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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06
NGMAN'5 FRIEND GGLBiHE

a decision as for that one for It has
helped me greatly. | consider GOLD
me the best friend woman ever had
at that period of life
n saved me an operation and l am
telling this frankly with the hope that
/ may save some one else the torture
( suffered
"MsRY I. BRITTON."
Ask Mrs Emil Miller about Goldine
for stomach trouble and rheumatism,
and what Il has done for her,
ooLDlEe 40. is used in tho treatment o
stomach, heart, nerves, Indigestion. feniah
You Up and create strength. Priee-Tahlsu
81 90. lizuid Si.15. Put up On the yellow pack
age. shawn S picture on each.
OOLDihe no. IS used tor catarrh KicncyS
bladder liver, blood, rheumatism, weak back
eruptive and skin diseases and to purify the en-.
IRE system. Price II blets 81 90 LIQUID Is
rut up inthe green packase. Shawn's pictufe
GoLDlNE LAxkTIvES are used for constira.
ton. oostWeness. liver troubIe. gail trouble,
congestion OF the liver and tor cleansing the
organs OF digestion and eScretion. 25c per box.
II your dealer does not handle. order direct
from Goldine Mfg Co.. Albany. n. Y.
Remember you can always get
GOLDINE at W. L. Cokay's Drug
Store, Bennington, VT
GOLDlNE may also be obtained at
Thorpes Drug Store at Hoosick
Falls.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06
PEAL ESD Ike HEAVEN
Arlington Boy Writes Of His Stay al
Aix-leS Bains.


The following letter was sent TO Mr.
and Mrs Richard Keough, uncle and
aunt TO The young man, Private Leo
Keough of Company /, 5Sth infantry.
A. r.. ~
Dear Aunt and Uncle: VIII write
a few lines TO let YOU know that am
feeling good and hope you are an the
same. As am on service day pass
nov. / am sure getting a good rest
aud am having good time am in
dandy town, the name Of it is AK
les-Bains Il is a long way back from
the front and there are some OF the
best hotels here ! ever saw. am
staying at one Of these hotels and if
] had TO pay for my board and room,
it would cost me about SIS per day.
but Il doesn't cos me anything so
can get by on The rest for ! received
my pay before started. There is a
building just across the street from
where / am staying that before the
war Was one of the largest gambling
houses in Europe and in this building
Harry *. rhaw lost over half mil
lion dollars, SO you see 1t would be no
place for me before the war. The y.
AL G. A. is using this building now
ard ! never saw anything so nice
There is a dandy big theatre in it and
they have a show every night
was some glad when they told me
that 1 was in Tor pass for ] had
come back from the front for my resi-
ond time and was pretty well an il
Without much sleep as ! was under
she'll fire about fifty days. But vii
say tine Germans got all that was con
ing TO them and are still getting it,
But after J got all cleaned up ant
was given a whole new uniform, bacl
from the excitement and a couple o
days rest ] am feeling fine and dan
dy You ought TO see me in that bed
| Sc myself Ia the middle OF il so
wouldn't fall out, for you know tina
we are not used to sleeping in a bed
We sleep wherever it I gets dark
sometimes in an old barn or ont door
or maybe in some hole. half full o
water. so that the Germans can't Sc
o sho, at US, And maybe We &c
fooled on sleeping and have to hik
all night and you see that a good be-
is Just like heaven.
have told you all the news or al
that / can tell so viii close, hoping t
hear from you and that you are al
veil
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06
The nIKerenoe Of ore Letter.

The following amusing item may be
found IN the well-known journal Of
Louisa NJ. Alcott. kept during the trip
which she ana her sister May made
10 Europe: "M--- Is a tiny man in
uniform, with a red face, big mus
tache and blue eyes He thinks Inc
talks English and makes such funny
mistakes. He asks us If we had been
10 promenade on monkeys meaning
donkeys."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06

VIM 1H~N NSii-e'tti~~ 'f'"~i' '''N~s
On his way down from Canada or
Alaska to The Gulf the wild duel;
makes q stopover Of go days in the
California rice fields, and during BIS
stay consumes large part Of tine rio,
crop. a cupful Of rice at a meal. This
considering that the Wild duck mp.
pears IN numbers of perhaps q million
or so. makes the situation much more
serious than it sounds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06
vlsltor rakes chance Of weIcome.

Moroccan fishermen are extremely
supcrstitious, and the appearance Of a
strange change in weather or tide or
the coming Of visitor makes them
angry n mt the same time the fish
cease TO bite. II he arrives no the
time OF a run he is eagerly welcomed,
and sometimes is at a loss to return in
the proper way the gratitude Of the
fishermen. who fancy his coming
brought the run Of FISH.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06

" 5. ImN NIII0r Sleepy. 7 u0CIUT-
ed a good deal took treatments and
did cyoryching / could to get relief
Doctors advised an operation, claim
ing shat my trouble was due to inila-
nation / suffered terribly with
piles and was SO weak and ner-
yous J could not sleep or work !
heard Of GOLDlNE and decided to
try j. before submitted to an oper-
alton was never SO thankful for
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06

So 0 fool too tired 90 work
vhe .dns appear under your
esq "ll you wake mp weary with
hncna raln m sides and loins
WHEN muse. ld bones ache when
You s'der Rheumatic Winges. when
mmhak0 puts yor Gown then you
know the kldr 5s are weakened o..
disordared AIRS r. j Bucknen
Route !. Hardy. Mo- writes: 90 am
recovering from attack 0 lumhagC
by lhc aid of 10 ey kidney fllls 'rhel
surely have helped m Sold Every
where.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06
MADE THE WORD MEAN MUCH
All the English Pretty Bulgarian IN
derstood was London" but She
Gave II Decided Expression.

II is curious that the name London
e more generally known the world
over than the name England IS In
commercial circles "Topdon" stands
for most articles of English manufac-
tnre. In all the East 1t represents ra-
ton. The author of Under the Dod
Crescent" who was surgeon of ti-
Turkish army in 1877, Found thar IN
the near last. 40 far.hei .3 nam
Bul-nria 90 3" SER .acrdfy
him. i did cv0 That
in q conversational Nar. as he tells us
IN his book. 9
My fins landlord--who was land
lord in name only, for of course I
never paid him any rent--was Bull
garian he says, and his daughter was
one of the few pretty women that I
ever saw in Bulgaria. Conversation
With her however was restricted by
our ignorance Of each Others Ian
guage for | knew scarcely any Bull
garlan and the only word of English
that she could say was London"
Whenever I saw that girl she would
show her white teeth with a charming
smile, flash her big. black eyes, and
with beautiful irrelevance calculate:
London I"
Whether she knew what London
meant ! cannot say, but her limited
vocabulary expressed more in It's way
than the gushing phrases Of many more
brilliant takers.
When she said London" with a
bright air Of welcome and n frank
smile MS ! came home at night tired
out with my days work, | knew That
she meant Good evening, doctor
hope You haven't had a very hard day
today and see here is your toast
and coffee ready
When she uttered the word with a
backward turn OF the head and with Il
pretty glance as she passed out of
the door, II was very evident that She
was really saying: "Good night now,
doctor! Pleasant dreams TO you, and
! hope a Russian shell won't find you
in the morning" --Youths Compan-
Ion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06

II" anyhow, sooner OF later; might
IS well use il sooner. Then you are
absolutely sure that the corn VIII
loosen from your toe so that you
can peel the whole thing or pain
lessly with your fingers. in one COM
plete piece-just like peeling q ba-
mana 1t takes n second or two to
apply "Gets-It' There's no fussing
or putterlng. Corn-pains will van
ish-that'll keep you sweet while
the "Gets-lt does the rest. Nothing
new for corns has been discovered
since "Gets-It" was born. Follow
the judgment OF the millions; use
"Gets-It" and be sure to be corn
and pain freei YouW say IT'S magic.
"Gets-It," the guaranteed money
back corn-remOver, the only sure
way, costs but tribe at any drug store,
M'fd by y. Lawrence q Co., Chicago, Ill
Suid Ia bennington and recommends
as the worlds best corn remedy b
w. l.. Gokay, Bennington, VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06

I like best a forest ot mingled trees,
ash, maple, oak. beech. hickory and
evergreens with birches growing along
the edges of The brook that carries
itself through the roots aud stones to.
ward the willows that grow In youder
meadow It should be deep and som.
her, In some directions running ON into
shadowy rccesscs and coyerts beyond
an footsteps In such a wood there is
endless variety 1t Will breathe as
many voices to your fancy as might be-
brought from amy organ beneath the
pressure OF lianders hands, Handel
and Beethoven alwuy, remind mo Of
forests Henry Ward Becchcr
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06

Airs Mary L, Britton says; Il am
43 years OF age and have just passed
through the most dangerous and try
ing period of my life. For the last
6 years I suffered everything which
woman might suffer and live. There
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06
Only One Corn
PseIer, "Gsfs-It'
stOp Corn Pains; See Corn Peel OG.

It is just when a corn hurts that
you want TO feel surest about
of Keeping the corn and having the
pain grow worse? Youll use Gets
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-06

were times when
/ became so dizzy
I could hardly
walk; my head
aches were Sc
we're and l felt
faint and trem-
bly, My heart
seemed weak and
would beat so at
times that you
could hear t. ]
had p backache
most Of the time
and felt tired and
u1anws I Tnafrr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-12

New Orleans, December 11.-Lower prices prevailed during the entire session in cotton today, liquidation being against the market prior to the government re- port at 1 o'clock, while after that time wide breaks occurred because the crop estimate of 11,700,000 bales was larger than expected. In the first few minutes of trading after 1 o'clock prices fell 65 to 80 points; subsequently, the drop widened to S5 to 100 points, or a loss of $5 bale on the weakest months.
 At the lowest levels, prices were 122 to IA points under yesterdays close. Toward the end there was a reaction on fresh buying and the profit taking of early sellers so that last prices showed net declines for the day of only 65 to "A points.
 The opening was lower and liquidation persisted throughout the morning, the trading months losing 36 to 49 points be- fore the bureau. report came in. Dur ing the morning session, opinion settled down to about Ii, ,500000 bales as the fig Fures probable in the government report on the yield. The average guess among the members of the exchange was Ill., 567 ,000, the lowest of S3 guesses being 10.- 925, 900 and the highest 12,117,000
 The reaction toward the close was due, apparently, to the realization that while the governments estimate of the yield was larger than expected, the indicated crop was not large compared with the peace needs of the world. Also. bullish traders made much of the fact that the estimate of Il, 100000 bales compared with the average crop of the last five years of 13327,317.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-12
SMALLER FIGURES
 . ID COME SENT CORN !. UP IN CHICAGO PIT
Oats Were Traded in Mar row Limits, While the Pro- vision List Showed Very
 Much Switching

Chicago, December 11.-Corn advanced in value today on the correct assumption that a cutmight be made in the govern ment estimate of the 1918 yield. The market closed firm, $ to s4 net higher with January 1S1% to 1S2 and May 1908 to 13o14. Oats finished 1s off to $ up and provisions varied from 12 cents decline to rise of 15c.
 Although the government crop report did not become public until after the trading hours, the fact was we'll under stood beforehand that the revised fig ures from Washington in regard to corn production this season were likely to show a decided shrinkage as compared with preliminary estimates. The conse- quence was something of a bulge all around in prices. Earlier in the day free buying of January delivery for leading elevator company was a notable fea- ture but the bullish effort on the mar ket as whole was partly counter-bal- anced owing to persistent selling of May on the part of commission houses with country connections.
 Oats held within narrow limits.
 Expected resumption of hog shipments to Chicago tomorrow largely offset in the provision market the influence of the immense movement of meats and lard to the seaboard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-12
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT IS CAUSE OF' i. BIC COTTON BREAK
General List Closed Steady at a Net Decline of 20 to "A Points Under Close
 of Tuesday

New York, December 1.-The final gov- ernment crop report of the season. indi- eating a yield of Il, 700, 900 bales, exclud- ing linters, was followed by sharp break in the cotton market here this afternoon.
 The general list closed steady at a net decline of 20 to "A points.
 The market was very quiet before the report was issued. In fact experienced cotton men here said there was probably less business and less show of interest than on any other final government re- port day for years. The opening was steady at & decline of points to an ad- vance of 20 points with spring and sum- mer months relatively easy.
 This resulted from further transferring of hedge or straddle short interest from near to later deliveries. Otherwise there was little or no feature and the mar ket showed very little change until near ly the time for the government report. Scattering liquidation then developed which became more active and general as soon as the figures were published. December broke from 27.75c, the early high level, to 26. 60c, and March sold off from 25.25c to 2A35c, with active months showing net losses of 90 to 100 points. Trade interests were good buyers at this decline and the close showed rallies of & points on December and of 20 to 25 points on later active months as com- pared with the lowest.
 The private crop estimates published during the past two or three weeks had averaged in the neighborhood of 11,591, 900 bales, and the official figures were evil dently somewhat above expectations. The selling was attributed chiefly to Wall street and local longs.
 New Orleans was also seller here, but otherwise there was little or no pres- sure from the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-12
Over Stewards Wire

New Orleans, December 11.-Liverpool is correcting the defective discount sit nation. Distant positions in the past three days have gained 80 English points on the near. Our discount situation likewise seems untenable in the face of strength in spots, tight supply conditions, probable scarcity of tenderable cotton and the outlook for the most urgent and strongest needs for cotton, during the next six months.
 Of overnight news, the following from London, putting in view larger tonnage was of most interest to the trade Enough ships in sight to carry general exports. Conditions are such that 1t is l not unreasonable to expect that some tonnage might soon be released to carry l American exports other than food. Much tonnage has been released from the mu- nitions trade e@ | Adyices from New York reflect bear | ish preference over the coming holf- day period. Feeling seems to be that l the market should have further settling reaction in the next few weeks and that ! the full force of new enterprises VIII not be operative until after the new year. 1 Rainy weather pervails over the east ern belt and is indicated to continue there. while generally fair weather is the outlook west of the river, with change to unsettled and rainy again towards l Sunday.
 The market opened unchanged to slightly lower and ruled quiet with only
 some scalping and straddle trading. On l the census ginners returns showing gin nings to December l. S00000 behind the l 11. ss7, 600 bale census crop of 1916. small bureau estimate could be expected to be picked. which goes into the Wash
 ington estimate, is the great unknown
 factor.--Jno. F. Clark & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-12
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, December 11.--(Special,) The public schools in the New Market district have been closed because of an other outbreak of influenza in that community.
 Bud Leslie and Larkin Moore, ne- groes from Madison, are on trial in the circuit court here today on charges of attempting to wreck a passenger train on the Southern railway near Madison. They are accused of placing d telegraph pole across the track west of Madison with the intention of wreck ing and footing the midnight train from Sheffield
 Charles Spurlock, convicted of grand larceny in the circuit court yesterday afternoon, was sentenced to a term of five years in the state penitentiary Walter Miller, negro, was convicted | of burglary and grand larceny and sentenced to a term of 10 years. Joseph E. Brendle died at his home | in Lowe Village yesterday of influ- enza and his whole family, consisting 1 of his wife and seven children, are i'll with the same disease. MT. Brendle was 36 years old and he recently re-
 turned from Florence, where he had
 accepted the superintendency of the Ashcraft cotton mills. At the time ot | his death he was an overseer in the Lowe mills of this city
 1 The soldier boys who went out from
 this city and did not set lover there"
 are coming back in large numbers and l in celebra ton of their return a bie R ed
 Cross ball is being planned for Christ
 mas night. No general affair of this
 kind has been held here since America
 entered the war.
 1 The government work for the eradi-
 cation of the cattle tick in Jackson i county. which has been carried on un- der the direction of w. w. Cameron of tthis city during the last year, has just
 been finished and that county is now
 free of the tick infection. MT. Cam
 eron is now directing preliminary work
 In Marshall, Franklin and Lawrence
 counties, where 1t will be taken up
 generally next spring and those coun-
 ties are expected to be freed of the
 tick during the year
 l The remains of Miss Saba Doak, well
 known in Chicago as singers were l brought here today and Inferred ir
 Maple Hill cemetery. Miss Doak was
 daughter of the Rev. A. s. Doak ot
 Huntsville and sister of Mrs. Frank i D. Wilson, Miss Elizabeth Doak and
 H. K. Doak, all of this city. There
 are also two other brothers, s. P. and Ned Doak. Miss Doak formerly re-
 sided in Chattanooga and was known 1 in many of the cities of the south. She
 died in Chicago of influenza.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-12
STOCK MARKET WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS IS
 VO ID OF FEATURES
United States Steel Could Not Hold Early Strength and Fell Back in the
 Last Hours

New York, December 11.-Aside from oils, motors and other speculative spe- cialties, which registered gross gains of to points, today's stock market presented no feature of interest.
 Trading was light, easier money con- ditions falling to stimulate public sup port.
 The petroleum group contributed far more sthan it's usual quota, Mexican re cording a gross gain of points a1ter an early setback, while Royal Dutcn, Texas company and Pan-American com mon and preferred made extreme ao- vances of to points.
 United States Steel and associated ls- sues were steady to firm during the early and intermediate periods but fell back later.
 Rails were apathetic throughout. even the secondary or low priced shares of that division evincing none of their recent activity or strength. Shippings rose and fell within narrow bounds advices from London anent the Mer- cantile Marine deal, occasioning re- straint.
 Motors were very irregular, mainly in conseuuence of the uncertain move- ment of Studebaker, which suffered from further selling pressure in con- nection with the company's proposed financing.
 Metals tobaccos, feathers, fertilizers and the distilling issues lacked definite tendencies on greatly reduced opera tions becoming moderately unsettled, however, in the general reaction of the last hour.
 Dealings in bonds were without espe- cial feature, both domestic and foreign issues showing moderate irregularity. Liberty Bonds eased again, but held above recent low records Total sales (par value) aggregated s9,650,000. Old United States bonds were unchanged on call. Final prices on Liberty Bonds were: 3hs, 97.50; first convertible As, 93.50; second 4s, 93.20; second converti- ble 4Ns, 97.06; second convertible Az s, 95.S4; third 4As. 95.96; fourth 4As, 95.94.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-12
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus, Miss. December 11.--(Spe- 1 icial. "A recent casualty list contains the name of Private Llewellyn w.
 Brownlee of this county. who was a
 member of the American expeditionary forces In France and who died from dis ease. Private Brownlee's address is given as Steens Miss, and while he enlisted from that town his parents. MT and Mrs. J. M. Brownlee, have since lrcmoved to Columbus. where they now reside. He was 22 years old and was having been cousin of T. B. Brown lee, who formerly was tax assessor of Lowndes county.
 While the Mississippi A. and NJ. col Ilege, near Starkville, is under quaran- tine restrictions, students who have vis- Iited Columbus recently state that there lis not a single case of Spanish influ- enza or any other contagious disease on the campus. According to these stu dents, the quarantine was estab blished Ito keep disease out of the college, as many members of the $. A. T. Q. are |t to be dicharged within the next 10 days. land 1t is the earnest desire of the au- thorities to have them leave the institu- ltion in a perfectly heafthy condition. The college suffered a severe epidemic of Spanish influenza in october, but the disease was completely stamped out land there has been no recrudescent outbreak.
 Hon. H. M Quin of Meridian, grand keeper of records and seal for the Mis- sissippi grand lodge, Knights of lPythias. visited Columbus Tuesday. and on Tuesday night delivered an ad- dress to members of the local lodge. Several new members were initiated and MT. Quin participated in the work. The Mississippi A. and M. college Iminstrels will give ' performance in Ithe auditorium of the Stephen D. Lee High school in this city next Friday might and the entertainment will un- Idoubtedly be witnessed by . large audi ence. The company is said to bs un- usually fine for an amateur organiza-
 tion. and pleasing performance ia
 promised.
 ] D. F. Mccullough. chairman for