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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-14
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One has only to take a look at the pres
ent conditions Of Flat street to be con
WINGED of the crying need of improving that
Subjected daily to more
heavy traffic than any other highway in
town, the street is literally a quaemire
Even light wagon has difficulty in get |
ting through it. say nothing of the heavy |
trucks that are obliged TO traverse the |
thoroughfare daily hauling freight to and |
from the various manufacturing concerns |
i'm that locality. The probability that
nothing in the way Of improving Flat
street will be done until the question OF
widening and Strengthening it is settled
makes this matter one OF Immediate inn
portance. The report of the special com
mittee named to investigate the question
was presented at the annual town meet
ing but through an oversight was not CIV
en- consideration. The present plan is to
bring this report to the attention of the
voters at the special meeting that viii
have to be called to settle the tax rate.
In the opinion of a good many people
there Is only one thing that viii prevent
the town from taking favorable action ON
this proposed Improvement. and that Is
~elhshness on the part of those persons
whose property viii he affected by the al
terations. Aside from the question Of
property damage the cost Of making the
( - III
would no doubt he considered reasonable.
/ Widening Main street by relocating it,
west boundary between the Cox building
and Flat street would not only add Won
derfully to the appearance and convenience
Of the whole business section OF Brattle-
( boro but would be on actual Improvement
to the very property that would be most
affected namely, the Ray and Judge lots.
As for Flat street the improvements that
would come to it by adoption OF the com
mittcc'~ recommendations can hardly he
imagined. The proposition IL ii large one.
to be sure but its benefits are in keeping
with it, size.
\ little crossing now and then Is relish
ed even by those who have only intrequent
occasion to 20 IRON one side OF Main street
to the other.
The mischief which resulted in the ap
prchenSion of a local youth in the town
hall corridor Wednesday evening may b,
considered small thing in itself, hut it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
BELL LICENSE FOR
DAIRY TAKEN AWAY
Action Taken by Commission Follow
ing Report Made by the City
Bacteriol0gist

The license of D.. c. Bell, who oper-
ates a dairy in the neighborhood of
Wylam, was summarily cancelled yes
ter5ay afternoon by the commission, He
will be summoned to appear before the
commission at the next meeting and
there make whatever defense he cares
to as to the condition of his place.
In a communication to the commits
sion requested by President c. EXum
e. NJ. Duncan, the city bacteriologist
made one of the most damaging reports
ever read to the commission regarding
a dairy That the conditions have exist
ed for some time and that Mr.. Bell in
sisted on operating his dairy irrespec-
tive of the wishes of the health depart
ment We're cbsrges that Mr. Duncan
made in his sI,sommunication.
1t appeared from what President
EXum said that the city health Off
GERS had reported on the conditions
sometime back 1t appeared that the
report had been sent back and forth
from one office to the other. II was
only Saturday that Mr.. EXum was in
formed of the alleged condition and he
ordered a new inspection made. 1t was
a report of that new inspection which
caused yesterdays action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
COMMITTEE TO MEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Rumored That Fight on Alleged Dis
criminatory Freight Rates Will
Be Started

The railroad and transportation COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
will meet Friday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock and reports in circulation are
to the. effect that "the committee in
tends to start something" Nothing
official, however. has been given out.
1t is claimed that matters have gone
far enough in Birmingham as regards
certain freight rates in force on some
of the railroads operating through here.
That the railroad and transportation
committee of the chamber, M. p. North
ington, chairman, IL planning a fight
along this line that is going to bring
results is the general trend of reports.
A Board of Trade committee is now
working on an alleged case OF express
rate discrimination against Birmingham
on goods from New York; Altogether
1t looks as II the chamber and the rail-
roads are going to lock horns in the
near future unless an amicRble decision
is reached within the next few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
AN OFFICE ON WHEELS
Buffalo Bills Shows Will Appear in
Birmingham June II

Bufalo Bits Advertising Car No, is
due to arrive in this city on Wednesday
May 2l, via the Southern railway. and
Will remain until the towns and country
for 80 miles in every direction are thor.
oughly billed.
This modern office on wheels is a mar
vel OF compactness and elegance, embrace
Ing as 1t does press bureau, with agents
writer's, cuts, copy and illustrations equal
to the best equipped newspaper office. 1t
also carries supply of all kinds of
printing posters, programmes circulars
and autographs sufficient to advertise
week of one day stands. and this ab,n-
dance of material is judiciously distrib-
uted throughout the country from house
TO mousse and on the bilboards. The car
is 10 rect long, and is divided into COM
partments to accommodate everything re-
CURED. 1T contains a business office buff
ret. staterooms, Pullman berths for the
workmen, lockers, closets and drawers for
various kinds of advertising matter; also
a. steam boiler for making paste and q
baggage room for cans brushes and
tools of trade. Buffalo Bill and Pawnee
Bill always believe In the biggest and
pest or everything, and their big show
VIII be here on Wednesday, June II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
TRIBUNAL BEGINS
ARBITRATION OF
PECUN|ARY CLAIMS
Open Session Held in Settle
ment of Financial Differ
ences Between England
and the United States

Washington, May 13.-With Sir Cecil
Spring Rice, the British ambassador
and John Bassett Moore, counsellor of
the state department present TO rep
resent their respective governments, the
international tribunal for the arbitra
ton of outstanding pecuniary claims
between the United States and Great
Britain, held its opening session here
today. A number of guests were pres
ent.
Henri A. Fromageot of France, presi-
dent of the tribunal, made a brief ad-
dress in which he spoke of the desir-
ability of arbitration in settling ques-
tons of difference between nations and
expressed the hope that all the delib-
crations of the new tribunal would lead
10 happy conclusions. Earlier in the
day the members of the court, NJ. Fro
mageot, Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, chief
justice of Canada. and Chandler p An
derson, former counsellor of the state
department, called and paid their re-
spects TO President Wilson and Secre-
tary Bryan.
Efforts win be made to settle one
case a day, so that the large number
of cases which are on the schedule may
be disposed Of AS there are more than
800 cases on what is known as the first
schedule case which both govern
ments have agreed shall be submitted
TO this judicial arbitration, it Will take
a year of working days to wipe the
slate clean of this first list. BY the
time that Is done, second schedule"
probably will be ready as negotiations
are under way looking to having a
large number of other claims settled in
a similar way.
I'VE believe" said Mr.. Anderson,
that the best way to prepare for the
celebration of the hundred years of
peace is to wipe out all claims between
the two governments"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
FIND MISSING
TESTAMENT VERSES
Included in Manuscripts In
earthed in Egypt Six
= Years Ago

London, May 13.-Some long, missing
verses of the new testament are in
cluded in manuscripts of the gospels
discovered in Egypt six years ago and
purchased by Charles L. Frer of De-
troit, Mich, according to a study made
or the Frer manuscripts by the Times
A facsimile of the writings has been
presented to the British museum by the
University of Michigan, to which Mr..
F'rer assigned the task of publicati ton
and according to The Times study there
nave been found in the Gospel of st
Mark several verses which occur in no
other known manuscript of the new
testament, although they were known
TO 81 Jerome, who quotes part of them.
In the Frer manuscript after the pas
sage in which it is said that Jesus up
braided His disciples for their unbelief
the text concludes as follows:
And they excused themselves, saving
that this age of lawlessness and unbe
lief Is under Satan, who through the
agency of unclean spirits suffers not
the true power of God to he appre-
hended.
For because said they unto Christ
reveal now at once Thy rig Alteousness.
And Christ said unto them, the Umir
of the years of the powers of Satan is
not unfulfilled, but it draweth near
CThe text here and elsewhere is cor
rupt)4
For the sake of those that sinned
was L given up to death that they NAV
return to the truth and sin no more, bur
may inherit the spiritual and incorrupt-
lDlp glory nf oh
A large number of variations in other
portions of the New Testament are also
pointed out by The Times in the Frer
manuscript.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

plaintiff may have thought his illness
had been due to the oysters he had
eaten. there was no direct evidence %
show that this had been the case. The
testimony brought out in the record
showed that Mr.. TraNis had eaten 9TH
er things for his dinner in addition
to oyesters.
Other decisions put out by the SUI
preme court were as follows:
Anderson, J.--Birmingham Lot COM
pany vs. Annie E. Taylor, appeal from
Lee law and equity court; reversed
rendered and remanded.
Mcclellan, IA. e. Bell vs.. William
BurkhRlter ct al, appeal from Pickens
chancery court affirmed.
Mayfield, J.-B. A. Williams vs. Vir-
ginia-Carolina Chemical company, ap-
peal from Elmore chancery court; at
frmed.
sayre, III. b. Cobbs, as receiver,
etc. VS.. Wizard Investment company,
appeal from Jefferson circuit court; ap-
peal dismissed.
Summerville, Emma Watson. as
administrators, VS.. A. v Appleton, ap-
peal from DeKalb chancery court, re-
versed and rendered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
L--EeBROKEYNN TT
I|lLABERSNACLE'
The Sowing and the Reaping
.STUDY.ON ~

Whatsoever man soweth, that shall
he also reap.'-Galatians ST.
The story of Joseph and his brethren
continues. Today's lesson illustrates how
the remembrance of their cruelty toward
their brother Joseph harassed the evil
doers long years after. Our Golden Text
seems to lay down a general principle.
Whatsoever anybody sows willfuly, in
telligently, will bring a harvest of SINH
lar kind.
The famine region included Palestine
as well as Egypt. Word spread that there
was no lack OF food in Egypt, and that
corn belonging to the old stock was sold
there at moderate prices. Jacob directed
his sons, men of families, to go down to
Egypt and purchase wheat.
As strangers, they were directed to
Joseph, who doubtless was looking for
them. Through an interpreter he asked
them II they were spies. coming to see
how much corn there was In Egypt, that
they might bring an army to steal It.
They explained truthfully. Joseph then
inquired about his father and Benjamin.
Finally, he put Simeon into prison, and
sent the others home with corn and with
the understanding that they would neel
more corn. and might have it, provided
that they brought their youngest brother
with them.
The guilty consciences of the brethren
began to connect these experiences wita
their own wrong course in the past. They
said to one another, I'VE are verify guilty
concerning our brother, when we saw the
anguish of his soul, when he besought us
and we would not hear: therefore is this
distress come upon u.s." They knew rot
that Joseph understood them, but he
withdrew and wept. His heart was not
hard He was merely giving them a
profitable lesson.
The Scriptures represent that when the
Messianic kingdom begin to shed its
blessing abroad. the antitypical Joseph.
Messiah. will likewise speak roughly to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
News G; Ensley

Invitations have been issued to a re-
ception which will be given by Purity
Temple No. 3. Pythian Sisters. FRIDAY
evening, May Is. The reception will
be held at the Knights of Pythias hall.
Mrs. John iAngwin will be presented
with the past chiefs jewel on this oc
casion. Mrs. Mary Echols Is the pres
ent chief of the temple.
Beginning at 10 o'clock this morning,
the Woman's Missionary society of the
Bessemer district will hold an all day
meeting at the Ensley Methodist
church. A number of interesting papers
in regard to the mission work will be
read by missionary workers from points
throughout the state. In addition 10
the regular programme an hour of
the afternoon session will be devoted
TO a prosramme rendered by a number
of children.
Ihe regular meeting of the Merchants
protective association will be held this
AFTERNOON at the usual hour H. n
Brown, secretary of the organization.
will on Thursday begin the work of or,
ganizing the merchants of the county
foiiowing the plan adopted at the big
convention recently held in Birminp
nam. Among other matters claiming
the attention of the merchants will
be arrangements for a big barbecue I'd
be given in July in celebration of the
anniversary of the association.
The REV. A. X Wright, Robert Dan.
lei, Miss Omar d. Minor, Mrs. M. L.
Flowers and Mrs. Charles Hassler left
yesterday to attend the Southern Ran
tist convention at st. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
BODY TAKEN FROM
NIAGARA RIVER

Niagara Falls. N. Y. May 13--The body
OF IAN unidentified man was taken this
evening from the Niagara river below
the American falls. Less than an hour
oerore the body was recovered An officer
saw man jump into the river and swept
over the falls. 1t is believed his body
was taken from the river. If this Is true,
II Is the first time a bodv has been
recovered In less than two or three DAYS,
the falls ordinarily holding victims for
that length Of time,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

10 serve a prison term. Both he and
Maj. w. f. Breese, president of the
bank, were convicted and their punish
ment fixed at two years in the peniten-
tiary Today Dickerson was formally
sentenced and placed in the custody Of the
marshal. He will be taken to Atlanta
tomorrow.
Major Breese, who also had been or
dered to report for sentence today was
not in court, his attorneys declaring that
it would be a physical impossbility for
him to be present His bond was for
feited and capias issued for his arrest
The case of these men has been in the
courts for 16 years and the supreme court,
to which it was finally carried last year,
confirmed the judgment of the lower
courts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

LABORERS TO FIGHT
FOR FREE PRESS

London. May 13.-In the fight against
the government for free press the labor
party, after mature consideration, has
decided to adopt a plan which IS new
to England. but had been found effective
by German socialists in combating string-
ent press laws.
Should the government prosecute James
Ramsay Macdonald for printing The Suf-
fragette he will be succeeded as manager
by James Kier Harde, who in turn Will.
be followed by other labor leaders, untiE
the government Is forced to capitulate
These two labor members of parliament
announced yesterday their readiness to-
undertake the responsibility of printing!
The Suffragette, contending that II Isl
illegal to suppress newspapers In advance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
TENNIS JOURNEYS

New York, May 13.-Lawn tennis
players who are candidates for the
American international cup team for the
Davis cup matches met al the West Side
Lawn Tennis club this afternoon. In
the first competition n w Niles, paired
with Charles E. Haggett, the profess
sional, defeated G. f. Touchard and T.
r. Pel1, at 3-5, 6-3, Cd Then H. H.
Hackett and r. D. Little split sets
with Niles and Haggett at rs and 4-s
r. D. Wrenn, chairman of the inter-
national committee stated after the
matches were over that the committee
had arrived at no decision as to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
BAPT|STS OPEN
CONVENTION TODAY
Plans for Opening St. Louis
Convention Formulated.
Foreign Missions

St Louis. May 1s.-At the opening ses-
sion of the Southern Baptist convention
tomorrow, according TO the plans of lead
ing members, DR.. Edwin Charles Dargan
of Macon, Ca, will be re-encted president
for the third annual terT/ DR.. Lansing
Burrows of Americus, he venerable
secretary who has SEN the last 95
years, viii be re-elecV sill Dr. o. F.
Gregory of staunton. who also has
been secretary for a number of years.
The next convention city in all prob
ability will be Nashville. The conven-
tion has no set programme this year on
account of a complaint by the newer
progressive element that certain coterie
of older men have appeared on the pro.
gramme from year to year without giving
the younger element an opportunity to
be heard.
The amount of money raised for foreign,
home and state missions last year by the
convention was sl,470000. One of the
slogans of the present convention will be
's5. .o00, 900 a year for missionary work"
Only $1,000 was expended last year for
missionary work among the negroes of
the SOUTH A movement is being pushed
by Dr. ". l. Masters of Atlanta, secre-
tary of the home mission board, to in
crease this expenditure largely. Educa-
tional work will be pushed among the
souther negroes to the extent Of educat-
ing Baptist negro preachers
The woman's missionary UNION will be-
gin it sessions tomorrow with the con-
sideration of home missionary reports
and with reports from state workers.
Miss Fannie E. S. Heck of Raleigh, n.
c. president. will preside. The secretary
is Miss Kathleen Mallory of Baltimore.
OF the 81, 40. 900 raised for missionary pur-
poses by the convention last year. one
third was contributed by the women
through their missionary union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
BETTING ON HORSE
RACING DOOMED

Oklahoma City, May 13.-Betting on
horse racing in Oklahoma was doomed
today when Governor Crucel affixed his
signature to q legislative enactment pro-
hibiting this fe< IN of gambling. The meas
ure, whie will go into effect 80 days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
DICKERSON TO SERVE
PRISON SENTENCE

Ashevile N. c.. May 13.-Seventeen
years after commission of the offense,
Joseph f. Dickerson, director of the de-
funct First National bank of this city,
found guilty 16 years ago of conspiracy
in connection with the banks failure, is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

after the Legislature adjourns provides
a fine of from $500 to $500 and imprison-
ment of not less than 80 days for those
convicted of conducting places where bets
are allowed One-fourth of the fine col
lected will go to the informer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

Washington, May 13.-Frederick c.
Inman and c. NJ Bull, Jr., of New York
paired, winners of the mems doubles
in the annual open tennis tournament
of the Chevy Chase club today failed
in their attempt for the club title, c.
3. and II. f.. Doyle of Washington, the
defenders, taking the challenge match
in three straight sets, GA, Cd and 10.
Inman and Bull were outplayed, par
ticularly in the way of service.
Tomorrow Inman will play Bull in
the final mems singles the winner to
play c. b. Doyle, the eastern champion
Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

make up of the American team and
that it was likely before the team was
finally nominated next Friday other
competitions would be ordered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
DECISIONS RENDERED
BY THE SUPREME COURT

Montgomery. May 13.-fspecial)- y
The supreme court of Alabama Tues
day affirmed the judgment of the Gull
man circuit court In refusing to award
damages to b. NJ. Travis, transfer agent
for the state convict department. as
the result of an illness which the plain
tiff claimed was caused by eating oys-
ters on a dining car of a Louisville and
Nashville Railroad company train be-
tween Montgomery and Cullman.
The proceedings were instituted In
the spring u 1910. after Mr.. Travis had
recovered from a serious spell of ILL
ness due, he said. to the tainted oys-
ters he had eaten on the Louisville and
Nashville dining car. The amount of
damages asked for was 1899, and the
lower court first rendered a judgment
for $500. On motion of the defendant
this judgment was set aside, and an
appeal was taken to the supreme court.
The decision of the higher court was
written by Associate Justice Edward
de Graffenried, who held that while
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

the people In time of trouble, causinl;
them great vexation and worry as to the
outcome. The Lords heart, however, will
be full of love and sympathy for the poor
groaning creation, for whom II died, and
In whose interests His kingdom will be
established. The time of trouble in the
beginning of Messiahs reign will evident
ly be for the very purpose of preparing
the hearts of mankind for the blessings
which He is willing to bestow.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-11-23

the night redolent of roses or plain old-fashioned
horse-har sofa with the gas-ght burning low Not
so Reuben X. Pitcher. This was Thursday evening.
and he knew of old that the parlor at Queenies
boarding house on Thursday nights was sacred to a
young fellow in the life insurance business and
damsel who painted sweet peas china tea-cups.
True, he might have waited until Friday evening,
but Friday is an unlueky day. and it had occurred
to Rube Pitcher that he had already waited long
enough He was a business man and Queenie was
a business woman. Why, then, beat about the bush?
Not a single legitimate reason in the wide wide
world for any such tomfooery.
LIE thought, he strolled down to the ferry to get
= an outside seat on an uptown car, of the man
who carried the message to Garcia and he wondered
what that individual would have done under similar
circumstances. He hoping Miss Jemina Gaff-
ney would lose her job before the month was out
when firm hand grasped his arm and man
dropped into step beside him. 1t was one of his Gus
toners, Jim Reed, of the Reed Lumber Company;
and Pitcher erased the frown from his features ana
greeted Reed cordially
Il was just up at your Office looking for you"
Reed explained. 81 have an uncle who bought him
self a couple of townships of timber in Washington
few years ago, and he's just completed mill ON
trays Harbor he expects TO saw about hundred
thousand day, and happen to know he's looking
around for live man to take over his Pacific Coast
Selling Agency. | wrote him about you, Rube and
II you think you represent him on a five per
cent commission and guarantee the accounts -"
"Cineh," gurgled Pitcher. For that moment the