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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-11-15

variations sliding
scale rates which sboud be corrootod ~, -
i with this matter. ~
Inasmuch'a your city is again endeavorinv +e,s.
er sel bonds already to cali your attention t.
,d contained in general of your legislature
undei GATE OF April 1917 known Senate Bill No AKA pth
40 steps nave as yet been aiken the revenue Of vop
oy IN order that the financial condition no rd
~ ~ section Article TX of your Charter which is cited in each
your NOTES covering loans money as your authority Art ~
0ecuon BE it further the Board of Mavor and ~
men hal nave power anticipate annual revenue by
70 meet the payments of bonded debt Of the
ivy PROVIDED the amount borrowed shall not exca
y per centum of the interest fund for the
me lax Levy for the Interest Fund year under review
was 50 cents and property valuation 20
inns levy would be $95O0 outstanding notes today r.
5S$58 including loans which interest on your bonded
schedule t
For the information the Recorder recently taken office
wish to quote the following portion House Bill No.
529 relative to Improvement Assessments Be it further en-
acted That all realized assessments authorized unr
making the improvement ordered hereunder and shall he
used and appropriated to the payment any
and interest thereon which therefor as
and for no other purpose whatever"
have taken the liberty summarizing much that has been men
toned your Cs Officials the previous audts at
this time aldermen have doubtless not been aouand
with these matters
The bookkeeping the handled by Mr. Artz
assistant TO the Recorder during both the term of Mr. Poude
and Mr. Hatcher in sass shape Westmorand Cashier
OF the Water Department had quite clerical
posngs and failed properly balance quarter of
his work There due from Dr. and Dairy Inspected
Fees so there is due Inspection so
cents these having pointed gentlemen
correction being clerical There due
of witness being RENTED the
fines There Water
Department $5 being Water No. 712l6
There is due Mr. Westmoand $3.50 the
more minor errors pointed out to Mr.. Wesmorand.
wish appreciation very helpful and cour-
assistance rendered Employees during
offices you
such comments criticisms
tended the Johnson City,
individual during
year by this audit. Respectfully submitted,
WM H. JAMES
Certified Public
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-11-15
SCHEDULE v

NOTE Under Schedule total interest paid during the year
Notes and Bonds by City shown $4S765
The total Tax Digest year 3o3 including cor
poraons the fact that revenue is IN
sufficient with your present be increased 75
100000.
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1910 Normal school

1910 Normal School
1910 Funding
1910 Waterworks Issue
1910 Waterworks End Issue
1911 Funding
1912 City Improvement Dist.
1912 coy Impro,s ment Dist s
1912 City Improvement Dist.
1912 City Improvement Dist. 10
1913 City improvement Dist. IL
1918 City Improvement Dist. II
1913 City Improvement Dist. Is
1913 City Improvement Dist. 6
1912 High School
1918 City Improvement Dist IA
1913 Columbus-Powell Annex $3.50
1913 City Improvement Dist. Is
1913 City Improvement Dist. Is
1913 City Improvement Dist. II
1913 City Improvement Dist. is
NOTE: Improvement District Bone
Section XII,
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SCHEDULE /


Current Assets (Schedule III
Improvement District Assessments (sch KID
Net Indebtedness
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,rtified Public Accountant
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
NORTH BENNINGTON


The Bennington County Sunday
school association will hold its an
nual convention at POwnal on Tues
day. The morning session begins at
10 o'clock There are also afternoon
and evening sessions, Each Sunday
school In the county is expected to
send delegates, All Sunday school
workers are heartily welcome. Help
full addresses and conferences on all
lines Of Sunday school work.
The Baptist church invites you to
its Sunday service Morning Worship
1880 The pastor viii preach. Sub
iect Prayer as Personal Bond
Evening service at 1870 Subject OF
sermon God First and Last" The
Sunday school is engaged in a con
test to close on Rally Sunday Each
class is striving for an attendance
record and new members. Do your
bit! Christian Endeavor meeting at
$50. go to church Sunday; you'll
feel better Monday"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Saturday, September 8, 1917.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Tele
Briefly for Busy Readers

Max L. Powell of Burlington is in
the village today
Mrs. Louis McDermott is in Troy,
the guest Of Mrs. Herbert Small.
G. l.. Towsley of Manchester has
purchased a Dodge roadster of the
Bennington garage.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Guy Livingston are
receiving congratulations over the
birth of a seyen-pound daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Roland Bennett,
Jr, of Manchester are spending few
days at the home of his aunt, Mrs.
Frank Hurley OF Silver street
John Roberts, of former director
for the Fox Film company, who is to
direct the making of the local moving
picture to be made here and shown at
the opera house, has arrived in the
village Mr. Roberts is accompani-
ed by two assistants and more will
arrive early in the coming week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08

The intelligence OF the honeybee has
been greatly overrated, according to
Everett f. Phillips, who is the govern
ment expert on bee culture. He says
that this insect really has no adapta-
bility at all. but wonderfully perfect
ed instinct. Success In Bookkeeping,
therefore, depends upon studying the
bee and giving it exactly what its i'm
pehOuS instincts require. For exam
pie. the space between the wall of Il
hive and the comb in which the honey
is to be placed must be exactly a quar-
ter of an inch. If it Is more the bees
will store honey in the space, and If 1t
is less they will seal it closed. In either
case the hive must be broken open to
get the honey. Baltimore Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
vERmoNTERs BEST EQUIPPED
Continued from Page Onel

There has been an extension in in
suuction. Each day finds some new
drill maneuyer attached to the SEIZED
Iule. SO long as thing is new a sol
der loves his work What he hates
is mOnot0ny The men appreciate the
frequent changes and 90 to drills
with a will Their improvement is
most marked, and there is a different
slant to the difies and a different
set to the shoulders, especially of the
recruits. who are being whipped into
shape with great rapidity. SO com
prehensive has the course been laid
out by Gen. Cole, that it is hard now
to tell recruit from an "old timer
{ Lectures take up the drill periods in
the Ammunition and Supply Trains.
!, The Depot Brigade began their drill
I schedule today.
Several changes in the officer per
sonnet OF the two infantry regiments
were limited at today. Official orders
regarding transfers are to be forth
coming soon.
There were many visitors in camp
I today. In the l04th Infantry, Col.
Hayes entertained Mayor Frank f.
Stacy of Springfield, former-Mayor
and former-Senator William p. Hayes
also Of Springfield, and President
Frank II. Page OF the Springfield
Roard Of Trade. Another guest in the
Massachusetts camp was former
Mayor James Logan of Worcester,
and in the 1881 Infantry. Capt.
Charles Knee of Concord n H. a
former commander of C, Co. Of the
First New Hampshire, called on sew
eral friends among the officers
Many Of the men transferred from
the 1881 Infantry to the depot bri
gade are to be transferred back, while
many more are to be discharged on
physical grounds.
Mai Charles r. Cahill OF Beverly
adiutant of the depot brigade, arrived
at Camp Bartlett, this afternoon, and
before returning to Boston will talk,
= back a complete roster Of all the mer
available for service in the various
units which will form the depot bri
gade. The roster Is somewhat slim
q but there are a fine set Of commits
stoned and nou-ocmmissioned officer
left to train the new men who will I'll
5 the ranks Of the soon to be enlarged
regiments Brig Gen f. Lero!
@ Sweetser. commander of the Goth di
vision reserve. has taken up his quar-
ers in the Northeastern Department
in Boston and will remain there will
. his staff temporarily
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
MOTHER DOING HER BIT.

MOTHER can't join the army and
NA mother cant so TO sea,
But mother can do her Bit you bet
whatever her bit may be.
She's up in the morning early. she's late
10 her bed at night,
Yet she sings a song the whole day long
that shows her fun OF igh,.
It's Columbia, Gem Of the Ocean, that
echoes through kitchen and hall.
A melody sweet. vet as sturdy as though
twere a bugle call
WE hear il nrst in the morning when
" mother. at dawn of day,
Rouses her sleeping household singing her
reveile
Then OFF she goes TO the garden, a soldier
that rakes and hoes
And Columbia, Gem OF the Ocean Is
sung to each seed she sows
The song and the toll and mother seem
bound by a common tie
A pledge that theyll keep Old Glory for
ever waving high
CHE starts the children or to school. a
- flag upon each breast.
A symbol sweet. she tolls them, Of the
land they love the best.
Then mother gets her homework dove
and huIiCS on TO town,
There TO do q woman 8 part in Red Cross
cap and gown.
And all along the table where the bandage
makers sit
They hear her hum Columbia and SCI
her do her bit
MOTHER can't join the army and
W mother can't 90 To sea.
But mother viii do her bit, you bet
whatever her bit may be.
She doesn't so round complaining because
sho isn't q man,
| Instead. she sows and sings and hoes and
does the best she can
| yor Columbia, too was a woman, as pic
tured In story and art.
| And mothers our Mother Columbia
| patriot doing her part.
| William Herscholl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08

Guilty in procuring cars for shipment
provided prompnGss in loading Is
practised
9. The state department OF agri'
culture. through its marketing agent
is in a position to recommend repu'
table wholesale dealers and commits
sion merchants to whom and through
whom potatoes may be sold. Farmers
or association OF farmers who have
potatoes to ship in carloads should
write to the commissioner OF asri'
culture. st. Adams, VT, for list of
dealers
10. The extension service under
the direction of Mr.. Bradlee and
through the county agents will rem
der every possible service in matters
of storage and marketing. Avail
yourself Of this agency.
H. Don't let anything waste.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
How the Body is NourIshea.

The bodily process known as as.
slmnatlon is we'll explained n these
swords. AS the blood, I'm Cos circu.
lation, approaches any org3n. thc por.
Zen ia4. trc appro'r g. Gus or.
gan f..' b.. atn'uyo e, obey t.
and leave. ,..cts, minglc with
the substau So tissue and are
changed into la ov1 tac and proper
nature"
How important 't a thl. the blood
should be pure and 'ila s 0adcd
with worn.out and ua,lc 'crl
Hoods sarsaparilla pu.ic5 Wj ON.
riches the blood and does o. DE- is pos
siblo for medicine to do IN the way of
penccting assimilation and building
up thew hole system When You
have made zap your mind to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla. insist ON having
e don't accept % substitute, lnr mo-
substitute acts like t.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
CHURCH CONSOLIDATION
Has Apparently Proved Successful in
Cambridge

Has apparently Proved successful IN
Cambridge
Cambridge. Sept 6.--Persuns alive
to the problems of the church in the
rural community will follow with in.
terest q movement that is in progress
in this town. Within the boundaries
of the town. which comprises 33,7o1
acres and a population Of 1896 people,
are three villages, Cambridge. Cam.
bridge Junction and Jeifersonvlle
The latter has a we'll sustained church
of the Congregational denomination
Cambridge formerly maintained a
Congregational and Methodist
church and it-also has a Roman Cath
clio church. With changed conditions
the work of maintaining two separate
Protestant organizations became more
difficult Several months ago a CON
soldation of these two organizations
was effected
The plan. so far has worked out
successfully and it is now practically
determined that it is for the best In.
terests of all concerned that it should
be made permanent. During the sum
mer Rev. John L. Sewal of st. Al
bans, formerly Congregational pastor
in that city has acted as temporary
pastor pending the arrival of a clergy
man who is to fill the place perma-
nently, and who has been making "a
special study to fit himself for a pas
torate of that type. Rev. Walter II.
Gould, who has been Methodist
clergyman, has now arrived in town
and begun his work.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
TO THE FLAG.

r TNFURL. Unfur,
4 Oh Tag ~ niHci
~ And let the wide world take
This message from your Tapping
folds
Americas awake!"
The eagles sleep
Is DER at last.
And now his wings are free
To clcaye the sky ard send his cry
Across the land ana seat
Until the end
We pledge you now
The oath our fathers gave
That while we live with strength 10 give
Triumphant YOU shall wave.
Cnfurli Cnfuri
Oh, flag Of minc
And let the wide world take
This message from your Tapping folds.
Americas awake
john Kemblc Of the Viglantes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
Sens In Verse
TIE NEUTRAL.

- - 49, fHfNNf
nRETHREN, how shall it fare with
~ When the war is laid aside
II il be proved that l am he
For whom world has died?
II il be proved that all my good
And the greater good l win make
Were purchased me by a multitude
Who suffered for my sake:
That l was delivered by mere mankinl
Vowed 10 one sacrifice,
And not as ! hold them. battle blind.
But dying with opened eyes?
If 1t be found when the battle clears
Their death has set me free,
Then how shall / live with myself
through the years
Which they have bought for me?
Brethren how must it fare with me,
Or how am / justified,
II II be proved that / am he
For whom mankind has died
II it be proved that I am he
Who. being questioned, dcnied2
Copyright by Rudyard Kiplng, 1916.
From Sea Warfare"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
NEW GERMAN AIRPLANEs
Powerful Machines Used in Raids OF
England

Powerful Machines Used In Raids on
England
The Gotha airplanes with which
the Germans have been bomblrding
England are biplanes fitted with two
motors, developing i5O horsepower,
and with the tractor propellors, ac.
cCrding to Georges prade, the French
aviation expert They carry three
persons, the pilot, bomb thrower
and machine-gwn operator. All can
serve the quick-frers If they are at
tackled as there are three Of these
guns carried
NJ Prade, who has been watching
the machines at the front, says that
these machines, il passing at an alti.
tude of $4,000 feet, for instance. on
the attack can return at an altitude
of 10000 feet without their bombs.
their supercompressed motors giving
them full power at great nights.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE-Brmdell COW, s years
old, freshened last June. Apply to
Bell Bradish. Searles Crossing, tel
1922. site
FOR SALES horses. We just
arrived with good load of fancy
matched teams. 2i0O to 5000. Sew
eral nice pair of mares and singles
100 to 1900. \ few good seconds
] pair brown mares, cobs. 1000 All
horses warranted. Guilford q Wood
Horse CO., T. J. Wood Prop, Shell.
burne Falls. Mass. SITE
WANTED-EX Experienced shaper
hand. Apply A. S PAYNE Inc, North
Bennington, VI SITE
FOR SALE-Twenty.six coarse
wool breeding ewes. H. n. Dyer
North Bennington Phone 1881
SITE
FOR SNLE-up Upright Cameron
piano, slightly used. WIN be sold at
half It's value Call 900 Bradford ST.
Tol l57.Y. S7t6'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
FRIENDS.

on, they are llrmor friends by far
~ Than any other crealui cs are!
How happy their two lives must be.
Blessed with such perfect sympathyl
Where is the pair so fond as they
Together through the whole long dayl
Indeed, It's sure they'd spend the night
On one same pillow if they might
(And, 20 be frank with YOU,
AT tlmes-and unboknown- they dob
Each lives but for the others JOY.
They are puppy and a boy.
brooklyn EaglA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
Corks In Muenaqe po,tlcs.

BY spreading yascllne on tho sides
Of the cork and inside of the bottle
neck it win prevent corks from stick
ing in paste and mucilage bottles and
overcome the trouble caused by break
Ing off when trying TO take them out.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
NOTICE.

To taxpayers Of the Bennington
graded school district; a rate bill has
been placed in my hands for collection
as follows: s1.O5 cents on the dollar
on the grand list Of 1917 hereby de.
mand payment for said taxes and mott
fly you that l will attend at the Ben
nington County Savings bank from 9
o'clock a. m. until 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, 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
JUSTICE.

II ESIDE the nations nag un-
X furlcd
H. The stern and starry goddess
stands.
And lifts above Il GREATNESS world
The balance in her hands
Drawn from all empires round her
beat
Blood red, earth's pulsng ar.
terles
As round these wide shores circling
meet
The waters OF all seas.
She turns to the ocrulean skies.
Her starlit vision and serene,
With eyes bllndfoldcd TO greed and
lies.
And all things low and ncan
Unbending to the weak or strong,
Unheeding pleas or parties plight,
She weighs the right against the
wrong,
And holds her sword to smlte.
0 starry Justice. undisma,cd,
Keep steadfast guard ABOVE our
land,
Whose deeds are In the balance
weighed
Before thy sworded hand
NJ II. Duehler.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
TRADE SECRETS.

Lives OF great crooks all remind MS
We should work with greatest care
Lest departing leave behind MS
Thumbprints on the silverwaro.
Lamb,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
A SHORT AND SIMPLE ANIMAL.

I've been q good fellow,
Earned all | spent;
Paid all | borrowed,
Lost all | lent.
once loved a woman.
That came To an end
Get "A good dog, boys
He's always your friend.
-pewamo News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-03
FIGHTING FOR HAPPINESS.

When you get into frame Of mind
that makes life seem one tiresome
duty after another, with no pleasure
in it; when i'll health seems to take all
the joy out of life and you worry over
things that are really not worth worry
ing about, then your nervous system
is becoming exhausted and you are
approaching neurasthenia.
Your happiness is worth fighting for
and red blood il your best ally. 1t is
a hopeless task TO try to restore your
health while your blood is deficient in
quantity OF quality.
TO build up the blood there Is one
remedy that has been a household
word for o generation, DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. They tone
up the entire system, make the blood
rich and red, strengthen the nerves,
increase the appetite, put color in the
cheeks and lips and drive away that
unnatural tired feeling. e.
The DR.. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. ", has published a
free book on nervous disorders that
contains chapter on neurasthenia, in
which The symptoms are fully describ-
ed and the correct treatment given.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
your own druggist or will be sent by
mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, 90
cents per box, six boxes for $3.50. :
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws Of the Town ant Village Ten
Briefly fer eusy HvAisra

An auction sale will be neld at
James Bushee's Saturday, December
s, ct IL o'clock sharp. 59t6*
Mrs. D. e. Moore and children are
spending few days in Watervliet
and Albany with friends.
Regular meeting of Grange We'd
nesday evening. The annual cleo
tiontof officers vii be held fs
The woman's auxiliary of the Y H.
CA. will meet at the association
rooms Wednesday afternoon at 8. $50
Edward Sibley, who is stationed al
the naval school at Newport, and
who has been visiting his mother,
Mrs. Della Sibley. returned Sunday.
BENJAMIN ~ Estabrook, who has
been acting as secretary for A. J.
Cooper, is again at the office of the
Black Cat Textiles company on East
Main street.
dewey Jenney. who is stationed at
the Brooklyn navy yard and who has
been passing brief leave of abb
sence at the home OF his sister, Mrs.
NJ. J. burlington, ir., returned Sun
day.
Arthur j Colgan, for 20 years an
employee Of the First National bank,
of Hoosick Falls and now its teller. s
has resigned TO accept the position
OF assistant cashier of the First Ma
tional bank Of this village. filing the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Homer II. Webster 1h-
Residents of Bennington who plir-
chased their second liberty loan
bonds through the Bennington Coun.
ty National bank and who have made
all Of the payments. may have the
bonds by calling at the bank This
does not apply to installment bond
that have not been fully paid up or
TO club bonds
John d. Harte Sunday went to
Troy with his nephew. Leonard
'Harte of West Rutland, who is TO I'M
dergo treatment at one Of the Troy
hospitals. The boy, who is betwetn
IA and Is years Of age, seriously in
jured an eve last week while chop
ping kindling wood A flying stick
OF wood struck the boy IN the face
and splinter entered one of the
eyes. tl6
The village trustees will hold their
regular monthly meeting tomorrow
evening The report of the fire com
mittee relative to the proposed
change in the alarm system and in
relGtion to the proposal for the use
of the village auto trucks for fires
outside of the village limits will be
submitted at the meeting. The fire
committee and the engineers held
meeting Friday evening and the de-
tails of the report were worked out
satisfactorily
The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-27

Rexall Grippe Pills will cure La Grippe, plice 25c, k. G. Morris Dru: 70. 2-2S-tf
The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-27

Get your wallpaper. pant; varnsh and alass at Biggs Art Store. 7lS Gen. tral avenue
The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-27
AT THE AUDITORIUM
Cyril Maude Toniqht.

A new sort Q. stage detective Is Grumpy who, a. introduced by Mir Cyril Maude, a noted English actor will be at the Auditorium theater to. night. Grumpy is not really detec. tive, but a retired criminal lawyer who comes to the front when his ne phew Is assaulted and robbed. The play Grumpy which is by Horace Hodges and T. Wieney Percyval. hae served 10 endear Mir Maude to the hearts of American theater-goers. IL was done for an entire season at Wal lacks theater, New York, and has a further record Of successful achieve ment in other large cities of the conn try and also in London. Tde cast Of the recent Empire Theater New York, engagement surrounds Mir. Maude. His leading woman IS Nitric. Martin Harvey young English girl who has won fame in London. Other members are Erie Blind, Serbert Ran son. James Kearney Edward Le.tar. Noel Leslie, Betty Murray and Louise Van Wagenen. Grumpy" has a most consistent plot After the robbery n his ho e the cid lawye. begins a series of artfJl inquiries in his en- deavor to find clue. In the end he succeed in discovering the real cul- prit and restores Che diamond 10 his nephew