The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-03-04

advised during the war. and u vas Ac-.
eopted as a war necessity. but nov
we are II peace. aetuia u not formal
peace. and II is time TO unshaekle.s he
said We need Vastly more freedom
than We do regulation and we need
the restored freedom Of business and
men"
That the world is today In the throes
OF q religious revolution. is the con-
tention OF ". W. 81 ckney. cx-Govern-
or Of Vermont Mankind Il passing
through a period OF spiritual upheayel.
which q the natural aftermath of the
great var" said Mr. stiokney, The
time is ripe for a great religious cam
paign."
Massachusetts state Letter Carriers
will hold their asth annual convention
~ Springfield. May 80. Delegates
from the seventyseven branches, rep.
resenting 200 members. win attend.
and those in charge are planning .
drive to make the convention the big
gest ever.
william A English and John IT..
O'Brien. Boston wool merchants, con-
vlcted in 1919 OF having made fraud
ulent income tax returns have been
released by the parole board OF the
department Of justice. The certincate
OF release was forwarded TO the prison
authorities at Greenfield, Mass. from
Washington.
The construction OF about $50 miles
OF State highway in Maine is the pro
gram contemplated this year. accord
ing 10 the annual report OF the state
Highway Commission. Surveys fw
THIS work have been completed and
steps taken 10 have all the projects
approved by the Federal government
for Federal aid,
Gen John II. Sherburne. chairman OF
the Massachusetts, commission ON the
necessaries of life, advocated before
the legislative committee on state ad-,
minlstration acceptance OF the com
missions report that II be terminated
March / instead of Aug. / The lat
ter date is set by the statute by which
the board was created.
William d. stiliwell, one OF the nine
cousins who will receive 100000. as
his share OF the estate OF William T.
Cowan OF Indiana, formerly president
OF the Standard Oil Company, lives at
227 Atwater road, Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Stillwel said that her husband IN
a very active man and will not retire
because of his large Inheritance.
Augustus l.. Thorndlke, Massachu-
setts bank commissioner al meeting
OF the directors OF the Canton Trust
Company and the Stougbton Trust
Company. said that in savings banks
and savings departments OF the trust
companies there had been deposited
more than sl20,O00,000 in 1918, tho
largest increase Ia savings the state
has ever known.
Around the world at the age OF ten.
That is what Philip Bruce Of No. 24s
Crafts street, Newtonville, Mass, is
going TO do with his father and
mother and will visit China, Japan.
Greece and India They expect 10 be
away for a year and half. Mr..
Bruce is a professor OF mathematics at
Boston University.
Speaking at the convention banquet
OF the New England MIX Producers
Association at the American House
Boston. Pres Frank S. Adams OF the
association said that in 1915 the farm
er was producing milk at six mills
loss on the quart. He declared that
there is a limit TO the price the con
sumer will pay. He declared the
best way to increase consumption b
10 give the consumer milk that Is a
good article OF food.
In full recognition OF the fact that
the place to learn 10 farm Is on the
farm, the Massachusetts Agricultural
College IS looking for summer jobs for
one hundred OF its two-year course
students and Is receiving applications
from farmers who are trying to Sc
cure help. The students. all OF whom
xnow something about farming and are
Interested In farming, will hire out for
six months, beginning March ID, VIII
be paid the market rates for thar
labors.
The r. l., Republican state central
committee has decided to hold ths
Republican state convention In Music
Hall. New Haven. on March % and
"a The convention viii choose dele
gates TO attend the Republican ma
tional convention IN Chicago. Town
caucuses to select the delegates to
the state convention viii be held
March II and the senatorial dlstrief
conventions on March 10.
Only the farming interests Of tho
state were represented by those who
spoke before the Massachusetts, legis-
iative committee on legal affairs in
opposition 70 proposed legislation for
daylight saving Representative or
commercial and manufacturing inter
ests. OF workers IN stores, factories
and other Industrial establishments.
political leaders from the cities and
others advocated the measure and
some OF them called the farmers stub
born" and "old fashioned.
stories of prodteering in rents were
told at a hearing given BY the Mass
legislature COMMITTEES on the Judiciary
which had under consideration sew
.r-sr bHHz tesfsned 10 curb selfish