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Looking Main Street shown picture loaded with cotton lined for e waiting their turn get Over 1000 bes have beersod be to the following merchants J. H. KendalA Williamson B6s Johnson Bros, L. c Renfro PAtterson Ian6ert Mayo Mayo R. Abramson J w. Renfro. A. WasA F. Bfance. These gressive merchants have d&wn oa Weir town by the best prices and courteous treatnkR to farmsfsA
 The government ofd town shder the direction of Mayor H. j. Cowell and Coupcimeh R. Abramson T. B Sylar W. Renro P C. Maysand Williamson, Recorder H. C. Lair and Marshal John Wais on f the perfectly managed towns it has been odf pleasure toEisit
 Back from the tHadding crowd' surrounded by well shaded campus standsh school building modern well equipped every way yhhe proficient teachers in cono With good And schools combined with open hearted people, husng merchants and good what there prevent rapid growth?
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HOLLY GROVE A PROSPEROUS
 AND PROGRESSIVE LITTLE CITY
Representative of The Argus Visits Our Neighbor Town and Learns Something of Its Remarkable
 Business and Growth

stranger within the gates of Holly Grove stands in rapt admiration for this progressive hosptab people This pctuesqe
 village lies the southern part of Monroe County surrounded all sides by vast fields of cotton and other products having population of 75O.
 We find in this little city two banks The Peoples Bank with R. Abramson president and Holly Grove Bank A. Wall president On Saturday. Oct 2 the deposits from the farm ane amounted something like $00 O each bank break ing all previous records.
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Douelass---Nordlineer

MT. and Mrs. William Dryden announce the engagement o1 their niece, Hattie Lou Douglass, to MT. A. s.:v Nordlinger o1 Lsnchburg, Va. the wedding te take place in November"
 The above notice, which was clipped from the Commercial Appeal, will be of interest to the people of Brinkley as the pros pective groom is an ex-Brinkley boy and is a relative of Mrs. J. H. Stack.
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Hunter News

E,, IS something doing hunter this fall.
 I0ap!lst people have a new under construction, which i. 'ae best church building hunter Drug & Mercan- 1 IS erecting a large stone
 < on the lots south of the sts s. Hotel. The building " eighty and will be lawson has the lumber s'0und for the erection of
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ten-room residence near the Public School building. This will be one of the best residences 1 in town.
 Dad Reynolds is building a four-room cottage in the south ern part of town.
 Cathrine Penrose has been sick for two or three days. Our genial postmaster, J. R. High, is able to be in the office again this week after an illness of several days.
 MT. and Mrs. G. M. Altman are moving to the home of Ardie Bain and will keep house for him.
 The Baptist people are holding a revival meeting here. Bro. Holt, Missionary for the Asso- citation, is here assisted by Rev. King. They are both able min- isters and are doing some good preaching. Bro. King also has charge of the erection of the Baptist church being built here. MT. Ware, a mill-wright, is here now over hauling the old mill one-half mile north of town, preparatory to saving lumber for the large new mill of the Iowa Land and Development Co. This company has leased land here and will erect a mill which will give employment to one hundred men. They expect to build a tram road from Hunter west to the bayou and to bring their lumber in from that section.
 Quite a number of our people attended the show at Brinkley Monday, including Dr. Monroe and family, H. 0. Penrose and family and w. I. Penrose and family.
 Stanley, the four year old son of Dr. Monroe, is suffering with a rising on his knee. ale has been in bed for several days but l is better at present. Miss Bessie Mushruyh is away on the Arkansas on Wheels. Miss Pauline HarreIl is teaching her school at Prairie View during her absence.
 l The Hunter High School mas been in session nearly two months. The attendance IS larger than ever before and every thing seems to be running smoothly.
 Politics is warning up to some extent in our town. We have l three kinds of people, ardent Wilson men, admirers of Teddy the Terrible, and Hughes men. I haven't heard of any one being won over by the arguments of the others.
 We are always glad to see the ARGUS. We believe this to be the most optimistic paper in the south and you know optimism IS courageous on at least infectious.
 CORRESPONDENT. Flat Fork News of wheasley
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I,pt Neighborhood
 L,+ Ark, Oct. 26, 1916

60s
 pt, Ark, Oct. 26, 1916 lBGUs: s,e from friends up north { tbev have had several and now as I look out of ,dow I see roses blooming. b;ce it is to live where on Al of October l can see l flowers blooming.
 are sorry to report Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. R. A. on the sick list, and.that ls me that we are soon to he two Owens families, u Mir. Sloane's family. ee families are to move to D Ark. The whole neigh bd regret to give them up lens and neighbors. They lave a vacancy among us b others can fill.
 l 0liphant of Cotton Plant, caller at the R. A. Owens last Tuesday.
 es Scott and Harding were at the Gibbs home on y afternoon.
 nre making an effort to or . Sunday School and hope De present next Sunday bg at 10 o'clock to take We certainly need a Sun- thool.
 Watson, ST. and George left for Little Prairie to dr. Gibbs finish threshing crop this week.
 last Saturday Mrs. P. R. bon was hostess to one of pst enjoyable dinners eyer in Monroe county. The were served a delicious purse feast. The Hostess sisted by Misses Scdtt and nt, Mesdames Ira Woodin nkley, Arthur Anderson ames Oliphant. In the bon two contests were ed, Mrs. R. A. Owen be- e winner in the funny contest and Mrs. H. o.
 Tn the penny contest.
 the guests present were: mes Oliphant, Berry, Me-
 Of Cotton Plant, Ira pn of Brinkley, R. A. W. W. Owens, A. N.
 Thomas, Gaddy, Arthur Fon, Porter, Crockett,
 Homer, Fred and Wm. Ter, H. 0. and Wm. Pen- Hrs. Penrose, ST., Burns, Mathis of Hunter, ana Owens of Fairbury, a j, D. Watson, Misses ohphant, Schmidt, Sloane, s and Glacier. P. R. on must have felt very ant' as he was the only mon
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5 OF OUR | 'N[IGHBoR TOWNS
L..,,oe Jtems Gathered
 |aur correspondents.

|. |.,,,t q live correspondent ls.b community in our ter
 W Write or phone us for |.e;al offer. Ed.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-11-03
THE INFLUENCE OF RUSSIA.

THE INFLUENCE OF RUSSIA.
Does the influence of Russia ex-
tend to the United States so as to be
powerful enough to stihe criticism on
the part of a large section of the
American press? The American Is
raelite notes the failure of the Metro
politan Magazine to publish series
of promised articles on conditions that
have prevailed at the Russian Court
and in high government circles, and
asks:
"What is the influence that is max
ing SO many newspapers and peri
odicals which for years have been in
the habit of telling the truth about
Russia and the Russians, and now
paint them in rosy colors? Many peo-
pie would like to know"
Those who want to know do not
have to search very far. They can
look up the recent happenings in for
eign loans, note that those who have
figured largely in them are the very
people whose views of international
and other affairs are expressed by the
most influential part of the American
press and then by simple process of
logical reasoning make up their minds
as to the responsibility. The lure of
trade with Russia is being held out to
the American people by these inter-
ests, and the hope of the profit to be
gained thereby is the moving cause
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-11-03

in the proRussian propaganda Jew
ish Exponent.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-11-03
After the War What?
Think Of This and
VOTE FOR HUGHES

What's going to happen after the war? You
know. Just stop and think!
What's going to happen when all those men
get back to work, and Europe in an effort TO
regain her prosperity starts to dump and dump
and dump underprced goods into America
and sell them for prices that would bankrupt
an American manufacturer?
Do you want to cutthroat European
petition slash our prices-bankrupt our factor
ies-force you out Of work? Then vote Tor
Hughes and policy of protection for American
industry and labor.
AS Governor of New York, Hughes was the
the best friend labor had. He passed Sc
labor laws one-third of all New Works. labor
legislation in less than four years. Hughes
stands for the protection Of American labor
now. Hughes stands for properly protective
tariff.
Do you want repetition of the winter of
1914, when 100000 men walked the streets OF
New York alone, in search of work? Then
VOTE FOR HUGHES NOVEMBER 7th
Minneapolis Young Mems
Hughes Club
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-11-03

inserted by Minneapolis Young Mems Hughes
Club, George Ackerson Secretary, for which $500
is to be paid)
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-11-03
THOMAS D SCHALL
Candidate for Reelection for
Congress, 10th District

Thomas D. Schall is asking the vot-
ers of the Tenth Congressional Dis
trict, which he has represented for
the past two years, to return him to
Congress at the forthcoming election
November 9TH, on the record he made
during his term.
Mr. Schall particularly desires to
call the attention of his Jewish con-
stituency to the stand taken by him
on the immigration Bill and his speech
in support of the exemption of politi-
cal and religious refugees from the
exactions of the literacy clause.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
FRED C. gibson, PoTENTATE.
Former Brattleboro Man Head of Mys-
tic Shrine Temple

MONTPELIER, Dee 9-The annual
meeting of Mt. Sinai Temple, Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine, was attended last
night by 500 Shriners from all parts of
Vermont. The business session was fol
lowed by banquet in Armory hall and
ceremonial session in city hail. when
13 candidates crossed the hot sands
These officers were elected Fred C.
ellison of st. Johnsbury, illustrious po-
tentate; Franklin Barney of Spring
field, chief rabban; Charles E. Gross
arth of Burlington, assistant rabban;
William H.. Herrick of Montpelier, high
priest and prophet; Walter C. Wash
burn of Montpelier oriental guide; Da-
vid A. Elliott of Hartford, treasurer;
Charles H. Heaton of Montpelier, re-
corder.
The representatives elected to the
imperial council are Fred C. ellison of
st. Johnsbury, Harley t. Seaver of
Barton, Alfred f. Watson of Hartford
Frank d. Dewey of Montpelier
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
BLAST ESQ FEET
BELOW SURFACE
Hundred Pounds of Dyna-
mite Exploded in Well
Hole 524 Feet Deep
WATER SHOT UP
ABOUT 60 FEET
Not Yet Known Whether Desired Re
suits Were Secured in Effort to Get
Water on Former Baker Place on Put
ney Road.

One hundred pounds of dynamite was
exploded late Thursday afternoon 80
feet under the surface of the ground in a
well hole that had been drilled to a depth
of 524 feet on the farm on the Putnay
road owned by Mr.. Bradley of Cleveland.
o., and formerly known as the Chamber
lair place
Tire first 10 feet of the well were drilled
through soil and then ledge was struck,
and the drilling continued until a depth
of 524 feet was reached Some water was
found, but it was designed to increase the
flow and the dynamite was resorted to
under the direction OF S. G. Brown in the
hope that it would shatter the ledge and
possibly open up vein that would let
water filter into the we'll in sufficient guam
tity to meet the demands
Through the l10 feet Of six-inch hole
drilled through the soil there is an iron
pipe. The dynamite was enclosed in a tin
and lowered by means of a steel cable to
a depth of $50 feet When it was explod-
ed, for several seconds there was no dis
turbance and then a stream of water shot
up to a height estimated as 80 feet \
few seconds later another stream of water
shot up to height OF about 100 feet and
there was a rumbling sound. The well
hole has not been cleared ont to deter
mine whether the blast produced the de.
| sired results or not.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
CITY MARKET A SUCCESS.
Evansville (Ind.) Institution Does Busi-
ness at Normal Prices.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 9. - The
market established here by
Mayor Benjamin Bosse to fight the high
cost Of food is doing rushing business,
with prices from 25 per cent to third
less than asked by retailers. Mayor
Bosse has been buying vegetables and
supplies in car load lots in Chicago,
Kentucky and other places. He also
has bought and sold coal cheaper than
the coal dealers here. Prices at the
municipal market are: Potatoes, $l65
a bushel; butter, 80 cents a pound :;
eggs, 40 cents a dozen. Twenty dressed
hogs were placed on sale today at l.
cents a pound. Rabbits, shipped here
by the hundred, have been selling rap
idly at Is cents each.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
MASONIC RESEARCH
CLUB ORGANIZED
Ralph j. Eldridge Chairman Of Exccu-
tive Committee Library and
/ Museum to Be Established.

A preliminary meeting of members Of
Brattleboro and Columbia lodges of
Masons in Masonic temple last evening
it was decided to organize a Masonic
Research club, the officers to consist of
an executive committee of five mem
bers and secretary.
Ralph J. Eldridge was elected chair
man of the executive committee, and
the masters of the two lodges were
elected members. Each master will ap-
point one other from his lodge, making
Ave in all ~ w Montgomery was
elected secretary. The club will meet
at stated intervals.
The purpose Of the club is to stimu-
late interest in ritualistic work and TO
study the history Of Masonry, also to
gather together old Masonic books and
relics and establish library and mu.
scum at the temple.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
VERMONT EVENING. DECEMBER
KETCHAM INDICTED
ON MURDER CHARGE
Win Be Tried for Shooting William
Costello of Bennington Last
September.

BENNINGTON. Dee. S.-Conty Clerk
J. J Shakshobcr yesterday received the
report OF the special grand jury which had
been in session since the December term
of county court opened ON Tuesday. The
jury reported two indictments and two
bills not found The indictments were
against Francis ketcham, who is charged
with the murder of William Costello of
this village ON the night of Dee. Is by
shooting The other Indictment is against
Calvin Williams, a Negro Iumberjack, who
j. charged with assault in the town OF
Manchester
The bills not found were manslaugh
ter charge against Raymond Moore of Ar
lngton, whose automobile on the evening
ot sunday. July , ran down and killed
Alonzo Cooper, an aged Arlington resident,
and Frank Boyle of Dover, who was
charged with firing revolver at Charles
Davis of Searsburg.
Boyle was arrested three days after the
Costello murder and was at the time sus.
pcctcd of having committed that crime,
but was later proved to have been limo,
cent He was released from Jail Thursday
night when it was learned that no bill
had been found against him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
EXCEPTION MADE IF
BOOZE is THERE
Officers Worden and Wood
Disagree as to Conversa-
ton About Beer - How
Pellegrino Stuff Was Dis
posed Of.

As promised yesterday, The Refor
mer presents today digest of the testi-
mony taken by the board of village
commissioners in their investigation
of the disappearance Of quantity of
liquor from the village lookup. This
liquor was seized in a raid at / Valley
street, and when officers went to the
lookup after it on Oct. 80 with an or
der from Municipal Judge F. E. Bar
Der to sell it for the benefit of the
state a shortage was found. Usually
liquor that has been condemned has
been ordered spilled, but in this in
stance it was sold, so the shortage be-
came readily apparent.
An inquest was held before Assistant
Judge F. B. Pier of the county court,
State S Attorney o. B. Hughes ap-
pearing for the state, but the testimony
taken then cannot legally be made
public. The village commissioners then
took the matter up and held several
hearings, the last one last night
Ou dCtOuAI o1 tut HidSS OI lSSllluOIiN
it has been necessary to omit much of
it, but the important parts are given i'll
The Reformer today. The testimony
does not show where the liquor went,
and its disappearance is as much of a
mystery now as ever.
One important fact came out last
night, however, and that was that il
has been the custom of the officers tc
leave the lookup door unlocked after
midnight. They state that it was not
left unlocked while the liquor was
stored there. If an officer had forgotten
and had left the door unlocked it would
have been an easy matter for someone
| entirely unknown to them to have
| taken the booze. The testimony is tha
| the little room where the liquor wa
| stored was not locked The lookup i
so situated that it would be about i'm
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
BODY WAS
THROWN 81 FEET
Mrs Mary L. Kateley, 20, Struck b.
Fast Freight Train at Orange,
Mass, Yesterday.

ORANGE. Mass, Dee. 9-Mrs. Mary j.
lIateley, 20, was instantly killed yesterday
about noon when she was struck bW
fast west bound freight on the BostonE &
Maine tracks in front of the railroad sta
tion here The body was thrown 81 feet
and severe bruises about her head prevent
ed Identification until, two hours later,
the womans hat was found several rods
up the track from the scene of the acci-
dent. The train did not stop
Medical Examiner i. A. Ten Brock,
who viewed the body, believes the woman
had cleared the tracks by so small mar
gin that the suction of the train pulled her
back. Mrs kateley had lived in Orange
only about one month. For the past
eight years she had made her home in
Athol.
Mrs Kateley had Just left the office of
the L. H. Cook company, and apparently
believed she could cross the tracks AHEAD
of the train. The hagnan at the crossing
across the track She had almost cleared
the last rail when the engine struck her.
The body was carried 5f feet from the
spot and thrown almost in front of tho
hagman at the Water-street crossing.
The accident has been attributed largely
to carelessness on the part of Mrs. Kate
ley She was neither deaf nor infrm
There is no indication of intent of sui
eide The engineer and firemen of the
train were apparently unconscious of the
accident as the train did not stop.
The body was taken to the undertaking
rooms of II. II. Ramsey. Mrs kateley'
husband died about SIX months ago. She
leaves an adopted daughter, Mrs. Franz
II. Hammel Of Mantle, Conn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
MINOR NATIONS TO
PRESENT PROTESTS
Conference of Oppressed or Dependent
Countries to Be Held III
Washington.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 9. - Reprcsen-
tatives of minor European nationali
ties suffering in the war will present
protests at conference of oppressed or
dependent nationalities to be held here
tomorrow and Monday, following the
woman peace party meeting which held
final sessions today.
Referring to the part the United
States might take in peace conference
after the war and in determining the fu-
ture of small states the conference an
nouncement says: "If the experience
of our foreign born citizens is properly
utilized the United States should be
able to bring to these world problems
both understanding and sympathy -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
BLIND CHAPLAIN LECTURES.
Rev. M. w. Farman Addresses Students
at Middlebury College.

Rev Marcellus W. Farman, chaplain
of the Vermont senate. the blind
preacher at Westfeld (Vt.), lectured
before the students of Middlebury col
lege last evening, Light and in Dark
ness, the subject of his lecture, is a
portrayal of the difficulties under
which the blind labor and also the
light which illuminates their lives. Mr..
Farman gave an exhibition of touch
reading and told of the wonderful
things that the blind are able to do.
The college gymnasium seated near
~ the entire student body, who listened
eagerly to the lecture of Mr.. Farman
At Professor Howard s class in Pys
chology in the morning Mr.. Farman
gave very instructive talk. He e1.
planned to the students the mental
processes of the blind.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
FRANCE ALSO WANTS
CABINET CHANGES
Demand That Conduct of War Be Rapid
and Radical Stimulated by
Britain Action.

PARIS, Dee. 9.--The popular demand
that the reorganization of the conduct
of the war promised by the Thursday
vote in the chamber of deputies be both
rapid and radical has received further
stimulus by the events in England.
stephen Pichon, writing in the Petit
journal, says "there are spots where a
clean sweep must be made to make way
for absolutely new work. As to the
cabinet Of u with places made for
friends holding no real authority and
in which too many ministers fold their
arms their day is over
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
Among the Murdered in
Chihuahua City We're
Many Soldiers Wives
STORY OF ATROCITIES
RECEIVED AT Ell PASO
The First Newspaper Printed in the
City After It's Re-occupation by Car
ranza Soldiers Tells of Ezra of
Crime and Assassination

FL PASO, Texas, Dec s.-The first
newspaper printed in Chihuahua City after
its recapture by Carranza forces reached
the border today with additional details
Of the fighting against Villa and story
of the atrocities committed there by the
bandits Villas occupation of chihuahua
City, the paper says, was an EZRA of crime
and assassination" Among the murdered
were many soldiers wives who remained
with their husbands through the battle.
Baudcho Tribe, the ear cutter led in
the slaughter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09

The foregoing probably refers to the
sinking of the vessel alluded to in a Ger
man admiralty statement Of Oct ~ as
the armed British transport steamer
~cdcl, sunk in the Mediterranean by
German submarine on Oct p 1t was as
yumed that the British steamer Scdek was
the vessel in question.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
FRESHMEN GUESTS
OF UPPER CLASSES
Annual Blowout Largely Attended
i'll Odd Fellows Temple-Ya arrick,
Magician, Entertains

The annual freshmen blowout given
by the three upper classes of the Brattle-
boro high school to the members of the
freshmen class. was held last evening
in the Odd Fellows temple Joseph
larrick of Boston. a magician who has
been seen here before with great satisfae-
ton entertained until 9 o'clock after
which there was dancing The attendance
included the great majority of the pupils
of the high school and most of the mem
bers OF the faculty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
GERMAN SOCIALISTS
READY TO PROTEST
To Unite in a Declaration Against the
Deportation of Belgians into
Germany.

THE HAGUE, via London, Dee. q
The German Socialist leaders, Philip
Scheidemann and Friedrich Evert, at
tended a meeting here of the eXecu-
tive internationalc which was called
in response to worldwide appeal to
the affiliated group regarding the de
portation in Belgium. The German So
cialist leader said that both the maiori-
tv and minority in the German Socialist
party opposed the deportation. They
discussed the form in which measures
of protest win be taken IN Germany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
CONFERRED WITH KAISER.
New Austrian Emperor Guest at the
German Headquarters.

BERLIN, Dec. 9. by wircless.-Em-
pcror Charles Of Austria Hungary has
visited the German general headquar.
tcrs where he conferred with Emperor
William. Field Marshal Won linden
hcrg and Field Marshal Conrad Won
Hoetzeudorf were present.