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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
PETAiN CHIEF OF STAFF
To Be Command of all Allied Forces
in France.

in France.
London, April 30.-Gen Petain, who
commanded the French army defend
ing Verdun during the critical stages
of the battle in February and March
1916, is to be appointed chief of staff
at the ministry of war in Paris. The
cabinet decided upon this yesterday
afternoon at meeting presided over
by President Poincare and which
was held after a session of the
war committee. After u general dis
cussion, il was determined to restore
the post of chief OF staff at the minis.
try of war and confide the post 10
Gen. Petain.
The appointment of Gen. Petain
probably indicates an intention to
place him in supreme command of all
the allies operations in the west, cor
responding to the position held by
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg in the
German armies. Thus the entente
would secure closer cooperation of
the French. British Belgian and
Italian armies in the field.
Unassuming and hating publicity,
Petain is known as a man of uncom-
promising opinions. an expert tactic
ian and strategist and above all a
fighter. Gen Petain is 81, but is
said to bear his age like a man OF
sc.
Last December it was stated that
Gen Petain had been mentioned as
the successor of Gen. Joffre as COM
mander-in-chief of the French forces.
When. however. Gen. Nivelle was
made generalissimo, it was said that
Petain had declined the post owing
to his failure to agree with the mill
tary authorities as to the privileges
he should have.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
eminent.

eminent.
And, in addition to giving free
space, we organize our own recruiting
stations
But the Hearst newspapers object
TO the assumption that the local
editor, the only agent standing be
tween the people and unlimited ex'
ploitation, the men underpaid and un'
appreciated, should be singled out as
the particular citizen who must con
tribute his share without any pay at
all
There is no doubt that the local
newspapers of the United States can
do more for navy and army recruiting
than any other single agency in the
country.
And there is no doubt that this gov
eminent should follow the example of
England and pay for the space that
it takes from these smell newspapers.
II wouldn't be bad idea to cut the
copper men and the steel men down
to a profit of, say. 200 per cent or
even 100 per cent and use the diff
ference to tell the people through the
small newspapers what the country
needg.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
ARLINGTON

News has been received OF the seri.
Gus illness of Mrs. Edna Long. a for.
mer resident of this town. Mrs. Long
makes her home with her daughter
in New York. She has suffered a
shock whichahas made her left side
paTalyzed and at present pneumonia
has developed. She is in one of the
hos pitfalls in New York.
Walter c. Vault returned Friday
night from weeks trip to Troy. All
bany aud other places.
Members of the 0. f. S, don't for.
get the regular meeting on Wednes-
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Wood have
moved TO Pownal where Mr.. Woods
father. Seymour Wood, has purchased
the burlington farm. .o
Mrs. Emma Eaton is spending a
month in Washington with friends
Mrs. Metcalf and Miss Frances
Holkins OF New York city came
Saturday to the Burdett House, the
former for the summer, while Miss
Holkins viii spend only short time
here at present.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
TALE OF THE TURTLE.
Where This Stupid Animal Poses as a
Student of Astronomy.


For an animal that is rated so low
! III the scale Of intelligence as the turtle
I II Is really amazing to note the keen
sense OF intuition they display.
( There is tradition among the ia
tives of Venezuela that turtles will not
begin to lay their eggs until the South
ern Cross. which is the characteristic
object OF the armament i'll the southern
hemisphere, is completely formed
that is, not until the four stars which
form the cross have moved on through
the heavens and have reached posi-.
tion perpendicular to the horizon.
1t is even reported by>a member Of
one exploring expedition in Venezuela
that at midnight, when the turtles
were being watched by the naturalists,
the great mass of creatures went back
into the waters without laying, leaving
but few of their companions behind
them to act as sentinels.
At half past , in the morning, at the
moment when the Southern Cross
seemed exactly perpendicular to the
horizon, great motion was perceived
on the shore of the river, and the tur
ties came out in battalions. They scat
tered rapidly in all directions, dug
holes in the sand, deposited their eggs
and then covered up the places, taking
great pains to leave the surface smooth
and fiat as they had found it.-Argo.
naut.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
A Deed of Daring.

Asked what was the bravest deed he
had ever seen, Lord Roberts said he
remembered that while he was on his
way to Lucknow his force was stopped
by walled Enclosure. A little soldier.
a Punjabi Mohammedan, seeing the
difficulty endeavorcd to open the door
which barred the way. When he tried
first to draw the bolt one of his hands
was cut off by one of the enemy; then
he managed to unfasten the bolt with
his other hand. which was subsequent
ly nearly severed from the wrist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
Saved Himself.

As to the most embarrassing mo-
ment in his life, Z. r. Treat related it
to the club in this way
II had taken Gladys Harcourt to a
swell cafe after the opera, and as We
were both hungry l ordered without
stint, while the score mounted up.
When the check fell beside my plate
was astounded on discovery that had
lost my purse, doubtless at the hands
of pickpocket. The assiduous and
expectant waiter stood by. 1 was a
stranger in this city, and of course
knew no one in the restaurant. Al
ready the waiter was reckoning to
some one, perhaps an officer. l was
sure to be arrested. Gladys, unaware
of my dilemma, was drawing on her
gloves. A great clock doomed tbe
hour. l was saved, for at the twelfth
Istroke ] awolle. Oakland Trihnne
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
FLAG UP. PASTOR QUITS

Worcester, Mass, April 29.-The
Rev Charles E. Beals, pastor of the
church of the Unity. Unitarian, re.
signed this morning because his par
ishioners insisted on raising an
American flag over the choir loft.
Although an ex.militiamen and mill
tary chaplain, he is an ardent and
prominent pacifist. He had presented
an ultimatum to his parish committee
two weeks ago predicting his resisna-
ton if the flag went up. Today was
the date set, and the flag was raised
without exercises. The resignation.
which will be accepted, is effective
June 80,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
SIackers

Yes, twenty-seven members of the
senior class at Princeton
Have never kissed maiden, they
are very proud to say.
They revel in the glory that the germ
osculatory
Has had no chance to bite 'em and
they're hale and sound today
would not call them heroes. They
are slackers, pure and simple. q
They've lodged responsibility and
stultifed their frats.
These twenty-seven slsses who ignore
the charming misses,
Should be given good positions in
the future-trimming hats. t
R. X. Moulton in Albany Times
Union.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
AMERICANS NOT ENEMIES"
Berlin Officials Say They Are Treat.
ed Merely az "Non-Neutrals."

Berlin, Saturday, April %, (via
London, April 29)-Although the
police circular ordering Americans to
report daily at the police stations and
to remain indoors between 10 p. m.
and a. m. sets forth that Americans
are to be treated henceforth as enemy
foreigners. officials OF the Foreign of
fee say that this is true only in modi-
fed form. At the Foreign office 1t is
still said that Germany has not rec
ognized the American declaration of
the existence of state Of war, and
that therefore Americans are not
enemy foreigners, but merely non
neutralS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
Ne WSPAPERS ARE
ASKED To GIVE
Up PROFITS
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make itself the purchasing agent Of
the allies and spend wisely and
economically the money that the
allies are going to borrow from us
instead OF handing that money over to
the allies and letting them pay our
trust gentlemen 81 in American tax
money for one dollars worth OF goods
Yours very truly, A. Brisbane.
Following is the editorial on the
subject of free advertising space for
the government mentioned by Mr.
Brisbane:
Asking For Free Space
The Hearst newspapers have gladly
and free of charge printed constant
appeals for army and navy recruits.
The Hearst newspapers have also
opened recruiting stations at their
own expense and given daily through
out the country pages of their news
paper space TO the cause Of securing
enlistments. This means a good deal
of white paper for it requires six
tons of white paper to print page in
Hearst's New York Evening Journal
alone.
But the fact that one newspaper or
chain of newspapers chooses to de-
vote its space free of advertising pay
ment to the appeals of the navy is no
reason for demanding that the small
weekly and daily newspaper through
out the country shall accept govern
ment advertising free.
In congress three gentlemen who
are politicians first and newspaper
owners afterward declared that the
newspapers of the country should
print the advering of the government
and charge nothing for it,
We are sure that every newspaper
editor, no matter how small his in
come or how great his difficulties with
the present extortionate charge for
white paper, would gladly accept this
suggestion-if other citizens would do
the same.
There are thousands of editors in
the United States whose total profit
in a year is less than the price that
an ammunition maker charges for one
single big explosive shell. These
smaller editors, working many OF
them for less than the pay of a good
day laborer, would like the ammuni-
ton makers, the bankers ana the
others to offer what they have to the
government without charge if the
newspaper editor is expected to give
without charge the only property he
has for sale, which is his space and
his white paper.
VIII the congressman who ask
small editors to work for nothing also
work for the government without any
salary-because they love the gov
eminent so-during the war period?
When they and the others who get
government money and government
contracts shall have announced that
they will charge the government moth
ing and work free of charge out of
pure patriotic affection it will be
time to ask the local editor to donate
his space free of charge.
1t would be rather humorous to say
to a copper producer you must
show your patriotism by selling cop
per to the government at a profit of
only three hundred per cent and
say to the country editor who makes
a bare living, You must show your
patriotism by charging the govern
ment nothing at all"
The publicity of the Hearst news
papers is at the service of the gov
ernment-any department of the gov
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
ASK EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN
suffragist's Appeals Made for Workers
in War EMERGENCY

Washington. April 29.-Equal pay
for women who take mems places dur.
ing the war was urged by Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, President Of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage as
sociation, in letters sent today to
Chambers of Commerce throughout
the country
I'VE contend that the work per-
formed. not the sex of the worker,
should determine the rate of pay.
she wrote. Furthermore. the women
who take mems places in the war
emergency have likewise to bear the
mems burdens in the support OF their
families"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
Gard of Thanks.

We hereby wish to thank the
friends and neighbors who so kindly
assisted during the Illness and death
of our beloved daughter, also for the
many beautiful floral tributes, especi-
ally the employees of the A. S. Payne
Brush Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Dawes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
HABITS

Carefully watch your habits in
the forming. Nothing is easier
to form than a habit The first
action breaks a path through an
untrodden wilderness; the next
widens IL; the third makes a
trodden highway. To beware of
an evil habit is as important as
to form a good one.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
WORK SUNDAY BUILDING CAMP
Hundred Knights of Columbus Among
1900 PIattsburq Toilers

''0S" '"1S0DUIS U'IcTS
Plattsburg, n. Y, April 29.-More
than 1880 men. including many bust
ness and professional men, spent Sun
day at work assisting in the erection
of the buildings to be used as quar-
tiers for reserve officers at the train
ing camp. One hundred Knights of
Columbus went 10 the work in body
The pay they will receive for their
labor is to be given to the Red Cross
for war supplies.
Kermit Roosevelt is in this city Sc
lecting a home for Mrs. Roosevelt for
the Summer, while he is in the camp.
Lieut.-Col. Wolf, camp commander.
will arrive tomorrow to assume COM
mand.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30

Reason, prudence, caution, courage,
justice, cooperation and Cancellation
are requisites TO economic growth and
strength. Gilbert II. Gary.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-30
URGE WARTIME PROHIBITION
Nonpartisan Reformers Begin to Work
with Congress Today

Washington, April "a deter
mined effort to bring about national
prohibition for the duration of the war
will be launched here tomorrowrat a
meeting of representatives OF various
political parties and of farmers or
ganizations, including several COVER
nors, who will seek to influence Presi-
dent Wilson and members of congress.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-10-19

Get our prices on Job Printing.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-10-19

Ru!'in Harris. who has been AT
Fort Worth visiting his mother. who
was very sick. has returned home
and reports hi mother as ii little
improved.
We are glad to learn that our
nrighhor. thas li"rndon. vino j. in
the army al Camp Travis. ha- n"en
mad" corporal oi his company.
= W. Cameron wa in town shop
ping Monday
Miss Cad" Morgan visited in ia
VIENNA last W., Is.
Misses Hooper and Iona B."'l>p
oi lurant. and N"-sr> li"ll and Ia
Wis and Mis- Nrrn" Tack"tr al Du-
rant mOtar"d over to DrniSpn sun
day in MIR Davis car
MossrS e.. ". Wells and !. y
Turner and Dr. Boiing"r motorrd 10
Silo Thursday.
j. II. Holland and wife OF A"hill.
were in town Sunday
John Scott of b"niSnn was over
10 his farm Sunday
I.e" Cain of Albany was over ON
his farm last Wn"k.
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Brother Babcorh al puraut VAS
in k"n"tick Tuesday might and de
iy"r"d Il most excellent sermon.
Flord Fitch, manager of the oil
E"li. is on IN" sick list th- W,"k
j |. Morris and Mr. lInlcomb mo-
'or"d ro Durant saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Ju" Si"g"l and ltttl" dauGh-
ter. Marguerite. have returned from
. thr""- weeks stay in Atuka Every
one knows how happy Mr. Si"g"l iS
-" The smile on his fac" sine" their
return.
TN" p"np!" OF Ken"fick ar" en-
'nying - mic" it'll" nictur' show that
has lust been opened here.
Miss Miller. from Texas. i visit
ing her grandparents. Mr. ana Mrs
j. NJ. Miller
Miss Sofia SnodgrasS. after spend
ing Il w""k with hcr 81 ter AMI many
friends, has just retur"n To her
Nnm" - flu"Y
Mis- johnny Human of Durnni
'prnr r+day nigh with Mrs John
l.. Morris.
Hrothcr Brur" nf DurHut spent
the first Of this week in Krn"fick
Mrs. L Il. mck"v and Mrs otto
smith spent saturday shopping in
Durant
Mrs. DR.. Kay has jus, returned
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-10-19

visited her sister. Miss Ethel uarri.
son. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. u. B Bradshaw and
iainily moiored to Armstrong sun
day in their new car.
Mrs. Lillian bartlett. who ha,
been teaching music here for the
past three years. and who was high
~ appreciated by her class. resigned
last week and accepted a position as
primary teacher in tn" Mead public
school.
Mofford Conovcr is on the sick
list This week
Cotton has been ginncd at the
Hnkchiio gin up to last Thursday as
follows BokchitO Gin Co, 27S;
t;arnctt and Darnrll. 31l Number
wagon loads of corn. 1i3: oats, $50.
Mrs. =. G. WILSON visited relatives
in hnran' Friday OF last week.
+ VI. Allbrigh' was in from hi
farm tn" uih"r dan He said every
thing in his community Is PROSPER
ouS H." has recently purchased ,
Tin" tract "' land lying bet tw.rn hi
farm and llu" river
Born To Mr. ard Mrs Sh.I,
knight Il baby rirl IhurSLay morn
I'M
Th" l'ui.chi'n hirh school is in n
lin" condition. and has il nrg,. at
v NHinr". 1hoS" ai Il distance who
want 'n educate their children can
md n" better school. nor bti"r .ur-
""nnhinrs Good board can be- hal
At r"asunHhl" prices
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The people ar" real busy these
days picking cotton and are keeping
tn" gin going.
Mrs T. l.. Battaile left for Little
Rock. Ark. Saturday morning. and
will join her husband there. Word
has been received that she arrived
there safely.
Pruitt Lee has a new peanut
thr"Sh"r, and Is real busy threshing
peanuts
a few of tn" young people went
to IA party at Jones Beal's and repor.
having had a good time.
r T. Polk made business trip
to Durant Tuesday.
e. q. Butler was in Durant on "A
business trip Monday.
Miss Elsie Wann visited in Ro
berta Monday afternoon.
word has been received from srv
cral of the boys at Camp Travis. and
they say they like il fine
We had Il fire at the gin last Sat
urday that came very near provins
serious, but they CAV" tn" signal in
tim" to save it II was caused fro.u
4 match going through one OF tn.
gin stands
|. y Polk was Durant visitor on
Monday
II G. and G. \. sullivan went to
Durant on business Tuesday
Miss Ashpy sullivan is STAYING in
her fathers Stor" for a few davs
Every body j. busy pickin. cotton
The% ar" paying - - und $lTi
for picking
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Percy Petite. ha~ moved To town
t. has purchased the Paxsen old
r,Hc" on l!luc and Will live in Ben
nine'on until Jan. /, or until he can
rot possession
Ben l,ionor. who left some time
ago for the training camp. is at
HON" '! i'ing friends He looks well
and s'"In, 10 h" on ioying camp lif".
Tn" Christian ladies served din
Nor saturday They had lots of goo
things to eat and realized Il neat
sum.
Miss Anita Lloyd. teacher at Old
G"pdland, cam" in Friday to spend
IN" week end with her parents.
Mrs. Ed F. Brown of Caddo was in
= ,wn last week delivering some prct-
y sui, and dresses.
Mrs W J B Lloyd Is having
solnr work done on the interior Of
her hoin"
The frost Of last week did little
damat" 10 fan gardens and fresh
vegetables can still be seen gracing
the table.
". " L"Florc. formerly of this
place. but nov AT Norman. Oklaho-
ma. is here looking after business
interests.
AIr and Mrs J. T. Ryan went in
their ear to Antlcrs 10 visit Dr. Pat
t"rson. a brother Of Mrs. Ryan.
Land around Bennington seems
10 b" in demand Most covry day
prosperity" buyers are seen on the
streets Many who had moved away
are coming back to buy or rent land
T. r Fuller. who lives north of
town. has purchased Il farm near
Miller. Okla, and was seen moving
to tax" possession. He has sold his
farm near Banty.
Herbert Mcclure. who attends
school in Durant, spent the week
end with his father. n. B. Mcclure
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The cotton house of the Combest
ana Beanland gin burned Friday af-
t"rnoon, destroying large quantity
VI '"ttoh, winch we understand was
1uliy covered by insurance The or
isin OF tn" fire is unknown, bur il /,
supposed that match was in loa,
ot cotton and was limited when be.
lng drawn through the suction.
&. w. Ellis was Denison visitor
Monday
Mrs. r. VI. Pierce of Des Voigne
was Il guest of her niece, Mrs. j. NJ
webb. last week.
The DelcO lighting system Is being
installed by "A Denison firm nail tha
business houses and several resi-
dcnces here.
Misses Helen Chorn. Ethel Short.
and Lucille Webb, who are students
Al -. Navier's Academy. Dcnison,
We're guests of home folk, for the
week end.
Rev :. ". North OF Bokchito fill
ed his regular appointment here on
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs.. D. H. Johnston and grand
daughter. Douglass Smith. of Emet,
were guests of Mrs. Mclaughlin one
afternoon last week.
7. II, Fowler and S W. North
went to Dallas Sunday to attend thu
State Fair.
Misses Allye Holland and Effii
shelton of Achille We're guests OF
Miss Mamie Cole for the week end
w. W. and Jack Turner and K. u
Stone and Albert killian of Kemp
passed through here Monday in W.
w. Turner's car en- route To n"niSoh
Judge and Mrs. Ferguson pa'se'
through here one day last week en-
route to their home in Dnran' a'ter
visit to their farm south ot kemp
Dr and Mrs. J. +. Dorset weh'
to DcniSon Monday,
Many from this section VIII 'aH'
in the Oklahoma-TeXa football ron
test at Dallas Saturday.
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Miss Lille Fish / spent Snnday IN
Madill.
y party given u, The homo of Mr
and Mrs. II. NJ Lovc on "Wednesday
wdS enjoyed very nuch by those
present
W : Williams made II business
rip I" Dal.aS. r"tI"ninv Monday cv-
cning
Charley Fisher is the poSscssor of
new SiN-cylind"r automobile.
Martin Hamilton took II crowd tn
D"niSon Monday To take in the Van
ke" Robinson cirru@. Charley Fl her
also took Il crowd that night.
som" "t tn" men of this place
spend quite a hit OF tim" every
HorninH meeting the train. seeking
cotton pickers.
th"rl"y Raiue- has been sick for
III" past few days. causing him 10 b.
absent from school He is better
now. and has returned to school.
Miss Blackburn spent Saturday
and sunday with relatives in Calera
Mr., +. W. Meade visited her mo-
Their, Mrs Miller, of D,rison. sun
day. returning Mon lay afternoon.
r. \ tamheOn of shawnee is Wis
i'ing his sons, A. u and q u. Cam
boon. of This place.
:. G.. l.ugslcn made business
trip To Dallas on Friday of last week,
returning Monday.
Mr. Haynes motorcd over to Den
iS"n Monday afternoon to bring Mr.
Williams home. III" latter having
hppn IN Dallas pn husinpGs
Leonard Shultz and j. A. Mann
have received notice to hold them
selves in readiness ror military ser
vice. white Thump Simms is eagerly
awaiting his call To respond.
See +. NJ. Evans for typewriters.