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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-24
Via the Scale Towns.

(Randolph Herald and News.)
The Bennington Banner finds that
with other distinguished arrivals in
Vermont most of the insect pests pass
through Brattleboro. " The latest is
the San Jose scale, which might more
appropriately have come in via Rut-
land or st. Johnsbury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-24

that of attorney general. He will
have an opportunity to do an import
ant work at the head of the new
board.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-24
Just Another One.

Whats that loud talking going on up
in your fiat, Nillie?"
ooh, that's Just pa, losing another ar
gument to ma.'-Detroit Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-24
IezA -ZA~,zsszzl.

Two German wireless experts have
succeeded in sending messages through
the earth from mines 1000 feet deep
and a mile and half apart.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-24
WEST BRATTLEB0R0
Must Paw Dues or Taxes.

At the recent annual meeting of
Western Engine company it was vot-
ed to give the members who were ow-
ing fines to the company and had been
sent bills, their choice of paying them
before May 10 or having their names
given to the tax collector for collec-
tion CT taxes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-24
GOOD THINGS FOR GUESTS.

A delicious little hot dish to pre-
pare for a friend is:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-07

the use Of young school boys as IN
formers and aids to the police.
This, according to Judge Mahoney,
would make them regular stoolpig-
cons.
THE idea is an old one. It's small
town stuff the judge declared.
New York tried it for a time and
they are trying to get Chicago to
mimic the eastern city.
''They want the youngsters to spy
on criminals and report all misdoings
In their neighborhood. Think what
an effect this would have on the char
acter of the young boy. He would
be on the lookout for crime.
Let the youngsters play. Don't
put ideas Of sneaking after criminals
into their heads. Give them a chance.
Perhaps some of the boys of the
city could do better than many of the
policemen have come into contact
with, but if the force can't do its
work now let's get more policemen.
Don't make stOolpigeons Of our chill
dren."
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-07
DON'T MAKE STooLPlGEoNS OF
OUR BOYS SAYS JUDGE

Don't make stoolpigeons of our
school children. Don't plunge them
into a school of crime" was the COM
ment of Judge Mahoney of the mu-
nicipal court on the proposed plan
to organize schoOlboys as aids to the
police. The plan has the backing
of the Herald and was suggested by
Policeman Harry Loose.
keep the young boys innocent of
crime as long as you can. Making
policemen of them would be the first
step to initiate them into the secrets
of the underworld" the Judge de-
cIared.
policeman Losses proposition was
to be presented to the chief of polio,
on his return to the city. It planned
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-07

order passed by the council last
night calling on Mayor Thompson to
appoint a committee of nine alder
men to look into public ownership of
public utilities and report on how it
works in other cities and how it
might work in Chicago.
!, These aldermen signed the resolu-
ton: Kerner, Merriam, Buck, Nc
Cormick, Pretzel, Littler, Kennedy,
Rodriguez. KeTner said a report can
be made. by Jan. 1. It will cover
these questions:
How are you going to buy these
properties? What's the law? What
does it cost to run street car lines
and phone systems? What's the real
cost of making gas in Chicago? Can
wages and working conditions of en-
ployes be made better under public
ownership?
Aid. MerTiam's resolution putting
the council on record as against cor
Tupt use Of patronage by city officials
was beaten by a vote of 40 to 81.
Merriam then explained that his res
olution word for word is today acrim-
inal statute of Illinois and has been
for 20 years.
The mayor named Aid. Ettler
, chairman committee to meet con-
gressiOnal committee on rivers and
harbors here next week.
-O-O-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01
War News Fifty Years Ago

There are no longer any prisoners confined in
Libby Prison nor in Castle Thunder--the first
men held az prisoners OF one kind and another
In over four years.
The Springfield Republican. which is perhaps
the influential daily paper published in
New England. strong against any
further prosecution OF MIR. Davis. 1t declares
that an Indictment against him for treason
cannot be maintained
The crime of rape is getting to he serious in
this State. Three negroes lynched In
southampton County last week for this horrible
crime II is crime almost unknown in this
state before the negroes set free
Among Governor Pierponts callers yesterday
We're Hon William II. mcfarland. r. r Haxal.
chants and bankers Of Richmond: also Hon. A.
H. H. Stuart, of Anguish County
Hon Charles A. Dana. late Assistant Score
tary of War, has been made editor OF the Chica go
Republican. the new paper started by the
wealthy Deacon Bross oppose the Chicago
Tribune and he the organ OF Governor Yates
be $4,000 year. the highest salary paid any
newspaper editor in the country.
1t is announced that the packe, boats will he
hetweer Richmond and Lynchbure within tho
next ten days.
To-day has been set apart by President John
son as day Of humiliation and mourning in
memory OF the late President Lincoln. Services
VIII he held In several OF the Richmond churches
The Nineteenth. Twentieth and Twenty Second
virginia Regiments. Pegrams Battery, and por-
tons of other late Confederate commands one
rating in West Virginia have surrendered to
captain Freeman at point agreed upon on the
Green brier River
Mr.. Dudley the president of the York River
Railroad, is negotiating with the United states
government for the immediate rebuilding OF the
line between Richmond and West Point
Governor Letchers arrest was effected a, 2
a NJ. May 10Th in Lexington. The charges
against him have not heen given in detail. but
other prominent NirGinians have been taken to
prison since the surrender.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01
Hail and Thrice Hail.

y RAY soldier of cause that never was or
NJ never can be lost the capital Of the Con-
federacy gives you greeting. salutation and
welcome.
Your brothers in arms who live within the
confines of this mother of Presidents and
heroes welcome you
The gentle women. who fifty and four years
ago smiled through their tears on you, as in
the pride and glow Of youth and the conf
dence Of victory you marched forth to war.
salute you once again.
Their sons and daughters. who wear as
their richest heritage the undimmed jewel OF
your valor greet and honor you to-day
The city-the old city on the hills-throws
wide her gates. Her homes are open to you
Your imperishabe deeds are on every lip and
in every heart shrine is reared. The
smoke OF your camp fires drifts across the
years and rises incense to the God OF Bat
ties. From that Valhalla where the great
soldiers of all time are gathered. Joshua and
David, Mltiades and Alexander, Caesar and
Hannibal. Napoleon and Wellington, Grant
and the incompatible Lee, survey your serried
ranks and thrill with pride for what you
dared and what you achieved
No cause served yours was served can
ever be lost Victory in battle. however
sweet to gallant souls. is not everything
There is higher grandeur that rides some
times with defeat. Though before over
whelming odds you laid down your arms
your spirit was unconquered and unconquer-
able. Crushed to earth. it has risen to win
a nation and a world
Fame has garlanded with laurels your
leaders names and done helated but gener-
Gus justice to the purity of the motives that
inspired them and you. The tide of truth
has swept to deserved oblivion the infamies
hate and venom sought to lay at your door
Impartial history bears testimony that you
drew your blade for honor truth and right
The New South, which has risen from the
ashes Of conflict and the blood Of battle, ia
your monument and your Justification You
built it-you and your sons. 1t reflects you
you and them. 1t enshrines your aspira-
ton and your ideal shows the stuff of which
you were made.
Your cause was not-s not-ost It
breathes and has its unsullied being from
Nirginia's hills to where the Rio Grande
rolls 1t lives in the heart of the South and
shall live forever.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01
\ Kansas Boycott

. RACTlCALLY ..eyery girl in the high
school OF Lewis, Kans., has joined a
club which has for its object the EXTERN
1nation OF the cigarette. Basing their plan
upon the known fact that life is drear sort
of nowhere without girls, the daughters of
men have declared that they will not speak
10, walk with, introduce or in any way as
sociate with boys who smoke cigarettes
Lewis High School happens to include in Its
student body all the social set of the COM
munity and outside OF Lewis school one
might be all dressed up but he'd have no.
where TO go
Well the boys OF Lewis are accustomed to
having practical jokes played at their ex-
pense. ana so they kept on smoking and
laughed heartily, waiting for the dear girls
TO come rushing around the corner scream
ing that il was only fun. But that didn't
happen. On the contrary, the girls passed
demurely and failed TO notice the usual greet
ing. They were all looking in some other
direction Charles tried 10 walk beside
Mabel, and was al once withered with a
threat 10 cal! cop II was terrible. The
worst Of ii all is that the boycott continues
without fury or excitement 1t is a dead
straight. continuous affair
Permi, little prediction. that the cigarette
is doomed in Lewis One month OF the si,en,
treatment, no dances, no walks no telcphone
talks, no visiting, and ii will be ALI over
Let two young men quit cigarettes and %
back TO former joys. and the whole crowd
will stampede. How do we know nh
shucks. That's easy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01
Germany Must Understand

It HERE need he no uncertainty in the pub
j lie mind 10 the character Of the repre-
sensations President Wilson will make to
Germany in response to the latest Berlin note.
A very modest understanding OF the Presi-
dent is sufficient 10 justify the prophecy that
he will sweep aside the German attempts at
eerasion, and demand anew prompt ac-
quiescence in this country's position.
The details may we'll he left with Mr.
Wilson. He has subjected the whole subject
to rigid Investigation. and it lives in the clear
atmosphere Of his mind Diplomatic sophis-
tries are not likely to have any great weight
with him He is a patient man. but there
are times when patience ceases to he q virtue
and becomes menace. This is one Of them
Germany must giveassurance that the dan
gers with which her methods of VA gng war
have heset the lives of our people are to be
removed. So far concerned. she
may wage war as she will against her enemies,
but she shall not Kill neutrals when those
neutrals are American citizens
That is the sole issue. 1t cannot he
eYaded.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01

Goldsboro all. North and South. lie;
be believed. should act and fee! alik
as Americans. forming common part
nership. owning equally in the heritas
Of glory OF a Grant and Lee. Sherman
and johnston, Sheridan and Jackson
Steel and E. Kirby Smith, and as vel
all other glorious leaders; moreover
feel in accord with the statesmai
who is now seeking to place Lincoln
and Davis together in the Hall OF Fam
at Washington city.
No man at this day and time shoult
engender strife: upon the contrary. th'
point to most impressively recollect J.
thnt an AllWise Providence, in behal
of humanity. controlled finally all &c
tons in the War Between the States
hence the events happened that onl,
a bitter few now cavil over
May the Richmond reunion, June
3. 1918. he forever remembered as tn
one Of good understa nding. peace an'
friendship inculcated by the old mothe'
state for her sons everywhere to cher
ish in honor of tho patriotic assem-
hlaSe within her gates this blessed
year 1915 w H. HAYNES.
Confederate Staff Officer. 1s6l-ls65
Major-Gcneral Commanding All Ar
kansas Military Forces. 1901-190
Little Rock. Ark, May %, 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-As an old veteran. native Of Nir-
ginia. who served the South with every
army she had In the field. serving with
Joseph f. Johnston. Robert F. Lee. A.
S. Johnston, carrying the last order
ever spoken by him at Shiloh. April s,
1862, to the warrior bishop. General
Polk. likewise with Bragg, Beauregard
and E. Kirby Smith-my family. as the
Crittendens of Kentucky. dividing, n
part wearing the blue, others the gray.
all good and true men acting from
conscientious convictions,
Swapping their coffee and tobacco
Cross the picket lines a, night
may / not ask, is it unreasonable with
such A record for me TO feel strongly
this very late day "deluse of opinions"
from embittered critics, writing and
speaking as some do Of leaders in the
War Between the States?
] now seek surcease. n truce to
unworthy reviews about the war. which
can be thought ungracious if not un-
fortunate at "A time when all of us
should remember we are Americans.
According to my mind. there is just
one way to terminate these so-called
historical commentators. which is not
history, but is occasioned by writers
and orators indulging false estimates
of their own greatness, or because they
are totally unfamiliar with the grand
strategy affecting the military charac-
ter OF certain leaders and their battles
In the war.
Is it not advisable. therefore, for the
gentlemen OF the press. North and
South, to take hold and urgently pro-
test against the use of the annual re.
unions as n vantage ground for open
ing controversies long since forgotten.
and by correcting the fallacious rea :
soning therefor put an end to the
notoriety Of some embryo strategist.
or maybe close out the intended politi-
cal effect of their oratory?
But to be plain: / am not in cru
SADIE against individuals, but cannot
fall in with program justifying or
indorsing unfair reflections upon a
leader (either North or South) by care
fully prepared papers written for the
purpose of clarifying special favorite
regardless of the injury to great de-
partment commander; for instance
what good can follow recalling con-
troversies between President Davis and
General Joseph Il, Johnston? Will 1t
not have a tendency TO foment disputes
which should he forever silenced?
Can such brilliant dilettanteism an
swer any wise purpose; rather, will IT
not be considered by many of the old
soldiers as "organized hypocrisy
meant to exploit n "spellbndcr." but
worse than all, will not brave men who
served with Joseph f. Johnston, listen
impatiently. then turn into ridicule a
State from whence the speaker halls
who dispraises their illustrious com
mandcr?
Fifty years after Appomattox and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01
Opportunity Not to BE Neglected

WI HETHER Richmond is to have the sort
w OF playground and athletic field that
other cities have provided in connection with
their park systems is 10 he decided by the Ad-
ministrative Board this morning. Despite
the wide public demand for this needed en-
coura cement to healthful recreation, it is
understood rather generally that the board
has made up its mind and that Shields's
Grove will become a sunkcn garden.
We trust that in this instance City Hall
rumor is mistaken. and that the board will
recede from its former stand.
Richmond largely needs additional play
ground room and wider space in which its
young men may crafty their love OF clean
sport Nature and the wisdom that annexed
Shieldss Grove 10 William Byrd Park have
provided a site extraordinarily favored EN-
perts in park building and Identification have
declared Richmond cannot afford to neglect
this unusual opportunity. Half hundred
orga nizations have united in approval OF this
sentiment. 1t is difficult to believe the Adj
ministratve Board will remain deaf TO their
appeal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01
PRO MEMORIA
One of the Days Best Cartoo


me slow procession Of the ages saw
The hurricane OF battle In the earth
once more. and then again the primal
OF liberty commanded to its birth
The manhood nodded In that fearless
form
Which stood to breast the universal
storm
Twas then We mountains in the SHIN
mer!nC blue
Afar resounded with the roar and
crash
or iron thunders. RavaGed then anew
The livid levin and the binding lash,
Furies exhaling their tempcstuous
Ger fields spread far unto the feast of
death.
heauteous land, whose plen.tude Of
And peaceful arts the envious world
beheld.
The Southern paradise. where music
And silvery laughter on the laneu!d
breeze:
And llehtsome hours in everlastinc
Saw not the falling shadows OF the
night.
For as the lcrions OF tho forest fire
In lvid ranks advancing in the vale
Are famed TO fury by the rising gale
And swiftly TO tho glowing heights
aspire
Till burning Alps on burning Alps
arise.
And fiery hillows roll along the skies.
Thus did the furious avalanche Of war
Reset the land. as though in dread
full ire
AvcnginE gods had set the world on
arc:
And thus we hearkened TO the roar CT
war
AS though the mountains OF eternity
Were rolling down the desolated sky.
Let Heaven haste the day when CHASTITY
Shall hide her carcass in the Vastly
deep.
No more TO SOW her tragedy afar.
a bloody harvest FOR a world 10 reap.
But yet the sacrifice Of manly men
May never see such majesty again.
How many fields DER all our Southern
land.
Whore flowers smile beneath radi-
ant sky.
Saw once her youth magnificent,
For native heath. and saw them nobi5
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01
The Psychology Of the Fcud

Hn EVIL ANSE" HATFIELD is diving
- That name, which has been absent from
the public prints these many wears was onca
well known IN" country over. Devil Anse"
Hatheia was one OF the most noted par,ici-
pants in the almost worId-famons ua,foia
Mccoy feud Of couple of decades ago
THESE two families, inhabiung the border
land along West Virginia and KcntnrEv
waged long and merciess private war in
which many lives were lost Mercy was alb
ambushes and surprises Few inrida,,s :;
our history are more horrible than our NOM
tain feuds' OF which the chief was the Hat
field Mccoy
1t is sign OF advancing civilization tha,
Inc leuo Killings steadily grow rarer There
can be no doubt that they Will entirely dc
appear within few years MANY inycs,iga
tors have offered various reasons for tho
mental state which leads men 10 such ca,en,
less and senselcss murdcr-wapton staucb,ou
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01
Measures Of Stone

owing to the variety of uses &c,
which stone is put. there is no regular
unit OF measurement employed by the
Guarrymen. the stone being sold by tho
cubic yard, cubic foot. ton, cord, percht
rod, square foot. square yard. squaret
etc Building and monumental stoncs
especially the dressed product. Is usu 1
ally sold by tho cubic foot or the cubid
yard. although this unit varies witt
tho class OF stone and with the local
-ity; large quantity of rough stone
is sold by the perch. cord or ton
hubble and riprap. including stone foi
such heavy masonry as breakwatel
ana 1etty work, are generally sold b!
the cord or ton. Fluxing stone ano
stone for chemical use-as for alkal
works, sugar factories, carbonic -acio
plants. and paper mills--are sold by
the long ton. Flagstone and curbstont
are sold by the square yard. or the
square foot, the thickness being vari-
able and dependent on the orders re-
ceiVed. Granite paving blocks are sold
invariably by number. but the blocks
are not OF uniform size. the value de-
pending on the size OF the block and
the labor necessary to cut into the
shane desired. Other paving material
is sold by various units, such as ton
or cubic yard. Crushed stone is usually
sold by the cubic yard or ton, the short
ton being moro generally used The
weight Of a cubic yard Of crushe ed stonel
varies from 2,3G0 TO 1000 mounds, the
average weight being about $500
pounds.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01

without any apparent object. The reason is
not far to seek The feud is the result Of
the intense monotony Of life in isolated
mountain community. coupled with the diff
ficulty Of enforcing the law in such communi-
ties. Men kill one another, and risk their
own lives simply for the purpose of rendering
life less utterly tedious than it would other
wise be.
But since the railroad has penetrated the
mountain Businesses and the schoolhouse
stands in every glen. the psychology OF the
mountaineer has changed He has been
brought into contact with the great outside
world. and his isolation is a thing of the
past. This benefcent and happy transforma-
ton is already evident that the present
day reader the name of Devil Anse"
Hatfield without any flicker of that emotion
which fills another able to remember the
bloody deeds of terrible man.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01

die ,
Bequeathins thus TO every con,,e
The hero soul. the martyr heritage
And 10! in hidden homes amid ~. ,r /,
amid the wales. where balmy znohvI !.
blow, '
Or ripple OF innumerable rills :
or set afar majestic rivers Gow
The holy love that Heaven alone -,,,. =.
Found there lis cross upon it's Calvar, !,
But now the balm of plying time r, >
pealed- ." .
The mighty sorrows OF .,rick.
lard.
And in the plcnitude OF peace We stan
Nhcre once rererberant alarum
peared--
Where even now arc soundirz i, AZ,
Recefins echoes OF remembered vA.,
o vanished chivalry, romantic ,h-ont
Reared In the glamour OF the olds
The crown and glory o, a happier elm. !,
Famc's trumpet shall 10 distan :
worlds prolong, !.
And distant worlds 10 rar.or age
The dauntless valor Of tina, sparta
host
But yet III living hearts holier fan.
Is reared 10 celebrate knightiv rae,
Whose annals lena memorable crac
Unto the stor!ed page. like balm =
rain {.
OF heaven uron the parched and dyin
plain.
And wakes the bloom Of chivalry agar
Thus speaks the mighty dust fro.
valor's field.
Speaks "a an age ensoled with In.
of gold
And things unworthy OF the saore
mold
or sleepins heroes. ever taught F,
Nor to the sordd world derenera,
truce.
Nor 10, of manhood tn its haser use
Thus speaks the venerable thronc TO
day
Who linecr in a grateful land t
prove
The measure Of immeaaurahie love.
\ thousand years may slowly fas
away.
Hut yet the memory of manly grace
Shall add immortal Garlands 10 N
Race.
BENJAMIN c. MOoMAw.
BARRIER, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01
SONGS AND SAWS
The Veteran.
years,

The Jacket gray. the old SLOUGH hat
Shading n dcep-lincd face
shoulders that bond meath weight Of years.
form that's lost its grace.
But with tt all flashing oye. 81
Whose martial spirit cannot die
Full nifty years and moro since he
Fought for his native State:
With heart OF oak and arm OF steel
Beat back the shafts OF fate.
Nor laid his unstained aber down
TIL he had won laurel crown.
Full fifty years since he has marched
With Jackson and with Leo.
But his bold spirit wins at last
An unsouSht victory.
For history writes the Stars and Bars,
lmmortalze his battle