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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-02
The Big Store, American Building, Brattlebor0
.is0U1fsHtf STfSoNS '1tj'pIi { BERRY

Mrs George futile is visiting her
daughter. Mrs. DR.. Kilbane, in Collins
vile, Conn.
Miss Leach, the high school teacher,
attended the teachers convention in
Boston last week.
The household goods of the late Mrs.
Caroline Clayton were sold at auction
last Thursday Among them was some
fine handiwork done hv her in the
shape of quilts and rugs.
The Methodist Ladies Aid society
held their annual harvest dinner at
their hall on Wednesday of last week
In spite of the rain there was a good
attendance and they served one Of
their excellent dinners.
Henry ". Getty, 50, died at his
home near this village early Sunday
morning after an illness of several
weeks. He was native of Bathric.
| New Brunswick. but had lived in this
ipart Of the country for several wears,
much of the time in Jamaica. His flu
neral was held at his late residence on
| Tuesday. Elder Lynch officiating, and
! the burial took place i'll the cemetery
at Jacksonville. He leaves a wife but
no other near relatives in this vicinity
| Mr. and Mrs. Bridgeo and Mrs. George
Chase were present at the funeral
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-02
|RIMER NOT HELD
ON MURDER CHARGE
Judge Blanchard Holds Evidence Is In
sufficient to Hold Him for Killing
His Wife.

HARTLAND, Nov. 2.-At hearing
Yesterday i'll the case Of J. j. Rimer
OF this town, who has been in the
county Jail at Woodstock the last two
weeks charged with murder in the first
degree. Judge II. II. Blanchard Of
Springfield ruled that the evidence sub
mitted by the state was insufficient to
warrant holding Rimer for the Deem
Der term Of county court, and the man
was discharged.
The state, whose ease was III charge
OF State 5 Attorney William :. Pin
gree, used practically all day in sub
hitting evidence. Raymond i. Train
on of White River Junction was III
charge of the defense.
Rimer was accused Of driving his
automobile over a steep cmbankmcnt
near Hartland village IN an attempt to
kill his wife
Mrs Mary Robbins. a sister Of Mrs
Rimcr and who was in the car when
il went over the embankment. testi-
fled that Mr. and Mrs. Rimer had had
trouble over another woman, Mrs. Rim
or claiming her hubsand had another
wife living
The witness stated that owing to an
affection her sister was in the habit
of drinking hot water and that the
Sunday before her death she found
ciIbolic acid in her cup of hot water
rs She was about to drink it.
Mrs. Robbins also stated that her sis
ter had written letter to the Morgan
Detective agency of New York and
had planned to engage that firm to 10
cate the other woman in the ease. She
said Mrs. Rimer had the letter to thu
detective agency inside her shirt waist
at the time Of her death, but the envel
| ope found on her body was produced
| in court and was found to contain .
! blank sheet Of paper.
Mrs. Robbins also testified that while
| her sister was in the brook at the bot
| tom Of the embankment the witnes.
heard her cry ont: He 5 doing it
| He : pulling me in. the suppositiol
being that her husband was attemptin;
TO drown the woman.
DR.. Whitney of the state laborator,
of hygiene who performed an autops,
on the woman s body, testified tina
there was very little water in tn
lungs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-02
PERSONAL.

F.. Miss Maria Lillis will visit i'll Green
field Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. B. T. Clarke has returned from
her home in South Vernon to the Brad
ley farm.
Miss Nellie Bowler of Jamaica
Plain. Mass, is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Percy Haigh.
Harold F. White is expected to re-
turn today from a few DAYS business
trip to Belmont.
Miss Matilda Crol finished work yes
terday III the Durham Brothers com
pany : wholesale office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher McCourt
moved yesterday from l. Canal street
to A. South Main street.
Andrew March Of Shelbume Falls
was guest over last night in the home
OF his brother, Hal l.. March
Roderick j. Filion returned Monday
to IIolyoke after short visit in the
home Of his sister. Mrs. Frank Mike.
Mrs. Lucy Wood returned Wednes,
day after several days visit with her
sister, Mrs. ". Ross in CuttingsviIle.
Misses Lena and Eva Gar visited this
| week IN Greenfield and while there at
tended a masquerade party given by
| Miss Bass
Miss Ethel Sargent has returned to
her home in Bridgeport, Conn, after
week S visit with Mrs. Blanchard in
| Esteyvile.
Mrs. p d. Flynn of Worcester. Mass.
came Monday to visit her aunt. Mrs
/
| until Sunday.
| Mrs ". +. Dmlevy. Mrs. Joseph
| Corcoran, Miss Marion Denning and
Miss Mary Haus were III Springfield
! Mass. early in the week.
Mrs. Robert PrctIow and son of Leb
anon, Pa. formerly Of Brattleboro
came yesterday to visit here with Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Newell
Ernest Bailey ana Guy Lamson of
Greenfield visited this week with Mr.
and Mrs. X. l.. Brooks of Canal street
| They came by motorcycle.
Ms. Fred Shaw returned last eve
ming after a week s visit in Yonkers
n. Y. While away she attended the
Truth convention held in New York
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Wheelden have
gone to Bellows Falls. where he is man
ager of store for the Direct Import
ing Co. Mrs. Wheelden also works il
the store.
! Mrs. f. D. DuTemple and daughter
Miss Pearl Wright, viii move Saturda,
from Horton place to Orange, Mass
Mrs. DuTemple received a lette
Wednesday from her son, Alvin
Wright, who recently went from Brat
tleboro, saying that he is now in tn
naval training camp at Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Kennedy an,
. son, John, and daughters, Misses Mary
. Margaret and Elizabeth, went Monda,
to Springfield, Mass, to attend tn
: wedding of Mr.. Kennedy s niece, Mis-
o Mary Kennedy, to Maurice McKenna
9 which took place Tuesday morning i
the Immaculate Conception church i
! West Springfield. The wedding receI
I ton was held i'll the bride aud groom
u home, lf6 MaSsasoit street Mr. Kennel
and family returned Wednesday nigh
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-02
Sporting NelUs
WARNING TO PATRONS
OF FOOTBALL GAME
Don't Crowd Over Side Lines, as it In,
wolves Penalty of Is Yards-Carni
val Tomorrow at 8.

A football carnival in four acts is set |
to be staged at Island park tomorrow
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock and
the participants will be Brattleboro high |
school and Deerfield academy You
(meaning everybody are urgently re-
quested to attend. 1t will be good, |
clean, honest exhibition of the popular |
fall game and whichever team wins
spectators will get their two bits worth |
When the whistle blows at 3 o'clock the
side lines should be crowded not only
with followers of the sport but with
friends of the local institution which is
begn so well represented on the gridiron
this year
Referring to crowds on the sidelines-
Just word of warning will not be amiss
right at this point People should exer-
else great care To remain outside OF the
white chalk mark which designates the
limit Of the playing field 1t is spe
officially provided in the rules OF the game
that il the crowds get across this line
penalty of l. yards shall be imposed and
this strikes hard at the home team. Dur
| ing the Bellows Falls game Brattleboro
was penalized this distance because peo-
! pie forced their way on to the gridiron
and ii virtually cost them one touch
| down. When the ball Is close to a goal,
of course excitement runs highest in a
crowd, but that is Just the time that the
PLAYERS need the whole sweep OF the field
TO themselves more than at any other
stage Of play Then if they are set back
I II yards it might easily mean the loss
of a game il the score was tied or partic
ularly close
| Now Just word about the game to be
| pulled off tomorrow.
Il Coach Stolte's colts will trot on to
the field with more pep, than they have
| displayed IN any previous battle. They
have been putting on the fine touches this
week which has perfected their PLAYING
beyond perceptiblc Improvement Those
who have followed the other games all
victories will be surprised To see the
marked change for the better, because
after the Bellows Falls encounter two
weeks ago many believed the team was
at its best. They are going up against a
strong aggregation and one which took
their measure last year 26 to 0. If they
don't win it will be because Deertield has
the better working machine.
The royal rooters' will be much in
evidence. Their forces will be augmented
and the songs and yells made more vocif-
erous Brattleboro wants that game and
the boys are going to don their uniforms
and 90 after with vim Victory will
almost mean the state championship. 1t
will bring it within plain sight anyway.
But remember and don't crowd over
the playing lines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-02
Sporting Notes.

As cold weather strengthens interest in
bowling increases.
Brattleboro vs. Deerfield at Island park
tomorrow at , o'clock.
Henry St Ives and Tom Longboat the
two famous Marathoners, are despatch
bearers in the war.
Col Paul F. Straub, medical director
of the Northeastern department, calls
football the ideal soldiers game.
President Frazce insists that none of
the Red Sox players have been signed for
next season as yet, not even DIR. Hoblit-
zcll
Mike ODowd OF ST Paul outfoueht
Frank Carbonne OF BROOKLYN in every
round of ten-romd bout last night
punching Carbonnc severely.
Talk OF Michigan hicago game this
fall for war fund recalls the fact that
the last time these teams PLAYED in 1905
the receipts were $4,000. Chicago won
- To o.
John n Tener ha, been invited TO con
tinue a. president OF the National Base
ball league and has accepted. The length
of term will be decided upon ut the an
nua meeting Dee L.
Joe Mooney of New York and Young
Britt will meet in the roped arena to
night for a l2-round mill and the fans
look to see good exhibition Boil
fighters express confidence in their ability
to win
Benny Leonard lightweight champion
now commissioned rs an instructor o
boxing in the Army, will meet Sailo
kirke in Denver Thanksgiving day, il
was announced yesterday. kirke is light
weight champion OF the Rocky Mountain
region.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-02
SHOT BY PLAYMATE.
Gun Exploded While Youngster Was Ex-
planning It's Use.

GREENFIELD, Mass, Nov Bort
Pittsinger was shot in the hip yesterday
afternoon on Shelburne mountain by the
accidental discharge of a shotgun in the
hands of Earl Newton, while in a shack
with several other boys. Pittsinger was
lying on the floor asleep when young
Newton took the repeating shotgun to
show it to the other boys. 1t discharged
while explaining how to use it. The con
tents of one barrel entered Pittsineer'
| hip. He was taken TO the Franklin
county hospital.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-02
SOUTH WINDHAM.

Mr. and Mrs. W.. o. Jenison quietly
passed their 50th wedding anniversary
Oct. 20.
Mrs l.. A. Robinson is suffering with
an ant heap on her neck. She is con
fined to her bed.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Fl. Robbins went
Saturday TO Montpelier for few days
visit with relatives.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-02
For a Corn-peeling
Picnic, Use "Gets-lt"
Pain Eases at Once. Corn Just Dies!

Do your corn-ridding easily, with
a smile,-the banana-peel way.
That's the "Gets-It" way,-the only
wav.-your corn or callus comes OF
complete as though it Were glad to
cet off
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-02

"Gets-It" has cured more corns
than ali other remedies combined.
It's as sure as the sunrise, and as
safe as water. Used by millions.
Don't take n chance with your feet
you can't afford to experiment
with unknown mixtures when you
know "Gets-It' never fails.
"GetS-It" will remove any corn
or callus. Wear those new, stylish
shoes or pumps il you want to-
go ahead and dance. Demand
''Gets-It, throw substitutes back
on the counteri CSC is all you need
nay at any drug store. or it will be
sent direct by E Lawrence & Co..
Chicago, Ill.
Sold in Brattleboro and recommends
as the worlds best corn remedy b
Brattleboro Drug Co, c. I. Thomas, WI
fred +. Root.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-18
The Reformatory,

The Observer learns that the
fight for a State Reformatory for
Delinquent Women is to be re.
newed at the present session OF
the Legislature. The movement
was of approval by the last Gen
eral Assembly and it passed the
bill that was presented for it's es'
tablishment, but passed the bill
without an appropriation, an
action which proved a great dis
appointment to the advocates OF
the movement in all parts OF the
State. The necessity for this re-
formatory has not diminished
with the passing OF time, hut his
rather increased, and the hope is
entertained by the parties who
have beeen diligent in the pro-
motion of the enterprise that the
present Legislature may re.enact
the law and couple it with an ap'
propriation that will insure its
establishment. Charlotte Obser.
YER.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-18
Gan We Hold Them?

The official announcement that
ten hundred and six vessels were
added to American registry in
1916 is encouraging as far as it
goes. But how much of this ton
mage will remain under the Amer
lean flag when the return ofworld
peace shall have restored world
shipping conditions to some
thing approximately normal, un.
less, in the meantime, our navi-
cation laws shall have been SO
amended as to permit American
bottoms to compete for the O.
cean-carrying trade on some
thing like terms of equality with
foreign competition? This is the
real question, and Congress can
not be too prompt or too ener-
getic in giving it the full measure
of consideration which it richly de
serves. s.-Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-18
The RurIa Schools.

There is one paragraph in the re
port OF State Superintendent OF
Education Joyner, in. which Is
submitted the biennial recon-.
mendatiOns, that will strike q
note of popular approval, be-
cause of the fact that it suggests
Il larger share. of attention to
the fast developing rural school
system of the State. Doctor JOY
ner urgently recommends an
increase of at least $4,000 a
year in the State appropriation.
The enrolment and daily atten-
dance have rapidly increased. In
1911 the enrolment in t h ese
high schools was 6 5l4 and the
daily attendance 4,716. In 1916
the enrolment was 1O,379 and
the daily attendance 1873. Doc
tor .Joyner argues that these
schools are the only means OF
placing high school education
within the reach of the vast ma
jority OF the country boys and
girls, OF giving them prepara-
tion for college and better pre-
paration for citizenship and life.
The cities and towns OF the State
have public high schools, and
the country people ought not to
be compelled to move to town
to get high school advantages
for their children. Without an in
crease in the State appIopria-
tion for these rural high schools
it will be impossible to meet the
increasing attendance and the in
creasing demands upon those al
ready established, or to estab-
lish Others where they are badly
needed, for the establishment OF
which numerous applications are
on ile.-Charlotte Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-18
TESTED AND PROVEN.
There is a Heap Of soIacs in Being Able
to Depend Upon a WeIl.Earned Rsputaton

For months. BooneE readers
have. seen the constant] express
ION OF praise for Doan's Kidney
Pills and read about the good
work they have done in this To-
cality. What other remedy ever
produced such convincing proof
Of merit?
W. H. Crews, railroad conduc-
tor, North Wilkesboro, N. G.,
says: 81 have taken Doan Kid
ney Pills off an on for three years
and have always found them be.
neficial. Whenever my back aches
or feels stiff, u few doses OF Doans
Kidney Pills stops it. advise
anyone who has kidney ailments
to give Doan's Kidney Pills a
good trial. know from exper.
fence that there isn't anything
equal to them and always keep
a bCX on hand"
Price SOC at all dealers. Dom t
simply ask'for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney pills-the
same MIR. Crews had. Foster
! Milburn Co., props. Buffalo N. Y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-18
The Sheep ard the Dog.

The Lenoir Topic tells Of a
Caldwell county farmer who real.
lied $2S.s6 from b sheep weigh.
ing 149 pounds, and the raising
of which had cost not over IS.
This The Topic submits as evi.
dence that the farmers would find
the sheep-raising industry "a
profitable one." They aware OF
this fact, but no intelllgentfarm-
er in North Carolina is going to
embark in any such undertaking
until the Legislature is bold en-.
ough to pass a dog law tax. A
- or $3 tax onevery dog would
soon fill the hillsides and valleys
OF North Carolina with flocks OF
$2S.06 sheep.-Charlotte Obser,
yer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-18
Manufacture Of Radium.

The manufacture of radium
that would have cost in the open
market more than q million dol.
lars, has just been completed by
the bureau of mines, Department
OF the Interior, the greater part
OF which has been turned over to
the great hospitals for use in the
treatment OF cancer. This was
done under an agreement with
the National Radium Institute,
which supplied the necessary cap.
ital, amounting to $500. 900, to
develop a more economic meth
cd for the manufacture of radi-
um from the cornotite ores of the
West.
The National Radium Institute
was organized for the purpose OF
studying the curative properties
of radium, and not for private
gain. The Institute supplied the
carnotite-bearing lands and the
plant and machinery and the bu-
reau offered to develop the radi-
um-making process, being infu-
enced by the fact that there were
$4,000 deaths each year in the
United States from cancer. Alto
gether eight and one-half grams
of radium have been made for
less than $4,000 a gram. The
market selling price for radium
has been from 100000 to $780,.
600 a gram.
The bureau of mines spent 1885,.
600 in developing this process
and will receive as it's share of
the cooperative agreement with
the institute at least 100000
worth OF radium, which will be
used for scientific purposes. The
methods OF extracting. radium
that have been evolved h O v G
been patented for the benefit ol
the people and may be used free.
ly by any one in the United Stats.
The late DR.. Joseph A. Holmes
started this good work.-Land.
mark.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-18

nltlOn OF vale Crucls Bank at Vale
Crucis, in the state of North Carolina
at the close of business Dec. ~, 1916
RESOURCES:
Loans and discounts $34, 4,GO4.bs
Overdrafts Secured 400 20
Banking House 1,354.s2
Furniture and Fixtures 1,0O0.9l
Due from National banks G,s76 SO
Due from Banks and b'krs 3,997.O1.
Cash ltems 26l.32
Gold coin 1900
Silver coin, including all mi
nor coin currency 1895
National bank notes and 9TH
er U. =. notes 455,OO
Total. ..................$ $40, ,149.41
|. LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid In 10000
surplus Fund 900 90
Undivided profits less current
expenses and taxes paid 49,. 80
Notes and Bills rediscounted 50OO.OO
Deposits subject to check 1883. "a
Time certificates Of desposit 1906. SO
Savings Deposits t.04G.91
Cashiers ch'ks outstanding 2,4O9.07
-.-----
loUai. ..... .................. 49, l4J.4l
State of North Carolina, County of
Watauga 81. l, L. NJ. Farthing. cash.
Ter OF the above named bank, d., sol
emnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best Of my know
ledge and belief.
l.. NJ. FARTHlNG, Cashier.
Correct-Attest:
H. b. PERRY
SARAH Il. WAGNER
ID. r. MAST :.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to- bet ore mt
this vth day Of Dec. 1916.
w. H. MAST, N P.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-18

Buffalo Bill has gone to h i s
long thome, and with him Ro-
nance has passed. Shades OF the
lighting men OF old times grow
DINNER as the last of their race
quits the earth. He was almost
u legendary character before he
died; but as the earth closes over
him the golden haze OF song and
story centers round his head
and crowns him with q halo that
will shine as long as the story
Of the winning of America has
power to quicken the pulses and
stir the ilnaginations OF the gen.
erations that are yet to come.
Buffalo Bill is not dead; he has
onlo begun to live in history now,
instead OF earth. h.-Greensboro
Daily News.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-18
Prefers Chamberlain's.

"In this course of a conversa.
ton with Chamberlain Medicine
COS. representative today, we
had occasion to discuss in a gen.
eral way the merits of their diff.
ferent preparations. At his sug.
gestion | take pleasure in express
sing my estimation of Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy. | have a
family OF six children and have
used this remedy in my home for
years. 1 consider it the only
cough remedy on the market, AZ
| have tried nearly all kinds. p
Earl c. Rose, publisher Hamil-
ton County Republican.News.S Sy-
racuse, Kan.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-18
The Weekly Press.

1t is estimated that fully 800
weekly newspapers will be forced
to suspend publication during
the next three months unless the
situation created by the present
high prices ofI.white news print
paper is relieved. 1t is known
that for several months past ma
ny weeklies have been published
at great loss, and the predicted
end cannot fail to arrive if relief
is not Forthcoming.
1t is no exaggeration to say
that the rural communities of
the country that now support
weekly newspapers can ill afford
to lose such publications, for they
are vital factors in community
life. In its own quiet, but effective
way the weekly press has been
the tireless exponent OF commu-
nifty ideals. filling a mission which
the great dallies of the country
could not hope to discharge. The
editor OF a country weekly often
scores where his big brothers
OF the city falls because he has
his hand ever on the pulse OF the
section he serves. He shares it's
sorrows and its joys; it's needs
are his needs and it's prosperity
is his prosperity. So when the
country editor writes on local af-
fairs, he addresses his family, so
to speak, and all hear him and
feel with him. There can arise no
question of a local nature with
which he is not thoroughly con-
versant, and his readers, as they
she aid, expect him to express
himself clearly and firmly on ev-
cry matter vitality affecting the
interests of his immediate sec.
tion. The country editors read
ers care but very little what he
may think about the war in Eu-
rope, and still less are they con-
cerned as to his views on New
York politics, but they do want
to know his views on religious,
school and otherquestinons that
closely touch their daily lives.
in fact, the country weekly is a
sort of family institution in the
rural districts and in the small
towns. Breathing at all times
the spirit OF it's own people, and
pleading and working ever for
community uplift and progress,
the weekly press has filed a mis-
sion peculiarly its own, and one
which it cannot abandon with
out resultant loss to its constit.
uencies. Certainly it deserves a
better fate than to be pushed to
the wall by circumstances which
it had no part in creailng.-The
Asheville Citizen.
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