The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
RANK B. HOWE, Editor aud PabIlshs
EDWARD CURTIS SMITH

issue of Newspaperdom. trade paper
for newspaper publishers:
Up in Vermont there is one Edward
Curtis Smith, who believes In doing
things in the right way when it
comes to renewing newspaper sub
scriptions.
Recently, Mr.. Smith had occasion
to send his check to the New York
Herald-the paper which he prizes
most-that the Herald might appear
regularly every day In his home.
In renewing his subscription Mr..
Smith made good job of it by for
warding ais check for one hundred
dollars, which insures him the Herald
| for ten years to GOMEZ
How many newspapers are there in
the land who can boast of subscrip-
ton paid ten years in advance?
The policy of the Herald is so
| strongly established, the quality of
its news is so clearly and dependable
that Mr.. Smith knows he will get all
the news of the world fresh and fra
grant with truth every one of those
three thousand, six hundred and fifty
days for which he so cheerfully paid
in advance.
| Edward Curtis Smith who has doubt
less established a precedent in ais
paying of subscriptions in advance is
a native of Vermont and was formerly
a governor of that state.
| BY profession he is a lawyer.
| Mr.. Smith is president of the Wei
den National bank and the Peoples
Trust Company of st. Adams, VT, and
president of the Sherman National
Bank of New York City.
1t will be observed that Mr.. Smith
is a man of affairs, with seasoned
judgment, who appreciates a good
newspaper.
Newspaperdom might have added
that Mr.. Smith is also the principal
owner of the St. Adams Messenger
and therefore realizes a newspapers
needs more forcefully than he other
wise might and 1t is on this latter
topic that the Banner would say a
word.
The Banner cannot be accused OF
having been an admirer of Ex-GOver-
nor Smith. We do not remember
ever having spoken we'll of him while
we can easily remember having spo-
ken i'll of him on various and sundry
occasions. That was because of an
ole grievance dating back some ten
or a dozen years when Mr.. Smith
went out of his way TO treat the writ
er hereof very shabbily. However,
that is an old story and of absolutely
no interest to the public, and we start
ed in to speak of very real service
| that Governor Smith has rendered
and is rendering the state.
The Banner had occasion yesterday
to speak of the value of the work done
for the progress of the state through
the editorial columns of the St Al
bans Messenger. This editorial writing
has been done by Frank l.. Greene
but he has been enabled to do 1t so
well only because aided by the back
ing OF Ex-Governor Smith. The Mes
senger IS one of the best country
NEWSPAPERS in New England much
better than the small city of st. Al
bans can support and St Adams new
err has supported it except in part.
Each year there has been dehcit
which Governor Smith has made up
out of his own pocket in order to
keep the paper up to the high stan
dard chosen.
It is a service equalled by few veal
thy men in this or any other state for
it has made the Messenger an educa-
tor for the whole of Vermont and the
effect and force of its teachings will
have cumulative results for genera
rions to come. Twice within the past
fifteen years the Messenger nlant 1as
been burned out but has been replac-
ed both times better than before by
Governor Smith.
1t is great combination with
Frank Greene to do the work and Ed
ward C. Smith to keep up and back up
the institution which enables the
work to produce results. Governor
Smith as a citizen of Vermont is not
to be sneezed at. May success and
prosperity attend him.