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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
AN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Plans Now Under Conslderaton-Local
Basket Ball League May Be Formed.

There was a large attendance at the
meeting i'm the Y. NJ. G. \. parlor Tues
day evening, called primarily To estab-
lish a responsible head for the basket
ball season and incidentally to see what
If anything, could be done toward organ
izing a permanent athletic association in
Brattleboro to control the various sports
and athletic events, such as base bah,
football. basket ball. etc NJ j. Moran
called the meeting to order and :. \.
Daniels was elected temporary secretary.
After q general discussion a committee
was elected, consisting of H. X Whit
aker, c. f. Mann and G. H. SticlIneY, to
have general charge of basket bah until
further arrangements are made. The
same persons also We're constituted a
committee to consider the matter of or
ganizing an athletic association and to
report at later meeting. The Senti-
ment of the meeting appeared To he in
favor of having such an association or
ganiZcd, the proceeds from the various
sports to he set aside with a view to
buying an athletic field. The committee
will meet Monday evening to pan for the
basket ball season. All teams wishing
to come under the management of the
committee are requested to notify some
member Of the committe by Monday noon.
1t is possible that a local league may be
formed, to include the Company l, Cath
Ollie Union Printers and High school
teams. ana the regular Y NJ. &C. A. team
may he under the control of the commit
tee, but included in the league
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
GRANGE NEWS.

There will be a Grange dance at the
hall Wednesday evening, Dec. 23
The past masters of the Grange will
have charge of the next melting, Dec.
80.
Worthy Master II. w. Sargent gave
reception to his officers and marching
staff Tuesday evening at Grange hall
Cake and ice cream were served, and
social time was enjoyed.
The children of the Grange are invited
to a Christmas entertainment at Grange
hall Tuesday evening, Dec. 20, at
o'clock, when supper will be served for
them in the banquet hail. All members
are requested to contribute sandwiches
or cake.
At the annual meeting of Protective
Grange Wednesday evening the following
officers We're elected for the ensuing year:
Master, II. W. Sargent; overseer, George
Barker lecturer, Miss Bessie Hopkins;
steward, Philip f. Franklin; assistant
steward, Harry w. Spaulding; chaplain
Mrs NJ. j. Currier; treasurer, Fred ID.
Weld; secretary, A. j. Currier; gate
keeper, Guy E. Thayer; Ceres, Mrs. Mary
Hopkins, Pomona, Mrs. Bessie knowl-
ton; Flora, Miss Helen a. Thurber; lady
assistant steward, Mrs alice 7. Spauld-
ing; organist, Mrs. H. S. Dearborn; agent,
Carl S. Hopkins.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
Millennium in 1912.

The statement is made by prominent
divine in the west that the millennium
will arrive in the year 1912, and bases his
claim on the prophesies of the Bible.
Whether mis- prophesy is correct or not,
time alone will tell, but in the meantime
we should make the most out of our lives,
and the first essential to this is good
health. sickly person cannot enjoy
life because he lacks the vigor and vital
ty necessary for such enjoyment, and
consequently always feels down-hearted
and depressed. 1t was for such persons
that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters was first
introduced fifty years ago, and many
persons today can ascribe their good
health to It's use. 1t positively cures in
digestion, dyspepsia, constipation, bilious
ness and liver and kidney troubles Don't
fail to try it,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
CHURCH AND FRATERNITY.

A regular meeting of the Knights &
Ladies of Honor will be held with Mr..
and Mrs. C. p. Nash, 81 Western avenue,
next Monday evening at 7,3O o'clock.
First Baptist church, George b. Law
son. minister. Morning worship, 1890.
Subject of sermon, What Christmas
Should Mean" Evening, Z. Subject, rs
There Room for Christ in Your Life"
Bible school, II IN.
Christian Science services in Market
block Sunday al 1915 a. m. Subject
Christian Science" Text, Isaiah 81
Testimonial meeting, Wednesday at 73O
p. m. Reading room open Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday from to p. m
All are welcome.
Methodist Episcopal church. Elliot
street. Rev f. w. Lewis pastor, 80 High
street. Regular preaching service next
Sunday morning at 1890, with sermon
appropriate to the season. Sunday school
at t1.45; Epworth League at p. m, fol-
lowed by the evening service at I, which
win be largely musical, but will include
an address by the pastor. Class meetings
Tuesday evening. Christmas exercises on
Friday evening will take the place of the
usual prayer meeting. Sunday school
board meets Monday evening, the 2lst
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
The New York Daily Tribune.

or course great deal depends on
you own taste in the matter OF newspa-
pers. If you want a publication that
serves up so much gore and so many
thrills in every issue, it is money thrown
away to buy the Tribune. II, however,
you are looking for a daily history of the
world, carefully collated and sifted, and
presented in the most attractive form
that the facts and the laws of good taste
will permit, you cannot make any mis-
take in reading the Tribune every day
But the Daily Tribune is more than a
continuous history. 1t contains special
articles on nearly every subject which is
supposed to interest intelligent and clean
minded people, to say nothing of the il
Eliminating and instructive editorial ar
ticles and reviews of books, music and
the drama. Just by the way of expert
ment, why don't you invest 81 and get
the Daily and Sunday Tribune by mail
for a month? With the Sunday Tribune
goes handsome illustrated Supplement
equal to ten-cent magazine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18

The new editce belonging to the First
church christian Scientist just dedi-
Gated in New York is unique among all
the churches of that city. 1t cost 81 1S5,
900, and is already wholly paid for. This
church is the oldest Christian Science
organization in New York, having been
started in 1856 by Mrs. Augusta Il. Stet-
son of Boston. Its construction is note
worthy, since, besides having one of the
largest and finest electrically equipped
organs in the country it is replete with
reading rooms, reception rooms, including
80 treatment " rooms, with many other
rooms for members and visitors. 1t is
provided with three elevators and it is
penSively decorated.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
Stewart Edward White,

Mr.. White is an ardent lover Of out
door life and a writer of out door
themes. His new book The Forest.
has recently been published by the out
look company, New York. Mr.. White
has just returned from a four months
trip on horseback through the high
Sierras of Southern California. The triI
was made with two friends through re-
gions almost inaccessible, and the party
travelled over twelve hundred miles
reaching an altitude at the highest point
of their route Of 1882 feet, on the sum
nit of Mount Whitney. the highest point
in the United States.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18

An American built, American owned
and American manned merchant ship, the
Texan, holds in it's class record similar
to that held among warships by the ia
nous United States battleship Oregon.
The Texan recently completed a run of
14,O00 miles from Tacoma, on Puget
Sound, around Cape Horn to Philadelphia,
Her time from port to port was Sc days,
II hours, and her average speed, 1888
knots-or somewhat better than the Ore
CONS achievement. This same ship holds
the record for the best Western run, hav-
ing gone from New York to San Francisco
i'm AZ days and 5 hours or about half the
time of the swiftest clipper ships. What
makes the Texans exploit all the more
notable is that she steamed from port to
port, IA 900 miles, without re-coaling.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
NEST RRATTlERORO.

Rev H. w. Lambert. evangelist, OF
Boston, will conduct a series of meetings
in the Baptist church in West Brattleboro
beginning Dec. 90 and continuing two
weeks. Mr.. Lambert not only breaches
the gospel effectively. but is also singer
of great sweetness and power. \ cordial
invitation is extended to all to be present
at these meetings.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
Winners of Prizes,

on Sunday next the Boston sunday
Herald will announce the winners of the
300 prizes offered in the issue of Dec. +.
Next Sundays Herald will be the annual
Christmas number of the Herald, and
will be a paper of unusual interest. The
childrens department will be strongly
reinforced, will every department of
the paper.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL NEWS.
DANCING MASTER GONE.
boro, Hnsdale, and Wilmington and
had Collected Advance Payments.

HAD Collected ADVANCE Payments
Frank Downs. barber and dancing
master. has not been seen in Brattleboro
since a week ago last Sunday. Ills wife
left town the following Tuesday, leaving
her trunk at the Brooks House. Downs
had started dancing classes in Shelburne
Falls, Wilmington, IInsdale and Brat
tleboro. In Brattleboro he had just he
gun on the second quarter of lessons and
i'm the other towns he had given but one
or two lessons on the first quarter. In each
place he collected money for the entire
quarter in advance. lie was scheduled
to give a lesson in Shelburne Falls on
Tuesday. i'm Wilmington on Wednesday,
in Hinsdale on Thursday and in Brattle-
boro on Friday, of last week. but he
failed to appear at any of those places,
although his pupils assembled in their
respective dance halls In Bratteboro
Downs class numbered about 50 per-
sons. Some of them heard before Friday
that their instructor had skipped. but
several went to the hall to learn whether
the rumor was true. Some one has fig
ured that the advance payments from his
classes. probably amounted to about 5000,
and 1t Is known that he borrowed mon
ey from several persons during his stay
in Brattleboro and failed to return 1t.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18

Men-Elder ]. NJ Blanchard. l.. w.
Barker. Fred 5. Fuller. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Johnson, Layton Morgan. f. L.
Putnam.
Women-Miss Nellie Lynde, Miss Liz
zie May.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18

What is the price OF Dobbin's Electric
soap?"
six cents bar, full size. reduced from
ten"
"Why that's the price of common
brown soap. Send me a box. l can't
afford to buy any other soap after this"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18

A young man out in Muncie, Ind. has
kindly consented to change his name for
an income of $4,000 a year and a $4,000
house. Lots of poor deluded women do 1t
for much less.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
To Cure a Cold In One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II 1t fails
to cure. e. w. Groves signature is on
each box. Csc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18

He could see her shake her head in tn,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-08
MIR. James 3. NeWsome Dead.

One Of Raleigh oldest and greatly be-
loved citizens passed away suddenly yes
terday morning when Mr.. James D. New
som was called to his final reward.
Though he had been sick for some
months his death was unexpected. For
nearly four months he had suffered from
acute Indigestion, though he has kept at
work. Yesterday morning he complained
OF a severe pain in his left breast and at
500 he suddenly expired at his home
on North Salisbury street.
Mr.. Newsom was an upright man. he
has been a member Of the First Ran
fist church and Sunday School FOR many
years and he has made a good one. earn
est and true. He was a gallant Corfea.
crate soldier, and after having served N
Manly's Battery in which he was = mon,
Der OF Company A, Tenth Artillery NJ
which General Ramseur was the first can-
tain, he was connected with the Fortv-
seventh North Carolina In which com
mand he was a lieutenant. He . CO
vereiy wounded at Gettysburg and fell
into the enemy hands.
MI. NeWsom was at one time ;da,+;fed
with the business interests Of Re1o:ah :,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-08
A DANGEROUS ROAD.
Ferry Road Said 10 be Impassa-
Bile at Points.

A citizen Of Raleigh, who has considera-
bic capital invested on the Avent Ferry
road, a few miles beyond >the Catholic
Orphanage, said yesterday hat the road
in that direction IS III a terrible cOndi-
ton, portions being impossible, so that
a temporary way has been made through
the woods at points. lie says there Is
not a bridge on the road for several miles
out that is safe.
The county bridge over Swift Creek,
this gentleman states, is in a positively
dangerous condition. 1t sways and says
in the middle when a light buggy is driven
over it. Just before Swift Creek is reach
ed, going out from Raleigh, travellers are
compelled to turn out through the woods
for a space. the road at that point being
such that a buggy simply cannot get
through. Even IN dry spells the mud
holes are fearful.
About three-Cuarte1s Of a mile beyond
the orphanage, says this citizen, is perhaps
the most dangerous point. Here there IS
G high enbankment on one side, and on
the other g deep chasm, where the ground
has caved off to a depth OF at least
twenty feet. The read at this point is so
narrow that it would be impossible for
two cams to pass each other.
It Is stated that no work has been done
on this road for years, except such volun-
tary work as was pat in to avoid paying
read FAX.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-08
On HAND
$40, 438.19
Treasury in Fine Shape.
LiteraryFun $50, 107
to the Good.

The total receipts and disbursements OF
the State for the fiscal year ending No
venber 3Oth, 1903, were given out yes
terday from the office Of the State Audi
tor, who has just completed his work Of
balancing the books.
The net receipts fer the year just closed
were 81, 269, 638.86 Adding to this the
balance on hand December 1st, 1902.
makes a total OF 1892, 042 so. The dis
bursements have amounted to 2,201 ,604.31.
This leaves q balance on hand now Of
$12o, $3.50, a fine showing, considering
what has been accomplished during the
year, as we'll as the fact that the 1920
goo borrowed last year has been paid
back IN full.
As for the literary FUND OF the State
Board Of Education, which is CT course
not included in the above figures, the
receipts during the year amounted to
$101, 997. IA, and the balance on hand De-
cember LIST, 1892, was SIS, 909.18, making
altogether $150,9O6.92. Out of this was
paid for the public schools $500, 1898. Ac-
cordingly there is. a balance on hand 70
the credit Of the State Board OF Educa-
ton of $50. 1O7 90. A considerable portion
of these disbursements consisted in loans
to different counties for the building OF
new schoolhcuses ard the Improvement
Of cd CneS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-08
SOUTHERN MUST PAY.
Penalty for Disobeying Order Of Cor
porat:on Commissioners.

Miss Riddick, the stenographer to the
Corporation Commission, has completed
the evidence taken in the case OF the
Greensboro Ice and Coal Company vs..
Southern Railway and IN the case OF
Charlotte Shippers Association vs.. Sea-
board Air Line. There are 1913 typewriter
rases OF the former and ffty-three OF the
latter.
The Greensboro Ice and Coal Company
case is the one IN which the Southern
Railway refused to obey the order Of
the Commission to place cars on the
private siding of the Ice and Coal Com
pany. The penalty for refusing to dis
obey an order Of the Commission is $500
a day and unless the Southern Railway
appeals to the courts and succeeds In OBJ
tanning a reversal of the judgment Of the
Commission, it must pay that $500 for
each day it refused to obey the order Of
the Corporation Commission, and that
Will amount to thousands of dollars. for
it was some six or eight days.
The Charlotte case is a petition for
lower freight rates on the Seaboard Air
Line.
Both of these cases Will probably be de-
cided by the Commission this week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-08
At STATE PRISON
Will CIearFrom $65, GOO
to $4,000.
Director j. P. Kerr Says Cotton Crop
on State Farm is a Half Crop but
niuer Prices Will Aid. AND Con-
ditions are all Satisfactory.

Messrs. W. E. Crosland and j. P. Kerr,
directors, and J. S. Mann, superintendent
Of the States Prison, returned yesterday
from a three days inspection Of the state
farm il Halifax county.
Mr.. Kerr, in a talk with d News and
Observer reporter last night, said tnat
the prospects for good crops on the farm
which were regarded as hopeful during
the summer, have not been realized.
The cotton crop, which is the money
producer on the. farm" said Mr.. he!l,
was fully one month late this year, am
frost came fully two weeks earlier than
usual, and the result IS but little il any
thing more than a halt crop. Last year.
with 1900 acres III cotton the yield was
1887 bales. This year, with 1,400 acres IN
cotton but little more than 700 bales can
be hoped for. The only bright spot in the
cotton situation is the price. We ha Je
not sold a pound of cotton yet, and If the
price continues to advance we NAV realize
as mlny dollars from this years crop as
last.
The corn crop is the only full yield
VIC viii have on the State farm this year"
said Mr. Kerr, and the price viii prob
ably be low, as there is a great abundance
OF corn throughout the country
When asked is to the showing likely
to be made by the States Prison in its
forthcoming annual report to the Cover
nor, Mr.. Kerr aid he thought II would
be credltable to the management and
satisfactory to the people of the State,
even if it did run below estimates made
upon conditions earlier in the season. At
ter leaving supplies on the farm to meet
all the demands for stock during the
coming year, and after paying every cent
of the running expenses Of the prison,
Mr.. Kerr thinks there will be a surplus
in cash and farm products estimated at
current prices of from So, GOO to $40, GOO.
This surplus Will come from the cotton
crop, the peanu: crop and the corn crop,
added to what Will be realized from the
sale Of hay and fodder not necessary for
use Oh the farm.
The short cotton crop on the State
farm IS not the exception in the Roa-
noke section Of the State said Mr.. Kerr.
Few, i any farmers down that way
will gather over a half crop this year,
but they are all in good spirits and hope
full. There is much consolation as well
as compensation in the present price of
the fleecy STAPLE"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-08
his word, and love for each other, the fu-
ture is radiant with promise.
UNUSUAL

his word, and love for each other, the fu-
ture is radiant with promise.
UNUSUAL PROGRESS.
In an interview yesterday with Mr. J.
w. Bailey, Editor OF the Biblical Recorder,
he said:
"The Baptist State Board of Missions
and Sunday Schools met in Raleigh Fri
day night and received the report of the
most gratifying years work from Score
tary Livingston Johnson, that has been
recorded in the history OF the Baptist
denomination Of this State.
IN every department unusual progress
was reported. The churches at large have
had gracious reasons Of revival; the
amount contributed By the churches 20
the several objects OF the convention ex-
cecds the amount contributed last year
BY $1,000. The convention viii meet this
wear in Charlotte. Nine years ago 1T met
IN that city. A comparison Of the prog
ress achieved within this brief period is
truly remarkable. and it IS a first rate
indication Of the growth Of our State.
NiLe years ago only $1,000 was reported
for Foreign Missions; this year $1,000 IS
reported. The following Is a summary
OF the statistics IN general. For State
Missions, S2G. 800 has been raised IN the
past year; for Foreign Missions, $1,000;
for Home Missions. s7,762; for Ministerial
education, s., 10; for the Baptist Orphan
age. g.. 800: for Ministerial Relief, ST., 800:
miscellaneous, $500. The total amount
raised III 1891 was $38,42G; the total
amount raised this year IS $50. 500.
IN these nine years two Baptist insti-
.tutions nave made remarkable progress.
Nine years ago the Baptist Female Uni
velsity had not been opened. and only
SIS, coo had been raised to start It. Today
we have five buildings IN Raleigh, are
educating 250 pupils; nave a faculty OF
twenty, and the value of the University
property is $175,0 00. Nine years ago the
G~rphanage at brownsville had only 126
children. 1t now has go. The plant was
worth only $25. 900 then; it is now worth
more han $3.50 Geo.
There are ffty-nine Baptist Associa-
tions in tho State. There are 1903 mission
aries working within the State; these mis-
.sionaries supply At churches and 279 cut
They baptized last year 1,176
persons and there were 2,222 conversions
under their ministry. They organized
twenty-five churches last year. There are
fifty houses Of worship being built in the
State at this time.
The Wonan's Missionary Societies of
the State raised last year $12,0 900 for mis-
sions. The Baptist book store, in Raleigh,
is reported in good condition. The great
of the year is in gifts to Foreign
Missions, being an increase of S $500.
''If there were no other evidence that
North Carolina is going forward in intelli-
gence, in generosity and in the graces Of
Christianity. this record would be con
vincing. MI. Johnson and his co-workers
feel that their denomination is Just in the
beginning of a great career"
LIVINGSTON JOHNSON.
Corresponding Secretary State Baptist
Convention, Raleigh, N. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-08
ATTENTiON CONFEDERATEs.
WALTER PARISH DEAD.
Prominent Citizen Died Last Evening
of Pneumonia.

The many friends and acquaintance
Of Walter Parish in this city were great
y shocked last night to learn OF his
death which occurred at fifteen minutes
to seven o'clock. On Wednesday he was
on our streets and looked after some work
he had going on. He was suffering from
a severe cold and early Thursday morn
ing. Pneumonia developed on him and
he grew rapidly worse, closing with MS
death. He was attended by Dr.. Rogers
and DR.. Goodwin and every effort was
made to save him. He received and talked
with several friends yesterday afternoon
They saw that he was a very sick man,
but nonc of them dreamed that the end
was SO near.
Mr.. Parish was in the 43d year of his
age and leaves a wife and ten children
eight boys and two girls; two brothers,
Messrs. Iowa and Sam Parish. and one
sister, Mrs. Emma Woodland. Few men
enjoyed a larger circle of friends, and
as a painter contractor he had the I'M
bounded confidence OF everybody and has
always been a leader in his business.
Mr.. Parish was for several gears q
member of the Board Of Aldermen ana
chairman OF the Police Committee. He
was a member Of Hiram Lodge of Ma
sons and for three years was its Master.
He was also a member Of the Ancient Oh
der of United Workmen, Royal Arcanum,
and of the Red Men.
A warm-hearted, b~road-minded, public
spirited citizen has died, and Walter Par
ish will be greatly missed in Raleigh.
We feel sure that we express the feelings
of our whole community in Offering sin
cere sympathy to the wife, children and
relatives in this their sudden grief.