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SAVED THE TOWN.
The F1herman L:, ~-uck to His
 Story and Go q S...prise.

The F1herman L, ~-tlck to His
 Story and Go q e::::prise. More than two tcnt,::oi ago, when an allied English ;,lld Dutch fleet, under Admiral Russell, approached Les Sables dOson-e. ca the bay of Biscay, to Lombard il, ;l difficulty arose The conform. ton Of the shore partly concealed the settlement be
 hind a ridge, and they did not know
 how to train their guns. But they
 had captured a fishing sIl~ck in the bay, and Admiral Russell summoned the fisherman, Daniel Fricaud, and or dered him to tell exactly how the town lay and where to aim in order to destroy its principal buildings. Fri
 caud, who appeared to be poor. ig-
 norant fellow, very much frightened.
 pointed to pier with group of old, rickety buildings. The admiral was doubtful, but the trembling fisherman assured him that just beyond and al most exactly ill range was the market square, the very heart of the town
 Do you understand,' asked the ad-
 miral sternly, that if you are telling
 me lie I shall soon find it out and
 have you hanged from the yardarm of my ship?'
 q know" answered the fisherman,
 "and if I have lied you must hang me.
 can only tell you--it is there that you
 should aim your guns
 Convinced that the man would not venture a deception, Admiral Russell ordered the bombardment to begin. A little while after shells had begun to
 fall behind the screening ridge and shabby wharf, and great columns of smoke arose, which rapidly increased | in volume. It seemed that half the place must be on fire. Only when he thought it's destruction nearly enough Accomplished did the fleet withdraw first releasing Fricaud and his fishing boat
 The fisherman, amazed and anxious, hastened to the town to learn what
 could possibly have happened, for he
 knew well that ill the quarter that | few worthless sheds and storchouses. That was why, at the risk of his neck, he had pointed it out Never for moment had he thought of aid | ing the enemy to destroy his native place, and he had fully expected to pay the penalty. What could the smoke be?
 1t proved that the inhabitants had practiced clever ruse. Seeing that the shells were falling exactly where they did the least harm, they had built huge bonfires to convey the i'm rression of conlagration. The tric,; had probably saved the town. It had
 certainly saved a brave fisherman from being hanged.-Youth'S Compan ion.
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M ISS ELSIE M. TEAL, Teacher of 4vl pianoforte. Corcoran Avenue Stafford Springs. +15nov
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Shear tho s;'.ocp. bat don't fay them Spnni>'', p"','"''
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LrOR SALE-Bay mare and canopy | also sleigh. JOSEPH c. CONNOR,
 West Main Street.
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EOR SALE-Fence Posts.
 \ STEPHEN PELIZzARf, Stafd Spgs. 50f
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WANTED--your FIRE INSURANCE w business w E HANIEY

ENGRAVED CARDS furnished at The lLPress office-5o cards and script plate 80 cents ;bo cards and Old English plate from Sl 25 to S1 50
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EOR SALE-An opportunity seldom
 JN of1ered-a good house. rooms, small barn
 fine arden. Close to trolley, store. school and church. All for the small sum of S850.
 7tf J S. SMILEDGE, Stafford Springs
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~ WESLEY BROOKS, piano and or Os gan tuner. Reference E. l.. BURR where orders may be left. .2w15
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w ANTED-A woman for housework w MRS. KEEFE, City Hotel

A UCTION-Saturday, July IT, at 8 a. h m. Standing grass on the GEO. BROOKS farm, Holland.
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EOR SALE Express Wagon | N two-seated carriage all in good condition. Alfred BidoriDi Grocery.
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EOR SALE -Two-tenement ouse l' about two minutes from F. O. Modern i'm provements. Inquire P. O. BOX 797, Stafford Springs.
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70 ACRE FARM--Property miles l z from Stafford Springs, to exchange fo village property.
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TWO furnished rooms to let. Inquire k at The Press office. 50tf
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LsOR RENT-Tenement on Grant Ave. N Stf F c. SANFORD.
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l old, S45O; months, 50. Bre1 sows. young boars, also sows with filters. NEW ENG, LAND LIVE STOCK CO.,, Peabody, Mass
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"ANTED-A young lady wishes of w flee work. Past year at Huntsingers.
 Address L. B. 199, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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A FARM Wagon and Farm Horse - ~ W J. BOWLER, Crystal Lake.
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TOR SALE = Cottage property, on l' Grant Avenue F. G. SANFORD. 8tf
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TOR SALE-A 2-horse Wood Moving .I Machine, also pole truck.
 11tf JOSEPH LEVENE.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03
DRY TRANSPORTATION

a California congressman is troub-
led over the prospect confronting the
congressional party which is to attend
the Panama Pacific Exposition. He
says that if the Navy department has
control of the ships which carry the
distinguished company, it will be. by
reason of Secretary Daniels dry order,
"a funeral trip" On the other hand
II they go overland there are whole
states longest east and west-where
grape juice will be the strongest drink
obtainable. Whether by land or sea
Its dry, dry way TO San Francisco"
walls the drinker. And ii is. fast get
ting dryer. Only the other day came
the news that the Pennsylvania rail-
road had abolished liquor from all it's
dining cars west of Pittsburgh 1t
has also announced that it will not re-
new the license for the bar in the
Broad street station at Philadelphia
and that although its license to sell
liquor in the New York terminal will
not expire until September the bar
will be closed at once. This will
leave the Pennsylvania system east of
Pittsburgh without a bar in any of its
stations or restaurants and without the
sale of liquor in any Of its dining cars
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03
THE COLLEGE MOVEMENT

An important division of the temper
ance army and one which is rapidly
increasing in numbers and efficiency is
the intercollegiate Prohibition AS
ISOLATION The national convention of
this body, held recently in Topeka,
Kansas. is characterized as the great
est national student gathering of a
civic character ever assembled in
America. The keynote OF the con-
ventton program was The Challenge
of the anti-liquor movement to the
present student generation" and it's
slogan, Wen see this thing through -
A nationwide campaign was initiated.
the aim Of which is TO enlist college
men and women for active service
in the fight now being waged for
national prohibition. Dozens of col
lege and university presidents and
many we'll known political leaders sent
greetings TO the convention Secretary
Of State Bryan's being in the form of
a two-page hand-written letter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03
Good Roads Department
Conducted Especially for the Banner by Hon. p.
T. Colgrovc, President of the Michigan
Good Roads Association.

one or the most comprehensive
GOOD Roads" programs ever prepar-
ed In the history OF good roads agita-
ton viii be rendered at the annual
convention OF the Michigan State Good
Roads Association in Grand Rapids.
March 8. 10. IL and l2
All who are interested I'm the uues-
ton or Good Roads," are invited 70
attend these sessions, and that great
good Will result is a foregone conclus-
ion.
AT the Grand Rapids meeting a plan
OF good roads education will be started
That will have a great influence and
serve to greatly stimulate good roads
sentiment
All previous good roads conventions
have been very interesting and have
done a lot OF good in arousing enthus-
iasm among certain energetic fellows in
certain districts, who have gone ahead
and enlisted the people in their dis
tricts into building better roads. The
evidence of this work is 10 be seen in
scattered districts all over Michigan.
Some townships and even some coun-
ties have gone forward with the work.
and are getting their highways in
splendid shape while in the next town
ship, or the next county people are
plodding along over roads no better
today than they were 40 years ago.
patiently losing money every time a
load rs hauled over them.
But the good roads fever" is rap
idly spreading. Districts that have
been asleep on proper highway con-
struction are waking up 10 the fact
that building good roads is purely a
business proposition" on the farm
as in the factory the fact is being
more and more appreciated that saw
ING TIME is SAVING MONEY. The
farmer who can haul only 40 bushels
of grain to market over a poor road.
when he could more easily haul so
bushels over a good road is losing
time and therefore losing money on
every trip, Farming is rapidly get
ting down 10 a business basis and
wide-awake farmers all over the state
are more and more approaching the
real money value of good roads. saving
nothing whatever Of the greater COM
fort and pleasure in travel over them.
We are commencing TO live in an era
OF good roads and the next few years
Will see wonderful road improvements.
The state recognizes the good roads era
by contributing very literally for ev-
cry mile of good roads built under
specifications furnished by the state.
Live business men recognize It by con-
tributing literally for building good
roads. Live cities towns and counties
recognized it by bonding or voting
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03
F A r M A N D
O r. G. II A r D


will produce the most valuable fruit
for the market and not be overloaded
with low priced culls. The size OF the
tree, the strength OF the soil and the
variety must all be taken into con-
sideration as the pruning goes on from
tree 10 tree.
Different kinds as we'll as different
varieties OF fruit trees require careful
consideration and different treatment
in cutting back the surplus growth.
No definite rule can be laid down for
all but the experienced eye can quickly
determine the nature of the tree at
sight and then the hand cuts away
the unnecessary parts and low, the
tree has neat, well defined appear
ance that will give good results when
the orchard accounts are balanced at
the beginning OF a new year.
The cherry tree is the first we con-
slider The fruit is small. therefore
much of the branches and twigs must
remain in order to grow large num-
Der of the fruit The sour cherries
need more pruning than the sweet
cherries and each variety will receive
some extra consideration.
The Japanese plum trees have very
Few branches ana scarcely enough
twigs but their branches grow too long.
IT would almost be safe in saying cut
this variety back only a little and let
them grow. other plum trees grow
too high. Therefore they should be
kept down as we'll as thinned
The peach crop is becoming one of
the leading commercial fruits and
needs more than ordinary attention
The peach tree is not hard to grow or
maintain if il receives proper atten
ton. Nearly all peach trees when they
come TO the age Of full production
have been so mistreated that there are
but few limbs or twigs to bear fruit.
They usually look like some overgrown
shrub with a small palm leaf on the
end Of each stalk. Always begin by
cutting DOWN instead Of UP and keep
all the lower part on the tree that is
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03

large sums for building good roads.
People, as we'll as communities, are
getting away from that feeling of
jealousy that used to exist for fear
that one section may profit at the ex-
pense of another, and are gradually
uniting upon the fact that there ought
to be absolute uniformity in building
good roads, as result OF which every
body will receive benefit.
The meeting in Grand Rapids, which
ought TO be attended by many good
roads enthusiasts in Ionia County, will
be an educational proposition. Michi-
gan will profit by the experience of
other states For instance among
those who will be present will be Jesse
Taylor, of Youngstown, Ohio, head OF
the Ohio Good Roads Federation;
Chas. Diehl OF Buffalo, head Of the
New York Roads Commission, under
whose direction that state has spent
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS during the past three years.
Walter Logan Page, director Of the
United States Bureau of Public Roads.
will be present and in charge of the
government good roads exhibit.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03

Don't throw away the old bulbs af-
ter towering. AS soon as the ground
can be worked. plant them in the
shrubbery or garden. You will get
some flowers from them again. They
should not be forced again.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03
PRUNING TIME is HERE


ialist)
Nearly all kinds OF pruning is best
when done in the latter part OF the
winter and can be done at this time
more cheaply than at any other time
in the year. For those who are not
familiar. with the work and the re-
suits OF pruning (trimming) all kinds
OF fruit trees and vines few sugges-
tions here may become useful.
The object of trimming or cutting
back in cold weather is in avoiding
bleeding OF the plant which will occur
If done when the sap is flowing freely
in the Spring time. The wound be-
comes scared over during the period
after cutting and the life of the tree
does not ooze out.
Grape vines should be first to get
our attention as this kind Of vine
bleeds more freely than any other
plant Then come the roses and
shrubbery about the home.
All vines can soon be gotten through
and last but not TOO LATE the
orchard requires much careful and at
tentive work and skill to produce the
well balanced and low head which
should be so pruned that each tree
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03

1t is time to get orders in for straw
berry and raspberry plants. Senator
Dunlap is among the best strawberries.
Progressive seems TO have the same
reputation among the bearing
varieties.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03

consistent with the necessity Of light
and strength.
The peach tree should always pre-
sent the shape of fiattened BALI
nearly round
The apple is king Of all fruits and Is
the easiest raised considering its COM
mercial value. Soft, quick-growing
trees need more pruning than the
longer lived ones. The first study In
beginning. an apple orchard is TO
KEEP THE TOP DOWN. The secret
is in beginning right The pruning
can not be done recklessly nor ignor-
antly and have the best results when
the orchard begins TO bear. All vari-
cites can not be made 10 grow to a
fixed shape, but every tree can be
made 10 conform 10 the best shape
its nature will permit Apple trees
should be quite fiat on top and just as
low as possible 10 get good healthy
trees. No branches or limbs should
be allowed to grow that would need
pruning when the tree and branches
get large requiring large scar in re-
moving the limb. The buds and twigs
should be removed instead of waiting
till they are large branches
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03
A Bedding Mans
Experience
Results Tell The Tale

Can you doubt the evidence of this
Bedding citizen?
You can verify Bedding endorse
ment.
Read this:
William Hough, retired pensioner.
916 Alderman ST., Belding, says: Il
had kidney trouble ever since I came
from the army. ] think ] got the
complaint in 1863 at vicksburg and
kept getting worse all the time The
kidney secretions passed too frequent
ly and were painful ] suffered from
lumbago and rheumatic pains. My
limbs were so stiff that / had to have
help In getting around. One day /
was told to take Doan's Kidney Pills
The first box helped me and / kept
Oh using them until / was cured
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Hough had. Foster Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo. N. Y.-Adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-03
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

From the last United States census
we learn that the wet state OF Nevada
had in 1910, $50 prisoners for every
100000 Of her population, while her
dry neighbor North Dakota, had SO.
Nevada had 1914 paupers for every
100000 population, North Dakota,
Ia. Nevada had 2S2 insane people
for every 100000, North Dakota, los.
The Retail Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton. meeting in Washington, ID. c.
this month, calls the dry sentiment
now sweeping over the country pro
hibition hysteria," and declared ii will
die out" We notice. however, that
the long-headed retailers, as well as
the brewers and distillers, are getting
ready TO change their business Two
large brewing concerns ia Chicago
have failed within the past month.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-11
COMPRESS
At BALL|NCER
IS BURNED
LOSS PLACED AT S3oo,OOO IN
cLUDEs 5000 BALES COTTON
AND ROLLING STOCK OF TWO
RAILROADS.

Ballinger, Texas, Feb, 10.-Fire
| late Yesterday afternoon totally de
stroved the Ballinger Compress, four
teen box cars and 5000 bales of cot
ton on the platform, causing a loss
estimated at S325,GOO. The first esti.
mates during the fire were at 100000
but later estimates place the total
above 100000. Twelve thousand
, bales of cotton were in the yard and
in cars on the several sidings of the
two railroads. Quick response on the
part of hundreds of citizens of Ballin
ger, with the assistance of the com
press crew, numbering itself about fiji.
ty, enabled at least 1000 bales to be
moved that what is tonight thought to
be a safe place.
A switch engine of the Santa Fe in
the yards at the time dashed through
leaping flames and removed about tif'
ty bales of cotton just brought onto
the siding for removal to the wharf.
Cars standing on the Abilene & South
ern tracks were rolled away by hand
by scores of citizens.
The origin of the fire is unknown. 1t
is presumed that bonfire, started by
some boys near the press platform
early in the afternoon, was indirectly
the cause of the conflagration.
A total of fourteen cars were lost
by the two railroads, the Gulf, Colora
do & Santa Fe and the Abilene &
Southern, nine belonging to the former
and five to the latter. The railroads
loss is estimated by the agents al
$11, 500, total.
The Ballinger compress was valued
at slightly over $4,000 it being one OF
| the largest in this section of the
state. 1t had a pay roll amounting tC
! 1000 week. 1t will throw at least
! fifty men out of work.
The loss of the 5000 bales of cottor
Is placed by cotton men at abou
$267, 900, todays quotations being con
sidered
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-11
Bills Signed by Governor.

Oklahoma City, Feb. 10-GOvernor
Williams today signed the following
bills and joint resolutions;
Senate Bill No. 26, by Edwards
and Wilson of Canadian, abolishing
the state school inspector; senate
joint resolution, by Thomas providing
for the disposition of money received
from the secretary of the treasury on
account of rentals from the forest
reserves; Senate Bill No. 126, by Lo-
gan, repeating the law relative to es-
tablshment of a county court at Sny-
der; Senate Bill No. 211, by Edmond
son and Barrett, giving the county
superintendent the right to employ a
clerk; House Bill No. 166, by Peebly,
relating to the transfer of pupils and
funds from one district to another.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-11
LOSS or APPETITE
Most Successfully Treated by Taking
Hoods SarsaparilIa.

Loss Of appetite is accompanied
by loss Of vitality, which is serious.
1t is common in the spring be-
cause at this time the blood is i'm
pure and impoverished and fails TO
give the digestive organs what is
absolutely necessary for the proper
performance of their functions.
Hood Sarsaparilla, the old reli-
able all-the-year-round medicine, is
especially useful ir the spring. Get
it from you druggist, By purify
ing and enriching the blood and Civ
ing vitality, vigor and tone, it is
wonderfully successful III the treat
ment of loss Of appetite and the
other ailments that arc so prevalent
at this time. II is not simply a
spring medicine-it is much more
than that-but it is the best spring
medicine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the
rich red blood that the stomach and
other digestive organs need. Get
it today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-11
.HEADACHY, C0STWE,
-CASCARETS
Sick Headache, Bad Breath, Sour
Stomach, Mean Liver and Bowels
are CIossed-cheer Up.
Get a 10-cent boz.


Sick headache, billiousness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and
foul breath-always trace them to tor
pid liver; delayed, fermenting food in
the bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testlnes. instead of being cast out Of
the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull throbbing sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour undigested
food and foul gasses, take the excess
bile from the live~ and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and pois-
ons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-11
ONE DOSE RELIEVES
A COLO-NO QU|N|NE.
"Pape's Cold Compound" makes you
feel fine at once-Don't Stay
stuffed up! Take it now.
Relief comes instantly.

ReNef comes instantly.
A dose taken every two hours
until three doses are taken will end
grippe misery and break up a severe
cold either in the head, chest, body
or limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages in the head,
stops nasty discharge or nose run
ming, relieves sick headache, dull
ness, feverishness, sore throat, sneez-
ing, soreness and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow
ing and snuffing, Ease your throb-
bing head Nothing else in the world
gives such prompt relief as "Pape's
Cold Compound" which costs only 20
cents at any drug store. 1t acts
without assistance, tastes, nice, causes
no inconvenience Be sure you get
the genuine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-11
ENGLAND is FACING
FARM LABOR FAMINE

London, Feb. 1O.-The prospective
dearth of farm laborers is arousing
grave apprehensions among the farm
ers throughout the United Kingdom
In ordinary years the number of work
ers rarely has exceeded the bare re-
Quirements. Now so many men from
the rural districts have joined the col
ors that a general scarcity of farm
laborers in the coming spring and
summer is certain.
Some districts may be fortunate
enough to receive an overflow Of
hands from urban industries restricted
in activity by the war; but farmers
are not very hopeful of the aid thai
will come in this form. Nor do they
appear to expect a great amount OF
help from the Belgian refugees.
The directions from which relief is
chiefly expected are the increased
employment of labor-saving machin
cry and the relaxation of the educa
tion act 1t is believed that the most
likely means of making good the scare
ity of skilled hands would be to rela,
the school age, that boys of from l.
to IA years of age could be brought
into service.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-11
For Commissioner

The Ardmoreite is authorized to
announce A. C. BAGBY as a candi-
date for the office of City Commis-
sioner from the First ward. His
announcement is made subject to the
choice of the voters at the democratic
city primary to be held on the 10th
of March
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-11

sold aggregate 80 or 40 per cent more
than they did a year ago.
while this has been the most elab'
crate effort of all we feel as though
already we have been amply repaid
Undoubtedly the big crop year out in
Kansas has had much to do with the
motor car enthusiasm displayed here
today and yesterday Kansas City
Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-11

The Ardmoreite is authorized to
announce FRED WILLIAMS as a
candidate for Chief of Police. His
announcement is made subject to the
choice of those voting in the demo-
cratic city primary, to be held on
March 16.