Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-06-04
BETHEL, VERMONT.

George Abbott and Walter Newman ex-
perienced some difficulty in getting home
to Bethel from South Royalton Wednes-
day of last week. They attended the ball
games, which did not finish quite in time
to take the passenger. A freight passed
by, which they understood was to stop
at Bethel and they boarded it. To their
disgust, the train did not stop till they
reached Roxbury. They then footed it
back to Randolph, fourteen miles, getting
there too late for the night train and
were obliged to hire team to bring them
to Bethel, pulling in here about 6 a. m.
Owing to the darkness, they were not
able to count the ties between Roxbury
and Randolph, but are willing to admit
the highest number claimed.
The tax bills for the town tax, the
town school district tax, the fire tax and
the hands of Town Treasurer r. J.. Flint
for collection. The time in which to pay
and save the discount expires Sept. l. The
list of the town is SO, OBS. OF and the tax
of 81 on the dollar of the grand list raises
$40, 03S.02 for general town purposes.
The grand list of the town school district
is 50, 930.73 and the soc. tax voted at the
annual March meeting raises S1,965.e2,
and the special tax of zoe. raises S7S6.14.
The fire district grand list is S2,962.79,
and the annual tax of 10c. raises s296.36.
The total amount of the tax bills in the
hands of Mr.. Flint amount to s13, 0S6.34.
The grand list of the Whitcomb High
school amounts to S6,107.29. As COM
pared with the grand list of 1907, the
Whitcomb High school has gained few
Thousand dollars and the town district
lost few thousand. The loss is attrib-
uted to the fact that there was quite
| shrinkage of polls at the quarry this year.
On the other hand, in the village there
were more polls both at the tannery and
the Woodbury. shed and quite an addition
to the value of real estate on account Of
new buildings.
Strike Situation.
A conference was held last Friday at
Montpelier to see il an adjustment could
| be made to settle the strike that has
| been on at the sheds of the Woodbury.
| Granite company since May list. The
Woodbury. company was represented by
w. c. Clifford, manager, and G. II. Bick-
ford, president of the corporation. The
Bethel branch of the Granite Cutters In
ternationaI union was represented by
Ernest Hall and A. N. Webb. A concili-
atory committee of outside parties was
invited in to assist in the deliberations,
consisting of II. NJ. Jones and r. T.
Young for the Woodbury. company and
Richard Griggs and A. Truba for the
union.
| At the time of the strike, the two par
ties were zoe. per day apart, the company
offering minimum wage of SO 6 day and
i no mir fyVn
weeks ago the company made an offer to
accept the bill agreed on at Barre, which
would give sliding scale of three years,
| giving an average of about S3.05 day.
At the conference last Friday, furth her
concessions were made on each side. The
company increased their offer to 1904 the
| first year, S3.OS the second and 1910 the
third, making it an average of 1907 1-3.
| The men made a substantial concession,
based on asking for 80. 05, S3.15 and 1920,
| giving an average of 1913 13. This
leaves the parties only &c. day apart
while they were zoe. apart at the start.
As it stands today, it is understood that
neither party will yield beyond the above
| figures, but with the probability that in
the near future further conferences and
concessions will be made until common
point is reached.
Memorial Day Exercises.
A beautiful day marked the celebra-
ton Of Memorial day, the rain holding
off until some little time after the close of
the exercises, which were held in the
Town hall. The thinning ranks of the
veterans was a noticeable fact w. n.
Batchelder presided and the following
program was giyen:-.
Opening prayer by Rev. j. w. Miller.
Singing, America" by the pupils of
the 9th and 9Th grades of the Whitcomb
High school.
Neurology of the past year. Comrade
Harrison Powers being the only member
of the post who has passed away since
last Memorial day.
Reading by w. N. Batchelder of let
ter from Miss Mary E. Waller to the post
in honor of the day, describing her visit
to the Gettysburg battlefield.
Singing, ssThe Boys in Blue are Turn
ing Gray" being solo by Miss Mamie
Sanders, with chorus of the pupils.
Reading of Iincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
dress by Merton Preston.
Singing of national airs, a medley, by
the pupils.
Address of the day by Col. Charles L.
Young of Springfield, Mass. The high
expectations raised by the reputation of
| Col. Young as an orator were not disap-
pointed and for three-fourths Of an hour
he held the closest attention OF the audi
ence. He described how he met DIR. r.
NJ. Chase on their trip to Los Angeles last
summer and of his promise at that time
to address the Bethel veterans. He fol-
lowed the grand results Of the Civil war
and what sacrifices of lives and labor and
showed that the people now living have
civic duties to fulfil, giving ~two impor-
/ tant claims on the men of today, the up
holding of the public schools and the
preservation of the American Sabbath.
/ GRANVILLE
The last months sale at Stockwell
Bros. Co. offers still greater inducements
to the careful buyer. Don't fail to get
in line with the procession and stock up
with necessaries at less than wholesale
prices. Stockwell Bros. Co., Hancock.