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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26
SOME FAMOUS BEST SELLERS
often, Like "lnnooents Abroad" They
Have Been the First Books OF
the Authors.

Many best sellers have been tho
first books of their authors. Mark
Twain, then an impecunious newspa-
per man with little moro than local
reputation for journalistic practical
Jokes, persuaded the publishers OF
western paper to pay his expenses on
the widely exploited excursion OF the
Quaker City. The letters which were
the result of this journey grew into
the book The Innocents Abroad ana
the name of Mark Twain became an
American household word.
Archibald Clavering Gunter, who had
been a mining and civil engineer and
a broker on the San Francisco ex-
change. possessed a manuscript that
no established publisher could be in
duced to touch. So he Issued IL at
his own expense and In a very short
time the question of the hour became
"Have you read Mr.. Barnes OF New
York;"
The pastor of a church in a small
town on the Hudson river visited Chi
cago just after the great fire, saw IN
the catastrophe the background OF .
novel with strong religious appeal,
and In the course of few months
awoke to find himself famous as the
author OF Barriers Burned Away
An impetuous southern woman, the
author OF one or two books that had
been lost In the turmoil OF the great
civil struggle went to New York at
the close Of the war with the manu'
script of a novel and year or two
later the traveller In southern states
was progressing on land by st. ELMO
coaches, on water by ST Elmo steam
boats, staying in St Elmo hotels,
smoking ST. Elmo cigars and drinking
st. Elmo punch.
1t was a very different matter with
Frances Hodgson Burnetts Little
Lord Fauntleroy," says the Bookman'
That book was the work, not OF o
norsce, but of a writer who knew her
meter, who had years before won
reputation for Imagination and good
workmanship and who had ALREADY
produced eight books OF concedeu
quality.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26
NO Hone For Him,

do you object to me because am
prematurely bald2' he asked after she
had refused for the third time to prom.
tse to be his wife.
mo, 1t isn't that" she replied. You
could of course hide your badness by
wearing a wig
Then what is 1t? There is some
reason why you viii not be Mins. Tell
me what 1t is. II 1t is anything / can
possibly change or overcome will
do IT,"
I'm sorry, but 1t is something you
cannot possibly overcome without los
ing my love"
"You make the thing more mysteri-
Gus. Please tell me what 1t is? must
know"
We'll. II must I'll tell you. Your
ears stick out so that they get on my
nerves: but IL you we're to have them
smputated ! shouldn't care for you at
all"
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26
Expectant.

A man slightly under the influence
OF liquor strolled into the art gallery,
wandered about aimlessly for a while
and stationed himself in front OF q
painting OF several mermaids half sub
merged in water He regarded TINS
picture intently for perhaps hall
hour. Then he walked over to an at
sondant and said: Shay, ole fellow,
what time doesh tide go out, any
way?"
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26

An American editor adyertises for
mis- missing hat: THE gentleman
who inadvertently took our new beav'
er. and left an inferior article in Its
stead, will do us infinite kindness by
returning ours. He shall receive our
warmest thanks and two apologies
an apology for the trouble we have
given him, and the apology for hat
he has left us."--London Telegraph.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26
cnes Either Way.

A machine operable from either
end. like a street car, has been evolved
in England. and it Is probable that tho
first car will make its appearance on
London streets in short time. The
bus is steerable from either end, ane
when it is desired to proceed IN the
reverse direction, 1t Is only necessary
for the driver and conductor to
change places.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26
HiIH White ON
Automobiles

Says William Allen White
in the Emporia Gazette and
OF course he knows:
1.-The automobile is a fine
bird, but it sucks blood. 1t
has song that lures men TO
destruction and women to vain
pride that corrodes their hap
piness. Look not upon the
buzz. cart when it is red and
giveth stinkul.i to the even
ing breeze; for it chaweth
scads and -ducais like a hay
baler; also mazuma and ses-
terces and rocks, and dough,
it lapeth up like a house ahre.
When the devi, wagon champ
eth and snorteth, flee TO the
mountains of the Hepsinam
and crawl into a hole, or the
old boy will get you and car
ry you to the poor house.
Man goeth forth in the morn
ing, chugging and shaking
wsth pride; a halo of blue
smoke circleth him as a
werath; he patteth his stomach
with pride, and sayeth, Be
hold, | am a six-cylinder
brute, even a lallapaloolo am
| in my pride.
when, 10, thesheriffcamp-
eth at the front door of the
shop and swipeth up his sub
stance in a night and a Mis-
souri, mule hauleth off the
available assets to the auction.
The anto is q mocker and the
touring car is raging and who
SO is deceived thereby should
soak his noodle in lye. Yes
sells Of wrath fitted into de-
struction are the devil carts
that eat mans time and sap
his securities and in the end
turn over in a ditch and make
his family into hamburger
steaks. Woe is his name who
dallles with them; even pants
is he called in the marketplace
who twists the brass wheel
and wInketh the other eye at
fate.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26

A minister in a neighboring
town a few Sundays go sur
Prised his congregation by
re-dlng the following announ-
ment: The regular session
of the Donkey Club will be
held as usual az the close of
service Membership line up
just outside the church door,
make remarks and stare at the
ladies'. Any member known
to escort a lady to church and
sit with her like a gentleman
willbeexpelled from the organi-
zation. The application was
to the point and the effect was
marvellous. Clovis News.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26
ELFEGO BACA,

Attorney and Councillor at Law,
ALBUQUERQUE. NEW MEN
Will be present at alltemrs OF Court OF
Be rnalillo, Valencia. Socorro and Sier-
ra Counties.
Deal in good Gold, Silver and Coppe-
Mining Properties in New Mexico.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26
Ranlnhment Note.

A tested treatment that has been
found excellent for ridding a house
Of beetles and csckroaches 10 made as
follows: Procure half a pound OF
Indian meal and half pound OF borax
and pound them well together until
they are well mixed. Place a handful
on paper in convenient places where
the beetles I'LL sccr erd i
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26
Certain Old School Books.

The state board urges that all old
school books be sterilized and tells
how 1t can be done to the damage of
the bacteria, but not to the books. We
suppose 1t is right. 1t is better that
children live healthfully than that SO
time honored an institution as the
combination school book and towel sur,
viye.-Toledo Blade
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26
AVaSO

Cuando V. tenga que dar pruebasfi-
males, otros avisos de legalidad para
ser ublicados, no divide que el SIERRA
COUNTY, ADVOCATE lasha publicado por
treinta azos y, hace el trabajo tan ba-
ratio correcto como cual quier otro.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26

HILLSBoRn, New Mexico.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26

OFF e: Room %, Armijo Buildin5
Cor. SD ST, aud Railroad Ave. Practice
in the supreme Courts of New Mckee
and Texas
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1915-03-26
MNT[GE! !!

When you have nnal proof notices,
to be published, don't forget that the
SIERRA COUNTY ADVOCATE has publish
e such notices for the past thirty years,
and will do the work as cheaply and
correctly as any one else.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11

British 15-pound shell there are 235.
The bullets in the American shell
have six ilattened sides, In foreign
made shells the bullets have spheric-
al sides, an arrangement which does
not allow of so close packing as the
American plan.
There are two methods of manu-
featuring shrapnel shells which are
commonly used at the present time.
BY one of these the bullets are cast
in iron molds which are split down
the center to facilitate removal after
casting. BY the other, Sings are cut
from lead wire and struck between
dies in a heading machine. One n.y.
draulic wire press and IA heading
which have producing
capacity of $50 bullets a minute, are
used for the manufacture of fatten-
ed bullets One hydraulic press and
eight heading machines, with ca
pacity of $50 bullets minute, are
used to produce the spherical bullets.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11
HOW SHRAPNEL is MADE
Hundreds of Lead and Anthony Bull
let's in Each Shall.

Aside from the poison gases and
the fire bombs which the German
armies have used in Flanders, the
most deadly engines of modern war
fare are the shrapnel shells which
are used by all the armies in the pres
ent conflict. The most effective parts
of the shrapnel are the lead bullets
contained in the she'll, which are
thrown out in conical shape when
the timing fuse, which explodes the
powder at the base blows the nose
off the shell, freeing the bullets pack
ed within it. In an 1S-pound shell
the range of these bullets is approxi-
mately $50 square yards. The lead
bullets which are generally half an
inch in diameter, are made from a
number of different compositions.
most common being that of 81 IL
parts lead and II IL parts anthony.
The actual number of lead bullets
contained in single she'll varies
with the different governments which
manufacture them. In the American
15-pound shell there are 252, in the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11


The lead bullets for years have
been cast from lead wire by pro
cess which is gradually going out of
use, and newer and more rapid pro-
cess has taken its place. I'M the
method used most exclusively atnres
ent the molten lead is poured Into a
cylinder from which it is pushed out
through die by means of pllniger,
the metal having time to Settle. be-
fore it is forced through the press
The bullets are Shaken together in
tumbling machine or barrel for an
hour, the action of one against an
other removing all uneveness on the
sides. A careful watch is kept over
the tumbling. operation, as it is nee
essary to see that the bullets con-
form to certain standard of weight,
A variation OF one dram to pound
OF bullets is allowed, Al bullets
pound being the accepted standard.
Ten pounds of lead rod produce 6 IL
pounds Of bullets,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11
THE VERMONT COMPANY


Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting Of the stockholders of
The Vermont Company will be held
at the Office of the company in Ben
nington in the County of Bennington,
State of Vermont on Tuesday the
21st day of September 1915, at two
o'clock in the afternoon for the fol-
lowing purposes:
J. To elect not less than nine d.
rectors and two inspectors of cleo
ton for the year ensuing.
2. TO elect any other officers re-
quired by law or by the bylaws
8. TO see if the stockholders will
vote to amend the bylaws of the
corporation.
4. TO transact any other business
that may properly come before the
said meeting.
Dated at Bennington, Vt. this
seventh day of September 1915
aa Robert Il. Healy, Clerk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11

The frost which the Flying Squad
rom got in Bennington is probably
what it deserved The Banner has
the most absolute respect for the
person or the organization that sin
cerely and honestly supports prohibit
ton We think their belief is fallac-
ious and that the progress OF the
cause of temperance is injured by
seeking to force prohibition upon
communities which are not ready for
it, but the prohibitionists have a right
to be heard and will be in due seas
on. The "Flying Squadron" wliatey-
er its virtues, goes about with too
much the appearance of seeking to
commercialize moral issue. The
troupe, company or whatever the or;
ganization is denies that it is in bus.
mess for profit but we believe that
the prohibitionists of Vermont Will
command more respect and carry
greater weight by making their can,
vass under their own auspices and
through their own organization than
through any outside Squadron
whether it flies or bumps on the
rocks as this one did in Bennington.
Likewise the local option league OF
Vermont should not get tangled up
With any outside organization or in
terest if it expects to be taken SER
iously. tliif fHa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11

The United States is seuding the
Austrian ambassador home for at
tempting to interfere with business
and industrial affairs in this coun-
try. In this connection an associat-
ed press dispatch bearing date of
Sept 10 is of striking interest. The
news dispatch is from Pekin, China,
and the first paragraph is as follows:
Endless complications have been
caused here by the prohibition
against trading with the enemy"
which Great Britain is trying to en-
force among the British firms in
China. For months corporations
which have had German utilization
have been reorganizing and adjusting
their business, so as to come within
the requirements OF the regulations
against trading with Germans and
Austrians."
This dispatch indicates that Eng,
land is forcing ON China, a neutral
nation, the sort of thing to which the
United States very properly refuses
to submit. England has been no.
torious offender along this line for
two hundred years and there is
scarcely country in Europe with
which England has not at some time
been at war over this very issue.
The principal cause of the war of
1872 between the United States and
Great Britain was the unwarranted
interference of Great Britain with
American shipping. There is need
of new understanding between ma
tons over this issue and there can
be if the United States will insist
and not permit the pro-British bias
among the business and financial in
terests of the country to result in fav-
oritism during the present struggle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11
FRANK z. HOWE, Editor snd ra'
Saturday, September II, 1915.

The state fair at White River juno
ton takes place next week and de-
serves the cordial support of the
whole of Vermont Messrs. j. B.
Wilbur of Manchester and w. II.
Nichols of Bennington are trying to
get q large auto delegation from Ben
nington county to attend the fair.
Owners of machines who are willing
to go are requested to communicate
with Mr. Wilbur or Mr.. Nichols. The
fair this year has some new features
and is expected to be better than ever
before.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11

1t is stated in news dispatch that
the state has compromised with the
owner OF the Pavilion hotel at Mont
pelier over the matter of the disput-
Cd line between the state and the
hotel property and that by this com
rromise the state loses a strip OF
llnd thirteen feet wide which the
state has heretofore claimed. This is
unfortunate for this lot where the
new state building is TO be erected
was already to narrow, but ii the
agreement STIMULATES that no build
ing shall be erected on the strip OF
land in dispute the outcome is not so
bad.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11
Danger Signs on Vermont Highways

Danger Signs on Vermont Highways.
A narrow escape from fatal auto
mobile accident near The Village of
Manchester when the machine failed
to complete turn in the road and
plunged into the Battenkill River
calls to attention that some properly
constituted authority or some self
appointed agent, ought to place warn
ing signs at such sharp turns in the
road so that automobilists who are
not acquainted with the highway may
take proper precaution by slowing
their machines. TO be sure, large
measure Of responsibility rests on
the drivers of motor vehicles; indeed,
it really is up to them to drive so
carefully over strange roads that
there will be no possibility of disaster
to them orfo other users of the
roads. Nevertheless, it is a great aid
toward that careful driving to be
warned at the approaches to danger
Gus turns and narrow strips of high
way by means of signs such as many
towns, or the Automobile Club of Yer
mont or auto accessory advertisers
are setting in position. Such an aid
to safety lis greatly appreciated by the
motoring public, particularly by those
who are not acquainted with the road.
The assistance also is evidence to out
of state motorists that they are wei
come in Vermont and they will he
treated in good fashion. Moreover,
it is an indication that the regions so
supplied with warning signs are not
so far in the backwoods as to be all
but disassociated from the quicker
current of life in the more populous
states. The traveller in region that
is destitute of direction signs and
warning signs feels himself SO far re-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11
NOTICE

To the Tax Payers OF the Village of
Bennington:
A Rate Bill has been placed In my
hands for collection as follows:
so cents on the dollar for the Viii
lage Tax, 20 cents ON the dollar for
the Highway Tax on the Grand List
Of 1915.
l hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that ! will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from 8 o'clock a. IN. until
o'clock p. m.
There will be discount of 4 per
cent. on Village tax If paid within 80
days. u
c. II. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington. VT. July is. 1918
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11
NG9ETnTCEs
To the Tax Payers Of the Bennington
Graded School District:

To the Tax Payers OF the Bennington
Graded School District:
A Rate Bill has been placed in my
hands for collection. as follows:
80 cents on the dollar On the
Grand List OF 1915.
! hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that l will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from 3 O'Clock a. m. until
4 o'clock p. m.
There will be discount OF per
cent. on above tax If paid within 80
days.
c. II. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July 10. 1915.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11
EIoW's This Z

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
f. ]. CHENEY &c CO., Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known T. J,
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.,
Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mi.
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price Is cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Piili for constipation,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-11

moved from that quicker current of
life that he is not content to tarry
long. Hence, those regions lose quite
bit OF patronage-Barre Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-07-14
NEWS FROM ALCOLU.

Alcolu, July 12.-Mr. Robert Alder
man is putting in an up-to date gin
merry at this place which will be a
great convenience for the farmers of
this immediate community. The ma
chinery and building will be modern
In every respect, and will be operated
by Mr.. Tom Stukes. an experienced
ginner. 1t is likely that there will be
one or two cotton buyers here this
fall.
Messrs. Joseph S. Dickson, Edgar
Dickson, j. N. Mckenzie and l.. M.
Jones motored to New Zion on last
Thursday to hear the senatorial can
didates speak.
Mrs. X. j. Alderman and children
and Miss Martha Alderman left here
Monday morning for Hendersonville,
N. g., where they will spend several
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Alder
man at their summer home at that
place. The trip was made in Mr.. AL
derman's big Cadallac car.
Messrs. j. b. Brogdon and John G.
walker spent Sunday at Charleston
and the Isle of Palms.
The Rev. II. X. Williams is SPEND
Ing sometime with his family at Bel
ton, $. G. He is expected back in time
to hli his pulpit on Sunday morning.
Mr.. David B. Jones, formerly of
this county, who was married to Miss
flora Nesbitte. of Charlotte, n. c., on
June Sth, and who has been travelling
extensively in the far West since is
now In Chicago. where they will
spend few days before returning to
their. future home at Charlotte.
Mr.. c. Y. Shipman left Wednesday
morning to visit his parents at Holly
Hill making the trip In his Ford. He
was accompanied by Mr.. Jamie Net
ties.
Mrs. c. ID. Miller and children are
spending the summer at Brevard. \.
&.
Mr.. Chas. Woods, agent for the A.
e. l.. and Alcolu II. II. Co.. at this
place. who was married to Miss Will
der, Of Savannah. on June 2Sth is now
In -. Louis. Mo. Mr.. and Mrs. Woods
will visit the exposition at San Fron-
cisco before returning home.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-07-14
fCAPr. BRYAN ASSUMES COM
MAND,
Rear Admiral Edwards Transfer Au-
thOrity at CharlestOIl-NcW Com
mandcr Experienced.

Charleston, July S.-Capt. Ben
jamin G. Bryan today assumed COM
mand Of the Charleston navy yard,
the transfer of authority from Rear
Admiral John r. Edwards occurring
early this afternoon at the station.
Capt. Bryan arrived here from
Washington on the 1885 p. m. train
by Atlantic Coast Line. He was met
by Lieut.. w. l.. Heiberg, aide to the
commandant, and escorted to the
yard.
Capt. Bryan comes to Charleston
following Is months of service as di-
rector of navy yards. He is native
of New York State. The progress of
lCharleston's naval station is expected
to receive very genuine impetus of a
permanent character under Capt.
Bryan's regime, if the auspicious ef-
ficiency of his past service can be
regarded as an earnest of his future
Admiral Edwards leaves Charles
ton tonight with Mrs. Edwards for
his summer home, in Rhode Island
The former commandant of the Char
lesion station is today retired auto.
matically from. the active service OF
the United States navy, az he cele.
brates the anniversary Of his 62nd
birthday on this instant.
| Admiral Edwards term Of office as
cOmmandant of the local station has
lasted for nine months. During that
period he has proved an inspiration
to the men of the yard and to the
citizens of Charleston who believe in
the future of their naval station.