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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-18

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-18

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-18

Federal LEAGUE.

rosterday's Resulta
Chicago ?. Pittsburgh 7
India napolis ~. punalo 6.
Baltimore , Kansas city l.
BROOKLYN 3 St Louis
To-day's Games.
Baltimore a. Kansas city.
hrooklyn al ST Louis
Pittsburgh az Chicago
Buffalo az Indianapolis.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-18
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-18

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-18

.Batted for Main In sexenth.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
Travels OF Roots.

Roots travel Amazing distances IN
search OF their requirements A tim
Der merchant. PycavatiDe for sewer
In England. found an elm root one and
q quarter inches IN diameter and sixty.
three feet long. running through bed
of sa wdust from the tree to the near
est water
The aggregate length of root thrown
on: by some plants Is almost incredi'
BILE. A cucumber will. within its short
life of about half year. throw out
from ten to fifteen miles of roots
Clover roots will 90 straight down to
a depth OF six TO nine feet ID search
Of moisture. and coltsfoOt one OF the
most powerful and persistent of weeds.
sends its suckers down TO an even
greater depth London Stray Stories
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
Cured His Obesity.


Peter the Great WAS once travelling
lncOgnitO In part of Finland when he
met very far man. who told him that
he WAS going to ST l'etersbur.
What fOr:" asked the cZar
TO consult II dcctUr about Dein. so
sive"
DO you KNOW any doctor there?"
No"
Then will give you tile 10 my
friend. Prince Menscbikoff, and he will
Introduce you to one of the .!nperor's
physicians
The traveller went to the princes
house with d note. The answer was
not delayed The next day. tied hands
and feet. the poor man WAS dragged off
ON a cart To the mines
Two years after Peter the Great WAS
visiting the mines He had forgotten
the incident of the fat man. when sud
denly miner threw down his pick.
rushed up to him and fell at his feet
crying:
Grace, grace. what Is It have
doue%
Peter looked at hin, astonished. until
be remembered the story.
''Oh. so that is yOu!" he said II hope
you are pleased with me. Stand up
how thin and slight you have become!
Go. and remember that work is the
best cure for your complaintr'
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
How Do You lauqh7

Refinement can be indicated as
strongly by the manner in which per
son laughs as by the tone OF the speak
ing voice.
If some people could hear the tone
they use while laughing they would
doom themselves to perpetual sadness
real hearty laugh il like ronic
to the system. 1t not only does the
person good who enjoys 1t. bur it does
every one good who hears ii.
OF such a laugh there is no criticism
But there are people who do not enjoy
laughing but who laugh in forced
and artificial manner and generally at
the most impOsSibie moment
An affected laugh oy either man
or q woman is a counterfeit OF the true
feelings There Is no necessity TO
laugh loudly. the heartiest laugh Is
the softest in tone
Remember. when laughter is natural
II Is Irresistible and beautiful. and
when II Is forced il falls like raSpiug
brass upon refined ears.-Philadelphi
Telegraph.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05

When read history ana am I'M
pressed with any great deed feel an
II I should ike tn see the woman who
b concealed behind II IA its secret In.
ceut1ve.-Heinrtcn Hefne
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
8razil's Name.

Long before the Portuguese coloniZed
the coast OF Brazil adventurous Bristol
merchants had equipped expeditions in
a vain search for the supposed island
of Brasylle. Who gave Brazil her pres
emf name is unknown to fame-the ear
~ Portuguese called it Terra da Vera
Cruz-but whoever baptized the coun-
try took the name from the East In
dies For many years before the discov
cry of Brazil merchants mad brought
from the east for the use OF dyers d
wood which yielded oeantiful red
color-brasili or Drasilly The West
Indies have trees OF the same sort, but
Brazil contains them IN more abun-
dance than any other country so that
Brazil wood Is not called so after the
country. The country L. NAMED 81 oe>
cause OF Its red dye trees.-London
Chronicle.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
Remarkable Cure Of Group.

Last winter when my little boy had
Group l got him bottle of Chamberlain 8
Cough Remedy. l honestly believe it
saved his life," writes Mrs. J. B. Cook.
Indiana, Pa. at cut the phlegm and
relieved his coughing spells. l am
most grateful for what his remedy has
done for him." For sale by all dealers.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05

Good sturs and common sense an
required from all.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
cholera's Natural Home.

The marshy ground of the Ganges
delta, with It's vast masses of vege-
tation. decaying under a tropical sun.
Is the native home Of the cholera.
In that pestilential region the chol-
era and plague are found every year
and all the year round. Every chol-
era epidemic which has desolated
Europe. every visitation Of the plague.
is believed to have started from the
mouth of the Ganges.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
Important.

Bear in minis that Chamberlain s
Tablets not only move the bowels but
improve the appetite and strengthen
the digestion. For sale by all dealers:
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
Another Recipe.

Aspiring NOvelist-Ah. sir. 1 am high.
ly flattered. I'm sure. TO bear that you
take my book to bed with you and read
it there! Acquaintance-Yes have
been troubled with insomnia for a
long time. and find one or your pages
much better than any medicine.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
Lost the Point.

The Teacher--Now. children. listen
to this Thomas Campbell. the ia
nous poet. once walked six miles TO a
printing office to have comma in
one OF his poems changed to semi
colon Why did he take all that trou-
BILE? Bright Boy-'Cause he didn't nave
no tellyphone.-Clevela Plain Dealer.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
Publicity.

It's a had thing to talk about your
neighbours
That's right" replied the man VINO
Is all business publicity L. worth
something these days shouldn't
think or talking about anybody except
at advertising rates - Washington
Star
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-05
A Sore Point.

The world will recognize me after /
am dead" said the gloomy artist
- beg OF you.' exclaimed the distin-
guished LATINA merlcan: LET us not
start any more OF these cOmpl1cat ted
arguments about recoenitonr'-Wash
tngton Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30
How,s This 2

Ne Jfer oas hundred Dollars Ee
ward for any case OF catarrh that
cannot b" cured hv Halls Catarrh
Cure
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30
I. J. CHENEY e co, Toledl

+. J. CHENEY s CO.. Toledo. o.
We, the uads signed. have known +. J.
-heney Tor TIE last Is years. and believe
Rim perfectly horursb bic tn all business
transactions ard financially able 10 carry
sut any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL RANK or COMMERCE.,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30
STATE SCHOOL MONEY
Bennington County Receives 50 425.st
In. the Distribution

Montpelier. Oct. 2S.-From the
state treasurer's Office early next
week Will be sent out TO all the towns
in the state funds due them according
to the distribution OF the consolida-
tion of the school funds prepared by
State Superintendent OF Education
Mason s. Stone. There is a total of
1898 .O37.23 to be distributed this year
for school work. the amount being
made up as follows: State school
tax OF per cent, s192, 96269; income
permanent school fund s50,0T4.55;
$4,000 appropriation. Last year the
amount distributed TO the towns was
s2754s2O7, or nearly $4,000 less
than this year.
This 10 the second year that the
funds have been apportioned in this
way. the law having been changed BY
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30
COST OF OUR HIGHWAYS
Office OF Commissioner Gates Run at
Low Expense

Office OF Commissioner Gates Run al
Low Expense
Montpelier, Oct. 29.--The republ
can state committee has issued ths
following:
Harland b, Howe, democratic candi
date for the governorship. has charg
ed extrayagance in the state highway
department. Investigation OF the high
way departments OF all the New
England states and New York state
shows that the Vermont department
is carried on at less expense than
every one OF tina departments in the
other states.
The cost TO Vermont to maintain
Tie Office OF the highway commits.
sioner, including the salaries and ex-
penses of the county supervisors and
engineers the last tiscal year, is "a
per cent of the entire amount ex-
pended on the highways.
In Now York state. il is l55 per
cent
IN Rhode Island. II Is S24 PEI cent
In Massachusetts. it is per cent
In Connecticut. II is GS per cent.
In Maine. the average for FIVE
years is &c per cent.
In New Hampshire. It is 50 per
CEN.
With the exception of Rhode Island
all tho states named have demo
cratic administrations. This compare
son proves that the Vermont depart
ment has been conducted most eco
nomicaliy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30

The 1912 Legislature. By the method
adopted and now used, each town OF
city is entitled to receive from the
/ state 30 per cent of its excess OF so
per cent of its grand list expended on
current school expenses. II over 60
per cent OF its grand list is expended
in school expenses, an additional 90
per cent is added, so that town de-
voting much money to school work
will receive full value in return b,
the state. There are various other
matters considered. however in APP
portioning the money, but the above
is the basis upon which the distribu-
ton is fixed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30

Calvin Leila on, son OF Frank lie
Baron of Calaie We shot in the arm
Sunday as he laid his SHOT gun against
tree Tho gunbarrel exploded and
some OF the metal and stock hit him
in the arm. making an ugly wound
Powder also struck him in the face
\ piece Ct steel two inches loag and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30

eiaifs Catarrh Care IA taken i-IternnIIv.
letting ctrss tly upcu the biooi AID my
scgs su' u rs OF the system. Testimonials
sent Tree. Price % cents or bottle. S,lt
- All Druggists.
1.ss Hsnis Family Pius TO- ecpst, -aao
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30
Estate of Mary Galusha
c.
On. LA.~
Auburn. Maine

STATE OF VERMONT The HoDor
District OF llonnin0toh, Is. ( able PrJDaie
Court for the DIsi ricl Aforesaid
To all persons Interested in the estate Of
Mary Gsllslis, late OF SALISBURY. in sad Dis.
trict. deceased. GREETING:
WHEREAS. said Court has assigned the OH
day or November next for examining ami III
lowing The account of the Executor of III.
estit- 81 eaid ncccssed and Tor decree
OF the residue OF said estsie la lie
lawful claimHnis Of Tho same. and Or,ler,a hRi
public notice thereof lie given to nh persuns
interested III "a estate hy publishing this
order three weeks successfully previous 50
The day assigned, In the B-nnlng'uu Eyruins
Banner a newspaper published at Bennington
In said District
THERkFOhE you are hereby notified ta a..
pear n the Probate Once Ia bennington IN
said friction the day assigned hen aud ,;,el
Ia tnb,sst the sifOwrhce Ut said account u
ypre cs,,.r, n,sd establish your right as heirs
eprf't~ a'd la"ful clniBa- & Ia said rs i''ue
GiyES UNDER NY HASD fms nth dav cf
oStuib r. 1914.
AMY H.HARBoUk
Register
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30

one inch wide in its widest art and
quarter of an inch thick entered
the am below the elbow and travel
ed across through the flesh. being re
moved by the doctor. He will not
lose the arm.
The patience OF the business inter
csts Of the country is being soTely
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30
An old man is a bigger burden

than a baby That is why second
childhood needs financial friendship.
No one adopts old people. therefore
the need of Endnwments. Annulties
etc. So year. National Life Ins. CO.,
OF VI. (Mntual.) Earle S. Kinsiey
General Agent, Mead Building. Rut
land. VT. Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30


naval, pale face CT leaden tint, eyes
heavy and dull, twitching eyolids,
itching of the nose, itching OF The
rectum, short dry cough. grinding Of
the teeth, little led points sticking
out on tongue, starting during sleep,
slow fever
II at all doubtful, make certain OF
health by using Or. True's Elixir, the
Family Laxative and Worm Expeller.
It's The one best thing for regulating
the stomach and bowels and egpcl-
ling worms At you druggists 35c
SOC and sl.00 Advice free Special
treatment for tapeSurms Send for
book
c.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30

tried by the dilly-dallying of the com
mission which seems a great dea
like the act of Nero in fiddliAg whil{(
Rome was burning. The time hal
arrieved to do something to relieve 4
condition that vitality affects the bust
ness interests of the whole country
-Elmira Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30

Signs OF worms in child
rem are: Deranged stom-
ach, swollen upper lip,
sour stomach, offensive
breath. hard and full bel
ly with occasional grip
ings and pains about The
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30

The Standard Oil company's re-
quest for the support of the United
States government in securing the re-
lease OF tank ships should settle the
long mooted question OF sovereignty
beween these two cincinna
ii Times-Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30

But for careful people much OF this
pleasure is Offset by the hogs of the
road In altogether too many eases.
The trouble is liquor. TO many PEI
sons. the swift panorama OF nature
the thrill of tho flying car, are nothing
unless they can stop and swap a set
of MISUNDERSTANDING Evening News.
Some oil the railroad companies
have established a rule that the men
who operate their trains must LIT
booze alone A man with alcohol
seething in his system is Just as much
out OF place at the wheel of an auto
mobile as at the throttle OF locomo-
tive. The engineer is in a position
10 Kill more people, TO be sure. but he
can do it no more thoroughly than
the chauffeur. And the drink fuddl.
ed automoblist has more chances to
do his deadly work
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30
Worms in Children

Worms are danger to health of a
child. Make sure that such is not
the case with your child.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-30

That Wilmington man who was fin
ed s45 and costs for trapping foxes
and other fur bearing animals out of
season and without license will find
ii more profitable hereafter. 10 keep
within the limits prescribed by law.
There is nothing unreasonable in the
law protecting fur bearing animals.
Until Novemberl, when the season
opens. fur is almost vaiueless for the
reason that the winter coat Is not yet
complete. With the prices that have
prevailed In recent years the fur crop
in Vermont has come to be coasid
cradle asset and its profession from
premature trapping WAS wise move.
The Denver star., 1914-05-16

show tnat. in proportion to numbers. iu
liguidating. colored banks that hav.
failed have paid larger percentage of
their liabilities than have the white
banks. This is indeed n splendid show
ing and high commendat!on for the
Negro as n banker. ] have visited
banks conducted and controlled by Ne
groes in Montgomery. Ala: Tuskegee.
Ala.; Birmingham. Ala; Jackson.
Miss: Indmnola. Miss: Memphis.
Tenn: Boley. Okla; Mound Bayou.
Miss: indianapolis. Ind. and Washing
ton and Philadelphia. Pa. All appeared
to be inteilisentiy and conscrvatiyely
conducted. and each had resources suf-
ficient in excess of liabilities as to rem
der them safe and sound and able to
stand the most scrutinizins investiga-
tion by the bank examiner.
With the increasing number of Negro
banks being established and the safe
and successful operation of those al
ready established. an opportunity Is BE-
ing afforded young colored men to
learn that branch of business for which
the Chinese have been famed for cen
turtles as the masters in the orient and
the branch of business in which the
Jew i'll Europe and America is almost
i'll supreme control.
New Cha pter In Race Development.
The entrance into and the success at
tanned by him in the banking business
constitute Il chapter in the history of
the American Negro so marvelously
wonderful. 50 apparently utterly ncon-
ceivable. considering his opportunities
to learn il. as to make it read like a
bit of fiction from the highly imagi-
native brain OF Il Hugo. Il Dumas or a
De MaupaSs;ini. Still. banking bust
ness among Negroes is but in its in
fancy. The next ten years. under the
lash of race prejudice and inspired by
race pride and unity. many more banks
Will be Incorporated. some with still
greater capital. There are mt least
twenty cities today whose Negro popu-
lation warrants the establishment Of n
bank
Equally surprising and gratifying Is
the success the Negro has mnde in the
insurance business How he has sue
ceeded in this particular branch of
business without previous experience.
with coach and even without the
semblance Of encouragement is really
more surprising to white men than to
the Negro himself. So substantial has
been his success. SO rapidly are color
ed insurance companies being organic
ed that the big white companies are be-
ginning to take them seriously, so seri
Gus as TO contemplate a recognition of
the race as administrative employees
in some OF their comDanies into whose
The Denver star., 1914-05-16
Have Dcns Well In the Bank
ing Field.
PRACTICAL RESULTS SHOWN
With Limited Experience and Small
Capital, Coupled With Common
Sense, Groups of Members Of the
Race Have Wrought Wonders In the
Realms Of Finance.
BY RALPH W TYLER.

Washington.-On ms trips through
the country l was particularly interest
ed in the conduct of banking institu
tons and insurance companies bN
Afro Americans. Banking and inSur
ance are usually regarded as possibi.
the two highest forms of business uc
tivity ard requiring more care aun
financial acumcn that any other forms
of business. The chances of success.
in each are more limited and the pos
sibilities OF failure greater than in an!
other line OF business
They are. too. the only two branches
OF business into whose mysteries the
Negro has had no opportunity to be
come verscd. since. with perhaps but
few. rare aud isolated instances. white
HAks and white insurance companies
have afforded the Negro no opportuni
~ to learn. have not employed him cx
cept AS janitor. which position is 40
far removed from contact with the ac.
tual business operations us to make II
impossible for one thus employed to
gain an adequate knowledge Of the
business.
How he has succeeded in mastering
the banking and insurance businesses
without opportunities To learn is al
most as great n wonder as any enumer-
nted In Mother Shipton's prophecies
made several centuries ago. That he
has learned the banking and inSur-
ance businesses. has developed them
and is now conducting these branches
@! business with st-nUl success consti
The Denver star., 1914-05-16

tutes one of the best possible answers
to the statements by anti-race men that
the Negro is an inferior race.
Or. W. r. Psttiford as Pioneer Banker,
AS l recall. Dr. Pettiford. president
Of the Alabama Penny Savings bank.
was the pioneer Negro banker He
evolved from ii minister of the gospel
to a banker possibly because of having
read so often in the Bible Of the virgin
who returned with 10 talents after
having been given 5. When DIR. Petit
ford established his bank at Birming
ham incredulous white men did not re.
gard it as serious enough to last and
many colored men regarded it with
dtstruSt. as sort OF chateau en-
Espagne. Today magnificent steel
building is the home of that bank and
over S5OO.O0O in resources and regular
annual dividends paid attest its wise
and conservative management. In
spired by the success Of this bank.
other banks have sprung into existence
in other states.
In every city have visited In which
was located Il bank or insurance com
pany l made it my business to call
upon each and ascertain facts about
its establishment and its conduct
its assets and liabilities and the per-
sonnel of its officers was ac-
corded every opportunity to get at the
facts-to learn the real condition of
the institutions at the time There
was no restriction as to how far
Oh o,,IJ
and figures.
OF the sixty-four Negro banks that
have been established from time to
time not over ten have failed. and of
those which failed perhaps not more
than two can charge their failure TO
fraudulent peculation on the part of
officers. This speaks well for the hon
esty of the men who have controlled
the colored peoples money intrusted to
these banks. The record of white bank
failures shows a very much larger per
cent OF failures due to fraudulent
transactions of officers. The greater
number of Negro banks that have fail
ed can honestly attribute their failure
to either the failure of some big white
bank regarded as Il financial Gibraltar
through which they cleared. TO strin-
gency which made it impossible 10
realize upon good securities or 10 ex-
cessive loans honestly made on what
was regarded rs fair security.
Percentage of Failures Very Small.
And the record of fixtures of white
banks shows II very much larger per
ccntacc OF white banks going down
either IN good or in panicky times. than
colorod bnnks. thanking records also