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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13

GlOwworms, like ants, are very sen
sitive to vibration, and when aD-
preaching them in the grass one must
not tread heavily or they will exiting
uish their light and thus be lost to
view
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13
Liniments VIII Never Cure.

II you are afflicted with Rheuma-
tism, why waste time with liniments,
lotions and other local applications
that never did cure Rheumatism, and
never will?
Do not try to rub the pain away,
for you will never succeed. Try the
sensible plan of finding the cause of
the pain, and go after that. Remove
the cause, and there can be no pain.
You VII never be rid CT Rheuma-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13
NOT TO TRY MRS STORY
DiGTRiCT ATTORNEY MOVES DIS
M!GsAL OF PENDING lNDlcT.
MENTS.

New York, Nov Dismissal CT
Indictments against Mrs. William
Cummings Story former president OF
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13

alleged. Mrs. Story denied that Brown
received unjustfied commit. ions and
declared that the affairs of the So
ciety were properly managed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
50 BUY LIBERTY BONDS p
MUST NOT RELAX.

The recent triumphs of allied arm ],
however glorious and encouraging in
themselves, must not be misinterpretei
The war is not over and an immediate
victory is not assured, The great dang I
and it is a dangers that Americans
will relax their efforts, especially Their
vigilance in food economy. 1t is impera-
tive that strict conservation of all food
must be rigidly maintained as long as the
war lasts.
There are now about l,750,000 Ameri-
can troops in Europe and by next sum
mer it is intended to have 100000. TIL 5
means that vast quantities of food SUP
plies must be shipped from America in
ever increasing quantities until 1T is
over over there"
Vermont people have responded entha-
siastically to the requests of the United
States food administration and now the
government issues a warning that there
be no Stacking up of the conservation
measures. A relaxing of vigilance will
mean longer struggle and longer casual
ty list; persistent adherence in economy
of all food supplies will enable the allies
to continue vigorous prosecution of the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30

of the government is to fit the students
as rapidly as possible for the military
or technical service which awaits them.
Boys under eighteen may enrol in the
corps and probably receive the same
military training. Boys under eighteen,
who do not wish to enrol in the corps,
and boys not physically qualified, may
take the regular college course, but at
their own expense In matters of dis
cipline and organization Amherst is now
military institution. In spirit and
academic standards, the old college re-
mains.
Our boys are so anxious to fight that
college attendance has greatly declined
l-ffty-two per cent in the case of
Princeton. It is now possible to take
four-years college course in three
at government expense, to rank in sta
tus with the cadets at West Point and
Annapolis, and to become lieutenants OF
ensigns by passing examinations anl
meeting other requirements. At tht
same time, the usual academic degree o.
A. B., B. s., or Lift. B. will be cor
ferred. Such students will be subjeo
to the call of the President of tx
United States for active service befoIt
the age of twenty-one, but only in ca
of great national need.
This revolution in militarizing Or
colleges will afford an opportunity t
thousands of ambitious youths that vii
be accepted with joy. Go to it, son!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1918.
AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE.

Four hundred colleges will form part
of the government equipment to train
officers for military service. The fol
lowing information concerning Amherst
college will doubtless hold for all of
the others: To provide for young men
who are not able to meet the regular
Students Army Training corps, and
who are not able to meet the regular
requirements for admission to Amherst,
the faculty has voted TO receive as
special students graduates of a stand
ard four-year preparatory school course
or those having equivalent educational
qualifications. This action has been
taken in response to a ruling of the
war department. Special students will
be received at the beginning of each
quarter. Applications for the first quar-
ter will be considered up to Oct. ! In
quiries in regard to admission should
be addressed to the Secretary of the
Faculty, Amherst, Mass.
Any boy IS years old or over. physi-
cally qualified for military service, and
having the educational qualifications
stated above, who registered under the
recent draft law is eligible for admis-
sion to the corps. On or about Oct. T..
he will be indicted into the corps and
become a member of the military forces
Of the United States. He will receive a
private's pay, thirty dollars a month.
and also at government expense, tuition,
food, quarters and uniform, He will be
under military discipline and control.
The course of study will include mill
tarv training under the direction of the
commandant, a selection from the usual
college subjects, modified to meet the
requirements of the war department,
War Aims, and studies contributed
by other departments
The year will be divided into four
quarters of three months each. At the end
of each quarter, each mans military
and scholastic record will be examined
and he will then receive one of the five
| following assignments: to a central of
iicers training camp, to non-commis-
stoned officers training school, to the
school where he is enrolled for further
intensive work in a specified line for
a limited time, to the vocational train
ing section for technical training of
military value, or to cantonment for
duty with troops as a private. The men
thus transferred will be replaced BY
men from the secondary schools and
from depot brigades whose ratings in
dictate them TO be officer material, but
not yet ready to enter an officers train.
ing camp. All members of the corps
will remain in colleges three months
and it is hoped that boys of nineteen
years may remain six months and those
of eighteen nine months. The purpose
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
xSs BUY LIBERTY BONDS a.
TAKING 1T IN TIME.

While to some people the ban on pub
lie gatherings in Brattleboro may seem
unnecessary in view of the compare
lively small number of influenza cas- $
here, it is based upon the absolutely
sound principle that it is better to be
safe than to be sorry. In deciding TO
close schools, theaters and other pub
lie functions, the local authorities are
prompted by the desire to prevent con
ditions which have developed in "a
many communities; they are acting or
the theory that the time to lock the
barn-door is before. the horse is stolen
1t should be borne in mind by folks
inclined to criticise such action that
these are not normal times A serious
epidemic would find Brattleboro in the
same plight that hundreds of othcl
towns and cities are in; namely, with
out trained nurses or doctors enough &c
cope with the situation. If a week
ban on public gatherings promises tc
prevent such condition there should
be no complaint regarding it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
~. BUY ITBERY BONDS A.
Health Above Fuel.
(St. Adams Messenger


State Fuel Administrator Jones shows
that an ounce Of common sense Is worth
more than ton of bureaucratic func-
tioning when he announces that 1--WE must
conserve fuel but not at the expense of
health"
Mr.. Jones recognizes that it is better
that fuel be consumed to keep houses, Of
fees, and school buildings reasonably
warm at this time than it is that the fuel
be saved and sickness result.
A little heat in the morning and eve
ming to take off the damp and chill
caused by the miserable weather we
have been having in this section of late,
/ is not only iustifiable but necessary.
! Sickness saps the productive strength
! OF the community. Sickness does not
strengthen the war will. The nation
needs strong active workers and it needs
/ their fullest production.
| The Vermont administration does not
give any license for people to run their
furnaces at fun blast. They will not
impose upon the government in that way
/ They will conserve fuel so far as they
can with safety to their health. If pos
sible. they will use wood instead of coal.
But be it coal or wood, they will be
serving the government by using enough
to preserve their health.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

We was eating suppir, me jest setting
there half thinking and half eating on
account of having Jest ate big peeces
OF pie and slices of wattirmclon er-
round al my euzzin Arties house and ma
sed to pop, | declare. Willyum, | blceve
Benny has sumthing on his mind
Nonsents, ware nuthing exists how
can there be sumthing on it? sed pop.
Nillyum, how can you say sutch
things sed ma. don't you know Children
other people? Benny is enything trub-
bling You? Are you worrying about eny-
thing?
Yes mann, | sed
There. do YOU sec that? sed ma, and
pop sed. Perhaps spoke hastily, wat is
it. Benny, tell papa, maybe | can help
you.
O, it amt mulch | sed
Well tell papa and mama all about it
Sod ma
] was jest wondering about sumthing
] sed.
About wat, for instance? Come on. old
man, speek up, sed pop.
Yes sir, | sed. ! was just wondering il
slid down board and got a splinter in
my stunmick, weather it would prevent
my appetite. u
zee gods, sed pop, did yeu say he
had sumthing on his mind? Well. / still
insist that nuthing can be on sumthina
that doesent exist.
j believe | agree with you, sed ma.
And I finished my dizzert, not feeling
mulch like it but doing it enyhow jest
on account of it being dizzert, and went
out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
FRY YOUR SHARK MEAT.
Man Who Processes to Know Says It's
The Thing to Do.

Now that whale meat has been adopt
ed as standard diet in some places, it
is suggested that shark meat is also
good to eat, and that in some respects.
/ it is preferable to whale. The suggestion
is surprising because it had been assumed
by most of us, perhaps, that in these
days of strange gastronomic experiments
ton some of the more adventurous spirits
were already making use of shark meat.
Probably there are prejudices, but these
may be overcome.
Testimony as to the value of the shark
as food has been furnished by l.. Cuthbert.
Odian of Boston, one of Mr.. Philip Hale's
correspondents and probably an intimate
friend of the celebrated Herkimer John
son. This authority evidently knows
the shark from A to u. What he says
about it is in few respects amazing,
but we had already been told that shark
skin makes excellent shoes and is more
durable than some of the more common
feathers. In preparing shark meat for
food he said it should first be soaked III
salt water to remove the strong fishy
flavor. This we should say, is an in
valuable culinary hint that should not
;, be ignored by any shark cook. Frying is
the method of cooking that is recon-
S mended, and it is said that fried shark
is difficult to distinguish from some white
Y fish
! It's comparative accessibility gives the
:, shark an advantage over the whale as "a
marketable food product. The average
man would find it impossible to get up
in the morning and start on a whale
(. catching trip Whaling is an enterprise
/. and it cannot be carried out successfully
n without an expedition equipped with
a elaborate paraDhernalia The expense Of
: the thing makes It prohibitive to the
= ordinary citizen Shaking, however, is
= merely an adventure and may be under
&c taken by anybody with sufficient nerve.
u As Mr.. 0dian remarks. the shark. I'M
% like the whale, is usually found close to
IL the shore, land is easily captured by a
good fisherman who is not afraid of
ut losing a hand or a leg in the adven-
ture"
Obviously this is no sport for molly
IL coddle. but it ought to be attractive to
any good, live man who does not shrink
~ from an occasional anatomical sacri
IN flee We surmse that there is no waste
at to a shark, any more than there is tC
NJ a pig. So far as we ever heard, thu
shark has not even the superfiuous squea
=. to be discarded. Undoubtedly all his by
ou products may be utilized Mr. OdiaI
ad seems to have travelled in strange chimes
Not otherwise could he have gathered 81
on much curious shark lore. He declare
81 that the oil of the shark is a ''splendiC
m remedy for rheumatism and other 'isms.'
- and he boasts "a friend who was ouret
ou by it" He stirs our curiosity, however
lse as to whether the friend was cured o
no rheumatism or some other ism.-Provi
~ denee journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
afss BUY LlBERTY BONDS -
A Waste of Road Money.
Rutland Heraldl

The only sort of road that has made
any show of standing up under the re-
cent rains is a drained and surfaced road,
of which Vermont possesses. alas. too
few. I'm fact, it has been said that Yer
mont has no permanent roads. Further
more. some distinguished officials charged
with roadbuilding problems have stated
that there is no such thing as a perma-
nent road
Motorists compelled by business ne
cessities to travel the roads of late
have been perfectly astounded to see the
thoroughgoing fashion in which the
average gravel roads disintegrated under
the continued repeated downpour of the
past two weeks
The fact is that any sort of fiat
surfaced road must 90 to pieces when
continually soaked with water, but it
is rather alarming to reflect that prac-
tically no trunk line in Vermont is fit
for traffic, North and South. East and
West, after two days rain. 1t Is not
safe for traffic; it is dangerous for auto
mobiles and practically impossible for
teams.
This condition, of course. is naturally
aggravated by the heavy rains, but no
one will attempt to dispute the fact that
a man cannot travel Vermont roads with
safety or profit after heavy rains, so the
taxpayer is clearly entitled to ask what
has been done with his half million or
more which is handed each year to the
highway commissioner to be expended in
whatever manner suits his own sweet
will.
The answer iS-as it has been for the
/ past 20 years-that it is mostly wasted
| in amateur roadbuilding, with consider
able politics mixed with the road metal
! The system of employing labor from
| adjacent farms at the only time when
such labor is free puts the work on
! the roads when they are least calcu-
lated to be permanently improved there
/ by. Teams are worn and thin from hard
work. Men are tired and indifferent. Su-
pervsion is of the most casual character
and there is practically no skilled inspec-
ton as to whether the state has received
value for its outlay
Furthermore, there is no intelligent OF
! systematic planning of state highway
work III the sense of its being laid out
| by an expert cost estimated labor en-
Iploved and directed and, above all, the
Job inspected by specifications before be
ing accepted. Just because the work OF
roadmaking is done by town authorities
is no reason why it should not be done
according to a certain standard and that
standard carefully maintained.
The problem would therefore resolve
itself into the following:
Expert planning by competent engi-
neer and inspection during the progress
! of the work and before being accepted by
| the state;
! Less temporary work and more proper
ly crowned and drained roads that will
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
Il Buy IIRERHY BONDS d

Charles L. Hughes report on the SG40-
100000 airplane fizzle is now in the hands
of the stenographers. Mr.. Hughes him
self is considered a cold -blooded, merciless
and straightforward man with special
bent for investigation as shown in the
insurance revelations in New York in
1905. At the same time he is very close
mouthed, and until lie is ready nobody
will have an authoritative notion of his
report He is naturally jealous of his
high reputation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
BUY LTBERTY BONDS @

Edwin L. James in his New York Times
story of the Champagne offensive says:
at is difficult for one who has not seen
the sight to imagine the quantity of
barbed wire used and the extent of the
burrowing the two armies have done OPP
posite each other in four years. 1t seemed
that there was wire enough to circle the
globe several times, and that if all the
trenches in the Aisne valley alone were
put end to end they would reach New
York. >
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
The Reformer is on sale every evening BY

The Reformer is on sale every evening By
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Bratteboro News Co., c. w
cleveland. S l.. Purinton (Esteyville), Brooks
House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot Newsstand
George J. Bower, 2 Riverview Street (For
Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, NJ. f. Brown
Putney, NJ. G. Williams
Newfane, ~ NJ Batchelder.
Townshend, c. W. Cutler
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
Jamaica, R J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, +. B. Buffum
Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros
West Chesterfield, N. H, Mrs. w. Streeter.
Hinsdale, N. H., w II. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Windsor, c. J. Ephlin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
6UY LTBE6 BONDS IL
Don't Write About Influenza, Etc.
Barre Times.


In writing letters to enlisted men in
training camps in the United States it
should be borne in mind that the sol
dicrs themselves are undergoing Sc
we're mental strain because of the cpi-
demic of Spanish influenza, and that
they need to receive the most cheerful
news which their relatives arc able to
give them. IF the people at home should
write dolefuI letters of serious health
conditions in the home or in the home
town. such information would be cal
culated to have an additional depress-
ing influence on the soldiers and sailors
who are either down with the epidemic
themselves or are expecting to be down
sooner or later, so many of their com
rades being sick. Such depression is
harmful to the morale of the men and
has tendency to interfere with their
own health and their interest in the
work III hand That effect would be
only natural Therefore, when writing
to the soldiers and sailors this time
above all times, do not load down your
letters with gloomy forebodings ana
with lugubrious tales of misfortune al
home. If ii becomes necessary to make
mention of the illness of any particular
friends of the person addressed do i
with as slight allusion as possible That
is, do not dwell on and do not maenif,
, the less cheerful sides Of life in tn,
home town. Try to cheer up fhe soldiers
and sailors. Thereby you viii contrib
| camps for the time being.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
shed water and dry out after rain

shed water and dry out after rain;
Regular inspection and patrol of high
ways. with such use of the road drag or
scraper as viii keep up the crown and
preserve the wearing surface.
Vermont is paying out large sums OF
money each year for roadwork, enoug!
to give us a substantial mileage of per
manent roads each year, with proper re
pair of what is worth repairing but the
time is at hand when the state must stoI
rebuilding trunk lire roads every two
or three years.
The waste of state highway money al
any time is deplorable; when it is wasted
in wartime when badly needed for othe
purposes the folly thereof becomes al
most criminal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation of
subscribers to that end Prompt reports should
be given Of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission. in
person by telephone postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error TO be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30

you tell me-" said the clock.
Now that made the watch very |
proud: to think that the clock had
said it would never know something
unless the watch told it.
81 will tell you" said the watch.
"Do, beg Of you," said the clock.
Don't beg of me-" said the watch.
81 will tell you without begging. I'm
a kindly watch that way. / don't have
to be begged and urged to do things.
l keep time without being coaxed into
doing so-the way it is with some
watches / know. Why, I've known of
any number of watches which had to
be mended, cleaned, regulated and all
sorts of other things, all the time.
81 try to do all these things without
being urged"
"Why are you here?" asked the
clock.
Because I was dropped and my
| glass face protector was smashed. Then
one of my hands became hurt by that
fall. 1t was an accident, and not my
/ fault"
81 see," said the clock, "but you
haven't told me why I can't get mad
| if [ want to-"
Because" said the watch, "you
mustn't get ruff1ed up and excited.
You must stay the same, steady, regu-
lar even old clock through life. You
mustn't jump ahead excitedly because
you are mad, or you mustn't lag behind
because you are worn out from hav.
ing been mad. You must have an even
disposition for you are a clock. and
must go steadily, regularly, all the
time:
'Tick-tock, textbook
"That's So" said the clock. "Tick
took, that's So"
''But just the same" the watch con
tinued, 81 would like to hear wha
makes you mad. You mustn't get mad
but you must tell me what would MAX,
you mad, if you allowed yourself tina
; treat"
81 never knew it was a treat to sc
mad" said the clock.
ST don't suppose it is" said tn
J watch, "but didn't bother to pick on
q nice word for it. / was too anxiou
! 70 hear what you had TO say. Wha
e would make you mad if you let youI
, self be mad? Pray tell me. I am am
g ious to hear"
r cts this said the clock.
| "What?" asked the watch.
! ''Its this" repeated the clock. 1.-THE
have turned me on an hour, and don
know what has happened to that roc
! hour. I feel dreadfully about it."
:. "Whcn did this happen?" asked th
watch.
: "a few months or so ago. I didn
: speak of it before because I though
that the hour might come back agai
any day-but they haven't set me BAG
or anything"
"Oh," said the watch, ''you hay
: been here in the window of this she
: and you haven't heard the news in Il
outside world They decided, all ov'
: the country, to turn the clocks ar
II watches on an hour one day in Il
spring; then in the fall they will tur
them back. They wanted to use I'll
bright light of the sun, and so, b
Il using an hour early in the mornin
II they could do so.
II ''Why, people, animals, trains, ship
II and the gardens have known this Fl
II long, long time"
II well, / am glad to have it explaine
II to me-" said the clock. at just maj
II me too mad
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30

--ssxs BUY LIBERTY BONDS G-

Before she marries the Crown Ounce
Rupprecht the Princess of Luxembourg
ought to make sure that her husband to-
be has some trade he can work at after
the war. 1t is going to be awfully hard
for some of those crown ounces to land
paying jobs when the var chs Teutonic
thrones are consigned to the dump
Springfield Union.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30
-; BUY TTBERTY BONDS ~
He Hoped TO Be

In the Chicago schools a boy refused
to sew. thinking it below the dignity of a
man of ten years.
Why" said the teacher, George
Washington did his own sewing in the
wars, and do you think you are better
than George Washington"
4 don't know" replied the boy seri-
ously. Only time can tell that.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-30

- -
never get mad"
said the watch.
They were hav-
ing this talk in
the watchmaker's
shop, or rather the
watch members
shop.
"And why may
I not get mad If ]
want to-" asked
the clock.
"For a perfect
ly good reason"
So don't know it
and I will neve1