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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-04
Evening Caledonian
Established 1897
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1919
LOCAL NEWS

Allen Bartlett is able to go to hi,
home in Danville after being here
several weeks in Brightlook hospital
Mrs. Wilkes orchestra played foi
a dance at Lyndonville Thursday
night.
Omit that usual Sunday auto ride
tomorrow, and go to church. 1t will
count for more.
The church needs you-and you
need it. Be on hand tomorrow, will
you?
The whole town is going to church
tomorrow. Are you going to be the
only one to stay home?
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Stanton at
tended the funeral of George Cuth-
bertson at Greensboro Friday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Coylc
and daughter, Miss Trask, Miss
Campbell of Wilder are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bloomfield Palmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Drum Stevens re-
turned to their home in North Dan
vile after Mr.. Stevens being here in
the hospital the past six weeks.
Captain Perley Hartwell has been
sent with the Machine Gun Battalion
from Camp Dodge to Omaha on
account of the race riot there.
Mrs. Christie Mcleod of Lowell,
Mass, who has been spending a short
time in town with friends, returned
to her home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Laughlin
and R. X. Laughlin of Boston and
Miss Rider of Lowell, who have
spent the past ten days with Mrs. l..
S. Miner left for their home Satur-
day afternoon by auto.
Would you like to live in a COM
munity where there was no church,
and where Christian ideals were I'M
known? Then why not do your part
to make the church "going con-
cern?"
Harry E. Flood of Cambridge,
Mass, has been visiting, the Tower
brothers for the past two weeks. Mr..
Flood has just returned from
France, where he was in the service
for the past three years.
The first corn roast of the season
was held Thursday night on Harris
Hill by the following young people:
Miss Bertha Asselin, Eva Paradis
Helen Piche, Albertne Lamontagne,
Blanche Spaulding, Grace Waite,
Jennie Asselin, Petroinelle Asselin,
Will Paradis, Alphonse Asselin, Gus
tave Asselin, John Provost, Antonio
Demers, Bill Maglares, Euclide La
montague. Coffee and sandwiches
were served and music by victrola.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Flood were
given a surprise party at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Enrol C. Grant on
Friday evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Flood
are leaving for their new home in
Plainfeld very soon. They were pre-
sented with chair by the "a friends
present and a very enjoyable even
ing was passed playing cards. Re-
freshments were served and good
wishes extended to them as they
leave for their new home.
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PRESS COMMENT
Keep the Good Cows in Vermont
\ (Hardwick Gazette)

| (1aruWlcR GaZeLIe)
The Hardwick Gazette calls atten'
ton to the fact that 90 per cent. OF
the $4,000 herd blooded Jerseys that
was sold at the Bronson auction al
East Hardwick, went to New England
buyers, the balance going as far west
as Kansas, and that Vermont dairy
men were bidders on 70 per cent. OF
the stock. This famous herd, con-
tinues the Gazette, was founded in
1858, by William d. Bronson and
carefully bred later by his son, Tim
othy G. Bronson, who died four years
ago, and had acquired national re-
putation.
1t is matter of state pride that
so much of this herd was kept in
Vermont, as it means much for the
future of dairying to have only the
best stock on the farm-St. Johns
bury Caledonian.
The above comment has been pub
lished in a number of state papers.
1t was gratifying to us to state that
SO much of this blooded herd remain
ed in the state, although it was lost
to the town. In this connection the
Gazette might recall the fact that
this year, three important sales OF
blooded cattle have been held in the
town of Hardwick. THE first was
the G. H. Albee sale, which was OF
Holstein stock, and reached nearly
$4,000; the next was that of G. j.
Perkins & Son, of the same breed OF
cattle and amounted to about $1,000,
and the one above commented on. A
good share of the first two sales also
remained in the state and in this sec
ton in particular. Probably few
towns, if any in the state, have had
as many sales of as highly bred cat
tie in one season. Naturally where
such herds have existed the propaga-
ton of blooded cattle has become
common in the community and the
farmers of this section have been and
are being rewarded for their efforts
in returns from their diaries.
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Public Sten0grapher
Mrs. Elmer E. Hooker
"a Railroad Street Tel. 416-13
OH MY STOMACH

81 had stomach trouble so badly
that nothing l ate would digest as it
should" said Sadie E. Hamilton,
Portland, Me-, as she began remark
able story of the relief she has secur-
ed from Argo-Phosphate, the new re-
constructive, stomach tonic and sys-
tenn purifier.
Everything that l ate would lie in
my stomach like a lump" she explain
ed. "Gas would form and l would
suffer distress all the time. l gat so
II could hardly keep anything down.
Trying to get relief, | had my stom-
ach pumped out, but even this did not
help me as | continued just as bad.
81 kept hearing so much about
Argo-P Phosphate that thought may
be it might help me and decided to
try it. have taken two bottles and
to my surprise l am already feeling
fine. can eat anything and l am
not troubled at all.
81 am completely rid of my old
stomach trouble that l had for three
years. l have not felt so well for
years and l am certainly glad to en-
dorse Argo-P Phosphate because l want
others to be helped by this wonderful
medicine"
"The spirit of wanting to help
others is what makes suffering men
and women give these splendid public
endorsements of Argo-phosphate,"
said local druggist.
Dispensed by Welcome B. East
man, Chas, A. Searles & Co., st.
Johnsbury, Edmund's Pharmacy, Lyn-
donville and Chas. H. Coburn, West
Burke.
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STATE NEWS
Interesting Happenings Here ant
There From all Sections of Old
Vermont

Judge Edwin l.. Hastings, aged rs,
and assistant judge of the Windham
county court eight years until year
ago, died Thursday at his home in
Townshend. He was native of
Windham and in 1866 married Mary
e. Farr of that town, moving to
Townshend three years later. He
was prominent farmer and at one
time was largely interested in sheep
husbandry. Judge Hastings was
school uperintendent number of
years, also lister, constable, tax col
lector and town treasurer at different
times and represented Townshend in
the Legislature of 1890.
The Barre police are still looking
for Antonio Cedroni, whose name
was Verino, and who was charged
with shooting. at Leo Spenili, but
who actually hit Joe Christofero of
Montpelier, Saturday evening. 1t is
believed Cedroni has gone in the !
rection of Boston and will try to get
passports to go to Italy, for it is I'M
derstood he intended to make that
form of a getaway.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-04

Woman Architects In Serbia.
Belgrade, the Serbian capital, was
the first municipality in the world to
employ women architects.
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adv. 8 tx
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-04

Allen Bartlett is able to go to his
home in Danville after being here
several weeks in Brightlook hospital.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-04
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1919
barre TimeS)

Apparently the courageous customs
inspector, Ralph B. Flanders of Is
land Pond, paid the penalty of his re-
lentless and unremitting pursuit OF
opium and liquor smugglers. The
story reads like movie scenario and
gives us some idea of what to eX-
pect when the country finally "goes
dry" and half million deputies, more
or less, undertake to enforce the
law.
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Much Difference.

1t would be different world if we
were as discouraged with ourselves as
with other people.-Seattle Post-Intel-
ligencer,
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NEWS OF THE STATE

The Chaplin Literary Club or St.
Adams recently celebrated its s34th
anniversary.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-04
NOTICE

My wife, Florence L. McKelvey,
having left my bed and board l will
pay no bills contracted by her after
this notice.
C. E. McKELVEY,
st. Johnsb1ry
adv. g tx
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26
Looney's Creek.
Special 10 tie Nf1os.

Special 10 tie NezoS.
The wheat crop in our communi-
ty has been saved in fine shape and
is IN the bins ready for the mill. so
we will have some biscuits, sure.
Crops are looking well, despite
the dry weather, but gentl le rain is
falling now, and those who are ready
for it are feeling good. There is a
lot of hay down taking this rain, and
the unthreshed wheat and oats in
the shock are injuring some; but
let it rain, we need it.
There was an ice cream supper at
Hicks Schoolhouse Saturday night.
A large crowd was there and spent
their money freely. They cleared a
little over $47.
Misses Ruth Upton, Nan Reed,
Bertha league, Myrtle and Amanda
Holloway attended the county teach
ers' institute at Jasper last week, and
some of them are attending this week
also.
Sam Griffith is the champion car
driver in this end of the county.
Last Sunday he ran over an en-
bankment near Uncle Joel Looney's
at least four feet high and landed
right side up in the creek, then ran
on down the creek and came out in
to the road 0. K. They say Sam is
going to use his car as a ferryboat
next year.
Misses Claytie Hackworth and
Anu Martin spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Bertha and Clay
tie league.
Mrs. Reed spent Sunday with her
sister, Mrs. Cline, near Cedar Spring.
Blue Jay.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26
SayIorsvilIe.

Specialize The NezOs.
Picking blackberries and cutting
hay is the order of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Doss visited A
A. Rogers Sunday evening.
Miss Mary Rector and sister, Mrs
Marvin Smith visited Mamie Pit
man one evening last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Heron visited
homefolks Sunday.
g. ID. Jones took dinner with A.
A. Rogers Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs.. w. r. Jones and
neice visited Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Mcclure Sunday and reported nice
time.
Misses Mamie and Ruth Pitman
made flying trip to Jasper one day
last week.
Walter Doss took dinner with his
uncle, A. A. Rogers, last week.
Mrs. Elec Holt and sister, Mrs.
Bertie Gillian, visited their grand
mother Mrs. Betsy Colston, one day
last week.
D. R. Rogers and best girl were
out walking Sunday.
Come on, Cousin Nettie B. Young
of Flat Rock, Ala, for | sure enjoy
reading your pieces. | sure would
love to read a good piece in the
News from Cousin d. M. Dame, of
Crisp, Texas.
Miss Stella Sailors made short
call on Mary Rector one day last
week.
Wonder why we don't see any
more pieces in the News from sTen-
nessean." He must have gone to
sleep and never woke up. Come on,
all you good correspondents and let
us make the News more interesting.
Old Dina.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26
.PIKEvILLE FISHERS
CAMPING HERE

The Pikeville Fishing Club ar
rived here Wednesday with full
line of tents and paraphernalia,
and expect to spend the week
going after the finnv tribe in Lit
tie Sequachee river. They are
now camped at the bridge north
of here, and l.. N. Brown. who
seems to be a leader in the ex-
pedition, assures us that they are
going after the fish but results
are uncertain.
The following is the personel
of the party:
L. N. Brown, w. A. Barber,
I. A. Pope, F. S. Ferguson,
Geo. w. Brown, o. T. Ault.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26
CARL WOMACK
BACK FROM ARMY Y

Carl Womack, who enlisted in
the United States Navy at the
outbreak of war with Germany.
and wto made quite a record for
himself in the radio service, ar
rived home Monday of this week.
Carl was met at Chattanooga by
his uncle A. B. Womack, treasur-
er of the Aycock Hosiery Mills,
who drove a party of relatives
who had accompanied the young
hero from Collinsville, Ala.
back thru the country in his car.
Carl has a host of friends here
and throughout the valley who
have watched his progress in SER
vice and who will be deeply in
terested in whatever he may un-
dertake henceforth. So. Pitts
burg Hustler.
Mr.. Womack is the only sur
viving member of the j. B. Wo-
mack family, formerly of Vic
toria. and highly esteemed. A
picnic was held here Wednesday
of last week in his honor at the
Blowing Spring. but a near
drowning accident while enjoying
a swim in Little Seuuachee river
somewhat marred the pleasure of
the day. One of the very juven-
lie members of the party got be-
yond his depth, and a larger
member got wet dashing in with
his clothes on to rescue the
youngster. The party decided
that the Blowing Spring was the
safest and returned there where
primitive methods of drying the
garments of the gentleman who
got wet were used.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26

that they were finally able to pro-
vide us with the authorized quo
ia of two pairs of boots per man.
However, after that sudden be-
neficent issue, the qUartermaster
forgot about US entirely for an
other two months.
But in the meanwhile, encour-
aged by the fact that when the
government had been unable to
buy US gloves had been able to
obtain some by writing to the u
nited States, | had written home
for $50 pairs of shoes ranging in
size from 83EE to 10EE. These
were obtained at the price of
81. so . pair, were excellent shoes,
and arrived in time to equip our
soldiers for the Cantigny attack.
They were paid for by my wife
and my father and sent at their
expense by the American Ex-
press Company.
At the same time we were told
that the government could not
get shoes and necessary supplies
for the army on account of lack
of transportation. Lack of sys-
tenn and lack of intelligent men
in the right place would be the
real explanation.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26
WANTS JUST SHARE
ROAD IMPROVEMENT

Editor News:
Will you please allow me a lit
tie space in the News to tell
few things on the Marion County
road officials.
About three years ago the
bridge across Little Sequachee
river at or near S. L. Browns
broke down, the same being a
county bridge and awful badly
needed, especially in the winter
time. We have tried ever since
to get the road commissioners to
have it rebuilt,
We get some fair promises but
no bridge. 1t would not be near
as big a job, as it was when it was
first built, as the abutments are
all good.
Now, this bridge is badly need
ed because it is the main road
from Tracy City to Tatesville
and Whitwell, but the roads have
got so miserably bad that it is
almost impossible to travel them
with any kind of a vehicle. We
couldn't get an overseer appoint
ed last year and so far we have
mt got any this year.
This section of road never got
a lick of work last year. | paid
a man $4 to fix a few of the worst
places, and this is all the work it
has had this year. We haven't
had a cent of road tax money on
this section of road In five or six
years. Of course we think it is
being used on the pike and auto
mobile roads. Now do not think
! am opposed to pike roads. |
am glad to see any public i'm
provement in the county. We
mountain people do not expect
any pike roads, but do insist on
having that part Of the road
funds which is justly due us.
If anybody has got an explana-
ton to make as to what has gone
with our pro rata of the road
money or why we can't get a
road overseer appointed we are
ready to hear it, and. if the pres
ent road officials do not have time
to attend to the business it seems
to me like they had better resign
now and let somebody else try it.
ISAAC BROWN,
Box 13, Tracy City, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26
Arlington, Texas.

Sbeetai 10 tie Ne1os.
Esteemed editor. / have been
going from place to place so
much for the last ten days |
hardly know where to head this
communication. | have been at
Dallas since the 18th until yes
terday, the Goth. There have
been new arrivals everyday from
overseas, and just a sluice of
friends and relatives have been
coming home ever since have
been here and at Dallas. / met
many old friends in Dallas and
spent the time very pleasantly.
Ispent two days and nights with
my daughter, Mrs. J. G. Payne,
four miles south of Dallas, and
w. c. Bracken, of Dallas.
| G. W. Henson, | met my old
friend. the tramp. spent several
hours very pleasantly with him.
Was very sorry to find his better
half sick. Hope she will soon re-
cover.
At Arlington | met my two
nephews from France, and host
of friends, w. H. Howard and
family, of Grapevine, Texas,
were at Arlington to meet Mrs.
Stewards two brothers from
overseas. Last night the citi-
zens of Arlington showed their
love and respect for the return
ing boys by giving a public re-
ception. There were speeches
of welcome, song and a band.
The good ladies of Arlington had
prepared a feast and at the con-
clusion of the program it was
served and everyone went away
feeling that this occasion would
stand out as a bright star for us
to remember as one of the pleas
ATTEST evenings of our lives. At
ter the entertainment | went
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
O'Dell and stayed all night.
This morning, before we had got
up, T. S. Bracken came after me
with the Brisco, and we were
soon at his home five miles
south of Arlington. Monday ]
will start for Grapevine and Den
ton. After staying a week or
ten days | will go from there
to my home at Paris. Texas.
Crops all look fine, the. thresh-
er is in the fields now threshing
one Of the largest grain crops
Texas has ever produced. There
is so much rain it makes it pretty
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26

To make an expedition into hos
tile line and to lie on the half fro
zen, half muddy ground for sew
eral hours during cold Novem'
Der night, men must be comfort.
ably clothed and well shod. In
my records find no aIlusion tc
an issue of clothing to our com
pany (B Company of the 25th
Infantry, except a few French
socks, from August. 1917, to
November, and during that time
we had been thru a long period
of hard maneuvres and front line
work in the trenches work ruin
GUS to clothing and footwear,
Bought Gloves For His Men
Leggins, suits and shoes were
almost entirely worn out. and we
had never been issued any gloves
at all. So out of second lieuten-
ants pay ] was forced to ad-
vanco to the men enough money
to buy their leggins and gloves
from the French shops; and the
quality of our men may be judg-
ed when say, without any obli-
CATION of any sort, every man
paid me back from his own pock-
et after the paymaster came a.
round on one of his rare visits.
The richest nation in the world
made men who had offered their
lives for its services pay from
their own pockets for the clothes
to keep them from freezing to
death on the firing line.
That winter was an unusually
severe one, and the climatic diff
ferences between the two coun-
tries would have made it difficult
for even we'll. clad, well.fed men
to withstand the French winter.
Just imagine our situation with
insufficient food and clothing.
There was scarcely one day from
the 18th of November up to the
25th Of January that any of our
companies drew their full quota
of rations. Many a time haye
our animals gone entirely with
out rations for several days. |
can well remember when LIE
Boeuf and dragged between us
a huge sack of stolen oats up an
enormous hill and over a she'll
swept area, so that our mules
might have strength enough to
drag our rolling kitchen and our
provision wagons.
"Pitiless Publicity" For Bread.
One of the great necessities for
men in cold climate is meat and
plenty of it. Yet often we went
without meat. and as Sergeant
Owens, my mess sergeant. pa
thetically remarked to me: Gap
tain, we get almost no beef ex-
cept the front quarters. Do you
think that all the cattle of the
United States have ceased grow !,
ing hind quarters?'
Ask butcher the difference
in weight and quality between
the front quarter and the hind
quarter of beef, and you will see
why we were continually demand
ing to be given our ration of one
hind quarter at least every other
day.
1t is curious how the deficien-
cies of our rations were CLOSED
over and any little luxury extoll-
ed to the skies. The pitiless
ceased when it came to
dealing with the shortages. The
fact that our army was issued
white bread-an article absent
from the French army and civil
ian ration was widely advertis-
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26
.PIT|LESS PUBLICITY
ON PIT|LESS PUBLICITY
By CAPT. ARCHIBALD ROOSEVELT
In Everybody's Magazine

ed in both France and America
One man of draft age safely en-.
sconced in a civilian job in Paris
actually ventured to criticize the
sinful luxury of our mems hav.
ing white bread. Would that he
and those who advertised the fact
could have served with our fore
es,
A chronic deficiency in our ra-
tions existed in our division un-
broken from the time we landed
| in France until the time we actu-
ally got up TO the trenches in
February, 1918. After that time
the deficiency was sporadic and
due mainly to the lack of trans
portation and the unavoidable
delays always to be found on the
battlefield.
Feet Bound In sacking.
At a maneuver at Manages |
had the opportunity to entertain
a civilian attache of the Ameri-
can embassy at Paris. Not until
l had placed before his eyes men
with their feet bound in sacking
and had left him alone with the
mess sergeants and cooks and let
him see the pots filled with meat
and food bought by personal mon
ey of our officers would he be-
lieve that such conditions could
exist in the United States Army.
When our division landed in
France the greater number of
our men had been living the life
of the ordinary civilized commun-
ity. On getting into the army a
huge, cumbersome weight Of for
ty pounds was placed on their
backs and they were marched ov-
er the muddy roads and fields of
France. Naturally their feet
swelled several sizes. and then in
the cold weather they wore, if
possible, several pairs of heavv
socks. In my own case. when :. |
landed in France | wore shoe
shoe size &C. When | was TAX
en- to the hospital, March, 1918. |
was wearing an SEE. My foot
had increased two sizes in length
and three in width.
Naturally enough the average
layman did not understand those
facts about the infantryman's
feet and before the war our army
had not been large enough for
the quartermaster department to
realize them. Consequently the
War Department, not under
standing the sudden increase in
the size of feet, kept sending to
France shoes which the army
could not use, and by November
they ceased to supply US even
with shoes too small and gave US
none at all. From August to
November | could get no shoes at
all for my men. In December we
were issued a few pairs far too
small for US.
T. r.. Bought Their Shoes.
| find among my records that
IN November Is we were sent
1ut on a rnaneuver during a pelt-
ng rain by some inspector, when
We We're supposed to rest, and
We had but one pair of wornout
shoes per man. That maneuver,
and many which followed it
meant that a large majority of
,ur men never had on a pair of
Try shoes On December Is |
ind | wrote home stating we
could still get no shoes. On Jan.
IS, however, the general staff of
he A. E. F. had made such num-
,rous complaints to Washington
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-06-26

G., L. Rogers, 721 18th St.,
Columbus, Ca, will read the
News three months thru the
kindness of his mother, Mrs. A.
A. Rogers. of Jasper.