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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
CUTS DOWN APPRAISAL
Board Of Appeals Reduces Bristol
Valuation $4,000.

Montpelier, March 14-The board
of railroad appeals today announced
it sustained the tax commissioners
appraisal of $250000 on the Wood.
stock railroad, and reduced the Bris-
tol railroads appraisal from $4,000
TO $4,000, the old figure and made
the valuation of the steamboat Lady
of the Lake" at Newport $1,000.
James p Porter, manager of the
Woodstock railroad, told the board
his road is so poor it borrows money
to pay dividends. He admitted that
all of the last dividend of per cent
was not earned. The most import
ant fact brought out in the Rutland
railroad hearing was the information
given that the New Haven road
agreed to give the New York Central
around los for its Rutland stock. Z.
A. Cook, counsel for the state. asked
that the st. Johnsbury and Newport
road file its financial statement as
required by law which il has failed
TO do. The hearing was adjourned
until Wednesday morning.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
STUDENTS SLAYER GUILTY
Jury's Verdict is Against Prince.
Who Murdered Frank Bentley.

Buffalo. ~ Y, March 13.-After
a trial lasting two weeks. jury in
the County Court at Warsaw, n. Y,
brought in verdict tonight; finding
Alphonse Prince guilty of murder in
the second degree.
Prince is a prominent farmer of
the Town of North WethersReld.
According TO his own confession. he
shot and killed Frank Bentley. a
young graduate of the Cornell Uni
versity College of Agriculture. be-
cause he was driven to desperation
by stories connecting Bentley and
Mrs. Prince. Bentley had been sent
to take charge of a cheese factory.
Bentley disappeared on Nov. 16.
Three days later his charred BODY
was found in a lonely spot in the
woods, where it had been buried.
Prince contended that he shot the
man when insane with jealousy.
then cut the body up, and tried to
burn 1t. On the stand he insisted
That he felt he was only protecting
MS own home in staying the young
man. He said he watched the house
night after night and saw Bentley
visit his wife. Finally he enticed
MIN into the woods, where the slay.
ing took place.
Mrs. Bentley was not called BY
either side, but in a statement given
out tonight she insisted that her
husband had no grounds to Justify
I his suspicious.
When the jury reported the verdict
Prince collapsed, and for a time Il
was feared he might not survive the
shock. He is in a serious condition
in the jail tonight and will not be sen
fenced until he improves.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
LANE is NOW LONE CHIEF
Indians Give Secretary Of the Int
rior Honored Tribal Name.

Washington. March 13.-Franklin
X Lane, Secretary of the Interior,
has been made an Indian chief To
day in his office he had bestowed up
on him the title of Lone Chief" by
a delegation of Blackfeet Indians
from Montana, who called to give
him a pipe of peace and buckskin
tobacco bag.
After handing the pipe to the Sec
rotary, Chief Curly Bear, a tall and
heavily built mountain chief, stepped
forth and said: Hereafter we will
call you Lone Chief. That was the
name of our most famous chief You
will be Lone Chief to us now" Then
turning to Mr. Abbott, Acting Com.
missioner of Indian Affairs, he said
And you, too. must have an Indian
name. You are short of statute; SO
we will call you Little Chief"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
oLNEY MAY DECLINE POST
Friends Think Law Practice viii
Keep Him From Embassy.

Washington, March 13.-Intima-
tions have been received here that
Richard Olney would decline the
post of Ambassador to Great Britain,
offered to him by President Wilson.
Friends with whom Mr.. Olney had
been in communication thought to-
day that the veteran diplomat would
not accept the post because his law
practice had become so extended that
he did not feel it possible to abandon
that work at present.
No word was received in the White
House from Mr.. Olney. kilograms
were sent to him by many close
friends of President Wilson, urging
him to accept. National Chairman
McCombs was among those who said
he hoped Mr.. Olney would find it
possible to take the embassy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
EASTER HATS NIPPEo IN BUD
1900 Tie erhone Girls Give Them Up
to Aid Garment Strikers.

Boston, March 13.-To give fnan-
cial assistance 10 the striking gar
ment workers, telephone operators in
this city will go without their Easter
hats and new suits this year.
The Boston Telephone Operators
Union, which has. 1900 members,
voted at special meeting to dis
pense with all Easter embellishments
and give the money to the strikers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
STATE SENATOR SUSPENDED
MeOevitt Refusing an Apology, Or
dered from Chamber,

Boston, Mass. March Ex-senator
John J. McDevitt of Quincy defied
the Senate today, fatty refusing to
apologize to that body. He left the
chamber under suspension until
May l, or thereafter until he makes
the demanded apology.
In a letter sent to the president of
the Senate before the session, Nc
Dewitt said an attempt was being
made to railroad" him from the
Senate, and he asked for a trial in
open session to determine the truth
of his charge that member of the
Legislature had attempted to bride
him.
This being refused, McDevitt at.
tempted to repeat his charge of at.
tempted bribery and was ordered
from the chamber.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
DU POINT NAME BILL FAILS
Defeated by Close Vote In HOUSE
Which Once Passed Il.

Dover, Del, March 13.-The bill
changing the name of Alfred Victor
du Pont to Dorsey Casenove du Pont
was defeated in the lower branch of
the Legislature today by vote of II
to Is.
Alfred Victor du Pont Is the IL
year-old son. of Alfred I. du Pont, the
powder manufacturer. Mr.. du Pont
has pushed the name-changing bill
with great vigor. The bill once pass
ed the House, but was recalled from
the Senate when the boys mother
and the boy himself, now at school
in Great harrington, Mass, entered
vigorous objection. The bill was
sent to committee, was forced out of
committee today and put to vote.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
CROSBY PARkER
Representative from BrattIeboro
Married in West SomervIle, Mass.

Brattleboro, March 12.-Edward c.
Crosby, representative in the recent
Legislature and "a well-known bust
ness man, and Mrs. Julia l.. Parker
of this town were married this noon
at The home of the brides niece in
West Somerville, Mass, by the Rev.
r. NJ. Houghton of this town and the
Rev. Mr. Handel. assistant pastor of
fremont Temple, Boston. Mr.. and
Mrs. Crosby left this afternoon for
a three weeks trip to New Iberian,
La, where his son, Francis w. Cros-
by, is a prominent architect and
builder.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
HOLY WEEK SERVICES
Special Program at the conareaa.
tional Church

Holy week services will be held in
the Second Congregational church
four nights of next week. A printed
order Of worship will be used. the
congregational singing will be led by
a chorus choir, and a special musical
selection will be rendered each night
by a soloist The purpose of these
services is for devotion and instruc-
ton. They will not continue over an
hour, beginning promptly at 7.30. The
following is the list of the preachers:
Tuesday. Rev. James Z. Clark.
North Bennington.
Wednesday, Rev. Payson E. Pierce,
of the South church. Pittsfield.
Thursday. the pastor, with admins
tration of the Sacrament of the
Lords Supper.
Friday. Rev. Theodore Z. Busfeld,
ID. D., North Adams.
The public win be very welcome.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
SELLS MARQUETTE SITE
Chicago Land Made Famous by Ex-
plorer Sold by Mrs. c. p. Taft.

Chicago, March 13.-A tract Of
eight acres of land, the site of
Father Marquette's landing in 1873,
owned by Mrs. Anna Seaton Taft,
wife Of Charles p. Taft, has been
sold to c. L. Wiley. a Chicago man.
ufacturer. The land is in South
Robey street, extending along the
drainage canal, and has a frontage
of 1,443 feet Mrs. Taft acquired
the property by will from her father,
who purchased II about fifty years
ago. The consideration Of the pres
ent sale was withheld. but IL is said
to have been about 100000. About
four years ago Mr.. Wiley erected a
large mahogany cross at the point
where, it is said. Father Marquette
landed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
Notice

The annual meeting OF the Young
Mems association for the election OF
officers viii be held in the Library,
Monday. March IL, 1913. Polls open
at 1 o'clock and closed at 6 O'Clock
in the afternoon.
Fred G. Martin,
Recording Secretary.
Bennington, Vt, March 1st 1913.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for this section for the
Next "a Hours.
For eastern New York and western
Vermont rain and much colder to
night with cold wave In north and
central portions Sunday. Much cold
er with snow extreme north portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
DUG A HOLE AND DIED INIT
w. S. Crawford Hunted a Gas Leak
in His Yard and u Killed Him.

Atlantic City, N. J., March IA
William s. Crawford, a restaurant
keeper who had been missing two
days, was found In his yard today
with his head over a hole which he
had dug to discover the location OF
a leak in his gas pipes. He had
found the leak and been asphyxiat-
ed. Crawford was IS years old, and
the Tow OF gas was so strong that he
was overcome by the poisonous
fumes before he could get away.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15
ST. PATRIck's NIGHT MINSTREL
Program of Entertainment at Acad-
envy Hall Monday Evenings


envy Hall Monday Evening"
Following is the program for the
minstrel entertainment to be given
at Academy hall Monday evening
by the pupils of St Frances de Sales
Academy and under the direction of
Joseph McDermott and William j.
Londergan:
Part I.
Interlocdtor William Lonergan
Overture Company
Coon Song
IF Time Was Money I'd be Mil
lonaire."
Robert Cummings
In the Harbor of Home Sweet Home
Bernard Doran
Coon Song Broke"
John McGurn
Coon Song
when Uncle Joe Plays the Rag on
his Old Banjo"
Francis Riley
81 Wish that l were back in Old
Killarney"
Robert Kennedy
Comic Song
"Finnegan Gave 1t to Me-"
Walter Woodward
Coon Song-"Where' You Coin?
Thomas Mcclure
Coon Song
The Boy who Suffered and the
Girl who Lisped."
Walter Novels
Coon Song-"Another Rag"
William McGurn
Ballad
"Hoo-oo, Amt You Coming Out To
night
Edward McGurn
Finale Company
Under the direction of Miss C. Combs
Dialogue-"John and Mary Ann"
Leo Moran and Richard Griffin
irish Lit Senior Girls
Under the direction of Miss C. Combs
The Irish Philosopher
William Kearns
Military Drill Junior Bows
Under the direction of VIM Lonergan
Drawing of articles.
Entertainment at 500 D. m. sharp.
Admission soc.
Ok Dance
Hugh Clark, Emmett Leahy, Leo
Nash, Fred Moran, Richard Skehan,
Bernard Murphy, Arthur Theberge.
Emiel Belmarre
Irish Lit.
Mary Healey, Alice Houran, Helen
Sullivan, Mary Galipo, Catherine Nc
CURE, Julia Brazil, Margaret Nash,
Helen Mcclure.
The Boys Drill.
Left side-James Doyle, Joseph
Ryan, Robert McKeon, William Ho-
gan, Louis Sausville, Edward Con-
nelly. James Cone, Arthur Cronin.
Michael O'Hare, Francis Graham.
George Mcclure, John Ryan.
Right Side--Robert Quinn. James
Hughes, Thomas Gibney, Charles
Ineson, Adulphus Sauisville, Joseph
Lawns, John Woodland, Robert Cron-
in, Thomas Slattery, John Elliot,
Alferd Taylor, James O'Brien.
The Choruses.
Helen Whitney, Helen Sullivan.
Margaret Nash, Josephine Shea,
Mary O'Brien, Catherine O'Brien,
Mary Morrissey, Alice Houran, Flea
nor Murphy, Mary Cole, Anna Leahy,
Mary Healey, Julia Brazil, Gladys
Turner, Agnes Murphy, Catherine
Mcclure, Yvonne Roy. Mary Galipo,
Helen Mcclure. Elizabeth Shehan.
Margaret Harvey, Elizabeth Costello.
Mary Natter, Marie Keller, John
Baker, Leo Nash. Hugh Clark. EN-
met Leahy, Francis Purcell, Richard
Skehan, Fred Moran, Joseph Lee.
William Brougham, Ralph Mathers.
Bernard Murphy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15

of demanding a new trial, however,
the defense consented to continue
before Judge Mayer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-15

Following is the program for the
minstrel entertainment to be given
at Academy hall Monday evening
by the pupils of st. Frances de Sales
Academy and under the direction of
Joseph McDermott and William j.
Londergan:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-02-07

not know who the "alumni" is
or where they live or what is
their occupation. If they reside
in this state and are engaged in
farming or any industrial pur-
suit, or if not actually engaged
in farming, are familiar with
the needs, requirments etc.,
then we would say that they
are entitled to an opinion on the
subject and their reasons there
for should receive what con-
sideration they deserve. Other
wise, we fail to see why they
should "butt in" and try to con-
troll the selection of a President
or any other officer, for the V. P.
|. in this state. We have a
board of good men whose duty it
is to select a President, why not
let then do it?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-02-07
THAT BIG WATER STORY

One of the readers of this
paper arises to inquire if we
didn't have a little too much
water in the paper last week re-
ferring to the article in the paper
last week in which it was stated
that more than 5000 tons of
water fell on every acre of land
in these southern and Atlantic
states, each year. No, the figures
given were correct, in round
numbers. We expected the ac-
curacy of the statement to be
questioned. The amount of rain
fall is SO much greater than any
one would imagine without an
investigation and a calculation.
Look up last weeks paper and
read the article again. Make the
calculation for yourself. The an
nual rainfall in this section is SO
inches, on an average, yearly.
How many tons fall on one acre?
After you have satisfied yourself
of the correctness of this calcula-
ton, then, go to work to solve
the more important problem,
how to conserve this vast amount
of water and store it for next
summer when the hot sun parches
your land and the crops.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-02-07
A BUSINESS COURSE A NECESSITY

In this day the young man OF
young woman who is ambitious
to make an independent living is
greatly handicapped by scant
and meager preparation. Ignor-
ance is not at a premium in the
markets of this country ~
don't know how" is the cry of
failure and poverty. The stenog-
rapher, typewriter, book-keeper,
clerk or what not, must know
how or stand aside. All this is
self-evident. The point is.
preparation and fitness is readily
and cheaply acquired. A few
dollars, a few months time and
reasonable industry will make an
efficient money Garner out of any
average young man or woman.
The Central Business College.
Roanoke, has an important ad in
this paper. Read it. Borrow the
money if necessary, and prepare
yourself to make money and to
be useful in this busy world.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-02-07
TWO GREAT MEN

There are two men in this
country who deserve public rec
ognition, and sooner or later will
get it. They have done things
tangible. They have done some
thing more than "talk". They
are each public benefactors, and
should have a few flowers while
they are still able to enjoy their
fragrance and beauty. So, here
are ours. We refer to Mr..
Hitchcock, Postmaster General
of the United States, and to C.
Lee Moore, Auditor of Virginia.
These two men are on the job.
Mr. Hitchcock has put into
operation the great parcels post
system, smoothly and success
fully, all through this great
country, without a jar, without
delay or confusion. This scheme
will be of more value in the way
Of convenience and economy to
a greater number of people, than
any scheme of modern times.
And incidentally and indirectly
he has done for the express COM
panies what the whole of con-
gross seemed unable to accom-
plish. He has built his monument.
State Auditor Moore has done
a greater service to his state
than any of his predecessors.
He has gone after the tax-dod-
gers and careless incompetent
commissioners, with gloves off,
and unearthened hundreds of
thousands of taxable property
heretofore withheld from tax
alton. In the county of Norfolk,
according to The Times Dispatch,
there has recently been added tc
the taxable values of that county
$132, $4,000, and Mr.. Moore is
still at it. In Richmond anc
other cities similar results have
accrued through the untirine
efforts of this determined anc
courageous man.
These two men have done
things-brought things to pass
and should have, and as fact
are having, Communications
from all quarters. The one would
make a fine President, the Other
a fine Governor. The Clinch Val
ley News filings these little
boquets to these worthy publ,
servants, heartily and sincerely
wishing them still greater success.
in their important positions.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-02-07
THOSE yellow BREECHES'

We have no means of knowing
just to what extent the criticisms
of the road people, made in the
"yaller breeches" article pub
lished in this paper last week,
are justifiable. We would not
undertake from our chair in this
office, or even from an inspection
of the work, to pass judgment.
What do we know about road
surveying and road building?
We would not undertake to say
that we know a good, properly
built road when we see it. And
yet, we are sure that we know
just about as much about it as a
number of critics in this county,
honest though they be. The peo-
ple of Thompson Valley need
good roads, perhaps just a little
worse than do the people of any
other section, if possible. They
are naturally impatient. They
forget that Rome was not built
in day. The road beds in
Thompson Valley are narrow,
badly laid out, and if they are
Strengthened and widened and
improved by being surveyed
five times, it will be money
well spent. Mr.. Lee, the efficient
engineer, is a skillful conseienti-
GUS man. Those who know him
will be slow to believe that he is
knowingly or wilfully wasting
money or delaying the work.
Mistakes have perhaps been
made. The expenditure of nearly
a million dollars is no child's
! job. The collection and organic
ing of road forces and machinery,
obviously was a difficult task.
1t has been done and roads have
been and are being built. This
"yaller breeches" crowd have
earned their money, and while
honest just criticism is always
allowable and welcomed in these
columns we do not invite or en-
courage knockers and kickers,
who know nothing of road build
ing and its complications, how
ever honest they may be. Of all
people this class should be sure
they are right before they go
ahead.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-02-07
E'ER | FRIENDS
GOOD ADVICE
lie Results Made This Ns;;ybura
Lady Clad She Followed
Suggestion.

Newburg, Ala.-"For more than a
year" writes Myrtle Cothrum, of this
place, Il suffered with terrible pains IN
my back and head. 1 lad a sallov
complexion, and my face was covered
with pimples. Our family doctor only
gave me temporary relief.
a friend of mine advised me to trv
cardui. so began taking It, at once
and with the best results, for was
cured after taking two bottles. NY
mother and my aunt have also used
Cardui and were greatly benefited
shall always praise Cardui to sic,.
ara suffering women"
Cardui is q purely vegetable. ner.
Iectiy harmless. tonic remedy for wo.
men, and will benefit young and old
Its ingredients are mild herbs, hav.
Ing gentle, tonic effect, on tho WI.
manly constitution.
Cardui has helped q million woman
BACK TO health and strength.
Have you tried it? II pat n,eeso
90. 1t may be just what YOU need
N. B. Write to: Ladies' Advisory r.,, (,.,..
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-02-07

so deliciously suggestive that to
attempt to produce it would
drive us abroad in search Of the
food described.
In conclusion the "chef" of
the Clinch Valley News sanctum
says:
eff your digestive mill is in
good working order you will
sleep like baby that night. If
not, you may sleep like one that
needs paregoric and soothing
syrup. ~
Leap year is now rapidly
drawing to n close, but we ven
ture to predict that if our South
west friend is not a married
man, he'll certainly be grabbed
up between now and January |,
1913, by some woman. A mortal
that knows as much about buck.
wheat cakes az he is bound to b,
a love. "--Richinond Evening
Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-02-07
V. P. |. Alumni Protest.

Roanoke Times:
Nobody expects or desires that
any educational institution should
be dominated by it's alumni. Yet
all must concede that the alumni
are powerful factors in promot-
ing success, are the best and
most Jealous friends of college,
university or school, and there
fore are entitled to have their
opinions and wishes considered
respectfully and given full
weight.
The alumni of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute have been
called to meet here next Satur-
day to consider the proposed
election, by the board of visitors,
of Mr.. Joseph D. Eggleston to
be president. Apparently the
opposition to this gentleman is
vigorous and general. Not a
word has been said or suggested
against his character or general
ability. The fact that he made a
capable and useful superin-
tendent of public instruction is
conceded by all. His fitness for
this special place and situation
is doubted by many, POSITIVELY
denied by many. Newspapers
throughout the State have voiced
the public suspicion that his Sc
lection would be a matter of
politics. Whether that belief be
right or wrong it exists. We
must deal with facts as they are.
Apparently the alumni, more in
terested in the Institute than
anybody else outside it's i'm
mediate boundaries, with more
affection for it than any body
else, share that belief.
The hold of the Institute on
the State is precarious. Conf
dence in the Institute and pride
in it have waned. 1t has been a
disappointment in important re-
spects. These conditions may or
may not be justified by results,
but they exist. Care, strength,
definite policy and purpose are
required to restore it and give it'll
new and better start. Above
I'll, it should be relieved of every
uspicion that politics has any