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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

Every once in a vile something
crops out in the way of evidence
against the claim that the people of
Vermont are opposed to school central
ization This time it is the action of
the people of Townshend in voting ex-
ira money to maintain three-teache1
school, which, according to the Towns
bend correspondent, from the excel
lence of the work accomplished has
been its own best argument for cen
tralization.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

The Reformer prints today a compre-
hensive review of what has been ac-
complished during the past two years
by the Windham County Agricultural
association It is an article which
should be read by all who are inter
ested in the possibilities of agriculture
in this section. And it may not be out
of place to say here that the author,
County Agent A W. Sweeton, is the
man most largely responsible for the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29
SUES FOR $4,000.
Girl Seeks Damages for Injuries Re
ceived in Automobile Mishap.

MONTPELIER, June %. Fred
L. Dyke, Northfeld merchant, is the
defendant in a $4,000 damage suit
brought by Marion l.. Dawlev. minor,
by her next friend, Henry G. Dawley,
her father. &c 1iiddlesex, the plaintiff
asking damage for injuries alleged TO
have been received when she was
struck by an automobile driven by the
defendant, the accident happening in
front of her home on the Mortified
road. The plaintiff alleges that she
suffered a broken arm and permanent
injuries and AYERS that the defendant
was driving his machine at an unlaw-
full rate of speed. Fred L. Laird is
counsel for the plaintiff. Mr.. Dawley
twas former resident of Montpelier
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29
Georgia Prohibition.
lRutland Herald

sidelight is shown on the Georgia
brand of prohibition by the significant
Associated Press story Of the demon
STATIONS against Gov Slaton for saw
ing Leo Frank S life. 1t is said z An
order followed, closing all near beer sa-
looms and clubs where liquor could be
obtained. Is there anything famil-
lar in the situation? Do Ne.monters
recognize that sort Of ily-white pro
hibition?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

The Essex County Herald of Island
Pond, the only paper published in Els
sex county, has been absorbed by the
Newport Express and Standard Co
The Herald was established in 1873 By
the late W. H. Bishop and under hI'
direction for many years was an ex
cellent paper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

Not the least of the factors that arc
contributing to the enjoyment Of
President Wilson S vacation must be
his feelings that he has a real secretary
Of state holding down the job in
in Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29
Profit from Forestry
(Rutland Herald.)

To get down to real figures, the
state forester estimates that the 5000
600 trees plan ted in Vermont durins
the past six years will have a stumpage
value of $4,000 in 1854, or $l,1l0,-
900 in 1864, so that man S children
may very easily profit from the yalua-
bile efforts of the forester. This is
putting things in form that any one
can understand.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
of the paper each night, and it solicits
the cooperation of subscribers to that
end Prompt reports should be given of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, in per-
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied
1t is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

President Wilson lost in the noun
tains while trying to find Woodstock!
Surely something must be wrong with
the publicity propaganda of that ia
nous year-round resort.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

In his opening remarks the new edi-
tor of the Advance says that before
him "lie all the newspapers of the
state, and the Rutland Herald.' Gee,
but that S inviting a scrap right early
in the game.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29
70 ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Ru of paper
SO cents an inch for first insertion; IS
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
"a line first insertion with so per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

Don't forget that fishing license
is a necessity if your summer vaca-
ton plans include this form of recrea-
ton in Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29


IN
mann in
McIlinnie with English
Godowky Berlin This the platform
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

Some people are so hard pressed by
the necessity of paying a $40 income
tax that they may have to cut down
on their church pew rent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

fuls of flour, four eggs,
four tablespoonful of
sugar, two tablespoon
fuls of butter, one cake
of yeast and two cupfuls
Of milk. Dissolve the
yeast cake in a quarter
Of a cupful of lukewarm
water mix and give a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29
|ZHgkAEEGEEEN
||2aHHS3ADHNET

/ know a little garden-close
Set thick with lily and red rose.
Where l would wander if l might
From dewy dawn TO dewy night,
And have one with me wandering.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

third day with
considered the best
the highest aaed New
recia Miss Alberta Florence the voln signal success in
technique
declared
n of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29


In 90 states there is minor suffrage
the right to vote for school boards
or on municipal issues. What is meant
by woman s suffrage nowadays is full
suffrage, the right to vote on all sub
iiects that men do. Such full suffrage
is now operative in II Of the states,
and in only these foreign countries,
Denmark being the newest entrant:
Norway, Isle of Man,
| Iceland, New Zealand,
Finland, Australia,
Denmark.
Commenting upon the character Of
| the countries which have granted full
suffrage, an article in the July Every
body S remarks:
Almost all full-suffrage communi-
ties (including the Western states of
the United States) combine the two
following things:
First-Thev are very 'tmodern IN
their love of school and books, and
have a very high level of popular edu-
cation.
i Second They are comparatively
|" backward in this way - they are
not dominated by crowded areas of
manufacturing and banking and trad
ling.
I Most common among the open-mind-
led upon the subject of fall or equal
suffrage is the question: What have
kwomen accomplished in places wherS
they exercise it?'' AS the Every
lbody's report bears marks of effort K
deal squarelv with facts the following
imay be quoted: We don t see woman
, suffrage doing anything that men hav,
: mot done already. OF course we don 7
; mean to say for minute tha
2 suffrage doesn t help, both in securin!
what new personal rights still need t
] be secured for women and in pushIn.
: well known humanitarian ideas into tn
S statute books. We know it does. w
Q have seen it do it. But if the woman
suffrage movement had to rely on th
argument that women won't get thci
tsrights' and that the world won t &c
reformed unless women vote, why. re
living on that argument alone, we don
believe it would get very far. TIL
fword which explains woman suffrag
lis not reform but individuality. =
, Why then, if voting women have AZ
Icomplished nothing new, do women i
$ iother states want full suffrage? Tn
It same report answers: ''Not till Woma
r. has developed certain mental muscle
: does she want suffrage. She gets ed
o. cation muscles. She gets money mu
: Icles. She becomes an individual An
= then, for veal or woe, she wants
- Iexercise those muscles, and individual
!, ty, Just as man does. And, like ma
"a Ishe persuades herself that the woe 81
: will accomplish is nil and the veal
= colossal - In New York, where a su
- frage amendment to the constitute
!, comes before the celebrates in Mover
: ber-and possibly in Massachusetts Il
- position is the same-the disposition
- fpresent appears to. be to give womt
all voting rights eff they in suitab
proportion want them An electora
e (which is indifferent toward issues d
as cided by elections would be liable
ed dangerous manipulation. Bost'
Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

The Boston Transcript has no doubt
that Vermont can furnish granite
shrapnel if the allies can furnish the
rocks
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

A New Jersey man who was tried re
Gently for alienation of affection was
crushingy referred to as the "bald-headec
lamb of love"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

success of this extremely valuable
movement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29
RAISED BREAKFAST BREADS.

The rich French rolls are very pop
ular for salad rolls. Take eight cup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-12
ANTITRUST SUIT Al ALEXANDER CITY Tallapoosa Ice and Coal Company Sues Big
 Corporation

Alexander City, July 11.-(SpeciaL) The first case ever entered in the courts of east Alabama under the antitrust laws of this state was filed today in the Alexander City division of the circuit court by George A. Sorrell, attorney, demanding the statutory penalty of $500 and in addition for 5000 damages in which the Tallapoosa Ice and Coal con- pany. local ice plant recently erected here, Is suing the Atlantic Ice and Coal corporation of Atlanta for damages for alleged Illegal competition. The plain tiff alleges the defendant to be a trust monopolizing about 70 per cent of all the ice output in the states of Tennes see, Georgia, Alabama and Florida. And further allege that in order to encom- pass the destruction of their local plant the defendant corporation Is disposins of large quantities of ice locally from gift of ice up to 25 cents per hun dred. whereas their former prices, be- fore the local ice plant was erected. was anywhere from 40 cents l hundred to s1 per hundred pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-12
Sunday Amusements

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 I beg to trespass on your space sec ond time, as I note the Rev. L. F. Whit ten makes further protest against Sunday amusements as advocated in my first let ter.
 do not know why he should say he fully stated in unanswerable testimony the views of religious bodies" As far as know, he represents these views ac- curately. If not. the churches in oues- tion can speak for themselves. But whether he does or not is quite imma- terial to the discussion. No one is dis putting what the churches do or do not believe in this matter. The question is. what is right. not whether they say it is right or not.
 I am still of the opinion that there are only two aspects to this question:
 'The first is the views of religious bodies from a purely sectarian stand point"
 ".The second is the matter of public mor- ality'
 I note that the Rev. L. F. Whitten In quoting my letter omits the words from purely sectarian standpoint from these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-12
ALL EVIDENCE IN
 IN ACADEMY PROBE

Annapolis Md, July 1l.-Taking of evidence was completed today before the court of inquiry Investigating ex- animation irregularities at the naval academy and adjournment was taken until Tuesday.
 Correspondence between the court and United States Senator Lee of Maryland was made a part of the rec ord. It dealt with what Senator Lee regarded a intimations in the testi- mony of Rear Admiral Fullam. super intendent of the academy. that the senator had brought political influence to bear upon the secretary of the navy in behalf of one of the defendant mid shipmen.
 In the correspondence the senator said the only thing he had done was to request Secretary Daniels to make another investigation of charges against the midshipmen who had been recommended for dismissal by an in- vestigating board appointed by Super intendent Fullam. The senator ex- pressed belief that developments dur ing the second investigation proved the wisdom of his course
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-12
OUR MORAL OBLIGATION TO
 FEEBLE MINDED CRIMINAL
SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT By MRS. SIDNEY M. ULLMAN

Several days ago The Age Herald treat ed editorially the prevention of crime in relation to the feeble-minded. It will un- doubtedly be interesting to know more of this subject. and what other eminent au- thorities have to say on the subject.
 Every commonwealth spends hundreds of thousands of dollars examining per sons who are accused of crime with a view to determining their guilt or inno- cense. so as not to punish anyone who may be innocent; but here is group of people as undeserving of punishment for the crimes they commit as the man who shoots his neighbor by accident. What, then, should be the policy of the state in regard to these cases after they are dis covered . They must be removed from the environment in which it has been proved they are incapable of functioning in a manner endurable to society. They must be segregated. "-Goddard.
 "As simple business proposition, no state can make better investment or one actually paying larger dividends, than to insure that the feeble-minded women of a child bearing age are prevented from bringing defective paupers into the world to go on reproducing themselves in geo. metrical ratio.'-Fernald.
 This type of family increases at twice the ratio of the general population. "- Tredgold.
 Every feeble-minded person. especially the high-grade imbecile. is a potential criminal "-Fernald.
 There are many crimes committed by imbeciles for every one committed by an insane person. ."-Fernald.
 These people are never self-supporting. but are eventually supported by the public in some way."-Fernald.
 There is urgent demand for greatly in- crea sed institutional provision for this class. -" From the economic standpoint alone no other investment could be so profitable. not even In canals. railroads and factories. '-Fernald.
 The managers of our jails, reforma- tories and prisons estimate that from 4 to 50 per cent of their inmates are mem tally defective. Of 100 consecutive admissions at the State Reform School for Boys at Railway, N. J., 26 were feeble- minded. We examined 56 girls who had been inmates of the Massachusetts Reformatory. Flfty-two were distinctly feeble minded - Of the 100 youths in the Detention Home of the Newark juven- ile court. we found one who had aver age normal mentality. All the rest were below, while 66 were beyond question feeble. minded. ."-Goddard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-12
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: l One of the most striking facts, to per sons interested in insurance, is the his- 1 tory of the Southern Mutual Insurance company of Athens, Ga. Its report for the year ending April 30. 1915. has recently
 been issued.
 This was a company organized 67 years ago, by the citizens of Georgia, for nut
 ual protection against loss by hre.
 It now has assets of $1.12733O, notwith-
 standing the fact that annually for. many
 years 1t has returned to its policy-hcaders
 large dividend. The report shows that ] it's loss ratio for the year 1914 was only s2 per cent of the premiums received. while the stock companies or companies belonging to the Southeastern Underwrit- CTS association showed lost ratio Of from 70 to 80 per cent of premiums re- ceived for the same year.
 |. The Athens Mutual has declared a divi- dend of 60 per cent of premiums paid to be returned to its policy-hoders. This result shows that the citizens of Geor- gia are able to conduct an insurance com pany more successfully than northern and eastern companies have been able to do in the same territory.
 Alabama citizens should have strong mutual insurance company, so that hon est and careful citizens could get the bene-
 fit of their care and honesty, and not be
 subjected to high rates, frequently in- creased to make up the loss of the com panies, who by their careless methods, and their practice of insuring anything that will produce an income. have reaped their reward of heavy losses
 In this state there was a time when the citizens of Alabama could organize mutual companies for their own protec- ton. but laws enacted at the instigation of tn, tariff companies are now such that it requires slo0o0o capital for fire in- surance company to do business in this state.
 The repeal of those laws, or the enact ment of one which would permit citizens of the state to organize mutual companies and thereby induce competition, would probably result in helping to lower rates for fire insurance in this state. | It is interesting to note that the Farm CTS Mutual Insurance company, a com pany organized under an old Alabama | law, which has confined its writings prin- cipally to farm property. showed a loss l ratio in 1913 of 2s per cent of the pre- niuns received, which is fine record, and it is particularly creditable when. it Is considered that the average for all companies the same year was about twice
 as much, or 56 per cent.
 1 Well managed companies can make
 money in Alabama at much lower rates
 than now prevail. and the legislature
 would do we'll to encourage the organiza-
 ton and operation of home companies even to the extent of exempting them from
 taxation for limited period as they have
 some industrial enterprises. Yours truly | JAMES H. HARD.
 Birmingham, July 10. 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-12
MISS DAVIS
 WEIGHED ONLY
 76 POUNDS She Now Weighs Over 100 Lbs, Gaining "A Lbs. In Only Few Weeks Wonderful Improvement
 Since Taking Tanlac Acts More Like Magic Than Medicine" She De clares In Statement

Before I began taking Tanlac l only weighed 76 pounds. l now weigh over 100 pounds and am gaining every day, was the truly remarkable statement made a few mornings ago by Miss LaReu Davis. residing at 2l0 Glass street, East Chat tAnooga, Tenn.
 Miss Davis was a very happy person, indeed. when she called at the Live and Let Live Drug company's store for her third bottle of the medicine and seemed highly pleased at being able to find 1t in Chattanooga. Continuing, she said:
 T bought my first bottle a short time ago in Gas City, Ind, and it helped me so much I have continued using it since. l have always been very delicate and for the last few years have suffered almost continually from a very bad form Of stomach trouble and rheumat tism. I suf- fered a great deal from pains in all my joints and limbs. My kidneys also must have been affected as l suffered a great deal with pains in my back.
 T rarely ever had any appetite and simply could not relishs anything. What little did eat always disagreed with me and my food seemed to ferment and cause gas and swelling in my stomach. In fact. everything l ate seemed to poison my whole system, as the rheuma tism pains were dreadful. You can easily imagine how I felt as I only weighed 7s pounds. anF was so l1ln iuohtu perfectly awful. was also ter ribly nervous and had headaches a great deal and seldom ever got good nights rest This was the condition l was in when I began taking Tanlac, but just look at me now. My appearance is changed so one would hardly know me to be the same person.
 "Oh l feel so different now, even my complexion has improved. My appetite is good, I can hardly get enough to eat, and ever ything seems to agree with me. l no longer suffer from dyspepsia and those terrible pains are all thing of the past In fact l am enjoying the best of health and feel just dandy. Tanlac is simply grand, and l can truthfully say is the only medicine that ever did me any good I would not take anything for what it has done for me. It has acted more like magic than medicine in my case and l galdly recommend 1t to my friends.
 Tanlac, the premier preparation, is sold in Birmingham exclusively by Patton Pope company and Jacobs drug store.
 Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-12

Alabama has had her full quota of feehle-minded criminals. A man has re- gently been indicted in certain county for dreadful crime entailing loss of property and several lives. This loss can
 not be estimated nor ever repaired. Three youths terrorized certain community for years and finally committed highway rob bery and spent years in the mines only to be in the tolls of the police month after being released. Upon examination all
 three were found to be defective.
 woman in another county killed two of her
 Legitimate children and was convicted of infanticide. A Methodist minister, a stu dent of social problems, became interested
 in her case and upon investigation she was found to be mentally deficient, and she
 was sent to the asylum It took the ex- pense to the state of long drawn out trial
 and year in Jail to determine her ire sporsibility. The examples could be null 1 tiplied indefinitely
 Many of these children are in the public schools and there presence in the class hampers the progress of the normal and precocious. It has long been a problem in
 the Birmingham schools as to what should
 be done with the mental defectives. Of whom there is an astonishingly large
 number One thing sure-the public pays the bill, If it is not by segregation in an institution 1t is by taxes. in the aims houses, jails and reformatories or more than tnlS, by the moral eontaHion set III motion which can never me estimated,
 manifesting itself in prostitution, ilegit- macy, defeneracy and vice
 But one gets dreadfully tired talking about the economic value of human beings to the state. Children bred and born in this state are the product of the social order of the state, and the state owes them protection and care and education
 and training commensurate with their ca pacity and need.
 There are some who feel that the era of the child has come and yet others who think that the proper conception of the welfare of the child Is still struggling to
 be born. and it would seem from the ap-
 propriations of Congress last year that
 we would be justified in the more pessi-
 mistic viewpoint.
 For the study and eradication of cholera
 an appropriation of s6O0,00O was granted,
 while for the study of infant mortality,
 birth rate, physical degeneracy, orphan
 age, juvenile occupations, accidents, dis eases. etc., ad fnitum the munif1cent sum
 of $164.640 was appropriated.
 The state representatives at Washing
 ton last year sent out seeds that cost the
 government s2s8, 300. but of course they had
 to remind the folks back home that they
 were still on the job.
 The men in Washington differ from the
 men at the state capital in degree, not In
 kind All of which makes us conclude
 that man hath way. The state of Ala
 bama, too hath a way of always being
 at the bottom, and will so long as we
 think more of our fish and game. our for
 ests and water powers. our cattle and hogs
 thar we do of our children.