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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-21
EsTEy's DIVIDE SAVINGS
Employees Since Jan. I, on Proflt.shar
Ing Basis &

Brattleboro, Jan. 21.--ln order to
encounter greater output and secure
a more hearty co-6epration from It's
employees, the Estey Organ Co. OF Brat.
tleboro has submitted proposition to
them on the basis of dividing with
them $3.50 the savings which can be
made en- overhead expenses incident to
the manufacture of pipe and reed. or
gans.
In other words, after each month
from Jan. /, 1920. the company will
compute the average saving in over.
head expense per instrument through
increased output and one half of this
saving will be divided among the en-
p Dyes in addition to their regular
pay, each employees share being based
on the amount regularly paid to such
emrioye.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-21
soeia, l.tlaustse N China.

THE Chinese send three invitations
guests. The iirsr is dispatched two
lays before the feast The second on
he day Itself, to remind those they
expect Of their engagement; and the
third just before the horr has struck.
so as to show how impatient they ere
10 see their friends.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-21
Tribute TO the Pres,

MILLIONS have no literature lat the
press ltpts parents, school. pupil, thea.
Ter, example, counselor, all In one
Let me make the newspapers and I
care not who makes the religion or the
iaws.--Wendell Phillips.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-21
hasr,t Eonied tIaIen.

20 her could nor inl-e IIelan with
= wh'l she went downtown ;nd was
v'ns 10 sin away without he know
r~ It, 50 father called Helen o come
y him when she said. Il has 10 watch
'lrvvel. cause she's tryin' 70 run'd
lv-Ny."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
SAYS RUSSIANS MENACE
THE FRUITS OF VICTORY
Premier Lloyd George Tells the House
of Commons Reds Must
Be Halted

London. July 22.-Premier Lloyd
mons, said the soviet answer to the
allies regarding peace with Poland
was incOherent, ambiguous and prop
uganda largely intended for home con-
sumption. So far as he could under
stand, however the soviet indicated it's
willingness to negotiate direct with
Poland
The soviet government, the premier
declared, also wanted to give Poland
better boundaries than those named
by the allies. Mr.. Lloyd George said
there were phases In the soviet mes
sage indicating the bolsheviki only
were prepared to discuss the matter
with a proletariat government. He
declared the soviet government had
no right to dictate to Poland what sort
Of government the Poles should have.
The premier asserted that an indie
pendent Poland was essential to the
whole fabric Of peace, and the allies
were resolved that they must arrest
the destruction of Poland and the
march of bolshevik armies through
Polish territory. If the bolsheviki
overran Poland they would be up
against the German frontier, and Mr..
Lloyd George said this would furnish
Germany great temptation with her
millions Of trained men.
It would be a cheap way, according
to the premier, for Germany to get out
Of her obligations. II only ask the
members to think whether it might
not have the effect Of depriving the
allies Of the fruits Of their dearly
bought victory" Mr.. Lloyd George
added.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
VANDERBILT FUNERAL HELD
Notables and Diplomats Attend SerV-
ices in the American Church
at Paris.

Paris, July 27.-The funeral serv-
ices for the late William Nissan Van
tlerhilt, who died here on Thursday
last. were held in the American church
of the Holy Trinity. The Episcopal
service was read by Rev. Frederick
w. Beekman. rector of the church, as
sisted by Rev. Stanley Blunt. pastor OF
the church, attended by members OF
the British embassy. a.
After the services, which We're at.
tended by all the employees of the
Vanderbilt racing stables, as we'll as
the American and British ambassadors
and French and American notables
particularly representatives of all the
French racing societies, the body was
carried to the mOrtuary chapel be
meath the church. The body will re
main in the chapel until it is sent tC
the United States. r..
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
AND LYRICSe
BY GERTRUDE BURNHAM.

(Gl l920 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Come down to Kew in lilac time, in
lilac time,
1t isn't far from London"
The lifting refrain persisted in the
mind Of a girl who stood irresolutely
upon the London pavement one spring
morning, when even that dingy city
was being afforded a glimpse of blue
sky. At the corner barrel organ was
grinding out it's tunes to appreciative
groups of dancing children.
Well why not go down to Kew? It
really wasn't "far from London" and
now that the war was over she would
soon leave England for America and
the opportunity would be gone. With
sudden decision she hailed a passing
bus and started on the journey to Kew
with the haunting refrain still in her
mind.
Lilacs, white and purple, how lovingly
they clustered about the little New
England home.
Her eyes clouded with a sudden
mist. She saw again two figures
standing by the bushes, 1.-the, sturdy
lad in khaki, and a girl in lilac
frock who raised shy. adoring eyes
to meet his. The heavy odors of the
white and purple glory with which
he had heaped her arms filled the air
during those last sacred moments be-
fore his departure for France. There
were caresses and promises, but few
tears, for the girl was one Of race
who unfiinchingly sent their best to
fight for liberty under the banners of
the United States, and the man would
have scorned to show emotion.
After his departure she had written
him again and again. At first the re-
plies were received as regularly as
could be expected then had come 81
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29

lence, unbrOken silence. All attempts
to locate him had been in vain and
the corroding agony of suspense grew
upon her No one had heard and his
name appeared on no prisoner or cas-
ualty list.
Finally she had volunteered as a
Red Cross nurse for foreign service,
and there found partial surcease from
personal sorrow. Now her work was
over and she was going home. Going
home, to what?
With start she came to herself.
The bus had reached Kensington, and
Kew Gardens lay before her. She
alighted and walked slowly along. The
birds were singing and their sweet
notes were all that broke the, silence.
The peace of it stole over her and she
sank down on bench, half-hidden
among the lilac bushes, and gave her
self up to bitter-sweet memories.
A man wearing the silver bars of
first lieutenant in the service OF the
United States stood beside London
bookstall, Idly turning the leaves of
a book of POEMS His eyes caught
the following lines:
"Come down to Kew in lilac time, in
lilac time,
It isn't far from London"
He read absorbedly to the end of
the poem, then re-read it. Turning
with sudden decision he asked the
bookseller how he could reach Kew.
The bookseller gave him the necessary
directions and advised him to go by
all means to see the famed beauty OF
the gardens.
The young man thanked him and
purchased the book Of poems. The
next bus that rumbled along toward
Kensington found him on it's top, i'm
mersed in deep thought. His mind
was far away in a little New England
village which he had not seen for
over a year. There stood farm house
with clustering white and lavender IL
lac bushes, and beside them a girl in
a frock to match, her laughing face
bent over the lovely blooms
He swung off the bus at Kew and
strolled down the winding paths, en-
joyings the rustic solitude to the ut
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
PL ANES IN ERIN BOMB BRITISH
Mysterious Aircraft She'll Troops En-
camped on the West Coast
of ireland.

London, July 26.-Bombs from sew
eral mysterious airplanes were hailed
upon British troops encamped on the
west coast Of Ireland in the last few
days, according to news just received
here. The theory is that the planes
came from England, but they were
manned by Sim Feiners wearing Eng
lish uniforms, it is said. The planes
carried British army colors The news
created CONSERVATION in government
quarters. An embargo was Immediate
ly ordered on the sale of all airplanes
to Ireland.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
TO RUN ON "DRY" PLATFORM
Prohibitionists Name Aaron S. Watkins
as Their Candidate for Office of
Chief Executive.

Lincoln. Neb., July 24.-Ohio got it's
third presidential candidate for the
1920 campaign when the Prohibition
national convention nominated Aaron
s. Watkins, Germantown, O., after
learning from William ]. Bryan that
he would not accept the nomination
voted him.
Mr.. Watkins is a professor of liter
allure in Germantown Military acad-
envy. He was at one time a professor
in Ada college, Ohio, and vice presi-
Dental candidate on the Prohibition
ticket in 1908 and 1912.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
POLES ASK U. S. MORAL AID
Sound State Department at Washing
81 ton as to the Attitude of
81 :. America.

d washington, Jury 24.-Poland has
asked the state department to for
nially announce to the world that the
nation has 1.-THE moral support" Of the
United States in its battle with the
Russian bolsheviki.~ :
THE suggestion also was made that
a similar expression from President
Wilson would be welcomed, and would
dc lmuch to stiffen the morale Of the
Polish people.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
RUTH HITS 35 HOME RUNS
Great SIugger Slams the Ball In.
to RICH Field Stand at New
Work

New York, July babe Ruth
of the Yankees cracked out his thir-
ty-fifth home run of the 1920 season
and broke the. worlds record again.
He hit the ball in the lower part of
the right field stand and it was an
important factor in the victory of the
Yankees over the Red Sox. a.H
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29

most. He turned q corner and came
upon the lilacs filling the air with
magic sweetness This was familiar
this was home, and all that was need
ed to complete the picture was the
girl, looking up at him with the love
light shining in the depths of her eyes.
Still held by the enchantment Of his
dream he turned and saw girl sit
ting on one of the garden benches
with bowed head. AS he looked she
raised her head and he saw her face.
As recognition came he swiftly
stretched out his arms and she flew
to them like homing bird, too happy
to be surprised. SO swiftly had the
dreams of both become reality that
there was no consciousness of abrupt
transition.
One hour later squirrel skipped
out from behind the bushes and cooked
his head to one side. He was watch
ing this couple who were so close to-
gether on the park bench, so quiet,
save for the low murmur of voices and
soft laughter.
The man had explained the long 81
lence in way which increased the
girls love and trust He had been On
q secret service mission Of great dan
ger, which had made it impossible for
aim to communicate with anyone. He
had since been promoted and cited for
bravery.
Then came the story of their APP
pearance in the garden, and he I'M
wrapped the book of poems. Two
heads came close together and the
listening squirrel heard words which
sounded strangely like this:
"Come down to Kew in lilac time, in
lilac time,
It isn't far from London"
And the man, the girl, and the squir-
rel all agreed with the poet that 1t
was 2n excellent thing TO do.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
TEN DIE; lOO HURT
IN BELFAST RIOTS
Sim Fein-UnioniSt Battles Rage
in the Streets.
TROOPS USE MACHINE GUNS
Whole Sections of the Irish City in
Hands of observation-disclosures of
Feeling Seems to Be on
the increase

Belfast, July 24.-Soldiers found it
necessary to use machine guns against
rioters in fighting throughout the city.
In the Falls road district the Sim
Feiners were sniping soldiers and pO-
lice from roofs and windows Of houses.
The troops returned the fire. 1t is
stated that the wounded persons in
the nights fighting total more than
100. Thirty arrests were made.
Three uniOnists were shot dead by
Sim Fein snipers and another mans
head was blown off. A man helping
to carry the body Of one Of the dead
men into a house was slain. Ten per-
sons have been killed in the rioting.
Shooting was renewed during the
morning in the Kashmir street area,
where bitter fighting occurred Thurs
day night in clashes between uniOnists
and Sim Feiners, with military inter
ventiOn. Early in the renewal Of the
hOstliitieS in this district one man was
reported wounded by a shot that
passed through the window Of his
home.
Barb Wire In Front of Shops.
TIE disorders which started We'd
nesday, after some Sim Fein workers
in a shipyard were attacked, We're re-
newed at frequent intervals. Through
out the afternoon the military was en-
gagged on Falls road in erecting barsed
wire entanglements across the fronts
of shops wrecked in Wednesday
nights disturbances and posting large
detachmentS Of troops at certain dan
ger spots.
Soldiers with fixed bayonets pa
trOlled the disturbed streets and
many demonstrations which might
have led to serious results were thus
interrupted. Looting and smashing Of
windows prevailed, spirit, groceries,
and licensed premises being especially
singled out.
There was serious riOting at Balm
bridge, the home of Colonel Smyth,
who was assassinated a few days ago.
The offices of a news agency were set
afiYe and a destroyed, petrol being OBJ
tanned for this purpose from passing
automobiles.
A majority of the employees of the
cambridge factories have demand
ed the expulsion of the Sim Fem
workers, the management in each case
being obliged to close down the work.
An Irish volunteer named Seamus
Cogans was shot through the head and
two other soldiers were dangerously
wounded when the motorcar in which
they were speeding past military cy-
cling party was fired on by the sol
diers. The cycling party was proceed
ing along the road when the autOmO-
bile approached at a fast pace. Dis
regarding demands to halt, a fusilade
was directed at the car. The motor
ing party returned the fire, but con-
tinued to dash on.
Turning a bend in the road, after
pursuing the automobile, the cyclists
found it deserted, with the wounded
men lying nearby. 1t developed later
that the occupants of the car included
q party of Sim Fein police in charge
Of a prisoner.
Police Sergeant Shot by Mob.
Ballina, July 24.-Police Sergeant
Armstrong was shot dead and Consta
BILE Regain seriously wounded during
nm exchange of shots with a masked
mob.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
Jonas Under Arrest.

. New York, July 26.-Ruppert D. 10
mas, 80, white minister to nigroes and
sought as one of the leaders in the
s"Abyssinisn riots in Chicago, June 90
in which Joseph Holt and Robert Law.
son Rose were killed, has been arrest
ed here.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
JUAREZ is POPULAR RESORT
Four Hundred and Eighteen Thousanc
Travel to Wet Mexico From
Dry U. S.

Ell Paso, Tex, July 26.-During the
fiscal year ending July L, 1920, AS, 735
persons crossed into Mexico as tour.
lists 5" @"s
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
Woman Kills Neighbor.

St. Louis, July 27.-Frank smroka
43 years old, was shot and instantly
killed here by Mrs Ids Shea, "A, while
engaged in a fight with. Mrs. Shea's
husband; George B. Shea. A neigh
borhood quarrel caused the trouble.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29

Gen. Jacinto B. TrevinO, Mexican
secretary of industry, commerce and
labor, declares the petroleum question
in Mexico will be settled forever" at
a conference of oil men and repre-
sentatiyes of the government. He adds
that the government will not change
the constitutional law or deviate from
CarranZa.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-29
The Black-cap.

The black-cap, one Of the songsters
Of England, sings sweet, full, clear
but short strain, and expresses great
variety of tones, surpassed only by
the nightingale. Black-caps are most
frequently found In orchards and
gardens.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-27
LETSCET ON With
SSUES---HOOVER
Disapproved BY Penrose,
Bryan And Hearst,
He Says

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Senator
Penrose having established that Her.
bert Hoover is not a Republican and
William J. Bryan having read him
out of the Democratic party, the way
is now clear to "get on with the is
Sues" before the country, Herbert
Hoover declared in a statement.
"We are making decided progress
toward the determination of the at
titude of the great political parties
on the solutions Of the great business
and social issues for the next cleo
tion," said Mr.. Hoover. For in
stance, Mr.. Penrose has declared /
am not his kind Of Republican. Mr..
Bryan has declared | am not his kind
of a Democrat. Mr.. Hearst has de-
clared l have not his variety of pa
triotism | at once agree with thes
gentlemen.
Having now disposed of this mo-
mentous matter let US get on with
the issues-our methods at taxation
for instance"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-27
HAPPENINGS
OF PLAINS.

PLAINS, Feb. 27.-Mr. and Mrs.
K. Shelton, Steve Shelton and Mr..
O'Reil, of Chattanooga, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Stewart this
week.
Mrs. NJ. L. Sutherlin received the
sad news of the death of her niece,
Mrs. Roland Bower, of Bainbridge, as
a result of "Au."
A letter from Miss Pearl Langford,
of Plains school, states that her father
is but little improved and that she
will be away indefinitely.
The Barbecue and Bird club gave
a bird supper Wednesday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Matthews. Mrs. Matthews pretty
living room and parlor were made
most attractive by big oak fires that
welcomed the guests from the cold
outside. Shortly after arriving sup
per was announced. One hundred
and fifty birds had been prepared
most deliciously They were served
on toast with hot grits, creamed po-
tatoes, bird gravy, pickles, hot rolls
and coffee. The feast was prepared
by Mrs. Olgie HogseI, Mrs. Hender-
son Dodson, Mrs. Binion McGarrah,
Mrs. J. L. Slappey, Mrs. Frank Mat
thews. Many compliments were eX-
pressed to the ladies who managed
the menu successfully for the 70 OF
more guests. After supper there was
music, games and lively conversation
until the party dispersed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-27

broken-down leather easy chair. This
last was the throne"
There we waited and waited, as
per custom A king never is prompt.
Finally there was a stir out ide.
Malala appeared in the doorway
a bent, shrlveled old man with scrag-
gly whiskers, wearing an old and very
worn blanket, with erstwhile stripes
of red, white, purple and blue; the
blanket was thrown around his should
ers and caught with a huge brass
safety pin. He wore an old khaki
shirt and trousers, decayed tennis
shoes-without socks and a very dirty
red and yellow stocking cap, drawn
rakishly over one ear-his crown. In
his ears were brass rings.
Malala stared at each of US in turn.
And we, quite as dignifed, stared
back at him. This continued for full
ly 10 minutes.
At length Malala grinned and said:
81 see your which, being the Kaffir
form of greeting, broke the ice.
Then conversation was permissible,
through the interpreter.
Malala kept up a running fire of
questions. AS all chiefs do, he put
the most personal queries. He want
ed to know the age of each of US,
whether we were married and how
old our wives we're; what the name
of the American king was.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-27
FIELD LIMITED BY
TO
MEAT PRODUCTS
Must Bear Good Fruit
For Public, Says
Palmer

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-An
agreed decree under which the "big
fivo' packers forever are enjoined
from engaging in any line of busi-
ness other than the handling of meat
and produce, was filed today in the
district Supreme Court.
Attorney General Palmer, in
statement commenting on its effect,
said:
"The decree is designed to restore
freedom of competition and increase
the opportunities for individual ini-
tiative in business which must in time
bear good fruit for the public well
fare. 1t removes the menace of the
control of unrelated industries by
the big five and confines their ac-
tivities to the business of distribut-
ing meat and its by-products."
Counsel for the packers said the
decree had been agreed to mot be-
cause of guilt, for they have not
violated any law, but that the Ameri-
can people might be assured there is
not the slightest possibility of a food
monopoly by the packers"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-27
BY EDWARD M. THIERRY
N. E. A. Reporter With the Smiths on
ian-Universal African Expedition.

TAUNGS, British Bechuanaland.-
African woods are full of remnants
of royalty, playing at the king busi-
ness, clinging to few remnants of
departed splendor and taking orders
from British officials
We've been out to call on one of
them. His name is Malala Manku-
rama. He is the "king"-or para
mount chief-of the Batlapin tribe
of the Bechuanas in the tiny "king-
dom" of Taungs.
Taungs station, SO miles north of
Kimberly, is the center of the Taungs
district, one of numerous reservations
set aside by the South African gov
ernment. The district comprises 1400
square miles skirting the Harts river.
Thirty-three kraals or 'stads"-na
tive villages-are scattered over the
district. The "capital" here at Taungs
is the largest, with 5000 population.
King NRlala Mankurana is an ex-
pert husband. He's got system all
his own. !
The old man-he's close to TO
has three wives.
We were sitting in the throne
room" of Malala's hut, two-room
shack built on European lines attach
ed to round dobie hut with thatch-
ed roof. He lived in the latter and
received visitors in the former
Across the street were three other
houses, larger than the average. Each
was a queens home.
But Malala not only kept his wives
in different houses, but he usually
contrived automatically to keep them
in different villages, travelling around
visiting relatives.
Calling on African royalty entails
almost as much red tape as getting
presented at the Court of St. James
You can't stroll right up to the
kings door and ask if the king is al
home. That would be serious breecf
Of etiquette, and the king probably
would cut you dead.
| First we went to see Magistrate
Oakes, government representative ir
the white village. He sent a message
| by an interpreter to old Malala Man,
| kurana, to say that some "white chiefs
| from America" were coming to see
/ him.
At the appointed hour, in the wake
of Magistrate Oakes and Native In,
spector Sheppard we called at the
royal kraal.
A courtier in ragged trousers anC
tatterpd vest sratched off his vel
ventilated hat and bowed uu into the
throne room" On the dirty white
washed wall was lithograph of KinG
/ George and Queen Mary of Gre
Britain. There were four kitcher
chairs ranged in front of an iron
] bedstead irrcrort Of mattress. tive
rickety washstands and a moth-eaten
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-27
Log Truck Overturns;
Negro Driver Caught

John Jackson, a negro driver of
huge Indian truck belonging to T. B.
Hooks being used for logging, miracu-
lously escaped death this afternoon
when he lost control of the loaded
truck at the Council mill bridge and
was caught under it when it turned
upside down.
The truck was discovered by pass
ersby a few minutes after the acci-
dent. 1t required three-quarters of
an hour to extricate the driver. Drs.
Herschel Smith and Taylor Lewis had
been called and were present to at
tend HIM when he was freed. They
stated late this afternoon that, while
he was painfully crushed and bruised,
he would undoubtedly recover.
The truck was being used to bring
logs to the new sawmlll just beyond
the city limits on Lee street.