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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20

The annual meeting of the Band Of
Mercy tboth villages) will be held or
Saturday afternoon at 2;S0 in the
Manchester Village schoolhouse. Boys
and girls please all come! Officers to
be elected, and plans for fair to be
discussed. A program Of speaking and
reading will be given by the children.
A carriage will meet Center and De-
pot children who wish TO come. The
carriage will be at the Baptist Church
at 2 p. m. 1t will also carry them
back after the meeting.
George l.. McGuffin, for more than
generation past the very efficient
agent of the Rutland Railroad at this
place, died at his home in this village
Saturday morning after an illness dat
ing back couple of years or more.
Mr. McGuffin came here as assistant
to A. b. Conner while he was agent
and on the retirement of Mr.. Connor
Mr.. McGuffin was made agent, which
position he has retained ever since.
The funeral services were held from
his late residence on Monday after
noon and the remains were taken to
his home in Virginia for interment
Mr.. McGuffin leaves wife and one
son, Harry H. McGuffin, member of
the senior class at Burr and Burton
Seminary, to mourn his loss.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
SCRIMS

You vii Ind no better line oil Seum,
Than 10 carry. The quality and the
price is night
The new GIBRALTAR DISPLAY
has proved most popular II has the
hlmy quality Of scrim with the rich sp.
pesrsnce oil tapestry.
CRETONNES Of oil grades and
patterns l5c. to 60c, the yard
New neckwesr HI
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20

BETS AND TURNIPS-Cock till
tender beets end turnips; peel,
scoop out the centers and fill with
canned peas; season all highly with
pepper, salt and butter. Arrange
alternately on serving dish and
garnish with parsley.
POTATO ROSES-Two cups Of hot
mashed potatoes, three tablespoons
butter, half a tablespoon salt, yolks
of three eggs, mix well, put in pas
try bag and force out in the desired
shape on buttered tins. Brown in
the oven.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
MANCHESTER CENTER

The usual services in the Methodist
Church next Sunday.
Ralph Remington of Bennington
was in town Sunday.
Mrs. H. N. Shaw and Miss Shaw
were in Bennington, Tuesday.
Regular service at the Baptist
Church next Sunday morning anc
evening.
Next week Saturday at 8 p. m. the
w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Irving
Connor.
The Service Club will meet Friday
afternoon with Mrs. Louis Towsley at
the Depot.
Mrs. Pearl Winchester who has been
visiting in town. left last Thursday to
visit in Poultney.
New line of midsummer millinery
on sale at very low prices, this week
only. Needlecraft Shop. adv.
All school children, who can, are
invited to bring flowers to G. A. r.
hall Saturday, May 10Th.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet in the vestry of the Baptist
Church Saturday at 3 p. m.
Hon Frank C. Archibald has been
secured by Skinner Post No. "a, G. A.
r.. to give the address in this town on
Memorial Day.
A. r. Slader & Son optometrists-
opticians; leave word at Felt's Shoe
Store for appointment on Tuesday,
June 22nd. 1915. 1-tf
Dressmaking may be done in your
home during May and June by Miss
Stella Provan and helper. adv.
VIM. II. Beattie, who recently under
went a very serious operation in the
Rutland hospital, is expected home the
last Of the week.
Miss LaBelle Batchelder went to
Rutland Sunday and on Monday she
underwent an operation at the Rutland
Hospital. She is progressing nicely.
Remember the meeting Of the Man
chester Section of the Green Mountain
Club to be held at the Fairview, Fri
day evening at o'clock. All members
are requested to be present, and any
one who wishes TO join is cordially in
vited to do so.
The Manchester Ministers Associa-
ton will meet at noon, Monday, May
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
Hard's Drug Store

oath, at Dorset with Rev. George II
Gilbert, d. d. w. w. Bartlett, secre-
tary Of the Bennington County Yer
mont Improvement Association, will
speak. Topic: "The County Associa-
tion and the Churches" This being
the last regular meeting Of the associ-
alton for the season let every member
try and be present.
The annual meeting of the Band Of
Mercy (both villages) will be held on
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in the
Manchester Village schoolhouse Boys
and girls please all come! Officers to
be elected, and plans for a fair to be
discussed. A program Of speaking and
reading will be given by the children.
A carriage will meet Center and De-
pot children who wish TO come. The
carriage will be at the Baptist Church
at p. m. 1t will also carry them
back after the meeting.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends
for their assistance and words of COM
fort during the illness and death of
our little one who was called to her
home so soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fleming
and Family.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
MANCHESTER DEPOT

Miss Estela Taylor is confined to
her home by illness.
Mrs. A. Prouty of Winhall, has been
visiting at Orris Halls.
Mrs. J. p. Jackson is visiting friends
in Providence, X. |.
Mrs. B. NJ. Eldred and James Eldred
were in Rutland last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. f. Rich have re
turned from an automobile trip to
Rutland.
Miss Margaret Larsen has gone to
Wanakena, N. Y, where she has en-
ployment.
Mrs. Henry Nelson of Houston, Tex,
has come to help care for her mother,
Mrs. S. B. Taylor.
New line of midsummer millinery
on sale at very low prices, this week
only. Needlecraft Shop. adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Carleton and
Mrs. Emma Carleton motored to Brat
tleboro for the weekend
Miss Schlieder of Cattaraugus, n
Y, has returned home after spending
a week with her uncle, George r.
Schlieder.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Rich and F. F.
Hinman have returned from an auto
mobile trip to Pittsfeld and Green
field, Mass.
State Highway Commissioner S. d.
Bates was in town for a short time
Thursday and Friday on business con-
nected with his department.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. A. Braseth, who for
the past week, have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Earle Benson, have left for
their home in Minot, North Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kendall of
Bondville, A. W. Butler and family of
Jamaica, were Sunday guests at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. E. c. Benson.
Messrs. Harold P. Bennett, Donald
Conroy and Waldo Race were in Rut-
land Wednesday where they took part
in concert given there by Mrs. Ru
bina Ravi-Brooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Bush have re-
turned from a weeks trip to Pennsyl-
vania. They were accompanied home
by Mr.. Bushs aged mother, who will
make her home here.
Mrs. Fred Soby was given a sur
prise party Friday afternoon by a
Of friends, the occasion being
her birthday. During the afternoon
were served.
Miss Eva n Brown and Miss Fran
ces Stewart entertained at the home !
Of Mrs. w. F. Andrews last Friday |
afternoon. The parlors were decorat-
ed with apple blossoms and the re-
,eption hall with marsh marigolds. |
Five o'clock tea was served.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
LEGAL NOTICES
COMMISSIONER Notice.
Estate of George II. skidmore

The undsrsignsd having besn appointed
d. the Honorable Probate Court for the Dir
tr1ct OF Hanchsstsr, Commissioners. 70 70.
sslvs. examine. and adjust the claims ans
demands OF all persons against the estate OF
George n. skidmore late Of Arlington
In said District. deceAAed, and all claims
sYhitAtsd In Offset thereto, hereby give not.
iss shat We will meet for the purposs sfors'
said ~ the residence Of Albert WILCOX In
the Town OF sandsate. In said District,
on the 18th day OF October nsrt
from l O'Clock p. NJ. until O'Clock
?. n. on said dsy and that six months from
ths 1th day OF April. A. ID. 1916 10 the time
limited By said Court for said creditors ~
Drsssns their claims 70 us for sIaminssios
and Allowance.
psssd ~ Arlington this nth dsy - April
A. u. 1915.
ELMER II. BRowNsok o.
JR. FISHER
W. p. Edserton, Executor.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
POSTING NOTICE

This is to give notice that, whereas
my wife, Lavina j. Johnson, has left
my bed and board without just cause
or provocation, shall not be respon.
sible for any debts Of her contracting
after this date.
w. NJ. JOHNSON.
Sunderland, VT, May 10 1915. SO
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
"WELL BEGUN is HALF DONE"
When You've Ordered and Received Goods from
The Store of Good Taste
You are well started toward the preparation
OF Coed Meal

ORDER THESE
FRESH STRAWBERRIES
ASPARAGUS
GREEN STRING BEANS
BUNCH BETS
CELERY
LETTUCE
CUCUMBERS
GREEN ONIONS
RADISHES
SPINACH
AND MANY OTHERS
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
The Toggery Shop

The Foster Information Bureau
ASK Mr.. Foster"-has rented the
store accoupied by c. F. Orvis as q
sporting goods store and Office, and
will take possession at the opening OF
the summer season. Mr.. Foster has a
string Of these stores from Maine u
California and from the Gulf of Mex
leo TO the Canadian line.
]. +. Harris, editor of The Advance
Of Burlington, who is going about the
State at the present time in the inter
ests Of his paper, was in Manchester
for a short time last Thursday after
noon. He went TO Bennington in the
evening. Mr.. Harris is visiting the
different counties in the state and Civ
ing an interesting write up of the var
ious towns in the counties.
The annual meeting of the Band of
Mercy (both villages) will be held on
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in the
Manchester Village schoolhouse. Boys
and girls please all come! Officers to
be elected, and plans for a fair to be
discussed A program of speaking and
reading will be given by the children.
A carriage will meet Center and De-
pot children who wish to come. The
carriage will be at the Baptist Church
at 2 p. m. 1t will also carry them
back after the meeting.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-20
Skin Business.

Furriers are really the only people
who can run a skin business openly. =
Judge.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
POSTAL REVENUES SHOW
BIG REVIVAL or TRADE

Washington. Nov. 5.-Octobcr
postal revenues. Postmaster General
Burleson announced to-day. show d
return to normal rate of increase.
and are barometer of increasing
business prosperity.
Postal receipts at the fifty
largest post-ofiices during October.
which collect one-half of the postal
revenues said he. contain impor-
tant evidence OF healthy and we'll
distributed prosperity in the country
Postal income is acknowledged TO he
an accurate barometer of business
conditions. The October returns
show substantial increases in the
largest postal centers in all sections
OF the United States. The revival
OF business is general, not local or
spotty."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
$40, 900. 900 For PoodIcs.

THE most astounding extrava
gance of the women of America is
that We spend $i0,00O,OOO each
year for Doodles.''
Mrs. r. l.. Barker told this to the
delegates to the annual meeting OF
the Womens International Mission
AIRY Union to-day in describing how
American women make the money
fly. She continued:
I'VE spend more for hats yearly
than it takes to support the army
and navy and several other Federal
departments. We also spend $107,-
10000 for soft and cooling drinks
and s17s,0O0,0 900 for candy. II is
time to call a halt and to return 10
the sane ways of our mothers. -
New Orleans Cor. New York World.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
Good Work In Mines.

4 dispatch from Barbourvills,
KY, says 1T is stated that more
coal traffic is now coming out from
the Cumberland Valley country over
the l.. & n. tracks than ever before
All mines are busy six days in the
week and many are working night
forces. in contrast to the situation
early in the year when few mines
were operating more than two and
three days each week. Prices are
still below normal. but are showing
a rapid improvement. scarcity Of
coal cars for shipping strengthen
ing the market. A full run through
out the winter is expected by the
trade"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
DOCKET IN HANCOCK
COUNTY WILL BE LIGHT

Hawesville. Ky, Nov. S,-Han-
cock County Circuit Court will con-
yene on Nov. Is and as shown by
the records Friday, which was the
last day for service. the business will
be the least ever on the docket here
There have been but seven new
suits filed for the term and the
docket of old cases has been cleaned
up except in few instances where
settlements are to be made On the
criminal side there is not single
new case of any kind for trial. No
deed OF violence was done in the
county nor was any felony commit
ted except the one case of a negro
stealing chickens and he left for
parts unknown and his lone case
will not be tried The Jail is empty
and has been for months and even
years except when bank official of
Greensboro was here in jail five
years ago. The citizens are proud
OF this record and challenge the
State for better showing in any
county.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
A MONARCHY IN CHINA
IS FAVORED BY Is TO 3
Provinces Standing Shown In
Reply To.Request For
POstpOnement.

Picking. Nov. 6.-Fifteen of the
eighteen provinces of China are said
by the Government to have voted in
favor of a monarchy. : The Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Lu Cheng Hsi-
ang, made this statement to NJ OBJ
alta, secretary of the Japanese lega-
ton, in explaining in its opinion the
Government could not legally defer
the decision of the people concern
ing the proposal to re-establish a
monarchy NJ Obata visited the
Foreign Office and asked Lu Cheng
Hsiang to explain more definitely
China's reply to the request for post
Japan. Great Britain. France and
Russia. He said Japan was uncer-
tain whether the Government still
intended to make speedy change.
The Foreign Minister contended
China was misrepresented by reports
that hasty action was contemplated,
ana pointed 10 the advanced stage
which the elections already had
reached He assured NJ. Obata the
Chinese Government was considering
the friendly advice of the Powers in
the same spirit in which it was Of
fered.
Ii is reported from "a reliable
source that the Government may re-
quest the Council of State. acting as
Parliament. to legalize a postpone
ment of the monarchial restoration,
should it be finally decided upon.
The French. British and Russian
ministers have not asked China to
explain her reply. as II was consid-
cred by them to be satisfactory.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
DIXIE BEE LINE
ROUTE SELECTED
Kentucky Favored With
Main Highway.
RUNS THROUGH MANY TOWNS
On the Selected Route From
Danville, Ill.,, To Nash.
vile, Tenn.
SPIRITED FIGHTS FOR PLACE

Evansville. Ind. Nov. 6.-The Of
fetal route of the proposed Dixie
Bee Line Highway was selected at
the executive session of the nineteen
county vice presidents from Illinois,
Indiana. Kentucky and Tennessee.
II was decided that the proposed
highway will run from Danville, ILL.,,
to Terre Haute, Ind, passing through
Clinton. Ind. and Newport. Ind.
From Terre Haute the highway will
follow the State road south, passing
through Sullivan. Vincennes. Prince
ton and Fort Branch to Evansville
Twelve miles below Evansville the
highway will cross the Ohio river at
Henderson, Ky, and from Hender-
son the road will proceed south to
Madisonville, passing through Poole
and Dixon. From jacksonville it
will proceed to Hopkinsville, going
through Darlington, Nortonville.
Crofton and Morton's Gap.
From Hopkinsville the road will
go to Springfield. Tenn. passing
through Guthrie, Ky. Pembroke,
Ky. and Trenton. Ky. The highway
will strike the Dixie Highway at
Springfield
GAINESVILLE. Tenn. made big
fight for the highway and sent a
large delegation and band to the
convention to urge that the highway
pass through GAINESVILLE and Ash
land City. Tenn, and on to Nash
vile.
The county vice presidents, acting
as a commission. also decided to run
a branch road of the Dixie Bee Line
from Madisonville to Russellville,
passing through Greenville. AT Rus
sellville the big Dixie Highway again
will be tapped.
There was spirited fight between
Sebree and Dixon. in Webster coun-
ty. but it was apparent early in the
day that the Dixon route would win
out There was also warm fight
between Paris. H.. on the one side,
and Clinton and Newport. Ind, on
the other.
The county vice presidents before
final adjournment selected the OIL
cial marker for the Dixie Bee Line
Highway that will be stationed at
The marker consists of "A Union and
Confederate flag beneath an Ameri-
can eagle. Between the flags are
the words: Dixie y Line" The
marker is to show that the sectional
feeling btween the North and the
South has forever been wiped out
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
BROTHER AND SISTER
MEET AFTER 80 YEARS

Bloomington, Ind. Nov. Geo.
W. Coffman and his sister. Mrs. A..
l.. Pitzer. met at the home of the
latter. east of this city. to-day for
the first time in fifty years. In 1865.
at the close OF the Civil War. George.
then 23 years old. left his home in
Southern Indiana and went to Iowa.
From there he went to California
and later to Alaska. In the latter
country he was successful in making
fortune His sister came to this
county with her parents few weeks
after the brother left. During his
absence Coffman never" heard from
his parents or sister. While visiting
at his old home in Washington coun-
ty he CHANGED to read paper from
this county containing AN item about
the serious illness OF Mrs. Pitzer.
This resulted In the reunion. lie is
rs years old and his sister 10.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
Ky. o 81

good news to the lumber industry.
Track Improvement will require ties,
also bridge material wherever steel
bridge have not supplanted trestles.
Terminal improvements will require
lumber for construction. New roads
and branches will demand large
quantities of all these classes of ma
terial. The great demand for steel
from munition plants and from for
eign railroads and the consequent
higher prices may check the tenden-
cy to build steel freight cars and
may tempt railroads to build of
wood. They may be the more in
clined that way because lumber is
cheap and can be delivered prompt
ly. Another encouraging fact to
lumbermen is an increase of 36.S
per cent in value of building permits
in 20 principal cities during Septem-
Der.
All of these features of prosperity
and the differences which are drawn
from them go to show that prosper
ity cannot long prevail in the coun-
try at large without spreading into
every corner. Its beginnings are al
ready perceptible in the Pacific
Northwest. and no long time can
elapse before it reaches our premier
Industries and puts the prophet of
evil to fiight.-tPortland Oregonian.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10

ina statement to be made by Bur
ton himself. which will be in the
nature OF formal announcement.
Granville w. Mooney, of Ashta-
bula. Ohio, former Speaker of the
Ohio House of representatives, will
be the manager of Burton's cam
paign. and the plan is to open head
quarters in Washington, with Moon
ey in charge There also will be
branch headquarters in a number of
States where important fights for
delegates are expected.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
Their Blockade Illegal and
Ineffective,
SAYS UNCLE sam, DECIsVELY
United States Cannot Sub
nit To a Cnrtailment!0f
Our Rights.
NOTE DEALS WITH ALL PHASES

Washington, Nov. THE United
States. in its latest note to Great
Britain, made public here to-day,
covering exhaustively British inter-
ference with American trade since
the beginning of the European war,
declares that the so-called blockade
instituted by the Allies against enc
my countries on March IL, is "inef-
fective, illegal and. indefensible.'
Notice is served that the American
Government cannot submit to the
'curtailment of its neutral rights,
and IT cannot with complaisance
suffer further subordination of its
rights and interests"
Ambassador Page, to whom the
note was sent by special messenger
for delivery to the London Foreign
Office, was instructed by Secretary
Lansing Ito impress most earnestly
upon the British Government that
the United States must insist that
TIE ItAdtlOuS DttMtCH IL anu iilo
Majesty's Government be governed.
not by policy of expediency, but
by those established rules of inter-
national conduct to which Great
Britain in the past has held the
United States to account when the
latter nation was belligerent en-
gagged in struggle for national ex-
istence''
Declaring the United States ''un-
hesitatingly assumes the task of
clrampionipg the integrity of neu-
trial rights. the note proclaims that
the American Government will de-
vote its energies 10 the task. exer-
cising always an impartial attitude.
The note. nearly 5000 words in
length. was made public by agree
ment between the State Department
and the British Foreign Office. 1t
carries with ii voluminous appen-
dix, giving the text of American ma
val instructions issued in 1862 and a
summary and table showing hum
dreds of vessels detained by British
authorities since She beginning of
the present war.
The body of the note is divided
into thirty-six points. dealing with
all phases of the contraband ques-
ton, seizures and detentions. prior
to. as well as after. the so-called
blockade was instituted, and an
nounces that a separate communities
tion will be sent soon dealing par
ticularly with the 'propriety and
right of the British Government to
include in their list of contraband of
war certain articles which have been
so included"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
Kinds JOB Printing Neatly Ecccuted.
NO. As

Copper Company. with ten tons Of
flour and other supplies. aud has
called on the Monte2uma Copper
Company aud the III Tigre Compasy
for $4,000 each The two last
companies. American concerns. re
fused to comply. and villa stated
that unless they did. he would do
stroy their property. The MontezU-
ma Company has a plant valued IT
upward OF a million dollars.
Gen. Villa told the Cananea Cat
tie Company that he proposed TO
take its entire herd of 10000 cattle
for use of his army
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10

To date this year. $s2s.072. 600
OF bonds have been bought on the
New York market Bond purchases
for the same period last year
amounted to only s424.667 600.
This practical doubling of bond
purchases in single year is one OF
the surest signs OF prosperity. The
activity OF the stock market means
almost nothing; the enormous ma
jority Of all stock transactions are
mere speculation. But the man or
woman who buys bond Is usually
making a permanent investment.
lChicago Journal.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-10
PROSPERITY SPREADING
ALL OYER THE COUNTRY

News OF a car shortage is an evil
dence of prosperity which no man
can question. evidence which is cor
roborated by the fact that railroad
gross earnings in September showed
a gain OF per cent. II explains the
placing OF heavy orders for material
by railroads for delivery In 1916,
and justifies the belief that liberal
buying OF cars is beginning or will
soon begin.
Buying OF material by railroads Il