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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

The Montpelier Daily Argus was nine
teen years old last Saturday. The Argus
has had trials and tribulations, just like
other newspapers, but has survived them
all and has reached years of maturity and
is in good health, which we hope will
long be with it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

Gov. Gates again shows his good jddg.
ment in appointing Gov. Stearns Of john
son as member of the Conservation
Board" which is to investigate the wat
er sheds, waterstorag e, &c., of the State
and report at the next session of the
Legislature.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

The lady suffragists who called on
Senator Page denied they wanted him to
commit himself Perhaps they wanted
him to turn over new leaf Who knows?
Barre Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

A lot of the socalled Lieutenaut-Gov
ernorship timber in Burlingtoncan be elm
mated right off 1t is waste of time to
consider it-Barre Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03
No Dancer of Foroettino.

The eagle on the American dollar
is doubtless put there to demonstrate
money has wings.-Louisville Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03
g. &c. "a IN
Reply Z1'R9@2s11g
Department
Department.

To settle an argument please give.
text of provision in The Hague confer
ence rules with regard to invasion of
neutral territory.
The Hague conference of 1899 adopt
ed the following: ''Belligerents are
forbidden to move troops or conveys Of
either munitions of war or supplies
across the territory Of a neutral pow
err" Another rule states: "a belliger-
ent party which violates the provisions
of the said regulations shall, if the
case demands, be liable to pay compen-
sation. 1t shall be responsible for all
acts committed by persons forming
part of it's armed forces.'
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03
Lamoille County's Share of the
State School Fund

Following is the amount each town in
Lamoille county receives as its share of
the State School FUND.-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

Great Britain has served notice that
she does not want as recruits to her
armies young American lads who cross
the ocean on cattle ships and try to en-
list in the ranks of the allies. England
has had so much trouble getting advent
urous American youth out of the army
and sending them home that she has
served notice that such embryo soldiers
mnst hereafter stay on the ships that
brings them over. American boys with a
yearning for military glory would do
well to stay home and enter the United
States army or the nationalguard. They
der much safter conditions than abroad.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03
VIVA. is the average height of wave

What is the average height of waves
at sea?
An authority says the height of the
waves in a storm rarely exceeds twelve
feet, and in very bad disturbances ON
the high sea they may reacf a height
of fifty feet. Their length is never
over GOO feet In the southern parts
Of the Pacific waves forty-three feet
in height have been measured. in the
southern parts of the Atlantic thirty.
nine feet and in the Mediterranean
twelve feet At places where the
waves strike at an object. such as
lighthouse, they rise. of course. much
higher-froh 100 to 200 feet. On the
open sea. however, they never rise over
fifty feet.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

We understand that the edition of
"The Green Mountain Tour of Vermont"
some 1900 copies, is about exhausted
and that another edition may be issued.
This interesting booklet is one of the
best advertising mediums for Verm ont
that has ever been put out and is highly
complimented in all directions BY til e
way, one of the authors of this book,
Mr.. Mortimer Proctor, who has given
great deal of time and study to its prep
aration, is an enthusiastic Vermonter
and has become thoroughly acquainted
with the state by visiting every town
within its borders-a record, perhaps,
that no other person has. He has not
simply touched" upon the several towns.
but has gone to the center of every one,
thereby becoming thoroughly acquainted
with the lay of the land and the resources
and peculiarities of each town.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

Publish short sketch and list of any
notable painting by Russian painter
who went downin the sinking of bat
tleship. The name is quite long, begins
with "Ver" and ends with "n," and
the name of the battIeship, if remem-
Der correctly, was similar to Pavol-
optkin. His paintings were usually of
war scenes similar to MISSIONER.
Vassilf Verestchagin, Russian mill
tary painter, was born at Cherepovets,
in Novgorod, in 1S42. He studied I'M
der Gerome in Paris. He was present
with the Russian troops in the war
against Boghara in 1867 and in the
Russo-Turkish war of 1877; was in the
Shipka pass at the siege of Plevna and
was secretary to General Skobeleff
during the negotiations of peace at
San Stefano. Thereafter with the
brush he preached peace by painting
such terrible subjects as "The Apothe-
osis of War;" pyramid of skulls, ded-
lcated ito all conquerers, past, present
and to come" and "The Street Of
Plevna.' In 1901 he was with the
United States army in the Philippines,
and the result was series of battle
pictures of that campaign. Verestcha-
gins last visit to the United States
was in 1902, when he also went to
Cuba to make sketches Of the battle
grounds of the Spanish-American war,
later painting a series representing
those scenes, which he exhibited in
New York. Verestchagin persisted In
the Pelropavlovsk outside Port Arthur
ON April 4, 1904.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

wages may make some difference.
viii you please answer how many
commissioned and also how many nom
commissioned officers were on the
Maine when it was blown up?
There were twenty-siX commissioned
and noncOmmissiOned officers attached
to the Maine at the time. Twenty-Five
of these officers We're on board when
the explosion occurred, and four Of
them were on shore Two of the off,
GERS were killed and twenty saved.
OF what use are pigeons in modern
warfare? ! have seen in the news dis
patches reference to the use of pi-
geons in the European war. Are they
of any particular value, and how are
they used?
1t is claimed that the hOming pigeons
have been so useful as messengers in
the present European war that they
cannot be supplanted for carrying mes
sages by the field telephone, the hello
graph, the motorcycle or the aeroplane
Almost every country in Europe has
its military pigeon lofts. In France
alone there are a hundred thousand
homing pigeons in the hands of private
owners which the government is en-
powered by law to commander in case
of need. The breeding and training Of
the pigeons are under the care of the
engineer corps. Dispatches carried by
the birds are written on strips of pa
per three inches wide by four and a
half inches long. triply folded and then
rolled, or else they are photographed
from manuscript on film two inches
long by an inch and half wide. A
tiny aluminium cylinder containing the
is usually attached to the
pigeons leg, although there are various
methods. Any ordinary homing pigeon
can be relied upon to cover a fight of
250 miles in five to seven hours. The
homing pigeon upon being released in
variably circles upward to a great
height until it gets its bearings, then
strikes bee line for home.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

What is meant by the Latin Ameri-
can states and why so called? What
language do they speak?
The term includes all the countries
of South America, of Central America
and Mexico, so called because they
were settled and peopled by Latin
races, chiefly Spanish. They all speak
the Spanish language in different de-
grees of purity except Brazil, where
Portuguese is the national language.
and Haiti, where French is national.
Portuguese and French, however, are
classed as Latin languages.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

Why cannot American ships carry
freight as cheaply as foreign ships?
Greater cost of building and higher
wages may make some difference.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-11-03

What is ship subsidy?
Anything in the way of an appro.
priation, grant, bounty or rebate grant
ed or allowed without service being
rendered therefor.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
Death of Mr.. Jack Brackin.

Although quite i'll for several
weeks, the death of Mr. Sidney Jack
Brackin was unexpected. Mr.. Brack-
in, who resided with his mother on
Grove street, was considerably en-
feebled by his illness, and moving
from his chair last Monday night
about 10 o'clock for the purpose of
retiring was suddenly stricken and
collapsed before he reached the bed
Death took place in a few minutes.
Mr.. Brackin has been practically
an invalid since childhood, at which
time he suffered an attack of infan-
tile paralysis. This disease affected
his spine and made him a cripple
for life. But like many others who
have felt the heavy hand of suffer-
ing he seemed to rise above it with
firmer confidence in the grace of
God and the love and devotion of
an aged mother. He was clean in
character, honest and honorable, al
ways deferential and manly, and
thoroughly esteemed by every one
who knew him.
He and his mother lived together,
inseparable and fondly devoted to
each other. The most remarkable
of all the bonds of affection was
truly exemplified between these two
consecrated souls, and the passing of
the son leaves a wounded heart.
Mr.. Brackin was four years of
age when his father, ]. S. Brackin,
died. That was forty-three years
ago, and the mother and two chill
dren survived. His sister, Mrs. Joe
Majors, resides in Mississippi.
Funeral services were held at the
residence Wednesday afternoon, con-
Quoted by Rev. w. C. Waters, and
the remains were inferred at East
View.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
Burglars in Union City.

The book store of D. P. Caldwell, P.
Hyman's dry goods and clothing store
and the Dietzel Produce Co. business
houses we're entered by burglars Tues
day night, about 2 O'Clock, it is thought.
Entrance was effected in Caldwell's store
by prizing up back window. Mr..
Caldwell had between forty and fifty
dollars in paper and silver money in
the safe and this was taken. The safe
was not locked and it was easily opened.
The burglars went to the cash drawer
and found some change. Nothing was
taken from Mr.. Hyman's store, as far
as known, nor from the Dietzel Produce
Co. building. The burglar or burglars
have not been apprehended. One man
was seen in the alley behind Caldwell's
store about o'clock Tuesday night.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
! Flattering Prospects.

The Training School has the promise
OF one OF the best teams this spring
that has been known in years. The
schedule is now about complete, open
ing with Joe Cantillon's team from
Hickman, few preliminary games,
Martin, Huntingdon, Trenton, Clinton,
and probably McTyeire of Mckenzie,
Waverly and Brownsville.
The prospective players are Wright,
Rankin, Porter, Farrell as pitchers,
Easterwood and Rankin as catchers,
Everett at first, Mcconnell at second,
Thompson or Terrell at short, Rankin
at third, Posey at left, Alexander Gap
taiD) at center, Porter, Waters, Warter-
field and others at right.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
Special Operation.

DR.. F. w. Watson performed a
very skillful and satisfactory opera
ton last Monday, which involved
the grating of skin from one sub
ject to another. The patient, Mr..
Marion Hughes, of Troy, was
brought here to the Miller house,
where he was treated, and DR.. Wat
son was assisted by Miss Mamie
Doyle, nurse. Miss Kelly, chief OPP
orator with the Union City ex-
change, Cumberland Telephone Com
pany, consented that the operation
be supplied from her arm, and the
grating was made from healthy
subject and completed in such a
scientific and careful manner as to
make it complete success.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
Higher Prices for Good Fruits.

The Grasselli Chemical Co., the
largest chemical manufacturers in
the United States, make the best
Lime-Sulphur Solution for spraying
fruit trees. Frank c. Wehman is
exclusive agent for this line of Lime
Sulphur Solution and Arsenate of
Lead. Spray your fruit trees with
the best and get the best results and
get the highest prices for
your fruits.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
Sold Fine Farm.

j. w. Herring, well known in the
fine farming country CONTIGUOUS to
Union City, this week sold his fine
farm of 931a acres to w. A. Houser
for $13, 500, nearly one hundred and
fifty dollars an acre. Mr.. Herring
is making preparations to change
locations, but has not decided yet
where he will go. He is one of
the most thoroughly esteemed and
likable men in this part of the
country and will certainly carry
with him the kindest and the best
wishes of a host of friends. Mr..
Houser, his successor, is young
farmer and a citizen of the best
and we feel sure will sus-
tain the reputation that the older
citizens have made for Houser Val
ley. By the way, Mr.. Houser comes
into his own in settling in Houser
Valley, the country which takes its
name from his family of people.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05

on the sidewalk notes. This should
be easy enough, considering that the
collection from this source last year
was $4,000.
We firmly believe, if what is said
is true, and If the estimates submit
ted by the architect are correct,
that the city can make a large saw
ing by building hall this year, or
at once. The plans now in the
hands of DR.. Turner at a cost of
$4,000 cannot possibly be duplicated
one or two years from now. In our
judgment in two years the building
will cost from two to four thousand
dollars more money.
A committee Of ladies was pres
ent requesting that the board take
steps to effectively stamp bootleg
ging out of Union City. The COM
mittee was delegated by the local
w. c. T. U. and the board agreed
to make an effort along this line.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
Hand Severed.

Mr.. Red Belt, an employee of the
Sheriff. mill three and one-half miles
west of Union City, was crippled Mon
day while at work feeding the cutoff
saw. His arm was accidentally caught
some way and his hand badly dismem-
bered by the saw, which cut through
the palm, taking off the larger part OF
it and the thumb and first three fingers.
Drs. Parks and Hibbitts we're called and
found it necessary to amputate the re-
naming part of the hand, but we un-
derstand the patient is doing reasonably
we'll. We are indebted to Mr.. Aubrey
Logan for this report.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
City Hall.

The Board of Mayor and Alder
men met in regular session last
Tuesday night, and a number of
items of business were passed over
for future consideration. The Board,
however, went on record as favor
ing the building of city hall on
their property on Church and Sec
ond streets, and the following com
mittee was appointed to secure a
detailed statement of the cost, plans,
etc, with the idea that if they meet
with the approval of the board the
work may soon begin. Committee,
DR.. w. M. Turner, j. A. Wheeler,
John Adams.
1t is estimated that the building
of a hall at the present time, on
account of the cheapness of material
and labor, will amount to a consid-
cradle saving to the city, and that
under these conditions it is advis-
able that the work be done. This
is aside from the fact that the city
needs hall for general purposes.
Most every other city has a nice
hall Of its own, many much smaller
cities than Union City. The Mayor
has made his figures to show that
the city can this year, under the
estimates and footings already made,
build the hall and be in the clear
without adding larger indebted
ness at the end of the year. With
this estimate the water and light
plant improvements are included and
the proposition is contingent upon
the collection of as much as $4,000
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
Road Meeting.

The committee appointed by the Good
Roads Association in session here last
week met Wednesday at the courthouse,
represented by a number of the civil
districts, and discussed the adoption OF
a system of main roads for the county
to be included in the proposed plans for
gravel roads. Mr.. Bob Fox called the
meeting to order and, some of the dis
tricts not being represented, the plans
were not perfected but are to be come
pleted at another meeting here next
Wednesday.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
House Burned.

The residence of DR.. e. d. Walk
er, colored, in the northeastern part
of the city, new home of the
bungalow type and very substan-
tial one, was destroyed by fire We'd
nesday morning. The loss of the
home and furniture amounted to
something like $4,000, with insur-
ance of $4,000. DR.. Walker is one
of the leading colored citizens of
Union City and has been very sue
cessful with his practice. He will
soon rebuild.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
Thieves at Kenton.

Kenton, Tenn, March 3.-The
store of P. l.. Draper, a prominent
merchant of Rutherford, five miles
south of this place, was broken into
Tuesday night by burglars and a
number of articles of merchandise
taken. The thieves changed clothes,
putting on new clothing and leav-
ing their old clothes instead.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
Rankin Wins Prize.

Russell Rankin won the one fdollar
in trade prize" offered by Chas. M,
Henderson in the spelling match held
at the Training School last Friday; Ran
kin is number one speller and will
stand his ground in most any kind of a
spelling contest.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05

Farmers and others who live at dis
lance from drug store should keep in
the house a bottle of BALLARD'S
SNOW EMINENT. 1t may be needed
at any time for cuts, wounds, sores,
sprains or rheumatism. 1t is power
full healing and penetrating remedy.
Price 25c, SOC and $1.00 per bottle.
Sold by divers Red Cross Drug Store.
ADV.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
No Examination.

H. o. Vincent, of the Union City de-
partment of the U. S. Civil Service Com
mission, requests us to announce that
no examination for position of railway
mail clerk will be held this spring. The
Department needs no new men and de-
sires the public to know that applica-
lions are unnecessary.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05

Spray your fruit trees with the
best Lime-Sulphur Solution and you
will have the best fruit Grasselli
Chemical Cos. LimeSulphur Solu-
ton is the very best. You get high
er prices for higher grade fruits.
For sale only by FRANK c. WEH-
MAN.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-05
Alton Packard.

Mr.. Packard is not only a great
cartoonist, he is a genuine enter
tainer as we'll.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-03-04
Copyright, 1914. BY Louis Joseph Vance

him to Jersey City, and stood Up to be
married by a preacher-guy named
Wright-and Marrophat broke in just
at the critical moment and busted up
the party?"
"Well?" she demanded breathlessly.
Barcus produced a folded yellow pa
per from his coat pocket and prof
fered it.
"Read that. 1t was handed to me
as best man, just before the cere-
mony. Seeing it was addressed to
Alan and knowing he was in no frame
of mind to be bothered by telegrams,
I slipped it into my pocket and forgot
all about it temporarily. When 1
came to find it, I took the liberty Of
reading it. But read it for yourself"
The typewriter lines of the long
message blurred and ran together al
most indecipherably in Judith's vision.
None the less, she contrived to grasp
the substance of it's meaning.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU WIRE ME-
SOONER" it ran: MARRIAGE TO
ROSE IMPOSSIBLE. REV. Mr..
WRIGHT INFORMED NE YOUR
MARRIAGE TO JUDITH LAST
WEEK HAD GONE TOO FAR WHEN
MARROPHAT INTERRUPTED. JU-
DITH LEGALLY YOUR WIFE
WOULD HAVE ADVISED YOU
SOONER HAD YOU LET Me KNOW
WHERE TO ADDRESS YOU. HOPE
TO HEAVEN THIS GETS TO YOU
BEFORE TOO LATE"
The message was signed with the
name Of Aian's confidential man Of
business in New York.
/ When Judith looked up she was
alone in the room, but for the silent
| patient on his couch
Slowly, almost fearfully, she crept
to his bedside and stood looking down
into the face of her husband.
And while she looked Alan's lashes
futtered, his respiration quickened,
faint color crept into his pallid cheeks
and his eyes opened wide and
looked into hers.
His lips moved and breathed a word
of recognition:
Judith"
With a low cry of tenderness, the
girl sank to her knees and encircled
his head with her arms
Judith" she whispered, hiding her
face in his bosom, Judith is no
more
A pause; and then the feeble voice:
Then, il was mistaken, if you
aren't judith you must be Rose-my
wife,,'
She said steadily: Il am your wife,
His hands fumbled with her face,
closed upon her cheeks. lifted her
: head until her eyes must look into
his.
And for many minutes he held her
so. looking deep into the soul of the
woman
Then quietly he said: L know
The END.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-03-04
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
His important Medical Discovery
Should Be Recorded in His
Memorial.

There has been a suggestion that
in memorial to DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes some worthy recognition be
made of his incompatible service to
mankind in the discovery and propaga-
ton against obstacles that would have
deferred less honest and sympa-
thetic mind of the contagiousness Of
childbed fever and its remedy. Lay
persons and unfortunately many in
the profession are unaware of this
epoch-making discovery by a man
whose memory is beloved and hon
ored for his literary attainments
only. A disease which consigned
thousands of recent mothers to un-
timely graves was suddenly deprived
of it's malign prevalence by the dis
covery Of Doctor Holmes that it was
contracted by contact with the doc
tor or nurse and that simple precau-
tions by them would prevent its oc-
currence. Prosecuted in his own
country by the ridicule of great pro-
fessors in that specially, Holmes pur-
sued the even tenor of his way until
his idea was accepted in England.
Thence it was carried to the con-
tinent, where it was taken up by q
Hungarian physician who reduced the
mortality in the Vienna hospitals enor-
mously. To the latter his countrymen
have erected a monument in Buda-
pest, and annually homage is paid to
his memory, while Holmes is barely
remembered in the United States for
this scientific discovery, which it is
said he valued more highly than his
literary fame.