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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-03
WOULD HELP FARMERS.
Governors Conference FavOrs Establish
ment of Foreign Trades Corporation.


HARRISBURG, Penn, Dec. 3.-Un-
der the leadership of Governors w. l..
Harding of Iowa and Thomas w. Beckett
of North Carolina, the governors confer
ence in session here yesterday went on
record as favoring creation by the fed
eral government of a foreign trade f.
nance corporation designed to come to the
rescue of American farmers who face
ruin because there is no market for their
surplus stocks of fOOdstuffs, grain and
other products.
\ report adopted by the governors
without dissentiOn included also the rec
ommendation that the federal reserve
board use it's good offices to obtain re-
funding of fairness debts through a sys-
tenn of rural credits from banks through
out the country.
The action was taken on the recon-
mendatiOn of a committee of five gov
errors appointed Wednesday who pre-
scented the following report -
The financial situation in the whole
country Is cause for the gravest concern
but not for despair. All lines of bust
ness are realizing heavy losses but the
swift decline of prices of farm commodi-
ties to far below the cost, of production
threatens a national disaster. The sit
uation demands infinite patience and
forebearance and supreme wisdom and
courage. Nothing but evil can result
from anger or fear.
we believe that the tenseness of the
situation can be relieved in several
wavS:-
Il. Let every individual do all he
can to help and encourage his neichbor.
Let there be a complete mobilization Of
the financial and spiritual assets of
every community. Neither God nor the
government ought to be asked to help
those who do not first make every effort
possible 20 help themselves. There ought
to be united effort in every community
TO keep any good man from being de-
stroved because he cannot Immediately
meet his obligations. Under- existing
conditions it wou'd be the acme of in
humanity and of unwiSdom 10 force any
debtor into bankruptcy if by the most
liberal indulgence he would be ultimately
able to pay. Business failures do more
than wreck business; they oft-times de
StrOv man.
Liberal indulgences and renewals
should be granted by the manufacturers
to the jobbers. by the jobbers to the
merchants, by the merchants to the indi-
ylduals. 1t is not time for a creditor
to seize his debtor by the throat and
savogely say PAY me what thou owest'
-. Let the federal government create
a hrm corporation of some sort that will
enable the people of other lands to OBJ
tain from us the commodities they so
greatly need but for which they are not
able to. make immediate payment. We
believe such q corporation to be entirely
feasible and that its mere creation would
substantially help the situation
3. The federal reserve board should
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-03
JACKSONVILLE.

Charles Dodge of Barre normal school
spent Thanksgiving with his parents
Mrs Musa Dalrymple was in Green
field and BrattIeboro Friday and Satur-
day.
w. D. Canedy and A. A. Butterfeld
We're business visitors in Brattleboro Sat
urday.
Mrs. Sarah Hicks is i'll. Her sister,
Mrs. Celestia Kentfeld, has been with her
the past week.
l.. ]. Fowler and A. A. Butterield were
in Guiford, Colerain and Halifax Tues
day on business.
Mrs. Isabelle Cain has returned from
few weeks stay with her daughter in
Springfield, Mass.
Harvey Baxter, who is working in
Brattleboro for the $. A. Smith Mfg. Co,
was here Sunday
Mrs. Lula Pierce and daughter. Irene.
returned Saturday from Greenfield, where
they spent the week with her son, Ernest
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Corse of Orange.
Mass, were guests of her father. II. NJ.
Roberts, and Mrs. Ellen Corse Thanksgiv-
ing.
Murray Pierce and Mildred Corse were
guests of Mr.. PierCes sister, Mrs. Byron
Wheeler, in ReadsbOro from Thursday to
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Roberts and son
-'AUs'''-s WIZ S9dCStS VI HIS par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ Roberts.
Thanksgiving.
Dorr Sprague has moved to his house
on River street from Wilmington, where
he had been working at the Beaver Brook
farm the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ A. Butterfeld went
Saturday to Brattleboro with their daugh-
ter, Mary, who spent the week at home
from the BrattlebOro high school. Miss
Beatrice Temple accompanied them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-03

approved by the people, and when an
attempt was made in one state to have
submission of the matter to the people,
We learn from the supreme court of the
United States that the referendum pro
visions of state constitutions and statues
cannot be applied consistently with the
ratification or rejection of amendments to
constitution of the United States, in the
1t; and We are brought forcibly to a re-
alization of the fact that the people OF
the several states of the union are with
out right to directly express their win
with respect to changes in the funda-
mental law, not only of the United States,
but IN many instances in that of the in
dlvldual states themselves.
In operation, such a proposition in
vades our state constitutions in a very
remarkable degree As states, we have
lost the power of police regulation and
control. We have conferred a power of
taxation on the federal government which
may destroy any state government
Instead of the plan. founded by the
fathers, or government coming up from
the people, we have started government
downward to the people from above.
In times of war it is necessary and
proper that power be centralized in the
federal government. 1t was organized for
purposes OF defense. But when war is
over and we return to peace we should
return to peace basis, and all activities.
=
by the federal government for war pur-
poses, Should cease and the power TEN
porarlly granted be promptly relin-
quished
Unfortunately, however. there seems
to be a strong current tending towards
Capitalization of more power. and this
tendency unless checked by the people,
may reach such proportions that it will
be impossible to stop it.
Whichever of the two great political
parties may happen to be in power makes
little difference. Politicians are never
ready to surrender power and authority,
but to the contrary, they are always
striving to extend it,
There is a remedy for this condition.
that rests with the people themselves,
and that remedy is an amendment to the
federal constitution, providing that no
further amendment shall become effect
i've unless sanctioned by the people, either
voting directly upon such proposal of
or taking action through a
convention elected solely for that pur-
pose.
this country be safeguarded against the
dangers of which Washington gave such
clear warning.
Unless we are prepared to discard the
plan of the fathers, of a government of
the people, by the people and for the peo-
pie. government deriving its just pow
ers from the consent of the governed, we
must recur with greater frequency to
principles.
I'VE must dare TO assert our right to
be the sole judges of changes in the fun
damental law and daring we must exer-
else that right"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-03
NEWFANE.

The mid-week prayer meeting will be
held Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. Davidson, this week and hereafter
until further notice.
The closing of Newfane Inn for the
winter makes n dull corner in the viii
lage, the bright lights being missed as
well as Mrs. Whitcomb herself who
started Monday morning for ! orida,
where she will remain until April.
Mrs. Margaret Wilcox, who has been
caring for w. II. Goodnow during his
serious illness and assisting Mrs. Good
now during his convalescence, accompan-
led them as far as Brattleboro when
they started for Boston Saturday morn
ing. She returned in the evening to
Davidson Naples. where she will remain
during the winter when not employed as
nurse.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-03

be urged and authorized to advise all
banks to adopt liberal policy of renew
ais. The law authorizing six months
credit on foreign paper should be lib
orally construed and renewals for a like
period should be freely granted wherever
real wealth of the country is uninpaired.
1t would be suicidal policy to destroy
this wealth by a preemptory call of
loans.
IF necessary the congress should at
once amend the federal reserve law so as
to temporarily supply additional currency
and afford more time in which to pay
debtors in distress.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-03
STOMACH @. X.
Indigestion, Acidity, Sourness
and Gases ended with
"Pape's Diapepsin"

less r. he hotberad With indipaetion dys.
pepsia or a disordered stomach A few
tablets of Papes Diapepsin neutralize
acidity and give relief at once.
When your meals don't fit and you feel
uncomfortable, when you belch gases,
acids or raise sour, undigested food
When you feel Jumps of Indigestion pain,
heartburn or headache from acidity, just
eat a tablet of Pape's Diapepsin and the
stomach distress is gone.
The cost is so little. The benefits so
great. You, too, will be a Diapepsin en-
thusiast afterwards.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-03
To Prevent Badness

Badness can be prevented easier than
it can be cured. Stop falling hair and
dandruf and prevent badness by using
Partisan Sage; best for the hair. Wilfred
F. Root sells it with guarantee of money
back if not satisfactory ADV.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-03
When
''GetS=It''
Comes
COrnS Go
Painless, Sure, Quick is this 2-Drop,
2-Seconds Wonder.

There isn't room on the same toe for q
corn and two or three drops of "Gets-It,"
so the corn curls up, shrtvels and peels of
In your fingers so easily that you are SIM
ply astonished, because YOU can't feel 1t.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-04-08
"rm not f,ed AZ all. I'm broS..

TN not fixed az all. I'm broke"
Harmon hshed for his bIlI-book. and
Folded two notes into a small COM
pass.
"Herei Bind the bargain. Don't
worry-it's an advance. I know who
] can trust-that's my longest suit,
son. Give me receipt, II you like.
Better not speak to me again until we
land. Never know who's aboard that
might see you later. Come to my Of
nee ut ten o'clock the morning after
were docked. And" He laughed in
patent relief. "You know, son." he
said, I'm a pretty wise old bird, and
there's not much that fools me, but
right up to the last second,
wasn't quite sure whether you'd take
that Job or not. n the surgeon that
mended you could only have doctored
your eyes. son--if he could only have
doctored your eyes Whewi" He
stared again at Hllllard. and nodded
soberly. "Wonderful-perfectly won
derful." he said fascinated. "when
you smile at me like that, sort Of
feel as though ought to get up and
take or my hat and apologize to you.
and TIN hanged II know what for
Perhaps they overdid II a
trife copied that picture too
well why don't you see II you
can't grow musfache p"
Continued next week.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-04-08

results In front OF you. That's what
] was-and that's what I ami What's
your opinion now7" The last sentence
came snarllng through set teeth.
The brokers' pupils had dIlated
grossly; his eyes wandered vacantly
from the photograph TO the postcard
and back to billiards. face. His whole
Imagination was pinned down and
crushed he swore softly under his
breath and wet his lips.
IT'S a a miraclei" he STAN
mered. "A miraclel -
''The photograph" said HillIard
harshly. lis the way they remember
me up In Syracuse. DO you think
they'd ever recognize me now7"
ITS a miracle It's paralyz-
ingi .. :" Harmon swallowed hard.
and looked down almost fearfully at
the time-worn postcard. There's so
much difference nobody'd ever
think OF II without knowing :.
but when you see the originate
II II knocks me all in a heapi
It's staggering And they did that TO
youl Just 10 think they could do that
to you'll I've got TO have a
drink 7"
Hilliard motioned impatiently. but
his NJ OF rage was slowly going down.
There's no miracle about II AZ all.
II was good plastic surgery. II they'd
sent me out looking as I used TO you
wouldn't call II miracle. would your
No. It's only what they did do that
makes II staggering. But it's clever
oh. yes-clever And you can see for
yourself how few marks OF Il there
are" He drew a long breath and man.
aged 10 smile again; but the effect was
shocking for while his features were
composed and kindly his eyes were
yenomous. swell. certainly never
intended TO go to Syracuse again for
pleasure. but II there's enough com.
pensation TO pay for the risk I'm not
afraid To try II on business"
His accent sent cold chills courslng
down llarmOn's spine. I'm fact now
that ] think OF II. II ought TO be
rather amusingw
The broker was striving to pull him
self together.
"But why on earth didn't you have
'em use your own picture for a copy
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-04-08
II they're as clever as

II they're as clever as
OH" He stopped short and his CHR
dropped. "ohl Is that the answerf
"Yes." said Hilllard. retaining III,
two photographs. That's the answer
l didn't mind starting over again
only" He sighed and inhaled might
lily. "Only take my advice, Mr.. Har.
mon. and don't lose your temper just
before an operation"
Harmon breathed more freely. but
he was still In violent intellectual dis
tress. He round face was vapid with
awe, and he was tonguelng his lips In
constant nervousness, for the complete
possibility OF the situation was creep
ing over him.
IF that's the case" he ventured.
"why they surely needn't rec
ognize your name either, Mr.. Hllllard.
need theyi | mean. II you had any
idea of going back TO your home town
incognito, as II we're"
'rhey wouldn't recognize anything
about me-" said billiard dryly. His
teeth. showing at the moment. were
white and regular as a young VOLTS.
I'VE won't discuss that side OF II Just
now, though. But II go back. I'm
incognito-and don't make any mis-
take about II. Is that quite clearT"
Harmon swallowed again.
They'd recognize your voice.
wouldn't theyg" III
II had 10 get used 10 this one v
self. Something went wrong with q y
vocal chords. and the antrum ON both
sides was hurt; II seemed 20 have an
eject like changing a sounding board"
$50! And you used 10 be fstter In
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-04-08
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER LIN a base hospital at
Neuilly. France. his face dlsfgured be-
yond recognition. an American soldier
serving In the French army attracts at
tention by his deep dependency Asked
oy the surgeons for a photograph to guide
them In making over his face. he offers
IN derision picture OF the Savior. bid
ding them take that as a model They do
90. making q remarkable likeness
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-04-08

The total value OF the garden prod
ucts in different cities varies greatly
because Of climatic conditions, amount
of land available for gardening. and
adverse weather conditions. But de-
spite such drawbacks as storm and
drouth the children's work In practi.
cally every instance was crowned with
success. Intensive cultivation was
called into play 10 offset dry periods,
and although replantlng was necessary
at times. the children never faltered
In brief, the children learned ito make
such unpleasant effort as life later on
Is sure TO require of them"
Chicago reports 10000 children en-.
rolled In garden work who produced
an average value for each child OF SIS
Cleveland. o.. had 7,s40 home gardens
covering an area OF IS acres. and AIS
large tracts totaling 30 acres. The es-
timated value OF the It's acres cult,
waited by school children. was s79.-
S35.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

would be arrested. He told ME he
expected to be gone a few days and
asked if | wished to buy his stand.
With the help OF my father, | man
aged to raise $40, which was agreed
on as the consideration, although the
business was worth much more than
that. That was the last | have ever
seen or heard of my employer. Mr..
Jones.
THE soldiers did come in spe-
cial train, during the night to avoid
violence. and arrested nearly 40
prominent citizens, who were hurried
away to kinghsher, before Enid
knew what had happened. Ihese
men were given a preliminary hear
ing, but for. lack of evidence they
were all released. =
Flag Train.
"When word was received at Enid
that its citizens had been released, a
loaded hayrack was placed across
the track a few minutes before the
train was due. This obstacle served
to flag the train and the result was
fiat this was the first time railroad
train stopped at the townsite of Enid.
The railroad officials remained OBJ
durate, evidently failing to sense the
real public sentiment which existed
against them at Enid. Soon after
the hayrack incident occurred. an
obstruction was placed TO the track
and a cattle train was derailed. |
recall the wild stock hoaming
through the town Soldiers were
placed ON duty along the railroad
and every bridge and culvert was
carefully guarded. After a year Of
strife, with many accidents, appar
emily designed, message was re-
ceived that the Rock Island decided
to capitulate by recognizing Enid as
a regular stopping point.
Hold Big Celebration.
81 will never forget the day when
the first train voluntarily stopped at
Enid. and also Pond Creek, which
had been in a similar situation. Near
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

tackled him editorially. Patterson,
on certain day. drank to excess
and announced his intention of go
ing after lsenberg. which intentiou
reached the ears of Marshal Will
iams. The marshal left his wife and
three-day-old baby to go down town
to warn Isenberg OF Patterson'S
threats.
Don't Shoot"
Iscnberg, planning to leave town
decided TO go through shoe store
which adjoined a saloon in which
Patterson was drinking The shoe
store was narrow and long and
opened at the rear into an areaway
which led past a window of the
saloon and then to the street Patter-
son heard that Isenberg was in tho
shoe store, so he drew>lrs 22-caliber
pearl-handled revolver and went into
the shoe store. | was on the side
walk and witnessed the whole pro-
ceeding. Isenberg saw Patterson and
started out of the rear door. with
Patterson i'll pursuit Williams fol
lowed Patterson, yelling, For Gods
sake, don't shoot!s
Williams was holding his own
revolver with the muzzle toward
him, as ii he had offended to use it
if at all, as a club rather than to
shoot Patterson stopped at the
rear door of the shoe store. turned
toward Williams aud shot him
squarely through the heart {.
Williams staggered back for a
few seconds and, then with an heroic
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

effort braccd hiNsef against the
shelving and reversed the position
of his own As caliber revolver.
Patterson was pursuing Isenberg.
Williams timed his shot with
such exactness that he got an aim on
Patterson Just as he was within the
light of the rear window of the
Saloon, when he fired and blew off
the top OF Patterson's head. Will
liams then sank to the floor and ex-
pired. He did as he told us at the
creek when we were swimming; he
got the man who got him,
And thus Enid lost its intrepid
town marshall
Remains in Enid.
Mr.. Porter remained in Enid sew
eral years as manager OF the news
stand i'll the lobby of the postoitice,
earning enough money to give him
start through college, where he
attended at kinghsher. He was vice
principal of the high school at
Oklahoma City for ten years. the
last three years being under ]. g..
Masters, who is now principal Of
Central High school of this city, He
then served as principal of the high
school at Shawnee, Okl., for two
years and has been principal of the
High School of Commerce here for
three years. ....
Born in Nebraska 40 years ago,
and living i'll Oklahoma 4 fof more
than quarter of century, he said
he was glad to return to his native
state
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

marshal and | know that he never
stuffed on the job. | recall that some
of us"boys were out swimming in
the creek and Williams happened to
be there. He showed us he could
hit dime on stump at 50 feet by
shooting from the hip.
II cannot recall all of~,the oc-
casions in Enid when he was requir-
ed to take out his shooting irons,
but / do remember distinctly the
occasion of two Cinnamon, for |
witnessed the tragedy. The laundry
of these Chinese had been held up
and the victims went down an alley.
yelling. like wild indians. Williams
saw them coming toward him and
thought they were bad men who had
broken loose. He shot both of them
as they ran. and whether the shoot
ing was justified or not. it illustrated
the character of Williams. Three
days later a message was received
from Ringwood that two outlaws
killed the postmaster robbed the
postoffice and general store and were
headed toward Enid on their horses.
Shoots Two.
81 was on the streets early in the
morning with my newspapers when
| observed two men ride into town
and enter a restaurant for breakfast.
With another boy | rushed to the
home of Williams and told him
what had seen. The marshal had
heard of the Ringwood affair. Our
information was that the outlaws
were desperate. men and would
shoot on sight. Followed by a
group of admiring boys, including
myself, Williams calmly entered the
restaurant and to all appearances
he was unarmed, but in fact he was
not. The outlaws had their revolv-
ers on the counter beside their
plates.
At the sight of Williams the
strangers started to stand and to
reach for their guns; and by the
time they reached their revolvers,
Williams sent a bullet crashing
throug gh> the head of one, who fell
dead, and sent another bullet
through the face of the other man
who staggered outside to vacant
lot where he fell dead. Williams
cleaned up Enid. Bad men heard OF
our marshal and detoured when
travelling our way
A Typical Southerner.
"And then came the end of Will.
Jams, which seemed like the irony Of
fate. When he was demonstrating
his craftsmanship at the creek on
the day | have referred to, Will
Jams told me that some day some
body might get him, BUT that he
would get his man, whoever he
might be. And it happened even
as he predicted.
"A man naped Isenberg published
the ENID Daily Wave" The reg
lister of the government land office,
appointed by President Cleveland,
was Mr. Patterson, typical
southerner. Patterson was some
thing of rounder and his escapadeS
became so vicious that, Isenberg at
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ences. 1t was my business to meet
the late night trains from the north
and get the papers FROM Kansas
City and Wichita, and the early
morning trains for the papers from
Fort Worth and Dallas. One cold
hight think it was in January
brought in the night papers to
the stand, according to my custom,
and found Jones in earnest confab
with half dozen men.
Il did not pay much attention to
that at the time, SO ! went home to
bed, my home at that time being a
bunk in the side wall of barber
shop. This barber, with an eye for
business, improvised~three hunks in
the wall of his shop and rented them
for 40 cents each week. l was
earning $l.50 per week.
Crowd Is Excited"
"On the next morning. when went
to get my papers from the train from
the south, + learned there was no
train. | got my papers, at a point
where the mail was thrown from the
train, because it should be remem-
bered that at this time no trains
stopped at Enid proper, as North
Enid was the favored railroad point.
AT this point refer to, found
large crowd and everybody was
excited. 1t was S a, m Half mile
south from the townsite was a deep
ravine, over which there was rail
road bridge. During the night some
body had sawed the bridge piline
supports i'll an oblique maner, SO that
two trains had passed over in safety.
but heavy freight crashed through,
killing two and injuring several.
Soldiers Come.
"This was the first open exihibi-
ton of violence against the railroad
property. When ! returned to my
stand at the postoffice | found my
employer excited. He stated that
he heard soldiers had been ordered
from Fort Reno to Enid and prob-
ably Many citizens of our town