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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02
Realty Deeds Are
Filed for Record

The following deeds have been filed
for recording to the county clerks of.
flee: A. Howard Fleming and wife to
J. Lee Hall, IL interest In lot and
Fleming building on Main street. S21 :
42S.57. The same interest and same
amount to Fred c. Fleming and wife
Thomas w. Fleming and wife. L. 81
Fleming and wife and Allison 81 F1em.
ing, unmarried; 3. @. Amos and wife
to the Consolidation Coal company. 40
acres with mining rights alone, 81 up;
=. Wayman and wife to Clarence D..
asoomson, lots In jackson addition, ST..
wv; Morgan Hartley and wife to
herman Anderson, real estate IN r.
y. Harr addition, $500; Erwin
boyce and wife to Emma Satterfield,
land In Union district, $1,000; Chaun.
cey L. Russell and wife to william D:
hlcnardson, real estate IN Bellview
Heights addition, $500.
Real estate has been sold to the Do.
nestle Coke corporation from various
parties IN Winfield district as fol-
lows: Thomas A. Hughes, $500; vii.
liam II. Bunner and wife, $500; P. A.
Bunner, $500; omer Bunner, 5000:
Nanyc A Ralphsnyder and husband.
500; Nancy A. Ralphsnyder and hus.
band, $500: Thomas II. Lloyd and wife,
$1,64o; Thomas H. Lloyd and wife
$500; Minnie Lloyd McAllister and
husband. 1920; p. A. Bunner. $50.
Minnie Lloyd McAllister and husband.
$50; William H. Bunner and wife. $50: :
Thomas A. Hughes, 500; omer Bun.
ner, $50; Lawrence w. Lloyd and
Charles 2, Lloyd and Margaret Lloyd,
$40. -
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RUFF STUFF

Isn't It about time to declare an
arnlistice In the cruel war which grew
out Of the suspension of the loan
driver
Did you notice that those bombs
that were sent through the mails
were not oil the time fuse variety?
Guy who sent them evidently is on
to the fact that It would take a darn
ed slow fuse to guard against going
on before 1t reached the intended vic
tim.
There is one thing that can be said
In favor OF the kind of weather we
have been having this week
It supplies q perfectly air tight alibi
for some Of the baseball playing the
country has been asked to look at.
Has any one taken the trouble to
find out where q. Shaw stands on the
city planning project?
Or lit taken for granted that he is
ngin It?
It rained in Versailles yesterday
and the Teut delegates made their
drst trip to the Peace conference in
automobiles.
But Just the same they must have
felt pretty much like fellows who
we're walking the plank.
Beginning to kick about the new
telephone rates at the court house.
That's not the only place where
talk used to be cheap which will find
the new ARRANGEMENT expensive.
-
Papers say the plumbers have
struck
But no one win get excited about
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02

Yesterday the United States Chamber of Commerce in
session at ST. Louis adopted resolution calling upon
President Wilson to convene Immediately upon
his return to this country for the consideration of egs
laon to safeguard social and business structure
That Is putting the matter very mildly but it is to be
hoped that Mr.. Wilson will realize that it is also put
very earnestly. While the issues which he is dealing
with in Paris vital to the future OF mankind as
whole some problems which peculiar to the people
of the United States but which o. the utmost i'm
portance are held in allegiance The longer action on
these matters is deferred the troublesome they
will become.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02
Secretary Lane on
Employment Sunday

With reference to the designation
by the National Church organizations
OF Sunday May as Employment
Sunday. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary
Of the Interior states:
THE observance OF Sunday, May 4,
as Employment Sunday, offers fitting
opportunity 10 the millions Of church
members Of this country to demon.
strate their realization of our national
responsibility to the soldiers sailors
and war-workers, who made victory
possible. By assisting the United
States Employment Service and its
Bureaus for Returning Soldiers and
Sailors YOU arc doing in fact the work
Of the Lord. The fifteen thousand
field agents Of the Department Of the
Interior are assisting the United Stat
as Employment Service in locating po-
sitions available for soldiers and Sail
ors, and have no doubt but that there
Will be quick and hearty response by
all those who are likewiseappealedto"
In endorsing Employment Sunday.
Colonel Arthur Woods, Assistant 10
the Secretary of War states:
1.-THE most practical way in which
the churches and church members OF
the country can asst the returning
soldiers Is to help them to employment.
Brass bands. free meals, and recep-
tons are right and proper. but thers
must be with the welcome the offer Of
a suitable Job to every man in uni
form who needs one. We must not
forget that these men to whom the
country owes so much will do far more
for US than we can do for them. They
are bringing back noble standards OF
loyalty Of service and steadfness that
will be potent factors in the new tim
es We are. entering into.
The Salvation Army has also endors-
ed the observance of Maya as Employ
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02

General W. e. Jones occupied PM.
ippi on May 2, 1868, and on that day
sent several thousand cattle and hors-
es across the Alleghenies which were
taken from the people. These cattle
and horses were selected at random.
No playing favorites protected one
property owner over another. On this
same day a junction of the Jones and
Imboden troops was effected so that
the two invading armies in West Vir-
gtnta became whole.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1918.

fbeltepe IN The United States of America a, govern
en Of tc people, BY The people, for the people phosc
Just pones derived from the consent of The governed;
democracy IN republic, c sovereign Nation of MANY
sovereign States; perfect Unon one and nsepdoolc.
tce and humanity for which american patriots sacrificed
their lpcs and fortunes. therefore believe It nv duty
10 my country 10 love it, 10 support its Constitution; TO
obey is aps 10 respect its flag; and TO defend il ogain.
all enemies
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church similarly has Of

Presbyterian church similarly has Of
ticially endorsed Employment Sun
day." and has requested its ten thous.
and pastors throughout the country to
assist the United States Employment
Service in calling upon employers to
register with that agency in their la
Dor needs. The Presbyterian church
has appropriated 100000 from its
treasury to assist returning soldiers
and sailors. Part of the Presbyterian
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02

Corporal
Taylor, Edward Winfield. Oxford. N. C.
Delaney. Leroy Harry, Cincinnati, O.
Rhodes, Robert j., Jersey City, N. J.
Died Of Wounds.
Privates- \
Dowd, John Joseph. Montrose Pa.
Phlo. Leonard Delbert, Lansing, Mich.
sirty, Sherman, oakville, KY.
Undertake. James W., Barnhamsville
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02
program for Employment Sunday will

program for Employment Sunday will
be the organization of groups of lay.
men business men Of the churches, ia
canvass openings for soldiers and sal.
ors in their community. Operating
through its New Ora Movement, the
Presbyterian church plans to perfect
in every parish q system by which the
presentation of the returning fighters
needs on Employment Sunday may be
worked out thereafter for practical and
efficient relief.
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ment Sunday, Colonel Edward j. Par

ker, secretary for Military Affairs. New
YORK City, having written the Secre.
tary of Labor that I'VE are pleased to
promise you the fullest possible CO.
operation Of our organization through.
out the country in the interests of the
unemployed. Our officers have been
instructed to make special reference
to this subject in their services on
Sunday. May g."
The Board of Home Missions OF the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02

Dispatches from Switzerland indicate that political
changes Of the utmost Importance may take place soon
in Germany. News more unwecoms could not very
easily come out Of Germany. There must be political
stability there there cannot be dependable peace
Treaty.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02

The Victory loan campaign is tagging According to
official figures there only about billion and quar-
ter of subscriptions and there remains only one more
week of the campaign something will have to be done
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02
CASUALTY
LIST

The following casualties are report
ed by the commanding general Of the
American Expeditionary Forces:
Killed in action 8; de:d from wounds
2; died in airplane accident /; died of
acciaem and other causes 16; died of
alseAse 20; wounded severely 2; wound
slightly "a; missing In action i. Total
Lieutenant
Parker. Raymond W., Champaign, III.
Brown James F., Rutledge, Ga
Funk, Hugo, Cottonwood, idaho.
Prdvates-
Duncan Thomas. wayton, Ark.
Giannotti. Giuseppe. Province Bene.
vento, Italy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02

1t believed that the Fifteenth Engineers will
be able to leave Camp Upton by Tuesday of next week
This means that the promised Pittsburgh reception will
be possible sometime before Saturday after next Only
week late. That is going pretty good for the War
department.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES

The following casualties are report
ed by the commanding general Of the
American Expedttfonar7y Forces:
Killed In Action.
Barnett Maurice E, Neenah. wis.
Mssill Gerald Psrham, Brooklyn. N.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02

The only time any one Ia desner.
steiy interested in the plumbing CON
pi.ions Is when the mercury is ten
oeioW and every water pipe in the
place is frozen solid.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02

Yesterdays first Joint meeting of the Allied and Ger
man Peace commissioners lasted barely five minutes
And the German mlitariss were fifty years preparing
for that incident!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-02
CHANGES IN STATUS

The following cabied corrections are
Issued as an appendix to the regular
casualty lists at the reuestq Of the
several press associations:
Killed In Action, Previously Reported
Sergeant
Bose, Harvey. Mrs. Lulu Collins. Dry
Branch, W. Va
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lcanhe last Of the Liberty ..ds-aad the keystone Il
the arch Of Victory.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18
NEW HAVEN NEWS

(Mrs. F. L. Shackett, Correspondent
Walter Gill is at home from Boston
Miss Grace Merrill is caring for a
patient in Lincoln,
Childrens night will be observed at
the Grange next Friday night
Mrs. Elisha Follansbee is at home
from the Mary Fletcher hospital
William Emo and family attended the
Emo family reunion at Charlotte last
week
Miss Alice Chaffee left Sunday by
automobile for her home in Kingston,
n, Y.
Rev. George H. Gutterson Of Bos-
ton will occupy the pulpit a week from
next Sunday,
Miss Louise Chaffee is at home for
the summer vacation from her school III
Indiana, Pa.
Mrs. Frank Freeman and daughter
of Burlington are visiting her brothers.
F. NJ. and W, H. Partch.
Mrs. Carrie Mason Jones was opera
ted on for appendicitis at the Mary
Fletcher hospital Tuesday
Carl Brace recently returned from
service was the guest last week OF his
aunt, Mrs. Patterson and cousin, Mrs
A. c. Squer
Miss MCGOWAN of Grand Isle who
taught here last year was the recent
guest of Mrs. Nina Ward and Mrs
Charles Palmer.
M. and Mrs. Herbert A. Human, who
have visited their sister, Mrs. W, w.
Hubbard for two weeks left for their
home in ornwall-on-the- Hudson Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Davis motored
to Bridgewater Monday to get MIR. and
Mrs. George Coats, who have been
visiting Mr.. Coats brother and family
there.
Henry c. Roscoe has presented to
the New Haven public library a large
collection of books which were the prop.
erty of his late wife, Mrs. Jennie Hall
Roscoe.
Mr. and Mrs Philo Elmer and MIR,
and Mrs George c. Everest and fam
ilv attended the annual reunion OF the
Elmer family last week at East Mid
dlebury.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Miles and two
children of Brooklyn y, y, arrived at
the home of Mrs. Miles parents Mr..
and Mrs. H. X. Daniels, Saturday ev-
ening. They came by automobile
The Hunt family reunion was held
at the home of Walter p Hunt Monday
Thirtv-two members of the family, in
Guiding relatives from Middlebury
Rutland. and Shoreham were present
A picnic dinner was served on the lawn
at noon.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18
SALISBURY NEWS
MRS. c. A. Bump, Correspondent

mrs. C. A. Bump, Correspondent
Allen Palmer of Rochester was at T.
A. Bumps this week.
Rev. David Reid and George Carnell
went Sunday to Round Lake.
Mrs. ]. Harold Dyer OF Rutland was
a weekend guest at ]. E. Dyer's.
Henry Rafield and wife OF New York
are at the Mountain Spring Hotel.
Howard Nelson, who has been over
seas for the past year, returned home
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Pratt of New
York are visiting his aunt, Mrs. Homer
Whittemore.
Mrs. Mary Cllins has been visiting
for a few days at the home OF her
sister, Mrs. R. ]. Barton.
Miss Hattie Henderson OF Albany
n. V, has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Moses Kelsey, the past week.
Mrs. A. A. Smead, who has been visit.
ing in Middlebury at the home OF
Mrs. P. B. Cloyes, has returned home
Rev. Mr.. Hamun has joined his fam
ily at their cottage at Lake Dunmore
after being in France for the past III
months.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18
BRISTOL NEWS

Mrs. w H. Taylor has retuned from
New York
Frank Jimmo has bought W R.
Trudo's restaurant.
Mr. and Mrs. DIN Atkins are the
parents of a daughter born Saturday.
Charles Dunshee of Binghamton, n.
Y, is vinsiting his mother Mrs Nice
ma NJ. Dunshee
William J. Kelley of Danbury, Conn,
who has recently returned from over
seas. is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. A. J. Smith and daughter of
Worcester, Mass, are visiting Mrs.
Smiths parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. H.
Palmer
| Bernard McShane of the A. E. F.
has received his discharge and is at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs y.
!. McShane.
Miss Doris Laparl has completed her
course at the Burlington Business Col
lege, and accepted a position with I. D
Page in Hyde Park.
The Bristol Manufacturing company
have purchased l. Cohen'5 stock OF
meats and groceries and will run a CO.
operative store with E. E. Bamforth as
manager.
Albert E. Rule and Miss Esther,
Youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hervey Orvis of Monkton, were mar
ried Saturday evening at the Methodist
parsonage by the Rev E. W. Gould.
Mr.. Rule has recently returned from
France. They will reside in Monkton.
The Neighborly club gave banquet
and entertainment Friday night for the
boys who entered the service from tins
neighborhood and have returned, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Dupee.
The lawn was decorated with flags,
bunting and Japanese lanterns. The
program was given out of doors. Tables
were set inside and a splendid supper
was served by the ladies'
The first open air service was held on
the park Sunday evening with a lair
attendance These meetings Will CON
tinue through July and August. This
month the Rev E. W. Gould, pastor
of the Federated Church will preach.
Next month the Rev. I. b. Hughes
pastor of the First Baptist Church
will have charge G. R. Guinan cor
netist. assisted with the music Sunday
evening
Some of the ladies who will assist
Mr.. Leonard in his work with the
children are, Ms Ransom Purnton,
Mrs. Z. w. Varney, Mrs. ] {. Norton
the Misses Cooley, Ella Mathewson
Josephine Mennez, Mildred Morgan
and Alice King. Glasses i'll sewing
basketry and folk dancing have already
been organized Swimming classes and
athletics will be handled by Mr.. Leon.
ard. A potion of the saw mill will be
used for dressing rooms 70 the boys
and another room is being equipped foi
the girls The boys and girls will b'
divided into younger and older groups
the sixth grade being the dividing line
The attention of the children IS direct
ed to the bill board near the postofice
where everything will be posted.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18
WEST CORNWALL
(Mrs. Kate l. Taylor. CorrespOndent.l


Mr.. and Mrs. L. Dewitt spent Sun
dav in Bridport with relatives
Mrs. David Ogilvie and little daugh-
ter, Grace, have returned to Proctor.
MIR. and Mrs. Clifford Watt of Cam
bridge, N. Y, returned to their home
Monday
Mrs. Rosa f. Foote of Vergennes is
with her son. F. L, Foote and family
for the present,
Mrs. L. f. Townsend Of Shoreham
Center spent Sunday with her sister,
Mrs. II T. Taylor
Miss Anna Cooke Of Albany, n, y,
was a weekend guest at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Drolette
Nelson Merrill, who has been spend
ing a few days with his niece, Mrs. l.
c. Drolette, went to Weybridge Mon
day.
Charles Gordon visited his wife at
the Fanny Allen hospital Sunday. She
is improving and hopes to return home
next week
Mrs. Patrick Costello, who has been
at the Fanny Allen hospital recovering
from broken arm, came home Sunday
and is doing well.
Master Reginald De Witt, who has
recently visited his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. De Witt has returned ia
his home in Shoreham.
Mr.. and Mrs L. c. Drolette, Mrs
Eta Hurd and Miss Josephine Miller
attended the Elmer reunion at Horace
Elmer's in East Middlebury July Attn
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Loya gave
reception Friday night of last week foI
their son, George and wife, who were
recently married Mrs. Loya was Miss
Cora Sweenor.
Fred c. Bingham, son of the late
Pauline R. Bingham, has been made
president and general manager OF the
Borum & Pease paper manufacturing
Co., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18
Estate of
Jared W. Abernethy
late of Cornwall
STATE OF VERMONT.

STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF ADDISON, IS,
To the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict Aforesaid
To the heirs and all persons interested in the
estate of Jared W. Abernethy' late of Cornwall,
in said District, deceased. Erecting !:
Whereas, application hath been made to this
Court in writing, by the Executor of the last VIII
and Testament of said deceased praying for
license and authority to sell all the real estate Of
said deceased for the payment OF debts and
charges of administration, setting forth therein
the amount Of debts due from the said deceased,
the charges Of administration, and the amount
Of personal estate and the situation Of the real
estate.
Whereupon, the said Court appointed and as
signed the 4th day Of August, 1919 at o'clock
a. M at the Probate Office in Middlebury. in said
District, to hear and decide upon said application
and petition. and ordered public notice thereof to
he given to ali persons interested therein by
publishing said order. together with the time and
place Of hearing. three weeks successfully In the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18

sale at interest, or investing the same in stocks
or other real estate, or using the avails thereof
for the benefit of said wards as the law directs
would be beneficial for said wards.
Whereupon, the said Court appointed and as
signed the 2lst day of July, 1919, at o'clock a.;
M, at the Probate Office in Middlebury. in said
District, to hear and decide upon said application
and ordered that public notice thereof to be given
to all persons interested therein. by publishing
this order three weeks successfully in the middie-
hurry Register. a newspaper published at Middle
bury, in said District, which circulates IN the
neighborhood of those persons interested therein
all which publications shall be previous to the
time appointed for the hearing
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court. at the time and place AFORESAID.
then and there in said Court, to object to the
granting of such license, il you see cause.
Given under my hand at Middlebury, in said
District. this 3Oth day Of June, 1919
q Madeleine C. Wood, Register.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18
Estate of
Mrs Jane p. Farr
late of ShOreham
STATE OF VERMONT.
INSTRUCT OF ADDISON. IS.

STATE OF NEkMONl.
DISTRICT OF ADDISON. IS.
To the Honorable Probate Court for the District
Of Addison
To all persons interested in the estate of
Jane P. Farr. late of Shoreham. in said District,
deceased. Greeting :
At a Probate Court. holden at Mddlebury.
within and for said District on the l4th day OF
July. 1919. an instrument purportng to be
the last Will and Testament of Jane z. Farr
late of Shoreham, in said District. deceased,
presented to the Court aforesaid for Probate ,.
day of August, 1919, at 100 o'clock p. M. at
the Probate Office in said Middlebury, be as.
signed for PROVING said instrument; and that
notice there # be given to all persons concerned
by publishing this order three weeks successfully
in the Middlebury Register. newspaper circu-
latng in that vicinity. in said District. previous
to the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereb- notified to appear
before said Court at the time and place afore-
said, and contest the probate of said will. if you
have cause.
Given under my hand at Middlebury, in said
District. this 18th day Of July. 1919.
29 CHARLES |. BUTTON, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate of
Dennis H. Grant
late chichester, VT.

The undersigned. having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District OF
Addison, Commissioners TO receive examine ana
adiust The claims and demands Of all persons
AGAINST the estate of Dennis H. Grant, late
Of Leicester, in said District, deceased. and all
claims exhibited in offset thereto. hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purpose afore-
said. at the late residence OF the deceased IN me
town of Leicester. in said District, on the 4th day
of August, and 9TH day Of January, next. from z
o'clock D. m, until o'clock p m, on each OF sara
DAYS and that six months from the 18th day OF
July. A. d. 1919. is the time limited by SAID
Court for said creditors to present their claims
To MS for examination and allowance.
Dated at Middlebury VT. this 18th day oil
July. A. ID. 1919.
E Peter w wifson. Commissioners
Miss Ellen Grant. Administrative. ~
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18

Middlebury Register. newspaper which eircu-
lates in the neighborhood Of those persons inter,
asted In said estate all which publications shall
be previous to the day assigned for hearing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court, at the time and place as
signed. then and there in said Court to make your
objections to the granting Of such license II you
see cause.
Given under my hand at Middlebury. in said
District. this 18th day Of July. 1919.
% Charles |. Button. Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18
STATE OF VERMONT.
nIsTRIcr OF ADDISON, IS.

STATE OF VERMONT. I
DISTRICT OF ADDISON, S.
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
Aforesaid
To all persons interested in the estates OF
Doris II. Barker and Genevieve NJ. Barker.
Greeting /:
Whereas. application in writing hath been
made TO this Court by the guardians Of Doris II.
Barker and Genevieve M. Barker for license to
sell the real estate Of said wards, viz all their
interest in and to the home farm Of the late Mar,
garet G. Barker. located In Leicester, in SAID
District. Representing that the sale thereof
for the purpose Of putting the proceeds Of such
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-18
RUTLAND FAIR

Horse Show and Carnival Sept l, ?,
3, 4, 5. The big 200 pace will be one OF
the races Monday, Sept. ADV.