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THE BRATTLEBORO DAILY REFORMER, WEDNESDAY. JULY 22, 1914.
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MR. BRYAN CUTS A MELON
A GREAT
SUMMER SAVING
Published Every Evening
Except Sunday at
the American Building Annex,
Main Street,
Brattleboro, Vermont.
Address All Communications to
The Reformer.
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Hive yo!i ever vantel a collar and
ounl those just rrturnei from the
auudry bidly broken ?
lid you ever try and put on vour
tour-in hand tie in a huny and have
it stick in your collar?
Whit did you do? Did you whistle
merrily or did you ?
We will blunder your collars with
out cracking and at the same time
give an easy tie space, if you will
only give us the opportunity.
Bratllsboro Steam Laundry
36 Flat Street 'Phone 72
ELLIOT STREET AGENCY
Brattleboro News Company's Store
Vu can It live your bnnl!- there for
us to binntlcr unil call for !hrm there
when dune.
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TSie Albany
ALWAYS OPEN
Everything in Season
A. L. Hamilton. Prop.
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OF THE SUPERIORITY IN TASTE
AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF
Lactone
Buttermilk
a rriBrl; ylth Psrlcr, Davis & Co.'s Lactone
1 blcU, call at our fountain any time.
FRESH EACH DAY,
from natural, pure, ewect milk. Contains all
the clcment3.
NOTHING TAKEN OUT.
Buttermilk preparer! in this way lias become
recoRnizrcJ by authorities the world over aa
the very best form of one of t!ie most valuable
food products.
ONLY 5 CENTS PER GLASS.
ICE-COLD AND FRESH.
Wilfred F. Root
PHARMACIST
The Store Wilh th Ktock
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1HH.
DISCRIMINATION REMAINS.
Tl. rl j. i : i j , ...
i ne v lii.i urn unu-irusr, nnj, which is
now in committee, will this week be taken
tip by the Senate for final action. Consid-
rable mollification of some provisions of
flic bill lias been made since it was hist
up for discussion in Congress. Restriction
of interlocking directorates lias been soft-
ncd, and other of the more drastic pro
visions of the original bill have beenailut
1. Rut tlie clause exempting labor ant
igricultural organizations from the opera
tion of the antitrust law remains T'n
luibtedly the measure will be reported
:ack to the Senate embodying this rank
Incrimination. There is no issue of labor
s. capital raised by consideration of this
piovision. It is an issue of simple honesty
uid lair play. There is no honest reason
why one organization of citizens should be
exempted from the law while another or
gmiation of citizens is served notice that
t must conform to the law. This is ev
ict ly what is meant bv Section 7 of the
layton bill.
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Cleaning Out of AH Odds and Ends and Leftovers of Summer Shoes
The warm summer weather is at its height and cool, comfortable low shoes are most desirable.
All our odd lots and broken lines that we will not size up must go and the original cost is not considered
when we mark the present selling prices. Such values are seldom seen and never duplicated elsewhere. This
we know to be a fact look over the following list and you will see good proof.
Secretary Bryan gave a party re
cently to Beveral officials of the state
department and the newspaper men
who cover his office a watermelon
party, too. A friend in Florida sent
him an enormous melon and he Invited
his friends to join in the feast. The
secretary himself carved the melon aa
the picture shows.
iook ior an ai.unumiT narvesr is verv
promising, and the weather is said to
nave been pnrneuiariv javorablp lor
all sorts of jrardon produce. The vejr
etable crop is already large and prom
lses to be larger, and prices should be
satisfactory to the farmers. Thero
has been an unusually heavy crop of
grass, and it is expected that, with
favorable curing weather the hay crop
of the, state will be one of the largest
for years.
A good crop year means much, in
fact almost everything to a state like
Vermont, which is so largely devoted
to agriculture, for the business inter
ests of every community are affected
more or less bv the yield of the farms.
An abundant harvest, with fair prices
for farm products, permits the people
as a whole to spend money for ar
ticles that they need. and that, of
course, means that the merchants in
the several cities and towns will sell
more goods, and the merchants in turn
put money into circulation. The im
portance of the agricultural interests
of the state cannot lie overlooked, and
it is only by giving the closest atten
tion to every detail of their business
that Vermont farmers will be able to
realize the greatest possibilities ot
their industries.
The weather may not have been
Mich as the dwellers in the cities par
ticularly admired, but the abundant
rain, followed by warm sunshine,
means C,ods blessing upon the farm
ers, and consequently upon the rest of
the people of the state. Harvest pros
pects are good and this means pros
perity in many walks of life. .
Governor Rleaso of South Carolina,
who has pardoned or jiaroled 1,''hU
convicts in the last three veins, urn-
poses to have the state penitentia ry
emptied by August 1, and he has no
pology to offer. He says he works
by the Golden Ifule and whoever ob
jects to that is not a Christian. P,ut
in practicing the "Golden Kule" he
seems to overlook the nublie. which
has suffered at t be hands of the
horde of criminals he has turned
loose. An executive like lilease is a
menace to the public.
Tt is given out from Washington that
i iic argument that McKey nobis uses in his
desire to press a dissolution suit atrainst
the New Haven road is that the execution
oi the anti-trust aw has nothing to do
v, it h the- consooiifnros to h vvhr(';ilpr
who must take their medicine, whatever
the dose may lie. Tn this particular case
it isn't the lawbreaker who would be tak
ing the medicine but the stockholders of
the New Haven road who in the main are
a very innocent and l I'dit-miiu led set of
icople.
All the car shops of the Boston &
Maine railroad are reported as crow, led
with work in repairing old cars aim
building new ones. The freight busi
ness is said to be enormous, and con
stantly increasing. This makes one
think how fine everything would be
now as regards New England railroads
if they had not been used as footballs
by the Wall street speculators.
BENNINGTON FARM EXPERT.
Work of County Agent Shows Active,
Useful Season.
lohn Tj. Sherman, licnnington county
farm agent, has for the past year visited
.".IS farmers on their farms, the majority
of them several times. He has addressed
21 meetings including fertilizer, spraying
ami pruning demonstrations, with an ag
gregate attendance of 1,UO:. l-'or the most
pait the effort has been to have these
meetings .small in number but intimate in
iharactcr. In covering the county Mr.
herman has traveled during the year, by
automobile, ;i,)MMi miles and by railroad
2..-HKI miles.
This year Mr. Sherman is working with
2."i farmers as corn demonstrators, with
2(1 as oat demonstrators and 10 as potato
demonstrators. Hy duly !." he will also
have 2 cover crop demonstrations. These
demonstrators agree to grow a certain
;rea of a specified crop strictly in accord- j
a nee with the directions HiiniMied ny the
county agent.
Keeps Careful Records.
Careful records are kept of the cost of
production, yield, etc., in order that accu
rate comparisons may be made between
the results obtained by these methods and
by those methods ordinarily in use. Last
ear one of the corn demonstrators suc
ceeded in raising 120 bushels of shelled
corn on an acre at a net profit of $2'.Mt),
a very substantial increase over the re
turns from an acre as ordinarily cultivat
ed. A considerable amount of time was
spent with a weed expert from the de
partment of agriculture, in an effort to
find a simple method for overcoming the
prairie weed, which invests so much of the
pasture land of the county. This same
Men's $2.98 Sale Oxfords
This lot is made up of $3.50 and $4.00 oxfords.
Some of these were bought last year but are much
better value than we could buy this season. They
are tan and black or patent leather. Most all
styles and good assortment of sizes.
Sale Price, $2.98
Men's S1.98 Sale Oxfords
Contains a fine run of sizes and exceptional
assortments of styles and kinds. Most all of these
sold for $3.00 and some were $3.50, and are at
tracting much attention in our windows.
Sale Price, $1.98
Men's $1.59 Sale Oxfords
This lot is small but contains very good bar
gains. Perhaps your size and style are there
waiting for you.
Sale Price, $1.59
Boys' S1.59 Sale Oxfords
These are mostly patent leather but some
plain black. Most of them cost $2.50 and there
are most all sizes. Specially good bargains at
Sale Price, $1.59
Little Men's 99c Sale Oxfords
Both black and tan sold at $1.50 and most
all sizes. Just right for the small boy to finish out
the season.
Sale Price, 99c
Women's $1.98 Sale Oxfords
One of the principal lots and can be seen in
the window. Hardly a pair worth less than $3.50,
and some are $4.00 shoes. This sounds big but we
can prove to you it is correct. Some black, many
tan; oxfords, straps and pumps. More small
sizes 3, ?2 and 4, and 15 and C widths.
Sale Price, $1.98
Women's $1.59 Sale Oxfords
Better bargains were never olTered than these,
but there are not many larger sizes. Hardly a
pair sold for less than $3.00, and styles are good.
Can you wear a small shoe ? Best ever.
Sale Price, $1.59
Women's 99c Sale Oxfords
A few mighty good bargains in this lot. Most
all sizes in brown 2-strap slipper and several other
styles.
Sale Price, 99c
Misses' 99c Sale Oxfords
Black kid with patent tips or brown kid, worth
$1.25, and are selling right well at
Sale Price, 99c
Misses' White Slippers, 39c
White canvas and kid; mostly sizes 13, 13
and 1. Only a few at
Sale Price, 39c
OTHER BARGAINS
Misses' Slippers (sample sizes) 59c Children's Oxfords (small sizes) 79c
Children's Sandals (sizes 10 and 11) 49c Children's Oxfords (small sizes) 59c
Infants' Slippers (sizes 4 and 5) 39c
SPECIAL BARGAIN
Women's White Buck Button Oxfords; an excel
lent fitter; sold for $3.00; well made and good
style; all sizes in C and D widths. We are overstocked on this Solo p . qq
number and for two weeks or while they last we will fit you at le i HCe f)JLfo
DUNHAM
PANY
S2SE
A number of .western railroads
have been heavily fined for violating
the law providing for the proper care
of livestock in transit, as all humane
people will be glad to know. A
merciful man is merciful to his beast,
, says the Good Hook, and this applies
I to railroads as well as to individuals.
Dumb animals have some rights, and
it is a righteous law that protects
them.
ngement Mr. Sherman secured financial
reeortlrt of about 2" average farms. The
labor income as indicated by these records
was not high and averaged about $120.
Another important line of investigation
has been the question of soil acidity.
Many tests for acidity have been made,
practically all of which show that lime is
needed up to the amount of 0,000 pounds
(burnt lime) per acre. In this connection
apparatus was secured to determine ap
proximately the lime deficiency. Since
dilliculty in the way of increased use of
lime has been in the past the cost of ob-
v. ork was resumed this year on June 20th t lining it the effort has Ix-en made to
and it is expected that the experiments
carried on will yield some practicable and
valuable results.
Secures Financial Records.
In studying the question of farm man-
pen up a lime mdtistiy within the coun
ty. There are several fxtensive marl de
posits which would yield a product well
adapted for agricultural uses. It is confi
dently expected that these efforts will
shortly prove successful.
The .southern papers Avith their com
ments on the I'ryan suffrage statement
arc in. They look at the declaration pure
ly as a matter of politics and there a
division of opinion as to whether he was
helping his big chief out of an unfortunate
hole or whether he was speaking simply
for William J. Uryan. Xone of them take
the ground that he was speaking for equal
suffrage, pure and simple.
TODAY'S MOVIE
SCOTT FARM
E O fENNJJY. KntK.
PURE VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP
SANITARY BUTTER
Visitors Always Welcome. Tel. 227-Y
The interstate commerce commis
sion's ruling on increased freight rates
has not been promulgated, but it is
understood that no advances will be
made in New England oi Grand Trunk
territory.
Crops Very Promising.
(Montpelier Journal.)
According to reports received from
several sections of the state the out-
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NftWQ Films nf the
A. W I I J M. V m - '
Passing Show
Gold and silver wigs were worn at
a SL Tetersburg ball attended by wo
men high in Russian society.
Movie theaters In Pittsburgh must
be divided into three separate com
partments for men, women and children.
Chicken whose crop vras sewed up
after an accident by owner, Mortimer
Ogden, of Norwalk, Conn., recovers
and Is now laying eggs.
Governor Walsh of Massachusetts
has told the legislature that he would
refuse to accept an Increase In his
salary from $S,000 to $12,000 a year.
Women anti-suffragettes of East Or
ange, N. J., were accused of taking
down announcement cards hung In
stores to advertise a suffrage' meeting.
GIVES HIS ORDERS FOR
GROCERIES BY WIRELESS.
Deals With a Storekeeper to Whom He
Taught the Code.
waving a natural aptituQe for electric- ;
Ity and mathematics, he soon learned
enough to earn him a commission as
"radio operator" from his department.
He commenced a series of experiments
and finally evolved a compact system
of towers, antennae and batteries at
his home, from which he could send
and receive messages. His sending
radius was only twenty-five miles, but
his receivers often caught government
dispatches from the Newport wireless
station and from Kc3 West, distant
more than 1.500 miles.
Harry Rea, a grocer, was also inter
ested in wireless telegraphy. Signor
conceived the Idea of fitting up a sta"
tion over his grocery store. He made
nearly ail the paraphernalia himself
and taught Rea the code. Now when
SIgnor wishes a roast of beef or a
peck of potatoes or even a box of ciga
rettes he wafts out his wants on radio
waves. Rea straps on his receiver,
translates the series of dots and
dashes, and forthwith dispatches the
order. The only defect in the system
seems to be the lack of some wireless
method of delivery. This is the only
instance known of such a use of the
wireless.
"I wireless for groceries every day,"
says Signor. "I think it will soon be
found that aerial telegraphy can be
made just as useful and expeditious
for short distances as for long ones.
At least by my method of ordering I
avoid the inconvenience of busy tele
phone lines, and I never get cut off In
tha mlflrila rt n fnlL-
It Is only a few years ago-that Judi
cious housewives adopted the motto
"Do your shopping by telephone." It
now appears, however, that such a
practice must soon be superseded by
ordering via wireless. The original
exponent of this novel method Is a
young inventor and wireless fxpert of
"Washington, Fred Signor, assistant en
gineer for the department of com
merce. About a year ago Stgnortcotnmenced
Investigations of radio l tejlegraphy.
SURGEONS' AMERICAN MECCA.
Sito Being Sought For Erection of a
Great Building.
The American College of Surgeons,
an honorary organization, is contem
plating the erection of a centrally locat
ed home to be the mecca for the sur
geons of the continei it. The cities look
ed on with favor are Minneapolis,
Cleveland, Boston, Washington and
New York. Chicago is not considered
for the reason that the American Med
leal riSsbCTalion has Tls headquarters
there.
The proposed new home for the col
lege is described by Dr. Franklin II.
Martin, general secretary of the col
lege.
"The home of the college," he says.
"should provide meeting places for Its
convocations, spaces in which can be
developed a great museum of surgerv.
including pathological specimens, ap
paratus and facilities for demonstra
tions and illustrations f the progress
of surgery. It should contain a great
working library, lecture rooms, in
which imiHjrtant lectures can be deliv
ered with every facility of illustration."
SIAMESE TWINS SEVERED.
Separation of French Babies a Notable
Triumph of Surgery.
An operation of great Importance In
the surgical world lias just been per
formed in Paris. The so called "Siam
ese twins," Mafeleine and Suzanne
Durand. were separated with specially
constructed instruments by Dr. Gus
tave Le Filliatre. assisted by Dr. Itlsa
cher and Dr. Victor Lehuinay and his
wife, who also is a physician. Nu
merous other surgeons were present.
A local anaesthetic was used, and
the babies cried a little during the op
eration, which lasted fifteen minutes.
The girls were born on Nov. I'M. PJ13.
They were joined alove the stomach
near the bottom of the breastbone by
a baud of hard flesh about a foot in
circumference.
The organs were entirely distinct.
The separation of twins so Joined, al
though always dangerous to life, was
considered justified by French sci
entists in view of the tragic deaths of
frxrner pairs.
There were 14 fewer medical schools
in the United States in l!)i:t than in
1012, and 1,200 fewer students ami
about ."( fewer graduates.
Nearly 70 per cent of the gasoline
automobiles have adopted electric telf-starters.