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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-05-28

John Trssk OF New York spent a few
days here last week.
Mrs. Belle Wood and daughter Susie OF
south Bluehill came last week and opened
the J. ). Andrews cottage for the summer.
Mrs. f. w. Cousins and two children
spent few days last week in West
franklin with her sister, Mrs. p. W.
DeBeck.
May 26. Il
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-05-28

pAillf8yt - pAi StS7 dAt
dull or yellowish. from
biliousness, try the above
suggestions, also try a
small dose Of Il. F."
Atwood's Medicine after
eating, and you will soon
notice the difference in
your looks and feelings.
Safe and reliable. Small
dose. Large bottle. so
cents at your dealers.
81 F." Medicine Co..
Portland, Maine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-05-28
Paint on Window Glass.

To remove paint or varnish from
window glass. Keep the spots mois-
tened till soft with turpentine and am
monia; then rub with coarse cloth
dipped in coarse salt. Or moisten spots
with baking soda dissolved in hot wa
ter. Then scrape off. The edge of a
coin is sometimes used.-Housewife
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-05-28
EAST BLUEHILL,

Frank Webber ana A. J. GrindIe have
work in Stonington.
Mrs. Cora Long, who spent the winter
IN Providence, X. l., is home.
Mrs. Violet Grindle is home, after
spending the winter in Bangor.
A son was born May II to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Anterior.
May 10. r.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-05-28
NORTH LA NOME.

Miss Muriel Linscott is home from
Br1okliBe, Mass, Tor Tue summer
Miss Gladys Carter will leave this week
for Northeast Harbor, to be employed.
Nav 2g "
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-05-28
CRUMBS.
TRENTON.

George Mitchell and son Ross and hi
family returned home last week.
Mrs. Belle Googins, no has been visit
ing her son Grafton at Eastbrook, i.
home.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-05-28

School opened this morning, after being
clos d three weeks. All the influenza
cases are better and no new cases.
Nav II. w
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-05-28
Noble Attribute

Never does the human soul appear
so strong and noble as when it fore
goes revenge, and dares to forgive an
inturv.-E. Fl. Chanin
The courier-index., 1919-02-21
COMMERCIAL CLUB TO
 ELECT ON MARCH 6
ANNUAL GATHERING OF MEM BERSHiP WILL BE HELD IN ELkS HOME-CAMPAIG FOR SPRING TO BE PLANNED.

The committee in charge of mak- ing arrangements for the annual election of officers of the Marianna Commercial Club has fixed Thursday night, March G. as the time for the big event. Efforts will be made to get one or two speakers of note to deliver addresses to the membership of the club one of the speakers to be Editor Mooney of the Commercial Appeal provided his services can be secured It is also planned to have H. M Cottrell, agriculturist for the Little Rock Board of Commerce, here for an address.
 Recently the nominating committee selected c. c. Kitchener as candidate for president of the club on the Blue ticket, and w. J. Shorten as candi. date for the Reds. MT. Kitchener has decided to let his friends put him up. Mir Shorten, however, states he expects to be out of the city much of his time during this year and de. clined for that reason to become a candidate. The nominating commit tee will select another man to take MT. Shorten's, place within a few days and will also make the nomina- tions for members of the executive committee on the Blue and Red tickets.
 In the meantime the members of the entertainment committee will be- gin preparations for the annual ban quet at the Elks Home. The mem- bers of this committee are M. E.. Newborn, chairman; Morris Lesser, S. Goldstein. w. G. Winter, Arthur Cdtter, M. H. Ford, R. D. Jarratt, Paul Benham and E. G. Wagner.
The courier-index., 1919-02-21
HUGHES PHYSICIAN
 IS SHOT BY NEGRO
DR. E. j. cHAFFiN RECEIVED A LOAD OF BIRD SHOT IN FACE KILLS ASSAlLANT WITH RE vOLvER.

Dr. E. J. Chaffin, well known phy- sician of Hughes, was shot in the face with a load of bi'd shot last Friday, his assailant being negro named Thompson, wiio concealed himself in thicket and wavlaid Dr. Chaffin. The physician immedi- ately shot and instantly killed the negro. Dr. Chaffin's wounds are not of a fatal nature, though he will probably lose the sight of one eye. He was taken to Memphis for medical attention. Thompson's two sons
The courier-index., 1919-02-21
TO ORGANIZE o. E. s.

Mrs. Elizabeth Burns, district dep uty grand lecturer for the Order of the Eastern Star. will be in Marian na on Tuesday evening, February 25, for the purpose of organizing a local chapter of the O. F. S.
 The o. E. S. is composed of Mas ter Masons, their wives, widows, mothers, sisters or daughters, and all who are interested in this order arc urged to be present at the Masonic hall on above date, when an organf- zation will be perfected.
The courier-index., 1919-02-21
NEW ROAD DISTRICT IS
 SUGGESTED FOR COUNTY
Comprehensive System of Highways is to be Constructed Under Alexander Law---To Run in all Directions From Marianna, Making Total of 70 Miles.

of meeting Wednesday in voting to in the proper develop, e ae se ea e ss @ who neglected to attend the three meetings previously dumped basket calculated to: public @ enterprises of a s Gss y who & state they are not going to permit temporary rebu to put keep abreast of the times The men who are doing big things
 here not quitters shrke If takes aggressive tactics the op then plan of campaign along this line will be mapped
 Just at this time federal government and all the de- parments concerned in the work of reconstruction following naugurae Improvements Both state federal governments
 % ape srsd sse a Gs m ese e transportaon is being recognized as the biggest issue before meeting the and harbors convention the mat ter of comprehensive systems of improved highways was dis n
 Hines director general of railroads and Wm C. Reded sec. congress last called attention the necessity of building good roads The hundreds of thousands Of sol
 filled with the good roads spirit The movement too big to too mch money to build good roads Taxes may or may be high That depends on ones viewpoint do some people only thing that bad roads collect heavier tax than it requires |" % % and ana good rGs % M o the bill under consideration at the meeting Wednesday
 arianna and this bill passed authorizing twelve mill tax
 5 r 5 s nG @ ss b able ar system highways instead of road would meet with all i" Lee no an proyemen district under the Alexander road law and build Bcdsoe and Peters to SkdmOre and to Osbornes landing then the Moro road eight miles, south through Aubrey and Spring Creek to Rondo then to the Alabama and back Maranna It is also proposed to build the sixteenth section to Moro and from Marianna through Fclton in Texas township This would approximately seventy miles of improved highways is proposed that Maranna tax of two two and onehalf annually this of highways the centage being the assessed value of the real property the discussion of this plan every interested might have ample opportunity to know such the end that he may familarize himself with detail of the project It is expected that this suggestion will meet with the hearty approval of practically every man who meeting and voted down the east bottoms road bill because did not provide aid for other roads leading Maranna Tn fact from the made at the meeting Wednesday it not believed there will be any serious organized opposition to this plan of improving the highways All needed to the of the project leadership and fair presentation of it to the land
 probable petitions will not be put in circulation for weeks but when the is formally launched it will be pushed vigorously.
The courier-index., 1919-02-21

Dr. Wilson better hurry with his peace remedy or all the patients will be dead.~-Columbia Record.
 nesday that they would at once or ganize a road district under the Alexander law and construct a mod ern highway from the east bank of the St. Francis river at Cody to Bledsoe, along the line of the rail road.
 w. A. Elliott. one of the repre- sentatives in the legislature. stated yesterday over the phone that he was preparing data for the organi zation of a district from Peters to Kokomo for the purpose of con structing good road from his sec tion of the bottoms.
 The land owners interested in the bottoms state they prefer to shift their business to Marianna as much as possible and for this reason they sought the cooperation of the public spirited citizens here in order that the maximum amount of business might be turned to Marianna mer chants instead of to Memphis or Forrest City. However, since it ap pears the project does not meet with favor here, they will proceed with the construction of roads in theii section and let the business drift along the lines of least resistance
The courier-index., 1919-02-21

were placed under arrest and landed in jail at Forrest City. It Is claim ed they were in a conspiracy with their father to kill Dr. Chaffin. It 8 not known here what trouble, if any, existed between Dr Chaffin and the negroes
The courier-index., 1919-02-21
BRINGS FIVE BULLETS BACK
 t WITH HIM IN HIS BODY

Steubenville, O.-Private John La Crosse has returned from France with five bullets still in his body Eight have been extracted. He says he ended the career of. one German for each bullet he received
The courier-index., 1919-02-21
REVENUE OFFICER TO
 BE HERE MARCH FIRST

The Courier-Index is in re- ceipt of the following telegram from Jack Walker of Little Rock, collector of internal rev enue:
 Please announce that Rev enue Inspector J. l.. Swofford will be at Marianna March l to inclusive for the purpose of assisting persons in prepar' ing federal income tax returns for the year 1918"
The courier-index., 1919-02-21

The former kaiser is reported to have a severe colo in the head. The cold evidently extended from his feet.-Long Island City Star.
The courier-index., 1919-02-21
coorlE SENT AS GIFT

Waukegan, lll.-There is one less cootie in France, and one more in Waukegan. MT. and Mrs. David Erwin have received one from their son, Sergeant Jack Erwin.
The courier-index., 1919-02-21

Get your Tanlac at Daggett's Drug Store. sle
The courier-index., 1919-02-21
VAST FOR INDUSTRIAL HOUSING

Great Britain has spent $700,000,- 900 on industrial housing since the war began; with our late entrance we spent $110000,000.
The courier-index., 1919-02-21
Bottom People to Build

Geo. Kausler, Jim Hood, Jesse Bush and other large land owners in the bottoms who have been working the past year for good road lead ing from the bottoms to Marianna, announced after the meeting We'd
The courier-index., 1919-02-21

Dr. Wilson better hurry with his peace remedy or all the patients will be dead .~-Columb Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
THE UNION DRY GOODS COMPANY

After discussing factors other than
American conditions which have in
creased the cost Of food to the allies,
particularly overseas transport, he noted
that feed prices paid to the English farTn-
er were about 20 per cent higher than
the prices realized by the American farm.
er for oats and barley.
Il am in hopes" he said, that the
freeing Of the seas from war losses may
render it possible quickly to reduce sea
charges to at least the same ratio Of in
crease as the American farmer receives
PrOfiteering and speculation in pork
have been removed in the States, Mr..
Hoover told the British people, by gov
eminent control of the packing houses,
He added:
"In a broad view ! am certain that our
agricultural margins are so low that a
10 per cent reduction in prices to our
farmers would sti6e our production to
the extinction of our consequential ex
port SURPRISES. This margin of 10 per
cent is the price that our own consumers
and your consumers pay for stimulation
of production. Our American consumers
rightfully but cheerfully feel that VIC
are taking from them this extra 10 per
cent in prices in order that we may take
our part in carrying this world burden.
As view the worlds food assets this
moment. am convinced that the extra
marginal surplus from the United States
is of priceless value to the immensely Of
human life at stake between now and
next harvest
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
U. S. TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
Were Issued To-day at Rate of Four and
0ne-Hah Per Cent.

Washington, D. c., Jan. Issuance of
a block OF treasury tax certificates of in
debtedness of indefinite amount, dated
Jan. 10, maturing June II, and bearing
interest at four and one-hslf per cent,
was announced to-day by the treasury.
At the same time the treasury an
nounced another OF the usual bi-weekiy
issues of loan certificates to the amount
Of 5000 100000. dated Jan. is, maturing
June II, bearing interest at four and
one half per cent. Subscription books
close Jan. 81
The certificates of indebtedness will
prepare the way for payment Of income
and profits taxes next June, since they
will be accepted instead of cash at that
time or within sixty days before their
maturity They win not be accepted in
payment on bond subscriptions.
Treasury certificate maturing Jan. 10
and Jan. 80, a well as tax certificates
maturing July Is, will be accepted in
payment for securities of the new Is
sue.
Treasury certificates dated Sept. II,
1918, and maturing Jan. l6, 1919, will be
accepted in payment for the loan certifi-
Gates announced to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
AMERICAN FARMERS
NOT PROFITEERING
Hoover Told the English People on His
Recent yisit-He Is Inclined to
Blame British Shipping Rate.

London, Jan. s Correspondence of the
Associated Press Herbert G.. Hoover,
American food administrator, on his visit
to England assured the people of this
country that the high cost Of food was
not due to any protteering by farmers
in the United States The statement he
issued to the British press shows that
the guaranteed price of grain to the
American farmer not only is smaller than
the guarantee 10 the British farmer but
the Americans yield is so per cent less
an acre. If the British shipping rate, Mr..
Hoover said, had increased only pro rata
to the American farmers increase. the
cost of wheat in England would be about
1923 a quarter of $50 pounds, instead of
the present $26.75.
Il keenly realize" Mr.. Hoover said,
how hard the present price levels bear
on all consumers and more especially
upon the allied peoples, whose economic
wage plane is much below that in the
United States. So far as the United
States is concerned, it is not matter
OF profteering, but is one of deep com
plexity Of economic forces and provision
for world necessities" He cited a table
indicating the comparative levels before
and after the establishment of war con
trolls by the United States government
of prices of wheat, hogs, maize, oats,
sugar, steel and copper, adding that
prices have been invariably the same to
the allies as to our own consumers and
our own government"
''The high price levels, however, Great
ed before we entered the war the state
ment continued, caused our labor and
other food production costs TO increase
by leaps and bounds, and to prevent any
return during the war to 1914 levels"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
GREAT AID GIVEN
By wonan's Hospital Aid Society to
Barre Hospital

That the Womans Hospital Aid so
ciety is a valuable aid to the Barre City
hospital is proven by the annual reports
Of that organization as presented at the
annual meeting recently In supplies of
linen, dishes and other utensils, bag day,
etc, it has contributed during the past
year TO the value of nearly 81 800 In
addition it has furnished much reading
matter for patients and kept the hospital
building decorated with plants and flow
ers.
After serving very efficiently year
as vice president and two years as presi-
dent, Mrs H. j. Slayton declined re-
election for another term and Miss Annie
Barclay was elected president for the
coming year. Mrs. Arthur TiIden was
elected vice president, Miss Mildred
Phelps treasurer and Miss Ena Adie sec
rotary.
The treasuEer's report for the past year
is as follows:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
AGRICULTURE IN u. S.
ON GOOD FOUNDATION
And Is Developing in the Right Direction,
According to Secretary of Agri-
culture Houston.

Baltimore, Md, Jan. s.-Peace finds
American agriculture on a substantially
sound foundation and developing in the
right direction, Secretary Houston said
to-day in an address to the Association
of American Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment Stations Much remains to
be done in this field, however, he said,
because this part of the nations indus
trial life will not stand still.
I'VE shall have our troubles" the sec-
rotary said eve shall be concerned with
numerous proposals from the enthusi-
asts with limited knowledge and less
sense Of direction.
I'VE shall be pestered by the narrow,
selfish partisan and by the demagogues
the farmers of the farmers-their pre-
tended seIfconstituted friends. These are
already in evidence and are revealing for
ends Of their own a willingness TO at
tempt by misrepresentation and cheap
appeals to prejudice to inIure great con-
structive agencies, such as the state agri-
cultural colleges and the federal depart
ment. They will not make much head
way. The American farmers are not
easily fooled and we may trust them to
assess these people and their motives
at their real worth.
Every possible assistance said Mr..
Houston will be given to returning
soldiers and others who may wish to
begin life anew in the difficult business
of farming Turning to the subject of
peace, the secretary said;
"A league Of nations seems 70 me to
be requisite to disarmament in the
necessary degree, to the Interchange Of
commodities among nations under ra-
tional and equitable conditions, to the
freedom of the seas and to development
of the proper attitude and practice in
reference to the backward territories of
the world"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
TALK or THE TOWN

Marie Osborne in Winning Grandma,
Biiou tomorrow. adv.
Tickets for Goose Green Squag Holler
Follies on sale at Red Cross Pharmaceu
tical Parlors,
Frank Murphy and A. A. Creamer left
to-day for a weeks hunting at Pigeon
pond, which is in the vicinity Of Marsh
field
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
NORTH MONTPELIER

Fathers, mothers and wives of men in
the 26th division, who wish to attend the
Gen. Edwards reception in Barre on Jan.
l6. please send their names to Gen. Ed
wards committee, Box 1893, Barre. Seats
will be reserved for the evening meeting
for all who send in their names, and they
will also be presented to the general at Z
o'clock the afternoon of Jan. l6 at the
reception in the Rowland hall.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
TALK or THE TOWN

"Hez" Mercer makes positively his last
debut at the Squag Holler Goose Green
Follies.
Carmel Myers in "All Night" Blue
beard feature, and Hands Up" Bijou
today adv
Miss Rosa Levin returned yesterday to
this city, after few days visit with
friends in Burlington and Albany, N. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
MAY BENEFIT NEW ENGLAND.
National League of Commission Mer-
chants Discuss Probabilities.

Boston, JAN S.-Problems affecting the
prices of food and particularly pertain
ing to transportation and marketing
were discussed at length in the opening
session of the convention of the Nation
al League of Commission Merchants of
the United States held here to-day Gov.
Coolidge and Mayor Peters opened the
convention with addresses of welcome.
Possibilities Of handling larger guam
titles of fruits, vegetables, butter, eggs,
poultry and other regional products from
New England; government control Of
public utilities, and the extension of for
eign trade as affecting food prices dur
ing reconstruction period" were among
the topics considered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
AGREEMENT REACHED.
Between Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. and
10 International Unions.

Washington, D. c., Jan. San agree
ment between the Bethlehem Shipbuild-
ing company and the thirteen INFERNO
tional unions comprising the metal
trades department Of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor whereby the unions are
recognized as representing the employees,
was announced to-day by the metal
trades department.
Committees of five, representing each
side, will consider jointly all matters
arising out of the agreement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
NOTICE

That ! will he unable to call on many who
would like an illustrated history of the world
war for liberty, containing 500 pages, 100 IL
Illustrations anyone sending a postal to me
this week viii have delivered history to them
on or before Jan. 30i price, $500; II. b.
Arbuckle. 25lta"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
Shec@>AR
taaAss@ss 4sEssasssss -.

Just now we are busy taking inventory,
to be ready Feb l. Just three weeks in
which to turn merchandise wherever pos
sible into cash. Every department in the
store presents it's full quota of good val
ues at tempting savings. Here and there
we have chosen items that seemed fairly
typical To appreciate the values at their
own full worth, you must see them. They
are fine!
$425 BED COMFoRTERs = sikolnecovered filled
with sanitary cotton, full size Special Price S349
$3.50 BED SPREADS - Handsome crochet patterns
plain hemmed, extra sizes Special Price 1898
$3.50 TABLE CLOTHS - Good quality damask, hand
designs size 96x68 inches Special Price, S198
$198 SHEETS - Splendid quality cotton size 81x96
inches, seamless. Special Price, 81. 80
soc COTTON FOULARD - Choice range of patterns
in dark colors, 80 inches wide Special Price 39c
soc BINGHAM APRONS = Round style trimmed with
colored sckeri braid. .......... Special Price, 45c
45c EDEN FLANNEL-Fine for waists, pajamas, etc.;
36-lnch Special Price, Doc
35c PERCALE - Light and dark patterns, SO inches
wide. Special Price 29c
75c CHILDREN's WOOL LEGGINs-Black only, sizes
3 to IL years Special Price, 19c
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
Balance

During the year the association made
and handed in TO the hospital % shirts,
80 sheets, AZ pillow slips, "a blankets,
l6 tray cloths, 80 binders, "a diapers, -
baby bands, l4l tray cloths, 26 crib
sheets, los towels crib pillow slips, 8
laundry bags, crib blankets, As draw
sheets.
In addition they spent $4,000 for
sheets, pillow slips, blankets, cloth, dishes
and kitchen utensils during the influenza
epidemic.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
DEFEATED WATERBURY HIGH.
Goddard Second Basketball Team Was
Easy Winner.

The Goddard second basketball team
defeated the Waterbury high school team
at Waterbury last evening by the score
of 81 to H. The game was played in the
town hall and from the first whistle was
easily Goddard's game,
OF the Waterbury team three men
played last year, the positions of Flynn
and Luce, who graduated last June, be
ing filled by Donovan ard Gray Clerici
was easily the star for Waterbury but
was kept we'll covered during the entire
game 50 that few opportunities came to
him to shoot, though he managed to ring
three baskets and foul.
For Goddard, Slayton and Mari were
competing for the most baskets, the for
mer scoring one more basket than Mari
The lineup and results were as fol-
Lows
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08
BARRE DAILY TIMES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1919.
The Weather.

Probably snow tonight and Thursday;
warmer in central Maine tonight; fresh
south winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-08

- Special conclave of St. Aide
| MA mar commandery, No. II, i.
lET49S3 81 T., Thursday evening, Jan. 9,
-tLs>Sg&J at O'Clock Work, Red Cross.
gsZssSa&A9 Per order-Ey g,