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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-28

Mr., and Mrs. John A Lancaster. 512
Seminary Avenue.
Mrs. Edward $ Turner wife OF
Judge Turner, OF warrenton. Va, Is
visiting Mrs. Gibson Worsham. in
Giuter Park.
Mrs. William T Harris. ~ the Wan
over, on West Franklin street has
concluded n visit to Mr. and Mrs. VIII
liam Gray a 'Northfields." their home
in Cumberland County
DR. and Mrs. Moses ID Hoge, Jr.
OF sos East Grace Street. are spending
several weeks at Clifton Springs,
\. Y.
Mrs. Edward S worsham. of War
renton. 10 the guest OF Mrs Gibson
Worsham at her home in Ginter Park.
Mr. and Mrs. william S. Hopson. Of
Highland Park, are spending two
weeks in Baltimore. Washington and
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Houston Johnson. OF
Atlanta Ga. have been the recent
guests Of Mr. and Mrs Jonathan
Bryan Mt "Rothesay." on the James
River.
The oaks" Hanover, Va. was a re-
cent visitor in Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Glasgow and
Miss Margaret Glasgow have arrived
in Washington to spend the winter
months. after being esta blished at
Newport for several months.
Harry Frazier has returned TO his
home in Lewisburg. W. Va, after a
recent visit to Richmond and staun-
ton
Mrs. l.. p. Wray, OF Lexington. is
the guest of Mrs. /. y Wray, at her
home In South Richmond
Meetings.
In ST. James Episcopal Church
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week the annual convention Of the
Women's Auxiliary In the Diocese of
Virginia will take place. There will
be a. quiet hour service in the
church Tuesday night at s O'Clock
The program is: Holy Communion
Wednesday morning at 1880 o'clock.
when an offering will be taken Tor
women's work in this diocese At
noon Of the same day a memorial
service to Miss Sally Stuart, late presi-
dent Of the auxiliary. will take place.
Thursday afternoon the annual meet
inG OF the Junior Auxiliary will be
conducted. under the direction OF
Mrs. Robert Barton, OF Winchester
diocesan secretary, All other sessions
Will be devoted 10 business The pub
lie Is invited TO every session.
Valentine Rufncr Mothers Club
will meet Monday afternoon at $40
o'clock at Ruffner school large
attendance Is desired. as the. election
Of officers viii take place
Sheltering Arms Circle OF King 5
Daughters, Mrs Malvern c, Patterson
leader wishes to collect old papers
rags and tinfoil All interested are
requested 10 notify Miss Kate Blank
enshp. 1T South Third street. so that
collections may be made November s
The ladies of the circle in charge OF
the work are Misses NJ. G. Patterson.
Kate Rlankenship, Hattie Scott and
Phoebe Warrick. and Mesdames w j.
Thomas. Austin Burr, Thomas Adkins
Edward Evans. Alexander Sands Evan
Il. Chcsterman. II Wellington Cobb
Preston Haskell and William Tomp-
kins
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-28

Fredericksburg. oct. 27.--Owing TO
the big advance in -four and all other
ingredients that go to make a loaf Of
bread, the Brannan Baking Company,
OF this city. has been compelled 70
raise the price OF bread to &C. a loaf
This Is only following the action OF
bakers all over the country This ad-
vance takes effect tomorrow morn
lrg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-28

Mrs. l.. p. Wray, OF Lexington. is
the guest OF Mrs. l. y. Wray, at her
home In South Richmond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-28

Harry Frazier has returned TO his
home in Lewisburg. W. Va, after a
recent visit TO Richmond and Staun-
ton
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18

positors have to Vermont banks is
shown by the fact that there has
been an increase in the last year OF
$1,244,776.S1 in loans on real estate
in Vermont and $S,s24, 127.4s on
real estate outside of Vermont The
total loans of the banks on Vermont
real estate amount to $23,145, 822.47
and on real estate outside of Yer
mont to $4S,Ss6, S97.29. less than
half as much in Vermont as outside
of it. We would like to see more
Vermont money invested in Vermont
but are not qualified to state that
sound Vermont investments have
been refused by the banks.
There has also been securities sold
to Vermonters by investment COM
panies licensed to do business in Yer
mont amounting to 16,825,26S.45
and of this amount $11,243,164.14
was for real estate mortgages located
out of Vermont. So it would appear
that the residents of the state are as
anxious to get out of the state in.
vestments as the banks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18

pense Of superintendent and commits
sioner has increased from $4,611.07 in
1907 to s16,5s3.o2 in 1916. an in
crease of $11.9S1.95.
No item of teachers salaries is CIV
en- in the statement and probably
that will come in the fiscal year Of
1917. But it will be quite an increase
when it comes The state paid in
1916 $S2,393.39 for teaching training
in high and normal schools and
$1s6,476.S6 for commissioner of edu-
cation and union superintendents.
We submit the question whether it is
wise for the state to expend such a
vast sum as $196,476.S6 for officers
who do no teaching? If the state is
spending $S2,993.39 for training
teachers it would seem unnecessary to
expend so large an amount for their
supervision. 1t looks to us as though
the overhead charges in the state ed
vocational department are too heavy.
Not all of the overhead charges have
been given in these figures because
they were not available, but we think
a careful investigation of the purposes
for which educational money is ex-
pended is needed at this time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18
vermont,s Court Expenses.

The comparative statement of state
revenues and expenses issued by the
state auditor show that the expenses
of the department of justice for the
year 1907 were $2S2.475.95 and for
the year 1916 $395.S75.66, an in
crease of $113. 399.71 for year. This
is not so large an increase as would
be shown by a comparison with ear
lier years, but is large enough to at
tract some attention.
Here is where some of the IN
creases have been made: The JUS
tees of the supreme court cost
$6,276.52 more a year, the superior
judges $17,443.58 more, attorney gen.
eral $1,72S.S9 more, states attorneys
$3,356.40 more, sheriffs $20,982.63
more. jailers $S2.62O.52 more. city
and municipal courts $23.
more, county clerks $169.45 more,
probation officers s5,256.5O more and
detective service $11.1s1 more.
The increase for the sheriffs is the
they received fees and no salary il
1907. Now they are paid a salary
and turn all fees over to the state,
but we are unable to find the amount
Of these fees and are unable to show
the net cost to the state. The in
crease of $32,62O.52 for jailers in
most cases goes to the sheriffs and is
partially explained by the fact that
under the present law short term
sentences are served at the Jail in
stead of the house of correction.
In 1907 the cost of the county
courts was $SS,633.49 and in 1916
$S5,53s.97, a reduction of $3,O94.52.
Justices of the peace were paid in
1907 $2S.O57.S3 and in 1916 3d.
But in 1916 the city and municipal
courts cost $4s,969.15. So it appears
that in the municipal courts we have
a much more expensive system than
we did under the justices of peace
and county courts. We believe that
a reorganization of the courts of tho
state with one set of judges not ex-
ceeding nine In number to sit in the
county and supreme courts and the
conduct Of the smaller business be-
fore justices of peace with final jur-
isdiction in cases where less than
$500 Is involved would largely re-
duce the court expenses in Vermont
We also believe that the cause of JUS
tice IN the state would not be serious
ly damaged by the change. The peo-
pie of Vermont want justice when
they appear in court but they are
entitled to justice at less cost than
they are now paying.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18

Peter Raymond has moved to St.
Johnsbury.
oliver Cowan and family of Peach
EN- were visitors at l.. D. Somer's,
Sunday.
Hugh Kirkland. who is manager OF
a farm near .Danville, spent Sunday
at Perley Ayers.
Max Holbrook was home from
Windsor over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Harvey Drew and
daughter. Dorothy, and Mr.. and Mrs
E. c. Smith visited Miss Mildred
Smith, at Lyndon Center Sunday.
DR.. Charles Harris and family of
Hyannis are guests of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. c. D. Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stoddard and
son, Fred, and Miss Jessie Penning-
ton of Peacham, were callers at s.
S. Stoddard's. Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Moulton of Lit
Teton were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
c. B. Whitney for the weekend.
Clarence Morrill, of South Ryegate
was a recent visitor in town.
c. D. Harris, Mrs. Julian Laughlin,
Miss Mary Roy and Miss Bertha Har-
ris accompanied DR.. Charles Harris
of Hyannis on a trip to Lost River,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Watts visit
ed relatives in Passumpsic, Sunday.
George Walker returned from a
weeks visit in Boston Saturday
night.
Mrs. Peck and two children visited
in McIndoes Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Guthrie of Nc
Indoes, Mrs. Frank Paige of Laconia,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Bishop of st.
Johnsbury, were callers at DR.. r. II.
Hazelton's, Sunday.
Perley Aver left Monday morning
for Springfield, Mass, where he is 10
attend the National Dairy show.
Charles Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Manning, Mrs. Manning, ST., and Mr..
Woodbury. of Milford, N. H., called at
Q. B. Whitney's, enroute from Can
ada to Milford, recently.
The annual inspection and regular
meeting of w. r. C. was held at
Scott Darling's at South Peacham
Saturday afternoon. Dinner was
served at noon, after which the
meeting and inspection was held
Mrs. Bertha Macomber of st. Johns
bury was inspector. Those from here
who attended were, Mrs. James Nor
gan, Mrs. B. L. Galley, Mr.. and Mrs
George Brown, Mrs. John Robinson.
DR.. H. A. Elliott, Albert Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. L. e. Gilhllan and c. D
Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Blair left for
their new home in Waterford, Mon
day.
E. c. Smith has recently purchased
an Overland automobile.
Mrs. Clayton Libby of Lyndonville
was a guest of Mrs. Lila Libby, Sat.
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hunter of Ely
are guests at Charles Parker's.
Miss Della Kay of East Barnel
spent Monday with her sister, Miss
Hazel Kay.
George Walker and Leonard Brock
of Walker & Brock returned Satur-
day from the worlds series.
Roy st. Warden returned Saturday
from a two weeks trip in Boston
spent in the interests of Richie &
Warden
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18
SOUTH WH-EELOCK

(Mrs. Lucy Weed, Correspondent
w. T. Hutchinson of Lyndon was
at his farm the first of the week.
Seymour Noyes and family of APP
thorp. N. H, visited at Adna Aims
worth's, the past week.
George Caswell is in Springfield,
Mass, with the Speedwell stock which
is being shown at the Eastern States
Agricultural and Industrial exposf-
ton.
A meeting was held at the Old Red
schoolhouse last Tuesday evening to
arrange for the game supper to be
held there Wednesday evening, Octo-
Der IS. There will be a dance after
the supper.
Alfred Donley OF Northfield was in
town last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Parker, Mr..
and Mrs. E. J. Blodgett, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Darling and five children,
Miss Elizabeth Hills, Miss Ida Pearl,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Buckley and
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Shattuck and Ma
rion and Howard Shattuck all of Lyn-
donvilIe motored to the Old Red
Schoolhouse Sunday and spent the
day.
Harold Blake is at home from
Eagle Pass, Texas, where he has been
with Company D of st. Johnsbury.
He is looking fine but says he does
not care to return to the border.
Miss Bertha WEIGH, Mrs. Martin
Simon and Mrs. Lucy Weed motored
to Burlington last Thursday to attend
the teachers convention. Miss Rus
sell and Miss Marshall of Lyndon
Center accompanied them.
William A. Selser of Philadelphia,
Penn, was at J. P. Rocks last week
Mr.. Selser is state apary inspector OF
Pennsylvania
Remember the game supper and
dance at the Old Red Schoolhouse
next Wednesday evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18
Vermont Crops In 1915.

The government crop report FOR
October printed elsewhere shows that
the farmers of Vermont produced
$3.50 bushels less corn, $4,000
bushels less oats and $4,000 bushels
less barley than last year. They have
produced 26S,O0O bushels more of
potatoes, 421,OOO tons more of hay
and 10000 barrels more of apples.
The fact that there is a shortage in
nearly all of these crops in the whole
United States means unusually good
prices for them in Vermont.
A comparison of the money value
of the crops for the two years in
Vermont is given, first set of figures
being for 1916, the second for 1915
and the third the increase or decrease
for the year.
Corn $1,6S6,7OO and $1,940,16O.
$253.46O less; oats, $1,644,5 500 and
$2,O54,97O, $41O,47O less; potatoes.
$2,S5O,OOO and $1.5O3,OOO, $1,346,6 $40
more; hay, $22,676,160 and $685.
900, and $3.6S1.16O more. These
four main crops of the state total in
value in 1915 $2S,S57,26O and in 1915
$24,49S,49O, a gain for 1915 of $4.-
363,87O. So it must be admitted that
on the whole the year has been a
good one for the Vermont farmers
We cannot tell the value of the apple
crop and other crops for which the
prices are not given, but should think
it a safe estimate to say that the total
value of all the crops taken from
Vermont soil this year will exceed
$35,OOO,O0O, a neat addition to the
real wealth of the land by the Yer
mont farmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18
SUTTON.
Oh. A. Blake, Correspondent

tn. A. BlakeS correspondent
Mr.. and Mrs. George adams from
Danville, p O., were recent visitors
at Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Stevens
Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Adams being
sisters.
Mrs. Getz from Maine has come to
live with her nephew, Rev. c. r.
Upton.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKown from
Beecher Falls are visiting his father.
Charles McKown who has been very
i'll but is slowly improving.
Mrs. Bertha Card from Haverhill
Mass, has been visiting her father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W
Reed.
H. w. Switzer is moving to the
place recently purchased of Don
Wheeler where G. B. Jay has resided
Alfred Washburn and daughter
from Maine are visiting at D. W.
Wheeler's.
Leon E. Kincaid, who recently sold
his place here, has moved to Glover
where he is to go into the picture
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Stevens
have gone to DanvilIe, P. O., for a
visit.
Miss Henrietta Easterbrooks, who
has been visiting friends at Lyndon
Center, has returned to her home
here.
Henry Buzzen from Newport is
visiting his brother. John Buzzell, who
is quite i'll.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18

H. A Blake and daughter visited
relatives at Peacham Sunday. going
in Mr.. and Mrs c. A Aldrich's
auto, Mr.. and Mrs. Aldrich accom-
panying them.
Mrs. Lizzie Schoolcraft visited her
son, E. r. McShane, recently.
Last Friday evening the Ladies'
Aid had a vegetable supper and sale
with a very good attendance. The
sale of vegetables brought nearly SIT,
which is to be used for church pur-
poses.
The annual chicken pie supper
which is served by the gentlemen will
be held at Ladies' Aid hall October 81
At the grange meeting Saturday
evening it was decided to hold the
sale and chicken pie supper at Grange
hall Nov. /.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18
Cost Of Education IN Vermont.

The publication of a comparative
statement of the state expenses in
Vermont during the past ten years
by the state auditor gives information
that will interest the great body Of
citizens. The statement shows that the
expenditures have increased from
$s59,196.67 in 1907 to $2,269, S26.7e In
1916, an increase of $780, 3O.12 per
year. Such an increase is sure to IT.
tract attention. We shall not at
tempt to consider at this time the in.
crease in but one department of the
government, the department of edu-
cation.
The expenses for education in 1901
were $sO.14s.52. in 1916 $577.s4s.O3.
an increase OF $517.799.51 per year
An analysis OF this increase shows that
the appropriations for colleges have
increased from SIS. 400 to s1O7,6OO. an
increase of sss,2oO. The expense Of
the normal schools has increased
from s22.5OO to sS1.s72.74, an in.
crease of $9,472.74. Here are items
entirely new since 1907: Agricultur-
all schools S22. 1856. manual train
ing course $1,000. teaching training
course $51.O2O.s5. union superintend-
ents $17s.SS3.s4. trustees Of state
school for feeble minded children
$1,S22.62, home for feeble minded
children S16,1S9.s5. school fund
3ss.sss.74. The support OF blind.
deaf and dumb and feeble minded
children has increased from $13.-
25170 in 1907 to $2s.sss.76 in 1916.
an increase OF S1O.s4s.06. The ex-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18

The earth is blessed with the one
simple, painless, never-failing remedy
that makes millions of corn pestered
people happy. and that's "GETS-IT.' -
people jab and dig at their corns with
knives and razors-wrap their toes In
packages with bandages or sticky tape,
make them red and raw with salyes:
Nothing like this with "GETS-IT."
Your corn loosens-you lift 1T of.
or hurt Angels couldn't ask for more
Try 1t tonight on any corn, callus or
wart.
"GETS-ITs' is sold and recommend
ed by druggists everywhere zbc. a
bottle, or sent on receipt OF price by E.
Lawrence & Co.. Chicago, Ill
Sold in st. Johnsbury and recon-
mended as the worlds best corn rem
edy by G. C. Bingham. Flint Bros. and
G. A. Searles & Co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18

E. P. Prentice of New York city,
who owns Mount Hope farm in Will
Jamestown, Mass, has been expert
menting with potatoes the past four
years and reached some wonderful
results. He has found that allowing
seed potatoes a period of thirteen
weeks growth after poisoning in
creases the yield 200 bushels per
acre. BY planting his hills of seed
potatoes separately and selecting po-
tatoes from sound hills true to type
he has secured a yield at the rate of
LOIS bushels per acre, the highest
known yield in the United States. His
market potatoes yielded an average
of 500 bushels an acre. The average
yield per acre in Vermont is less than
$50 bushels If selection of perfect
hills for seed will bring the yield Up
to 500 or more bushels to the acre, il
would seem as though the Vermont
farmer might profitable employ his
time selecting his seed stock from
year to year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18
vermont,s Market Problem.

The Concord, n. H, Monitor ac-
counts for the higher prices accorded
New Hampshire maple sugar and
New Hampshire hay, over the prices
for Vermont products of similar ma
ture, to the alleged superiority of the
New Hampshire product and to New
Hampshire's superior business ability,
presumably in marketing the prod
uct Vermonters may admit the lat
ter but they never will stand for the
former; they are sometimes careless
in marketing their products, letting
the articles go at too cheap a price,
value considered. It is one of the
efforts of the county agricultural
agents to instruct the farmers of YER
mont in better methods of handling
the goods once the fine crops are
raised. Therein great good can come
to the state of Vermont.-Barre
Times.
We would respectfully ask the
Concord Monitor to show us that New
Hampshire sugar or New Hampshire
hay will sell for more money in any
market than Vermont sugar or hay.
We do not understand they do but
that they bring the New Hampshire
farmer more than they do the Yer.
mont farmer. If that be true it is up
to the Vermont farmers to investi-
gate and find how they can realize a
larger proportion of what their
goods bring in market.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18
Vermonters and Their Banks.

The report of the state bank COM
missioner, F. c. Williams, for the
Vermont banks for the year ending
June 80, 1915, has just been made
public and contains information OF
much interest to the people of the
state.
There has been an increase of de-
posits over the previous year OF
$6,S9O,57S.92. The deposits of resi-
dents of Vermont have increased
$5,91O,9O5.51 and of non-residents
1915. 697.O2. The increase in the
number of Vermont depositors has
been 1855 and non-residents 794. II
is gratifying to note the evidence Of
increased thrift on the part of Yer
monters and the extent to which they
are supporting Vermont banks by de-
posting their savings in them rather
than sending them out of the state.
The fact that out of the s1O2,
$50. 304.15 deposits in Vermont banks
$34, O4O,O22. are deposits of $4,000
or more indicates that Vermont banks
are patronized more generally by saw
ers of small sums than by capitalists.
1t is more strikingly shown in the
statement that there are 1852 de-
positors of $4,000 or more and 1890
with deposits less than that amount
That the banks have not been
quite so true to Vermont as their de-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18

The statement of Commissioner of
Education Milo B. Hilleges that only
two teachers are employed in Yer
mont who have not had special train
ing for their work reveals the ire
mendous improvement that has been
effected in Vermont in the teaching
profession. It is also an indication OF
the increased effectiveness of work in
the public schools. Trained teachers
can all drive toward one object and
they are of such force that accom-
pIishment of definite objects are as
sured.