The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-26
BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1914.
The Weather
TALK OF THE TOWN
For New England. fair on sunday

IIoagknit sweaters at Abbott's.
Buy your coat-La Vogue garment
at Vaughan's.
Extra votes Saturday on special salt
goods. G. N, Kenyon & Co.
Two shops giving the best OF service
Try us. Miers' Barber Shops.
At 60c each, percale house dresses Al
Perry's on Saturday; $l.0O value.
Prepare for rain; buy one of those um
brellas for Zoe each at Perry's on Sat
urdsy.
William Land OF Hardwick arrived
in the city yesterday to pass the coming
few days with friends.
The A. o. Fl. and l.. A. are to hold
their county convention in Graniteyille
Thursday, Oct. /, at 2 p. m. II is hoped
the members from the different divisions
will attend.
If the weather is fair, Persons & Berg
will run their auto stage TO Woodbury.
pond Sunday, Sept. q, leaving the city
| park at 9:30 a. m; fare for round trip,
81, Leave orders at Laws fruit store.
| -Advt.
d. A. Perry auctioneer, is in West
Berlin to-day, conducting an auction sale
at the Lotus Fields farm, owned by Mrs.
Fanny d. Erhardt, about one mile from
the station. At the George p. jackson
farm in Cabot on Wednesday, Mr. Perry
held an auction sale at which personal
property was disposed of at very salts
factory prices. Cows ranged from $50
to $40, and other personal property sold
well.
William Welch was arraigned before
Acting Judge A. A. Sargent in city court
last night on a breach of peace charge,
to which he entered plea OF guilty and
arranged to pay a $40 fine, with costs Of
s5.l4 He was arrested in the afternoon
by Officer David Henderson on com
plant made TO Grand Juror William
Wishart In the warrant it was alleged
that WEIGH committed breach of the
peace on the officer.
A delegation of Barre Democrats elect
ed at a caucus held here on the evening
OF Sept Is, went to Montpelier this
morning TO attend the Washington coun-
ty Democratic convention, which was
slated to open in the memorial room at
city hall at 10 o'clock. The following
delegates were seated from Barre: j.
Gould Moore. Arthur j, Loranger, Pat
rick Brown, Rev John h. Reardon,
Charles w. Melcher, George n. Tilden.
William ID. Smith John j. Hartigan, r.
Henry Brown and George w. German
The Barre delegation entered the conven-
tion without having pledged its support
to any candidacy and the indications
were that most of the other delegations
were unpledged. Few names have been
mentioned in connection with any of the
various county Offices and party leaders
here gave their opinion that the selec-
tons would be made after the convention
opened.
At the instance Of the state and city
the police are investigating
a charge that gambling devices sup
pressed in large number of local stores |
less than two years ago are now running |
The allegation was made yes
terday by one of the aldermen and it |
was on his report that the police set out |
to investigate. 1t was learned that dice |
and punching boards have been
operating for some time. In every in |
stance the proprietor was ordered to stop !
the practice with the threat that serious
developments will follow If the laws arc
not obeyed in that respect, 1t viii I've
recalled that a crusade instituted by the
states attorney a few years ago result
ID in the discontinuanee of every device
N town. Little merchants, dealers in 1
.obaeco and confectionery. who have Of 1
erred punching boards for the amuse-
nent of their patrons, claim to have
,een ignorant of any statutory infringe
nent until the officers came around.