New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1923, Page 6

| committee in the resolution was tak- 4 Bl . ‘ment. : IPTION RATES: "ne s -".h Monthe .00 res Mon " Tie & Month 8t the Pest Office st New Britaln Becond Class Mall Matter, TELEPHONE CALLE; Offtee ’ anly proftable advertistng medium in City, Cireulation hooks and press oem Always open to advertisers. Member of The Assaclated Fress, Phe Assaciated eredi In_this paper and also local news pub Nehed herein, Member Audit Bureau of Clreulation, The A, B, C. is & natlonal which furnishes new tribution both national and local advertisers. T ——— THE INVESTIGATION There should he no misconception a8 to the reasons for the police In- vestigation by a committee of citizens, the first meeting of which s to be held Monday evening. No taint should attach to the city nor to the depart- ment because of It; no suggestion of corruption, graft or ineMelency, The ‘whole thing rests upon the question whether or not certaln appointees to the department are of proper age, the abandonment of the eivil service as re- garding the department having thrown some question over this matter, The people of .the city have no fault to find with the department. That should he understood thoroughly. A resolution was ‘adopted calling for an investigation because the ques- tion of age was ralsed. That resolu- tion was general in its provisions, in- cluding “any other matter” concern- ing the department. The signers of that resolution disclaim any desire to 0 into anything except this matter of age. That resolution contained the names " of the men chosen to serve. It Is cus- tomary for the Mayor to name such committees, Immediately on the rais- " ing of the question of an investigation _ the police commissioners felt that, since an investigation had been called for and the matter given publicity, " they would like to have an investiga- * tion in order to show that nothing out . of the way had been done in the de- partment. The Mayor felt that naming the ing from his office one of his preroga- tives. For that reason and for that reason only he vetoed the resolution: He expected that another would be introduced which would not name the committee. No such resolution was presented, although one was passed . asking the corporation counsel’s opin- jon on the status of policemen ‘ap- pointed who were over age. ¥ The mayor thereup appointed a citi- zens' committee to investigate. The evident reason for his action, as shown by his statements concerning it, was a ‘desire not to block an investigation if the council desired it, but rather to . retain in the office of the mayor of the city, present and future the pre- rogative of appointing such commit- tees. That he did not object to the personnel of the original committee, and that he was standing for a prin- elple, is shown by the fact that his “eitizens’ committee” is composed of the same men, with one addition, as was the original committee. Again it should be emphasized that there is no “pelice scandal” in this eity. There is Yo questioning 68f the efficiency or honesty of the depart. The whole question is one of age of officers and prerogative of the office of Mayor. ON PAYING BILLS 4 If all of us would pay our bills all of us would have more money "t pay our bills with. This is not | éxactly the way Roger Babson puts _it, but that statement summarizes his ~eonclusions in an especially interesting | Alstter pliblished yesterday in The Her- | ald. And “all of us” means the manu- " facturers, jobbers, retailers and con- sumers. No one is left out. There is "an abundance of money in the country Bnd yet the banks are obliged to put| out additional currency, | manufacturers, jobbe gonsumers are not pay promptly. Moreover this is everybody's fault, fot the fault of the manufacturer alone, nor the jobbers nor the retailer | nor the consumer. As “The whole thing is an endless chain. Just as soon as one link stops the en tire chain must stop. Business and the flow of money is like the flow of blood in one’s veins. Anything which retards circulation harms everyonc.’ The trouble is that too much abundant money is being vsed to little purpose and too much is beinz hoar ed. “Eliminate special able storage,” he says, be money enough for ¢+ need in every line of industry.” eredit system is clog 1 cause people—the manu ber, retailer and consiumer—are payirg their bills, paying their bills because sdmeone who is delaying things. When #ne delaye, he delays a lot of others. | Mr. Babegs gives as an llluslrluon} just because retailers and | ng their bills| 3abson says: | of the and unteaso and there wi ry iegitimate chiefly cturer, and they t there s "| conditions, the fertiliser business. Tle says it Is perfeotly sound as business. Fertilizers are needed more and more every year. s e ?.‘waul industey,” he de- clares, “and yet most of the fartillaser companies are having very hard ding at the present time and their se curities are still selling very low. Th reason primarily is that farmers are buying fertilizers on eredit and are not paying their bills * * * The little bills must be paid before the big ones ean be paid, Refore the manufacturer can pay his bills the wholesaler must pay the manufacturer; hefore the johber ean pay the wholesaler, the retaller must pay the jobber, and hefore the retaller ean pay the jabber, you and I must pay him, Prompt settiorfients will do much toward keeping business from going lower," Bo every man and woman, whether In business or not, may affect husiness When the consumer pays the retaller that retaller Is in duty bound to pay the johber who, in turn must pay the wholesalers and the Iat- ter must pay the manufacturer, Then there will be good business and lots of work and pay which, of course, will enable the consumer to start the thing going by paying the retaller, 8o the stream would flow more freely for the benefit of everybody, The chap who doesn't pay when he can has no right to “gum things up.” ¥ TENACITY The Providence Journal says edl- torlally: “The Hartford Courant per- mits itself to remark, ‘The Providence Journal recently opened an editorial with the following suggestive para- graph:' ‘Next Sunday we shall return to standard time in New Eng- land * * *'" The Journal then quotes the Cour- ant's criticism of the Journal fn which the Courant says, among other things * * the statement that we shall re- turn to standard time is absolutely unauthorized, Standard time is stan- dard time. It has been there all sum- mer. Your watch may be wrong ac- cidentally, or by the intention of the owner, but standard time is standard time. There is no other, etc, ete.” The Herald would like to stand by the side of the Journal and affirm that Sunday we shall return to standard time in New England. We should like, too, to stand by the side of the Cour- ant and agree that “Standard time is standard time,” Redundancy of repe- tition does not make the fact more positive. And we might go so far, even, as to agree with the Courant that “it has been there all the time.” But, as a little added suggestion in our humble support of the attitude of the Providence Journal, we are quite convinced that although a thing or place “has been there all the time,” like standard time *‘has been there all the time,” nevertheless a person de- parts from it and may perhaps return to it without denying its existence, We havk . many times been forced to journey to the delightful city of Hart- ford, for instance, and we have with excessive pleasure left it and returned to our office in New Britain. Still per- ish the thought that Hartford ceased to “be there all the time' merely he- cause we departed from it. So, to quote the Providence Journal, making the words our own, we insist upon saying that at 2 a. m. Sunday we shall return to standard time in New England and such statement, despite the tenacity of others, is authorized by the sound logic of unprejudiced per- sons. “THE WORLD IMPROVING” It is particularly satisfying to hear the optimistic opinion as to the prog- ress of the world from a man who has seen many years of active life in it. And so when ex-Mayor M. C. Web- ster, on his 76th birthday, gives this encouraging statement that his con- viction from personal observation is that the world i{s progressing and be- céming better, It is worth a deal more to us than a like statement'from one who has not had the opportunity for serious consideration of the much-dis- cussed question, And the statement of Mr. Wehster who has seen the often disagreeable side of politics with a discerning eye, rather shames those persistent pessi- mists who insist that the world is going to the dogs; that the old ways, the old things, were better than the | new. No one will deny #hat there are | customs today, developed, out of the| rush of things, that are not good and | that many of our best practices are | offspring of the teachings and habits | of the past. The best should and has, in a great measure survived. But similarly no only will deny that maay| of the evils of the past, much of the suffering that came from disease, have been dissipated. When a man of 75 years is ahle to look back over those | years, most of which were passed in active participation in the affairs of | the community in which he lived, and | deeclare that the world is progressing | the comment h} and getting better worthy of more than passing nots. WISDOM FROM CHARLIL, When the sticker of the movies, remark and Chaplin, slap- makes a truly that is Charlie philosophical one should actors, it it feet be noted by all worth emphasizing even if does give the tha publicity. | B0 when Charlie, or some wisk press agent, said “Only in the mo- fes do the actors ‘register with etrange facial distortieas’” he man with some emotions | i!ur NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER “sald & mouthiyl” “The human" he #oss on, s & consummate aclr and covers his tragedies with laughter” Charlie has ambitions to leave the slapstick stuff and do legitimate comedy of & whimsieal nature. If he Is a5 wise as this remark suggests hat he 15, he will prove far more int ting in the new roles than he has been in the other interpretation of comedy he has given What man goes through all serts of gyrations when he finds that his hest girl has ‘u“ in the direction of another, more manly form? What woman deigns to allow her face show the hurt to her pride when she finds her hushand tete. eting with a dizsy bionde who has no right to be blonde? Bo ungrudpingly let us give eredit to Charlie for his sage remark, hop- ing that there will be fewer facial dis- tortions on the screen unless, like Charlie In his slapstick stuff, they are made by actors who are noted for them and the mirth they provoke, We like the moviea—that is why we like to find wisdom In the remarks of one of its notables, Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN, Woman's lines are charming. The only one we don't care for jis the feline, Woman's mind s fresher than man's,” Ah, well; she changes it more frequently, The quickest way to achieve wisdom is to study the blisters one has acquir- ed, Democracy: A land where people confuse independence and bad man- ners. Some people keep on Duying beef- steak when they haven't a spare in- ner tube to their name. The way of a man with a maid re- quires little art. The hard part is the getaway, About the oniy thing a special de- livery stamp is good for is to thrill the neighbors when one arrives at Podunk Junction, Bolshevism may be the solution, af- ter all, It leaves a country’ too badly demoralized to make war. i Firpo has many things to learn, but the art of sneaking up on a nickel isn't one of them. If you have neither birth nor wealth you can be good and acquire that same superior feeling. The reason they ar¢ called wild oats is because you seldom catch sight of them in daylight. It is clear now that the League can weather all storms if the storms are not permitted to reach it. Sleeping powders 'won't help much unless you can arrange to slip them into the neighbor's phonograph. We reflect with gladness that no statue has been ‘erected to the man who invented castor oil., The American government shouldn't try to run Cuba's affairs. American bankers are doing it very well, You can figure out a way to live on 8800 a year if you have a pencil and paper and $5,000 a year The average man now lives 31 years longer than he did in 1800, He has to in order to get his taxes paid. In an industrial controversy, the people never are asked to say how much they would like to be soaked. Correct this sentence: "I want a real likeness," she explained to the photo- grapher, “with every wrinkle show- ng.” FIGHT ON TOBACCO OPENED. C. T, U. in Chicago Plans National Campaign Against Smokers, Chicago, Sejt. 29.—Leaders of the Women's Christian Temperance Union announced here at the annual Cook county convention that they planned to launch a national campaign to rout tobacco. “The next job for women now that the question of prohibition is settled is the fight against tobacco,” said th Rev. M. P. Boynton. “Nicotine pois oning is killing thousands and ought to be opposed as vigorousiy,intelligent- ly, scientificailly and courageously as aleohol has been opposed in the past. A heart contalning nicotine cannot resist pneumonic or ptomaine poison- ing.” w. HEADS HARVARD OVERSEERS Cambridge, Sept. 29.—George Wig- glesworth of Milton has been reelected | the Harvard board of overseers, according to announcement from the offices today. He is a member of the class of ‘74, and is president of the Harvard Union. of university LS INTO RIVER Pittsfield, S8ept. 29.—Charles Hebert received a ducking in the west branch of the Housatonic river late yesterday afternoon when a light touring car he was operating in a driveway near the side of the barber shop, struck a gtump and turned turtie into the river. Hebert was fiot injured, He says hé d out & evoid hitting a dog. AUTOIST 44 o », 1o —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People Announcement that the Conneeti- eut Braneh of the International Bun- shine society will meet In New Brit. &in next Tuesday interests those whe give thought to the happiness and welfare of others The Sunshine society is an organi- zation whose sole alm is to cheer the downeast and to offer the right arm of help in Nfting up these whe have been discouraged by the travails of life, particularly those who are shut off from asssciation with the eytside world by siekness, ' It goes about its werk of comfort without ostentation or the blare of bands, Fruit and flowers whieh show the shut-ins that they are net fer- gotten are distributed as generously as the funds of the society will pes mit, More practical alds in the form of crutches and wheelchalrs are ex- tended to those who need them, The Runshine socley is a splandid organization, doing a splendid work effectively, In the rush of dally life, in the struggle for existence which keeps so many people occupled with their own affairs, it Is inspiring to realize that here is one soclety which is not too busy to pause and smooth the wrinkles of care from the brow of the afflicted, New Britain people are seldom glven such an artistic treat s has been provided this week by the ex- hibition of miniatures by Adele Pet- ers in Porter & Dyson's window, Mrs, Peters' studio is In New York but spe- cial local Interest in her exhibition has been aroused as she is the daugh- ter of the late Col, and Mrs. W. P. Bacon of this city, of the miniatures, J. H. Whittemore or}Nuun(uY« ~uume. the late and people well known in New Britain, Mrs, Peters’ work holds its own among the best known miniature painters of America. The drawing is excellent and the color dellcate, al- though not lacking in brilliance or strength. Perhaps Mrs, Peters’ strong- est pomt is study of character and the excellent likenesses which she al- ways succeeds In getting. The elght minjatures in thiexhtbnlon show distinctly different types, yet in each one the character of her model is falthfully poftrayed. [ The children's portraits are part!- cularly attractive although the head of the artist's mother, Mrs. Bacon, has great charm, not only in the color scheme but also because the flesh tones are remarkably good and the modelling of the face excellent. Mrs. Peters spent several years in Paris and London and had the benefit of criticisms from such men as Alyn Willlams, president of the British ters, Royal society of Miniature Painters, and Hugh Nicholson, R. A. Mrs. Peters will return to her New York studio next week, AR When Senatow, Wadsworth of New York, speaking at the republican out- ing at Lake Compounce last Saturday, championed the gyibmission of federal constitutional angfndments to the peo- ple, he touched §pon a subject which has perplexed edrnest thinkers for many vears. Thisisa favorite theme with thé New York senator. He firm- Iy believes that when the constitution of the United States is to be amended, the people themselves, not legisla- |dures should he consulted. 3 Whether the theory is sound could he discussed interminably with little progress resulting. It is one of thosé points in which so many factors are involved that an acceptable solution of the problem is hardly to be hoped for while so many minds differ on its value. Would it be practical to place be- fore the people an amendment to the tederal constitution? Are the people well enough equipped mentally to pass upon laws which affect every man, woman and child i the natioh? Tests have shown that the majority of people have brains which have not developed beyond the age of children in the low school grades. Would it be to our benefit to have laws which were passed upon by the people, un- der these conditions? Students of psychology realize that the masses are easily swayed, because they are emotional and aroused in favor or agalnst a project because something has been said about it that affects their emotions and destroye their sane judgment. Men are elected to office not always hecause they are superior in administrative affairs than their opponents hut sometimes be- cause they have pleasing manners and thereby gain popularity. People vote for them because they ‘“like" them, not because they are capable of occu- pying executive offices of public trust. By the same token the people turn their thumbs down in the case of men | who are not “liked.” A story is whis- pered about a candidate, it increases in volume and overwhelms himn at the polls. The public does not stop to in- vestigate but allows those emations which are aroused by the heart to have full sway. Regardless of ‘the candidate's fitness for office, he is beaten at the polls by an intangible jsumnthinz which sways the masses. | A constitutional amendment affects {uu- lives of men in Maine and Califor- |nia, in Washington and Ilorida. Can |the people of New lngland pass in- clligently on laws which affect the outh, where conditions are so differ- ent? Are the people in the far west, | with their local prejudices, competent to pass upon legislation regulating the |lives of New Yorkers, wheré life is so |complex? As Senator Wadsworth pointed out, all proposed amendments to the fed- eral constitution have thus far been |submitted to the legislatures of the |respective states. Dissatisfaction has [ cxpressed with the results, at ‘"m"“v Discontent with this mode of |procedure scems to have crystallized {in some states since the adoption of |the ecighteenth amendment and in {other ctates since the adoption of the !minteenth amendment Le giclators are not composed of superior clay but as individuals, the {members are selected from among |men who have more than ordinary in- "‘Hvr.wrv". as intelligence would be |rated on the charts. They have been [successtul in the professions or in bueiness. Many of them have made |their mark in life or have been chos- | been 150 bocavse two | little Bty Cleland, are likenesses of | en to the assemblies because of eer- tain qualifications, not the HOLD TO SERVICE AS ULTIMATE 'GOAL, PRESIDENT URGES THE HERALD today publishes the second and addresses by Calvin Coolidge which refleet peeches least of | Labor, Capitdl, Politics, Law and Order, Peace, Business which is the abllity to get on the [Phey were made while he was Fresident of the Senate of Massach right side of the political leaders. spite of failure which may be lald their door, they rate above the u““ ary run of mankind, For this reasen their judgment over a long term of years is more sound than that of the masses, whose average is reduced by the morens, the theusands of feeble In| Jovernor of the Commenwealth of Massachusetta They were cmoplied als permission and published under his personal copyright. BY CALVIN COOLIDGE (Copyright by Caivin Ceslidge. - Published by arrangement with Jeha ¥, Dills Oo) minded persons who are at large and | Man's nature drives him ever on-|more than wages, factories must turs by members of the supposedly intel- [ward, He is forever seeking devel: out mere than merchandise, or there ligent class who will not take the pains to become familiar with the purpose of laws and the manner in Feor these reasons, it seems to the Ob. server, it would be better to refer fed. ral constitutional amendments to leg- islatures, not to the peop! 9 040 - The death of George Cooke at his | heme on the Plainville road removes & fgure well known to thousands of automobilists who have used that highway frequently, To the Observer it has seemed that Mr. Cooke, sitting thero so silently, peacefully walting for the hand of Death to touch him on the shoul- der and call him to the life beyond. There was an air of stolelsm about him, a calm appreciation of the knowledge that with every. swing of the pendulum on the clock, his time on earth was becoming mors and more limited, For ninety-one years he has watched the world whirl round, ¥or nearly fiftaen years he sat in his win- dow and watched the river of life flow past, The companions of his youth have been slumbering on the hiliside for decades. The friends of his early life long past departed and left him to count milestone after rilestone as Time's shuttle moved back and forth. Unlike others who find the years burdening down their shoulders, Mr, Cooke did not become morose. 'The changing tides of custom and storms of age tossed him up on the shore of life while they raced away, but his optimism was not dulled and he dld riot lose interest in affairs about him. Books were his compantons and Into them he delved In search of further Information to add to his store of knowledge, This benign patriarch was a favor- ite with children. He never tired of listening to lisping Ilips and answer- ing questions that came from chll- dren’s tongues. With them he was gentle and patient, always ready to let them share in his wisdom and happy to be of help. “There's the ‘Face In the Window’ thousands of motorists have said as they flashed past Mr. Cooke's home and saw him seated behind the pane reading or gazing out upon those strange vehicles gliding swiftly past on cushions of alr. He will besmissed, as a hoary oak is missed after the axe of the woodsman has cut off its life. The ride to Plainville will be less at- tractive. The human interest has been removed. We can wave no long- er to the “Face at the Window"” and wish the old man hours of happiness. WAL bean i LD Observations on The Weather = Washington, Sept. 29. — Weather outlook for the week beginning Mon- day in the north and middle Atlantic states: Generally fair and cooler first part with frosts in northern border states; latter half unsettled with moderate temperature, For Connecticut: Generally fair and cooler tonight and Sunday, moderate northwest and north winds. Conditions: The tropical storm cen- tral over the north Atlantic is causing unsettled showery weather in the southern sections. The temperature continues mild In the northern dis- tricts, Conditions favor for this partly cloudy weather with lower temperature, vicinity slightly ALL READY FOR NEXT WAR. Assistant Secretary Davis Says Our Industries Are Prepared. Kansas City, Sept. 209.—Another war would not find the United States in the state of unpreparedness in Which it was found in 1917, Colonel wight F. Davis, 8t. Louls, assistant secretary of war, said here, Colonel Davis, who is on his way to iXcelsior Springs to address the an- nual reunfon of the Thirty-Afth Di- vision, of which he was an officer, has under his direction the mobilization of industry as provded by the Na- tional Defense act in event of war. “More than 700,000 industries have been catalogued by the War Depart- ment as sources of supplies, We know what equipment they can man- ufacture, how much and how quick- 1y," Colonel Davis said. ““The profiteer- ing of the last war will be eliminated.” MAJESTIC MAKES RECORD New York To Southampton in Five Days Eleven Hours New York, Sept. 29.—~Arriving at Southampton at 3:30 yesterday morn- ing the White Star liner Majestic es- tablished a new record between New York and that port, her time being 5 days 11 hours 13 minutes. This was the second record for the entire vey- age, as she clipped 52 minutes from making it in 5 days 5 hours 21 min- utes. Previous records, bsth held by the Majestic, were 5 days 6 hours 12 min- utes to Cherbourg, established in No- vember, 1 , and 5 days 12 hours 18 minutes to Southampton, established in June, 1923. The best record of any other steamer, New York to Cherbourg, is 5 days 8 hours, 10 min- utes, and New York to Southampton 5 days 15 hours 55 minutes, . In the first half of her voyage east- ward she made considerably better than twenty-five knots an hour at va- rious time Officers of the White £tar line aesérted yesterday that no éffort was madé to drive the ship above an “easy, normal rate.” - the New York to Cherbourg record, | opment. At one time it may be by the chase, at another by warfare, and again by the quiet arts of peace and ever calling him on to “replenish the earth and subdue it." It may be of little importance to determine at any time just where we are, but 1t is of the utmost importance to determine whither we are golng. Set the course aright and time must bring mankind to the ultimate goal, We are living In a commercial age. It is often designated as selfish and materialistic, We are told that every- thing has been commercialized, They say it has not been enough that this spirit should dominate the marts of trade, it has spread to every avenue of human endeavor, to our arts, our sciences and professions, our politics, our educational institutions and even into the pulpit; and because of this there are those who have gone so far in their eriticlsm of commereial- m as to advocate the destruction of all enterprise and the abolition of all property. Destructive criticism s always easy because, despite some campalgn ora- tory, some of us are not yet perfect. But constructive criticlsm is not so easy. The faults of commercialism, like many other faults, e in the use we make of it. Before we decide upon a wholesale condemnation of the most noteworthy spirit of modern times it woflld be well to examine carefully what that spirit has done to advance the welfare 6f mankind, Our Debt to Businegs, Wherever we can read human his- tory, the answer I8 always the same. Where commerce has flourished there civillzation has increased. It+has not sufficed that men should tend thelr flocks, and maintain themselves in comfort on their industry alone, how- ever great. It is only when the ex- change of products begins that devel- opment follows. This was the case in ancient Babylon, whose records of trade and banking. we are just be- ginning to read. Their merchandise went by canal and caravan to the ends of the earth. It was not the war galleys, but the merchant vessel of Phoenicla, of Tyre, and Carthage that brought them civitt?etion and power, Today it is not the battle fleet, but the mercantile marine which in the end will determine the des- tiny of nations. The advance of our own land has been due to our trade, and thé comfort and happiness of our people are dependent on our general business conditions. Tt is only a figure of poetry that “wealth accumulates and men decay.” Where wealth has accumulated, there the arts and scl- ences have flourished, there educa- tion has been, diffused, and of con- templation liberty has been born, The progress of man has been meas- ured by his commerclal prosperity. I believe that these considerations are sufficlent to justify our business en- terprise and activity, but there are still deeper reasons. I have intended to indicate not only that commerce is an instrument of great power, but that commercial de- velopment is necessary to all human progress. What, then, of the prev- alent criticism? Men have mistaken the means for the end. It is not enough for the individual or the na- tlon to acquire riches. Money will not purchase character or good gov- ernment. We are under the injunc- tion to ‘‘replenish the earth and sub- due it,” not so much because of the help a new earth will be to us, as because by that process man is to find himself and thereby realize his highest destiny. Men must work for EVERETT TRUE is naught but black despair ahead If material rewards be the enly measure of success, there 1s no which they are intended to operate. | commerce, but something within is'of a peaceful solution of eur | questions, for they will never be large enough to satisfy, But such is net the case. Men struggle for material success because that is the path, the process, to the development of char. acter, We ought to demand economie Justice, but most of all because if s {Justice. We must forever realise | that material rewards are limited and [1n"a sense they are only incide but the development of character unlimited and is only essential, The measure of success i not the quantity _of merchand but the quality of manhood which is pro. duced, The Spirit of Our Age, ‘These, then, are the justifying cone ceptions of the spirit of our age; that commerce s, the foundation of hu. man progress and prosperity and the great artisan of human character, Let us dismiss the general indictment that has all too long hung over buste ness enterprise, While we continue to condemn, unsparingly, seifishness and greed and all trafficking in the natural rights of man, let us not fer- get to respect thrift and industry and enterprise. Let us look to the servs lce rather than to the reward. Then shail we see in our industrial army, from the most exalted captain to the humblest soldier in the ranks, a pur- pose worthy to minister to thé high- est needs of man and to fulfill the hope of a fairer day. 25 Years Ago Today (Taken irom Herald of that date) Will Stevens arrived home last ave- ning, haying received his discharge papers from the Becond Company United States Signal Corps which 18 stationed ‘in Jacksonville, Dr. J. L. Kelly loomed up this aft- ernoon as a candidate for the scheol board on the démocratic ticket. John Hanrahan, clerk at J. W. Cet- ter & Co’s pharmacy, has recovered trom his recent iliness, Fred Andrews finished late this aft- ernoon the work of painting the poles for the fire department in this city as called for in his contract. He found in making his rounds that some of the poles are unstable, - W. L. Willlams has presénted to Fred Porter a one-pound ball which was carried on the torpedé boat Por- ter, \ There seems a frésh inclination én the part of women voteérs to exercise their right of franchise at the polls. This Is due to their incréasing inter. est in school matters, The republican caucus will be Reld in Turner hall and the democratic in the East Main street armory this evening. E. F. Laubin, organist at the First church, has arranged to give a se- ries of four organ and piano recitals in the church this winter, The last concert of the season will be given at White Oak this evéning. Music will be furnished by the fa- mous Hatch's band. MANY ARE OUSTED Valencla, Sept. 29.—As the result of an invitation of the conduct of muni- cipal affairs, the mayor and 36 ceun- cllors have been removed and replaced by an equal humber of the largest tax- payers. BY CONDO'