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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-06
BENNINGTON aEIsFS
ssws Of che Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Hsa&srs

Don't fail to hear Benway's Sing
ing Orchestra at Foresters' hall to-
night Tickets, 35c. ADV.
Dancing at Foresters' hall tonight,
Benway Singing Orchestra, tickets,
Csc, ADV.
Company will turn out for drill
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 If the
weather permits, the drill will be
without blouses. Owing to the fact
that so many of the members have to
work Saturday afternoons, few
drills will be held Sunday afternoons
to accommodate those who cannot
drill on Saturdays, until the company
gets familiar with ordinary routine.
The Banner has received letter
from Camp Devens signed by Will
fred Wahlquist, one of the Banners
former newsboys, and John G. Hut
ton. The letter is written primarily
to express to the people of Bennington
the appreciation of the boys of the
kind efforts made in behalf of the
county's second contribution to the
national army. During the trip to
Aver, the boys were in the best of
spirits, although their train arrived
an hour late. The Bennington county
boys have all been assigned to Battery
C of the 3O2d. light artillery.
List of Letters remaining uncalled
for at the post Office for the week end
ing October l., 1917, names Mr.. Da-
..;l II,
Breaker. w. r. Becker; Mr.. Albert
Lauvem, No 2 Baekus St; Mr. C. H.
Prentiss; NJ Stellato, Pasquale COS;
Mr.. Hurbert Reel; Mr.. and Mrs. Ros
enburg; Mr.. Pasquale Stellato; Mr..
Frank Sheldon; Mrs. Charles Allen;
Miss M. n Baird Miss Rosetta Con-
nelly, 416 Court St; Miss Bessie
Cairo, "a Bulge ST.; Mrs. Geo. Grover
These letters will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office Oct Is, 1917 if not de-
livered before. In calling for above,
say Advertised giving date of it.
Emory S. Harris, P. M.
The depot brigade at Westfield
composed Of Vermont officers and
non-coms is now enlisting men who
will go south for training this winter
and to France in the spring. They
would like to secure recruits from
Vermont Any young man who wants
to enlist is invited to write to Corpor
al E. P. Howe, clerk, Company l.,
First Vermont Infantry, Depot Bri-
gade Westfeld, Mass. Young men
can volunteer between the ages of Is
and II without their parents consent
and recruits between the ages of 81
and As win be accepted if in proper
physical condition Those on the
draft list can also volunteer if not yet
called. As there is sure to be another
call under the draft to fill the quota
this will give those who desire
chance to volunteer instead. 10t6*
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-06

been accustomed, in order to do our
share in winning this war. A little
saving in personal adornment, in per-
sonal pleasure, a little self denial in
what we eat, in the aggregate means
a large sum of money. We are asked
on one or two days each week to fore
go the use OF wheat, and substitute
corn or some other grain. For most
OF us this is very little thing to do,
and thing which really is beneficial
to health, but il the policy is adopted
generally it means millions of bushels
of wheat for our allies in Europe who
have suffered in way We can never
understand
If we cannot fight we can save for
those who do fight, or who are close
. to the firing line. Let us remember
that bullets and bayonets are not the
only weapons and that saving is serv-
ing. What does patriotism mean to
us, anyway? Is it anything more
than fine sounding word, with which
we make a show, like the hanging out
of a flag on national holiday? When
we consider bleeding Belgium and ra-
vaged France, the desolate homes of
Britain, when we contemplate the
daily revelations of the despicable in
trigue and the ruthless brutality of
our enemies, we must realize how lit
tie we have done as yet in the strHg1
gle for human freedom, which history
may rank as the greatest the world
has ever known. If we are reluctant
to do the little that is asked of us, we
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-06
SOUTH SALISBURY


Vance Stacey has employment in
Meriden, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. Gale of Rutland spent
Friday with Rev. and Mrs. Peter Hell
le..
The Ladies Aid society met at the
parsonage Friday afternoon. A five
cent lunch was served.
Mrs Walter Lewis of Manchester
N H., is spending some time with
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert HARDWOOD.
Miss Agnes Adams is having a two
weeks vacation from her work at
Rice's Seed House in Cambridge.
The ladies of the Congregational
church at North Bennington are to
have rummage sale Wednesday,
Oct. TO-
Mrs. A. B. Hawkins, Miss Frances
Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. c.. H. Hawkins
and daughter, Eleanor, were in Troy
Wednesday,
Remember that Sunday is Rally
Day at the M. e. Sunday school, A
special program has been arranged.
Be sure to come.
Mrs. Winona Hamlin has returned
to her home in Brookline, Mass, after
spending couple weeks with Mr..
and Mrs j D. Whittier
Charles c. Harrington and Eunice
l.. Camp were united in marriage at
the M. e. parsonage, Wednesday, Oct.
-, by Rev. Peter Heller, The young
couple motored to Albany, where they
VIII spend a few days at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Harrington.
The Salisbury Red Cross branch
are to start money raising campaign
to begin Tuesday Octboer 8, and end.
ing Monday, October 49, The money
raised is to be used for buying yarn
and other necessities for our boys.
Our means of raising money is to
be a contest between two boys and two
girls, who viii canvass the town dur
ing this time working to see, who can
raise the largest amount. in hope that
everyone will respond gladly and free
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-06

dren have not been starved. Our wo-
men have not been the victims OF
German lust. Our young men have
not yet been killed or manned on the
battlefields of Europe. Our earnings
have not been confiscated We have
enough to eat and enough to wear,
and we are still careless and waste
full We are slow to awaken to real
ization of actual conditions and actu-
al needs.
When we consider the awful sacri.
fees which our allies have made and
are making, we ought to be ashamed
and Inundated when they are CON
trasted with our own thoughtlessness
and extravaganza. We must awake to
the fact that this is very stern duty
which devolves upon us, as well as a
noble opportunity offered to make
this world fit place for ourselves
and all future generations. We are
sending some OF our finest young men
to the training camps. The charge
that this is war of tinanciers is a
wicked lie Nothing has better ex-
emplifed true democracy than the
selective draft. A young man like
Mortimer Proctor, heir to what is per-
haps, the largest business enterprise
in Vermont, responds cheerfully to
the call to the ranks, and enters on
precisely the same terms as the son
of the humblest laborer in the com
monwealth.
But the need of soldiers with arms
in their hands, is only part, small /
part, of what our country requires.
There is vast deal that must be
done at home in feeding and equipfng
our own, and perhaps other armies. |
Every man. woman and Child may
have part in this great task. The
amount of money needed to finance !
this war is so great that we fail to !
comprehend the meaning Of the terms !
used. America IS country of vast |
resources and great wealth, but there |
is limit to our capacity, In order
to meet these needs we must expect !
to make sacrifices When we consid- !
cit what Belgium, and Serbia and
France and Italy and Great Britain
have suffered, our patriotism must be
very weak, an dour sefishness very
great, II we refuse to deny ourselves
some of the things to which we have
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-06
ARLINGTON

Mrs. Eliza Garfield West, widow OF
the late Fernando West and daughter
of the late Harmon Garfield and LIE
mira Deming, died at her home on
Water street Friday night of pneu
monia. She had been i'll but few
days. Her son Thomas was called
here from Albany Thursday night
She leaves another son, Harmon, who
lives at home. The funeral will be
held from the house Monday after.
noon at 2 O'clock
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-06

ought to be shamed into it by look
across the seas. No such opportunity
for patriotic service is likely to come
into our lives again. AS Vermonters
how are we going to meet the test?--
Northfield News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-06
NOBLE OPPORTUNITY OFFERED

Must Awaken to Fact That Stern
Duty DevoIves Upon Us.
It has taken long time for the PEG.
pie of this nation to realize that they
are at war with the greatest and the
most ruthless military machine that
the world has ever known Even yet
we do not realize it. Things go on
much the same as usual. Our cities
have not been burned. Our homes
have not been devastated. Our chill
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-26

This attractive little iadr me
TWO year old daughter Of Mr. and Mrs
o. N. Fisher 23S North St Harris.
burg, Pa Last winter She had an al
tack of measles, together with a very
severe cold. Just at that time Drn-
gist S ]. Wilhelm presented w.
Fisher with jar Of the SOllAcn
outside treatment Nlas Va, ul
Salve, which WIS just then hein
troduced In Harrisburg, and reQues 100
that he give this preparation q thor
ough trial Mr. Fisher writes
Il must say that our baby had
such a cold on her chest and in her
throat that she could hardly talk
and we could not get her to take
anything internally After we used
Nick's NapoRub Salyc on her breas.
and throat al night before goine
to bed she wa entirely relieved.
No family should De without th
preparation. IL Is externally anpiied.
and SO can he used freely I'd h ah
sorbed through aud neneuates the
skin and. in addition Is inhaled as a
yapor IL has q hundred uses for the
many minor ailments l0r which every
mother Is he doctor Three lies.
Zoe 5ac or $10Q.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-07
BRITISH GAINING
GROUND ON S0hAt
Ten German Aircraft Driven to the
Ground In Fight With British Air
Forces, Which Lost Two
Machines.
(By International News Service.)

fBy International News Service)
The British forces have occupied
about thousarA yards of German
trenches in the neighborhood OF
Grandecourt on the Somme. An Of
flcial statement issued last night BY
the British war ONCE. In announcing
this operation. states that the Ger
mans offered no opposition.
AS a result of recent attack east
of Beaucourt the British yesterday
rounded up forty EIGHT more Ger
mans including two officers. Con-
siderable artillery activity on both
sides Of the Somme front and also in
the Ypres sector took place during
the day and night. Lively artillery
lighting in Belgium, on the Verdun
front and in Lorraine was reported by
the French war Office last night.
Ten German airplanes were driven
to the ground and damaged in fights
with the British air forces. according
to last nights British official state
ment, which admits loss OF two ma
chimes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-07
HuSI|hGS COURT
MUST HEAR CHARGES
City Attorney Pollard Decides Inter
osttng Point In Connection
With Thomas Charles.

Neither the city council nor the
state board Of education. but the hust-
ings court of Richmond has the right
to consider the charges brought
against the city school board and
superintendent of schools. DR.. j. A.
c. Chandler. by r. N. Thomas. the
dismissed instructor of the Highland
Park school, according to Attorney
General Pollard. who Is a member Of
the state board OF education. Mr..
Pollard yesterday afternoon drew at
tention to section s21 of the code of
Virginia, which is as follows:
The circuit court of counties and
the corporation courts of cities shall
have power to remove from office all
county. city and district officers elect
ed or appointed for their respective
counties, cities and districts for NAL
feasance. misfeasance. incompetence or
gross neglect Of office duties.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-07
NARROW ESCAPE WHEN
STREET CAR HITS AUTO
Returning Prom Dinner Party Late
Last Night, Automobile Is
Smashed by Street Car.

F. s. Valentine. Jr., OF 900 Park
avenue, and Miss Katherine Scales,
sl3 Park avenue, narrowly escaped
serious INJURY late last night, when
an automobile In which they were
riding collided with a Laurel street
car at Laurel and Franklin streets.
The party in the automobile was re-
turning from a dinner party. and
crossing the tracks on Laurel street
according to Mr.. Valentine. the auto
mobile was struck by the street or.
which was run by Motorman Greg
ory
MT valentine was cut about the
race and hands by the broken glass
from the shattered windshield, and
MISS Scales also received several cuts
from the fragments OF glass. The
street car was badly smashed. and the
automobile was almost wrecked. The
injured persons were rendered first aid
treatment Immediately. when 1t was
round that their injuries. while ex-
ceedinsiy painful. were not dangerous
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-07

wyoming Is up In arms determined
10 strangle the liquor octopus in this
state. The drys say that the octopus
mas strangled the business and moral
interests Of the state long enough and
must now get out of the way.
The present legislature was elected
on a program OF submitting to the
people dry constitutional amend
ment The issue was forced by the
people under the leadership of the
Wyoming Anti-Saloon league with
Fred L. Crabbe as superintendent
and some OF the foremost business
men in the state as sponsors and adj
visers.
The legislature was elected under
the pledge TO submit the constitution
al amendment and lost no time in
doing it, The proposal was promptly
introduced into the house by Charles
D. Oviatt of Jelm and into the upper
house by Senator Gardner. a promi-
nent Mormon from the western part
OF the state.
Two weeks ago, both branches OF
the legislature passed the bill with
out single dissenting vote in either
branch II was Immediately signed by
Governor J. Il. Kendrick. who had
championed the measure.
Under the constitution. an amend
ment to the constitution must he
voted on at the next general election
after il Is submitted. Inasmuch as
the general elections is Wyoming are
held biennialiy and as a general cleo
ton was held in 1915. ii follows that
the prohibition amendment cannot be
voted on unit! the general elections to
be held In 1918,
The amendment itself provides that,
II adopted, 1t shall go into effect on
January /, 1890. giving the liquor
dealers a trifie more than a year In
which to close up their affairs and get
ready for the new regime.
But new conditions instead Of
ing the peesle. At the same time that
neighboring states OF South Dakota
ana Montana voted dry and titan
elected a legislature and governor
pledged to the dry regime. Thus. after
the first OF next January and until
Wyoming becoming dry, this state is
certain 10 be nn alcoholic swamp
. surrounded by dry sttes
In addition TO this. Cheyenne has
become a center OF mall order bust
ness and synonym for speakeasy
whiskey. Five mail order houses have
been opened here for the purpose OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-07
INDIGNANT OVER ITEM
PRINTED IN JOURNAL
direct Attack" On School Board
and DR.. Chandler.

J. II. Btnford. assistant superintend
ent Of Richmond public schools, who
contemplates making the race for the
office OF state superintendent of pub
lie instruction. was indignant last
night over what purported to be a
news item" carried in yesterdays
Evening Journal under the caption.
Not Wanted In Race" Mr.. Binford
saw In the story" what he terms IAN
him grave injustice" Said Mr.. Bin
ford:
The facts are these:
"On Monday evening about sac
O'Clock I was called over my home
phone by Journal representative. a
gentleman with whom I have been
on most friendly terms for the past
dozen years and who has engaged me
in several conversations recently
about political matters without put
ting me In print
This gentleman said to me over
the phone that he had heard a rumor
to the effect that the school board
had recently passed a resolution for
bidding any employe Of the board TO
run for ONCE. He asked me IL this
rumor were true.
Il told him that the board had
passed no such resolution and that /
did not know what It's attitude would
be in case I decided to run for state
superintendent, but would find out
before entering the contest
This we/ all of the conversation.
and at It's conclusion the reporter
asked me to let him know OF any
developments, thereby leaving me I'M
der the impression that no reference
would be made in print to the brief
conversation bad between US
Il was greatly astoniahed to find
that the brief conversation outlined
above was twisted into an attack on
the school board and the city superin-
tendent.
The intimation In the article that
the school board or superintendent Is
seeking to keep me out OF the contest
for state superintendent Is wholly
without foundation. so far as know
or believe
There Is a further implica ton In
the article that I bear resentment
against the school board. Nothing
could be further from the truth. MANY
OF the members of the board are
friends OF long standing, and. from
q personal standpoint wish me we'll
The same Is true Of DR.. Chandler, the
city superintendent
for me to desire the school board or
the city superintendent 10 either en-
dorse or disapprove OF my candidacy
FOR state superintendent. But should
/ enter the contest. ! would be COM
PEELED to be away from my work in
Richmond to I'LL at least few speak,
ing engagements. This could do with
out injury to my work in Richmond.
since the campaign does not open until
the summer vacation begins.
AT the same time feel that the
board has right to be interested In
the question of how much time l ex-
pect to devote to campaign purposes.
and that II would be discourteous In
mo not to have an understanding with
the board on this point.
again. I must express my strong
disapproval Of any such article as that
appearing in the Journal. A reputable
newspaper ought to be above using
such insinuations in venting its spleen
upon those whom IT seeks to injure."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-07
WYOMING PROPOSES
DRY STATUTE NOW
Would Danish Saloons January 1919 Without Waiting for
Constitutional Amendment to Go Into Etfect-Deter-
mine to Rid Commonwealth of Booze.

forcing their liquors into neighbour
ing dry states, particularly Colorado.
The people of the state are up in
arms at this situation and are de-
handing OF the legislature a statute
forbidding the liquor traffic from jan
uary |, 1919. instead OF from January
/. 1920, as provided by the constitu-
tional amendment.
The legislature does not need
much urging in the matter and a bill
has already been drafted to cover this
point 1t will be introduced into the
legislature within a day or two. Dur
ing the past week. several conferences
or dry legislators have been held and
it has been agreed that they will go
to the bat on the proposition.
1t Is said that there will be no dim
Guilty in getting such a measure
through the senate and there is a
good chance of getting 1t through the
house. Some of the members of the
lower house. while in favor of sub
hitting the question. are yet n little
scary about voting for a prohibition
statute The dry leaders, however.
believe that they can be won over in
sufficient numbers TO insure its pas
sage
This proposal. however, Is not be-
ing backey by the Anti-Saloon league
Tor the reason that it only asked the
people to elect a legislature pledged
10 submit and does not care to be
placed In position where the vets
VIII have any foundation for charge
or breach of faith with the people
However, the Legislature. or promi-
nent members thereof. have taken the
bit in their teeth and propose to try
to put II across anyhow
BY the time this reaches The vir-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-07
0RIS CONDUCTING
BIG BATTLE FOR
DOnt-ORY MAINE
Barring Of All Liquor From
State Provided for By Bill
In Legislature.

Bangor. Me-, Feb. e.-Amid the
heated debate that now Is going on
In this state concerning liquor and
liquor laws. the recent decision of the
United States supreme court relating
to the webb-Kenyon law has come in
for its full share Of attention.
Bangor lawyers are of the opinion
Germ Maine as the state statutes now
stand. although amendments may be
made by the legislature now in ses-
sion that will bring II into immediate
application. Maine allows liquor to
be brought into the state for GER
ton. for medicinal purposes and for
use In mechanics and the arts"
Liquor intended for these purposes
is seized frequently, but after ten
days the Consignee, upon making
oath that the goods are not intended
for sale. may recover his property.
These seizures are made always at
point of destination, where 1t is pos
sible to determine the character of
the tonsignee and his purposed use
of the liquor.
There is no telling what the present
legislature may do about liquor. for
there are in both houses many ex-
treme Prohibitionists, while the big
Republican majority, coming chiefly
from the farms. seems inclined to put
SO many new teeth" In the liquor
law that there will be little chance
for guilty saIoonkeepers TO escape.
Would Bar All Liquor.
Senator Merrill. OF Somerset county,
has introduced an act providing that
the governor and council. upon COM
plant and after due hearing. may re-
move from office any county attorney
falling to perform his duties in the
prosecution Of liquor sellers In the
house. Representative Bussabarger.
OF Lubec, has introduced the most
drastic piece OF liquor legislation ever
heard Of tn Maine He would prohibit
the importation of any liquors of any
kind, for any purpose. under penalty
of imprisonment for not less than
thirty days nor more than one year.
The house fairly gasped when this
act was read. but Bussa harEer is in
earnest. and he mas many supporters.
There seems to be general dispo-
sition to give Governor Millikin all
the new liquor law he wants" on the
( theory that he was elected on rigid
enforcement platform. or at least.
upon his own repeated declaration of
war on rum, and he ought to have a
fair chance to show what he can do.
Although the law Is volumlnous. It is
far from ironclad. Some years ago
the section relating to punishment of
convicted liquor dealers was so
amended as 70 give to the Justices
of the supreme icourt discretion.
Originally the law read, "jail and
imprisonment; as amended it reads.
tall or imprisonment" And that
is one OF the biggest rocks upon
which the prohibitory bark has been
wrecked so often.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-07

denis Condensed Milk Sales company.
Cincinnati. o.: Greenfield Tape and
Mt Carmel Iron works. Mt. Carmel,
wick. Y. J.: Connecticut Canvas Man
Conn. r. ]. DUPONT de Nemours COM
pany. Wilmington. Del. American
steam Guage and Valve company
Boston. Mass: Oscar Smith & Sons.
Meridian, Miss Mobile Pulley and
Machine works. Mobile, Ala: Kill
bourne & Jacobs Manufacturing COM
pany. Columbus, o.
Root & vandervoort Engineering
& Allen Arms company. Norwich,
Haven, Conn; Bethlehem Steel COM
pany. south Bethlehem, Pa; Washing
ton steel and Ordnance company,
Giesboro Manor, D. c.: American and
British Manufacturing company.
Bridgeport, Conn; briggs Seabury
Ordnance company, Sharon, Pa; Car
negie steel company, Pittsburg. Pa :
Colt patent Firearms company, Hart
ford, Conns Savage Arms company.
Utica. n. Y. National Tube company.
Pittsburg, Pa; Illinois Steel company
American Bridge company, Tonnes
see Coal and Iron company. Lorain
Steel company, Universal Portland
Cement company. United states Steel
Products company, OF Philadelphia,
and the Crucible steel Company OF
America, OF Harrison, Il: J.