Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18

so that her friends aud family could view
the remains at the funeral.
The program for siemorial services here
has been arranged as follows: At 8 O'Clock
the members OF the post will visit the
outlying cemeteries and decorate the sol
diers' graves, including the cemeteries at
North Royalton and East Barnard. At 10
a. m. the post, Sons OF Veterans and Re-
lief corps will convene at their hall, form
in line and march to the cemetery at So.
Royalton, where the @. A. X. and deco
ration service will be given by the post.
Promptly at IL 80 dinner will be served at
Laird's hall, Royalton. At l O'Clock, the
post, corps. schools and citizens will form
a procession at the Cascadnac House, es-
co-ted by the Sons of Veterans camp,
headed by the Union Randolph band and
march to the cemetery near the village and
give the G. A. X. and decoration service,
after which the procession will return to
the Cong'I church, where the memorial
services will be held and an address given
by Rev. e. K. Grant of Sharon. Citizens
are cordially invited to take part in the
services OF commemorating the heroic ser
vice rendered by the defenders of our
country when IN danger OF disruption and
who have Joined their comraoes on the
camping ground beyond. Bring your
choicest flowers.
The action taken at the town meeting
last Thursday relative to the exemption
from taxes OF the White River Shoe CON-
pany's plant was adverse to exemption OF
taxes by a small majority. The south part
of the town was slimly represented, owing
to the fact that defeat OF the measure was
wholly unsupported. This action is In
marked contrast to the action OF Bethel in
its town meeting May LIST, which voted to
exempt the large property OF the tannery,
and in Burlington ofa large shoe plant by
almost a unanimous vote. The citizens OF
South Royalton raised by subscription a
fund to pay the rent OF the Shoe com
pany's building to keep the company in
town. Ii has been a question with the
company whether to keep their machin-
cry here or move it to Springvale, Me-,
where they are known and have had in
ducements offered them TO come. 1t
is true that the south part of the town
would receive the most benefit by having
an industry located there but 1t is equally
true that a business that benefits one part
OF a town benefits the whole and it Is also
true that unless these small towns strive
to encourage industries to locate in them
the time is near at hand when they will
be without business prosperity and, in
fact without any business except farm
ing and the products with no home mar
ket. There are many towns which are
object lessons, 1t is said by some with
truth that village business and industries
could not prosper il it was not for farming
and is not the reverse just as true? 1t is
certain that prosperous towns take the
latter view OF II. II must be remembered
the past five years have been hard for
farmers and industries but none have suf-
fered more than manufactures. That
time has passed, or nearly so, and the
time has come to resume the efforts to re-
gain what was lost and many towns are,
and others will be, grasping the opportu-
nifty OF securing industries to locate and
aid them In every way possible, believing
II TO be economy to do so.