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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-28
PUTNEY.


Mrs. Fanny Huntley of Brattleboro
was in town recently a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter of Gardner.
Mass, were. guests of Mrs. II. w. Frost
recently.
Mrs. Anna Blanchard Kelley of Bel
lows Falls was in town Saturday call
ing on friends.
Charles Gates has built porch on
his house at Putney Falls which adds
greatly to its appearance.
Mrs. II. G.. Parker has sold her house
to Mrs. +. l.. Pierce, WHO viii take
possession early this fall.
Mrs. w. G. Wright, Mrs. Eugene
Howe and Miss Katherine Howe went
( Wednesday to Claremont, \. II.
Mrs. Walter Smith returned Satur-
day night from visit in Lynn, Mass,
with her brother, Michael Foley.
Mrs. Ely, Mrs. Coar and Miss Day,
who were guests at Mrs. Addie John
son 5 u week, returned to their respec
tive home Aug. p.
Miss Edith Frost and Miss Hastings
/ of Kecuc were guests at the home Of
Miss Frost S brother, II. w. Frost at
East Putney over Sunday.
Af;y. cl.d,-s s,,i+, win e,o 70 s,,;po-
cola uass hi wool, yEore sbe viii
remain with her aunt, Mrs. Mary
Braincy, and attend school
Mrs. H. w Frost went Wednesday
to Gardner, Mass, and her Young
brother who was with her a number
of weeks. returned to his home with
her.
NJ md NJ No1sor w Toclo ~
BrattIeboro. who attended the OH
Home dav meeting at East Putuev
Wednesday. called ON relatives later in
ltbe dav
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bnll lTo5,o.I.,, o,,enin,, San+ . ~
which time If is hoped there will b,
a full attendance.
NJ anl NJ cr.,,, md two ob;ld
ro, aoJ NJ bo,I If CoIrain ltas.
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were guests of Miss Bradley recently
Mr. and Mr. G 4 Poland an1 +,y
, dar,,btcrs Mary and Clarice returnc.
SatnrI,,. ni,Lt from, WiItop9bb, late
, where they and parties from Eas
Burke and ST Johnsburv occupied
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-28
WESTMINSTER.
Death of James Miller.

The community was grieved last Fri
DAY evening on learning of the sudden
death Of James Miller, %, of rhcuma-
tism of the heart, at ; o'clock r. M.
Mr.. Miller was at the store the day
before his death, but not quite in his
usual health. The blow came with
crushing force to the entire family.
James NJ. Miller was a son of Mar
tina Davis and William A. Miller, and
was born in Chester Feb. 20, 1918. lie
was a resident of Westminster -
years On June p, 1871 he married
Mary Ella Morse. Four children were
born to them. Harry $ of Platsburg,
\. Y, William d. of Shelburne Falls,
Mass Dana O. of Reading. Mass. and
Mrs. John Burnett of this place. Be
sides his wife and four children, Mr..
Miller leaves nine grandchildren, one
brother, John O. Miller Of Claremont,
\. H.. and a sister, Mrs. o. 2. Her
| rick of Syracuse. Ill.
Rev. Clarence Rice of Springfield
Mass, ofliciated at the funeral which
was held at the home Monday after
noon ut 5 clock. The burial was III
the new cemetery. The bearers were
| his three sons and sou-in-law. JOIN
Burnett The profusion of flower,
showed the kindly regard in which Mr.
| Miller swas held by his many friends
Tho funeral was largely attended, not
only by his townsmen, but by those
who had known him from early man
hood \ kind and loving husband an,
father. n good neighbor and genia
compnion has gone from among us. Mr.
Miller s strong characteristic was hi
love for all children and for thci
rights as our coming citizens.
Relatives from out of town who at
tended the funeral We're John .. Mil
Her of Clarcmont, Mrs. Gilbert A. Da
Wis of Windsor and Mrs. Frank Peno
aud John Miller of Wollaston, Mas
Mr. Miller's daughter, Mrs. CARR
Miller Burnett, and her husband hay
given Mr.. and Mrs. Miller, who wer
both in feeble health, their strong SUI
port and tender, loving care.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-28
LANDGROVE.
Carriage Struck by Automobile.

An automobile accident which came
near causing a fatality happened Aug.
20, when a big Pennsylvania touring
car collided with a team driven bv
Mrs. Arthur Bates. The forward wheel
of the buggy was demolished and Mrs.
George Chadwick, who was riding with
Mrs. Bates, was thrown out upon the
ground between the wheels Of the au-
tomobilc and the wheels of the buggy
She was helped up in a dazed coudi
tiOn and was somewhat bruised and
shaken up. No one was very serious
~ injured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-28

''For the lands sake-use Bowker 5
Fertilizers They enrich the earth and
those who till it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
TO DISCUSS POLITICS
AT DEBATE AT Y.M.C.A.
Relative Merits of Underwood and
Hobson Will Be Argued Before
Literary Club Saturday

At the debate last night of the Bir-
mingham Literary society at the Young
Mems Christian association it was de-
eided that "alcohol had done more harm
to humanity than all other forms Of
intemperance." II. r. Howell and Alvin
NJ Douglas presented this side of the
question and won.
The question chosen for debate next
Saturday is who, Hobson or Under
wood, Should Be Sent to the United
States Senator" Judge Hugo l.. Black
and M R. Park will present Mr.. Hob
sons claim, and p. p Waldrop and
Hayden NJ Stiles will tell why Mr.. Under
wood should be Alabama's next senator.
The public will be invited and large
crowd is expected.
The decision will not be rendered by
judges appointed by the chair, as is Gus
tomary, but by a majority vote of the en-
tire audience. Fifteen minutes will be
allowed each speaker, and five minutes
for rebutal. At the close of the debate
80 minutes will be given for a general
discussion of the question by those pres
ent In this discussion from the floor
each speaker will be allowed four min
uteS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
HOUSE WARNIA Al
MERIDIAN SHORTLY
Board of Trade Will Cele-
brate Remodeling of It's
Building

Meridian, Miss, December 13.-(Spe-
cial. AT a meeting of the directors
of tho Board of Trade last night it
was announced that all of the hand.
some furniture and fixtures Tor the
banquet hall of the Board of Trade
building had been received and that the
board would give house warming on
some date between Christmas and New
Years day. to which all the ccmmer.
cial secretaries in the state will be
invite
The Board of Trade building was re-
Gently remodeled at a cost of $4,000
and the entire third floor has been con-
verted into one of the finest and pret-
tiest banquet rooms in the whole coun-
try. report was made of the demon
stration farm which showed that there
had been harvested an average of 80 y
bushels of corn to the acre and TIU
pounds of lint cotton on three and
half acres in spite of an onslaught by
the boil weevil.
The demonstration farm was start
ed on ordinary land by the Board of
Trade last spring and the only way
that the boil weevil could be fought
at that late time was by picking the
pest off of the cotton and destroying
them. This fall the cotton stalks have
been burned and all ALTERNATING places
have been destroyed. 1t is certain that
the land will be better next year, for
the fertilizing given it this year and
it Is believed that the Board of Trade
will then have one of the finest dem
onstration farms in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
WALKER COUNTY
DOCTORS At JASPER
Officers Chosen by Associa-
tion-Dr. Dinsm0re Pre-
sents Paper

Jasper, December 13 Especial. 1.-THE
Walker County Medical society held its
annual election of officers in Jasper Fri
day and named the following men to
serve for 1914: President. DIR. A. NJ. Wal
drop of cordova; vice president. DR.. o.
Manasco of Townley; secretary and treas
urer. Dr. ]. l.. Sowel of Jasper; censor,
DR.. H. ]. Sankey of Nauvoo; county ply
sieian. DIR. V. II. Williams of Jasper; all
time county health officer, DIR. c. A.
Grote of Greensboro. The following city
health officers were elected: Jasper. Dr.
J. A. Goodwin; Carbon HILL G. S. Glider;
Townley, o. Manasco; Oalxman, H. w.
Stevepson; Cordova, Il. w Tubbs; Dora,
II. G.. Owens.
Dr. w. w. Dinsmore of Montgomery
was visitor at the meeting of the med
ical society yesterday and read a paper
from Dr. W. H. Saunders relative to all
time health officer.
The crime of taking another mans life
and another mans money was tried in
close succession here this week when Josh
Buzbee was tried in the county court for
killing Joe Dooy and given jail sentence
of II months and a $50 fine, while follow
Ing that negro who was treasurer of a
church was tried for appropriating s15
of the church fund 20 his own use. which
1t was alleged he offered to make good,
and was given a sentence of six months
and $50 fine.
Friday night DR.. f. D. Losey of the
university will read Christmas carol by
Dickens.
j. w. Elgin. manager of the Southern
Bell Telephone company. underwent a
very successful operation for appendicitis
here this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
VOTING CONTEST
Interest in the Doll and Watch Offers.
Entries to Date

The voting contest being conducted by
some of the ladies of the Church of Our
Lady of Sorrows at Lamberts, 2014 First
avenue, will continue until Christmas eve
Votes are being deposited for a girl 3
doll and a boys gold watch. Following
are the entries up to last night:
Girls: Lillian Mealey. 1909 Avenue G. Ell
sic Voss. 1015 Avenue G GZaney Morson $50
Twelfth street, SOUTH Jimegear Gold
smith, 1900 Avenue FL; Anna Westphai
715 Twelfth street, south; Marie Cefalu,
1880 Avenue F; Mitchell Dennis. 1921 Ave
nue. F; Marie Louise Plasance, 1916 Six
teenth street, south; Winifred Mai Pct
way, 1911 Avenue G.; Mildred Rogers, s17
Thirteenth street; Mary O'Belt. 1928 Ave-
nue. F.; Barry Norwood. 504 Fifteenth
street. south, and Louise Gallager, 81,
Fifteenth street, south.
Boys Warren Enead 905 Fourteenth
street, south; Cecil Mothers. 112S Four
teenth street; Albert Hesse. East Lake;
Charley McDaniels, 504 Nineteenth street,
south; Fred Bodeker, 1904 Thirty-first
street, north and Charley Murphy, Bir-
mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
KILLS TWO, INJURIES
ANOTHER AND THEN
TAKES OWN LIFE
Chicago Mail Clerk Enacts
Tragic Scene in Business
District Old COntrO-
versy Caused Tragedy

Chicago. December 13.-I1mmanual Har-
ner, railway mail clerk, who was di-
yorced year ago. today shot and killed
husband and wife who had befriended
Harner's former wife, attempted to kill
the latter and then committed suicide.
The dead are: Louis F. Nieman, Mrs.
Emma Nieman and Harner.
Mrs. Harner was seriously wounded
Her life was saved by a steel corset stay
which DETECTED the bullet She is ex-
pected to live.
The shooting occurred in the West Side
business district, in the busiest hour of
the afternoon, and almost in the presence
OF crowds of Christmas shoppers. Me
man and his wife conducted a millinery
store. They had supplied the funds which
enabled Mrs. Harner, after she had df-
vorced her husband on grounds of drunk
enness and cruelty, to open confec-
tionery store adjoining theirs. Harner
was SO years old. His wife is 43. She
has a daughter IS years old and a son
of Harner, according to Mrs. Harner, the
only witness to the, shooting left alive,
first came to the confectionery store. He
attempted to upbraid her and pleaded
for a reconciliation. She fled for protec-
tion to the Niemans store. When Me
man and his vile tried to interfere ana
ordered Harner to leave, he shot them
both He then pursued his former wife
through back door into her own store
and shot her. Thinking her dead, he went
into her bedroom and there fired the last
shot into his own brain.
1t is said that Harner had harbored
enmity against the Niemans for helping
his wife to become self-supporting. Ac-
cording to the police, the man has been
leading a solitary life since his divorce
and was Respondent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Plantation Party

Mountain Creek, December 13-(Special)
The plantation party given by Mrs. Har-
vey Chandler was one of the most en-
joyable events of the season that has
as yet occurred at Clanton. The follow
ing ladies were present. Mesdames Il. NJ
Pinckard. Samuel Johnson, Arthur john
son, ]. p. Van Derveer, w. NJ Adams.
Hugh Jones, j. M. Van Derveer. AmZi
Goware, Victor Heard Barney Robert,
j. II. Middleton, Ross Mullins J. ".
Higgins. j. w. Moore, J. p. Hayes and
the Misses Myrtle Mullins, Marguerette
Chappelle, Bette Mullins and Mrs. Dun
can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Up-tO-Date

From the Washington Star.
Your former speeches were models OF
oratory," said the solicitous friend. Nov
you are using colloquialisms dangerously
near slang
YES" replied Senator Sorghum,
cheerily; "these are 1918 models"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
SPECULATION HELD
IN CHECK PAST WEEK
Weakness of Individual
Stocks Has Sympa-
thetic Effect

New York, December 13.-Specu1a-
ton was held in check this week by
a review of monetary conditions over
the world. Weakness of individual
stocks had sympathetic effect which
Increased in force as one issue after
another fell to the lowest point in
years.
Evidences of liquidation became more
apparent There was good resistance
for time to the slump but New Ha-
ven on the passing of its dividend as
sisted the general slump. Elsewhere
the market had evidently braced Itself
to Withstand the apparent shock to
come but thereafter it became weaker.
While hope was expressed that in
dustrial conditions was near the limit
of recession yet there was clear coll
nection between declining commercial
activity and the general order of re-
cession in stocks.
The steel trade reported resistance
to further price concessions with the
cost OF production nearly reached and
the conviction that necessary require
ments were growing.
Steel mill operations and furnaces
in blast were also in course of reduc-
ton. This rather than growth in new
bookings accounted for the smallness
of the decrease in the United States
Steel corporations untitled volume.
The addition to copper surplus came
entirely from contraction of domestic
deliveries. Idle freight cars increased
rapidly in number in the last half of
November and the decline in railroad
ing earnings was extended.
Reduced prices and low stocks led TO
expectations of an early revival of
mercantile demand. Continuance of firm
money around the turn of the year is
~
short term money now. New York
states proposed s50,000.000 bond issue
at IA per cent compared with per
| cent for the last issue demonstrates
| the persisting highness of capital
needs.
| Foreign markets expect renewed
measures to build up reserves in Paris
and London when money relaXeS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
NORMAN STRONGHOLD HERE
Is the Many lowered Fonthill Castle
at Riverdale

New York, December 49, Especial )-One
of the most picturesque structures In
Greater New York is on the grounds OF
the Mount st. Vincent Academy, at River
dale overlooking the Hudson. 1t Is
known as Fonthill Castle, and is as near
like the accepted form Of medieval
strongholds as anything to be found in
this part of the country The castle Is
a series of six towers of various heights
and dimensions, standing out close to the
edge of the Hudson. Fringing the tops
of the towers are battlements and rifle
ports. The battlement is of the heavier
type and would easily have resisted at
tacks of Cromwel's time.
The tallest tower known as the stair
tower rises 70 feet above the college
campus. The stairway is of granite in
serted in solid brick column, which ex-
tends from the basement 10 the roof. In
the main tower there is an octagon shaped
rotunda, which is said to be sixth OF
the area of the building. Surrounding
this room at height of 16 feet is gall
lery faced with Norman arches. The
rotunda is lighted from a large old-fash-
ioned glass dome in the ceiling. 1t floods
the place with tone of light rarely seen
these days. There are two entrances to
the rotunda, from which all parts of the
building may be reached
Fonthil Castle is used as a museum.
Some of the mineral collections on ex-
hibiton there are said to be of great
value. The great library of the castle
has been given to housing collectors,
among which are the Arnold collection
of 400 rare specimens. In the drawing
room is a cabinet full of ancient coins
that would bring figure If offered for
sale. 1t is probably the nearest appr oach
in appearance to the warlike and mas
sive homes of Norman barons in this
Part of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

WANTED-To exchange vacant lot fer
automobiles don't care whether in run
ming condition or not. Call Bonnie
Leonard sow, Ensley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice of stockholders, Meeting

Notice of StOcIxhOIders' Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the reg
ular annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers of the Alabama Home Building and
Loan association will be held at the
office of tho company at 2O2G First
avenue in the city of Birmingham.
Ala, on Tuesday. December It, 1913,
convening at ~ noon. Directors VIII
Dc elected and such other business
transacted as may properly come before
the meeting. IL. NJ ROBERTSON.
President
w. NJ. V. ROBER TSON
I12-11-tf General Manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
FOR SALE

FOR 2SAIE-One of the best houses in
West End six large rooms, modern i'm
prcxements. Call West End 1S5-W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
KING AND QUEEN
WILL NOT SEPARATE

London, December 13-Advices of a
separation between ex-King Manuel of
Portugal and his bride formerly Princess
Augustine Victoria of Hohenzollern, were
set at rest by the arrival of the couple
today at Twickenham, in Middlesex,
where they have taken UP their residence
in the former home of Count Ward at
F'ulwell park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
PERSONAL

Eldridge Reese will reach Birmingham
from University next Saturday and will
spend the holidays in Birmingham with
Or. and Mrs. George W. Reese on Noun
tain avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCH1soN GLOBE

You are always hearing false things
about your competitor.
Cupid gets lot Of credit that belongs
to the girls mother.
There aren't as many athletes as the
cIotnlnS advertisements indicate.
A great deal of suffering in this world
IS due to pessimistic imagination.
AS the mercury goes up, a town garden
ers enthusiasm is apt to go down
A girl can live on fudge, but we de-
mand further evidence of its food value.
You hear a lot about deadly reptiles.
but did you ever lose a friend by snake
bite?
Nearly everyone can do something
pretty well; getting away is a F1ipino's
speciality.
Jude Johnson: "I will never attempt
to commit suicide, for my wife wouldn't
call DOCTOR
A man really ought to live so his
friends won't have to warp their con-
sciences when he dies.
Probably you have travelled enough to
| learn that most of the navigable rivers
aren't navigable.
Doubtless there are plenty of prominent
the police court.
This is free country, as the orators
say, to those who wish to devote their
freedom to steady work.
i If a man gets more than one black eve
in year the chances are that liquor has
been talking too much.
One hears less of "Salome' than a few
years ago, but fashion is still edging
toward her comfortable costume.
If he has money enough to pay the
mortgage the old home, chances are
| the wandering boy will keep going.
There is nothing in the army regula-
| lions hating your superior officer as one
might infer from a soldiers conversation.
While we don't understand women it
| Is our theory that the wearer of a Balkan
blouse can save wear and tear on her
| corset.
| When man is arrested the day he gets
out of prison, 1t probably occurs to him
| that Francis Key didn't know what he
was singing about.
When a woman pays back money she
| has borrowed from another woman, the
other women always says: 'Oh, I had
forgotten all about 1t" That's carrying
politeneSS Too Far: It is lying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
AXHAWKER .JOTS

The crop killers have been routed
again. Barton county is figuring on a
yield of 2,000,000 bushels of wheat this
year
Col. Hoyle has been transferred from
Fort Leevenworth to Fort Riley and
hereafter the game will be played ac-
cording to rule at the latter place.
The Independence Reporter declares
independence never had a boom. What
has taken place is described as being a
great change from previous condt-
tions.'
The Manhattan Nationalist an
nounces that the county attorney has
key of booze in his office Since
it is not a compaign year what is the
object in advertising?
Bert Walker serves the following no.
tice on his wife: mo woman who
makes a practice of looking through
their husbands pockets ever finds any,
thing. The men are not chumps."
William Allen White can't agree
with Wilson on the trust question, as
he admits a column at a time, SAYS
the Atchison Globe, but seems to be a
pretty fair Democrat in other respects
A Manhattan man happened to go
down in the basement of his home
about IL O'Clock at night. When he
went back up stairs he forgot to
turn out the light in the basement
uSI ds ne was getting into bed the
telephone rang. A female voice on the
other end said: Say, Mr.. the last time
you went down cellar to drink a bottle
of beer you forgot to turn out the gas"
An amateur ball game in a Central
Kansas town between the fats" and
the leans" says Charlie Blakesley.
mad the CONGREGATIONAL minister lined up
on the side Of the heavyweights. The
leans won, but the opposition claimed
that they had lost the game because
the band played Onward Christian
Soldier" every time the minister went
to bat, which got him so ratified that
he couldn't hit the ball
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

was heavier. Three hundred and sew
enty of them failed to judge accurately,
or, to declare that there was no diff
ference in the weight of the bottles
Ten of these children guessed cor
rectly. They declared the bottles vera
equal in weight. The remarkable part
OF this is that among these $50 chill
dren there were only 10 mentally de-
f1cient, and these were known positively
to be abnormal or degenerate. And
every one of these ten mentally def
Gent children stated that there was no
difference in the weight of the bottles
they were the correct gueSsers.
And because of this and many other
similar experiments DR.. Demoor is sat
isfied that while ordinary people, peo-
pie with normal brains, find it diff
cult to guess weights accurately, it IS
quite the reverse with the mentally
deficient
The bottle test was by no means the
only one made. Other objects were
used, such as boxes of the same size,
but containing things that made them
unequal in weight Also, boxes of I'M
equal size but that weighed the same.
These same children were used in the
experiments with the same results, the
normal children made wrong guesses,
while the mentally deficient ones either
correctly or very close to the CORRECT
weights.
Then to make doubly certain, the ex-
periments were tried on other people,
different groups of children, and also
OF adults. and it was found that among
the children the normal ones could not
make anywhere near as accurate
guesSeS or estimates as those who were
recognized to be abnormal mentally
deficient, degenerates, etc-New YORK
American.