove wick, you can go
ooWn cellar and make believe chop
wood. Look out you don't cut your
self.-New London Day.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04
Classifying En-.
(Sarcoxie (Mo.) Record J

An ordinary man is content to seek
office once or twice in lifetime. 9th
ers spend a lifetime running for office
without getting it. Still others spend
a lifetime in Office,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

The Bolsheviki have hob-nobhed
with the Germans SO much they are
beginning to preach Prussian doc
trine in the matter of force when
their opponents do not walk q chalk
hne.-Meriden Record.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

A food expert gets off this one:
Don't stuff your husband; husband
your stuff That program sounds
very fine, but it may cause hubby to
take dinner at the club.
IS. Co. News and Courier.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

A woman watches q crowd OF
strange people not for the purpose OF
studying the various types but in the
hope that she may detect in one Of
them resemblance to some -onc she
knows.-Capper's Weekly.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04
A Record Piece of Luck in the OZarks

Grassy Lake Correspondence b4Ythe-
vile Courier)
Celia May happened to good luck
last week. She captured five hogS
which have been gone for five years
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

Gov Holcomb's disposition OF the
landlords who exact exorbita-nt rents
would be a wartime measure if put
into practfse.-New Haven Register.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04
THOUGHT MOVES THE WORLD.
The Mind As Well AS the Body Can
BE Trained 10 Carry Heavy
LoadS-JTry 1t.

he Iraned 10 Carry Heavy
Loads-Try It
washington Times)
| Today again, please excuse the alb
! sence of paragraphs about the news
| and condescend to discuss this Ques-
ton:
| Why do we think SO much of our
/ muscles and so little of our minds?
! There are in the United States ten
million young men interested in the
! way Tv Cobb hits at baseball, and
fewer than ten thousand interested in
the wav Newton did his thinking. 1t
ought to be the other way around.
Two centuries back a young man of
twenty-thr~2c sat in the quiet of the
evanipg-TEI MIXING.
His body was quiet; all his power
was centered in his brain.
Above, the moon shone, and around
him rustled the branches of the trees
in his fathers orchard.
From oneof the trees an apple fell
No need to tell you that the young
man was Newton: that the fall of the
apple started in his READY brain the
thought that led to his great discov-
cry, giving him fame to last until this
earth shall crumbe.
How splendid the achievement
born that moment! How fortunate
for the world and for the youth New
ton. that at twenty three his brain had
cultivated the HABIT OF THOUGHT'
Our muscles we share with every
thing that lives--with the oyster
chnging to his rock the whale blowing
through cold seas, and our monkey
kinsman swinging from his tropical
branch.
These muscles. useful only to cart
US around, help US to do slave work
or wound our fellows, we cultivate
with care.
We run, fence. ride, walk hard,
weary our poor lungs and gather
pains in our backs building the mus
cles that we do not need.
Along among animals we possess
a potentiality of mind development
unlimited.
And for that. with few exceptions,
we care nothing.
Most Of MS, sitting in Newton's
place and seeing the apple fall, would
merely have debated the advisabillty
Of getting the apple to eat it--just the
process Of any monkey mind.
A Newton, A BRAIN TRAINED TO
THINK, sees the apple drop, asks
himself why the moon does not drop
also And he discovers the law OF
gravitation which governs the exist
ence of every material atom in the
universe.
Young men who read this, start
NOW to use your bra ms. Take
nothing for granted, not even the fact
that the moon stays in her appointed
place or that the poor starve and
freeze amid plenty.
Think of the things which are
wrong and of the possibilities of right
ing them. Study youF own weakness
es and i'm pcrfections. There is power
in your brain to correct them, If you
will develop that power
As surely as you can train your
arm to hold fifty pounds out straight,
lust SO surely can YOU train your
brain to deal with problems that now
would find you gaping incompetent
You may not be a Newton. But Ii
YOU can condescend to aim at being
an inferior athlete. cant you afford to
try even harder to be an inferior New"
ton
Don't be a muscular monkey. Be
a low-grade philosopher, if you can't
be high grade. and find how much
true pleasure there is even in inferior
brain gymnastics.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

Merchants are still volubly protest.
ing at Washington against Monday
closing, but they might as we'll shut
up-SprinG6eld Daily News.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

Perhaps a strike is the only way
many German workers can find to get
a days rest.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

To spell Trotzky's name you begin
with T. R.-Paterson Press-Gua rdiaA.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

Snow-bound New York reads With
evaporation of dangerous floods in
the near west. why couldn't they
switch some of that wet weather
where it would be. not a menace but
a. help ?-New York World.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

It might be expected of Emma
Goldman that she would want re-
hearing. but the trouble is thot we
have heard too much from her al
ready.--Norwich Bulletin.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

/ Ae'o oeeh running without inter
mission since the birth of Christ to thu
present hour, dropping it's dollar ;
minute into the treasury. it womb
nave coined less than s1,OoO.OOo. 900
FACTS AND FANUEs.
GOAL holidays may be inconvai:ient
put the indications are that the. Ger
man strikers are giving their govern
ment some holidays that are worse
Exchange.
Helpful Health Hint: II you ye1
cold sticking. around the house and
nna you are too numb to monkey
with the oil-stove wick, you can 90
down cellar and make believe ohon
wood. Look out you don't cut your
selt.-New London Day
A 1000 expert gets off this one:
Don't stuff your husband: husband
your stuff" That program sounds
very fine, but it may cause hubby to
take dinner at the club.
(S. Co. News and Courier
A woman watches a crowd OF
strange people not for the purpose OF
studying the various types but in the
hope that she may detect in one Of
them a resemblance to some one she
knows.-Capper's Weekly.
Perhaps a strike is the only way
many German workers can find to get
a days rest.--New York Sun.
The Bolsheviki have hob~nobbed
with the Germans so much they are
beginning to preach Prussian doc
trine in the matter OF force " hen
their opponents do not walk q chalk
Hne.-Meriden Record.
To spell Trotzlzy's name you begin,
with T. R.-Paterson Press-Gua rdian.
Gov. Holcomb's disposition OF the
landlords who exact exorbitant rents
would be a wartime measure if put
into practise.-New Haven Register.
Merchants are still volubly protest.
ing at Washington against Monday
closing, but they might as we'll shut
up-SprinGfe1d Daily News.
It might be expected of Emma
Goldman that she would want a re-
hearing. but the trouble is thot we
have heard too much from her al
ready.-Norwich Bulletin.
Snow-bound New York reads with
evaporation of dangerous floods in
the near west. why couldn't they
switch some of that wet weather
where it would be. not a menace but
a. help ?-New York World.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

Two centuries back q, young man
twenty-threc sat in the quiet of tt
ening--THI MIXING,
His body was quiet; all his powt
was centered in his brain.
Above, the moon shone. and arour
him rustled the branches of the tres
in his fathers orchard.
From one,of the trees an apple fe1
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26
Free Flower Seed
Hastings Catalogue
Tells You About Ii

No matter whether you farm on a
large scale Or only plant vegetables
or flowers in a small way, you need
Hastings 1918 Seed Catalogue. It's
ready now and we have copy for
you absolutely free, if you write for it,
mentioning the name Of this paper.
In addition to showing you about all
the varieties Of vegetables, farm
grass, clover and flower seeds, our
catalogue tells how you can get free
five splendid varieties Of easily grown,
yet beautiful flowers, with which to
beautify your home surroundings.
Good seeds of almost every kind
are scarce this season, and you can't
afford to take chances in your seed
supply. Hastings Seeds are depend
able seeds, the kind you can always
depend on having "good luck' with.
You are going to garden or farm
this spring. Why not insure success
so far as possible by starting with the
right seed? Don't take chances that
you do not have to in seeds.
Write today for Hastings 1918
Catalogue. It's free and will both in
terest and help you to succeed in 1913.
Fl. G. HASTINGS CO., Seedsmen,
Atlanta, Ga.-Advt.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26
FLOUR SUPPLY CENSUS
ORDERED BY ELLIOTT

Mr. F. N Martin, county food administrator, received OIL
Thursday the following telegram from William Elliott otape
food administrator
Read it carefully and govern yourself accordingly We sup
pose as stated telegram that the only purpose is TO ma
ont inst what the supply and of course it should be
found that some boarding h would be required 10 dis
tribute but at present there OF taking hour from
any
Washington authorized -four On basis agreed upon
at administrators meeting as follows:
All persons invited report county tood administrators
amount they have hand i'll excess OF 80 days supply
It should be made entirely clear that they should keep THIS
Hour unless some disposition of is ordered by food admins
Also make clear when these written reports are hed the
actually making them will be relieved from charge Oh
boarding other unpatrotc ac this will make plan popular
Certificate should be very simple. suggest the following
have on hand blank of -four of 80 days sup
nv Suggest that this may result in great saving OF
transportation since shortages be thus quazed Will be
Glad to have suggestions order that may pass them on 10
Others to make plan success
A prompt and full response is expected.
You may make your report nearest tood
The administrators for townships N. C. Morris,
Prosperity Dr. T. T. Pnner Poaria; E. T. Child Whltnlle
T. H Pope Knards Dr. H B. Semi Slverstree vernon VIII
SON. Newberry R. F. D. I; Dr. ". O. Holloway Chappells
W E Counts Little Mountain; T. w Kei Newberry R. F.
?: J. w B. Whitney, Blairs, R. F. D. I, or to
F. N. MARIAN, Newberry S. c.
Food Administrator for Newberry County.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26

Darby, Matte HaZzle, Inez Howard,
Mamie Ray, Clyde Shealy, Cohen
Smith, Walter Stilwell, Jimmie StriD-
BILE.
Oakland School.
4th grade-Dewitt Bouknisht, Mad
ison Davenport, Sadie Thomas, Ray
mond Zimmerman.
3rd grade-Essie Attaway, Frank
Bodie, Mildred Davenport, Earle Girk
1st grade-Odessa Coward, Verona
Davenport, Wilbur Rikard, Pau
Thomas.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26
Return to Work.

New York. Feb. 21.-The 900 long
shoremen of the Southern Pacific
Steamship company. who had been on
strike for few days, returned to work
this afternoon, following adjustment
of differences by the federal adjust.
ment commission of the shipping
board
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26
Teddy will be 0ut Soon.

New York. Feb. 21"Colonel Roosc-
velt will be able to leave the hospital
within a week or ten days. He is
improving rapidly" was the message
given ex@ at the Roosevelt hospital
today
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26

FOR SALE-Hereford Bull. To pre-
vent inoree ding am gointG:' to Sc:
my reo,s:eied Hereford Bnli W,Tl
is thee and half years old, weis /,
fiftee.i :, sixteen hundred pounu'
Pre-, fesrnable. Apply at once to
!. L. B. Cxner
Leesyille. S. c.. R. F. D. No ?.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26
PARTIES WISHING

PARTIES WISHING cotton seed
culied for planting purposes, 10
improve stand and staple, will
please phone AL. I have also a
No. 4-horse power gasoline engine
for sale at reasonable price. ..
H. Lane. l-22tf
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26

WE WILL HAVE A CARLOAD Of
Piedmont wagons on the goth. Wait
for us. Purcell Company. 2-12-3t
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26

WE HAVE 4 COMPLETE LINE OF
all kinds of farming implements
Come to see use. Purcell Company.
PIP 81.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26

FOR S4LE-One reddish brown Shet-
land pony. Heavy black name ana
tail. Gelding, unbroken. is months
old. Gentle parentage. {. ID.
Weeks. ~ IL