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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
FRANK 6. HOWE. Editor end Pub
BENNINGTON, VT, AUG. 21, 1911

Men who have lived in Bennington
for the past forty years comment
with the greatest appreciation on the
Improvement afforded by the present
state liquor law in controlling the
use OF liquor during celebration
Previous to this year there have been
three big celebrations in Bennington
since 1870. one in 1877, another In
1886 and the biggest of all in 1891.
The prohibition law was in force dur
ing all these years but was Of no use
or effect. The town was full : of
drunkenness. the jail was overrun and
places of detention had to be impro-
vised. Illegal liquor sellers swarmed
In here from over the state line and
when one place was closed another
opened. Contrast this with the re-
cent celebration when Bennington
during the week entertained not less
than $4,000 people with only three ar
rests and one of those was man
who came into town drunk from Wal
loomsac and was taken in charge as
soon as he got off the car. The ad-
vantage OF the present law is that 1t
puts the business under control. The
license commissioners and the liquor
dealers talked the matter over and
the saloons were allowed to remain
open provided they sold only in mod
Grafton They kept their word and
the town was absolutely free from
drunkenness and disorder. With the
local saloons open there was no temp
tation to illegal sellers to come in as
heretofore. The present Vermont
liquor law is not perfect and no liz
uor law ever was but il Is better
temperance measure than was the by
pocritical farce Of alleged prohibition
that preceded it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
RIDING THE BELLS.
Spectacular Fsats Of the Daring Ring.
sra Of Seville.

Spectacular Fsats Of the Daring Ring.
srs Of Seville.
The ringing Of a bell Is not, as
rule, a performance particularly trying
to the nerves, but there is one set Of
bell ringers the members Of which
must know no fear. for a moment of
tremor would In all probability be for
them the moment of death. They are
the bell ringers Of the Giralda. In Sc
Vile.
When the city Is to make merry on
feast days the ringers climb to the
belfry, and then by the aid Of rope
and steps cut In the wall Of the tower
each mounts to the bell he Is to ring
and stands astride the shoulder Of the
brazen monster. Then he presses the
bell with his feet, holding on the cross
piece on which the mass Of metal is
swung.
Gradually the great bell sways to
the muscular movement Of the man
astride it until 1t acquires a momen-
tum that swings the hammer. first
gently and then with increasing force
as the sweep of the bell widens until
the afr Is trembling from the giant
blows that strike the massive sides Of
the monster.
The mere vibration Of the atmos-
phere as the huge bells ring out would
be enough to make an unpracticed
ringer turn dizzy and fall from his
porch. But this is not all, for many
bells are ringing In the belfry at the
same time in obedience to the move
ments Of their riders, and the din is
deafening.
Notwithstanding all this, the riders
bend and rise and fall with the action
of the bells, now appearing to the OBJ
server from below to be in horizon
tai position as the bell reaches the
limit Of its swing and again riding
gracefully to an upright position as
the monster sways backward with an
other laundering note.
The most extraordinary part Of the
daring performance is the sight OF q
bell ringer calmly swaying the bell
while It hangs far out Of the belfry
over the city, for the outward swing
sends the counterpoise with the ringer
into space beyond the arch.-Success
Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
Estate of Thomas Il. Hall

CTATE OF VERMONT, The Honor
- District OF Bennington, -. able Probate
Court for tho District aforesaid
To all persons Interested In the estate Of
Thomas n. Hall, late OF tPownal In said Dis
trict, deceased. GREETING:
WHEREAS, said Court has assigned the 29th
day Of August next for examining and allowing
the account OF Elijah Barber, Admlnistra'
tor OF the estate of said deceased,
and far q decree OF the residue OF said estate 10
the lawful claimants OF the same, and ordered
that public notice thereof be given 20 all per
sons intere,ted In said estate by publishing this
order three weeks SUCCESSFULLY previous 10 the
day assigned In the Remington Evening Han.
ner, q newspaper published AZ bennington In
said District.
THRRRFORE, you are hereby notified 10 an.
pear at the Probate once In Bennington In
said District on the day assigned. then aud
there 10 contest the allowance OF said account
n you sc cause, and 20 establish your right rs
heirs, legatecs aud awful claimants 90 said
residue
GIvEN UNDER NY HAND, this sth day OF
August, 1911.
GRACE II. HOLT. Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
NOTICE
TO the Tax Payers Of the Bennington
Graded School District:

10 the Tax Payers OF the bennington
Graded School District:
A Rate Bill has been placed In my
hands for collection as follows:
70 cents on the dollar on the Grand
List OF 1911.
hereby demand payment of said
taxes. and notify you that will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw
Ings Bank from 8 o'clock a. m. until
1 o'clock p. IN.
There will be a discount OF PEI
cent on above Tax II paid within %
G. II. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington. VT. July /. 1911.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
ALCOHOL AND MEMORY.
influence Of Intoxicating Liquor Upon
Ones Mentality.


Every person who drinks alcohol TO
excess, says DR.. Alexander Lambert
in Success Magazine. will not show ev-
cry form OF mental deterioration that
may be produced by excessive indul-
gence. and the degree Of deterioration
In intelligence which goes to make up
the sum total OF mentality varies
greatly in different individuals.
All who drink alcohol to excess,
however. show some diminution In
their judgment Judgment means the
power OF recalling various memories
Of perceptions through the senses,
which have come IN from the outside
world. memories of ideas. memories OF
emotions and allthe complicated asso-
citation OF ideas that these bring up.
and In the recalling OF them weigh each
one with the other and judge of the
value between them. This also means
reasoning and decisionlfor action. This
power OF reasoning and judging IL
weakened In the alcoholic. and In any
brain long poisoned by alcohol II Is an
Impossibility TO exercise H. Memory IL
self is also weakened. There Is Excess
slve forgetfulness OF the recent past,
and In some cases of advanced alcohol
ism there is absolute forgotfulness OF
wide gaps OF years: man may DO
unable to remember anything from the
last Ave minutes back for twenty years
and then remember back to childhood.
The memories OF childhood are more
easily stamped on the brain than are
those Of adult life. both because IL
takes less 20 impress n child and be-
cause there is not the complexity of
ideas crowdlng into the brain, nor the
complexltS Of association OF ideas to
be recorded. Therefore memories of
childhood make a deeper Impress and
last longer. and so the complex memo
ries of the adult are the first 10 be for
gotten In the alcoholic. and those OF
childhood remain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21

70 the Tax Payers Of tho Town Of
Bennington:

10 the ak Payers OF tno Town 81
Bennington:
A Rate Bill of the Town Taxes OF
1911 has been placed In my hands for
collection. as follows: 20 cents on
the dollar for the Town Tax. 20 cents
on the dollar for the Town Highway
Tax, 40 cents on the dollar for the
Town District School Tax.
hereby demand payment OF said
taxes. and notify you that / will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw
Ings Bank from 3 o'clock a. m. until
{ o'clock p. m.
There will be discount Of per
cent on Town Tax II paid within 80
days.
C. II. DEWEY. Treasurer.
Bennington. VT. July l. 1911.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
FARM To EXCHANGE

We will exchange our farm for village prop
erty on account OF poor health. Situated 5
miles from Bennington, direct road to Airing
tom X. +. ID. and telephone; school only few
rods. Farm beautifully situated high state of
cultivation, land altogether, quantity OF OAK,
ash, spruce, hemlock and other hard wood,
fruit and shade trees. beautiful trout stream
flowing over y mile through the land. Farm
will keep SIX cows san of horses aud young
stock. and ideal place for chicken farm.
and Mrs. b. P. Matteson. Meadow brook Farm
So. SALISBURY. VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
Occasionally Wives Object

TO lie insurance. Widows never do.
Wives never object when In adyan.
ced years their husbands maturing
Endowments make sure provision for
the wants of their old age National
Life Insurance Company Of Vermont
Mutually Earle g. Klnsley, General
Agent Mead Building. Rutland. VI.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE,

" TNIHIT VI TTFVThU II n TNTINN
The undersigned having been apt ointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
examine, and adjust the claims and demands
OF all persons against the estate OF Thomae
Harlan late Of bennington. IN said District, de.
ceased, aud all claims exhibited In Offset
for the purpose aforesaid. nc the Office OF
nntchelder A Bates, In the Village OF Benning.
ton IN aaid District. on the end day Of Septem-
Der 1911 and slst day of January 1919 next, from
ao'clock Y. NJ, untilt o'clock +. NJ, on each
OF said days and that ak months from the
First day of August, A. ID. 1911, II the time
limited BY said Court for said creditors 10 pre-.
pent their claims 20 ue for examination and
allowance.
Dated AT Bennington, this Ord day Of August
EDWARD l.. DATES,
jacob. SHAKSHOBBR
Commiaaiouera
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
A Peace Plan.

"Am l to understand" inquired the
insurgent leader, that you have phi
lanthropist who is ready to spend mon
ey to promote peaceT
1--WE have" answered the American
tourist But why?"
my army can be bought OF for SO
per head. Washington Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
Spidsr and FLY.

Spiuor ana FiJ.
"Please keep out Of my parlor."
Said the spider to the fly.
you're loaded with bacteria
That's bound TO terrify
The insect sanitarian
or every breed and brand.
How any one could eat you now
I cannot understand"
Scranton Tribune Republican.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21
IT'S A BEAUTY

as we'll as a good time keeper
the $500 watch we sell at
$500. An accurate move
ment in a beautifully engraved
filled case, warranted for 20
years, it's a bargain you can
watch for and not find anywhere
else. We have all the latest
novelties in jewelry. If there
is anything the matter with your
watch bring it to us as our skill
and long experience has made
us headquarters ofrepairing and
overhauling of watches and
clocks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-21

70 the Tax Payers Of the Village !,
Bennlnqton:

A Rate Bill has been placed In my
hands for collection as follows:
70 cents on the dollar for the VII
lage Tax. 20 cents on the dollar for
the Highway Tax on the Grand List
Of 1911.
hereby demand payment Of said
taxes. and notify you that | will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw.
lngs Bank from 3 o'clock a. m. until
4 o'clock D. IN.
There will be discount Of 4 per
cent on Village Tax II paid within 80
days.
c. II. DEWEY. Treasurer.
Bennington. VT, July /, 1911.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26

Even more than that can be said from
a standpoint Of national healthfulness,
since the net result is more satisfac-
tory than would have been indicated
by an increase through higher birth
tate and no diminution in the percent
age of deaths.
While available statistics do not
touch upon that point, it may be safely
assumed that the preservation of life
has been largely maintained in the
ranks of infancy, since mortality fig
ures for all countries show enormous
loss of life in children between the
ages of one and five years. This, in
itself, speaks well for the nation, and
argues a happy condition of domestic
solicitude for the children of that
country, under which they thrive and
prosper physically, at least.
Why France should ever have been
regarded as decldeut nation is diff.
tlcult to understand. Her peasant
population is virile, industrious and
thrifty to an uneXampled degree. No
other nation ever bore up so hopefully
and successfully under the imposition
Of an enormous indemnity, long since
lifted; nor is any other nation now
able to show a record of savings
among its working p5olle compared
to that of the French artisans and
laborers. That ne shining figures OF
The / u On have a. t, @ realms of litera.
ture ind art OFF,. given evid,nce OF
degE' ee .. ataLdon c. ,saly ap
preaching to de@eneracy cannot be de
MED. Eut that these represent the
race at large how ever proui it may
be of its leaders, is open to question
| Family for family, the Fren, il people
are doubtless as Gscreet aul dOa es
/ tically inclined as are the English OF
the Americans. And when it comes
to innocent enjoyments they know
how to have a better time on less
money than their supposedly more
virtuous and careful, and admittedly
more prolific eighbors.-Washin
Post.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26

spect the figures are discouraging
rather than otherwise, since the num-
Der of births ten years ago was S27,-
297, or 52,939 more than last year
The gain has been made through a
decrease in the number of deaths,
which was 1914 less than for the
twelve months with which the pre-
ceding decade began. The birth rate in
France in 1900 was 21.2, and the death
rate 21.9 per thousand, indicating at
that time an eventual extinction of
the nation if that respective rates
were continued. The birth rate last
year had declined to 1877 per thou
sand; but the still further decline in
the death rate to 17.9 per thousand
Left a margin of clear gain that adds
not only to present actual numbers,
but gives promise of marked advance
! in the aggregate population of the
| future, if not in the percentage OF
births to the number of inhabitants
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
IN the Matter of the Estate of Manuel
de S. Agrella, Deceased.

The undersigned, having been duly
appointed administrative OF the Estate
of Manuel de S. Agrella, deceased, late
of Waipahu, Oahu, hereby gives notice
to all creditors of said deceased to
present their claims, duly authenticate
ed with proper vouchers, if any exist
even if the claim is secured by mort
gage upon real estate, to ]. M. Camara
at his office in the Yokohama Specie
Bank Building, Honolulu, within six
months from the date of the first pub
LEGATION of this notice, said date being
July IL, 1911, or the same be forever
barred. EMILIA S. AGRELLA,
Administrative Estate of Manuel s.
de Agrella.
5t-July 70, 10, 26, Aug. 2, 9.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26
FRANCE NOT A
DEcADENT NATION

DECADENT NATION
1t is dangerous thing to cast the
pearls of deduction before the swine
of statistics, lest the herd that fol-
lows turns and rends you. For years
the prophets of i'll omen have been
announcing the present decadence of
France and casting the horoscope of
her ultimate downfall, drawing the
most baleful conclusions from an in
spection of the house of babyhood.
But France has not yet fallen, and
the latest statistics regarding births
and deaths in that republic would
seem to have the effect of still fur
ther prolonging the event to some un-
known but probably far-off period in
the future.
The vital records for 1910 show that
depopulation in France has at last
been checked, although not through
an increased birth rate. In this re-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26
A HOME NECESSITY.

There is one medicine that every
family should be provided with, and
especially during the summer months,
viz, Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy 1t is almost Ger.
tain to be needed It costs but trife
and never fails to give relief Can
you afford to be without it? For sale
by all dealers. Benson, Smith G Co.,
agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26
INCOME TAX AS A FEDERAL
MEASURE PASSED 80 STATES

was the outcome Of an effort to amend
the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill by pro-
viding for an income tax. The lead
ers in the Senate awoke one day to
realization of the fact that majority
of senators were willing to amend the
pending tariff bill by providing for an
income tax. The acquiescence of the
House, Of course, was a foregone con-
clusion.
A canvass OF the Senate showed that
9 sufficient number of senators to com
prise a majority were of a mind to
take the chances of another Supreme
Cour, decision and to enact an income
tax. Some able lawyers in the Senate
thought they could draw a measure
which would be declared constitutions
al. Anyhow, the Senate was ready to
try the question out.
Compromise in the Senate.
There were hurried conferences OF
the leaders and a compromise was de-
vised. 1t was agreed to pass. a bill
providing for a tax on corporations
and to submit to the states an amend
ment to the Constitution for an in
come tax. The opponents of the lat.
ter policy thought they had made a
good stroke. There was possibility OF
the corporation tax being declared un.
constitutional, and many of them
thought that at least one-fourth of the
states would withhold ratification OF
the income tax.
The Supreme Court upheld the cor
poration tax and the states regarded
favorably the income tax. Some OF
the Southern states opposed it on the
ground that it invaded state sover
eighty, while others favored it.
There was never at any time defin
lite propaganda against the income tax
but, on the contrary, the proposition
found numerous and powerful friends
in every legislature. The CELEBRITY
with which the states have acted up
on the income tax has surprised all OBJ
servers, and the friends of the meas
ure in Congress are hopeful of soor
obtaining favorable action from the
five states necessary to complete thC
work.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26
The Yokohama Specie Bank

o., LIMITED.
lead OFFICE, YOKOHAMA.
Capital paid Up). Yen 24IO0O,O0O
reserve Fund. ........Yen 16,600,00O
General banking business transact
ed. Savings account for 81 and up
wards.
Fire and burglar PROOF vaults, With
Safe Deposit Boxes for rent at 81 per
year and upwards.
Trunks and cases to be kept on Gus
tody at moderate rates.
Particulars to be applied for.
w AKAI, Manager.
Honolulu Office, Bethel and MeF,
chant SITS. Tel. 1921 and 1894. P. o.
Box 1853.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26
Action Of the States.

States ratifying-New York. Ken
lucky, Mississippi, South Carolina,
Idaho. Kansas. Montana, Oregon,
North Dakota. Washington, Colorado.
Georgia, Maine, Texas, Indiana. Michi-
gan, Nebraska, South Dakota. North
Carolina, Wisconsin, Alabama, Illinois,
Maryland, Oklahoma, California, Iowa.
Missouri. Ohio, Tennessee and Ne
Yada-30.
Refusing to ratify - Connecticut.
Louisiana, New Hampshire, Utah,
Vermont, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, West Virginia and Vir-
ginia-10.
Uncommitted Delaware, Pennsyl-
yania, Florida, Wyoming and Mime
sota-5.
Ratified, but oed-ArKansas-1.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The ac-
ton of the New York legislature yes
terday in ratifying the proposed
amendment to the federal Constitution
authorizing Congress in it's discretion
to levy an income tax makes it neces-
sary for only five more states to take
similar action in order to add the
amendment to the Constitution of the
! United States.
Thus far, including New York, thiT-
ty states have ratified the amendment.
Arkansas legislature passed the
amendment, but the governor vetoed
it. Five states, namely, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Florida, Wyoming and
Minnesota, are uncommitted.
Merely Authorizes Congress.
OF course, the mere ratification of
the amendment does not make an in
come tax the law of the land; it only
I gives constitutional authority to Con
gress to impose such a tax The SUI
preme Court of the United States, by
a majority of one, held the income
tax, passed by Congress in the Cleve-
land administration, to be unconstitu-
tional, and efforts since then to enact
such legislation have been resisted on
this plea of nconstitutionality.
The amendment upon which the
state legislatures have been voting
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

The police the and the politicians not without
sinister wisdom When life has been taken and to punish the
would who didn't do the
killing This the retreat of the guilty
Aso the public appeased Later when the pubics
sleeps arrested oneor lack of evidences set at liberty
Thus when Fitzpatrick killed. to make clear the path to
leadership the aspiring feet of Twist the police took
DAHL volunteered the sacrifice Dahl went sm
ingy while real murderer Of Fitzpatrick attended
wake and later at the funeral
This last however by the nicer tastes Of the East sde was
complained Of as trenchng upon vulgarity.
Fitzpatrick buried with lily in his hand and Twist
hailed chief Eastmans Dahl remained In the Tombs
weeks and then resumed his position In
but natural and to the glory Of STUN
bling Dahl should dwell warmly in the CRATE
full regards Of Twist.
Twist chief Of the Eastmans cast about to establish
DAHL The Bother with his Golconda In SUI
folk not his affiliations with the Five Points?
mott therefore enemy? The Bother Egyp
resolved spoil him in the interest of DAHL
Twist. DAHL waited The Bother. Argument
short and to the point. Said Twist:
Bother the Kid"-indcating the expectant Dahl-is in
wit from It's to be break.
checked the beating of The Bottlers heart
What the pussant proposed
a step East side commerce-the East side
of Take what keep what
retains Highland force The Bother bowed
the inevitable and accepted Dahl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
A FOOD STORY
Makes 4 Woman Of 70 "One In 10,uo<'@

The widow Of one Of Ohio's most
distinguished newspaper editors and
. famous leader in politics in his day.
says she is 70 years old and q "stron-
ger woman than you will find in ten
thousand" and she credits her fine
physical condition to the use Of Grape
Nuts:
MANY years ago had q terrible
fall which permanently injured my
stomach. For years I lived on a
preparation Of corn starch and milk.
but It grew 50 repugnant to me that I
had to give it up. Then tried, one
after another, q dozen different kinds
Of cereals, but the process Of diges-
ton gave me great pain.
1T was not until I began TO use
Grapefruit food three years ago that
found relief. It has proved. with tho
lear Lords blessing; great boon to
ne. It brought me health and v1gor
such az I never expected to again en-
Joy, and in gratitude I never fail to
sound its praises" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Greek. Mich.
There's q Reason"
Look for II In tho little book Tho
Road to We1lville," to be found IN pkg1.
Ever read tie abevo JetterS 4 nsw
eoe aDDears hFoR ttne e tfnA. They
are ge9uanas 60os al an q 1000D
INTEREST,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

sole use Of it for their own purposes.
An imposing and deliberately decorated
structure has a place between two of
the massive columns near the center
of the building. This is held to be
the tomb of John the Baptist's head,
q shrine respected alike by Moham-
medans and Christians: Local tradi-
ton says that after the execution of
the Messiah's forerunner his head was
sent to Damascus, then the capital of
jurisdiction, 20 that his superior OH
Ger might sec that the deed had really