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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-12-07
URGING CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR
ON AUS1R|A-HUNGARY PRESIDENT GIVES
STATEMENT Of AMERICAS WAR AIMS
Counsels Delay in Case of Turkey and Bull
gaira Because They do Not Stand in
Direct Path of Our Necessary Action

30 not Ut stand 10 tl,e 'iir,-.i path 81 our
nsrs--sry action
10 win the war. t'ie President declar-
e'i iu emphatic and ringing tones. j. thr
immediate and unalteral,l~ taxi ahead
lie urged congress. inst i'eginning t-
-er"nd var session. D. concentrate it-r (
uron tins ta-k
The pr -i'irnt sharply di-cu--.-J The
possibility ~ premature f.eare. -rught ~
.t'-rmsn intrigue snd debated l.re IS
uen ~no under-tsnd nsiflier it- nstnre
rOr Ne ssy ~ mty 80 attained
1he aar will 10 desruad son. be- 90
ciar'i. 'si'en the truman r~-ptIe -sy o.
ns ftr ngh rrorer't pcr,sd te1 r.f.rf -
-rffst re- that they are r. q, O.. sgr,e D..
a -.ft efue ''s-.i ui-.r il--iee ,,d r.t -
rsf .a 'f fife ~ rg- ti.cif rfl - have
% irru.- of p+s.r.. ii. 81 fI rsull
n,f irciui- di- nefiii.eifnenf. robbery or
nuf .hu.~ft 0f fhe erepy. i,1t would D..
',.-'vi os' lI-tic- ,isfins,l l,r. 10 - follow
Frs- = ,n Df nstins- and ueir f.a..fle
from at -rstr doniration. ref4,ation
o. Beigium. feliLqui-hmrnt 81 t,ermsn
power YER the p~pp.e- II Austria Hun
gary snd Turkey. the thrre Hslkan
-tat's. - ~eil - evacuation II Pru-sian
territorial c'n1ue-t- in Belgium aud
northsrn Franz.
strong -~ntiment in favor of iDclnding
Turkey and Bulgaria m the new sard 4. e.
lsration, IN spite Of the presidents coon-
81, gss prevalent, but administrators
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-12-07

having a. reserve for Losses: sz,32l $50.
and . reserve Tor administration OF S15.
1881. The invested fund hes incrsss>d
t1,i,D during the r~riod covered. and
the totsl invested funds amount 70 e.
V4 go. large part Of thh invssssd
fund 70 helping 10 build good rosds In
the COUNTIES Of the state and slso bslpsps
% provide letter school fsciliriss ios our
boys and xirls
Compensation Commissioner, lee Oss
takes PsrdonsbIe pride In sbs suocss ol
his department 10 which he deyosss him
-eif s--iduou-lJ. lie 10 usually the nrvs
man in ms ctiice in the morning and shs
last % leave IN the evening. His vsseh-
~ord -eems 10 IL: "Eeiciency IN Cd
mini-trstion."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-12-07
Wilberforee is Recipient Of Very
Large Gift.

Wllberf"rc-. -. IL 10 announced that
wilberi"rce University has come into
E-~s s-l"n of tb'.1D from the Avery rs
tate "i Pittsburgh. Tor endowment pur-
po~s~ This generous b-n~fartion came
through the efforts of Dr Scarborough.
president of the university. who -xps<-t.
to make the endowment fund xIp.uO
before stopping
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-12-07

Mis-. CLARA Abbitt. of the city, teach
er at Maitland. ~ss suddenly called g.
the bedside of her SICK mother Sun lay
night. >he barely had to catch No. I0
east bound tram tor Evergreen. Va
where her mother lives. The hope of
her msLy fri-nas 10 that there 10 nothing
serious about her Ifln~s-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-12-07

Mr.. Charlie France. Of Huntinssos.
pss-ed through thee qusrssrs sundav
snroute 70 Pocsbontss, Va. Mr.. Frsn,
sslIs u. that times are vsry rood il "a
about Hunnnxson.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-12-07
NEGRO IS BURNED At
STAKE IN TENNESSEE

NA~HNII.LE. Tenn. Dee. - dis
patch from DyersOury. Tenn, tonixi q
say Lyon scott. q Negro, Who D. alleged
to have attacked white woman in Dyer
county November ~. vss burned st the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-12-07
WHAT 1T MEANS.

why, gentlemen. LOOK what il means !:
We claiIn u lie the greatest democratic
people IN the world, and democracy
means, tirst Of all, that We can govern
ourseives. IL our men have not sel-con
t.oi, hen, they are dot capable Of tba,
great thing which We call Democratic
government. A man Who takes the law
into bis hands Is not the right man e.
cooperate in any institution"
Hereafter all lead - OF mobs and
lyncbers must know that they are not
worthy TO be American citizens and ".
are fast moving To that time when W. al
say with Burns:
Then let Us pray, tnat come Il may,
As come it must, for that,
That man To man, the Wide world DER.
Will brothers be. for a that
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-12-07
THE PRESIDENT
SPEAKS AGAINST
MOB VIOLENCE
THE HAnDMMO OF LYNCHING
WOODROW WILSON UrrERS
WORDS FOR WHICH Me-
CROES HAVE PATIENT
LY WAITED.
(The Detroit Lrader,)

The results of the tragic struggle be-
tween the nation IN this great war, ar
beginning to show themselves and de-
mocracy 10 coming into her own Tia.
Presidents masterful speech at Buffalo
has the ring of an oracle of destiny, anC
whether man Wills it or not. because a.
his prejudices, the Gcd OF battles D,
shaping .he destinies OF mankind ac
cording To His own divine purpose. The
press OF the country has been profusei
in its editorials against mob violence
But utterances from the President hav
greater weight than that OF all the put
licists, papers and magazines of the coun-
try, for he speaks for the nation. Her.
are bis memorable words:
Therefore, my counsel To- you is this
Let us show ourselves Americans by
showing that We do not want To ~ nh IL
separate camps or groups 10y ourselves
but that we want 10 cooperate with all
other clss~es and all other groups in
common enterprise. which is to reless.
the spirits of the world from bondage
II would be willing To set that up ~
the final test Of American. That H. H..
meaning OF democracy. have been
very much distressed. my fellow citizens
by some OF the things that have happen
ed recently. The mob spirit is display
ing itself here and there in tins country
i have sympathy with what some men
are saying, but | have no sympathy
with the men that take their punishment
into their own hands. and | want to say
20 every man who does jim such a mot
that | do not recognize him ss worthy oi
the free institutions OF the United >tats--
$50 And % l want to utter my earnest
protest against any manifestation of the
spirit OF lawlessness anywhere or In any
cause
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-12-07

hissra Osks Me- asA Labsssrs
wasssA eli ever Mcdowell Co..
r-Bssissss Opsni.ss-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
Deserve Better Treatment.

The state board of charities and
probation ut the monthly meeting
appointed John w. Carroll Of Island
Pond as probation officer for that
district of the 81 ate
Secretary w. Ell. jeffrey of the board
announces that there are numerous
children in the state ranging in age
from six weeks to Il years old for
whom the board desires to secure
homes. In soma instances the town
in which the chi dren reside has agreed
10 pay small sum each week toward
the support of the child if it is taken
oy family.
These children may be taken tempo
rariiy or permanently or legally adopt
ed, as the case may be, or as the fam
lily wishes. For many years adjoining
states have been placing such children
In Vermont homes and now that pro-
baton and charitable work is being
handled in an organized manner Sec
rotary jeffrey feels that something
should be done to give the young
children an equal chance, in most in
stances the parents being too poor to
raise them TO be intelligent men and
women.
Persons desiring to acquaint them
selves with conditions are urged TO
write to Secretary W. Fl. Jeffrey, who
will be glad to give full particulars
about any of the children.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
The Track Of the Earth.

IL the sun and earth AVID the earth's
orbit could be seen, then the track of
the earth would be spiral around that
of the sun. Go take broomstick, wind
wire around it like thread on spool,
take out the stick and stretch the coil
until the space between each turn is,
say, one-third of an inch and make a
hundred turns of the wire. Then this
spiral or coil would represent the track
of the earth through space during a
hundred years. The sun moves toward
the star Vega at a speed of twelve
miles per second and carries the earth,
all the planets and their moons along.
But they all move around the sun at
the same time and therefore traverse
spirals. represented fairly by extended
coils of wire.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
A connarison.

A German military critic said that
Robert E. Lee vas Americas ablest
soldier But when Lees army OF in
yasion came up into Pennsylvania ii
didn't cut down tree, trample a gar
den or steal pig. Indeed, Lee was so
good a soldier that he said the burning
Of Chambersburg was a military blum
der for which he was not responsible.
The officer in all Americas wars who
did the most burning, hacking and rob-
bing was Benedict Arnold after he had
turned traitor to his country. But the
chief effect of it was to solidify the col
onists into an effort TO win the Revolu-
tion.-Girard in Philadelphia Ledger.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08

The report of the state insurance
commissioner shows one or two things
about fires rather conclusively. First,
lightning causes the greatest fire loss.
This cause may be said to be UMPIRE
ventable, yet if recent writers in some
of cur reputable papers and maya
zines are right, lightning losses may
be greatly reduced If this is true it
would seem to the Monitor to be a
good investment for the insurance
companies to educate their policy
holders along this line and urge such
preventive measurers as are proven
to be of any value. Second, chimneys
are the next greatest cause of fire
loss in the state This is preventable
to a very large degree and the danger
of poorly constructed and neglected
chimneys must forever be dinned into
the ears of the public. These two are
the most conspicuous items of fire
cause, but children and matches, Ian
terms and stovepipes play an import
ant part in the grand total. Three
hundred and six farm dwellings we're
burned in the state and 81 of them
were set by poor chimneys and "A by
stovepipes. Certainly we are care
less and wasteful people.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
A NATIoN,s STRENGTH.

WHAT builds a nations pillars high
And its foundations strong?
What makes it mighty to defy
The foes that round it throng?
TT is not gold. It's kingdoms grand
Go downAin battles shock
Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,
Not on abiding rock.
rs it the sword? Ask the red dust
= OF empires passed away.
The blood has turned their stones to rust
Their glory to decay.
A ND is 1t pride? All. that bright crown
Has seemed to nations sweet,
But God has struck it's 1uster down
In ashes at his feet
NOT gold. but only men. can make
A people great and strong
Men who, for truth and honors sake,
Stand fast and suffer long.
RRAvE men who work while others
= sleep,
Who dare while others fly
They build nations pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
Commissioners Notice
Estate of William R. Silver

THE UNDERSIGNED having been APP
pointed by the Honorable Probate Court for
the District of Orleans. COMM SSIONEKS
to receive, examine and adjust the claims
and demands of all persons against the
estate Of William r. Silver late OF Crafts
bury in said District, deceased, and all claims
exhibited in setthereto, hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purpose aforesaid
at the late residence OF William K. Silver In
the town OF Craftsbury ia said District. on
the Ist day OF September and 18th day OF
January next from 4 O'Clock D. m until 4
O'Clock .. me- on each Of said days and that
six months from the 18th day of July
A. d. 1917 is the time limited by said court
for said creditors to present their claims TO
US for examination and allowance.
Dated AT CraftsDury this 10Th day OF
July, A. d. 1917.
FL. HATCH.
J.. ". BROWN,
3l-33 Commissioners
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08

The report of the state insurance
department for the year 1916, has
just been issued. This report con-
tains statistical statements regarding
insurance written and insurance COM
panies authorized to do business IN
the state in 1916. There are also in
cluded records of fires in Vermont as
shown in the reports made by lnsur-
ance companies to the department.
these reports indicate that in 1916
there were 453 fires in the state that
resulted In total loss and that there
were ITO that resulted in partial
loss. The most frequent cause of fire
was lightning, 514 fires having been
caused thereby. Of the 1928 fires re-
ported the cause of 169 was unknown.
There were written in the state dur
ing the year 1916, fire insurance to
the amount of over one hundred and
sixteen and one-half million dollars
for which there was received in prem
iums by the companies $1,6S6, 3O3.19-
The companies paid losses of over
half a million dollars, in exact figures
| $685., 635. 80.
The figures relating to fire insur-
ance show that there were 1870
policies issued during the year in
Vermont for an amount which totalled
slightly over eleven million dollars.
| The premiums paid in Vermont to life
insurance companies during the year
1916, were approximately three million
dollars and the claims paid in Vermont
by life insurance companies were APP
proximately a million and one-half.
Fidelity and casualty companies re-
ceived in premiums from business in
| Vermont during the year, 1851 ,525 and
paid on Vermont business claims a.
mounting to 1887, 984. Of this bust
ness done by casualty companies it is
/ interesting TO note that there were re-
ceived on account of workmen's COM
pensation insurance $159,661, and
there were paid on losses in this class
of business $685. These figures are
in marked contrast to the figures OF
the year preceding, for in 1915 there
were received premiums amounting to
| but S107, 203, and the losses paid in
that year on this class of business a.
mounted to only $15,537. This mark
ed increase in premiums received and
| losses paid was due in part to the
fact that the workmen's compensation
law did not become effective until the
middle of 1915. The various frater-
nal, beneficiary associations had in
force in Vermont on the last day Oh
| December, 1S,101 policies or certlf1-
Gates of insurance for total amount
Of about twenty and quarter million
There were issued by these companies
during the year, 1855 policies or Ger
tifcates for an amount slightly over
two million dollars.
Of particular interest are the sta
tistics relating to business done by
| Vermont insurance companies which
show that the various fire insurance
companies of the state had in force or
December 81, 1915, almost one hun
dred forty millions of insurance. The
one Vermont life insurance company
the National Life of Montpelier, had
in force on December 81, 1916, 49,
1914 policies or slightly over 1928, OO0-
900 of insurance There were receiv-
ed by the fidelity and casualty COM
panies of Vermont $751; 20 in premi-
ums during the year.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease,
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surface. Halls
Catarrh Cure is not Quack medicine. 1t
was prescribed by one OF the best ply
sicians in this country for years and is
a regular prescription. To Is composed OF
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers. acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina-
ton Of the two ingredients in what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing
ratarrh- Send for testimonials. free.
r J. CHENEY & CO. Props. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists. price T5c.
Take Halls Family PilIs for constipation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
VERMONT NOTES

Herbert 3. Chamberlain, 68. of
Brattleboro, for over % years a town
auditor and for 20 years q lister of
the town, a prominent member of the
Baptist church. which he served for
% years as an usher and was a trust
&c for years, died July 81, of cancer.
He had been in failing health for two
years and last January underwent an
operation which gave temporary re-
lief. He had been confined to his bed
for months.
Peter LeClair of Barre has brought
suit against the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad for $4,000 for injuries
alleged to have been received when
an engine and four cars ran into his
shop in Barre, demolishing the build
ing which fell on him, causing in
juries to the plaintiff and his shop.
He alleges that the road was negli-
gent IN leaving the switch open which
caused the engine to take the wrong
track and cause the damage.
Governor Graham has received a
letter from President Wilson in reply
to one sent suggesting that the rea-
sons why America is in the war
should be made known to the soldiers
of America by distinguished author
tiles in addresses delivered at the
camps. The President thanked the
Governor for his most interesting let
ter and says it is one worthy of con-
sideration by the war department.
The letter is signed by the President.
Fraser Metzger of the publicity de-
partment of the Vermont Public Safety
committee said last week that the
problem which confronts the COM
mittee now is the education of the
people of the state to take care of
their produce this fall. He believes
Vermont will grow over 100000
bushels of potatoes more than ever,
so there will be no reason why the
high prices should exist if spectators
can be kept out and the people of the
state will cooperate in storing the
crop.
! Stanley G. Fits of Brattleboro, son
of the late Attorney G. c. Fits, who
went to France as a member of the
| American Field Ambulance corps, has
written his mother that in two weeks
from July II he was to be made a
sergeant in his section, which is en-
gagged in transporting ammunition to
the front, and that on August 10 he
is to be sent to Meux with two other
men to take a five weeks course in
the French officers school, after which
he will receive the rank of lieutenant
| in the French army and may have
the choice of returning to his present
work or of entering any other branch
of the army, with the rank of lieu
tenant.
From every part of Vermont come
stories of damage by storms last
week. Near Bristol lightning struck
a large hay and cattle barn, setting
it on fire and burning its contents,
valued at $4,000 Another barn was
hit in this vicinity andseveral head
of live stock killed. The Batten cot
tage in Middlebury was damaged and
other buildings hit. From Windsor
comes the story of MAMA. M. Walk
err, who was killed by a stroke of
! lightning in Cornish, N. H., just
across the Connecticut river. In
Townsend the home of Mrs. Lefty
Dutton was damaged when the light
ming entered the house through the
window, which it demolished.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
WHY
You Should Save Surplus
Fruits and Vegetables

MAKE your ground work for you
IVI and the nation. Idle ground is
waste. This is no time for
waste or idleness.
You can raise some vegetables for
your family, no matter how small a
piece of ground you have.
All idle ground utilized in the pro-
duction of vegetables means more food
for those who have no ground at all
If your garden at any time produces
more than you can use Immediately
do not allow the surplus to spoil
Can surplus beans, peas, corn, toma-
toes, beets, spinach, pumpkin and
squash for winter use.
Can or preserve apples, peaches,
pears, cherries, ounces. berries and
other cultivated and wild fruits
Every can of vegetables or fruit and
every jar of preserved food means that
you have saved food materials that
would have otherwise been wasted.
Can or store root crops, cabbage and
other vegetables properly so that they
will keep well and supply you with
food when the garden ceases to pro-
1uce.
The United States department of ag-
riculture, Washington, or your state
agricultural college or county agent
viii give you explicit directions for
raising vegetables and viii tell you of
simple methods for canning vegetables
and fruit at home with ordinary home
utensils
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
THE FIRING LINE.

TOR glory? For good? For for
tune or fame?
i Why, he for the front when
the battle is on!
Leave the rear to the dolt, the lazy,
the lame;
Go forward as ever the valiant
have gone;
Whether city or field, whether
mountain or mine,
Go forward, right on to the firing
line.
Whether newsboy or plowboy, cow
boy or clerk,
Fight forward, be ready, be
steady, be first;
Be fairest, be bravest, be best at
your work;
Exalt and be glad; dare to hun
ger, to thirst.
As David, as AIfred-let dogs skulk
and whine
firing line.
Aye, the place to fight and the
place to fall
As fall we must, all in Gods good
time
1t is where the manifest man is the
wall,
Where boys are as men in their
pride and prime.
Where glory CLEANS brightest,
where brightest eyes shine,
Far out on the roaring red firing
line.
Joaquin Miller.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08

Mr.. Younghusband reached home late
for dinner.
81 got pinched for speeding on the
way home" he explained rather sheep
ishIy. Have to appear tomorrow morn
ing and get so or fifteen days."
Mrs. YounghIsband fervently clapped
two blistered little hands. What a
prcvidence!7 she cried devoutiy. you
must take the fifteen days, joint The
cook has just eftF'-Harper's Maya
zine
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
Nationwide Prohibition.

The frst-line trench barring the
way to nationwide prohibition has
been captured. The senate has passed
the Sheppard resolution calling for a
vote of the legislatures of the 48 states,
by more than the Unnecessary two-thirds
majority. Senator Page of Vermont
voted yes. Senator DillinghamWas
not recorded in the press dispatches.
A network of barriers remain to be
overcome before the nation becomes
bone-dry. The next in order is the
house, where the resolution must also
obtain two-thirds vote to secure its
passage. 1t seems to be the general
opinion that the yeas will have it in
the house by the required number, and
that the prohibition amendment to
the constitution will be passed on to
the legislatures of the states for
ratification. The resolution as it went
from the senate had the proviso that
it must be ratified by the legislatures
of three-fourths of the states within
six years. IF it fails to be ratified
within the specified time by the neces-
sary number of legislatures, it is all
off, In this stage of the battle against
King Alcohol, those who are trying
to dethrone him will have a strate-
gical advantage. They can have three
tries at him, in states where biennial
elections prevail. If one legislature
refuses to ratify it, it can be pressed
to a vote until time is up. Under
these conditions, national prohibition
is likely to be quite a live issue in
Massachusetts, politics for one year
at least, and perhaps more.-Brattle-
boro Reformer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
Home Ground cornmeaI.

Clean UP the old coffee grinder or buy
a new one and grind your own corn
meal for griddlecakes, mullins and
bread If you do not like bread made
of cornmeal alone uae some wheat
-four with It Since home ground corn
meal does not keep long 1t is better TO
buy whole corn by the bushel and grind
for meal as needed--New York Sun.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08
Irasburg Cemetery Association Meet
ing, August 18th, 1917.
NOTICE.

The members Of the Trasburg Gene
warned TO meet at the town hall. Sat
urday evening, Aug. 18th, 1917, at 8
o'clock p. m. to transact the follow
ing business: To hear and dispose
Of the report Of the trustees since the
last meeting; To elect one trustee
for the term of five years; To vote
the rate of tax for the present year,
also TO transact any other business
that may legally come before the
meeting.
o. W. Metcalf, Secretary.
Irasburg. Vt, July 30th, 1917.