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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-28
North BENNINGTON

Miss Annie Shook is confined to
the house by illness.
William Harrington is confined to
the house by illness.
Charles Benson of Brattleboro is
the guest OF friends in town.
Miss Agnes Driscoll spent Sunday
with friends in Hoosick Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Love visited
friends in Bennington Sunday
Miss Nora Coleman of Bennington
spent Sunday with relatives in town.
Miss Anna Collamer spent Saturday
and Sunday with friends in Benning.
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Stearns OF North
Hoosick called on relatives in town
Sunday
Misses Elsie Plumb and Clara An
drews OF Bennington were in town
Sunday.
Miss Katherine Garfield OF School
street spent Sunday with relatives in
Arlington.
Fred Percy OF Rutland is the guest
OF his mother, Mrs Jennie Percy Of
West street
Misses Lila and Gladys Elwel have
returned from visiting at their home
In SALISBURY.
Thomas Leonard will hold the open
ing OF his meat market in Center's
block on Saturday.
Misses Gordon and Reyes OF Rut.
land were guests Sunday OF their
sisters OF School street
Fred f. Babson OF Main street
spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs.
Sarah Babson Of North Pownal
Miss May Barney and Earle White
OF Greenwich street spent Sunday
with Miss Nella Cole in Brlggsville.
Mass.
Mrs. Martin Buss OF Bennington
was the guest OF her sister. Mrs
George +. Green OF Upper Main ST.,
Sunday.
Miss Julia Tracy who has been the
guest OF her sister Miss Evaline Ira.
cy, has returned TO her home In Ben
nington.
Misses Hattie Daley and Minnie
MoCue OF Bennington spent Sunday
at the home OF Mrs. William Mayhem
on West street.
Mrs. Eugene Ashe who has been
visiting her son, George Ashc OF West
street returned to her home In Cen
ter Rutland Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Barney OF
SALISBURY are the guests OF Mr.
Barney's mother, Mrs. Emmeline Bar.
ney OF Greenwich street.
Leslie White a student at Norwich
University. Mortified. is the guest
for short time OF his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Walter r. White.
Mrs. Eugene Green accompanie,
by Mrs. George W. Green spent sat
urday and Sunday with her daugh
ter. Miss Agnes l.. Green in Troy.
The Missionary meeting will b,
held Thursday afternoon at O'Clock
with Mrs. Martha Hall at the hom'
OF w. r. Worthington on Mechanic
street
Lester Maxwell who has been al
the home OF DR. Woodruff taking
treatment for several months has re
turned to his home in Tarrytown n
Y, much improved In health.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-28
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
5ews of the Town and Village fold Bnefb
Tor Busy Readers.
George CottrelI is i'll.

George Cottrell is ILL.,
A. r. Woodward is i'll.
A. B. oatman was in Troy this af-
ternooR. .3
Walter B. Bingham is spending the
day in Troy.
Mrs. E. l., Stolliker is in Troy for
the afternoon
C. R. Farnum spent a part of the
day in Pownal.
Mrs. A. j. Norton is passing the
afternoon in Troy.
Miss Nellie Chase of the Brooklyn
district who has been i'll is much i'm
proved.
Miss Bessie Snyder Of Ghestertown
N. Y, is a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ia
cob Siegal
The condition of Miss Ruth Barnes
of Jefferson avenue who has been Ill
is much improved.
Mrs. Frank B. Murphy of Gage ST.,
who has been i'll for several days, is
somewhat improved today.
There will be an inspection of Co.
X, V. N G., this evening by Captain
Particle of the 5th u. S. Infantry.
There will be maple sugar social
at the Methodist church in North Ben
nington Friday evening, March 81.
Supper served from $50 32t2
Miss Katherine Burt OF the North
Adams Normal school is spending the
week as the guest Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Oliver Burt.
The thunder showers last night
were the first OF the season in this
section and seem to have had the usu.
al effect of cooling the atmosphere.
There will be a regular meeting Of
Walloomsac lodge, n. r. o. p, this
evening at o'clock sharp. Let all
members make a special ehort to be
present as there will be election Of
officers.
Master Cordes Armstrong of Gage
street was very pleasantly surprised
last evening by II OF his friends it
being his 18th birthday. Music was
rendered on the violin and piano.
Dainty refreshments were served and
all enjoyed a good time
George A. Custer Sixth Corps post
has engaged the Marine Drum Corps
of Pittsfeld TO furnish the music
for the Memorial day exercises The
corps which gave a social dance in
Bennington few weeks ago made a
very creditable street parade. There
are 20 members Of the organization
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-28
NO RELATIVES
Body Of Esther Woods, Killed by
Trooper Price Is Unclaimed.

Body Of Esther Woods, Killed by
Trooper Price Is Unclaimed.
Burlington, March 2S.-The body Of
Esther Woods, the colored girl muir.
dered by Trooper Reuben Price Fri.
day morning at Winoosk. will prob
ably be turned over to the medical
college authorities. The body Is now
at the Clement undertaking rooms In
Winoosh. SO far as is known, and
there has been some investigation she
has no relatives. A number OF peo.
pie of her race in Winooski have init.
mated they would pay for her burial,
but up to yesterday afternoon they
had made no further advances.
Price, the murderer and suicide.
was laid to rest Saturday afternoon
at Lake View cemetery the funeral
being In charge OF n corporal guard
but with no military honors.
Mrs. Anna Chanler. the third vic.
tim OF the assassin's pistol, Ia still at
the Fanny Allen hospital. She will
undoubtedly recover as the bullets
struck no vital point In her body.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-28
MISSIONARY SHOOTS HERSELF
Miss Palmer Contracted Tuberculosis
Working for the Poor

Bayhead. n. j., March 26-Miss
Alice II. Palmer. wealthy settle.
ment worker OF New York, shot and
killed herself today in her fathers
home here. She had contracted tn.
beroulosis while working for the poor
and came here to recuperate with
Miss Ida Maxson, trained nurse,
Miss Palmer was very restless all
last night. and at half past four ask.
ed Miss Mlxson TO get her glass OF
water. Miss Maxson went to the
bath room. but on returning to the
sick room discovered her patient had
shot herself through the heart and
had died instantly.
The girls father, mother and three
sisters were In the house at the time
but none heard the shot which she
fired under the bedolothes to mufie
It's sound.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-28
HIS TARGET WAS DYNAMITE
| awess Proved Himself Good
Marksman, but His Aim was Fatal

Franklin, La, March 2S.-The explo
sion of 100 pounds of dynamite from
the impact of a rife bullet fired by
member of launch party in Hanson
Canal Sunday afternoon resulted in
the loss of one life, the injury of
three persons, the wrecklng of the
boat, and damage to property several
miles distant.
Miss Kate Miller is dead and T. C..
Lawless, Ellis Hahn and John David
son. all members Of the launch party
were injured, Lawless seriously. Win
dows were broken in buildings in
this town five miles from the scene of
the accident.
Davidson picked up rifle aboard
the boat and ventured the suggestion
that he could hit box on the shore
$50 yards distant He fred and a
terrific explosion was the result. The
boat was broken in two and immedi-
ately sank Lawless is vice presi-
dent of a lumber company, and the
other members of the boating party
were his employees.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-28
NO PLANS FOR WAR
Japanese Emperor's Message tc
President Taft.

FFCSluent AT.
Washington, March 2S.-Baron Uc-
hida. the japanese ambassador. called
al the White House and presented to
President Taft personal message
from the emperor of Japan The EN-.
peror declares he was already con
WINGED that the president had given
no credence TO the false and wicked
reports regarding Japan" The en-
.peror warmly reciprocates President
rafts assurances OF friendship be
tween the two countries.
The emperor's message in full is as
follows.
To the President Of the United States
OF America:
was greatly pleased to receive
your very kind message. conveyed to
me through my ambassador in Wash
ington, and thank you for II. | was
already we'll convinced that you had
given no oredence to the false and
wicked reports regarding Japan, but
it was especially source OF profound
satisfaction TO me to receive from you
the assurance that the relations OF
amity and good understanding be.
tween our two countries were never
better OF more cordial than at this
time. am most happy to be able en-
tlroly 10 rcciprocate that assur.
ance. Mutsuhito.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-28
If YOUR BABY
HAS A COUGH
Don't Neglect it.

Every doctor will tell you that
cough, cold or sore throat of any kind
especially in a child-is danger.
GUS thing. Neglect in such cases
leads to serious and often fatal dis
eases. It is important for mothers
to know that Father Johns Medicine
by means of its soothing, healing in
gradients promptly relieves the
throat irritation and cures the cough
or cold in the natural way. Because
it is pure and wholesome food
remedy Father Johns Medicine gives
strength to ward off the attacks of
disease and builds up those who are
weak and run down. 1t is a safe med
icine for the children because it is
free from alcohol or dangerous drugs
in any form. Get a bottle today
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-28
SEEKING A DIVORCE
Oldest Couple In the County Ever
Wanting Separation.

George G. Tucker of Dalton has
filed libel for divorce from Sarah
A. Tucker Of Rutland, Vt. ON the
grounds Of dcsertion and adultery.
The couple were married In Dalton
90 years ago and the desertion for
which the divorce Is sought Is al.
legged to have taken place 40 years
ago. II the case ever reaches hear
ing the libeliant and libelee will be
the oldest who have sought a separa.
ton In the Berkshire courts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-28
Valuable
For Group
Montpelier Woman Recommends
Mysterious Palm Ease

Mysterious Pain Ease has such a
variety of uses that We constantly
hear OF some one who finds some spe.
cial use for t.
Junlus narncs Son.
Dear Sirs..
We hnyc used your scotch Remedy nearly
an all.round lamily medicine u Il especially
valuable usn remedy Tor Ufuup. rs II affords
sufc aud swift relief and with from one 10 three
frou applications cures. With Plea urc I re-
commend its use IN nll CasCs ~ throat friiaii1n
Respectfully
MRS. $. 3 BALLARD,
Montpelier VI
Mysterious Pain Ease penetratcs
right through the pores and reaches
the congcsted or innamed parts OF
the lungs or throat BE careful about
taking cold medicines inwardly when
the system Is weakened. Mysterious
Pain Ease doctors the spot and does
IL from the outside.
Ask your druggist for a bottle
% cent and 80 cent sizes. BY mail
II you wish.
"cures through the pores"
JUNlUs BARNES q SON,
Proprletors Mysterious Palm Ease
Burlington, W.
! FOR Sale BY W. L. eokay
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

DR.. Ira HI. Erwin is at Little
Rock spending several days.
Arthur Umsted is at Jones'
boro and Paragould on business
for his house.
For drayage, see B. G. Ora
ham, the transfer man. Phone
1874. OOdtf.
Will Runyan Of the Island
was a visitor to the county seat
Thursday.
R. G. Parvin is at Tupelo and
Weldon today for the Busy Bee
Company.
Roy Mckenzie, representing
the McMillin Book Company of
Chicago, is here from Jonesboro,
where he has been for several
days.
For RentFive room cottage.
Apply to Mrs. L. B. Grant, 403
Leona street. 298d6t
Addison H. Ely of New York
City, has returned to his home
after short visit in the city
with his friend, Miss lmogene
Bandy Of Newport, who is the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. Harry
Il. Williams. Jonesboro Tri-
bune.
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23
FIRE. SAMPLE OF LAXATIVE
CURED MS CONS TIpATIOn

When a person has become dis
couraged through years Of failure to
find cure, and finally. perhaps, gives
up trying, it is small wonder that he
becomes skeptical. And yet, to all
who have constipation, we would say,
TRY just one thing more"
We wish you would try DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin, laxative tonic
that has been used for a generation.
Thousands are using it; surely some
Of your friends among the number.
You can buy it Of any druggist at
atty cents and one dollar a bottle, but
better still, send your name and adj
dress to DIR. Caldwell for a free sam
pie bottle. He will send you enough
10 convince you Of its merits, and
theh if you like it you can buy it of
Your druggist. Mr.. J. ]. Petty Of I'm
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23
Union Meeting Still
Growing In Intere.


Growing In Interest.
A large congregation greeted
the evangelists last night at the
tabernacle. While it was rainy
and kept many away, those who
were there were well paid for
facing the rainy evening.
Mr.. Burke changed his SER
mon last night and preached
from Acts 3:15 "And Killed the
Prince of Life, Whom God Hath
Raised From the Dead: where
of We are Witnesses" He spoke
of the Power of Testimony
Evangelist Burke drew some
forceful illustrations from histo-
ry of the improvement in the
manufactures and the mechan-
ic arts. When people said what
they intended to do the rest
laughed. But we, today bear
testimony of these things.
In the days of our Saviour, He
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23

ionville, Mo, Mr.. George w. thinner
man Of Harrisburg, Pa, and many
others OF both sexes and in all parts Of
the country first used sample bottle
and now have it regularly in the
house.
You will learn to do away with
salts, waters and cathartics for these
are but temporary reliefs while DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is guaranteed
to cure permanently. It will train
your stomach and bowel muscles SO
that they will do their work again
naturally without outside aid Cast
aside your skepticism and try Syrup
Pepsir.
For the free sample address DR.. w
B. Caldwell, 541 Caldwell building.
Monticello, ILL.,
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23

NO NAN can afford to drink
liquor particularly a business
or professional man, whose sue
cess and possibilities Of achieve
ment depend upon a strong
brain-a brain that is always
clear and ready for business. A
whiskey brain sometimes ''feels"
clear and bright and capable
but it isn't; it is all wrong.
The feeling" Of alertness and
ambition is short-lived STIMU-
LATION of an organ that is
weakened and paralyzed by the
most insidious of all poisons-
the POISON OF ALCOHOL.
Under the guidance of the liquor
drinker the best business in the
world will fail-executive abil-
ity, stamina and logic are lack
ing.
Why does a drink of liquor
seem to quiet the nerves?
Why do your nerves neee
-quieting?"
Your system has been accum
ulating ale holic poison during
your years Of drinking All these
years you have been Furnishing
your nerves with the worst pos
sible kind of punishment yol
could inflict; they have come t.
demand alcohol and will not bt
subdued without it and yor
WHIP them into subsection by
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23
THE NEALE INSTITUTE
In Three Days You Will Be Perfectly Relieved Of The Drink
Habit and All Those Symptoms Which Seem to Require
Liquor AS Medicine Will Disappear.

additional doses of poison
There will come day when the
vital organs of your body will
no longer respond to alcohol, land
it will be well for you to antici
pate that time by coming to the
Neal Institute NOW.
The Neal treatment cures the
drink habit and does away
with the evils resulting from al.
coholic poisoning in THREE
DAYS. A longer time would be
superfluous. 1t drives every
trace of alcoholic poison from
the system, thus doing away
with the CAUSE of continued
drinking, the cause of drunken
ness, the cause of craving, de-
sire and physical demand for Ii
quor. All these symptoms are
but the EFFECTS of the accu-
INFLATED poison-the CAUSE il
stored in alcoholic poison.
There are no hyperdermic in.
jections, no disagreeable feat
ures, no SUBSTITUTE STIMU,
LANTS, no poison Of any kinl
Ia child could take the NEAL
/ treatment with perfect safety.
For further particulars, writ
phone or call.
THE NEAL INSTITUTE,
815 Center Street,
Little Rock, Ark
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23

tending court. 2 81
w. j. Hammond, with the E.
Merrell Book Company, came in
last evening from a trip tc
Jonesboro and Walnut Ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Wing have
moved to Little Rock, where Mr..
Wing goes on the road for the
Coca Cola Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Walton
and Mrs. William Mosby return
ed last evening from Little Rock
where they attended the funeral
of Mrs. Mosby's brother.
Miss Victoria Pickens Of New
ark was the guest Of Mrs. Ira
Pickens Wednesday night, en-
route home from Little Rock.
The room occupied by the
Western Union Telegraph Office
on Hazel street is undergoing
repairs in the way Of a concrete
floor, new paper and paint. The
Office has been moved Temporal
rily to the building near the rail-
road track, which is used by the
road officials.
The friends Of Mrs. Harry E.
Dowell are sorry to know that
she is still suffering from an in
flammation of the throat, which
is thought to have been due to
the lodging of a small bone in
the throat.
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23
Dsanchinn ouk.

so your daughter has givey up her
piano studiesf" Yea. replied MrA
Cumrox: = have thought the matter
over and doubt the desirabilfty Of III.
ting t be understood that We are cong
PEELED to economize and depend 81
homemade music.
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23
Fine for the Coroners.

A young man IN Wyoming seated
himself over hundredweight Of dy-
Mantle and then exploded 1t. And the
energetic coroners OF four Wyoming
counties. says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. held separate inquests With
the usual fees.
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23
Log Cutters Wanted.

To cut oak, hickory, gum and
cypress, will scale in the woods if
they lay over one pay day. Also
want logging teams.
Plenty of houses for laborers.
Jacob Gierich, Auvergne, Ark.
God & w
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23
Why She Is Singing.

Il haven't heard your daughter sing
lately" No. we haven't had any
body at the house recently who would
coax her"
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23

Son Of God.
Some say they can't talk for
Christ, but they can make a long
speech for a dime. The only way
to win is to get out and fight
for it.
Christ should be all things to
us. He is, he will be with us in
JOY, sorrow and death.
Quite a number responded to|
the invitations.
Reporter.
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23
Illinois Apples.

Car load just received on Iron
Mountain track near freight de-
pot, $1.1O per bushel. j. "A.
Phillips. 98b7t.
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23

Avoid Covetousness.
Refrain from covetousness and thy
estate shall prosper.-Plato.
Newport daily independent., 1911-11-23

hundred and twenty-five pieces
Iof silver presents from their va
'rious friends and the occasion
was a most delightful one
Jonesboro Tribune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-30
FOR SALE

In town OF SALISBURY, a 1s9 acre
farm. about 90 acres OF which Is tillable
the balance pasture and wood land.
There is q small but comfortable house
on the place, a good barn and model
henery The farm is we'll watered and
there Is never failing spring near the
house. Apples, pears and plumbs on
the farm. The wooded portion contains
large quantity OF timber mainly Sec
ond growth chestnut, there are proba-
bly, 1900 chestnut trees from IL to 20
inches in diameterat the butt aud some
1900 cords OF hard wood, maple, white
birch, beech etc. The timber and wood
alone would pay for the farm II mar
keted. The farm will be sold with or
without the personal property and
possession given within thirty days OF
sale. Fifteen hundred dollars will buy
the farm IL sold at once as owner has
an opening elsewhere that he desires
TO avail OF and therefore offers tbs
place at a bargain. This Is an A No.
chance for some man with a small
lcapital. For further particulars en-
quire OF Chas N. Powner, Savings
Bank Building. Bennington, Vt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS
Suggestive Questions by Rev. Or.
linseott for Sunday, April End


LInscott for Sunday, April End
Elisha heals Naaman the Syrian.
2 Kings 5.
Golden Textbook unto me, and
be We saved, all the ends OF the earth
for ! am God. and there Is none else.
Isaiah xiv 90
IL Verse 1--Who was Naaman
and what we're his characteristics?
CD Who was the King OF Syria
and Israel at this time?
(3) Is sickness as likely to come
to a great, as to an ordinary man?
az Verses 2-4-Who was the little
maid referred to and what apparent
calamity had befallen her?
90 Do real calamities ever hap
pen to real Christians?
90 Are children as good, or better
judges OF spiritual truth as their SEN
Tors?
CD Is spiritual truth told second
hand as likely to be efiicacious as
when told with first-hand knowledge?
(S) Verses 5-7-Was the King OF
Syria actuated by selfish or benevo-
lent motives, or both, in sending Naa-
man to be cured of his leprosy?
| 90 Is the motive OF doing In or
der getting necessarily an impure
one?
| Q0) What reason had the king OF
Israel for being afraid when he re
ceived the letter from the King Of
Syria?
(1D When is 1t right and when
wrong, to be suspicious OF the actions
OF others?
| (l2) Is II true that the average
man is suspicious. or trustful. OF his
fellows, and why is II so?
(l3) What is great generosity In
giving to others generally sign of
(14) Verses S-12-Do good mer
exercise their powers for helpfulness
to others with reluctance, or willing
ly, and why is II so?
(l5) Did Elisha, judged by Chris
tian standards act with sufficient
courtesy In not going out to SPEAK
personally to such a noted man al
Naaman?
II (16) Is is right or wrong and why
to show more courtesy or Difference
to noted people than we do to others
u (17) To what extent was Naamar
either right or wrong in being angr,
at the scant courtesy shown him b.
Elisha?
QS) Verses 13-14-Why. undel
the circumstances, was II natura
that these servants should be bette
Judges OF Ellsha's instructions thar
their master?
(l9) Why are sinners general!
more willing to do some hard thing
than they are to comply with Godi
easy plan for their salvation?
(20) Verses 15-l7--Did Naaman d,
right In Offering present and die
Elisha do right in refusing It. anC
whyl
(2D Verses 1S-l9-What reason II
there to think that Naaman was trul!
converted?
(22) Did Elisha approve of Naa
man waiting upon his master. th'
king, while the latter was engaged II
idolatrous worship?
(2s) Verses 20.27-What Is you
view OF the sin OF Gehazi and II
swift punishment
Lesson for Sunday, April 9th. 19l
Ellsha's Heavenly Defenders.
Kings vl.S.23.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-30
GIRLS DRAW COLOR LINE
Negro Students Not Wanted in Dor
mItorIes of Cornell

Ithaca, N. Y, March 29.-More thar
half OF the 300 women students al
Cornell University are signers of 8
petition presented Monday to Mrs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-30
TWO SlCKLY CHIlDRE 4
Made Well by vlnol-Letters From
Grateful Mothers

New Haven, Conn.-"My little girl
ever since her birth was frail and
slckly and nothing seemed to do her
any good, until we tried your cod
liver and iron tonic, Vinol. As soon
as she commenced to take Il | motto.
cd an improvement In her health and
appearance. She has now taken
three bottles OF vlnol and from the
good Il has done her ! can say Il will
do all you claim for Il In building up
and strengthening frail and delicate
children" name furnished on re-
questl
Another mother OF Chicago. ILL.,
writes: MY little girl was thin, run
down. pale and without any appetite
vlnol gave her a good appetite.-she
has rosy cheeks and has gained rap
idly In flesh and strength.
II cannot say too much In praise
OF vlnol for delicate. ailing children.
We ask every mother OF frail
sickly or ailing child In this vicinity
to try vinol on our agreement e
return their money n Il does not dc
all we claim W l.. Gokay, Druggist
Bennington. VI