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Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
BASE BALL
H.E K. Won From WaursgaH ia
 Walk by II 10 l Score
Bal Pounded 10 an Corners Of Lot and
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 LHT doing laa tflrlak fs lasa- 4a4 and lar H.- lre- fngs aa= 6ar4alHk ..am sp Ht. safe arf He4t. vince eu each haa tares. 14l ae bad lne sftsfs zuz -r side one. spd hIVa ga5s VI t..sa .sas 4bsl saFed aiaa. BiH 8a4aa kas aa .laa bench Itching for chance faI ulte practice but I.efle wanted ta finish aod when tae Iast man Aas out h. Mas heard Co sap ssHHefe 1se we8 s game for Putnam
 of eoa.se the Grst question asked is 3hy Waafegan was mol shut out We'll IL hks one Of 140se freaks of base bal. Pefa48ia came up in the 7th after Heli1du pad got on after 2 little aingle through second There were tgso strikes on hi0 aud thfee balls and he hHdai been hitting Lefty took a chance and put II oyer straight and clean and PeI5quin met it square on the uose and it landed down under the oaks between left and cantef for lhree sacks and run. Il wss some hH. Govern aIl tg Brooks sho lhrew Peio- qHia oal at thifd before he could gst back b Ebe bag and Jarvis tunned for ihe lhifd 0aI
 Putnam qog out of a bad hole ir the 8lh. Jsals singled and aent to ihiin on Tatfaia efrer 4 man on second and thifd and rDne down was some hole But Palnam climbed out and l psas done in this mannet. Dugas hita efouuder to Brooks and Jarvis WAS thrown ont al the plate / Maynard fled 10 Fallon and he doubled Dugns at fist.
 The features were the battling Of Brooks who put the ba over the can vss and Church street times in succession for two sacks and wound op with E single. LHefeux fapped out three singles, whiie Coufnoyer, a yeuagster who has the esrmafks of good catcher, got double, single and home run. West also put it over the snIl besides getting single to right. Two admittedly good hittefs on the team, Falon and 1etfeault, didn't connect safely once, although fslion didn't get much chance as Peioquin passed him three times.
 Biooks made a good catch Of reilo FIn, Failen caught Pepler's fly on The sls.s ai.i sade. tbe oaks ln iiue sty le, i4 fieisa4 faH sa g3e hysf baDa t5 puH daan HeIlefna drive aud Btook s play, Y hieh shut of .Peloqum at the plale, ess aiee work.
 There was lillle revival of inc old lime base bali. roasting the umpire, lndnlged in by the visitors. Cais.e had number Of very close decisions and they ail came wiIh Putnam men 6n and the lWusr was favored tn each instance Wa.ea set the visitors going early in the gatue but the decisions had nothing to do with the home teams winning as their victory was a clean cut one brought about by an ex hibition of stick work that pleased the fans and kept what would otherwise have been an uninteristing contest Iisened up.
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11

The cooking classes Of the High school will hereafter make food for sale on order The following is list of food to be made on the different days. Orders must be handed in two days ahead, and are solicited, so that il may be possible to give the pupils wider experience in cooking in quan tity, thus adding to the efficiency of the course.
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
" Al REGAIN

Home run Cournoyer. Three base hit PeoIoanin. TWO base hits; Brooks $. Cournoyer, West. Stolen bases, Brooks 2, LHereuN. Struck out by Smith 8, Peloquin 1, Base on balls of smith ?, Peioquin 8. Wild pitches, Peloquin 2 Double plays tallon to West. Pepler, Peloquin to A. May. nafd. Umpire, Caisse. Time l.l5.
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
MAILS OPEN FROM

Boston, New York, Hartford and all point
 north, east. south and west al s.3o q. m. Boston. $50, Io.45 a. m., $40 p. m. 6 30 p. ID DaBieson. s. 30 a. m. 3.i5 p. m. Norwich s.la, Il a. m.. 45. 6 30 p. n. Hartford. s.s0 Il a. nn., lo, Fl p. m. New York, s.so, II a. na i.l0, 715 p. m. Worcester. s.30 a. nl.. 3 9, 6.30 P. ID. Webster, $50 a. m. 3.25, 6.S0 p. III. Wilimanuc S30 | a. m.. I 10 p. m.
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
pesIr. linked With VIII.

Someone has said that one may see the fulallment of any desire if 1t is linked with will There must be pur- posetui. concentrated willing all along the line to make any Issue successful
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
Fanures

Failing and heine failure are two entirely different things, and there are people who wiring more success out Of their misfortune than others do out of all the advantages showered upon them It Is not falling but staying down that makes failure.
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
FRONT AND ELM STREET BOX
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Ron1es No. ]. }. 5 and ]

Rural Carriers leave daily Sundays ant Holidays exceptedl al 10 a. IT., return at BIC p. m. Rural carriers are prohibited from carrying outside the mails any mailabie ma tel weighing Il pounds or less.
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
SCHOOL BOARD
Holds Midnight Session and Elects High
 School Principal
Receives Reports of Superintendent and
 Truant Officer

At a meeting lasting until midnight l Monday the town school board elected Anson B. Handy of Barre, Mass, prin. 1 cipal of the High school To succeed John Baekus, who resigned to accept the pfincipalship of the south Maneh. ester High school.
 Mir Handy comes 10 Putnam highly recommended. From l900 to laai he attended the Btidgewatef, Mass, Nof- mnl school from which he graduated. In l90l6 he taught mathematics at the East Greenwich, R. academy coached the athletic teams and had charge of one of the dormatoties, lad6 K he attended Harvard and received the s. A. degree. i90s.9 he taught latin and algebra in the MedfoFd, Mass, High school and had charge of the dis. cipline in two rooms. lie left al the end of the two years to take posi-. ton in the Vim School for Boys, Ash. vile, N. C., teaching mathematics and science. l9l0l2 he was principal of the York, Me, High school and re- ceived an increase In salary each year and was offered the largest salary ever paid in the town to remain but left to accept the pfiueipalship of the Barre High school where he has remained since Mir, Handy is about 32 years of age, married and has two children. He is interested in the Boy Scout move ment and takes interest in local atiaifs.
 The report of School Superintendent was read and accepted IL showed an increase of Ii pupils over the month of Aprtl, an enfollment al ss6 In all. All the danger from contagious diseases is past but examination of pupils will continue unttl the end ot tue school year. The cooperation in school work ol the newly fofmed parent teachers association Is asked in the belief that such cooperation NiH have good ei- feet on the schools.
 Superiateadeni's Report
 The enrolment in Inc pabac schools for the month Of May was s6s, of whom Aj6 were boys and 4O2 were girls, an in crease of 26 over the figures for April. ! The average membership for the month was 6ls, decrease Of Ss from the figures for April. The average daily attendance was o4a, a decrease of 55 , from the tigutes,for April. The total number of "days ahsent9 for the
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
BAHrLEff HIGH

 Cfaig-Batted for Hedemau in ninth. Maioney- BatGed for Bartlett in glh
 Innings 23 ; [ sJ Putnam 0I q II I | | #-2 Bartlett t B t ' U [ , 6 e-o Bases on bniis oil Bnrtolemi 1 struck out RlHekm9re I5 BaaaIemi lo. left on basez. r. II. <. a-Bsftlett | wild pitches BAfteIeml 7. Umpire, -hefs man. limo z6
 Putnam High iast at RaliaasiHe -atufdnY 6 E.
 Saturday Putnam plays T league game with WHunauuc This closes the season. lu the fifst game between the north ern and southen division Of the High School leagues for the championship, Webster lost lIast Saturday, 10 Sions inRton oa tne latter held, r i. \ fe turn game will be played at Webster this coming Saturday.
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
Make Your Home A
 Comfort Spot
 Put the Three nes-in-One SW EEPER- VAC FS-< xzzExzzRzEsszzzss8xzz4za haz=zszMza

your and enjoy house cleaning Made to practical efficient and economical HOUSE USE The SWEEPER tbe machine is combination of cpet sweeper and The SWEEPERVAC COMBINATION includes two complete itself Although the carpet sweeper and the be used independently theg will generally be in that both glide along tb time each doing thorough will eupfu quart of ohd dirt from any large rug Tn two
 
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Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11

Cfaig-Batted for uedemau Tn ninth.
 Maloney Batted for Bartlett in
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
utnarn Mail Service
MAY. 1918 POST OFFICE OPEN

From 6.30 a. ID. to ?. m. Sundays fhe lobby will be open to Lock Box holders from 30 to 10 30 a. m. Holidays from 630 a. m. 70 F m.. 5.30to pm. POSTAL SAVINGS AND MONEY ORDER
 DIVISION ofen from A. n. 10 6p. m., closed on sHn- 5ays ard Legal Holidays. Registry Division open dafin2 odiee hours.
 BEEIy EHIEs B Clx Gamers badN. G>uadays and Hal4ass eseaatsa1 ai i9 + n. and 10 p. H.s aa4 ll .aa 4. ii. if tAe Ra-iae-s Section. 9ae aeI3yeHs ky GafF Carriers on iiuhoays.
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Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11
Truant Officers Report

Respectfully submitted,
 Harold w. Files, Supt
Putnam patriot., 1915-06-11

ALEXANDER GILMAN. Postmast
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

was walking up Camp street. Some
careless person had thrown a banana
peeling on the banquet and my friend
slipped up and had a serious fall. He
did not think he was hurt much, but
as the weeks passed on he became
sick. He was placed in plaster of paris
and for eight long months suffered
untold misery and finally died most
horrible death.
Il myself had a like experience, but
was more fortunate than my friend.
Last year some careless person threw
a banana peeling on the sidewalk on
Third avenue. here in Birmingham, and
l kicked it off into the sewer and con-
tinued my way up the street; but one
OF these little destroyers of life and
limb was lying in wait for me and
I struck it full force. Did I see stars?
Well. I think I did-more than are in
the skies A friend who saw me fall
came to my assistance and helped me
to my feet and asked ME If l was Sc
riously hurt For several days 1 was
III pain.
TT is the duty of every citizen to
arrest man who would be so thought
less or inconsiderate as to throw
banana peeling on the sidewalk"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
THE SATURDAY NIGHT HABIT

From the Danville Register.
The retail merchants of Birmingham
have nearly all agreed to plan which
contemplates the closing of the stores at
9 p. m. on Saturdays, and The Age
Herald is urging others to enter the
agreement. 1t is said that he movement
has been urged by the good women of
Birmingham and that the Board of Trade
has given it cordial Endorsement. Some
of the larger stores have been closing at
10 p. m. Saturdays, but most of them
have been kept open until 1880, according
to The Age-Herald. Advocates of the
movement state that the plan, if ap-
proved. is to be operative the year
around
We congratulate Birmingham upon this
wise plan, but fear it is worse than use
less to urge 1t in Danville the most con-
firmed Saturday night town in the state.
AS result of habit hundreds remain
on the business streets on Saturday night
until 1920 or II o'clock. Our own obser-
walton is that the great majority of these
do no buying but merely congregate. on
the sidewalks to see other people passing
to and fro. What shopping is done might
as easily be done before 8. and we be-
lieve 1t would be done earlier, If the idlers
and promenaders knew that it could not
be done after that hour.
No reform would be more salutary in
the promotion of Sabbath observance and
church attendance than thel abandon
ment Of this useless Saturday night habit;
yet the religious leaders of the city's life
pay no heed whatever to the saggeston.
Most OF the drunkenness in this fAp-license
city and much of the occasional r6wdyism
is recorded on Saturday nights.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
THE BAsHFUL BUSINESS MAN

From the st. Louis Times.
Brockton, Mass, is celebrating. we
Join with Brockton in making note OF
the fact that w. l.. Douglas, Brocktons
most noted citizen and Massachusetts
forty-second governor, is ~ years
Young. We are interested in everything
connected with Governor Douglas for sew
eral reasons, one of them being that ne
made an excellent governor, but our at
tention was particularly attracted to this
successful citizen by that characteristic
stepping stone to greatness which in him
consisted of fearlessness in his business
publicity Governor Douglas did not rise
to the highest office in Massachusetts
through the strings of nepotism or the
spoils of politicians. He rose to the eG-
ecutive position on a shoe. He was brave
when it came to a certain kind or ad-
vertisement from which the great majority
of our merchants and manufacturers
shrink He was not afraid of his name,
and he told the world very plainly just
how he made a very good shoe at reas-
enable price. He told Massachusetts so
much about it that Massachusetts decided
he would be as great a success as an
economic state builder as cheap shoe
builder And he got the job.
If some of our st. Louis manufactur-
ers would adopt the Douglas method and
manifest the same boldness in the matter
of publicity, they would do much good
for the state and themselves. There is
a dearth of Douglas theories. The city
and state is badly in need of few of
his kind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
Futility of an Embargo

Judging from expressions of opin-
ion most frequently heard, the Euro
pean belligerents would not be able
to continue fighting were it not for
arms and ammunition shipped from
the United States. Like most of the
charges made by irresponsible per-
sons, they are not supported by facts.
A writer in the Outlook points out that
there are now nearly ten million men
and women in Europe producing NUM-
lions of war and the production of
war materials is increasing to such
an extent that Europe could soon be
made independent of America.
Furthermore, and more pertinent
still, only 5 per cent of the money
spent for this purpose has supplied
orders to American manufacturers.
The writer predicts that the percent
age will never be any greater.
Europe still requires large quanti-
ties of raw materials and it would be
difficult even for an extreme pacifist
to determine where to draw the line
in an embargo Since food, fuel,
metals and even international credits
have become munitions of war"
nothing short of prohibiting all ex-
ports would prevent the United States
from "prolonging" the struggle by
supplying materials. In fact, Europe
could probably do without American
guns and shells much more easily
than she could other exports which
Go not come strictly under the head
of munitions"
To carry out such policy con-
sistently, perpetual embargo, says
the writer in the Outlook, would hav
to be maintained, since ammunition
shipped abroad in times of peace may
be used later in war, possibly against
the very country from which it was
purchased. There is no subject more
fruitful of controversy than this, and,
while the American people may deep
TX regret their part in the conflict,
the attitude of the government is the
only consistent one that can be ar
rived at under the circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Oneonta Southern Democrat: Alabama
ought to get some good roads If all the
state and county convcts are to be
worked on them.
Wetumpka Weekly Herald man on
a farm near vandaia fell in well and
was nearly drowned before he was dis
covered and rescued Yet they talk about
the peris of a great city.
Selma Times: Birmingham received her
first bale of cotton Tuesday and paid 3
cents for it. The fieecy staple does not
rank high in the affections of the Magic
City.
Sylacauga Advance: Go after and To-
cate more small industries at Sylacauga.
Every pay envelope means that much for
your town.
Huntsville Daily Times: Crop diversih-
cation and rural educational extension
work have received a boost this year that
will tell nightly for the success and ad-
vance of those great undertakings in fu-
ture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
All Markets Upward

Prosperity's march continues. Yes
terday witnessed an upward movement
grain and in the price of cotton.
The course of the markets at this
time, when they are all upward, may
be taken as an exceptionally good ba-
rometer of business conditions.
The advance in cotton is significant
and is, of course, particularly crafty
ing to the people of the south, whether
they be cotton producers, bankers or
what not. The strength of the market
is in line with the views presented by
w. P. G. Harding in his speech here
Wednesday night
If the farmer were to rush his cotton
to market prices would decline as a
matter of course, but he will act on
Mr.. Harding's common sense sugges-
ton and market his crop gradually.
The outlook for the cotton belt is
even brighter than the most optimis-
tic had forecast a month ago. Cotton
will be in very brisk demand this fall
and that means that the farmer who is
able to hold part of his crop and bor-
row money on it at low interest rate
will receive a good profit in the end.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
A HAzY CONCEPTION
WORDS AND THEIR MAKERS

than 100000 of these quotations. That's
how industrious he was.
Did you ever read dictionary for pure
enjoyment? Anybody knows what a teas
ing thing it is. You want to look up the
word "arthrtis," but before you come to
it you Stumble across Already" and that
makes you think of "eclogue,' and "ec-
logue" leads to '1dyl." and before you
know it you have forgot all about ''arth-
rits. Then you slam the book shut
and dream of what a great man youL
would be If you had absolute command
of all these words. You'd crowd Dante
off the map and lash Homer to the mast.
You'd be funnier than Mark Twain, and
make voltaire look like dolt There's
your chance, anybody. Sir James Murray
has given you 100000 words to begin
with.
What a job that was! And you're mis-
taken if you think word is dead thing.
It's a mistake to think that the diction-
airy makes the language. Just as it is
not the professor teaching his class who
makes the science of ethics, but Mrs.
Jones gossiping over the back fence with
Mrs. Brown. so it is Jones and Brown
and their wives-chefly their wiyes-who
make the language. The dictionary exists
only to record the words employed by
Jones and Mrs Jones'
Words are always changing their mean
ing. The word suggestive once meant
productive of suggestion. of thought; now.
on account of persistent use In one sense
only, it means something naughty. Words
are being created every day. Jones cre-
ates them. You create thee.
Somebody once invented dreadfur dish
composed of melted cheese. with which is
commngled milk or ale. Perhaps the in
ventor himself also christened the dish or
its looks, probably in a VEN of numor a
welsh rabbit. Then somebody else came
along person with fastidious taste, who
thought rabbits when cooked looked too
much like broiled cats, and called the
cheese dish welsh rarebit." And welsh
rarebt'' it has been ever since. 1t should
be rabbit" But if everybody else calls
1t 'rarebit' you may as well cave in and
call it a 'rarebit' yourself
The truth is that every word is a dead
poem Way back yonder when they
were inventing all the nouns and verbs,
men tried to make words sound like the
things they named. Take the word
swish Doesn't it sound like the noise
of a whip cutting the air? Do you know
that the common possessive its; came in
since the seventeenth century? 1t never
occurs in the version of the Bible Of
that period. Shakespeare had his nerve
with him and used it 10 times. but rare
old Ben Jonson turned up his nose at
the slangy expression.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
City Commission Race

ut is well established rule of law
that the burden of proof is on the ac-
cuser, and that a man is presumably
innocent until proven guilty" said j.
Is. Holden, but from the expressions
L have heard regarding the race for
city commissioner the shoe is going to
be on the other foot
In my opinion no matter who comes
out at this time as a candidate for city
commissioner he will have to prove his
innocence of being connected directly
or sindirectly with the committee of
big 'uns' before he will be considered
by the great majority of the free and
untrammeled voters of this great COM
munity for place on the board of city
commissioners.
ut does not take an astute poll
tlcian to get wise to the fact that
the people generally are very resent
ful of the attempt, whether actual or
implied. of any class of men to tell
them whom they shall have for city
commissioner. 1t seems to me that the
star chamber proceedings will have
no other effect than to limit the race
Tor city commissioners to the present
announced candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
French Genius and War

A writer in the Freuch journal, lie
Cri de Paris, says that while the pres
ent crisis has produced no great
genius, it has served to bring out with
greatly increased splendor four mas
terpieces which had not been so highly
regarded by the French people. He
names Victor Hugo's hymn, "The De-
voted Ones Who Died for Their Coun-
try" "The Marseillaise," the battle
song of France; the sculpture with the
same title carved by Rude on the
Arch of Triumph, and panel painted
by Puvis de Chavannes, in the Pan
theon, entitled "Saint Genevieve
Watching Over Paris"
Naturally these works have owed
their popularity to the war which has
aroused all France to tremedous out
burst of patriotism, but it is surpris-
ing to be told by French writer that
"The Marseillaise," so incomparably
stirring, even to natives of other
lands and with other sympathies than
those of LA Belle France" should
have needed war to make the young
people realize that it is a masterpiece
Hugo's poem, the sculpture and the
painting are not widely known out
side of France, and perhaps do not
exert any great appeal to those who
are not French born, but no finer bat
tie song was ever written than 1.-THE
Marseillaise. It's fame is world wide
and imperishable. All nations have
their war songs, but it must be con-
fessed that most of them are rather
dreary stuff and the man in the ranks
prefers a music hall ballad to his
national anthem.
America has never produced but
one battle song with the rhythm and
the swing to inspire an army, and that
is Dixie Because of an unfortunate
association with the days Of 81" it
can never be national.