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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
Cotton Manufacturing.


During the three. quarter century pc
riod from 1910 to 1916, the consumption
of cotton Including linters) in the Unit
ed States increased from 236,525 to
.7,27s,529 bales, or about thirtyfold. The
greatest cotton mapufacturing state is
Massachusetts, which consumed ] ,52l ,S4S
bales during the year ended July 81, 1916.
Next in order were North Carolina, with
a consumption of l,073,560 bales; South
Carolina, with 9,23S bales; and Georgia,
with sl5,39l bales. The mill consump-
ton in these four states alone represent
ed nearly two-thirds of the total for the
country.
The manufacture of cotton in the
South has been carried on for many
years, but only in small way prior to
the decade 1880 500, when the industry
in that section began to grow rapidly.
During that and the following decade,
the consumption of cotton in the cotton
growing states nearly trebled, and during
the past is years the increase has been
more than 100 per cent. Since 1912,
the annual consumption in these states
has amounted to more than one-half the
total for the United States, and in 1916
they consumed 3,977 100 bales, or about
So per cent. of the total for the country.
Cottonseed and Its Products.
This industry has had remarkable
development during recent years. The
value of products made from seed grown
n 1915 was nearly three and three
'ourths times as great as the correspond
ng value for 1900; and during the same
period the quantity of seed crushed in
'reased by "A per cent, although the
mount produced was not much greater
n the later year than in the earlier.
OF total of 100000 tons of seed |
Produced in 1915, 4,202,3l3 tons, or s4
yer cent.--a greater proportion than that |
hown for any preceding year - were
rushed The value of crude eottonseed |
manufactured during the season !
f l9l5~l6 amounted to SlS0,260,000, of
which sum $50 100000 was contributed
" cottonseed oil. S53s60,000 by cake
nd meal, s26, 10000 by linters, and
l2,340,000 by bulls. The quantity of
ach product except linters represented
ecrease as compared with the preceding
ear, but the total value, as well as the
alue of each product. except cake and
ZEAL showed an increase.
The production of linters in 1915
bowed an increase of over eight per cent.
) compared with that of 1914, notwith
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
GRANITEVILLE

Regular meeting of A. o. H., division
No. 3, Tuesday evening at o'clock, in
Miles hall.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
Saves Boy From Worms

Mrs. Jennie Bowen of Meredith. N. H..
writes this kind of letter: you have helped
my little boy. He would have been in his
grave before long"
Some symptoms of worms are; Deranged
stomach. swollen upper lip. sour stomach. Of
fensive breath. hard and full bellyN with occa-
sional gripings and pains about the navel. pale
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08

and s90,370 in 1915; to Italy, 537 1857 in
1914, l,l27,400 in 1915, and S36,0l5 in
1876 to Spain, 307,330 in 1914, 464,5o4
in 1918. and 340,248 in 1915; to Belgium,
227, 474 in 1914, 5,057 in 1915, and none in
1916; to Russia, 99,076 in 1914, s2,l25 in
1915, and l73,440 in 1915 to Austria Hun
gary, l06,5ll in 1914, 455 in 1915, and
none in 1916; to Netherlands, 35,053 in
IDA, 544, O35 in 1915, and l02,0s7 in 1916;
and to all other European countries,
63,725 in 1914, s0s,09G in 1915, and $780,
La i'm 1916
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08

Glenn Clark has spent week in Barre
visiting relatives.
The regular grange meeting was post.
poned from last Friday night until next
Wednesday night.
Earl Flanders, Bernice Flanders and
Shirley Gauthier are among the measles
victims.
The extension school has been post
poned because of an outbreak of the
measles. 1t is probable that it will be
held in March.
Miss Jennie Lord accompanied Rev. A.
j. Lord back to West Pelham, Mass,
where they will reside while Mr.. Lord Is
attending Amherst college.
Lenford Miner returned to Albany
Business college Sunday after spending
two weeks vacation at his home.
James Watson and family of Bradford
are visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
David Watson.
Nearly the whole family of E. G. Wood
is on the sick list.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-08
ORANGE
Congregational Church Made Net Gain of
Four Members.

At the annual business meeting of the
Congregational church it was reported a
gain of five members against the loss of
one by dismissal by letter. The treas
urer reported small balance. The fol-
lowing officers were elected Z Clerk, Edna
Beard; treasurer, Theron Lord, standing
committee, Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Flanders;
Sunday school superintendent, Reuben
Lord; assistant Sunday school superin-
tendent and treasurer, Minnie Lord.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-08

,,ot ne reinforced IN case of war except 10!
ocean transport, with three thousand mics o.
blue water to the east and five thousand 10 inc
west. the United States may we'll be regarded
as the present great insular nation oil '"e
world.
OF course. we know that German submarines
have visited our shores and with future De
yelopments Of this type Of naval warfare We
lno,y that the feat will be performed WIN
Greater and greater ease. Yet the fact remains
that probably for many years to come II WI"
40 much more difficult for European OF
As;atjc foe 70 reach our shores than It IS no"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-08

for Germany to overcome the twenty 70 three
hundred miles that separate England from the
Continent
And it is just here that the vital Importance
Of our insisting on the maintenance Of the
Monroe Doctrine 10 the very letter should be
clear to u When Lord Salisbury, in 1885.
gave up the seemingly insignificant island Of
Helgoland, off the mouth Of the Elbe, in ex-
change for the much larger islands Of Pemba
and Zanzibar, off the coast Of Germany's East
African colonies, he made a bargain which
England today has cause to bitterly repent OF.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-08
Bv EDGAR STANTON MACLA1

"7AHS Nnyy" Ola
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-25

The Boy Scouts assisted again"
last Saturday on. the farm of G. w.
Smith, east of town. The boys pull
ed 20 acres of beans, did good work
and were we'll paid. Mrs. Smith
served a good country dinner. Mr..
Smith has by far the best beans that
we have worked in this year. The
boys will try their hand at heading
maize next Saturday for Mr.. Wilson
south of town.
An Omaha Scout refused to stay in
bed with German measles, got up
and sold Ia Liberty Bonds in one
hour.
Carl Taylor says he never gets out
Of step-it's his pants.
If the citizens of Liberal didn't
buy their share Of "Bonds" it is not
the fault of the Scouts.
The Scouts, with other boys, have
harvested over 100 acres of beans
this fall.
Now boys, Wednesday night is
Halloween. Don't forget that you
are not to destroy and property OF
brighten people with tick-tacks OF
ghost stunts. wagons must not be
left on the school house yard or run
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-25

into can creek. Picture show signs
must not be wired to the flag pole.
Instead the evening should be spent
at home playing dominoes or other
innocent amusements. We suggest
that you read during the evening
Irving's Life Of George Washington.
There are times when you should
get your hands out of your pockets
and show those three fingers.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-25

The Mary Beecher Hall Circle re-
ceived an announcement this week
to the effect that daughter had
been born to Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Hall
at Oldham Hall, Singapore, China,
September IL. The name given this
new little missionary is Sarah Eliza
beth.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-25

j. S. Jones returned from Two
Buttes, Colorado, Wednesday, where
he has been looking after the inter-
ests of his claim near there. Mrs.
Jones' mother, Mrs. Kidd, of Lamar,
accompanied him for visit.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-25
toe on his left foot.

Col. Davidson of Hooker was in the
city Wednesday consulting Sergeant
Soule about the time it would be
necessary for him to leave for the
army. Col. Davidson has received a
CALL
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-25

When making the return trip from
the Sunday School at Hayne, Herman
Condit, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. p. M.
Condit became mixed up in his
motorcycle and he sustained broken
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-25

Every boy who sees those guns the
Craig Shoe Company is giving away
when pair of shoes is purchased,
will demand that new pair of shoes
be purchased right away.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-25
CHRISTMAS.


77celOe Photographs 7c'H glad-
en- IL hearts more man any }
other present you cam Se'7d.
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po,,s 7ho,.o ze;U be shnce i'm
o.,o..,, .ozd;o.,c bit I'm. o,,o of
thoso
Do s,,,.o ~ call oo,.M ds ,nn,,v
n,.e do;uo uo7c and select vo11r
.,o,,,,t;,o 90 Nc IN bo suyo tn
# No, ,,i,n vou can oov $500
7vhen Won get your f0lderS$2.W
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-26

hand are features of the country. The
fierce jaguar, eel tigre" of the people,
sometimes preys upon the cattle
herds and when he does it is the
custom to tip the horns of the bulls
with steel. Many a marauding steer
killer has met his death on the horns
of fighting bull. Big spotted leop-
ards and puma or mountain lions are
less formidable. Not even jaguars
ever attack man. You can buy a
good leopard hide. black and white
and tinted with red, for $3.50 to So
gold.
Twenty years ago Port Limon on
the Atlantic side was a pest hole.
Mr.. Fairbairn, a resident there, told
me the first year he came eighty
Americans died. That was almost all
there were in the place. You might
meet a man in the morning at break
fast who would tell you he felt fit as
a fiddle. At night you would learn
that he had not only died but had
been buried, for they lost no time in
putting them away in those days.
Yellow fever and the plague few on
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-26

as a river in the tropics Tor nowhere
is there such foliage to set it off.
From the time the train enters the
canon of the Reventazon until it has
left that roaring stream a white rib
bon in the far distance below, the
visitor is treated to continuous
panorama varying from that of the
sub-tropics to that of the high
plateaus. An observation car is at
tached to the train which leaves Port
Limon every morning at $40, reach
ing San Jose about four. There are
two fine hotels, the Washington and
the Hotel Francois, in San Jose
which is~s, Sinla for Panama Canal
Zone employees, as it is only 26 hours
from Colon.
Mr.. Sheppard G. Schermerhorn.
Executive Vice President of the
United Fruit Company, is one of the
constructive figures of Central
America, having spent several wears
there during the period of expansion
of the United Fruit Company's in
terests and like Mr.. A. w. Preston
and DIR. sIinor G. Keith has won the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-26

respect and admiration of the peo-
pies and governments
Go short distance from the rail
way line and you will find all sorts
of wild creatures. Costa RIGA is a
Garden of Eden for wild life. There
are three varieties of wild turkeys,
each of them numerous and fine eat
ing. Wild pigeons, some of them of
great size, abound and are served in
the San Jose hotels. There are three
or four species of wild hogs. The
other day herd of 1000 of them. in
changing their feeding place from
the Atlantic to the Pacific divide.
passed within twenty miles Of
Alajuela. Needless to say. everv one
in the vicinity had fine mess of
roast pork. Deer are very common
and the shipment of their hides To
the States is commercial INDUSTRY
Otter, tapirs and monkeys are found
in abundance. Giant green. red and
yellow macaWs, parrots and parro-
quotes, golden tailed weaver birds.
canaries and hunnming and nagnifi-
cent butterflies as large as ones
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-26

wings and in a more than meta
! phorical sense. But the mosquito
has been successfully combatted;
pure water and decent living quar-
tiers obtained. It's about ten years
since there has been a case of vel
low fever or plague in Port Linaon.
The great work has been accomplish
ed by the United Fruit Company,
which has spent hundreds of thou
sands of dollars in sanitation. The
company maintains great hospital
with a capacity for about $50 patti
ents. The entire country is mapped
with reference to sanitation and thus
| disease can be isolated and quaran-
tined. 1t is part of President An
drew w. Preston's plan when the
great organization started. Today
Port Limon is healthy. 1t is an at
tractive place with a fine park, sea
wall, and splendid wharves on which
trains go to take passengers and
freight. Here come on regular
schedule the magnificent steamers of
the White Fleet.
San Jose is practically in differ
ent zone than Port Limon. People
wear light overcoats in San Jose at
night. Boys sell wooden baskets of
big fresh Strawberries at five cents
basket. The finest public building
in Costa RIGA is the Teatro Nacional
National Theatre), in San Jose,
built at an expenditure of S1,000,000
gold exclusive of furnishings. The
outside is of white marble. The in
terror Hobbies and foyer are of color
ed Italian marble. Old tapestries,
mural paintings, gold plate, and
sculptures set it off. The magnif-
cent foyer is in Louis XVI archi-
lecture though the building as
whole partakes more of Italian than
French renaissance. The seats are
Of rosewood and mahogany with the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-26

What is true of Costa RIGA is true
of many another American
country. They are buying from the
States. Visit the Costa Rican shops
and see. Enamelled and porcelain
ware formerly bought from Germany
are now bought from the good old U.
S. A. Saddles formerly from Eng
land now come from America. Iron
enamelled beds come from the United
States now and they cannot get
enough of them. Practically all
cereals come from the States except
oatmeal, part of which comes from
Great Britain. The jewelry is prac-
tlcally all American. So are the
druggists goods. All the automo-
blles are American and San Jose is
filled with them. All the hardware
is of United States manufacture.
The furniture once came from Ger
many and Austria. So did the UNI
brellas. Now we furnish both. Rails
ms, cltron peel, currants and candied
peel once came from England. These.
too, we furnish. Combs, wigs,
trunks, glass, perfumes Except some
very Tine varieties from La Belle
ffance), canned fish, fruits and
meats, canned corn, peas. beans and
oIner vegetables come from the
United States. Some linens come
from Ireland, cotton print goods
from Spain, felt hats from Italy,
mats from Japan, though American
mats and cotton print goods are more
and more on the market.
And ii other lines you will find
goods made under the Stars and
STRIPES right up in front on the
Latln-American show case.
The railroad trip from Port Limon
to San Jose is one of the most
thrilling and picturesque journeys in
the world. At times the line is one
mile above the Reventazon river.
whose course it follows for fifty
miles. There is no river as beautiful
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-26

national crest set in embossed
leather. The stage is large enough
for the largest opera companies. The
national library, the national muse.
um with its live animals as we'll as
! prehistoric potteries are mighty in
teresting, while a visit to the
churches and educational institutions
In San Jose and Carriage is worth
anybody's time.
! Outside of San Jose are coffee
| plantations. The country is neat and
well-kept. There are stone fences
along the roads and bridges. In the
drying plants you will see mounds
OF green coffee as high as mans
head, for the industry is a great one.
The coffee exposed to the sun on
concrete beds is constantly turned
over so it will dry evenly and moi
ferment. The land in Costa RIGA is
as rich as Canaan. 1t grows cab
bages, oranges, grape fruit, coffee,
cocoa, potatoes, bananas, corn, sugar
cane, alligator pears, tomatoes, let
tuce, peas, beans, caulihower, de-
pending upon whether one is in the
highlands or loWlands.
When we of the United States
were IN our revolutionary days Costa
RIGA had been colonized by the flower
Of Spain and today the visitor notes
the evidence of "a long established
civilization. There Is nothing fine.
of cool bright morning in the high
lands than to take horseback ride
or the train from San Jose tt
To- 10 l.
themselves at the railway stations
are worth notice. The short Spanish
coat with square shoulders and end.
ling at the hips is often seen. Broad
hats and smart narrow shoes COM
plete the costume. Bevies Of pretty
girls in white with ribbons and para
soils and often with high French
heels are seen welcoming or bidding
adieu to strangers. The priests IN
their black cassocks are always en-,
tertaining; many of them have beer
educated in Madrid or Paris. Mosi
of them have visited the United
States.
But the glory of Costa RIGA is in
her mountains. Above Cartago tow.
ers Mt. Irazu, 1920 feet in alti.
LuuS. OuS Ce1A MAKE Tic CI1p W LIZ
summit and back by mule IN q
hours. On the way he viii pass
sanitarium. Near Cartago are min.
eraI springs. The city was destroyed
by earthquake in 1910, but has since
been finely rebuilt. Mt. Poas, reach.
ed from Alajuela on the railroad
line, has bath house on the sum-
NIT. The firing Of pistol or shout
ing will cause a torrent of boiling
water to catapult from the center
Chirripo Grande with an altitude Of
13,424 feet is higher than either o.
these.
Thus it is that Costa Rica, marvel
Gus mountain republic to the soutl
of the United States, sends hel
greeting. She is at peace with thG
world and prosperous and has thanks
for the far-seeing Americans who
have contributed'to her prosperity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-26

AlHeIlCdIS 10 VlSlJ costa FLlca. InOSe
who do go will have much to see.
The highest mountain peaks here are
scarcely less above sea level than the
loftlest of our own Rocky mountains
and they begin to rise almost from
the sea while the American Rockies
rise from lofty plateau, the higher
edge OF the great plains region.
There is modern railway system to
the heart of the country and San
Jose, the capital, connecting with
frequent steamer service to and from
the States, only five days distant.
The people are courteous and pleas
ant. There is nothing savage in the
Costa Rican nature. The terrible
electric chair and the grisly gallows
do not cast their grim shadows
across the human soul in Costa RIGA.
One who takes life here is placed in
the penitentiary, where he can do no
more harm, and is made comfortable
and as useful as possible The ulti-
mate sentence for any crime is TWEEN
ty years, long enough, they think, to
expiate any wrong. A wagon will
not drive down a street in San Jose
It there is sick person in a house
thereon. The driver is advised bv
the policeman to go around the block |
The other day in the great hospital |
of the United Fruit Company at
Port Limon an Indian woman was
thought to be dying. TRANSMISSION Of
blood was the only step that prom
lsed to save her. A man who was no
relative of the woman and had never
seen her, offered his strong healthy
blood just because she was a woman.
No one need ever go hungry in. Costa
Rlca-the humblest family will d. |
vide its meal with stranger.
Americans are popular here.
Many, OF the greatest works in Costa
Rlca have been under American d. |
rectlon. Minor G. Keith astonished
the railroad world when he built the
line up to the Cordilleras. For a time
the Costa Rican government was un-
able to make stipulated payments for
the line, in which it has an interest,
Yet more than 1000 workers stuck
by their American employer, Mr.. |
Keith, for nine months without sal
airy because they were sure of him.
So the American name stands for
achievement in Costa Rica.
Since the European war Costa RIGA
has purchased an increasing volume
OF American-made goods. They are
liked. Hundreds of American tour
lists have visited Costa RIGA during
the past winter season and, of course,
their presence is appreciated.
The population is enterprising.
Nlnety-five per cent of the peonle of
the uplands are white. Here visitors
see the f1axen-haired descendants of
the Andalusian dons of Spain. The
beauty OF the Costa Rican women is /
notable. In San Jose the stores are
conspicuous not alone for their varied
assortments of high-priced articles
and luxuries but for their attractive
features of women's apparel. For
merly they were European in char
acter. Since the war they have been
almost completely stocked with
American wares.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-26
BIZ HAMILTON M. WRIGHT.

Canons mile deep with sides draped all verdu of
the tropics mountain SUBMITS and pillows
cloud that from above simmer like nda SHOWS
pc lownds on the coasts with of
palms, vast banana plantations and forests giant
pmeva cool plateau regions with their Spanish cities
white population automobiles theatres modern libraries
schools churches and caherals demand for and
liking for Americans and their These of the striking
contrasts oeredby Costa Rca Switzerland tropical Americas
N~ough it is more than twice the size of Switzerland.
10 the people of the United States the
message OF welcome and greeting An invitation extended to all
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-26
RERESEm WEST EAR~

New Provisional President, Federico Tinoco Is Firm
Friend of the United States-Many American
Visitors This Year in Wonderful Central American
Republic, Which Is Twice as Large as Switzerland
Splendid Railroad System Built by Mr. Minor C.
Keith-OyercOats in San Jose, the Capital.
The Washington times., 1917-06-18
WIFE'S DIVORCE SUIT
AGAINST SNOW BEGINS
Attitude Of Millionaire Toward
Wife Told to Court.

Hearing OF the petition OF Mrs. Ad
dis II. Snow for an absolute divorce
from Chester A. Snow, the millionaire
patent attorney, now more than sew,
enty-three years old, was begun before
Justice Stafford in the District Su.
preme Court today.
The morning was taken up largely
with the testimony of ILLNESSES IN
the Snow household relative to the
attitude OF the defendant toward his
wife prior to their separation. Novem.
Der 10. last, and toward a relative by
marriage who is named in Mrs. Shows
bill as a co-defendant.
The marriage OF the aged attorney
to a woman many years his Junior
took place July 20, 1913. and, accord
ing to the wife's petition, It followed
two years of persistent and ardent
attention" on the part of the bride
groom. His ardor quickly cooled.
however, she adds, and on their wed
ding trip, she says. he told her he
was sorry he had married and would
hate her IL he had to live with her.