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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

III ISiAt anu SitSlis
when Mrs. Coal had been given to
Carrie, she had taken the kitten into
her arms, and said:
"'Oh, you precious black kitten.
Why, you are as black as blackwell,
as black as coal. I know! I will
name you Mrs. Coal
"And SC the name had always stuck
TO the kitten, and now that she was a
big cat the name seemed to suit her
very well.
Whenever anyone asked the name
Of the cat and heard that she was Mrs.
Coal, no one was in the least bit sur
prised, the name almost seemed made
| for her.
and another thing, which Carrie
said showed how much Mrs. Coal did
approve of her name, one of her IA
vorite places in the house was in the
| old coal bin.
| "Often Carrie would go to look for
Mrs. Coal and there on top of the coal
bin she would be sitting, her green
eyes the only part of her showing q
color different from the coal.
"And of course no one could tell if
Mrs. Coal was dirty or not from sitting
in the coal, by just looking at her
| though Carrie naturally suspected that
if she had been sitting in the coal she
would be pretty dirty.
but Mrs. Coal was very fussy about
herself and kept herself looking fine
and clean.
"Now one morning Mrs. Coal was
missing. Poor Carrie did not know
what to do.
"She looked in the coal box and there
was no Mrs Coal. She called through
the house, Mrs. Coal, Mrs. Coal and
she burst out crying. Never before
had she called for Mrs. Coal, that from
somewhere or other the sound had not
come of:
"'Me-ow, meow But this time not
, a sound came.
"Where has Mrs. Coal gomez Car.
| RE asked everyone.
But no one had seen Mrs. Coal all
day.
"Carrie spent wretched time. What
could have happened? She knew Mrs
Coal would not want to worry her, an6
so that was why she had always come
to Carrie when she called. Besides
Mrs. Coal loved her little mistress ant
how she would Nlrr when she was
stroked. OF all these things Carrie
kept thinking while she looked in vaiI
for Mrs. Coal.
1T was getting late afternoon wher
Carrie was eating her supper. Nothin:
tasted very good and she was feelin.
SO mournful. AS rule Mrs. Coal hat
come to sit by her side during supper
time, and had always had a bowl 0
nice warm milk.
"Me-ow, meow, Meow came from
behind the door.
"Mrs. COalr shouted Carrie, as SIR
r jumped from her chair. There stoot
Mrs Coal in the doorway. Her eye
/ were shining very brightly and sh
rubbed up against Carrie as though t
say:
81 am so happy and how sh
purred
h "'Are you hurt? oh, where have 20
+ been? Come and have your milk sal
{ Carrie.
v But from the look in Mrs. Coal
IN green eyes Carrie knew that sh
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

Several Massachusetts, papers have
commented Of late upon the quality of
public service that many prominent
business men of that state are giving
in their capacity as delegates to the
constitutional convention now in SEES
sion. Mention is made in particular of
the efficient work being done by Louis
\. Coolidge who was for many years
a well-known Washington newspaper
correspondent, but of late has been abb
sorbed in business. 1t ism t surprising
that a man of Mr.. Coolidge s training
should prove successful as a legislator
Newspaper work of the kind in which
he was engaged for so long not only
gave him the opportunity to train his
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE
BY LEE PAPE

Ny sister Gladdis broak one of her
hare combs, being thing in the back of
it. looking ike big diamond, and she
sed | Good have the peeces and | took a
pare of sizzers and dug the diamond
out of the back and raped it up in a
peece of paper, and after suppir us
fellows was setting on Pubs Simkinses
frunt steps tawking about witch wood
feel better, to be shot in the frunt or the
back, and diffrent things, and took the
diamond out and unrapped it, saying,
Heer you are, one and all, the biggest
diamond in the werld, the CRATE Ko
moor, it ways 1000 carrots, and was
found in India 1000 feet under a vol
cano, wat am | offered for it, one and
III give YOU 2000 dollers for it. sed
Puds Simkins
Wat, 1000 for the CRATE Ko moor,
that's an insult, wat am l bid, one and
all2 | Sed.
Ill give YOU million, sed Sid Hunt.
on will like fun, the CRATE Ko moor
shell never be sold for million, wat
am | bid, one and all! l sed.
Ill give YOU a billion, sed Ed Wer-
| nick.
\ dillon, scd Lew Davis.
A squillion, sed Leroy Shooster.
! refuse, its not enuff, / sed.
| III give you 3 jelly beens cash, sed
Sid Hunts quiet little cuzzin Joe.
Ware are the! sed. WITCH Joe took
them out Of his pocket, nobody having
knew he had eny, and | gave him tbs
ko moor, and he gave me the jelly
beens, one of them being lickerish.
Proving that 3 jelly beens that arc
RELY there is werth more than a squil
lion dollers III sumbodys mind.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
What the Food Bill Provides.

Here is summary of what the so
called administration food control bill
provides:
Forbids. government agents from
using their influence in letting con-
tracts to concerns III which they are in
terested.
Declares it unlawful to destroy.
waste, permit preventable deterioration
hoard, monopolize, discriminate, make
unfair rates, conspire to limit transpor-
tation, production harvesting, manufac
ture, supplying, storage or dealing, re
strict the supply or distribution, prevent
manufacture or production, or exact ex-
cessive prices with respect to necessi-
ties.
Requires licenses to do business under
regulations to be made by the Presi-
dent
Provides that boarded necessaries may
be seized and sold by the government
Authorizes the President to requisi-
ton supplies for the army and navy.
Authorizes the President to buy and
sell wheat, flour, meal, beans and pc
tatoes.
Authorizes the President to requisi
tion and operate any factory, packing
house, oil pipe line, mine or other plant
and sell the products.
Authorizes the President to prevent
injurious speculation and regulate ex
changes.
Fixes a minimum price of So per bush
ell on next year s wheat crop.
Prohibits use of foods, fruits, foo
materials or feeds in manufacture o
distilled spirits for beverages, leavin,
, to the President s discretion the quaint
ties to be used in beer and wine.
\ Authorizes and directs the Presidcn
(. to commander distilled spirits in stocl
= or bond for military needs.
c Appropriates 1862 100000, of whic1
f $3.50, 100000 is for general administra
) tion of the act, $10,000,00O is fer pun
G chase of nitrate of soda, and $500, 90
o is for sundry expenses.
No person employed under the nc
shall be exempt from military servic
e under the draft law
IS Requires a detailed report from tn
2 President the first of each year of til
l. proceedings under the act
q Authorizes the President to assum
Ie control of coal mines, fix the price {
n coal and coke and take charge of an
is sell the same.
g Forbids manipulation or destructio
IF of necessaries to limit the supply
rs affect the market price.
ri Makes the act cease to be in effc,
upon proclamation by the President
the end of the war with Germany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
Member OF the Associated Press.

The Refc-aier il on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co..
c. w. Cleaveland, d. r. Cutler & Co
(Esteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West Bratteboro, J. l.. Stockwsll
East Cummerston, NJ. E Brown
Putney, M G., williams.
Newfane, y. NJ. Batchelder.
ToWnshend, C. W. Cutler.
West Townshend, G. ii. Grout.
jamaica, r. J. Daggett
South Londonderry. F. III. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. 3. Bufrum.
West Chesterfield. N. H., Mrs. w
Streeter.
Hlnsdale, NJ. H., W. n. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Windsor, VI. Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

In some communities the draft lists
are being used by local officials to
check up their tax books. In Fitch
burg, Mass, for example. it has been
found that the registration lists con
tains the names of more than 500 per
sons who are not taxpayers while more
than 600 taxpayers believed to be of
draft age apparently have not regis
tered This discrepancy ought to give
the federal authorities the chance tC
make an example of few slackers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

In his opinion dissolving the tempo
rary injunction against the state board
of health with relation to the prohibit
ton of public gatherings because of the
infantile paralysis epidemic Federal
Judge Hough arrived at the essential
part of the whole proposition when he
said: ''The moves of this mysterious
disease are so little understood that
any honest medical efforts to effect its
determination should meet with as
sistance rather than hostility If we
assume the state board of health is hon
est and intelligent we can It consistently
object to any steps it may take toward
stamping out infantile paralysis. In
contrast to the opinion of Judge Hough
is that of Superior Judge Stanley vii
son, who in dissolving q similar injunc
ton against the health board of Barre
is quoted as saying thai he thought TIL,
board had gone step too far III this in
stance. Such an opinion is reminisc M
of the not guilty but-don 't-do-it agar
story.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
TO ADVERTISERS,

Transient advertising-Run OF paper,
80 cents an inch for first insertion; D
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
d Juble rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
a line first insertion with so per cent
discount for each subsequent Insertion.
without change OF copy.
Reading Notices - Ten cents per line,
first insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

Twins. Oh, aren't they cunningT
"How proud Mrs. Coal kept looking.
At everything Carrie said, she seemed
to be more pleased and every time she
looked at the little bits of fuzz, which
was every minute or two. she seemed
TO grow happier. And what jolly
family they became, Carries Mrs. Coal
and the five kittens"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
That
Lovely
Loaf

"Thc workiugman of this country is
paying more today for his loaf than the
English or French workingman This Is
due to evil practices, food price manipu-
lation and speculation DIR. Charles
Il. Van Iise, President Of the Universe
" Of Wisconsin.
"The bread that every one has to eat
is almost black and is composed of bran,
rye, malt, corn and other ingredients
which are welded into a solid mass that
is sold TO the public at six cents a
pound and would destroy the digestion
of an ostrich When | left Liverpool the
,oeal hospitals were fun Of patients suf-
fcring from eating war bread. Ar
thur G.. Hclmsley, English engineer, ar
rived in New York July Is, en- route
to Shanghai, quoted in New York
Times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

Greenfield along with other Conncc-
ticut valley towns is trying the expert
ment of a municipal market. At the
start the scheme gave little evidence Of
success for the reason that the consign-
ors were solely local gardeners with
limited supplies of vegetables to offer,
but now that outside agricultmists have
become interested and are sending in
produce in quantities patronage has in
creased considerably. Extremely rea,
sonablc prices have prevailed, if is said
although some consignments have been
sent by auto-truck from as far away
as Springfield Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

The dynamiting of the home of the
publisher of the Montreal Star is
doubtless an indication of the feeling
among French Canadians toward con
scription for the Star has championed
compulsory service from the first. The
apparent unwillingness of the Canadian
French to do their bit in the war is
difficult to understand but recruiting
figures show that of the hundreds of
thousands of volunteers sent overseas
by the Dominion only a fractional part
have been men of this nationality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

seemed TO pc say
Ing. I could only
leave my mistress
to look after you.
But now, what
friends we will all
be-
&c The precious
dears 7 screamed
Carrie. Mrs. Coal
looked very proud.
" and two Of
them are just as
black as you are
said Carrie. we
will have to call
them tha Coal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

wanted her to follow somewhere.
"Way back in storeroom lying or
ON old WORKOUT mattress were five lit
tie bits of fuZZ.
'Mrs. Coal looked at Carrie and then
licked the tiny little bits of fuzz with
her big tongue. My little Kittens she
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
TO SUBSCRIBERS,

II is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
OF the paper each night. and 1t solicits
the cooperation OF subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given OF
each failure to receive the paper on the
son. by telephone or postal card. thus
enabling the cause OF the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
che proper remedy Immediately applied.
II Is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

powers of observation and ANALYSIS
but doubtless awakened in him an in
terest in public affairs which no amount
of devotion to private business can
Ilessen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

Newspapers generally are publishing
iii detail the grounds on which regis
tered men who have passed the physical
examination are claiming exemption
from service in the national army This
publicity in addition to be interesting
from a news standpoint should prove of
value in preventing false claims for ex-
lcmption.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
Would Make Him Useful.

The Sunday school teacher had just
finished telling her class the story of
David and Goliath, when freckled-
faced youth broke forth:
Gee, if David were only alive today
We sure would sick him onto the kali
ser.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1917.

Ncrmonters in general have probably
noted with satisfaction that both Sen
ators Page and Dillingham; voted for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

girl S name was
Carrie and the
cats name was
Mrs. Coal.
Mrs. Coal had
been given to
Carrie some time
before when she
was but q kitten.
n Ow S b e b q d
grown to be q
very handsome
cat. Her fur was
soft and long and
her eyes big and
iripht pni nrnan
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

A mackerel is said to have been
caught last week off Small Point, near
Augusta, Me-, whit vas We ring back OF
is gills rubber b ID nat b I'd apparent
~ been placed the when he was tin
ker 1t had been "orn so long that the
flesh had formed oyc- par, the band.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

President Guy Potter Benton S state
ment on the Appelmann controversy will
do far more toward clearing the at
mospherc than such anonymous com
muuications as have been appearing
from day to day in the Burlington Free
Press. 1t should have been issued soon
er.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

1t is certainly reasjuring to note With
what alacrity the contractors who are
building the Manley garage obeyed the
orders of the selectmen to clear the side
walk in front of the structure. Our
town fathers must feel all pulled W
with authority.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

Another state traffic regulation which
is not generally observed in this locality
is that relative to passing street ears.
The law says:
1.-The driver or operator of every
vehicle shall bring the same to a full
stop not less than five feet from the
rear of any street car headed III the
same direction which has stopped for
the purpose Of taking on or discharg-
ing passengers, and remain standing
until such ear has taken on or dis
charged its passengers; provided, how
ever, that i'll cities, towns and villages
where the streets are of sufficient
width outside the street car tracks to
permit the safe passage of vehicles
under such circumstances this regula-
tion may be modified by local or
dinancc or regulation.
So far as The Meddler knows there
| has been no modification of this rule in
| its application to Brattleboro, and il is
doubtful whether any street through
which the local trolley lines runs would
be considered wide enough to justify
such a modification.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
THE MAN WHO KNOWS

good thing when he sees it and who
will seize good thing when he knows it.,
is invited to see and know and seize
this opportunity to insure in the Nation
al Life Ins. Co. of Vt. 6Sth wear. (Mu-
.tual. ALBERT G. LAIRD, Special
Agent, Crosby Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

A sign in Edsons office reads, Turn off
the Juice when not in use \ good
thought for the conservation of electricity
and gas
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10

From what The Meddler is able to find
out this regulation regarding the right
of way at intersecting streets is one
that is pretty generally misunderstood
locally. Inquiry of the traffic officer re-
vealed the fact that he had been given
to understand that motor vehicles on a
main street had the right of way over
those entering from side street where
as there is nothing in the statutes which
gives ground for this Interpretation
The section quoted above distinctly saws
that the right Of way belongs to We.
hicles approaching at intersecting high
ways from the right, which means, il
The Meddler is any judge of English
that car entering Main street from
High or Elliot or Flat streets has the
right of way over car going south
ward on Main street but must give tho
right of way to car travelling north
ward on Main street, the machine en-
tering a street from the right Away
having the preference. :
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
Il OADCNS[y[N|NG'
\ [A|RY TALE
BLACK CAT.
81 MACY GRAHAN BONNER

"a little girl" said Daddy, "owned
beautiful big black cat. The little
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
The MeddLer
If the coat fits you. put Il on"

a group of local men, several of them
owners of automobiles, were standing
III front of the American building the
other day when a machine came down
Main street hill at a speed somewhat
IN excess of what safety prescribed.
just as it reached the corner of Flat
street second machine swung out
into Main, street heading south, and q
collision was narrowly averted. Com
ment on the incident at once led into a
discussion as to which automobile had
the right of way and the opinion of the
majority was that it belonged to the
machine which was going down Main
street for the reason that it was on the
principal thoroughfare, whereas the 9th
er was entering from side street. In
vestigation proves that in this case the
Majority were wrong. The state Law
providing for traffic regulations saws
Except as hereinafter provided
all vehicles shall give the right o
way to other vehicles approaching a
intersecting highways from the right
and shall have the right of way owe
those approaching from the left; pre-
vlded that street cars and plainl
designated police department, fire dc
partment and United States mail V,
hicles and ambulances shall at a
times have the right of way over otI
er vehicles; and privided further tina
wherever traffic officers are statione
they shall have full power to regl
late traffic irrespective of the foregc
ing provisions.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-06

and it has resulted in 16 counties and
Is cities providing funds for maintain
ing as many free beds at the camp.
The State board Of health today ten
dered her a rising vote Of thanks, and
the position which was offered her py
the board carries a salary OF $1,000
per year and travelling expenses.
The board tentatively accepted plans
submitted by Messrs Wilson & Som
payrac, architects, for an infirmary,
two wards, dining room with ca
pacity of 100 persons, and sewerage
system and pumping plant. This work
is to be done under the appropriations
made by the recent legislature. It
was stated by the secretary Of the
board that the erection of the new
buildings would more than double the
present equipment Of the camp, MAX
ing it possible to accommodate rs
patients.
The board of health will visit BroX-
ton township, in Colleton county, on
March 8, to make an inspection of the
malarial condition there. After inspec-
ton, decision will be made as to .he
proper means Of remedying condi-
tons, and a subcommittee OF the
board will be appointed to take charge
of the situation.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-06

heart of housewife and by trans
forming the gardens into things Of
real beauty and delight, inspiring
alike to the senses. to the sentiments
and to the lives of its possessors.
All through the South are Colon
ial mansions where through the rare
skill of the remodeller the past may
be gathered up into the present; the
remembrance of lavish entertainment
and gracious hospitality may be made
all the more vivid and it's continu-
ance all the more possible by changes
and additions to meet present-day
requirements. Unity may be preserv-
ed and the new home harmonic with
it's fine setting and prove worthy the
finest traditions OF it's long, honored
heritage.
From the old half-timbered and
stucco cottages OF England and
France has been caught the motif for
yet another country house. Modern
In construction, yet reminiscent Of a
past; moderate in cost and size, it
may be furnished with sufficient lux
ury to bring that sense Of comfort,
ease and beauty that should ever in
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-06
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
HAS EXTENDED SESSION

Columbia, Feb. 2S.-The State board
of health held an extended session to-
day, preparatory to entering upon it's
work for the ensuing year.
Mrs. Annie l. Rembert, Of Columbia,
was chosen special agent for the tu-
berculosis sanatorium. For almost a
year, Mrs. Rembert has Travelled
throughout the State urging upon pub
lie officials the need of a more liberal
policy towards those afflicted with tu-
berculosis. The work which she has
done has been entirely voluntarily on
her part, and without compensation,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-06
COL. RICHARDSON
MUCH ENCOURAGED

Columbia, Feb. 2S.-The fight over
the possession of the chief game war
den's Office was brought officially to
the attention Of the attorney generals
office this afternoon, when he received
a wire from county game warden
stating that funds were on hand from
the sale of hunting licenses and ask
ing to whom they should be turned
over.
Attorney General Peoples replied as
follows:
"you can safely turn over, funds
from sale of hunting licenses tb A. A.
Richardson, chief game warden
This has the appearance OF indscat-
ing that in the first skirm1sh Chief
Richardson has won out in the fight
being waged against him by the "anti-
Blease" forces. Col. Richardson, un-
der the opinion rendered by tie at
torney general, is recognized as chief
game warden. 1t was stated tonight
at the Office of Messrs. Weston and
Aycock, attorneys for Wade Hamp-
ton Gibbes, the appointee Of Governor
Manning, that no papers had been pre-
pared for service as yet. Mr.. ". W.
Townsend, attorney for Col. Richard
son, said that developments were be-
ing awaited Col Richardson is still
in ofice,' he said.