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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02
WEST CHESTERFIELD, N. H.


A number of the young people from
this village, attended n party at Miss
Marion Gregory g at Dummerston De.
pot Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Farr and
daughter, Grace, of Greenfield, Mass,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Carl.
son and other friends over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred j. Harris and
daughter, Mildred, and Dorothy Foster
of Greenfield, Mass, were Sunday guests
of Clifton J. Stoddard and family, com.
ing by automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Welcome and
children were guests Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. w. G. Bishop in Wilmington,
Vt. They made the trip by automobile,
and the very high wind made driving
difficult and anything but a pleasure.
Ten members from Spofford Grange
made the trip ly automobile last Fri.
day evening to Newport, n. H., and at
tended the special meeting of the state
Grange. The fifth and sixth degrees
were worked on a very large class.
All report a glorious time, and fine
meeting.
Leroy w. Colburn has sold the rest
of his land and timber on Cooper hill
to Ralph Proctor of Keene. He plans
to remove the timber this coming win.
ter. Thus does heavy and excessive
taxation remove our forests and leave
barren hillsides and stumps, instead of
stately trees.
The committee in charge of the com.
ing Grange fair, to be held Nov. O.,
would like to have all the exhibits
at the hall, early in the afternoon on
that date, so they can be placed in
good reason. This fair is open to ev-
eryone to exhibit all the good things
they have made or raised the past sea.
son, and the public is invited to exhibit
products.
Miss Marion Il. Welcome gave a Red
Cross chain party last Friday evening,
every guest bringing 10 cents for the
benefit of the Red Cross. 1t took the
form of Halloween party, and games
and other pastimes were enjoyed Re-
freshments were served after the games
and the party broke up at late hour
Everybody seemed to be enjoying them
selves to the utmost.
Next Sunday, Nov. 1, will be Inter
national Go-to-Sunday- School dav
throughout the United States and Can
ada, and it is desired that every man,
woman and child who is able to do so
will attend the service next Sunday in
this village. A special proclamation
for its observance in New Hampshire
has been made by Gov. II. w. Keyes.
World s temperance Sunday will be OBJ
served by the Sunday school at the
same time. Sunday school begins at
2 p. m. and the preaching service at 3
p. m.
Spofford Grange held a regular meet
ing Saturday evening with an attend
ance of about 70 members. District
Deputy Smith and Mrs. Smith were
present, and the fourth degree was
worked for his inspection. They also
made pleasing remarks at the close of
the lecturers program, which was as
follows: Song, choir, recitation, Mrs.
Winnie Streeter; reading, Mrs. Alice
Richardson; recitation, Louis CHECKER
ing; song and encore, by the boys; read
ing. Edw. l.. Welcome; song by the
choir. 1t being birthday treat night,
peaches, grapes and cookies were served
by the members whose anniversaries oc-
CURED this month. Hardly anyone came
prepared for the hard rain they were
obliged to go home in.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02
Town Exceeds Liberty Loan Quota.

Hinsdale responded nobly to the sec
ond Liberty loan call, the town. quo
ia of $4,000 being greatly exceeded
the figures available last Saturday eve
ming being 100000 This showing is
all the more oreditable owing to the
fact that the subscriptions came from
the townspeople in general. The quota
for this district, which includes Win
chester, Richmond and Hinsdale, was
$4,000 apd the sum subscribed was
over 100000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02

Scientists say that no one has ever
seen the sun. A series of concentric
shells envelops a nucleus of which We
apparently know nothing except that it
must be almost infinitely hotter than
the fercest furnace, and that it must
amount to more than nine-tenths of the
solar mass. That nucleus is the real
sun, forever hidden from us. The out
most of the enveloping shell is about
5000 miles thick and is called the
!" chromosphere. -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02
DR.. La Chaines Car Overturned.

DR.. Edward La Chaine was consider.
ably bruised and shaken up and one
ankle badly sprained last Thursday at
Mt. Hermon when his car skidded
on a curve covered with wet leaves.
The machine turned around two, or
three times before going over and was
considerably damaged. DR.. La Chaine s
escape from more serious injuries is
considered fortunate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02
Called by Congregational Church.

A meeting of the Congregational
church and society was held Monday
evening, when it was voted unani-
mously to extend a call to Rev. Ray
mond A. Fowles, PHI. D., of Bolton,
Conn. Mr.. Fowlcs preached here last
Sunday and gave excellent satisfac-
tion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02
Another Scotticism.

McTavish and Macpherson are adrift
at sea in an open boat.
McTavish Con his knees); O, Lord, I
ken I've broken maist o thy command
ments. And I've been hard drinker
all my days. But, o, Lord, if we re
spared this time, l promise never
Macpherson; widna commit myself
over far, Donald, | think | see land
Life.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02

Miss Nellie Campbell is home from
Springfield for a week.
Everett Holton was home from
Springfield for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bartlett and
family spent Sunday in Sunapec
Mrs. r. +. Long is in the Greenfield
hospital recovering from an operation
Dorothy johnson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles l.. johnson has chick
cn-pox.
Rev. F. w. Pattison conducted the
evening service at Mount Hermon
Wednesday.
Mrs. c. +. Williams held tho first
auction bridge party at her home Mon
day afternoon.
The Forum society of the seminary vii
be guests of the Philomathean's at Mount
Hermon Saturday evening
Miss Charlotte Hine of Greenfield
was a weekend guest of Mr.. and Mrs
George Holton and family.
Miss Gertrude Calender has returned
from a two-weeks visit with her aunt
Mrs. Norton, in Cambridge.
The local Red Cross has received
two gifts, s. from the W. C. T. T.
and $40 from the Fortnightly.
Mrs. Harold B. Sherwin of Rye, n. y.
was a recent guest of Mrs. Ellen Sher.
win, mother of II. r. Shcrwin.
Miss Gertrude Proctor of Antrim,
\. H., was a guest of Miss Marion
Webster from Friday to Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kleinschmidt and
daughter, Hilda, of New York are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. II. C. Holton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nye and three
children of Holyoke were guests of
MIR. and Mrs. John Nye for the week.
end.
Mrs. Nelson Mitchell, wife of Prn.
cipal Mitchell of the high school, has
returned from the Franklin County hos
pjtal
Miss T. l.. Merriman and Miss Susan
Lawrence will return Friday from Cliff
ton Springs, N. Y, where they have
been n month.
II. NJ. Haskell is building a milk mar
kct on the north side of his residence
at the corner of Main street and War
wick avenue.
On Monday evening at Mount Her.
mon, Fred A. Eldred gave a program,
of magic which was wholesome and
highly entertaining.
Prof Bussinton, head of the history
department of Williams college, gave
talk on Martin Luther at Northfeld semi
nary Wednesday at chapel hour
A balm.of -Gilead tree eight feet If
diameter standing on the north side OF
+. b. Caldwell S house was blown dowr
during the high wind Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alden French enter
tanned 80 boys and girls Saturday
night in honor of the 10th birthday Of
their eldest daughter, Dorothy.
Harmony lodge, at its meeting las
week Wednesday, voted to buy Liberty
bonds. This business was given owe
to the secretary and treasurer.
DR.. John X. Schetter of Philadelphia
now head of the finance department
Of the Philadelphia post office, is !
guest of DR.. and Mrs. A. l.. Newton.
There were SIS members who attende
the rehearsal of the choral societ
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02

Matinee at the Auditorium tomorrow
of the big Red Cross musical comedy The
Rose Girl. All seats 35c and 50c.-Adv A
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02

Matinee at the Auditorium tomorrow
OF the big Red Cross musical comedy The
Rose Gnl All seats 35c and 50c-Adv Il
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02
Seminary to Observe Anniversary.

Northfold seminary celebrates its
3sth anniversary the coming week.
Saturday, November 3, will be alum
nae day, when from $50 to 5.45 p. M.
an informal reception will be held
at Marquand hall In the evening there
will be a conference of clubs and
class representations in the parlors of
Revell hall On Sunday, Nov. 4, at $50
a prayer meeting will be held in East
hall, a service in the Congregational
church at 1915 a. m. and vesper scry
ice in Russell Sage chapel at 5.45 r. m.
Principal G. +. Dickcrson has invited
all the former students to his home for
the evening from s to 10 o o'clock. All
former students Of the seminary are
invited to all these gatherings.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02

Matinee at the Auditorium tomorrow
If the big Red Cross musical comedy The
Rose Girl All seats 35c and SOC. ADV "A
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-02

Matinee at the Auditorium tomorrow
If the big Red Cross musical comedy The
Rose Girl. All seats Doc and j0c-Adv44
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

Clarence Woods of the Eustis Lake
Region has an observant eye on Gil
bert Leach's attempts to annex Muc-
Ian to Leesburg. Woods has studied
the map and has come to the con-
elusion that Muclan is nearer Eustis
than Leesburg, and says that If the
said riotously fertile farms are to
become part of Lake county that his
town has the best claim. Both them
boys might as well content them
selves with what they have. Muclan
is going to stay in Marion. Sorry to
see that two such predatory men as
Leach and Woods can live in per-
feet little gem of a county like Lake
When we become so old and no.
account that we can't edit daily
airy longer, we are going over there
and show them how to manage g
weekly that shall be as lovely as one
of their own lakes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

Taking up a paragraph IN the
Times Union, Editor Jordan of the
Punta Gorda Herald says that we
should worry about what the MEM
bers of the press association may say
about Jacksonville, after their recent
visit; that the members came to
Jacksonville to accomplish certain
work, attended to their business in
convention, and went home-and that
the only wickedness he noticed was an
overcharge made by an auto driver.
Editor Benjamin says he has been a
member of the association for many
years and doesn't recall that any
thing was ever accomplished in the
annual meetings, except that the edi-
tors usually had a good time We
are willing to take the mid
die course, having "looked on" for
several years, and believe that the
annual gathering of Florida editors
and publishers is a good thing, chief
~ because it brings men and women
together who are working for the
same general ends, and enables them
to discuss, among themselves. and
most informally, matters of general
interest.-Times-U Union Short Talks.
Isn't that about what we said?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

The attorneys for the county COM
missioners of Marion county were
notified Sunday by the clerk OF the
state supreme court that Judge Bull
locks decision in regard to the valid
ity of the wet or dry election of Dec.
z, 1915, has been reversed, and that
Marion is again theoretically as well
as practically a dry county. We are
not surprised at the supreme courts
decision. Since we have been in
Florida we have not known the su-
preme court to declare an election in
valid on a technicality, or even a
fraud unless it could be shown that
either or both was great enough to
change the result of the election.
There was no fraud in the 1915 cleo
ton, but the arrangement of the
tickets by the county commissioners
was made to combat fraud on the
part of the vets. The vets have al
ways depended on a large element,
the vote of which is purchasable but
which can't read it's ballots. The
vets have made practice in previous
elections of sending to the polls on
the beginning of each election one
intelligent man, who read his ballot
found out whether "For Selling" or
against Selling" came first and
then went out and instructed the
ignorant voters accordingly. Some
times they had a double set of dunn
my ballots printed before the election
and finding out from their leading
voters which was to be used have
shown the correct dummies to the
ignorant voters, with the cross mark
in its proper place. Of course it wa:
easy for the voter to remember this
even if he didn't carry his dummy
into the booth, which it was possible
tho illegal for him to do. The ar
rangement of the ballots in the 1917
election did not interfere with thu
rights of any man who possessed TIT
| small amount of education necessar!
to enable him to read and mark hi
ballot; neither was it any hardship
for the uneducated but honest man
who the law allows to ask for assist
ance in voting. It did play the deuc'
with the ignorant and corrupt voters
and their political bosses, who bough
their votes with money or cheal
whisky, and we see no reason VIII.
any good citizen should sympathiz'
with either.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16
TEMPERANCE NOTES
(By the National Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union.)
OF INTEREST TO REALTY MEN.

After a visit to Colorado, Mr.. Thorn
as S. Ingersoll, secretary of the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards, declared that from every
source of information tapped he
learned that there was greater pros
perity in the state than ever before.
"This applies particularly to real es-
tate" he said. zone big company In
Denver, which was nearing bankrupt
cy just previous to the transformation
because purchasers were not paying
on lot contracts, was practically pulled
out of the rut by the food of payments
received in the first thirty days. The
firm is now subdividing more property.
Many of the live-wire real-estate deal
ers have rented the quarters of former
saloons in the downtown section and
have transformed them into offices,
allowing the barroom fixtures to re-
main. They use the former private
conversation booths as closing offices
for their statesmen"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

The Appeal to Reason-more aptly
called 'The Appeal to Treason"-has
been barred from the mails. This
action ought to have been taken long
ago. Few publications have stirred
up as much dissatisfaction, discord
and unrest.-Lakeland Telegram.
The Star doesn't see why any pub
LEGATION devoted to propaganda
should be carried thru the mails at
the low rate of newspapers. The
newspapers are to a certain extent
public servants; they print the very
necessary news, and all of those who
are now loyal are helping the govern
ment vastly in telling the people
what it wants them to know. But it
seems to the Star like the private
individual, party, faction or COM
mercial or industrial organization
that prints a paper or magazine TO
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16
GENERAL PERsHINe,s BLOW.

Gen. J. J. Pershing, commander Of
the first United States troops to go to
the battle front in France, is an ardent
advocate of prohibition. Pershing's
punitive expedition into Mexico was,
to quote a writer in the New York
tribute, "the driest body of troops
that ever marched. 1t Travelled abso-
lutely on the water wagon, and the
going was hard. Some of those sol
diers went into Mexico soft and mod
erately rum-soaked. But they came
out lean, clear-eyed and hard as nails.
The sanitary corps reports on that ex-
petition will show some wonderful re-
suits. Despite the hardships of the
first rush, the sick reports were star
tlingly meager."
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

The soldier guard thrown around
the negro Miles at Bradentown was
costly, but we venture the assertion
that the lynching which it no doubt
prevented would have cost the coun-
ty and state infinitely more in "bad
advertising-St. Petersburg Times.
We don't see how a state could
have much worse advertising than
the announcement that it must build
picket fence of bayonets around q
courthouse in order to insure fan
trial. We doubt that Miles would
have been lynched if there hadn't
been a single soldier sent to Braden.
town. And at the most not more
than one company was needed.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

DR.. w. H. Cox, state health officer
announces that DR.. B. L. Arms, now
chief bacteriologist of the Alabama
state board of health at Montgomery
will arrive here about August / to be.
come director of the meteorological
laboratories of the Florida state
board of health. DIR. Arms is con-
coded to be an expert in his line, but
haven't we any man in Florida capa
bic of filling the position.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

Germany now admitting that we
may be able to send some soldiers to
the firing line, declares that they will
lack in fitness and brilliancy although
perhaps strong in numbers. The way
we have thought of it was that if an
average American couldn't make
circles around the average German it
would be because the former was off
his feed or neutrality-suspicious..
It's possible that both are mistaken.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

Taxes continue to mount. The state
millage is raised, the county nillage
is raised, and the city millage is rails
ed. Ard to cap it all the assessments
in many instances are being raised
Now, how the people are going to
raise the money to meet all these
raises is a battling problem.-Lake-
land Telegram.
Too battling for MANY.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

It's the writer's opinion that if he
was subject to the draft he would go
and volunteer at once rather than
puzzle with the vast quantity of
reasons and unreasons as to whether
he was exempt or not. They are
more intricate than the Bryan pri-
mary law and, when it comes down to
brass tacks, in our opinion, principal
ly dependent on the ideas of the
members of the exemption boards.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

spread its ideas or advertise its
goods should pay full postage instead
of having the same rate as the news
publication that all classes of citizens
read. In addition to news, the news
papers also print the opinions of all
who have anything to say that is
worth printing, so it would be no
suppression of opinion to demand
frst-class postage on such sheets as
the Appeal to Reason, the Menace,
the Jeffersonian and other papers
that exist simply and solely TO set
one part of the people against an
other.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16
THE PROPER SPIRIT.

The less spirits we put into men dur
ing war time, whether they are in the
army or navy, in the munition works
or upon the farms, the more spirit we
will get out of them for the particular
tasks they are called upon to perform
DIR. Austin O'Malley of Philadel
phia.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

When one reads the list of exemp,
tons man may claim under the
draft act, he wonders will the gov,
eminent ever raise the army. 1t is
certain thai if all men avail them.
selves of al of their exemption
grounds, the whole gamut of 10000,
900 men will have to be run. Ever
if your religious belief is against
fighting, you do not have to serve.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

It's more satisfactory to man to
volunteer than to be drafted, OF
course, but let's not doubt a mans
bravery because he has waited to be
called. No man can be sure of his
courage until he has been under fire
and in the day of battle some of the
vents" are going to be scared, while
most of the "sents" are going to dc
their duty.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

It is finally and officially announced
that Florida is to have no army
camps-that the two camps which
were unplaced have been awarded to
Hattiesburg, Miss, and Alexandria,
La.-both of them small villages in
unimportant states.-Tampa- Tribune.
Listen at him, will you? Louisiana
has 100000 people and Mississippi
/ 800, 1000 while Florida has less than
l 10000 You had better stay out
of those two "unimportant states,
Sir Edwin.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

nouncement over twenty-six years
ago that it could not punish the Am
orleans who killed members of the
Malta at New Orleans Our govern
ment, however, will be more philo-
sophie about the matter than the
Italians were. They demanded that
our government do what our consti-
tuition said it couldn't do, and cut off
diplomatic relations.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

The Times-Union wants to know
what sort of peace could be worse
than this war. A Prussian peace
would be worse to any self-respecting
American, Frenchman or Briton than
any war.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

If Russia stays in the war, the AL
lies will win, and Russia and Amer
lea will preponderate in settling the
peace terms. If peace doesn't come
until thousands of Americans have
been killed, the peace terms won't be
easy for Germany.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

Don't know whether it's on ac.
count of the dryness or not, but it's
a fact that in Tampa these nights
there's no place to go but the movies
and bed.-Tampa Tribune.
Both very satisfactory places al
the proper times. But don't you have
church and prayer meeting on Sunday
and Wednesday nights?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

The trials and discomforts of army
service will be increased unneces-
sarily by the lack of wisdom shown
in selecting camp locations.-Tampa
Tribune.
Trouble about Tampa is that it is
such a pleasant place that nobody
wants to do any work while they are
in or near it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

We read Sunday in big Sunday
paper an article by war expert of
international reputation. In the lat
ter part of his article he acknowledge
ed the receipt of news that partly
cnntradicted predictions he had made
in the first of it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16
TWENTY-FIVE PREACHERS IN

Some years ago, Devils Lake, N. D.,
was reputed to be the worst town in
the state. 1t was overrun with vice and
crime. Then the prohibition law was
enforced. AT a recent meeting of the
North Dakota Sunday school conven-
ton, % preachers were lodged In the
county Jail at Devils Lake, hotel ac-
commodations in the town being scarce
and the Jail being entirely without in
mates.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

The action of the Italian govern
ment, in saying it cannot give up
Cocchi, the murderer and rapist, to
American authorities, without violat-
ing the fundamental laws of Italy,
may be considered an echo of the
United States governments an
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-16

Times Union hands out a two-column,
nonpareil solid, gush Of hot air.
Somehow we have an idea that there
are several hundred Florida men,
any one of whom could have filled
that office better than Mr.. Rhodes.