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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
CHURCH IN ACTION
AGAINST THE SALOON
Battle for Saloonless Nation Gives
Promise of Victory-Addresse
by Rev Clifford H. Smith.

Al the West Brattleboro Congrega
'tional church Yesterday morning Rev
Clifford II. Smith Of Burlington. state
superintendent, presented the work OF
the AntiSatoon League of America il
a forccful address before an unusually
large audience.
While pointing out thar the World
Work had recently described the leaglt,
cal organization in the country today
Mr. Smith defined il more simply n
the church in action against the saloon
Using a scriptural figure, he character
lied the liquor traffic as a gigantic tree
which does not bear good fruit an6
must be hewn down and east into the
fire. He said it was the duty Of the
church TO cut down this Tree and thai
the league is the axe with which TO dt
it. The league in turn asks the peopl,
to help it make the chips fly.
i lie further said that hv its methods
temperance workers had left benin,
the divergent paths due to differing
opinions and had reached a common
ground on which they can work togeth
or, unitedly and effectively; that the
work is going forward in this way IL
fast as sentiment will warrant-fol
laws are useless unless the people are
back of them. He spoke of how the
business world is demanding efficiency
today. and said that the workman whc
takes a glass Of liquor daily lessen
his efficiency from Ave 10 10 per cent
He said also that the medical profes
sion is advising MS that alcohol is not
stimulant. but a narcotic poison and
quoted leading Vermont surgeon a.
having stated that the man who drinks
seven IN a moderate way, i sure 10 SUI
fer i'll consequences.
The work of the Vermont league l.
in great measure educational. the dis
.tribution Of literature. giving Of pubIi,
addresses and acting a~ a bureau OF in
formation on all temperance topics. |,
lalso assists i'm the promotion Of no-h
,rense campaigns and in law enforce
,mcnt, whenever called upon. This ycai
II has seen Indications Of real progres,
along these lines. Only 20 towns vote,
: for license this year. the smallest mum
her since the present law went int,
effect, and the no-liccu~c majority al
, 10000 in the state is the largest undcl
the local option system.
In the evening Mr. Smith spoke ut :
union service AZ the Baptist church. hi,
! subject being \ SaIoonlees Nation. II
this address he dealt primarily witt
the November convention at Columbus
O., and with the gigantic campaign Ia
national prohibition which was Their.
, thegun. He pointed out those achieve
mcnts lay earlier reformcrs which ha,
!, led NJ 10 this tremendous undertake
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
VOGUE of Postage Stamps.

Stamps of various kinds have been
used and for various purpose. but as
Stunning that you mean postage stamps
they were first used in England with
the introduction of cheap postage in
1870 They We're introduced in Rus.
STA in 1S45, in Switzerland in 1916 and
in the United States by act of con
gress March 3. 1S47, the first issued
being scent stamp bearing the head
of Franklin and a 10-cent one with q
portrait of Washington. These stamps
IRE now rare and valuable. The re
duction Of postage rates in 1851 gave
us "a new set Of stamps of !, and Il
cent denominations and other changes
we're made later as rates of postage
changed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

Mrs J. o. Johnson, who has been i'll
is able 70 be about again.
Mrs. Sophia Sutherland went TO Or
ange. Mass, for a visit with relatives.
Frank Marsh, head man at the car
barn, will move his family into Melvin
Dalrymple : house n an early dalte.
Rupert Harris, oldest son OF Mr.. and
Mrs Wallace Harris, has been i'll.
threatened with pneumonia, but is i'm
proving.
Miss Sadie Winchester has given up
her tenement in Charles Higlev s house
and is storing her goods benjamin
Blodgett will move into the tenement
Mrs. Hannah Prentiss of Windham is
visiting her son, &. T. Prentiss. Mrs.
l'fcntiss has been spending the winter
with her daughter. Mrs. Jones. in Ar
gvle, \. Y.
Mrs Frank YanuszewSki and. four
small children were taken to the town
home recently. Mr.. Yanuszewski was
found in the railroad yard with his
skull fractured last week and died two
hours later at the Memorial hospital.
The Woman 5 association OF the Con
gregational church held its monthly
missionary meeting Thursday after
noon II the home Of Mrs. L. II. Stell
man. There We're 20 present Mrs. +
K. Mann gave paper on Guiding ano
Inspiring Agencies, which was very in
teresting. Two readings were gwen
one by Miss May Chamberlin and tn,
other by Mrs. Wilhelm Stollman. 4
| social hour followed. after which re
| freshmentS were served by the hostess
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
JAMAICA.

Ms tiot& Toward = Visiting in
Brdttleboro.
Ernest Martin has. rented a tenement
Of A. H. Stark
K. j. Daggctt was in Rrattleboro
Thursday on business.
AIS, Ella beirv entertained her is.
ter the first Of the week.
Mis-. George Harrington spent the
week iu West Townshend
Julius Wilbur OF WardSboro visited
N \. T.. Cheney 5 Thursday.
Attorney O. b. Hughes Of Rrattle
was III town Thursday and Friday.
Mass Stella Howard has returned -
h,r school in Chicopec Falls. Mass.
Miss stella Howard has been visit
In4 her mother. Mrs. Flora Howard.
A.i,~ on'ce i iiord OF East North
,cli i - gus. al Mrs. II. \. Mclean :
me Ladies Industrial society viii
meet at Mrs. H. i. SAGE 5 "Wednesday
the ladies' aid society OF the Rar
tjst church met NJ Mrs II. Il. Tilden :
rhCi~dav.
Henry Hamilton is moving his goods
INTO the house he recently bought OF
Erur~r Martin
Miss florence Howard OF Yves.
i"lln9hcnu J., visiting at the home 81
bee uncle, j. Holden.
Finest Martin is moving his good.
iti" the tenement he has rented OF \
T.. $tart on Mil street
dIs. Ernest STARK and Miss Eliza
beth stark went TO Bennington to live
Monday. They will he missed especial
" IN the sunday school, where All hay,
enjoyed hearing Miss stark sing :,
nL.LlIN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
They All Do.

An enthusiastic citizen. Oh the verge
Of a trip TO h3rope, Was rejoicing over
the fact ana descanting on the pleas
ures to come;
How delightful twill be. said he
10 his wife to tread the bounding
billow and inhale the invigorating
oxygen OF the sea The sea, The
boundless sea. | long to see it, 70
breathe in great draughts Of lifegiy-
ing air. ! shall want 10 stand every
moment OF the voyage on the prov
of the steamer with my mouth open
You probably Will. dear" inter.
rupted his wife, encouragingly. that 5
the way all ocean tra4 elets do
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

Stanley Provost went 10 BOSTON Sal
nrday for IN indefinite stay.
Mrs Ernest Brown aud daughter
Doris, iri1 saturday for Il visit IN Whit,
liver junction.
Mrs. John Cunningham left SatdiJa,
Tor her hom in Buffalo. after ai,c.,d
in2 the funeral Ct John Brcpnan
y new baby grand. Hume piano ha,
been placed in the high schooI assembly
hall bv the trustees. The school vii
heip "a for the piano by giving tht
opera ''Ailkado III MAY hy the mem
bcfs Of the 2leo club.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
Ais Face Called for rourIno Car

That It il expected of some very
plain women 10 have money In their
own right, and some very unattractite
nIen TO possess motor cars in order 10
maintain their popularity, was show
the other dar in a conversation be.
tween two young women on a street
car, They were speaking of a man
they had just met, VINO supposedly
had accumulated quite a bit of wealth
, Said the first one. eagerly: Has
he motor car
Replied the second: NO, think
not"
And the first one looked up in ar
evident manner of surprise.
What" she exclaimed, that face
and no motor carr
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
NORTH WALPOLE. NJ n

Miss Mona IIenncssey i .risilinp in
Boston.
Jeremiah Connors has returned 10 his
vorj in Wendell, \. H.. after = Two
months illness.
AIr. and Mrs. John o Rourke and
ami daughter Marion, of Clarcmont
are guests Of Mrs. j. Wolfe.
Nr,. Joseph Picard Of Springfield.
Ma~-., /, listing \ few days with her
mother Mrs. Abbie Buckley.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
Labor Lost.

Physics Professor latter long-wfnd
ed prooD-And now, gentlemen We
get \ equals @.
Sleepy Voice from rear of room)-
Gee. All that work for nothing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
Such is Life.

Happiness is unattaina BILE"
How now
1t was always my dream to get
rich and have a cast-iron dog on the
lawn. i took ne forty years 10 get
rich and NOW east iron dogs are out OF
style
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
His View.

She-Our minister viii exchange
pulpits next Sunday with Rev. Mr..
Talkington.
He-Yes? An exchange of pulpits
is like horse trade 1t is lard to
tell which congregation is going Ia
get the worst. of it-puck.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
on the Go.

My husband isn't home two. nights
a month"
You should get the minister to see
him
He Is the minister Always being
called away TO see people"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
Plain Truth.

Are you ambitious to die rich?"
Il am not ambitious to die in any
ndition."-Detroit Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
The Compelling Crisis.

I'll never say die
You will when your hair begins to
turn gray. Baltimore American.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
The Value of Silence

Rs keeping still a loafer may some
times acquire a reputation rs deep
thinker.-Atchison Globe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
All Criminals

Every girl has an unaIterable idea
that she is not like other Sirls-and she
ism t.-Chicago News
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
how He Did IL

How do you always keep the Of
flee clock right the foreman was
asked
i set it in the morning by the time
the boss arrives and set it again at
noon and night by the time the help
quits
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
Wilifuiness.

To willful men the injuries that they
themselves procure must be their
schooling kespeare
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09

Population of Asia.
1t is estimated that more than half OF
all the people in the world dwell in
Asia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
An Anxious inu,irv

An ANXIOUS inquiry.
She-l think there is a movement
on foot
lie (apprehensively)-You mean in
this house?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
Accented.

He-Would you like a pet poodle?
She-Oh, Mr.. Smith. this so sudden.-
Yale Record
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-09
CYNlCISMS.

When woman IS afraid Of showing
her age She tries TO cover it with i
coat of paint.
Don't burn your bridges behind you
unless you have been insured
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-19
NEW CASE OF SMALLPOX.
George Miller, Residing on Middle St.,
Guaranteed for Disease on Sunday.

George Miller, residing at 602 Middle
street and employed at the plant of the
Simmons Manufacturing company, was
quarantined for smallpox on Sunday.
The case makes the tenth case of the
disease in the city and Miller, like his
fellow victims, is not in any way SER
iously i'll. In fact he WIS at work on
Saturday and the disease was not dis
covered .nti- he consulted a physician
on Saturday evening. This is the first
case to develop among the employees
of the Simmons company, and it is ex-
pected that hundreds of the men and
women in the plant will submit to vac
cination this week. AS soon as it lad
been discovered that Miller was i'll with
smallpox, number of the employees
hurried to the health department for
vaccination. Commissioner McShane is
planning to have his force of vaccin-
ators at the plant this afternoon to
provide immunity for as many as pos
sible
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-19
JURORS ARE DRAWN.
Men Selected to Hear Gases at the
March Term of the Circuit Court.

Clerk of the Circuit Court B. NJ. De
Deimar has announced the list Of iur.
ors for the March term of the circuit
court. The jurors were drawn at a re-
cent meeting of the jury commission.
but the names were withheld until af-
ter the jury now serving in the cir
cult court was called for final duty
this morning. The list of jurors for
the March term follows:
Kenosha-L. T. Hannahs, Chas. An
derson, G. W. Tronvig, NJ. L. Dowse.
Basil R. Medley, James Millar, Frank
J. Sullivan, Peter Fish, F. A. Marx,
Frank Waldo, F.s w. Murdoch, A. P.
Neergaard, NJ G. Goergen, j. C. Baum,
S. S. Simmons, w. A. Kent.
salem-W Murphy, Henry Lubeno.
Somers-A. J. Piper, Jas. F. Spencer,
Chas. Doerfinger, J. w. Hansche.
Wheatland Herman Seno, w. Luke.
Frank Somerfeld.
Paris Albert Thorn, Jacob Driscoll,
Louis Price.
Brighton. W. Ward, w. v. Gull.
Pleasant Prairie -Chas. Dabbs, Jos.
McDermott, Ray McNeal.
Randall-Andrew Stohr, Ed. Herda.
Bristol-Frapk Gethen.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-19

The officials of the Wisconsin State
Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Wales are
urging that county judges all over the
state make special effort to see that
none but consumptives that are wholly
charge on the state be sent to that
institution and that those c0nsump-
tives whose friends. and relatives are
able to look after them wholly or in
part be sent to other institutions.
There is not room at the Wales hos
pital to care for all Of the patients
that must be supported wholly by the
state and every place occupied there
Fy a consumptive whose own people
can look after him simply deprives
some poor unfortunate of treatment
who has no hope of being cared for
unless he can secure admission to the
state hospital. AS far as possible
Judge Taylor has sent patients from
this county to- the county sanitariums
and similar action by all Of the county
judges following the plea by the Wales
officials is expected to relieve the
strain on that Institution to a great
extent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-19
GEORGE ". M'KERR0W COMING
Head of Institute Work in the State to
Have Part in Big Kenosha Meeting
Cooking School for Women to be
One of the Big Features of Program

The state department in charge Of
farmers Institutes, has issued the pro-
gram of the big institute to be held
in Kenosha on February Goth and 9th
and it is certain that Kenosha farm
ers will have the greatest array of
talent ever sent to any institute in this
section of the state. w. G. Bradley,
of Hudson, known as the most success
full conductor of institutes in the state,
will be In charge and he will have as
his assistants, E. E. Wyatt of Tomah;
Superintendent George McKerrow of
Madison; j. T. Donaghey Of the state
highway commission; Il. L. Aderhold
of Neenah, member of the state food
and dairy commission; Prof R. A..
Moore of the agricultural department
of the University of Wisconsin; and
L. P. Martiny of Chippewa Falls, who
is a member of the Wisconsin Live
Stock Breeders Association. 1t is also
expected that Chief Engineer A. R.
Hirst of the Wisconsin Highway Com
mission will be present.
The above talent will furnish the adj
dresses for the men attending the in
stitute, but the state committee has de-
cided to send great added attrac-
tion to the Kenosha meeting and Miss
Nellie Maxwell of Neenah, known
throughout the state as the most sue
cessful teacher Of cooking in Wiscon-
sin, will conduct a cooking school for
the women of Kenosha county on both
days of the institute. Miss Maxwell
is to be assisted by committee to be
made up of the best known women Of
the city and county.
In addition to the program prepar-
eG by the state the local committee
will have plans for something doing
all the time that the institute is not
in session A speaker of statewide
repute will deliver an address on the
first night of the institute and amuse-
ment places in Kenosha will keep open
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-19
Politicians in Rural Towns
Try to Work Out New Po-
litical Plans for Spring.
NO MORE RUMP CANDIDATES

People in the rural towns of Kenosha
county are bombarding the county
clerk for information in regard to the
operation of the primary law as it re-
lates to the nomination of town Of
fcials. This is the new wrinkle of the
primary which was provided for at the
last session of the legislature and it
is certain that lot of the people in
the rural districts would much prefer
the old plan Of the packed caucus and
the candidate who announces his de-
sire for Office from the stump Keno
sha county politicians who have sought
town offices in the past are busy
studying out the new provisions of the
law and when The primaries are held
instead of the oi1 time caucuses it is
expected that there will b, lot of
candidates in the field.
The big fight on the county board
this year over the road problem has
brought lot of new interest to the
towns in the county and it is certain
members of the board will have fights
to retain their Offices at the spring
election. Friends of the good roads,
movement are busy in the rural towns
making an effort to have the plan of
state aid for HIGHWAYS upheld. The
extremely heavy tax levy this year has
aroused the people in the towns and
it is certain that the vote at the
spring election will be the largest in
the history of the county. Much of
the high taxes have been blamed on
he fact that large appropriations were
made for roads and the men who favor
state aid in road building are making
every possible effort to convince the
people that the money which mas been
collected in taxes will to a great ex-
tent be paid back to the towns in road
work. This claim is. true and it is de-
clared that the towns of the county
which have been the hardest hit
by the levy of the road tax will fare
decidedly well in the road building
Of next year.
There will be little to disturb the
town elections this year. There will
be no general state election as there
is no justice of the supreme court to
elect and the only ticket to be voted
in the rural communities will be the
town ticket. 1t is certain that many
Of the old time members Of the county
board viii be in the field as candidates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-19
MUTT MAKES GOOD IN SEARCH
finds Watch Stolen From Boarding
House Carefully Concealed by Detec-
tive Who Declared That He Was the
Victim of the 'Black Art"

Albert Elber, who has star to show
that he was at one time member of
the detective force Of Chicago, and
who has several other stars along de-
tective lines, occupies a cell at the
county Jail and he win remain there for
some time unless some friend comes
along with fifty dollars to pay his fine
Fiber was sentenced to jail for term
of six months at hard labor after he
had been convicted Of petty larceny.
His intimate knowledge Of detective
work failed to make him sufficiently
clever to foil John MUTT, deputy
sheriff, in the town of Salem Business
along detective lines had not been brisk
in Chicago recently and Elder had
shipped to Camp Lake as a second cook
i'll one of the boarding houses of the
ice company. Second cook work was
all right, but when Elber was called
upon to do turnkey duty as well as to
cook he mutinied, and as a result, the
woman who was in charge Of the board
ing house discharged him. When Fiber
picked up his coat he found the vest
Of the first cook under it. In the pocket
Of the vest was gold watch valued
az $17, and in some manner absolutely
unexplained by the detective prisoner,
the watch got out of the pocket of the
first cook. Just minute after Fiber
had slammed the door of the boarding
house after packing up his belongings
the watch was missed. Deputy Sheriff
John Mutz was summoned and he went
after Elber. The latter was waiting
for train at the Camp Lake station,
but sometimes trains on the Wisconsin
Central road are, delayed and this was
the case Saturday evening. MUTT
found the second cook and he was de-
FAINT.
Search mel" he shouted at the
deputy, and Mutz searched and search
ed hard.
He went through the clothing of the
man and through his grip which had
an assortment of everything carried
by first class detective, but he did
uOG uDl Lu6 WdOCu. L lie GTdlu WAS
whistling in the distance when MUTT
began to lose interest. Elber started to
walk away, but Mutz noticed an i'm
pediment in his walk and he brought
him back. ''Take off your pants,
was the order of the deputy, but With
zero weather Elder fought and fought
hard, but with the aid of some of the
bystanders he was Invested of his
pants and the watch was found secure
ly tied to his under clothing.
Elber declared to Judge Randall that
he could not in any way account for
the watch being found and he insisted
that he was a victim of black magic. J,
The court failed to see anything of the
kind and declared that what Elber
needed was work and he gave him SIX
months of it.
In the meantime the officials are in
correspondence with the Chicago police
department and they may have other
charges against Elber lefore his fine is
paid or his time worked out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-19
ELECT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS.
Complete Change in Rural School Man
agement Takes Place This Spring.

The law passed at the last session of
the legislature creating county boards
of education in Wisconsin viii go in
to effect this spring at which time
such boards will be elected through
out the state. In Kenosha county as
IN all others, board of FIVE members
will be chosen at the coming spring
election who after election will draw
lots to determine the length of their
terms which will be from one to five
years. In all subsequent years one
member will be eleeted every spring to
serve for term of FIVE years so that
the board when fully organized will
consist of five members elected for
i've years each, with one change each
year. At the election of the board
women will vote as on all school mat
ters. The board will have supervision
over all public schools of the county
outside of the organized cities and the
county superintendent who heretofore
has been vested with all authority will
be subservient to the new organiza-
ton. County Supt. of Schools, John
J. Kerwin, has expressed his personal
appreciation of the new law and is of
the opinion that great benefits are to
be derived from supervision Of
county schools by board instead Of
by one man. The law was designed to
place the district school board under
the same kind of supervision as the
graded schools Of cities and the effect
will be watched with interest through
out the state. Although the election
is but few weeks away no candidates
for any of the five positions have
as yet