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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-02
HESSIAN FLY CAUSES 100000
LOSS TO ILLINOIS FARMERS

DECATUR, Ill.-Macon county
farmers will lose $1,OOO,0OO on the
1920 crop of wheat through the Hes
sian fly damage. Of the 100000 acres
the damage to fields is from five to
one hundred per cent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-02

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all 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
1t incurable. Catarrh is a local disease,
greatly influenced. by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-02
FLU EPIDEMIC RETURNS.

MADRID, Spain.-Influenza is cpl
demic again at Linares, about fifty
miles northeast of Granada, dispatch
es stating that there are at present
more than two thousand ill from the
disease in the city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-02
Popular for its Convenience

The house is shipped F. o. p. Charleston complete with oil
essary material except brick work Sic "iu all nee
Gift soft There two large bed rooms one 9 T M
and lift. 9-ft spacious living room of 2it
kitchen, 15ft eft, closets and attractive front n0
eft The construction is largely North Caroir p M
wood Universal" thoroughly kiln dried Excein Ie a
ceiling Walls built in panels OF siding lined heavy s
with green red finish ExceIenv doors onG San
necessary nails and hardware furnished House como ALL
terror walls stained any of l'S WIN Ell
number of standard colors, or
painted with heavy coat of
printing paint. Exterior trim ~
inside finish painted with one N
heavy of printing paint. + IN
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-02
AnAMuchDpHolls

At all times the artistic dwelling
is in demand, whether large or small,
expensive or inexpensive. An at
tractive, inexpensive house, however,
is an exception. QUICKBILT Bunga-
lows combine beauty and economy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-02
WRITE TODAY

for further Information and copy our attractive tn
book, "QUlCKBiLT Bungalows No C-SS It will evT ILLUSTRATED
No 43 and many other attractive QUICKBILT al aa
FREE for the asking. Merely fill the cOupon beo
Better STILL if Bungalow No peases you tel NC ana mail
sired and instruct to ship Immediately " 10 'ne color de-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-02
A Safe, Profitable InUest,,,o,,,-.'

One of the best investments obtainable is .h
serviceabe, rentable house. That is if the @ attractive
is not too great difficult lower the cost wbon me house
enng the house is possible however with the Ssap
Bungalow No. 43, for it is built for Just that eoCkB
and lot costing 81 10000 and renting an ayera ho
repairs etc, will reduce it about 6 ner @ INSURANCE
make better investments The incomes from ~ Can YOU
QUICKBlLT Bungalow at this time of high rents attractive
demand for houses. will make it proaabJe u Universal
Build On Your UndeveIoped Lot 'u
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
COVE EMINENT IS
AGAIN IN CONT ROL
on
:: .S;:::::;:5|0N's FOOD
President Wilson Gives Author.
ity to Attorney General
TO AVERT SUGAR FAMINE
Action Is Planned to Curtail Con
sumption Of Sugar by
Manufacturers

Washington, Nov 21.-President
Wilson today in a proclamation placed
the Government again in control OF the
nations food, supply by transferring
the authority of the Food Administra-
tor to Attorney General Palmer.
The revival of the wartime func-
tions of Administrator Hoover result
ed directly from the Governments
efforts to avert a famine in sugar.
but the powers delegated to the head
of the Department of Justice will be
used also to help put down the ever
mounting cost of living.
For the present the Attorney Gen
eral will not put into operation all
he machinery permitted under the
executive order signed by the Presi-
dent, but should conditions arise tc
make it necessary the full pressure
o fall the broad power vested in him
will be eXerted to meet him.
Mr. Palmer's staff will begin imme-
diately to build up Notwithstanding
system which will allocate all sugar
stocks in the country II will provide
an equitable system of distributing sup
plies and will defeat any concentra-
tion or boarding, officials said
Plans tentatively decided on provide
for increasing the price of sugar eX
cepting the Louisiana crop, for which
price of II cents already has been
fixed, to II cents a pound wholesale
Through this increase, new sources
of supply are expected to be opened
With assurances that fair margin
of profit, said to be about $154 hun
dred pounds, would be allowed, sugar
rcfiners are ready to enter the Cuban
markets and purchase all available
stocks, 1t VISA stated. Thus officials
believe the increased price will avert
a shortage which threatens to becc ME
famine during the next sixty days.
Immediate action also Is contemplat.
ed in curtailing the consumption of
sugar by manufacturers whose pro.
ducts are not regarded as essential
food. This will apply particularly to
soft drink dealers and candy manu-.
facturers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
LODGE REFUSES
ANY COMPROMISE
ON PEACE TREATY
Willing to Go into Campaign on
Reservations Issue
DEMOCRATS WEAKENING
Evidence of Disintegeration of Ad-
ministration Forces Is Quite
Apparent

Washington, Nov 21.-Defying the
! Administration, declaring that further
compromise of treaty proposal is I'M
possible and insisting that he is will
ing and anxious to go into the National
campaign on the Senate reservations
to the German treaty, Senator Lodge
I (Mass) issued today his first formal
statement since the conclusion Of the
extra session OF Congress.
1t was ringing announcement Of
his position. Ii the peace treaty ever
is ratified it will be on the basis of
the reservations to which the Senate
already has voted its allegiance. Sen
ator Lodge as Republican leader is
ready to take that issue to the people
and to make local in every home
and every precinct in The land
Senator Lodges observations had
been awaited with supreme interest on
both sides of the party aisle because
it was anticipated they would indicate
whether the treaty was TO be the sub
iect of compromise or must be re-
garded as dead. The doubt was clear
ed away when his statment became
public The Administration must ac-
cept the document with the reserya-
tions or leave it.
While Senator Hitchcock (Neb)
the Democratic leader, was still talk
ing about the possibility of compro-
mise and insisting that the next effort
would be to align the national opinion
in favor Of such a determination Sen
ator Lodge announced that compro-
mise was impossible Disintegration
of the Administration forces was ap-
parent today. Senator Hitchcock in
sisted that all forces now would array
themselves in favor Of compromise,
but Senator Lodge said there could
be no such thing
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
MISSES WHITE IN PLAY
North Bennington Girls in Produc-
tion at Mount Holyoke CoIIeue

North Bennington Girls in Produc.
tion at Mount Holyoke College
Miss Marion h.. White and Miss
Marjorie L. White daughters of Mr..
and Mrs. II. c. White of North Ben
nington and students at Mount Hol-
yoke College, South Hadley, Mass,
were among those to take prominent
parts in a play at the college Friday
evening.
The senior class of Mount Holyoke
presented an orgional spectacular
production, Popo, which aimed to
give an accuarte picture of ancient
Egypt under the Pharaohs, true to
fact and period, based on careful re-
search Miss Marion White played
the part of an attendant at the court
of Pharaoh, and her sister, Miss Mar
iorie White was one of the profile
dancers, the movements being copied
from old Egyptian friezes.
The play was an experiment to as
certain ii something not primarily
written to be funny could get
across" with a college audience. Every
member had share in it, if not in
the music, dancing, or acting, on one
of the committees. The idea of the
production was that it was just as
difficult in ancient Egypt as It is TO.
lay ~ turn from stupid Converter
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
BENNINGTON AMERICAN
LEGION is ORGANIZED
Permanent Officers Elected and Con-
.stitution Adopted at Meeting
Thursday Evening

Bennington pest of the American
Legion has completed it's permanent
organization with a membership OF
2O4 and is apparently in excellent
shape to carry out the purposes of the
society.
Over a hundred of the members
me. at G. A r, hall Thursday evening
with the first post commander, F. Hay
iland Sibley, in the chair and elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year:
Post commander, C. Roy Deniey
Vice-commander, F. H Sibley
Post adjutant, Robert Stewart
Treasurer, Harry G. Remington
Executive committee, Fred N. Aus
tin, DR.. j. D. Lane, Maurice Wall
Joesph T. Yachon, John T. Clark, Ray
mond Hart, Edgar Ratell, William
Beecher, Warren Moore, John Toomey
Robert Cummings and the officers.
A constitution and bylaws present.
ed by a committee appointed for that
purpose were presented and adopted
with slight amendments.
The new post has already been re.
cipient of two gifts from Albert NJ.
Downs, a case of medals and a case
of civil war relics.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT
Diamonds Defeated the Davy Tree
Team at Gym

A good crowd witnessed the bas-
ketball game last evening at the Y.
NJ. c. A. gymnasium when the Diamonds
beat the Davey Tree team by a close
margin of 40 TO SO. The Diamonds
took the lead by virtue of their bet
ter team work and rolled up 20 points
in the first half against 12 by their
opponents
The Davey team came back in the
second half and by sheen feree and
good shooting piled up 21 points
against the Diamonds Is in this per-
iod. Some sharp scrinmages We're
seen in the second half when both
teams were going ION high and the
referee had his hands full to keep
the game from .deyelcping, into a
football match, The lineup is as fol-
lows
Diamonds Davy institute
X Levin, II. Petty. IT.
Noon, If. Tear. If.
Barrett, c. Holtz.
Chlids, rg. Alexander, rg.
r. Elwell, lg. Brady. liz
Field Goals-R, Levin IL; Petty 10;
Tear 4 Noon 3; r. Elwell 2; Bar
rett, Childs and Holtz 1.
Foul goals-Levin 3; Tear 3.
Time--20 minute halves. Score
Diamonds 40, Opponents 80. Referee.
Metcalf. Scorer, MacLaren. Timer
Peart.
The preliminary game was played
by teams representing the Junior
gymnasium class and the Employed
boys gymnasium class Tho latter
team won by the score OF 7-2. The win
ners were Harold Levin. Jake Serlin.
.Etrnest Hall, Frank Stein and Sam
Levin. The losers were: Theodore
Cock, Clarence Walker, Leo Fay.
Arthur Hall and Richard Hall Ref
cree, Willard Sumner and Herbert
Elwell
Following the basketball games.
sparring match was staged by Spider
Kelley, fly weight champion of the A.
e F and Frank Lansing, heavyweight
champion of the Evening Banner COM
posing room
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
APPLE EXHIBIT PRIZES
Bennington County Fares Well in
State Competition

Rutland, Nov. 21.-Prizes for the
fruit exhibit at the Vermont State
Horticultural show were awarded
yesterday, the judging being done by
Prof f. C. Sears Besides the regular
prizes offered by the horticultural So
ciety there were special prizes of $50
offered by Gov p. w. Clement and $50
by the Rutland Business Mems AS
sociation.
OF the prizes offered by Gov. Glenn
ent for the best five boxes of apples,
E. Fl. West of Dorset received $40 for
the best sweepstake box and $40 each
for the best boxes of Northern Spy
and Fameuse, c. l. Witherell of Mid
dlebury received $40, for the best box
of Delicious and The Orchards of
Bennington $40 for box Of Grimes
Golden apples. A. o. Ferguson Of Bur
lington was awarded second prize Tor
Delicious. C. l.. Witherell OF Middle
bury received first on Delicious and
second on Baldwins, first on Spitzen-
burgs and first on Winter Banana.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
Sc TLEMENT IN
COAL STRIKE NOW
SEEMS FAR AWAY
Yesterdays Promise of Com
promise Falls Through
SECRETARY WILSON ERRs
His Proposal Of Big Wage increase
Has Only Served to Widen
Breach Between the Groups

Washington, Nov. 22.--The bitumin
GUS coal operators in the central com
petitive field declared today that sec
retary Wilson's proposal to the joint
wage-sale, committee had. only served
to widen the breach between the op
orators and miners.
1t is understood that Secretary vii
son proposed an increase ofi27 IL
cents ton for coal diggers and
$1.5S per day for laborers. Some
operators said this was wholly unsat.
isfactory to them.
Acting president Lewis of the mine
workers would not discuss Wilson'S
proposal.
Last night there seemed reason to
think that compromise was near
but the morning agreement locked
impossible unless the miners will
greatly modify their demands.
The operators are willing to con.
cede a little wage increase and an
Improvement of mining conditions.
The miners demand big wage in
crease and shorter hours. The opera.
tors also want some way to enforce
an agreement once entered into. The
miners object to tying themselves up
beyond short period.
The operators yesterday submitted
three new proposals.:
First. That the President be asked
to appoint an arbitration board to
settle all questions at issue.
Second. That the operators and
miners each appoint four men to CON
stitute a settlement board, with a
ninth member selelted-hX- the eight.
Third. That the miners. operators
and the President each appoint three
members to board to settle all ques-
tionc.
These proposals were all rejected
by the miners.
The operators then offered to with
draw the clause in their original pro-
posal which would make the Interla-
tional union and the International Of
ficers responsible for the keeping of
all contracts and agreements and the
clause providing that the miners pay
for all working supplies at cost Such
supplies are now sold, it is said, at
less than cost. This proposition was
rejected.
The miners offered a proposal for
40 per cent. wage increase, va seven
hour day and Saturday half holiday
and the reference the district commit.
tees of all other points of contro-
yersy.
This proposition was rejected by
the operators.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
FARM GROWTH DURING WAR
Acreage Increased 10 Per Cent and
Value of Crops t20 Per Cent.

Value of Crops t2o Per Cent.
New York, Nov. 2O.-The farmers
of the United States increased their
acreage about 10 per cent during the
war period and received an increase
of approximately 12O per cent for
their output. These figures, the re-
suit of compilation by the National
City bank of New York, are based
upon the official records of the de.
partment of agriculture, Showing the
acreage and farm value on Dec. of
the 10 principal crops of the United
States, wheat, corn, oats, barley. rye,
rice, potatoes, tobacco, hay and cot
ton, grown in theton, grown in the
United States in the calendar years
1914 and 1918. The area devoted to
these 10 principal crops in 1914 was.
according to the banks compilation,
297 100000 acres and in 1918, 326,000.-
600, an increase of approximately 10
per cent, and the farm value of the
10 crops on Dec /, 1914, S4,933 900 =
1000, and on Dec. /, 1918, S10,934 ,000,-
600, an increase of about 121 per
cent. OF all farm products, the de-
partment of agriculture puts the
vale based on prices at the farm"
at 1886 100000 in 1914, and $21,3S6,
100000 in 1918, an increase of ap-
proximately 115 per cent. The in.
crease in value of animals and ami
NAL products is about 80 per cent
and of all crops 1872 per cent increase
comparing 1918 with 1914.
The quantities of the chief crops
turned out showed a much less in
crease than that of the acreage culti
waited, The area devoted to wheat
grew from 53,54100O acres in 1914 to
59,110,000 in 1918, but the crop only
increased from S91,000OOO bushels in
1914 to 9l7,000,000 in 1918. The corn
area was 103, ,435, 900 acres in 1914 and
107, ,494 900 in 1918, but the crop fell
from 2,673,000,000 bushels in 1914 to
1888 100000 in 1918 though the crop
Of 1917 made the highest record in
the history of that crop, S,065 100000
bushels. The farm value of the wheat
crop, however, grew from $S7S, $3.50, 900
in 1914 to 1S74,623,0 900 in 1918, that
of corn from $1,722,QO0, 600 in 1914 to
S3,528, 100000 in 1918 The farm
NdluS vi DSC' l VI WHedJ Is SJdltu ny
the department of agriculture at 9S.6
cents per bushel in 1914 and S204 per
bushel in 1918; that of corn at 64.4
cents in 1914 and $1.96 per bushel in
1918.
Cotton shows a decline in both
acreage and production but marked
increase in value of the crop. The
1914 crop shows 36,S32,OOO acres and
16,195,O0O bales with a farm value on
Dec. 1 of but $549,, ,O36,OO0. The 1918
crop shows 35,S9OOOO acres and only
11,7OO,O00 bales but with farm value
on Dec. / of $1,616,2O7 600. The farm
value on Dec. l, as given by the de-
partment of agriculture figures, was
in 1914 but 6.8 cents per pound aud
y I9IC W. -7.G oo1ty pSs ySU1d.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
CAVALRYMEN IN TOWN
TO ENLIST RECRUITS
Two Ssraesnts Will sHave .Headquart-
ers at Postoffice for Several

An army recruiting party of two
men. Sergt Edward Mylor and Sergt.
Ray GAIN both of the Third Cavalry,
arrived in Bennington yesterday after
noon. They have established re-
cruiting office at the Post Office and
will probably remain here until Nov.
ember, 2S. The object of this party
is to secure recruits for the Third
Cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen, but men
will be accepted for all other branch
es OF the service. and for service in
France, Germany, Siberia, Alaska,
and everywhere.
The most encouraging recruiting
news of late is embodied in Circular
No. 440 in which Congress sets aside
an appropriation of S2000,000 for vo-
cational training during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1920 One-half
of this appropriation has been allot-
ted by the secretary of war as de-
scribed in this circular.
Educational and vocational instruc-
ton combined with army training,
will mean much, not only to the re-
cruiting service, but to the up-build-
mess of the service. national bene
fit will be derived by returning our
soldiers to civilian life better fitted to
enter industrial or commercial pur-
suits.
Arrangements are now being made
to transfer from the surplus equip
ment of the army to each divisional
camp. each territorial department and
each training center of the line, such
tools, apparatus. machinery, and sup
plies as may be needed and available
for training purposes. a large num-
Der OF text books. lately used in
France In the A. r. F. schools, have
been ordered returned to this country
and upon arrival will be distributed.
Lists of text books required in
teaching various vocations are also
being prepared. A complete reference
library viii be provided by the Amer.
lean Library Association for each di-
visional camp and possibly at other
centers as well.
Courses in educational and voca-
tional training will be co-ordinated.
Each man taking vocational training
should be encouraged to take also a
related educational course. and
should be helped to make a proper
choice. The development of suitable
courses tending toward raising the
general etl4cdtion of the soldier will
be given special attention. Each
man who successfully completes
course will be give certificate by
the local commanding officer or
school officer.
The standards adopted will be such
that a discharged soldier, character
excellent, with war department
certificate showing that he has quail
fed, for instance, as carpenter,
will need. when seeking civil employ
ment as carpenter. no further proof
either of character or of proficiency
war department certificates
showing that he has qualified in edu-
cational subjects will, it is expected,
be accepted by civilian educational
as evidence of proficiency
in such subjects.
II is intended that eventually the
greater part, if not all of the instruc-
tors needed throughout the service
will be graduates of the special
courses given at selected divisional
training centers of the line
and schools and shops of the techni-
cal service.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
WATER AT So A QUART
Laugh Is On Burlington Men Who
BOUGHT Il in Bottles.

| Burlington, Nov 2O.-Along with
all other commodities, water has TAX
en- a rise in price and some individu.
ais have been known to pay as high
as So quart of it within the last
days and therein lies a tale.
! Since the country went on Sa-
hara diet last July there have been
many who have longed for a chance
to turn their cellars into an oasis,
where weary travellers might perhaps
receive a bit Of liquor refreshments.
To this end there have been many
pigrimages to the Canadian line and
the articles brought back had Cana.
din bond on the neck that fully pro-
tected the stopple Others were not
so fortunate and they have met along
the byways an individual sometimes
called "bootlegger" and stray
quart or sc. of the popular Canadian
club brand has come into their pos
session. Within the past few weeks
several prominent men have been in
terviewed by a person who carried
we'll concealed bottle with long
neck, said neck being amply protect
ed from the inclement weather by a
government bond stamp, which show
ed no trace of having been mutlated
The price for one of these bottles
and its contents was IS. Many fell.
The result when the bottles were
opened was hard to describe for they
found that they had bought quart Of
rather poor quality water
When they realized that instead of
the bonded vhiskey they had been
led to believe was contained in the
bottle, they had purchased nothing
hut water, their wrath and dsap-
pointment was unlimited, ditto their
self control. Here was a situation
that could not be publicly exposed
To be disappointed in this time of
drought was bad enough, according
to some of the victims but to have
to bottle up the fraud and not men
tion it even TO their best friends was
still worse.
The secret of the fraud is simple.
BY placing a red hot wire upon the
bottom of the bottle circle was cut
from the glass, the whiskey removed
and water substituted. The piece of
glass was then replaced and by some
process water glass was forced in and
smoothed over so that unless closely
observed it would not be noticeable.
The bottle of water was then added
to quantity of other bottles, the ven
der came to Burlington from out of
the state or country, as the case
might be, invited some customers to
have a drink of Canadian club whis-
key, which he had with him, and af-
ter sampling it he had agreed to sell
them several bottles at SS apiece
The bargain was made, the yender de-
parted with his money and the custo-
mer took his bottles of water home
where, after sampling them. he turn
ed the contents into the sink and said
nothing.
That is, the most of them said moth
ing, but it was too good for one or
two to keep under their hat and to@-@
there is a bottle on exhibition in one
of the public buildings of the city
nroof Of the guilibility Of some men
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