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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Miss Eleanor Taylar is assisting Miss
Susie L.. lark with the Homework during
the summer
W. {. Collins. ir, of Everett. Mass
came Thursday to visit until Saturday at
\ = JiIIsons
Joseph Bailey, who is living at the town
fam. went Saturday to Wilmington and
Nottingham To visit
There will he regular meeting Of the
Western Engine company No | in Engine
hall tomorrow evening at 30 o'clock.
All those who are to be in the Red
cross section OF the parade july are
asked to meet tonight at Mrs. f. \.
Knight to make arrangements
Miss ANNA IIenncsscy. Who had been in
the Melrosc hospital two weeks. following
an operation, was discharged Saturday and
returned to her home in Bellows Falls.
DR.. e. IL Clark and sons. James and
stephen. who have been living in Auburn,
dale, Mass. are spending some time at
l.. +. Clark's Miss Ruth Clark, who is
at present visiting in Holden, is expected
soon.
DR. and Mrs c. b. Hunter and daugh
ter Vivian, will leave Thursday for Hon
y. y, where DR. Hunter will spend a
months vacation with his parents. Mrs
Hunter and Vivian will remain there Z
week, going from there to Baltimore, Md.
TO visit a few weeks
Mrs George Burns and son. Franz
Buns, OF White River junction wer,
visitors at tie hospital Saturday, comm.
to see Mrs. Burns niece, Miss Agan. VII,
underwent an operation for appendiciti
last week
There was committee meeting Frida
evening for the Fourth Of July celebration
in the home Of Mrs. B. : Miller Their
will be on sale that day ice-cream cak,
lemonade, soft drinks and home-mad
candy There will be a baseball game b,
tween the married and single men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
FIVE CO. | MEN IN
BAD AUTO SPILL
Guy Johnson Taken to Me-
mortal Hospital Seri-
OusIy Hurt
HIGHWAY CAVED
NEAR CROSBY POND
Car Rolled Down Bank from Upper
Road 70 Lower Road, Landing Bottom
Up-Driver Had Pulled Out on Meet
ing Three Cars.

Guy johnson Of Brattlchoro, mem.
her of Company I, Y. \. c., who has been
ON guard duty at Bellows Fails, was
taken to the Braitlcboro Memorial hos.
pital Yesterday morning suffering with
conclusion of the brain and possibly
other injuries. With four other mem
befs ofthc company he had hired Ford
automobile of q Bellows Falls garage
aud was on his way TO Brattlcboro TO
pitch the game Yesterday afternoon for
the Rtattlphoro team against the Green
field team He is a sou Of Building In
spcc,or John l.. johnson.
The automobile. which Fred Howard
was driving at the time, went over the
bank on the upper road near Crosby
pond i'm DummcrStun. turned over four
times and landed on the lower road hot
tom up. The bows say that they were
barely moving at the time, having pulled
~ the extreme edge of the highway to
give room 10 three large touring ears
that were going up the hill. Howard
pulled too far To- one side and the bank
cavcd aud the cat went over before any
uf the occupants could jump.
Howard who was shot accidentally III
one foot recently was taken 10 the hos.
pital with johnson ~ have the wound
which he rc.opcncd, treated.
John !. Manning had a badly sprained
knee. Bernard Dmlc.E aud John
Lynch the other occupants of the ma
chine, escaped with few scratches and
bruises. Dmlrvy played in the ball
game in the afternoon. ....
Those who were able left in the after
noon hy train for Bellows Falls and To-
day with others who have been on guard
duty there left for Fort Ethan Allen.
The top Of The ear was smashed an,
considerable other damage was done &
IT,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
READS TABLETS OF AGES AGO
University Professor Discovers Funda.
mentals Of Christian Religion !,
Were Evolved $500 B. c.

DIR. Stephen Langdon has just de-
ciphered tablets in the University Of
Pennsylvania museum which are thou
san Is of years old.
The doctrine of a Messianic hope,
of the expectation of deliverance from
sin and suffering by a Goldman in
the shape of q king, goes back to at
least $500 B. c., when the Sumerian
theologians evolved theory which
has been the basis Of Jewish and
Christian religion ever since, accord
ing to his discoveries.
The new tablets are of interest be-
cause they show that the SumerianS
never lost hope that the restoration
to state of sinlessnesS and happiness
through the agency of the gods would
come and their faith was pinned on
earthly kings who were deified and
worshipped in the hope that one would
| be deliverer Elaborate rituals
were made for all of them, but each
| failed. Then came the Semitic con-
| quest of Sumer and the era of pessim-
! ism set in, as shown by the famous
epic of Gilgamish, one missing book
of which has just been found In the
Nippur collection of the University
| museum.
The Semites had no such Messianic
hope, since the story of Gilgamish
hero of the epic of Gilgamish, is the
antitheSiS of the restoration of Para
disc, and this is the more important
because Gilgamish himself was half.
god. 1t is presumed that the Jews
got their idea of Messiah from the
Sumerian epics rather than from theil
own cOngeners in Babylonia.
The discovery is considered import
ant because it shows that the Su
I mefians who first gave an account OF
the creation, flood and fall of man
which were adopted by the Jews, alst
provided the first theme of a God
man who should suffer death and re
deem the people from the loss o
paradise. All of these documents dat,
from before the time of Abraham ant
: apparently are copies of those mucl
older. The fundamentals of Jewisl
and Christian religion are shown il
tablets at least 1900 years old.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
NEW YORK'S TRADE.
Port Shows Greatest Volume Of Business
in Worlds History.

OF the vessel tonnage under foreign flags
power in 1915, totaling 32,2i6,60l tons,
l0,047, 15S tons entered the port of New
\ ork. OF American vessels, 2,l70,7 20 tons
of steam-driven registry entered this port
and l24 ,2Si sailing craft, aggregating 1924 ,
004 tons of both classes under our own
flag and IL, 2Si,3 l6 tons of sailing and steam
vessels under foreign flags
Returns of the collector of customs for
the calendar year 1916 credit this gateway
with foreign trade valued at 81 ,O69 ,000. 900
No other port ever reached the emnence
which has come to New York within the
past y months. This colossal total aver
ages about $40 per head in the population
of the United States. Compared with the
total trade of the country, it shows thai
every time 500 worth of foreign trade
is transacted by the United States, s..
worth of it is New York trade
The total foreign commerce of the dis
trict of New York during the fiscal yea
ending June 80, 1915, amounted to $500,
$50, 1879, comparing with s2,255,672,2A il
the corresponding previous Il months, ant
with 5000 ,375,997 in 1914. For the fourtl
time in the history of New York. our ae
gregate foreign commerce exceeded $4,000,
100000.
New York districts share of the tota
| foreign commerce of the United States
according to the bureau of foreign an
| domestic commerce, was 52.57 per cent il
1916. In 1915 the corresponding proportio
was 1859 per cent as compared with 45.9
| per cent in 1914, AIS per cent in 1915
46.99 per cent in 1912, and 46.l2 in 1911.
The foregoing statistics include gold an
silver, as we'll as merchandise exports an
imports. Excluding the gold and silver, a
also the foreign exports and limiting tn
exhibit to foreign imports of merchandis
and domestic exports of merchandise, tn
| following comparisons appear for last year
At the district of New York the export
of all articles of domestic merchants
amounted to 1882 ,000. s24, comparing wit
s., 05O, 2l7 ,S26 at all other ports, and wit
81, 422 $50 in the whole United State
New York districts share of the domest
!, merchandise exports of the country W;
1888 per cent.-New York Evening Pos
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
The Burro.

The burro is small and compact
horse of the mule variety. He has a
high forehead and thoughtful, reflec-
tive face. but is not as brainy as he
looks. Sometimes indeed he seems as
inane and stupid as man in love with
a grass widow. Most generally burro
has great, soulful eyes, but really his
soul is smaller than that of blind kit
ten. In a collection of souls that of
the burro would seem like a mere
speck. The greatest value of the burro
is for the load he carries. If a man
could carry the same load and be as
sure-footed about it he would% be
worth $4,000 a year as wine agent.
Los Angeles Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The mandolin orchestra of Brattleboro
chapter. A. G.. b. NJ g., will rehearse
this evening in the Brooks House parlors
A license was issue in Buffalo. y. V,
Thursday. June Is. for the marriage of
John s. Iilson of Brattleboro a farmer
on the Dummerston hill road, and Pearl
G. Jilson of Fitchburg Mass.
Frank Alright. formerly of Brattle-
boro, was severely bruised in Greenfield
late Saturday afternoon when an auto
mobile which he was driving was struck
and overturned by Il pair of runaway
horses.
Capt. 4. W Gibson of Company /.
H. ~ c., was here Sunday and left
this morning for Fair Haven and
Poutney. where recruiting meetings are
being held today with the First Reg-
mcnt band as drawing card A similar
meeting will be held tomorrow in Bel
lows Falls and there will be one
Wednesday in Springfield Capt Gibson
sent II recruits to Fort Ethan Allen last
week, exclusive of those who were sent
from Bellows Falls and Rutland
Jonathan Chace. SIS. member of The
tnited States senate from Rhode Island
from 1850 to 1889 and long identified
with the cotton manufacturing industry
OF New England, died in Providence. Il
J., Saturday after a long illness. Mr.
Chace served two terms in the national
house of representatives previous to his
election to the senate He was an uncle
OF Edward 6. Chace and Malcolm Chace
who are well known ina Brattlebol,
through their connection with the Fort
hummer cotton mill and the Connections
| River Power Co.
| The American Girls club held benefit
sale Saturday afternoon from 3 to 6 on
9. 7. Benson's lawn. The proceeds
which were $50. viii be given to the Ioca
work of the Red Gross Home mad,
food candies. lemonade. ice-cream ant
flowers were ON saea The lawn was at
tractiyely decorated with American flags
Those in charge of the different table
were Elizabeth Schwenk. candy: Rutl
Reed home made food table: Edit
Nash and Natalie Benson, flower table
Mary Putnam and Eleanor Rogers. lem
onadc; Alice Boyden. Hertha Daley
Dorothca Nanderveer and Doris Olds. lee
cream.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
Early Chinese Had COMPASS.

AS early rs 2,G34 years before Christ
the compass was known in a crude
way to the Chinese and it was used by
them for purposes of navigation as
early as the third century of the Chris
ton era. But the policy of the rulers
and the habits and character of the
people conspired to render the Chinese
Indifferent sailors, ana the compass
did not become of great Importance to
them as it dld to the scafaring ma
tions of Europe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
The PeopIe of India,

The population Of India is far more
diverse than is generally thought. They
talk about 80 different languages, and
are divided up into 43 distinct nation
alities. There are 1887 main castles,
besides a large number of subcastes.
There are 200O00,000 Hindus, from
which Great Britain can draw fighting
men; 60,0O0,00O Mohammedans, while
among the Hindus there are 100000
of degraded people of no caste, whose
touch, or even shadow, is supposed to
cause pollution.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
ADJUSTMENTS.
Photoplay Offerings.

,Itlt SlhBII ~ l5v
The Empire today presents George
Walsh i'm the William Fox spectacular
drama, The Island Of Desire, also Hank
Mann in the two.act comedy, His Tick.
lish Job Tomorrow Marie Osborne and
Henry King in Told at Twilight, five
act drama. and Mollic King in Mystery
Of the Double Cross are on the pro-
gram.
Today the Princess theatre presents
the celebrated Japanese actor, Sessue
Hayakawa, in the Paramount feature,
The Bottle Imp, also Burton Holmes
travel picture, Curious Colombo. To
morrow Arthur Ashley viii be seen IN
the new Brady made feature, Moral
Courage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
BELLOWS FALLS.
Militia Leaves.

The members Of Company | of Brat
tleburo aud of Company n Of spring.
field, who had been stationed a; the 10.
cal armory the past month or more left
today for Fort Ethan Allen, Burlington
several Of the bogs left last Friday and
the rest at noon today. At the fort
they probably will be placed under train
ing until troops are modified there from
all points in the state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
Buyinu a Substitute.

Bessie had new dime to invest In
ice cream soda. "Why don't you give
your dime To missionsf' said the minis
Ter who was calling Il thought about
that" said Bessie, but | think I'll buy
the ice cream and let the druggist
give IL TO the missions
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
Had His Turn,

Mr.. Oldun-"Life Is full of strange
turns" Jack Young-'I know it. I
turned up at a girls house tonight,
got turned down and turned out, and
now I'm going home to turn In"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
SiQns.

Remember, my friend, that much
money does not necessarily mean great
success"
mo, but its entire absence Is q
pretty sure sign Of failure"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
Not STRANGE.

"Strange how Mrs. Woody Swell
man hates everybody who is in trade"
Nothing strange about it. People
don't usually love their creditors, you
know" a..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02
Thrift.

Roly-Does your wife believe in do
nestle economy?
Poly-Yes; she saves all the scraps
to be served for breakfast.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02

If there were no clouds there would pc
no rainbows.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-02

The miser grovels in the dust-golc
dust.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
COMMERCIAL CLUB STATE
MENT
Many Local Enterprises Aided
During the Past Year.

A list of the expenditures o
the Butler. Commercial Club TO
the past year shows that som
good things have Been accom-
plished:
Paid $500 to the school chill
dren for selling Red Cross seals.
Paid, $500 for High Schoo
athletics.
Paid $500 for door plates fol
the County infirmary.
Paid $500 for bridges.
Paid $4,000 for 100 subscrip
tons to the Jefferson Highway
Declaration.
Paid $4,000 as our part of
Bates county's pledge to the JEFF.
ferson Highway.
Paid $500 for marking poles
on Jefferson Highway.
Paid $3.50 on railroad fare for
two boys to attend Farmers
Week at Columbia.
Paid $500 to the Bates Coun-
ty Poultry Show.
Paid 1920 expenses for com.
mittee to examine road building
operation in Jasper county.
Paid 5000 for road work.
Paid $1,000 for annual ban
quet.
In addition to the above there
were many things claiming the
attention Of the club that did not
cost money, but which were vital
in themselves, among which was
the successful CLEANUP Week"
campaign.
The road dragging for the past
year has cost $1,000. This has
meant much to the trade of But
Ter, and was handled in a success
full manner because there was a
club to handle it.
The club has also done many
other good and useful things, but
we find some business men who
say the club is doing nothing and
are withdrawing their support.
Without this support we are pow
erless to do much. Think it over.
A. II. CULVER, Sec'y.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
On the Wing.

AT the Charlotte township
Democratic primary held Tues.
day the following ticket was NOM
mated: Trustee, w. F.. Engle-
hardt; justice OF the peace, Tan
Smith and Ed Corlett; collect
or, Carl Welliver; assessor, Law
renee Mccain constable, j. H.
Sacre. 1t was IA very interesting
election, with the main fight on
the office of trustee. The election
will be held next Tuesday and ev-
cry Democrat is urged to be pres
ent and bring some one with him.
Mrs. Grant oldham and Mrs.
Cyrus Nestlerode went shopping
in Amsterdam Thursday.
l can't see how Nell Campbell,
Sunbeams writer, can have time
to write over a column Of Peace
full Valley news each week. 1 was
there last week and he was just
as busy as he could be waiting on
his customers. One man says,
"Well, | will gon on and stop on
my way back. l see you can't
wait on me now" He sure has a
good business.
Uncle Emanuel Nestlerode in
his old days has gone to farming.
He put in 10 acres of oats and
now is discing for flax. He has
got the horses and good riding
tools and the grit to do a good
Job Of farming if he don't overdo
himself when the hot sunshiny
days come.
Mrs. Tinker Hedger was called
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
Rolling Stones.
Weather fine.

Weather fine.
I Most everyone is through sow.
ing oats.
Garden making and setting
hens seem to be the order Of the
day.
Chas. Westers and family at.
tended church at the Mound last
Sunday.
Marsh Kimball and family Wis
tied with John Moles and family
last Sunday.
Chas. Morr has moved into the
Robinson property, rumor has it
that he is looking for a house.
keeper, how about it Mr.. Morr !
Chas. Wester lost one Of his
horses last Tuesday.
Alva Claunch, Alva Randall
and Frank Shantz attended
church at the Altoona Baptist
church last Sunday night. Alva
R looked awful lonesome.
Mrs. Jim Harrison is better at
this writing.
Louie Martz and family took
dinner with r. G. Buckles last
Sunday.
Ralph Pipes Sundayed in But
Ter.
Jim Claunch is real sick with
the humps at this writing.
The wolves killed fine lamb
for Henry Banke one night last
week.
The Fakes children have the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

to the bedside Of her father, Mr..
Il. Balgum, who was dangerously
i'll. He is better now. While
Mrs. Hcdger was at the bedside
of her father, both of her children
took the pneumonia fever and for
nearly a month she had two very
sick boys. Now they are better
and she has gone to her home
near Foster. -. -
Marion lIedger's birthday was
celebrated by his folks and his
wife s folks. Many presents were
give nhim and when he turned his
plate over he found a two and q
half dollar gold piece under it.
All report a jolly good time.
Rev. Barnes of Washington
preached a good sermon at the
Crooks school house Sunday and
the good people surprised hind by
setting a fine dinner in the school
house for everybody present. Mr..
Barnes is here on visit with his
son, Ed, and Mrs. Geo. T. Jack
son. Rev. Barnes will leave for
his home Friday Of this week.
Mrs. Pahlman's sister is visit
ing. She is Mrs. Sarah Wilson
from Louisville, Kentucky.
Mr.. Lewis Danderline has
good team for sale.
Miss Maud Martin, the Con-
cord school teacher was sick last
week SO they had no school.
John CARRIER has the Kannady
farm and says he has $50 acres of
fine land 4 IL miles north of But
Ter for sale. N. MN,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
Peru Items.

| As Minnehaha, the correspond
ent from Peru, has left the com
munity, and thinking Peru SHOULD
be represented we will send il
the news for a while.
Setting hens and making gar
den is the order Of the day.
Miss Maude Morgan and Mis-.
Vera Benedict visited Mrs. Cora
Hart over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Thomas
have been on the sick list but are
much improved at this writing.
Mrs. Jennie Mccoy and daugh.
ter, Hazel, of Butler, are visiting
ut G. G. McCoy's.
Mr.. Boone Smithson's father,
who lives in Butler, is quite ill.
Rev. Wright, presiding elder,
will preach at Peru next Sunday
night, March 25th. -.---. -----'-.'-s
lila Lyle and Maggie Blanken-
baker visited with Thelma An
drews one night last week.
Perry Wallace will work for
Mr.. Allison this summer. He has
moved into the house vacated by
Roy Latham.
While saving wood last week
F. L. Blankenbaker was struck in
the side with a stick of wood
which. has caused him consider
able trouble.
The Lone Oak w. G. T. U. and
Y. P. B. went to the Black school
house last Sunday and organized
a union with seven members. and
a T. P. B. with fourteen members.
We are glad to hear Of those peo-
pie lining up with the temper
ance army.
Mrs. Nellie Thompson has been
poorly for some time. Also the
family Of Mr.. JAS. Marsteilar.
Jesse Wallace is working for
g. Il Eckles.
Pleasant Valley school closes
nekt Saturday. Exhausfsd
school Ands i the cause
su ring of for this tine.
- dro9eb 4 see,ns u ~ heoks
q HLLM AND 8uHI
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
Foster News.

j. w. Darby, Esq, of Butler
made a brief visit to Foster Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Grant Of
Kansas City, came down Friday
to visit his mother, Mrs. Sarah
Grant.
Miss Inez Cox of Pittsburg,
visited a few days last week with
her mother Of Old Walnut.
Rev. Victor filled his regular
appointment at . the Baptist
church Sunday morning and
evening.
Mrs. II. E. Arbogast and two
sons visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. s. Miller at Worland last
Friday.
Mrs Bessie McFealy of Ne
vada, Mo-, came up Monday to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Goodwin. She returned to
her home Saturday.
Lee Frankenfield made a fly
ing trip to Butler Tuesday.
w. B. Arbogast Of Oak Greek,
Colorado, who has been visiting
his brother, returned to Kansas
City. Monday where he will visit
with his son q while before re-
turning to his western homestead.
Rothwell Writ returned to his
home in Kansas City Sunday af-
ter an extended visit with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. B.
Writ.
Less Swarens, who is attending
school at Chillicothe, Mo-, spent
Sunday and Monday with home
folks.
Charlie and Claud Cobb and
families left last week for Mon
tana, their future home.
Tracy Lyman came in from
Bartlesville,' Oklahoma, Sunday,
where he has been employed the
past winter.
Moses Morris and family of
near Butler visited last week
with his uncle, Henry Dunlap,
and wife.
Aunt Jane Arbogast, who has
been visiting her brother-in-law,
d. Fl. Arbogast, and family, re-
turned to her home near Rich Hill
Mrs. Ed Drake and daughter,
Francis, left Saturday Of last
week for Corona, Kas., to visit
her sister. They returned home
Saturday. -.
Miss Cordia Smith of Virginia
$ visiting her uncle, Mr.. J. v.
Bell and wife.
Mr.. John Racy, who was III
,red by Il fall of timber at the
lrcdge ditch bridge near Nyhart
wo weeks ago, is slowly improv-
ng. He was able to sit up few
minutes Sunday evening.
DINAH.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

Before the Supreme Court had
handed down its decision the four
great railroad brotherhoods and
the executives of the railroads
had reached an agreement and
the expected strike was called
off.
The immediate temporary wage
increases won by the railroad EN-.
ployes affect 100000 trainmen
and are estimated to total be.
tween $40 600, 900 and $5O,000,.
900.
An agreement was drawn up
by President Wilson's mediation
board, presided over by secretary
Of the Interior Lane, and this
was signed by all of the princi.
pals.
The men will get their eight
honr day and time and one-eighth
Tor over time work. That was
ia eenly point ON which they
5e51cd even infinitely. They had
sslanded time and one-half for
3 aFiasipsl, railroads inn
~ b put on eight
- The men win ct