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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
Statement Says
ST. JOHNSBURY MAN
INFLORIDA WRITES
ABOUT TOWN HALL
Suggests Large AccOmmO-
datiOns or Precinct
System of Voting

Elmore T. Ide, who is spend
inS the winter months in Braden-
town, Florida, adds the following
contribution to the town meeting,
town hall proposition and makes
some suggestions that are entitled
to careful consideration:
Bradentown, Florida,
March Is, 49,
Editor Calcdonian- Record:
The description of town meet
ing in st. Johnsbury by your
lady correspondent vividly recalls
a personal experience Of the
writer when he stood some hours.
0he seats all preempted by TIE
younger, more athletic patr.ots),
with all the disagreeable sur.
roundings, so wildly described,
with dense tobacco smoke darken-
ing the vitiated atmosphere. Per-
sonal result: some month; OF Sc
we're illness, followed by perman-
eot disfranchisement frcir March
meeting on account of hs0nchial
coalitions that resulted Ecrce,
oanishment to the sunny South
during FEBRUARY and March.
The unGtness of the present
town hall, %ith a capacity Vt not
ovd four hundred in com OFT,
se'l-evident. Something like ;;n0U
HcterS have The right to /, culd
fo'tabIc place foi cxercisne their
dpties as citizens.
All! corresponds its seem 70 agree
that the remedy seems to consist
IN a lgrg"g hall. which ,.gsgR,,s
tho query: How larga a h;.l
would be required to provide CON-
f,Itably for 300 voters, besides
the booths, etc, required 10 bal
Lifting? Tnen think of the efforts
required by the "lcathel .lurgpt
ators to fill such "a hall, leaving
tn ladies and average voters
i. iplcsS as far - discus Hoa goes
Are there other cures TO the
present condition? Why shor'd
5; JohnSb Try remain aInto t nc
cnlv community of its siza m tie
state to retain the antiqu1tc1. out
grown System i town mccti ~
with all its voters in tho same
llacc? Or course cjurybCLy
knows that no better system fol
small towns was ever invented,
but it is entirely outgrown even
for towns half the size of St.
Johnsbury, and is as obsolete as
+l, bliio lnu-c opant oJ about tbo
same time, with the stocks and
piIlory in front of the town halls
If the town meeting system
must be retained, why not adopt
the Australian ballot and use the
long ballot allowing the voters
chance to vote on each and every
item every matter to be voted on
to be printed on the ballot, per-
hitting no electioncering or dis
cussion within the hall.
However, are not the st. Johns
bury voters sufficiently awake and
up-t0-datc so they can adopt
modern, up-to-datc form OF gov
q nment adapted to present con-
ditionS?
Cannot this town, like others,
be divided into voting precincts
with proper Accommodations, for
nclghborhood voting, land ora
tory, if necessary.
The subject is a large and inn
portant one requiring careful con
sideration. ] have ventured a few
suggestions on the subject, | sug-
gestionS, not solutions that should
be considered, The time seems
to have arrived when something
must be done. Let it be done so
that we can say 81 am Il citizen of
no mean city''-town or village,
Yours truly,
A PILGRIM.
EIMORE T. IDE.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
ENTERTAIN
ANCHOR CLUB
AT NEWPORT
Masons, 400 In Number
Meet at School Hall for
Degree Work

Members of the Anchor Club
numbering at least $50 were soci-
ally entertained by the Memphre-
magog Lodge of Masons Friday
evening.
Marshall Locke with his degree
team left Boston Saturday morn
ing and the size of the party was
augmented all the way up, many
joining at White River Junction,
Woodsvillc, st. Johnsbury, Lyn-
donvillc, North, Troy, Richford
and Sherbrooke. Among others
were Supt. J. A. Ahcarn and
trainmaster George Morse of
Lyndonvlle, Supt Bard of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad and
others. The Lyndonvillc contin-
gent numbered 50.
Immediately on the arrival of
the "air line express, the party
vas escorted to the Masonic hall
and were royalty dined, tables be-
ing set for 1872 at the hall, and
the members of the home lodge
with d few of the visitors were
served at the dining rooms of the
Congregational church.
The dinner was praised and
heartily enjoyed by all, and both
the members Of Lakeside Chapter
and the Ladies Social Union are
to be congratulated. The dccora-
tiCns Of green and white were
very attractive, the place cards
beng a white anchor on d green
shamrock. Bizarre paper caps,
each adorned with a green anchor,
we're presented to the diners and
worn throughout the evening.
Following is the men; Grape
fruit cocktail, with green cherries,
cold ham and tongue, mashed po-
tato, green peas, tomato and egg
salad, cheese rolls, coffee, raised
doughnuts and new Vermont
maple syrup. The rooms were
lighted with green tapcrs with
green shades. The same menu
was served in the dining room Of
the Congregational church.
When all were filled to rcplc-
ton, two rubc comedians enter
taincd with dances, stories and
songs with clarinet accompani-
ment and the vaudeville perform
ancc lasted about 20 minutes and
wa~ shriekingly funny
Following this all assembled in
Ole School Hall, about 400 in
all. and Memphremagog Lodge
worked two candidates, after
which the Anchor Club worked
the third degree on a local rail
road man.
When the work was over all
proceeded to have a social time
Continued on Last Pare
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
DEWITT GROCERY
BUILDING BURNED

BRATTLEBORO, March 20
Fire early today dcstrocd the
three story brick Dewitt grocery
building in the heart Of the busi-
ness scsction today. The damage
is estimated at $125,000. John
Nadeau, a fireman, fell from lad
der and wa removed to a hospital
with a badly injured hip. The
origin of the fire is not dctcrmin-
cd
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
WOMAN AWAITS SECOND
TRIAL FOR MURDER

LOS ANGELES, March 2O-ln
her cell in the county jail here
following her trial for the murder
of J. Bolton Kennedy, Mrs. NADIA
lynne Obenchain resigncdly await
ed the time when a second trial
would be set. Following the disa-
grcement and discharge of the jury
The foreman of the jury told
judge the division was 9 to 3, but
under the law did not say whether
the majority favored acquittal or
conviction.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
ULSTER BORDER LIKE
A "BATTLE FRONT"

LONDON, March 20-The hor-
dor line of Ulster was described
'1ike a battle front" by the Even
ing News. In the Belfast quar-
ter where the rival factions have
been continually firing upon each
other during the past week. the
rival armies continued to advance
closer to each other.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
ARMED MOTORS TO
CHECK CRIME WAVE

NEW YOKk, March 2U-Arm-
ed motors, each carrying half a
dozen policemen, have been put in
commission in a further effort to
check the crime wave. The motor
brigade will be in service day and
night, Commissioner Enright an
nCunced. One of the cars viii be
attached to each police precinct.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
RESCUED CREW
ARRIVES AT ROCKLAND

KUCkLAND, Me-, March 3U-
The crew Of nine members of the
British schooner, Strasburg, res
cued by the steam trawler, Cook,
CT Cape Sable. when they atan-
doned their sinking craft, were
brought into port today.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
JANITOR ARRESTED
AS MOONSHINER

SPRINGFIELD, March 20
The Eagles hall was raided about
Wis O'Clock last night by the po-
lice, resulting in the arrest of the
ianitor. He was fined 5000 and
costs. Several barrels of home
brew, with a still, were found.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
AN UNPARALLELED RECORD

One of the most astounding in
stances of mental stimulation in
human beings THROUGH improve
mcnt of physical conditions which
has been brought to the notice Of
The New York Herald is report
cd in the subioined Statcent by the
United States Public Health Ser
vice:
Backward children are not al
ways, perhaps not often. backward
because of either mental d"ficica-
CONTINUED on page 81
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
ISSUE STORM~WARNING
FOR NORTHEASTER

WASHINGTON, March 20
Storm warnings from Charleston,
S. c., to Passport, Me, were is
sued today. A severe storm is
moving northeastwards
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
NEW RECORD
IN MEDICAL
INSPECTION
Miss Alice Wakefield
Sends Interesting Re-
port of Results

The influence of your paper on
the subject of general community
welfare is so fair and Just that !
am prompted to ask you 10 print
the enclosed editorial from the
New York Herald of March Is.
knowledge of the remarkable
improvement in the mental and
physical condition of the children
in some sections of Vermont as a
direct result of the health work
that is now being done in the
schools should awaken the con-
science of those VINO still oppos-
ed to such work in our own town
schools and lead them to use their
influence to ston the long contin-
ucd neglect of the health Of child
rcn in the schools of St Johnsbury
Alice c. Wakefield
The editorial from the Herald
fOllOUS.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
S Congress Is Held
Responsible For Legislation
House To Go Ahead With Com
promise Soldier Bonus Bill Says
Speaker Mondell
(By the Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, March 2O-President Harding told
Republican House leaders today that in view of expressions
on the Soldier bonus bill he had previously made he did not
think essential that he offer any recommendations this
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20
Medical Examiner Reports
Suicide In Both Cases
Wealthy Tech Student Left Letters
Telling of His Intent To Take
Own Life
(By the Associated PreSS)

BOSTON, March 20-The body of Otto IIaldor Larsen,
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology student who
ended his life yesterday by swallowing the poison left by
Pauline Virginia Clark dvorcee when she committed suicide
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20

time.
Representative Mondell of Wy
oming, who headed the House de-
legation made this announcement
in formal statement and added:
"that it was the plan to go ahcad
with the compromise bill as recon-
mended by the Ways and Means
committee"
The statement issued by Mr.
Mondell followed in part
"The legislative situation rclat-
ing to the bonus bill was fully pre-
sented to the president with de
tailed explanation of the provis-
ions which removed the menace Of
excessive draft on the treasury in
the immediate future, and avoid
any program of added taxation.
The president advised the commit
tee that the legislation was d res
possibility of congress and he did
not think it essential to offer any
suggestions.
Speaker Gillett announced that
he would not. enter Il motion TO
pass the bonus bill under a sus-
pension of the rules, with a res
friction on debate and without op-
portunity for amendment. Tho
speaker was forced to cancel his
engagement with the presideSt as
he was compelled to leave the
White House to preside over the
session of the House at noon.
WASHINGTON, March 20
Republican party leaders respon-
sihle for the direction of the
coming Congressional campaign,
accompanied by Chairman John II.
Adams of the Republican National
cimmittee, conferred with Prefi-
dent Harding today and discussed
the relations Of the treaties grove
ing out of the Washington confer
ehce to the comm" election. The
treatise it is said, now before
the senate, are regarded in admin
istraton circles as the major
achievement of President Hard
ing's administration to date, and
it is said to be the intention Of
the party leaders TO put them for
ward as an issue in the Noycmbcr
election.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20

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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20

A Newspaper Covering
the Entire Northeast Sec
tion of Vermont State
Every Working Day.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-20

Rain tonight. Probably
clearing Tuesday morn
ing. Colder Tuesday.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19

Anyway fapper is better than a
snapper.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19

TRUSTEE BROWNS BROTHER
DANGEROUSLY SICK
At Deaths Door With Pneumonia;
Trustee T. F. Brown and
Wife at Bedside.

Friday Trustee T. F. Brown re-
ceived a telegram notifying him that
his brother, T. H. Brown. was dan
gerously i'll at his home at Sunbright,
Morgan county. Trustee Brown and
wife left Friday afternoon in his car
for the home of his brother.
Letter received from Mr. Brown un-
der date of Saturday stated that his
brother was very low with pneumonia
brought on by relapse after an at
tack OF influenza. The attending doc
tor had almost abandoned hope of his
recovery.
T. H. Brown was born and reared
in this county, was for some time trav
cling salesman for the Jellico Groc-
cry Company, of Hartman, in this
territory, but for the past few years
he has travelled in the section near
his home. He is a man of very high
character and is highly respected by
many in this county and all who
know him. For several years he was
a teacher in this county and ranked
among the best in that profession in
this section.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19
BUSINESS CHANGE.

Last week Chas. J. Julian pur-
chased the meat and grocery business
of Lon Rector and is now directing
the business. Mr.. Julian has been on
the road for a Nashville wholesale
grocery house for some weeks, but it
kept him constantly away from home
that he decided to make change and
accordingly purchased this business.
Mr.. Julian has had much expert
ence in retail business, is good sales
man and is we'll liked by the people
of Crossviile and the county. His To-
cation is splendid one and he should
make a pronounced success OF the
business.
Mr.. Rector is considering engaging
in the poultry business and at the
same time conduct small farm
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19
ROAD LAID OUT TO
CUMBERLAND MT. SCHOOL
Distance from End of Main Street to
James Smith Home Little
Over Half Mile.

Monday a few of the Crossville
business men went to the home OF
James Smith and with his assistance
run the line from his reidence to the
north end of Main Street near the
Mitchell home. The ditance was
found to be ESQ feet, little over
half a mile.
This is the road that is to be built
to the Cumberland Mountain School
so as to avoid the two dangerous
railroad crossings. The road will be
a few hundred yards shorter by the
new way than by the old road and
both of the railroad crossings will be
avoided.
Work will begin on building the
fence at once. Part of the posts are
available now and T. E. Measamer is
advertising for the remainder in this
issue of the Chronicle. More than
half of the wire is on hand for the
fences and the remainedr will be ready
by the time the fence gang is ready
for it.
James Smith will begin in a few
days with a grading outfit and push
the work to completion as rapidly as
possibly. The city will take steps to
at once ge the Stag here and a gen.
eral working day will be designated
by the city fathers as soon as the
grade is ready for the Stag and men
and teams will be asked to volunteer
to haul and spread thes lag on the
grade.
The county Road Commissioners
are to have the grading done and the
city and individuals will see that the
Stag is put on as soon as the grade
is ready to receive it.
The thing is a go and if any one
does not want to get run over they
had better get in line and help the
work or keep entirely out of the way.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19

Mrs. Chas Comstock arrived home
Sunday morning from Knoxville,
where she had been for few days
at the bedside of her son-in-law, 7.
M. Irish, who was dangerously i'll
with pneumonia. When Mrs. Com
stock left the fever had broken and
the patient was convalescent but very
weak He expected to recover rap
idly and to soon be fully restored to
health.
CHURCH NOTICE-The Baptist
church: Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 7 80. Sunday, April 23rd.,
Sunday School at ten o'clock, DR..
Reed, Supt. Preaching services at
eleven, subject: "The Great Commits
SION" The B.Y.P.U. will meet at
AS, preaching at 7:45. subject. "The
Place of Safety" We are always
glad to have you in our services. w.
G. Creasman, Pastor.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19
STORM SWEPT

The severe storm that visited this
section Friday night was general over
several states and caused many mil
lions of dollars damage. At Knox
vile the electric light plant was put
out of service for three hours and
during that time the Miller store safe
was cracked by yeggmen and $4,000
or $1,000 in cash sucured along with
several thousand in checks. The yegs
consisted of three. They overpowered
the night watchman and blew the
safe. Many of thee hecks were found
at Tennessee and Kentucky points
where the thieves and thrown them
away while riding from Konxville to
Cincinnati. Every effort is being
made to arrest them but the chances
seem slim.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19
TO THE VOTERS OF THE THIRD
DISTRICT CUMBERLAND CO.

Having received the nomination for
Trustee of Cumberland county in the
Republican primary held on the 1st,
day April, 1922 I felt it my duty to
resign from the County court at the
April tern which l have done, as
had | held on until the July court
which is Tuly 10TH. there would not
be sufficient tine to give notice IN
the election call for a Justice OF the
Peace from the Third District, as the
lawrequires thirty days notice. So in
all fairness to the voters of my dis
tr1ct and to any and all prospective
candidates, who might aspire to be
my successor in the County Court,
from the Third District, | have hand
ed in my resignation to the County
court which was accepted by the
court to take affect the last day OF
the April term of court, which was
April II, 1922.
Respectfully yours,
R. A. powell.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19
LOCAL POST OF THE
AMERICAN LEGION ORGANIZED
Officers Elected, Date of Meeting
Named, But Name of Post
Not Selected.

Friday evening a number of exc
service mel met at the Hotel Wind
Sor and organized local post of the
American Legion. The post was or
ganized with about IS charter men,
berS. The name of the local post
was not selected but will be at an
early time.
The following officers were elec-
ted for the remainder of this year:
Litton Thurman, Post Commander,
Rev. w. H. Blue Post Vice Command
er, 7. R. Haley Post Adjutant and
Treasurer, c. S. Toilet Master at
Arms, G. F. Brookhart, Post Hist
orian. Rev. w. c. Creasman Post
Chaplain, Roy Jackson Service Officer,
L. T. Thurman, H. l. Bilbrey, Jonas
Snodgrass, Clay Rose, and F. C.
Craig, Executive Committee.
Regular meetings will be held on
the first and third Tuesday night of d
each month. All ex-service men
interested should see some one of
the officers and become a member
of your local post.
The following is the purpose of the
organizations:
To uphold and defend the Constr
tuition of the United States of Ameri-
ca; TO maintain law and order; to
foster and perpetuate a one hundred
per cent America nism; to preserve the
memories and incidents of our assoc
iation in the Great War to incucate
a sense of individual obligation to the
community, state and nation: to COM
bat the autocracy of both the classes
and the masses; to make Right the
master of Might; to promote peace
and good will on earth; to safeguard
and transmit to posterity the prin-
ciples of justice, freedom and democ-
racy; to concentrate and sanctify our
comradship by our devotion to mu-
tual helpfulness.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19
FARMERS ATTENTION.

Its up to you whether you want to
organize and have farm Bureau in
your county or not.
A farm Bureau is an organization
to promote the better production of
crops, better marketing, better educa-
ton of farm boys and girls. better
roads, better social and religious con-
ditions. In fact anything to benefit
farm life We will meet Saturday,
April 22, at 10 100 o'clock at the court
house to discuss farm topics and to
receive new members. Everybody
that is interested in farming is in
vitd to come and join men women,
boys and girls.
HARRY MARTIN,
Chairman Farm Bureau.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19
DAF GEROUSLY WOUNDED
RIGHT ARM SHOT OFF
Mrs. Quill Treadway Shot Lewis
Brendle and He May Die
AS Result.

Wednesday night Lewis Brendle,
son of Matthew Brendle, was shot
and dangerously wounded by Mrs.
Quill Treadway, at the Treadway
home, about a mile beyond Pomona
Mrs. Treadway is the daughter of
Duck Smith. She was arrested by
Sheriff G. w. Walker and brought to
town and made bond in the sum of
$4,000 for her appearance before Esq.
U. S. Rose Saturday, April 2o.
The facts in the case are unknown,
to the Treadway home and made i'm
proper advances to her and she shot
him in the upper right arm with a
shot gun. The larger part OF the
muscle of the arm was shot away.
Rumor has it that Brendle rushed
from the house and that the woman
followed him and shot him the second
time. Many shot entered his back,
his left eye is seriously injured, if not
put out. He also has several shot in
his lungs and his chances for recovery
are regarded as doubtful. Latest
reports from the wounded man are
that he is improving and that the at
tending physician, DR.. V. L. Lewis,
feels he may recover, but that he will
likely lose his arm.
At recent term of court Brendle
had case against him for making
whiskey and carrying pis-
tol
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-04-19
BOND SALE DELAYED

At the meeting of the board of may
or and aldermen Friday night the sale
of the $4,000 of city bonds, to J. B.
Tigrett & Company for 81 cents on
the dollar, was unanimously declined
because the ordinance submitted by
Tigrett & Company confirming the
sale did not comply with the provis-
ions of the ordinance under which the
bonds were voted by the people.
The difficulties are expected to be
ironed out shortly and the sale COM
pleted.