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The Monett times., 1922-02-03
OFFICERS FIND SUPPOSED
LOOT FROM BOX CARS
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
A quantity of dress goods, believed
to have been stolen from Frisco
freight cars, was recovered at the
home of James OVERLY when he was
arrested at his home near Rogers,
Ark, Tuesday by a Frisco special of
ficer, Sheriff Naples of Benton coun-
ty, Ark, and City Marshall McSpad-
den of Rogers, officers said yesterday
A charge of robbing freight cars was
placed against OVERLY, who is in the
Benton county Jail at Rogers.
The arrest of OVERLY was the result
of a series Of Investigations that have
been conducted by officers for the
last few months, who were searching
for thieves who were taking bags of
sugar from box cars as they stood in
railroad yards in the various towns
and cities.
One of the largest stills ever found
in Benton county was uncovered by
the officers while on the track of the
loot taken from the cars. The outfit
consisted of huge worm and gaso-
line tank that had been used in max
ing the "hip-pocket joy" and two bar
rels of mash.
A gun fight occurred near Rogers
about month ago between officers
and alleged car thieves. No arrests
were made at the time.
The Monett times., 1922-02-03
STURGIS FURNISHES BOND

Springfield, January 25.- Norman
Sturgis, of Monett, was brought be-
fore United States Commissioner
Arnold yesterday afternoon on a
charge of having intoxicating liquor
in his possession, and was held under
bond of $1,000 to the June term of
federal court at Joplin. The required
bond was furnished.
Sturgis was arrested last April by
Monett police, and has been out on
bond since that time. The matter was
finally brought to the attention of the
federal authorities.
The Monett times., 1922-02-03
BONUS PAYMENTS TO START
IN JUNE, RAUPP ESTIMATES

jefferson City, Jan. 25.-Adj. Gen.
w. A. Raupp has prepared a letter
which he is sending out to all former
service men who write letters with
reference to the state bonus.
ut will be some time before the
bonus commission will be ready to
accept applications for the bonus"
says the letter. "Due notice will be
given in the newspapers when the
time arrives.
"It is estimated that by the time the
bonds have been sold, payment will
begin about the first of June, 1922"
The Monett times., 1922-02-03
A. c. EBRIGHT FOR RECORDER

A. c. Ebright has announced his
candidacy for the office of recorder Of
deeds of Barry county, subject to the
Democratic primary August /. Mr..
Ebright has lived at Monet for a
number of years and is known as one
of our best citizens. He will make a
good official if elected to the office to
which he aspires.
The Monett times., 1922-02-03
FIRE ON BROADWAY

The fire department made a quick
response to a call at 8 o'clock this
afternoon from the Model Hotel,
31211 Broadway. An oil stove in one
of the lodger's rooms exploded, and
the contents Of the room were COM
pletely destroyed. The fire created
much excitement down town.
The Monett times., 1922-02-03
ROAD IMPROVEMENT PLANNED

Work on the north and south road
in Mcdonald county and on the east
and west road in Newton county will
begin this spring as these counties
have not utilized all of the $4,000
allotted to each of them by the state
according to H. P. Mobberly highway
engineer, who visited these counties
this week.
Newton county has about $4,000
still. due from the state and McDon-
aldacounty, about $4,000.
The Monett times., 1922-02-03
SHOULD EPIDEMIC COME,
TWOULD NOT BE so BAD

Chicago, Jan. 26.-An epidemic of
influenza, should it occur, would not
be so widespread as were the epidem-
les of 1918 and 1920 DR.. Royal S.
Copeland, city health commissioner,
announced tonight following a COM
parison of conditions at this time with
those of the previous year.
The Monett times., 1922-02-03

Miss Elsie Black, who has been off
several days with severe cold, has
returned to work at the wainwright &
Son Dry Goods store.
The Monett times., 1922-02-03

A, R. Davis, Frisco employe, went
to the company hospital at Spring
field, Friday, for treatments.
The Monett times., 1922-02-03

Mrs. F. NJ. Gray, of Miami, Okla,
came Friday evening to visit her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Kennedy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
Tndav,s BIRTHDAYS

Joe Stecher, one of the most promi-
nent of American professional wrestlers,
horn at Dodge, Neb., % years ago to-
day.
Prof Edgar L. Larkin, director of the
Lowe astronomical observatory. born in
La Sale county, ILL.,, 70 years ago to-
day.
Frank H. Funk. representative in
congress of the 18th Illinois district.
born at Bloomington, H., 80 years ago
today.
Henry ST. George Tucker. the new
representative in congress from Vir-
ginia. born at Winchester, Va, 90 years
ago today.
John O.. Tilson, representative in CON
gress of the third Connecticut district.
born at Clearbraneh, Tenn, 56 years
ago today.
Jules Cambon. who has just retired
from the French diplomatic service
after long and notable career, born II
years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
Five Per Cent for Advertising.
Is. Albans Messenger.

The Vermont newspaper men visiting
Boston listened to a good advertising talk
from Mr.. Filene, head of the big retail
store which bears his name. During the
discussion it was brought out that the
Filene store provides in its budget for
the expenditure of ) per cent of its gross
sales for advertising purposes. Mr..
Filene considered this a conservative al
lowance for the purpose.
1t is only fair to say that this ) per
cent does not all go to newspapers. In
fact, only about half of it is used for that
purpose. The cost of maintaining the big
show windows is assessed against the adj
vertising appropriation, to which are
added the direct and indirect costs of the
publicity department These deductions
leave a little more than ? per cent for
the newspapers.
Mr.. Filene did not use dollars and cents
figures, but the store must have in the
course of year an enormous gross sales
figure He declared that merchants back
in the smaller places should be educated
into more advertising and more econom-
ical buying if they are to meet success
fully the growing competition of the chain
stores. He even went so far as to advo-
cate a species of cooperation between
Vermont merchants so that they might
gain the advantage of bulk buying
There may be stores, one or two in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
WEDNESDAY, April >. 1922.
MOTOR MANsLAUGHTER.

More and more widely the taking of
human life by careless driving is recog-
nized as serious crime, heavily punish
able. That the crime is committed in
voluntarily makes little difference.
The Rocky Mountain News points
out that convictions for involuntary
manslaughter resulting from reckless or
careless operation of automobiles have
been sustained already by the supreme
courts of Arkansas, Connecticut,
Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ne
braska. New York, Ohio and Tennes-
see
Involuntary manslaughter" has been
part of the common law for centuries.
and so may be invoked in any state. re
gardless of the absence of definite statu-
tory recognition. The Colorado supreme
court has held that this offense may
consist in the taking of human life,
without due caution and circumspec-
ton The application of this definition
tn careless automobile driving is obvi-
Gus enough.
A Colorado statute, moreover. which
has its counterpart in most of the other
states provides that where such in
voluntary killing shall happen in the
commission of an unlawful act which in
its consequences naturally tends to des-
roy the life of a human being. the of
Tense shall be deemed and adjudged to
be murder A strict construction of
such a statute would mean evidently
that if a motorist kills a person while
he is breaking the speed limit, he is
properly chargeable with murder.
Here is a matter for serious reflection
on the part of any motorist who is dis
posed to take traffic regulations lightly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
ANTI-BTDGETING.

The way to budget is to budget. The
only known way to make any budget
system work is to live up to it,
Thousands of business men and house
keepers have found this out, but con-
gress evidently has it still to learn
Congress fell down on the first clean
test of the financial efficiency scheme
that it had approved with so much self
approval. 1t was in connection with
the rivers and harbOrs appropriation,
where the sum involved is not large, as
governmental expenditures go, but
where the principle is as plain as a
pikestaff.
Waterway expenditures have always
meant pork in congressional parlance
and in public opinion Here was a no
bic opportunity to eliminate pork, with
a rare flourish of self-righteousness. And
the house fumbled it, unblushingly add
ing $15.000,000 to the outlay which
Budget Director Dawes had set down as
the maximum and which the committee
had recommended. Naturally porcine
cries flew thick and fast in the debate,
and the budget lost about $10O,00O0O0
worth of prestige right there
We needn't be unduly severe on the
house, though An appetite for pork
is strong; and what private budgeteer
ever made a go of it the first time?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
Protected by George Matthew Adams
yERMONTER FINED AT KEENE.
Several People Charged with Operating
Overloaded Motor Vehicles.

KEENE, n. H, April 5.-George
Phillips of Putney. Vt, frank Gold
berg of Springfield, Mass. and Oscar
d. Cook of Winchester truck drivers.
are the first to be prosecuted in this
county for operating overloaded motor
vehicles. Phillips and Cook were ar
rested in Hinsdale Monday by Officer
f. G. Browning and the same officer
took Goldberg in tow yesterday Fines
of SO and costs were melted out to each
by Judge Alexander PIERCE
According to Officer Browning the
truck driven by Phillips was so over
loaded that it could not be weighed on
the town scales. Cooks truck was
about a half ton too heavy and Gold
bergs load was several tons over
weight. During the thawing season the
commissioner of motor vehicles has or
dered that the gross weight allowed on
the roads be not in excess of three tons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
Awful Situation i'm Rutland.
(Rutland Herald.l

The recent epidemic of intestinal disor-
ders in Rutland disclosed the fact that
there was absolutely no way. toward the
end of the month, for patients suffering
from serious arrangement of the alimen-
tary canal to obtain brandy or pure slim
ulant of that character, the lawful supply
at the licensed drug store being absolutely
exhausted. 4 physician with a patient
dying of dysentery might have secured
treatment by getting him into the hos
pital; otherwise he might have died so
far as the Volstead act was concerned.
This, of course, is an absurd and intoler-
able situation. If Rutland should have
n old-fashioned FLU epidemic with pneu-
monia complications the true beauties of
this law would be disclosed in cases of
collapse and probable death that would
be pretty serious.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
Today S Events

Centenary of the birth of Theodore
r. Timby, inventor of the revolving tur-
ret for warShips.
John r. Booth of Ottawa, known as
the lumber king of Canada, celebrates
his Goth birthday anniversary today.
The marriage of Joel Chandler Har-
ris, jr., son of the famous author, and
Miss Dorothy Cooke Dean is to take
place today at Gainesville, Ga.
Trustees of the Georgia School of
Technology are expected TO choose n
new president of that institution today,
in succession to DIR. *. G. Matheson.
The annual Founders day exercises
at Tuskegee Institute today are to be
marked by the unwilling of bronze
monument in memory of Booker 7.
Washington.
The closed shop in American indus
tries IS to be the subject of a debate
between students of New York univer-
sity and Trinity college at Durham, y.
c., tonight.
The Swiss government has invited the
neutral. nations which will be repre-
scented In the Genoa economic confer
ence to meet IN Berne today to formu-
late their program.
AT the annual banquet of the Massa-
chusetts chamber of commerce in Bos-
ton tonight Senator Lodge is expected
to give the first complete analysis of
the accomplishments of the Washington
conference.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
HERBS USED IN MEDICINES

\ Manchester, England. paper urges
the renewed cultivation of old-fashioned
medicinal herbs in English gardens. Im
the Unlimited States they have also gone
out of fashion as a feature of the small
garden. although they are imported in
large quantities from Turkey, India and
China where they are grown purely for
commercial purposes, as their medicinal
value is recognized by many leading
physicians. Tons of medicinal herbs are
used annually in the preparation of
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, a most successful medicine for
ills. 1t contains no narcotics
or harmful drugs, and women, afflicted
with such ailments should try it-Adyer-
tisment
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
n the DAYS News

Mrs. Leila Seton Edmundson, who is
seeking nomination to congress in the
eighth Alabama district. is widely
known as the Cotton Queen of the
South Among American business
women she has long held foremost
place as she also has among the public
spirited citizens of the South The
greater part of her life has been spent
in the business of cotton growing on
her magnificent 1000-acre plantation,
which lies along the Tennessee river,
near Decatur, Ala In the course of her
career Mrs. Edmundson has visited
nearly every country in the world to
study market conditions. After the
close of the World war she made three
trips TO Europe in search of market
for her cotton crop. In Italy she ne
gotiated for the sale of her crop as we'll
as that of some of her neighbors cot
ton. She was one of the earliest and
most ardent advocates of the develop
ment of Muscle Shoals. She has also
been active in the good roads movement
and in the lettering of farming condi-
tions in the South
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
3ENNY FOR WEDNESDAY.

BENNY FOR WEDNESDAY.
Pop was reeding the spoarting page
after suppir and | sed, Hay, pop, watts
You think, | saw fly in the house to-
day and | swatted it.
Good. sed pop, and | sed Yes sir, j
bet that fly wont lay eny more eggs err
round heer all rite.
o. do you think that's was it had bin
doing? sed pop.
Sure, | sed, holey smoaks, pop, gosh
G. don't you know fys lay about mil
lion eggs if you don't swat them, and
look at all the hys you d have then.
That's rite look at them, sed pop, and
sed, Well maybe this fly | swatted
would of layed about a million 800 eggs
if ] hadent of swatted it and if ony half
we d of had GROUND the house.
] cant bare to look at them, sed pop,
that's Jest wat that hv mite of done, per-.
viding it was that kind of hv
5 / did rite to swat it all rite dident |,
pop? | sed, and pop sed. You did more
than rite, the way YOU describe it you
performed a fine deed | mite even say
a noble act. and You II get your reward
in heaven, for | haven't eny change jest
now
Well watts YOU think / swatted it
with. pop? ! sed. there wasent eny reg
uler swatter erround so ] swatted it
with your folding shaving mirrer with
3 sides, and ony one side broak. wasent
that lucky. pop2
WITCH Judging by pops IMPRESSION he
1ident thing it was. and Judging by all |
The fearse cracks he gave me with his
slipper some place l dident think so eny
more either.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05

achieving its ordained purpose. You
can kill bug with jazz" is the simple
statement which ought to set things to
rights in this matter. Minute organ
isms can be disintegrated by the force
of rythm in jazz music" Victrola own
ers might try this on next summers
mosquitoes and June bugs. 1t ought to
work, once a way is discovered to pre-
vent human casualties ac.opg the neigh
bOrs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05

Burlington and Rutland, which use )
per cent of their gross sales for adver-
tising, but The Messenger doubts it very
much. Most Vermont merchants would
throw up their hands in holy horror at
the suggestion of setting aside such sum
for this purpose. Vet good merchandise
ing not only warrants. but demands it.
Advertising is the medium of attraction
of buyers to the things to be sold There
is no substitute for it, The progressive
merchant is the one who tells the public
what he has to sell. And he is the one
who, year in and year out, has the profit
able sales
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS

1t is the aim of the management to assure
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 postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
Today's Anniversaries.

1GfS-Elihu Yale. the chief patron of
Yale College born in New Haven.
Died in London July s. 1921.
176S-The New York chamber of COM
merce was established
1S30-A bill to remove the civil dis
abilities of the Jews was intro
duced in the British parliament
1S34-Frank Il. Stockton. noted author.
born in. Philadelphia. Died in
Washington, ID. G., April 20,
1902
1S47-The Adelphia theatre in Boston
was first opened.
1S75-The liquor prohibition laws in
Massachusetts were repealed
191S-Canadian government announced
work or fight" order TO apply
to all males between 16 or GO.
1919-The last contingent of United
States troops in Italy left Genoa.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05

The worriers who see the country
turning its back On religion and going
to the dogs should take courage from
last years church statistics. Church
membership increased 761,727 in the
year 1921. Good is generally on the
gain in spite of gloomy prophecies to
the contrary. The only reason why it
sometimes seems as if the Devil had all
the luck is because he makes more noise
about it, and his triumphs, being excep-
tional, attract more attention.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
Taking the Long Way Around.

Congressman Greene deserves all the
fine things that are being said of him for
having the abdominal qualification to
vote according to his convictions on
varied paternalistic issues. Some people
use' shorter and uglier word for the
aforesaid abdominal qualification. but we
always are ready to go a long way around,
if necessary, although word of four let
ters is always a time saver, aud often
more effective.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
WRIGHT SUES MISS KENNEY.
Seeks to Recover $4,000 from Former
Assistant i'm Mortified Treasury.

GREENFIELD. Mass. April s.
These entries for the superior court have
been filed in the Office of the clerk
Warren j. Wright. formerly town treas
urer of Northfield against Miss Eliza
beth H. kenney, an action of tort for
$4,000 The declaration of the
plaintiff is very brief. stating that the
defendant has converted TO her own use
the sum of $4,000 in money, the prop
ertv of the plaintiff
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
20 ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper. 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, 30 cents ar inch for
each subsequent insertion. Limited space on
first page at double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents . line
first insertion with 50 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash With
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line FIRST
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, 1922-04-05
4 Fast Worker Mentally.
(Rutland Herald.l

Federal Prohibition Director Collins
Graves has named Harry c. Shaw of the
Rutland Herald editorial staff to be as
sistant director, and the appointment is
expected to be ratified in Washington.
Shaw may not be able to get over much
ground as fast as some of them but his
mind travels fast, which is quite essen
tial in the work to which he has been
called
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05

While American women are grad
ually discarding skirts for knickerbock-
ers, Albanian women, who have worn
trousers as part of their national cos
tune for centuries, have adopted skirts
The women of both countries call these
changes progression
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
Getting Worse in Bennington County.
bennington Banner.

The situation in regard to the enforce
ment of national prohibition seems to get
worse rather than better in this part of
the country. The trouble seems to be
that those in favor of prohibition won't
lift finger to help enforce the law. while
those opposed to prohibition devote half
their time and two-thirds of their energy
to efforts to discredit the dry law
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05

The trouble with jazz may be simply
that its real use has been overlooked all
this time. An ignorant public has es-
tablished it in hotel dining rooms and
has tried to dance to it on ballroom
foors and the results have been terri
BILE. The recent statement of a Russian
scientist may alter all this and put jazz
in its proper place where it can unite
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05

The Refomer is on sale every evening By
the following news dealers:
BrattleborO, Brattleboro News Co., c. w.
cleveland, S. L. Purinton Gsteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert ]. Pollica, 297 South Main St.
Fort Dummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. l. StockweII.
East Dummerston, M. E. Brown,
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
Jamaica, R. J. Daggett
South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Buffum.
Hinsda1e, N. H, w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05

William Jennings Bryan suggests ap-
plying the cooling off" process to indus
trial disputes and expects to bring his
plan to the attention of the coal oper-
ators and miners. The coal miners seem
to have got ahead of him in this cool
tiOn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05
The Debate Still On:

Howard Sellars and Ezra Vance met
two skunks in the middle of the road
and at once gave battle with a handful
of clods The skunks We're killed but
possession of the most of the perfume
was an unsettled question.-Jewell Re
publican.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05

Miss Irene Walsh, youngest lawyer
in Memphis. makes a speciality of GRIM
inal practice. She expresses her readi-
ness to accept all kinds of criminal
cases. from petty offenses to murder
charges, but only on condition that the
true facts be presented to the jury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05

The nine children at Swanton, whose
mother is dead from burns received
when she tried to revive the kitchen fire
with kerosene, will not be apt to for
get the lesson learned from this sad ex-
perience.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-05

1t is reassuring to read that this
month has the reputation of being the
healthiest month of the year even if it
does generally act the part of an auto
matte sprinkler.