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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10
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We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrt
that cannot be cured by Halle
Catarrh Cure.
i. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo q
We, the undersigned. have known + J
Cheney for the last u years, and believe
him perfectly honorable Ia all business
transactions and financially able 20 carry
out any obligations made by his Arm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo. o
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and fnu'
'ous surfaces % the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 20 cents YER bottle. Solo
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pilh for constipation
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10

DOWN all aud
castle In Scot
land and found
many wires UNI
der 1t, W h ic Ii
shows that the
telegraph was
k II Don tn ere
h on DIRE d s o.
Years ago"
"Well," said
Pat, they tore
down an ould
castle in Ore
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10
Warning for Special Town Meeting

The local voters of the Town OF
Sandga.e are notified and warned to
meet at the town hall in said town on
the 10Th day Of July A. d., 1917 at 10
o'clock a. m. to transact the following
business.
1st. 70 see II the town will vote a
special state tax of 10 per cent or
more under acts No. 81, 1917.
2nd. To transact Gny other busi-
ness proper when met.
Dated at Sandgate this cost day OF
June A. u. 1917
=. F. Hayes.
Fred Bentley.
John TOrrens.
Selectmen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10
WHY He Stacked.

An English militant crusader strolled
nto>a barn where young man was
milking COW. With n snort she ask
ed, How is It that you are not at the
front, young man,"
Because, ma'am," answered the
mixer, there amt no milk ut that
end"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10
GEORGE PELKEY WOUNDED
Former Montpelier Man Injured by
hrapnel-Enlsted Two Years Ago

Montpelier, July S.-Myers futile OF
Pitkin court has received a letter from
the British military authorities inform
ing him that his cousin, George Pol
key, a former resident of Montpelier
was injured June Is by shrapnel Or
futile received word Of his cousins
injury a week ago, but did not know
how serious the wounds We're Dir
Pelkey enlisted in a Canadian lesi
ment two years ago
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10

sergeant's shots
Off their mark.
"Confound you,
Coldhead" yelled
the sergeant AT
last. "YOu made
me miss again.
why, l didn't
do nothing. ser
geant.' eXclaim-
ed the private,
amazed.
"Ycs, yes, you
did. 1t was your
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10
NOTICE 9

70 tho Ladies' and Gentlemen Of Sen
nIngton ana Vicinity.
Call and sec my new spring anc
Summer samples, enc you vii eureb
leave your order. Prices very reason
able. Dry cleaning. pressing and al.
serations a speciality.
NathaG levin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10

pliilhll SitcIc.
81 didn't sneeze," again protested the
private.
"Of course you didn'tw roared the
sergeant. "It's the first bloomin' time
you've missed, andI allowed for it, you
chumpw
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10
Light as Chaff
The Vacant Sneeze.

A sergeant and private were out
sniping. The private was troubled
with a cold and was continually sneez-
ing which rather annoyed and put the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10

land and begorra, there was no wires
found undher IT, which shows that they
knew all about wireless tclegraphy In
Oirelnnd hundreds nv years ago"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10
Sandy end Fat.

An lrishman and Scot were argu-
ing as to the merits Of their respective
countries.
"Ah, weel," said Sandy, they tore
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10
1858 MEN IN GUARD
TIlotson Receives Report Of Number
Of Men 10 Be Credited In Draft

49, Montpelier, July S.-Adjt-Gen. l., S.
TIlotson has received the report from
the National Guard Of the number OF
men who will be credited in the draft
which was compiled June 80 ana
gives a total Of 1888 men, almost @
complete regiment Of 2,002 men.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-10

Attending to ones own business e.'es
one good steady job.
Bolivia has 100000 people and an
crea Of 100000 square miles.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
Girls Learn Salesmanship.

Students taking the salesmanship course in the high schools of Chicago are given practical selling experience in the big stores of the city one day each week. Two hundred girls en- rolled in these high school courses re ceive instruction in selling methods during the week, and on Saturdays they put their principles into actual practice behind the counters of the department stores. The high school girls are paid for the days work, and the two years they give to the sales manship course at the school will car " them much farther ahead than two years of cerking would do.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
PERSONAL.

Constantine, deposed King of Greece, says he would have commit ted suicide rather than fight against Germany.
 Mrs. Edward B. Wallace, wife of a St. Louis motorman, has fallen heir to a fortune of $500,000. Her husband will keep his job.
 A movement to permit Theodore Roosevelt to recruit an army division is gaining much ground in the east.
 Luther Burbank is said to be work ing on plan to evolve new foods for the nations at war.
 Paul Turnbow, 8, was awarded ESQ., 900 by jury for the loss of both legs in street car accident in Kansas City.
 Louis A. Ripley, private in the aviatioA4 squad at San Antonio, has purchased GOA Liberty bonds.
 Private H. H. LeonarL of the Thir- ty-fifth engineers fell heir to $100,000 and has been granted leave of ab- sence to wed.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
PLEDGED $21s,750 WHEN ONLY TWo-THiRDS OF THIS AMOUNT
 HAD BEEN ASKED FOR.
CONFER AT LITTLE ROCK
In Resolutions, Representing Body of cturca1 Workers, Fully Indorse Plan of National CounciI-Secure Funds
 tn First Half of November.
Little Rock.

By far the largest and most repre- seneatiye body of church workers that ever assembled in this state met in the convention hall of the Hotel Ma- rica at Little Rock in all-day session, planning to raise Arkansas quota of the Y. M. c. A. war fund.
 The hall was densely crowded with prMainent Y. M. c. A. workers from all sections of the state.
 The feature of the conference was very able and interesting address by Dr. Geo. w. Truitt, the noted pas tor Of the First Baptist Church of Dal- las. Texas. The delegates present pledged $218,750 as Arkansas quota to the Y. M. c. A. fund, although the state vas asked to pledge only $140,- 00o.
 11ae resolution in part follows:
 FAst-That we heartily endorse the plan of the National War Work Coancfi for the enlargement of it's work in America, and it's extension to the American troops in France and to the Russians, French and Italian ar mics and the continuous work for prIs- oneFs of war.
 Second-That we approve the plans of the national council for raising $35, 5,060, 900 to cover the expense of this enlarged work until July 1, 1918, and that we conceive in the proposal that campaign for securing funds needed should be conducted from No vember to 19, 1917.
 That we, as representative citizens of Arkansas, in conference assembled, pledge ourselves to raise SAC, ,000; that of this sum we set apart $130,0oO to cover the expense of the campaign as Arkansas part of the $35,000, 900 and S10,000 to finance the state Y. M. 0. A. work for the coming year.
 That the southern department cam paign committee be asked to co-ope- rate to the fullest possible extent with the state council in vigorous prosecu- tion of the campaign.
 AS part of great national move ment the students of our American colleges and universities likewise have undertaken to raise $1,000. 900 and most heartily do we commend this spirit and urge them to do their best in such worthy cause being full ly assured that students will do their fufi snare.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
GEN

Reports come to Presidio, Tex, that 20 Villa bandits have been captured by Mexican troops near the border.
 John D. Anderson of Flat River, Mo-, who claimed exemption on ac- count of wife and baby, has lost both his dependents by death and has en- listed.
 Mirabile dictu, the estimated deficit in French finances amounts to only one-third anticipated.
 Rasputin, the disreputable monkist adviser of the Romanoffs, is now de. clared to have used typnotism to work his will.
 Coal Controller Garfield has asked Illinois mine officials tor figures on production in that state.
 The board of control of the mother church of Christian Scientists has gone on record that they are not con- scientlous objectors to war.
 Illinois big campaign for good roads started at Bloomington on the 24th.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
DOM EsTic.

The sum of $s,O0O,O0O has been turned over to the U. s. treasury from the postoffice department, the largest surplus ever turned in.
 Admiral Capps of the shipping board is in disagreement with Chair man Hurley and has offered his re- signation.
 Some of the new officers on duty at Camp Funston are expecting to be ordered to Jacksonville, Fla.
 New York City's yearly expenses run to $240,796,119 this year, and in crease of s29,000.000 over last year.
 Lyman Powell of Hobart college, lately returned from France, brings word that thousands of French maids have been made slaves by the German soldiers.
 United States sailors and soldiers who died when the transport Antilles was sunk by German U-boat will be considered as insured and heirs will get $6.000.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
GOLD LIES BURIED
Treasure Hidden in Texas Not
 Found by Searehers.
Spanish Loot Was Obtained During Victorious March of Mexicans
 Under Santa Anna in 1886.


 One of the stories of buried treasure known to every old Texan, and par ticularly to Mexicans, is that relating to vast sum in Spanish gold and jew elry buried at the root of a tree near what is now Summit Place.
 The story deals with the victorious march of the Mexican troops under Santa Anna in 1886, when, after the Alamo and after Goliad. they went to meet the little band of Texas patriots at San Jacinto. On tine march follow CTS of the Mexican leader are said to have possessed themselves of money and jewelry in large quantities. Santa Anna is declared to have confiscated all this wealth. intending later to re- store it to its owners.
 But Santa Anna never had the ep- portunity. Gen. sam Houston met the MeXicans at San Jacinto and before the sun had set on April 21 the Tex ans had routed the Mexicans. Santa Anna and a large part of his forces were taken prisoners, but not all of them. The treasure bearers are said to have escaped and started for Mex ieo. On arrival at San Antonio, where news of the decisive defeat of Santa Anna had been received, they were afraid to venture farther with their precious burden.
 Beside gnarled oak to the north of San Antonio, some distance from the Camino Real the men are said to have buried the treasure. This oak tree is known to many, and even at this late date gold hunters have dug in search of the pile.
 On Salinas street San Antonio, are two ramshackle huts accredited with holding fortune of gold and silver. One of them, at least seventy-five years of age. was once the haunt of band of French freeboOters, whose leader wore a huge black bearts These men, the legend says. used to absent themselves from San Antonio for days at a time, and their return always CO., incided with stories of wagon trains being held up and footed. The re- port says they buried much of their loot in the floor of the adobe hut, and searchers for it have appeared off and on for half a century. The most re- cent was q half-Indian medicine man. who came there from San Marcos about three years ago. The man car ried a divining rod and sought to To- cate the treasure by its means. The various holes he and others dug are still visible.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
LABOR.

Nine women have been employed as guards on the New York subway.
 Miners in four states have signed agreements and are back at work The scale is to be reopened at the wars end.
 New York has been placed on a sugar ration and the price is to be kept at Il cents.
 The Coronado Coal Go. has brought suit for $2,222,000 against the United Mine Workers in the federal court at Ft. Smith, Ark.
 Trouble just at present is over ln the Illinois coal fields, and the men are back at work.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
FOREIGN.

Defeats of the allies on the Aus trian front have caused dissatisfac- tion with the Italian cabinet, and it may be forced out.
 The French eanlnet is undergoing the throes of change as Painleve is unsatisfactory.
 Counterfeit Russian money is largely in circulation in that portion of the country held by the Germans. Petrograd's council of soldiers and gium free. kenewed activity on the Austro-Ital- ian front has resulted in some vic- tories for the Teurons.
 The Russian parliament is holding a series of secret sessions.
 By parliamentary decree the con- sumption Of sugar and meat in Italy mas been cut i'll half. Brazil has decided not to dispose of the recently seized German vessels. The Austro Swiss frontier has been closed by order of the SWISS council. Chancellor Michaelis is said to have resigned hls portfolio. No successor yet appointed.
 So much progress has been made in the treatment of wounoeu soldiers that 10 days is the time set by French surgeons tor complete recovery.
 So much unrest is apparent ia Ire land the country is sad to be ready tor open rebellion.
 British U-boat losses for the week show an increase over recent like pe riods.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
NEWS OF WEEK
Told Herewith in Tabloid
 Form
Condensed Items of Interest for Every Member of
 the Household
MISCELLANEOUS.

In the election at Sedalia, Mo, the vets carried the city by 473.
 Liberty Bread" is to be made from corn, rye, barley and bran, according to Minneapolis millers.
 The Indiana supreme court has de- cided the woman suffrage law of that state is illegal.
 Shortage of nickel in Peru has caused officials to make an effort to buy the familiar jitney of the United States.
 The Hopkins & Allen Arms Co.,, at Norwich, Conn.,, has been purchased by the Belgian government.
 Relief from sugar shortage is prom ised, as a plant" has been discovered in Buffalo and Louisiana raisers have sacrificed 200,O00,000 pounds.
 Tulsa, Ok, was visited by fire that did damage to the extent of half mill lion dollars.
 The American conference of Jewish rabbis is ill session at Cincinnati.
 There are at present seven Ameri- can medical men in France for every 1000 soldiers.
 Call is out for volunteers for a regi- ment of engineers who are to use gas and flame against the Germans.
 Ambassador Page, at London, has been invited and accepted an invita- tion to speak in Edinburgh on Nov. g.
 Senator Paul o. Husting of Wiscon- sin, an ardent Wilson supporter, was accidentally killed while duck hunting with his brother.
 A blast in a munition plant at Vi enna is said to have destroyed 4,00O people.
 Fire in the heart of Cleveland's (O.) retail district did damage to the ex. tent of ,50,000.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
NEUROLOGICAL.

Sir William Herschel, originator and developer of the tinger-print iden- tification, is dead in London.
 Bob Fitzsimmons, for many years the leading exponent of the art of pugilism, is dead of pneumonia.
 Charles D. Matthews, Sr., "A, bank CT. of Sikeston, Mo, is dead at his home. His fortune is estimated at $10,0Q0,000.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
CRIMINAL.

Walter Smith, 45, farmer near Paris. H., was shot and killed by Stonewall McNutt, tenant, who then killed himself.
 Bandits near Joliet, H., barricaded themselves, held two women as hos tages and stood off a posse for two hours before capitulating.
 William P. Horn, cashier Of the First National bank, Easton, Pa, is under arrest, charged with embedding $40,000
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
COURT PRocEE-lNes.

Benjamin Annis, 16, was sentenced to eight years in New York's peniten- tiary for the murder of Samuel Shy derman.
 John Cow and Charles Hanna, two who took part in the East St. Louis riots, were sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
WAR RREVlTIEs.

Word comes that the proletariat in Turkey is praying for German defeat
 The recent victory for the German navy in the Baltic sea has failed to arouse enthusiasm ill the empire.
 Hereafter all transports carrying troops to France will he manned and defended by U. S. marines
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
All FourS.

"A simian," remarked the professor, "can use his hands and feet with equal facility"
 Well" rejoined Farmer Corntossel, "Sim hasn't got anything on my boy Josh You ought to see Josh playin' pipe organ or runnin' an automobiler' r' Kansas City Star.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
STATE HAPPENINGS

fAe CIeburne County School and Agricultural Fair will be held at He her Springs November 29-30, and pre- parations are being made for good fair. Various prizes will be awarded on school work, also on live stock. tarn products and poultry.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
Different Times.

'Mottoes differ with the times." "Huh?"
 "when was youngster the slogan was Learn 10 say no. "WeH?"
 "Now the cry is Forget it."
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
The subordinated Pumpkin.

Are you going to have pumpkin pie this winter?"
 q dunno" replied Farmer Jones. You know COW has to be fed an our cows are mighty fond of pump kins"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

Fwo masked men rode up to tho Bank of Cane Hill, 20 miles west of Fayetteville, entered the bank, forced Herbert Pyeatt, assistant cashier, and Miss Nellie Edmiston, bookkeeper, in- to the vault and escaped with between $1,500 and $2,000 in cash. A posse formed at Fayetteville, motored to Cane Hill in search of the yeggs, but no report has been received from them. Pyeatt and Miss Edmiston es- capped from the vault, with the aid of some old tools which had been stored in it. MT. Pyeatt told the following story of the hold-up:
 Miss Edmiston and myself were the only persons in the bank when when the two men entered. They GOV cred us with revolvers and after talk ing all the cash in sight, from $1,500 to $2,000. they forced us into the vault and locked us up"
 There were few people on the street at the time and no one saw the two men enter They were seen to mount their horses where they had hitched them about 150 yards away. They rode away toward the west. However. there are rumors afioat as to their whereabout, but the last defi- nite word received was when they were seen near Dutch mills, a few miles. west of Cane Hill
 The bank is fully insured. A reward of $200 has been offered by the bank for the capture of the men, and the insurance company offers an addition al $20O
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

It has just been discovered that Col Roosevelt has been blind for several years in one eye as result of box ing match
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

Over S15o was realized from "Wo- maaless Wedding" given by the Nash vfife Red Cross Society under the di- rectaon of Mrs. Nat M. Harrison, chairman of the committee on social activities of the society. Only men participated in the performance, wiaich made a big hit.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
His Place.

Cholly-"Er, say, Miss Ethel, r. er-hem-"
 Ethel-"Oh, do you? Then I'll set you to work hemming sheets for the soldiers"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
A Simple Matter.

Bank Cashier-You will have to be identified, madam.
 Lady-My friend here will identify me-"
 Cashier-But don't know her. Lady-Oh. well. I'll introduce you.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31
Ancestral Pride Crushed.

He-My ancestors came over In the Mayfiower.
 She-lt's lucky they did: the immi. grafton laws are . little stricter now.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

The City Council of Arkansas City belled horses, cows and sheep from being on the streets between the hours of 2 p. m. and a. m.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

A moving picture of rice harvest ing around Stuttgart is being made by the National Film Company. In the spring pictures of rice planting were made, and the two subjects are
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

The contract was let for the build. ton. It will have all the modern con. veniences and the erection of the structure will cost $22,275.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

Workmen began tearing down the entire northeast corner of Navada eounty's new S65,000 courthouse at Prescott and will rebuild it from Foundation up. The building recent ly began to break, and it was feared the cntire corner would fall.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

Lonnie Parker, son of E.. A. Parker of Benton, who has been in the Great Lakes Training Station, has written his father that he has just returned from a trip on board transport, where the ship had accompanied troop ships through the war zone.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

Mrs. Ora Griffin of West Helena has hen 29 years old. The hen was matched in Ripley, Miss, in 1886. She has produced S,700 eggs and has moth cred 870 chickens during her life.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

Officials of the Postoffice Depart ment are expected to visit North Lit tie Rock within few weeks to select the site for a new postoffice building. At the recent session of Congress, through the efforts of Congressman H. M. Jacoway, $10,000 for the purchase of site was appropriated. When Congress convenes in December Con- gressman Jacoway will ask an appro- priation for the building.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

The Liberty Loan Bond Association has been organized at Leslie with Les. lie D. Lawrence, president, and J. c, Miller, secretary.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

J. s. Wells, farmer of near L.e cust Grove, raised S2 bushels of Irisl potatoes from one bushel of seed thi season.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

Ladies of the Methodist mission SO clety of Bonneville are picking cotton to raise money to pay the balance due on a piano for the church.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

The apple crop in Washington coun. ty is very fine and so far 169 cars have been shipped from Springdale.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

The congregation of the First (Ark- anSas9 Methodist Church at Texar- kanA is preparing to celebrate the freenth anniversary of it's organiza. tion Sunday. November IS.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

The Sebastian County Industrial Federation, an organization that brings every labor body in the county into closer utilization, was organized at Huntington.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

Fire originating in the basement Of the two-story brick school building at Ashdown caused about s1,500 damage. The loss was covered by insurance. A panic among the pupils resulted when the alarm was sounded, and two or three tainted. None was seriously hurt, however.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

Students in the department of home economies of the University of Ark ansas at Fayetteville are aiding the United States government in a diet ary survey which is being made throughout the nation. The object of the survey is to check up waste in the home and to determine the cost of food materials as served in typical homes.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

Wireless telegraphy is being taught to future United States aviators in the college of engineering of the Uni. vessity of Arkansas at Fayetteville. The course of instruction is the same as that used by the government in its aviation schools.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-31

J. F. Stewart of Washington. D. C., of the federal farm marketing bureau, is in Little Rock to confer with pota- to growers of the state in grading their output so as to secure a uniform production for. the market.