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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17

Following the success of his effort
to suppress the navy departments
bureau of publicity, George Creel has
brought all the batteries of his com
mittee on public information to bear
upon Connecticut officer who cabled
TO the Governor of his state, the fact
of the arrival of his regiment at an
unnamed port in France. Mr.. Creel
has already attained the promise If
the court martial of the officer, and
doubtless he will not be satisfied with
any punishment less than drastic
If it appeared that harm had been
done by the transmission of this
message, Mr.. Creel's activity would
be praiseworthy. 1t seems, however
that the message was not sent with
out superior authority; that it said
nothing which was not known to the
enemy's informers, and that its con-
tents were something which rela-
tives of the troops were entitled to
know. Mr.. Creel himself has pre-
yiously given out announcements of
similar arrivals-not always sticking
so closely to the truth as to- avert
derision. Can it be that his griev-
ance in this case is that message
was allowed to pass through hands
other than his own? Would Mr..
Creel consider 1t seditious to express
curiosity on that point?-Albany
knickerbocker Press.
Creel's bureau so far has not Gov
cred itself with glory and the recent
effort to discredit a Connecticut Of
ficer is unwise so far as we can see.
II there is any good reason why the
people of a state should not know
when their soldiers arrive on the
other side In safety, 1t has not yet
been stated. To the average person
who is anxious chiefly for the success
of American arms and the main
tenance of American honor, it would
seem as though it would stimulate
patriotic activity to be informed OF
the arrival of our troops in France
and to know with reasonable de-
gree of detail what they are doing
there.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17
Man has three Fortunes

the one he didn't get, the one he lost,
and the one he's going TO get. lnsur-
ance covers, discovers and RECEIVERS
all three. 1t helps you get, keeps
what you get, and brings back what
you lose. National Life ms. Co., OF
VT. (MutuaD Earle S. Kinsley,
General Agent, Mead Building, Rut-
land Vermont Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17
$lO0 Reward, siun

The readers of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known TO the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being n constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken IN
ternslly. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. there
by destroying the foundation OF the dis
ease. and giving the patient strength by
nature In doing its work. The proprietors
nave, so much faith In Its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that II falls to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address: T.. j CHENEY & co, Toledo O.
Sold by MI Drugglata. .5c.
Take Halle Family Pills for conntipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17
ESTATE OF HENRY S. Burning
TON

CTATE OF VERMONT The Houora-
- District of Benninp ton. IS. ! bic Pro, ate
Court for the District afo' esad
To all Ters,n, Interested IN tie estate Of
Henry s. burlington, late of Pownal in said
District. deceased. GREE ING:
VIII EREss. said Court has assigned the 25th
day of 0ctobrrnext for examining and allowing
the account of the execute of this estate OF said
deoe iscd end for decree of the RESIDUE of said
estate 10 thu lawful claimants of the same. and
orderei that public notice thereof be given 10
all persons interested in said eta by pub
fishing this order THE weeks successfully pre-
vious to tho lay assigned, In the bennington
Evenfog Banner. newspaper published at
Remington in said district.
THEkEFORE. you are hereby notified TO ap-
pear n the Probate Office in Bennington in
said district. on the day assigned. tten ana
there To contest the allowance of SAID account
" you see cause, and to stablish your right ne
heirs legatees and lawful claimants to said
residue.
Give, under my hand, this 29th day CT
September 1917.
AMY Fl. HARBOUR. Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17
The Best Bread

Homo, Golden Glory and Graham
bread, formerly handled by E. S.
Chandler. is now sold in Benning-
ton only by GEORGE M. REM
INGTON. So d for cash only. Or
der from cart or Phone Sow
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Put
Wednesday, October II, 1917.

A Washington dispatch in the New
York Times says that over 100000
American soldiers have been landed
in Europe without the loss of single
man. AS to the number this is prob
ably guess and our guess Is that
the number is very much more than
Zoe 900.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17

people, plus that secured by levying
a general assessment on all mem
bers of the knights of Columbus, is
being used exclusively for the vel
fare of the soldiers and for the erec-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17

One Of the difficulties which the
Liberty Loan canpasers are up
against is the fact that the bonds Of
the first loan have not been deliv-
cred. There is natural tendency Of
people to expect what they have
bought and paid for, but in the rush
of great war some things get ne
elected and this is one. No one
need worry for an instant at the de-
lay in receiving their bonds, They
are just as sure to be delivered as
Vermont is sure to have frosts in
January.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17

When it comes to uniforms honor
the coat of tan acquired by honest
labor in the garden under suburban
sim.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17

The fact that chap enters the army
by selective CONSUMPTION doesn't pre-.
vent him from being regular fellow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-17

ton and equipment of buildings
Burlington Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
VOLUNTEER FOR GOOD ROADS
We Can Have Anything Good If We
Will Get Together and Work
Hard for Desired End.

Why, bad roads, even, is q moral
question. Why should men wade in
mud and punish their beasts when
they have the power to prevent iti
1t is moral in that we fail to use to
advantage the powers and possibili-
ties that God has given US, writes r.
F. Beasley in Progressive Farmer.
We can have good roads if we will.
We can have any good thing if we
will-communities acting together.
Half a dozen men could volunteer to
delegate themselves as leaders in q
good roads movement and the people
soon would follow them.
A million volunteers will rush to
arms to shoot down q million others
who have done them no harm; why
should not some volunteer to be lead
ers in the romances Of peace and
progress?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
TheGolden
Egg
d
By Victor Redclife
By Victor Redclife

Copyright, 1877, by W. G. Chapman.)
81 am speaking from my heart,
Elva. Can you give me any hope?"
Youth and love were enshrined in
the mellow golden sunlight which ir-
radiated Elva Parsons and Maurice
Houghton, seated on q messy bank at
the riverside.
1t was the critical, ecstatic or
despairing moment in the fate Of Maui
rice Houghton which he had antici~
pated for many months. He was a
small farmer in the district, laboring
nightly from dawn to dark to wrest
q living from the little tw~enty-acre
farm patch his father had left him
badly encountered with debt. At last
he faced the unequal struggle in a
manly, practical way. It would take
ten years to lift the interest-devour-
ing mortgage, but by close, calculating
and persistent effort he could feed the
consuming monster, finally extinguish
it and meantime live comfortably, at
least. With Elva Parsons by his side
Maurice was sur of hopeful counsel
and cooperation and happiness.
So he had come to the little home,
had decoyed her into q stroll which
she regarded as merely casual, and
now Elva sat blushing divinely, her
eyes averted, but her heart %throbbing
with responsive love for her sutton Of
a year, whose brave, loyal spirit had
long since appealed to her.
Alas! the words Of reply that would
make Maurice Houghton a happy man
were flattering on her honey sweet
lips, when, suddenly
Crash!
The startling sound aroused both
from their dream Of bliss. They arose
to their feet.
Splash!
"Oh, Maurice, a man in the water!
He will drown. No! no! do not i'm
peril your own life!"
But Maurice was gone. In a flash
ne had taken in the picture Of an old
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
Dimensions in Language.

Perhaps there are states of mind per-
fectly expressible in language; but any
reader with a love for something be-
yond cleverness will value a passage
not so much for a content small enough
to be exactly adjusted to its form as
for a content which is felt to have ex-
banded the form, to overflow 1t, to cir
Gle beyond it, writes George Soule in
the New Republic. This is, for instance,
the charm Of Henry James style; he
did not take language as it was given
him and busy himself with the game Of
finding meanings which neatly and
gracefully would fit into it; he kept
stretching it and using 1t for new pur-
poses until he made Of this one-dlmen-
sional medium an imitation Of three
dimensions, something in which recur-
ring variations Of suggestion lead out
ward and back again until 1t conveys
not a simplified procession Of ideas,
but q rich mind as it exists to itself.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
PROPER WORKING OF A DRAG
Rules From Highway Magazine Tell
How to Get Best ResuIts-Drag
Whenever Possible.

If a dirt road is properly built, the
road drag will keep it in good con
dition. Like any other work there
is q best way to do it. These rules
from the Highway Magazine, tell how
to get the right results. q
"USe a light drag.
"Haul it over the road at an angle
so that a small amount of earth is
pushed toward the center of the road.
"Drive q team at a walk.
"Ride on the drag; do not walk.
"Begin at one side of the road, re-
turning up the opposite side.
"Drag the road as 500 after every
rain as possible, but not when the mud
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
Bad Roads a Hindranee

Poor roads are q bar to better mar
kets, better schools, better churches,
better living.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
Helpless in the Strong Current.

man who, crossing the old bridge span
ming the stream, had sunk with yield
ing, rotten timbers. Now he was in
mid-stream, his arms waving wildly,
whirled round and round helplessly
in the strong central current.
A natural born athlete, a superb
swimmer, Maurice Don had the in
sensible victim of the bridge accident
in his grasp after a plunge into the
water and q few speedy swinging
strokes. He got the man ashore and
laid him on the bank, kneeling to chate
his cold hands and pressing his chest
to exude the water from his lungs.
ooh, I know him." cried the pale
and trembling Elva. "He is the strange
old man who came early in the sum-
mer and who lives like a hermit in
the old Percy cottage near the edge Of
the town. He never speaks to any
one. They call him mis-mis@"
"Miser?" supplied Maurice.
"No-misanthrope, that's 1t. He
lives poorly, but they say he has
money and had some business or fam
dly disappointment, and buries himself
here to get away from all his old
friends and associates"
"We had better get him home" sug-
Igested Maurice. "See, he is recover
ing. Courage, sir" spoke Maurice in
his hearty, helpful way. eve got you
iout Of your trouble just in time"
The old man was still half dazed.
He shivered with cold and shock. Be
tween them Elva and Maurice assisted
him TO the wretched home where he
lived. He was so weak when he
reached it that they had to almost car
iry him into the house. They placed
him on a bed in q miserably furnished
room.
az will make q fire and get him IN
dressed and comfortable" Maurice adj
lvised Elva.
'But you will stop on your way
home and ell me how Mr.. Trask Is
getting along?" pleaded Elya and her
teyes fell and she flushed consciously,
for while she was truly sympathetic
and humane, she longed to have Mau-
Iaice take up the thread of that vel
come love discourse where the Incl
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
COAL and SCRAP
IRON.

For the next three weeks / will
pay forty cents per 100 lbs. for
all kinds of Scrap Iron except old
boilers. Rush it in as my price
will decline after three weeks.
Coal shipments now enroute and !
will be glad to name summer prices
to be delivered in July and August.
Nj. A. TAYLOR.
June Is. 1917.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
Details of Split-Log Drag.

is in such condition as to stick to the
drag.
"Do not drag q dry road.
"Drag whenever possible at all sea-
sons Of the year.
"The width of the Travelled way to
be maintained by the drag should be
from IS to 20 feet; first drag a little
more than fhe width Of q single wheel
track, then gradually increase until de-
sired width is obtained.
always drag a little earth towards
the center Of the road until 1t Is raised
from 10 to u inches above the edges
of the travelled way.
eff the drag cuts too much, shorten
the hitch.
"The best results for dragging are
obtained only by repeated applica-
ton"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
ARMY EMLISTING ROAD MEN
Corps of Thoroughly Experienced Spe-
clalists in Constructing Work
Being Organized.

Enlisted men with a knowledge Of
road building are being recruited In
the engineer reserve corps Of the
United States army. This Is the corps
Of experienced men which is being or
ganized as a reserve body Of thorough
ly trained specialists in every branch
Of construction work.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
The ONLY WAY,

Theodore Dresser, the New York
novelist, helped himself to some tiny
rice-birds at a luncheon at Sherry's.
"What little things rice-birds are!"
said a poet. "Here are nine on this
one piece Of toast. How do you kill
enough rice-birds for q meal, anyhow"
"Why, with insect powder, Of
course" said Mr.. Dresser, taking up
q brace Of birds on his fork.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
Measure Community Value.

The roads furnish a yardstlck to
measur the value Of any community.
A settled country that is not worth a
good road is not worth living In.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
Obtain Best Results.

Best results are obtained By drag.
ging the road as soon as possible after
each rain.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18

"Your mother was talking about
some women Of moods and tense mo-
ments."
"I1l bet it was our grammar
teacher
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04

the satisfaction Of the factory, heads
that they are painstaking and eff
Gent 4
Starting In the top department,
where the work Of cutting and sew
ing materials for the tops and side
curtains was exactly suited to their
nature, the use Of female help has
spread to half dozen other depart
ments.
For a while during the past sum-
mer skilled labor was exceedingly
scarce and many of the women emf
ployes obtained their first chance at
that time. Most of them are still
with the company and are authority
for the statement that the work is
Infinitely superior and more pleasant
than employment as clerk in "a de-
partment store or house work. Good
hours, high wages and pleasant sur
roundings all tend to make the jobs
much sought after.
Among the tasks to which women
employees are set at the Chalmers
factory are assembly of all wiring for
cars, assembly of primer systems,
switch assemblies, inspection OF pis-
tons and other small parts and drill
press work. The inspectors are skill
ed in the use of the micrometer and
are infallible in passing upon defec-
tive work.
A rest room equipped with lounges,
arm chairs and victro1a is placed
at the disposal Of the girls and wom-
en- in these departments.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
SAVED BIZ QUICK WITS.

III 1t happened yesterday in the silver
ware department Of one Of the large
stores, where most of the patrons
e1zts rather than making new pur-
ohases. Mrs. A. stood at the counter.
These pepper and salt shakers
were a Christmas present from a
friend, but don't like them," she
was telling the clerk. "Can you credit
me with the cost Of them, SO can
set something else?"
The clerk turned away to speak to
the fioorwaIker about the matter,
when. by chance. Mrs. B, the donor,
approached. and this conversation
took place,
..Good morning, Mrs. A''-then
Gpying her gift on the counter-""Are
you exchanging the shakers? am
20 sorry IL they weren't suitable; my
husband and III thought they were
quite pretty"
"Oh, dear, no." quickly replied Mrs.
a. They're perfectly lovely, but i
needed two more to complete my
table"
Then, to the returning clerk,
Don't say you haven't any more, as
must have themi"
clerk never moved an eyelash. but
produced two more shakers of the
same pattern. which Mrs. A purchas-
cd. When Mrs. A had received two
or three coins in change from a yell
lowback she left the store, apparently
delighted. New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
CHRISTMAS-AND OLD LOVES.
when I think of the happy days
I spent with you, my dearie,
Now that lands between us lie
How can but be eerie?'

AS Yuletide draws near. a mans
mind is very apt to revert to happy
Christmas times that have gone be-
fore. There iss1most always woman
connected with mans happy times
and pleasant day dreams. The man
who left the farm to make his fortune
in the great city and who has become
rich, bachelor boarding at a fash
ionable hotel or club, can usually re-
call some particularly happy Christ
mas in the long ago-a Christmas din
ner in the old home, taking his first
sweetheart Christmas eve to a ball in
the town hall; tho delight Of taking
her home-a mile through snow drifts
on a winter night He had written to
her few times after leaving home,
then the excitement of city life had
crowded her out of his memory and
his life AS Christmas draws nigh
again, thoughts carry him back to the
girl he loved when time was young
with him. On the impulse Of the mos
ment he dashes off a letter to her. He
does not know whether she will re-
/ ceive it. She may be married or she
may have moved away. The old folks
at home had been careful never to
mention her even in answer to his in
! quiries. A
How strange it is that the same
thought can fill two different minds
at the same time. The girl of long
ago, still single, knowing he has not
wed, picks up courage to send a
I Christmas to the boy grown old who
took her to her first ball on Christmas
eve. The letter and card cross each
other as each flies to it's goal. The
bachelor finds it in his Christmas mail.
The lonely woman standing by win
dow in a far-off farmhouse has let
ter handed to her by a neighboring
farmer who kindly fetched it to her
from the post office on Christmas
morning simultaneously there is a
warm glow in two hearts widely sew
cred.
And yet there are people who won
der that there are romances which are
revived at Yu1etide when men and
women no longer young sigh for love
and home cheer, If they sit alone and
lonely listening to the chimes of the
Christmas bells.
Christmas day is the time to light
the sacred fire upon the altar of old
hopes and loves and make the longing
and dreams realities. Sending a little
Christmas card with a. well-chosen
kindly verse is sure to find an echof in
a lonely mans heart at this time Of all
others. One should not check the
kindly resolve to send one It can do
no harm and it may bring much hap
Wness. To whom are you going To
send your Merry Christmas card in
this year Of our Lord, 1915? Perhaps
I'll find one in my stocking. TIL hang
1t up and see. I take this occasion to
II I'd each and every one OF my read
ers merry Christmas. together with
the wish that the coming year may be
the brightest, most successful one. OF
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
LITTLE BENNY,S
NOTEBOOK
Oy Leo Pape,
~@~~>

Ropp was reeding in the setting
painting a scene in the country with
the box of paints got for Krissmus,
and Icoodent find my other brush and
I thawt, G, it must be up in my
room. y And I got UP and opened the
door and started to go up to get it,
and pop called, Benny.
Sir, I sed.
Come back and shut that door the
way you found it. wat do you think I
closed it for If dident wunt it closed.
sed pop.
Yes, sir, I sed. And I went and
shut the setting room door agen and
then went up and got my other
brush and came back and sat down on
the floor agen and pop sed, Benny.
Sir, I sed. and pop sed, Was taw-
king to myself little vile ago. WITCH
heer I had left the door open agen
wen came back, and quick shut it
and finished painting the scene in the
country, wen it was tfroo it looked
SO mulch like scene on the ocean
that I put some boats in and rOte
down at the bottom, Scene Erround
Cape Horn. And jest then Skinny
Martin started to wissel outside and
I quick ran out agen and pop called
after me, Benny. are you absilootly out
Of your sentses or meerly a genius
Meening had left the door open agen
and I quick ran back and shut. it and
then started to run down agen, witch
wen I got haff way I remembered my
cap was up in the setting room, and
I ran up to get it,, being behind the
sofer, and jest as was stretching for
it pop sed, This is the last straw,
this is the straw that dislocated every
bone in the camel's body. And I look
ed, and heer wat had I did but left
the dor open agen, and sed, I'm going
rite out agen, pop.
I 0 no your not, that's ony a flite of
your Imagination, sed pop, your go
ing to close that door and stay ON this
side of it for the rest Of the even
ing.
WITCH did.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
RACHEL.

Like Sarah Bernhadt, her grea
successor, Rachel, the modern
tragedy queen Of France, was of Jew
ish descent. Unlike the "divine
Sarah - however, she lacked the
stamina which is so often the accom-
panirnent of Hebrew blood, and she
died at the age of SO, on Jan. A, 1858,
SO years ago today. 1t was a tour Of
America, and the physical and ner-
vous exhaustion incident to such a
project, that brought about the un--
timely death of the celebrated ira
gedienne The child Of very poor
parents, Rachel was early forced to
the task Of providing for herself, and
as mere child she went forth into
the streets of Paris tot earn her
bread by SINGING to the accompani-
ment of guitar. She was still a.
mere slip Of a girl when she went
upon the stage, and she was sson the
idol Of Paris. In the parts OF Camille
and Roxane she created furore all
most unexampled in the history Of the
stage. She was intensely avaricious.
and money was her god, but to her
credit let it be said that she was al
ways liberal in her treatment of her
humble parents. AS an actress she
was supreme of her kind, t1t It is
doubtful if her style of acting would
make so strong an appeal now as 1t
did to the playgoers Of the mid-nine-'
teenth century.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
SAN JUAN HAS REGIMENT

San Juan, Porto Rico, Jan, A.
Although the Porto Rico regiment Of
infantry has been almost doubled in
the number of enlisted men since the
passage of the army reorganization
act by Congress, last July, there is
again a waiting list. It had been a
two-battalion organization, but now
has the full regimental strength of
1900 men.
1t has never been difficult to get
men to enlist in the regiment and it
is believed to be among the very few
bodies of organized soldiers any place
in the world that has maintained a
waiting list. The percentage of de-
sertions has been the lowest Of any
organization in the United States
Army