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New Britain herald., 1922-04-18
The Surprising Agreement Katie
 Forced On Maigc.

Katie !" hesitated after th' name for the nearer came my task O persuadlng my little maid that he oath was mol one to he kept the moro doubtful felt of the outcome.
 Katie looked at me shrewdly
 "Yes, Mcesis Graham, NoA por want to tell me? You'd better spin e,
 week or you get dose cold fleets. al. ready, und no hot water bag handy
 l struggled for my dignity, lost hopelessIy and gave myself mp to help, less laughter, With her new world slang grafted upon her old world idioms Katie is a sure cure for gloom to any one save confirmed grouch.
 When l wiped my eyes, and looked at Katie again, she was beaming at me joyously.
 Dots good" she said approvinsly. "I like you laugh. You not laugh mooch desc days"
 l quickly seized the opportunity shc had unwittlngy given mo
 No. Katie, said soherly. "I haven't felt much like laughing lately, for there is a great danger hanging over us"
 l purposely made my words and manner as melodramatic as possible, knowing katies melodrama- loving soul Besides, I salved my conscience with the thought that danger to the country such as Lillian deemed the plot in which smith and Katie's perse- cutor were figuring was indeed a dan ger to us all.
 What Then, Katie?"
 "Oh, Meesis Graham :" Rates hor- or-widened eyes, her nalinr flush. showed the impression I had made. ''vot ees eet, und you want me to do someting?"
 I put my hand over hers.
 Yes, Katie, I do want you 10 do something" l said slowly, and yet do not like to ask you want to explain something to you first"
 l hesitated and Katie moved i'm. patiently.
 Go ahead. Shoot '" she said, all most upsettinc my gravity again. so absolutely unconscious was she Of any offense against dccorum.
 Tn this country" I began slowly i've do not consider that an oath taken under duress-what mean is," 1 amended hastily, with a thought for katie's limitations "a swear that somebody makes you swear, threaten Ing to kill you if you don't--is not binding. You don't have to keep it, | you can break it and tell if you want to. and l don't think your church would call if a sin either' katie's face had lost all it's color and had taken on grayish pallor. and as I finished she threw up her head, while a look of scorn flashed Into her eyes. You think" she choked, dot l keep dot swear, dot I let Jeem SC away tinking sooch tings by me, be cause l 'fraid of law or my church ?" she said magnihciently. What, then, katie?" L asked, be- wildered
 The fire went out of her eyes and she hung her head.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18
Never mind "" she said sullenly
 "Den Dot All Right"

Den Dot All Right"
 l waited, baffled. for minute, won dering how best to frame another ap peal 10 her, when l was startled tC see her throw her arms above hei head In a gesture of wild, despairinf abandon, She held that posture for q afew seconds, then brought her hands together in a gesture which spelled some determination freshly taken.
 "Not is decs ting you want me tc break my swear for?" she asked Something going hurt you and dol babee, or sometns Meess Underwood Vants2"
 'lf the thing happens which Mrs Underwood fears, and which she wants to find out about and stor. il will hurt Junior and all Of us." said slowly,
 Katie stared at me wildly for a min |. ute, and l saw that her poor be. wildered brain was struggling with some problem Of whose nature I could not guess
 T no have to tell you den about my swear" she said at last "Eet shoost q,
 Yes, even better" l said, but I was as bewildered as she appeared to be.
 Den dot all right" she said, gen uine relief flashing into her eyes "l TO tell me Meesis Underwood Not all, she amended hastily. ''hut some fings But you no ask her notings. she tell you notings, you promise dot?
 "0f course, Katie" I agreed readily, but l had hard work to keep my pioued astonishment from betrayinG itself Why my little maid, upon whose absolute devotion to me and in me I had always felt as sured, should prefer to give her rfevel- alton to Lillian instead of myself was q mystery indeed.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18

very slack this year and am home part of the time. do not like to take any chances, so 1 consulted my friends and one lady said, Take Lydia Pinkham 5 medicine, so 1 did. l have felt better right along and am in good enough health to go to work. recommend your Veg etable Compound and Sanative Wash to all. Mrs. MARY ENRlCo, 459 N. Car penter St., Chicago, Illinois.
 Often the mother is obliged to support her children and good health is neces- sary. Lydia E. Pinkham 8 Vegetable Compound is just the medicine you can depend upon. It is medicine for wo- mems ailments and the relief it brought Mrs. Enrico it may bring to you. Keep well by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg stable Compound.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18
GOVT. SUES LINCOLN MOTORS.

Detroit, April 17.--Suit was filed by the government in '. S. District court today against the Detroit Trust Co.,, as receivers for the Lincoln Motor Co.,. for S9,1SS,561.9S, the amount claimed to have been overpaid the motor company in wartime contracts. Hearings will be held in the suit next week
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18
PALACE THEATER

Jackie Coogan packed the Palace | theater all day yesterday with his many admirers who came to see him | in his new photoplay, My Bow" and l from all accounts will continue to draw capacity audiences tonight and Wednesday. .-..
 Getting mixed up with a family of eight Jewish children got little Jackie Blair out of the confines of Ellis Is land but that is all it did.
 Landing on the island an orphan and scheduled for deportation, Jackie started to play with the eight chll- dren of Hebrew woman who had arrived with her brood to join her husband Therefore, when the family was allowed to leave the island. Jackie followed. Owing 10 the num- Der of ,the juveniles, the official in charge lost count and Jackie found himself on the crowded streets of New York
 But when the head of the family the presence of Jackie, and indignant ly chased him out of the fold Then began a thrilling series of adventures for the little shaver,
 The Keith vaudeville bill has four good acts with "A Night in Paris clever canine novelty; Leon 6 Dawn. a pair of clever girl come dlennes; Will Evans, the happy hobo; and the Shelby Trio, who offer an excellent musical act.
 Turn to the Right" the most pop ular comedy drama of the stage. whose appeal was testified to by mil lions of theater- -goers. has been trans ferred to the screen and will be seen starting Sunday at the Palace theater.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18

! SerlouS trouble. l
 had tried doctors and
 all said the same-an ioperation. At first I only felt the pain on my left side, but later l seemed to feel it on
 both sides. 1 am a power sewing-ma-
 chine operator anl
 have a little girl to support. 1 work in a tailor shop and that ,,~l-
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18
QUICK BREADS
Sister Mary Gives Several
 Good Recipes

UICK brea ds are always nice to serve with after noon tea. All women like them and they are much nicer to offer to guests than elaborate filled sandwiches or sweet rich cakes.
 Ora ham flour or bran makes a
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18
Pimples,
 blackheads and boils-fresh yeast rids yon of hem

It is well known that pimples and blackheads aene) and boils are often caused by errors of diet.
 Fleischmann's Yeast is now be- ingreconmended for these embar- rassing and painful skin troubles because fresh yeast corrects the errors of diet which cause them.
 Tho surgeon of one importan, New York hospital states: Ihave used yeast extensively and found it invaluable in curing boils." When l7 cases of pimples were treated with Fleischmann's Yeast at hospitals in New York and Philadelphia the results were re- markable. A typical case was a young man who had suffered from pimples for three years He ate three cakes ofFleischmann'sYeast daily. In five weeks the eruption had cleared completely.
 lfyou are troubled with pimples or boils, begin at once to correct thembyeating For 3cakes of Fleisch- mann's fresh yeast daily before or between meals. Be sureit's Fleisch- mann's Yeast-the familiar tin. foil package with the yellow label. Place standing order with your grocer for Fleischnlann's Yeast,
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18

bread that will be welcomed by the woman who would "eat and grow thin She may enjoy her cup of tea with lemon and a brown bread sandwich at in the afternoon and
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18

For each inch of rainfall recorded 101 tons of water have fallen on one acre of soil
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18

Twenty-six positions on important New Mexican state boards are held by women.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18
WORKS FOR CHILD MUST KEEP WELL
Mothers in a Like Situation Should Read This Letter
 from Mrs. Enrico

Chicago, Illinois. -'I took Lydia E. Pinkham's 8 Vegetable Compound for a
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18

The elephant does not reach full maturity until it is 40 years old.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-18

The first wire suspension bridge in the world was built in Philadelphia in 1916.
, 1922-12-30

THIS is a reminder to all ~rOadholders
that the annual inspection of the
- Public roads will take place in the
month of January 1923.
The repairs should be completed before
the 31st Dec. 1922, when all bridges,
Sidewalks, etc. shall be w~hitewashed.
Special attention should be paid to the
Quarter Jobs" completed within the
past year, and when necessary, re-0hete-
mashed. Up to the present, with the
exception of the wedding of the roads,
very little has been done, and it is i'm
perative that all holes in the roads,
especially the Center line, should be i'm
mediately filled: much harm has been
done by the late showers and neglect of
attention to this special work.
EDGAR w. MEYER,
Chairman Road Commission.
, 1922-12-30
Supplement to St. CrOk Avis, No. 299, 3Oh December, 1922.

a joint document of protest which will
be presented to King Fuad, the Egypt.
ian Cabinet, M. Lecau and Viscount AL
lenby. The ~archaeologists are quoted
as predicting that the adoption Of the
law will terminate exploration in Egypt
inasmuch as the British and the United
States public, whose contributions support
the work. will be likely to discontinue
their help unless they see tangible re-
suits for their respective museums.
New York, Dec. 27th.-The early raw
sugar market was firmer, and prices
were ! higher with spot prices quoted
at 81 cents, cost and freight, equal to
5.65 tor centrifugals. There were sales
of "a, 900 bags of Cuba's for December
shipment. The raw sugar futures market
was firmer rejecting the advance in the
spot market, and prices at midday were
three to six points higher. Wall Street
and trade interests were active buyers.
There was no change in refined sugar and
only moderate inquiry was reported.
Prices are listed to 700 cent for fine
granulated. Refined futures nominal.
ParamaribO, Dutch Guiana, Dec 27th.-
Diamonds have been discovered at
BroWnswet about 80 miles from this city,
according to the members of a local
syndicate whose prospectors have just
brought in seven stones after a search OF
only a few weeks. The district in which
the diamonds were uncovered has yielded
gold for the last fOrty-seven years, but no
systematic search for precious stones has
heretofore been conducted. The place is
easily reached by rail from Paramaribo
and a rush of diamond seekers is ex-
Decte0.
, 1922-12-30

of the Iraq. The British delegations
formal reply to the Ottoman note Ques.
tion the reliability of the statistics put
forth by the Turks to justify their claim
to MosuI. Although the Turks ruled this
district for centuries, they never collect
ed exact information, it was pointed out,
and no evidence could be placed in their
statistics.
Montreal, Dec. 28th.-A London cable
to a local paper says: At least 5 steam
ers are believed to have been lost as
a result of fierce gales and tremendous
seas that swept the Atlantic around the
British Isles during the Christmas period.
Two ships recently locked report hav'
ing received some s. 0, S. signals from
four different vessels, the wireless of
which became silent after a while. The
operator OF the New Columbia which
was compelled to put into Cork stated
that he had received calls for help from
three steamers. He had replied but had
heard nothing more. Information con-
corning the ships feared to have been
lost is slight, but it is thought that one
of them is the Maid of Belos, as a guam
tity of wreckage and a life buoy marked
Maid of BeIos were picked up near Linn
Icy Head.
London, Dec. 28th.-The financial mis-
sion to the United States, headed by the
Chancellor of the E%xchequer, sailed for
New York this morning on the Majestic.
Besides the Chancellor the party included
Mrs. Baldwin and daughter. Montague
&. Mormon, Governor of the Bank of
England, Rowe Dutton, financial adviser
and P. j. Grigg. of the Treasury. 1t IS
expected that the mission will return
about the end of January. In a state
ment to the Evening Standard today
MIR. Baldwin pointed out that under the
present arrangements Great Britain's
payments to the United States would
amount to between sixty and seventy
million pounds annually. We hope to
fund this debt and get the burden of
the interest eased. If it is successful.
| hope the United States will be kind to
a much more important mission which
Mr.. Bonar Law is shortly to undertake.
The Evening Standard" says this let
ter refers to reparations settlement. The
Chancellor added that it is of supreme
Importance to Europe that the United
States should have her say as regards
Europe's financial problems.
London, Dec. 9th. -Despatehes from
Egypt to the newspapers today lay stress
on the growing anxiety of foreign ex-
plorers over the new law, which M.
Lecau, the Egyptian Govt's. cOnservator
of antiquities, is drafting, providing
that all relics hencefOrth discovered
, 1922-12-30
KILOGRAMS.
81. CROlX STATION.

waiting In Lausanne for more than a
month for PERMISSION to be heard by the
conference and voice demands for the
independence OF Egypt and complete
withdrawal Of the British army. In
consequence OF the Turkish protest. the
official meeting OF the sub, commission
was postponed and the representatives
OF the inviting powers, Great Britain,
France and Italy, sitting alone, lis.
tened TO the Armenian spokesman. who
suggested that a home be established
in the northeast OF Turkey which should
include the historic Mount Ararat and a
section OF Clilcla. L. was impossible. he
declared, tor tne proposed Armenian
nome " amalgamate with the Armenian
Republic Ol EirlVan winch had been taken
over by the MOSCOW SOViets. The Arme-
nan would willingly accept the same
relationship with turkey as the Domin.
ions win GreaC Britain. Ii conclusion.
ne asked tor exemption from military
service Tor the Armenians and urged
maintenance OF the orthodox patriarch
III COnsLanCInOple. HopuldI provress was
made today on me problem OF the Greek
patriarch. The tlencn, as a possible
solution, suggested that permission be
granted the patriarch to remain in Con-
stantlnOpIe as an autOpomous Archbishop
with the understanding that he would in
no way represent political or administra-
tive matters, or voice the ambition or as
~niration of Greece. He would exist as a
religious figure only. The French ar
0ued that the brusque removal OF the
Christian leader would cause an unp;eas-
ant feeling abroad towards the new Turk
ish State. The Turks later will give
their views on this suggestion.
Lausanne, Dec. 27th.-rhrough Lord
C1rz0n Great Britain informed Turkey
t. Law that the British will never abandon
the Mosul oil vilavat as requested by the
Turkish delegation and that No proIonga~
ton of the Near East conference can
influence the British Govt. to recede
from the position it has taken on this
matter. The British position is outlined
in a letter sent by Lord Curzon to Ismet
Pasha covering the formal reply of the
British delegation to the Turkish note
Of Sunday last, which insisted upon Mo-
sui belonging to Turkey Lord Curzon
said in his letter that the British Govt.
had expelled the Turks from the Mo.
sui area and occupied and administered
Il The British had taken a pledge to
free the Arabs from Turkish rule and es-
tablish the Govt. of the lraq, and Great
Britain since then had repeatedly given
her word that the Arabs would not be
interferred with. Lord CurZOn added
60 Du;Ao;o bod uiuon her solemn
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-05-26

203eo more than In 1913. for limestone
at quarries CO., more and for labor
511 more. Freight rate on coal was
greater. A comparison OF these ln-
creases with the Increase OF Istzes'
In cement price and .slcs % the price
Of all commodities Il enlightenlng.
Cement is so widely used that users
themselves have standardized II. To-
day every cement maker. regardless
Of his brand. meets the specifications
set jointly by the United States gov
eminent and the country's leading en-
cheering societies All brands OF &c.
ment. therefore. are alike.
Jevon's Economic Law.
Because Of this the prices OF various
brands Of cement In any given market
usually are the same. The reason
for this puzzles many. But the answer
Is simple and well stated by w Stanley
Jevons. l. l.. d.. NJ. -. r. T. s.. in his
standard work THE Theory OF Polt.
teal Economy which snys:
III In selling a quantity of perfectly
equal and uniform barrels OF -four. a
merchant arbitrarily fixed different
prices on them. purchaser would. OF
course. select the cheaper ones. Hence
follows what Is undoubtedly true
that In the same open market. at any
one moment. there cannot be two prices
for the same article"
Applying Jeyon's economic law.
simple illustration Of cement compete
ton may be cited thus A. y and G are
cement makers Bach seeks business
at ~ town with a 9o-eent freight
rate from A. IS cents from Il and 30
cents from q. This gives 4 5-eent
advantage over Il and 10 cents over
&. A figures he can sell at, say, a
Mill price OF $50. so adds the 30
cents freight and quotes $50 ~ NJ.
Then II Il and G want 20 do business
az NJ they must meet As price. reqnir.
ing + 10 20 cents below A In his
mill price and & 20 90 10 cents below
A IN his mill price Unless Is and G
can make the mill price sacrifices re-
quired by the market Mt NJ az made
by As $50 price. then A will monopo-
lie the market at NJ.
Similar principles apply to other
materials. Prices are not arbitrarily
made. They are based upon supply and
demand and upon the cost Of transport
tation, raw materials and labor. Sup
ply Of labor and materials now is
plentiful We cannot afford longer to
delay needed building improvements.
This is particularly true because
building is so entwined with the ma
tons prosperity that a full revival
OF building will hasten a revival Of
other lines OF business.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-05-26
Mound City

Dear Editor, Please allow me
Dear Editor. Please allow us
space in your valuable paper,
Our church is prospecting und .r
the leadership OF DIR. NJ. c. King.
We had nice services Sunday.
and at IL: 80 two truck loads OF
our members went to Pulaski. to
the rally at Elder Stamps church.
DIR. King. preached at 300 and
Elder Stamps members prepared
dinner for US. The church was
crowded and DR.. King, preached
with power.
On tne 4. at 1900 there will
ba doctrinal sermon preached by
pastor and 1880 baptizing. and
at 7:3o there will be preaching
and communion,
On June the IL, our rally will
take place, at HOO a. m. and
Elder b. McCrary. our moder-
ator will preach for U.S.. AT 800
Elder w. II. Cole, OF the A. NJ.
L. church will preach for US and
his choir will sing
At 500 we are expecting DIR.
{. {. Phillips, to preach for US.
We are preparing for the As
sociation which convenes with us
in September and our church will
soon be seated with new pews.
We are expecting to do a deal
OF work this year. the Lord, being
our helper.
The Ladies Home Mission will
meet Tuesday eve. at the home OF
sister Katie Smith 5.
Reporter.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-05-26

Next 10 farming. local prosperity
depends upon building activity. The
reason is plain. Building is the coun-
try's second largest industry. II EN-
ploys millions Of workers directly. mil.
ions 10 make the materials for build
ing. and hundreds ofthousands in lum.
berlng. quarrying and mining.
Everyone knows that a building
shortage exists one way to restore
prosperity then, Is by a lively resump.
ton Of building. Materials and labor
now are plentiful. Costs are lower.
Cement win serve as a good example
because 1t goes Into nearly all build
Ing.
For every ton OF cement. IL tons
of raw materials and coal must be
mined. shipped, assembled dried.
ground. weighed. mixed and then fused
at about 5000 degrees 10 hard
"clinker." This "elinker" must then
be ground again, this time to a powder
so fine that 1870 win pass through
sieve having 10000 holes per square
inch. To make cement, one literally
must tear down mountain aud put
IL through a Sieve And yet. cement
sells at the mill for about $500 per
ton These facts caused the United
States Geological Survey a few years
ago 10 say that zone could not scrape
the free sand from the gutter for
much less cost per barrel"
Cement Competition Keen.
That competition has been active
is noted in government reports. Ac-
cording To the United States Geological
Survey. the production OF cement has
steadily increased and the price de-
clined. II shows that In 1850. cement
sold at $500 a barrel average al the
mill In 1920 al S2.02. in 1921. at S1.s7.
Now ii Is selling at many large plants
as low rs Sl.50 barrel. only half
the average price IN 1880, and less
than the average for the 40-year period
covered In the government report.
AT one of the country's largest
cement plants the price now is $40
higher than In the pre-war year 1913.
The latest report of the United States
Department of Labor shows the aver
age price of "aIl commodities as
51so higher than 1913. Some of the
items whose prices enter into this
figure Of 5l%o have undergone radical
decreases. while others are very much
higher than the average Of 5Ieo. Few.
If any. items of the former class enter
into cement manufacturing costs. bur
several items OF the latter class do
affect the cement costs. In fact, the
principal elements in these costs are
labor. freight rates. coal and lime
stone.
In February. 1922. the cement plant
referred to paid for its coal AT mines
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-05-26
NOTICE.

All S. S. composing the Mt.
Olive Baptist S. S. Convention
will be called to meet in the New
Hope Baptist church. Sparta. H.,
June 20, 1922. We should be-
gin to bestir ourselves to make
this the banner year in representa-
tion along all lines of the Sunday
School work. Elect your mes
on or before the End Sum-
day in May send names to Gazette
that the program committee may
be able to get programs out and
assign delegate to some topic or
work in the meeting.
The slogan on to Sparta.
J. w. Corneal. Dist. Pres.
Orlean Thomas. Sec.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-05-26

The State meeting at Centralia,
will not be as largely attended this
year as was anticipated by reason
of the extremely hish board rate
of 81 90 per day and the short
notice in which to prepare for the
same. This may be all right for
the strong churches and ministers
but it is prohibitive Tor the weak
churches and small and underpaid
and often undeIfed ministers.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-05-26
Du-Quoin
Dear Editor:

Please allow space in your val
liable paper to say few words
The S. S. was opened at usual
hour the weather was fair, the at
tendance was larger. A splendid
lesson was heard.
AT 1900 the morning service
was opened. the attendance was
large. Rev. c. w. Cole. preach
ed strong sermon on Faith. We
had two to unite with the church.
AT $3.50 the B Y. P. u. was
in session and a splendid lesson
was rendered How we may con-
less faith Matt. 1928.
AT 7:3o night services. the at
tendance was large. Rev. c. w.
Cole. preached wonderful SER
mon on Practice.
Tuesday we had a call meeting
with all the clubs
Wednesday night was our pray
er service night.
Mr.. b. ]. Bradford. the presi-
dent of the B. y. P. u. has re-
turned.
Ollie M. Hooks. Reporter.
Rev. c. W. Cole.
Pastor.