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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
VERMONT NATIONAL GUARD

Vermont is not to have a full regi-
ment of infantry under the reorganiz-
alton of the National Guard. Two
battalions of infantry and one ma
chine gun company only are, allotted
to this state, the indication being that
in case the Guard is called out the
Vermont battalions will be added to a
separate battalion in some other New
England state and thus regiment
will be formed. Vermont ought to
have a full regiment and ought to be
allowed to keep it when on active SER
vice and not have it mutilated as it
was In the war against Germany.
Washington would make moro pro
gress if it took into consideration the
elements of state pride and state ira
dition.-St Adams Messenger.
What the Messenger says about
the attitude of Washington military
authorities toward the National Guard
is true enough in the main, but that
it lies at the bottom of the present
Vermont situation is not so certain.
AS The Herald understands it, the
Vermont infantry contingent is not
finally limited TO two battalions, but
hiNb III tAlO piCoCil lNO DulldllOlo
all the state will be called upon to
form.
Judging by the Indifferent success
which has attended enlistment so far
two battalions will prove to be quite
a stint of work for the present skel-
ton organization, as st. Adams and
Rutland are apparently the only two
communities which have successful
ly raised their organizations.
1t is true that the shabby treatment
of the old First Vermont is largely
at the root of the reluctance OF re-
turned service men to re-enter the
state guard, but that Is all matter of
ancient history now, and ii should not
be permitted to interfere with raising
the two battalions already authorized;
after that, the time would be ripe
for expanding the state forces to a
full regiment
Some time, perhaps, the exact truth
about the treatment of the First Yer
mont during the war will be told Off
cially and in detail At that time.
the whole miserable business of the
jealous and prejudiced attitude and
unsoldiery conduct of regular army
officers toward the Guardsmen as a
whole might well he ventilated and
the dicipline of the service better
ed by little demotion and few
court-martial sentences.
Smearing out the identity of the
First Vermont was bad enough, but
wnen it comes 10 oraerlng un.ls ror-
ward to certain defamation after the
| q rDoictiPa had hnnp cfCnaI--fbaf is
something that calls for the severest
sort of court-martial and the most
stringent penalties possible there
unde;.
Meanwhile, we in Vermont have
nothing in particular to do with that
phase of the situation. Our job at
present is to recruit and train our two
hattalions and our machine-gun com
pany. After that is done, perhaps We
can go further-R Rutland Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
NOTICE

To the Taxpayers of the Town of
sBenningt on:--A Rate Bill of the Town
Taxes OF 1919 has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows: S1.05
cents on the, dollar for the Town Tax,
20 cents on, the dollar for the Town
Highway TAX, so cents on the dollar
for the Town District School Tax.
taxes, andltotify you that L VIII attend
at the. Bennington County Savings
Bank from Q o'clock a, m, until 8
o'clock p m. There will be a discount
OF 4 per cent on Town Tax if paid
within 30 days
C. II. DEWEY, Treasurer.
BennlngtonEVt sJuly15, 1919.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

completely surprised saturday oven
ing when a LARGE crowd oil his friends
gathered together al his home, with
plenty OF eats. The occasion was in
honor of Mr.. praters birthday but
the reporter was unable to learn how
old he was. A large amount Of cats
We're spread on the lawn which all
present took part in making [ hcm
hike out. After supper the remand
er of the evening was spent in hay
ing good time in general Aurora
Advertiser.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
DON'T WANT PART PAYMENT
War Risk Insurance Plan Should Be
Changed.


Changed.
Amendment of the War Risk Insur-
lance Act will be urged by the Ameri.
can Legion, through its legislative
committee in Washington, in order
i to allow men insured under the act
to elect whether their insurance upon
maturity will be paid in installments
or in one Jump payment, Former
| Senator Luke Lea and former Con-
gress man Thomas w. Miller joint
chairmen of the committee, plan to
have legislation introduced immedi'
ately to effect this alteration in the
act to carry out the expressed wish
of the American Legion delegates at
I their st. Louis meeting.
The present form OF War Risk in
surance is known as term insurance
and is payable in monthly install
ments for period of 240 months.
This may be converted into ordinary
forms of insurance such as straight
life insurance, twenty or thirty year
paid-up life insurance and endowment
insurance. Except in the. case of a
matured endowment, these forms of
insurance, under the present act, are
payable only in .installments, extend
ing over a twenty year period, the
amount of installments depending up
on the amount of insurance.
The purpose of the intended amend
ment is to allow a man to select how
the insurance shall be paid. Service
men say that tehir benefciaries in
many cases are too old ever to rea-
lie any usefulness from the insur-
ance if paid only in monthly install
ments. II has also been suggested
that men be allowed to elect payment
of part of their total insurance in one
lump sum and the balance in Install
ments.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
NOTICE.

To #hs Taxpayers of the Village of
Benniugtep -Aa Rate Bill has been
placed{ ihsiny htnds for seiIecfionNas
follows: 30, cents on the dollar for the
village TAX, 20 Cents on the dollar for
the Highway Tax pm the Grand List Of
1912
hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that will attend
at the Bennington County Savings
Bank from O'clock a. m, until 3
o'clock " m. There will be discount
Of 4 per cent on Village tax IL paid
withinssu days.
G. II. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington, VT. July Is. 1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
NOTICE ,

To the, Taxpayers of the Bennington
Graded School Dstrict.--A Rate Bill
has been placed in my hands for col
dollar on the Grand List of 1918.
| hereby demand payment Of said
taxes, and notify you that will attend
at the. bennington County Savings
Bank from o'clock a. M, until 3
within 90 days
c. II. DEWEY, Treasurer.
bennington, VT. July Is. 1919.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

fhere Ia more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than ali other diseases
put together. and for years it was sup
posed TO be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment. pronounced
II incurable. Catarrh Is a local disease
greatly influenced by constitutional con
dltions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catnrrh Ned.
cine. manufactured by f. ]. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo Ohio Is constitutional
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward ia offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send TO-
circulars and testimonials.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

Jess Willard has better head for
business than most pugilists. He in
vests his sudden riches in real estate
before the riches take wings and fly
away. Willard has financial punch
or two still left in his repertoire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
Crepe Georaette.

Carefully drapo the georgettc crepe
It's really too revealing;
With dainty lace and youthful grace
1t should be more concealng.
turn to look, and then again;
It's fashion most compelling.
o, crepe georgettel You'll get me yet
If the merchants keep on selling
Fuller Woe
It's got him. He should have
STAYED at home
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
Inventory yourself.

calculate your perishable value by
the standard of your earning capaci-
ty, then. insure to the limit. No senti-
ment in this--plain business. Give
us your orders now National Life
ms. Co., of VT. (Mutual) Earle S.
Kinsley General Agent, Mead Build
ing Rutland, VT. Adv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
Never Again.

! went to the bonedry clambake,
And with such bakes am done;
1t resembled regular clambake
AS the gloom resembles the sun.
No bite, no drink (but some pop you
might buy
For You in the sterile gloom
Only to wait and hope for the best
At the clambake's hour of doom.
Even the cooks did a sourish job,
And the waters were out of step,
The whole occasion seemed lacking
In cheer and ginger and pep"
Yes, I've sampled the bonedry clam
bake.
And with all such hakes I'm done,
It's no more like a regular clambake
Than the shadow is like the sun.
E. ID. in Springfield Union.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
FRIDAY, JULY 70. 1910
DECLINE IN FOOD PRICES

Reports are sent out from Wash
ington that for the first time since
the European war began food prices
in the United States, as a whole are
on the decline. If this be fact, it
has not been noticeable in Vermont,
But il the tendency in any part of the
country is for food prices to take a
downward turn, it is encouraging to
the entire country, even though the
decline be very slight.
Official figures from the department
of labor show that. the cost of living
fell off one-half of one per cent in
June as compared with May. The June
prices this year we're, however, IA
per cent higher than those for June,
1918. The June prices were only /
per cent off those of December, 1918,
when the high cost of living reached
its peak.
Economists in Washington who
have watched the price situation look
for no considerable drop in the cost
OF all foods until the wheat guaran.
tee expires, They reason that the
price of wheat is sustaining feed
prices and consequently food prices.
When the wheat guarantee comes OFF
next December the old law of supply
and demand will theoretically be full
| " restored. Until this time they
look for prices as whole to be
maintained, some food products going
down and others up in prices.
Thirteen articles were cheaper in
June than they were in May. Cab
bage declined 20 per cent; butter,
per cent; chuck roast per cent; rit
roast, plate beef and bananas, 4 pei
cent each; sirloin steak, round steal
and lamb. 3 per cent each; hens,
Tper cent; pork chops, cornhakes ant
baked lbeans L per cent each.
Since 1913 the cost of food has ad
vanced So per cent. During this six
year period the following articles in
lcreased 100 per cent or over. Sug
lar, 100 per cent; pork chops an'
lham, 1903 per cent each; bacon, To-
per cent; potatoes, Ill per cent
cornmeal, 125 per cent flour, 1877 pc
cent; lard, 1874 per cent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

Strong-arm methods can be used
by women as we'll as men in strikes
it appears from accounts given by the
strikerof the girls employed in the
chocolate factory of Burlington. Pro,
ceedings connected with strikes are
likely to be lacking indignity, and
those IN connection with the strike
of the Burlington girls were no ex-
ception.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

1t would not he at all surprising if
the IT, S. army bambing airplane, that
is taking trip around the outskirts
of the United States, by some chance
or other, should wander over into
Mexico. and perhaps find out what is
going on in that land of turmoil.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
Casey az the Fountain

now have in my employ Mr. JAS,
Casey. who is an experienced soda
man and who viii serve You quickly
and courteously in the preparation of
all delicacies fountain affords
Adv. i'll Braymer Bee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

When General Foch visits the Unit
ed States, the welkin will have nerv-
Gus prostration from overwork after
its ringing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

There's nothing of which the bald
man is more proud than the last pic,
ture showing him with heavy head
Of hair.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

Twenty years ago." says the
Keene Sentinel, you stuck tubes in
your ears to hear phonograph and
it cost a dime" Now" says Ezra,
you stick your fingers in your ears
not to hear one and it doesn't cost
ceus"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

Scientists have isolated the hunger
germ. The thing about the achieve
ment that is most impressive is It's
timellness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

Freedom Of the press will not be
curtailed, even to get rid of the in
sidious and INSCRIPTIONS propagan-
dist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

"If you are looking for something
with kick in it" says Fuller Woe
after a trip to the city Just wait for
the meal check after taking your LADY
friend to a swell city hotel or cafe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

The former crown prince has be-
come a potter and is worrying lest he
may develop into a rock breaker.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

Menus during the war were sub
jected to the process of Americaniza-
ton. They should not be allowed to
relapse.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
The Lost Chord.

While on his way to the dance Fri.
day night Mr. Carlin left the tune in
the mud where he broke off the neck
OF his violin when he fell.-Newport
Independent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

/ When a fellow admits that he's get
ting along swimmingly. he's merely re-
ferring to the weather, not to his per-
sonal fortunes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
Dave Gets a Recommend.

David Trudeau is helping George
Seymour hay darn" good worker
-Felcheryille item.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
RECENT GAS ATTACKS
Clippings and Other Debris From the
Snort Column OF the
Brai.leboro Reformer
.n Enltant

An EpItaph.
She wore a fig leaf at the bali,
A mustard leaf soon after;
And now her coffin's in its pail,
And dead her laughter.
BE warned in time, We maids who Il
To don less than butterfly Exc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
spasmodIo sermon.

Some Of the most forgetful of men
have monuments erected to their men,
ory.--Indianapolis Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

If man owns two automobiles and
buys apples by the peck instead of at
so much each, he is wealthy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

If You Can't Find Seat In Church.
Rev. w. B. Reed has habit of
preaching on timely themes at Shiloh
Baptist church and will he heard to-
morrow on PLENTY of Room In the
Jail. '-Hartford Courtant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
KILLED BY MOTORCYCLE
L. w. HuIse Victim and George M
Barrett Arrested.

Hartford, Conn, July 24.-L. w
Hulse of Is Crown street, about SC
years of age, was struck by a motor
cycle on New Britain avenue today
and died while being hurried to a
hospital, George NJ Barrett, 615
New Britain avenue, rider of the mo
torcycle, is in custody Of the police.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25
Water. Watcr, Pure and Free.

On arriving at the Notch a delight
full luncheon was served, the well
known spring bubbling out of the
mountains furnishing plenty Of the
well-known beverage populafized
July i. Following the lunch there
was a flow of eloquence as spontane
GUS and delightful as the flow OF
water from the limpid depth of the
nearby Spring of outing OF
Burlington Merchants and Chamber
of Commerce in Burlington News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

Tulip returns from her vacation
and announces that May B. Lord is
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

Aunt Sarah has just sent to the H.
hrary for The Four Horses of the
Eucalyptus
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

Mrs Eugene st. John of Salina,
Kansas, was the guest of Ny. and Mrs.
Charles II. Gift last week. Mrs. st.
Peoria Star,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

an evangelist and acting pastor OF a
church at West CRANKY, Conn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-25

Good News from the So. Prcmfret
Sector.
o. L. Cootey had green peas and
new potatoes Sunday.-So. Pomfret
item
Sam Has a Surprise, But His Age
Still a Secret.
Mr.. Sam Prater of Stinson was
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-02

,,,reage certainly are doing nothing
to bring about better state of at
fairs. 1t is no concern OF one man
what his neighbor does in the mat
ter of production. though when it is
case of general effect upon the
business of the south, as in the mat
ter of cotton. it is the concern of
every one. However. if the farmer
doesn't wish to reduce his acreage,
or wishes to increase It, those of us
who do not produce cotton at all can
hardly feel disposed to go to him
and tell him he is a fool. The re-
duction of acreage means better
prices, but the matter is in the
hands of the farmer. and he alone
can solve the problem.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-02
Birds and the War.
(Saluda Standard }

A writer in a London magazine
tells us that at first the birds OF
France and Belgium were panic
stricken by the war. Six or seven
months after the war began an un-
usual number OF birds were observ-
ed in France.
But after a few months the birds,
just as soldiers do, adapted them
selves to the condition OF war They
came near to the armies with the
greatest confidence. Ground birds
made their nests and reared their
young in thistle patches IN No
Mans Land.
The trenches became overrun with
rats and mice. and consequently
owls and kestrels Ga species OF
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-02
SCISSORS AND PASTE.
Whiskey Ticketed Through.
(New York World.)


II Homer Gudger OF Asheville, N.
c., providing himself at Baltimore,
Md, with few bottles of whiskey as
he was about to begin his journey
homeward, had not been arrested
and searched on the train at Lynch
burg. Va, protracted legal proceed
ings would have been avoided and
the supreme court of the United
States would have been spared the
necessity of delivering one of it's
justly celebrated homilies on the
meaning of words.
The Reed amendment prohibits
the transportation of liquor in inter
state commerce Into any state"
where prohibition obtains. but it is
silent on the subject of transporting
| prohibition prevails. AS Mr. Gud-
ger and his drinkables were ticketed
| through from Baltimore to Ashe-
vile, the Judgment is that the pro-
hibition officers at Lynchburg who
interrupted their. progress acted
without authority OF law. AltnOuSn
the awful crime was in contempla-
tion from the first, 1t could have
| been actually perpetrated only in
North Carolina, for that was the
state Into" which the offender was
transporting his supplies.
Probably this is fair sample OF
the momentous litigation with which
state and federal courts are to be
overwhelmed. Prohibition and it's
enforcement will involve personal
rights and property rights innum-
erable. some weighty and some friv-
olous. and whole libraries OF COM
| plants. arguments and decisions
are bound to result. Since many OF
these controversies will embrace
federal questions on which appeals
will be taken. the supreme court Of
the United States promises soon to
become as busy and almost as sedate
as an old-fashioned excise board.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-02

hawk) made their appearance and
hunted fearlessly in the trenches
themselves. And the kestrels some
times built their nests in the barbed
wire entanglements.
A lark in one OF the severest
bombardments at Verdun hovered
above the French troops and sang
cheerfully. The birds seemed to
become accustomed to the sound OF
heavy artillery and to Gay 1t little
attention. Different birds called to
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-02

changes in rents of the lowest class
of houses. A few decreases were re
ported, but there was no significant
tendency toward a downward move
ment, In many cities no change had
occurred in this interval. An aver,
age increase of % per cent since
July. 1914. is apparently represen
tative for the country as VIII ole.
The opinion was general that rents
will not decline until building is be
gun on an extensive scale and a,
lower costs than prevail at present
When will prices begin to tum
BILE? This is an interesting ques,
tion and one that is hard to answer
intelligently or with any degree of
confidence. We might venture the
suggestion, however. that when cot.
ton begins going up to stay. prices
will begin coming down. and we
need not expect cotton to reach the
top of the ladder until peace is sign.
ed with Germany
The News wonders whether the
price of cotton when the 1919 crop
is harvested will have something to
do with the prices of other things
And whether reduction of acreage
or non-reduction will affect the com.
ing down process of prices. Some
kind OF equalization is necessary
and if certain things that the people
have to buy remain high, then the
things the same people have for sale
must necessarily sell high Labor
must be high. and increases must
be equitable.
On the other hand, if prices tum-
| BILE on certain commoditie the
prices on other things must neces
sarily tumble proportionately. The
man who earns now the same tina,
he earned before the advance in
price of nearly everything he has to
buy is chasing rainbow and will
never get anywhere; while the man
/ whose earnings have increased with
the war conditions will probably re
! linQuish some of the earnings If
prices begin to come down. It's a
big problem, this question Of prices
! and the only fair solution is thai
supply and demand control.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-02
FIXING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

naval seaplane of the F-5 type.
propelled by two Liberty motors Of
400 horsepower each and carrying a
crew OF four men. remained in the
air at the Hampton Roads naval
base for twenty hours and ten min.
utes Saturday. This established
what is said to be a world record
for seaplanes. 1t is estimated that
twenty hours will be required to
make a flight from Newfoundland
to Ireland in the transatlantic
flight if direct route is finally de-
termined upon. and it is said the
machines which will negotiate the
air over the great water will be
much larger and more powerful
than that with which the test was
made at Hampton Roads.
This. then, may be taken as an
indication that a successful flight
across the Atlantic is in prospect
and that soon we will have mail
brought over from London almost
overnight. After a few years the
flying Of planes across the water
from America to England will be
considered merely as one OF the in.
cidents of modern times, like the
automobile, or the telephone. which
goes to prove the assertion that
nothing is impossible, any more. II
used to be. but it is not now. Wire
less possibly was considered impos-
sible and now airships are talking to
earth from somewhere five thousand
feet above