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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-18
WILLISTON.

MP and Mrs. A. T.. Page. who have
been stopping in Burlington through the
winter and this spring, returned to their
home here last week. Mrs Page is much
improved in health.-The Rev. H. G..
Banks went Monday to attend the Meth
odist Episcopal conference In Glovers-
Vile, N. Y. Mr.. Banks wife and chill
dren are to be away with her friends
while Mr.. Banks is gone.-William Wood
run has bought the place owned by Mr.
Cushen and will move there in the near
future. Mrs. Fortune. who is at present
occupying the house. will move to the old
Brown house this week.-Mr. and Mrs.
Woodruff spent Monday in Burlington
A. T.. Martin Of Burlington was in town
Monday.-George Talcott is at home Ill
with the measles.-The funeral of Mrs. j.
c. Crane was held at her late home last
Wednesday. Interment was in the East
cemetery.-Yaung Gilbert Harper will 20
to the hospital this week for treatment
or an operation. He has bad foot.-Miss
Annie Caswell and Harold Bryant were
Ill last week with german measles-Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph lombard and small son
were at their home here last Sunday
Services will be as usual Sunday morning
and evening at the Methodist Church.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-18
UNDERHILL.

Mrs. Hannah Tillison died at the
home of her brother, Fred Tillison,
Sunday. Funeral services were held
yesterday.-Miss Rose Hudson. who has
been spending two weeks with her parents
IN Nashua. N. H.. returned Saturday
night.-Mrs. H. l.. Ellsworth is i'll with
pneumonia. Her sister, Mrs. Reynolds
and son. Edgar Ellsworth, both Of Bur-
lington. are here caring for her.
The installation of the officers of Mary
C. Burdick Chapter. o. Il. S., was held
Monday evening with Mrs. Martha J.
Nay. past matron, as installing officer
The following are the officers for the en-
suing year: Worthy matron, Mrs.
Medara Schweig; worthy patron. Charles
Scribner: associate matron Mrs. Lettie
Hutchinson; secretary. Mrs. Agnes Rice
treasurer. Mrs. Edith Colegrove; conduc-
tress. Mrs. Alice Hayden; associate con-
ductress. Mrs. Lillian Cross chaplain
Mrs. Helen Humphrey: marshal. Mrs.
Martha Nay; organist. Mrs. Eva Terrill
Adah. Mrs. Renine Chase; Ruth, Miss
Genevieve Scribner; Esther, Miss Hope
Scribner; Martha, Mrs. Ursula Scribner;
Electa. Miss Alice Aver; warder. Mrs.
Ella Tillison; sentinel. William Cross.
Pleasant events of the evening were the
presentation of past matrons Jewel to
the retiring matron, Mrs. Nay, and a
members badge to Mrs. Charles Lee. who
Ia now non resident, to Which fitting
responses we're made. A buffet lunch
was served.-Graded school began the
OF % pupils.-Mrs. II. F. Ross and daugh-
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-18

shertn now IN charge OF the FRANKLIN
county Jail. announces that he will be a
candidate for the republican nomination
for the office Of sheriff which will be
made vacant by the retirement Of Sheriff
G. c. Holmes, who recently announced
he would not be a candidate at the re-
publican primaries next fall. Mr.. Catlin
has been a deputy sheriff many years.
first during the incpmbency of Sheriff
on duty at the jail. In a three-cornered
fight IL years ago Mr. Catlin was a candi-
date for the office Of sheriff. Mr.. Holmes
secured the nomination. The third candi-
date was w. s. Robbie of Franklin. Mr..
Catlin entered the mercantile business at
Highgate. selling out in a few years and
taking up farming in Sheldon. Last fall
he sold his farm and moved to Swanton,
entering Mr.. Holmes employ.
Mrs. Elmer n. Loomis entertained sew
eral young women Thursday afternoon at
a shower party In honor of Miss Marion
l.. Donovan, who Is to be married soon to
Bartholomew p. Ivers. who is with the
quartermasters corps stationed at Camp
Devens. The decorations were red. white
and blue. There were many tiny flags
and In the center of the dining room table
tent which contained tho gifts for the
bride-elect. On each side of the tent was
a tiny soldier. There were red. white and
blue, and blue festoons from the corners
of the table to the electrolier. The place
cards contained good wishes In words ex-
pressed In the initials Of the guests. Five
hundred was played.
Mrs. NJ. F. Spencer has received word
that her son, Edward M. Spencer. who en-
listed In December. 1917. and who is sta
toned Mt Camp Joseph e. Johnson. jack
sonville. Fla. has been promoted to the
rank of corporal and detailed as instructor
In that work.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Euclide f. Gonyeau of Elm street April
5. and q daughter was born to Mr.. ana
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-20
WORLDS GREATEST
STAMP COLLECTION

BERNE, February 20.-The worlds
greatest stamp collection, at present
in France, and valued at $4,000 has
been bequeathed to the Berlin Postal
Museum. 1t was the property of
Philip la Rentiere, wealthy French
man, who died at his home in Switzer-
land last year. It is supposed that
the will was framed before the war,
as there is no reason to believe that
the owner had pro-German sympathies
in the present conflict.
The Berlin Postal Museum has al
ready one of the finest stamp collec-
lions in existence, but this bequest,
if the French courts allow it to stand
will put it out Of reach of any rivals.
La Renetiere commenced his col
lection in 1864, and spent upon it the
greater portion of large fortune. It
includes the only known specimen of
the 1856 lie British Guiana, the most
priced stamp in the world, said to be
valued at $4,000 The collection has
never been exhibited, and it was al
ways supposed that the owner intended
to leave it to the city of Paris.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-20
Summary.

For farm houses anti-malarial meas
ures based on the control of both the
human and the insect host should be
used.
OF the first the isolation of men sick
Of malarial fever from mosquitoes is
tie most important.
OF the second, draining mosquito
breeding land near the house, espe,
cially to windward IS of great value
Of almost equal value is the screen
ing of the house. This is always pos
sible. Drainage, unfortunately, is not
always possible il many parts of the
country. Until drainage is done
screening must be our sheet anchor in
preventing malarial fever in farm
houses.
The problem of drainage should be
taken up both by the individual farm
err and by the community just as plan
TAXATION and country roads are.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-20
Or. WERNER TELLS HOW TO PREVENT SPREAD Of MALARIA IN SOUTH
Measures Involving the Control
of the Insect Host.

The measure found efficient for
villages, etc., are, of course, efficient
for farm houses, but some-and those
among the most efficient in the farm.
er-are not practicable for farm
houses on account of the expense in
volved. Fortunately farm houses are
usually better situated with regard to
elevation, wind and proximity to
marshes than are villages.
1t may be taken as a principle in
vionomico that when an animal is ex-
ceedinly prolific, like rats, mosquitoes,
flies, cts, control of their numbers,
far less their determination, is not
possible by killing the individuals
One must destroy their breeding
places, their shelters, or their food
supply. We attempt the first with
mosquitoes The methods under this
head are, briefly:
1. To prevent breeding of anophe-
les by destruction of their breeding
places; (2) to kill their larvae in
which breeding places as We fail to
destroy; and in addition 90 to pre-
vent access to the men W ewould pro-
tect of such anopheles as exist in
spite of the attempt to destroy them.
Obviously any one of these methods
perfectly carried out would be suffi-
cient. Each one is intended to supple
ment the imperfect success of the
others.
A treeless, shrubless yard open to
the sun and wind, shade being given
by galleries and awnings, is the most
sanitary so far as malaria is concern
ed Trees, high branched furnish
little shelter to mosquitoes unless
very dense.
To plant a screen Of trees some
distance from the house between the
notwithstanding place and the
house This probably serves to hide
the lights of the house from the marsh
or stops the mosquitoes brought by
the breeze from their breeding places,
or both. These things are of some
value, but screening is our reliance to
keep out mosquitoes. Properly APP
piled, it will do it. AS few entrances
as possible to the screened part OF
the house should be allowed. 1t is
nearly always possible to cut them
down to two. Screen doors must
open outward and the light inside
should be arranged so as not to fall
on the door when shut, else mos
quitoes will gather on it and come in
when opened.
An imperfectly screened house is
simply mosquito trap. They come
in at small crevices at night, which
they find by the light streaming thru,
and at daylight fly directly to the
screened windows through which they
cannot go and thus remain in the
house; the number so remaining ac-
cumulating night after night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-20
Tax Notice

The tax books will open
February |, 1918, for the pur-
pose of receiving state and
county tax returns and will
close May 1st, as the law re-
quires. You will be required
to give numbers of your land
lots of country property and
street and number of your city
property, each house and lot
separate. | will be in my of.
flee each Friday and Saturday
until my rounds are completed,
and then | will be in my office
each day until my books close,
the first day of May, as stated
above. Please come in and
return your property. Youls
respectfully,
GEO. D. JONES,
Tax Receiver of Sumter
County.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27
there from Jersey City.

there from Jersey City.
Tell Dad and John | was bring
ing each OF them a pipe from
France, but | suppose Davy Jones
is smoking seaweeds in them by
now. | lost everything | had ex-
cept the clothes | had on, which
were my dirty working clothes.
had just started writing you
a letter the day before we were
sunk, and had headed it, Some
where in the Bay of Biscay," F"
and | sure was somewhere in it"
next day, and | didn't know
where either.
They say they might give us a
furlough next week. Write me
as soon as you receive this and
tell me all the news. Don't wor.
ry about me, am safe and sounC
on dry land. | am giving yor
the address of my Catholic frienC
and will get it much sooner at
this address than any other.
With much love to all,
PAT"
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27
War changes our viewpoints wonderfully.

War changes our viewpoints wonderfully Since the
Italians have proven themselves such spenddy heroic SOL
ders for freedoms cause, "Wop" and Dago" stick in our
threats and just won't be uttered Then too, when we
the Negro side by side with his white counyman, by
his conduct proving that courage loyalty and love of this
land not confined to the whites alone we feel preu-
dice against him slipping. Maybe our views have been
too narrow. Perhaps we have held ourselves too high
We're going to be bigger broader and charitable to
others when this war is over
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27
TOO MUCH HUMANITY.

The allied armies, especially the Americans, seem to
be suffering from bad case of humanitarianism Being
within easy striking distance of important German Cities
they thus far have failed to destroy them On sector
the American army within four miles of an important
German city, but up to this time; siieii, bomb
has fallen within its confines.
In Gods name why spare anything German life or
property, especially fe The murder of old men,
and children after they at the mercy of the conquer
ing army ought not to be nduged in, but the destruction
of cities for military and strategic purposes per-
fectly legitimate and whoever have been permitted by
the kaiser and the gods in whom the Germans profess
believe to nhabt these Cities should look to those same
gods for protection
Killing Germans the principal business of the allied
armies and they ought not be too particular to whom
they kill the methods employed 1t might be an act of
mercy to kill all Germans ndiscriminatey fast they
fall into the hands Of the allies In humble opinion it
were far better to be a dead German than a
live one after this war over If the entire empire were
combed with tooth comb enough good Germans could
not be found to equal that little bunch of worthless for
whose sake God agreed to spare Sodom and Gomorra
therefore it safe to proceed upon the hypothesis that the
only good German is dead one.
Frankly, believe the breed ought to be exterminat-
ed That all males not killed in battle ought to be round
ed up after peace made and either castrated or shot,
and some deserve BOTH The females ought to be either
unsexed or isolated where they would lay eyes upon
man except sufficient guard which should be composed
entirely of eunuchs. What's the of breeding more
Germans to crowd the devils domain when there are al
ready enough Germans proGermans proteers pacifsts
slackers and W. WIS. in the United States to fill hell to
overfowing?
The German empire should be dismembered and dvid
ed amongst the countries bordering it which its hesf
hordes have devastated.
There is no punishment commensurate with the crimes
of the kaiser and his cohorts For each of them century
in hell for every drop of blood that has been, will be
spilled during this war; for every tear that has been shed
for every cry of anguish that has gone FORTH and for every
spark and particle of smoke that have gone upward from
cities and villages burned at their command would no
atone for the crimes nstgated by them and committed
their behest.
The life of one American boy, the peace of mind O.
American mother the joy that will to the hear
of one American wife when she receives the glad tidng
that her husband is safe the smile of one American
child when its father clasps it to his heart on his return
from France and Berlin is worth more to the world thai
every id Boche that polues Gods atmosphere to-day
Kill the Germans-kl them by whatever means nee
essary-and spare American mothers tears, widows
weeds and orphans walls.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27

And the kaiser said: "The Americans won't fight"
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27

Without presuming to dictate to the Department Of
Justice we would like to sugges that Eugene V. Debs'
utterances far reasonable than that of Rose
Stokes who sentenced to ten years imprisonment in
that Debs committed his treason deliberately and know
ngy while Mrs. Stokes possibly was the victim Of her own
distorted idealism.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27
Time to Be Careful.

The new "Sedition Act" is so
comprehensive that the utterance
of words thoughtlessly may cause
twenty years Imprisonment. To
say that TIE United States ought
not to be in this war, or to talk
disparagingly of any war help OF
work, or to speak disrespectfully
of the army, will convict you.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27

Enoch Grehan, paragrapher on the Lexington Herald,
is puzzing whether Debs made daphoo of himself or
whether the Creator did it. Which is of minor Importance
since Uncle Sam to that Debs gets twenty years SOL
ary opportunity to null the problem of how many
kinds of damphoo he has been
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27
Morgan County Council Of National Defense.

H. G. COTTLE, COUNTY CHAIRMAN.
Committeeman and committees: L. T. Hovermae Public Safety;
B. E. Whit Education; Miss Anna Nicke HEALTH Mrs. Mar
tina D. Womack Publicity; Custer Jones, Industry; H. G.
Cottle; Military Afars; W. D. Archibald, Finance;
W. M. Gardner, Labor; H. L. Henry; Agriculture,
. Evert Mathis, Legal Advisor
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27

ADVERTISING RATEs-l0 cents per
inch, net, for space. Composition,
position, etc, extra.
Obituaries (cash to accompany Or
der), business readers, political read
ers, ETC., 5 cents per line per Insertion.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27

The good news from the battle front would give great
er Joy if we at home would emulate the conduct of
boys abroad by executing few of the traitors here
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27

That German patrol that was sent out to find out
where the Americans were located found the Yanks with
out much trouble-but they didn't TELL
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27

Don't forget that when you've
done your bit you've not done as
much as you should.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27


with lantern looking for an
honest mani plucked Il rooster
and took II into the academy
where the ancient philosophers
discussed everything under the
sun and said, This is Plato's
man" On which account this
addition was made to the def
milton: with broad, nat nails"
We all admit that old Diog-
enes was Il pretty smart Greek,
with a fine sense OF humor. II
he lived today he wouldn't have
to use his lantern among day
light newspapers TO lind IN hon
est advertiser. SUCCESSFUL
ADVERTISERS MUST BE
HONEST, Dishonesty doesn't
pay In advertising or In any
thing else. No daylight paper
wants to have anything to do
with the space buyer who delib.
erately tries to fool the public.
But, coming back TO Plato's
modified man, the moral Of that
story Is: BE eXuct. Be specific.
Don't overlook the details.
Do you watch the ads. in this
paper CAREFULLY enoughg
DO you keep posted on the de-
tailsg Do you make 1t your busl-
ness to read them with EXACT
NESS?
DON'T SKIP THE
BROAD. FLAT NAILS"
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27
LICKING VALLEY COURIER

Entered as second class matter
April z, 1910, at the post-office at West
Liberty, KY, under the Act of March
8, 1879.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27
Take a Tip
From Old
DiOgenes
LATO having n
BY MOSS.

ID LATO having q
Il couple OF thou
sand years ago de-
fined man as a
two legged animal
without feathers.
Dlogenes 1.-THE chap
who went around
In the dnytim @
The Robesonian., 1918-09-05
Jurors for October Court.

At their meeting Monday the coun-
ty commissioners drew the following
to serve as jurors at the 2-weeks'
term of Robson Superior court for
the trial of civil cases which will con-
vene Monday, September 30:
FIRST WEEK-W. N. Gibson, Red
Springs township; Troy Evans, Whit. /.
House; D. O. Britt, Ster1ings; w. I.
Linkhaw, Lumberton: Scott Stone,
Thompson; Gus Mel Lean, Red Springs;
H. A. M'White, Howelssville; H. P.
Davis, Britts; Ben G. Floyd, Lumber
ton; R. L. Graham, Lumber Bridge
R. S. Brisson, St. Pauls; VIM. Malone,
Howellsville; Mike Herring. Orrum
A. D. McGirt, Smiths; D. E. Oliver,
White House; G. L. Townsend, Raft
Swamp; J. E. Brown. Shannon; A. B.
Little, Fairmont; N. S. Tolar, Lumber
Bridge; Atlas Britt, Orrum.
SECOND WEEK.. D. Little
Lumber Bridge township; S. F. Britt
Britts; J. T. Culbreth, Raft Swamp
D. H. Britt, Back Swamp; J. Ed. Ty-
son, Lumberton; w. J. Everette, Park
ton; M. G.. Prevatt, Saddletree; S. E
Afford, Rowland; J. S. Mcqueen
Maxton; George Bullard, Parkton;
Rowland Mercer, Wisharts; Joel
Britt, Brittts; W H. Inman, Lumber
ton; w. B. Bullock, Fairmont; r. A
Willoughby. Back Swamp; C. B. Oil.
yer, Fairmont; D. K. Bass, White
House; D. F. Webster, Rennert; Troy
Johnson, Orrum; T. j. Caudell, st
Pauls.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-05
follows: /:
Grand Jury Finds True Bill of
Indictment Against Travis.

A District of Columbia grand jury
Tuesday returned true bill of indict-
ment against Edward L. Travis, form
er chairman of the North Carolina
Corporation Commission, on the
charge of conspiring with Selim Bar
rett Joseph of Chicago and Leon Myer
Green of Sumter, S. c., and New Y ork
city 10 violate the selective draft act
by securing for Green deferred mill
tary classification under the pretext
that he was an industrial worker in
capacity essential to the mainten-
ance of the military establishment
The Indictment specifies an alleged
overt act against Travis inasmuch as
he signed telegram in which Re
falsely advises" Green that the
president of the Berth Amboy Dry
Dock Co. could properly and lawfully
make affidavit that Green was purch-
asing agent CT the company. The
grand jury made no report on the fea-
ture of the case which suggested prof
iteering in obtaining shipping con-
tract. : The jury may consider th:s
angle of the case during this month
The government will contend that
Green's employment was conditioned
on the securing of the forty million
dollar contract and that he was not
entitled t. deferred military classi-
fication. The trio were arrested or
August and were released upon fur
rishing bail cf $4,000 each.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-05
Roger Pittman Arrives Home
From Overseas.

Mr.. Roger Pittman of Barnesville
arrived here yesterday morning on a
2-months' furlough from overseas. H.
volunteered when the Wilmington
company of engineers was stationed
at Lumberton and is member of Co.
A, 105th regiment, engineers, 30th
division. He sailed for France only
a few days before the sudden death
of his grandfather, the late Mr.. R. r.
Barnes. AS Mr.. Barnes died intestate
it was necessary, in settling the es-
tate, for Mr.. Pittman, as one of the
heirs, to return home, and in due
course he obtained a furlough of two
months.
Mr. Pittman's division is the "Old
Hickory" which, as will be seen from
news item elsewhere in this paper,
has been identified as being ir the
drive in Flanders. Mr.. Pittman has
been in Belgium, near Ypres, and the
sector where he has been has been
one of the most quiet, but in recent
fighting his division has taken an
active part. That, however, has been
since he left for home on the 14th
of August.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-05
PUBLIC COTTON GRADER.
Commissioners Made Necessary Ap-
preparation and Farmers Will Have
Benefit of This Work Again-Mr.
Trogden Has Opened Office and Will
Visit Ginners.

AT their meeting Monday the board
OF county commissioners made an ap-
preparation not exceeding $3.50, part
payment of the expenses of a public
cotton grader for the county. The
balance of the expenses is borne by
the State and Federal governments
Mr.. T. w. Trogdon. who had charge
of the Office here last year, will do
the grading again this year. Mr..
Irogdon has already opened his office
IN the rear OF the National Bank of
Lumberton building, the same Office
occupied las@ season. AS has been
stated in The Robesonian, Mr.. Trog-
don graded 5000 bales from : last
years crop. Of this amount 1900
bales were Robeson county cotton and
!,OOO bales were graded for Bladen
farmers. 1t is not known whether
or not Bladen will make an appro.
prlation for this work this year.
Mr.. Trogdon will visit all the gin
ners in the county at once and distrib.
ute containers and other supplies
needed for sending in SAMPLES. This
year the ginners will be paid two and
q half cents for each sample sent in
1t is very important that ginners CO.
operate with Mr.. Trogdon in this
work, which will mean much to the
farmers generally.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-05
SUPERIOR COURT.
No Court Next Week-Term Lasted
Only 2 Days-Disposition of Cases.

Superior court for the trial of civil
cases closed Tuesday afternoon after
two-days' session. Judge C. C.
Lyon, who presided, left Tuesday
night. The following cases were dis
posed of:
Mary Lois Bond VS.. A. C. L. Ry.
Co.; Judgment for plaintiff in the
sum Of $3.50.
Willer Taylor VS.. Duncan Tayl,r;
divorce granted.
K. Il. Edwards VS.. Carrie Edwards:
divorce granted.
klng Grocery Co. VS.. Southern Ex-
press Co; judgment for plaintiff.
). w. Carter Co. VS.. j. G. Pure .il
judgment for plaintiff.
w. b. Cooper VS.. P. F. McGirt;
judgment for plaintiff.
w. R. McNeill VS.. Ebeneezer Lock.
lear; judgment for plaintiff.
WI. R. McNeill VS.. Jno. S. McMil.
Ian; judgment for plaintiff.
Owen Carroll VS.. Dunham Broth.
ers; judgment for plaintiff.
Stephens Lumber Co. VS.. Orrum
Ginning Co.; judgment for plaintiff
First National Bank VS.. F. f. Dixon,
judgment for plaintiffs.
M. L. Morgan VS.. T. S. Mcdonald
judgment for plaintiff.
w. c. Page VS.. Real Estate Realty
Co.; Judgment for defendent.