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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
WH|TCOMD CASE IS
BEING HEARD BY
JUDGE HOLDEN
Charge Of Assault on Alexander
Bishop of Searsburg
SEVERAL WITNESSES HERE
Victim Has Recently Recovered from
Operation for Fracture Of the
Skull

| A hearing was begun before Munio-
| ipal Judge K. II. Holden this after
noon in the case of Andrew Whitcomb
of Searsburg who is charged with as
sault upon Alexander Bishop of the
same town, the alleged assault taking
place June 20. States Attorney Meagr
ner appears for the state and the res
pondent is represented by Bennett q
| Graves.
A number of men are In. attendance
upon the hearing from Searsburg and
Immediately after court was called to
order Charles Mallory, Dennis Hall,
Ira Smith, Alexander Bishop and AL
len Briggs were sworn as witnesses.
The first witness was Mr.. Bishop.
the victim of the alleged assault.
There was some discussion between
the attorneys relative to the exclus
ion of the other witnesses while Mr.
Bishop was telling his story of the
occurrence.
The assault, it is claimed, was COM
mitted by Whitcomb during an alter
cation with Bishop over wages. Bish-
op is the road commissioner for the
town of Searsburg and Whitcomb was
working under his direction on tae
day OF the trouble.
Whitcomb was arrested in Reads
boro couple of days after the alleg-
ed attack on Bishop by local con-
stable who turned him over to Con-
stable Briggs. He has been In jail
since his arrest.
Shortly after the alleged assault
upon him Bishop went to hospital
where an operation was performed
upon him for fracture of the skull.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
READsRoRos NEW CHAIR SHOP
When Completed is Expected to EN-.
ploy 400 Hands

The Readsboro Chair company is
making good progress in the erection
of their new plant on the site of the
Barber tannery property at Reads
boro. This new factory will be ap-
proXimately 260 feet long, a part of it
~ feet wide and the other part 4S
feet wide. TIE entire building will
be four stories high, first floor or base
ment will be concrete construction
with concrete floors. On the north
side of the main building will be erect
ed the boiler, engine and dynamo
house, all of brick and concrete This
building will be SO feet by 60 feet and
contain two rooms. The first room or
entrance will be the boiler room and
there will be installed two six foot
boilers of $50 horsepower capacity
each. In the rear of the boiler room
will be the engine and dynamo rooms
The company proposes to take out the
dynamo at the old factory and the No
plant and generate all the electricity
for lighting at the new factory
This new plant will be equipped
throughout with every device and i'm
provement for the economical manu-
facture of school desks, opera Chairs
and bent wood chairs and the com
pany hopes to have the new plant rea-
dy to start by April / of next year
large amount of blasting has had
To- be done in preparing the foundat-
ions for the east end of the plant and
this has delayed the work very much
the past three weeks but now that
this blasting is finished the carpen-
ters can move along more rapidly with
their part of the construction.
Two new Rodney Hunt water
wheels are to be installed, of the twin
style of wheel. so that both can be
run together in the same case OF
either one separately so as to use the
water economically. To put in these
new wheels means reconstruction OF
the penstock and general overhauling
of the water privilege from the tan
merry dam down TO the new factory
site
The machinery in the company's No
2 plant will be moved to the new fac
tory and the No. 2 plant changed in
side somewhat and will then be used
for finishing and shipping rooms.
l1e company's business is growing
constantly, each year sees large in
crease in their sales and their opera
chairs, seats and halls. school desks,
etc, are shipped to all parts of the
world.
The company is now working on or
ders for opera chairs to go to South
America, South Africa Ecuador. Mex
leo and many other large orders are
coming through the plant for theatres
Il 80
and towns. When the new plant is in
full operation the company will EN-
ploy about 400 men in both factories.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT
OPENS at Old Pine Golf Club Courts
at st. Johnsbury

st. Johnsbury, Aug. 1.-THE ninth
annual state tennis tournament open
ed Yesterday afternoon on the courts
of the Old Pine Golf club. The many
entries promise some exciting con
tests during the tournament winch
will probably last the entire week.
The drawings in the singles proVld-
ed for II SETS
George W. Pike of Springfield Mass
holder of the state championship Will
he here the latter part of the week to
defend his title. Mr.. Pike and Thorn
as w. Hooker of New Haven, Conn,
also hold the state championship dou-
bles.
Among the prominent players out,
side of this town, who have entered
are G. II. Hosmer and Guy w. Mchln-
ney of Boston. C. p. Porter OF Worces-
ter. Mass, II. c. Collester OF caro-
ner, Mass, j. H. McZeagh and Fem,
more Cady of Exeter Mass, Edward
A. Freshman of New York, F, ii. Har-
ris of Brattleboro and Sidney Stone
and Leland Odds of Greensboro.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
RICHARD GOLDEN
Sudden Death of the Well Known
Actor

Jew York, Aug. 10.-Richard Gold
en-, the actor died suddenly yesterday
on board the houseboat Stroller in
Gravesend Bay. where he was tne
guest of John Newman Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Golden were prepar-
ing to take a trip to Maine as guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Porter when the ac-
tor was suddenly taken seriously i'll.
His death occurred from Bright's dis
ease.
Richard Golden was born at Ban
gor Me, July 6, 1854. re received
his education in the common schools
and also by private tutor in Penobscot
county, Maine He was married at
Cohoes, n. Y, to Katherine Kittleman
and began his career as an actor In
the comedy Fashion" in 1867. He
produced "Old Jed Prouty" of which
he was co-author, in 1899; the play is
still running, nearly 5000 performan-
ces already having been given. Mr.
Golden has appeared in numerous
roles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
.P|NCHOT THROWS
DOWN GAGE TO
BAL[lNGER
Forester DenOunces Acts of Sec
rotary of Interior
HELPED WATER POWER TRUST
Spokane Paper Accuses Official of
Turning Sites Over to Big
Monopoly

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 10.-Sounding
the first note of open warfare with
Secretary Ballinger, upholding the
Roosevelt reclamation and conserva-
ton policies and denouncing the ad-
ministration of law by technicalities,
Chief United States Forester Clifford
Pinchot set the irrigation congress
agog in an address yesterday. 1'nis
address appears TO have brought the
issue squarely up TO the irrigation
congress- The resolution committee
reported that resolutions on the sub
ject are pouring in upon them and
every one is awaiting with keen inter
est Secretary Ballinger's answer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
FOR FIRST PRESIDENTS CUP
Field of Over 100 Starters in Man.
chester Golf Tournament

Manchester, Aug. ia field Of
more than 100 players including some
of the most prominent golfers in the
country started this morning on the
Ekwanok Country club links in the
qualifying round of the 10th annual
tournament for the First Presidents
cup, presented by the late Edward s.
Isnam of Chicago and Manchester and
prizes given by the board of govern
ors of the club.
A number of the golfers engaged in
an indoor putting contest at eighteen
holes at the Equinox Casino Monday
night for prizes presented by George
Orvis. R. Stuart Owens OF Corner
university won the first prize at SO,
while George r. Balch of Cincinnati
captured the second at 81. r. L. SEQ
field of Stamford, Ct, and Frederick
Martin, the Vermont champion,
were tied at 3S for third place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
PUBLIC BUILDINGS DELAYED
Report Shows that 263 of Those Au-
thorlzed Have not Been Started

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE forth
coming report of supervising architect
will show that 263 public buildings
authorized by Congress have not been
touched. Even the plans are not
made. One hundred and sixty have
been begun but are not completed,
wenty-one have been completed and
sixteen additions completed in the
last fiscal year The reason why tho
office is so far behind is the lack OF
sufficient force. The showing will
stand in the way of public building
appropriations by the next session of
congress
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
FIGHT WHITE PINE RUST
Federal Experts to Help New England
Against Serious Tree Disease

Washington, Aug. 10.-The agricul-
tural department has announced that
serious outbreak of the white pine
rust has occurred in the New England
states this season, and that unless 1t
is stamped out it will prove a great
hindrance TO reforestations. The fun
gus causing the disease was introduc-
ed by importations of white pine seed
ings from Germany.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
SWEDISH STRIKE WEAKENING
Street Car Employees to Consider Re.
turning to Work

Stockholm, Aug. 11.-There are fur
Their evidences that the general strike
inaugurated a week ago will result in
failure Efforts are being made with
some success to improve the local
street car service and the street car
employees have called a meeting to
consider a proposal to return to work
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
BALLOON CROSSES ALPS
Sirius With Aeronaut and Three Pas
senqers Makes Flight

Chamonix. France, Aug 1.-THE
balloon Sirius has succeeded in flying
over the Alps. The drship left here
lass Sunday under the pilotage OF M
Spelterine who had WITH him three
passengers.
Fears we're entertained for the safe
tv of the voyagers but they have been
dispelled by the receipt of a report
that they have landed safely at a
point near Locarno, at an altitude OF
5400 feet
The highest altitude attained on the
VOYAGE was $500 metres This Is
eoual TO 1873 feet or a little less
than toree miles and a half.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
sRUELBAcH's IA STRAIGHT
Former Vermont Pitcher Makes Rec
ord for the Season

OFnCT VCTTNOIh NV
ord for the Season
Ed" Ruelbach of the Chicago Nat
ionals who began his professional
baseball career with the Barre Mont
pelier teams in the Northern league
broke the seasons record in the Nat
ional league for consecutive victories
when he beat Brooklyn Saturday,
making his 18th straight win.
Christy Matthewson of the New
York won IL straight, starting May 2S
by beating St Louis and continuing
through till July 20, when Pittsburg
with Wills in the box defeated him.
Matthewson did wonders while he was
on his winning march. On June 10
he beat Pittsburg and broke the lat
ter's string of IA straight games.
But it's Reulbachs now The Chic
ago pitcher beat Brooklyn Saturday
and he stands good chance OF beat
ing the American league record OF II
straight made by Jack Chesbro hve
years ago. Ruelbach has beaten every
club in the National. league since ne
started his glorious campaign, and he
feels that he will go along a few more
games before he is forced to face de-
feat.
Reulbach in his 13tn straight games
has allowed an average of but five
hits a game.
The foregoing is from Montpelier
paper of Monday. Since it was print
ed RuelDach has won another game,
making it IA straight and equaltnG
Chesbro's record His 14th game was
an easy one, defeating Brooklyn to
l. Brooklyn made sly hits Lut the
game was so on-sided that Ruelbach
game was so one-sided that RuelbaO h
was not compelled to do his best
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
SPANISH TO ATTACK MooRs
Preparing for Concerted Movement
Against Mount Guruga

MelilIa, Morocco, Aug 1l;-Gen'
Marina, the Spanish Commander IN
Morocco now has a total of $4,000
men at his disposal and is completing
his preparations for concerted move
ment against Mount Guruga Ihe cen
ter of the Moorish positions Ine
Spaniards have been bombarding MI
Guruga daily.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
AVENGED HIS BROTHER
New York italian Shot Man Who Had
Killed Relative

New York, Aug. 11.-Raljh Gas
cone, proprietor of Mulberry street
cafe, who served 32 months In Sing
Sing after his conviction for murder,
was shot down and MORALLY wounded
in front of his cafe last night by a
man whose brother he killed four
years ago. His assailant gave his
name as Arvato Santaniello.
After the shooting Gascone stagger-
ed into his cafe grabbed a butcher
knife and seriously wounded Santan-
iello before the police arrived
Gascone was convicted and SEN
fenced to death for the murder which
was avenged but was acquitted after
securing a second trial.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
AsRuzzI MAKES HIGH CLIMB
Asoends Mount Godwin-Austen to the
Heiqht of 24,6oo Feet

Allahabad. India, Aug. lime
mike OF the Abruzzi has established
an other record in mountain climbing
Iu escending Mount Godwin-Austen to
a height of 24,6OO feet. >.
This is the highest known summit
in the world except Mount Everest
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
NEW BALL SUITS HERE
Bennington Players Will Appear !
Suits in Pittsfieid

The new ball suits recently ordered
by Manager e. S. Higgins arrived
this morning and will probably be
worn in Pittsfield in Thursdays game
The suits are as ordered, white fan,
mel with black trimmed stockings ana
the word Remington" in black let
ters across the front. All the access
cries are of the finest material anu
workmanship, and beyond DOUBT
Remington will be pleased to see her
defenders arrayed in their natty APP
parel.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
ELEVEN DIE IN HOTEL FIRE
One Guest Lost Life Trying to Rescue
a Servant

Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 11.-Eleven
lives were lost when the Okanagan
hotel at Vernon, B. c., was burned
yesterday. The building contained
about 40 guests and at least IL failed
to escape. Ten bodies have been
recovered. One man died in hospi-
tai, and four others are severely burn
ed. The property loss is $4,000. The
dead were all western people.
There were many heroic rescues. A
man named Hickling lost his life In
the attempt to save one Of the SER
wants after he mad saved the life OF
a daughter of one of the hotel pro-
prietors.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
I, VT. WEDNEs DAY, AUGUST IL, 1909
Fame That They Overlook The Only Path That Anywhere
Ex-sAAA's UNCLE EXPELLED
Also Fined 100000 In Favor of the
Persian Treasury

Teheran, Aug. 11.-Zill-es-Sultan an
uncle of the former Shah of Persia,
who has had claim to the throne,
has been fined 100000 in favor of the
state treasury and expelled from the
country.
He will go out by way of Resat I'M
der military escort.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
DRIVES FLAMES TOWARD LAKE
The Wind Changes the Direction Of
the Swanton Marsh Fire

Swanton. Aug. 10.-The change of
wind to the north Monday afternoon
drove the fire which has been burning
in the blueberry marsh since last Sat
nrday toward Maquam bay.
with the wind remaining in the
,ortb there is less danger of the fire
snreading as 1t drives the flames tow
ara the waters of the bay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
So Many People Are Looking For Easy Road To Wealth
WORLDS BALLOON RECORD
Ascension at Milan at Height OF
Over Seven Miles

Milan. Aug. 1.-THE balloon Alba
tross, piloted by Lieutenant Nina yes
terday assembled to a height of 1880
metres. or over seven miles which is
believed to be the worlds record.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
STOCK QUOTATIONS

Noon Quotations from J. E Wllliston
& Co., to Bennington Security Co
The following noon quotations were
re ceived today by the Bennington Sc
curity company from ]. r. Wlliston
& Co. of New York by special wire:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
CHEATING THE eUILLoTINE

New Drama by the PM Maher CO.,
At Library Hall
Phil Makers Stock company will
present its new play entitled Cheat
ing the Guillotine" at Library theatre
Thursday evening August II. This
is an up-to-date comedy with tragic
trimmings. New scenery and clever
specialties add to the beauty OF the
play.
Tickets are now on sale at Ayres'
drug store. Performance begins at 8
o'clock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-11
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours
For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont fair tonight and Thursday.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
HOME MADE HAMMOCK.

An entirely comfortable hammock,
one that will outwear two of the or
binary kind, is made Of canvas
stretched over a frame work of wood
and suspended from porch ceiling or
tree limbs by ropes.
The wooden frame should be six
feet long and three wide. Any car
penter could make one in an hour or
so, at very little expense. The four
sides of the frame should be securely
dovetailed together at the corners.
Canvas may be bought at any shop
where shops supplies are kept
cheaper than at department store.
The canvas should not be drawn
taut over the frame, but little slack
should be allowed. Fasten to the
frame with, strong wire nails set
close together.
Screw eyes are then put on at the
four corners Of the frame and strong
rope run through them and turned
back, wrapped with heavy Irvine and
well glued. This is neat and strong
AAoAACA IL WAlCA " 0SCuIS LIE SuuS
Of the rope.
Small pulleys should be put in the
porch ceiling and the ropes run
through them so that the hammock
may he raised and lowered at will.
At night and in stormy weather the
hammock can then be raised to the
ceiling out of the rain and out of the
way. An awning cleat screwed into
a porch pillar or into the wall holds
the four ropes tight.
Such a hammock is wonderfully
comfortable, for it gives with every
movement of the body, and it is safer
than an ordinary hammock, because
the frame prevents it from tipping
over,-New Haven Register.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
Spurs For PouItrymen.

Sitting hens should be busted with
a good insect powder three times
during the hatch.
Skim milk is the best summer egg
producer and has been shown to be
worth one and half cents per quart
for that purpose.
Corn alone will not make good
chickens or produce a profitable egg
yield. It's value will be greatly in
creased when supplemented by green
and animal feeds.
Chicks may be raised successfully
either by hens or in brooder. If
raised by hens, keep the hens con-
fined to coop for two weeks after
chicks are hatched, allowing the
chicks to run out and In at will.
Use an incubator to hatch early
chicks for market, but hatch breed
ing stocks with hens. If Matched by
hens, care should be taken to keep
them perfectly free from lice, and
even incubator Matched chicks will
get lousy If the brooder is not kept
clean.
A comfortable house which is dry
one that will keep out the rain
and always have dry fioor-is a
good investment. Allowing the rain
to get into the house to drown lice
is poor way of getting rid of them
and will cause other troubles as bad
as lice. Poultry cannot be kept
healthy for any length Of time in a
damp house.
In grading up from common stock
use pure bred males of the same
breed each year and in few years
the flock will be uniform in appear
ance and, for practical purposes, pure
bred.
Improve the poultry, whether
pure-bred or grade, by selecting the
best hens from the flock as well as
by selecting a good male bird. Most
poultrymen depend too much on the
male and pay little or no attention to
the females.
Have the inside of the poultry
house as smooth as possible with no
unnecessary cracks and corners for
mites to hide in. Do not nail roosts'
and nests to the walls, as they are
hard to keep free from mites if they
cannot be removed occasionally for
a thorough cleaning.
Feed the young chicks only little
at time. Feed often, for the first
three weeks FIVE times day. After
that they may have dry corn meal
and wheat bran before them all the
time.-J. S. jeffrey, Poultryman
North Carolina Agricultural Experi-
ment Station.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
Where Cotton Does Best.

PROFESSIONALLY cotton does better
in a moderately compact or firm seed
bed. If the land is to be broken
deeply in the spring it should be done
early and the land thoroughly har-
rowed two or three times before.
planting. One of the most successful
cotton growers we know rarely
breaks his land in the spring with
turning pillow. The land is well
broken the fall before and sowed to
rye or some other cover crop and
then in the spring simply disced and
redisced until proper seed bed is
secured. No doubt the cover crop is
an important factor in his success,
but we are much inclined to the opin-
ion that the firm deep soil with a
fine seed bed of three or four inches
on top is equally important.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
wild Onions in MIX.

had a COW that took to eating
wild onions, SO the milk was not fit
for man or. beast to drink, and it
would spoil the milk Of the other
cows if it was mixed with it.
have been putting about a nalf
cup of molasses in her morning feed.
Since / began using it there has been
no odor of onions about the milk, ex-
cept one day. 1t was very rainy in
tho morning, and as did not expect
to turn her in the pasture I failed to
give her the molasses. But it faired
off about noon and l turned her out;
that night the milk was spoiled by the
onions.
don't know whether the molasses
destroys the odor or taste, or whether
the COW omits to eat onions after eat
ing the molasses. / write this for
what it is worth w. H. Turrentine,
Alamance County, N. G..
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
L9t the Town Clerkships Alone.

No greater opportunity is offered
anywhere to the young man who As
willing to. work than is offered in
Southern agriculture to the manSwho
will learn how to do ordinary farm
tasks as they should be done
The boy who trains himself along
these lines has the future in his
hands, and the farm boys of the South
should he turning by the thousands to
the agricultural high schools, the win
ter short courses in the agricultural
colleges, the corn contests-to every
thing, in fact, which will help to
make them really proficient in either
the science or the practice of .agricul-
ture. The farm boy VINO will train
himself can get good wages or a good
salary in working for other men, and
can thereby accumulate enough to-
buy land himself and SO become a
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
Good Care Paws.

The harness and buggy may be
made to last twice or three times as
long by the iudicious use of oil and
paint. | bought cheap blackboard
and harness seven years ago. Twice
every year I took the harness apart
at the buckles washed it with soap
and then rubbed well with "neatsfoot
oil. fifteen cents worth. Every sum-
mer when the wheels began to rattle
because of getting loose, I got half
gallon Of linseed oil and put in a
crescent shaped pan and boiled the
"felloes" of the wheels in the OIL A
timer will make a pan for fifty cents
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03

Twenty are attached to the postal
service and twenty more to the tele-
phone and telegraph departments. A
new field for the French woman ply
stefan is as ships doctor on the Medi-
terranean passenger fleets. Women
have been found to answer even bet
ter than men in this capacity, and
the steamship companies are giving
them all the vacancies New York
Press.