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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-11-21
FIGURES DIsPROvE

interested getting Cuban into this country at
possible claiming that the tariff law
killing That effective May 81 In
September of this year imported 2350OOO pounds of
Cuba under 20 per preferential compared with no.
100000 September 1920 when the emergency law
effect bolster up the argument of the Cuban
importers.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-11-21
FARM AND HOME NEWS
FROM OVER KENTUCKY.
oCCCCOOOO @ COCoOCOCC

Whitley county farmers will use an
increased amount of limestone on
their fields this fall in order to in
crease crop yields, report from
County Agent W. B. Woodward states.
A recent campaign to arouse interest
In the use Of this fertilizer resulted In
an order for three carloads from the
county.
Thirty-five Ohio county poultry
flocks have been enrolled | nthe win
ter egg laying project being conduct
e dover the state by the extension d.
vision of the College Of Agriculture,
according to a report from County
Agent B. B. McInteer.
| -
Plans are being made by farm wom-
en- of Simpson county to take up
clothing efficiency work being con-
Quoted over the state by Miss Helen
Hartman, field agent in clothing
from the College Of Agriculture. The
women will be shown how to make
clothing quickly, easily and with good
results in a series of three meetings
to be held during November, December
and January.
Projects outlined for junior agricul-
tural club members are attracting in
creased attention from farm, boys and
girls in Fayette county, report from
County Agent W. r. Gabbert states.
The enrolment of youngsters in clubs
of the county is expected to be in
creased rs per cent. during the COM
ing year.
The possibilities OF millinery for
rural women has aroused considerable
interest in Galloway county, accord
ing to report of Miss Irene Piedalue,
field agent in clothing from the Col
lege of Agriculture. Eleven women
have made attractive hats in three
classes conducted in the county,
Community organization and spirit
is filling an important place in the de-
velopment of agricultural interests in
Livingston county. a report from
County Agent L. c. Pace states. Two
more community clubs, one at Corinth
and another in the Pan Handle vicin-
ity were recently added to these al
ready existing in the county.
W. f. Abbell and d. A. Dunn, Liv-
ingston county farmers, will conduct
wheat variety demonstrations this.
year in cooperation with the extern
sion division Of the College Of Agri-
culture and County Agent L. c. ace,
for the purpose Of determining the va
rieties Of grain best suited to the
county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-11-21
$4,000 GIVEN TO PENSIONERS.

Frankfort, KY, Nov. IS. - Checks
amounting to approximately $4,000
are being sent out by State Treasurer
James A. Wallace to the 1900 Con-
federate pensioners.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-11-21

national organization, of weknown free trade procvies,
recently series questions 300 economists is safe
bet that in of the economists factory
payroll
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
In The DAVIS News

The Edison medal, awarded annually
10 a scientist who has done notable work
in electrical engineering, goes this yeaI
to Prof. Michael Idvorsky Pupin of Co
lumbia university. Prof. pupin is called
the king of the telephone, because of his
wonderful inventions for the improve
ment of that branch of communication
He is II Serb by birth. 4is parents were
peasants. He came To America as a
stOwaway. and did not have dollar
when lie landed. He worked as Il farm
hand in Maryland, as a factory hand in
New Jersey, and as rubber in u Turk
ish bath in New York. All the while
he was studying and when he had saved
Il little money he entered Columbia uni
versity. He had a great talent for cleo
tricity and when he had finished his
course at Columbia he was made Il
teacher there. lie is Il great business
man as well as a great scientist. For
one of his telephone inventions he re
ccived $1,000 cash.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Me and Pubs Simkins was wawking
home frum skool in the rain wishing il
was snow, and all of Il suddin Pubs sed
o g, look, somebody's one rubber stuck
in the mud
Wich it was. being a exter big size
rubber, and l pulled it out of the mud
saying, hay, | tell you lets wat, Pubs
lets wait heer and see if enybody comes
back looking for il, maybe they'll give
us dime or something for finding it.
And we started to wait there holding
the rubber and looking at people going
past to see If eny of them had iXpreS
sion as II they was looking for their
other rubber, witch after vile one did
being big fat man with feet to match
and jest wen | was going to make DO
lite speetch about it he saw me holding
the rubber and quick grabbed ii, saying,
Give nae that, | was looking for that.
And he starterd to put it on his other
foot without mentioning reward, and
Pubs sed, Is that your rubber mister:
Whose do you think il Is sed the fat
man keeping on putting it on.
/ thawt 1t was yours, sed Pubs, and |
sed, So did |.
WITCH Jest then the fat man got it all
the ways on, and | sed, We don't lNpect
eny reward for it, mister.
That's rite, virtue is its own reward,
sed the fat man.
But if enybody tried To give us a re
ward we would proberly take 1t, sed
Pubs.
Wen nobodys going to try to, give YOU
one as far as / know Of. sed the tat
man. Meening he wascnt. enyways.
WITCH he dident, and me and Pubs fol
lowed him little wass to hide his rub
Der in case it got stuck in the mud agen,
ony it ddent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

\ man who has had long Legislative
experience both within and without the
law making chambers was heard to re-
mark the other day:
IF people in general realized
how suspicious of professional lob
byists legislative committee members
become in the course of a session
there would be fewer lawyers and
more laymen at the various hear
ingS''
This is undoubtedly true, and it is q
condition that cannot be wondered at
The repeated appearance of certain law
yers at legislative hearings is the plain
est sort of evidence that they are paid
for their advocacy of the measures fol
which they speak. And while it is per.
fectly proper for them to receive such
pay. it is equally proper for the law
makers to be told that such advocates
speak in the interests of the state at
large only when state interests coincide
with those of their clients. The safe
thing for legislators to do is to take
plenty of salt with these pleas, increas-
ing the dose with every additional ap-
pearance of the same lawyer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

during the war and after the armistice
are now making the least. The profit
GERS are paying for their extortion. The
workmen who reveled in the highest
wages of their lives are out of work. The
farmers who reached unexampled heights
Of prosperity find their products a drug
on the market. The merchants who n
short time ago seemed to think they We're
doing a customer a favor in permitting
him to buy their goods are begging for
trade The middleman who waxed fat
is forced to live on that same fat, and is
growing slim in the process.
On the other hand there are the pro-
fessional and clerical people who form
the nearest approach to a middle class
that we have in this country, and who
profited least by the war boom. or ac-
tually lost while the capitalists and
wage-earners profited They are now
having their inning. The small-salary
folk are not losing money like their en-
ployers, and they are not out of work
like the mechanics. With the cost of liv-
ing rapidly falling. they are beginning to
find life really comfortable just when the
classes they have been envying for the
last three or four years are finding it
hard.
There is a sort of justice in the rise
and fall of prosperity as it is exemplified
by large economic groups. All have their
ups and downs, but the average level is
probably fair. That level can be found
by reckoning incomes and living condi-
tons not in units of a year, as is ordi-
narily done, but in units of five or ten
years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
Today's Anniversaries.

114i-The French and Spanish fleets dc
fcated the British off TOulon.
1S33-AIclville w. Fuller, chief justice
of the United States. born at Aug,
usta. Me. Died at Sorrento, Me,
July 4. 1910.
1S4S-Grand duke of Tuscany granted
constitution to his subjects.
1SJJ-Ras Ali. king of Abyssinia. was
deposed by his son-in-law Theo-
dOre.
1SS9-The mikado promulgated u new
constitution for Japan.
1901-Ex-king Milan of Serbia. known
as the champion spendthrift OF
Europe. died at Vienna. Born al
.IaSSy, Aug. 10. 1851.
1907-Steamer Larchmont sank in Long
Island Sound, drowning more than
100.
1919-The German National assembly
at Weimar elected Friedrich
Ebert president of the new Ger.
man state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
Today S Events

Three weeks from today it will be
President Harding.
Thomas ~ Edison. the worlds great
est inventor in the field of electricity
today enters upon his 10Th year.
Today marks the time limit set by
Secretary of Labor Wilson for -. J
O'Calaghan. lord mayor of Cork, to leave
the United States.
Exercises are to begin today in con
nection with the dedication of the new
social center building of the Wesley
foundation at the University of Illinois
The radical element which recently
separated from the Pan-American fed
Grafton of labor are To meet in Mexico
city today to adopt a program in opp0
Sition to the federation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
AGED 70, THOUGHT HIS
FARMING DAYS OVER

was as weak as a child: My stomach was
out of order and | had little or no appe-
tite. | had rheumatism and my back
ached something awful. Ny nerves were
all on edge and / couldn't sleep to do any
good. | had catarrh, took cold easily, and
felt sluggish and listless all the time
My wife had been troubled pretty
much the same as | had and we had CON
cluded that our age was against US But
see now that if a person can get Tanlac
age does not matter for both of us are in
the best of health. feel as we'll and
strong AZ / used to years ago, eat any
thing | want and can't feel a trace Of
rheumatism. TanIac beats anything [
ever saw and my wife joins me in speak
ing a good word for it
Tanlac is sold in Brattleboro by the
Brattleboro Drug CO.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

counsel fees in the Thompson fund case
was too large, and that for that reason
he was likely to be opposed for re-elec-
ton However that may be, it is a fact
that while the town agent is it's physi
cal representative in all litigation he l.
not necessarily the towns counsel. and
therefore the selectmen rather than the
town agent are the ones to be criticized
or commended for the towns policy i'll
litigation in which it is involved.
On the question of liability for los,
of the bridge The Meddler has no quarre
with the seiectmen, but he does doubt
the wisdom of their apparent unwilling
ness to find out whether there is any ba
sis of compromise by which the town can
save itself the expense of extended liti
CATION. Regardless of whether the Con
necticut River Power Co. the Boston
Maine railroad or higher power than
either was responsible for the bridge,
destruction, the average taxpayer may be
put down now as in favor of the settle
ment which will give the town the most
money toward the construction of a new
bridge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., c. W.
Cleaveland S. L. Purinton Gsteyville).
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News.
stand, Gilbert J. Pollics, 81 South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West Bratt1eboro, ]. L. StockweII.
East DummerstOn, M. E. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
EeWfaDe, N. NJ BatcheIder.
West Townshend, c II. Grout
South Londonerry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, e. Buffum.
EorthheId, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, n. H., Mira. w. strsetsr.
HinEdale, n. h, w. H. Lyman
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass G. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
Poll Tax Rates.
(MontDelier Argus. ]

1t has been figured out that a flat poll
AK of one dollar for everybody. men and
women, of a voting age, would mean a
loss to the towns of about 100000, and
hat in order to have the towns receive
The same amount as now the rate should
be s.. That rate for single persons
would mean less in most cases than
Jhey are now paving, but for the family,
husband and wife, it will mean substan-
iallv the same Whatever rate is es-
tablished. the principle of equal suf-
frage with no distinction between sexes
as to voting qualifications. ought not to
pc lost in the Shufiie
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
Get Your Spring Suit.
burlington Free Press.

T3WI IIIIIVVW TIUV 7 TV77'T
The way to resume prosperity is to re-
sumo, as President Grant said of the
resumption of specie payments. Are YOU
doing your part toward the resumption
of prosperity? The signs of returning
production are encouraging. Mills and
factories are starting up all over the
country You have worn out your old
clothes and your old shoes. 1t Is time
to buv new ones. That is why you can
not stop returning prosperity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

Vermont is estimated to have 2,0OO,-
900 horse power of undeveloped water
power Ohio is estimated to have 6,000,-
900 ofice-getting power pretty thor
oughly developed" says a Cincinnati
newspaper. 1t looks as though there
would be some Office getting power de-
velopments in Vermont in the near flu
ture
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

ducation Of Massachusetts. born at Port
and, Maine, A. years ago today.
William l.. Schaffer, the new justice
IF the PENNSYLVANIA supreme court. born
1t Germantown, Pa, 81 years ago to-
day.
Alexander NJ. Dockery. former GOV
rnor of Missouri. now third assistant
acknowledgement born i'm Davies
county, Mo. 16 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

It Is the aim of the management to ssszrs
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night. and it solicits the cooperation of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, In
person, by telephone or postal card. thus en-
abling the cauSe of the error 90 be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. It 10 only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
GriswOld Says He Feels
Strong and Well AS He
Did Years Ago Since TAX
ing Tanlac = Restored
Wifc's Health, Too.

MY wife and | are great advocates of
Taulac for it has restored both of us to
the best of health" said A. c. Griswold, a
well-known farmer living at jefferson
vile, Vt, few days ago.
Il am now 20 years of age and have
been a farmer well nigh all my life, but il
looked like my farming days were over. ]
could hardly get about, couldn't work and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

The girl pupils of the Central High
school of Springfield, Mass, have set a
pretty good example to other schools by
their overwhelming vote to adopt a regu-
Iation MILDLY blouse school costume.
Such a garb is sensible, becoming and
inexpensive and would simplify the dress
problem for girls just when it should
be simplifed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

Twin boys born in West Virginia re-
Gently have ben named Warren and
Woodrow for the incoming and outgoing
presidents of the United States. We
have yet to hear of any boy named Vol
stead.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
COMPENSATION.

The eternal law or compensation works
pretty well i'm the realm of economies
just as it does elsewhere. These dull
times afford endless illustrations of it.
The industries that made the most money
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

Isn't the discovery of the printing es-
adjustment which has been grinding out
counterfeit ''bottled-in- bond labels by
the thousands for nobody knows how
long, going to lead to a lot of uncertainty
about stocks on hand?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
TOday's Birthdays.

Cecil c. Jones, chancellor of the Tn
ivrrsity of New Brunswick, born II
years ago today.
John +. Fitzgerland. former mayor of
Boston and one-time congressman. born
in Boston. IS years ago today.
DR. Payson Smith, commissioner of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

Immediately after 'Danderine" mas
sage, your hair takes on new life, lustre
and wondrous beauty, appearing twice as
heavy and plentiful, because each hair
seems to fluff and thicken. Don't let your
hair stay lifeless, colorless, plain or scrag-
ely. You, too, want lots of long, strong,
beautiful hair.
A 35-cent bottle of delightful F'Dander-
ine' freshens your scalp, checks dandruff
and falling hair. This stimulating
beauty tonic gives to thin, dull, fading
hair that youthful brightness and album
dant thickness-AIl druggists ADV.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
Too Much Trade.

est Johnsbury Caledonian.)
The reason | do not advertise" ex-
planned an Old-time merchant, rs that |
tried it once, and 50 gosh darned many
people came into my store that l was
all tired out before night"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

Likewise, if opposition develops to the
reelection of a. Z. Carpenter as town
agent it may or not be due to his attitude
on the bridge question. One story in
circulation is that Mr.. Carpenter in
CURED the antagonism of certain of his
brother lawyers by saying, as he did in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 sents
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited apace
on first page at double rates.
Space rates application.
Classified advertisements-Fivs cents q line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
order
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line 6rst
insertion with so per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
Member of The AssOciated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled TO the use for publication of all new,
dispatches credited TO it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local new,
published herein
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
Not a Wink.
(Boston Herald

IDOSIUH IItIdIU.J
The government is to set up sweet
potato syrup plant at Fitzgerald. Ga.
and promises a highly palatable" out
pat: but Vermont is not losing any
,lcen over the announcement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
One Year Ago Today.

The first business session of the leagU1
of nations was opened in London, with
the Rt. Hon. Arthur Balfour presiding.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
Who's Governor?
burlington News. J

burlington 'NeWS.)
After converSing with some of the
members of the state senate Governor
Hartness will probably wonder who
really was elected governor last fall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

Tastes differ, of course, but we would
rather have the prize bronze turkey
which President-elect Harding refused
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

Opposition to the reelection of Select
man s. \. Richmond is not wholly due
to his attitude on the question of liabil-
ity for loss of the Connecticut river
bridge While many people disagree
with the apparent intention of the Sc
lectmen to go to law with the Connecti-
cut River Power Co, on this PROPOSE
ton, it never has been publicly stated
that Mr. Richmond was the one respons-
ible for this course. He may or may not
be, for all The Meddler knows, just as
he may or may not have been quite
closely connected with the ill-starred at
tempt of the Barber-Hughes combina-
ton to settle" the Thompson fund con-
troversy. 1t is a difficult thing to pin
anything on Mr.. Richmond-just about
as difficult as it is to pin Mr.. Richmond
on anything. That very situation, in
The AIeddler's opinion, is more respons-
ible for the Richmond opposition than
anything else Whether or not this OPP
position amounts to anything depends on
the ability of those behind it to find
capable man to run against him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
this week than the fair sized" alligator
he has accepted.

Raleigh, \. c.. has been left an old
maids home but no funds to run it.
They will have to call it by some other
name or there will be no inmates to run
it for.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

Fully as important as draining Yer
mont highways of water is draining
Vermont's highway department of poll
ties.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

Eggs take a drop, says a headline,
but don't take it to mean more plenti-
full supply of eggnogg.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

We will have to bother to write it
'president-elect" but three weeks more.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11

Someone has made the suggestion
and it seems to be good one-that an
article be inserted in this years town
meeting warrant for the purpose of Sc
curing the sentiment of the voters as
to what policy shall he adopted in rent
ing the Auditorium and Festival hall.
Whenever the question has arisen in the
past few years there have been conflict
ing Opinions-one in favor of leasing the
property outright. as was done a year
ago. and the other for the plan now in
operation. The Meddler has an idea that
majority of the taxpayers are for an
arrangement that will permit the fullest
use of both gathering places for public
purposes, but a formal expression of
opinion on the subject would save any
future argument.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
NOT TIE TIME TO STOP.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1921.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-11
The Meddier
"If the coat fits you, put it on"

Town meeting comes early this year
Just two weeks from next Tuesday. And
in the case of BrattlcbOro a considerable
number of municipal problems are com
ing along with it. The principal one,
that pertaining to the various bridges
which the town must rebuild or repair
during the next few years. has already
been discussed at some length in The
Reformer at different times. The sub
iect is a big enough one, however, to
warrant far more consideration than al
ready has been given it, One doesn't
need to know very much about cOnstruc-
ton costs to figure out that the bridge
proposition. however it is handled. is
likely to cost the town a great many
thousands of dollars The only way this
expense can be met, of course, is through
the issue of bonds, but it behooveS those
in charge of the expenditure to be just
as careful that it is made along the right
lines as if the whole sum were to be paid
in the present day and generation.