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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-10

James P. Taylor of Burlington,
known as the advance agent of com
mercial aviation in Vermont, varies his
program now and then, and his latest
departure is an appeal against the au-
tomobile policy of riding with top up
or in a limousine. He presents such
a good case from the standpoint of
the artistic that the presentation is
worth reading. Here it is:
"Why do it! Why ride with the top
up? Or why, why ride in limousine
Why, at least in Vermontl
why hide the skyline, the inter.
preting solhouettes Of the hills, that
tell a thousand stories and give
meaning to every scenel
why so ashamed to face the sky,
TO gaze at wind-blown or lingering
clouds, pictures ever-changing' Why
shroud yourself from the dome Of heav.
en- like a wormi Why be ever afeared
lest it shower,
why ride abroad in a limousine
at least in Vermont! Great noun
tain-sides, high notch-walls, like paint.
ings set on an easel, stand there TO be
viewed as q whole, not chopped in
cheap panels, not deeapitated and
manned and despoiled.
why on hill-tops, in valleys Of our
free, our sylvan Vermont, use a met.
ropolitan wagon made for funerals aud
weddings, At for business and for the
rsini Why be a slave when you're
really a faun!
IF You must be concealed and pro.
teeted from nature and from man and
from all just summon hesrse or call
the police patrol"
We confess that we have had much
the same ideas as Mr.. Taylor as we
have ridden in cars with tops mp and
been compelled to bend ourselves into
bow knot in order to get merely a par
tial glimpse Of the wonderful ,cenery
a. we have been rushed along the high
way in many parts Of Vermont. In
most cases II riding with top 40 the
vision Of the occupants Of the car is
limited to a dusty strip Of brown and |
burned field alongside the highway; |
the fsr-of green j. cut Of from view 1
the mountains are ss If they were not
there; the real scenery Of Vermont i
lost On the other hand. there are GER
tain advantages which commend the
riding with top Up. and not the least
II these j. The measure q protection
ehich the top gives from . seating.
sHrnins sur sus FROM a PsltinE. s-ising
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-10
SOUTH ROYALTON

Charles Hartwell, who has been very
i'll with cancer of the bladder, passed
away Saturday at his home.
Florence Houston of Windsor was
in town Saturday and Sunday.
A. A. Abbott is seriously i'll with
the distemper and attended by DR.
Fish.
Sylvester Snow, who had been visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Irving Adams
died suddenly at his home in Hartford
Sunday, only the next day after his re-
turn from South Royalton.
! Mrs Sadie, son, Charles, and sister,
Laura Houston, are in town, getting
their house ready for renting.
Miss Bernice Flint is spending few
days with Mrs, Esther Hayden of
: Sharon.
Miss Margaret Coutermarsh was at
her home over Sunday
Mrs. Maud Allen, who recently sub.
mitted to an operation at the Randolph
sanatorium, is gaining nicely.
Mary, Charlotte and Walter Mason
are spending some time with friends in
Tunbridge.
Mrs. Z. A. Flint returned Saturday
from a few days visit with her daugh-
tiers, Edwina and Hortense, in Ran
dolph.
Rev. w. c. Christie is in Springfield,
Mass, to visit his son, Kenneth. Har-
old Barker gave the sermon at the
morning service at the NJ E. church
Sunday.
The ladies of Pleasant street met
with Mrs. Albert Merrill Thursday aft.
ernoon for their weekly book and thin
Bile party Their next meeting will be
with Mrs. c. r. Tarbell
Miss Clara Mullens and her moth.
err OF Montreal are with Miss Jessie
Benson for their yearly visit.
Wilbur f. Welch and Miss Louise
Waterman were married at the home
Of the bride June third
Mrs, Harry Woltman and little
daughter, Jeanne, have gone TO Royal.
ton Center to board at the home of
A F. Loomis,
Mrs. Edith Goodrich Sibley of North |
Carolina is at the home of her ia
Their, John B. Goodrich.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-10

The Boston Globe never predicted
surer thing than when it said Fred
c. Martin of Bennington, candidate for
governor. would have walkover-
the nomination. 1t might be added
that no one of the four Republican
candidates will have runaway in the
same primary, the way things are shap
ing up. In fact, it may be necessary to
count the ballots out to the last box
before determining who is the Repub
lican nominee for governor. Claims
by this one or that one that there is
clear lead for any candidate do not
seem to be well founded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-10

Vermont and the other states Of the
east are not the only states where the
farms are being abandoned. Out in
Michigan there are thousands upon
thousands of acres of once titled land
which are now lying idle and calling
mutely for tenancy. Some day the
federal government will take up this
matter of abandoned farms and make
some powerful efforts to get the peo-
pie back onto the farms and away from
the large centers of population. The
scattered and half hearted efforts now
being made to that end are not prov
ang effective enough, well-meant ss
are those efforts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-10

rainstorm. There are conditions when
it is wise TO forego the pleasure of
scenery seeing and give oneself the
protection which a top can give. 9th
erwise, we agree with Mr.. Taylor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-10

husband of Philadelphia, and their
daughter, Della, of Randolph and Mr..
Wardner Hodgkins and Miss Della
Hodgkins of Rochester.
Mr. and Mrs. George Abbey and
daughter, Hope, spent Sunday at Fred
Packard's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-10

If you haven't paid your Barre taxes
when the time limit ends tonight for
the reduced rate, you may have a hard
time lodging the tax collector. While
not quite so sure as death, taxes come
a close second.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-10
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.

There will be a meeting of the
Board of Civil Authority for the abate-
ment of taxes held in the City Court
Room, City Hall, on Friday, August
18th, at o'clock p. m.
JAMES MACKAY, City Clerk.
August 5, 1920.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-10

YlIOTn
| ISsPEllGH
| MMV|NPALh
" Y : I
II
The Palm Beach suit
spells comfort for the
/ hot spell.
And it's no longer tied
to tan. Several very
attractive colors and
patterns. We mention
this because there are
still some men who
think these suits come
only in tan.
Single or double
breasted.
Young mems models or
conservative styles and
all marked down to
$1,000. These are reg
ular $40 and $3.50 |
values.
We've taken exactly 81
mems and young mems
suits from our regular
stock and priced them
$3.50 to $3.50 for
suits that sold from SIS
to $50. Every suit COR
rect in style, and we
could not replace them
at the price we've
marked them, but they
are odd suits, only one
or two of a lot, all sizes
from 35 to A, and all
sold with our usual
guarantee - Satisfac-
ton or your money
back.
So Boys Suits now
priced $3.50, $3.50 and
$3.50, for regular
$500 to $1,000 suits,
sizes 9 to II. This is
your chance to fit out
the boy for school.
Athletic Underwear
for men and boys now
90c to $1.35.
A few Boys Hose, tan
and black, Zoe a pair.
Every Straw Hat in
the store now u price.
Mxmsu> zaS.,
F. H. Rogers &
C,nnnanu
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-24

les in policies and practices. We must
buy as well as sell to be sure, but we
need the expanding trade policy, it's
efficient agents in statesmen and cred
it's and the simple, practical UNDER
standing that commerce is the life
blood of material existence. Our great
assurance at home lies in virile. in
tclligent reSolutc people in Il land un-
ravaged by war, at enmity with no
people, cnvying none, coveting moth
ing, seeking no territory, striving for
0 glories which do not become a right
eous nation. This republic can not, will
not fail, if each Of us does his part. If
we but work and use thriftily and seek
that understanding which reveals mu
tuality Of interest no difficulties can
long abide. Such solution can not
col0c out Of the greedy thoughts Of the
proiiteer or the revolutionary agita-
ton of those who would destroy. These
are but surface disturbances. We
choose the deep and ever onward cur
rents of normal America for the course
OF the republic.
There has been wild contempla-
tion of earnings whether in wages or
dividends, in terms of dollars rather
than in terms Of purchasing power
We must be more concerned with the
substance Of reward for activity in
this coin measurement. And our con-
ccrn must be in a dependable pros
pcrity which is righteously shared.
mo law can alter nature or change
her varying moods. We have not yet
learned to combat destructive weather
and the law OF supply and demand is
eternal. But we may soften their rig
ors and minimize their pcnaltios. We
want fortune a common possession in
America. We want the cotton grower
OF the south to have his becoming re-
ward with the wool grower and the
wheat farmer OF the north We want
southern i."tnrine to be tuned to the
music Of the mills Of the nurth Wc
want your ports to send their cargocs
under the American flag to bear tho
message of peace and good will to all
marts of the earth There is no sec
tionalism in righteous American amhi.
tons. 1t is the won0crfu and lncon,-
parable United States OF America
which sets our hearts aglow with be-
coming aspirations and patriotic love
the America of the constitution, free
and cunii,;5:". :. -. morrcw'
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-24
4 FTER FOUR YEARS
Laurcns Testimony Remains Unchnkcn

Time is the best test of truth. Here
Is Il l.aurcnS story that has stood the
test OF time. II is a story with q point
which viii come straight home to
many Of us.
II. j. Franks. 318 Fleming St.. Laur-
ems, says: My first symptom or kid
ncy trouble, which had several years
ago. was Dackache. When | would
stooD over to pick up anything a sharp
pain wiuld catch me in the small OF my
back and | would have to brace my
self in order to straightcn. My kid
neys didn't act right and the sccrc-
tions were scanty and burning in pass
&c. ] had vertigo and dizzy spells and
would nearly topplc over when walk
ing along the street. suffered off and
on for about six months in this way.
| finally read about Doan's Kidney
Pills and got q supply at Dr. B. f..
| PosCy's Drug Store. | felt better after
| taking the first box. and two boxes en-
tirely cured me. have recommend
ed this medicine to others" (State-
mcnt given November 23. 1919
On March 2G, 1918. Mr. Franks said
81 am glad to recommend Doan's Kid
ncy Pills again. ! have great faith in
them. Doan's did me a lot Of good sew
cral years ago and haven't had to use
a kidney remedy since"
G0c, at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-24
MAJORaTY COTTON
MILLS ARE IDLE

Great Nn.hHr cs NILS NILS Ii :SSsStt:.oo,.
Around Charlotte are Closed Down
Those in Operation Running Part
Time.
Charlotte, y. c.. Nov lS.-An-
nounccmcnt today OF the closing down
of the Chadwick-Hoskins chain of cot
ton mills. four at Charlotte and one at
Martinsville, Va, the biggest chain OF
mills in this section, was followed By
the disclosure of information that the
great majority OF the hundreds Of tex
tile mills in this section are idle while
those in operation ana running on part
time
1t was said by those in close touch
with the situation that at least 70
per cent Of the mills OF CASTOR and
Mccklenburg counties are entirely idle,
while the mills operating arc running
only about half tine. There are ap.
proNimatcly 10000 spindlcs in Gas
ton county, and perhaps half as many
in Mccklcnburg.
Most OF the mills have been opcrat.
ing on part time for weeks, but with
in the last few days many of them
have suspended operations entirely
Lack OF orders for the manufactured
product is giYon as The reason for nt
radical cUrtaincnt OF productions
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-24
HARDING STRESSES
AMERICAN RIGHTS

Needed for demonstrations, iii Kew
Orleans Talk. Assurance for Indus
! trial Development OF South Given.
| TO Sail for Panama Today.
| New Orleans, Nov. lS.-Plain living
and square dealing were invoked by
Prcsidcnt-elcct Harding in a speech
here today, as the nations strongest
reliances during the coming period Of
after war readjustmcnt. SANITY, clear
/ thinking, common sense, honesty and
cooperation" were among the qualities
he named as prime necessities in meet
ing the demands Of the new world
order, and he declared material in
tcrcsts and national happiness both
would benefit if the United States be-
came "a simple living people once
again"
Whatever discouragements and re-
verses there have been, he declared,
would be only temporary in character.
He predicted that confident Amer
ica" would solve its new problems on
the simple basis of the old time vir-
tues and would come through the re-
construction period stronger and more
dependable than ever before.
Senator Harding's speech delivered
at luncheon OF the New Orleans As
sociation of Commerce also contained
message of assurance for the in
dustrial development Of the South and
an expression of hope that the ties OF
commercial cooperation with Latin
America would be strengthened by cv-
cry possible means.
The address was q part Of five
hour visit to New Orleans by the pres
ident-clcct, who came from his vaca-
ton in Texas to take ship for a voyage
to the Panama canal zone.
lie said, in part:
II believe the American people have
come to realize that we must face
them with rcsolute courage and prac-
tical wisdom and patriotic determine
ton. There must be no reason for
pause or excuse for despair nor place
for pessimism. If we are effective in
solving our problems at home we shall
be the better able to help solve those
Of the world as BELTS our part in
modern civilization.
THE big thing for all America TO
realize now and always is the dignity
Of productive labor. No matter how
humble. the producers are the makers
0ii tic essentials vi civilization and we
must. each and all of us accept and
discharge our duty Of producing for
the world or of ministcring to the
! needs Of comfort or progress of man
kind.
There are certain fundamentals
which are everlasting. Neither our own
nor the worlds salvation is to be
worked out through any patent nos
trum. through any miracle of states
manShip, through any government
panacca. Government is but the
agency to administer the collective or
ganlzed public service. The greater
the task is that of the American peo-
! pie themselves. 1t is for them, under
governmental leadership to meet the
great test.
Ours are millions of broad acres
eager to respond to mans cultivatnt
touch. We have an empire and mil
1 lions moro are WAITING rcclamnt ion
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-24

more 1t is new in spirit, new in de-
yclopment. | would like TO see it new
in realization. ] would like to ac-
claim Southland with added good
fortune and greater sclf-reliance
through diversified agriculture and
would like to sec Southland aname
with industry with Transportation and
cvcr-growing problem. This land of
raw materials ought to manufacture
and locate its factories by mine and
;arm and orchard. There will be no
jalousy in the North because your
greater glory will be glorious victory.
| Here we are today at one OF the
great gateways of Latin-America
Somehow feel that the western hem
ispherc is our special field OF innu-
cncc and trade. Commerce marks the
highways Of friendship as well as riv-
airy. Our trade routes by sea to the
south ought to be as dependable as
cur railway routes at home and there
ought to be sufficient and rcassurinq
cnmity and concord among Americans
Central and North. Bind our friend
snip with the ties OF trade and we shal
make 1T inG!ssolublc.
we have ships now. we have tn,
commercial foundations, onr futG".
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-14
SEND THE
70 PRISON

The Reno Gazette is in receipt of an
urgent appeal to call for further con-
tributions to the Near East Relief
Fund. Until some effort shall be
made to send the scoundrels to the
penitentiary who are responsible for
the squandering of the money already
subscribed, it seems to this paper that
the officials are hardly justified in
expecting the public to give more
money to this cause. This nation is
first to respond to the demands of
charity but it must be assured that
its generosity shall not be abused.
In the testimony taken at the in
quiry at Constantinople, officials of
the Fund have admitted that large
quantities of food and clothing were
stolen at Paris and other points, some
by members of the organization, and
sold. Thousands of dollars went to
entertainment at wine suppers and
at T~rebizond, the testimony showed,
a dancing girl was hired with the Re-
lief Fund money to entertain drunken
dinner guests with her suggestive
wriggling while whiskey and cham
| payne flowed like water.
The funds so wasted and stolen
were supplied by millions of Anieri-
can people at home, many of whom
contributed at a great sacrifice to
themselves. School children gave OF
their meagre pennies and emptied
their little banks to relieve the
starving children Of the Near East.
Now that it is known that thieving
rascals have prostituted these funds
to their W pleasure and actually
have stolen whole carloads of food
and clothing, nothing car or will
suffice but a prison cell for every one
of the thieves.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-14
BULLYING
WEAK NATIONS


Mr.. Cox says article x would pro.
tect weak nations from bullying at.
tacks of stronger nations"
What weak nations from what
trong nations?
Korea from Japan? Syria from
France? Smyrna from Greece.
Egypt from Great Britain? Albania
from Italy or Serbia? Lithuania
from Poland? German Austria from
italy or a Slavic alliance?
But article X has been ratified by
Ill the great powers admitted to the
council of the league and by some
.hirty-fve others. Why Is 1t not OPP
Grating? Most of the bullying is be-
ng done by the present members OF
he league. Why wait for Uncle Sam
o arrive before putting a stop to
to their own operations? That is a
matter Of their own will. If Uncle
Sam is expected to force them to be-
have, we see no reason why he can
hot do it better as a free agent.
Neither do several important mem
5ers of the league. That is why they
want him to go in. Mr.. Cox also is
for going in, or says he is. That is
Why he should stay out of the White
House. When we go in we had bet
ter go in with our hand on the door
knob.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-14

General Wrangel seems tu hays
caused one between two prominent
members of the league OF na.i,ns.
Governor Cox says he wasn't nor1i
mated by a senatorial ring" Not a.
all. He was chosen by q coterie o.
bosses. dominated by Tarmanv Hal
who met at French Lick and decided
to put him over a few days before the
San Francisco convention assembled
The Washington Herald says the
Cox acceptance speech sounds well 10
all who are not backward looking
II anyone reads that speech and then
looks backward over the recent rec
ord of the Democratic party he is
liable to laugh himself sick.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-14
SPEAKING OF
THE LEAGUE

In the solid Southern state of Geor-
gia, Thomas Z. Watson is nominated
to the senate. He is against ratifica-
ton OF the treaty in any form.
In the rockribbed Republican state
of New Hampshire, Senator Moses is
renominated. He is opposed to the
ratification of the treaty in any form
In the Republican state of Wiscon-
sin, Senator Lenroot is renominated.
He is a r~eservationist.
News from the East, South. and
North which helps explain why Mr..
Cox is SO anxious to talk about Re
publican campaign funds, although
after his visit with the President we
were assured that the league is the
paramount issue of the campaign.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-14

astonishing, but 1t is nevertheless
vouched for in authoritative quarters.
Altogether there is unuuestionably
need for the most intelligent govern
mental policies possible If the live
stock production of this country is
TO be increased. Stockmen and ranch
ers believe that If Senator Harding is
elected President he will see to II
that the department Of agriculture is
so organized and conducted as to
easur up to the needs of the times.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-14
LOSSES GREAT
IN LIVESTOCK

The speeches of Senator Harding
have made a most favorable impress
sion upon the ranching and livestock
interests in the West.
In spite of the impression, which
obtains among some people who have
not studied the subject, that the farm
ers and livestock men of the country
are at the peak of prosperity because
prices for their products are high,
it is we'll known among practical men
and agricultural experts that the
agricultural conditions are anything
but satisfactory.
1t is not alone that the farm labor
situation is serious and that help is
leaving the farms for the cities, but
a great deal of agricultural and live
stock business is actually being done
at a loss. Ranchers and livestock
men have received little or no intelli-
gent help or cooperation from the
government under the Democratic adj
ministration. They have suffered
grievously through the ignorance Of
the Democrats in dealing with farm
prices and especially livestock prices.
The encouragement of the production
of food animals is absolutely essential
IL the country is ever to get relief in
the way OF lower meat prices.
Complaints are coming that the
cattle feeders have been losing from
$25 to SIS per head on their fat cat
tie. Hog producers have been losing
from 81 to IS per hundred on their
hogs. To those who are familiar only
wftA siV conditions this may seem
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-14
Continued Next ISSUE

Franklin Roosevelt possesses two
splendid names. and a pleasing man
ner.
Imitators of Colonel Roosevelt's
campaign strenuosity should keep in
mind that fact that the ~colonel's
strenuosity was not confined to his
jawbone.
Poland furnishes the latest con-
vincing example of the old adage that
1t isn't wise to start anything you
can't stop.
Candidate Cox talks about how he
would save public money If he had a
chance just as If he didn't know that
he is the presidential candidate of the
party that put the ICON" in economy.
The league shouters have become
suddenly silent about Poland and
Lithuania.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-14
FOOD IMPORTS
SIX.FOLD

Imports of foodstuffs and food ami
mails for the first seven months of the
current year totaled $1.317, 600. 900 in
value. compared with $22S. 000, 900 for
the first eve months of 1913. under
the protective tariff policy. Just about
six times the value of these goods
were imported during the 1920 period
that came in during the 1913 period.
The farmers and food producers have
this to think about when they go to
the polls November 2. The Demo-
cratic party reaffirms its allegiance
to free trade in farm products in the
San Francisco platform.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-14

HE kept the Scripps boys out of
war" Is the latest Cox slogan.