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LITTLE ROCK LETTER
(Ry Clio Harperl

Little Rock, Dec 1.-The special election for the constitutional conven- tion will be held two weeks from to- day. The frieads of the measure are growing in numbers constantly and they are predicting that it will be ratified by a large majority
 There is no active or organized op position to it. although here and there a discordant note is struck m the general chorus of approval. The newspapers are supporting it with rare exceptions.
 I is recognized as great improve ment over sthe present constitution possessing many advantages that will tend to betterment of the general welfare.
 No one claims perfection for 1t. It is an instrument of compromise, just as the constitution of the United States was not an expression oi unanimous approval on the part of those who framed it. It could not be expected that a body of IA men could write a document that would meet the approval of everyone.
 But having a better basis than that which now exists it is easy to apply remedies through legislation and the initiative.
 Some of the arguments advanced against it have been spacious and fallicious on their face. such as would not appeal to thinking man, but that would poison the mind of the ignorant and prejudiced. who do not stop to reason and analyze.
 For instance one of its critics made the discovery that 1t is a "class document" because it provides that the wealthy citizen" is not required to pay any income tax until three years after the conclusion of the war with Germany.
 How long would it be under the constitution of 1874 before the "weal- thy citizen" or anyone else could be required to pay an income tax? The morost tyro in political economies would answer that it cannot be done at all. The new constitution pro. vides that the legislature may levy such a tax which is recognized as just and equitable, but that 1t shall not be done until three years after the war. The reason for this modi- fication is evident It was estimated that the federal government would
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BOYS AS WELL AS GIRLS
 ATTEND COOKING GLASS

Fayetteville, Dec. 14.-Because the boys as we'll as the girls are inter ested in learning to cook, a class h cooking has been formed from the entire seventh grade of the UniYg sity training school, University d Arkansas. This class is conducted by one of the instructors. who plans s teach the children what to eat and how much to eat.
 The children have learned the in portance of milk as a daily food ane have prepared cocoa and junket pui ding. Next week they will make light bread. No one is required to take the course, yet every member ol the seventh grade is attending except two. There are IS children in the class, z boys and Il girls.
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Miller Lumber Company

will be heard from yet in other fields There are those who consider him most excellent guberantorial timber
 #%H
 The democratic city primary is to be held January 6. There is beginn- ing to develop some interest in the campaign. The chief interest cen ters in the election of mayor. There are only two candidates, Ben D. Brickhouse, state commissioner of labor and w E. Woodruff, municipal judge. The lines are being drawn very close, and although it is starting late, an exciting finish is expected for the last two weeks.
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continue to collect income tax for at least that period to meet the wal budget. and ft would be UT just to re- auire the payment of state as we'll as federal income tax
 And SO many of the arguments against the constitution. such as the criticisms of the bond provision. the initiative and referendum. the raise in salaries (which after all is left wholly within the discretion of the legislatureD fall to pieces when close. ly analysed.
 One of the arguments that cannot be answered. because they who ad- vance fl refuse to think otherwise. IS that it contains prohibition and equal suffrage provisions. Some one has remarked that a certain county would go against the constitution because it provides for equal suffrage. The nursery rhymes tell us that some old mythical person who tried to sweep back the ocean with a broom. The man who objects to suffrage and pro hibition in this enlightened age of progress is a reincarnation of that mythical being. Here and there equal suffrage and prohibition-it is inter esting to note how they are effect ively yoked as team mates-are de- feated. but the defeat is only tenn. porary and not for long. And for in- telligent men of Arkansas to advance that as an argument against the rati- fication of the proposed new constitu- tion is to declare himself reaction. ary. Both of them are coming, not only in the state, but in the nation. and the few opponents of the new doctrine will soon find themselves playing the part of the disappearing point of reducible minimum.
 The educational interests of the state are among the most active in it's support. not for any selfish mo tive, but because it will place the educational interests of Arkansas in the fore front. whereas they have been tagging far in the rear. It will place high school advantages within the reach of the humblest country boy or girl. without an increase in the rate of taxation that is now per mitted under the law.
 Analysed without prejudice. it will be found that the rights. privileges and immunities of the people are safeguarded carefully. and an organic law provided sufficiently flexible to meet the needs of a rapidly develop ing state.
 The legislature will meet in just
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Deep seated coughs that resist or dinary remedies require both extern al and internal treatment. If you buy a dollar bottle of Ballard's Hore. hound Syrup you get the two reme- dies you need for the price of one.
 There is a Herrick's Red Pepper Porous Plaster for the chest, free with each bottle. Sold by Earring ton Bros. %31
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one month. A great deal depends upon the action of the people on December 14 as to what will be done by the Forty-second General Assem- bly of Arkansas.
 There is less legislative politics be-
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ing heard at this time than usual, enough away from the war yet to resume an active interest In politics. There are signs, however, in the near distance, that Old Man Politics Is coming back into his own in the near future
 Representative Joe Joiner of Co lumbia county. who returns to the house where he has served several terms, has advised his friends that he is in the race for the speakership ito the end.'
 The natural increase in the assess ed valuation of property in the state is helping the problem of revenue.
 The property valuation of the state is reaching a figure that is more in keeping with the actual conditions. 1t was only few years ago that the aggregate assessments shown on the books of the county assessors were
  It was a miserly small amount. Ev. erybody knew that it was too small. No one pretended that it was repre- sentative of the wealth of the state. It meant only twenty to fifty per cent of the taxable values got on the books. as they were put down. It has been the problem with our reve- nue authorities have had to deal with for years
 But they are getting results and no one is suffering in consequence. The taxes are simply being distributed where they belong Some who have been escaping their just share of the taxes are being called upon to make amends for past remisesness. It Is slow process because. since the days of the Roman tax gatherers, the subjects of taxation have been the most ticklish subjects of all to deal with
 Now the property valuation, as shown by the books. is s41l.37S. .4l9, which Is an increase over last year of sss. ts0 .305. This means that the real property value of the state Is about one billion dollars. which is more in keeping with our idea of the great. ness Of the state.
 ssssss
 Chas. E. Taylor will retire as may or of Little Rock next April after eight years of service. the longest tenure ever served by a mayor of this city. His administration has been one of progress and advance. ment In no other equal period .n the history of the city has as great advancement been made in ma terial and moral sense. He has sery- ed his people well. and now he Is ready Co turn over the affairs of the city to other hands It costs money Co run a government city. county or state. along modern lines. and it is impossible for the executive of any community or government unit to spend money for the public welfare without incurring the enmity and the opposition of those who object to any taxes at all Chas. x. Taylor mas run counter 10 some of this class. naturally. and were 1t all to do over again he would not change his course to win their support. He has been fearless and unswerving in the course that he has marked out for the city during its most critical period-that of the war. with the multiplied prob. lens of Camp Pike and population doubled in the last few years Not withstanding his critics, history, i'm partially recorded. will tell of any achievement in progressive city gov ernment to his credit He Is retiring from an office in which he served with distinction and honor. But he
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Are you storing any baled cotton either on your plantation or at the compress? If so, better have It ID sured by Insurance Department Oi the Lee County National banA Phone 43. "
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GREAT COLOR SCHEME

Mary-"Why do you always buy two kinds of note paper?"
 Jane-"Well, when I write to Jack use red paper--that means love;
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and when I write to George n., blue paper-which means faithful an. true. ."-Tit-Bits.
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Weekly Price List

LEE COUNTY PRICE iNTERPRETATiVE BOARD Effective From December to g, Inclusive
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The legislature will meet in just
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
GUEST DAY IN sRATTLEBoRo
About 5000 Visitors Entertained by
Program Prepared.

About 5000 Visitors Entertained by
Program Prepared
Brattleboro, Aug. 14-Guest Day,
which has come to be an annual event
brought about 5000 visitors here to-
day to enjoy the program which had
been prepared. The center of inter
est was the offer of prizes to the three
towns having the largest delegations
in proportion to their population the
prizes, which were cash, going to the
Red Cross societies of the winning
towns.
Giulford won he first prize of SIS
with a percentage Of rs clio. Dunn
merston stood second, receiving $40
with a percentage of "a 40 The
third prize of 50 went to Vernon which
had a rating of % 4-1O per cent, Put
ney. Chesterfield, N. H., and Brooklint
were close in line.
AT . O'Clock Edward S. Van Zile Of
New York. who was a war correspon
dent at the French fighting front ant
the author of IA books, gave a THRILLING
patriotic address on what the Frencl
Front has Meant to Me"
Other attractions were coined,
acrobatic stunts, troup of trained
dogs. band concert and moving pic
lures. The entire program was free
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
ONLY MEDICINE
MADE FROM FRUIT
Extraordinary Success which
"FTuit-a-tiVeS" Has Achieved

One reason why 'Fruit-a-tives"
is SO extraordinarily successful in
giving relief to those suffering with
Constipation, Torpid Livey, hdiges-
fiOE, Chronic Headaches, Neuralgia,
Kidney and Bladder Troubles,
Rheumatism, Pain in the Back,
Eczema and other Skin Affections,
is, because it is the only medicine in
the world made from fruit juices.
These "Fral Li9er Tablets" are
composed Of the medicinal principles
found in apples, oranges, figs and
prunes, together with the nerve
tonics and antisepticS.
soc. a box, for $3.50, trial size 25c.
At dealers or from FRUTr-A-TIVES
Limited, OGDENsDUKG. n. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
ODDITIES
Items Collected From Various Parts
OF the World.

Items Collected From Various Parts
Of the World.
There are 10000 muscles in an ele- /
plants trunk.
Georgia marketed 5000 carloads of
peaches this season.
The life of an apple tree may be
anything from % to 40 years.
Sea pressure increases nearly IL
pounds per square inch for every 10
feet of depth.
Potatoes are practically the only
vegetable that do not lose nutriment
by twice cooking.
The Norwegian mile is the longest
l2,1S2 yards. The shortest is the Chi
nese-some 600 yards.
Kansas City has decided to rename
one of its principal business streets
in honor of Gen. Pershing.
The average American could not
stomach Chinese eggs. but a China
man will tackle a six-year.oid lay with
enthusiasm.
/ Official figures on the present war
SHOW tnat, IN proportion 10 the mum
bers used. fewer horses die in battle
than in commerce.
The 20 or more shipyards now build
ing vessels in the United States are
estimated to use not less than 1000.
O00 cubic feet of timber Every day.
The oft.used term Seventh Heay
en- generally understood to mean per
feet bliss and delight. comes from the
Mohammedan religion, which believes
in seven heavens, each rising in hap
piness above the other
At critical moment in the recen
great battle along the Marine. Gen
Petain saved the situation by dis
patching every available anplane OF
his front to attack and dispense a
great hostile concentration which wai
preparing behind the German lines
The classic and brilliantly successful
stroke set the seal on a new role q
usefulness for the a'yplane that 0
purely offensive weapon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
NORTH BENNINGTON

Michael Gilmore Of Camp Devens
spent the 10th in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Flynn Of Erie,
Pa, are visiting relatives in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Ranney spent
I Friday with relatives in SALISBURY.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rich and daugh
ter, Barbara, are camping at Hedges
Lake
Hiram ]. White is spending the
weekend in Troy Mrs White, who
is visiting relatives there, will return
with him.
Miss Maude l.. Carpenter, who has
been visiting in town, has returned 70
Bennington
Mrs Floyd Willis and children of
\ Hooslck Falls spent Friday with her
mother, Mrs. Jennie Percy
Mr.. and Mrs. Z: II White have re-
ceiyed news of the safe arrival OF
their son, Waldo, overseas.
/ c. d. Phillips and daughter. Mrs
Myra z. Endress are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs A. II Phillips in Troy
Several from this place attended
the Odd Fellows and Rebeccas' picnic
at Battlefield Park yesterday.
Myron Jones, assistant cashier OF
the North Bennington National bank
left Thursday morning to enter q
training school at Tufts college.
Fifteen members of the Young PEG
pies society OF Christian Endeavol
Of the Baptist church spent a very de
lightlul day in Wiliamstown, Mass.
yesterday.
Walton Harrington has sustained ;
very painful injury to his right hand
which incapacitates him from assist
ing in the work of the farm at thi
busy season.
The Sunday morning service at thu
Congregational church will be held a
the usual hour, II o'clock, Rev G.. 5
Mills OF Bennington will preach in eN
change with the pastor, Rev. VIM Il
4 Hamln. Sunday school at - o'c.oc
as usual A cordial welcome to all.
Lieut. governor Leighton p Slacl
4 wife and daughter of St JoNnsburl
spent Thursday afternoon and ever
n ing with Mr.. and Mrs II. T. Cushma
on their way to Brattleboro. NJ
n Slack and MIR. Cushman we're in IN
Senate OF 1910 together
The Baptist church. Rev f. NJ De
! wactor pastor Morning Worship
1890. Theme for sermon, THE Glol
4 of the Church Evening preachir
service at 73O. Song service and a
dress. Valuable Commodities at Il
B forethe.war prices.' Sunday scho
and Young Peoples meeting as usu
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
BENNINGTON BATTLE EXHIBIT
Museum in St. Johnsbury Displays
Relics This Week.

St. Johnsbury, Aug. 15.-0n one of
the tables at Fairbanks museum in
St Johnsbury this week has been
displayed a Bennington battle ami
vcrsary exhibit The most conspicu.
Gus article is the great hintlock gun
that Simeon Cobb took from the
hands of the enemy on Aug &c. 1777.
Besides this there were powder horns
and shot bags, bullets and cannon
ball picked up on the battle field a
skillet for me ting lead. and moulds
for making shot and bullets There
was also little map Of the battle
ground and a print of the Bennington
battle monument
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17

pr. Brown Mares S yrs. old,
weight 5000; ! pr. Bay Horses g
yrs old, weight 5000; l pr. Brown
Mares 7 yrs, old, weight $500; l
pr. Black Horses S yrs. old, weigh,
1900; l Steel Roam Mare S yrs.
old, weight 1900, and others that
look like show horses.
Come and attend the auction
You can buy them at your own
price. You know how | sell regard
less of prices. Every horse guaran-
ieed az represented or money re-
funded
FRANK BEEcHER, Auctioneer
JOHN WHITE, Shipper
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
COURT REPORTERS WANTED
Elahtytwo Of Those Within Draft Age
Will Be Indicted.

Montpelier Aug 15.-Goy Graham
today received call from the war
department asking Vermont to induct
any court reporter who may be within
the draft age and who is in the spec.
tai or limited service Of class /. These
reporters are wanted for overseas
service. Eiehty.two of them are need
ed. 1t IS not expected Vermont will
be able to furnish any.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore subsisting be.
tween the undersigned Ernest l..
Lambert aud Marcus j. burlington,
Jr.. carrying on business as engineers
and contractors under the firm name
and style CT Lambert q Burlington
was on the Sth day OF August, 1918.
dissolved by mutual consent, and that
the business in the future will be car.
ried on by the said Marcus ]. Bur.
rington, Jr., alone.
Dated at Bennington In the county
Of Bennington and state of Vermont
this 18th day OF August, 1918.
Ernest l.. Lambert,
Marcus j. burlington, Jr.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
M. LURE & co.

Youthful appearing hats in red navy,
brown, sand, black and combinations Of
two colors.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
OUR SALESPEOPLE AND THE IMP
THEY CREATE
THINGS EVERY CHILD NEEDS

Every girl needs severrl middies.
And these are in styles the girl will
like ana will give full satisfaction.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Rsus ur the Town and Village Tsls
erlsfly FOE susy Rsassrs

j 4
Of few days.
I Miss Hilda Hurley is spending the
week end in Manchester.
Mr. and Mrs. r. S. Buss are in
Pittsfeld for the week end.
Miss Alice Stone is spending two
weeks at Saratoga Lake.
Mrs George Thompson has recover,
ed from few days illness.
Born, August 16, a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Simpson,
Howard Gilbert has returned from
a weeks stay in New York.
Francis Savage of Winsted Conn,
is the guest of lshmael Waite.
Mrs. A. Houle of Troy was the
guest Friday of Mrs. A. E. Houle,
Misses Dorothy and Mary Shimli
ntzky we're in North Adams Friday.
Ralph Ladd of Hartford, Conn, was
the guest Friday of William Andrews,
Miss Margaret Little of Cohoes is
he guest of Mrs. S. A. Patterson for
few weeks.
John Kennedy and Kirk Floarstied
are spending the week end with their
aunt in Troy.
Miss Kathryn Ryan Of Gage street
and niece Miss Margaret Leonard
were in Troy Friday.
Paul Goldsmith returned today to
Troy after a few days visit with his
mother. Mrs. Pauline Goldsmith.
Chidren's school dresses, nice
assortment just received at the New
, York store, popular prices. ADV.
Boys and girls school shoes, quail
ity the best, prices the lowest at the
New York stores shoe department.
ADV
Edward HanIey jr., Of Hartford
Conn, is with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Hanley of Putnam street
4 for the week end
High school will reopen Monday af
4 ter the summer vacation and the
graded school will open week from
Monday, Aug. 16.
The service work meetings which
q have been held on Monday evenings
4 at the Young Womans club rooms
q have been discontinued until Sept. 3.
Misses Eleanor Murphy, zada Mich.
81 OILS and Dorothy Hathaway left today
y for Nottingham where they will
n teach and will open their schools on
y Monday.
E Mr. and Mrs. Loan ]. Marsh of Phil
a adelphia arrived Friday on their an
4 nual motor trip to Bennington anC
4 were the guests of Henry w Marsl
Of School street.
Mrs. D. H. Smith of New York, wa
the guest of her cousin. Miss Edni
2 I.oomis, Friday of this week. She
n with Mrs. William T. Laurance ant
Il Miss Laurence motored here iron
N Troy.
& Mr. and Mrs James E. Burke de-
n lightfully entertained The justin,
Il same Club at their home on Crane
view street Wednesday evening. HoI
II ors at 500 were won by Mrs. +.
n Patterson and w. L. Hawks
n The Red Cross work room in tn
h academy in Old Bennington viii r,
r. open on Monday, August 18TH. IL
hoped that there will be large nun
n Der Of workers as there will be wor
y on surgical dressings as well as O
q the sewing.
4 Attorney George a. Mathers, son
George r. Mathers, who went
Camp Deyens June 2Sth last, an
who was recently promoted to co
poral, has been sent to the trainir
school for commissioned officers
Camp Hancock, Georgia.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-26

your countys Military Service GOOD PAY and QUICK PROMO
TON for those who deserve All Commissioned Officers and War
Officers will be made from worthy enlisted
The U. S. MARINES trained as INFANTRYMEN ARTIL-
LERYNEN SGNALMEN ENGINEERS. ETC. Their training IS
thorough and complete Enstmens for the period of the
you enlist the MARINE CORPS you'll come home better
Make your decision NOW JOIN THE MARINES. YOUR COUN-
TRY CALLS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-12
KIDNEY TROUBLE NOT
EASILY RECOGNIZED
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected

An examining physician for one of the
prominent life insurance companies, in an
interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
jected is because kidney trouble is so COM
mon to the American people, and the large
majority of those whose applications are
declined do not even suspect that they
have the disease.
judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is
soon realized. It stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
We find that Swamp Root is strictly
an herbal compound and we would ad.
wise our readers who feel in need of such a
remedy to give it trial. It is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and.
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-12
THEN HE KICKED HIMSELF
Good Story Told of Retribution That
Was the Lot of English Food
Hoarder.

Baron Reading told in Washington
a story about a food hoarder.
1--WE punish our food hoarders very
severely" he said. 'It's nothing I'M
usual to arrest and fine an English
food hoarder $1,000 for boarding 30
Or 40 pounds of tea or rice.
Hence the food hoarder is a timid
and tumpy animal. heard the other
lay Of a Liverpool banker who had
bought and hidden in his Office so
pounds of cocoa. He was gloating
over this hoard when two policemen
were announced.
"'One minute" the food hoarder
gasped. Tell the policemen to wait
one minute
"And then, pale and trembling
for he thought the policemen had come
to drag him off to jail-rushed among
his staff, distributing the cocoa in half
pound and pound tins.
"When the distribution was finished,
he ordered the policemen to be adj
mitted.
"And the policemen, bowling and
scraping very humbly, asked him If he
would be so kind and good as to buy
ticket for their benefit concert in the
town hail."