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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
NOTICE

To the Taxpayers of the Town OF
Bennington:-A Gate Bill of the Town
hands for collection as follows: $1.05
cents on the dollar for the Town Tax,
90 cents on the dollar for the Town
Highway Tax. so cents on the dollar
for the Town District School Tax.
Il hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that I will attend
at the Bennington County Savings
Bank from 3 o'clock a. M, until 4
o'clock p. m. There will be a discount
OF per cent on Town Tax II paid
within 80 days.
C. Fl. DEWEY. Treasurer
Bennington, VT. July Is. 1919.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
LA Est
Walk >ong

why Did You Make Me Love Your
New Waltz song. Send 15c in stamps
to Dunn & Norris, 26s Pearl St, Cam
bridge. Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13
Rlno up the Gods.

In China many temples are provided
With bell at the entrance, and when
q worshiper enters he gives the rope
n pull TO ring the bell in order that the
gods may he notified Of his coming and
be at hand to attend to his prayers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

The aerial taxicab is announced from
London and Paris. Please don't get
out of the car while it is in motion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

Anyhow, the red bomber made no
secret of his departure for thousand
parts unknown.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

It's got so that a fellow can't buy
anything without getting few pennies
in his change.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-13

We suppose Switzerland, too, will be
ready to agree to the proposal to sink
all navies.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-11
REVEAL MINDS OF POETS
NomencIatures of Serbian Cities and
Villages Show Character of Peo-
pie In Striking Manner.

The names of the villages in which
our many friends lived and from which
they often walked 20 miles or more to
be OF use to us I set down in my notes,
partly because the words, in and of
themselves, are pictorial and atmos-
pherie and partly because their mean
Ing reveals the essential, natural
poetry of the Serbian mind A few
of the most striking ones may appro-
priately bring this chapter of Serbian
helpfulness to close, Caryl B. Storrs
writes in Minneapolis Tribune.
Monastir the metropolis Of southern
Serbia means "the city of monks"
kremljani where our camp was To-
Gated means jewellers among quartz
ite' from the quantities of quartzite
rock In the vicinity. The Slavic root
of the word Kremljani, by the way, is
the same used in the name of the
Kremlin at Moscow.
Other village names with their mean
ings are: Liyonia, a proper name, sig
nifying a huge, virile fellow; Krusho-
grad, limestone castle; Brode, the
ferry over river; Dobroveni, people
living in fertile meadow lands; Vrbena,
the village of willows; Skociyir, the
village Of cascades; yodena, water
city; Lazac (Lozshatz), the slipping
mountain meadow cleared from forest;
Gornichevo, the village in the mountain
divide; Rosno, the new village; Sa-
kul1eyo, the village beyond the tower;
Bach, the village down In the kettle;
Vostaran, the village Of fruit; Zha-
bljani, the village of frogs; Kravari,
the village of cowherders; Sorovich,
the village Of sleet; Dragosh, beloved
village; Bistrica, clear mountain tor
rent; Bukri, the village on q water
course; Optichari, the jewellers among
many birds Konjarka, creek that must
be forded on horseback Sokol noun
tain village, where only falcons can
live; Cuke, village along the range Of
buttes; Kalanik, village of mud;
Ljaskoyiki, jewellers among hazelnuts.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-11
Britain Fighting Rats.

In England, where the scarcity of
food during the war was a much more
serious matter than In this country,
they have been giving much more at
tention to measures to prevent the
depredations of rats, and a concrete
corn crib is coming into general use
throughout great Britain, which will
keep the grain In good condition and
at the same time keep the rats out.
The interior of the crib is built of
concrete blocks with holes In them for
ventilation of the building. The floor
is of solid concrete, and on the sides
where the blocks have openings the
inside of the structure is covered with
mesh. The trench in the center of the
floor is built so that the extension
feeder of the corn shelter can be
placed In 1t when Smelling out the crib.
Short pieces of board are laid over
this trench, and are removed as fast
as the corn can be shelled. This
trench Is labor-saying feature of
this corn crib 1t has been found by
the modern farmer that concrete is
the only effective way of fighting rats.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-11
LANDOR HAD PROPHETIC EYE
Brilliant EnaIishman Correctly Fore
saw Dire Events OF Which He Vain
~ Warned His Countrymen.

The pamphlet to Lord Liverpool and
the British parliament, written by Wal
ter Savage Lander In 1918, Of which
two copies only are known to exist,
makes highly spirited reading. In 1t
he sets out, with keen concern and
much energy Of indignation, to criti-
eize the magnanimity with which Eu-
rope, and more especially England,
showed themselves inclined to treat
Napoleon after the battle Of Leipsic,
Napoleon whom Lander regarded as q
criminal, fit only for the gallows. OF
Elba, he declared prophetically that it
was "a rat trap open at both ends, from
which it was impossible that Napoleon
should not escape" Was the congress
of Vienna, he asked In bitter scorn,
with It's "well-dressed ambassadors
and ingenious state papers," to pro-
duce nothing more lasting than an
other treaty of Utrecht? He called In
vain for the temper OF Lord Chatham
which should deliver the country from
a mere experimental peace" With
In year of Napoleon's Punishment to
the frat trap open at both ends" he
was back in France, and Europe was
once more plunged into war.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-11
HAVE PURPOSE IN WALKING
Noted American Authors Gather Ideas
While on Pedestrian Tours over
the Country Roads.

The other day in a little literary
gathering upstairs over a bookstore in
San Francisco, Bailey Willard writes in
San Francisco Bulletin, I heard one
more or less famous California author
say to another:
Il hear you have bought an automo-
bile. ] suppose that's the end of those
celebrated walks of yours"
Not at ALL" was the reply of the
writer addressed. 1T only extends
them"
"How's that?"
We'll, have had my machine more
than six months. I find that an auto
mobile is fine thing to take you TO
some place like the Marin hills, where
you can go and get a good walk"
Writers as rule are walkers. They
do not necessarily walk because they
write nor do they write because they
walk but almost any of them will
tell you that walking, even along a
dull street in town, is inspirational. 1t
would seem as If writer's legs, NOV
ing steadily and rhythmically, pump
out of his inner consciousness ideas
that eventually get upon the printed
page.
Lean as a greyhound and brown as
berry, Julian Hawthorne was walk
ing along a country road near Poe's
old home In Fordham. / happened to
be accompanying him, but was saying
very little, for the son of the famous
Nathaniel seemed to be In what our
good old bromides call a ''brown
study"
OF sudden he left my side and
darted up bypath through the
woods, springing up the hillside
like a deer After few minutes he
came tearing down again, arologizing
for his sudden freak by saying:
II saw half-formed idea floating
about and thought 1 would chase It
down. 1t was a mythical idea and a
tough one. l have it now and I'm go
ing 10 put 1t into a story"
Henry Lewis and David Graham
Phillips, two authors with whom I was
we'll acquainted during the latter years
of their lives, both took long walks
nearly every day and often l accom-
panied them. While they walked they
talked and In the case of Phillips II
was wonderful talk In New York
city we used to walk from the Players
club in Gramercy park, not far from
Phillips home, to Nineteenth street
and to Forty-second street and back
again, always along dingy old Fourth
avenue. Sometimes we would tramp
along as far as Fifty-ninth street aud
then over the Central park paths.
Phillips told me that but for his
walks he never would have been able
to write his novels
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-11
Ra,zac's Home Is Restored.

The home of the famous French
author. Honore de BalZac, In the Rue
Raynouard at Passy has been reopened
as an artists center. The house had
been sadly neglected, but has been re-
stored to present the appearance it
had in Balzac's time, with its vestibule
painted blue and the original oak cary
ings and dark red tapestries decorating
the apartment where Balzac wrote his
masterpieces.
On the table stands the big china
coffee-pot from which the author was
wont to refresh himself, for BalZac
was a mighty drinker of coffee. Old
woodcuts and original printing proofs
adorn the walls In the garden the
vine that Balzac tended still grows and
his beloved lilacs have been replanted
there.
In one room there is still the trap
door through which Balzac used to dis
appear when importunate creditors
called
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-11
LAUGH Reveals Much.

There Is the man who Is always smil-
Ing, whose whole person radiates af-
lection and good cheer. His is the
frank, open eountenance that makes
and keeps friends, for he has the true
spirit of good-fellowship.
he is the man whom you enjoy going
to with good news, and of whose SYM
pathy you can be sure when you are
In trouble. He Is the friend, always,
that everyone admires, trusts and
likes, just because he has the smile
that spells warmth.
A laugh is a little thing, and appar-
emily to judge man by his laugh
seems like making a mountain out of
molehill. But "straws show which
way the wind blows" and psycholo-
gists assert that the little things are
the real indices to character. So watch
out when your friends laugh, and see
If they are worth while.-Rehoboth
Sunday Herald.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-11
Important National Parks.

Yellowstone national park was con-
stituted by congress many years ago.
This public playground of the whole
people, now an object of interest to
every tourist who visits the West, in
cludes the famous geyser district of
the Yellowstone valley and hundreds
of other interesting phenomena and
beauties of nature. The park has an
area of 2,142,720 acres, making 1t by
far the largest as well as the first Of
the national parks Of the nation. 9th
er important national parks in the
United States are the Yosemite In
California, the Glacier In Montana, the
Mt. Rainier In Washington the Sequoia
In California, the Crater lake in Ore
gon, the Wind Cave in South Dakota,
the Plat in Oklahoma and the Mesa
Verde In Colorado.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-11
Matters of Importance.

young woman, | have waited here
three-quarters of an hour to see Mr..
Wadson. How much longer will I
have to waltz
81 can't tell you, sir He's very
busy"
Wont you mind finding out?"
Indeed I would, sir. Mr.. Wadson
is chairman of the grounds committee
at the country club. He and the
other members of the committee are
discussing plans for improving the golf
links. wouldn't dare to interrupt
him now II a million dollars were at
Observation-Disclosures ge-Herald.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-11
Hand Picked.

The young bride was enthusiastic
over her home and its furniture. II
had cost exorbitant prices because II
was hand made. To agree with 1t she
demanded handmade curtains, sheets,
etc. Then came the end of the honey
moon and the settling down to actual
living. One day the bride tripped TO
market to buy her first chicken. II
want very good one" she stipulated
TO the butcher. Il don't care how
much 1t costs II it's only hand picked"
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-11
Politics and statesmans shin.

"A politician Is statesman out of
a job" remarked the superficial cynic.
"Not these days" rejoined Senator
Sorghum. "A politician is a states
man who is willing to get down to
shirtsleeves and hustle for what he
regards as his country's best interest"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-05-27
KENTUCKY RACERS STILL
PROVE MVINCIBLE.

In the presence of a crowd only
second to that of Derby Day, Mid
way, a five-year-old chestnut horse
by Ballot-Thirty-T scored a
victory over a fine field of long dis
lance runners in the seventh running
Of the Kentucky Handicap at one
mile and quarter at Churchill
Downs, Saturday afternoon. The
Ogden Stables Beaverkill finished
second a length back Of the winner
and head in advance of Willis Sharpe
Kilmer's EXterminator.. Edward
Beal McLean's The Porter was beaten
very slight margin for third
money. .
Sir Barton, winner OF the Ken
lucky Derby, and Preakness Stake,
captured another rich purse at the
Jamaica track Saturday, when. he
flashed under the wire an easy win
ner over Eternal, with Pastoral
Swain, an added starter, third, in the
Withers Stakes at one mile for $5,-
900.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-05-27
COUNCIL AND MAYOR VISIT LOU.
ISVILLE ON INSPECTION

Mayor E. B. January and the mem
bers of the Board of Council of the
city of Paris, with the exception of
Councilman John Merringer, paid a
visit of inspection Sunday to the city
of Louisville, making the trip in
autos. While there they were guests
of the city authorities and were
shown the workings of the different
departments. The main object of the
trip was to ascertain facts and figures
regarding the street system of Lou
isville, especially the streets that had
been paved with brick. They also
secured much valuable information
concerning other civic improvements
that may be applied to the city Of
Paris. They were guests of Mayor
Smith and other officials at dinner at
the Seelbach Hotel, in Louisville, and
had good all-round time, according
to information received here.
In connection with the visit it is
told on one of the Councilmen, who
made the trip in his own machine,
taking his family with him, that he
had a hard time on the streets of
Louisville avoiding street cars, his
machine becoming involved in an ar
gument with one of the street cars,
and had a hard time getting out Of
the way. Further along the machine
struch several other conveyanceS,
and was having the time of it's life
in it's wild career, when the Seel-
bach Hotel was reached, where the
car was placed in a haven of rest.
But, 10 and behold, the city police
patrol came along shortly afterward
and placed the machine under arrest
for violating a city ordinance regard
ing parking cars at that particular
point. When the owners identity
was established and it became known
that he was one of the most promi-
nent members of the Paris Council,
the machine was released from stor-
age and restored to the owner, who
promised to make it behave on the
return trip, which was safely &C
complished.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-05-27
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR ELECT
THEIR STATE OFFICERS

The Grand Commandery of Ken
lucky knights Templar will meet the
third Wednesday in May, 1920, at
Lexington, it was decided by the Sir
knights in conclave at Owensboro.
Richmond and Lebanon withdrew
from the contest.
Officers were elected as follows:
Grand commander, Taylor Mitchell
Estes, Lebanon; deputy grand COM
mander, Albert A. Hazlerigg, Mt.
Sterling; grand generalissimo, Sam
uel P. Browning, Maysville; captain
general, Miles Hillary H. Davis,
Paris; grand senior warden, James
Kelley, greensboro; grand Junior
warden, Oscar H. Mattmiller, Louis
Vile; grand prelate, Frederick j.
Mayer, Covington; grand treasurer,
Robert G.. Stockton, Richmond;
grand recorder, Alfred H. Bryant,
grand standard bearer,
John R. Yeager; Danville; grand
sword bearer, Daniel B. Shackleford,
grand warder, John Todd
Graves, Versailles; grand captain of
the guard, James p. Gray, Louisville.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-05-27
LUCIEN RULE AT PARIS HIGH
| SCHOOL.

The Junior Class of the Paris High
School had the distinct honor Of
bringing Mr.. Lucien v. Rule to Paris
for a lecture, Thursday evening.
Kentucky is very proud of this poetic
son. He is the author of 1.-The Shrine
OF Love" and THE House of Love-"
two small volumes containing SON
nets and lyrics which have brought
unalloyed. pleasures to lovers of true
poetry. The Midland Review Of Loui
1sV1lle, speaks of Mr.. Rule as a Ken
lucky Wordsworth, while the Book
man compares his soIinets in their
scheme and spirit to Mrs. Brownings
Portuguese Sonnets Madison Ca
vein said Of him, You sing the
philosophy of love better than any
modern poet I know off,
The subject of Mr.. Rules lecture
was "A Poetic Interpretation Of HUI
man Life as i Have Observed 1t in a
Great Field OF Social Uplift and
Progress" With his philosophy Of
life and the message of his poetry he
hnds and points out high plane Of
living. The Girls Glee Club gave a
group of songs before and after the
lecture and large and enthusiastic
audience enjoyed a most unusual
evenings treat. 1t is opportunities
such as this that enable us to know
and appreciate the men who are max
ing literature to-day.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-05-27
INVESTIGATING OIL STOCKS IS
ORDER OF DAY.

The investigation begun some time
ago by the district attorneys offiee
OF New York, into the sale Of stocks
OF fake" oil wells in Texas and Ok
lahOma has been extended into the
advertisements of these stocks, it was
announced. Assistant District Attor-
ney Dooling said he had communicate
ed with boards of trade In the two
Southwestern States learning that
many of the stock selling concerns
neither own nor have leases on oil
producing lands, while others have
leases expiring within a few months
and have installed no operating ma
chinery.
witnesses who had bought stocks
of non-existent oil wells were being
heard daily, it was stated, and sew
eral newspapers as we'll as the
curb market associations had volun-
teered to cooperate In the inquiry
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-05-27
FORMER RESIDENT OF PARIS
DIES SUDDENLY IN
LOUISVILLE.

Miss Jessie Martin, aged about
n1ty years, a sister of Mrs. Clark
Barnett, of this city, died suddenly
In Louisville, Friday morning. Miss
martin was daughter of the late
Prof. Clarence L. Martin, who was
superintendent of the Paris Schools
several years ago. She is pleasantly
remembered by friends who knew
her during her residence here. Re-
sides her sister, in this city, she is
survived by another sister, Mrs.
FRANK Snyder, of Louisville, and by
her stepmother, Mrs. C. L. Martin. of
Louisville. The Louisville Times of
Friday evening had the following
particulars:
Death came suddenly to Miss Jes-
sic Martin, a talented musician and
teacher of music, as she was dressing
at O'Clock this morning in the home
of her brother. John NJ. Martin, 1948
Roanoke avenue. She was found a
few minutes later by members of the
family, lying upon her bed, where
he had fallen. Her demise is attrib-
uted to heart trouble.
1.-The daughter of Clarence l.. Mar
tin, who died three years ago, Miss
Martin was born and reared in
Louisville. She was so years old.
Miss Martin studied in the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music, in the Sher-
wood School, Chicago, and the Math-
ews School, New York. She held a.
diploma in music from the Univer-
sity of Chicago. She taught for a
number of years in Mississippi and
also in greensboro. Recently she had
been teaching private classes in
Webster, KY, and was organizing a
class here.
Miss Martin is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Clarence l.. Martin; two
sisters, Mrs. Frank G.. Snyder, of
Louisville, and Mrs. Clark Barnett, of
Paris, and her brother. Miss Eliza
beth Martin is her niece"
The funeral was held at the home
of her brother, Mr. John M. Martin.
at two o'clock Saturday afternoon,
followed by burial on the family lot
in Cave Hill Cemetery.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-05-27
APPEAL TO FOSTER PARENTS OF
FRENCH WAR ORPHANS.

Last year one hundred and fifty
seven genrous Bourbon county people
contributed to the support of French
children who had been orphaned by
the war. The time has arrived for
them to renew their yearly subscrip-
ton. The amount necessary to be
paid annually is $3.50. Those who
desire to continue their contributions
to this worthy cause are asked to
communicate at once with Mrs. A.
B. Hancock, Of Paris.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-05-27
PARDON SEEKERS CONVERSA-
TON IN ALEXANDERS CELL
RECORDED.

All Paris people are wonderine
over the following special sent from
Paris to the Louisville Courier-Jour
nal, regarding efforts to secure a
pardon for George Alexander. serv.
ing a sentence for wrecking the Geo
Alexander & Co. bank in this city:
mat Is, they are wondering as to
the identity of the woman.
According to rumor in circula-
ton here, friends of George Alexan-
der, convicted banker of Paris. will
make an effort in the near future to
obtain a pardon for him from Gov.
Black.
During Gov. Stanley's incum-
bency of the Office, numerous at
tempts were made by friends of Alex
ander, but their efforts were of no
avail, and their persistency finally
brought forth a card from the Gov
ernor, declaring that under no cir
cumstances wiuld he issue a pardon
to Mr.. Alexander.
I'm connection with this a story
comes from Frankfort, which if
true, throws some light upon Gov.
Stanley's reasons for refusing the
pardon.
LAS the story is told here, soci-
ETY. woman of Lexington undertook
the task of inducing the Governor to
grant the pardon, and with that end
in view made several trips to Frank
fort
ION each of these trips, it is said,
she called on Mr.. Alexander and in
her conversations with him boosted
of the ease with which she would
make the old fogy' come across
with the pardon
Her conversations with Mr.. Alex
ander, it is said, reached the ears of
Gov. Stanley, and one day he called
her over the phone at Lexington and
asked her to call at the Executive
mansion the next time she was in
Frankfort
Thinking she had gained her
point, she made trip to the capitol
city the next day and called at the
prison in the forenoon to see Alex
ander.
LAS she was leaving his cell, pre-
paratory to calling on the Governor,
she is said to have remarked:
Il will have to go to the hotel and
paint and powder a little before I
call on "old fogy.'"
when she was ushered into the
presence of the Governor that after
noon the latter surprised her by say
ing:
Mrs. -. it was entirely unnec-
essary for you to paint and powder
before coming to see me, as your nat
ural charms are sufficiently allur-
ing without the aid OF camouflage,"
and further added: Before 1 give
you my decision upon your invitation
for a pardon for Alexander / want
you to hear my secretary read few
notes which l know will prove most
to you"
Calling in his secretary, he had
to read some stenographic notes
which proved to be word for word
duplicate of the conversation be-
tween his visitor and Alexander at
the prison, which was anything but
ON the part Of the
woman toward the Governor.
"A dictagraph had been installed
in Alexander's CELL"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-05-27

On the eleven fields reviewed by
the Oil City Derrick, Kentucky rank
ed fourth in point of new production
during April. The total new produc-
ton for Kentucky was 1880 bar
reIs. Gulf Coast 21,105, Oklahoma
27,O42 and North Texas 1880.
Oklahoma led in compilations, with
$50; Pennsylvania was second, with
392: Kansas was third, with 332, and
Kentucky was fourth, with 307.
Kentucky was sixth with dry holes,
having but %, while Oklahoma had
$50. Kentucky ranked third in num-
Der of wells drilling, having 239, as
compared with LOTT in Oklahoma
and 1.414 in North Texas.