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The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
NEW TAX LIST

The list of articles sent by the
treasury department to the ways
and means committee of Congress to
be classed as 'luxuries," includes
many articles above the average
price for such articles. On such
things as,are necessary IN the line
of wearables only the higher priced
yill be taxed.
Following is the complete list
submitted by the department.:
To be collected on retail sales:
Fifty per cent on the retail price
of jewelry, including watches and
clocks, except those sold to army
officers.
Twenty per cent on automobile
trailers, and truck units, motor
cycles, bicycles, automobiles, motor
cycle and bicycle tires, and musical
instruments.
A tax on all mems suits selling for
more than $50; hats over 81: shirts
over Sc; pajamas over SO: hosiery
over 35 cents; shoes over IS;
gloves over So; underwear over SO;
and all neckwear and canes,
On women's suits over $40; coats
over $50; ready-made dresses over
S35; skirt over SIS; hats over $40;
shoes over Sc; lingerie over SIS: cor
sets over $5; dress goods (silk) over
$3.50 yard; cotton over so cents a
square yard.
All furs, boas and fans.
ON children's clothes, suits over
Is; cotton dresses over So; linen
dresses over $5; silk and wool dress
es over IS; hats over SIS; shoes over
$i and gloves over so.
On house furnishings, all orna-
mental lamps and fixtures; all table
linen, cutlery and silverware; china
and cut glass; all furniture In sets
for which IS or more is paid for
each piece; on curtains over 50 per
yard and on tapestries, rugs and
'"'Ps'S oNSi ~ PCT sfuutC yoiu
ON all purses, pocketbooks. hand
bags, brushes, combs and toilet arti-
cles, and all mirrors costing over So.
Ten per cent on the collections
from the sales of vending machines.
Ten per cent on all hotel bills
amounting to more than$2.5O per
person per day; also the present tax
on cabaret bills to be made to apply
To the entire restaurant or cafe bill.
the present tax being 10 per cent.
The following taxes to be col
lected from the manufacturer or
producer:
Ten cents a gallon on all gasoline
TO be paid by the wholesale dealer.
Ten per cent tax on wire leases
The following taxes on soft drinks
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
COMPLETE PAVING is SOUGHT
Only Nineteen Miles Of Lincoln High.
way Remain unpaved In the
State Of Ohio.

There will be improved in the state
of Ohio during 1918 many miles of
the Lincoln highway. The plans for
Improvement are so far advanced that
of the 234 miles In the state only
10 miles of the route will remain
unpaved after the contracts for the
present year are fulfilled. Practically
all Of the road completed Is Of brick.
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
FEDERAL AID FOR HIGHWAYS
Organization Arranged by Secretary Of
Agriculture Described In Re.
cent Publication.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The organization that has been ar
ranged by the secretary Of agriculture
to administer the provisions Of the
fcdcrnl-nid road act of 1916 Is de-
scribed In recent publication of the
department.
Ten district offices, each directed by
district engineer, reporting to the
director of the office Of public roads.
have been established. The district
offices are located In Portland, Ore;
San Francisco, CAL; Denver, Colo;
Minneapolis. MIMI; Omaha, Neb.;
Fort Worth, Tex; Chicago. ILL.,; Mont
gomery, Ala; Troy, N. Y, and Wash
ington, D. G.
The procedure adopted calls for the
submission Of an application, known
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
JOSEPH WAS WISE
TO STORE RESERVE
AGAINST 4 FAMINE

The wisdom Of Joseph In providing
against the lean years and preventing
, great famine In Egypt BY bic fore,
bight. is commended to the people OF
Missouri by F. B. Mumford. federal
food administrator for Missouri. De.
spite the prospect Of large wheat
crop aid the promising outlook for an
extraordinary yield Of ether food SUP.
plies. Mr.. Mumford declares Il be,
hssvss the people to continue the
Limitations On consumption and store
up an unprecedented surplus for the
demands Of the future.
There IL no justification for selfish
Indulgence In food" said Mr.. Mum.
ford. 1T will be time when this war
10 Overland that will not be for two
or three years. judging from present
iAdicauons-to think about changing
our food habits. 1t 10 Americas duty
to feed Europe now. and this duty will
be even more important az time goes
On.
THE possibilities Of short crops In
the future are too imminent to adI-tt
Of any change In our food presr; n.
We must store up huge surplus; new.
sr before have We been faced with
the task ef feeding the world. We
must save and continue to save Of our
wheat. meats and sugar. We must be
prepared to share with the Allies when
the DAYS Of small crops are upon U.S."
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
ALLIES FOOD MARGINS ARE
THIN.

II the United States fails to
send the food that is asked Of US.
We lessen the perilously thin nar-
gin between mere food lack and
food disaster. and the Tsuton
yoke settles . little more heavily
on Europe's CALLED shoulders. but
heaviest Of all on broken Belgium
Missouri Division. u. S. Food
Administration.
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
SAVE NIiEA

Andrew Pullam and Miss Myrtle
Hogue were married at the resi-
dence Of f. Nj. Gwin last Thursday
night.
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
SAVE WHEAT

Wrist watches. in large variety,
just received at Turnbaugh's jew
elry Store, Charlottesville. 36-37
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
FARMER BOY
SAVE WHEAT

Sheriff S. f. Juden was i'm town
this afternoon attending to busi-
ness connected with the circuit
court.
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
are suggested:

Those now paying cents gal
Ion to pay 20 cents; those paying
cents to pay 80 cents; those paying
10 cents to pay 40 cents and those
paying 20 cents to pay 80 cents,
Mineral waters now taxed l cent a
gallon. would pay 10 cents-and
chewing gum now taxed per cent
Of the selling price, to pay cent on
each scent package.
Motion picture shows and films:
Abolish the foot tax OF one e-fourth
Of a cent a foot: double the tax rate
on the admissions and collect s per
cent on the rentals received by the
producer.
Double the present tax on alcohol
ic beverages, viz: Distilled spirits
now $2.2O per gallon, increase to
$4.4O; fermented liquors, increase
from So per gallon to Sc; wine
from cents per gallon to 16 cents.
passenger automobiles. graduated
according to horsepower: twenty
three horsepower or less, SIS; "a to
80 horsepower, $25; 81 to 40 horse
power. $40; over 40 horsepower.
$50.
Double the tax on club member
ship dues.
Household Servants-Male. 25
per cent of the wages of one servant
to 100 per cent of the combined
wages of four or more: female SER
wants, each family to have exemp-
tion from tax for one servant; all
additional female servants, from 10
per cent to 100 per cent on all over
four.
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
SAVE WHEAT

]. w. Cooper is another Hayti
citizen having his name placed on
the Herald list of good subscribers.
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
SAVE WHEAT

w. O. Prince has our thanks for
the privilege OF entering his name
on the Herald honor roll.
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18

The maximum prices at which farm.
srs may sell cattle for slaughter In
Switzerland has been fixed st -
csAts . pound on the farm. Maximum
Prices for meats have also been 60.
tablished.
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18

Horse aesh is included among the
meats now rationed in England under
the card system.
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
SAVE WHEAT

Mrs Artie Hayes of Parsons, Kas.,
is here this week visitin relatives
and friends.
The Hayti herald., 1918-07-18
WHEAT

Ollie Chism was in Cape Girar-
deau last week for treatment for
his eyes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
SOUTH NEWFANE.

James A. Bruce of Sufield, Conn, is
recovering from an attack of pneu
monia.
Miss Edith Adams spent the national
holiday and weekend at her home in
Townshend.
Mrs. Ira NJ. Ingram visited her daugh-
ter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
f. Bailey, in Greenfield early this week,
returning Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles f. Ingram visited her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Pratt, Wednesday
in West Dummerston, it being Mrs.
Pratt's birthday anniversary.
Residents of Texas, on the gulf coast,
write that the grass is growing green,
that violets are thick beside the walks,
birds are singing and trees are bud
ding.
About so relatives and neighbors
gave Mrs. Herman J. Ingram assusbtise
birthday party Saturday evening, the
. 10th. Mrs. Ingram s son, Bert B. Will
liams, planned the pleasant affair.
Zion s Herald of February 90 states
that Rev. Arthur B. Moss, who has been
pastor of the Union Methodist church in
Darjeeling, India, two years past, is on
hio way " hHifilNut uCcOllpdulcu Nv
his family, to assist in the centenary
campaign.
The telephone electrician went over
the lines between this village and East
Dover Monday. The high wind of Tues,
day, however, put line out of commits
sion. The wind did considerable damage
to buildings, etc. Herbert F. Pierce s
sugar house was blown down and many
of the buckets were blown out of it.
At Sidney D. Jones s large number of
states were blown from the roof of his
new barn, the roof of the sheep barn
was loosened, the roller door of the
wagon house blown off, and some other
damage caused. At Bert F. Adams S
three buildings were unroofed. A part
of the elm tree at the end of the COW
cred bridge near II. Wallace Adams s
was blown down.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
DAM TO BE STRENGTHENED.
Attorney General and Other Officials
Confer with Owners for Protection Of
Citizens. ,,.'ftt 'l- ..--

Attorney General Herbert G. Barber
returned Wednesday from White River
Junction, where he attended a confer
ence relative to a complaint of 81 prop
erty owners in West Bridgewater about
the dam at the Woodland reservoir in
Plymouth. The complaints allege that
the dam is unsafe and that the houses
in the valley below are in danger of be-
ing washed away. Besides Mr.. Barber
those at the conference were II. M. Nc
Intosh, state civil engineer, and State S
Attorney w. b. Pingree of Windsor, who
appeared for the state, and representa-
tiveS of the owners, who are the Bridge
water Wooden Co., A. G. Dewey & Co.,
and the Harris Emery Co., all of Bridge
water.
Engineer Mcintosh expressed the
opinion that the dam would be unsafe
if the gates were closed, and while the
owners took the opposite view they
agreed to strengthen it and to allow
the gates to remain open, as they have
been all winter, until the improvements
are made the coming summer. The dam
is built of earth and is $50 feet long
and about 80 feet high, forming rescr-
voir of 100 acres or more. 1t has been
in use many years. During the winter
the flow of the stream furnishes suf
fcicnt power without using the reser'
voir.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
WILLIAMSVILLE.

Harry Pond of Newfane was brought
to DR.. L.. b. Gordon 3 last week to stay
for time.
Edward Robinson, who has been en-
ployed in Philadelphia, came Tuesday
night to visit his family.
Miss Hester Holden visited at A. T.
Halliday s over the holiday, return
ing to Townshend Tuesday.
Mis- Christel Charlton came from
Marlboro Saturday, and visited until
Wednesday with Dorothy willard.
Mrs. Efe Stedman and daughter
Doris, and Mrs. Minnie Tnthill of Brat,
tleboro were visitors in town Wedncs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. d.. +. Bailey visited
several. days with Mrs. Bailey 8 broth
or, G. X, Stedman, before returning to
their home in Agawam
w. II. Tefft has received news of the
death of his brother, A, G. Tefft, at
Camp Logan He enlisted month ago
in the aviation corps. His home was
ia, Denver, Colorado,
In the last regular meeting of VIII.
Evansville Grange, held Feb 26, the
following program was given: Music
Household department, led by Mrs. l..
b. Gordon; discussion, What luxures
might be cut out to release workers for
other occupationa' led by w. II. TEN
pie; farce, A Difference in Checks, Mrs
w. II. Temple and j. w. Williams; mu-
sic
The following Grange committees
have been appointed for the year: FIX
ecutive, +. Il. Willard, Mrs. W. II. Ten
ple. Mrs Ella willard, j. +. Lewis; au.
ditors, F. L. Fisher, w. II. Temple, A
Il. Halliday; sick, Mrs. j. F. Lewis,
Mrs. J. f. Morse, Mrs. l.. B. Gordon,
Mrs. A. f. Halliday, Mrs +. r. vii,
lard, Mrs. f. N. Farnum; children s,
Mrs, +. L. Fisher, G. X. Lewis, Mrs. b,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
SOUTH WINDHAM.

Mrs. A. J. Westcott is i'll with grip.
j. N. Shaw was not as we'll Sunday.
c. g. Francis was in Bellows Falls
the first of the week.
Harry Hall is working for the Realty
company at camp No. 3.
Mrs Emma Clark is visiting her
daughtey Mrs. A. l.. Howe. =
Bernice Gibbs has finished work for
her aunt, Mrs. o. s. Farwell
The midweek prayer meeting was
held at Mrs. Emma +. Clayton s.
Mrs. B. H. Curtis, who has been ill
with grip cold, is a little better.
There is hardly a family that is not
suffering with the prevailing illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jenison and ba-
by spent Saturday and Sunday at Mr..
Rounds s in Grafton.
Dr. Thomas of Jamaica was called
Saturday to see Mrs. Alva Harris, who
IS i'll with grip and bronchitis
Miss Mildred Jones, who was at
tending high school in Brattleboro, is
now in the Memorial hospital seriously
i'll.
There has been no school since Feb
is, owing to the fact that the teach
or, Miss Bcrnice Smith, has been ill
with grip.
Rev. and Mrs. B. II. Curtis were
called to Sutton by the death of Mrs.
Curtis's grandfather. They left for
Sutton Wednesday morning
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE FORMED.
Miss Beatrice Yearly Chairman by
Unanimous Vote-Will Use Red Cross
Rooms Tuesday Evenings.

In q meeting of the board of the
| counsellors of the Patriotic league and
members of the temporary executive
committee with Miss Anna NJ. Clark
of New York, who came here to set
forth the object of the league, held
Wednesday in the home of Miss Mar
garet f. Root of 80 Canal street, the
final permanent organization was eff
fected. Mias Beatrice J.!fYearly was
unanimously elected as chairman of
the board; Miss Gladys adams was
elected secretary and Miss Elizabeth
Moran was elected treasurer. The
registration cards were assigned to the
varions leaders who compose the board
The following committees were ap-
pointed: Red Cross, Miss Elizabeth
Ranney, Miss Gladys Holden, Miss
Marjorie White and Miss Gladys Stell-
man; publicity, Miss Gladys Morrill,
and Miss Bessie l.. Farnum; clerical
work, Miss Cecilia johnson, Miss Ruth
Baldwin and Miss Clara Warren: card
index, Miss Elizabeth Moran, Miss
Margaret Il. Root Miss Addic B. War.
rem.
1t was decided to hold meetings of
the board at thccall of the chairman.
The Red Cross rooms will be given
over to the work of the members of
the Patriotic league on Tuesday
evenings beginning March II, and it
is hoped that all of the members will
keep the date in mind The time of
giving the rooms over to the girls was
changed from March in order that all
who can may see the United States
official war pictures at the Princess
theater on that date.
Any young woman in town who
wishes to join the league will be wei.
come and may register and obtain the
pledge card and button any Tuesday
evening at the Red Cross rooms or
from any of the leaders.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
WEST DOVER.

Weston Snow has been working for C.
w. Jones.
Leon and Crayton Shippee have fin
ished drawing logs for d. NJ. Hale from
the Hathaway lot.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. G. Harvey went to
Wardsboro Sunday to visit Mrs. Har-
vey's sister, Mrs. E. l.. Pike.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Snow and daugh-
ter, Alice, were guests at F. H. Hol-
land S in East Dover, Sunday.
The thaw of last week cleared out the
streams, throwing ice, snow and water
into the road, so as to render it i'm
passable in places.
The village school opened Monday
after being closed four weeks, and will
complete the winter term, nOtwithstand-
ing the pupils are not all out of quar-
antine for whooping cough.
Mrs. Bremen S new residence at the
old Four Corners place is progressing in
spite of the unfavorable weather. Mr..
Terrill S team and men come from Will
mington to work during the day, re-
turning at night. ... .,. ...
The fine weather of Monday made
people think of sugaring, but the thun-
der shower, followed rapidly by biz
zard-like snowstorm of Tuesday with
a very strong wind blowing all day,
gave us a chance to think of other
things for while.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
WILL LECTURE HERE THURSDAY
First American to Enlist in World War
Coming Under Board of Trade Au-
spices-Free Admission.

Harry Collins, the first American cit
izen to enlist in the present world war,
has been engaged by the Brattleboro
board of trade to give a lecture in the
Auditorium next week Thursday eve
ming, March Z, at 8 O'Clock. He will
tell the story Of his life in the trenches,
which is of surprising interest, and
the meeting will be open to the public
entirely free. The Auditorium ought
to be crowded. The date for the lee
ture was reserved by the board of trade
yesterday.
After graduating from Harvard Mr..
Collins began teaching English in
Roucn, France. The few months previ-
Gus to the bursting of the great inter
national storm he spent some time with
a German physician hiking through the
kaiser's domain, but seeing the war
clouds gathering he hurried back to
Paris. The day following his arrival
war was declared and he, together with
26 other Americans, offered his serv-
ices to France.
To Mr.. Collins was first handed the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Mortified Boy Dies in France.

Owen F.. Beer of st. Johnsbury has
received word of the death of his
nephew, Private Nelson G. Maynard, of
dilatation of the heart in a French hos
pital on Feb 1. He was . years old
and a native of Concord, y. H., though
his mother. two sisters and q brother
live in Milford, Mass His boyhood
and youth were spent in Mortified,
where he graduated from the high
school in 1913. Two years later he
graduated from the Vail Agricultural
school at Lyndon Center. He enlisted
in the First Vermont when trouble
broke out with Mexico and went to the
border with the boys. Last fall he on
listed from Mortified ahead of the
draft and had been in the ammunition
train with the other Vermont boys of
the l0lst infantry
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01

enlistment pen, whereupon he had the
honor of being the first American citi
zen to enlist in the world war.
He was assigned to the famous For.
eign Legion and thereafter participat.
ed in the principal campaigns in which
this fighting regiment distinguished it
self above many.
He was twice wounded, once gassed
and was rescued by American Red
Cross field workers Covering the rear
during the disastrous Serbian retreat
his company was practically annihilat.
ed, only Is of the original company of
$50 men surviving, while seven of the
10, including Mr.. Collins, were serious
ly wounded. In telling of the expe.
riences through which he passed he is
very dramatic in action as if he were
again participating in the conflict.
His descriptions are vivid, and his
entire presence and bearing dignifed
and impressive. ..I
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
WEST DuMMERsToN.

Samuel CLARK had q telephone in
stalled Wednesday. The call is 1925
Ernest and Thomas Tier of Brattle
boro visited Sunday at w. w. Burn.
ham g. 4; fsa as 4.s&stt
T.. Huntley of Brattleboro was a
guest Sunday at the home of W. w
Burnett. 1...,., p
Robert Thayer of Camp Devens spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Otis Thayer Vst g..
d. Waller and ]. Lamothe, who work
in Brattleboro, visited at their homes
over Sunday. rt.
Miss Ruth Baldwin of Brattleboro
called at the home of her aunt, Mrs
Kitty Clark, Sunday.
II. G. CuHinan of South Londonderry
visited his sister, Mrs. r. F. o Brien,
and family Thursday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
WEST WARDSBoRo.

Mrs. L. B. Kendall returned home
| from Newfane Friday.
Mrs. Olive Briggs is caring for Mrs.
Raymond Reed and little son.
DR.. Osgood of Townshend called on
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Young Saturday.
Hugh Putnam spent several days re-
Gently with relatives in Mortified,
Mass.
Mr., and Mrs, Leon Waite spent Sun
| day and Monday at H, II. Forrester,'s. in
| Wardsboro.
Sherman Waite, who has been work
ing in Bellows Falls, returned home Sat
urday night.
Miss Grace Payne, having closed her
school at South Vernon, is at home for
the spring vacation.
Gordon Roberts returned home Tues
day from a visit with relatives in
Remington county and New York
state.
There will be a concert in the church
Thursday evening, March 7, under the
auspices of the Ladies' Social circle. A
small fee will be charged, and all are
cordially invited,
f. L. Pike was taken suddenly i'll
Friday night He is thought to be con-
valcscing. Mrs. Bell Pike and Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Pike of Stratton and
Mrs. Gotta Harvey of Dover have been
recent visitors there.
This winter has brought us the
"worst ever in many forms of wealth.
or. Tuesday about a. III. there was the
first thunder storm of this season, fol
lowed by a terrific gale which continued
through the day, leaving traces of dam
age in many places. At the postofiicc
three large panes of glass were blown
in and in front of the Hammond house
large pine tree was broken off.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
A Victim of Fate.

"Whcn l began business, said the
plutocrat YEARLY, 81 made solemn
vow that when | had made an even
million | would quit. -
"But you've made that many times
over" said the other man, land still
you are accumulating.
THAT S the curse of it. Whenever
think We made an even million
find on figuring it up it S either lit
tie more or little less, and We got
to renew the heart-breaking struggle. -
And the unfortunate man sighed heavi-
".
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01

estate of the Burlington Realty Co.
Part of the increased stock will be
used to pay for the property, which has
been leased previously from the realty
company. An order from the Belgian
government for 900 pounds of
Waneta chocolate was received by
the company Monday, but the order was
transferred to the Massachusetts Chloe
olate company, as the Vermont company
has all the orders it can fill.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
GUILTY OF TAKING CLOTHING.
Henry Lamb, Who Said He Was Yer
mont Minister, in Trouble in Boston
Took from orderlies.

Henry Lamb of Boston, who said he was
a Vermont minister, was found guilty of
stealing clothes from three orderlies at
the City hospital in Boston Tuesday by
Judge Dowd, according to the Boston Her
aid
Rev Henry Lamb formerly was pastor
of the First Congregational church in
West Brattleboro. When he left that
church about two years ago he accepted
a call to tile Congregational church in
BridgewaterD 1Nt), from which later he
resigned. His condition was such that
he was admitted to an institution in Bur
lington for treatment for nervous dis
eases, Mrs Lamb and son, Halsey, are
living with her people in Bridgewater and
Mr. Lamb had been employed in an in
stitution in Boston
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
A Gard.

We wish to thank our friends and
relatives for the kindness and sympathy
shown us during our recent bercavc
ment; also for floral tributes.
49, Mrs. Ellen f. Stratton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana A. Stratton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie +. Stsatton.
Herbert p. Stratton.
Mary +. Stratton.
Amos E. Stratton.
South Newfane, Feb. %, 1913.