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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-20
TOPSHAM
Death of Mrs. Eliza Lang Followed Long
Illness

Mrs. Eliza Lang passed away at the
home of her son, Clarence, on Wednes-
day, Jan. g. after lingering illness Of
u year and half. Mrs. Lang was II
years of age and was a lifelong resident
of this town. She leaves TO mourn her
loss four children, j. Clarence, Mrs. VIII
lis Plummer of Ryegate, Mrs. $. n.
Welch of Westvile and Miss Minnie
Lang, also one brother, J. X. Caldwell
and eight grandchildren. She was ten.
derely and lovingly cared for by her son
and his wife and during the last four
weeks OF her life she was confined TO
her bed most of the time and great
sufferer. The funeral was held from the
u. =. church on Saturday at IL o'clock,
Rev. John Lytle of South Ryegate Off
ciating. Burial was in the family lot in
the village cemetery.
d. G. Mckay of West Topsham was in
the place last Saturday.
Mrs. c. n. Smith and son, Charles,
visited her daughter Mrs. c. Il. Dicker-
man, last Sunday.
p. j. Mcnamara was in Groton last
Saturday.
Mrs. 4. 4. Powers is on the sick list.
C. IL. Taplin of South Ryegate was in
town last Wednesday.
Miss Minnie Lang has returned to her
school at Groton.
A daughter was born on Sunday, Jan.
10, to Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. II. Eastman were at
East Corinth last Saturday.
Mrs. j. c. Lang was in Groton last
Friday.
II. G. McLam was at South Ryegate
asst Wednesday.
There were services at the Z. P. church |
IN Sunday evening, conducted by Rev
Iohn Lytle of South Ryegate and Rev.
simpson of Ryegate Corner.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
FREE FLOWER SEEDS
Hastings Catalogue Tells You All
About Them

No matter whether you farm or only
plant vegetables or flowers in a small lot
you need Hastings 1916 Catalogue.
1t is filed Goo pages) from cover to
cover with useful farm and garden infor-
nation.
1t tells of seeds of kind and quality that
you can't buy from your merchant or
druggist, seeds that cost no more but
give you real satisfaction and real gar
den.
1t tells how every customer can get alb
solutely free five packets of easily grown,
yet snowy and beautiful flowers.
Hastings is both the best and largest
seed Lrm in the South, the only firm that
you should buy seeds from.
When you plant Hastings Seeds, you
meet "Good Garden Luck" more than
half way. Write today for their big 1916
Catalogue. 1t is free. A postal card re-
quest win bring it. HG. HASTINGS CO. !,
Atlanta. Cs.-(Advt)
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
Trouble With Mexico Now Brewing.

trouble Win Mexico NOW brewing.
Outrages have been quite fire.
quent on the Mexican border in
the last few days, in which a
score or more of Americans have
been killed. General Carranza
has posted Villa, Lopez and Cas-
tro for death, and in his formal
decree has declared that any one
may execute them and their fol-
lowers on sight.
1t remains to be seen whether
Carranza's decree will have the
desired effect of putting down
brigandage, or VIII e ther the
American authority has become
so outraged over these repeated
murderous acts that it will take
a hand in putting down the bri-
gands itself, and insist on estab-
fishing a decent government in
Mexico and enforcing recogni-
ton of the law.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22

Baptist w. M. Society Entertained.
The w. M. Society of Colfax
Baptist church met with Mrs.
Dora Strickland on Wednesday
afternoon at 8 o'clock. The at
tendance was good and a very
interesting program was render
ed from Royal Service" the
subject for study being China
of To-day" Refreshments of
hot chocolate and sandwiches
were served, and enjoyed at the
close of the meeting.
The next.meeting will be held
with Mrs. B. 5. Simmons We'd
nesday, Jan. 26. at 2;so p. m.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22

A Contribution Respectfully Declined.
A Socialist candidate of Grant
parish sends US the equivalent OF
six pages of manuscript, giving
eight reasons why | Am a So
cialist, T" and signs his name to
his contribution. His article is
strictly in his own interest as a
candidate, and for that reason il
is not published. Besides, we
can give a dozen better reasons
why we are not a Socialist.
We will bet our Socialist friend
a pint of chinquapin hulls against
a copper cent that he won't get
one vote out of twenty in the
April election. His party polleo
only two per cent of the vote
cast in Grant parish four years
ago, and we do not believe it has
increased any.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
Virtue of Good Manners.

Good manners, while costing little,
accomplish much. They may perhaps
be among the little things" but who
will not agree that it is just these
little things that makes the big diff
ferences In our. pleasure or pain, CON-
fort or discomfort? They oil the
wheels of life and cause them to run
smoothly and noiselessiy. To those
who can command it's varied scale,
from genial warmth to icy frigidity,
politeness is perhaps the most power
ful weapon of defense and offense.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
A Mothers Gratitude
Many Mother in Colfax Will Appre
ciate the Following.

"A
ciate the Following.
Many strong man and many heal
thy woman has much for which to thank
mother. The care taken during their
childhood brought them past the dan
ger point and made them healthy men
and women. Thousands of children are
bothered with incontinence of urine.
and inability to retain it is Outlines
called habit. 1t is not always the
children's fault, in many cases the diff
ficulty lies with the kidneys, and can
be readily righted A CoIfax mother
tells how she went about it.
Mrs. E. c. Hicks, Colfax, La, saws:
.'Doan's Kidney Pills are good RENE
dy for kidney trouble. | gave them
to my little boy who had no control
over the kidney secretions. One box
cured him and his health is now good.
1t is pleasure to recommend a RENE
dy of such merit
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doans
Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. eE. C.
Hicks had. Foster MiIburn Co.. Props.
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
The Time Draws Near to Vote.

Go to the polls on January 25,
and vote for Barrett. the friend
and ally of prohibition. He stands
upon a platform of seventeen dis
tinct planks, embracing every
improvement in State affairs de-
sired by the people. His oppo-
nent, Mr.. Pleasant, has never
announced any platform, and all
that the people know about him
is that he is supported by the
New Orleans ring, and the whis-
ky men are for him because he
has promised to veto a Statewide
prohibition bill in case the legis-
lature should ever pass such q
bill.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
Beauty in Riohteous Acts.

Postponement of righteous act is
never right. The sooner we SOW the
seeds of love, the sooner we begin to
reap the bountiful harvest of happi-
ness and Joy. The sooner we give to
the world the best we have, the sooner
the best will begin to come back to
us-if not in visible material things,
then In what is much to be desired
spiritual and mental delights.-Un-
known.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22

The German losses are esti-
mated officially by Berlin authori-
ties at 1855, 760 men. Of this
number 58S, 986 were killed, $780,
152 were taken prisoners, ano
the balance were wounded OF
missing. In addition "a, $50 Ger
mans have died from other caus-
es, not officially reported.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22

Big drives by the Russians
against the Austrians in east
Gallicia have been reported fol
the past week, and the STEADY
claim of success is made by Pc
trograd authorities daily. Ger
man accounts virtually admit the
success of the Russians, although
they claim that many fierce at
tacks by the Russians are repealed
daily, and that the Russians have
lost heavily.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22


We learn from Mr.. ]. A, Will
liams, proprietor of the Brinker
Hotel, that on the first of Feb
ruary Mr.. ]. R. Hawkins, of Ro-
chelle, is to take charge of this
hotel as manager. Mr.. Hawkins
is said to be experienced in the
hotel business, and is quite pop
ular with travelling men. Mr..
A. M. LeSage, the present man.
ager of the Brinker hotel. informs
US that he expects to devote his
attention to the oil business.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
Their pav. Of Fate

Certain days of the week or month
have constantly been marked ones in
some persons lives. Nearly all the
chief events Of Thomas a'Becket's
career, including his murder and the
translation of his body. occurred upon
Tuesday. Henry VIII and his three
children-Edward. Mary and Elizabeth
expired upon the same day of the
week-Thursday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
AsweII Opens Debate for Good Roads.

AsweII Opens Debate for Good Roads.
Washington, Jan. 19. Repre-
sentative Aswell of Louisiana
opened the debate in the house
today on the bill to appropriate
$25, 000,0 600 for federal aid in
building good roads.
UNLESS we provide for inter-
nal improvement, as basis of
our national prosperity" said
Mr.. Aswell, upon what shall
the additional taxes be levied to
meet the emergency for a pro-
posed larger army and navy? A
nation impoverished within, can
not be a world power. In this
emergency, | for one, shall in
sist that the increased revenue
come from a larger income tax,
and the usual revenues of the
government be expended upon
the needed internal improve
ments.
I'VE are called upon to spend
extra millions for preparedness.
That nation is best prepared to
repel a foreign foe that prepares
itself within for stalwart growth,
prosperity and power; prepared
ness means an adequate army
and navy with ample coast de-
Tense and an efficient merchant
marine, but it also means good
roads, good schools, rural mail
routes, improved waterways and
drainage, scientific agriculture,
rural credits, and adequate pub
lie buildings for the conduct OF
the public business. My concep-
ton of preparedness includes
these internal activities to give
meaning and force to our national
life. As we grow strong within
we become truly the leading
world power.
This good roads bill, directing
the department of agriculture to
expend $25, 10000 annually in
road building and road mainte-
nance in cooperation with the
State Highway Departments.
deals with one of the important
elements of national prepared
ness. The general government
has constitutional power to con-
struct and maintain postroads,
military roads, and roads used in
the transportation of interstate
On the general prin-
ciple that the greater contains
the lesser, it follows that the
general government should aid
the States in the construction
and maintenance of such roads"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
Don Caffery Indicts the Saloon.

Don Gallery Indicts the Saloon.
Il indict the saloon as an enc
my of liberty-as a selfish, cow
ardly and reasonable enemy of
liberty; always, whenever there
is a fight against the slavery of
ring politics, ready to throw its
giant strength in the scales on
the side of wrong; always afraid
every man and every measure
labelled good and honorable; al
ways pandering for the friend
ship of the grating policeman
and the ballot-box stuffing politi-
clan; always living up to its mot
to: Nothing too putrid for me to
blossom in. -
This indictment of the saloon
by Don Gallery is direct. The
influence of the saloon is being
felt throughout the State in the
political campaign progressing
between Col. R. G. Pleasant and
Lieut.. Gov. T. c. Barrett. 1t is
a breeder of dishonor, of grief,
of shame, of pauperism, of sin
and damnatien.
Go where you will and where
ever the saloon power holds sway
it is a lawbreaker which defies
good morals and decency. In
the State of Louisiana, the hand
of the saloon is in evidence every
where. Its power is being d.
rected against the nomination of
Lieut.. Gov. T. C. Barrett at the
Democratic primary fixed for
Tuesday, January %. The sa-
loon, if silent, is an issue in the
contest between Lieut.. Gov. T.
C. Barrett and Col. Pleasant for
Governor. The very fact that
the saloon is one of the greatest
of factors in connection with the
bosses of New Orleans, by whom
Col. Pleasant is being champion
ed should be sufficient to array
every law abiding citizen in OPP
position to his candidacy.
1t may be declared without
hesitancy that no Improvement |
nor betterment of conditions can
be expected if the State should
be dominated through the influ-
ence of the saloon and the ring. |
The issue can not be minimized |
nor side tracked. The issue
should appeal to every citizen.
To every man having boys who
are attaining their manhood. The
saloon can not thrive without |
boys and young men. Practical
ly it is not a personal question of
candidates as it is what each rep
resents and what the State may
reasonably expect from such can
didate whose nomination at the
primary will be equivalent to an
election.
1t can not be logically contro-
verified that the candidate who
receives the favorable endorse
ment of the saloon and the ring
will not escape a reciprocation in
recognition of aid, assistance and
cooperation received from this
source. To declare that Mr.. Bar
ret has no connection with the
saloon nor the ring should be
to secure for him the
of every Democratic citi-
zen in the State, having no in
terest in the liquor traffic and
who expects no reward or recog-
milton from the ring.
|
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
Careless Omission Costly.

A "monkey-wrench" mechanic will
often omit placing cotter pins or re-
tanning wires in the crown nuts in the
motor transmission case or differential
housing. Should one of these nuts
shake of it will more than likely get
into the gear mesh and break up the
whole mechanism.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
Clearing the Way.

Norwich-"So she now looks for
ward to a perfectly happy life?" Mrs.
Newrich-"Yes. She has snubbed the
last of the old friends who knew her
In the early days when she was poor"
Town Topics.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
Rub With Paper.

By rubbing the bathtub with crum-
pied newspaper as soon as It is thor
oughly dry. every BIT Of grease, soap.
lint and the marks from the water
will be easily. and quickly removed. 1t
IL not necessary to do any securing If
the tub Is smooth. but 1t is quite nee
essary that Il b dry.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
Cotton Ginners' Report.

The tabulation Of the separate
returns from the ginners for the
January report shows the tele-
graph summary of Grant parish
cotton to be correct. There were
2022 bales of cotton, counting
round as half bales, ginned in
Grant parish, from the crop of
1915 prior to January 1, 1916, as
compared with 1926 bales ginned
prior to January 1, 1915.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22

The American-Press finds the
following paragraph in one of its
esteemed Louisiana exchanges:
Authentic newspaper reports
indicate that congress will be
overwhelmingly in favor of Pres
ident Wilson'S contention for
greater national defense, but
history will record that the poll
ticians of all parties, with a few
exceptions, did absolutely moth
ing until the great mass of our
hundred million people arose in
their might and demanded pro-
lection instead of pork barrels.
The paragraph quoted was
probably founded upon a misap-
prehension as to what consti-
tutes a pork BARREL" in the
opinion of those who desire to
bully congress into abandoning
certain improvements.
A pork barrel" is any form
of internal improvement desired
by the people generally which
interiors with some special in
terest or absorbs money which is
wanted by somebody else. The
improvement of our internal wa
terways is denounced as a pork
BARREL" because it threatens to
provide cheap transportation OBJ
noxious to various big railway
systems; Improvement of the
great lakes is not pork" how
ever, because the railroads con-
troll those transportation lines.
Another favorite subject for
hot air about pork barrels" is
the federal building not in
Washington, you understand.
The government is not doing its
duty by Washington unless it has
a SIS, 900, 600 or a $4,000. 600
public building under way. These
become pork" only when they
are located in small towns. For
the government to add to the i'm
provement of the smaller cities
by owning it's own building, like
the local bank, is a frightful Of
Tense.
Several congressman are pre-
pairing bills to appropriafe money
for the aid,cf good roads. This
is another insiduous form of
pork" which may expect a vig-
orous attack from the statesmen
of war munitions, and armor
plate, the battleship construct
ors and others who advocate the
spending of government money
in the way it will do the least
possible good to the American
people. Better a million dollars
to improve the harbor of Pago-
Pago, or two millions for aero
planes SO that our military force
may meet violent deaths in time
of peace, than any sum for a
good road to help the farmer
market his crop conveniently.
The American Press hopes
that its erring brother will rec
ognize that the pork BARREL as
a topic belongs exclusively to the
high and mighty metropolitan
newspapers which are working
in the interest of plutes who
keep both hands in the public
treasury all the time. The little
public building in the small city,
the improvement of the stream
on which it is located so that it
can be made useful. are practic-
ally the only visible evidence
most of the people of the country
have that the government is
spending money in their behalf,
and these arethe chief counts in
the pork barrel" indictment.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22

Be sure to vote for Barrett, the
friend of prohibition and the
champion of all reforms demand
ed by the people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25

lin for congressional investigation of
alleged manipulation of cotton mar
kets are being urged. Although gov
eminent reports showed that the cot
tor acreage and visible supply is be-
ing reduced, the cotton gamblers de-
liberately forced down the price of
cotton" declared Representative Hef-
lin today.
control of the market, although Eng
lands reserve supply is known to be
almost at bedrock and Germany's cut
off, with more than 100000 bales
used in manufacturing war supplies
since the war begun, is asserted by
Representative HefIin-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
The Nays PRIDE
"Old IrOnsides" Ranks First; to
Last Forever.
$4,000 Visitors on Frigate An
nually in Boston Yard.

Boston, Feb. 25.-Commandant
Rush of the Charlestown navy yard
has put at rest all worry over the fate
of the Constitution, the gallant old
frigate which lies at anchor there. In
an interview Captain Rush said ne
was greatly surprised to have been
quoted as saying that "Old Ironsides'
must be moved to make room for 9TH
er and more modern vessels.
I'm my opinion" said the command
ant, the Constitution comes first. All
other ships here must take second
place. 1 regard her as symbolic of the
constitution of the United States ard
1 would as soon destroy one as h.
other. So long as she lasts. which,
with adequate repairs should be for
ever, Old Ironsides shall have her
place in the yard.
Il understand 1 have been quoted
as saying we needed the space now oc.
cupied in the yard by the frigate, but
this is absolutely untrue. The Con-
stitutfon rides at anchor at the safest
spot in the Charlestown yard pro-
tected against fire in every way. She
is within a few hundred feet of the
place where she was launched over
100 years ago, and each year over
$4,000 visitors go aboard and roam
up and down the aged hulk, a remind
er of the days when the United States
Swel all before her on the seas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
WATCH YOUR FLUE
State Fire Marshal Issues a
Winter Warning.
Defective Chimneys Cause SIS
Fires in January.
LIGHTNING IN MIDWINTER!
Two BIazes Caused by Freak of
Nature in Kansas.
Total Loss of S247,141 in All
Counties in State.

Watch your flues,' is the warning
from the state fire marshaIs office,
following the report showing January
losses.
Defective chimneys and flues caused
IS of the 246 fires in Kansas in jan
uary and resulted in a loss of $51, 1923
according to 4 report today by L. T.
Hussey, state fire marshal. The num-
Der of fires caused by defective flues
were nearly one-fourth of the total,
while the lose was IN excess of one
fifth of the total from all causes.
In addition to the troubles of Kan
sans who have failed to repair their
flues and chimneys, the sorrows con-
corning defective stoves, furnaces and
pipes were q matter Of much concern
The January report shows that stoves,
furnaces and pipes were responsible
for two fires. Incendiarism was re-
sponsible for ten fires, the report
shows.
Common winter neglect, the sum-
mary shows, was responsible for vir-
tually the entire fire loss of the state.
The record for the month shows 246
fires and a total loss of $247, 141. Of
the entire loss, 57.33 per cent was COW
cred by insurance. Loss on buildings
during the month amounted to $149,-
615, while loss of contents was S97,-
526.
Record for January.
The mont his fire record was as fol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
SOCIALISTS SOLID
German Party Wants War to
|. Continue to Victory.
Reichstag Members to Stick to
Government to the End.

Berlin, Feb. 25.-Philipp Scheide-
mann. leader of the socialist demo-
cratic party, and a prominent mem
Der of the reichstag, declared today
the socialists are determined to carry
on the war until Germany has won a
victory.
Reports concerning alleged rup-
lures in the socialistic democratic
party, as published in the American
press, are absolutely without fOunda
tion," he said. Further. there is no
possibility of split in the party. We
adhere to the principle laid down in
the historic meeting of the reichstag
on August 4, 1914, when we gave our
support to all the measures of the i'm
perial government to repel the unpro-
voked attack of the entente powers.
To-day we are just as determined
on this stand as we ever were, and
will maintain it until the war ends
VIGOROUSLY for Germany.
Twenty deputies, composing a mi
nority, who voted against an extern
sion of war credits on December 81
expressly declared at the time that
they had no intention of attempting
any disruptUre of the party.
Socialists individually and in as
semblages throughout the country
took decisive action against this small
minority, nor will the party be dis
rupted after the war.
There may be several persons or
the extreme right or left (political
sections of the reichstag) who will
not agree with the party in all things
but the party itself will set at work
with vigor to perform its tasks, which
the end of the war will bring And il
gives me satisfaction that all differ
ences between America and Germany
are settled. I believe every one else
in Germany has the same feeling"