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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy READER

Philip T. H. Pierson has returned
from a trip to New York
Mrs. Arthur Meeker, of Chicago,
has been the guest of her nephew
Edward b. Huling, the past Jew days.
There will be a special meeting of
the w. r. G. on Wednesday evening,
Oct. 9. Every member is requested
to be present and bring member
with you.
NJ. b. Morgan is in Barre this
week attending the sessions OF me
Grand Louge of Vermont, |. o. G. T.,
and incidentally spending some time
in Montpelier.
Miss Nellie Cummings of Bennington
Flats was in Bennington
Flats was in North Adams Friday TO
see her cousin, Ned LaFountain. who
is very i'll.
Albert B. Stewart, foreman of an
ice house on the Kennecbec River,
says II have used Foley's Honey
and Tar and Tar Compound personal
ly for number of years, once for
severe cold | contracted while work
ing on the ice. Two bottles complete
ly cured me-"
f. A. Gerry, 80 Bellevue St. Lowell,
Mass Express messenger for Ameri-
can Express Co., says; THE constant
jolting on trains is very hard on the
kidneys, as all railroad men know.
suffered a kidney breakdown which
did not mend under the most skillful
treatment. had dull pain over my
hips and back so severe at times |
could hardly work | started using
Foley Kidney Pills and right here /
say that there is nothing equals them
for prompt and lasting relief. ! am
glad to say that now | am strong
well man and recommend Foley Kid
ney Pills
Saturday evening, October 5, the
Camp Fire Girls surprised Hilda Far
mum at her home on Dewey street,
the occasion being in honor of her
birthday anniversary. The surprise
was complete She was asked to
place a picture in its place in the
front room and on opening the half
closed door, she found herself sur
rounded by crowd of girls. An en-
joyable evening was passed, games be
ing played and refreshments served.
The party then broke-up, all hoping
to meet together again before long.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
NOTICE

To the Tax Payers OF the Village OF
Bennington:
At Rae Bill has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows:
20 cents on the dollar for the VII.
lage Tax, 20 cents on the dollar for
the Highway Tax on the Grand List
OF 1912.
hei by demand payment Of said
taxes, and notify you that l will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from 3 o'clock a. m. until
4 o'clock D. m.
There will be a discount OF per
cent on Village tax II paid within 80
days.
C. H. DEWEY,
Treasurer.
Bennington. VT, July Is. 1912.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
NOTICE

To the Tax Payers of the Bennington
Graded School District;
A Rate Bill has been placed In nv
hands for collection as follows:
70 Cents on the dollar on tn
Grand List of 1912.
l hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that l will al
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from o'clock a. M, I'D
I'll o'clock p. m.
There will be a discount OF per
cent on above tax II paid within 81
days
c. II. DEWEY,
Treasurer.
Bennington, VT. July 15. 1912.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
NO MORE
DANDRUFF
FALLING HAIR
GRAY HAIR

Men and Women-do you want a
splendid head Of luxuriant hair free
from scalp itch and dandruff?
DO you want hair so bewitchingly
radiant that II cOmpels the admira-
ton Of all who see Il?
Do you want scalp as immaculate
~ clean and bright as a newly mint
ed coin?
II you do. get a 50 cent bottle Of
PARTISAN Sage today. at dealers
everywhere The girl with the An
burn hair Is on every carton and bot
ue-Ask BIPARTISAN Sage and see
that you get IL w. l. Gokay guaran-
tees it-adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
A Log On The Track

OF the fast express means serious
trouble ahead IL not removed. so does
loss Of appetite. II means lack OF VI
tality. loss Of strength and nerve
weakness. II appetite fails. take
Electric Bitters quickly to overcome
the cause by toning up the stomach
and curing the indigestion. Michael
Hessheimer Of Lincoln. Neb, had
been sick over three years, but six
bottles Of Electric Bitters put him
right on his feet again. They have
helped thousands. They give pure
blood, strong nerves. good digestion.
Only 50 cents at Coles Pharmacy
adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
WASTE TURNED TO USE.
story Of a sauerkraut Factory and liz
Worthless Juice.

Worthless Juice.
A simple Illustration of how apparent
waste may be utilized Is shown by the
story of sauerkraut factory on
Long Island In the manufacture of
this German delicacy the juice Is press
ed out of the cabbages and. as the
vegetables are about 90 per cent water
or juice, the waste was more than
one-half This juice was allowed to
go to waste.
1t was an Industrial chemist who
collected this Juice and discovered that
it contained much decomposed vegeJa.
BILE matter. There was an organic
acid in the Juice that seemed worth
recovering. and by concentration and
filtration the acid was obtained and
refined. Today this organic acid forms
an important factor in the tanning OF
skins and in all textile manufacturing.
At first thought It would seem as II
the sauerkraut industry was too
small to be of Importance in recover
Ing such an Insignificant byproduct.
but there are alone on Long Island up
ward OF twenty such factories. and
each one uses some 100000 pounds
of cabbages From each factory there
are recovered annually 5000 gallons of
Juice. or. In all. 100000 gallons OF
waste. Multiply these figures by ten
and we begin TO get an idea of what
this factory economy means. for there
are similar factories around Chicago.
st. Louis and many other large cities.
George Ethelbert Walsh in Leslie's-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
A Word to Thrifty Boys and
Girls.

Do you know that thrift is largely
a matter of habit?
Do you know that if you commence
saving your loose change, the habit
will grow upon you until it will be a
greater pleasure to save your money
than to spend it for things you do not
need?
The Lamoille County Savings Bank
and Trust Company accepts deposits
of any size-no deposit is too small,
no deposit is too large.
The following table shows the
amount you will have at the end Of
one to twenty-five years, If you de-
posit $500 each month, computing in
terest at per cent compounded semi
annually, as is done by the Hyde
u. L L l..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
First Man pre.smsker.

One day In 1880 beautiful carriage
appeared on the boulevard OF Paris
with an escutcheon In the shape of a
pair of corsets and an open pair OF
scissors painted on the panel Of each
door. This was the coat OF arms OF
Rhomberg, the frst man who made a
name as woman's dressmaker
Rhomberg. who was the son Of Ba-
varlan peasant from the nelghborhood
Of Munich. owed his rapid success TO
bis genius for concealing and remedy.
ing defects Of figure. he left an an
nual income Of $4,000 francs to bis
heirs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
NOTICE I!

To the Taxpayers of the Town OF
Bennington:
A Rate Bill of the Town Taxes OF
1912 has been placed in my hands for
collection as follows: 70 cents on the
dollar for the Town Tax, 20 cents on
the dollar for the Town Highway Tax,
80 cents on the dollar for the Town
District School Tax.
hereby demand payment Of said
taxes. and notify you that will at.
tend the Bennington County Savings
Bank from 8 o'clock a. m. until 4
o'clock p. IN.
There will be a discount of pei
cent on Town tax II paid within 81
days.
c. II. DEWEY,
Treasurer.
Bennington. VT. July is. 1912.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
How Would Thew Like ~

MADAM. you wear too much false
hair. 1t Injuries the nerve centers and
fatigues the blood cells of the BRAIN"
young woman, what do you mean
by such impertlnence?"
"Hoity, toity. now! I'm the welfare
inspector for the idle rich" Pitts
hurgh Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
NEW DEPARTURE
Selling Medicines at Half Price Un-
der Guarantee Of Cure.


der Guarantee Of Cure.
After two months of remarkable
sales, w. L. Gokay. the enterprising
druggist, says that his plan of selling
at half price the regular 80 cent size
of DR.. Towards specific for the cure
of constipation and dyspepsia. and
guaranteeing to refund the money IL
il does not cure. has been the greaest
success he has ever known.
Anyone suffering with dyspepsia,
constipation, liver troubles, head
aches. dizziness, coated tongue. or the
general tired feeling. caused by mac
tive liver and bowels or disordered
digestion. should take advantage of
w. l.. Gokay's new departure and buy
a bottle of DR. Towards specific at
half price. with his personal guaran-
tee TO refund the money IL it does not
cure.
On sale at w. L. Gokay's.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08

"This seems like sweet dream" he
rapturously remarked as be fingered
with her at the door step.
1T doesn't seem like dream to me-"
she replied. "for a dream soon van
ishes, you know"
He vanished.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
MILLIONS LOST ANNUALLY
IN GOOD ROADS WORK
Through Inadequate Methods Of Con-
struotion and Maintenance.

That the United States suffers a d.
rect loss of $4000O,000 annually on
account of incorrect and inadequate
methods in the construction, mainte-
nance and administration of public
roads is the assertion of l.. W. Page,
director of the United States Office Of
public roads and president of the new
American Association For Highway
Improvement.
This enormous loss is nothing COM
pared with the indirect loss through
excessive cost of transportation, which
Is caused by the burden which bad
roads impose upon the farmers and
others who use the highways, and this
amount, according to Mr.. Pages re-
port, reaches the impressive total Of
S2500O0,000 every year.
The American farmer Is paying two
or three times as much to get his prod
ucts to market as the man who tills
the ground in Europe, and this added
cost of transportation is known TO be
an important factor in the high cost
of living problem. France is said to
use her fine system of roads just one
and one-third times as much as her
railroads for transportation, whereas
in this country the public roads are
so poorly maintained and administered
as a whole that the highways carry
only between one-third and one-fourth
as much produce as the railroads. Road
experts say conditions here and abroad
are almost exactly reversed, due en-.
tirely to bad roads.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08

Compound has done
for me. Fortwoyears
/ suffered. The doc
tor said | had a tumor
and the only remedy
W as tn e surgeons
knife. My mother
bought me Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
today / am a well and
healthy woman. For
m on tn s | suffered
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
NOW Han Destroyer.

France is now testing new type
of hail destroyer. The device is essen
TALLY a very large lightning rod of
pure copper. grounded by means OF a
copper conductor According to the
theory of the inventors, these instru-
ments, by their effect upon currents
of atmospheric electricity. are capable
of preventing the formation and the
Gall of hailstones.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
Har Luck.

Her Luck.
TOO bad Mrs. Smartleigb always has
such abominable weather for her aft
ernoon teas"
"Yes: she never pours but It rains"
Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, ILL.,,
Escaped The Sur
geon's Knife.

Peoria, Ill. ~ wish to let every one
know whatLydia Z. Pinkham sVegetable
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08

from Inflammation, and your Sanatiye
Wash relieved me. | am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
for me. You can use my testimonial in
any way you wish. and will be glad
to answer letters. - Mrs. CHRISTINA
REED, 100 Mound ST., Peoria, Ill.
Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.
Jessup, Pa" After the birth of my
fourth child, had severe organic infiam.
nation. Iwould have such terrible pains
that it did not seem as though | could
stand it. This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
aE operation was needed.
"Then one of my friends recommended
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and after taking it for two months
was well woman. Mrs. JOSEPH A.
LYNCH, Jessup, Pa.
Women who suffer from female ills
should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, one of the most success
full remedies the world has ever known,
before submitting to surgical opera
ton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-08

Bennington, VT, July Is. 1912
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
MORE
FOR MISSISSIPPI

Washington, May 2-Carrying an
$S.OOO,G0O addition to appropriations
provided for by the house rivers and
harbors bill, aggregating s32O0O,000,
an amendment has been agreed TO by
the senate committee on commerce
and will be reported in a few days.
The largest single increase was S2,500,-
900 for the Mississippi river, making
$4,000, 900 for that waterway. The ap-
preparation for St Mary's river, Mich
igan, was 100000, and that for Man
istee harbor, Michigan, was S150,000.
Six thousand dollars, to be made
Immediately available for the widows
or next of kin of three United States
postal clerks who lost their lives in
the Titanic disaster, was voted by the
house today. The sum will be divid-
ed $4,000 each to the nearest rela-
tives of J. S. Marh, o. S. Woody and
W. L. Quinn.
The house today passed the post
office appropriation bill, carrying s275
OGO, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02
ENGLAND BEGINS
TITANIC INQUIRY
Promises to Overshadow in Le-
gal Importance ALI Previous
Similar Tribunals.
USE COURT PROCEDURE
Twenty-Foot Model of Wrecked YES
sci and Miniature Life Boats
Are Displayed.
USE COURT PROCEDURE

London, May 2.-Lord Mersey, in
his capacity as wreck commissioner,
and five assessors held today the first
session of board of inquiry into the
loss of the Titanic. In point of inter-
est to the public and the importance
of its result on laws governing mer-
camille marine, the investigation prom
ises to overshadow all previous tribu-
mails of similar character.
COVERS SAME GROUND.
The inquiry, while covering prac-
tically the same ground as the investiga-
ton by a committee of the American
senate, will be conducted more in &C.
cordance with the procedure of court
of law and deal definitely with stated
cases.
CHART OF NORTH ATLANTIC.
A 2O-foot model of the Titanic, car.
rying 16 miniature lifeboats, and a
big chart of the north Atlantic are
prominently displayed. Seamen who
arrived from New York on the Lap
land were called first as witnesses tc
the construction and equipment of the
Titanic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02
WOMAN COLLECTS $500
DEBT WITH HER KNIFE

Chicago, May 2.-Armed with a
silver handled knife, Alice McMorrow
of Philadelphia yesterday attempted
TO stab Michael Walsh, deputy coro-
ner, when in a corridor of the county
building.
Walsh owed her $500, and, in a
statement signed by her, she says she
made numerous attempts to collect
tie money, but failed. Finally, driv-
en- to desperation, she says. she came
10 Chicago, consulted an attorney, W.
r. Ramsey, and found that Walsh had
no property and that the debt could
not be collected.
When she attacked Walsh a large
crowd of county employees and citi-
zens gathered. Walsh, II is said, crap
pied with the woman and prevented
her from cutting him. The woman,
held by a detective, cried, Give me
that knife. I'll get him yet"
The woman and Walsh were taken
into Coroner Hoffman's ONCE. Coro-
ner Hoffman, after hearing her story
told Walsh that he would give him
his choice OF either repaying the
money or quitting his job. Walsh left
snd returned after three hours with
the money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02
DISCUSS PLANS
FOR CITY MARKET

The city market ordinance in en-
bryo form was taken up at an adjourn
ed and informal session of the NUM-
cipal commission this morning. and as
a result changes were made in it pro-
viding that any one who sells products
in wholesale quantity, except on the
city market or to merchants while the
market is open for business, is guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be fined
according to the city laws. The addi-
tional clause in the ordinance is to
eliminate the sale of wholesale guam
titles of produce to peddlers, who, in
turn will take IT to the rns ket.pr ped.
die it through the streets 1t was
deemed inadvisable to4spfohibit ven.
dors of produce to sell their produce
during the days and hours when the
market is open to the public. II is
proposed to operate the market
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02
NOT SORE;
CLEVER, old TOP

New York, May 2.-J. Bruce Ismay
managing director of the White Star
line, sailed today for Europe.
Before sailing, Ismay said: Il have
given all the testimony at my com
mand. There is nothing more to say
have no illfeeling against the Amer
lean people"
Senator Smith of Michigan. chair
man of the senate investigation com
mittee OF the Titanic disaster, an
nounced today he would hold no pub
lie hearing during the two days he
will spend here, but expects TO investi
gate report that news of the disaster
reached New York Monday morning
April Is. The fact that the Titanic
had sunk was announced Monday ev
ening by the vice president Of tht
! White Star line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02
Bishops Report to Metho-
dist Conference Shows
Disaffection.
CAUSES ARE POINTED
Distinctive Doctrines Not Being
Emphasized as They Once
Were.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 2.-Criti-
church to gain LESS than two per
cent of it's membership in the last
year." and charges that the church
press is being used "as a free forum
by promoters of disaffection," were
made in the bishops report to the
quadrennial general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church today.
The report, known as the Episcopal
address," is regarded as the most i'm
portant document to come before the
conference. 1t was read by Bishop
Cranston.
SHAMES AND HUMILIATEs.
I'm the last year." said the report,
'the church has made a net gain OF
but $4,000, which is less than two
per cent, as the outcome of years
activities and the outlay of many mil
lions of dollars. The statistical para
doX glares us out of countenance. It
shames and humiliates us. What are
the honors of Office worth in any
army that does not win battles?"
LAW TOO STRICT.
Some reasons for meager growth
were laid to a too strict application
of law of the church demanding ALI
members who remove from a given
community without their church let
i ters to be dropped from membership
after one year.
"A fair calculation based upon the
no nf
the report said, reveals the astound-
ing fact that probably not less than
half million members disappeared
from our rolls by a reckless use of
the dropping process.
DOCTRINES NOT EMPHASIZED.
Nevertheless we still face the fact
that our distinctive doctrines are not
being emphasized as they once were,
or where preached are discredited for
the time by gainsaying world drunk
with vain PHILOSOPHERS and satiated
with gluttinous indulgence"
Pleading for emphasis on distinct
i've Wesleyan doctrines, the bishops
report said that they were the only
Epower to save the nation against vice.
NEITHER EFFECTIVE.
where is evidence that science
ever regenerated one soul or culture
redeemed one libertine?" said the re-
port.
The address condemned a practice
that was said to have grown up in
certain churches of calling in evan
gelists to carry on revival services as
against former custom which placed
the local pastor in charge of that
work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02
FATHER, LIFE PRISONER,
MEETS CONDEMNED SON

Gary, Ind, May 2.-Nelson Fritts
and his son, John, both murderers,
the father a life convict and the son
sentenced to be hanged in June, met
in the office of Warden E. ]. Fogerty
at the state prison yesterday. Both
men were overcome by emotion. The
elder Fritts has been in prison since
1900. He was sent from Lawrence
county for killing a neighbor. The
son was years old at the time, and
when he was IT committed theft
that resulted in his being placed in
the reformatory at Jeffersonville.
Last year he killed a guard and for
this he was sentenced to death. For
a few minutes the elder Fritts would
not believe the man before him was
the little boy he had left back at
home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02
Panic Among Inhabitants
Of Torras, La, During
the Night.
WEAK SPOT GIVES WAY
Fatalities Believed to Have OC-
Cured in Interior Localities
Government Gives Aid.

Torras, La, May 2.-Panic reigned
in Torras last night when the Miss
issippi levee broke. Citizens paid
little attention to a weak spot in the
levee and were caught unprepared
when the break occurred. Before the
streets were entirely submerged the
majority of the inhabitants reached
places of safety. No loss of life was
reported, but it is faired fatalities
may occurr in the interior, as the
water is rapidly rushing through the
country.
100000 ARE AFFECTED.
Eleven parishes with total popu-
lation of 250,0O0. eventually will be
inundated by the new break. The
property loss is heavy. The govern
ment is preparing to give relief to
10000 persons in this vicinity.
News that engineers have given up
all hopes of closing the crevasse means
the abandonment of thousands of
homes in the territory south of Torras
The property damage runs into mil,
lions.
ANOTHER LEVEE GONE.
The levee protecting the big states
convict plantation at Angola broke
this afternoon. Five thousand acres
of tn plantation are flooded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02
PLANNING INTERURBAN
TO RUN INTO CAMBRIDGE

Incorporation papers will be filed
within a few weeks for the Sterling,
Cambridge & Southwestern railroad,
at 100000. Application was made
Tuesday to the secretary of state
for blanks, and on arrival of these
application for Incorporation papers
will be made. The new road will be
headed by Ray Raridon of Morrison,
late cashier of the Morrison State
bank and Of 1.-THE State bank of Hoop
pole.
The new road will start at Nelson
and will run in a southwestern direc-
ton, the southern terminal being at
Cambridge in Henry county. 1t is pro-
posed to start work OF making the sur
vey and getting a right of way as
soon as possible, and if possible, get
considerable amount of the construc-
ton work done this year
Mr.. Raridon said that he would be
one of the incorporators Of the new
in Morrison and the third one in Cam
Drldge, but that at present he would
not give out the names of the two
men who are associated with him.
The new steam road will start at
Nelson and pass southwest to Tam
pico, where it is proposed to take
over the Tampico-Hooppole railroad,
passing through Tampico to Yorktown
to Hooppole, thence to Geneseo. and
south TO Cambridge. One new town
will probably be located in Montmo-
rency township, and another on the
Allison ranch in Henry county, Mr..
Allison not only agreeing to take stock
in the new enterprise, but he will also
donate to the company a town site.
The new road will tap valuable coal
! fields in Henry county and especially
il the vicinity OF Coalfield. Practical
/ ly the entire country that the new
road taps is without a railroad. The
promoters believe that the new line
will be a paying investment from the
start.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02
MOVE TO STEM THE TIDE
OF CANADA EMIGRATION

Seattle, Wash, May 2.-Seyen gov
ernors issued a joint proclamation to-
day calling a development congress
in Seattle, June 3. The congress is
to assist the northwestern states in
more rapid development and stem
the tide of emigration to Canada
Eberhart of Minnesota; Burke of
North Dakota and Vessey of South
Dakota, are among the governors that
signed the proclamation.