New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1928, Page 2

KEEPS ON SHINGING Saloon Smasher’s Methods Re- vived in Kansas City XKansas City, Dec. 21 UP—A drive | against liquor dealers ern woman took a leaf from the | book of the militant Carrie Nation of a quarter century ago. in Kansas|tion from Higganum to Haddam City is in full swing because a mod- | Short one-way traffic at bridge, Ar- under construction. Shoulders are | Brooklyn-Danielson road im the towns of Killingly and Brooklyn is! under construction, | Route No. 7 | Danbury-New Milford road con- crete construction completed from Danbury to New Milford. Ralling uncompleted. Route No. 10 Bloomfield-Granby road is under construction, but open to traffic. Haddam road is under construc- nold’s Station. Route No. 17 West Hartford-Avon, Alhany ave- Wielding an ax, the favorite wea- pon of the Kansas crusader, Mrs. Maude Wilson smashed a saloon | vhere she said her daughter and | husband purchased liquor. Ministers der construction. and other citizens immediately took | passable to traffic. wp the crusade she had no desire to | carry on and because of their clamor Mrs. Wilson was summoned before a grand jury to tell what she knew about policemen going to the saloon. Instead of finding peace after put- | ting away the ax, she was made jll by the excitement that ‘When she recovered sufficiently she was taken to various churches to recelve the praise of the congrega- tons. on the other hand, was always calm after she had smashed a saloon, al- though she frequently found herself in jall for destroying property or disturbing the peace. Kansas was her zone of opera- tions, but she did make several forays into the ncighboring state of Missourl, and once she was arrested | in the city where she has been emu- lated by Mrs. Wilson. | Kansas City, in a wet state, was| the principal source of alcoholic | beverages consumed in Kansus, the | lquor pouring lawfully into a dry| state as an article of interstate gommerce. Mrs. Nation once was arrested in Kansas City on a charge of ob- structing a sidewalk and fined $500. | Phe judge granted a stay of the fine | on condition she return to Kansas. Mrs. Nation called saloon keepers| *“poor, silly boys, who don't know | how the devil has blinded them.” “I am not mad at you, boys,” she sald, when she walked into a saloon at Topeka, not far from the Kansas capitol. “I like you boys. Yes, 1 do. Needn't laugh. If you get sick, all you have to do is tell Mother Na- tion and she’ll nurse you. But, boys, you must get out of this business. If | you don’t—I give you fair warning | now—T'll be around in a fow days| and break up your wicked shop.” | followed. | railing under construction. No de- | |1s under construction. Shoulders not The Carric Nation of 25 years ago, | complete. nue s under eonstruction, but open to traffic. Route No, 109 { Mansfield-Phoenixville read is un- This road is im- Route No. 111 Portland-Cobalt road is under con- struction. No delay to traffic. | Route No. 113 | Thomaston-Bristol road is under | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928 completed. . Route No, 338 Prospect-Cheshire road, guard rail under construction. No delay. ¥ No Route Numbers Beacon Falla—Pine's bridge is un- der construction. No delay. Bethel-Danbury road, concrete construction completed. Railing un- completed. Bethlehem-Watertown road, ma- cadam construgjion and steam shovel grading under way, No de- tours necemsary. Canterbury-Newent road under construction for ® miles, solith of Canterbury. Grade rough, travel difficult. Granby—Salmon Brook street is under construction. Open to traffic. Huntsville to Bo. Canaan is under construction. Passable to all times. No detours. Redding-Georgetown road, macad- am eonstruction completed. Railing uncompleted. ‘Weston-Lyons Plains road. steam shovel grading commenced, No de- tours necensa Windsor socks-Suffield, street s under construct{on. East Traf- Old Styles Recorded In Textile Library Boston, Dec. 21 M—Frequent do- | nations, together with an annual ap- propriation expended for additions, | are building up a unique textile ref- | erence library for the National As- sociation of Cotton Manufactarers. | Among recent gifts are 50 col- ored prints from the Japanese im- perial household collection showing |dyed textile Tabrics of the sixth and eighth centuries. i This group of plates is being bound as the latest addition to that part of the library devoted to styl- |ing and designing of fabrics and | dresses. Such volumes are of par- | ticular value to the designers in the mills and provide them with in- |spiration for modern fabrics, | The technical section has oeen {enriched by the gift of & series of |16 volumes of Dackham's reports land textile directories dating back 'to 1888 from the Yark Ma,nulact\ll‘»l | | | {ing company of ‘Saco, Me, GREEK MEETS GREEK Bomerville, Mass., Dec. 21 (A— construction. Shoulders uncomplete. | fic may take good road through When Greek meets Greek a store is Route No. 120 and 147 Woodbridge-Seymour road, guard lay to traffic. Route No. 121 Ralisbury, Canaan-Salisbury road | | Roue No. 126 | Branchville cut-off. Concrete con- struction completed. Rafling uncom- pleted, Route No. 130 Woodbury-Watertown road. bitu. | minous macadam completed. Rail- ing uncompleted. -Route No. 133 Cornwall Hollow road, resurfacing complete with exception of shoul- ders and guard rafl. Route No. 138 Hartland-Hollow bridge is under construction. Short detour around bridge. Route No. 136 New Fairfiald-Sherman road eteam shovel grading and macadam construction under way. Short de- | lays probable. Route No. 150 Lyme-East Haddam, Hamburg North Plains road is under construc- tion. No delay to traffie. Route No, 154 Washington-Woodbury road, ma. cadam and bridge construction un. der way at several places. No de- tour necessary. Route No, 166 Crystal Lake road. towns of Rock- ville and Ellington. Resurfacing complete with the exception of shoulders and guard rail, The “boys” did not close the shop, s she did it herself—with her| hatchet. Her friends paid her fine | and she' was free again—to more saloons. Mrs. Nation kept fighting for the | dry cause until she died June 9! 1911. It was her own wish that this be her epitaph: [ ‘She hath dona what she could.” first saloon smasher, but it s re- ash | to tramic. Route No. 178 Baybrook-Winthrop road is under construction for oue mile. No delay Route No, 180 Bethel-Redding road. construction completed. macadam Railing un- | | Many believe Mrs. Nation was lheJ corded — also in Kansas—that six women raided a saloon in Mound City December 10, 1861, two decades before Kansas had a prohibition law and exactly 67 years before Mrs. Wilson turned for enforcement of prohibition to the weapon Mrs. Nation took up so effectively in 1900. Road Conditions in | rosa ke of Connecticut | mext time you'reblessed the State of Connecticut made neces- | sary by highway construction’ and | vepairs announced by the Highway Department, as of Dec. 19th, are as follows: | Route No. 3 i Salisbury-Great Barrington, brmgei and construction work on new loca- tion. ‘Waterbury-Middlebury road is un- | der construction. somplete. te No. Roul 4 | Salisbury-Great Barrington road ,,Y'\fl.lm AHES & PAINS There’s State | Baume Bencué—the: Shoulders not ' A stiff neck, appl $ay bye-bye to pain! | Suffield Center. 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