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Flour and Breadstuffs

Self rising flour. $6.10; Tennessee
flour s5.65; Oklahoma flour, S5.15;
Infallible, $3.50; pure wheat shorts.
s29 pure wheat bran, $3.50:
c. S. hulls. per ton, SIS; prime C. s. meal,
per ton, 1872; C. S. feed meal. per ton, s26:
No. 1 timothy hay, 9er ton, s22: mixed
alfalfa and Johnson grass. par ton, $40:
sack, s1.5o; alfalfa hay, per ton. s24: john
son grass, per ton. sl6: mixed feed, ;3I .
oats, 54c bus born, sac.
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool. May 23.-Cotton, spot in linn
Hed demand, prices firm. Middlng fair
S3d good middling. 6.s9d; middling, g. 100
low middling. 6.65d: good ordinary sad
ordinary. 5.91d. Sales 5000. including I0CG
for speculation and export and 1000 Amer
Jean. Receipts. 1900 including l7.5od
American. Futures opened firm and closed
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Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington, May 23.-The condition
of the United States treasury at the
beginning of business today was:
Working balance, $59.1s1.sS4. In
banks and Philippine treasury, $46,-
263s75 Total of general funds, $13l, :,
oo2,995. Receipts yesterday $1,s11,90a.
Disbursements, S1,639,21S. The surplus
this fiscal year is s3,656.223, as against
deficit of $12,422,254 last year.
The figures for receipts, disburse-
ments. etc. exclude Panama canal and
public debt transactions
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New York Money

New York, May 23.-Money on call
steady, "a as per cent; ruling rate and
closing bid, 2& per cent offered at 2 Il
per cent. Time loans irregular; so days
3s4 per cent; 80 days. 3A64 per cent;
six months, Az s@4& per cent. Prime
mercantile paper, 5is per cent: ster-
ling exchange heavy with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at s4.s3 for sc
day bills and at $4.s6.35 for demand
Commercial bills. Sassy Bar silver
basc; Mexican dollars. 4Sc. Govern
ment bonds weak, railroad bonds ir-
regular.
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Dry Goods

New York. May 23-The primary cot-
ton goods market was strong throughout
the day and trading was characterized by
an active demand for gray goods. The
immediate business in silk goods was sea-
sonably quiet. Deliveries on fall goods
will be late ON account of labor troubles.
Domestic woods were duh and prices un-
changed to a point down.
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Imports of erchandise

New York, May 23.-Imports of mer-
chandise and dry goods at New York for
the week ending May II. S16,7sl. 761. Im-
ports of specie for the week ending today,
s2G0,495 silver; S472595 gold; exports, 81, ,000,-
$50 silver, s2,1361S5 gold.
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Creamery Products

Country butter, W6Dc; fresh creamery;
butter, 331ac; cheese 16hc imported SWISS
cheese, ale; German brick cheese, 2ocs 81
liIaburger cheese, 1sc; imported roqusforts
a7c: Neufchatel cheese. per dozen, xo5
Pimento cheese. S5c; process butter, aoeS
daisy cheese, l61Sc per poxnd.
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ST. T,olIis Grain

st. Louis May 23.-Cash wheat No 2
red, sl.o2ql .05; No. 2 hard. 9lG94c. Corn,
No. 2, Gle; No. white, 611a@62c. Oats,
No. 2, 39s40401ac; No. 2 white. 421ac Close:
Wheat, July, S7Ac; September, S7ssc. Corn,
July, 51asa571ac; September, 575s057s4c.
Oats, July, 37l4c; September, $3.50.
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PouItry and Eggs

Hens, 4oM60c; i've, per pound, 15c,
fryers, 1@11s lbs average. CSC; fryers less
than 1 pound and over III pounds ayers
age SOC; ducks, lac pound; guneas.
soc; roosters, soc: geese, 40450c;l
live turkeys, 1sd20c; fresh eggs, case can
died, 1SG19c; extra graded candled eggss
2Oc.
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Live Stock Market

Kansas City. May 23.--Cattle Receipts,
700, including 800 southern; market
steady. Dressed beef and export steers.
$175GS60; southern steers, IS. 756I7 so;
southern cows, A50@7.
Hogs: Receipts, $500; market weak to )
cents lower. Bulk, ss.45@s. So; heavy. IS. 10
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Liverpool Cotton Statistics

Liverpool, May 23.-Following are the
weekly cotton statistics: Imports ell
kinds $1,000 bales; imports, American, H.
300; stock, all kinds. 1127,ooo: stock, Amer
ican, 935000: American forwarded, 81 coo;
total exports, $500
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Fish and Sea Foods

ers, Sc in Dbl. lots; Spanish mackerel, "a
Sc in bbls.; sun perch or Dream, Sc in
bbl. lots; pompano. 2Oc; mixed fish, So
In bbl. lots; crockers. DC in Dbl. lots; fresh
water perch. Sc; mulet, 61sc in bbls !,
small trout 7c; fresh water cat, dressed.
10c; salt water cat SC.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, lac; compound CSC; dry salt
short ribs. 13 zoe: bellies. 14.l5c; ham
butts. 15.50c; Boston butts, 1sc; pork
lons, lie; spare ribs, 13c: brealSfas stI
bacon. 22024c; smoked bacon. 1sc; reg.
ular ham, l94c; skinned ham. 1910.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, May 23.-Rice strong re-
ceipts rough Honduras, none; clean, 4756;
millers, none; sales rough none; clean
Honduras. 30 at Sc; JAPAN 800 at $40
3ssc. Quotations Rough Honduras 2.5v6I
4 4.25c; Japan, 2 1913 soc; clean Honduras,
AZ 4455sc; Japan, 3l4G4c.
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New Orleans. May 23.-Secretarv Hos
ter's statement of the worlds visible SIM.
ply OF cotton, made up from special
cable and teleeraphic advices compares
the figures of this week will, last weelr
last year and year before. II shows a
decrease for the week Just closed NJ
lo1,2o2, against decrease OF 14S.sO1 la 81
year and decrease of 11O412 year befors
last oeioi
The total visible is 4.355. apains,
4.A62. 6o4 last week. 1882, ,9S9 last year and
s,ll7,els year before last. or this the
total of American cotton is 2.7e7 200
against 2,9s3,541 last week. a.js4 SOC 10 :,
year and 1,934.579 year before last. and
OF all other kinds. including Egypt Rra'
zii, India, etc, 1,55s,0O0. against /. 400 od
last week. 1.16s0Oo last year and 1'lSs 0O
year before last --o'0V'
Ihe total worlds visible supply Of cot-
ton as above shows decrease comnarad
with last week of 107.262, an intrea So
compared with last year OF % 4os and
an increase compared with year before
last of 1,237,Sl3 ~sxa=rs '''
VI the worlds visible suDplv of an, :
ton as above there is now af,oat and
neld In Great Britain and continental
europe -,aSo' 900, against 2,77s.o0 last year
ana l.Sle,oo year before last; in 'Egvpt
10000 against 151 900 last year and Iss fNo
year before last; in India, 9si 900. q seainst
ss6ooO last year and S37 900 year before
last; and In the United States. 7so. nm
against $4,000 last year and $500 vear
before last. 's"'
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Nice showers have fallen this week.
much to the relief of the farmers who
have complained of too long dry weather.
The outlook is favorable for good crops in
this county.
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Grain Receipts and Shipments

Kansas City. May 23.-Receipts: Wheat.
81 900; corn, 1900; oats, $4,000 Shipments
Wheat, g., 900; corn, $4,000; oats, 1000.
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery, May Especially
Spot cotton was quoted in Montgomery
today as follows: Strict low middling,
ssc; middlins. IL It-1sc: strict mid
ding. l1nc.
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st. Louis Produce

st. Louis, May 23.-Flour firm. Hay
steady. Receipts: Flour. 10000; wheat
$4,000; corn, 1900; oats. $4,000. Shipments
Flour, 5000; wheat, $1,000; corn 10000; oats,
45,000
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o.ates Fire .....
traders Nat. Bank 80 les 100
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-24

The Piedmont baseball team played the
Ragland nine yesterday. The game was
brought to an unfinished close by the rain
the two teams being and 2.
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st. Clair county has candidate for at
torney general In the person u Gardner
Green of Pell City.
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French EXCHANGE

Paris, May'23.-Three per cent rentes.
80 francs 50 centimes for the account
Exchange on London, 25 francs 21b
centimes for checks. Private rate of
discount, 37s per cent
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German Exchange

Berlin, May 23.-Exchange on London
20 marks A pfgs for checks Money, 4
per cent. Private rate of discount
SIS per cent.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, May 23.-Cotton seed oil was
fairly active with prices firmer on de-
mand for July from refiners, scattering
speculative buying. covering of shorts
and local professional support, stimu-
lated by the late frmness in lard. Closing
prices We're to points net higher. Sales
1880 Prime crude nominal prime sum-
mer yellow, 7.oSc bid; May, 7.10c; June and
July, I11c; August, 7.20c; September, 7.2lc
October. 6.92c; November oslo; December,
6.41c; prime winter yellow, 715c bid; prime
summer white T. 45 bid
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans. May 23-steady, 1sc up
Middling, II 7-16c. Sales on the spot. 42s
oaies; to arrive, 1872. Low ordinary
s1-16c nominal; ordinary, 97sc nominal
good ordinary. HE; strict good ordinary
11s4c; low middling, 12c; strict low mid
ding, l2l4c; middling, II 7-16c: strict mid
ding, 12ssc; good middling 12 1a-1sc; strict
good middling. 13c; middling fair. 137-1sc
nominal; midding fair to fair. II 1a-,sc
nominal; fair, IA S-16c nominal. Receipts
20l9; stock, 1884
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Coffee Market

New York. May 23.-Coffee futures
opened steady at unchanged prices to an
advance OF points and showed consider
able firmness during the. day on covering
and bull support based on smaller esti-
mates of the coming Santos crop and
steader late cables from Europe The
selling was less aggressive today follow
ing the rather active liquidation of Thurs
day, and the market closed steady. Sales,
36, 800; May, 10. Csc; July. II Ole: September
II .2Oc: October, II .21c: December and jan
uary. II FAC; March, 11.27c.
Spot coffee quiet Rio 7s 11hc: Santos
A.. 1870. Mild coffee quiet; Cordova, ia
tic nominal. Havre, u franc higher. HAM
burg unchanged to Y pfennig higher. Rio,
25 reis lower at 6x555. Santos unchanged.
Brazilian port receipts, 11,0O0, against 5000
last year. Jundiahy receipts. 5000, against
11,O00 last year. Today's Santos cable re-
ported market unchanged; Sac Panlo re-
ceipts,. 1000, against 5000 yesterday.
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London Stock Market

London, May 23.-The stock market was
weak during the forenoon when uncer-
tainty regarding the peace negotiations
ana sales to take up new issues caused a
general saggne in values. The tone was
more cheerful in the afternoon and prices
recovered on local covering and fresh sup
port
American securities opened quiet and a
traction higher Realizing followed, and
most of the list fell below parity before
noon The closing tone was undecided.
Consols for money, "a 1916; consos for
account 741s; Illinois Central 116: Louis
vile and Nashville 1859; Southern Rail-
way, 25ls. Bar silver steady. 27ssd per
ounce Money 2s4GS per cent: discount
rates. short bills, Sss@3N per cent: three
months, 35sQ3 Ills per cent.
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Coffee and Sugar

Coffee. Arbuckles. s2277 per 100
pounds; Luzanne. 25c per pound. Sugar
STANDARD granulated. 4%o per pound.
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QS.5 .521s packers and butchers, S.45@S. IS;
light. ss.50alS. .571a; pigs. s725l7.75.
Sheep Receipts. 2400; market steady to
strong. Colorado lambs. Sass: year.
lings, s5.50I7; wethers, s4.50d65o; ewes,
S4d6.
ST. Louis, May 23.-Cattle: Receipts,
100. including 400 southerns; market
steady. Choice to firm steers, sS-50G9; good
to choice steers, s7.50GS.50; dressed and
butcher steers. s5.75@750; stockers, $3.50
7.50 Texas steers, $5.25775 Texas cows
and hefers. s4d7.
Hogs; Receipts, 10000; market lower.
Pigs and light s71S.70; mixed and butch
ers, $s.5o@8. 70: good heavy, $s50IlS.65.
Sheep: Receipts, 21oo; marekt steady.
Mpttons, $5aL75; yearlings, s6.25G6.75;
lambs, $7a765.
Louisville May 23.-Cattle: Receipts.
20; market quiet. Range, s2,50aS
Hogs: Receipts. 5000; market steady to
5c lower. Range, $460MS.45.
Sheep: Receipts. 200; sheep. 5i4c down,
lambs, SIC down; springers, 7G9c.
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Movement of Cotton

New York, May 23,-The following
statistics on the movement of cotton
Tor the week ending Friday, May 23.
were compiled by the New York cotton
exchange:
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steady. May, 653iad: May-June, 6.53ibd;
June-July, 650d; July-August. 6.4615d,
August-September 6So,sc; September DC
tober 6.22d; October November. slid. !.
November December. 6101ad: December
January, 6.o9lad: January February. 6o9d:
February March. 6.10d; March-April, 61ld; !.
April May, 6.12d: May-June, 6.13d
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Metal Market

New York, May -23.-Copper firm; spot
and May. 1857 offered; June. s15.3 Of
fered; July, $l5.25 Offered; electrolytic,
l5.s1@16c; lake, 18c; casting, Is. SIC.
Tin dull; spot, s4s 5OG4s.75; May. s4s. 2ou
4s 10; June. 4S .25@4s. g. July s47. .12al47. 81.
Lead steady, $4.25 bid
Spelter. S .25075. 40.
Antimony dull; Cookson's S. .75is
Iron easy; No. ! northern, $16. 1901. so;
No. northern. SIS. .25@17: No / southern,
sl6. 2S@17; No. southern soft. SIG. 75QI17
Copper arrivals, 600 tons. Exports this
month, Sl,2o! tons. The London markets
closed as follows: Copper weak: SPOT e60
12s Cd; futures. f6s IS Sd. Tin easy; spot.
9221 futures. G216. Lead. f19 1Os Spelter
f24 is cd. Iron, Cleveland warrants, lis.
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Bullion Taken In

London. May 2S.-Bullion amounting to
sS5000 was taken into the Bank of Eng
land on balance today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18
COL. GARDINER C. HAWKINS.
Death of Vermont Man Who Won
Honors in Civil War.

Colonel Gardiner G.. Hawkins. VINO
has died at his home in Winthrop,
Mass, was born in Woodstock, Vi, -
wears ago At the outbreak OF the
Civil war he enlisted in the Third
Vermont regiment and served until he
was discharged. June :, 1865. when
only II years old. in December. 1865.
he was assigned 70 the Third Vermont
Volunteers, which was ore OF the rcgl-
ments forming the famous Vermont
Brigade. which was the Second Bri-
gade Second Division, Sixth Army
Corps Army of the Potomac.
His first promotion was from private
to second lieutenant, at the battle of
Cedar Creek. Oct. -. 1864, and he was
transferred TO the Fourth ermont
Volunteers as adiutant in December OF
| that year and was promoted TO first
| lieutenant Feb. -, 1860. In the en-
| eaoement OF April ,. 500, in which the
| Vermont Brigade was formed 70 lead
! the assault at the capture of Peters
| burg. prior to the capture OF Richmond
| the same day. Lieutenant Hawkins was
! assigned to the command Ct the Fourth
! Vermont at the critical point or the
battle. In that engagement he was
/ seriously wounded. rifle bah destroy
ing the sight OF his left eye. His
bravery on that occasion was rewarded
by Congress in September, 1893, when
he was awarded Il Congressional medal
OF honor.
/ Col. Hawkins was Il member or the
staff of Governor Grecnhalgc in 1891,
as assistant adiutant general, which
! commission he resigned later in the
year. lie was a member OF Edward
w. Kinsley Post ll3. q. \. H.. the
Vermont Veterans association and the
Medal OF Honor Legion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18
MITCHEL's OPPORTUNITY.

While a good many New Workers
are agitated over the necessity Of
keeping up a strong anti-Tammany
organization, Mayor-eleet Mitchell de
clares that it is his purpose TO give the
city such a businesslike administration
that four years hence there Will be so
few who will have any desire to return
TO Tammany methods that no organ
i2ation will be necessary. That Ger
taiulv sounds good, and il the man
who has been chosen to look after the
affairs OF the big city lives up to his
promise, he viii have accomplished a
feat that will make his place in the
temple of fame secure.
Mr. Mitchell seems to have very
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

Guy Tudor is i'll at the home of his
mother, Mrs. NJ J. Stebbins.
Mrs. Hugh Allbee Of Brookline is
visiting Nh. ana Mrs. I. Nj. Allbee
= few days.
Merrill Whitney Of Green street was
admitted TO the MelroSc hospnal yes
ter,t:E afternoon for treatment.
J.. W Chase has been having several
improvements made on his house. fl,ri
wood ilocrS have been PM in, also
new bath room.
Mrs. Arthur Winter and son of
Athol came Yesterday 10 remain with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Davenport,
until after the holidays.
Mrs. Rhoda Sargent, who has been
confined to the house several weeks
and WAS getting better, has not peen
as We'll the past few days.
First Baptist church, West Brattle-
Zorro, Rev. !. NJ. Compton, minister.
sunday morning worship ut 1870 with
4 Christmas sermon by the pastor.
Text: > Peter /: 1921. Subject, The
King and His Kingdom.
Mrs. d. w. Harris delightfully."- en-
tertained a few friends at her home at
dinner Yesterday. in honor Of her SIS
Ter, Mrs. Henry Knight, and Mrs. NJ.
IL. StebbinS. it being both Mrs.
Knight : and Mrs. Stebbins ; prth
days. Mrs. Knight received Z hand
some bouquet of shrysanthemums. and
a postcard shower, for which She feels
very grateful.
First Congregational church, Rev
Henry Lamb pastor. The Friday even
ing meeting viii he held this week g
usual. Topic: Comradeship witt
| Christ. Services for sunday: Divine
| worship at 1880 with Christmas ser
mon by the pastor ami Christmas musr
/ by the choir. Bible school nj noon
| Christian Endcavor meeting ut
o clock instead OF :. Topic: IN
| Christmas Spirit and ilow j May Pre-
vail Leader. Miss GoIdic Johnson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18
WEST GUILFORD.

There will be no services in the
Baptist church sunday, Dec. Il.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Nichols spent
Sunday in Halifax with Mr. Nichols :
sister, Mrs. Henry Peasc
Fred Ahiey's family moved We'd
nesday to the George Codding place.
which he recently bought
Miss Lucy futile and brother OF
Spoford, \. H., returned home Mon
day. after visiting two weeks here
with relatives.
Leslie Carpenter returned to his
home in Greenfield Friday. after
spending six weeks with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Nichols
Rev II. L. Kemp arrived in town
Tuesday. His goods were shipped
Wednesday to Troy, VI, where he has
accepted a call from the Baptist
church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18

Record time in Il single heat of
trottine race will not constitute 4 new
record If the horse does not win the
race. and Will not affect the horse s
class, according to an agreement on
rules made by the National Trotting
association and the American Trottin2
association, after two days of confer
ence in Chicago. The new rule pro
vides that horse must win at least
one race before he can be advanced
to a higher class. This is the most i'm
portant change made in the trottin9
rules in many years. The same distance
rules henccforth viii govern both as
sociations. The two organizations viii
meet the second week in February, the
National in New York and the Ameri-
can in Chicago. The associations
agreed that all fines and penalties
shall be given to injured and needy
| drivers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18
Only One Week Left
Before Santa'S
Visit.
SIX CURTAIN CALLS
AFTER THIRD ACT
Within the Law Given Excellent Per
Torrance Before Large and Demon
strative Audience Last Night.

Within the Law, one Of the strong
st plays that has been seen III Brat
tleboro IN Il long time, was given an
EXCELLENT performance in the Auditori-
m last evening by 4 company Of uni
sorm capabilities. The audience was
large enough to fill practically every
eat in the theater, and its enthusiasm
vas freely demonstrated. The fact that
40 less than six curtain calls were
.iven at the end of the thirty act in
dicates pretty clearly how Well the
play took. for BrattIcboro audiences
are not in the habit OF giving vent
o their emotions without more than
ordinary proyocation.
Within the Law is one of the dra-
matte hits OF recent years and the
original production is Just completing
run of more than Il year III New
York city. \ story OF crime i'll New
/ orl city. it reveals i'm forccful WAY
he lengths to which clever persons
may go in wrong doing without actual
y coming under the ban OF the law.
points out the unjust workings Of onr
system OF judiciary and shows up the
,trong-arm methods of metropolitan
police officials as we'll aS their attitude
toward conviets in general.
The play Is one which requires an
unusually good company 10 give il IN
adequate presentation, and there wa,
! 40 lack in this respect last evening
The part of Mary Turner. about whom
rhc action centcrs, was finely handlce
| hv Miss Catherine Tower. Rocklih,
| 'ellows and Harold HartselI wer,
| qupily good in the roles Of Richard
md Edward Glider, father and son
| While George y. Wright rs Joe Car
son the tor2er, Dewitt c. Jennings n
Inspector Burke ami Miss Marie
| Fitzgerald ~ Agnes Lynch also de
/ serve special mention. The stacin.
and costumes were all that could b
| desired; in fact, the only thing ahou
which the slightest fault you'd b
found was the lack of orchestra he
fore the first curtain and between tn
acts
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18

fine appreciation of his responsibilities
and to have the courage Of his convic
tions. He has, however, anything but
an easy task ahead of him to realize
MS ideals, but he deserves the sym
pathy and cooperation of all good
citizens in his efforts to carry on the
affairs of the great municipality accord
ing to strict business principles, and
his success would be 4 triumph Of good
government that would have an in
spring influence all over the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18

Dayton, O., has secured a city man
ager in II. NJ. Waite. who Will he paid
salary of $4,000, and is to take up
his new duties January /, when his
term as city engineer of Cincinnati
expires. He is grandson of the late
Morrison Il. Waite, who was made
chief justice of the United States SUI
rrcme court by President Grant. Day
ton 5 experiment will be watched with
interest all over the country. The
eitv is simply to run its municipal al
fairs on business basis. The plan
viii be widely copied il it proves sue
cessful.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18
Member of the Associated Press.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1918.
SENATOR ROOTS YEARS.

Before this administration comes
to close and the next president
shall have been inauourated.
shall have reached the age Of -
years. Before the next admins
tratiou comes to n close l shall
have passed the age Of Is years.
1t is manifestlv impossible. sir.
that ! should he the president Of
the United states. l could not
render the service. | would not
undertake it. | would not accept
the nomination. ! could not accept
the office.
With these words Senator Root set
at rest the too soon boom for him
for president of the United States
They are words Of dignity but they
20 deep. There is no harder coufes-
sion for 4 man to make than that he
is growing old or soon will he old
senator Root knows the tremendous
wear and tear that man who sits il
the White House Is subjected to. II
takes a man of superb health To stand
it., Il man who can bear abuse and not
lie abusive. man who can be attack
ed and not attack unless to drive
blows for his country. At - man 5
Judgment is often at its best but it
would he unwise for any man who has
made great record to risk dam
aging it by undertaking too great a
task at the finish Senator Root rea-
sons soundlv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18

Times are hard for the laboring man
in Europe Nothing else can explain
the conditions at Ellis Island. unusual
for this time of the year The arrival
OF 10000 immigrants in two days the
past week made the immigration au-
thorities fancy it was spring. Vow
if these 10000 new mouths to be fed
meant 10000 pairs of hands to raise
food on the farms there would he
more satisfaction in the outlook. says
the Rutland News.