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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23
THE COAL STRIKE.

The coal strike goes on. The coal
production of this country the past
week was only 60 per cent of nor
NAL production. Surplus stocks are
diminishing everywhere and the gov
eminent has been called upon to cur
tail consumption. Only one ton
at time can now be delivered to
domestic consumers and the nations
needs are now confined to the first
five requirements of the preferential
priority list, which exclude thous-
ands of factories which will be COM
PEELED to close down unless normal
production is speedily restored. AL
ready passenger traffic on the rail-
roads is being curtailed and the rail-
road administration states that pas
senger traffic will be discontinued en-
tirely if necessary to safeguard the
fuel supply for the absolute neces-
saries Of our national life.
It's very, very serious situation
and each week it becomes more so.
Meanwhile the operators and the
miners are meeting at Washington,
assisted by the government, in an
effort to adjust their difficulties.
The operators have offered the
miners Is cts ton increase, with
out referring to the shorter working
day, the new scale to be in force
until the 22nd of May next, when
the old war contract expires. The
offer is 20 per cent increase which
the miners have refused. Meanwhile
the operators have applied to the
! government to assist them in opening
the mines.
Public sentiment everywhere is
crys.allizing against Both the miners
and the operators on account of their
failure to get together. People are
demanding that the government
take over the mines, get the men to
go to work and adjust their differ
enees later. 1t must be done for
four more weeks Of idleness on the
part Of the miners VIII result in in
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

The spirit of mutual sympathy and
understanding is essential to the well
fare of all our people. And the more
it is practised the less of section
alism, the less of class, the more of
good will and mutual sympathy will
result. This is the lesson needed so
badly in America today-dependence
and cooperation. Without them chaos
and disorder will result and every
individual will suffer. IL the labor
group and the capitalistic group could
but realize this the present industrial
unrest in our country would speedy
pass away.
The Chamber of Commerce will be
the ground of sympathetic under
standing of all our business life.
Here employer and employe can
meet and understand each other; here
they can plan for the welfare OF all.
Here the city and county can meet to
work out all of those problems affect
ing us all. 1t must be made the mid
way ground for all our people and it
must inspire such civic pride that all
of us must unite for a greater and
better city and county.
There is a common obligation rest
ing upon all our people and that
obligation is to make the best citizens
possible. We can do this only by
serving our community, our county
and our state. The organization will
be the field for this service. Let
us support it and make it succeed.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

sanitary engineer Of note, Mr.. lie
Prince, and malarial survey Of the
city was made. The breeding places
of the anopheline were located and
he went before the council in an eff
fort to get that body to begin the
work of malarial eradication. The
council considered the subject, post
poned definite action and the great
opportunity presented to our people
was lost.
Since than we hope the vision of
our municipal fathers has broadened
and they will appreciate the import
ance of this work. They are pro-
gressive enough in providing the
material things of our community life,
such as white ways, paved streets,
fire trucks, etc. But the more i'm
portant matter of life and health con-
servation should engage their atten-
ton.
Years ago when a government
scientist said that yellow fever spread
was traced to one variety of mosquito
the world laughed at him, and yet
today the whole world rejoices in its
freedom from that scourge and honors
the man who brought the marvellous
discovery. A few years later when
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23
SOLDIERS MEMORIALS,

The Columbus Marble Works pres
oats in the advertising section of
this issue of the Dispatch its plan
for furnishing soldiers memorials.
The company is prepared with
every facility known to the marble
and art memorial business to submit
plans, estimates and designs to COM
mittecs charged with the selection of
memorials.
The company proposes to furnish
the personal advice and opinion of
one Of the cortltry's foremost men,
orial artists free of cost to communi-
ties and solicits business strictly on
a competitive basis.
Read the announcement in this is
sue of The Dispatch.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23
REV. W. V. PETERSON.

A life rich in service to his Master,
whose teachings he reflected and ex-
emplifed, closed last Wednesday
morning when Rev. w. V. Frierson
died. The latter years of his life
were devoted to the welfare of the
children of the Palmer's Orphanage,
of which institution he was superin-
tendent, and if any testimonial was
needed to show how well his work was
done it was found in the expressions
.of sorrow and grief which came from
these children at his going away.
They cried as if their hearts would
break for they realized most fully that
their father and friend was no more.
Mr.. Frierson was in his seventy
nineth year. All of his life was given
to the service of his Lord, his earlier
years being devoted to the ministry
and his last years being devoted to the
Orphanage. He was kindly, gentle
man; Christian in the purest mean
ing of the world and his whole life
was given to his God, his church and
his fellowman.
Truly he deserved the plaudit:
'well done, thou good and faithful
servant"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION.
An effort is going to be made to
revive the Chamber of Commerce.
1t deserves the support of all classes
of citizens; of the people of the coun-
ty as well as the city. The welfare
of all is inseparably interviewer
that all can work for the common
good.
The tendency since the war is
towards classification. One group is
being arrayed against the other.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23
STATUS OF THE TREATY.

The peace treaty stands today
where it stood six months ago when
it was submitted by the President To
the Senate for ratification. After
six months debate, the senate re-
fused to pass it with reservations and
that body also refused to pass it
without reservations.
1t is a partisan as well as patri-
otto mixup A treaty requires a
two-third majority vote to pass it.
The republicans have a majority in
the Senate and under Lodges lead
ership in the committee of the whole
the majority party passed a series
of reservations, after their effort at
amendment had failed, which Presi-
dent Wilson said cut the heart out
of the treaty. When the document
with reservations came before the
senate for ratification, the republi-
cans with a few democrats, could
not muster a two-thirds vote. Then
the democrats tried to pass the treaty
without the reservations, but with
a few republicans supporting the eff
fort, it failed. SO the treaty stands
where it did when it was first put
before the senate and it will stand
there until the President resubmits
it to the next Congress which con-
venes early in December. Meanwhile
the League of Nations becomes eff
fective without Americas participa-
ton on December the third and Con-
gress plans to declare peace by a
simple resolution that the war is at
end.
The sentiment of Mississippians,
we believe, is against mixing mp in
the old worlds affairs. If the issue
presented to the American people
could be divorced from its sympa-
thetic war connection; if it could be
severed from the loyalty and fealty
which all men feel for the head of
the nation when The nation is at war;
if it could be divorced absolutely and
entirely from partisanship; if it
could be brought home to all the
people and they could understand
and comprehend its far reaching
provisions, we doubt very seriously,
if the treaty framed Gin Versailles
would be endorsed by the great mass
of people. 1t is little understood and
the support it is securing comes from
those who believe in standing loyal
to the party and the president;
standing behind what they believe to
be their duty to their country with
out knowing what this involves. This
is our view of the treaty and the
obligations it imposes upon our
country.
The future of the worlds Peace
League insofar as this country's par
ticipation in it seems in doubt.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

go unified to meet its duties and
opportunities? Surely no thinking
man viii deny their right to share
on all the states beneficience.
In the new life which is here
woman must take her rightful place
and the state cannot afford to long
er neglect her. She is our great
est asset in all uplifting work and
she must be equipped to render her
largest and best service. We, of
Columbus, must enlist under the
banner unfurled by the women of the
/. /. & c., for a greater womanhood
and render a service which will help
them win.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23
A GREATER l. 1. & c.

Columbus responds most heartily
to the plans for a greater l. /. e. c.,
and the strength of her citizenship
and institutions is pledged to its sup
port. Her civic forces will be united
with her other influences to bring
the college and its needs prominent
~ before the State in an effort to
get its value to the people appreci-
ated and its urgent needs provided
for. 1t is a great and worthy pro-
ject and deserves the support of all
our people.
Woman's sphere in the affairs of
the world today is larger and more
important than it has ever been be-
fore. The scope of her activities is
widening, and her influence was
never more needed. However much
we may wish for the old order of
things, the fact remains that it has
passed and may never return. The
new order is here, bringing its prob
lens pressing for solution; its
strange conditions which must be
adapted to our times and it's oppor-
tunities for service. A well ordered
womauhood is the safest, surest, and
best asset of any nation and an edu-
Gated womanhood with vision and
purpose to serve in these demoralized
times is the surest anchor for our
society and civilization.
The Industrial Institute and Col
lege is furnishing this womanhood.
In the affairs of our state and nation
she has made her influence felt. On
the field of battle she has served; in
the heather land she has carried The
Message; in the great educational
systems she has made her mark; in
the domain of commerce and trade
she has worked; in the church and
school room she has won laurels for
her state and in the great task of
home building she has proven
builder whose constructive work for
the home and safe rests upon a sure
foundation-that of Christian and
enlightened service. In all our af-
fairs she has proven wise coun-
selor, a safe leader and an influen-
tial friend. In every position to
which destiny has called the college
graduates they have measured up to
the high standard, serving with dis
tinction to themselves, credit to the
state and honor to wumanhood.
Can the state longer afford to neg
lect her woman's school? Must all
our plans for the enlargement of
our educational systems provide for
our men alone? Is woman not to
receive her share of the states en-
lightened and advanced policy? Must
our girls be neglected, unprepared
to fill their positions in future of
uncertainty and doubt? Must our
womanhood thrust into a new life
of larger power and responsibility
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23
WOODMEN MEETING
THURSDAY, POSTPONED.

Queen City Camp, No. 20, Wood
men of the World, which was to have
had its meeting next Thursday, which
is Thanksgiving, will postpone the
same until the second Thursday in
December, which is the eleventh, and
all members of the order are expected
to take notice.
At the December session the mat
ter of approving the new rates will
be considered and it is expected that
there will be a large attendance to
hear this interesting discussion.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23
NOTICE no SUBSCRIBERS.

Subscribers to The Dispatch who
receive their papers by carrier
or through the mails will confer a
favor on the management if they
will file written complaint of any
failure of the paper to reach them
promptly and regularly.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

After being nearly shut out from
the business world for nearly two
months we have about come to the
conclusion that the supreme duty of
citizenship is to pay taxes and to keep
quiet.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

The President seems bright apd
chairy since being well enough to
bask in the sunshine on the lawn.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

Just because your coal house is full
don't think that the coal strike is
not on. Think of the other fellow.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

The college by any other name will
do as well in educating Mississippi
young womanhood.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

We have never been able to UNDER
stand why playing the boards up town
is against the law and playing the
boards at the street fair IS not against
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

When the kidneys are ailing, use
Prickk Ash Bitters. 1t is fine kid
ney tonic. Relives backache, bladder
troubles, indigestion and constipation.
Price $1.25 per bottle. Sold by all
deauers.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-23

Let's all strike so that we can all
go to war again.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-11
stomach UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands of stomach
sufferers arc doing now. Instead of
taking tones, or trying to patch up a
poor digestion, they are attacking the
real cause Of the ailment - clogged liver
and disordered bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse the
liver in a soothing, healing way. When
the liver and bowels are performing their
natural functions, away goes indigestion
and stomach troubles.
If you have a bad taste in your
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor,
lazy, don't-care feeling, no ambition OF
energy troubled with undigested foods
you should take Olive Tablets, the sub.
stitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are :
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil. o You will know them by theil
olive color. They do the work without
gripping, cramps or pain. !,
> Take one or two at bedtime for quick
relief, so you can cat what you like
At 10c and Csc per box. All druggists
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-11
ToWNSHEND.

R. L. Fitch was home with his fam
lily over Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Pierce of Londonderry
recently visited her sister, Mrs. A. d.
Benson.
Mrs NJ. B. Metcalf has finished work
at A. d. Benson s and Miss Katherine
Sherman is taking her place.
The calling committee of the Congre-'
gational church met with Mrs. r. l..
Fitch Wednesday afternoon.
The Grand Army post and the Wom-
an S Relief corps will meet IN Masonic
hall Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
About 10 of Mrs. H. j. Sage's lady
| friends came from Jamaica Saturday
| to give her surprise greeting, it being
her birthday anniversary.
Mrs. A. w. Barry visited her mother,
Mrs. Sarah Little, in Saxtons River
and her brother, George Little, in Bel
| lows Falls, the last of the week.
Miss Minnie Hall of Brattleboro, who
was a classmate of Miss Katherine
Chase at Leland and Gray seminary
has been spending few days with
Miss Chase.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
was long hill to climb and the roads
were muddy a good number were pres
ent at the auction on the John B. Sent
farm April 8.
Mrs s. NJ Powers, who has been a
Miss M. l.. Plumb s has gone to Wash
ington to pack her things, and as sooI
as she can get her affairs attended t.
Ishe will come to Miss Plumb S to live
Mrs. NJ. Park Osgood and two chill
dren recently visited at DR.. Osgood Is
Mr.. Osgood came Friday and returne'
home with the family Saturday. Dr.
and Mrs. Osgood went as far as Brat
tleboro with them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-11
NEWFANE.

The church committee is making a
canvass of the parish this week Tor
pledges to the Pilgrim Memorial fund.
They expect all church members to
give something, and hope to receive
gifts from Others who take pride in
the good name of the church, which
is asked to make up its quota of $500.
The sum of $500 has been subscribed.
Dr.. Marshall A. Howe lately re-
eeived a call at the New York botani-
cal garden from Rev. and Mrs. Ralph E.
Danforth, formerly of Newfane. Mr.
Danforth is now professor of biology
or zoology in Rutgers college, New
Brunswick, n. j. They have three chill
dren. two boys and girl. The older
boy. born in 'Newfane, is now sophie
more at Rutgers. They lived for time
in Jaffrey, n. H., where Mr.. Danforth
preached and did some work in forestry
The following books have just been
added to the Moore Free library: The
Friendly Road. David Grayson; An
American Family, II. X. Webster; The
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Ibanez; Dawn, Eleanor H. Porter; Des-
ert of Wheat. Zane Grey; Number
Seventeen, Louis Tracy; The Sky Pi
lot of No Man s Land, Ralph Conner
Everyman S Land. G.. n. and A. M
Williamson; The Masters of the Peaks
J. A. Altsheler; The Lure of Music
DIN Downes; The Woman Citizen
Mrs. NJ. B. Boyd; Four Years in tn
White North, D. B. Mcmillan; NJ,
Chinese Days, Gulielma F. Alsop.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-11
JACKSONVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Pratt were in
Shelburne Falls Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs W. S. Allen went to
Brattleboro last Saturday remaining
over Sunday.
Elizabeth Dairy is attending school
in Colrain and is boarding with her
sister, Mrs. Alice Gammell.
Mrs. Vivian Dalrymple and Miss Mil
dred Corse were guests of Mrs. Floyd
Gerrish in Colrain Tuesday.
Miss Eleanor Brown has returned
home after spending few days with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. II.
Waste.
Floyd Reed, who has been living with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. p. Reed
the past winter is moving back to his
home on River street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-11

True greatness avoids the applause OF
men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-11
WEST NoRTHFIELD, MASS.

Ralph Holton has Buick six auto
mobile
Leroy Spiller is at home with his
parents for visit.
Joe Langua is at home suffering with
quinsy sore throat.
Miss Grace Corse of Milford, Mass,
has been at home few days.
Mr.. browning of Putnam, Conn, was
at Will billiard S over Sunday.
Chester Aldrich has returned and is
working for his uncle, Edgar Aldrich.
Mrs. E. Church's brother, William
Bridgeman, of Amherst was here last
week for few days.
Mrs. Homer Havereroft is entertain
ing her mother, Mrs. Dutton, and sister,
Miss Mabel Dutton, of Philipston, Mass.
Mrs. Josie Doolittle is in Boston this
week with relatives and to attend the
Woman S Relief corps convention. A
few women from Mortified went at the
same time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-11
SOUTH NEWFANE.

Mrs. George Webster is with her
daughter, Mrs. Porter c. Thayer.
The Ladies' Benevolent society will
meet next Wednesday afternoon at the
vestry.
Mrs Sawin and two children of
Springfield, Mass, are boarding at Mrs.
Frank Z. Bruce's s.
Mr., Gallagher of Springfield, Mass,
has rented Hubert Browns farm and
will move here about May /.
Marshal A. Moore, who was with his
son, Clarence Moore, during sugaring,
has opened his home for the summer.
Howard Thayer notified his brother,
Porter c. Thayer, of his arrival in Bos-
ton Monday. He is stationed at Camp
Devens.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.. Smead went to
West Brattleboro last week and are
with their daughter, Mrs. George C.
Harris, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd J. Fairbanks and
daughter, Marion and Elizabeth, of
Brattleboro called on Mrs. Samuel
Morse Sunday afternoon.
Clarence Bailey and Chauncey Bailey
of Agawam, Mass, came Friday with
an automobile truck and left Saturday
with COW and calf which C. E. Brown
sold recently.
| Rev. A. S. harlton preached in the
| Baptist church Sunday morning and in
West Dummerston in the afternoon il
the absence of the pastor, Rev. G. w
Bishop, who was in South Londonderry
The village school opened last week
with Mrs. Ralph Thayer in charge. Mrs
A. H. Farnum is expected to resume hel
position as teacher next week. The
state examination in physiology wa
given Wednesday to the advanced pu
pills.
Lester c. Ingram, who spent few
days with his parents recently, after re
turning from Camp Greene, Charlotte
n. c., has taken position with tn
Kelsey company of Boston and is man
ager of one of their Waldorf lunc
rooms in Salem, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-11
WEST DUMMERSTON.

H. C. Tuttle has finished work for the
Twin State Gas & Electric Co. and is
working for w. w. Burnham.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Coombs and
daughter, Lena. of Brattleboro visited
his mother, Mrs. Charlotte Coombs,
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Aiken and Mrs. George
Norcross are visiting at the home of
their nephew, Frank Burnett, in Brat
tleboro.
Mrs. Merton Lamson of Worcester
visited her sister, Mrs. T. Hndreth. Mrs.
Hildreth's father from Nova Scotia al
so has been visitor here recently.
Mrs. Frank Leonard and. baby re-
turned Monday from Westminster
West, where she visited her parents,
Her grandmother, Mrs. Phillips, re-
turned with her for a visit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-11
SOUTH VERNON.

School in the Pond district began
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Tyler were in
Holyokc for the week end.
Sullivan Fairman is visiting relatives
in Guilford and Dummerston.
Rev. and Mrs. Z. B. Harris of Water
vile arc visiting at C, f. Fairman S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Allen of Brat
tleboro spent Sunday at Louis La
belle s.
The south school is closed because of
the illness of Miss Grace Payne, the
teacher
James Long of Carlisle, Mass, visited
his daughter, Mrs. E. p. Edison, over
Sunday.
Miss Irene Fairman visited her sister
Mrs. Leon Burrows, in Bernardston
Mass, last week.
Miss Flossie Labcllc of Brattlebor,
is at the home of her parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Louis Labelle.
Charles Wheeler of Bcrnardston ha,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-11
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.
Death of Mrs. Lyle O. Pierce.

Mrs Orrie B. Davis Pierce, wife of
Lyle O. Pierce of Nichols, Fla, died OF
tuberculosis April 3 at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Marcia Davis, where she had
been most of the past year.
Mrs. Pierce was born in this town 81
years ago and lived until her marriage to
Mr.. Pierce, a former resident of this
town, in 1910 For several years proceed
ing her marriage she was assistant post
master and was highly esteemed, always
courteous and efficient After her mar
riage she became postmaster at Nichols,
Fla, holding that position until her death.
Mrs. Davis possessed rare courage and
faith and during her illness Of three years
was accomplishing. Two years ago she
went to Texas from Nichols in hope of
relief, but found this in the greatest
measure in her old Vermont home
The funeral service was held in the
Methodist church Sunday. afternoon at
o'clock, Rev. F. c. Taylor of Londonderry
officiating The floral tributes were
many and beautiful. The burial took place
| in Glebe View cemetery.
o. ID. Parker is in Claremont, n H.
| this week on business
d. V. Houghton went to Newfane Tues
day as a juryman, and was excused until
next week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Landman were il
Brattleboro part of last week, return
ing this week Tuesday
Hamilton Garvey & Co. will establish
two portable sawmills in town soon, on
on the l.. B. Martin farm.
The road commissioners meeting il
Brattleboro Tuesday was attended by Sc
lectinan A. H. Douglass and Road Com
missioners F. A. Curtis and Frank Cobb