New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1917, Page 7

When You Buy, Carefully-é Note Quality; Price, Is Nothing, * Without Its Value. That Is Why You Should Come Here * As you know, we ‘are members of the big Syndicate Trading company of New York City, which is backed by a fifty-five million dolar pun;hns- ing power, dealing dircct with foreign makers, importing all.goods direct, and having personal touc! ‘Then buy at the very lowest possible cost. your money that cannot be found in other stores. wanted goods. test. We invite comparison. Very Latest in Spring Footwear Is What We Are Now Offering You Have n Jook 3t the new walking boots for women that combine style with comfort. with American nanufacturers in immense quantities, we get our:merchandise All this enables us to glve you vaiues for Comparison is the of: ,the most Our shoe department is well known for extra good value giving, and notwithstanding the higher cost of leather and the other essen- tials necessary to. the building of good footwear we still continue to give the best at the least cost. WOMEN’S LACE BOOTS of * black gun metal calf in seven inch * height, made on medium toe lasts, * . . with wing tips and medium low heel, wonderfully good for $6.50 pr. ENGLISH WALKING BOOTS for women’s spring wear, made of brown calf with welt soles, heels, very comfortable and good looking, extra good value at $6 pr. low NEW STYLES IN WOMEN’S },Oow SHOES—We have just receivea two new models in low shoes, Lace Ox ford style, made of black calf, also Russia calf, tan color, light welt soles, narrow toe last with wing tips, low heels, and invisible eyelets for $6 pr. ‘We invite inspection of these new-comers. HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON GOODS PUICHASED OF US. Berlin News FAIR_ASSOCIATION . WANTS STATE AI Bills Call for $26,000 Building and $10,000 Annually * AGRICULTURE GOING BACK Btate Consumes More Food Products Than Are Raised Within its Bor- ders and There are Thausands of . ;Ae'ru of Land Lying Idle. g At a recent meeting before the com- Jnittee on agriculture, at the state papitol, bills' to appropriete’ $25,000 Yor the construction of an exhibition " building at the state fair grounds in Berlin and $10,000 annually for the maintenance of the building and for Jpremiums for exhibitors’ were sup- ported by various members of the legislature. Senator Elijah Rogers of BSouthington is the chairman: of the committee on agriculture. Colonel Charles M. Jarvis, Berlin representa- tive in the legislature, a member of the appropriations committee and fresident of the Connecticut State Ag- riculture Society, told the committee of.the need of such an exhibition hall. The colonel said that such a hall would WOMAN GOULD * HARDLY STAND Restored to Health by Lydia s, E.Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. ¢ Fulton, N. Y. — “Why will women 'PY R recejve no benefit, # when so many have roved that Lydia . Pinkham's Vege- Bl table Compound will make them well? For over a ‘ ear 1 suffered so ‘i | rom female weak- ness 1 could hardly # 4l stand and was afraid to go on the street alone. Doc- p—— torl- said megicines useless and only an operation md help me, but Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has proved it ‘otherwis I am now perfectly well and can do any kind of work.”’—Mrs. ¥NELLIE PHELPS, care of R. A. Rider, ‘R.F.D. No. b, Fulton, N. Y. ! We wish every woman v o ruffers | female troubles, ncivousness, ‘““backache or the blues could sec the let- rswritten by women made we!l by Ly-" | @ia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Ccrapound. you have bad symptoms and do not derstan dis E. , for out their money for treatment and | encourage the exhibitors and would foster the agricultural interests of the state. According to Colonel Jarvis agricul- ture in the state has gone backward and manufacturing has come forward and the state is in a distressing co: dition because of this. Students the labor question and manufacture ‘have found that the cost of living regulated by the cost of labor and to- day in this state the Reople are con- suminmg 20 per cent. more food prod- wucts than are railsed within its bor- ders. Thousands of acres of land that might: be utilized for the raising of food products are lying idle and even within ten miles of Hartford there is sufficient acreage, not in use, that would be capable of ralsing all the food products that are consumed in Hartford. During a single yeaf there were 13,000 tons of hay shipped into Hartford. Anything that would keep young men interested in the farm and anything that the state might do to promote agriculture was wise leg- islation stated Colonel. Jarvis. Other fairs as well as the state fair showed the capabilities of the state for pro- duction. With the exception of the states under irrigation Connecticut has shown that it could raise as much corn and alfalfa as any of the others in the union. Colonel Jarvis said that he had a favorable 'word for all the fairs in the state but there was a particular rea- son why the state should help the Berlin state fair. Never since the fair became a state fair has the state made an-appropriation toward the eréction of permanent buildings. Everything has been done by the local officers to- have the fair measure up to the standard of other state fairs. Each year liberal premiums are given and for this reason the fair has not made a dollar and the state has given $4,600 for premiums. Colonel Jarvis believes that if the state \erects an exhibition hall it would be a proper cxpenditure of the money and educa- tional benefits would be derived by the commonwealth. The Berlin fair operates under a charter granted by the state and is also the geographical | center. There was some opposition to the appropriation of money by the state for permanent buildings by W. H. Gocher of the Connecticut Fair asso- ciation. He contended that the state should conduct the fair along the lines j of several of the western states, by the state owning the grounds and buildings. Support . was given by President Miles of the State Fruit j Growers association. Tt Is expected | that the committee will report the bills favorable and recommend that they be referred to the committee on L appropriations, Colonel Jarvis stated today -that since the first state appropriation in New York state there had been a de- cided improvement in the agricultural output of that state. Conneccticut is about the only remaining state that has not appropriated money for the erection of permancnt buildings at the state fair grounds and the benefits derived in other states should serve as a sufficient reason for this state following their example. - New Garage to Ope Notice has been received by many ’0[ the local townspeople that Ber- lin’s first garage is soon to be thrown open to the public. K. Fenn Nourse the and George A. Ventres are backing the project and have erected a fine brick garage on Farmington road a short distance from the railroad sta- tion. The new place will carry a fuil line of auto accessories as well as operating a first class repair shop. In connection with the garage a first { military duty class blacksmith shop will be opened and any work in this line will be well taken care of. Both are well known young men havihg lived in the town the greater part of their lives and both have the well wishes of all in their new undertaking. Berlin Briefs. The Book and Thimble yesterday afternoon at the home Mrs. Damon. Mrs. Elizabeth Wickwire is serious- ly ill with pneumonia. The Home Whist club will meet at Mrs. Harold Upson’s tonight. A group of Wesleyan men will have charge of the services in the East Berlin Methodist church next Sun- day. A number from East Berlin attend ed the funeral services of the late Dr. Hart in Middletown this afternoon. Mrs. Ellen Bartlett has returned to Harford aften spending a few days with Mrs. George Goodrich in East Berlin. Miss Hattie Miller is confined her home with pneumonia. ® Mrs. T. Risley, who has been visit- ing her parents in East Berlin, has returned to her home in Hartford. Mrs. W. G. Palmer and son Leroy of Bast Berlin are visiting relativesin Waterbury. A branch of the Red Cross has been organized in the East Berlin Metho- dist church. Mrs. Mark Smith of Clinton has re- turned home after a visit with her sis- ter, Mrs. L. A. Westcott of East Ber- lin. The Ladies’ Guild of St. Gabriel's church, East BErlin, met with Mrs. A. Walsh this afternoon. The weekly meeting of the East Berlin K. of P. society was held last night. The Berlin library will be open this evening. E. W. Mildrum of East Berlin has gone on a fishing trip to Moodus. BELIEVE IN PACIFICISM Men Called to Colors Use Wits to Es- ofub met of to cape But These Two Were Caught in the End. Paris, Feb. 28.—Tricks to avoid have been varied rather than numerous during the war. The most recent stratagem is that of two shirkers, unknown to each other, who One of them, a man named Souleillon, 32 years old, remained concealed the beginning of hostilities in to avoid the mobilization order. His father dving, Souleillon came out of hiding to lay claim to his parent’s es- tate. An alert gendarme at Cahors took him into custody, reminding him that, before being an heir, he had to be a soldier, The second case was that of Al- red Rous, who took refuge In the forest of Reynaldes. Here he built himself a comfortable cabin with stones, branches and tiles. Behind his lodging place he installed an oven to bake bread. T sing a rifle, two pistols and much ammunition. Rous hunted and canght fish. Recently voung shepherdess, seeking a straved sheep, survrised Rous who was asleep. Gendarmes were called, and after a short fight the deserter was bound and arrested, hid in woods'to escape service. from order & Hy | Plainville News MAY BAR DU PONTS FROM LOCAL FIELD Powier Makers Seek Inland Sites for Their Storehonses WANT PLANT ON MODNTAIN Unlesy Company. Can Show Good Rea- son For Endangering Lives and lgroperty of. Local People, Select- man Will Refuse Permit. Unless representatives of the Du Pont Powder company can show that the town will be protected and the‘ ‘lives and property of local citizens will not be placed in jtopardy by their plans, First Selectman William J. Johnson loday declared that he will refuse to grant them a permit for the right to store within the bor- ders of Plainville or to transport through the streets dynamite or other high explosives. Before endorsing the company’s plans Mr. Johnson states that he will want complete informa- tion as to ite intentions and if it is within his power he will refuse to per- mit them to make Plainville a powder town. According to reports in circulation for several days the Du Pont péople are making arrangements to buy or lease land here as a site for a powder storehouse. It is said to be their pur- pose to locate the building on prop- erty on the East mountain, some dis- tance north of the plant of the Con- necticut Quarries company. Men clatming to be their represer . tatives were here a few days ago and during their visit they filed an ap- plication with Town Clerk Usher for permission to transport the explosives through the streets. The law provides that such a permit may be issued either by the town clerk or the se- lectman. Mr. Usher was unwilling to assume the responsibility, believing the matter one more under the juris- diction of the selectmen and he re- ferred his callers to Mr. Johnson. The latter could not be located at the time and the men announced their intention of returning here later to take up the question of a permit with him. They indicated that the ware- house would be removed from dwell- ings and would be located on the mountain. They gave no idea as to its size. They intimated that the ex- plosives would be transferred from trains at the local freight yards and would be hauled by team or auto to the building in which they would be stored. As to the company’s object in having such a plant here, they were extremely reticent. Selectman Johnson has heard noth- ing directly from the company. He is not anxious to have a powder storehouse located here and he pro poses to block the company’s plans if possible. Explosions occur not in- frequently in places where the plants of the Du Pont people and other powder manufacturers are located and the selectman does not wish to expose the townspeople or their prop- erty to the danger which the pro- posed storehouse would bring. Developments in the proposed plans are being awaited with trepedation as well as interest by the residents and sentiment is decidedly , againstL making Plainville an arsenal or ‘“the home of the powder industry.” Representatives of the concern haye also interviewed C. L. Barnes regard- ing the leasing of property on the mountain south of Barnesdale and on the New Britain side of the town line. It is said that the owner did not con- sider the amount they offered ade- quate for the risk which would be entailed. The seriousness of the difficulties between this country and Germany fegarding the U-boat campaign, and the possibilities of the United States being plunged into war, it is intimat- ed, has caused the Du Pont people to look for inland locations for their powder storehouses, the plants now in use being located in rather dangerous places and more open to attack. While Plainville is willing to as- sume its full share of the burden in the event of war, the townspeople will object to a powder storehouse being located here, at least until such time as conditions indicate that a move of this character is to be of value to the military authorities of the country. But Two Appeals Granted. Although the assessors made nu- merous increases during their sessions in the fall, the board of relief estab- lished a new low record for reduc- tions in the report presented to the town clerk today by its chairman, A. H. Condrll, Not in the memory of old inhabitants have the changes in the assessor's report made by the re- lief board been so few and repre- sentative of such = small amount, Chairman Condell’s statement show- ing that deductions made at the re- request of property owners total but $630, leaving the grand list practical- 1y the same as it was when presented to them for inspection. While the board had heard unoffi- cially that there would be numerous complaints this veur because of the raises made by the as ors, and to accommodate prospective appellants had made arrangements to hold one more public session than usual, only ten petitions for reductions were filed during the twenty days in which peti- tions for relief were in order. Out of the ten filed the board de- cided but two had any merit and re- ductions were made only in the cases of Mrs. C. H. Calor and R. O, Day. $270 was taken from the valuation of 1 THE HARTFORD SILK STORE C.S. HILLS & CO. HARTFORD AGENTS FOR STANDARD PATTERNS THE STORE OF SUPERIOR VALUES - Splendid Showing Of Separate Skirts Our display of Separate Skirts either for dressg or sport wear-is one that every lady should see’be- fore making a finhl selection. materials. The assortment is unusually large, and there is a very wide range of The new spring models embody the very latest style features that.fashion.has setther approvalrupon for this season. There is good stock of the staple materials—such as Serge, Gaberdine, Poplin, etc. In the novelties there is shown smart stripes and checks, algo The designs and colorings are unusually smart and cannot fail The price range is from $5.98 to $39.00. SPECIAL VALUES IN WASH FABRICS A line of 27-inch Poplins, in white and the most wanted color- ings; worth 19c, spectal this week for 15¢ yard. Several thousand yards of Dress Percales, 36 inches wide, light, medium and dark colors, at the for 15c yard. present market price extra value Special showing of Cotton Challies, Persian and other patterns, unusually good value for 15¢ yard. Very large variety of Scotch Ginghams, 830 and 32 inches wide, in' the very best designs—stripes, plaids, checks, and plain colors, and extra value for 23c yard. Another line of ginghams, colors, checks, plaids, 27 and 82 inches etc.,: unusually wide, for in plain good value 15c yard. Beautiful line of Cotton Voiles, 40 inches wide, in this season’s best designs and colorings; other stcres are retailing the same qual- ity for 29c yard, our speclal price 25c yard. kahki kool, rajah and taffeta. to meet with your approval | THE NEW NECKWEAR Sport Neckwear is all the rage. The matter of color is a very strong feature of the New Neck- wear styles. Large Collars. are very much in evidence. Scarfs and Vests are being fashioned from the gaily pat- terned sport silks. Don’t fail to visit our Wo- men’s Neckwear Department when you are in the store, as there are constantly new crea- tions being received from our leading neckwear shops. Day’'s property as determined by the assessors and $360 was sliced from Mrs. Calor’s list. There were no ad- ditions. The report of the board again serves to emphasize the excellence of the work done by the assessors, work- ing under the leadership of Frank 'T. Wheeler. During the past three years the grand list has been gone over thoroughly and the various properties listed on the books in full compli- ance with the laws. Valuation~has been determined on a one hundred per cent. basis and separate lists for buildings and land have been made, a result not even achieved by the as- sessors in some of the cities of the state. ‘When it is considered that property valued at more than $2,500,000 has been assessed by the board, the faect that deducttons of but $630 were made is remarkable and is convincing testi- mony as to the efficiency of the as- sessors. Norton in Two Courts. Grand Juror M. A, Norton served as prosecuting officer in two courts this morning, the absence from town of Grand Juror Gwillim necessitating his appearing as the state’s representa- tive at a hearing presided over by Justice Condell in addition to a ses- slon at which Justice Prior was in charge, Before Justice Prior, Archie Mec- Donald was charged with drunkenness and breach of the peace. He was ar- rested yesterday by Constable Down- ing, who attempted to get him to move away from Gleason’s lunch room against ‘which he had been re- clining for some time. He was fined $1 for breach of the peace and sen- tenced to 30 days in jail for intoxica- tion, the jail penalty being suspended on condition that ne pay the costs of prosecution. He was without the wherewithal to make a settlement, however, and Constable Downing took him to jail. Following McDonald’s hearing Jus- tice Condell took charge of the court testimony against John Walsh and Michael O'Leary, hoth of Plantsville, who had been arrested by Constable Marino. Walsh had been thrown out of Sullivan’s cafe, after, he declared, some one had bounced a rubber hose off his head. He was giving a speech on the sidewalk and was threatening tor resort to extreme measures of the ‘“attack without warning” when Con- stable Marino came into view. The | officer was unable to quiet him and he was locked up. In court Walsh ad- mitted that he had been drinking but denied that he had disturbed the peace. TIn fact he claimed that his peace had been disturbed if anything. Justice Condell fined him $2 for in- toxication and §5 for breach of the peace. O'Leary was found sleeping off a jag on the steps in front of Irisbie and Hemingway's store about 1 o'clock this morning. of the peace which had been included in the complaint was nolled hy the court this morning and a fine of 32 and costs for drunkenness was im- posed. Although they claimed they could easily get the money to settle, both Walsh and O'Leary elected to go to jail rather than turn in their money to the local justice. They said they would settle after they got to Hart- ford. Cafferty Had “Friends. James Cafferty was causing a dis- turbance around the center last night and Constable Marino locked him up after making an effort to get him to go home. Cafferty’s hehavior since his last appearance in court had been such that the bfficer decided fo re- lease him without a hearing this morning. When he went to the lock-up, how- ever, he found that some of Cafferty’s “friends” had evidently 'been ahead of him and had been feeding him whiskey. The prisoner was even jattend the funeral of Rev. | securing of uniform couplings to be The charge of breach | there [ more intoxicated than he was at the time of his arrest. He was not in shape either for release or a hearing and he will be kept in his cell until he sobers up when his case will prob- ably be brought before the court. Should the police find who brought the liquor to the lock-up other court cases will probably result. Mrs. Murphy in Charge. Judge George R. Byington of the probate court has issued an order transferring James J. Murphy from the Hartford hospital to the Hartford retreat. Mr. Murphy had been in the hospital for some time for treatment and his mind has become affected. On Judge Malone's application as the representative of his family, Mr. Murphy's wife has been placed in charge of his business affairs. Dog Owner May Settle. Instead of suffering from ‘“rabbies” it is now believed that the dog which kiled thirteen rabbits owned by Ste- phen Golapenti of Broad street Mon- day night was simfiply infuriated from the sight of the blood of his victims. While the dog appeared viclous when Constable Marino attempted to force from the enclosure in which the rabbits had been confined, the usuai symptoms of ‘rabbies” were not ap- parent and it is not now believed that the animal was afflicted with the dread disease. Valentine Wells of East street has been found to be the owner of the dog and he has taken up with Col- apenti the matter of settling for the death of the rabbits. Colapenti has placed a value of $22 on them. Brief Items. Rev. R. H. Burton was among the Episcopal ministers of the diocese to Samuel Hert D. D. held this afternoon in Middletown. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harlow have purchased property on the corner of West Main and Washington streets from Anna Merriman. Miss Della Johnsdon of Bridgeport, has been called to Plainville by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Jennie Johnson of Whiting street. John L. Sullivan, whose cafe 1is probably to be taken over by the Ropkins Brewing company, which re- cently brought suit against him, 1is moving his household cffects to Waterbury. Judge Byington will give a hearing in the probate court Friday on the application of the administrator, of the estate of Jane C. Hart for a set- tlement of his account. Chairman E. G. Babcock of the public safety board of New Britain was in town this morning to confer with thie local fire - commissioners and Chief M. A. Norton regarding the used by the fire departments of both places. .meet the approval POLICEMEN _ LETTER CARRIERS DRIVERS and other workers who must have enduring strength, take | SCOTTS | to build up and keep up their | health. 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