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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
First Methodist church-sixth avenue

far more damage than an enemy would. When he has shot his string and surveys the long row of zeros on his score card he realizes that the kind of rifle gun" he Is "cute" with is a different proposi ton from the one he has to fight with now. He leaves the range a wiser man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
Sim Feiners Will Not Agree

Dublin, May 19.-The Sim Feiners will not seek representation at the proposed convention to settle the Irish problem nor will they pay regard to any constitution agreed upon by that convention. Their policy as stated by their official organ, Nationality, is to present Ireland's case for independence at the. peace conference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
LEARNS HOW TO WORK

The rookie is first rained In the funda mentals of his new trade, in what is known as "the school of the soldier" This means that he Is taught how to stand, how to walk and how to keep step. He learns. to his surprise, that these seemingly simple things are woe- fully hard to do, and he spends many weary hours before he masters them. While doing so he learns what he never dreamed of before-that he is awkward, ungainly, uncouth and ignorant. He new CT knew these things before, for in civil life he has never had anyone candid enough to tell him the truth But after making the acquaintance of drill master he gains knowledge of himself with great rapidity.
 After having fairly learned the school of the soldier the rookie Is given instruc- tion in the school of the squad This means that he is trained to drill as part of a squad instead of as an individual. He then learns team work and realizes what it means to be part of machine. When the rookie has learned to play his part in the squad he is graduated to his company and his real soldier life begins. He has made the first step toward being a soldier; has been inoculated against ty- phoid and vaccinated against smallpox, and can now be trusted to go in for the higher educa ton,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

Avondale Methodist Church-At Il a. m. the pulpit will be occupied by Dr. j. B. Hutton of the Presbyterian assem- bly,, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Jackson, Miss. At 7:45 Rev. B. G. Hodge of Birmingham college will preach.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20
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From the New York Times


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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE

All Of ~uddin ye,tiddav remem-
bcrcd hadent bavt Marv Watkins
envy Kri@-na~ present. and onv had )
,ents loft. and ] went erround to Nom
nay SimminSes store and asked her was
She had for : sent, for i present for
q lady. Wieh She looked elround 10
see. saving, You can have this lilo bot
tie Of oIoo for : SCENTS. il, rreIv .
buf III rive i; Ia Won for :
And [ nat in in nv norkjt and
vawked erranud nast Mary Watkipsps
house her lest COMING o,f with ,kats.
an 10 skate. me SAYING Hello Narv.
it> prit+v neer Kris~mas .fint itp
II eerte1y il ann !, ,ga e,d ana
/ ruf M hand in ms norkir ware tho,
hot,lr a. ulao vas savipg pi1 IN,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

The universally acknowledged issue
in the election Monday III Canada was
military CONSUMPTION. The fight
against Premier Borden and the Mon
government was solely on that issue.
Sir Wilfrcd Lanrier. leader Of the op-
position, had pledged ;he Liberal party,
if placed in power. to submit the issue
To a referendum, having confidence that
the prevailing sentiment OF the pomin-
ion was opposed TO CONSUMPTION. The
result shows that ne was greatly mis-
taken. The domestic vote is strongly
in favor Of conscription, ana TO it will
Ice added the soldiers vote. The latter
viii Toe strong Tor the Union govern
mcnt and CONSUMPTION. for il is not to
he supposed for a moment that the men
who nave entered the service viii
cvince amy desire to relieve others who
may Ice eligible Of that obligation. The
heavy vote in all OF the districts is
significant OF the general interest IN
the issue. and the result in the a.gre-
gate is striking testimony Of the atti-
tude of Canada toward the war The
English speaking people If Canada
have been intcu~ ely patriotic, but tia
French residents, particularly OF tie
province of Quebec, have shown IN an
expIainable disposition toward Stacker
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

er's set Of soldiers she thinks are bet
ter than her paper dolls. On, that
makes me very unhappy
'But Santa'S faithful dog, Boy Of the
North, put his head in Santa's lap and
licked his hands.
"'Oh, Boy of the North. you will not
see me unhappy. l feel happy again.
The little girl is not Scowling now.
Something or some one must have
whispered in her ear that it was max
ing me sad!
"'NOw ] see a little girl who has
been so sick this fail. She has that
nice white lamb with the blue ribbon
around its neck that / gave her. And
how she does love him. What JOY
it is to have this telescope" And
again this year Santa will look
through his teleScope!'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

administration though knowing Gener-
al Crozier to he mi~it. lacked the
courage and resolution t" make a
change until the Senate forced the Is
sue. If that view be not entertained.
the alternative conclusion is that the
war department move came rs rerfi-
sal against General Crozier for MS
tcmeritv in criticilin9 his official 81
pcrior, and possibly WAS FASTENED by a
desire to close the ordnance chief >
mouth before he carried his accusations
farther. Neither theory i hattering to
Secretary Baker.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

mean. He can see them all"
Il feel sorry for Santa Claus some
times" said Nancy. HE really has
to do so much"
Doesn't he get tired, Daddy?' asked
Nick
He doesn't get really tired said
Daddy. because he loves being busy,
and If anyone were to ask him, he
would say: Change places with some
one else 50 rs to work less | wouldn't
change places with anyone in the
worid-not with the king Of any land.
the president o. amy country, the royal
families, the generals, captains. adj
raralS-rich bankers. No. | wouldn't
change places for anything. I'm the
most fortunate person in the world.
And would you know why? Because
| make 81 many. many children
happy"
Ne" continued Daddy. "Santa
Claus never grows tired, because he
has such good time"
Tell US about the telescope, Daddy"
said the children; SO Daddy com
mrnced:
"He has the most wonderful tele-
sc0pe-more wonderful than any 9th
er and he can see through it miles
and miles and miles.
Early every Christmas morning he
sits ut the window nj the extreme end
of his toy shop and looks through the
telescope. He sees info the different
homes and he watches the children as
they take their presents and open
them. and empty their stockings.
and then he can tell how much
children like the toys and games and
| books he has given them. It gives
him SO many ideas, too.
"'Thcre,' he said to himself last
| Christmas. it is Just as I thought; lit
! tie girls will never grow tired of dolls
and boys will always like trains.
"'And they enjoy a good game, too,
/ for the winter evenings. And, all, see
| that hoy at his skates, He asked for
| q pair i'm his letter to me-that is. he
| asked for them in six different letters
I he wrote me. He really can hardly
| WIFI 10 start IN using litlil- GO De
| licve he would like it if the floor were
| suddenly covered with ice,
| land how that little girl is hug
/ ging her doll, I thought the one
1 made with the golden curls and the
| eyes that opened and shut would just
| about suit her She told me the kind
She wanted in her letter. What help
| those letters arei They tell me what
! they want, and they tell me so many
| more nice things. too. They tell me
how much they are looking forward to
| my visit. and that they hope III have
| a Merry Christmas. too. The dear lit
| tie people, AS If l could help but have
| Merry Christmas when | look
| through this telescope and see their
smiles, How happy they do look
| How their eyes sparkle.
"'And their letters tell me that
| they've tried TO be good. That's nice
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20
The Town Knockcr.
{ Barre Times.

If Brattlehoro gets a small percentage
Of the new industries its board of trade
is irving for, the loss OF two hundred
or Sc families because Of the demands Of
the munitions factories in other places
for worllmen will he more than made
mp. The secretary Of the Brattlehoro
commercial organization spikes a lie,
that the board Of trade is dormant. bv
public letter putting forth in some
detail the efforts being made TO induce
new industries to locate in Brattleboro
1t seems there has been a lot of talk
aud criticism in Brattlcboro, Just as
there is in almost any place under the
sun which has ambitions. The talk and
icriticism has been along the line that
the board Of trade was dead and was
letting things slip right through its
fingers The reason for the criticism
probably is that the officers of the board
OF t1adc DO not deem it wise TO advcr-
tisc their aims in pursuit Of new in
duetries because of the we'll grounded
fear that publicity of the plans might
enable other hustling communities to
90 after the same industries. The Of
ficers Of nearly every board Of trade
prefer to keep quiet, or rather to work
quietly in order to prevent interference
from other communities. That is whN
So many people in 50 many places think
THAT the board Of trade is doing moth
! ing to Justify itself and the small mem
btrship fee annually assessed. II the
critic should take the trouble to III
restigate personally he probably would
fnd that the board Of trade was doing
some really good work although not adj
ycrtising that work very much before
the consummation of the plans. There
fore, using the words Of the secretary
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

TO hear. And they
tell mo of things
their little sisters
and b rot h e + $
want. | like that,
for | lovc L. see
the children think
of each o t h CT.
Such Il great help
as the letters are,
but my telescope
does its work. too,
for | can see just
how much the
children care for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20
TO The SUBSCRIBERS.

u is The aim Of the management ia
secure efficient service i'm the delivery Of
the paper each night. and il solicits the
eu-up.ration Of subscribers to that end.
Prompt reports should be given of eactl
failure to receive the paper ON the NOM
ina following the omission in person,
by telephone or postal card. thus enabling
the esi#.se of the error To he promptly and
accurately discovered ana the proper
remedy Immediately applied 1t is only
bv this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

\. Mitchell Palmer, custodian of en-
cmy property. IN speech at Oklahoma
city declared that the United states
now has 100000 men in France. We
must send rcinfor,cmcnts. he said.
$50 that when the spring campaign
opens next year we can strike a one
million man power thrust through the
German lines. When our boys return
from France next summer the whole
world viii be free. But, if they don t
return next summcr, America will have
2.uoa,noo men on the west front hv
1919, and 5,ooo,ooo by 1920. and more
men and more men, until the German
tide is rolling back into Berlin.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

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count for each subsequent insertion.
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Reading Notices Ten cents per line.
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for each subsequent insertion without
change Of copy
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

The Eoformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro. Erattleboro News Co. G.
w. clean Gland :. l. Puriuton tEstey-
yileI. Brooks House Pharmacy, Allen
Depot Newsstand, Mrs u. +. Doyle.
South Main street.
West Brsttleboro, j. l.. StockweN
East Dumnerston, VI. T.. Brown.
Putney. NJ g. Williams.
Newfane, y. NJ. Ratchelder.
Townshend. G. w Cutler.
West Townsherd, G. II. Gruut.
jamaica, Il. j. DagGett.
South Londonderry, f. IT. Tyler.
South Vernon, +. r. Buffum.
Mortified. Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, NJ. H., Mrs. w.
Strcctrr
4insds1e. NJ. H.. w. II. LYMAN.
Bellows Falls, Depot Restaurant
Windsor VT. Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20
Bound to Have Her WaV.

Now, be a good little girl,
and STOP crying.
Ruth Gagged three)-Me won't stop
crying till papa hears me.
Mamma-Rut he can't hear you
he's in New York
Ruth-neE nell dest have to cWy
fru re telefome.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

The Springfield Union drives this
point home urroroS tho war department
probe involving General Crozier. chief
ot eunauce: 1t would have seemed
more fitting had the change been made
before the Senate inquiry was begun.
or delayed until after its completion.
Coming n, il does. the step gives rise
to two suspicious. II appears as ii the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20
GREEN RIVER.

MisS Margaret Bowler IS visiting rel
ativc- in Hrattleboro
Guy Robv spent The weekend with
his family ia Greenfield.
7. N. Crorar has returned from sex
"ral weeks stay in Charleston. : a.
The t'reen River Mfg. &c. employ,
l. men and several teams 1T present
Clair Gallup. Who had been n Bar
ney llill farm several weeks. left
Wednesday 10 spend tn holiday. il
Spring field, Mass.
Lyman C. Glazirr. Of Riverside farm
has sold this season crop ot beans
the Weld being >dl4 bushels. IIe also
raised many varieties ii garden beans
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

Il is Il dngeeou> procedure To rio-
hate the Federal 'uw ian war times. 1t
is serious oAcn-, to try 20 avoid the
registration plan and the draft law,
us several individuals have found cut.
Two men from Boston who failed to
rcIis are now at Fort Lcaycnworth
20 serve -o years in the federal prison.
and q Boston youth who failed to APP
pear for examination draws II years
Iu the same institution.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20
Perhaps Kip Smiles.
Manchester | nion. }

We have Il huncn that Rudvara Kin
hing will smoker when he learns that
H. hrothcr-in-laW, over in Brattleboro
IS the defendant IN a Sloo0o aEcna
fion suit. As W. recall it. KIP and
his Vermont family-inlaw were not
noted for dwelling together in unity
when the Kirlings lived in Brattlc
bor1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

dren shook their
heads.
"Thcn I'll sure
ly have to tell
YOU" he $ a i Il .
And I'll have to
tell YOU about the
time last Y e Il +
when he looked
through ii a d q
$ a what was
happening d o VI n
in the countries
where lived the
boys and girls
all the countries
.l1 D,.at. tho yN.npI Il
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20
THURSDAY. DECEMBER % 1917.

If Won are owner or operator Of an
automobile be sure to get your license
for 1915 before Dec. 81 1t will save
rrnahlr.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20

\ socialist woman lecturer WHO va,
prominent on the forum III the United
states not long ago. Alexandra kolIantay.
has iust been made minister of public
welfare IN Russia
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Member of the Associated press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited to ii and not
otherwise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein.
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each gift

And If ever I sec 4 child Scowl or
look crosS-oh. dear-how sad it does
make me. There, l just saw little
girl look very cross because her broth
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20
DADOY'SEy[N|NQ'
[A|RY TALL
SANTA'S TELESCOPE.
81 MACY GnAHkM,. ! BONNER

"Did YOU ever hear Of Santa Claus
elescope:' asked Daddy. The chill
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-09-06

partment advises sowing as great an
acreage as possible. Conditions are
favorable for termination and
growth, and the chances for crop
spring rainfall may be below the
average. On the other hand, seeding
in dry soil means that the rainfall
and all other climatic conditions must
be much better than normal if a crop
is to be produced.
Brief suggestions for winter-wheat
growing under dry-farming condi-
lions are given in Farmers Bulletin
895, "Growing Winter Wheat on the
Great Palms." which will be sent
free on application to the United
States Department Of Agriculture.
These suggestions are based on ex-
tensive experiments in the Great
Plains States. The bulletin discusses
varieties, the rat and time ofseeding,
the place of winter wheat in the agri-
culture of the region, and cultural
methods for each of the nine dry
farming States Of the Great Plains
region. The results of these expert
ments will be treated more compre-
hensively in Department bulletin to
be published shortly.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-09-06

of the. 400 soldiers out here, 1872 of
them are single fellers, and all their
sweet hearts were on hand, so that
jitney dance was bound to be sue
cess. And the soldiers canteen
checks were sold for dances there,
too. The two best dancers in our
company were the second lieutenant
and the cook, and they never missed a
dance.
Well, we had pie for supper last
night. Also for dinner yesterday.
And for breakfast and supper the
night before. And We'll have some
more pie today. But we're glad of
it. Those good women who sent out
something like 200 pies to us don't
know how much they were appreciat-
They had church over to Company
barracks yesterday. Goodness knows
they need it. Some of them hadn't
been to Sunday school for three or
four weeks. A few Of them didn't
know how to act. 1t was kinda
strange for the preacher too, and
when it was time to take the collec-
ton he wasn't sure whether to go
ahead. He didn't take it. 1t was a
good thing he didn't. He'd got
about sixteen canteen checks, two or
three poker chips and pair of dice.
We had the usual Sunday evening
services again last night, the kind
where you line up and march down
the aisle and the doctor grabs a
hunk of meat in your shoulder and
jabs a needle amout an inch into
the arm and squirts something into
it. We've been getting dose of that
every Sunday night for four weeks.
1t won't hardly seem homelike next
Sunday evening not to have our un-
dershirt parade.
Well, Pete, there oes the mess
call. / don't know whether it will be
mince pie or apple pie today, but
there'll be pie of some kind. BILL.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-09-06
THE BOY SCOUTS
RINGLESS CIRCUS.

The Boy Scouts with the assist
ance of one hundred boys and girls
of the city under the direction OF
Miss Frances Gould of the Chautau-
qua made the Ringless success, we
might say screaming success.
After a splendid parade viewed
by hundreds of mammas and papas,
the performance began and the great
audience was held spell bound by
Charlie Chaplin, Happy Hooligan,
Gold Dust Twins, Uncle Sam, Mutt
and Jeff, Cinderella.
Jumbo, the trained elephant show
ed unusual intelligence under the
direction of Marion Steele. Unusual
acrobatic feats were performed.
Robt. Larrabee had charge of the
bear. The cow jumped over the
moon and The Little Dog Laughed
Sousa's band played the elegant
music,a if Sousa had been here he
might have turned green from envy.
Myra Hancock whistled in way that
is remarkable, and was feature that
most shows could not produce,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-09-06

week or two. Haven't had anything
to spend but canteen checks for over
week now and while they're good
for almost all the luxuries of life,
they don't go for necessities down
town.
I've been working for Uncle Sam
now for just four weeks. We marched
out to the fair grounds four weeks
ago yesterday. ! used to get pay
check every Saturday night, and it
kinda goes hard to pass it up now.
They say Wen be paid off in about
ten days now.
When the camp first started the
fellows had some pretty good poker
games going. But now there amt
enough cash in the camp to get up
decent peanuckle game with a penny
on the side. All the currency there
is out here now is the canteen checks
which are issued to the soldiers when
the captain signs the order, and which
are charged to the soldiers pay
checks.
We've got dandy exchange here,
and you can buy tobacco, candy, shoe,
strings, handkerchiefs, neckties, pop,
ice cream cones and even razors, rain
coats and street car checks and the
exchange checks go at par, 100
cents on the dollar. But when you
We got your best girl down town and
want to take her to the movies and
set EN- up to some eats after the
show, that pocket full of canteen
checks is worth just as much as so
many Sunday school tickets in beer
garden.
So, Pete, if you can let me have a
five until pay day rush it along. I'll
need it before the ball Thursday
night.
Speaking of balls, didja get out to
our Jitney dance! Some keen dance
say. Those who liked the hugging in
public got all they wanted, and those
who preferred it in shady hooks had
their choice. The committee on enter
tainment had plenty of nice little
quiet places where the soldier boys
and their best girls could have little
conferences about the high cost Of
living and how long the wars going
to last, and other such things. And
say, Pete, it's good thing that dance
was Saturday night instead of to-
night. There are 400 soldiers with
mighty stiff and sore arms today, be-
cause of that shot they got last night,
and they'd be in bad shape for any
call to arms tonight.
Say, Pete, you must remember that
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-09-06
700 p. M, Evening Service, 500

700 p. M, Evening Service, 500 D.
m.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the strangers and those witheu, d
church home. We shall hS glad to
have You. y 1shit with us.
Il. Il. Mac LEHMAN, Minister.
Said careless young lady named
Anna
When she stepped on an empty
banana
Now, what do you see
That you stare so at mel"
And the bystanders cried, CLOSE
annaw
-Lippincott's.
LOST-Buick rim and casing. Re-
turn to Democrat and get reward.
DR.. Nelson has moved his hospital
from the Lampe barn to the Carson
feed barn.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-09-06

A minister home from the trenches
has been recounting his experiences
among the Sctoch regiments, and one
of the interesting stories he tells is
of wounded Jack whom he found
rather depressed, and on being asked
whether he would like to dictate a
letter home he assented. Thereupon
the minister brought table with
writing materials to his bedside.
However, he found Jack tongue-tied
and unable to begin, SO much so that
the parson said, after while:
"Come along now, I'm in a hurry.
We must make start. What will l
say?'
No reply.
evil ] begin Ny dear wife'?"