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New Britain herald., 1920-08-28

before the greater slump comes. A slightly increased demand the last day or so has encouraged them.
 The very fact that people are worry ing less about sugar Is one of the causes for the decline in price. People arc no longer eager to stock up." They look for still lower prices. This. of course. lessens the demand. and the shoe is on the other foot: the dealer is anxious to "Lnstock.'
 Sugar here has been purchased as low us 22 cents. or lower, which means a great reduction. There are few calls for "as much as you will sell me" now-a days. This action. or failure to increase the demand is wise from the consumers point of view and distressing to the dealer,
 The action in sugar gives force to the prediction just made by the Feder- al Reserve Board which says that re- tail prices will decline slightly this fall and winter and will slump to still lower levels next spring.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28

is also entirely reasonable to suppose that the regular republican of small means will contribute a few dollars, which will eventually swell the avail able total for campaign purposes to an appreciable amount indeed. There statements of Governor Cox are not so far off.
 Tt is not costing the republicans as much to run the campaign, from a democrats. There is no expense for a speaking tour of the candidate. He is sticking pretty close to the front porch and not spending his money in these days. The question naturally arises where the money raised is to be spent. The answer is, not evident.
 As to expense for the average par tisan. the republican campaign scheme is a great deal more costly to the faithful Yesterday there was a large number of local democrats at New Haven. It cost them some- thing. not great deal. to see their candidate and to hear him speak. Supposing the same number of local republicans had wished to see and hear Harding. Carfares to Marion and hotel bills would total up appre- ciably. / However. this may not be added to the slush fund. it is a tax on the faithful.
 It appears that it would be far better to have speakers from repub- lican ranks touring the country and, as Harding is the candidate he is the logical man to do the talking Slush funds or not, there are many people who would like to take a look at Harding who cannot afford to go to Marion.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28

Politics locally and statewise fairly sizzled during the past week, keeping in tune with the weather. or Man Politics is abroad in the land and is stalking east, west, north and south with seven league boots.
 One of the most interesting and, startling news features of the week was the story by William Quigley that he had been kidnapped by two alleged hirelings of a dark political machine in an effort to prevent him from filing his name for primary nom- ination as a delegate to the state re- publican convention. Quigley's story was vivid. if nothing else, but poli- ticians, at least decline to take him seriously. The parties mentioned as his alleged kidnappers see what they believe is the humorous side of the situation and are said to have joked about the whole affair when they met Quigley.
 Whether Quigley ever had a chance of being sent to the state convention is matter of doubt. Many believed that he would run far behind the rest of the field and the count of the votes proved this assumption to be true. He was far in the ruck when the successful starters came logging it past the judges stand.
 It is generally thought that Quig- ley destroyed whatever chance he might have had to win by claiming that he was the victim of a kidnap- ping party. This assertion put him on the outside and when the repub- lican voters went to the primaries to vote they almost ignored his can didacy. MT. Quigley is young man and, like most youths, lacks that eau tious spirit that characterizes the vet eran in politics. He has much to learn and his first lesson should be
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
THE OBSERVER RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
 THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.
MAKES

that no man who aspires to high places in politics can afford to an tagonize the members of his own party. Politics is like many other fields of endeavor, and the good sportsman usually wins in the end while the insurgent oftentimes finds himself alone.
 New Britain republicans need have no fear that their interests will not be handled we'll by the delegation which will represent them at the state convention. It is a strong com- mittee. composed of some of New Britain's finest citizens No, we won't mention their names because we dis like to make people feel embarrassed.
 It can be said that the delegation is probably more representative of the best elements of the party than for many years past. It is featured by men of good business judgment.
 It is probable that the New Brit ain men will not vote for the nomi- nation of Lieutenant Governor Will son, who is also mayor of Bridgeport, and who wants to be governor. MT. Wilson had frequently displeased that faction of the republican party with which New Britain leaders of the G. O. P. are aligned and he must suffer the consequences. While noth- ing formal has been said on the sub- ject, it would not be surprising to see the Hardware City representatives favor Speaker James F. Walsh of Greenwich who has been running with the crowd instead of trying to stem it's progress
 Lieutenant Governor Wilson has a hard fight on his hands in his search for prom otion. According to some re- ports from Bridgeport he has even lost a majority of the delegation from
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
SLUSH FUNDS.

over in Chicago. during the week ton. there were many. many charges made of the vast funds that had been raised by several interests to insure the nomination of certain candidates United States. Republican hopefuls spoke of their opponents in terms of dollars. General Wood was said to have a fund of nearly a million, esti- mates differed. Lowden. also was said to have the backing of the Pull man interests. meaning that in the neighborhood of a million was behind him. Harding. Hoover, Johnson and other candidates did not give evidence of having such large amounts that they might he able to tap, although it was evident that they were spending the normal amount for the distribu- ton of literature and the mainte- nance of campaign headquarters. But, this money did not avail, so we are told by Republican interests. and the party chose a poor but honest can didate. The point is that he could not have been nominated unless some of the delegates working for those with the money had agreed to him and switched their votes. Now. we wonder if the money spent vainIy on the more formidable candidates was wasted. or Whether it is back of the present candidate.
 It ia not unreasonable 10 suppose that the persons who threw several millions of dollars into the campaign for nomination are satisfied with the nominee, even though he is not first choice. It is reasonable to suppose that. if the nomination was worth millions, the election Of the candidate will be worth at least as much. It
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
NEW BRITAIN sLIGHTED.

New BritaSh has a right to feel slighted. She is not included in Cover nor Cox's list of cities on which have been levied large amounts of money for the Republican campaign expenses.
 Look at Bridgeport. Even with all its jitney-trolley trouble it is assessed, according to the Democratic -candi- date. for 5O.oO0. But that is not the worst of it. New Britain is in the same class with Hartford: neither is on the list.
 But seriously. there is little doubt planned for the election of Senator Harding. Men who are wealthy are wealthy because things have been settled in the past. un- der old-time methods which. there is no denying. have been un- just in many particulars to the work ing people. The financiers, large con tributors to the Republican fund. can see no advantage in trying something new. They have prospered wonderfully under the old order of things; they see n return to the normal in the election of Senator Harding. and they want it with all their heart.
 The average worker. and the man nancicr" or capitalist" believes things might be made better by a larger spirit of progressiveness. He cannot be worse off. he feels. than he has been in the past. and he stands a. great chance of being much better off with a virile. progressive man as President than he has been in the past under the old order. Such are not the rich men of the country, and the Democratic campaign fund will un- doubtcdIy not be as large as that Of the Republicans.
 The question is whether or not it would be as large if the Democratic party contained as many wealthy men as does the Republican party.
 2 In any event it is a disgrace, just as the primary elections showed dis graceful expenditures. to have such vast sums spent that a certain man may be elected President The wish may be in good faith; and the money may he contributed in good faith with the honest belief that the country would be better off under a Republican ad- ministration than under one that is Democratic. Nevertheless the end does not justify the means. and until the Republicans make some significant an- swer to the charge made by the Dem ocrattc candidate tho Republican party's chances will suffer.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
25 YEARS AGO From The Herald of That Date)

According to the observations of an expert, the month of August was the wettest since 1885. Theres were ten inches of rainfall during the month
 1T. F.. Crandall and family have re- turned from their vacation spent il New York.
 Treasurer F. G. PIatt of the Central Railway and Electric company has returned with his family from the shore.
 Conductor F.. J. Barrett of the American band has arranged a pleas ing program to be played at Central Park this evening.
 The Hi Henry minstrels opened the ls95-6 season at the Lyceum theater last evening. on September ,. Nor risson's original production. Faust will be shown and on the following evening, Thomas e. Seabrook's fa- nous comedy, "A World of Trouble.S ' will be played.
 The Electric Gun club had a prac- tice shoot on their field at the end of Arch street yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
WILLIAM F. SESSIONS.

When a man of the character of William F. Sessions of Bristol dies. ones first thoughts are of sympathy for those closest to him. For if he was noted for his kindliness to his employees, generosity even, and his philanthropy expressed in aid in church work. how dear he must have been to those "at home"
 He won worldly success. Ger tainly," some will say. but he had the brains to do it and would have won such success had he been hard as steel" Perhaps he would. No one knows
 But why was he otherwise? Why, for instance. did he send turkey to the homes of his old employees every Thanksgiving day? Did he expect to get something out or it?" Was it done merely that his employees would remain faithful to him?
 A man may do a seemingly kind act once or twice with an ulterior motive. But a man whose life is characterized by such acts. many of which are not known, would live a most unhappy sort of a life were he to continue in such course merely for what he could get out of it.
 Men like William E. Sessions have discovered a great secret and have acted in accordance with it. The end holds no terror for them, and they meet it smiling. Whatever of pleas uro they may have had on earth. they believe that it will be as nothing compared with what will come to them hereafter.
 They know it. Their kind acts and their straight life are not done and lived in order to earn the reward hereafter. They begin with the man ner or life, then they see the hap piness it brings. then live it as mat ter of course. Often the approach of tho end and what will como here after is but a secondary thought Men may be "converted" to doing right through fear of what may come if they do wrong. But they never know real happiness until they realize the joy of the doing. Then it is not fear that makes their conversion real. It is love.
 William E. Sessions proba bly learned tho secret without the neces- sity of conversion" The state. the l,s. gain by his example.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
FACTS AND FANCIES By ROBERT CULLEN.

The important guy who complains that he hasn't been shown proper re- spect doesn't realize how funny he is.
 If the armistice terms are a little stiff, Poland might employ a few German instructors in the art of dodg ing
 Consider the power of example Most of our great men came from the farm. ana now all the farmers are doing it.
 One can't afford to sympathize with this demand for a larger loaf until he learns which kind of loaf they have in mind.
 Very likely Utopia is d place where everybody gets fat salary for writ ing propaganda concerning the other fellows duty.
 A proletarian may talk in terms of
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28

The more a gown costs. the less it covers.
 Labor has remarkable self control. It can work or let it alone.
 Allied aid for Poland will appar- ently be in the nature of first aid.
 The Bergdolls are learning that the troublesome part of draft lodging is the upkeep.
 We can't recognize the Bolshies, but we can recognize the symtoms. Jesse James had 'em.
 Mrs. Catt is a skilled lobbyist. She realizes that the purr is mightier than the sword.
 The next time they tell us a nation is prostrate wc will know enough 10 buckle on our guns.
 Why should woman seek the
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
CHARACTERIsTTC?

|of State Colby has signed to of ratification of wo- b amendment and has is- bclamation that the nine |dmcnt has become n part hutton of tho Untcd States. done without ceremony D splurge, and It's signif- was deemed by the Sec bate. sufficient to give it socrctary of State Colby. Dc remembered that Mir. ts to tho male sex. It IS pointing. and a rather For the future-the inn rc-that some of the wo- wished tho movie man to order that many "Hur- boo sounded from time to put the country when tho bwn.
 Characteristic of women g for a display of their W often 1t has been said man suffrage was com as believed. and is still
 the victory has come bst conviction that not on of the country would fso that the country It.
 governed better and a atmosphere would per- tical world.
 Appointing that some of saders wanted all the
 could got. Certainly it eapened tho act of sign ,ne imagine the signors ration of Independence camera mani
 tioD held by the women
 . different matter. It
 that they should cele-
 ho wanted the ballot. ompulstpn in the ceie-
 whoac convictions pre- oicing over tho victory | right to refrain from feeling of cxultation bot possess.
 c words This is a free ly tt lay to women. eare to vote or not.
 Dor Holcomb has found
 emergency exists. and
 reed to call a special
 legislature.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
't-- s.sss Warren Gamaliel Harding, candidate of the G. O. F. aas

Warren Gamaliel Harding, candidate of the G. O. P. 4
 Even the women have contributed to the gayety of nations during the week by winning the right to vote. which has been too long denied them. Connecticut is especially interested in their cause because of the attitude of Governor Holcomb who steadSast. ly declined to call a special session of the legislature for the purpose of voting for or against the ratificatl0u of the nineteenth amendment...- Th6 governor has now declared that, an emergency exists and has sound6d reveille for the lawmakers of .sthe state in order that laws may be passed to permit the women to register. While it is all a matter of conjeckufas it is believed that Governor Holcorhh seriously handicapped his party by remaining stubborn in the facesof. so many appeals for special aGseA6k It would have been a glorious page in the states history had this been the commonwealth to extend the right of franchise, to the women, whAek would probably have been the e case had it not been for the chief execu- tive's adamantine stand. Whether the ldlT sex Will vote TOT 0emocFdCyS candidates in the fall in order to ad- minister a rebuke to the republican party remains to be seen. It is seafe of the factors in the election which the democrats hope for and the re- publicans fear.
 Shades of our: forefathers!. sA sharp-eyed news hound discovered two young ladies sitting in an auto mobile in front of City Hall .>nen4 chalantly puffing at noxious wG1saS yesterday. And the wonder of 1t ~as that neither of the fair damsefs. ap- peared to be annoyed by the metley throng of villagers who stood around watching them. - .tns
 Which brings up the question, Should women smoke? And the aH@ swer, of course, is: Yes, if some other fellows sister wants to, but decidedly no if any member of our own. family should so desire. But this much may be said. the dear girls will smoke if they decide that they like it. Whether smoking is evil depends upon tho individual viewpoint and our standard of morals. In European capitaM many women smoke cigarettes and their regulations are not the least lowered in the eyes of their friends. But it will be many years before we become accustomed to seeing our grandmothers running around with a little round tag hanging from their shopping bags, the while their .nimbla fingers fashion flag from the makin's.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
"JEST RUM1NATIN'."
 (Robert Russell. )
At last the women have the

At last the women have the vote; bow low, you awkward men, an think O. all the diff ferences between the Now an Then. No more will all you fellows strut an call the world your own; yol've got to share it with the sex that came from your rib bone. No more. can you enact the. laws to suit yourselves alone; you must remember always that you once had one more bone. No longer may you say that men alone can do some act; the. women will dispel your dream with all their charming tact. A chuckle Sneaks from my oi ; pipe; it says it knew 'twouId come-the day when pompous, prideful man would be put on the bum. He must be courteous today or he may lose a vote; he must not ridicule the danes in his pet anecdote. He's got to mind his language and he must not smoke in tits; he's got to buy them presents worth a lot more than two bits. All this refers. of couse, to men who seek a public job; it may not change the hoi polloi- which means the common mob. To sum it up it may not do us any harm at all-we'll know much more about it when elec- ton comes next Fall,
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
|P IN SUGAR.

happy day when one tho announcement of u b price, of any article. usual comment. Today Is important not only |good news it brings the Inner, but because 1t |ney toward the return her commodities to the IIxnr dealers, according bre facing heavy losses. |ugar will drop 10 pre-.
 , selling there at f7 and
 d. and there is q great
 rehouses purchased at bund.
 ht wholesalers are not
 'ire prevailing rate of
 ind, being anxious to
 t they have on hand
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
ERNATsONAL COURT.

|rnhu Root went abroad to \ In the formation of what Is ! Ii the proposed Permanent International Justice. it was Fstcd that through this court or association in which d States would eventually would be made effective.
 developments seem to fn-
 this will be the case. It t the court will be able to uld-be war-making nations ks and Jurisdiction would do ake from Americans who he league. their grounds for To state of affairs Is pre- n a matter in which a republican has taken such nt part as has Elihu Root, ake moro feasible a league by the democratic candi- |resident of the United league denounced by tho party.
 { was suggested here the come when people of the To would be glad that a
 s Mir. Root would have a
 } formation of tho court
 i play such an important controlling of nations.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28

methods Q, being influential when God gave her the privilege of spank ing?
 When the world learns to do more for its pedagogues it will not be so frequently done by its demagogues. There isn't much profit in getting rich quick if one must spend it all in an effort to keep out of jail
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28

prInc4pl~. ,a! 4.- .4 lh nx.4t n terms of patronage.
 The candidates: are being photo graphed at I-Anual labor. but you will observe that they are single poses and not moving pictures.
 The report that Wilson is doing more work than Anybody in Washing ton is a great disappointment to those who thought he vas gaining strength
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28

' tho Post Orree at New Brftain Second Class Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-28
ID ruBLfsHINo COMPANY.
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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-03-25

in a shop and bought 1t for SO. That
day I had a feast and did not cry at
all. Several times my father was able
to buy a salt herring, for which he paid
$50.
I began to get very thin. My mother
said she must take M away SO that !
would o die. We began to go away,
but it took a long time. Everywhere
there were people going. They mostly
had no clothes, and often they would
fan down. My mother said they would
never get up again. My mother said
they did not have the money TO buy
even the bad bread we had and they
could not live without food. We
travelled IN an ambulance, on horse
back, ~donkeyback and camelback, In a
truck, a motor lOrry and q cart--in
fact, by every way except an airplane.
II was many months before we could
come TO America. There is much TO
eat here. like America. never cry
any more. Ny mother cries. She says
there are thousands Of little children
Starving to death In our country. II Is
not nice to starye. did not Ike IT..
II makes her sad. But some days she
smiles. That Is when my mother says
she knows America will not let the lit.
tie Armchair babies suffer or be hurt.
ARAXIH.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-03-25
SALE.

Whereas, Frank Sonnenberg and
Auguste Sonnenberg, his wife, by
their mortgage deed dated April /.
1908, and recorded in Book "Y," at
page $50, in the recorders office OF
Wright County. Missouri, conveyed
to Mansfield School District No.
Sixteen the southwest . quarter of
section IS. township %. range l5.
except one acre on the north line of
said tract decided for school purpos-
es. for the purpose of securing the
payment of Il certain promissory
note in said mortgage deed describ-
ed: and
Whereas, default has been made
in the payment of said note. there
fore. the Undersigned Mansfield
School District No. Sixteen will sell
the property hereinbefOre described
1T public vendIe to the highest bid
der for cash in hand. at the court
house door at Hartville, in the
county of Wright, and state of Mis-
souri,. on Tuesday the 9th day OF
April. 1920. between the hours of .
o'clock in the forenoon and 1 o'clock
in the afternoon of that day. for
Tie purpose Of satisfying said in
dcbtcdness and paying the expense
of executing this trust.
Mansfield School District No. Six
teen.
BY order of the Board of Directors
Attest:
II. b. Paul. President.
Coo IL Ernnmnn Clerk
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-03-25
'.H Is Not Very Nice to Starve,"
Says Little Guest From Armenia

This little Ar.
menian has q
name With a
This tory as
long a. the tail
of a cat, h
says. Daugh-
terof famous
soldie r, she of.
ten cried from
hunger. NoW
she is in Am
erica and does
not cry any
m o e, 5 h e
naiUey adds,
but her mother
cries, mourn
ing for the
thousands of
other Armeni.
an babies Who
r hungry,
back in the ma
tue land. But
little Iraneh
smiles Wisely,
as she knoWs
Near East Re-
lief is aiding
the pool pso-
pie of Arme-
mia.