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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01
Poll TAXES RAID
M0REIHAN USUAL
FOR AN OFF YEAR
TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE DOES
MORE THAN NORMAL BUSINESS ON
THE DAY BEFORE DELINQUENCY.
HUMBER OF QUALIFIED VOTERS IS
SLIGHTLY BELOW 1000, NOT
INCLUDING EXEMPTIONS.

Tho number OF qualified voters in Cam
cron county this year j. unusually heavy,
probably due to the prospect of important
elections, according to figures announced
by Tax Collector w. b. Walton III the
close Of his office III midnight Wednesday.
The total number Of poll taxes paid was
1898, not including Ill exemptions, in the
lefty Of Brownsville, bringing the total num-
her Of qualified votcr, to 900. This fig
nrc l. about five hundred more than the
total for 1915, an off year, when there
were 1864 qualified voters. In 1914 the
total number of qualified voters ID Cam
eron county was 1861, and in 1916, il was
29l5.
Cashier Elmore Order, city poll tax col
~lector, announced today a total Of 7s7
qualified voters in the city Of Brownsville.
Tor last year.
Collector Walton believes that when he
has totdlled MP the properly tax %coIlec-
tions for the past year il will be found that
! record has been made ia collections. due
~ the unusually prosperous conditions ex-
listing throughout the county. Tuesday n
total of about S24. 600 was collected ~ the
county collector. and yesterdays figure
reached the total ~ S3l. 900.
fy precincts. the number " poll tax r.
.uats.fw r.3wAl -lM~M
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01

The following j. the y. Y. +. T., pro-
gram for Sunday. February f.:
Subject .'rhc Art Of Meditation
Leader: Mr.. +. q. Gardner.
Song.
PRAYER.
Song.
4. meditation T. the Secret Of Know
ing God" ~ Mr.. J. 7. Socia.
> .Meditation i the Secret Of knowing
Ourselves" ~ Mr.. ". !. F%iliyaw.
?. Meditation l. the Secret Of a Right
Appreciation Of Values" by Mr.. Fender
CAST.
a. meditation j. the Secret Of Enthus-
ia~m.' Nv Miss Georgia Dancey.
5.poem. ~ Miss Orene sampson.
Open Discussion.
Most If IL feel that nature intended Us
for . better job than we got.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01

aN7ttSfsLHtSo ~ NtCtt-A itt VIII per
hap~ be one Of the final meetings of the
Pan-liellenic Society Of the Lower Re
IGrande, the members of which are national
Ieuardsmen, and officers OF the guard and
army, and civilians. viii be held at the
county courthouse, in the county court
room, at s o'clock tonight. II j. under
stood the meeting, in the event the attend
ancc j. large enopgh will discuss some Ell
tertainmcnt for the remaining members,
many being among the guardsmen depart
ing from the city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01
A Change in the Mail

Valley was announced this morning by
the postmaster. The express pouch SER
vice on the eight o'clock train viii be
discontinued and the United State rail
way mail clerk. who has previously been
on the len o'clock train viii take his. run
on the eight O'Clock train instead.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01
Installation PostDoned-Tbe

Installation POstponeG-The public IN
staIlation OF officers of the Knights TEN
.plar. which was announced 10 he held at
the Masonic Temple tonight, ha~ been post
poned indefinitely. The installation prob
ably will be held IL Z meeting Of the lodge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01

Next Christmas is a long way off. hut
ITS nice To know You can nave money then
by Joining our Amas Cub now. Do il sure
this month, and get interest added to yoar
savings. II costs nothing and ne welcome
your account. Brownsville Bank 4 Trust
Company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01
Mexico Acts Upon
Liquor Question

QUERETARO. Mexico. Feb. Before
signing the new constitution Yesterday.
delegates 10 the constitutional convention
voted that the next congress should make
laws regulating The sale and manufacture
and use 81 alcoholic drinks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01

Marriage Lieense--A marriage license
was issued by County Clerk Joseph Webb
yesterday afternoon to Herman Il. KEN
per and Miss Blanche Austin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01

like 80 many are doing and get in on our
Amas Club. 4 few cents each month viii
give you money for Christmas, Taxes, Life
Insurance Join now and get interest on
your savings. Brownsville Bank & Trust
Comnanv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01
ON n SnuARE.

We have tie most sanitary place ID Browns
cents per pound. RIO GfiANDE FISH. MEAT
< PRODUCE CO, City Market building.
I-24-tfl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01

Oh GEE U IT'S C0LDi Warm up
with enc of our not drinks. City Confectionery.
between Dreamland and Dittman Theatres.
I-lG-tf
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01
City N<us


'"a'NS A. Aittrt
Browne has received a letter from Col
onel Skunk, member OF the board Of Unit
ed States engineers that recently visited
Brownsville, thanking the mayor and e:ti-
zens generally for courteSieS extended ca
the occasion Of the boards visit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01
Attends Manager CO1fersnce-Managc

Yet the Lord may not love 4 cheerful
Of advice.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01

NJ w 'FN UT IfFIfNWli- Wit INHlFU. IN
wards
First Ward. I'D. including - exemptions.
Third Ward. I5S. including u exemrfiouS.
Fourth Ward. 3IO. including "a exemptions
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01
Fined for Beating Child

Fined for Beating Chiid-Loud screams
and cries coming from u small cottage
near the depot quartermitster building at
rracted the attention If Deputy Constable
Peters Yesterday afternoon. Upon enter
ing the house the officer found that IA
father was beating with a two-inch rope a
SIX -year-old child. The man was arrested
and given a hearing before Justice of the
Peace III. j. Kirk this morning. with the
result that he was fined -. with the prom
i>e "a tie justice that he would never re-
peat the otfense.
Electrical. bicycle, automobile. typewriter.
flashlights. telephone ana telegraph supplies
and repairs. We repair anything. Rio Grande
Electric Co. (tf)
WHEN YOU CAN'T { 1T ELSE
WHERE. come e. rs. Wen have il. Rio
Grandc Electric ca. t9-7-tfl
Attends Manager Observation-Disclosures
4. NJ. Reed oi the Western Union tcle-
graph office, left this morning for Dallas,
where he will attend the annua conference
Nof Western Union offices III the south
west division.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01
CALL FOR YOUR

Carpenter, Paper Hanger or Painter, Phone
SOB. r. L. Gutierrez, p. O.. Box 500.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01

PLUMBING WORK GUARANATEED-l
know my business and d. the best work M
reasonable prices. Figure with me. j. H.
Cara, Sol Adams St., Phone 49S. LIZ
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-01

WHEN YOU CAN'T GET 1T ELSE.
WHERE. come to rs. Wen have IL. Rio
Grandc Electric ca. t9-7-tfl
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16
SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
Important Part of Farm Sanitation
Which Should Receive Greater
Attention,

Because the sewage from homes is a
poisonous substance in which the specific
germs or poisons of numerous serious
diseases may lurk, much greater care
should be taken by dwellers in the coun-
try in the disposal of the wastes than is
usually bestowed on the matter. This is
pointed out in an article, Sewage Dis
posal on the Farm" in the 1916 year
book OF the United States department OF
agriculture.
Infection from such source often is
transmitted insdiously and may come
from the swirling dust of the railway
roadbed, from personal or indirect con
tact with transitory or chronic carriers
of disease, from green truck grown in
gardens fortified with night soil or sew
age, from food prepared or touched by
unclean hands or visited by flies and
yermin, from milk handled by sickly and
careless dsirymen, or milk cans and uten-
sils washed with polluted water from
wells, springs, brooks and lakes receiving
the surface wash or the underground
drainage from sewage polluted soil, and
from many other sources.
The cardinal principle in sewage dis
posal, it is pointed out, whatever the sys-
tenn and methods employed, is to have
the waste materials finally deposited far
from wells and other sources of water
supply.
A number OF methods of sewage dis
possl. including the use OF cesspools and
septic tanks, are described in detail in
The article. The latter method il is be-
ieved generally is the safest and least |
Troublesome. Though the proper dispos-
Il of sewage will involve some consider |
lble expenditure of money, there is little
yround. the article states, for the more |
,r less general belief that the benefits of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16
Stick II Out, Mr.. Wilson.

The president will win his battle with
Congress for universal service-or "se-
lective CONSUMPTION" as he prefers to
call tiff he only brings into play the
same bulldog determination that he ex-
hibited in behalf of his original tariff
bill and the confirmation OF Mr. Brandeis
The president would thereby be winning
the greatest victory OF his career. His
Republican opponents refused at Chica
20, last June, TO write the words ''uni-
versal service" into their platform. We
still take it for granted that Congress
is opposed to the idea Labor, with a
large L, opposes Mr.. Gompers says so.
Oklahoma is holding mass meetings in
resistance. On referendum, the middle
west would give an overwhelming ma
iority against CONSUMPTION, and largely
because the people persist in misunder-
standing what it means.
Nevertheless, the president can win
his fight The press of the country, to
a surprising degree, is with him. All for
mer secretaries of war, Republican and
Democratic, are with him. The general
staff of army and navy are professional
ly attached to his course. In fine, ev
erybody who knows anything at all
about war under modern conditions real
ICES that we might as well expect to
succeed with voluntary tax paying as
with voluntary bullet stopping. England
and Canada have had dismal and ex-
pensive time Of it in trying to get along
on the voluntary basis, to the extent that
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16
The Case of Prof. Appelmann.

The investigation to which Prof. APP
pelmann OF the University of Vermont
has been subjected, by various commit
tees of the university and now by the
United States government, has resulted
in giving him a clean bill of health.
ID was inevitable that following the
charges made against him in the New
York press, and rumors that were afloat,
his status should be questioned and scru-
tinized. Just as death is said to love
shining mark, so suspicion is more
likely to fall upon an alien holding
prominent position in church or state in
these days of strong feelings The pro-
fessor himself has sought the widest in
vestigation Of his conduct, and it seems
that the government has accepted the
challenge, and has on file complete rec
ord of his activity.
1t is matter of congratulation that
at this carly stage of the affair the gov
eminent gives its o. X. TO Prof Appel
mann, so that he can pursue his work
as teacher without suspicion or hind
Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16
The New Wooden Fleet.

Lloyd George had foreknowledge OF
the war plans of the United States gov
eminent when he said in his speech yes
terday that the absolute assurance OF
victory was to be found in the word
| ships" According to Hindenburg's as
surance to the German people, American
efforts will have no important effect
upon the war; but the field marshal may
have underestimated American capacity
and resources. Great Britain could not
possibly be starved out this summer, If
the worst should happen. There will be
harvests in the British isles, and there
after will come the severest test of the
German offensive with the boat. Then
will American plans prove effective.
The appointment of Maj-Gen Goethals
to supervise the building of hundreds OF
standardized wooden steamships of 1000
tons and upward means the perfection
of a project which is as likely as any
thing to have a decisive effect upon the
war. 1t is pleasure to observe that the
governments plans have a scope that
show firm grasp on the problem.N The
ships are to be small, they should be
fast and by the end of the first year
they will be so numerous as to defy the
utmost efforts OF the submarines The
first 200-t ship is expected TO be ready
within six months, and II months later
there will be at least 900 OF them con
structed, In time the yards will turn
out the ships much as a Ford factory
turns out automobiles
The wooden fleet, armed and equipped
with every device for meeting subma-
rine attack, will supplement the steel
tonnage now being constructed in Great
Britain, Japan and America. If the
U-boat cannot do better than sink 500,-
900 tons of shipping a month, their bat
tie is surely lost. For in the coming au-
tumn. the United States will be turn
ing out each month no less than 100000
tons of the new wooden cargo carriers,
and the combined steel and wooden con-
struction OF the leading entente powers
and the United States will 50 nearly
balance the destructive power OF the
submarine that the struggle tor supre-
macy will be decided
The wooden steamships built for this
war service will not become useless in
peace, although their cost of construc-
ton will be very high. After the war
the world shortage in all kinds of ship
ping will be extreme and the demand
for tonnage while the new steel shipping
Is being constructed will be such as to
Keep in trade everything that floats. II
The United States government builds
his wooden fleet for war purposes, it is |
probable that it may ultimately dispose /
If it so proftably that much OF the ex'
,enditure will be returned to the treas
Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16
What Groton Would Do.

Vermont National Guard is once more
called to duty, the second time within a
year. The towns from which the Y com
panies are called are supporting them
loyalty st. Johnsbury, our county seat,
supplies full company and has a half a
hundred men on the waiting list and has
a right to feel proud of herself. Mont
pelier, our state capital. has the smallest
company in the regiment. less than 10
men, and Barre in her back yard at that.
Too bad Too bad
Seems as il Groton could get out al
most as many as that with a population
of less than tenth the capitals. We
feel assured if the call comes for volun-
teers. and it no doubt viii within a very
few days. that she will do more than her
share, as she always has in the past
Groton Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

Such a disaster as the sinking of the
great steamship Titanic five years ago
with the loss of over 800 lives, stupen-
dous as il seemed at that time, pales into
insignifcance in comparison with the IT,
tanic losses sustained at sea during the
present clash of the world. The destruc.
ton of the single great ship five years ago
is but mere incident alongside Of the
far more tragic events that are constant
~ taking place nowadays and at which
the world shudders for time and then
waits for something even more terrible to
happen The universal vision Of calam-
tiles has changed marvelously since Aug.
!, 1914.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16
Rogers
Walk-Over
Boot Shop

rapidity in investigating the Brandon
school, but if is as an orator that Metzger
will be best remembered.
In picking Phelps out Of group which
includes Lafeur of Middlebury, Reirden
of Barton. Stearns OF Burlington and
Steele Of Highgste. The Herald admits
that county pride weighs strongly. Phelps
had an important Craftsmanship. be list
ened 10 miles OF suffrage appeals. he was
8 member Of the Judiciary committee. he
shone strongly in debate and-he comes
from the real county.
One must note Iadeur's strength as a
floral debater, Reirden's arduous work on
the retreat investigation. Stearns' single
handed House victory for customs brok
erage in order to get the proper angle,
but The Herald believes Phelps belongs
on the basis Of service. efficiency and pub
lie influence Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

$50 votes cast in the rollcall not one was
against the measure, only one member,
Representative London, Socialist, OF New
York state, declining to vote and re-
spending present" when his name was
called. There was some honest opposl-
ton, along with the pro-German element,
to the declaration of war against Ger
many, and to the outside observer the 60
votes in the House might have meant a
more or less divided country in very
important crisis. If the latter is the
case, the opinion thus formed must have
been entirely swept away by the vote OF
last Saturday afternoon. 1t is united
United States-united in the purpose to
carry through its part of the war in de-
Tense of the rights of humanity as against
the selfish aggression OF autocracy and
united also in the purpose to uphold the
honor and integrity of the government at
Washington. The vote of Saturday goes
TO all the world as Il convincing proof
that the United States is in the war with
serious purpose to carry out both those
aims. Now let the Senate be as emphat
ic in its vote in authorizing the immense
loan. Let the president sign the bill
and then let the people of the
United States do their part toward rails
ing the amount called for. The money
will be great moral and material en-
to our allies across the wa
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

One drawback of the plan to raise a
huge army of crop producers in the Unit
cd States is that there are not enough
skilled agricultural leaders at liberty to
direct the operations In that respect we
are just as weak as we are in raising an
army of 100000 men. there being a
marked shortage of officers. 1t would
take year of mistakes for a consider
able part of the army Of crop producers
to know how to do it right; and that
would be a year put to no tangible adj
vantage and just when we needs results.
The ultimate benefits, however, would be
large; and the plan is not TO be opposed
for that reason. any more than one should
decry the raising Of an adequate army
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

The trouble with orr preparedness
seems to be that the ship builders and the
munitions manufacturers tell MS what
they win be able to do six months or a
year from now and they tell Us nothing
about what they can do now despite the
fact that the war has been raging for
nearly three years and despite the fact
that for months it has been evident that
the United States would become a party
to the war. A far as ships and muni-
tions are concerned. we have been Just
jogging along like an old horse that hits
a lazy stride and won't get out of it till
lashed ferociously 4 sharp blow from
Germany would be Just the incentive
needed to stir up the inactivity Of the
United States
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

good plumbing and sewer systems cost
little in the city but are almost prohibit
tive in the country The greater value
of property per family in rural communi-
ties when compared with that of some
cities where efficient sewage systems are
in existence should justify the necessary
expenditure for adequate means of sewage
disposal in the country. The actual con
struction and plumbing work can be done,
it is pointed out, more cheaply in the
country in most cases than in the city
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

That attempted incendiarism in the Vi
entity of North Duxbury indicates that
there may be some proGerman support
ers who are taking lightly that law re
Gently passed by the Vermont legislature
relative to punishment for Just that kind
of act during the time of war An at.
tempt to burn mill which has recently
been engaged in turning out war material
for one of the entente allies is most GER
tainly violation OF that act.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

Again carelessness is crowned supreme.
smoker snapped cigar or cigarette
stub at random in the Putney town hall,
and before the firemen could put check
to the movement started by him dam
age OF SIS 900 had been done to the build
ing and contents. It would be the prop
err punishment to make the person pay
the penalty either by handing over the
amount lost or by working it out until
every last cent was paid. That might
teach him lesson in prudence and per
haps few others along with him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

An apparently well grounded statement
that there is not enough labor at present
on the farms of the United States TO
carry on the farming operations neces-
sary to feed the American people, to say
nothing of feeding part OF the starving
world, is incentive enough for the PLANT
An Acre" movement, as well as to elm
mate unnecessary waste of food at the
present time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16
CURRENT COMMENT
Enduring Granite for Roads.

Barre City furnishes good example of
what granite paved streets means 1t
has streets where the granite blocks
We're put down II years ago and very
little has been expended since the blocks
We're laid. 1t viii take something like
granite blocks to keep roads in shape for
the high powered automobiles.-W Water
bury Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

they have adhered to 1t. Every argu-
ment in experience, as well as in logic,
calls for universal liability, If the pres
ident will only stand his ground, he will
eventually prevail upon Congress. We
should like to congratulate him on win
ming so notable victory. And we be-
lieve he can do it.--Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16
Stop scratching!
Resinol relieves
itching instantly

That itching, burning skin-trouble
which keeps you scratching and
digging, is a source Of disgust to
others, as well as Of torment to you.
Why don'ty you get nd Of it by using
Resinol Ointment Physicians have
prescribed It for over 20 years. In
most cases, il stops itching instantly
and heals erlptions promptly. It's
Very easy and economical 70 use.
Resinol oi-trrri ard Resuul Soap c1utzin
uoih.ng ha-sh az iniarinas ard can be Used
freely far al sorts e ssift routies even On The
tsndereft CT rlosf irriiatsd turfzcr Ideal f1r
hahies' srupti1ns sud chzhngA Every drug
rlst els tker.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

Former official reports given out by the
Berlin war Office told about the happen
ings on the front commanded by the
German crown prince. Lately there has
been a suspicious silence about the actly-
tiles of the German crown prince in the
warfare. There is bare possibility that
the crown prince has been withdrawn to
a safer place for potential royal head.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16
BUILDS new TISSUE
How Father Johns Medicine Nourishes
Those Who Are Pale and Thin

Because it is made of pure and whole
some food elements, which strengthen
and build new tissue, Father Johns Med
icine is the hest tonic for those who are
pale, thin and nun down. 1t is free from
alcohol and dangerous drugs in any
form.-Ady.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

The isolation of smallpox patient at
Essex Junction is good but not wholly
reassuring to people along the line be
tween Springfield, Mass, and Essex June
ton, over which the patient Travelled.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

The Barre chapter Of the Red Cross So
ciety has made an suspicious start. There
ought to be large accession OF members
Immediately, so that the relief work can
go on briskly.