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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
The SIN OF SILENCE

To sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test Had no voice been raised against
injustice, ignorance and lust, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guiIIotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
LYNCHINGS IN 1917.

(From the Chicago Tribune)
The number of lynchings in 1917
SHOWS a gratifying decrease, being
"a, as compared with So in 1916.
The subjoined table, showing the
annual number during the last thir-
ty-tWo years, will be of interest to
those who are making a special
study of the subject.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

13-Walter Clark, colored, murder,
Danville, Va.
November.
l6-JeSSe Slater COlored, insulting
white woman, Quitman. Ga.
December.
2-Lison Scott, colored, rape Dyers-
burg, Tenn.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

!. The number of lynchings in the va
rious states was as follows: Ala
bama, 5; Arkansas, 5; Arizona, l;
Florida, 1; Georgia, 3; Kentucky, 1;
Louisiana, 3; Mississippi, 2; Mon.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

New President for Hampton institute.
New York, Dec. 23.-The Rev. James
e. Gregg, a Congregational minister
of Pittsfeld, Mass, has been appointed
president of Hampton Institute to sue
coed the late Dr. H. B. Frizzel
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

Mr.. ]. c. Magee has purchased the
lunch room in the rear of the Twa,, =
tieth Century Tonsorial Parlor NJ 81
n. Fourth street and prepared to prop
erly purvey to the public.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

A man should have plenty of back.
pone Tor himself-and plenty Of ham
bone for the rest Of his family
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
THE MAN WHO DARES

I honor the man who in the consci-
e11dous discharge of his duty dares to
stand alone; the world, with ignorant,
the countenances of relatives may be
averted, and the hearts of friends grow
be svveeter than the applause of the
world, the co,1ntenances of relatives or
the hearts of friends. Charles Sumner.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

mans in the snbiugation Of conquered
territories is to forbid the people the use
Of their native languages under penalty
OF the law. The German fancies that
loyalty to the new rule viii be increased
by the use Of his tongue by all the peo-
pie. This appears to be an error how
ever. The effort has conspicuously
failed in Poland after constant pressure
of century or more and after AZ years
there were many people in Metz who
were able to greet the French army upon
its entry in the tongue loved by both sol
der and civilian.
May France, glorious and renowned
whose soldiers and civilians alike have
borne 50 much and proved that they
possess wonderful fortitude and patience
rise to greater heights in civilization IL
the days to come than ever in the past
/ We believe that She WILL and we rejoice
/ that our own country has been able l.
give such substantial help in her bitter
struggle against a prepared and unscrup
inlous enemy whose power il now shat.
tered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER %. 1915.
RETURN OF THE FRENCH.


ina return ol the ffehch TO power III
Ai''ee ana Lorraine Is an event that
warns the hearts OF all Frenchmen and
occasions many outburts OF enthusiasm
According to press reports, an over
WhcImlng majority OF the population OF
these provinces Is loyal to france and re-
Jolees To be reunited with her.
The harshncss OF German rule Is one
reason Tor the existing feeling. and it Is
well illustrated by the Zabern incident
which made a great stir at the time in
.all quarters whore liberty Is priced and
IN some where it is not. Zabern, says the
New York Sun, Is little town OF about
1000 people on the border of Alsace and
Lorraine In November, 1913. a young
German lieutenant, Baron Won Forstncr,
m a speech to new recruits, said that he
would willingly give ten marks out Of
his own pocket to any soldier who
would run his bayonct through Il Wackcs
IAN Al,atlanl lie afterwards struck
with his sword lame cobblcr who was
too slow IN getting out of his way on the
street To reprcss the Indignation
aroused the colonel Of the regiment Won
Reuter- proclaimed martial law.
( The incident revived in France the Al
SAGE and Lorraine question, and the tenn
. per Of the Iaben people was accepted
! as proof that even after 10 years the
French spirit had not been conquered by
German oppression The trial and ac-
qmttal OF the officers Of the garrison dis
closed to the world the character and
strength Of German militarsm. The
crown prince sent his congratulations ID
Won for~tner and the whole OF military
Germany gave It's approval Of the severe
measures taken by Colonel Won Reuter-
we shall conclude. said member OF
the Reichstag, That the sabre and not
the law rules Germany. The result OF
the Iabern affair means the triumph OF
q war thirsty soldiery."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
Mother.

Mother is little girl who trod my path
before me-
just a bigger, wiser little girl who al
ways watches Ger me-
One who knows the pitfalls in the rugged
road tread.
Mother is a playmate who viii always
treat me kindly
Playmate who will yield me what true
happiness demands.
She will never let my feet stray into
brambles blindly
Mothers just a bigger girl who under
stands
Mother is an older little playmate who'll
befriend me-
Yesteryear she travelled in the path
that's mine today,
Neverneed l fear foe from which she
might defend me
Faithful little pal who ran ahead and
learned the way
--StricklandAN Gillian.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
k1I MDNSy[N|NG
b,l FAIRY TALE
LA 81 HtAM GpESaHsM BONNER
THE JOY OF FOOD.

"Well, well, well,' grunted Perky
Pig.
sick. sick, Sick" squcaIed Sammy
Sausage.
Don't make fun of your elders"
said Perky Pig.
You like to make out that You are
old when you want some one to do
something for you, or to be polite to
you" said Miss Ham, but at all other
times you-like to pretend that YOU are
I'sr gay and dushing young pig"
what do you mean2 grunted
Perky Pig.
4 mean vhat say" said Miss Ham.
You're n wretch" said Porky Pig
THE very idea of you saying that
like to pretend that I amfa gay and
.dashing yousg pig. Ia shave you
know | am young and dashing, but
| am older and wiser than young
Sammy here, and the young pigs
! should show me respect"
Just what I said" remarked Miss
i Ham.
Don't have a quarrel" said Mrs.
FINK Pig. MY poor head aches to-
| day. l have a pig headache"
whats pig headache?" asked
Perky Pig
~ pig headache" said Mrs Pink
; zig. is a headache which a pig has"
/ Ia, ha, joke, joke" squealed the
other pigs"
ITS not a joke to have a headache"
\ grunted Mrs Pink Pig.
You're unknd to my mother" said
Master Pink Pig.
You're very polite for a change"
said Brother Bacon.
yes" said Pinky Pig, YOU'RE quite
little gentleman pig"
NO one is paying any attention to
me- said Sammy Sausage.
whats the matter with you" asked
Brother Bacon.
Didn't vow hear me say that | was
sick? | said il three tines
Il thought YOU were making fun OF
me because I said that we'll three
tines said Porky Pig.
Not a bit of it, for YOU said three
times over that you We're WELL 50
thought YOU must be very, very. very
we'll And as l was very, very. very
sick. l said three times that I was
sick"
"Oh," said Perky Pig. Il didn't near
tlat l was we'll"
Are you i'll, too?" asked Sammy
Sausage
oh, no, I am not ILL.," said Porky
Fig
Then what are you, pray tell?'
asked Sammy Sausage, squealing in {
loud. high key. You say you are no
we'll and YOU say you are not sick
You are very queer indeed"
II didn't mean to speak it as folk
Legin their sentences-only after
had begun I had nothing more to say
and so tried q second time, and thel
q third time, and at last | gave
up"
oh said Sammy Sausage, 81 see
You weren't talking about health o
ill-health. But thought you were, s
4 ! wanted to say that l was sick. 70
I am sick. That isl was sick
am sick no longer, for I think it is mea
time. and do not believe in being sic
around mealtlme."
'Oh, it's mealtime, is it?" aske
: Mrs Pink Pig. Il don't believe ] fec
sick, either, and l believe my heat
c ache has all gone. It's really niue
better. 1 felt i'll from lack of fooC
o My headache came from being hui
gry."
"And | felt sick because | was hui
CRY" said Sammy Sausage.
n Then we're all feeling up TO th
good old pig standard, eh?'' asked Mis-
h Ham.
1--WE are" said Mrs. Pink Pig.
e 'We are" said Sammy Sausage.
Just then the farmer gave the pis
q their dinner and from the way the
ate 1t no one would have thougi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
Pear Trees Are Long Lived.

OF our fruit trees, the pear is tie long
est lived They win bear fruit for fifty
years and a few hardy veterans quarter
OF century longer. Apple trees range
in age from twenty-five to forty years
while twenty-five years is about the limit
for plum trees Raspberry ana blackberry
bushes live from six to fourteen years
currant bushes twenty years, and goose
berry bushes ten years. Peoples Home
journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE

We had dinnir about hair past ? last
Sunday, on account Of everybody get
ting up so late on Sunday. We asked
ma 10 have it late so we would have
time to get hungry and appreciate it
more, Wlch vile we was eating it ma
sed, Now remember, everybody, You
cant ixpeck to finish dinner after 3
o'clock and then have suppir, too Nora
is going out this aftinoon. and I'm sure
I'm not going to bother with regular
suppr immeeditly after giving YOU
your dinner so late, so cnybody that
wunts bite to eat tonite can jest
help themselves to some bred and lam
or sumthing.
Goodniss knows Ill not wunt cnv
suppir afttr all this chickin and mash
potatoes and pudding and everything,
sed my sister Gladdis
Persinlly, / doubt weather III ever
cat agen, sed pop.
/ wont be hungry agen before to-
| morrow, anyway. I sed.
And about 7 o'clock we was all set
| ting III the setting room, and l started
to get Jest as hungry as if / hadent had
eny dinner sints brekfst. and | looked
at pop and he was looking at his watch
and then looking at ma hitting and
then looking at his watch agen, and [
| looked at Gladdis and she was looking
at pop looking at ma, and I thawt, G,
wish sumbody would say sumthing
about suppir
WITCH nobody did, and l started To
get 50 empty it was fearse, saying, Are
you hungry, ma?
You know wat | told YOU about sup
pir, sed ma, and pop sed. Well, mother.
if the Roy is hungry don't YOU think
he awt to have little suppir9 and ma
sed, Willyum Potts. l reelv bleere
Iyoure saying that for Yourself
Well, now that you bring the sub
ieck up, l wouldn t refuse a cupple of
fried eggs and maybe little cold
chicken or sumthing, sed pop
Well | declare. sed ma, and GIaddis
sed, Tn not hungry myself, after all
; that late dinner, but if the rest arc
, going to have suppir l mite as well &C
down.
WITCH she did, eating more than env
body exsept me- And after this we re
going to have Sundey dinner the sam,
time we always did.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

there had been any sickness in the pig
pen"
Food is the best medicine in the
world" said Mrs. Pink Pig
81 agree with you, madame" said
Sammy Sausage.
we ali agree with YOU" said Rrcth-
er Bacon.
Food, food. our JOY in life is food
squealed Pinky Pig.
And Miss Ham. as she grabbed a
bite from Mrs. Pink Pig said: Ladies
may like diamonds. children may like
-pys, but pigs like food, food and then
.,.es.a f.eol ~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co. C. w.
cleveland, S. l.. Purinton (Esteyville), Brooks
House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot Newsstand,
George ]. Bower, 2 Riverview Street (Fort
Dummer district.
West Brattleboro, J L. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, NJ. F. Brown.
putney, NJ. c. Williams.
Newfane, y. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, C. w. Cutler.
West Townshend G. II. Grout
Jamaica, X. y Daggett
South Londonderry, +. II Tyler.
South Vernon, F.. b Buffum.
Northfeld Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield N. H., Mrs. w. Streeter.
Hinsdale, N H., w H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Windsor, c. ]. Ephlin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
ONE DOSE RELIEVES
A COLD-NO QUININE
"Pape's Cold Compound" ends bad
colds or grippe in a few
hours
Relief cnmcs Instantly

Relief comes instantly.
a dose taken every two hours until
three doses are taken viii end grippe
misery and break up a severe cold
either in the head, chest, body or limbs
1t promptly opens ctogged-up nostrils
and air passages in the head, stops
nasty discharge or nose running, re-
lieves sick headache, dullness, feverish-
ness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and
stiffness.
Don t stay stufed-upl Quit blowing
and snufling. Ease your throbbing
head. Nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as ''Pape's Cold
Compound, which costs only few cents
at any drug store. 1t acts without
assistance, tastes nice, causes no incon-
venience. Be sure you get the genuine.
l--Adyt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
TO ADVERTISERS
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim OF the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery Of the paper
each niRht, and it solicits the cooperation Of
subscribers 70 that end. Prompt reports should
be given OF each failure TO receive the paper
on the moEung following the omission, in
person, by telephone or postal card thus en-
, abllug the cause Of the error TO be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
cdy immediately applied. Ii is only by this
method that the publisher secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
Subscriptions Must Be
Paid in Advance

The War Industries Board, In its efforts
to conserve the paper supply, has ruled that
newspapers must stop all subscriptions
IMMEDIATELY UPON EXPIRATION.
This means that subscribers must keep
their subscriptions PAID IN ADVANCE
in order TO be certain of getting The Re
former regularly. Notice of expiration of
subscription is always sent in advance; do
not neglect it and then blame the publisher
for what is your own fault.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

\ London despatch announces thar
boards viii be the fashion after the
war; returning soldiers allowing them
to grow to cover the scars Of battle
VIII it reduce the wartime prices OF
the tousorial artists, or viii it be tho
means of raising the price Of hair cuts
to such height as to make them a semi
annual function?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

The comparatively small number of
deer shot hereatouts during the open
season that closed Wednesday is pretty
good evidence that the toll taken by
farmers during the spring. summer and
early fall made appreciate inroads on
the venison supply of the county. And
this naturally brings to mind the con
troversy which has ragged for a number
of years between sportsmen on one side
and the farmers and orchardists on the
other. The former make the claim that
if the state is to protect deer and pay
! damages for their depredations it
should at least have the right to dis
pose of the carcasses of those killed
when destroying crops To which claim
the latter reioin by asking which is the
more important to the state, anyway
deer or agricultural products The deer
issue probably more than any other one
thing is responsible for the misunder
standings that have grown up in thu
past between sportsmcn and land own
ers over fish and game laws in general
And so long as the pretty creatures are
with US harmony among these interest.
is likely to DC something hopcd-for bu
unattaincd
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

Those millions of cakes of soap
which the government is to SEND over
for the use Of the overseas forces will
90 far toward unfolding that Ameri-
can tradition-the regular Saturday
might
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

ii Governor Graham does not know
what kind OF a document bearing his sig
nature would give the people of Vermont
the greatest cause for Thanksgiving at
this particular time. he ought to be told
that it is his resignation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
Encouragement.

How did your war garden turn out
Fine answered Mr.. Crosslots. 81
raised enough weeds to prove chat the
soil would be simply wonderful for some
thing else if | could make it grow
Washington Star.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

If Mrs. Wilson has not given heed to
the slogan shop early" she will now
have an opportunity of making her
Christmas purchases in Paris.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
The Meddier
IT the coaf fits you, pu Il on

The Meddler has no particular desire
70 engage in a controversy with the To-
al food administrator as to the causes
Of the sc-called failure of the cash
and-earry plan in Brattleboro and the
reasons for the comparatively high
prices OF meat, but the conclusions
reached in Mr.. Eanderyeer 5 letter ap-
Pearing in The Reformcr of Wednesday
seem TO lee partly if not wholly unwar.
ranted by the circumstances in the
case Furthermore, they reflect upon
the intelligence of Brattleboro house
wives to such degree rs to make an
answer appear iustiiable In announc-
ing the discontinuance of the weekly
fair price list the administrator
makes the assertion that the cash-and-
carry plan has been opposed and
evaded by some Of the erocers' and
hen continues at some length 10 re-
prove the toWnspeople because the plan
has not been successful 1t is doubt
less true that since Mr. Vandervcer s
proclamation Of few weeks ago a
good many persons for one reason and
another have continued to buy their
groceries under the old method, but can
il fairly be said that they are to blame
because Of this fact? Isn't it wholly
unreasonable to expect an immediate
and radical overturn in long estab-
lished business custom, especially when
1 it is admitted that some Of those who
should be most interested in its sue
cess have opposed and evaded il?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
Member Of The Associated press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled TO the use for publication of all news
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

One convincing proof that the Ger
mans left some OF the French towns in
extreme haste was the fact that in one
place they left behind 80 kegs of per
fcetly good beer. and several hundred
bottles of cognac
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

marketing in person will demand that
charges for goods and charges for de
livery be kept separate, and then the
obsolete arrangement to which some
dealers cling so tenacously will go into
the discard whether or no.
AS for the administrators explana
ton of the comparatively high prices
of meat in Brattleboro, il is true be-
vond question that small-town dealers
have less opportunity to dispose of the
various cuts than do dealers in the
cities, and on that account are unable
to sell on as narrow a margin, but what
ground is there for assuming that Brat
tleboro people possess any less knowl-
edge of the fragrant and appetizing
dishes to be made from the cheaper
cuts than those of any other communi-
ty? 1t is safe to say that the women
Of this town take just as much interest
in household economies as do those of
other communities, and are as willing
and as able to utilize odds and ends
when such are available, but the diff
Guilty in this connection is that many a
woman who fully appreciates the vir-
tues Of short ribs, ragouts, etc, is pre-
vented by circumstances from giving
the time necessary to their preparation
and consequently has to buy some sort
of meat which she knows is more ex-
pensive but takes less time to make
palatable. Assuming, however. that
what Mr.. Vanderveer says about To-
cal meat prices is true, what accounts
for the fact that the prices on various
cuts dropped several cents pound
Immediately after his announcement
that ''fair price list would be pub
lished?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

As matter Of fact, Mr.. Nanderveer
to the contrary notwithstanding, the
cash and-carry plan has been working
successfully in at least three local pro
vision stores for considerable time,
and the experience Of another concern
which has adopted the idea within the
past few weeks is such as to make it
feel justified in continuing. Brattleboro
housewives have no monopoly of house
hold intelligence but they do not need.
to be told that a store which runs
charge accounts has to employ a book
keeper or that the cost of this account
ing has to be paid for by the consumer
The gst of the matter is that the local
food administrator, with doubtless the
best intentions in the world, has mis-
Judged the local situation. No one
knows better than the average house
keeper that groceries can be bought
| cheaper at stores which do a cash bust
ness and run no delivery system-this
| is proven by the growing success
which this sort of store enjoys in this
town-but circumstances frequently
make it impossible to follow this plan
of marketing, and that is why the
charge anddeGver system remains in
operation. There is but one real obstacle
however, in the way of any store adopt
ing the cashand-carry plan and that is
the disposition of the proprietor. That
was true yesterday, is true today and viii
be true tomorrow; and no attempt to
shift the responsibility will make ii
otherwise. Sooner or later, the Meddlel
beliesves. those In ans,.st "a tlsas,