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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
The I,owworm Cavern.

The greatest wonder of the antipodes
is tho celebrated Glowworm cavern.
discovered in 1891 in the heart Of the
Tasmanian wilderness. The cavern or
caverns there appears to he series Of
such caverns in the vicinity, each sepa-
rate and distinct are situated near the
town of Southport, Tasmania. in Il
limestone bluff. about four miles from
lea bay The appearance of the main
cavern is that of an underground river,
the entire door of the subterranean
passage being covered with water
about n foot and half in depth. These
wonderful Tasmanian caves are sim
liar to all caverns found in limestone
formation, with the exception that
their roofs and sides literally shine
with the light emitted by the millions
of glowworms which inhabit them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
CONSIDERS VILLAGE MATTERS
At North Bennington Association
Meeting Monday Night.

At the regular monthly meeting Of
the North Bennington Village Improve
ment Association, Monday evening,
the following committees were elect.
ed: Committee on streets. walks and
parks. DR.. +. A. Tobin, Walter Mat
tison, Clarence w. White. Commit
tee on public health. DR.. J. B. Wood
hull, Mrs. Myron Endress. Mrs. Il. a.
Tobin. Committee on Education,
Prof. H. II. Kibbe. Mrs p w. Meag-
her, Mrs. S. O. Teift. Committee on
Recreation, Myron Jones, Or. ID. A.
Gleason, Rev. w. |. Coburn.
At this meeting it was left with the
Recreation committee to learn the
feasibility of securing with other vii.
lagos, the lecture of Road Commits
sioner Winslow on Humorous Elk
perience in Road Building" and the
lecture of Ernest Harold Baynes on
The Attraction and Protection of
Wild Birds" Full information with
reference to these lectures was given
in The Banner of Saturday last
A largely signed petition was pre-
scented TO the meeting naming some
of the grievances felt by the COM
munity against the street railway SER
vice. II is the intention to bring this
petition before the State Public Ser
vice commission for action in the
near future. The suggestion was
made by some present that the word
ing and some details of the petition
might be changed. This suggestion
should be noted by those drawing up
the petition. Every member of the
community should then be given an
opportunity to affix his name. It's a
move in the right direction.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
HA Hi Back.

When the late Major General F. d.
Grant was stationed at Fort Sam
Houston as commander of the depart
ment of Texas the cook of the house,
hold left. Mrs. Grant spent several
days trying to get another one.
One day an impudent, incompetent
woman applied. She delivered as her
ultimatum that she was to have two
afternoons off, the use of the kitchen
for the entertainment of her society
friends and various other dispense
tions. General Grant came into the
room and heard her.
"Do you speak French?' he asked.
"Who? Me? No. sir"
DO you play on the pianoT.
"No. sir"
We'll" said the general. 1--WE can't
think of having a cook who isn't able
to speak French and play on the pi
ano. philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
The Horse Was Brave.

1t is said that General Crittenden
used to tell with great glee of what
his small son. then eight or nine years
old, said to him day or two after the
battle of Chickamauga. The general
had ridden during the battle a horse
named John Jay that was great ia
vorite with the little fellow. The child.
visiting the camp, asked after the
horse and was told that in the fight he
had acted badly. insisting upon taking
his rider TO the rear.
The boy considered gravely mo-
ment, then, shaking remonstrant fin
ger, cried:
Papa. that must have been your
work. know John Jay would never
have acted like that Of his own free
will"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
STRANGE Cure For lunacY.

Our forefathers were so fond Of the
whip that they seem to have regarded
il as a cure for lunacy and even for
smallpox. The accounts of Hunting
donshire parish under date 1891 have
the entry. "Pd in charges taking up
a distracted woman, watching her and
whipping her next day. IS. 3D." and a
few years later eightpence is paid for
whipping two people vt had the
smallpox. London Standard
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
COURT NARROWER IN YUKON
Steamer With Judge, Marshal, Clerks
and Prisoners Stranded

Tacoma. Wash. Oct. 13.-Caught by
the Unexpectedly early closing of navi
cation on the lditarod steamboat
route, party Of court officers headed
by United States Judge Fuller is
stranded near the mouth of the Shag-
eluk Slough, in a remote part of the
lower Yukon district for help Attor-
ney-General Wickersham has cabled
orders to Fairbanks that an attempt
be made to send relief expedition
from Nulato, on the Ylkon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
ut WAS RECOMMENDED
TO ME BY my DOCTOR"
The Reason Why So Many People Take Father
Johns Medicine

When Mrs G H. pqnke Of 30 Linden street. Reading Pa
Father Johns Medicine
commended by doctor The
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
NORTH BENNINGTON

Remember the chicken pie supper
at the Baptist church tonight.
Mrs. Emily Campbell and Mrs. Mat
tie Jewett spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harlow Tinkham.
There will be a Guess Social" for
the benefit Of the Hinsdillville NJ. f.
church, Friday evening, at the resi-
dence Of Harry Armstrong. Benning-
ton Falls. Admission 10 cents.-adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15

answer returned by the following Mrs. A. E. Hixon
80 Larkin street, Bangor, Me- Henry f. Vilet IS
Grown street, Meriden, Conn Frank PoG Haam,
Pa; Miss Catherine BOYLE, As Blackburn street
Farhaveu, Mass Charles L. brown Irving. Ill., as
well as a great many others.
Physicians, hospitals and other institutions all
over the world endorse the merits of Father Johns
Medicine because they know OF its history and cura-
tive power
1t cures colds, coughs and throat and lung trou.
bes in the natural way by driving the impurities out
OF the body and at the time its pure food ele.
epgth for those who are weak and run down Not
'ctors prescription, free from alcohol and poisonous
a bottle today
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
FIRE IN CELLAR
Considerable Damage by Smoke at
Residence of E. e. Hart.

An alarm was sounded shortly after
8 o'clock this morning from box IA
for a blaze in the cellar of the resi-
dence of +. E. Hart on East Main st.
The alarm was rung in by Edward
Mathers, who was passing by the
house at the time.
The fire is supposed to have start
ed from the furnace in which a wood
fire had been built previous to start
ing coal fire. The fire was first dis
covered by Mrs. Hart, who noticed a
blaze coming from the register in the
dining room
The greatest damage was caused by
smoke and water
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
NORTH BENNINGTON

Friends. who have been visiting
Mrs. George Hinsdin the past week,
have returned to their home in New
YORK city.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15
NEW YORK THE WINNER
Giants Hammer Buck O'Brien Out of
the Box In First Inning

The New York Giants won the fifth
game of the worlds series with the
Boston Americans yesterday by a
score of 5 to ?. The New York team
drove OBrien from the box in the
first inning. He was succeeded by
Collins who pitched the remainder of
the game without permitting one of
McGraw's men to cross the plate.
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16
Going to.Adlertise

Lone ar
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16

for the consumer and means more profit for the packer
 Many individual growers have seen the wisdom of the packers bulk dis tributing plan and are availing them selves Of it Their efforts point forth the way for eheapening the price or apples Q the consumer and raising the price for such an un- dertaking will require central sell ing agency IEts loo much to ex- pee -the good grower to be also a good salesman One might as we'll expeet concert pianist 10 book his own engagements Moreover when the orchafaist iaises under ID gar loads annually Ae wiil find that the eose of dexotiHg his.owa time to marketing when he soald De super fis.ns other operations. uill be higEone 5o him: hence the need for 2 een5ral agency, take off the hands 9t tha grower this resonsibility
 -All she advanced growers with : iE36I l kd4kRd dEE HI fdN 0fZ 0l ouGil an organization. .ba=eAey feel that at tht presen T5Ma h4 majoriY Of apple Haisefs aaFe u8H advanced far euough ia=eHlgafal methods=6o make saea4-an eHgaa4zaiou successful 1t is eazifele HkeIs= however. that this present tear Of . great eroR will at as missionary pf eanKiuaiHg elo- 4ueH=ess foa=theHe Zmueh. reason Tor tHe apple growers to eombine in Arkansas as tltefe has =beeff=f in e9lo- sado, Hood river and other points Whether through assoeiational meth ods or through some great individu- al bfaiH saere ts ali opportunity awaiting the apple industry of Ar kansas When wes efn competition becomes too keen the growers or sanize EntiI then the apple busi- ness is precarious one for the little grower, because he is helpless just as helpless as the cotton farmer
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16

Nixon of near Johnson We're in our town one day last week Mir Brooks says they hase q good prospect for corn in his par Of the country
 2 Monigold. the section fore man al this pla . left today Mon day 10 take charge of the Felker section down near sloan Springs on the K C and ' The foreman at that place resigned
 On August the l. at Che home Of [. l. Allen north of town will be keld famlh reunion All his aaiideea and thefr families will he present and oa Saturday night. the F. festival @lA he gwen to which 5Ae public is cordially invited
 John Penn
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16

Tie matter of advertising and get Lag 55e pFoaaee Of the great Ozark fruit belt before the public all over the United States has been started with rush At meeting las week Of a number Of prominent growers Of Inc Ozarks. t was decid- ed to select a committee whose du- Y il will be 10 promote the adver- Using, get cooperation among the growers, organize and further the interests of the Ozark fruit belt in general The men suggested by those present at the meeting to act on this committee are as follows: Capt Geo T Lincoln, of Benton vile. E A. Burlington of Lincoln, E. N Plank Of Decatur, E. P. Waldrip of Nashville. D. E. Richer of Spring dale. T. P Fulton of Cove, C. $ Bouton of Springdale, Jas. Sloat Of Hatfield, A. s. Teasdale of Rogers. I. 5. Hall of Mena, Senator Berry of Bentonville. c. A. Cole Of Russell vile, Garrett Williams of Quitman. E x Hopkins of Ft smith. (. D. MeIlroy of Fayetteville, John Seam stef Of Avoea, Lafe Marks of Spring dale. z A. Ford of Sloan Springs. Jas Brit of Bentonviile, \ B Scott of Meua. Bert Johnson of Highland, Parker Brothers Of Fayetteville. \ r Waad of elafksYlle. ATr Rice of springaale. N. W. Adams of Ozark. P. 4 Rodgers of Gravett, j. W stroud of Rogers. Ernest H Walker of FayetfeYille, Geo Pierce of Fay etteyille. IT, (. Porter of Fayetteville W H. shibley of Van Buren. II. F. II Smoker of Van Buren, las ". Thompson of WinsloW. E Bee Guth- rie of sulphur Springs
 All the above are either growers or in some way connected with the Horticultural interests of the ozark fruit belt. which is considered one of the greatest in the world It is planned by the committee 10 make q thorough advertising campaign and complete the organization in a short time There will also be a meeting held at the Interstate fair in October to take up definite plans for representation at the annual meeting of the Arkansas Horticul- tural society in January Smith Southwest American.
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16
Si IPHtR III

We are having fine cool weather now
 Mrs Seitz and little Vol and Mayo are visiting near Spring Valley.
 Humphey Mills of Fayetteville visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday
 Quite few from this place at tended church at Trace Valley Sun day night.
 Will Read and family of Carter visited with Prof Morris and fam fly Sunday.
 Walter Smith and wife of Cart CT visited relatives here Saturday night and Sunday
 Rev. stockburger of Fayetteville is holding series of meetings at Trace Valley this week
 Mrs. Maggie Hick and little daughter Maud of Carter visited J. |. Boaz and wife Friday
 Frank Harris of Wichita. Kan. is here visiting relatives and friends and looking after business affairs. There is singing at this place ey- cry Wednesday and Sunday night Everybody cordially invited to al tend
 Miss Pearl Crawford. who vas visiting her sister. Mrs Ea1mon. left for her home in Oklahoma few days ago
 The Embroidery Club me- last Wednesaay with Misses Ella and ifzsth54 ones \ host enjoyable af= ternoon vas spent All members present but had their work Cake =and.Iee cream were served The club will meet with Ms Eala Mcconnell zais week.
 zgup Star
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16
CAVE STRINGS

! NJ Beard started his eyaporat- or last week
 James Pattfshall is building a barn on his farm north ot town
 We had good rain last Thurs day morning and another Sunday The late rains have helped our corn cops and pasture, wonderful
 Born, 70 MT and Nrs Arthur Mastersen soath Of town. ba5y girl
 Mart Neclain shipped tao ar loads oG baled wheat straw to Ras- CTS last week.
 fige AIIen pnt in foundation last week over a Center Corner for the neg school building q shat place.
 Mrs. NJ F. Arnold ot Texas k here visiting her brother and fami- F, '1r and Mrs VI. EangIe}= of this place
 Several of oaf town people went over to the Frisco north of Lowell Sunday to sec the wreck Tbey re- port it bad wreck
 Biff Boles is saving wood for Jeff Hubbard this week Jeff will have go or so ricks saved Bff has horse power saw
 | L. Morton left last week for Pereen, Mo. on a business trip. Mir Morton is the miller at The water mill north of town
 A. F Stephens and Mr Harper have bought Mr. Scudder's moving picture machine and expect to show on Friday and Saturday nights.
 Mr and Mrs. r c. Hobbs left for Rogers the other day. Mr. Hobbs sold his lumber business at this place and is looking for new To- cation
 Last week Frank Reed. Sanford Wilson and Will Standfield each had a runaway which smashed their buggies to some extent and Sanford Wilson. horse was hurt.
 Henry Glass and family. Roy Hartman and wife and Burlin Phil lips all went down on the Illinois river last week for a few days out ing. They returned Saturday.
 George " Brooks and Mir
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16
OAK GROVE.
John Penn
[ Benton ountv !

-<~titDt4 \ V i4-S
 R Graves has ais dryer in inning order n8V
 Frank Robbins and v.fe went to amp meeting sunday
 We had | gao4 shower sunday morning, wfth some Haii
 James Keen las moved to Healing springs and Niu eaa the blacksmith shop
 Thjd Turner aaI Iva Geralds are busy hauling s.o7e wood to Castle Vile.
 Charley bowman assisted Hub hard lnsco with some road work Monday.
 Rev. Burrows Of Sloan Springs is holding a series of meetings al Healing Springs
 Eugene Bell and wife of Alton, Okla, came up last week to visit the formers mother.
 Uncle Paul Wilson died Thurs day and was buried Friday even- ing at o'clock at the Barren cem- etery.
 Joan Burch had a COW to get killed by lightning Sunday and Jess Burger lost mare the same way one day last week.
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16
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The Springdale news., 1912-08-16

At the present price of pork it is compliment to be called a hog
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16
I U Know.

A boy who Is respectful and duti- ml to his parents will usually be found worthy of any trust within the scope of his capabilities.
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16

The papers tell us Hartman was worth 150 million He wasn't. He just had that much money.
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16

"If it happened it's in The News :"
The Springdale news., 1912-08-16

If 1t happened it's in The News. ?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-08
FLOODING THE TOWN
So That AdrianopIe Will Soon Have
To Surrender.

London. Nov. S.-Below Adrianople,
SAYS a Sofia dispatch to the Standard, the
Buigarians have damned up the river
Martha so that the water has been fore
ed back and flooded the town. 1t is ex-
pected that this will compel an early
surrender. A Cetinje dispatch to the
Standard says that King Nicholas is an
noyed at the protracted siege OF Scutari,
as Montenegro has occupied much less
Turkish territory than the other allies
and it Is feared that this will have an un-
favorable effect when the partition OF
Turkey is made.
The King, therefore, has ordered the
commanders of the other Montenegro
columns to push forward and occupy as
many places as possible before the Ser
vians penetrate further west.
Another Cettinje dispatch says the
whole country is in the grip of winter
and that the snow there is two feet deep
and that the roads are impossible
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-08
HOUSE AND SENATE.

Washington, Nov. Although Dem
ocratic control of the House of Repre-
sentatites by a greatly increased ma
Jority is assured, a general shakeup OF
the personnel of the important HOUSE
be NECESSARY. The all-important ways
and means committee, which will
shape into bills the tariff policies of
the Wilson administration was riddled
by the election. OF the IA Democrats
on the committee. four will not return.
Two of these. however. Hughes of New
Jersey and James of Kentucky go to
the Senate. Ransdell of Texas and
Brantley of Georgia are retired. Out
Of the seven Republicans on the COM
mittee but two apparently will re-
main. John Dalzell of Pennsylvania
and Samuel w. Mccall of Massachu-
sets. tor years shapers of the Repub-
lican tariff policy, were not candi-
dates at the polls and EbeneZer Hill OF
Connecticut, James c. Needham OF
California, and probably Nicholas
Longworth of Ohio were beaten. Sere-
nc E. Payne of New York and Joseph
w. FoIqiney of Michigan may be the
only Republicans left.
The election of Rep. Sulzer as COVER
nor of New York leaves vacant the
craftsmanship of the important foreign
affairs committee. Flood of Virginia is
ranking member of the committee, but
he declined the Craftsmanship, two
years ago, to accept the less important
Continued on Page Seven.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-08

in earnest suppliance for their contin-
uance.
THE year now drawing to close
has been notably favorable to eur for
tunate land. At peace within and with
out, free from the pertubations and
calamities that have afflicted other
peoples, rich in harvests so abundant,
and industries so productive that the
overflow of our prosperity has advan-
tagged the whole world, strong in the
steadfast conservation of the heritage
of self government, bequeathed to us
by tho wisdom of our fathers, and firm
in the resolve to transmit that heri-
tage unimpaired but rather improved
by good use to our children and our
childreus children for all time to come,
the people Of this country have
abounded cause for contented graft
tude
Therefore +, William Howard Taft
President of the United States oil
America, in pursuance of long estab-
lished usage, and in response to the
wish of the American people. invite
my countrymen, wheresoever they may
solourn. to join, on Thursday, the 2Sth
day Of this month of November, in APP
propriate Inscription of praise and
thanks to God for the good gifts that
hav.s been our portion, and in humble
prayer that His great mercies toward
us. may endure.
sIn witness whereof, l have hereunte
set my hand and caused the seal OF
the United States to be affixed
Done at the city OF Washington
this 7th day of November in the year
of Our Lord, one thousand nine hun
dred and twelve, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America
the one hundred and thirty seventh.
(Signed) WILLIAM III. TAFT.
''By the President:
ALVEY A. ADEE.
Acting secretary of state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-08
House in Complete Control of Democrats
Senate Hinges on Few States Still in
Doubt=-Speculation as to Changes in
Leading Committees of the House.
Wilson's Vote Not Enough to Give
Him Popular Verdict--Changes
In the Electoral Vote.
AWAITING OFFICIAL COUNT.


New York. Nov. 5.-Uncertainty as
to the electoral choice of California
and Illinois as developed by belated
returns from both states was the chief
point of interest, today, although the
counting of ballots in several doubtful
states still was underway.
That Illinois was safely in the Will
son column was indicated early in the
evening. California. which had been
ter the closing of the polls, then wa
vered toward the Progressive ranks.
showed a growing Wilson plurality.
tonight The missing precincts gener-
ally were accredited to the Democrats.
and the Wilson lead, while small.
seemed safe.
After apparently holding Illinois for
nearly 40 hours after the polls closed.
Col Roosevelt lost its % electoral
votes, late in the day, when the as
sembling Of statewide returns showed
a definite victory for Gov. Wilson.
On the strength of incomplete re-
turns as to the popular vote for Will
son, Roosevelt and Taft. the estimate
was made, tonight, that Gov. Wilson
V auld not have majority of all
votes cast. In many states the popular
vote has been only roughly estimated
thus far: but the reports indicate that
the combined vote of Roosevelt and
Taft viii be approximately 100000
more than the vote for Gov. Wilson.
Toll q
BY the final count and it is expected
that the proportion for each candi-
date will not vary greatly. The pre-
liminary count gives Wilson approx
imately as per cent. of the votes
Roosevelt 20 per cent. and Taft p
per cent.
The total vote thus far reported is
less than in 1908, while the official
returns arc expected to bring ii above
those figures. In 1908, out of COM
bined vote of 14030, S5S cast for Taft
and Bryan. President Taft received
over 81 per cent
Returns from Minnesota. today.
confirmed the claim of Roosevelt TO
the 12electoral votes of that state. The
Wilson victory. claimed on the earlier
returns, had become doubtful, last
night, as the count progressed. The
latest returns. today, with many pre-
cincts still to be heard from, gave
Roosevelt an apparently safe major
ity. 100
The victory for Wilson in New
Hampshire did not carry with it con-
troll of the State Legislature. where
the Republicans again have a major
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