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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village ToIo
Briefly for Busy Readers

Miss Nellie Richmond of Hoosich
Falls was the guest of Mrs. Daniel A.
Guiltinan Tuesday
Mrs. Lillian Mitchell and son VIII
liam Mitchell of North Hoosick were
recent guests of Mrs. Maria HOLSTER
of Bradford place.
Miss Lillian Gniltinan and Miss
Mary Guiltinan are visiting for few
days at the home of the latters' par
ents In Schenectady.
Mrs. w. d. Pelley of Putnam street
underwent an operation successfully
in the North Adams hospital Monday
under DR.. +. S. Stafford. She is con-
valescent and expects to return home
in about 10 days.
Vermonters through this section
should be interested in the conference
of hotel men, railroad men and eXecu-
tives of commercial organizations
which was held in Boston Monday to
perfect plans for booming New Eng
land as a summer resort.
A fast game of basketball was
played in the gymnasium of the local
"Y" last evening between the North
Adams Y. NJ. C. A. and the Bennington
boys, the former winners by score of
35 to As. The leads were held alter
nately until near the close when the
North Adams fellows ran up 10 points.
Denley, Hollister, Colburn, Hitchcock
and Buss played for Bennington and
Daley. La Fountain, Craven, O'Brien
and Bishop for North Adams. The End
team played preliminary with North
Bennington which resulted in score
Of 80 to % in favor of the second team.
The North Adams boys had more beef
than the local fellows. but the playing
nevertheless, was fast and clean.
Walter Ford caught an owl this
morning on Adams street IL was not
a stuffed owl, either, but big-eyed
chick of the boot variety that would
send the shivers up ones back to hear
in the wee, sma' hours. The owl was
first seen early this morning in the Vi
entity of the American house where it
had evidently taken up its residence in
the rear buildings during the night
Daylight caught it out on North street
where 1t was unable to see its way and
it Topped from tree to tree blindly un-
til 1t reached Adams street where it
fell to the ground exhausted. Ford,
who had been following it, had no
trouble in capturing it and brought 1t
on to Main street where he procured
box at local hardware store, covered
with wire. The bird will be exhibited
In local show window and Ford
hopes eventually to sell 1t as 1t is not
an old bird and should bring fair
Drjca hacatIEn nf its pypallpnf condi-
ticn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-29

was native of Wardsboro, the daugh
ter of Liberty and Artemesia Wilder
and married sIr. Kidder in 1867 in VIII
mington. She was music teacher for
a number of years and was secretary
of the local o. e. s. She leaves one
daughter. Mrs. Charles Z. Gardner of
New York city. Her husband, promi
nent Wilmington business man died
during the past year. 5ns a
Edmund Howe, who is freshman at
Dartmouth college has been selected
as member of the Dartmouth chess
team which is to play Harvard at Bos-
ton Friday evening. t ,r =.
The Knights of Columbus held a
meeting last evening and perfected the
organization of their building associa-
ton, to have charge and title to the
recently purchased home of the socie-
ty. Officers elected were as follows:
President, Daniel A. Guiltinan; clerk
and treasurer, d. j. Kealer: trustees.
A. c. Lamarre, p, j. Prendergast. John
Scarey, DR.. p. II. Thompson, Richard
Hurley, d. J. Keeler, and D. A. Guilt
imam. The associations official name
is the *. OF C. Home Association,
Inc 1t is not stock company, but
comes under special corporate laws of
the state especially made for building
associations where all members of the
society are members without being
what is technically called stockholders,
as there is no attempt to make money
or divide profits. The title in the To-
cal club house has been transferred to
the new company.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-29

work and washing for eleven and ! can
truthfully say Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has been a godsend
to me for would have been in my grave
today but for it. / would tell all wo-
men suffering as was to try your vaiu-l
able remedy. y Mrs. VIM. GREEN, 332
S. Addison Street, indianapolis, Indiana.
There is hardly neighborhoodin this
country, wherein some woman has not
found health by using this good old
fashioned root and herb remedy.
If there is anything about which you
would like special advice, write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass. ut
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-29

down that l could
not work. / was
thin, pale and weak,
W Gig h e d but 100
pounds and was in
b e d m o s t o f the
time. l began TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
hams V e ge b e
Compound and five
m onth s later l
weighed 1873 pounds
T do oil the house,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
I, News Sof the Town and Village ToA
Briefly for Busy Readers

Henry B. Walthall in THE Raven
Harte Theatre tomorrow. Adv.
Word has been received Of the. death
In Wilmington of Mrs. Imogene Wilder
Kidder, widow of j. Henry kidder, who
passed away Tuesday morning at an
age of 67 after an 11-day illness. She
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-29
NORTH BENNINGTON

Elmer Johnson. has returned from
| Florida. III
Miss Carrie Griffith of Dandy, is Wis
iting at M. M. Deans. ~
Henry Kosrer is suffering with an
| other severe attack of erysipelas.
Miss Mary Powers, daughter of VIM.
Powers of Mechanic street, Is sick.
Mrs. v. L. Tompkins spent Tuesday
in Hoosick Falls with Mrs. Vincent
Allen. ~
Mrs. Adelaide Worthington is i'll, at
the home of her son, Z. j. Worthing-
ton.
Mrs. James King Of North Adams is
the guest of her mother, Mrs. George
Griffith.
A son was born, March 18th, to Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Thompson of Fair
view Farms.
Mrs. Carl Kehr of Dunkirk, n. Y.
visited her cousin, Mrs. G. S. Mattison
Tuesday.
Mrs. VIM. c. H. Cushman has re-
turned from visit to her former
home in Allentown, Pa.
Mrs. W.R. White is again able to be
out after several weeks illness from
grip and bronchitis.
A number from this village attended
the funeral of Mrs, Cornelia Wing in
North Hoosick Tuesday.
Geo. z. Green has purchased of
Mrs. NJ c. Huling building lot ad-
jacent, to his property on North Main
street. ,.,.,.
F.. d. Ranney is about town again,
having partially recovered from the eff
fects OF his recent accident on the
electric cars. fr,OE. E.s
Antoine Myers, who is well known
here, returned Tuesday night from the
Troy hospital to his home in South
SALISBURY.
Mrs. Harry Armstrong and her sist-
er Mrs. J. B. Woodruff and family were
guests Of their father, A. F. Remington
of Bennington Monday.
News has been received of the birth
on March "a, Of daughter, Eligabetn
Patterson, to Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hal.
Ter Of Chicago. Mrs. Halter was Miss
Mary Woodruff before her marriage
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-29
wife TOO Ill
TO WORK
IN BED MOST OF TIME
Her Health Restored by Lyciia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable
1 Compound.

Indianapolis, Indiana. - My health
was so poor and my constitution so run
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-29
General nousecleanina

We have formed partnership In genera
ell aiming work, houaeciesning. office c'eanipg
rug and car, ct leaning, furnaces. cellars and
q, ything In that line. Drop us post card
rc Adams Hardware Co or leave word by
phone.
HARRY NJ. EDDKRTON.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21
A LITTLE TALK ON POLITICS.

People doing quite little talking reasoning on pot
cal topics these days and they continue to buzz around
after the years elections have become history They will
lily forget all about and the people they have office will
proceed to do they please throughout and there
times when what pease the ocehoder ANYTHING but as;n
TO the men who put him there. r'"
Hight there Mr. Voter, where nate
we should keep right after the office with as much ne
eny after election he employed Fostering us for our votes be-
fore election. - - va 0 ~
we should talk things among ourselves decide what
we need and what best for ourcoecve welfare and then we
should hang onto the office holder like hungry dog grns hone
until ne gets what is to be within the
bounds of possibility. ' ~
the official veering off some fool course should
DC up TO us to tell him in pointed back again and
navel the road that select for him. . ~
He may be governor congressman or sheriff or COUNTY, 90
fc1a all OF which looks and sounds bi eto those who like R
we are the people and whole than ali
governors and congressman andother officials combined Off
Gals are merely the hired servants of the people who place them
IN office and who them their salaries and their des ora 80
obey the will of their - ~
Keep right on talking politics. discussing men and cond
TONS and pointing out the needs requirements of the ne
our section and OF the state And don't afraid to LET orr n
community r - w. - P~0PiN anu do d
After have talked people into office W. should continue
there any office holder dosn like our brand Of tall +hnr o.
are justified IN assuming that have made mistake in cr
him there. " p'S
Sane discussion Of conditions people and events is GOOD for
community Tor serves two distinct and wholesome PURPOSES
brings torc to the fore those things that are best for rs and
eS our officials know that keeping eyes nthem
win view to seeing that they perform their duties as EXPRESSED
by our will in acceptable to us
Every DAY should be campaign time with us and esnecaIv
gn now when SO asprants office are beginning to look
us up S " 0'
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21
SOME FACTS ABOUT
COTTON AND PEANUTS.
Oil Mills to Encourage Peanut Gull
ture.

Cotton seed oil is 70 cents a gallon,
which is at least twice or even more
than twice its normal price. A friend
of mine this season sold his cotton
seed to the oil mills for $500, and his
cotton lint for only $4,000 If the Pan
anna Canal were open, and there were
an abundance of idle ships, thou
sands of ship loads of Manchurian SOW
beans would be heading westward to-
day, for grinding up.
Personally, l see no great hope for
the cotton growing industry under boil
weevil conditions and where there is
locally an abundance of Spanish hang
ing moss, Cotton growing these sec
tons and in the long run, will be dan
gerous and uncertain. In this section
other crops than cotton and as sue
cessors to cotton, are clearly indicated
Owing to the uncertainty of the cot.
ton industry, and probable shortage
in given localities of cotton seed for
pressing many of our cotton oil mills
are getting quite disturbed as regards
the future for themselves in the oil,
oil meal and oil cake industry. And
let it be said that this industry is
easily one of universal interest and a
prime necessity the world over. Ev-
en- now it is seen that some of our
cotton oil mills are turning to SOW
beans and peanuts. There is no radi-
cal amount of Difference in the value of
both the oil and cake from these three
products. Soy beans and shelled pea
nuts in the pressing for oil and cake.
are treated in the same way as cotton
seed and the same machinery that is
used for cotton seed can be used for
soys and shelled peanuts. Some of
our cotton oil mills are now doing all
OF this above combined business. In
tact one of the oil mills in North Ca
rolina has actually called itself the
Universal Oil Company. Why
should not all cotton oil mills. in the
future, be resolved into Universal Oil
Companies?
This, of course will open up in the
South new industries in the growing
OF soys' and White Spanish peanuts.
In fact within the past month. be-
cause of their increased use for pres
sing purposes by oil mills, growers of
soys and peanuts have been getting 20
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21
DUST CLOUDS OF ALASKA.
Volcano AR's Make the Hills Appear
20 Be Snow Clad.

Volcano IS Make the Hills Appear
20 Be Snow Clad.
AS we approached Kodiak strange
dark clouds were seen obscuring the
horizon at several points, one of which
was so heavy and black that it resem-
bled smoke from q great forest fire.
Captain Jensen startled US by explain
Ing that this was dust blown by the
stiff breeZes from the lofty hills all
about us. These hills seemed covered
with snow, but the whitish deposit
proved to be ashes rained down sew
eral feet deep upon all this section dur
ing the eruption Of Mount Katmai in
June, 1912. Katmai is still smoking.
The sun looked like dull silver dol
lar as it shone through the ashy mist.
The dust cloud was so thick that it
held our steamer up for four hours
until the way was clear. Passing your
hand over the rail of the boat, you
found your fingers streaked with the
Impalpable gray powder. When we
landed at Kadiak we found piles of
soft gray ashes and large and small
pieces of light, friable stone, like pun
ice stone, which had been thrown out
by the volcano. The explosion of the
volcano was heard at Valdez, 400 miles
away from Kadiak, and sounded like
a cannonading. 1t was followed by
deposit OF fine ashes in Valdez.
In Kodiak the ashes covered every
thing. They half buried Colonel Blod-
gett's big cannery on the dock and put
him temporarily out of business. They
completely filled up Il pond four feet
deep which had been the skating re-
sort for many years Of the children of
Kodiak.-John A. Slcicher in Leslie's.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21
In PEANUTS
The Thomasville Times-Enterprise

The Thomasville Times Enterprise
says:
There has been lot of adele dish
ed out to the farmers during the past
year or more, and they have been
urged not to plant too much cotton
during this year-good year of 1916.
The advent of the boil weevil has
served to demonstrate that this pest
will add greatly to the burdens of the
farmer who attempt to raise cotton,
and the weevil will make greater in
roads upon the profits from this crop
than any other one thing
1t is realized that the farmer must
have money crop; that is, one that
will bring in the cash and be saleablc
j at all seasons of the year The farm
er needs such crop and until he can
be shown that he can raise this ready
money from the growing of some 9th
er commodity, he wil1-of necessity,
If not by choice-continue to plant
large acreage in the fleeey staple He
Will favor bumper crop, that the
ravages of the boil weevil will not be
so great but that there will still be a
profit for him, and, lastly, that the
market will not be so overburdened
that the product of his labor must be
sold for little more than a song.
1t has been demonstrated that pea
nuts, ground-peas, "gubers" or, what
ever you care to call them, will grow
abundantly in south Georgia, and that
they make most excellent feed on
which to get the fall porker ready
for the market.
OF late years, howevcr machinery
has been perfected, whe, BY a very
valuable oil can be extract from the
peanut, and this oil brings a good
price, at all seasons of the year.
go AA1NA VI SootCI IL 4NOIlH CdTO-
lima have taken up the growing of
peanuts for the oil mills, and thew
have found it very lucrative crop
from every viewpoint. The mills are
always ready to buy che raw material
OF thesoil. A visitor to the eastern
part of the Old North State, espec-
tally in Perquimmans, Hartford and
Chowan counties, sees great stacks of
peanuts, drying in the sun, and when
this process is gone through with,
the growers send them to nearby mills
where ready money is to be had for
their product.
We are indeed glad to see that this
ltea is e, taken up in a limited
way in South Georgia. We under
stand that a large landowner in Mil
Ter county will plant every acre of
land formerly given over to cotton,
in peanuts this year, and he is max
ing plans to erect a mill wereby he
can crush the peanuts, and make them
into the valuable oil. If his venture
proves profitable, and it doubtless will
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21
CORE OF THE EARTH.
lis Form Mystery, but the Globe, as
Whole, Is as Rigid as Steel.

KS FoTHl Mystery put tfe 0tope, DIS
Whole, Is as Rigid as Steel.
The theory that the crust of the earth
is only a few miles in thickness and
rests upon an intensely heated molten
interior is no longer tenahlc. II is now
known that The earth, as a whole, pos
sesscs a high degree of effective rigid.
ity, as great as if it were composed
throughout Of steel. 1t is no doub;
true that tie interior of the earth is in
an intensely heated condition and that
it appears to possess some of the quail
tiles of a fluid. At the same time il
behaves in many respects as a solid
Professor Milne concludes from the
velocities of seismic waves at different
depths that the materials and general
characters of the crust of the earth
that are found ut the surf,&3 may ex-
tend to a depth of about thirty miles,
but beyond that the material seems to
merge into a fairly homogeneous nu-
clcus. This state probably extends to
a depth of six-tenths of the radius, but
the remaining four-tenthS form a core
which differs in its physical and posi-
bly, it's chemical constitution from the
outer portion. What the state of this
nucleus is must be Il matter largely of
conjecture until we have fuller
knowledge of the state of matter when
subjected to the vast pressure such a.
exists within the earth'S interior.
Additional evidence that the earth, as
a whole, is at least as rigid as steel is
furnished by study of tidal phenome
na and also by the variation of latitude.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21

per cent more than the prices that
ruled 90 days ago.
Both of these products are fairly
productive per acre. SoyS frequently
turn out 40 bushels per acre, and pea
nuts from IS to IS bushels per acre. If
these industries, however, are carried
on in large way, both crops need
machinery. In North Carolina now
machines and also threshing machines
tor peanuts are necessary. The ma
chine owner, however, may do COM
munity work in the above matters.
SoyS all ripen at one time and must be
gathered at once. Land for soys must
always carry incubation, and peanut
land must have carbonate of lime in
sufficient quantities, In it. Half of the
peanuts in South Georgia, Florida and
Alabama is offered to the trade TODAY
are understandable because they are
only one-half filled and because so
many are pops. The sole trouble
IS deficiency of lime in the soil
The soy beans and peanut industry
is rapidly growing. 1t will assume huge
proportions in the future. The cotton
oil mills should encourage these mat
tiers At present the soy bean industry
is largely confined to Eastern North
Carolina and Eastern Tennessee; but
1t is spreading not only in this portion
OF the country, bu+ as far up as Mich
igan and Wisconsin. The peanut in
dustry is strictly southern. It has
practically covered in a minor way the
whole South, and here and there we
find quite large growers. One man
near Augusta sold 1900 bushels this
year, most of it to a peanut crushing
factory. One man in Alabama the
other day sold to the oil mills 5000
bushels of his own growing. The
threshed hay of soy is of considerable
value, and peanut vines as a by-pro-
duct are worth at least $40 a ton.
When peanut are pressed in the pod, |
the cold process ell mill is used.-N. |
L. Willet in The Augusta Chronicle. |
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21

The dear people likely draw another blank the dtr
button of political pap Under the misnomer Rural Credits
farm mortgage bill the of passage through Congress
tended satisfy the demand for Rural Credit legislation The
Federal Reserve Banks already amply supplied with funds and
laws make loans well secured farmers short time
from to five under special passed last year What
the farmers demand home purchasing power that
will enable willing workers to purchase land 20
50 low rate of interest and plan which will
them to udate their Indebtedness exceeding
annual payment including pnc and scheme
will only be subterfuge and int lded political arpra
ton OF political hacks who riding the creduy the
votes into fat places From apran congressional honors
the people this should demand compliance with certain nation
al demands that destined make for conditions anonp
the farmers and the industrial workers of the Nation
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21

many other farmers in that county
and section have assured him oNtheir
cooperation in the growing of pea
nuts for the market
We believe it is not predicting too
much to say that before many wears
have passed, these mills will become,
more plentiful, and, even the smaller
communities will see fit to erect and
operate them. Then the Georgia
farmer, and the farmers of our home
county will feel that he can RELY on
some other crop than cotton for his
money crop
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21
THE WISE CANDIDATE.

The seeker for public office who possess the wisdom
qualify him for the position alive the that the voter Of
today has to be shown that deeds than en words
cheap cigars few years ago the candidate circulated around
passing out weed the guse of cigars decamng
the gories OF the republic gene voter in particular He
promised everything and delivered little nothing Today he goes
to the editor OF the local paper liberal amount Of
legitimate display advertising space and talks tohe voters in
honest and manly In the old days reached only few Of
the voters whereas by the method he through the
edu OF his advertisement to community
What he says record in cold type carries conviction
IS the mehod that produces tangible results gets the votes
that appeals the intelligence an honest neonIe Keex
eye on the advertising columns of this paper sec what
candidates have to say.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21

HEREAFTER I shall deposit in
the EXCHANGE NATIONAL
BANK. l surely can make no mis-.
take to deposit my money where
many other people have deposited
thousands and thousands until the
bank has larger deposits than anv
other bank in this portion of the
state and where the HONORABLE
TREASURER of the UNITED
STATES deposits U. s.. Government
moneys.-Mr. Prudent.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21

On Tuesday evening at seven thirty
o'clock a reception will be rendered
the men of the First Baptist church
and congregation by the Pastor, Rev.
l.. a. Cooper, assisted by the ladies
OF the Woman's Missionary Society.
Dr, w. L. Pickard, President of Mer-
Ger University, Macon, Ga, will be
present, and deliver an address. An
enjoyable evening is anticipated
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21

Col. Alex Noplin received a decid-
ed compliment from the Department
OF Justice. He writes that he has been
placed in charge of the Safety Appli-
ance Law litigation, with two assist
ants under him. We congratulate Col.
Koplin upon his rapid progress in his
bereavement.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21
Mrs. 4. E. Deyo left last hight FOR
for medical atten ion.

Mr.. and Mrs. w H. Ellington have
received the sad news of the leath of
their little three year old grandson,
Murice Elligton. While playing
Thursday he was severely burned and
expired that night at 8 clock. He is
the beloved twin son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Ellington, of Brunswick, who
have many friends here who deeply
sympathi2e with them in their great
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21

good burst the Democratic party in Georgia is to
talk about selling the State Road instead of extending the
We well make minds that the
Georgia voters will stand for any of whose
office may sale of the States
greatest asset, the Western and Atlantic.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-02-21
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Corner Main and Altamaha SITS.
First Reader VIM. R. Jewell

Services LOO a. m.
Sunday school 10:45 a. M.
Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting 7:3O p. m.
All are cordially invited to attend
these meetings.