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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26
PubIicitv Wanted at Home.

The use of large sums of money
to promote candidates. for office tends
to debase the electorate, to subvert
the peoples will and to give men of
wealth an undue advantage in a
political canvass. We urge a strict
enforcement of the present Corrupt
Practices Act, and the addition of
such features as will further tend
to lessen the undue and improper
use of money by or in behalf of can
didates.
We renew our demand of two
years ago for the passage Of an act,
comprehensive in scope and carefully
drawn, which shall require all can
didates for nomination before the
political parties, or for election be-
fore the people to the several state
Offices to make public a correct ite-
mized statement of their campaign
expenditures before and after the
nomination and before and after
the election, and also limiting the
total sum that may be expended on
account of the several Offices, with
adequate penalties for violation.
The above is taken from the pre-
liminary draft of the state republic
can platform and it will doubtless
be adopted by the party in state
convention tomorrow. 1t also repre-
sents public opinion on the matter.
At the county convention to be held
here on Saturday the candidates will
be asked to pledge their support to
this principle and work for the
enactment of a law compelling this.
Therefore the attitude of some of
the candidates for county senator in
the canvass for delegates is a sub
ject Of more than ordinary interest.
1t is stated that beer was furnished
in St. Johnsbury to voters who were
to elect delegates to the county con-
vention and thus far has not been
denied 1t is also stated that GER
tain parties came from another sec
ton of the state and put in several
days influencing the voters in Wat
erford to support a certain candida
cy for the county senatorship. Evil
dence can be produced in support of
these statements.
So we would suggest that before
any vote is taken for county senator
in the convention Saturday every
man whose name is to be presented
be required to make public an ite-
mized statement of his campaign ex-
penses so the delegates can
judge whether the man they
are supporting lives up to
these principles or is only US
ing them to get him into office. The
only way we shall ever get clean
politics is to apply the test in our
own community and disciplining any
one who resorts to other methods.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26
Notice of Allowance of Account.

ESTATE OF ALEXANDER HOLMES.
STATE OF VERMONT. District of Caledonia SIS
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict aforesaid: To all persons interested in
the estate of Alexander Holmes, late of Bar
net. in said District, deceased, greeting:
Whereas, said Court has assigned the 18th
day of June next for examining and allow
ing the account of the Administrator, de
bonis non, with will annexed of the estate o.
said deceased and for decree of the residue
of said estate to the lawful claimants of the
same, and ordered that public notice thereof
be given to all persons interested in said es.
tate by publishing this order three weeks
successfully previous to the day assigned, in
the CALIFORNIAN. newspaper published at
St. Johnsbury, in said District.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to ap-
pear at the Probate Office in St. JOhnsbury,
In said District, on the day assigned, then
and there to contest the allowance of said
account if you cause, and to establish
your right as heirs, legatees and lawful
claim ants to said residue.
Given under my hand, this 25th day Of
May, A. D. 1912.
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26

We must acknowledge the wisdom
of the Vermont democrats in nomi-
mating Harland B. Howe of this town
as their candidate for governor. They
have selected the strongest man in
Vermont democracy and the one best
fitted to appeal to the people. AL
though Mr.. Howe has been allied
with the minority party in this
town there has not been a time since
his election to the legislature four
years ago when he could not have
carried the town for almost any Of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26
commissioners Notice.
RsrArR oR HENRIRTTA GOOD

ESTATE OF HENRIETTA GOODALL.
The undersigned. having been appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court for the
District of CALEDONIA. commissioners, TO re-
mands of all persons against the estate of
Henrietta Goodall, late of St. Johnsbury, IN
said District, deceased, and all claims exhib-
we will meet for the purpose aforesaid. at
the banking rooms of the Citizens Savings
Bank & Trust CO., in the village of st.
Johnsbury, in said District. on the 18th
day of June and Sth day of November
next, from 10 O'Clock a. m, until O'Clock
D. M, on each of said days and that six
months from the 18th day of May, A. D.,
1912 is the time limited by said Court for
said creditors to present their claims to us
for examination and allowance,
Dated at ST. Johnsbury this 18th day Of
May, AID .,1912
CHAS. G. BRALEY,
GILBERT Il. WOODS,
Commissioners.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26
Excursion ON Lake unamplain.

Sunday, June 80, via Burlington
and the steamer Ticonderoga. The
Montpelier and Wells River r. r.
will run special train for this new and
popular trip leaving Wells River 7 10
a. M; Boltonsville, 100 a. m;
South Ryegate, TAO a. M; Groton,
.7.55 a. M; Lakeside, 8.15 a. m-;
Lanesboro, 1872 a. M; Marshfield,
1852 a. M; PIainfeld, 9.06 a. m;
Paramount, 9.17 a. M; connecting at
Burlington with the steamer Ticon-
deroga leaving Burlington at 11.25 a.
m, for a four hours sail through
the Southern Bays of Lake Cham
plain. On the return trim the steam
er will arrive at Burlington, $50 p.
m, connecting with special train
leaving at 3.45 p. m, for Paramount,
Wells River and intermediate sta
lions. $1.5O the round trip from
all stations. See flyers for further
particulars.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26
EAST RARNFT


The funeral of Mrs. E. G.. Farms
worth was held Tuesday afternoon
at her home, a very large circle OF
relatives and friends attending. Rev
w. G. Clark officiated The singers
were a male quartet from Barnet and
the bearers were George Richard
son, Charles Bailey, Elmer Roy and
w. J. McGill The floral offerings
were many and beautiful. Inter
ment was at Barnet, the Rebekahs
holding their service at the grave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Adams and
daughter from Rutland are visiting
friends here.
Several from here attended the
Masonic meeting at Danville Sunday.
st. Johns Day was observed by the
Masons, Rev Mr.. Currier preaching
the sermon.
Miles Nelson came home from the
Vermont University, Burlington,
Thursday to spend his vacation.
Mrs. Skinner is very sick at her
daughters Mrs E. B. Wild.
Schools closed Friday and the
scholars all attended the gradual
ing exercises at Barnet Saturday
Mrs. Crissie Nelson cordially in
vites all the ladies from this place
to the w G. T. U. meeting at
her home Thursday afternoon
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26
The Republican Campaign.

The national republican convention
at Chicago last Saturday renominated
President w H. Taft and Vice Presi-
dent Sherman as it's standard bearers
in one of the most tumultuous gath
erings of the party A part of the
Roosevelt delegates refused to vote
in the regular convention but in a
separate convention held in Opera
Hall unanimously nominated Theo-
dore Roosevelt as candidate for pres
ident and he accepted the nomina-
ton. No nomination for vice presi-
dent was made. AS is we'll known
the action of the Roosevelt delegates
was taken at the advice of Mr..
Roosevelt himself who went to
Chicago for the purpose of forcing his
nomination in the regular cOnven-
ton. In this he met signal failure
through what he calls the seating of
ninety fraudulently seated delegates.
The seating of the contested del
egates will be one of the issues in
the coming campaign. Therefore
some consideration of the contests
and the way they were settled be-
comes of interest. Never before
were there so many contests made
and Mr.. Munsey one of the mana
gers of the Roosevelt campaign has
admitted that many contests were
made for the purpose of preventing
President Taft from showing the
number of delegates who actually
favored him in order that the num-
Der of delegates pledged to Roose-
welt might make a larger compare
tive showing. In some of the con-
tests the contestants did not even
make an appearance as their con-
tests had done their work in keeping
down the number of delegates &C
credited to President Taft while
the campaign was in progress. In
very few of the contests did the
whole Roosevelt delegation support
the claims of the Roosevelt contes-
tants which should show even the
prejudiced the weakness of their
claims. The hearings of these con-
tests were open to representatives
of the press in order that they might
be given full publicity and it is not
reasonable to suppose that the
members of the national or ere
Dental committees would make de-
cisions that they knew to be so
fraudulent the public would not en-
dorse them. Furthermore it should
be remembered that in the case of
California where two Taft delegates
were seated in place of two Roosevelt
delegates that the same law in
Vermont would have unseated the
two Roosevelt delegates elected in the
second congressional district and
seated the Taft delegates. In other
words the majority in the state
would have prevail over the majority
of the district This is a thing we
do not believe the people of YER
mont would stand for and if they
would not stand for it at home why
should they stand for it in Califor-
mia. When carefully studied we
believe that Mr.. Roosevelt's cry of
fraud in the national convention
will sound much like the anathemas
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26

Everybody in this section of the
state is pleased over the victory of
F. L. Greene of ST. Adams in the
first district. He won because he
was the ablest and best known man
in the contest and because the aver
age voter has full confidence in him.
Col. Greene is facing the great OPP
portunity of his life and all witness
his entry to it with best wishes and
a feeling of confidence.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26

The vote of ten to one in favor
of instructing the Bennington dele
cation to support the candidacy of F.
E. Howe for the lieutenant govern
orship will pretty effectively silence
the rumors of serious opposition to
him at home.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26
GREENSBORO.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Black CeIebrat
ed Their 25th Wedding Ami
VerSary-LOcalS.

VerSary-LOca1S.
Wednesday evening 80 or Loo
friends and neighbors of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Black gathered at
their home, the occasion being the
25th anniversary of their marriage
The evening was passed pleasantly
Rev. Mr.. Garvin made few we'll
chosen remarks and presented Mr..
and Mrs. Black with a sum of money
in behalf of their assembl friends.
Refreshments we're served and all
are looking forward to their 50th an
niversary. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay
Wilson and wife of Alberta, Can
ada, Mr.. and Mrs Albert Lang of
White River Junction, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Weber of Craftsbury, the four
ladies being sisters of Mrs. Black
and her mother, Mrs. A. Macomber,
were present on the occasion.
Timothy Silver has sold his farm
to his son, John Silver.
F. A. Messer and family took an
auto trip to Thetford the past week.
DR.. and Mrs. Kinney went to Bur-
Iington Saturday.
Mr.. Patterson was obliged to go
to the hospital at St. Johnsbury last
week for an operation on his foot.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Wiley were over
Sunday to see him, and found him
doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Wiley of
WaterviIle are spending a few days
with their son, B. NJ. Wiley.
A. S. C1ary, A. E. Tolman and F..
A. Amsden are delegates to the con-
vention at White River Junction
this week, and DR.. F. G. Kinney, w.
S. ingalls, and J. d. Wilson to the
state convention at Burlington.
H. A. McLaren, A. c. Chase, c. B..
Cook and S. w. Campbell will attend
the county convention at Barton on
July /.
Use American Throat Tablets.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26
Probate of VIII

ESTATE OF FRANK A. HovEY.
STATE OF VERMONT, District of Caledonia
IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Caledonia: To all persons inter
ested in the estate of Frank A. Hovey, late o.
st. Johnsbury, in said District. deceased
greeting:
AtaProbate Court. holden at st. Johnsbury
within and for said District on the 23rd day
of May A. D., 1912, an instrument pur.
porting to be the last Will and Testament Of
Frank A. Hovey, late of st. Johnsbury in
said district, deceased, was presented to the
court aforesaid, for probate.
And is ordered by said court that the 18th
day of June. A. D., 1919, at the. probatc
Office in said st. Johnsbury, be assigned for
proving said instrument and that notice
thereof be given to all persons concerned, by
publishing this order three weeks successive.
" in the Caledonian. a newspaper circulating
in that vicinity, in said district, previous TO
the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to APP
pear before said Court, at the time and place
aforesaid, and contest the probate of said
will, if you have cause.
Given under my hand at St. Johnsbury. in
said District, this 23rd day of May
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26

fee he would accept. st. Johns
bury must have a republican candi-
date in whom it has the fullest con-
fidence or there will be danger of a
democratic majority for governor
right here in this steadfast republi-
can town.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26

The congressional contest in the
second district should leave nothing
but the best of feeling. Thompson
and Gibson did not hurt each other
enough to warrant any hard feelings
between them and Congressman
Plumley should write each vote OF
thanks for the demonstration they
brought out for him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26
Warming!

The legal voters residing within the
territorial limits Of the proposed incor-
porated Village of Peacham" are here
by warned to meet at the Town Hall in
said village on FRIDAY, JUNE 2Sth,
1912, at two o'clock p. M, to act on the
following business viz:
1. To see if the voters Will adopt the
Charter as established by the petition
and final order of the Vermont Public
Service Commission, according to the
certified copy thereof filed with the
Town Clerk. and, if so
2. To proceed to organize hereunder
and elect the officers as therein proposed.
(Signed) H. A. RENFREW,
Town Clerk.
Peacham, Vt,
June IL, 1912.
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-11-22

of fleecy staple, The cattle on a thou.
sand hills" the convenient, comfortable
and even elegant homes of ,well-bred
highly educated, thrifty, energetic, in
dustrious, enterprising, liberty-loving,
law abiding, God-fearing people who
are as good as the best and better than
the rest. They both have the purest
bracing air, the bluest skies, the bright
est stars, the softest moonlight of all
places. Trickling and meandering
among and below these l find bright,
sparkling, ripping streams Of laugh
ing waters, =" murmuring gently as they
go seeking Old Ocean"
| am glad to know that Hon. G. r.
McDade, my friend, and former teacher
in Obion College, has been elected to
the Tennessee Legislature as represent
alive from 0bion County. | hope he
will be elected Speaker of the House in
that body. He is an orator as well as
statesman McDade is the best and
truest specimen of Legislative and edu
cationaI material Ihave known since /
began to think of such subjects. |
congratulate Obion County upon Sc
curinglhis services. 1t is not necessa-
ry to be a Methuselah in order to be a
Scion.
Am thankful also that Woodrow
Wilson'S our President elect not be-
cause he was a Georgian or a teacher,
but because I believe him to be the
ablest and truest and most reliable man
this immence country can produce at
present has produced in the past or can
produce in the near future. With |
Woodrow Wilson as President and De-
mocracy overwhelmingly in power what
great things may we not expect of our
country? Hence how thank
full we should feel toward our great
Benefactor
Wishing you a delightful Thanks
giving and a successful and happy life
| am, Sincerely,
B. E. FLOWERS.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-11-22
A Friendly Letter.


D The Commercial Union City, Tenn.
- Within you will find one dollar fol
which you will please renew my sub
scription to The Commercial.
Thanksgiving day will soon be here
again. But feel that every day should
be a Thank sgiving day with me, for the
great Giver Of all good has certainly
been mindful Of me- He first gave me
a good, kind, patient, sacrificing mother
to guide, train and love me through ali
the varying circumstances Of life. He
has given me a clear mind and a sound
physique Very little agony of mind
or body has fallen to my lot. He has
given me fair measure of success in my
chosen profession of teaching; not only
in a pecuniary way, but also in an edu-
cational, moral and social way For,
while my salary has steadily increased
till it is at present nearly three times as
much as it was when | began more than
a decade ago, having increased $50 per
cent. within the three years | have been
teaching in Georgia and % per cent.
during the last eighteen months, have
had the pleasure of seeing my pupils oc-
cupy positions of honor and great re-
sponsibility. Some of them are now
attending the best colleges of the South,
some having already graduated and gone
TO work.
He has also given me the best and
sweetest little woman in Georgia for my
wife. So | hold dear to my heart two
great States Tennessee, the home of
my mother, and Georgia, the home of
my wife.
The good Lord has for some reason
placed me ia the most beautiful and
bountiful part of our glorious country
the new sunny South. OF course, grand
old Tennessee is part of this beloved
section. | am, really, unable to say
which | like better, Tennessee or Geor-
gia. In both find goodness, great
ness, beauty, love and JOY. | would
that they together could be made one
State.
Some people leave Tennessee and
soon return, saying that they would
not live anywhere else. Others leave
and declare that they have found the
Elysian Fields; and hence have eaten
of the Lotus or have slipped the Lethe's
waters and, of course, have relegated |
their native State to oblivion. But to I
me neither State is the only place in
the world. Either is the most favored
spot on earth. In sub-tropical Georgia
as in sunny Tennessee, | find waving
pillows of golden grain, broad acres"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-11-22
Chancery Land Sale.

By virtue of decree.ef the Chancery
Court of Obion County, Tennessee, in
the case of 0. Spradln ct ais VS.. J. A.
D. Hite ct ais, on
MONDAY, THE SMITH DAY OF
JANUARY, 1918,
at the east door Of the courthouse in
Union City, Tenn, at about ! 80 clock
p. M. l will sell to the highest and best
bidder the one-half undivided interest
of j. A. D. Hite in and to a certain
tract or parcel of land lying and being
in the Fifth Civil District Of Obion
County, Tenn, and the same being part
of grant No. 14864 to Waller H. Cald-
well and more particularly described as
follows: Beginning at the northeast cor
ner of a tract of land conveyed to j. G.
Harris by J. ] and john E. Wells by
deed dated March 10, 1900, which is
registered in Book z 4, page 62S, in the
office Of Register Of Obion County, at
point on the south margin of Reel
foot Lake where Box Slough, sometimes
called Log Slough, leaves said lake, and
running thence south with said slough
as it meanders where it enters into Shell
by Lake aid continuing southwark with
the east margin Of Shelby Lake, and
thence on southwark with the slough,
leaving said lake and down said slough
or bayou passing the first bridge which
is reached going westward on the Will
sonville and Tiptonville public road,
and on down said slough or bayou as it
meanders southwark where it enters into
the main channel of Reelfoot Lake scat
tiers, and continuing southwark with the
east margin of said channel to a point
on the north line Of the lands decreed
to the Hampton heirs as part of the
William T. Lewis grant in the consol- |
idated cases of Samuel d. Hampton ct |
ais. VS.. j. ]. Wells ct ais and Samuel !
ID. Hampton ct ais. VS.. w. w. Lytton
in the Chancery Court of 0bion County |
at special term in 1910, the said line
hereinabove described as the western
line of the tract being the east boundary
line of the ]. c. Harris tract; thence
east with the north boundary line of
said Hampton land and the said Lewis
grant as fixed in said decree 261 poles
to the northeast corner of said Hamp-
ton land and the southeast corner of
the Wells land as determined and de-
creed in said causes, and on the west
boundary OF the Haynes tract, now
owned by ]. j. Wells, Laura C. Wells,
TO stake; thence north with the east
boundary line of said Caldwell grant
and the west boundary line of said
Haynes tract, the Webb tract, the Rum
mage tract, the Willingham tract, the
Johnson tract, and the Raines tract, in
I'll 1875 poles and links more or less
o the margin of Reelfoot Lake at ordi-
harry low water mark, the northeast cor
lerof the said Wells land; thence west
Fardly with the margin of Reelfoot
lake at ordinary low water mark to the
BEGINNING point, containing by estima-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-11-22
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitti-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube, When this tube is infamed
You have rufubling sound or imperfect hear
ing and when it is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh
which is nothing but an infamed condition of
the mucous surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure, Send for circulars
free, f. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists; 75c,
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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