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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-08
BETTER HCHWA VS. ARE
VITAL NEED OF STATE
Vermont Not Likely to Develop Until Travelling Is Made
Cheaper, Easier and More Comfortable - No
Limit to Summer Traffi Than Can Be Developed

for wears Vermont ia a state of high
ways-hundreds of miles of them; over
which the great bulk of our commodi-
ties, produced or used, have to go.
Whether transportation costs are high
or low means as much or more to Yer
mont as it possibly can to any state
Our business interests are scattered
not centered, and anything that reduces
the distance between them, whether the
town or the farm. means the removal
of handicap which they now suffer
compared with other sections better
served. If it meant nothing added
from outside our borders we could well
afford big outlay for better highways
on our own account.
But it does mean much to Vermont
in her bid for people and for business
from outside. Give us 500 miles of
| first class modern highways in Vermont
and the future would take care of it
self Within five years we should be
discovered like a virgin state, by I'M
! numbered thousands of people to whom
we are now but small backwoods
country without attractions that inter
est them. Lay down the gateways of
| these fine roads at a few convenient
| points of access on our borders with a
Welcome to Vermont" sign overhead
and big tide of travel would set in
almost Immediately, leaving not only
its vacation dollars behind but carry
ing back home their good reports and
their awakened interest for the future
1t is great mistake to suppose that
a big tourist influx to Vermont would
be merely temporary or seasonal in its
| return. In addition would come an ap
probation of Vermont gained through
actual touch that would mean a natura
and steady impulse in the right direc
ton. Permanent residence would fol
low summer residence and investmen
in Vermont enterprises would succeed
in awakened interest and investigation
into their possibilities. This has oc
Cured in Florida, California and ev
erywhcre else that summer or winte
travel has set in Why not in Yer
mont?
We have the Garden of Eden in Yer
mont during the summer and autumn
seasons. No other part of this coun
try equals the natural beauties and at
fractions we offer Thousands of pee
nle will come and enjoy them with II
if we will only give them travelin
facilities that will please them, max
a certain publicity effort to inforr
them, house and feed them comfortabl
and treat them well personally IN on
contact with them. The first dehuit
step should be The binding of hes
t quality highways Vermont can d
, this-can take hold of it intelligent,
,ssloPtu system and method
finance it and see it through to success:
full completion.
Z If we are, in this article, recantin
| anything we have said in the discus
| sion of good roads. we make no apolog
e nor effort to connect up with form,
5 expressions. Progress does not NOV
r by the pathway of stupid consstenc
!; In a third article we shall try to con
plete the presentation of this theme {
Vermont Development Randolph lie
4 aid and News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-08

Situated and conditioned as Vermont
now is, we believe her best lead from
an economic point of view is the early
beginning and consistent prosecution of
a well-conceived program of general
highway Improvement. Vermont will
not develop until travelling throughout
the state is made cheaper, easier and
more comfortable than it is at present.
It. will develop with this essential
agency properly attended to.
We regard our Vermont roads as
good and so they are, in way. On
the whole, or rather on the average,
they serve the ordinary needs of our
people fairly well. There has been
steady and general Improvement on
during the summer season, the main
them for the past 10 or Is years until,
during the summer season the main
thoroughfares are quite satisfactory
most of the time, for motor vehicle or
team traffic. The side or hill roads
compare favorablv with the generally
poor and neglected ones of other states
Yet our public highways fall very
far short of the ideal of what Yer
mont needs or deserves, in her present
situation. During the month or six
weeks of spring, when the snow is leav.
ing and the frost coming out of the
ground, nobody travels over them un.
less compelled to- Except the newly
laid, well drained and highly crowned
gravel roads (Which soon dcterioratt
to the common standard under the neg
lect and lack of resurfacing they re
| ceive), they are difficult, unpleasant
and sometimes impossible of passag,
on account of mud. During periods OF
drouth in summer they are dusty an(
sandy, limiting the loads that can b.
carried over them and certainly tn,
comfort to be derived in traversins
them. All through summer, except The
short new stretches, they are rough
and rutty. wearing alike upon man
motor and beast. During fall anC
early winter comes the rainy and froz
en- period, with alternate mud. slim,
| and teeth loosening roughness> Only il
mid winter, when deep snow mercifull'
covers them. are our Vermont highway
the equal of our sister states. The
are at all times, speaking of them a
a whole. narrow, poorly surveyed am
poorly graded Anyone who has stud
| led this road question or spent mucl
time investigating can arrive at bu
one conclusion, viz, that our main Yer
mont thoroughfares are inferior make
shifts compared with those of othe
states; which comparison is both prop
er and pertinent, inasmuch as trans
portatiOn facilities. form. so importan
a link in the economic system and hav
so vital a bearing en- the welfare o
any section.
And Vermont has so much to gal
from really good roads-meaning tn
hard, permanent kind. wide. we
drained, as straight and well grade
as conditions permit. easily traversabl
at a minimum of effort at all season
of the year; roads that laugh at mud {
dust and to which ruts are unknown
such roads, whether of cement, asphalt
UNI or macadam properly bound, q
other states are building and have bee
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-08
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

meeting of the Mechanic Aque-
duct Co. will be held tomorrow at 100
n m at the home of G. A. Dewitt of
s Chestnut street.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Mutual Aid association will be held to-
morrow, Wednesday, afternoon at $50
o'clock at the headquarters, 0 Harris
place.
The first six grades of the Brattleboro
graded schools will give folk dance en-
tertainment on the Retreat lawn
Wednesday afternoon, June Is, at 3
o'clock.
The Ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. f. j. Eddy of II Chestnut
street Thursday, June 10, at O'Clock.
Members should take notice of the change
in date.
| Every ticket for Scenes in Restaurant,
which will be given in Academy hall IN
West Brattleboro tomorrow evening. has
been sold, and the management has de-
cided to give the production Thursday
evening also with the same cast. The pro-
ceeds will used to help defray the ex-
kpenses of the Fourth of July celebration.
William f. Godfrey, eldest son OF Mr.
and Mrs. F. f. Godfrey of West Lebanon
\. H., formerly of Brattleboro, has just
died in Newport, this state. The young
est son of Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey was
buried in March. His brother attended
the funeral and later had the grip, which
left his throat in bad condition. He went
to a sanatorium in Boston for treatment,
but tuberculosis of the throat developed
and soon he was unable to swallow. He
returned home and died a week later,
after much suffering.
L. w Jackman of West Brattleboro,
tagent for the Strout real estate agency,
has sold the following farms: Mrs. NJ
f. Phetteplace has bought the Bakes &
Martindale farm in Guilford; John NJ
Baxter of Long Island has bought the
Burton j. Rice farm in Newfane; Peter
f. Daniels of Detroit has bought the
Frank A. Stevens farm in Brookline; DIR
} Lars r. Reque of New York city has
bought the Charles +. Brown farm in
South Nawfane; Arthur p, Rule, of Hol
woke. Mass, has bought the Grace II
Rhodes farm in Newfane; Charles II
, Turner of Brooklyn has bought the Elmer
B. Holden farm in Townshend All these
sales were made by L. W. Jackman o.
West Brattleboro, agent for the Strout
real estate agency.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-08
WANT FUR COATS NOW.
Girls Fear They Will Not Get Any
I. -rte After Marriage

CHICAGO. June S.---'sYou should
hear the reasons many working girls
give for buying fur coats,'' remarked
a Chicago merchant to the great num-
Der of such purchases being made.
"One of the commonest is, We'll, if
don t get it now before l get married
| never will afterward.' -
The sight of so many handsome furs
coming to downtown office buildings
has led to the report that girls are buy
ing them on the installment plan. Not
so in the main, according to inquiry
among merchants.
The furs that working girls buy on
installments, one house prominent in
this class says, are mostly of the
cheaper grades. averaging in price
around several hundred dollars.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-08
Incomplete Dias1 osis.

lack. aged. three. went TO see hi,
new little cousin. When he came home
his mother asked him how the baby
was and what 1t was. He replied
ION, mother, they o; nice little dol
lie. but | can't tel. you what IL IL, be
cause she didn't have am hair yet"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-08
MAY FIND LIQUOR
INDICTMENTS
Long Session of Federal Grand Jury at
Windsor-Prohibition Agents
Are Present.

WINDSOR, June S-The May term OF
United States federal court, which is said
to have all the early indications of the
longest session of the grand jury in the
history Of the. state, opened here today
A humber Of federal agents, some Of
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

Last Friday afternoon two cot
tages at Steele's Mills were de-
stroyed by fire. The fire origin
ated around the stove flue of the
Groom Kenny D. Grant house,
and burned 40 rapidly that very
little was saved. The adjoining
broom house occupied by Lacy
Lampley caught next, but practi-
cally everything was removed
safely from it. The Broom
houses occupied by F. P. Carpen-
ter and by Mrs. w. A. Childress
also caught, but the flames were
extinguished before any real
damage was done. The buildings
belong to the Company and were
insured.
On Saturday the house belong
ing to,a colored man, Ned Cole,
near the Jess Covington place in
Wolf Pit, was destroyed by fire,
this also originating around a de-
fective flue. This Woodworking
colored man is playing in hard
luck. Last October when he
sold his cotton and got his check
cashed, some thief picked his
pocket before he got out of town
and stole his hard-earned roll Of
$500. The loss of so much money
and now the added loss of his
house, strikes a man, white or
black, a hard blow; he deserves
the help Of the community.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22
Stockholders Meet.

The stockholders of the Farm.
ers Bank held their annual meet
ing January 9th. The following
officers were elected for the en-
suing year: Robert L. Steele,
President; M. H. Fowlkes, Vice.
President; Leake S. Covington,
Vice-President and Cashier; R. l.
Phillips, Assistant Cashier.
Directors: Robert L. Steele, DR.
F. ]. Garrett, H. F. Long, M. H
Fowlkes, DR.. R. S. Cole and Leake
S. Covington.
The past year was the mos
satisfactory in every way in thu
history of the institution. Ths
regular 10 per cent semi-annua
dividend was paid.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

A summary proceedings in
ejectment" was to have been
tried before Squire VIM. Little
Steele Wednesday afternoon, in
the courthouse, but after "a
wrangIe BETWEEN opposing coun-
sci, the case was continued until
next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o.
clock. a Jury will sit on the case.
John c. Dockefy and E. E. Ingram
are the plaintiffs, and r. G. Lisk
the defendant. Attorneys are
Ozmer Henry and T. L. Caudle,
for Dockery and Ingram;and J.T,
Bennett and Jas. A. Lockhart for
defendant.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22
Various Causes for this
Common AffIiction
Anemia Or Bloodless-
ness a Very Com
mon Cause
Porto Mangan Overcomes
Anemia and Tends to
Prevent Headaches

When one has an occasional head
ache it is usually due TO some tran
silent or ressing cause, such as indi-
|gestion, eye-strain. over-tiredness, etc
When, however, one suffers from
frequent periodic headaches there is
always some special reason for it.
Among. the most common OF such
reasons is Anemia or Bloodlessness.
This condition is especially frequent
among girls and young women and
those whose occupations or habits
of life keep them too much indoors.
The one important necessity in such
cases is to build UP the quantity
and quality of the weak and watery
Blood GUIDES Pento-M angan is ex-
ceptionally valuable for this pur-
pose, 1t increases the number and
improves the quality of the red
blood cells, those vital little bodies.
which carry nutrition to all parts
of the body 1t improves the appe-
tite, .imparts color to the face, and
restores health and strength to the
body generally. After a short course
of Pepto-Mangan the headaches de-.
crease in frequency and severity,
and finally disappear, if they are
due to ,Anemia. Pepto-M angan may
be had either in liquid or tablet
form, as preferred. When buying
Pepto-Mangan be sure the name
Guides is on the package. With
out Guides it is not -Mangan.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

PREMIER Clemenceau, the
strong man of France, was last
week defeated for the French
Presidency, Paul Deschanel re-
ceiving that honor. And as a
consequence of his defeat, Glenn
.enceau, and his fellow-cabinet
members resigned. Mr.. Clemen-
ceau's defeat can be charged to
the politicians, and not to the
people. Had they been allowed
to vote on the matter, their graf
itude would have doubtless elect
ed him by a rousing majority.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22
Marriage Licenses.

Jan. 15-Artis B. Craven and
Minnie L. Warner, white.
Jan. 17-Walter Watkins and
Anna Wall, colored.
Jan. 20-Lee Cash and Leila
Little, colored.
Jan. M-Willie Smith Jr., and
Chattie Ritter, white.
Jan. M-William Sanders and
Irene Goodwin, colored.
Jan. 20 Claude Rollins and
Sallie McQneen, colored.
Jan. 2l-Walter Coney Steele
and Elizabeth Haywood, white.
Jan. 2l-Raymond Stacy and
Nettie Hammond, colored.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22
DEMOCRATIC IN POLITICS
Boost Your Town.

An ideal citizen is one who
sees something good in his town
and spreads the good news a.
broad that others may benefit
therefrom.
Of course, there are other side
lights to the ideal citizen, but the
quality of loyalty is one which
produces tangible results.
There are three distinct atti-
tudes which a person may as
sumo towards the community
which feeds and houses him-to
boost, to remain quiescent, or to
knock.
The booster pushes his town
along, the quiescent citizen lulls
it to sleep, and the knocker helps
to put it out of business.
Which are you?
Perhaps yon have never given
it a thought. You may not re-
alize yourself which you are-but
your neighbors all know. They
have accurately catalogued &C
cording to your deserts.
If you are a booster, they ad-
mire you; if you are quiescent,
they wonder when you will en-
erge from your slumber; and if
you are a knocker, they long for
day when you will fold up your
tent and silently fade away.
Boost the home town, and its
citizens will boost you.
Knock it, and you knock your
self infinitely more.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22
Oyster Suppers.

, There will be an oyster supper
and box-party at Roberdel No.
High School Friday night at 7.30
On Saturday night there will
be an oyster supper at the Wood.
men Hall at Roberdel No. 2, this
for the benefit CT the Baptist
church.
The public generally is invited
to attend these two occasions
and assist in a worthy cause, as
well as being afforded an evening
of real pleasure.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

The effort of the Roman Catho-
lies throughout America to create
a feeling of sympathy for the
Sim Feiner movement in Ireland
will hardly meet with a sympa-
thetic response in the South.
Our Southern people are at last
beginning to awaken to the enor
nifty Of the Propaganda the Ro-
man Catholics are waging. Their
plea of a free and Independent
Ireland sounds good-until the
niger in the woodpile' is re-
vealed.
Ireland is divided into two
parts the listers, or Protestants;
and the Sim Feiners, or Roman
Catholics. The members of the
Protestant churches, the Method
dists, Baptists, Presbyterians,
Episcopalians and other Protest
ant bodies, have no desire to be
separated from England and
placed under what would be vir
tually the rule Of the Roman
Catholics; and yet there are doubt.
less scores of our own readers
who have been mislead into q
feeling of sympathy for poor
down.trodden' ireland. Should
the Sim Feiners finally prevail
this feeling would be for the poo
Protestants who must live anc
suffer under the arbitrary rule o.
a totally different faith.
And 50 when you hear folks
talking about 1poor Ireland just
stick a pin and you'll puncture
4 Bit Of Roman Catholic propa'
ganda.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22
UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE

The schedule of tho University
football team for next fall is:
October 2-Wake Forest at Chapel
Hill.
October 9-Yale at New Haven.
October 16-South Carolina al
Chapel Hill.
October 21-A. and f, at Raleigh,
October 30-Maryland at Chapel
Hill.
November CIV. MI at Chape
Hill.
November 13.-Davidson at Wins
toh-Salem.
November 25-Virginia at Char
lottesville.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

I &
So far there are three announ-
ced candidates for the seat in
Congress to be relinquished by
Lee Robinson when his time ex'
pires. The primary this summer
will doubtless be a hot number.
The avowed candidates are Sol
icitor w. E. Brock, of Wadesboro;
District Attorney Hammer, Of
Asheboro; and John Vann, Of
Monroe. .,i s,g
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22
Ex.JuDcE COOK DEAD

Judge Charles NJ. Cooke died al
Broadoaks Sanatorium Jan. 10Th
aged 76. He was from Louisburg
and had served as Superior Court
Judge for nearly Is years, resignine
by reason of poor health severa
years ago. He entered the war a
the age of II, and was a gallant
Confederate soldier.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22
Looks Like Snow.

Get prepared. The weather
looks like snow. Don't get caught
mapping. Fit your entire family
with overshoes; keep their feet
warm and dry. Let Dockery-
McNair Clothing Co., fit them;
they have sizes for the family,
men, women and children.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

When catalogulng the frailties
Of your neighbor, It might be
well to remember that he is prob
ably according sgyou the same
brand Of courtesy.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

See the Miracle Man" and see
the greatest picture ever shown
in Rockingham. At the Star
Theatre for only two days, next
Monday and Tuesday Sta
Theatre.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

MIGHTY true words, these:
1T takes a conscientious man to
tell the difference between when
he's tired and when he's Just
lazy"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

One more time we want to call
your attention to the greatest
picture Of the day and that is
"The Miracle Man which will
Be shown at the Star Theatre
next Monday and Tuesday.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22
Colored Teachers.

The colored teachers of the
county will meet at the colored
school at Rockingham on Satur-
day. Jan. 24th. at II o'clock.
III. BELL, Supt.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

Don't forget to be present at
the showing of "The Miracle
Man next Monday and Tuesday
at the Star Theatre.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

F. T. Bizzelle, formerly editor
of the Laurinburg Exchange,
died near Laurinburg lars week,
aged 49,.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-01-22

The following is a sworn state
ment Of ownership of the Rock
ingham Post Dispatch, for the
period ending October LIST, 1919,
as sworn to before Clerk Of
Court ]. A. McAulay, and as re-
quired to be published by Act of
Congress- of Anpust 24th. 1912.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-03-11
AFTER A HARD
DAYS WORK

|: When supper is over and
: you have gotten into your
: slippers and old coat,
: lighted your pipe and
drawn your chair up to
. the fire, a good magazine
is the final touch for solid
comfort
What magazines shall we
. deliver to your home
regularly?
THE SMOKE HOUSE
:, = :. Z. .fs
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-03-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. ,
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, Marci
3, 1920.
Notice is hereby given that Marion
L. Canaan, of higgins, Idaho, who, OF
March 80, 1917, made Additional
Homestead Entry, No. 07O19, for VIZ
NEH, & VIZ SEH, Section "a, Town
ship 25 North Range East, Boise
Meridian, has filed notice Of intention
to make three year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore Hampton Taylor, U. S Commits
sioner, at Grangeville, Idaho, on the
18th. day of April, 1920.
CLAIMANT names as witnesses:
Frank NJ Rice, William P. Hanover,
James hurry, and Anton J. Seyfried,
all of higgins, Idaho
non-coal HENRY HEITFELD,
53-5 Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-03-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court, County OF
Idaho, State of Idaho.
In the Matter Of the Estate OF
Charles G. Nail, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that Letters
of Administration on the estate OF
Charles G. Nail deceased, were rant
ed TO the undersigned on the llth
day of March 1920, by the Probate
Court of Idaho County.
All persons having claims against
said estate arc required to exhibit them
to me for allowance at Grangeville,
Idaho within ten months after the
date of the first publication Of this
notice, or they shall be forever barred.
Dated this 18th day of March 1921.
Eva Nail,
Administrators.
M. R. Hattabaugh, Attorney for
Administrators. Grangeville, Idaho.
First publication March II, 1920.
43-4.