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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.

Mrs. Emil Mattson returned from
the Memorial hospital in Brattleboro
Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. j. c. McAllister and
Mrs. Del Parker visited at O. K. Clay
ton s in Bennington Sunday
Mrs Fl. A. Dudley, who has not inn
proved as her friends could wish, went
the first of the week to Hartford for
treatment
Mrs. Isaiah Charlton and two chill
drcn of Morrisville, n. Y, visited at
Brookside farm the first of the week.
Raymond Churchill of Middlebury, Lyle
of Chester, Ralph and family and Mrs.
Cara Churchill of Brattleboro were at
the old home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Walker Of
Westminster, Mrs. Mabel Walker Dale
and two children of St. Augustine, Fla,
who is in Westminster for the summer
were in town Sunday to attend the fu-
neral service of Herbert Walker at the
Baptist church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
JAMAICA.

Miss v NJ. King of Arlington. n j.,
visited recently at O. A. Johnson's.
Mrs. Francis Spaulding spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs Della Howard
Miss Grace Vale Of Bermuda came Mon
day, for a visit at H. A. McLeans.
Earl Stark, who is working in Rutland,
was here one day last week on business.
John Howard and party from Brattle-
boro were in town the first of the week.
William Warren, who visited away sew
eral weeks has returned to his work on
the railroad
Clarence Reed of Holyohc and ALERT
Reed Of California are here for u few
days on business.
Mr. and Mrs NJ. o. johnson and chill
drcn of Searsburg visited Sunday with bis
parents, Mr. and Mrs o. A. Johnson
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Stark are here t,
! move their goods to Brandon. where the,
have work for a lumber .mpany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
WILLING TO SHOW
COMMUNITY CLUB
Springfield Organization Would We'll
come Delegation from Brattleboro
and Give Information.

Editor of The Reformer:
1t was brought to the writer's atten-
ton, by an item appearing in your last
weeks paper, that some of your citizens
were interested in Community club for
Brattleboro.
We would be more than pleased to
have "a many Brattleboro citizens as
possible make us visit at their con
venience, at which time the Community
club would be at your disposal, and all
facts would be given you relative to its
organization.
There are many unique features about
our Community club. We are very proud
of It, and we would like to have the idea
grow and neighboring towns have their
Community clubs along similar lines.
Springfield could not now get along with
out the club after once having had 1t,
and we don't know how we went along
without it SO many years.
Will you kindly pass this invitation
along to any who may be interested. We
hope you can form a party, and we will
do our utmost to make your visit at the
Community club and in Springfield a
pleasant one.
Yours truly,
THE COMMUNITY CLUB,
c. n. Stafford, Treas.
Springfield, VT, June 81, 1920
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
ALUMNI REUNION.
Continued from Page ~

been a very vital institution in the school
That its influence may be greater and
stronger and that it may serve to bring
into even closer relationship the many
loyal members of the alumni and of the
student body is the wish of the Dial
board. 1t therefore seems not amiss to
suggest that the alumni at their annual
meeting in June should consider the pos
sibility of publishing an Alumni number.
What an interesting number that might
be with its notes of past classes, its word
OF greeting from the president of the
Alumni association, himself SO intimately
connected with the traditions and devel
opment of the school, its record of alumni
activities and its letters and contributions
from distinguished graduates Might it
not even go further and include in its
pages record of the war activities of all
the past members of the school SO that
we should have this issue as memorial
of those days which are 50 near and real
to us of the present generation, but the
memory of which will grow dim with the
passing years and fade into a mere list
Of names unless We in some definite and
permanent way can gather together the
very real, human, and noble records of
those men and women who served in the
Great War; Is not this last motive in it
self sufficient one to warrant the pub
LEGATION of an Alumni Dial?
We hope that the matter may be fully
discussed at the coming meeting and that
committee may be appointed to carry
the plan into execution
For the Dial Board,
Julius E. Warren
This matter will come up for discus
sion tomorrow night. Alumni issues are
features of many school papers and it is
the hope Of the Dial board that favorable
action will be taken upon the suggestion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The Ladies' Enterprise society will
meet with Mrs. c. II. Davis of Estey
street June "a at p. IN. Members are
asked to note the change of date.
A lawn party for the class which has
just graduated from the Parochial school
will be held this evening. If the weather
is unfavorable for an outdoor party it
will be held indoors. .. @
The postponed annual meeting of the
Western Aqueduct Co. was held in the
Brooks House Saturday evening. The
old officers and trustees were elected as
follows: Pres, Edward G.. Crosby; vice
pres, Henry r. Brown; see. and treas,
Richard c. Averill; trustees, Lyman E.
Holden, A. L. Thurber, L. c. Crosby.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22

London uses on an average 27,O00O0O
gallons of water yearly for the purpose
pf extinguishing fires.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22

that there be an alumni number of the
Dial
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
SPRINGFIELD SUGAR THIEVES.
-Four Men Charged With Taking $500
Pounds From Wholesalers.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June - Four
employees of the Springfield Wholesale
Grocery company were arrested yester-
day afternoon charged with the larceny
Of $500 pounds of sugar from the ware
house of that concern. The men are Jo-
seph Miners, Philip Marshall, George
Belinger and Stephen Sebalin.
Louis Simcovitz and Moses Pallot were
also taken into custody, charged with
receiving stolen goods. The latter are
the proprietors of a garage which adjoins
the warehouse where the sugar was
stored.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
Plenty of Troops in Ireland.

LONDON, June 22-Andrew Bonar
Law, government spokesman, replying
to n question in the house of commons
today declared he considered there was
an adequate military force in London
derry This view ialso was held by the
chief secretary for Ireland, he said.
Mr.. Bonar Law said the government
had ordered the commanding officer in
that district to proceed from Belfast
to Londonderry with full power to deal
with the situation as he saw fit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
FOOD PRICES ADVANCE.
New High Record for May-Greatest
Increase Was in Sugar

Increase Was in Sugar.
WASHINGTON, June 22.-The food
budget of the average American family
attained a new high record in May, the
department of labor announced yester-
day, the cost of p articles of food used
in making up the Retail Food Index"
having increased 3 per cent in the total
cost over April and per cent as COM
pared with January.
Recent increases in the cost of sugar
flour and potatoes largely account for
the group increase, the monthly review
says.
"Since food forms more than 80 per
cent of the total budget of the working
mans family" the statement continues
'the cost of living can scarcely be ex-
pected TO decline noticably so long as
food prices continue to advance"
In comparison with the April figures
yesterday review shows sugar has ad
vanced 20 per cent, corn meal II pei
cent, flour per cent, and potatoes pei
cent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
Fired On Automobile.

DUBLIN, June 22-An automobile car
rying the assistant director general of the
royal Irish constabulary and four CON
stables was attacked with revolver fire
and bombs enroute to Dublin castle to-
day. Assistant Director General Roberts
was severely wounded in the head by re-
voIver bullet, but is expected to live, and
the driver of the car was shot in both
legs No arrests have been made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
MORE CIVIL WAR.
Continued from Page H.

rioting here yesterday and scores were
more or less seriously injured. Military
forces patroled the streets during the
night and today were guarding the danger
points in the center of the city. Addi-
tional troops are being sent here from Bel
fast There were no deliveries of milk
or bread today
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
ALL BACK AT vERGENNES.
Martha Carruth of Brattleboro and Two
Boys Escaped Last Week.

George Waddel Of Burlington and Eu-
gene Braer of Montpelier, who escaped,
together with Martha Carruth of Brat
tleboro, from the Industrial school at
Nergcnnes last Monday gave themselves
up at the police station in Burlington
Friday, saying they had a hard time
roughng it. The girl was taken into Gus
tody the middle of the week. All have
been returned to Nergennes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22

State Highway Commissioner.
Dated June IA, 1920.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
Notice to Contractors

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the State Highway Com
missioner at Montpelier, Vermont, on
Thursday, July LIST at . o'clock p. m,
for the construction of 4.03 miles of
Bituminous Macadam road in South
Burlington and Sheburne; 4.07 miles
Of waterbound Macadam road in New
Haven, Waltham and Ferrisburg; OIL
miles of waterbound Maeadam in st.
Adams; 0.73 miles of waterbound Ma
cadam in Barnet; 1857 miles of gravel
road in Dorset, Mt. Tabor and Dandy;
$50 miles of gravel road in Dummer-
ston and l.26 miles of gravel road in
East Montpelier Vermont.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the Office of the State Engineer at
Montpelier Vermont.
Bidders should satisfy themselves,
before bidding, as to the character of
the work and the obstacles to be en-
countered. The estimated quantities
are not guaranteed, but are given as a
basis for the comparison of bids.
A certified check for one per cent OF
the bid. but not less than $4,000, pay
able to the State Highway Commits.
sioner, must accompany each bid
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
S. 3. BATES,
State Highway Commissioner.
Dated June IA, 1920.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-22
MARRIAGES.

In Brattleboro, June 20, by Rev. Clark
t. Brownell, Wayland W. Hardy OF Put
ney and Miss Alice r. WEIGH of Thornton
Ferry, n. H.
In Hinsdale, June l6, by Rev. J. H.
Sargent of the Congregational church,
Harold E. Nutter and Miss Ruby T.
Wall, both of Baldwinsville, Mass.
Oren r. Williams and Mrs. Frances E
Wall, both of Baldwinsville; Roger r.
Roberts and Mrs. Ruby E. Myer, both OF
Gloucester, Mass. Mrs. Wall mother OF
Miss Wall and sister of Mrs. Myer.l
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17

refused the Offer. hu: signed Il CON
tract. carefully drawn. providing tina;
she was 20 have a royalty on al oil
discovered IN a few weeks a well
vas drilled and OF! struck Others
followed. and the woman. II not \
mii!ioaairess. IS now vc-y close 20
being one.
Rich ana independent IN Ne. own
right, she took acr husband and won.
10 live III New York. Hut ncr hus-
hahd was rough. uncducatrd miner
VINO could barely read and write. TO
me ambitious woman he was An en-
cumbrancc of whom she daily grew
more ashamed. So finally she came
70 Paris 10 get II divorce and she IL
mere now. Her husband IL here also
and seems quite as eager TO hc "a
IRE" as she does. This. under the
French law. is not collision, for
French law says that people who
PLAINLY do not want to live together
should not be forced to do so"
others OF the ncw-rich. who have n
sonS, hard path TO tread before they
reach their goal in the social regis
,crs, are here from Nebraska. Iowa.
Montana. Idaho. Arizona, Missouri
and other Western States. In 4 large
majority of cases they are women.
The tango palaces and Fashionable
restaurants are crowded with them
And almos; all are here either an
plying for Il divorce or seeking in
formation which viii enable them to
get one later on
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17

times forgot his limitations and ex-
Tended his dominion over certain OF
he house gang or attempted II
eel strongly by the spoiied negroes
around the house, and frequently led
TO clashes between the young "mls-
this special offender belonged, for
nearly al boys and girls had their
own coiored servants or chums. or
whatever We may c;rli them.
1t WAS "a We'll -established fact that
no overs.er dared 10 whip any OF this
gang The head man" Was really
an ovcrscer. bu, black one. the
master selecting him from among his
trustwortiiness lie was given the
same authority AZ the white over
seer. ANA ran the farming opera
tons under directions given him in
Il general way by his master.
He could whip the diHohedicnt ones
or tighten their work IL they needed
rest or were unequal 10 the tasks laid
our Tor them, and In general
very unreasonable. But for the over
seer or head man, the larger land
owner ana S!1N" owners would never
be able 70 leave their farms for an
hour and would be in even greater
toM!aEc than their own slaves.
The biggest job In harvest time fell
10 the mistress and her cooking
force, for 10 feed thirty or forty
hands three times day on time was
4 big undertasiug, lmprovised ia
hIcs OF long boards We're put up
under the big shade trees around
III" kitchen aud these were loaded
With the best that the farm afforded
Vegetables IN abundance. bacon and
srctns. chicken and roast lamb or
shoai. an Guthcr delicac!cs. The dcs-
S.rt consisted Of pies. cakes. custard.
shortcake and preserves with plenty
OF iced milk.
II was ;hc rule to give the harvest
"a
thcy wanted. An hour. and often
longer was given them for dinner
ana resting, lust AS soon nv the
cook and her assistants would start
rlEht in To prepare supper, which
was served promptly al sunset. And
SSoSI supnsrs they were. for in those
produce the ideal bill OF fare. Gal
IONS or fragrant coffee, fried c.gs and
oid virginia ham--tho very smell Of
colo roast shoat ana fowls with the
most delictOuSly Hight hot biscuits
made with plenty OF genuine hogs
dard, ana hutiermilk, twhen was
molaSscs and jam or what ,hcy
called marmaladc, and plenty OF cool
rich milk. These were suppcrs whicf,
, W ho,hinE to b" desired as they
COOKS IN the bld Dominion
NrIrnes Mere iiappy
rue iIr"G blacks fingered long at
me tapi. to ENJOY both the rest and
FOOD and telling stories and joking
.ach other until dusk advised them
NAT they had better leave for their
homes neforc the ghosts began 10
walk. But as n special mark OF re-
gard for my mother hcfor. leaving
they always sang the harvest song
winch she loved so well TO hear, and
Which seemed To carry her back TO
the days Of her happy childhood
Ihcse are scenes that will never be
Witnessed again in Virginia. Slavery.
thahk God, Is memory. The large
man farm is the rule, while Improved
machinery run by a man or two has
driven tho harvest hands of old davs
IRON the fields forever
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17
PUPILS PROTEST STUDY
OF EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY
Continent should settle Down Drf0re
''ehrninS Of boundaries. French
Srh""l Children Say.

FAIRS, Oct. l6-Schoo! children OF
the lower grades are going on strike
IN many public schools in France as
a protest AGAINST the study OF geo
Graphy.
Led ny few older pupils. these
modern strikers declare they do not
wish 10 waste time learning the
geography of Europe until conditions
arc more or less definitely settled.
1t is ridiculous to MAKE children
earn by heart the names and capt.
ia!s Of a.! the new countries" says
me spokesman or the movement, a
boy Of IL. When | think OF all the
IIpH"ir had learning The map OF
Europr once halk AT learning Il
over LtAin unlil IT'S permanent. Ana
want 10 spare nv fellow pupils
from thar torture"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17
DANCE-HALL VENTURE BY
AMERICANS STlRS PARIS

', vi lHutu u rom = lrSt IaEc.D
innumcrabic veNatOry measures which
nav" hindcred the development Of
dance balls in Paris. was not only
the personal disapproval OF the pre-
rect Of police. but public opinion.
which would not tolerate dancing and
~ accompanying display OF luxury
while so many people still suffer pri-
Ndtions due to the war
Furthermore. the Partisan looks
Hp"n modern dances as an exotic
product OF importation, foreign. and.
therefore. anti-Frcnch.
Ihc announcement that q building
winch belongs to the municipality OF
i'aris Is TO be turned into u dance
hall by an American concern has
caused a flood of protests from all
sides INVESTIGATIONS are to he un-
d"rtakcn Why is the right of en-
pioitation given to an American con-
Germ instead Of IA French? Who has
been bought and who has been sold?
n l'aris has TO sell her buildings to
inrcirncrs to run dance halls, says
the Action Francois. the royalist
paper. the sooner new municipal
councillors are elected the better.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17
RECALLS Joys OF
HARVEST TIME IN
THE OLD DOMINION
DIR. Bryce Tells of Days
When Wheat Cradle
Was Used.
WAS ALWAYS PERIOD OF
S0lICiTUDE FOR CROPS
Farmers Helped Each Other
in Pinch. Rushing Help
When Storms Threatened.
nY G. A. nnNCia. NJ, n

Before the advent of tho reapers
and harvesting machines and until
thcy became generally introduced,
the wheat crop in Virginia was hay-
vested entirely by hand labor with
what WAS called wheat cradies.'
These cradles were long stythes with
wooden fingers that Caught tho
stalks and allowed the cutter TO
gather tho handful aud throw 1t In
II pile for his binder" who followed
him and tied UP several handsful In
a bundle. using u sufficient number
OF the long wheat stalks To make u
strong binder.
Good able-bodied men We're re-
CURED to handle these cradles, and
tacn man would cut swath in Lao
grain field from five to six or more
fctt wide, 80 II may he seen that
when ten or fifteen cradles are GO
hS very large area is cut every
time this force goes around II big field.
In the days Of slavery aud large
farms or plantations where wheat
helds covered many hundreds of
acres. harvest time was II period of
anxiety and solicitude until these en-
tensive fields Of grain We're cut and
safely shocked. There was always
danger that long rains would set In
was ruined. or that sudden storms
would come and In an hour so blow
down and tanglc the tail grain that
II would be impossible To save il.
Where nearly the whole crop
ripcncd about the same time. IL was
impossible for the average farmer to
save IL with only his own hands"
ana he relied upon the help OF his
neighbors. Generally four or five I'D
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17
BEING MILLIONAIRE MEANS
NOTHING IN FRANCE NOW
linmorist cites Figures Saying That
big Income IL Needed TO
support Fnmfly
7 By Universal service. /

PARIS. oct. l6.--Eeing million
are means little or nothing In France
To-Day. according TO Clement Vautei
tht famous French humorist
NhIlcl has figured out that III he
Lottery nc would have TO surrender
-"';"rn 10 the state. with the re-
main!er he could buy an annuity OF
""nut tuoup francs per year.
h"Wh"a's, says Vau;ci IA man with
q fanny cannot live, To live I'm a
n't"hl ,"sltpu with large family
while So single man might get ajonr,
MiH NAti nut even at that would
""tbly nave TO go to work 10 buy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17
INNS AND COFFEE
HOUSES FAMOUS
IN OLD RICHMOND

lGontinned From First Iage)
the house, attracting the passcrs-
on account of his distinguished mcin
of Independence. who. having lust
concluded his duties as President,
came to Richmond to attend to Dri-
waite business.
Both the Eagle and the Bell had
!llustrious careers. like many other
houses Of the kind, but the Swan.
perhaps, saw longer period of SER
vice Ia the city. and those who were
among its most eminent guests are
remembered even by this generation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17
lo,sGa Wnts Killed In purI,

NfIN. oct ia committee is
sued by rrefect OF Police Rank at
" eloHc ~ the first weeks battle
1tEh.hsl the rat states that lo.S65 ro-
''n.o Wee Killed. The offensive
~, MUGS. According To the report
ne experts, Paris had a rodent
bDrEidt!on u 100000 when the
dr!NS started. This is one instance
~, rance where the birth rate stls
i"''c superior 10 the death rate "a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-25
CRAIG GAINED
THIRTY POUNDS
Is Enjoying Health For First Time
In Twenty-Five Years,
lie says.

''Since I started taking Tanlac I
have not only gained thirty pounds
IN weight, but for the first time in
twenty-five years am enjoying
good health" said J. J. Craig, OF
421 North Madison street, Bloom
ington, Ill, recently.
Yes, sir. am fifty years of age"
he continued, "and twenty-five of
these years have been spent in
misery and suffering without a let
up until 1 began taking Tanlac- 1
was never able 20 eat a thing with
out filing up with gas afterwards
and having such intense cramping
pains in my stomach I could hard
Is stand them. Why, at times
would have these spells OF cramps
while at work. and have to be taken
home, where I would lie for hours
almost unconscious. 1 was all run
down and weak, and would play out
before I had worked half a day. ana
very often had 20 quit and go home.
But. thanks 10 Tanlac, this is all a
thinE of the past, now.
"Tanlac has simply made a new
man OF me, and il has given me good
health. something 1 never expected
10 have again. can sit down, now.
and eat anything without it's hurting
me the least bit. I am never trou-
bled with gas and never have the
least sign of a pain in my stomach.
7 feel strong and vigorous all the
time. and am able 10 work every
day and all day long with the great
est ease. no, sir, I wouldn't take
all the money in Bloomington for
what Tanlac has done for me. and
II expect 10 praise it as long as /
live"
Tanlas is sold in south Bend by
the Central Drug store, and in
Mishawaka b. the Red Cross Phar-
MACK. ADV.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-25

". SimOn's Wicked Request wv.
1920.
When Simon saw that the power
OF Peter exceeded that which he
possessed and that Il was received
through the laying on Of hands he
offered money for the gift. This act
reveals the hypocrisy Of this man.
He professed faith and was baptiz-
ed, following after them for a selfish
end. TO desire and seek the gift OF
the Spirit for selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT
is 10 be guilty Of Simon's sin. All
traffic in sacred things has been call
ed "SimOny'. from the name of this
sorcerer. Peter told Simon that he
had neither part nor lot In this mat
ter. that ne should repent OF his
wickedness and pray God for for
giveness. He requested Peter 70
pray for him.
Simon practiced the art OF sorcery
for gain and influence Now that
ne found his profits diminishing and
his influence waning. he endeavored
10 acquire new power. All persons
who use their religion 20 further
their ambitions to get gain are gull
ty OF this sin. Sometimes men join
the church for business, social, and
political reasons; sometimes official
positions are coveted for the prestige
and power they give. Let all who
are using the name OF the church
for business purposes be warned by
Peters rebukei Let Simon's doom
be a solemn warning TO all
The Goal.
The goal on which our eyes must
be set is a church that will. in its
own corporate life, conspicuously
express the Christian ideal OF fellow
ship and brotherhood. and at the
same time strive persistently to mold
national. industrial and social life
in accordance with the principles
which are the fountain light OF all
its days.