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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

board or manager which entail expen-
diture of public funds. The admin
istrative board appoints a board of as
SCISSORS, consisting of three members
whose salaries are nominal, thus secur-
ing men by fitness, rather than by
popularity or votes. An unpaid board
of relief is appointed to supervise the
welfare of the town S unfortunates.
which, it may be said, are few and
far between. Boards controlling health,
town planning, Libraries and schools
are elected By the voters. The only
elective official is the combined treas
urer and collector. The town counsel.
building inspector, and sealer of
weights and measures are appointed b.
the legislative board
BY far the most important official in
the administration is the combined
town clerk and accountant, who acts as
secretary for practically every board
in the government and maintains all
the public records as well as auditing
every bill, keeping expenditure ledgers
and controlling accounts
Tia General Manager
The remaining official is the town IS
general manager, who has charge of
the various departments and their re-
organization if necessary. and who ap-
points or discharges the various super
intendents and chiefs. The depart
ments are the usual highway. sewer,
water, electric lights, police, fire, for
estrv. cemetery, engineering. etc. a
round dozen in all, several of which
are combined under one head. The
manager is also connected with the
board of health and works in commune
tion with all the various boards. He
has charge of the twenty public build
ings and schools and purchases materi.
ais and supplies for every department
including Libraries and school His
tenure Of office runs from FIVE DAYS tC
lfe-depending on his behavior and
efhciency-rather severe to be sure
but yet there Were over four hundred
iapphcacants for the position
What has your new-fangled gov
eminent done for you2" is an invari
able question. It has done so much
that lack of space forbids a detailed
description Of accomplishments. Suf
flee It to enumerate a few.
Some Sweeping Changes.
The most sweeping and most effec
tive change was in the highway de
partment. BY the introduction o.
modern methods and up-to-date ma
chinery and apparatus the cost O.
crushed stone was reduced from 81 o!
to 90 cents per ton, which on Il ,00t
tons of annual output not only paiC
for improvements, but Melted abou
$4,000. The building of waterboun,
macadam streets of two-year life, a
Sl.30 per square yard, was discontin
Iued and $4,000 yards of permanent as
phaitic streets We're laid for % cent
yard. The highway appropriation wa
reduced by $4,000 less than the averag
for the past three years, and yet W
were able TO pave many miles of street
so that in place of receiving damag
suits and complaints of broken axles an
springs we are forced to arrest speeders
The police department presented ex
ceptional difficulties. There was COS
in LOCALITIES of $4,000 to discharge tw
former chiefs. After a year of careful
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
Vital Statistics.

To answer some Of the innumerable
questions as to statistics it will be best
TO give in tabular form the round fig
ures most generally called for by invcs-
tigators:
Valuation, $4,000 Tax rate.
$3.50 per thousand
| Total receipts from all sources,
1870, 900 a year.
Tangible assets over liabilities, 81
100000 docs not include streets and
Ipavements).
Bonded indebtedness, S450,00O.
Population, l2,500. Area, 10 square
miles. Location, - miles southwest of
Boston.
Streets, so miles. Ten paved with
granite or asphalt, 20 macadam, re-
mainder gravelled
/ Public water mains, 80 miles, 800
hydrants, 1000 services, 50 per cent
metered.
Standpipe and reservoir each a mil
hon gallons, pressure so to 10 pounds
Sewer system, IS miles with LOCO
connections, and II acres of filter beds.
Municipal electric plant, 700 street
lights; 10000 feet underground con
duits and 200 miles wires with 1900
metered services using 100000 XIV.
Cemeteries, 80 acres. Drainage sys
TEN, six miles Of pipes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

without further reference and credit to
the board. 1t is composed of our most
progressive citizens, who themselves are
heads of our largest Industries; and at
the other end a loyal organization of
200 municipal employees who have their
heart in their work
We are now closing our second year
under business management and / state
without fear of contradiction that our
citizens would not even consider going
back TO the old many cooks - arrange
ment of former times. The last report
OF the finance commission closed the
books with a balance of $4,000, against
5000 the preceding year,-and the meat
OF the cocoanut is that we have not
raised our tax rate a cent.
Civic Association.
No survey of Norwood would be com
plete without an inspection of the Civic
association. 1t is much more than its
name implies. 1t is the community cen
ter of the body polite; all classes and
all creeds. The buildings are grouped
together and house every form of activ7
lty. From the tea room to the swim
ming pool it is yours for the asking.
There are also lectures, forums, educa-
tlonal courses, gymnastics, dancing,
bowling, tennis and numerous other di-
versions. From there were managed
three Fairgrounds which last year had
total attendance Of nearly 10000, and
the public bath houses where the at
! tendance ran up to 500 day.
The hospital recently enlarged, is in
connection with the association and is
strictly up to the minute in every sense.
In closing | wish to touch lightly on
the Norwood Spirit.
Every citizen, starting with the
school children, is made to feel that it
IS his or her town, and that he or she
/ IS part of it. They are also made to
realize that the work is only Just be
gun, and that a mushroom or boom
growth is not the goal, but rather a
thorough and conservative fulfilment of
well-matured plans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
Remarkable Transformations.

Of the few examples in America,
Norwood is said by economists to be
one of the best and most efficient. The
honor has been hard won, but the re-
suits have justified the cost. To the
hasty or unthinking the following NAV
seem boastful, but not one claim or
statement Is made that is not founded
on lncontestlble fact and statistics.
Visiting committees, representatives
of chambers Of commerce, economists
and business men invariably demand
to know something of the history of
Norwood, of our past and present
form OF governmental n word, of the
system which has produced such really
wonderful changes in such a compare
lively short time. Believing that there
are others who are equally as interested
we offer this description of the growth,
struggles and accomplishments of Nor.
wood
In the beginning il may be said that
the old town government was neither
dishonest nor below the average in
competency. The officials were as un-
tlrlng and as conscientious in their eff
forts as they were underpaid The
trouble was chiefly in having too many
cooks TO spoil the broth-the cooks, in
the form OF eight distinct and con
tiicting boards. Being under the New
England form of town government, any
change required authority of the legis-
lature
Many obstacles had to be overcome
chief of which was the conservative
fear that the Performers were about
to wreck the good government of their
forefathers. But the practical vision.
aries and dreamers had suffered toe
much and fought too hard to be dis.
mayed and ultimately every obstacle
was overcome. And it may be said to
the glory of the community that not a
social, fraternal or church organiza
ton, but helped when once the ball
| started rolling.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
Sisters of Mercy
Ey, CENTRIC. CAJA

Ask your druggist for 50-cent bot
tie of california Syrup of Figs" then
look carefully and see that it is made
by the California Fig Sryup Com
pany." We make no smaller size.
Hand back with contempt any other
fig syrup. SO
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
LOOK AT A CHILDS
TONGUE WHEN CROSS,
FEVERISH AND SICK
Take No Chances! Move POisOns From
Liver and Bowels at
Once.

Mothers can rest easy after giving
California Syrup of Figs" because
ir a few hours all the clogged-up
waste, sour bile and fermcnting food
gently moves out Of the bowels, and
you have a we'll, playful child again.
Children simply will not take the
time from play to empty their bow
els, and they become tightly packed,
liver gets sluggish and stomach dis
ordered.
When cross, feverish, restless, see
if tongue is coated, then give this
delicious "fruit laxative" Children
love it, and it cannot cause injury.
No difference what ails your little
one-if full of cold, or sore throat,
oiarrhoea, stomach ache, bad breath.
remember, a gentle "inside cleansing
should always be the first treatment
given. Full directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
are printed on each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

TWENTY HEAD Of grade Jersey
cows; now milking; test 5.4; in fine
condition; all from 2 to 8 years;
price $50. Also some heifers. For
further information see VIM. Griset,
one mile north of Meloland, or Chas.
Griset, r. F. D. a, Santa Ana,
Cal 3-12
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
SOUTHERN PACIFIC

from San Francisco
No. 38 arrives FL Centro at 1920
m.
No. SO arrives 81 Centre at 5:35
m.
TO San Francisco
No. 35 arrives Ell Centre at $40
m.
No. 81 arrives Ell Centro at S:2O
q. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

FOR SALE-About 20 Jersey cows,
all young, fresh and making better
than 1 pound butterfat per day.
John Waterman ranch, 1k miles
southeast Meloland store. Jos. I'M
field. 3-lo
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

WANTED-Young woman for house
keeping; small family; good wa
ges. Call at Press office for par
ticulars. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

LEARN actual auto repairing, book
keeping, Shorthand fadie, engineer
ing. Y. M. C. A., Los Angeles. Cat
alogues free. 3-31
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

WANTED-A young man to work
with a commercial photographer.
Cali at 779 Park Ave-, Apt. 4. Call
for Jackson. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE--16O acres good land, 2
miles east 1 mile north Imperial.
No reasonable price refused. Paul
Tuchfarber. 3-15
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Phone 254. 535 Wensley
Ave. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

ALMOST NEW Remington No. 10
typewriter for sale cheap. P. O.
Box 525, Ell Centro. 3-16
FOR SALE CHEAP-$18, good wag-
on, canvas top; fine for peddling
or camping. 792 Holt st. 3-14
FOR SALE-One ship and one 4-h.p.
gasoline engine; 4-inch black iron
pipe and one 3-inch Duplex pump.
Phone 1913. Box 701, Ell Centre. If
PLANT the earliest variety Of corn
and harvest for empty market.
Have for sale limited amount eX
cellent head-selected hand-threshed
feterita. Smith Jackson, Eighth
st. north of r. R. tracks, Ell Cen
tro. 3-13
FOR SALE-One $3.50 Holt caterpil-
lar; been used less than one year,
and one 1O-foot engine disc; one
heavy duty Kilifer renovator. Have
rented ranch, so no further need of
outfit. Will sell together OF TN
part. Excellent outfit. @. c. Web
ster, Clifford Olive Ranch, Brawley,
Cal. Phone 43F14. 3-12
ALFALFA GROWERS of the Impe-
rial Valley: Why not patronize
home industry? Buy your alfalfa
seed in your own county. Best re-
cleaned seed. Prices lowest. 0. G.
Nordahl, Bard, Cal. tt
EGYPTIAN, cotton seed for sale;
pure and home grown. Smith
Jackson, Eighth St., north R. r.
tracks. Ell Centre. 3-13
USED CARS-Br1ng your old ma
chimes. / will sell them for you or
buy them quick. Dad, Radiator
Man, rear Oregon Hotel, Ell Gen.
tro. u
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

TAKEN UP-Bay gelding horse.
Owner can have same by paying
for this ad. Inquire John Serpella,
1 mile west on San Diego road. 3-20
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

WANTED-A man with 4-horse team
and plow to do blowing and re-
leveling. Apply to George A..
Swami, A miles west Of Ell Centre
on State Highway. 3-l6
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

FOR SALE-Mules, at butchers
barn on Eighth street, Imperial.
One carload of good young Okla
homa mules, to years old. Why
buy plugs when you can get good
sound young mules at about the
same price. Look these over be-
fore buying. Frank Deemer. 3-l9
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

ASTRAY-One 3-year-old Jersey
heifer, from Sisson ranch, 4 miles
east of Ell Centre. Branded CRIT"
on left thigh. Reward for return.
Notify G. w. Routt, Route 1, Box
so. If
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
HELP WANTED

FREE RENT-Free rent and board
to woman who will care for house
and school child. Chance to do
outside work. Two acres suitable
for chickens. P. o. Box 661. 3-13
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Meets every Tuesday even
ing, Castle Hall, Davis Bldg.
Visiting Knights Welcome.
MARVIN MOORE. C. c..
ROY KELLERSTRAUS,
X. of R. and S.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

LOST OF STRAYED-Holstein bull,
/ year old; three steers, about 8
months old; all branded "P NJ on
right hip. P. Mora, Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
.AIfaIfaSeed
LEO TURNER, Yuma, Arizona, 20 &
LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN

TAKEN UP-Three heifer calves,
branded 49," Owner can have same
by paying the expenses. Water
mans ranch, 11s miles southeast
Meloland. 3-16
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
LOANS

FOR SALE-LIVE STOCK
FOR SALE-Sows and pigs. Joe
Wire, 31a miles southwest Ell Cen
tro, east side Brawley main. 3-17
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

FOR SALE-M1SCELLANEOUS

ALMOST NEW Remington No. 10
typewriter for sale cheap. P. O.
Box 525, Ell Centro. 3-16
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

EGYPTIAN, cotton seed for sale;
pure and home grown. Smith
Jackson, Eighth St., north R. r.
tracks, Ell Centre. 3-13
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

FOR SALE CHEAP-$18, good wag-
on, canvas top; fine for peddling
or camping. 792 Holt st. 3-14
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-03

Atlanta, Aug. 2.-It's getting to be
so strict in this city, with reference
to ones personal conduct, that
man puts himself in serious danger
when he waves at woman on the
street, or makes any other flirtatious
sign.
He is in danger of having her hus-
band swat him in the eye, if she be a
married woman and the husband is
around, and he's in danger also of
getting himself arrested and locked
up at police station, which was the
experience of Earl Sewell, railroad
conductor
A young woman passed him on the
street and looked so pretty that he
couldn't resist the temptation of MAX
ing little loving wave, but she hap
pened to be a married woman and
straightway called a policeman, who
followed the conductor and took him
in custody The recorder fined him
and issued a solemn warning to all
Washers to be careful whom they
mash.
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W0|I| D 0IV|DE THE
FEDERAL FUNDS
GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUS
TRIAL WANTS SHARE OF
M APPROPRIATION.

Atlanta, Aug. 2.-More than 1000
students of the Georgia Normal and
Industrial college at Milledgeville are
bending their efforts to induce the
legislature to recognize the college as
the principals woman institution of
the state by dividing the Smith-Lever
fund for farm and home economics
between this college and the State
College of Agriculture at Athens.
No appropriation is to be asked, as
explained by Prof. NJ. M. Parks, pres
ident of the school, who is in the
city in connection with the matter
The college simply asks that one
third of the fund, which is made up
Of state appropriation equal to the
federal appropriation, be distributed
through the college as the agency
for home economies work. The col
lege proposes that its third of the
appropriation be devoted to demon
strations throughout the state in
home economics, on the ground that
this is distinctly a woman's work and
on the further ground that the grad
yates of the G. N. |. c. are the lead
ing domestic science and home eco
Monies experts in the state.
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Don't olson Your Child
With that Sickenine
CaIomel.

It is almost a crime to dose children
with calomcl-that nauseating, pois-
oaous mineral that some folks still
think is the ono thing that will relieve
constipation, headache and ether bill
ious conditions. I wouldn't give calo-
mel TO q dog unless ! wanted to kill it.
When you need liver or stomach
medicine, use a safe, guaranteed veg
etable preparation like Martins Liver
Medicine. 1t tastes good. 1t acts
powerfully on the liver and bowels
without pain or gripping. And it often
saves one from a spell OF sickness.
One of the best known men in Had
dock, Ca, is C. Il. Keller. On the 18th
of May he wrote the following letter
to the proprietors of Martins Liver
Medicine: sAsss&,a
ST have five children in school and all of
them showed decided sailowncss and were
very sluggish. 1 gave each OF them dose
OF Martins Liver Medicine night and morn
ing for two days. Their complexions cleared
up and they Nare now normal children in
every respect. The medicine did not inter-
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NEWS Of Of 4 DAY
IN THE CAPITAL
FROM GEoRGIA'S BIG
CITY.
ATLANTA

ATLANTA -. -. -. -. -. .....
Atlanta, Aug. 2-The political an
tagonists of S. j. Bryan, member of
the school board of Kirkwood, a su-
burban town in DeKalb county, did
not succeed in their fight to GUST him
from the board, but they are prepar-
ing to launch a new offensive as the
result of his arrest on a charge of
embezzling $4,000 from commits
sion company of which he has been
bookkeeper for several years.
The fight involving Bryan's place
on the board has thrown the whole
village of Kirkwood into a state of
turmoil. The mayor and council for
mally declared his place vacant some
weeks ago and elected a successor
to fill the position. Bryan came back
with an injunction suit in the DeKalb
superior court, and the case is sched-
uled to come on for hearing in a
few days.
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PAGE TWO
PuE.Ic SALE

State OF Georgia, GIynn County.
Under the power contained in that
certain doed to secure debt executed
between Mary E. Polite and Robert
M. Polite to Larned Pitcher. and
which security deed is recorded in
Volume II Folio 2T7 of the mortage
records of said County; and which
said deed to secure debt was assigned
by said Larned Pitcher to Within
Williams and William Mckenzie, and
which said assignment is recorded in
said Volume II Folio PIT of said re-
cords; and the note mentioned in said
security deed having matured by its
face on October 3rd. 1915; the under
signed, being said assignoes, will sell
before the Court House door of said
County on the first Tuesday in Au-
gust 1917, between the legal hours of
sale to the highest and best bidder for
cash, the southwest one-fourth OF
that certain lot of land situated in the
Old Town of the City of Brunswick
in said County, and being known and
designated according to the map and
plan of said city purporting to have
been made by George R. Baldwin in
1897 and generally known in said
Citysas "Baldwin's Map" thereof, as
Old Town lot Five Hundred and
Twelve (512), said southwest ono
fourth being in area forty-five by
ninety feet and bounded on the West
forty-five feet by Amherst Street; on
the East forty-five feet by the eastern
part of said lot SIP; on the south
ninety feet by the Old Town lot 513;
and on the North ninety feet by the
northwest one-fourth of said lot SIP,
with all appurtcnances therto belong
ing or in any way appertaining. Terms
cash. Purchaser pays for titles.
This 18th day of July. 1917.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS.
WILLIAM M'KENZlE.
F. NJ Scarlet, Jr., Attorney.
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fere with them in school and did not gripe
like liver --edicne formerly used. My young
est child, three years old, was sick last sum
mer and it took careful nursing and the at
tention of physicians to save him, and l am
sure that a few doses of Martins Liver
Medicine has prevented a recurrence of the
same trouble. Therefore 1 feel it my duty
to others to let them know what Martins
Liver Medicine did in my home"
You run no risk in buying Martins
Liver Medicine. It is a recognized
standard preparation, made according
to the prescription of a prominent
Southern physician. 1t is composed
of absolutely pure drugs and is guar
anteed to give positive satisfaction.
If after taking a bottle of it you are
dissatisfied with the result, carry the
empty bottle to your druggist and
you will receive your SOC back.
If your druggist hasn't Martins
Liver Medicine, he can easily get it
for you. Do not accept any substi-
tute. There is no other medicine
"just as good"
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SlA0 keMarsi. Eide

The readers " this paper viii Sa
pleased to lr,,rr that there is at least
one dreaded dieease thst science has
Teen able to ours Ia all its stages and
mat IL catarIh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
REQUIRES constitutional treatment Halls
CataFfh MeC4cine is taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby destroying
inc founuation of the disease. giving the
panent strength by building UP the con-
work. The prpprietors have 80 much
lalth in the curative powers If Halls
Gtatarrh Medicine that they offer One
huphred Dollars for any case that it fails
ADDRESS y. J. CHENEY e. 60, Toledo.
DAio. Sod b.. all Druggis 75c.
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BIDS WANTED.

Bids will DO received by the Com
missioners of Roads and Revenues of
Glynn county, Georgia, for not less
than 1890 nor more than 5000 lineal
feet of galvanized lawn fence wire AZ
inches high, not less than eight bars.
Bids may hss made in the alternative
for single wire or woven wire and
also for Sc inches high. Bidders re-
Guired to give specifications showing
weight of wire and size of mesh. Bids
must be in writing, sealed, addressed
to the Commissioners and filed with
the clerk Of the Commissioners at
Brunswick, Ca. by August 16, 1917.
Right reserved to reject bids.
4. O. TOWNSEND. Clerk.
7-20 27 S-3 7.
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NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING.

NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Eastern Division of
the Southern District of Georgia III
the matter of S. HickoX, bankrupt,
in bankruptcy
To the creditors of S. HickoX, of
Odum, in the county of Wayne, said
district, a bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the
1st day of August, 1917, the said S.
HickoX was duly adjudged a bank
rupt, and that the first meeting OF
his creditors will be held at Bruins
wick, Ga, on Tuesday, the 14th day
of August, 1917, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, at which time the creditors
may attend, prove their claims, ap-
point a trustee, examine the bank
rupt and transact such other bust
ness as may properly come before
said meeting,
At Brunswick, Ca, this LIST day OF
August, 1917.
A. ]. CROVATT, Referee.
Gibbs and Turner, Jesup, Attorneys
for the Bankrupt.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by lady.
call fill position as clerk in store
or work at home with family. Can
furnish satisfactory references if re-
CURED. 1911 Prince ST. til
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j. M. BUCkNER,
Louisville, KY.

Referring to the use of your long
distance telephone, beg to say that
use the long distance telephone very
extensively all over the States of Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Indiana in man.
aging my men and instructing them
in regard to the management of the
business and purchasing tobacco. I
have always found your telephone to
be entirely satisfactory, and it would
be very difficult for me to operate my
BUSINESS extensively without the as
distance of your wires.
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WANTED-To buy secondhand tire
37x5, @. d. clincher. Call not later
than a. m. at Royal Hotel. Graham