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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26

2o,ooo,ooo Gallons Of Liquor Shipped
Into No-License States.


Washington, June 24.-That approx
imately 2O,OOO,0OO gallons OF liquors
are shipped by express, principally
from mail order houses, direct to con
sumers In prohibition states, was the
startling fact developed Friday in an
inquiry conducted by the interstate
commerce commission into proposed
changes in express classifcations
which resulted in an advance of rates
one packages containing liquors.
Commissioner McChord, who can.
Quoted the inquiry and prepared the
opinion of the commission, points out
that the industry directly concerned
is that of the mail-order liquor
houses.
Jacksonville, Fla, probably the
largest shipping point for liquor in
the South, sends out between 5000
and 1000 packages of one or two gal.
Ions daily, or a total of about one
and one-half million gallons a year.
"The movement is much more &C.
tive in the South than in other sec
ton OF the country, partly because
of the extent of the prohibition terri
tory in that section, partly because of
the large quantities of very cheap
whiskey manufactured and shipped
there for the consumption of the ne
gro population"
The opinion concludes with the
statement that although 1t is not the
function OF the commission to dwell
on the moral aspect of the question,
1t is considered that the traffic has an
evil effect and is one of the import
ant factors in the race problem of the
South
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
Juvenile Logic.

Little Mabers mother was expecting
Mabel's auntie on a visit. Just as she
was almost due to arrive Telegram
came, which read Missed train.
VIII start at same time tomorrow"
Mabel hurried home from school, ex
pecting to greet her auntle, instead o.
which she was shown the telegram
She read 1t through carefully and la
borlously. and then she remarked:
How silly Of auntie, mammal
"Why, dearT inquired her mother
"Well, don't you see that if she
starts at the same time tomorrow sh,
will miss the train again. "-Illustrat
ed Bits
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
vIeoR ALL ESSENTIAL.

Blood will tell
Yes. "blood is thicker than water"
very time.
You Just bet you've got to have red
.orpuscles yourself TO succeed, and
when 1t comes to working out prob
ems In flesh and blood to breed bonton
birds you must have blood lines Of
Tigor back Of your breeders to produce
poultry perfectos.
You can't squeeze blood out Of a
.urnlp."
You can't make something out Of
nothing.
Like begets like"
Take the sassy gamecock.
Where Is there a more muscular
,rafty crackerjack?
He's all springs; he can crack board
with his spurs; he crows def to the
world
And what history!
For over 1900 years, from the codes
VI Manu- and the writings Of Atha-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26

The Green Mountain club is one Of
the organizations of the state of Yer
mont that deserves to succeed. Its
object is to make better known our
Vermont mountains which offer at
fractions which are too often but
slightly appreciated Vermont has a
variety of mountain scenery exceed
ing that of New Hampshire and New
York though the mountains of those
states have been better advertised
The efforts of the club should be en-
couraged in every way possible. The
May issue of the Vermonter has an
interesting article on the work and
plans of the club written by Dr. l.. j.
Paris of Burlington
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
HE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON. VI, JUNE 20, 1911
The death laat week OF Hon. A. p

The death last week of Hon. A. p.
Hunton OF Bethel who was speaker of
the Vermont House Of Representa-
tives in 1860 and 1861 calls to atten-
ton the fact that one Of Mr. Hunton's
predecessors in that Office is still liy-
ing, Former United States Senator
George +. Edmunds who was speaker
of the Vermont House in 1857, So and
So Mr. Hunton was several years
older than Senator Edmunds but the
venerable ex-senator was SO years old
in February. He is in good health
and has been spending the winter in
California.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
MoRMoNs IN SUGAR DEAL
Church Engaged in Extending Sugar
Business In West.


Washington, June 24.-That the
Mormon church in enlisting the aid
of Henry O. Havemeyer to extend its
beet-sugar industries, was seeking
solely the welfare of its people was
declared to be fact Friday by Thorn
as II. Cutler, Vice President of the
Utah-ldaho Sugar Refining Company,
before the House Sugar Trust Inves-
tigating Committee. Mr.. Cutler dis
cussed freely the policy of the
Church and was frank in revealing
further details as TO the dealings with
Mr.. Havemeyer the former sugar
king.
The committee today also examined
Chester s. Morey, President of the
Great Western Sugar Refining Com
apny of Denver a combination EN-.
bracing sixteen Colorado beetsugar
factories in which the American Sug-
ar Refining Company has acquired a
half interest. II thus far has disclos.
ed the American concerns interests
in the Michigan beet-sugar indus
try, the Utah beet-sugar factories, and
the Colorado group factories and
from John ID. Spreckels of California,
who will arrive tomorrow il expects
to show that it has influential inter
ests in the factories of that State.
why does the Mormon Church go
into the sugar business and other
business enterprises" asked Repre-.
sentative Kinds of Maine Of Mr.
Cutler.
Anything that affects the material
as well as the spiritual interests OF
its people the Mormon Church en-.
courages," said Mr. Cutler. 1T pro.
vides occupation for the people in
many other lines of business as well
as in the Deetsugar industry"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
HATHAWAY TEACHERS AGENCY
sos Gage ST., Bennington, Vt.

Desirable positions for qualified
teachers Good opportunities for In.
experienced teachers also.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
MIddIebury College Summer Session.

Middlebury College, Middlebury,
VT, Dr. John Martin Thomas, presi-
dent, will hold its third annual sum
mer session from July to August IL.
There is no more charming village
in New England than Middlebury, or
more attractive walks and drives. and
the summer courses are as attractive
at the village and country round
about. Everything is as complete
and modern as in any of the large
universities, with as ideal opportuni-
ties for rest as could be found any
where in America There are courses
for which credits are given on college
work. There are also the best OF
teachers courses under the direction
of Professor Raymond Mcfarland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
A Deep Thinker

The men in the Pullman smoker were
arguing as TO who was the greatest
inventor One said Stephenson, who
invented the locomotive and made fast
travel possible. Another declared II
was the man who invented the com.
pass. which enabled men to navigate
the seas. Another contended for Edl-
son; still another for the Wrights
Finally one Of them turned to a
little man who had remained silent.
Whom do you think2"
"Vell," he said, with hopeful smile,
"the man who invented interest was
no SLOUGH "-LiDnincott'a.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
SLAIN AUTHORS MOTHER DIES
Mrs. David G. Phillips Never Recov-
cred From Shock of Sons Death.

Madison, Ind, June 24-While on
the way from her old home in Cali.
fornia to Kinsey, N. c., with her
daughter, Mrs. David G. Phillips, the
aged mother of David Graham Phil
lips, the author, who was killed in
New York some time ago, died at La
grange, Ga, Thursday morning on
board train.
Mrs. Phillips had never recovered
from the shock of her sons death
and gradually grew weaker. Hoping
that she would improve in health, her
daughter, Mrs. Lucretia Kinsey, went
to California to take her mother to
North Carolina for a visit. She be-
came worse and died before she could
be removed from the train
A telegram was received here this
afternoon telling of the death of
Mrs. Phillips. The body will arrive
here Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Phillips was so years old and
was native of Jefferson county
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26

SWAMP. Is not recommended for
everything but If you have
DOOT kidney, liver or bladder
NOOh trouble Il will be found just
the remedy you need. Al druggists in fifty
cent and dollar sizes. You may have a sample
bottle Of this wonderful new discovery by mail
free also pamphlet telling all about H.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
JARVIS "rlREo AND WORN OUT"
Seattle Man Had Been Reading Kip
ping When He Committed Suicide.


pling When He Committed Suicide.
Seattle, Wash. June 24.-Capt
David II. Jarvis, formerly of the rev.
enue cutter service, who won fame
and a gold medal from Congress for
a heroic rescue Of 275 Arctic whalers
and who for many years was active
head of the Morgan and Guggenheim
syndicate in Alaska, shot and killed
himself yesterday in a room at the
Seattle athletic club. On an envelope
found on his desk, he had written in
a trembling hand: Tired and worn
out"
He had been reading a book of Kip
ling's stories, and had laid down the
volume opened at "The City of
Dreadful Night" Capt. Jarvis was
vice-president and active head of the
northwestern branch OF the Booth
fisheries company. In April. 1896, he
married Miss Ethel Taber Hetty
Green's niece.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
Absurd.

Bootmaker (who has a deal Of trouble
with his customer)-I think, sir. If yol
were to cut your corns / could NOR
easily find you pair. Choleric Ok
Gentleman-Cut my corns, sir asl
you to fit me a pair of boots to m.
feet, sirl I'm not going to plane m.
feet down to fit your bootsl-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-26
ave Promised NV DAUGHTER

that she can go to college," said a
client who had just taken additional
insurance; now If die my wife can
make good my word" he added, as
he shook hands and left the Office
National Life ms. Co., of VT (Mu.
tuaD. Earle s. Kinsley, General
Agent, Mead Building, Rutland, Vt.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-22

Special values this week In mems
house slippers, 4Sc and CSC. Thome &
Frisbie.
Miss Edith Ruebekam of Traverse
City is visiting friends In this city for
few days.
4 THE TIMES extends the compliments
of the season to all its readers, patrons
and friends.
A bottle Of perfume bought at w. d.
Whitehead's drug store, West Owosso,
will make a pleasing gift.
Mrs. j. B. Sullivan and daughter,
Miss Ruth, left on Monday for Chicago
to stay two or three months.
Mrs. e. A. Nowack of Cadillac is
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
III. w. Martin, West Exchange street
Mrs. Emma Robbins will go to
Saginaw Thursday to spend Christ
mas with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Let's.
Women's felt house slippers, leather
foxed and all felt, with or without fur
trimming CSC, $1.25 and $3.50. Thome
& Frisbie.
Miss Hazel Haley returned to her
home in Chesaning Tuesday after a
few days visit with her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. p. Carmody, on
West Main street.
The case of the people VS.. Martin
j. Cavanaugh, for alleged non-sup-
port of his wife, has been discontinue
ed, having been settled out of court
The trial was to have been held in the
municipal court Tuesday.
The annual christmas tree exercis-
es in connection with the Baptist
Sunday school will be held on Fri
day evening Of this week. A Christ
mas tree will be shown, also a canta-
ia will be rendered. The mothers of
the cradle roll babies are urged to
be present with their children.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-22
PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK
Journeys to Metropolis to Attend Din
ner of Economic Club.

New York, Dec. 20.-President Taft
vania station. In the party were At
torney General Wickersham, DR..
Rhodes, the presidents physician, Sec
rotary Hilles and Major Butt and two
secret service men. Mrs. Taft and
Miss Helen did not accompany the
president.
At the station he was met by two
Lore secret service men and the party
went to the home OF Henry w. Taft,
the presidents brother, where the
president dressed. He went to the din.
ner of the Economic club at the Hotel
Astor, where the diners rose and
cheered as the president entered.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-22
TAFTS ACT CLEARS AIR
Russian Opinion, However. Is that
New Treaty Is still Far Off.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 20.-The action
of President Taft in notifying Russia
through Mr.. Guild, the American am.
bassador here. of the abrogation of
the treaty of 1892 has simplified the
situation The bitterness and anger
aroused by the Sulzer resolution, as
passed by the house, have disap-
peared.
The opinion here is that much time
must elapse before any attempt is
made to negotiate a new treaty which
will wipe out the absolute veto of pass.
ports now poss essed by the minister
of the interior.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-22

Clarence Mccall returned home Mon
day from stay of several months in
Colorado.
The Bancroft postoffice has been de-
signated as postal savings bank after
Jan. 16 next.
Genuine "Yp-si" Indian moccasins all
sizes for men and women. Mems 81. 90
women's $1.9O. Thome & Frisbie.
Mrs. George Rose leaves the first of
next week for Omaha, Neb., to attend
a family reunion.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Phillips of Chi
cago Heights, ILL.,, and Thomas f. Phil
lips of the Detroit News, are expected
to spend Christmas with relatives here.
Mrs. Benjamin Robbins and son Ben
jamin, went to Bay City Tuesday to
spend Christmas with relatives. Mr..
Robbins will leave to join his family
later in the week.
Miss Cora Vandewater, supervisor of
music and drawing in the schools at
Crystal Falls, will arrive Saturday to
spend the Christmas vacation with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs E. p. Vande-
water.
About As members of Colfdx Rebe-
kah lodge went to Morrice Friday night
and the degree staff from here did the
initiatory work, after which an elegant
banquet was served by the Morrice
lodge. The visiting members report
very pleasant evening.
The annual meeting of the Michigan
League of Republican Clubs is to be
held in Flint next month on the date
set for the banquet of the Genesee
County Club. w. M. Smith of st.
Johns, and Harry Wickes of Saginaw,
have been named as members advisory
council for the 9Th congressional dis
trict.
Wyatt Wilson is serving 90 days at
the county Jail for jumping board
bill at Durand. The fellows family
lives in Pontiac, and he deserted them,
leaving q note that he was going to
commit suicide. He came to Durand
and later left for Pontiac. and worked
under an assumed name. He will be
arrested when this sentence expires for
selling his time to two men, obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Miss Olga Lepin and August Hasse
were united in marriage at z o'clock
Saturday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Marks, 1913 Ryan street,
by Rev. Paul 9. David of st. Johannes
Evangelical church, in the presence of
the immediate relatives and friends of
the contracting parties. They were at
tended by Ernest Schultz and Miss
Edith Hasse.
Eugene d. Young has resigned his
position as firemsnlaborer at the post
Office to take effect Dec. 3lst. Appli
cants for the position must file the
civil service blanks with III. M. Miller
at the post Office before 4:3O p. m. on
Jan. 18th. The position pays $55 a
month and applicants must have had
experience in caring for steam plants
Mrs. o. L. Sprague left Wednesday
evening enroute to Annapolis, Mary
land, to spend the holidays with her
son, Cadet Henry Sprague of the U. 8.
Naval Academy Mayor Sprague hopes
to get away to be with them New Years.
Wednesday noon Justice Mcbride of
Corunna, married Moses Totems of
New Haven township and Miss Mar
guerite Vienot of Venice, at his Office
in the presence of e. T. Sidney and
Nellie Mcbride. The young people will
reside on the groom's farm in New
Haven.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-22
No Whiskey Advertising

The seventy. seventh year'of lis exist.
ence finds the Toledo Blade more popu.
| ular than at any period during its long
and successful career It is now read
| each week by more than a million peo-
pie. The Blades field is national and
goes into every state and territory in
the United States thereby giving it an
unquestionable right of claiming to be
the greatest national weekly newspaper
in America
The Weekly Blade is distinctly a
family newspaper. The one object of
| It's Publishers has alw avs been to make
1T hit for the American home, for the
hreslde, and OF interest to every mem
Der OF the family. To fulfill this pur-
pose it Is kept clean and wholesome.
TIE news of the world is handled in a
comprehensive manner, and the various
departments of The Blade are edited
with painstaking care. The Household
page is a delight to the women and
children, current affairs are treated
editorially without prejudice; the serial
stories are selected with the idea of
pleasing the greatest number of fiction
lovers; the Question Bureau is scrap.
book of information; the Farmstead
columns are conducted with the pur-
pose OF giving the patrons a medium
for the exchange of ideas and informa.
tiUn on farm topics. No department
is neglected, but every featura, is taken
care of with the idea of, making The
Blade worth many times the price of
gu bscription-one dollar a,year.
Sample copies mailed free Address,
THE BLADE,
Toledo, Ohio
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-22
Business Man Kills Himself.

New York. Dec. 2O.-Nathan F.
Strauss, member of the firm of Kauf.
man Brothers & Bondy. manufacturers
and importers OF smokers articles.
shot and killed himself in his bedroom
In the Hotel st. Hubert. Long con-
tinued neurasthenia is given as the
probable cause. Mr.. Strauss was 1fty.
four years old and unmarried.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-22

Holiday Excursion Fares.
For the Christmas Holidays the Ann
Arbor Railroad will sell round trip ex.
cursion tickets Dec. 23d, Gath and 25th,
good to return until January 2, 1912.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-22
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MERRY Christmas!
By Barbara Lee

MERRY Christmas!
You're welcome!
How have you en-
joyed the first few
hours today? Hasn't
it been exciting and
interesting! Now that
the first little calm
has come after the
storm, let us settle
back tolook once again
at gifts that are our
special fortune to own
in the great living
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-22
BEHIND The BARS THIS
COUPLE we're MARRIED
Release Came With Perform
anCG of Ceremony

Atlanta, December 20-The cola
walls and iron bars of Fulton county
Jail saw an extraordinary sight when
a young couple were married there
just past midday, after spending IL
hours in the Jail, when they were ar
rested for living together when the
girl had husband in South Caro-
lima. No ferns and flowers decked-
the room, no wedding march sound
ed through the place as the justice of
the peace performed the simple cere-
mony.
The wedding had been made possi-
Bile by the news which was brought
by a man from South Carolina few
hours after their arrest that the first
husband of Lizzie Chandler, who had
deserted her more than year ago,
had died not long ago. Judge CAL
houn at once removed the disabilities
of the woman and said to her and
Henry d. Fleming the man with whona
she had been arrested, Marry and
go free" Accordingly, as soon as the
ceremony had taken place behind the
bars of the prison, the doors were
opened to them and they walked out
man and wife-and free.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-22
ON EARLY CHRISTMAS DAYS FRIGHTENED BY SANTA CLAUS
How the Dear Old Saint Carried Con-
sternation Into an African Mis-
sion House.

An amusing story Of how Santa
Claus frightened the black children at
a mission station when he first ap-
peared to them few years ago, is
told by the wife of missionary sta
toned at Bailunda, Africa They had
celebrated Christmas at Bailundu be-
fore, but they never had had Santa
Claus, so Mr.. Slower, the missionary,
dressed up as good Saint Nick.
HE had been padded and powdered
and packed until his own mother
would not have known him" Mrs. Sto-
yer afterward related. Presently we
gave the signal, the door flew open
and in walked Santa Claus. But dear
me! What CONSERVATION! He was
greeted with shrieks and groans and
cries of Let me out 1t is the evil
one. It is the day Of Judgment
"The urchins, catching the infection
of terror from the older black people,
fed to their bedrooms, fell down upon
their faces, crept under chairs and Ia
bles-anywhere to hide themselves.
Poor old Santa Claus never had such
a greeting before. AS soon as he real
lied the panic he had caused, he tore
off his tall hat and white cotton beard.
Then from the bags on his back he
began to throw gifts right and left
and to tell who he was.
treasured once more, everyone
was soon laughing and chatting,
munching the great red breads
(doughnuts), tasting their fruits or
nibbling at the sweets from the famil-
lar little bags.
at seemed as though everyone tried
to talk louder than his neighbor as
they examined the costume of Santa
Claus, whom they now no longer fear
ed. One man said that he thought it
was John the Baptist another that it
was Elijah returned. Yet another
thought it was Satan himself and all
my sins rose up before me- while a
fourth confessed My only thought
was to hide myself
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-22

to your cheeks when you think Of the
few remarks that you heard the giveT
make about you at Laura's tea. Why
do people do these things?
Here's a queer one. Lift up the box
lid again. It's an old shoe box, but
some loving hands have covered it
with two paper napkins and-look at
the contents! A loaf Of the finest
Dutch cake you ever tasted. Dear
Bridget never forgets you, does she?
In her little four-rOomed cottage where
she's very happy and very busy, she
always bakes the bread that you rel
ish and sends her awkward husband up
with her best wishes every Christmas
day in the morning. What that cake
means only you and she can tell.
Let us look again at the little card
before you. What did that? A tear
falls on the colored church, with its
bright roof and another splashes on
the snow that is piled with childish
prodigality at the roadside. A little
boy has drawn that all for you. He
calls you Dear One," and once he told
his mother that he felt sure that angels
look like you, but she corrected him, as
If child could be stopped in harm
less wonderings, and he never again
ventured along lines of comparison.
Poor little boy! You know what that
card means! 1t means day and days
of work. 1t means the gratitude of
crippled child who can't use a finger
without pain. And he has drawn this
for you!
Oh, my, isn't this funny! That clown
of Jack is up to his tricks again.
He has bought book for 40 cents and
has linked it with his foolish hand, add
ing, Reduced to $108." And to pile
Ossa on Pelion, he has been addition
ally frank in suggesting that it's tres
bum" That man can always get a
smile from you.
There, you've dropped something!
Don't lose that. It's letter. Are you
going to read 1t again? Why, you know
every word in it!
Dearest" it says, IT send you my
heart, my soul, my iife's best thoughts
and actions. Will you keep them? All,
no need to tell you what stands behind
the note. You know, don't you?
That's why it has been a very happy
Christmas!