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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
James H. Leverich.

On August 3rd the message came
to his friends in Bennington of the
death of James II. Leverich, who on
that day died at the country home of
his daughter, Mrs. j X. Worden, in
Woodbury., Long Island. Mr.. Leverich
was we'll known to many of the older
residents of Bennington through his
marriage with Harriet f., the daugh-
ter of the late Frank G. White of this
village.
He was born in May 1S45 in New
Orleans. although his family had been
long identified with New York city,
where they occupied position of
considerable prominence. Mr.. Lev
erich was for many years the repre-
sentative and manager in Panama OF
the interests Of the Pacific Mail
steamship company. Thirty years of
his life were spent in the tropics, and
few men were better known or more
highly respected in every Pacific port
1itween Panama and Acapulco.
When Mr.. White was appointed BY
Trenor w. Park superintendent of
the Panama Railroad, Mr.. Leverich
made the acquaintance of his future
wife. They were married in Ben
lnington.
Mr.. Leverich was a gentleman of a
very sympathetic personality. His
gentle manners conciliated the good
| will of all who met him He had a
wide knowledge of men and of the
world, acquired by long experience
and by the conduct of large interests,
and the suddenness of his death
seems to emphasize and bring into
swift relief his many engaging quail
ties He is survived by his wife and
by two daughters, Mrs. j. X. Worden
of New York and Mrs. Lewis X Rog-
lers of Schenectady.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
PRICES WILL CONTINUE
AT PRESENT HIGH Level
Federal Reserve Board Secs Mo Hope
for Reduction in immediate
Future

Washington, Aug. 4-No relief
from present high prices is forecast in
the federal reserve boards MONTH,
review OF business conditions which
notes that July saw increases in many
lines.
In general the review said, "there
Is Il disposition to accept present
prices levels and to expect a continu
alton of the prevailing level for some
time to come"
In many districts high prices have
not served to checly demand. but the
possibility of obtaining goods was
found to be of greater moment to the
buyer than the price fixed. On the
other hand, the board said. the very
great price increases which have
taken place in certain lines have made
buyers more cautious care being taken
not in Increase unduly stocks acquired
at the present price level for fear a
dec inc might occur.
Continued high prices, along with
constant growth in trade. both whole.
sale and retail, and increased activity
in. some CT the basic industries sus.
tained confidence in the industrial sit.
uation and led to expansion in many
lines. Almost the only complaints
heard concern shortage of raw mater
ials and. in few districts, labor
troubles, although a majority of the
districts report normal labor condi.
tions.
instead of fear of unemployment
which had been expected during the
early part of the year" the board said
the reports received manifest the
fear CT an impeding shortage OF
labor" The exodus Of alien workers
was banned in part
The agricultural outlook on the
whole was reported favorable, with
indications that the Gotten crop would
be much shorter than previously in.
dicated. Manufacturing continues ac.
tive. marked advances in prices hav
ing occurred in cotton goods, with
many mills oyersold. Raw wool still
is in heavy demand and revival in
building has continued,
Turning to the financial situation
the board declared that while specula.
tion continues at an unprecedently
stocks has revealed itself, leading to
the withdrawal of an unusual amoun,
of shares from the market The bank
ing situation was reported sound
credit and collection conditions good
and failures small and few
Conditions in the Boston district
are described as follows:
There is apparently no abatement
in the general industrial activity in
the New England district The raw
material market and the labor unrest
: ihave made the problem of which ON
manufacturers face increasingly diff
ficu {.
New York distric4: Commercial ac
tivity which commonly reaches its
climax in May has been continued to
the early summer and a generally
favorable outlook is noted"
Philadelphia district: THE genera
business situation continues to show
an increasing demand for merchandise
az advancing prices and fundamental
/ Industries operating on a larger scale,
but the abncrmally high prices pre-
vaiing are viewed with disquietude.
Cleveland district: Continued OF
! timism is based upon favorable condi
tions prevailing in the steel industry
and in agricultural although The
present high price level remains {
disturbing element,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
COTTON MARKET NERVOUS
And Further Sensational Break in
Prices Was Noted

New York, Aug. 5.-There was con
tinuance of yesterdays excited selling
in the cotton market today with Octo-
ber contracts selling off to $30S5 dur
ing the early trading. This made de-
cline of nearly 81 bale from the clos
ing prices Of yesterday and of approxi-
mately cents pound or $25 per bale
from the high level touched toward the
end OF last month. Rallies Of several
points followed but the market re-
mained extremely nervous.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
CONDUCTED MT. ANTHONY
HOTEL HERE YEARS AGO
Before Opening of Civil War,
Visitor in the Village

A. ]. Nutting, president of the A. j.
Nutting company of Brooklyn, who
left Bennington 55 years ago, was a
visitor in the village yesterday on his
return from an automobile trip through
the White Mountains. Although now
So years old he insists that he is 35
years young and both his physical act
ivity and his keenness of intellect tend
to prove that he is still several laps
ahead Of Old Father Time and going
strong.
While in Bennington Mr. Nutting
was the proprietor of the hotel that
occupied the present site of the Put
nam House. The hotel then known as
the Mount Anthony House was burned
while Mr.. Nutting was the proprietor
A party of Williams college students
was indirectly responsible for the des-
tructiCn of the hote. The college boys
had come to Bennington for a trout
supper at the hoteI. In order that the
boys might have more space for their
activities fire was built in Stove
in the billiard room. A defective fiue
originated a fire that burned down the
building.
From Bennington, Mr.. Nutting went
to Albany. Later he opened clothing
store in Rochester, N. Y, and he was
also in the same line of business in
Pittsburg, Pa, and Chicago In 1880
he opened the store in Brooklyn with
which he is now connected and which
is one of the largest clothing estab-
lishments in that city.
Mr.. Nutting's present home is in
Greenwich, Conn, and he motors to
and from his place CT business in
Brooklyn each day round-trip dis
tance Of 76 miles,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
RUMANIAN uLTlMATUM
It's Demands ExceeI Armistice
Provisions.

Paris, Aug. 6.-The Rumanians
have served an ultimatum ON the
Hungarian government, according to
messages reaching the peace confer
ence. The ultimatum makes demands
far in excess ofthe armistic provisions
and gives the Hungarian government
until eight tonight to comply. II is
feared in conference circles that Ru-
mania's action will result in the over
throw of the new Hungarian tDvern-
ment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
NE GRO HANGED
AF TER BEING IN
A GEORGIA JAIL
Had Been Taken from Train at
Cochran
HE CAME FROM CHICAGO
Told Negro Passengers He Came to
Help Georgia Nergoes Do What
Chicago Negroes Did

Cochran, Ca, Aug. 6.--An unidenti-
fled negro riding on railroad train,
arriving here yesterday, told the ne
gro passengers he had come from
Chicago with the intention of helping
the negroes of Georgia TO do what the
Chicago negroes did.
He was taken from the train and put
in the city Jail Later his body was
found hanging from tree.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
JULY BILLS MAKE HOLE
IN VILLAGE TREASURY
Long List Audited at Regular
Monthly Meeting of Trustees
Held Last Evening

Tho village trustees held their
regular monthly meeting last even
! ing. Village President MoTrissey
presided and Trustees North. Burt
Wills, Howard, Bergeron and Warner
were present Clerk Hogan and vii
lage Attorney Chase were also in
attendance.
A number of matters brought be-
fore the attention of the board were
discussed at length but there were
not many transactions
The resignation of Patrick Parrot
as special policeman waI laid before
ithe board and was referred to the
police committee TO. investigation.
A committed from the Father Ma
I. thew Temperance and Benevolen; So
ciety and also committee from tho
Black Cat association appeared be-
fore the board for permits to conduct
dances on Saturday evening, August
l16. AS the date falls on holiday
the board instructed the clerk to issue
licenses for dances on this particular
evening.
The new grade on Stafford street es-
tablished by NJ. ]. burlington was
accepted and ii was ordered that a
record OF the same be made.
The clerk was instructed to notify
the selectmen that the village is not
responsible for the upkeep of the cul-
yer; on Prospec; street.
The corporation attorney was IN
structed to cali the attention of the
berkshire Street Railway company to
the condition of its tracks on Main
street and to request that repairs
be made in accordance with the char
ter granted to the corporation by the
village.
Building permits were granted to
Edmond Lafamme for house on
Main street, to George Small for a
house on Main street and to Giles
Harbour for a house on Division
street. Permit No. | submitted by
George NJ Hawks for a cold storage
building in the rear of the Adams
property on North street was grant
ed. Request for permit No. 2 for a
building on the Major Brown lot was
laid on the table for further investi-
CATION by members of the board.
Chief of Police Hurley was instruc-
ed to enforce the regulations requir-
ing lights on vehicles of all kind at
night.
The fire committee was instructed
to secure team for the department
and to be used on the occasion of the
annual inspection and parade on the
forenoon August 16. The inspection
is to begin promptly at 3 o'oclock.
1t was voted that p. c. Cornell. j.
II. Norton, A. r. VonDette and Clar-
ence l.. Gardner be reimbursed for
sidewalks constructed in front of
their properties.
The clerk was instructed to draw
his orders, for the following bills:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
FORD ON VACATION
To Go Camping with Edison and John
Burroughs.

Albany, Aug. 4.-Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison and H. S. Fire,
stone and his son met John Bur
roughs here today They will leave
tomorrow for a vacation camping
trip through the Adirondack Noun
tains.
One of Mr.. Firestone's representa-.
tives was host at dinner at which
former Governor Glynn, Mayor Watt
and President Winchester of the
Chamber of Commerce were guests.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
GRIP WORSE THAN WAR
Italy ost 100000 ives During
Year of Epidemic, oll

Roce, Aug. according to statis-
tics published by the Secclo, Italy dur
ing 1918 had 100000 deaths caused
by grip. averaging 60 per cent. more
than the deaths caused by the whole
WI.
The same paper estimates the
deaths by grip throughout the world
were double the deaths caused by the
wa.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
BASEBALL RESULTS
Scores of Yesterdays Games and
Standing of Clubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE

St Louis at New York (Wet
grounds.)
Detroit 2, Washington /.
Boston 7, Cleveland 5.
Chicago at Philadelphia (Wet
grounds)
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
CARRIED OFF BIG BOOTY
Bella Kun Is Said to Have Had 5000,
100000 Crowns

London, Aug Bella Kun, the de-
posed Hungarian dictator, took 5000
000 900 crowns with him when he left
Hungary says Berne dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company. When
he reached Austrian territory it is de-
clared, this amount in crowns, which
had been confiscated, was found in his
baggage.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06

BAND CONCERT TONIGHT
Weekly Concert by Local Band vii
Be This Evening.

The following program will be rem
dered by the Bennington City band
this evening:
The Star Spangled Banner
March,
When the Boys Come Sailing Home
Sousa
election-The Red Widow Gebest
Marcia-Englesin Cese
Medley Overture-Remick's Hits
Lampe
Selection-Robert c. DiabIe Tobani
Waltz--The Land of Lullaby
Yellen
March, Welcome Home the 26th
Fred Therberge
America
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06

TO RENT--3 nice large furnished
rooms; electric lights, gas, bath and
all modern conveniences at t12 Pleas
ant street Inquire at the Cut Price
Market, 1t3 North St, Tel. 432M
68t6s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE-Sllghtly used cabinet
victrola. Terms cash Apply 223 North
street. 67t6s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
Standing of the clubs
NATIONAL LEAGUE

st. Louis 6, New York 2.
Cincinnati 7, Brooklyn 2.
Boston 3, Chicago 1.
Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 0.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06

FOR SALE--One go-cart, inquire of
Mrs Harry III. Warren, 119 Grandview
ST G7t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
Standing Of the Clubs
WEATHER

Partly cloudy showers and thunder
showers probably tonight and Thurs
day. Not much change in temper
ture,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06
CLOSE MoNTAuk AIR BASE
Navy Station Which Cost Millions
to be DismantIed.

Montauk Point, l.. l., Aug. A.
The Montauk Naval Air Station, con-
structed at a cost OF several million
dollars, was officially closed this af-
ternoon. The work of dismantling it
will start Immediately, according to
Lieutenant Babbitt. the Acting
Commander.
The Lieutenant sent the following
telegram to Secretary of the Navy
Daniels at Washington:
Camp closed at 500.
Lieutenant Babbitt
AS the Stars and Stripes were
hauled down for the last time the
men were lined up on the field at
Salute" The bugler blew TAPS" +"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06

LOST-A large size monkey wrnrch
on School or Main streets. Finder
Please notify Davenport's Bakery
este
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-06

TO RENT-Three unfurnished rooms
with modern improvements on Depot
street Inquire 231 Depot street.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28
THE GORED OXEN


There IS going to he little done IN
reapproachment between SocalIed la
Dor ana So-cailtu oapi'". ultea' W.
cease coi'eGLIL "''IIE Vil Jul o''' . OaT,
ana 40 iIIie So"leViiil'S ~ p eStI,'
Ihe 9'htI IciloW ) e"tIle l,o.,, a Je' tn
EofSu' "e'I'9iI''e99 Is U'Ie IIHeo " w.
Gay unieS', anu uI'eoy wv ; uG,;rI'"
Gtl!eSS inc HaIloiIai anu '''; ;, Me-
American conscience can DC li'P''s
nay" Wl'' " u'3' VI a,,, V,o'", -, boyo
IN the P"SL re" nto,.Ima We ,'";e
GO + o a ronrnsont;nr ali kinds If
h1yincs. nrnfassinns and labor, W.
Lovn had bnttJe-can manufacturers.
harIors scho@l taochnrs garment
,,,a,,,f, ct,,rors c,skot hIiIdaTs can
r r,,,'l, and r9iIroaJ mon scores Of
snaacbos bavn hann made and rount-
lasg re.oIntions have harn nassnd
Joni;,,a. ,,,itb lohn. unrost rThoro
have Lecn beautiful congratulations
and Understanding Christian senti-
ments expressed, but, boiled down, the
speeches and the resolutions have
meant lust this: The present condi-
ton of unrest is threatening the we'll
being of our oxen. What shall we do
to keep their hides intact?
Tho harkers ro;rt warning fin
cor at tbn ",,nreeeon,hIa" damands of
iahor how t5a worLorg arc menoring
tbo yo,,, stah;Iitv If tho countrv and
o o,,T +ber,sai%yes IN favo, Of anv 60.
luton at all, providing, of course, that
it does not interfere with the rates
of exchange, extra dividends or other
things necessary to the wel!-being of
the financial OK,
1oho. r,oo+iro. :, ,vilIiro, 70 hri,,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28
DECISION

l would not, if l could, grow great
And rob my children of their play;
| would not bid them stand and wait
For laughter till some other day;
| would not leave them here alone
To learn from strangers what is true,
The wealth of all the world to own,
The greatest deed on earth to do.
I would not build my fleeing fame
Upon nv children's bitter tears,
And leave them fatherless to claim
Great wealth in far-off distant years;
| would not spurn their pleas to know
The joys of childhood and be glad,
And let them unattended grow
For all the gold that could be had
If while romp with them in play
lose the crown that I might wear,
Or fortune passes down the way,
l shall not be a slave to care.
For better poverty and strife
And little fame when | am old,
Than to have coined their Joys of life
Into selfish sum of gold.
Edgar A. Guest.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28
G. o. +. FACING
STRENUOUS TRIALS
lBy A. T. Edmonston.)

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. "a
Highly elatcd over information from
St. Louis that the powerful Every
damp" G. 0. p. machine which controls
the destiny of the party there, is now
helpIcssly divided against itself on
whether United States Senator Sell
don p. Spencer should be renominat-
ed at the primary Of next August,
many of the Republican aqua pura
leaders out in the State have deter
mined to take full advantage Of the
compromise concession one faction Of
fers in exchange for support by in
sisting that the nominees for Gov
ernor Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
General and Supreme Court Judges
on the next ticket be men with pro-
hibition inclinations, tendencies, hab-
its and activities. In return for this
small political favor, it is stated by the
same authority, the "drys" will then
gracefully submit to the denomination
of State Auditor George f. Hackman
and other substantial men for Treas
urer and Secretary Of State, and make
no inquiries as to where they stand on
prohibition.
The polite suggestion Of negro Re-
publicans who announced at the Mo-
berly party pow-wow two weeks ago
that they were voicing the sentiment
of 10000 Ethiopian Missouri voters,
that their race be honored by nomi-
mating a colored man for either Lieu
tenant Governor or for State Audit
or, caused many Of their partisan
white brothers out in the hooks and
corners of the State, when the gloved
ultimatum spread that far, to throw
up their hands in racial horror and
determinedly proclaim in one voice,
impossible! the ideal nothing doing!"
More information which has reach
ed the State Capitol from remote por-
lions of Missouri where prohibition
are in overwhelming con-
troll, is that the fat has been issued
that the next gubernatorial nominee
must be either Representative S. f.
O'Fallon of Holt county, who was
Speaker of the last Republican House
the will of the controlling G.
o. p. dry majority, or State Senator
Howard Gray Of Carthage, Jasper
or Superintendent of Public
Schools Samuel A. Baker Of Jefferson
City, or some other high class party
man who is not in any manner affi-
lated with OF espoused by Republican
barley-corn disciples.
Those who claim to know assert the
repeated visits of Editor E. f. E. Nc
Jimsey of Springfield to st. Louis,
the stronghold of the barley-corn fore
es of the Republican party, in the last
two months, to gain the support of
the g. o. p. machine there for his can
didacy, and definite news from that
wet metropolis that half of the anti
prohibition leaders there had finally
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28
A NEWSPAPER SERMON

Out of the social and industrial I'M
rest we must not expect perfect days
to come so soon. We are not ready
for them. We could not stand them.
Think of life being perfect and happy
while we are suffering from so much
selfshness, i'll will, ovetreaching, dis
courtesy and dispute. 1t cannot be,
and yet we see the malignant oppo-
nents of happiness and justice fight
ing the removal Of the very conditions
that make the universal happiness i'm
possible. Whenever an ornIry, low
life, profane and blasphemous man
protests against his uncomfortable
fate he is the very one who maintains
that fate.
The other day we heard man ours
ing capital and wishing it was in hell.
Poor fool, he had not intellect enough
to know his own cursing made capital
less fair and unkindly. This world is
not run by resentment, but by kind
ness and justice, which are the same.
These moral conditions are just as
regnant in the conduct of society as
the natural conditions are in the phys
ical world.
1t is ignorance, selfishness and i'll
will that are keeping the world back
and preventing improvement along all
the levels Of life. The selfish man,
the prejudiced man, the cursing man,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28
Mark the one you want thus:
X in the little square.

1t is further ordered that the said
election shall be conducted and can
vasscd in the same manner as the vote
for county officers.
State of Missouri, County Of st. Fran
co.'s, SIS.
l, Marvin W. Crowder, Clerk of the
County Court within and for the
County and State aforesaid, do here
by certify the above and foregoing to
be true and correct copy from the
record of said court relating to the
matter of calling a special election
for the purpose of voting upon the
question of levying one mill tax on
the assessed property of st. Francois
County for the purposes therein
named.
In testimony whereof, | have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court at my office in Farm
ington, Mo-, this 10th day
(SEAL) day of November, 1919.
MARVIN w. CROWDER,
Clerk Of the County Court.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28

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