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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26
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Taken IS virtue ~ an execution
isFaod by j. J Stakeholder, Clerk y
Bennington County Court. in favor 81
" u Congaan - Peru. Vermont. and
against John y G4fvey Of Manches-
Or. vermont. demanding damages In
the sum ~ eleven hundred dollars
tsiIOol and costs q tWeni y-foUr dol
krs and hfty cents ts24 50l. shall
eel At pablo auction IA the public
highway in front - the residence Of
Wells Dickinson. m said Town Of
Peru. Vermont on the sfh day ~
September, A D.. 1920, at two o'clock
in the afternoon the following describ-
60 personal property, VIZ
Nineteen piles Of soft wood lumber
sosily spruce and hemlock piled on
both SIDES OF the highway leading
from Peru Village 70 Manchester De
pot at n point on said highway be
tween the residence Of Wills Dickinson
m Peru, Vermont, and the point where
the line besReen Peru and Winhall
crosses said highway; ssid lumber be
ing partly boards, plsnks and partly
dimension material Of various sizes
and lengths; and said nineteen piles
sr. estimated 20 contain from forty 10
fifty thousand feet Of lumber, also
four piles Of round edge spruce and
kemlock boards estimated To contain
about twenty-five thousand feet piled
upon the bot formerly owned by J. y.
Brown in Peru, Vermont, and decided
hy his Guardian 10 John y. Garvey and
more particularly located in the mill
yard used by said Garvey upon said
lot. also one pile Of hemlock estimated
10 contain six thousand feet and one
pile of lznd woed estimated 10 contain
about nine thousand feet, both piles
being piled in the mill yard Of said
John T. Garvey upon said Brown Lot
said Brown Lot befort Sept IL, 1919,
and now remaining upon said lot
either in the mill yard or on skids or
scattered throughout the woods, also
all the camping outfits and tools be
longing 10 John r. Garvey that were
upon said lot on the 18th day !
of September, 1919, also all the
buildings used for camps for the
vorkmen and the outfits connected
and used therein situated upon said
Brown Lot, also all the logging tools
such as cross cut saws, canthooks, sit I
uafed upon said Brown Lot owned by
said John p Garvey. or as much OF
said property as may be necessary to +
satisfy said execution and costs Of sale.
Dated al Peru, in the County OF
and State q Vermont,
his 18th day Of August. 1920.
J. ID. PURDY,
20-2 Deputy Sheriff
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26

tiaed for that town, is good common
sense judgment The highway IS -
nearby that no real loss ensucs locally
in reaching H.
The Delaware highways are con
Ftruetcd with a roadway sixteen feet
vide and 4 shoulder eight feet vide
on each side-32 feet in all A wider
right ~ way is secured
II may be taken for granted that.
starting in so late. with plenty OF OBJ
ject lessons 70 study. Delaware made
no mistake in the very important mat
ter Of selecting its roadbed material.
II has adopted FOR the general type Of
state highway construction the con
crete road. conu0only called ~ this
section cement" road, the compost
ton Of which is one cubic foot 81
cement ,1-l0 cubic foot OF hydrated
limo, two cubic feet Of sand. four cubic
feet Of stone. The concrete is jointed
with bars Of IRON between each days
construction that is no joints are
made in the surfacing during the
days work So pertinent is the text
Of the pamphlet on the theme why the
concrete road was chosen tfat We
quote as follows
''The concrete road has been called
the child OF the good roads move
ment' in America. II has been gener-
ally accepted. Roughly speaking, il IS
probably safe to say that the various
states Of this country are, on an aver
age, using concrete for so per cent Of
their improved road construction; Del
aware is using il for 80 per cent.
why? The concrete road is not
cheap. The Delaware state highway
department estimates the cost OF it
per mile 10 be approximately $4,000.
Yet is steadily gains in favor
Various investigating commissions,
with discovering the best
form Of permanent road, have un-
declared in favor Of con-
crete. Such a commission, for in
stance, in the state Of Maryland, re-
ported in favor Of concrete roads.
During the years from 1912 TO 1916
Maryland built 100 miles Of concrete
road.
THE outstanding advantages Of the
concrete road are easily stated. The
tractor force is much less than that Of
,ther types Of road. 1t is not dusty;
he surface does not have to be treat
ID with oil or in any other manner.
The life of the concrete road is longer
" several hundred per cent than that
4 other improved roads. A macad-
I'M road, for instance, has TO be recon
tructed every ten years; a concrete I,
Dad is good for 40 years (perhaps Z
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26
Estate Of ISAAC o. WADE

] btA'l VI 4NoLitt VIII.
State Of Vermont. District Of Man
chester ss
The Honorable Probate Court for
the District OF ManchestaG To all
persons interested in the estate Of
Isaac O. Wade late Of Maachester in
said District deceased,
GREETING:
At a Probate Court, holden at Man
chester within and Tor said District on
the 9th day Of August, 1920, an instru-
ment purporting TO be the last viii
and Testament Of Isaac O. Wade late
Of Manchester in said District, de-
ceased, was presented to the Court
aforesaid, for Probate.
And il is ordered by said Court that
the I'd day Of September. 1920, at the
Probate Office in said Manchester, be
assigned for proving said instrument:
and that notice thereof be given TO all
persons concerned, by publishing this
order three weeks successfully in the
Manchester Journal a newspaper cir
culating in that vicinity, in said Dis
trict, previous TO the time appointed
THEREFORE, you are hereby noti-
hed TO appear before said Court. at
the time and place aforeaaid, and con-
test the probate Of said will, il you
have cause.
Given Under My Hand at Manches-
ter in said District, this 9TH day Of
August, 1920.
1873 EDWARD GRIFFITH, Judge
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26

more) and even then it can form a
base for another pavement.
This is the real argument for con-
crete roads-the small cost Of main
tenance. The cost Of maintaining a
bituminous macadam road is from APP
proximately 81 900 to 81 500 per mile
per year, whereas 500 per mile per
year is a liberal allowance for the
maintenance Of concrete road. In
1916 figures from Milwaukee and
other communities where frst-class
concrete roads have been built show
an average of from $50 to $50 per mile
for labor and materials for maintain
ing the surface Of a concrete road.
The figure of 500 for 1919 represents
an increase Of from 100 per cent to
$50 per cent in the cost Of labor and
materials.
I'm one and one-half years Della
ware has paid only $4,000 for the
of 80 miles Of concrete
road, and, according to the Delaware
experience, the cost of this mainten-
lnce is not increasing
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26

system q the most approved fe7u q
state highway Delaware has bli
lately awakened % her task No, an
III 1917 sas state highway depart
mcnt organized, following a privately
financed Undertaking shieh laid dowr
some twCnty miles q modern road
bed that served as an object lessor
and materially promoted public senti.
n1eni
Il IS worth while 70 note that Della.
wars highway department Is com
missioned by the law creating Il T.
establish ~such consistent. eongru-
Gus, comprehensive and permanent
system u state highways along the
route or routes 81 travel rs vii ac-
commodafe the greatest needs Of ths
people Of the state" The department
includes the governor ard four other
members appointed by him, FOR terms
Of eight years each. These members
receive 70 compensation other than
their expenses. The chief engineer. q
trained and experienced civil engineer
is the administrative head Of the de
artment
At the outset Delaware Has faced
with the condition Of thousands OF
miles Of existing roads that we're out
of repair and upon which very lutte
maintenance work was being done.
The department decided thai II would
maintain only those roads which the
state Constructed. This was largely 3
local condition and would not serve as
a precedent elsewhere.
A general state plan Of the north
and-south trunk line system, supple
mented with east midwest radicals,
was kept in mind and as far as carried
out has been adopted To determine
the probhle traffic, survey was made,
in which the number of vehicles were
counted and noted according
10 kind. Over 2S0 miles Of road have
been surveyed and detailed plans
made for 100 mules. II is worth while
10 note that instead Of following the
old county roads, with their endless
irregularity, sharp turns and
grades, the state highways are laid
out virtually regardless Of these, gen
orally observing the precept that a
straight line is the shortest distance
between two points, and roads follow
ing this direction are the cheapest to
build and maintain.
Another unique feaiure-instead OF
passing through towns and villages
he Delaware permanent highways
PASS Just a bit on the side. This IS
argely fer traffic reasons. To plunge
rafie directly through a town which
{ can better pass outside, unless des-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26
nrIANARE HlGHRaYs

a p2mphlc; dssrrihing Delaware
Iisis kghWayE rs yas eo7ne 70 cur
d,ts Il contains 20 Hsorh matter that
% pertinent 70 eno II Ncrm0nis great
problems ihst ~ az making i the
teHt a our lsading editorial this week
p.iausrs the seeond smallest state IN
Tie Upion has gsg1n and carried 20
sons dsgrre - completion 3 model
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26
TAKE IT II TINE
Is~i a. S1ores Of Manchester People
Have

Have
Waiting doesn't pay.
II yop neglect kidney haekaohc
Urinary troubles often follow
Act in time by curing the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pihs are especially
for weakened kidneys.
Many people in This locality recon-
mead them. ASK your neighbor!
Here's one Manchester Center case:
Miss Mildred winship, Manchester
Center says last fan was feeling
miserable on account Of my kidneys.
Z have every reason 10 believe the
trouble was brought on by strain Of
heavy lifting, while living on the
farm. When | would bend over TO
dust or sweep a sharp cutting twinge
Of pain would dart up and down my
back ] was also nervous and my back
achesi most all the time. II ! stopped
over millions Of little colored specks
would float before my eyes blurring
my sight and | would get very dizzy.
was surely feeling badly when ]
read Of Doan's Kidney Pills and decid-
cd to give this remedy a trial. They
soon had me on the road TO recovery
and box and q half got TO the seat Of
my trouble and cured me-"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remetly-get
Dosn's Kidney Pills-the same that
Miss Winship had. Foster-Milburn
Co, Mfrs, Buffalo, n. Y. adv20-2
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26
Estate Of Jesse KING
commissioners Notice

commissioners NOTICE
The Undersigned, having been APP
pointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District Of Manchester,
Commissioners, to receive, examine.
and adjust the claims and demands Of
all persons against the estate Of
Jesse King late Of Sandgate in said
District, deceased. and all claims ex-
hibited in offset thereto, hereby give
notice that we will meet for the pur-
pose aforesaid, at the late residence Of
the decedent in the town Of Sandgate
in said District, on the 10Th day Of
February next, from o'clock r. NJ.
until o'clock p NJ, on said day and
that six months from the 18th day Of
August A. d. 1920, is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors 10 pre-
sent their claims to us for examina-
ton and allowance.
Dated at Sandgate this 18th day Of
August A. ID. 1920
A. +. MEARS.
ANTON SCHNEIDER,
Commissioners
Theresa J. King, Admy., Sandgate,
VI. 20-3
should in tho matter Of ifnprovnd
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26

DO NOT BE FOOLED into the

idea that any Insurance Agent
can furnish Insurance Cheaper
than ". II. Shaw can. Nor viii
he presume to say that his rates
are cheaper than he other fell
lows. They are the same, with
dividend of 20ee or stock insur-
ance at stock rates.
Shaw Service goes with your
policy. It's worth while.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26

should in the matter Of improved
highway Randolph Herald & News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
SUPERVISORS PIRATES

From the London Times.
 We can scarcely believe that Robert Louis Stevenson's pirates, who were novel in their day, were not always part of the equipment of the worlds nursery They have hardened into convention rrxe Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and we are a little tired of their obvious manner They have become characters, not of fear, but of ridicule.
 Each has in good earnest made himself "a perfect figure of fun," and these stamping. roaring, toasting, strutting em- blem of impossible villainy trouble our peace no more. Even the walking of the plank has lost all it's awful solemnity for generation bred up on Peter Pan"
 The dead pirates are his creation are indeed more potent than the living-we confess to shiver at the name of Flint; they are like the terror waiting behind the closed door, which haunted Steven sons mind. But of all his tricks of fear, perhaps, the tapping of Pew's stick is most fated to frequent the nightmares of posterity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
Excellent Movement.

''The Big Sisters movement is one of the best things ever undertaken by the women of Birmingham" said August Hirsch, and I commend it with my heart and will support it by life membership. A home where young girls working in Birmingham may live at nominal cost is needed in this city and the establishment of such a home will mean much to the young women not living at home. It is a pleasure to me to know that the women are meeting with such splendid success and I feel sure they will operate this home for the benefit of the girls. This is an excellent move ment and one which every citizen should support financially as well as personally and see to it that young girls who come to Birmingham seek ing employment will have a place where they can live for modern cost and still have a home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08

day As a consequence the ducks are not disturbed during the late afternoon, when they are seeking roosting places for the night.
 It is not an exaggeratlon to say that millions of ducks come from the far north to winter and feed in this delta country, where there are hundreds of ponds, caused from overflow waters, in which nourishing moses, wild rices and all manner of foods abound.
 In other sections where clubs are main .tained and where one shoots ducks there is usually one variety. For instance at Swan Lake, over in Mississippi, the shoot ing is almost entirely confined to Nal lards. Down in the delta one finds Can vas Backs, Teals, Mallards, Red Heads and, indeed, every variety of duck and wild goose known. Some of them come from the arctic region. They come from all sections of Canada and indeed from all the North American continent.
 The Louisiana law, adopted at the sug- gestion of the members Of the Delta Duck Club, is very stringent against the slaughter of ducks. Every guide is g state game warden, and it is his sworn duty to prevent anyone from shooting more than twenty-five in one day, and to prevent anyone from shooting after mid day. Under the law one cannot ship out of the state more than fifty ducks and he cannot ship these unless he personally has railroad ticket for the place to which he is shipping them, and certifies that he is accompanying the barrel of ducks on the same train. He is further required to have a sl5 state license which must be preserted to the express com pany before 1t will accept his ducks for shipment
 Only few years ago party of we'll to shoot ducks on independent territory down on the gulf As they were return
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08

heath the badge which he wears, and therefore I have never been overpow- cred by reverence for church digni- taries unless beneath their habiliments there was hid loving personality.
 I realize the power of ceremony in religion and confess that it's religious and dramatic appeal has played great part in the development of the church. and that I have fallen under the spell many time when in the great cathe- drals of Europe, and yet in spite of my aesthetic nature I have been able to get spiritual comfort in attending services in churches where there was an ab- sence of ritual and the message of the preacher was the main thing.
 The age long controversy over the dress of the servants of tho Lord is still unsettled, and at best a man can only express his preference. Being brought up in church where no spe- cial costume was required to be worn by the ministers, I confess that it took me long residence in Europe to get used to the clerics garb. Without open ing the question: or rather without hoping to close it. suppose in the last analysist it hangs on the difference conveyed in the words, ""priest' and preacher"
 But am getting in deep water (nat- ural thing for Baptist preacher to dol, but before being totally submerged I am going to climb out on the bank long enough to say that the above par agraphs about the proper costume for those in the srevice of the church came to me in thinking about Bob" Jones, who, to say the least of it, does not dress the part of conventional minis ter, but seen either on the street or in the pulpit looks like an ordinary busi- ness man.
 I believe it was Carlyle who gave us the philosophy of clothes but the last thing I wish to do is to dogmatize about what men shall wear. or women either. but simply to record my impress sion that Bob" Jones looks like an everyday drummer" And why not when by so doing he is running true to Biblical form. for an evangelist" in the New Testament sense is literally the proclaimer of good news. It's "Bob's" job to go from place to place to spread the good news" of the com ing of the Messiah
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
Plan to Make the Trial
 of War Criminals a Farce

M s might have been expected, the 1S German government, unwill- ing to turn over the war criminals demanded by the allies, seeks a way out of it's predicament by suggest ing that the accused persons be tried in Germany The humor of this pro- posal is apparent.
 Just how much justice would be meted out by German court to a Won Hindenburg, a Won Ludendorf, a Won Mackensen, Won Tfrpitz, a Hohenzollern prince or any other prominent leader during the recent war, can easily be imagined. The old spirit survives and the former war lords are still treated with the obsequiousness that is a national trait.
 The idea that they might be found guilty is preposterous. The ex- Kaiser might be convicted of having run away, but it is doubtful if even that comparatively mild judgment would be sustained. The men whom the allies charge with crimes against international law are not so regarded in Germany. Far from it. They are not even considered beaten. They are national heroes. Won Hindenburg is as popular as ever. He is still the idol of the army and to a greater or lesser degree other leaders are popu- lar, particularly those who saw the war through to the end.
 The German government is in no mood to perpetrate jokes, and the Teuton's sense of humor is not much to speak of, anyway, but one is tempted to smile at this naive offer. The spectacle that would be present ed by German court trying the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
P1nred Santa Claus.

There is usually a smile on the face of every man who reads the story of some smooth artist who drops into our city and puts it over on some of UT leading business citizens" said So1on Jacobs, but before we laugh too heartily at their discomfiture it might be well for us to pause long enough to check up on our past and see if we haven't at some time been taken in by a well dressed fellow, with a. glib tongue and a charming per sonality who needed a temporary loan or an endorsement of check, I reckon mighty few there be who have not at some time played Santa Claus to those who have the power of gener- ating the spirit of giving"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
LIKE MeLUKE SAYS.

Why is it that a man who has too much sense to try to grab a piece of real estate that belongs to another man will deliberately try to cop out a woman that belongs to another man?
 If they ever made us dictator of this dry empire of ours we would re- duce trouble to minimum We would fix things so that a man could not get married unless he had s1o.oOo in cash.
 Any old time a man admits that he isa getting his share you can bet that he is getting whole lot more.
 After man falls for sucker game he rears up on his hind legs and announces that he won't stand for it
 There are a lot of things that. are good for the complexion. But the only thing woman can think of when she is dressing is paint.
 In the country sleeping late in the morning is considered as disgraceful as robbing a poor box in the city
 Women are great optimists No matter how long she has been married to a man, she keeps expecting that he will reform some day.
 The reason Mother likes to read about the Profiteers buying their wives furs at $4,000 and $6,000 a set is because she knows that Father hasn't the price of respectable set of ear muffs in his pocket.
 The fact that she has two ears and only one mouth won't convince q woman that she should not twice as much talking as listening.
 We do not know much. But we do know that you can't tell a narrow minded man by the size of the hat he wears.
 This is a mean old world. Every time a nasty story on a woman is re- told few moro convincing details are added.
 A woman knows that her own hus- band is getting all the best of it. But she feels sorry for some other wom- ans husband.
 If a girl has to wear sackcloth during Lent she would have the sack cloth tailor-made and cut knee-high and wishbone low.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
"BOB' JONES, EVANGELIST---By Frank Willis Barnett

The other day I walked up to a boy ish looking man in a sack suit. who was standing in the lobby of the Tut wiler, and said, Hello, Bob." He looked at me a moment and asked, And who are you?' "oh.' I replied. am Frank Barnett" and with note of hearty recognition he replied, Hello. Frank" To use a homely negro expression. that's the way we took acquaintance" "Ain't it funny" he went on to say, that you and I were reared in adjoin- ing counties and both of us have been running up and down the state for more than a score of years, and are just now meeting" Thought it strange Dale, while was reared in Barbour.
 
 I had been hearing of him for years. but somehow our paths never crossed. it just so happening that if I went to Dothan. his home town. he was away holding meetings, or if he dropped in at Eufaula I was off on a visit; but I kept up with his growing power as preacher of righteousness and took pride in the fact that he was a south Alabama product.
 I am glad that he is unspoiied by his great success as an evangelist, for have known some revivalists of me- diocre ability whose heads were turned fr .it f, hold meeting acted in rather high handed way in their manner toward the local pastors: but, Bob" is just as approachable as any Methodist preacher on a circuit, and this accounts for the fact that he is favorite with preachers of all denominations.
 
 The fact that he is always called Bob" Jones. and not the Right Key. MT Jones, or Dr. Jones, or by any other of the titles which most men covet. stamps him as minister who is be- loved by the people, for whenever folks call a man of note by his first name it's good evidence that he is held in affec- tionate regard. and that they count him as one of them. hope he will go on to the end as plain Bob" Jones.
 
 Now. I am not holding any brief against those who like to have worldly honors, nor am I unmindful that titles carry weight with many. nor would in any way minimize the dignity of the ministry. but simply speaking for my self. I always look for the man be-