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Earle Martin, have returned from a motor trip and two weeks stay at Biloxi, Miss.
 Mrs Ross E. Dillon and little daughters, Betty. Rose and Emily, visiting her mother Mrs. E. J. Me- Friday, for a visit to Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Stuckey in Sheffield, before returning to their home.
 Mir Carlton P. Smith has gone to Boston. Mass, to attend a national printers exhibit.
 Mir and Mrs. c. L. 'McGowan have returned to Union Springs after a visit to their sons in Birmingham Mrs. Willia Hollingsworth and little son are the guests of MT. and Mrs Lee Hollingsworth at Reform. Mrs. George Lyles and Mrs. Carl Mangum have returned from visit to Carrollton.
 Mrs Bernard Miiier and little daughter are the guests of friends in Coliinsville.
 Miss Lillian Kershaw Is visiting relatives in Fort Payne.
 Miss Ossie Smith is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ben Cunningham, in Florence.
 Miss Mary and Miss Woodfrey Knox are visiting relatives in We tumpka.
 Miss Lula Seer Is visiting Mrs. Clyde Jones in Cianton.
 Mrs. J. H. Haley has returned from a visit to her mother, Mrs. C.. c. Blalock, in Haleyville.
 Mrs. John Savage has returned from a visit to relatives in Mont gomery.
 Mrs. Frances Hunt is the guest of Mrs. Earl Cochrane in Fort Payne. Mir. L. R. Davis Is visiting rela- lives in Athens.
 Mrs. Barney Ireland and children have returned to Gadsden, after a visit to MT. and Mrs. Jess Lewis. Mrs. c. c, Terrell and her family
  ments to a charming little home on Humboldt avenue October 1.
 Miss Nydean Miller has returned from a delightful visit to Mentone. where she spent two weeks.
 The many friends of MT. B. T. Taliaferro will be glad to know that he Is much improved after very serious illness.
 MT. Owen Giilespy's many friends will be pleased to hear of his inn provement after several weeks ill., ness.
 Friends of Mir. J. Seymour Per kins will be glad to learn that he has returned from a four months stay at Biloxi. and is much inn roved in health.
 Mrs. Jessie Mae Perkins and chill dren, Craig and Marylyn, have re- turned from Biloxi. where they spent the summer.
 Mir. and Mrs. R. E. Howell have named their little daughter Betty Jane.
 Mrs. Frank Nelson and Mrs. J. Kirkman Jackson are guests at the Battery Park hotel in Ashevilie' North Carolina.
 Miss Sarah Howell, Miss Louise Montgomery, Miss Dorothy Latham, Miss Dora Moore and MT. Dee Mont
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PRINCIPALS HEAR MISS
 LUTHER ON lLLlTERACY

Montgomery, August 25.-(speciaD Addresses on the problems of the various phases of educational work in the high school were made at the second days conference of high school principals of Alabama today. Miss Sarah E. Luther, director of exceptional education. gave num-
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brought me bottle of Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound. l took it regularly until all the hard pains had left me and l was able to be up and to do my work again. The hard lump left my side and I feel splendid in all ways. I know of many women it has helped, Mrs. G. RICHARD SON, 4640 Orcas St, Seattle, Wash.
 This is another case where Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound brought results after trying everything any one told me" had failed.
 If you are suffering from pain, ner. vousness and are always tired; if you are low spirited and good for noth- ing, take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-. table Compound.
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MRS. NIEHAFFEY
 HnGI,Ir

Mrs. E. J. Mehaffey entertained at spend the-day party at her home at East Lake, Wednesday. honoring her daughter. Mrs. Ross E. Dillon of Louisville, Ky. and Mrs. I. L. Con- nell of Davenport. Iowa. At 1 o'clock luncheon was served from prettily appointed table bearing as center motif bowl of pink roses and lavender asters.
 Covers were laid for 12, those seated about the board being: Mrs. W. O. Pardue, Miss Merle Beasley and Miss Mable Beasley of the South Highlands of Birmingham, Mrs. J. L. Smith of Ensley, Mrs. Charles \. Hassler of Pratt City, Mrs. Clyde Hit Miss Fanny Mae Riddle Mrs. Cornell, Mrs. Dillon, Miss Bettye Rose Dillon, Billie Pardue and Mrs. Mehaffey.
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yesterday follow:
 Births Mir and Mrs. Euclid V. Brown, 1915 Twenty fifth street, north, August 24, boy.
 MT. and Mrs. Gus D. Mature, 1928 Poplar avenue, August 22, girl. MT and Mrs. J. A. Cowan. 742 Twenty third street, north, August Is, boy.
 MT. and Mrs. Newton 6. Duncan. 1705 Thirtieth street, Ensley, Aug ust 22, boy. Mir and Mrs. John D. Crow. 2s1S Twenty third. street, Ensley, August |9, girl.
 MT. and Mrs. W. H. Hilderbrand, 170s Hays street. August 21, boy. Mir. and Mrs. A. c. Mauldin. 1909 Walker avenue, August 22, boy. MT. and Mrs. s. E. Ellis, R. F. D.. Pratt City, August 2. boy.
 Deaths
 Mrs. Catherine Hewson. 1909 Princeton avenue. August 22, ST years.
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PELT-C0RBETT MARRIAGE
 DATE ANNOUNCED

Talladega, August 25.-(Special.)-l Word has been received here of the approaching marriage of Capt Broome Van Pelt, U. s. A., whose home Is Talladega, to Miss Lillian Munson Corbett, daughter of Dr. aud Mrs. Henry Clay Corbett of Arlins- ton, Va. The marriage will take place at the Arlington Presbyterian church at o'clock in the evening, Sep temher 6
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her of instances to show the work which can be done with adult Hitter ates. After her address a resolution was adopted indorsing the work which is being done by this depart ment.
 Addresses also were made by Miss Ivol Stafford, W. L. Spencer, Virgil P. Mckinley and J. B. Hobby, all touching the problems which high school principals will face during their terms.
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EILIs-PERLIO WEDDING.

ELEIS-PH1RLIO WEDDING.
 The wedding of Miss Mary Cath erine Perlio and Mir. Tom G. Ellis, was solemnized at the home of the bride, on Cherry avenue. Pratt City, Wednesday eevning, August 2S.
 The house was beautifully dec- orated with ferns, gladdoli and potted plants.
 The wedding march was played by Miss Christine Corlias, and tho wedding attendants were Mrs. Dot ley of Republic, matron of honor; Mir Alex Alexander, best man; Sophie and Ophelia Theophilis, flower girls, and little Vincent Borden, ring bearer. The brides book was kept by Miss Beulah Mason.
 Misses Theresa and Florence Nee han sang "All For You" and 70 Promise Me-"
 The bride was lovely in a dress of white crepe satin and georgette, beaded in pearls. with white hat.
 After the wedding a delicious sup per was served to a number of guests, and music and dancing were enjoyed until late hour.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ellis are temporarily at home at the Moulton.
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DANCE AT
 WOODWARD CLUB

There will be a special dance this evening at the Woodward Golf and Country club. beginning at 9 o'clock. The chaperones for the occasion will be MT. and Mrs. J. H. Leonard, MT. and Mrs. J. T. Keigley, and Mir. and Mrs. Charles R. Kutchins. The reg ular club dance will be held on Tuesday evening.
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DELIGHTFuL CAMPING PATTY.

A group of Birmingham girls have just returned from a delightful camping party on the Little Cahaba river.
 The party was chaperoned by MT. and Mrs D. H. Brough, and included Miss Catherine McNally, Miss Eunice Preston, Miss Idah Heis. Miss Maxine Moss, Miss Mildred McCleskey, Miss Gladys Deane, Miss Ethel Moss, Miss Virginia McNally. Miss Dorothy and Frances Brough; Mir. Paul Meighan, MT. Paul Walker. MT. Tommey Evans, MT. Berry McNally and MT. Rudolph Heis.
 visitors during the week were: MT. and Mrs. George Heis, MT. George Moss, Mrs. Maude Avis. MT. c. M. Waldran, Major walthall, MT. Alfred Massey, Mir. and Mrs. Berry McNally. Mrs. Ruby Preston and Miss Reba Preston.
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on my feet, then l had chills and
 fever and such pains in my right side and a hard lump there. I could not turnmy- self in bed and
 could not sleep. I was this way for over two months, trying everything
 any one told me, until my sister
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WILL REPAIR SCHOOL

Mobile. August 25.-Reporting that the old Mobile Medical college build ing Is rapidly deteriorating. Commis- sioner Hyman Gabriel of the school board asked the commissioners to have an estimate made of the cost of repairing the property which be- longed to the state. but has been turned over to Mobile county for school purposes.
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GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE.

Gadsden. August 25.-Jack Hud- gins. who has been on trial the past two days in the circuit court here on the charge of killing his son-in- law, Louis Johnston, near Attala. sometime last year, was given a life sentence by the jury Thursday.
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HosTESSEs AT
 DINNER DANCE

Mrs. E. M. Prince and Mrs. w. B. Hnlhouse will entertain this eve ming at a dinner dance at the Country club, in honor of Miss Louise Lerman and Miss Helen Henry of Athens, and Miss Lucile Dean of Orange, Texas. who are the guests of Mrs. D. s. Moore, and Miss Mildred Becker, of Cincinnati, who is visiting Miss Elizabeth Edwards.
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MISS ELLEDGE 8
 ENTERTAINs AT LUNCHEON.

ENTEHTAINS AT LUNCHEON.
 Miss Annie Lou Elledge enter tained yesterday at luncheon at the Ridgely yesterday.
 Miss Elledge's guests were: Miss Helen Henry and Miss Louise Ter man of Athens, Ala. Miss Lucille Dean of Orange, Texas, Miss Jean Arnold and Miss Mary Shredder.
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SUCH PAINS AS
 THISWOMANHAD
Two Months could not turnin Bed LydiaE. .Pinkham' sVegetableCom- pound Finally Restored Health

Seattle, Washington. -''Ihad drag ging pains first and could not stand
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MRS. FoNyILLE
 HOSTESS AT LUNCHEON

Mrs. w. D. Fonville entertained Thursday at luncheon In honor of her mother, Mrs. Eolina H. Bean, of Los Angeles. Cal. and Mrs. E. E. Miller, of New York.
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MISS HOWELL HOSTESS.


 Miss Janice Nowell. who will short ly leave for Washington to enter col 1ege, entertained yesterday at bridge at her home on Hanover Circle. The house was adorned with a charming arrangement of asters and daisies, and at the close of the games salad course was served.
 Miss Nowe1rs guests were: Miss Florence Lyle. Miss Susie smith. Miss Frances Johns, Miss Marybelle Pope, Miss Waltham Alderman. Miss Eliza beth Forsyth, Miss Elizabeth Gewin, Miss Mildred Hamerick. Miss kath- Teen Willis, Miss Rebsckah Frazier. Miss Frances Ledbettev Miss Mary Miller Coulbourn, Miss Katherine Brown, Miss Charlotte ttushton, Miss Katherine Marburys Miss Eliz- aheth and Margaret Gibson. Miss Gertrude Brown, Miss Matilda Hood Miss Merle Martin. Miss Olive Fay Tor, Miss Jennie Wood. Miss Mary Knowles. Miss Marietta Randolph. Miss Lillian Fern. Miss Alexander Langdon, Miss Cecil Gray Johnston. Miss Ida Elizab beth Jackson. Miss Ethel Ray Snyder. Miss Lorraine Webb and Miss Ruth Hewitt.
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Mrs. T. L. Douglas. Mrs. R. Y. Love- lady. Mrs. J. N Killough, Mrs W. E. Morris, Mrs. E. H. Newsom, Mrs. W .E. Oldham, Mrs. J. E. Sims. Mrs. A. R. Wilson and Mrs. E. J. Wood.
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Births---Deaths

Reports of births and deaths filed follow:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-13
THE COUNTY
WHEATLAND

Victory, September 9-The long
drought was ended by most beau
tiful rain last Friday evening.
Tobacco harvest is thing Of the
past with most of the crops around
here, as nearly all have finished.
John Philips made q business trim
TO James Stoda's last Sunday.
The dance at Tulloch's han was very
poorly attended on account Of the rain.
Music was furnished by the Reads
town boys.
Arneli Angel and Bernard Mellem
are harvesting tobacco over near
Readstown.
Mrs. Conklin, who has been visiting
at St.Charles, Elgin, and Chicago for
several weeks, h returned home.
She reports having most delightful
time.
NJ. A. Dedrick and family spent a
few days visiting Mrs Dedrick's broth
err Wayne, in lows. Mr.. Dedrick Ia the
operator here and it was his vacation.
Jacob Podawitz and wife and Mrs.
D. E. Pullman attended the funeral Of
Mrs. Gideon Smith at RedMound on
Wednesday.
Jack McTyre and wife are employ
Gu az Ol4G w est 0dlcku 4uSdkic bSylQIu.
Mrs. Amos Shisler is very i'll with
hay fever.
Mrs. Frances Angel went as far
as Milwaukee with her daughter Mil
bred, who went to her school to teach
the coming year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Podawitz, Mesdames
Jacobus, Pulham and Lawson spent
Thursday afternoon at DeSoto at the
home of Dave Adams. Mr.. Adams and
Nj. LOTUS had gone to Madison in
the interest of the tobacco ware house
which they are trying to get built
there
Willie Podawitz and Geneva Hem
derson made a trip to Lacrosse last
Wednesday While there they took in
the ball game and Miss Geneva had
some dental work done.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Magnsss went
to Dubuque to visit Mr.. Magness' sis
ter. They will soon move to Wash
ington where Mr. Magness' parents
are located,
Vern Owen and wife of Lacrosse
were down Sunday buying wild grapes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Lawson WIS.,
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Tiedeman at
Coon Valley last Sunday
Mrs. d. E. Puiham visited at the
Martin Mellem home last Sunday.
The Misses Lena and Mona Pulver
of Galena, Ill, spent several days visit
ing friends here and Wanda Bailey
accompanied them home to spend a
few days.
A baby was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Henderberger, but the little in
FAINT passed away the following day.
! Mrs. Nance Bailey spent few days
a tGays Mills visiting her sister and
took in the fair while there.
Sherm Hasting played ball at the
Gays Mills fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Podawitz visit
ed at John Podawitz' Sunday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-13
NORMAL SCHOOL OPENS;
ENROLMENT Is "a

School opened on Monday, Septem-
Der A, with an enrolment Of 81. Ten
who applied for entrance have decided
to do more high school work before
taking the professional work given in
our school. New enrollments coming
in make the present enrolment 81.
The enrolment by classes is as fol-
lows; Freshmen, IL; Juniors, a Sem
iors 38. Twenty-Five seniors are high
school graduates.
The faculty for the present year is
G. L. Hill, Prin.; Nell Mahoney, Su-
pervisor of Practice; May Johnson,
Assistant; Phoebe Gross, Model De-
partment; E. w. Schelling, Agricul-
ture.
On Wednesday evening of this week
the faculty gave a reception to the
students. The purpose of this $50
cial mixer" was to promote acquaint-
anceship and sociability among the
students and tetchers. Plans are be-
ing made to hold such meetings fire.
quently during the year. This is part
of the teachers training for the social
center work she is expected to do in
the rural districts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-13
NOTES ON HIGHWAY WORK
D0INGS~IN HIGHWAY COMMITS
SI0NER RISTOW'S DEPART
MENT

There will be another bridge letting
on Saturday of this week, detailed
list to the different pieces of work to
list of the different pieces of work to
issue.
Dam and grading work on the Jor-
dan fiat in the town of Stark COM
mences this week.
The work on 101, west of West Prai-
RE, consisting of grading and culvert-
ing, starts this week.
The big grader has been transferred
to the Wild Cat piece of work, and
grading, widening and construction of
guard rail on that famous hill will
begin this week.
Paul Koeppe is constructing guard
rail east fthe Primmer school house.
Marion Baker is doing the same work
on the Westby- Bloomingdale road in
Christiana.
The Westby-Coon Valley hin is
nearly completed, and culverts viii be
put in this week. 1t is a beautiful
grade, per cent at the steepest point
while the old Coon Valley hill runs IL
per cent. The crew now working there
goes to Brinlxman hill on the other
side, and will widen it and place guard
rail all the way up the hill.
The paving work on Chipmunk
Coolie IS progressing nicely. The
work is tarvia macadam, nine feet
wide, over a mile long. 1t involved
a relocation and heavy grading.
The county's road tar has been on
the way for two weeks, and if it ar
rives this week the oiling in Coon Val
ley win be completed at once. Then
surface treatment will be applied al
Stoddard.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-13
TALK OF INDEPENDENT

Just now the air is filed with talk
about independent candidates. Fail
ure fthe Democrats to get the names
of their candidates upon the ballot by
reason of casting too few votes at the
primary appears very probable, and
in this event the Progressive Repub-
lican ticket nominated so overwhelm-
ingly on September 9Th would have
no opposition at the general election
in November. Morgan has signifed
his intention of running as an indie
pendent against Blaine, and a fusion
Of Democrats and reactionary Repub-
licans is being urged to oppose the
Progressive nominees.
Even a casual review of independ-
emit candidates. in Wisconsin in the
past reveals the fact that they are
seldom If ever successful. The pri-
mary is an instrument designed to
settle fractional differences in each
party, and is so accepted by nearly
all Of our voters. Even where results
have been very close in the primary,
this has been true, and in the present
instance in the shadow of sn over
whelming Progressive victory an in
dependent candidate would be leading
a most forlorn hope indeed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-13
PHILOSOPHICAL MEDITATIoNs

Sunday is a day of rest, and some
times Of strutting.
A word and blow makes many a
free show.
No man is ever old as long as he
considers himself young.
Coal is not money, but it is less
plentiful.
Scandal gathers no moss. 1t tray-
eds too rapidly.
The days of courtship are when man
is what he isn't.
Contrary to general opinion, money
does not count. We count it.
A noisy tongue is readily heard So
is pigs grunt.
Treat your neighbor like a human
being and he won't treat you like a
dog.
The fellow who wants to kill two
birds with one stone generally misses
both.
People who worry over little things
have no time left in which TO accom-
plish the big ones.
Sudden death cheats the doctor, but
nothing ever gets ahead Of the under
taker.
Some people gain riches in their
dreams and proceed to spend them in
their waking hours.
Success does not always come to
him who waits. The hustler steps in
between and hogs it.
Eight hours constitutes a days la
bor-or at least that is what some
people are paid for.
A woman has legitimate right to
go through her husbands pockets, for
how else could she mend the holes
The lazy man makes many excuses
that are unnecessary. Nobody ex-
poets anything from him.
Don't be too hasty in taking Alfonso
when people turn the cold shoulder
Find ont the reason and correct it.
Success to all fyour efforts-if
they are worth it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-13
CONTROL FIRE

Fire is good, but it must SERVE:
Keep it thralled-for if it swerve
Into freedoms open path,
w hat shall check its. maniac wrath?
Where's the tongue that can proclaim
The fearful work of curbless flame?
Darling wide and shooting hight,
1t lends horror to the sky;
1t fushes on, to WASTE, to scare,
Arousing terror and despair;
And sinks at last, all spent and dead,
Among the ashes it has spread"
The season for greater use of fire
in buildings is approaching Is your
whole heating plant such as to keep
the fire IN thrall?
Sound stoves, furnaces, boilers,
smokepipes and chimneys are necess-
airy to do this.
All these become heated, sometimes
red-hot, and radiate heat in all di-
rections, and woodwork in contact or
near Is always liable to be ignited.
In installing stoves, furnaces and
boilers provide a clearance of at least
two feet above and OH all sides. If
this clearance is not present, protect
the exposed woodwork with metal over
one-quarter inch asbestos board; met
al alone is no protection, as it readily
heats through. Cover the boiler with
asbestos plaster. and the top of the
furnace jacket with sand or other heat
resisting materials, Never neglect the
metal stove board to protect the floor
and to catch coal and ashes.
Keep clear distance of one and a
half times the diameter of the smoke
pipe between such pipe and the ioists
and all wood or lath-and-plaster cell
Ings, and distance equal to the dia-
meter of the smokepipe to any wood
work or lath-and- plaster wall or par
tition on the side. Where such clear
ance is not present, put in asbestos
board and metal protection.
Woodwork in contact with cone
brick" chimney spells danger, and
should be cut away and the space fill
ed In with asbestos or other heat re-
sisting materials.
A dirty chimney is always liable to
burn out and set your or your neigh
bor's roof on fire.
Provide metal receptacles for ashes
| and ire proof ash bins or store ashes
in the open, away from buildings and
| fences.
These cautions are simple. Every
| intelligent citizen knows these facts;
he only leeps-procrastinat This
procrastination costs the state nearly
two million dollars worth of property
a year, and is responsible for the loss
of many lives. These dangers are
present day and night and fire is
quite as liable to occur at night when
the occupants of buildings are in help
less sleep.
Protect your family and your home
| INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-13
DOWN A HILL BACKWARDS

Sunday evening, as Hans Davidson
and family of West Prairie were as
cending the step hill between Viroqua
and Liberty Pole just this side of the
detour on No. IL, a pin dropped out
of his universal joint and the car
started down the hill. Mr.. Davidson
threw on the emergency but it would
not hold, and Hans says he thought
the ear was going sixty miles an hour
at the bottom. 1t luckily struck
small tree which was entirely torn out
by the roots. This checked the mo
mentum somewhat so that when the
car toppled over and spilled out the
occupants no one was injured, we are
happy to report.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-13
IS NINETY YEARS YOUNG

Mrs. Bertha Broadhead is 80 years
young tomorrow Today, table was
reserved at the Methodist ladies aid,
and Grandma Broadhead and several
other senior ladies fthe church We're
guests of honor.
Grandma Broadhead is a remarka-
BILE parsonage. Her great vigor of
body and strength of mind are the
wonder and admiration of her legion
of friends, who ardently hope that she
will be able to round out the full cen-
fury mark in health and vigor. Mrs.
Broadhead came from Norway at the
age of 22 years, and worked for so
cents a week Surely no one will be-
grudge Grandma Broadhead the COM
fort that marks her declining years,
after such humble beginning and a
life of hard pioneer toll Here's the
Censor's congratulations to ou,sturdy
old pioneerl
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-13
DROUGHT AND HAIL HURT

Tobacco harvest is going forward
by leaps and bounds the past few days,
spurred on by the lurking danger of
frost, and as the Censor goes to press
this evening it is estimated that at
least seventy-five per cent of the crop
has had the axe applied to it.
That the crop has suffered consid-
erably from the long dry spell is UNI
undoubted. Dry weather before the
harvest period has the effect of thick
ening the leaf so that it is not SO de-
sirable for binder purposes. How SER
ious this damage is remains to be
seen.
The breaking o fthe drought and ex-
cessive heat period last Friday by vio-
lent thunder showers followed by a
rapid drop in temperature was a Ger
tain warning of hail, and reports of
this destructive element were anxious
ly awaited. The Censor has been un-
able to learn of any hail damage ex-
cept from one locality. In the vicin-
ity of Towerville it is said that strip
was so seriously cut up that harvest is
improbable.