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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-07
TRAIN SERVICE
To Be CUT, IS
PREDICTION
Roads Can't Continue Long Los
Ing Money, Says Forbes Favor
ing Freight Rate Advance,
BY 3. c. FORBES.

You may find your train service cut
down shortly, The largest railroad
system in the United states-and In
tho world-has started to reduce the
humber of its trains. And the Penn
HylVania's example has been followed
by the New Haven.
Unless conditions are speedily cor
Tected, other lines are certain TO fol-
low suit,
What attitude do the publlc-what
attitude do you-propose to take to-
ward the whole railroad problem?
Let there be no misconcepton or
this simple point:
Railroads can not be run forever
at loss. No power on earth can
compel Investors against their Will
20 supply capital for Improbable
purposes
The public must not expect the
railroads to give for 100 cents serv-
ice costing them los cents If a
loss can be turned into a profit by
looping off a number OF trains the
railroads, If unable 10 make ends
meet by other means, will have re-
The indications are that railroad
service win be materially curtailed IN
the near future
This, of couse, viii breed discon
tent, and discomfort will give an i'm
petus to the agitation for Government
ownership.
A trifiing increase say Gle or even
5 per eent-in freight rates VIII not
remove all railroad difficulties
American railroads must can a halt
in the snowbaIl-like rolling up OF
debts, debts, debts which never are
liquidated
We're investors to refuse TO supply
ADDITIONAL capital to our railroads
for two or three years, the country
would be strewn with bankrupt sys-
TENS Solvency under the present
method Of financing transportation. is
dependent upon ability 10 raise larger
and still larger loans. That is an un-
pleasant fact, but II is q fact
My opinion IS that the whole ma
ton would he benefited by the grant
ing Of the rate increase desired.
But that would not-will not-set
Tie everything.
Did you notice that the new presi
cent of the Chicago and Alton he
gan by cutting the payroll 10 per
cent ana abolishing a number OF
high salaried official positions?
Among developments look for are
these:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
KINGS DAUGHTERS MEET
Unusually Successful Gathering a
White River junction

The 21st annual convention of the
Vermont branch of the Kings
Daughters was held at White River
Junction the first week in October
with an attendance of so delegates
at the opening session. 1t was voted
to hold the convention in 1915 in
Bennington in October, the date to be
announced by the president.
The work of the convention began
Tuesday afternoon and continued
through Wednesday and Thursday
The delegates were especially favor
edin that there were present several
officials of the organization from other
states. Among them We're Mrs. ]. f.
Mansfield, president of the Iowa
branch, Miss Smith, president of the
Maine branch ana Mrs. Farnsworth,
president of the New Hampshire
branch.
An enjoyable feature of the con
vention was the banquet at the juno
ton house at which there were pres
ent 112 delegates and invited guests.
At the banquet a beautiful neck
lace was presented to Mrs. Martha
Dana Clark of Woodstock, president
of the Vermont, branch, the presen-
tation being made by Mrs. Lucy j. Il.
Burt of Bennington.
Bennington county was honored
with two places in the list OF state
officers. Ms. Lucy ]. b. Burt receiv-
ed her 18th election as treasurer.
Mrs. Emma Harwood was elected
auditor and Mrs. S. Il. Thompson was
chosen county secretary.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
ayxs az the Town end Aasse Tsla Essats
ess nxew neAdazA- &.

Miss Mary Robinson has returned
from Troy where she has been visit
ing friends.
Mrs. Katherine Lyons and daught
er, Miss Nellie Lyons, have been Wis
iting in North Adams.
Clayton B. Simpson of Main street
has returned from a visit at his
home in Springfield, Mass.
The advance sale of reserved seat
tickets for "The Misleading Lady
will begin at the box Office this even
ing at Z o'clock.
George O'Hare of Concord, N. H.,
a former resident, is visiting his wife
who has been spending some time at
her former home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Levin, Jr.,
have moved from the Hawks tene-
ment on North street to the Gold
smith tenement on Valentine street.
At the Methodist parsonage Thurs
day, Oct. Is, 1914 Ray T. White OF
MiddleseX and Mrs. Grace Boyce OF
Waterbury, were united in marriage
by Rev. Z. l.. Dow.
Miss Martha Dewey, who came
home to attend the DeweyShurtleff
wedding, returned this morning to
the Capen school at Northampton,
Mass.
William Ryan, driver of the village
team, who few weeks ago under
went an operation for hernia at the
North Adams hospital, is expected
home Sunday or Monday
Henry Bradt Wynkoop and Louise
Patterson Martin, both of Delmar, n.
Y, we're united in marriage We'd
nesday, October IA, 1914 at the Meth
odist parsonage by Rev. p. l.. Dow.
The Second Congregational church
Rev. G. S. Mills pastor, cordially in
yites the pastor to its services to-
morrow. Morning worship at 1890,
sermon, "The Reasonable Things
Sunday school at noon, c. E. meeting
at $50. Note that the Sunday even
ing service is resumed. Address,
"Onc Glory of the War-the Glory of
Devotion" Hour, 7.3O.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
MULLIGAN
& ROCHE

responding quarter OF 1918 they were
s2.6O7S45. The value of exports was
s2,616,157, as compared with $1,937,-
591 of the same quarter last yea
The amount OF duties collected in
the district for the month of Septem
Der of this year was s10,662.66, which
is absolutely low water mark, being
the smallest amount evet collected
since the districts were divided. For
September of last year they were
$67,S4057. The big dropping off
however, does not seem to be due to
the European war, in this instance,
for the importations for last month
were $7S4,210, not much less than in
September of 1913, when they were
SS95,S24. The value of exports last
month was $1,OSO,767. In September
of last year they were $614,195.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
SOUTH SALISBURY

\. A. Collins visited Dwight Rudd
in Bennington recently.
John Fitzgerald has moved into the
Bruce house on Main street
Ormsby Goewey of Bennington
spent Sunday at his home here.
The Lend-a-Eiand will meet Mon
day evening with Miss Agnes AID
am.
Miss Sara Harris. with frienG
was home from Dalton, Mass, over
Sunday.
Mrs. Pete Heller and daughter
Retta have returned from visit in
Albany.
Mrs. Phebo Pheny has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Levi Hin, this
week.
MIR. and Mrs. James King of North
Adams were over Sunday guests at
Walter Collins.
Edward A. Fink has moved int1
the Montgomery tenement on Cleye-
land Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kenyon OF
North bennington visited at Ms.
Genovieve Diapers Sunday.
Miss Florence Humphreys was
home from North Adams Normal
school over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Goewey and
son, Harold, of Bennington spent sun
day at Marshall Conveys,
Mr.. and Mrs. Badger and daughter
Elsie of Cambridge N. Y, spent Sun
day at Frank Harris,
Miss Jessie Burgess of Bennington
has been teaching in the Grammar
room of the school here, this week.
Mrs, Bessie Wright, Miss Mary
Rudd and Nelson Hitchcock of Ben
nington visited at Walter Collins
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, L. NJ Hawkins were
in North Adams Wednesday to a.
tend the funeral of Mrs. Frcelove
Chase. '
Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon Tessier,
Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ Gordon and
daughter, Jennie. were at Hedges
Lake Sunday.
Miss NJ. Eva Miller, who under
went an operation at the Troy City
hospital last Saturday, is reported to
be getting along we'll
Mrs, Jesse Durham and children Of
North Bennington, Mrs, George Con
over and daughter, Carol of larry
town, n. Y, visited friends in town,
Thursday! hl' '''''l.e
MIR. and Mrs. Charles 7. Solmon
and Mrs. A. d. hawkins attended the
Sunday school convention in Ben
nington. Friday as delegates from the
NJ. T. sunday school
Norman L. Bottum and Mildred
Niles we're married Thursday morn
ing at the NJ. +. parsonage by the
Rev. Pete. Heller MIR. and Mrs.
Bottum left on the morning train for
Herman. " Y. where they will visit
MIR. Bottum's sister.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17

TIE BowsER CAT AND THE INTERLoPEH
CoLLIDED.
run a terrible risk OF physical col
lapse with the advent Of the first real
hot wavcy
No, | didn't know 1t. thought You
were In splendid health. Only last
night | heard you telling Brown
Never mind what / told Brown \
man may be at deaths door and yet
not like to have people talking about
II and sympathizing | may look well
and have a good appetite, but the fact
remains that a pun would blow out
the flame of life. | have kept this
fact from you for weeks and weeks,
but feel you ought to know it,"
And the hammock is going to save
You from being pulled outy' she asked
as the family cat came out from under
the piano 10 take a hand IN the game
IL hope and trust il is. Acting under
the advice of one Of the best doctors
in town. | am going TO try to harden
myself up before the hot weather be-
comes too oppressive. | shall put that
hammock up In the back yard this
evening"
And that will harden your
Adam Is His Hero.
And | shall pass the night in the
hammock-many nights. The doctor
says | must have a free circulation of
air and that instead OF avoiding the
night dcws | must revel in them. so
TO say. Man was never born to sleep
in bed rs We do. Adam rested at
night under a tree. So did all the
other men for hundreds of years.
Whenever you find the hardest men
You hnd men who keep in the open
air by day ana night have coddled
myself Up too much"
well, when YOU have n sore throat.
n cold in the head and are aching with
rheumatism from head To heel. per.
haps youll keep on coddling.' she
answered.. "Any doctor who told you
such stun Cor truth Is an idioir'
There you ro.' exclaimed Mr. Bow
ser as he began 70 pace mp and down
the room. followed hy the cat. Il
might have known YOU wouldn't talk
sense. ! never start in 10 better my
health hut you oppose the idea. you
arc hoping ! may collapse on the street
and be brought home as dead rs a
doornail. why don't you say so and
have done with it,"
Mrs. scwssr Scents Trouble Again.
TO ahead with your hammock cure
she quietly replied. If the doctor said
il would harden you mp then Of course
il viii Don't put the blame or on
me. however
~Blames Blames How can blame
youf~
Il don't know. hut you probably
will
iii probably do nothing Of the kind.
- George. but l wonder II there Is
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
SEVERE RHEUMATIC
PAINS DISAPPEAR

rheumatism depends on an acid
in the blood, which affects the
muscles and joints, producing in
aammaiion, stiffness and pain. This
aid gets into the blood through
como defect in the digestive process.
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the old-time
blood tonic, is very successful in the
treatment of rheumatism. 1t acts
directly, with purifying effect, on
The blood, and improves the diges-
ton. Don't suffer. Get Hood IS today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS LOW
Collection for September Lowest
Since District Has Divided

The business done in the customs
district of Vermont for the quarter
ending September 80. as tabulated at
the Burlington customs house, shows
some interesting comparisons.
TIA amount of duties collected in
the quarter was $65, 74056. This in
dictates a great dropping off from the
quarter ending the same date in
1913. when the collections were $780,
S20.25. The first named collections
were under the new tariff law and
the last named under the old tariff
law. The value of importations in
the quarter ending September 80, this
year, were $2,647,746. For the cor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17

This letter plainly envenOmed my
fathers mind against me. How do
you suppose the writer did it,"
Il suppose. to he in the fashion. he
used a poisoned pen" - Baltimore
american
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
Keep Your Stomach and Live
Healthy

Avigorous Stomach, perfect working
Liver and regular acting Bowels is
guaranteed IL you will use DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. They insure good
Digestion. correct Constipation and
have an excellent tonic effect on the
whole system-Purify your blood and
rid you OF all body poisons through
the bowels. Only 25c. at your Drug
gist. 4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
cer.s.nly lot.

Patrmacfl thought YOU said you'd
scream ID he kissed YOU?
Pair. did s-rc1m.
"No'nly heard you."
'uh. VOL. : dda't scream rs loud as
thatr'--l onkers Statesman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
BOWSER'SBARCAIN
He Buys a Hammock at 20 Per
Cent Discount.
AND INTENDS SLEEPING IN IT
But a Complication of Affairs Spells
the Proposed Siesta-Mr. B. Discov-
ers That the Night Air Is Full Of a
Number of Things.
BY M. QUAD.


copyright. 1914 by Associated Literary
Press.l
WNuERE was no red lantern as
M danger signal.
"a There was no raven to crOak.
There was no warning in the
evening breeze.
Eat as Suddenly as II workman quits
when the whistle blows the Bowscr
do)rbcll was yan!,ed-
The COOK tnoe her hands out Of the
lishwui.r "a run UPSTAIRS and answer
be SUMMONS and received Il bundle
whlch she lorc to the sitting room,
~'Tharc must lac soiue mla;ase." said
Mrs Eowser -! have ordered uothing
sent ap today"
There IS 40 inistal,e alol't it, r.
piled Mr. Bowser This Is q ham
mock | bought this afternoon at 70
per cent on, because it was hte in the
season."
But We have no place for a ham
mock"
Haven't we got a back yard?'
Eyes. but there is no shady spot for
n hammock
Bowser Does Not Seek Ease.
II am not looking for shady spots,
Mrs Bowser want you TO talk sen
sibly for once in your life. Do you
know that have got to harden my
self up for the coming dog days or
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
IaoL. elitt.r.

Consistency * a jewel"
That's all right. but you can't work
It Of on the girl instead OF a diamond
ring. California Outlook.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17

Norman L. Dottum and Mildred
Niles we're married Thursday morn
ing at the NJ. +. parsonage by the
Rev. Pete. Heller. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bottum left on the morning train for
Herman. " Y. where they will visit
MIR. Bottum's sister.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-01-16

mo; there won't. my pretty lady"
he said aloud. the solitude and the
company Of the waxen images inclin
ing him to hear the sound of his own
voice. ''There'll be no accident
Why? Because that clown of train
err Lambert will stop it-because he'll
send his horse safe to the post firsl
and he'll talk to you two after-te'
you what he heard-tell you to your
face what you are
The second bell rang. and immedi-
ately without waiting to allow any who
might be in the chamber of horrors to
get out. the uhseen attendant on an
other floor pulled IL lever. and the door
closed with Il hard bang. Lambert was
locked within the chamber of horrors.
with no way of escape until Monday.
Here. stop that he roared as he
got down from the jury box and tried
to open the door II tell you there's
some one inside open the door at once
don't play the COMPOUNDED fool. l tell
You it's most important let me out"
But he could not bulge the door.
| ucH It I'll MS " thouth
and shouted:
Help, hetp. help.
All of the lights except a few near
the ceiling were switched out, adding
to the terror of the trainers situation.
| Don't do that don't do that" he
| fairly howlpd. stop it don't leave
| me here in The dark shall go mad
alone here in the dark with these
alone for day and Il night and anoth-
er night till Monday. while
Into his frenZied mind there came
thought of The Whip. At the picture
Of his beloved and first member of the
Beverley string lying upon some rail
road track dying. his terror increased
as he cried:
"They are smashing my horse
they'll smash The Whip-while Tn
locked up here-they shan't-let me
out, | say-let me OUT
The manifold fortunes of the situa
ton were too much for the trainer an6
he sank down. sobbing and screaming
while even the lights in the ceiling
faded away.
Mrs. Beamish was decidedly uneas!
, as she sat in the morning room a
Falconhurst. on the evening followin,
, the locking into the chamber Of hor
rors of Tom Lambert. Lord Beverle.
, had been furious when Lambert faile,
e to appear. and Lady Di was even the
at the station to see The Whip pu
safely into the horse box for the trip
e Newmarket.
Once or twice she had been on tn
e point of telling the marquis Of Lam
e bert's plight. but she had decided
hold her tongue. She had recognize
It the posing trainer almost the momeI
d her eyes had fallen on the place in th
e jury box where DR.. Crippen shoul
have been, and she had deliberatel
r planned to stay so late in the chan
Ie Der that Lambert. who knew nothin
4. OF the hydraulic door. would have 4
time to escape and would be oblige
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-01-16
By
BERTRAND BABCOCK

Mrs. DAquila had not seemed star
tied at what Sartoris had said.
THAT doesn't sound bad" she said.
IF one had II bit on at. say, twenty
mo chance" came from the captain.
"Di must have told Brancaster. for he
caught Kelly, the big bookmaker. half
drunk and off his guard and rushed
him with three big bets. If The Whip
wins he'll win a fortune"
"Brancaster. she exclaimed in a voice
of gloom, now thoroughly aroused.
"Yes. He'll have lots of money to
fight you with, If the horse gets beat
he'll be nearly broke"
now was
Horses do get beat sometimes" she
said.
Yes" said Sartoris, equally gloomy
That's what Kel-what chap | know
said. When Klarikoff was favorite fol
the Leger he got burned in his box"
I'm his stable?" she asked.
mo. horse box on the railway" hi
returned.
II wonder how it was done" shs
said in tone that might have stoot
for the suggestion of an evil deed. 5,
sinister it was.
Sartoris shrugged his shoulders.
Accident" he said In his thin voice
I'D give something for another"
"You wouid?" she asked in peculia
tone.
"Yes." he said. frankly. "Fve had
plunge on something else. want t
see The Whip beaten. | must see he
beaten. That's why told you. You'v
got quick wits
1.-The jockey" she suggested.
"Honest idiot"
The stable.
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that chamber of horrors! Well. serves
him right. and a good lesson for him.
Let him dream of his Myrtle"'
She tried to turn to something else
but in spite of her her thoughts would
go to Lambert
"Poor devil" she sighed: "how hun
cry he must be! | wonder If he has
any cigars with him."
And then though she had quite deter
mined to do no such thing, her hand,
almost of its own volition and with
certainly no willing force from her.
took up the telephone and her voice
A,lled for Nine. Tussaud's.
without much difficulty she got the
place and explained to the night watch
man that she had reason to believe
that "a Mr.. Lambert" was locked In
the chamber of horrors. She held the
line for a time and finally had the sat
isfaction of hearing humble, discreet
voice at the other end. which still had
cold defiance in it beneath the We
neer Of humility.
"Ah. Lambert- she exclaimed over
the wire They've got you out, Ell?
Tired of being wax work."
But the trainer paid no attention to
the jibing quality of her tones and
plunged into recital of what he had
heard while he posed as DR.. Crippen.
Its not true" she exclaimed over
the wire. you're inventing it to get
at me. Tom Lambert. will you swear
it is true?'
Lord Beverley entered during her
concluding words and she explained
rapidly to him.
What cock and bull story's thisT
he demanded.
But after another short talk with
Lambert she continued to Beverley.
Its true. He says he overheard g
plot to kill The Whip. They mean tt
uncouple the horse box at Manifold
junction just the other side of thu
tunnel and leave it where the dowr
express II run into it and smash thu
whole thing up"
Lord Beverley now talked with Lam
bert in his turn.
IF this story of yours is true. whose
plot is it?' he asked. what. Captain
Sartoris. Greville. Are you mad o
drunk. sir. to make such an accuse
ton? You'll take your oath upon it
Going by the same train as The WIFI
prevent the horses starting at an.
cost. Yes: I'll do that"
He snapped up the receiver whel
they heard the whistle of the train a
it left Falconhurst station.
You can't There goes the train,
lamented Mrs. Beamish.
, TOO later' exclaimed Beverley ''
wouldn't have that horse hurt 70
three times what she stands to VIII
, Good heavens. Betty. Harry Arson an
, the others-we must save them"
But Mrs. Beamish was already o
her agitated but rapid way to the doc
And we will. she cried 1T is m
doing. My stupid jealousy has led I
.. it all. It's my duty to put thing
: straight, and I'm going to do it."
: Howe" quizzed the marquis.
"Give me the big motor and coup
!, Of men," she said. land I'll race tt
= train and get to the tunnel first"
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Lewiston Milling Company.

"Guarded like the sultan's harem!
Beverley's pet fad"
"Yes. the trains the place." she said.
musingly. getting to her feet.
Puzzled. Sartoris also arose.
How? Her lad and probably her
clown Of trainer. Lambert. will travel
with her in the box on behind, and
slip it at Manifold. where the down
express will pick it up
"Slp it, she said. while her
thoughts were busy on some sudden
problem.
"Yes." he explained. Its what they
always do. don't you know. pull
string thing that undoes the coupling
and the horse box slows down and
stops at the junction while the train
runs through
"Has-has it ever gone wrong?" she
asked in way to arouse his sus-
picions.
"What?"
1.-THE slip business. What would hap
pen if the horse box We're slipped too
soon-say. Falconhurst tunnel-and left
standing on the lne?"
THE next train would see the red
tail light and stop" he said.
There was Il world of potential trag-
edy in the woman's voice as with the
smile of Il destiny of evil she went on:
"But-in the-dark-it will be dark
If some one had dropped off the tail
light before the next train could stopT'
THE box would be smashed" he
said dazedly.
And the horse?" She paused for a
full moment. Then she went on:
. The train does not run fast through
, the tunnel I've been there dozens OF
times. I've seen guards do the thing
, It's easy enough-to swing from car
rage to carriage-along the foot plate
, to drop off the red tail light-to pull
the slip-and yet the next train
, With her hands brought violently
I together she let inference finish he
sentence for her.
n Whom could one trust?" demanded
Sartoris suddenly.
e When I've work to do" she said. :"
only trust myself"
But you Couldn't he began.
u |
r were on the train" she said. IF 20
joined it farther north and none kney
it-you could do tiff you want
q done so badly and you have tn
pluck
o She was interrupted By the ringin
a of the bell which gave notice that tn
~ hydraulic door would close shortly.
"Ah. the door, she exclaimed.
Then in a low but strong tone st
@ went on:
Whats going to happen? Is I'll
,r Whip going to win. or will there
an accident?"
n They left quickly, as they did NJ
TO wish to run any risk Of being locke
pr in when there WAS work to do" as 81
We had phrased 1t.
For full half minute Lambert sta
ed after them: then he leaned over Il
jury box and shook his fist in the
rpctlOn Of the retreating pair.
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Kendrick Church Services

Sunday school at both churches,
Methodist and Presbyterian, at 10
o'clock a. m.
Church services, Presbyterian IL
a. m. Methodist 7:3O p. m. Christ
ian Endeavor, Meth cdist church
6:3O p. m.
Bible study hour, for S. S. teach
ers and others, every Thursday, pri-
vate houses.