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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-17

autocracy and democracy; the ruling
class has fought to hold its place of
assumed inheritance, and those who
were ruled have risen and oyerthrown
artificial distinctions; but in America
no such contest was necessary, because
the land was expressly pre-empted for
the use and exploitation, not of the
extremes, but of the moderates, and,
until now, no class issue has arisen
challenging this fact.
In Russia, there has never been any
dominating middle class corresponding
to that Of America, and when the
revolution came to overthrow aristoc-
racy, there was no national elements
in existence which could be depended
upon to restore the balance of sane
government. In consequence, chaos
and misrule have resulted from the
triumph of the proletariat. Singular
~ enough, its vengeance sought out
the destruction and the elimination,
not of the class that might reasonably
have been expected to bear the brunt
of it's rage, but of that comparatively
small portion Of the population which
might otherwise have been sustain
ing factor, what was contemptuously
called the bourgeoisie. If the radical
revolutionists hate the aristocracy,
they hate with tenfold vigor this small
middle class, and upon the latter, even
more than upon the autocracy, has
chiefly fallen the destructiveness that
has resulted.
In the curious transportation of
alien weeds, carried by the winds OF
war into the fields of the new world,
it is this same spirit of enmity and
hatred for the bourgeoisie, the middle
class, that is most significant. The
Bolshevik, the /. w. w. and the radical
who are trying to create a revolution
| in America are not aiming to destroy
the aristocrat and the man Of wealth.
if they succeed in their reasonable
plans, that will take care of itself, as
a matter of course. 1t is hardly worth
while for this element to waste its
time fighting such comparatively
small, and, in crisis, helpless stratum
of society. 1t recognizes, and truly
as its bitterest enemy the middle class
which constitutes the overwhelming
majority of the American people, ant
it proposes to set up the rule Of the
extreme opposite to aristocracy, thu
proletariat minority, to overawe, dom
mate, control and Cypress the present
majority. 1t is the man who has
nothing, who has not awaited himself
Of his abundant opportunities in thu
free country, who has made no effor
by honest endeavor to acquire stand
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-17

ing and property, who is to rule over
him who has gained competence or is
well on the way to so doing by indus
trious, intelligent and constructive
work.
This is the real issue, and the soon
err the American middle class realizes
it's meaning, the sooner will the at
tempt be effectually foiled. Practical
ly all Americans are a part OF this
majority; the disconnected aliens have
taken upon themselves to claim an
inheritance which does not belong to
them, and they propose to enforce its
possession by violence and terrorism
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-17
THE MIDDLE CLASS

America has always afforded oppof'
unity for the most generous develop
mont of that class which exists pc
tween the extremes of great wealth.
and utter poverty, to make a cohVeh,
lent but not exclusive distinction, anu
here the great so-called middle class
has flourished and grown great anu
waxed so strong that it has become
overwhelmingly the dominating ere
ment of the country, occupying the
position of the happy medium, tne
temperate zone of the worlds soclai
demarcation.
II is clear that for the benefit, not
of the great and powerful, nor OF the
wealthy. not yet of the most hlghiy
educated. were the foundations OF the
renlblic laid and its constitution franz
ed. 1t was mainly to give life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness to men Oh
GOOD will who were of moderate aver
age attachments ana endoWilehIS'
was the great, plain people, with thei'
sterling virtues, their reasonable CON
servative tendencies, their strong
common-sense and their love of trpth
and justice, that developed, built w
and expanded the country. In every
emergency it was upon them that r.
lance was placed; they did the hgnt-
ing, paid the taxes, supported oroeris
government and maintained the ma
| tional equilibrium. They have away
been the backbone Of the nation ~
strength and dependence in time OF
trial. Nowhere in the whole world ha'
the middle class fourished as IN tn'
United States. and nowhere is II inor'
strongly intrenched.
In other countries there has beer
the never-ceasing struggle between
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-17

All services next Sunday as usual
Church school at 1915, morning ~or-
ship at ii,lb, young peoples service
AZ 4. The preacher at morning "or-
ship will be Bishop Rudolph.
Next Sunday we shall take our an
nual Offering for the American MIS-
sionary Association for which our APP
portionment is S34.
The annual eyery-member canvass
for the support Of this Church VIII
take place next Sunday afternoon
Everyone is asked to plan to be ~
home at that time TO receive the Wis
itors and to talk with them about the
church. A supper for the canvassefs
will be served in the vestry this FRI
day evening at 7 o'clock. A commit
tee from the Ladies' Society will nave
charge of the supper.
The mid-week song and prayer ser
vice will be held next week, as usual
at s o'clock.
At the meeting Of the mothers OF
cradle roll children, held last frlda!
at the home of Mrs. T.. II. West, plans
were made for a cradle roll party IN
the near future, for the organization
Of a mothers club and for nursery
during church hours to permit motn'
ers of young children to attend 'n'
services of the church.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-17

1t is upon the dominating middle class,
upon the great plain people Of the
country, on whom Abraham Lincoln
always depended and in whose right
thinking he had the most implicit con
fidence, that the responsibility for
crushing out incipient revolution rests.
They will meet this emergency when
the time comes as they have others in
the history Of America, with firmness
and courage, and as long as this re-
mains the country of the middle class,
as it is now and has always been, there
need be no doubt of the result.--The
Bellman.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-17
~ wouldn't Go Camping Without Kat
Snan.. Saws Ray White.

"Wife and | spent our vacatI1f
camping last summer, smell OF COON
ing brought rats. We went TO Town
rot some RAT-SNAP, broke up cakes
nut it outside our tent. We got the
rats alright-big fellows" Farmers cry,
store-keepers, housewives, should 1 us'
RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, Zoe, DUG
81 90. Sold and guaranteed by !. J.
Healey, Manchester Depot, Vt. ad'
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-17

The women and older girls OF the
community are invited to meet at the
home Of Mrs. Geo n. Gilbert about III
a. m. Wednesday, July 23rd, and TO
bring lunches. This is an all day sew
ing meeting under the auspices OF the
woman's Missionary Society.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-17
DORSET

Miss Robinson of Watervllet, N. Y,
is guest Of her sister Mrs, Jos. II.
Harrington of Main street.
Keep in mind the dance at the Gym
nasium, Manchester, this Saturday
evening. the 10Th. Fishers Saxaphone
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-17

Orchestra furnishes the music. adv
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph j. Durham and
Miss Elizabeth Durham of Boston,
Mass, are in town for a short stay
and are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. /,
f. Comhs and Miss Hattie Gray OF
Church street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
PandOlfO Found
 Guilty of Using
 Mails to Defraud

Chicago, Dec. 6.-S. c. Pandolfo, president of the Pan Motor company of St. Cloud, Minn., was found guilty of misuse of the mails on four counts of a federal indictment by jury in the district court late today and 12 of his associates in the company were acquitted.
 The indictment contained eleven counts, two of which the sixth and seventh, had been dismissed early in the trial which began six weeks ago. The jury found Pandolfo guilty on the first, second, third and fifth counts, disregardihg the remaining counts. q guess it might have been worse" was Pandolfo's first comment on the verdict.
 Carl Cummins, attorney for Pan. dolfo, secured stay of sentence from Judge Landis. He made a motion for new trial and the judge set the bearing for this motion fol 10 o'clock on December 15.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07

llamentary salary of s20Oo IT. lowed travellin" expenses ile Is al.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
Trirnblc Purchases
 Lease He Gave to
 the Late Drew White

The unusual spectacle of a. man bidding for a lease on his own prop erty was witnessed yesterday when M. E. Bloom and Mrs. Jane White, administrators of the estate of the late Drew White, offered at public sale as part of the property of the estate the lease on the Trimble plan tation, a few miles southeast of Pine Bluff. Robt. w. Trimble, owner of the property and executor of the lease to Drew White, purchased the lease, which has three years to run for $4,625. Leo M. Andrews was the only other bidder for the lease.
 MT. Trimble leased his 1,0OO-acre plantation to MT. White for five years, at rental of $6,000 a year, and the agreement that the lessee should each year make Improvements and repairs amounting to $1 ,000. The lease dated five years from January 1, 1918. MT. Trimble plans to culti- vate the plantation, beginning with the new year The $4,625, which he will pay to get possession of his place, will go into the funds of the estate, and MT. Trimble will share in it only in proportion to the amount
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
MILITARY MEASURES IF GERMANS REMAIN
 0BDURATE PLANNED
Firm Note Demands That Terms of Treaty Be Fully COm-
 piled With.

Paris, Dec. 6.-The text of the re- ply to be made by the allied and asso- ciated powers to the latest commull- ication from Baron Kurt von Lersner head of the German peace mission regarding the original allied demand for the signing of the protocol put ting the peace treaty into effect, sub mitted to Germany on November I, was unanimously adopted by the supreme council today. Premier Clemenceau presided over the session.
 Baron von Lersner, in a communi- cation which was received by Prem fer Clemenceau Tuesday, declared the allies were misinformed regard ing their complaint that Germany was exceeding by far the limit of military forces permitted here.
 Germany, added the German pleni- potentiary, was ready to discuss the question with the supreme council and believed that such an offer was the best proof that she was not seek ing to avoid carrying out the treaty term.
 The utmost secrecy is being observ- ed regarding the terms of the note, which was unanimously adopted by the council this morning, but it can be said that it is worded so firmly that conference circles expect the discussion with Germany regarding the putting of the treaty into force will be finally closed.
 The note recalls that making the treaty effective means the imme. diate release of the German prison CTS. It leaves the reply to the Ger man representations regarding the claims for the sinking of the German fleet at Scarpa Flow to be dealt with in further special note.
 Owing to the importance of the note, Paul Dutasta, the general sec. retary of the peace conference vii personally hand the note to Baron vor Lernser, head of the German mission
 Some speculation is being indulget in as to whether the American force: in the occupied region would join ii the carrying out of military meas ures should Germany refuse to sigl the protocol. It is learned however that this question has not been rafs ed by the allies, who assume that a, the armistice is still in force, tn, Americans would take part in an, forward movement, with the Britisl on one side and the French on tn, other.
 Notwithstanding the discussion o preparations for the military even tually the impression among tn, peace conference delegates is tha Germany will sign the protocol. Tn view is taken that the German gov ernment, having been waiting for al
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
Ore Cargo Causes Compass Detection,
 Wrecking Vessel

Calumet, Mich, Dec. 6.-Was the steamer Tioga, which was wrecked on the Eagle river reef Thanksgiving eve, drawn out of her course because of a compass deflection, due to iron ore cargoes frightened from stranded ships?
 It is a well known fact that the proximity of iron affects ships com- passes and that the Eagle river coast lis one of the places along the lakes where the compass is seriously de- flected. To what extent, however, is not known and the aid of United States engineers may be enlisted in the hope of determining the degree of deflection.
 The wreck of the Tioga has brought to attention the fact that two range lights at Eagle Harbol have not been lighted for five years because of the failure of the govern ment to provide an appropriation The lights were erected years ago as danger signals. They are located on a reef just few miles east from the point where the Tioga went ashore. Ships skirting that shore must, in consequence, "feel' their way past a dangerous coast. The Tioga negotiated that danger point successfully, only to come to grief few miles farther on.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
Canadian Company Sues to Avoid
 Payment of Tax

The Massey-Hains company, limi- ted, of Toronto, Ont, Can., which owns considerable acreage in Jeffer- son and Arkansas counties included ir Salt Bayou Drainage district, yes- terday filed in the Jefferson circuit court suit to set aside the assessment of benefits, as made by the asses
 sors, and to restrain collection of taxes according to the assessment. Plaintiff contends that the act cre- ating the district was not properly passed, and charges that the im- provement will not increase the value of the property, and that the assess ments are excessive and exhorbitant.
 H. R. Barrett is plaintiff in an ac- tion against James and Richard My rick for judgment for $2,03S, and to repleyin four bales of cotton, which plaintiff claims should have been de- livered to him. Writs are asked for possession of the cotton, for live stock, implements and an automobile furnished defendants, and judgment for the $2,038, for $100 claimed as damages and $500 for detention of the property also is sought.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
FOUR MARRIAGES ANNULLED.

-Four marriages were annulled by Judge John M. Elliott in chancery
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
C. B. Minstrels to
 Be Staged Soon

The Cotton Belt minstrels will be staged at the Hauber theatre Tues day and Wednesday, December IS and IF. Rehearsals have been prog ressing rapidly and well, and a large crowd is expected to attend. These minstrels have been playing in Pine Bluff for the past eight years to packed houses. According to the management, special scenery and costumes, and the very latest in popular songs will be had.
 A 12-piece orchestra will furnish music, and the company of 25 in- cludes some of the city's best talent. The first show will be matinee per formance on Tuesday. December 16.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
Deny Conflict.

London, Dec. 5.-A wireless dis patch received from Berlin says the newspapers there have been authori- tatively informed that the Berlin au- thorities know nothing whatever of reported impending forcible meas lures by the entente, such as an ulti- matum with reference to the signing of the protocol and new notes pro- hibiting the manufacture of arms.
 The dispatch says that negotiations with Paris are about to be resumed, and that the foreign office denies the report that Minister of Foreign Affairs Mueller has resigned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07

court yesterday. Desertion was pleaded by plaintiffs in the cases of H. J. Parker vs. Cornelia Parker; Grover c. Armstrong vs. Remelia Armstrong, and Will ,Gladney vs. Pearl Gladney, while cruel treatment was charged in the case of Berkley Massey vs. Davie Massey.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
First Letter to
 Santa Claus Is
 From Miss Watson

If Lansadale Watson, somewhere considerably under age, doesn't get the P. s. habit too bad between now and December 25, she ought to get what she wants for Christmas.
 For Lansdale is the first Pine Bluffian to write to Santa Claus. And (P: S.), she says, a kitchen cabinet" The P. s. habit, Lansdale must learn, is bad for writers to San ta Claus, for Santa this year, proba- bly, cn account of the sleigh bell makers strike. is likely to take a letter-writer at his word and over look the postscript. The letter fol- lows:
 "Dea Santa Claus:
 Please bring me sleeping doll with a nipple, little desk and chair games, story books, candy, apples and oranges and nuts. @
 FOUR MARRIAGES ANNULLED.
 -Four marriages were annulled by Judge John M. Elliott in chancery
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
Little Rock Beats
 Parag0uld, 90 to 0

Little Rock, Dec. 6.-In post season game for the state high school football championship here today, Little Rock High school defeated Paragould High school, 90 to 0.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07

pointed supreme head of the National
 Union of Railwaymen at salary of $500 a year, exclusive of his par
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07

his claim against the estate bears to the total claims against the estate. !
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
HEADS RAILWAYMEN.

London, Dec. 6.-J. H. Thomas, member of parliament, has been ap-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07
Arouse DiStrust,


 Berlin, Dec. 4.-Encroachments by the German government on the pre- negatives and integrity of the federal states are provoking increasing inn patience and mistrust among the delegates to the national council, ac- cordlng to indications again today at discussion of the national tax meas ures drawn up by Matthias Erzberger, minister of finance.
 Representative of the six federated states who are taking part in the council, made known to Herr Erz- berger their disapproval of the man. ner in which he IS attempting 70 force the tax, saying that they are not permitted to inspect the measures with respect to their infringement of state rights. The delegates say s the avowed tendency of the measures to accomplish system bringing about a unitarianism in the natlonal government administration. s-=
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-07

ultimatum, before yielding, will ac- cept the situation now that the ulti- matum has been presented and will sign the protocol under duress. :.
 Marshal Foch's military program, according to the Intransigaent is one approved in June, 1919. The news papers says that heavy artillery has been going through Strasbourg and across the Rhine since yesterday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-01
REYNOLDS BROS.
Wednesday, Suburban Day
These Specials For Wednesday and Thursday
CORSET

Made Of Long Cloth, en-
broidery trimmed; sizes 38 to
special at .29c
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-01
THE MERIT STORE
INFANTS o AND
LONG DRESSES

Made of fine nainsook, trim
med with embroidery at neck
and sleeves; reg. 79c special
Soc.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-02-21
HOW TO GROW MIsTLETOE

Choose a young bough with fresh,
smooth bark and rub fully ripe mistle-
toe berries on the under side gently
until most of the substance of each
berry is rubbed away, leaving only
sufficient to enable the seed to adhere
to the bark.
The latter end of February or early
March is the best time for this opera
ton, and once performed the graft
may be left to look after itself, no
further care or attention being need
full. In about twelve months the rad
icle will have taken firm hold, and
the green leaves will begin to show
themselves.
AS regards the choice of the tree,
this matters little (within certain linn
its.) There are in England about
twenty species of trees capable of pro-
ducing mistletoe, including such COM
mon ones as the apple, pear, ash, lime,
willow, almond, fir and oak. But care
should be taken not to select for the
experiment a too valuable tree. For
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-02-21
NEW DIVORCE LAWS STRICT

Radical changes in Washington laws
governing divorces are provided in a
bill introduced by four state senators
in the upper house of the Legislature.
Absolute and limited forms of divorce
will be granted, if the bill becomes a
law. The limited decree would not
permit either party to remarry during
the lifetime of the other. Suit for di-
vorce could not be. brought without
two years residence in the state and
six months in the county.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-02-21

has existed since it was given to us
by our fathers.
Ole Hanson, mayor of Seattle, has
shown how revolution, started under
the guise of strike, should be han
died. Europeanism has its virtues IN
Europe, but they have lot of things
over there that we do not want in the
Unied States.
Therefore there should be joy in the
thought that human beings who have
come here to destroy our forms of lib
erty are being loaded onto ships and
sent back to their former countries,
where they and bolshevism, socialism,
ETC., were born.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-02-21

The dance frock of the young girl
may be as quaint as she pleases, and
no comment will arise, for has she not
forfeited enough of her precious time
to the serious side of life? Now is the
reaction, but it does not effect the af-
ternoon and street dresses. They re-
main quite untouched by the influ-
ence of peace. Although the silhou-
cite of the evening gown continues
along it's same lines, the materials are
more gorgeous and the adornment is
not so scant
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-02-21

Perhaps the type of dress to under
go the most radical change since the
signing of the armistice is the evening
gown. During the war the evening
dress was practically forgotten, for
the activities were few and of such
a nature as not to necessitate the for
NAL dress. Again the decollete is with
us, and the colors are bright and gay.
The turning from wars asperities to
the smoother ways of peace undoubt-
eddy is to be followed by an indulgence
in dress and adornment.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-02-21
BOLSHEvISM is EUROPEANIsM

BOLSHEvISM is EUROPEANISM
The American soldier returning
from foreign war against autocracy
can hardly be pleased to find his own
country honeycombed with the strange
decisions that he found in Europe
This soldier sympathized in a measure
with the people who were cropping for
something better than kings, emper-
ors, queens and princes have supplied
in the last two thousand years. But
| it will be exceedingly strange if he
does not recognize bolshevism, |. W.
W.-ism and socialism as European
plans"-unchanged by their transit
across the ocean.
The American soldeier is apt, also,
to recognize that there is good deal
of official aristocracy, seeking to con-
troll his movements, and to direct him
and his purposes, instead of letting
him work out his own destinies in the
good, old-fashioned American way that
was so satisfactory to our fathers and
our forefathers, who laid stone upon
stone upon the monument of individual
liberty and freedom.
Vice President Marshall has issued
creed of Americanism, and it is good
stuff. He assumes that ours is the
best government ever formed on earth
and that it should be preserved as it
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-02-21

1t is true, of course, that"poets are
born, not made" but just because
you've been born doesn't signify you're
a poet, altho a good many people
seem to think it does.