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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
ST. GEORGE VOTERS
COMPLETE TESTIMONY
Supreme Court to Decide Who
Will Preside at Town Meetings
and Who VIII Draw Emolu.
ments Attached to Office of
Town Clerk.

Inc entire male adult populaflon OF st.
feorge' with the exception of four vot-
ers, has completed its testimony before
j. p. Ladd, master In chancery, in the
case of Charles Turrell versus M. w.
Hfnsdale in the contest over the Office of
moderator of the town, and In the par
allel case of Lawrence Wellinger versus
George F. Peet, in the contest over the
office of town clerk. The case is another
of the lengthy disputes which arise with
great frequency as the result of voting
in st. George. The expense of anowing
an entire population an opportunity to
tell what it knows about a thing will
amount to many hundreds of dollars and
will be borne by one of the contesting
parties or by the town of st. George. In
the latter event, much as they dislike each
other. the voters will all chip in because
every one in the town belongs to one
side or the other.
This particular alteration between the
freemen of st. George started over tho
use OF a check list. 1t seems that If Hins-
dale's list is used, his side is sure to win.
On the other hand If another check list
is used his side is just as sure of losing.
There happen to be within ono of
the number on Hnsdale's side which
believe in the other list. They could out
men, who they declare are disqualified
to vote, were taken from the list Their
list, which they believe to be a great i'm
prOvement over Hinsdale's, has the ad-
vantage of not having those two names
on It.
The male population Of this home be-
gan talking one morning and continued
for seven entire working days, with re-
cesses of day at a time for rccuper-
alton. When the last word had issued
from the mouth of a st. Georgian and
the account had been written up. the talk
was found to fill a volume of 4S6 typo
written pages.
Yesterday, by agreement, the case was
taken up to the May term of supreme
court, which is still in session and the
voters hope for a decision soon so that
they may know who is entitled to manage
the affairs of their town.
similar dispute was threshed out last
winter when an entire week of the Legts-
lature was occupied IN an attempt to as
| certain who the town representative was
After lengthy investigation the people
at Montpelier decided the vote was a tie
and so long as Earl Aver was there any
way and doing pretty well they voted the
| honor to him for the Legislature rs the
last court of appeal in a case Of that
| kind
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
RING CASE SETTLED
Plaintiff Bacon Secures Diamond for
"Smnll Consideration.


The ring case" as 1t has como to DO
known IN County Court, being the case
of Joseph Bacon against Alice =. Cor
kfns and Martin S, Villas. her attorney.
was settled Friday, the plaintiff secur-
Ing the diamond ring In question for
"a small consideration" The case de-
veaoped out Of the pawning of tho ring
by the plaintiff several years ago. Fol-
bowling this, the husband Of Mr.. Corkins
redeemed the ring, through certain
agreement with the plaintiff.
The ring WIS placed IN the Howard
Bank. to remain there. It Is snid. until
the plaintiff should redeem It BY the pay
ment of a note which was given. In the
meantime, Mr.. Corkfns died. After his
death, Attorney Villas, acting for Mrs
Corkins. secured the ring from the bank
and placed 1t IN bis safe, 80 that when the
plaintiff paid the note and went to tho
bank for the ring, 1t was not there.
The plaintiff then demanded the ring
Of Mrs. Corkins, who would not give II
up. claiming that the full amount on II
had not been paid. Not knowing at that
time whether the ring was in the posses
sion Of Mrs. Corkins or MI. villas. the
case was brought against both Of them.
The case was SGT for trial Friday
morning. but before the court got to 1t q
settlement was made. as above noted.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
EVIDENCE COMPLETED
Averill Divorce Cases Now with the
Court-SOn TcStifies for Father

Averil1 Divorce Cases Now With the
Court-Son Tc~tifles for Father
Evidence in the divorce proceedings
Of the Averill family, in which Or.
Charles A. Averill of this city is suing
his wife. Mary +. Averll, for a divorce
and she seeks a divorce from him on
the grounds of intolerahle severity,
was completed in County Court Fri
day morning. Besides Mr.. and Mrs.
Averill, DR.. Averils elder son. Gle
ment, was called as a witness for his
father and testified that he and his
step mother had never gotten along
well together.
He told of a number of times when
there had been difficulties between
them. and he declared that he hal
never known of any time when his
father had choked Mrs. Averill or
misused her in any way.
Later, Mrs. Averll took the stand
and testified in regard to this matter.
She said that she had never had any
hard feelings against the children of
Or. Averill, that she had loved them,
TN fact, but that the elder boy, es-
pecially. had given here great deal
habits and when she tried to help him
and tell him what he should do ht
was very dsrespectful and even I'm
pudent to her, and his father let him
do AS he pleased
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
VERMONT DEMOCRACY AS SEEN
BY IRWIN COBB

Irwin Cobb, the humorist. wiring the
New York World while on his way h the
San Francisco convention said:
The adjoining car to ours contains
the entire Vermont delegation. When
you snatch eight resident Democrats
out of Vermont at one fell swoop, so
to speak, you make an awful hole In
the eSnbattled Democracy OF that
state. especially as the Democrats in
Vermont have already suffered two
severe party losses this year. one
died and the other got tired of being
regarded by his neighbors as an &C.
centric character and moved to In
diana
Another theory advanced to ac-
count for his departure was that in
the last local election in this county
the Democrat ticket polled two votes
and ne was afraid he might be ar
rested for repeating. However. the
Vernonters with us are most enthu-
siastic over the prospects for Novem-
her up their way. They haye hired two
seven passenger cars AMI expect 10
get about the fun strength Of the
party on election day II all twelve OF
them keep their health a spirited cam
paign is predicted"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
GET CARNEGIE MEDAL
Georgia Girl Saved Man frum Drovvnfn,
and Is Now His VITO

and Ii Now His Wlfo
Georgia. Juno 8.-Mru Hhia tCfark)
King. daughter Of the Rev. & A. W.
Clark. a native Of Georgia, and grand
daughter of DIR. r. X. Clark, former
practicing physician of that town, has
been awarded Carnegie hero medal
OF Is persons mentioned for the honor
MIS-. King was one Of 10 to receive the
reward. IN ING at the risk of losing her
own Mo she saved the Inc of a fellow
student 1t Oberiin College. A party vas
in bathing in Lake Erie and Mrs. King.
who - an expert swimmer, was On the
beach when Tho man several hundred
yneds from shore WAS seized with cramps.
HA caflsd for help but no one ofsezed
to 10 tn his assistance. Mrs- King rar
into tho water aud swan rapidly 10 HIS
aid arriving as he was going down for
the hast time. She managed to bring hun
aaispre unassisted. AS for the romantic
touch IN this little story the man she
saved is now her husband. but to Miss
Hilda Clark and not Mrs. Hilda Clark
King goes the Carnegie medal for
bravery Mr. King is soon to graduate
from Johns Hopkins University with the
degree Of Doctor of Philosophy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01

scented the Brandon Girls Garden Club
the best garden demonstration team III
Rutland county and at the Vernon
State Fair, also represented Vermont NJ
Camp Vail and Eastern States EXPO
sition, where It won two places.
Francis Timbers John Conroy an1
Clinton Pratt represented the Rura
Rushers Poultry Club Of Pittsford
champion poultry demonstration team
of Vermont, and champion of the II
northeastern States at Camp vail. 1913
Elaine Mudgett. Miriam Fitzpatrick
Fannie Jones and Caroline Bogue rep
resented Uncle SANS Workers Sew
ing Club. P1ttsford. the best sewing
judging team at tho Vermont State
Fair, and representing Vermont al
Camp Vail 1919.
Harriet Grant 0enevteve Louther and
Ceoelia Bliss represented the West Rut-
hand Handy Canners' Club. best can-
ming demonstration team In Vermont
which won thfri place at Camp Vail
1919
Beatrice Hughes, Marjorie McCarth >
and Pauline Towers are the Castlctor
Gamers formerly Kan the Kaiser
Klub'), champions IN canning demon.
strations, Rutland county, 1913, tied
with West Rutland Handy Cnnners fol
first place in 1919, and representing the
county at the Vermont State Fair
Ruby Durham, East berkshire. Jufis
Fassett, Halle Rnblee and Mary F.assett.
Enosburg Falls, are the officers of the
Can All You Cam club, Enosburg
Dorothy Wright. Myrtle Bristol, Marion
FAR. all Of Bristol. mako up the Sure
Luck Canning Club, champions Of AID
Olson county. 1919. Pearl Berry. Rich
mond. who was present at the meeting
is member of vermont's best sewine
demonstration team, at Vermont State
Fair, which won second place at Camp
Vail. 1919.
Others present at the meeting were
Miss Margaret McDonough, local leader
Handy Gamers, West Rutland and
Miss Ackeriy. homo demonstration agen,
for Rutland county
There was a total attendance Of ~ OF
whom g were here for the first annual
Achievement Day, In 1919.
One girl expressed tho sentiment Of ar
whom she remarked: This trip has beer
worth thousand dollars to our team. y
Each one left for home determined &c
work this year to break his own record
and to win trip next year to the Third
Annual Achievement Day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
CLAIM COMPENSATION
Petition Bronght by William and Dosal
Hall for Lo~s Of Their Son

Montpelier, June 24-John S. Butties-
commissioner of industries, went to ST.
Johnsbury yesterday for hearing reia-
tive to compensation in the petition OF
william and Dora Hall VS.. Fairbanks "a
Co., in which the petitioners claim COM
pensation for death Of their SON There
was also another case against Fairbanks
company but John Campbell. VINO ios1
the use of one hand while employed by
the cmopany, has settled by recedvtIrEj
one-third compensation for the total losA
of the hand, the arm seeming to have
recovered its activity. Other hearhrss
that take place this week are; lsianon
Pond. Arthur l. Burke VS.. thu ChaIn-3
plain Realty company for injuries: Don
Clark VS. Blair Veneer company at heO-
port for injuries: and Simon and Phho-|
meana Shelta We. Parker & Young CONF
many at Newport for death Of their SON.
The question there is whether the pstS-,
TONERS were dependent upon their sson for
support.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
kATZ-GLADSTONE

pretty wedding took place Sunday eve
ming In the Hebrew Free School when Miss
Sara Gladstone. daughter of John Glad
stone of this city, and Samuel KATE of
Hartford Conn. were united in marriage
by the Rev. A. Mowsovitz. The bride was
becomingly gowned in white georgstte
crepe. with a full length veil caught up
with orange blossoms She carried bridal
poses. Following the wedding ceremony,
q supper was served at the dining hall OF
the school. at which a large number OF
relatives and friends of the couple were
present.
After an extended wedding trip, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kutz will make their home in Hart
ford. The bride was the recipient of many
beautiful ana useful gifts.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
TO AID BOYS
BennAnahnu Mnn 10 Make Up 10 OtAeru
Whist He Lacked n Youn1rter

->-~-~--e5>~~>s isAe@A
Whist He Lacked n Younerter
Montpelier. June 25.--Trustees of the
DIN Scott Fund, Inc. of Bennin ct on
have filed articles of association in the
office OF tho Secretary OF State for tn 9
purpose Of handling the funds loft
from the estate of Olin Scott, late of
Bennington. He sets forth In his Will
that when a small boy he dij not have
the advantage that other children had
because of the lack Of means and that
he has received considerable pleasure
out of giving to young boys. therefore
he wants a corporation formed to
provide for boys and that end0vnents
may be received in addition to the
Residue of his estate. In the meanttme,
until the corporation has enough to
work on Il larger scale he wants the
income spent for assistance of boys
There Is no capital stock. The trustees
appointed are Henry D. Fillmore,
Homer H. Webster, and +. H. Sabley
of BENIN gton. appointed by the pro-
bate court.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
CATHEDRAL WEDDING
Miss Marguerite Brunette Married Il
Armand j. Chastcnay

A pretty wedding took place Monday,
morning at eight O'Clock at St. Mays
Cathedral, when Miss Marguerite Pauline,
Brunette daughter of Mr.. and Mrs, f. P.
Brunette of La South Champlain street.
became the bride of Armand Joseph
Chastenay. son of Mr.. and Mrs. T. Chas-'
tenay of 81 Hyde street. The Rev. T. j..
Liddy performed the ceremony. The'
fathers of the bride and groom gave thernl
away.
The bride wore a gown Of white geor-
gette. with a hat to match and carre0
a bouquet of white carnations She re-
ceived many beautiful gifts.
A wedding breakfast was served at tho
home of the bride following the ceremony.
and in the evening a reception was heid
at the home of the groom. after which
Mr. and Mrs. Chastenay hft for Man
helm. Penna-. where they are to reside,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
PARDON FOR DAEEY
Convicted Of MansknnGhter Six M0atAa
Ago, He In ReAeased by Governor

Edward T. Daley. who was pardoned
Monday morning by Governor P, W.
Clement. arrived In the city that might.
Daley was found guilty of manslaughter
six months ago and was sentenced to
Windsor for a term of years Several
weeks ago a petition for his release was
circulated and was signed literally by city
officials and officials connected with his
trial as well as by others who were &C
quainted with the case The accident,
which caused his arrest, happened last
September when Miss Hazel Rugg was
killed on Shelburne road by an automo-
bile
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
GAVE TT TO CHILDREN AND GRAND
CHILDREN

Mrs. v. NJ. Katz, 5o2 Arnfondale St, N.
s. Pittsburg, Pa, writes: Il gave Foley's
Honey and Tar to my little grandson
when he had a bad cold and it did him
lots of good. ] used lot of it when my
own children were small" 1t must have
merit to hold the leadership generation
after generation. J. W. OSullivan, 30
Church St.-Adv.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01
TO ISSUE STOCK
Springfield Landing Field, Inc, Ia 70
Sell $3O,OOO Worth

Montpelier, June A-The Springfield De-
veiopment company OF Springfield has
filed with the Secretary of State articles
that the concern intends to conduct a
business In that town The provision OF
the articles give it authority to do AL
most any kind of business.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01

Community service. That is what the
merchant advertisements are They
serve you and the community by giving
you the late "thriTlers' In news e. prices
and places to buy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01

some merchant N hsvir,S n sale and 10
giving remarkable bargains In just the
Items you neea. He IL telling an abost
1t IN todsys ad. Have you sesn II!
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01

Consistent advertising 10 the one
thipg most likely to produce perpetuat
motion IN any business.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01

Science Is still looking for the ances-
tors. Of Pithecanthropus. but It is not
looking for a missing link between mar
and the modern monkey, because an
thropologists do not think man Is de-
scepded from apes. Darwin Is often mis-
quoted on this point. What Darwin said
was that man and apes evolved from q
common ancestor. Some scientists hole
that there were probably number OF
early animals which branched of from
tho unknown ape-like ancestor and tina
any one OF them might have developed
1nEoyA superior being. but that somehow
m concept man tailed 20 mako the most
Of 1Ehsu1ssivss, or became the specialized
Sbenvs Of tho Jungle.
( Nr. 0fdlsy explains that IN tho far
on, times man was not the husky gtan
We Imagine, but . smaller creature, tina
he isvvd IN trees and used his hands t.
toiing By. and his voice for vague chat
itsrsnss. Then for soms unknown reason
kyusSibly bocmuso tho forests dfssppearet
Through como chspwc Of climate. THU
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01


In this specially treated atmosphere the
convention of the hay feverities meets
yearly. There h good deal Of fun. for
the delegates can see the humour Of hay
fever--as exempEfied in their fellow dele
gates. The main purpose Of the conven-
ton is however, serious. Talks on reme-
dies arc given, and experiences are ex-
changed. Persons supposed to be cured
testify for the benefit Of the rest, and
others Immediately rise to say that they
tried the same thing for years and It rs
a failure.
There are about eighty cures on the
market ranging from the really bene-
fetal TO the DANGEROUS. Some q the
rsun<zfses With thu best records for "crEes''
contain enough cocaine or morphine to
make drug sddiots of the persons tak-
ing them. For this reason the hay fever
bro therhood always advises members to
take nothing without first consulting
raIiabls physictan.
The most important development IN
trsstu,ent Of hay fever In recent years
n tho pollen toxin. About fifteen years
40. a German scientist named Dunbar
nrosufated horses with tho toxin from
smsupogfsn. and from the counter -pofsons
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-29
Skilled Men
Seeking Jobs

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 29.-Men who
formerly received large salaries as
statesmen and skilled mechanics, now
out OF work, have been appealing to
employment agencies here for any
employment. even dishwashing, but
in most cases have not been success
full, according to Charles r. Riley,
manager of national employment
and reference company.
Within the last few weeks I have
had score or more of carpenters,
mechanics. statesmen and other high
grade workers formerly getting $8
to $40 per day, or salaries of $3.50 a
month, appeal to me for jobs as dish
washers inhotels and restaurants pay
ing only $12 a week and meals"
Employment agencies here have
begun to hang out signs reading:
mo Shipments Nothing Doing or
words to that effect.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-29
BUDGET BOARD
HAS HARD TASK
MUST PARE S14,OOO,OOO ASKED
BY STATE INSTITUTIONS, TO
TO $4,000, 900 LIMIT.

Pierre, Dec. 29--One of the thank
less jobs in this state is that of mem
ber of the state budget board.
The present board has job of
pruning given to it which will need
be handled with care, or, as one
member of the coming session puts
it:
''If the budget board does not do
a good job of pruning the legislature
will have to do the work with hand
ak,
The board as constituted under the
law consists OF certain state officers
and members of the legislature hold
ing and members-elect. While the
state calls upon these men to give the
state their services for several weeks
prior to the opening of legislative
session it makes no provision for in
any way compensating them for their
time other than that of expenses.
In the case of the state officials
included, they get their salaries while
acting, but in the case of the legisla-
tive members their work is asked
without any return for the time they
neglect from their individual busi-
ness and travel over the state exam
lining the needs of the state institu-
tions and tneA summarizing and
shaping them up to fit the public
purse.
Just at the present time the board
has the thankless task of cutting
down about s14,000,000, as asked
for, to $S,000,000, which will come
within the limits of the public purse
without increasing the levy for taxa
tion.
In this work many demands will
have to be ignored, and the board
will have lot of dissatisfaction to
smooth down or wave aside when it
completes its worka task which
several of them are carrying on at a
cost to themselves while saving for
the people generally.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-29

Washington, Dec. 29.-Passage of
the soldiers bonus bill would cost
the government approximately ST.
300, 100000, Secretary Houston esti-
mated today before the senate fl
nance committee considering the sol
dier's aid measure.
The treasury secretary declared
enactment of the bill meant an added
burden i'm the way of taxes reiterat-
ing statement made before the COM
mittee last week that the treasury
ought not to be called upon to as
sumo additional burdens.
Assuming that all of teh men
would select one OF the four optional
plans, Mr.. Houston estimated the cost
of each of the plans as follows:
Adjusted service pay, $1,942, ,OO0,-
900.
Insurance provisions, s4.534,0OO,-
900.
Vocational training aid, $780,
100000.
Farm and home development, 81
SS0.000,000.
AS the plans were optional, the
secretary said, the choice OF the men
would not be confined to any one of
them and, allowing for the various
selections, he arrived at his total es-
timated cost of $4,000, 900, 900.
The treasury secretary professed
to be against WALL as to methods
of obtaining revenue to meet the out
lay that would be required if the bill
were enacted.
DR.. T. S. Adams, treasury econom-
list tax expert, gave a comprehensive
resume of the tax situation. He de-
clared the treasury was daily seeing
new evidence of a further drying up
of revenue sources.
In addition to the difficulty now
confronting the treasury, DIR. Adams
declared, the internal revenue bureau
faced another problem in keeping ex-
perts on the job. He said the men
who were capable did not stay long.
Senator Smoot, republican, Utah,
said "the real danger is that those
men get training in the revenue bu-
reau, then go out and help big firms
evade tax payments"
DR.. Adams said that might be true
to some extent but that he knew "of
one man who left the bureau a year
ago whose resignation cost the gov
ernment millions of dollars In uncol-
lected taxes for he was an executive
with an expert knowledge of the
work"
Senator Smoot said all difficulties
could be avoided il revenue law
which the average man can under
stand were passed by congress.
The committee adjourned without
setting a date for further hearings.