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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
ALABAMA PEoNAeE LAW VOID
Negro Laborer Who Was Held Under
Debt Wins His Freedom.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The fight of
the Federal Government to have the
labor contract" law OF Alabama de.
CARED unconstitutional met with sue
cess yesterday, when the Supreme
Court, in an opinion handed down by
Justice Hughes, held the law invalid
The Government asserted that the
law reduced hundreds of negroes TO
state akin TO peonage. II had been
upheld by the Alabama Supreme
Court.
The law made it misdemeanor for
any person to enter into contract to
labor, receive advance pay, and then
fail TO do the work without refunding
the money advanced. Alonzo Bailey,
q negro, made a contract TO labor as a
farmland for one year. received SIS
advanced pay, to be returned at the
rate Of 1925 a month during his ser.
vice, but quit work after month and
few days. He was arrested, con
ylcted and assessed n fine of twice
the amount of the advanced pay, half
or WnlCh was 10 go 10 ms FORMER en-
ployer and half TO the State.
When his case came TO the Su
preme Court the Department of Jus.
tice participated in the arguments
as q friend of the court" claiming
that the thirteenth amendment TO the
constitution was violated.
Justice Hughes said that the court
at the outset dismissed the point that
Bailey was a black man, because there
was nothing in the statute that dis
c osed discrimination against neg
roes. The case had been considered
in the same light as If il had original
ed In New York or Idaho. II was
held that a State could not reduce q
person to Involuntary servitude by
the indirect method Of making his
failure to pay a debt crime.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
Prohibition by Stealth.

Does the Vermont house of repres-
entatiyes mean to do what its action
indicates in ordering 10 a third read
ing the bill giving women over 81
years of age the right to vote on the
license question In town meeting?
This is one of the popgun bills. whose
sole aim and purpose Is TO nullify the
local option law In this state. The
idea of its promoter, who probably
acts In behalf OF Superintendent Fer
guson of the Anti-Saloon league is
that II women can vote, no city or
town in Vermont will go for license.
and that statewide prohibition will be
the Inevitable result This, too. is
the motive behind the prohibltionist
members of the house who rallied In
support of the measure and advanced
Il to third reading. Let It be noted
that this same house had already kill
ed a bill giving municipal suffrage to
tax-paying women. II promptly turns
about and indicates willingness to
give all women the right TO vote on
the license question.
Now we are not going into the mer.
It's of this theme and discuss, pro and
con. the qualifications of women to
vote on this or any other issue. We
realize and appreciate, as much as
anyone, the keen interest that WON
en- have in this particular question,
the establishment OF rum selling In
their own town. Whenever II is
fairly and squarely presented as an
issue and the state has opportunity
to go on record for or against It, We
shall take up that phase. But now
and today, different question pres
ents ITSELF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
LUMP SUM SALARY
PROPOSED FOR
LEGISLATORS
CONTINUED from rst page

Among the important bills passed
by the house were.
Months open season for deer in Els
sex county, appropriation $500 to the
Vermont State Horticulture society.
to change the name of the village OF
Bennington Center to Old Bennington,
legislature bureau in the state library
comforting on license commissioners
power to close saloons when the pub
lie good requires, commitments to in
dustrial schools, and to establish a
state board of examiners of embam-
ers.
The House unanimously sustained
the veto of the Governor of House bill
f26 relating to homicides. Mr.. Amey
of Brighton, who introduced the bill,
agreed with the governor that the bill
should not be passed without the saw
ing clause exempting pending cases
or offenses committed prior to Febru.
larry /. Another bill will be introduc-
ed covering this defect This bill al
lowed juries to qualify their verdicts
of guilty in capital cases by adding
the words with capital punishment"
In the Senate last evening two bills
were introduced by unanimous con
sent, one by Senator Gordon, the
other by Senator Coolidge.
The bill to incorporate the Masonic
association of st. Johnsbury was
strongly opposed by Senator Gordon
owing to the exemption from taxation
carried by the bill Senator Porter
spoke in favor OF the bill and 1t was
passed in concurrence with proposal
of amendment.
Senator Gordon also opposed the
bill exempting soldiers homesteads
from taxation on the ground that ii
was class legislation This was also
passed in concurrence.
On motion of Senator Seaver the
highway bill appropriating $4,000
for better roads was ordered to lie
until there was larger attendnce. AT
the time this bill was taken up there
was not a quorum present
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
SUPREME COURT IN SESSION
George Van Dyke Gets Verdict Of s34
332.40 Against Grand Trunk

Montpelier Jan. 1.-The Vermont
supreme court convened here yester-
day for the January term with all the
judges present and about twenty-five
lawyers in attendance also. Notice
was given of the continuance of the
case of State VS.. Josephine Averill in
which the respondent takes excep.
tons to the trial In Franklin county
court, where she was convicted OF
shooting her husband, Frank c. Aver
III, to death. Continuance was grant
ed because the exceptions were not
ready for the court.
The most important opinion handed
down was in the celebrated suit of
George Van Dyke. the millionaire lum
herman, recently killed In an auto
mobile accident, against the Grand
Trunk railroad company OF Canada,
in which the plaintiff sought to recov-
er damages for forest fires said to
have been started by locomotives. He
had sued for 100000. The case was
referred to a special commission, con-
sisting of Fred S. Plat, Horace f.
Graham and w. II. Taylor. This com
mission. after taking 5000 typewriter
pages OF testimony at several hear
ings. brought in a verdict for the
plaintiff to recover S34.S32.2O.
The supreme courts opinion which
was read by Judge Hazelton, affirmed
the decision of the special commits
sion and overruled the two dozen ex-
ceptions which the defendant COM
pany had brought.
In the Rutland county case of
Creamery Package company VS. James
+. Russell and others, the decision OF
the lower court for the plaintiff was
affirmed as to the principal defendant
and reversed as to. the trustee and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04

For Sale--Farm, ISL acres. only
one.half mile from No. Bennington.
Fine 2 room house-slated roof In
best OF repair barns, l-55 by so l.
"a by 80 feet basement under both.
large silo, COW ties for 20 head and
large pen for young cattle, sheep pen,
horse barn has stalls and 5 box
stalls, running water at all barns, In
front OF cattle and In barn yard and
pasture. Hen house ~ by 60 It. with
large yard, blacksmith shop with
forge, slaughter house, hog house and
corn house. buildings all slated and
In fine repair. With this farm goes
l team horses. fine cows. 4, 3 year
old helfers. G. year old heifers, 2
brood sows ana poultry. farm wagon
/ hay rake, | side delivery rake, |
hay loader, manure spreader, 1 land
roller / new sulky pillow, / sulky corn
planter, sulky harrow and cultivat.
or. weeder, drill, hay tedder,
corn harvester / insllag cutter 2
plows. cultlvators. separator, !
2ik horse power gasoline engine.
churn shaft. and pulleys. tanning
mill. hay forks. hay cars and
ropes, / thrashlng machine, 2 har.
rows. The tools are nearly all new
Price for ISL acres, stock and tools
$4,000. owner will reserve "a acres,
and make price less, farm is nearly
level has cut this year 100 tons hay
aud is now keeping AZ head OF stock
and 70 sheep and 4 horses. We con.
slider this one OF the best bargains we
have ever offered as location Is fno
and the water facilities the best. For
terms, etc, see Nash and Hutchins
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
PHOTOS -
Best line OF WORK In this section
Call and see. Finishing done for ans
tours
W. 7. WHITE. Main street
Estate of Samuel B. Hall

S,TATE or VERMONT THr HoNop.
, District of Bennington. ~ ABLK PRC-
HtrE CorHr ron ruE DISTRICT or BrNNiN0.
TON. -
To all persons interested Ia the estate az
samuel n. Hall late OF Bennington In said
District. dcuUascl GREETING ,
Alta Probate Court. holden ut PENNINGTON
within and for said District on the Bird dny of
January 1911, an instrument purpurtinr 10
10 the last WILL Testament and Cndcil nf sam.
uc II. Hall. late nf Termination In said District.
dccCas,1, wns presented 10 the Court aforesaid,
fur Probate
And Il q o,icrcd hy said Court that the s,,h
day of Jan. 1911. Mt the Probate Onico In said
Bennington. nu assigned FOR proving said in.
strimCnt; and Tint notice thereof H. given 10
all persons concerned. by Publishing this urier
thuc weeks successfully Ia the bennington
Evening Hammer, q newspaper circulating I'M
that vicinity. IN said District. previous 10 the
time appointed.
TliEllEFonE Nou are hereby notified Ia M.
pear before said Court az the time and place
afousaid. and contest the probate Of snid will.
II YOU have causc.
Own UNDER Nv lIANb NJ Bennington. In
said District this Hrl day of ianunr,. 1911
GRACE H. HOLT. Rerisicr.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
HoxsEVs AWFUL DEATH
Treacherous Air Currents Caused Ia
tai Drop of Aeroplane

Los Angeles, jan 4.-The winds,
whose treacheries, Arch Hoxsey so
often defied and conquered, Killed the
noted aviator Saturday. He fell dead
on the field from which he had risen
but a short time before with laugh
ing promise to thousands of cheering
spectators to surpass his own phen-
omenal altitude records and soar high
en- than any other man has dared to
do.
: When field attendants reached the
spot where the wreckage lay Hoxsey
WAS dead One side of~the face had
been crushed into an unacceptable
mass. His body was broken and
twisted out of all semblance of hui
mainly.
All the spectators in the grand
stand witnessed the tragedy as II
occurred directly in front of them on
the opposite side of the course.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
GLUCOSE IN LEATHER
Or. Wiley Says soIes Of Cheaper
Shoes are Loaded With II

Washington, Jan , 4.--Fraudulent
loading of leather by the use of gu
cose and other materials is being prac
ticed TO an immense extent, to the
great detriment of the lower quality
Of shoes, according to information laid
before Congress by DR.. Wiley, the
chemist of the Department Of Agricul-
ture. DR.. Wiley has gathered a col
lection Of samples OF this loaded lea
Their and has pronounced the work a
simple fraud"
Especially is sole leather loaded,
which ought not to be- said Dr. Will
ey. Glucose adds to the weight of
the leather and Of course, when you
go out into the wet and snow the glu-
cose which is soluble. runs out and
the water runs into its place. There
ought to be some law to prevent the
practice"
- ssss.. , ss ,ii saliva
sai -t're, $ss-ng. SaTe&
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04

Attacks is better than to cure them.
When you are warned BY dull head-
ache. furred tongue, inactive bowels,
don't delay an hour: take n dose Of the
mild effective cathartic, Hoods Pulls
and you will soon feel well again.
Sold by druggists everywhere. 25c.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
GETS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Son Of Missionaries was Taught 81
Mother Until 10 Years Old

Chicago. Jan. Al. Gary Hudson,
son Of American missionaries to
Japan and postgraduate student at
Northwestern University, has been
awarded the Rhodes scholarship to
oxford from Illinois. He is 22 years
old. was born in Japan. and came to
America with his parents when thir-
teen years old.
Until that time his mother had been
Hudson's role tutor, but he passed an
eighth grade examination and was
graduated the next year with an aver
age of 81 per cent, winning a schol-
arship to Whitman Academy, near
Walla Walla, Wash.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
BOLD BAD ITALIAN SENTENCED
Shot Up Rutland Depot and May
Serve Four Years for u

Rutland, Jan. Pascal Prbvechia
who on Christmas night fired FIVE re-
volver shots into the ceiling OF the
depot waiting room here, when tho
room was full OF people. a glanclng
bullet striking Patrick Barrett OF
this place, was yesterday sentenced
by City Judge Swinnerton. to serve
not less than 20 months nor more than
four years In The house OF correction
for breach Of the peace.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04

TOR SALE-Chestnut Posts Inquire Lester
J. Robinson. South salisbury. VI. 5Stf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04

Tor sALE--Flue graded jersey heifer; Fly
Il ing Fox stock. two years old in Spring
price Sj00O. Address G. W. Banner Office
6lt3
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE

TOR SALE-As I am planning to be absent
for several months | will sell nv pair Of
grey daught mares Span will weigh about
goo and are eight and eleven years old. Grant
Bronson. south SALISBURY. VI. Gstl2'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04

IFOR sALE-Bay hor.e for sale cheap. c. N.
Inmbert 4 Son.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
LOST

| UST A small red ledger Tiudor please
- return To Bennington Gamgv In roar Of
Cottage llOtC. Cite
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04

WANTED to learn the Automobile
w business. We quality you Tor good pO-
atiOns or refund Your mOpey. The best prac.
licu Automobile School In this section Of the
state. Our graduates eau pass the State Exam.
nation. Competent ohauileurs earn FROM s20
20 $ij per week. New Is the time enroll Write
TODAY lor Catalogue 9. sterling Garage and
Practical Automobile School 80 Clinton ST.,
schenectady. New York. 9ltf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04
TO R9N1

no RIsNT-A desirable tenement ON Green
u wich street, North Bennington. apply
TO Mrs. NJ. &. Hullng or A. 5. Hathaway. 62tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04

TO RENT-Thc burgess farm in Pownal VI
4 on the main road 10 North Adams. Inquire
at the farm Sundays or at ID. p. lhomp sons
williamstosn. Mass or address Mrs. Poll lsur-
CESS POwnal, VI, 62t2t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-04

ITO RENT. House on So. Branch 81. Pos
a session given today. Apply 20 Mrs B. q.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-17

- tsws@ 49, A~gsa g1 sasg s~x@ sAxsr
sfss - rwaa@s 81 - AArsa a.u<a.
arc tes ex@sa as&Aa ter kaxe r.wxms.
~ Fsex4esd fruz sA~ TaszzAexrasA go.
tta<a2Sa g sAss state. Tes@ ar~ Sasax
= ssss1e2S wuTk sAruuwA TAe C.z-
cAs2aa. Nr Ealta<. 49, IL umsr 20.
asa1as fov the p~ovke TO rwa9 Il 80
ssseY &. zs1 20 axxwps sA~ xrwAs
tTaFhs Il aAoma tArm t. a~Es@v 20
gas iAesr political maasAssoa. sow
80! tAs1 30 taas* LEI an Aoe-~ -
bst "a aog~ thAs sh~ peogAw % NovzA
Carolina will sat Always ssaY too9x
b.. he siren soass 90 the aoss~s -
the D~nowraste party mao ~ 10 asxus
thsn Ignorant % order thAs tAuY eAz
su3oy the ofac~s o. sas State TaxF
do 20; wanf tie people TO read n~-
publican papers. uor bear Reps b4acaa
speeches. fearing they wllI SCI on 20
their tricks and refuse 10 support
them. | appeal to soa. North Caro-
!inians. IS intelligent men l. 30
this sufficient evidence 10 eonxGurr
sou that sonnet hlng IL VevY wrong
and is wanted 10 be keps hid from
you by them. They D. not ~Ani you
TO prove all aud hold fast TO TIA,
which is good. which Is every man $
duty 10 do. but they wan; you 10 hear
only their side rad know nothing Ell
cept what they declare TO you OF The
stump aud In their partisan papers:
Notwithstanding they belle their
words a. you can plainly see By bur
dens heaped on you by their acts.
namely. increasing the value Of your
taxable property all out Of reason.
TO get your hard-earned dollars for
their own pockets. refusing TO let the
| people elect their justice OF the peace
and their County Boards Of Educa-
tnon and supporting book trusts. and
all other trusts that's operating In the
| State, 10 the detriment OF the tax
| payers and the people at large, and
/ against the spirit and patriotism Of
our Republican form OF government.
Now will you continue TO stand for
such? Will you continue TO remain
| ignorant of these facts by refusing
to hear evidence on the other side
and taking only the evidence that the
} Democratic bosses are pleased 10 give
you? Let me now, an old man near
seventy years Of age. admonish you
to use the same common sense in
studying politics and in casting your
vote as you do in other matters Of
life; and in so doing, you will not
B., likely make many mistakes, and be
sides, you will not stick to a politica
party any longer than it sticks tc
honest principles?
i The wise changes, but the fool
never" is good Bible teaching
THOMAS MEADS-
Weeksville, y. c., Aug. IA, 1911
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-17

i Having qualified "a rneeutor 90
the last sili and testament ~ Annn
Williams. deceased. late Of wan@
County. North Carolina. thss IL 10 no-
fifty all persons hAvszw eiAiszs against
the estate Of said deceased 10 present
them To the undersigned. daiy verb
fed on or before the gth day 40
August. 1919. Or thia notice all DO
pleaded in bar 81 their recovery. All
persona Indebted 90 said estate all
please make immediate payment.
This 5th day OF August. 1911
JOHN WILLIAMS.
Executor
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-17

The !ifeless body % j Is Elass:ts
dressed oaiy IL ander-elothlnE. was
found about midnight Saturday. be-
yond the Soldiers Home. cas-; ot ga-
leigh. the fatal ~ouna belng By the
left collar-bone. the bullet having
ranged down toward the heart aud
severed q vital artery. Nearby weTe
the mans top clothes aud the gar
ments o. a woman.
Mrs. William X. Yearly vas ar
rested Sunday morning as the 40
man in the case and confesses that
she and B!ssett and l. ]. Norris. a
pressman formerly Of Richmond, Va.
were driving in a hack: that having
no companion for Norris, he left them
and she and Bissett drove 10 the
woods one and a half miles east OF
the city where Bissetts body vas
found. She says some man she could
not recognize rushed upon them and
fired at Bissett while he was on his
knees begging for mercy She ran
says she had told Bissett and Nor
ris that her husband, who is a sales
man in the Globe Clothing Store here,
was at home drunk.
The woman, her husband. and L. ].
Norris, and the negro hackman, Hay
wood Penny, are being held awaiting
developments. Yearly. the husband
Of the woman, insists that he knows
nothing Of the shooting.
Mrs. Yearly was formerly Miss Ada
Pool and married Earl Austin num-
Der of years ago, when she was fif-
teen years old, and they had two chill
dren before they separated. Austin
died over a year ago and five months
ago she married Yearly. She insists
that the man who did the shooting
was not her husband She describes
him as stout man with a black coat
or black shirt.
Bissett, the murdered man, was a
native Of Nash County, and for g
long while ran a near-beer place here
until its reputation became so bad
Athat the alderman refused TO renew
him license. For several months he
has been running an eating house
Chief-of-Police Stell says, too, thar
Mrs. Yearly has been suspected fol-
some time of being a bad woman.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-17
PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS.
In the Superior Coars-Apx1l Terra
1911.
North CarollnA-WAka coanty.
Ben u. MooEeyhAm
Minnie G.. Mooncyham.
Minnie G. Mooncyham.

To Minnie G. Monaghan:
This Ii to notify you that your hus-
band. Ben II. Monaghan. has
brought suit against you TO the April
Term. 1911. OF Wake Superior Court.
for divorce from the bonds OF matri-
mony, and that the summons issued
for you has been returned by the
sheriff with this endorsement there
on: After exercising due diligence,
the defendant. Minnie @. Mooney
ham, Is not TO be found In this eoun-
ty." You are. therefore. further notl-
fed 10 appear at the July Term. 1911,
OF Wake Superior Court. which con.
venes on the 10th OF that month. and
answer, demur or plead TO the com.
plant which will be filed In this
court during the first three days oi
that term. otherwise the plaintiff vii
demand TO be allowed 10 prove the al
legations OF his complaint and have
judgment accordingly.
WILLARD NAL,
Clerk Wake Superior Court.
]. c. L. HARRIS,
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-17
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS

by cure-defying stomach trouble
that baffled doctors, and resisted all
remedies he dried, John w. Modders,
Of Moddersville, Mich, seemed doom
ed. He had to sell his farm and give
up work. His neighbors said: ''He
can't live much longer" Whatever
l late distressed me-" he wrote, till
/ tried Electric Bitters, which work
ed such wonders for me that I can
now eat things / could not take for
years. It's surely a grand remedy for
stomach trouble" Just as good for
the liver and kidneys. Every bottle
guaranteed. Only so cents at all
druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-17
socialist Party Will Wage Active
Campaign in West Virginia.

-, FdrKersburg, w. Va, Aug. Is
me hrst formal action by any politi-
e"I party. in West Virginia toward
opening the State campaign of 1912
'S taken here to-day by the State
AecutlVe Committee of the Social
'i' party, which met and decided to
~ d Iull State ticket in the field and
arrange to stump every county in
otate. 1t was also decided to start
weekly papers in Parkersburg
~ huntington in the interest of the
campaign. The Socialists claim
A. nave a fighting chance in about
I've counties in the State to elect
tbOy tickets, and will centralize
'Delr forces in those counties.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-17
VOTERS SHOULD THINK FOR
THEMSELVES.
Democratic Politicians Trying to
Keep Them in Ignorance of Their
Party RecOrd-The Caucasian Do
ing a Good Work

Editor The Caucasian:-I am now
getting old and cannot do much even
for good cause as your paper, The
Caucasian, is representing and faith
fully fighting for, but l will do what
I can, believing l am helping to free
the people of the State from a CALLING
yoke the Democratic politicians have
put upon their necks. IS it not
strange, indeed, that our people of
North Carolina refuse to take hold of
the polls, so to speak, of their politi-
cal salvation when offered to them,
while they ought TO see and know
that they are sinking each day and
years by the heavy burdens laid upon
them by the Democratic party. 1t is
to be hoped, though, that the scales
or prejudice which has so long blind