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Taft to the Negro. ‘In his speech at the big mee Curnegie hall, called to promote in 8- kegee and Hampton, Judge Taft putln‘a enou ga negro problem in a word. “The elp that is needed,” he said, “is edu- a.crol, not education of the mind alone, but a training of the hands—in- al eduweation. Teach them how 1o use thelr minds and hands and legs in a productive education. A race that can produce Booker T. Washin, ton in a century ought to feel that it can do miracles in time.” Co. A Real Joy Ride, J. I =il ‘back from the an opitimist to make almost any. man feel prosperous to ride through the length of the Great Northcrn and real- ize that he owns it—Boston Glohe. Tawin G. Cooley, ;o his resigned the superintendence of the Chicago public schools, ix said to have accept ed the presidency of the Boston book nublishing concert of D, C. Heath & 1 The Great Atlantic Free Delivery. Walter Baker’s Cecoa 17ca can Sapolio, plain or hand 7c a cake R&R Boned Chicken 25¢ a can Coleman’s Mustard 10c acan Crosse & Blackwell’s Pickles or Chow Chow 20c and 30c Table Butter 27c 1b. Potatoss 25¢ pk We Know You Can Save 25¢ on the Dollar IF YOU TRADE AT 135 Main Street, Rorwich, Conn. Special Cut Price Leaders Try our 25¢ COFFEE—fresh raasted, fresh ground. We have the best 50c TEA in Norwich. 20 stamps free with 1 pound. . $1 bush, & Pacitic Tea Co. 'Phone 29-4. Gold Dust, large package 18¢c a pkg. Franco-Amer/can Soups 16¢c and 18c Lea & Perrins’ Sauce 19¢c a bottie B&G Olive 0l 23¢c, 40c and T0c Royal Baking Powder 1=4 ib. can 12¢ % Ib. can gzc 1ib. can 40c Smoked Shoulders 8¢ Ih. Why Not have your bathroom remodeled at this time when every attention can be given YOUR job? just the time to have work done, because you get in just ahead of the spring rush. We caution people, who are contemplating any changew in their plumbing system, to have the work done by a re¢ liable plum.bing firm. J. P. Barstow & Co. will furnish estimates (if desired), free-of-charge,’and do al} work in a business-like way and to the satisfaction of the owners, but—DON’'T TAKE FRIENDS. OUR WORD—ASK YO}IR 1846 — *Filty-three long years” — 1909 NO! NOT A We made during July and August 263 of these Skirts, 263 custom- ers were satisfied ; for January and February 244; total 507. All have What do you think of it ? Step in and see a sample of our Dollar work while you are attend= ing the (elsewhete) Fire Sale and Wet Sale. the reason why we have decided to extend the time in which to aliow been delivered, not one refused as yet. (o} you to order a Skirt for a few days more. Respectfully, MARSHALL’S . 164 Main Street, | Curtis Barnum celebrated their golden : ! wedding anniversary recently at their |1y arrested by Peliceman Greaney in FIRE SALE NOR A WET SALE But a Sale of Made-to-your-meas ure DRESS SKIRTS . at the Ridiculously Low Price of el ONE DOLLAR AND WE WARRANT ENTIRE SATISFACTION. with Norwich Circulating Library n business .condftions. | — Meriden.—Sehool supt. W, P. Keflly [ Coutland T.- Hall, Former s in Chicago to attend a convention . ‘ of ‘the National Educational associa- iop. He will be gone two weeks. New Haven.—President J. N. Weber of the -American Federation of Musi- ciaas was ' tendered an informal re- ception Sunday in New Haven by Dorscht lodge, No. 2. Bridgeport.—Mr, and Mrs. Henry Afbert Fuller, the horse thief, recent- Mr. Barnum was | Stamford and brought back to Wester- Iy }'?y Chief Bransfieid for tHe theft of . a horse and carriage from Joseph T. Fairfield.—Dr| Nehemiah Perry, re- urphy, is plcturgg here. W-\‘n::’: ar- tired, died Saturday from an attack of lrajgned in ‘the Third district eourt pleurisy with which he was striken a |Fyjler waived examination and in de- few days ago. His grandfather and |jeault of $1.500 bonds he is now in the father like himselt were physicians. jail at Kingston awaiting trial in the Waterbury.—Some of the ice dealers | Buperior court for Washington county. of this city are at their wits' end in the eff to solve the problem which confronts them, having hardly more than fifty per cent. of an aver- | age ice crop stored. home in Bridgeport. a cousin of the late P. T. Barnum. Naugatuck.—There is the remotest chance that “Albert Fuller,” the horse thief held in the Kingston, R. L county fall, may be brought here’ stand trial for: the heft of a hor from W. A. Booth on Jwly 20, 1906. Masonic Honors—Collins Wins Suit Agninst Chauffeur Welford—Arrest of Joseph S. Ceilla Attributed to Spite—Fishers Island Surfman Injured. Norwich Man, Buried with tor of the Church of the Ascension, ‘Wakefleld, officiated, and the bearers were these members of Hope lodge: Roger Larkin, Herbert M. Knowles, Robert H. Gardiner and John Barlow, who with members of the family and a few intimate friends accompanled the !body to Westerly. The burfal in River Bend cemetery was in accord- | ance with the A nic ritual. Josegh S, Grills was arrested Satur- day u{un complaint of an Italian from New London on the chgrge of embez- zlement and was taken into the Third district court. Mr. Grills had no diffi- | hig appearance for trial. The charge +is a misaporopriation of funds given to { his custody as a sort of banker for his fellow coruntiyman, to be forwarded for deposit n a bank in- Rome. It is | cjaimed there are some Irregularity in he transaétions East Bridgeport.—A large transfer of e & e e g . A real estate was put on record last oE TREhE yeuie abn Nia The week, conveying to Frank Miller and A P g b i o M, J. Jordan about nine es of land right cit was always sought on the south side of irfield avenue, { as an ad 2 ity of Ttal- with a frontage on the avenue of 1,5 { jans In ; earned their toat. o | most iny nfidence. On more Middietown.—The tenth anniversary }:Inu’\' on has acted as of the ordination of Rev. L. Brunke, mediator f an laborers in local pastor of St. Paul's German Lutheran misundersd A 3 chureh, celebrated last week. The W ppointed a consta- congreg: sed Rev, Mr. Bru ble by t town council of Wester y ke and 1e banquet presente + nd _has acted as mlrlprt‘lf’l in the him a purse Tdistrict court and was wn on the | petit Jury : on of the Stanwich—Through I saperior cou Y e E Converse, a sct s | the Italian esterly and ted in the vicinity of ¢ | his arrest a serious charge has . Mr. Converse has made a con- ALBERT FULLER. { oe 1 nal gift of $1.200 towards the Police officials are of opinion that bullding _with the Among Fuller's effécts was found | the charge is scty by spite or $300 shall be raise considerable documentary evidence | jealousy and Mr. Grills is positive that against him, per! a record of ps horse thieving crimes being the most | important, as it_indicates that from Sept. 5, 1805, to Feh. , 1909, and be- ginning &ith 2 horse and- carriage owned by L. pman of Norwich g h the Murpby theft in | Fuller had stolen at least horses and carriages, ¥ as he always took the teams commplete. No More A numbeér of warrants for Fulier has been filed with S iff John B. V Kingston for the arrest of Ful- ler, him { Rhode Izland j should attempt be made to release on bail, and also to hold him after € has been satisfied. | Among the warrants filled with the sheriff, and the first to be received, was from the ce department of Norwich Police officials declare that Fuller, or whoever he may Le, holds the record as a horse thief. Fuller has served time in New York graph is in the rogues' gallery of the New York police department, 12,793. 1t is also believed he served a term in acnusetts for a like crime, evidently assumed a ne every time he siole a horse, a invariably his rule to register <eee.....No more backaches from bending over tubs of steaming water. .No more hard rub- bing of clothes up and down | trunsaction, the wash Board. i .Cleaner, whiter, sweeter-smelling clothes than you ever had before. All this, mind you, with half the work and in half the time it now takes. How is it done? By using P. & G. Naph- tha Soap. Read the directions on the inside of the wrapper. Fol- low them carefully, and get rid of practically all the dis- comforts of wash day. - P. & G. Naphtha Soap 5 cents a cake. ‘- name s it was ak some and in the many places heard from Fuller worked under a dif- fevent name, aithough a comparison of hotel registers shows the handwriting. Since his /latest Fuller declares that he cannot .write, althoughn the records of his thefts writ ten is his own hand, as the writing agrees exactly with . that transcribed on the Dixon house register by Fuller, cerning himself, prosc suc, leaving that to the uséu( officers. and they are very sful Nalong fhat 1ine, as Faller | answer for his crimes. The Tracy company, incorporated, has taken out articles of incorporation at the office of the secretary of state in | Providence Friday.” ‘The incorporators | are Fred Ames, Wiliam G. Stebbins and William L. Anley. The corporation in the business of purchasing and ac- quiring part or all of the capital stock of the Tra company, a corporation located in New London, and engaged in manufacturing and selling chemi- cals. The new eorporation will carry on the business of this company. The capital stock is placed at $100,000. The damage case of Frank Collins of Westerly against John V. Welford has been concluded in the superior court for Washington county. After delib- erating for nearly two hours, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and assessed damages in the sum of $500. The case is the result of an automobile crash on the Watch Hill road. Wel- ford, who was chauffeur for the Mc- Raes of Piltsburg, summer residents at Watch Hill, while going at a fast rate on the’ night of Aug. 1 last, ranginto Collins’ express wagon, overtufning the vehicle- and throwing Collins out. Mr. Collins brought suit for $2,000, but the jury awarded one-quarter of that amount. In the collision a lantern of the au- tomobile w smashed and a piece of the glass v picked up at the scene of the mishap, and this served as a | clue to detect the careless chauffeur, | who did not stop to ascertain the ex- tent of *he damawe, but dashed away in the darkness. The garages at Watch Hill were visited and. it w found that this piece of glass fitted the broken E rn of the McRae automobile The arrest and prosecution of Welford fol- lowed. The funeral of Courtland T. Hall, a former resident of Norwich and West- | erly, was held Saturday morning from his home in Wakefield and was large- d. There was a delegation of i Iy attend members from Hope lodge, A, F. ana a M. and from Sedgwick post, G. A. R., hich organizations Mr. Hail held FOR THE nershir. Rev. F. E. Seymour, rec- MAKING = o 1647 Adams Tavern 1861 offer to the 'public the finest standara | brands of Beer of Europe and Americs. | Hohemian, Pilsner, Culmbach Bavartan Beer, Bass' Pale and Burton, Mueir's Scotch Ale, Guinness’ Dublin Stout + C. & C. Imported Ginger Ale, Bunke- Hill P. B. Ale, Frank Jones’ Nourish- | ing Ale, Sterling Bitter Ale, Anheuder b | Budwelser, Schlits and Pabst. | A. A, ADAM, Norwich Towa. Telephone 447-12. octéa wing to these sales is WM. F. BAILEY (Successor to A. T. Gardner) Hack, Livery and Boarding Stabie 12-14 Bath Street. HORSE 'CLIPPING A SPECIALTY. Telephone $83. apr2id A Purchasing Agency, his | state for horse stealing and his photo- | hotel a day or two before each thieving | He is not giving any infermation con- | will realize when he is called upon to | is formed for the purpose of engaging ne can conviince the court that he innocent of the crime charged is | James Moore of the Fisher's Island life saving crew was severely injured | Sunday afteracon while returning to his station a motor boat. Just as | the boat was leaving Stonington har- i bor Moore's T | between the propeller shaft and motor ! wheel and his large toe, second and | third toe of the foot were crushed | Captain son of «Westarly and two | other men were in the boat with Moore nd they retarned o Stonington, where | the injured man was attended by Dr , Thurber. Moore was then taken to | Westerly and left here on the 1.52 train | for his home in Wakefieid. | Local Laconics. | Fuller, the horse thief, twent | rested | Clara Turner and company uave | closed a successful week of repertoire at Bliven epera house. Gustav Soderstrom of Jacksonville, | Fla.. aged 45, and Mary Edna Dow of Mystic, aged 45, were married Satur- day In Providence. There is prowise of a long session of the Westerly town councfl today (Mon- { day). There is mucly business, bestdes the counc{l sitting as a court of pro- i bate. ‘The petition of the Westerly lodge of Elks for an appropriation to create a reserve in the state of Wyoming for ?the protection of the American elk bas been presented by Representative Ca- pron. Courtland P. Hail, late of Wakefield, who was buried Saturday in Westerly, was associated with _his ~brother in business forty years agd in a store at the corner ‘of ‘Bath and Franklin streets, Norwich: President William A. Murray of the | Rhode Island Teachers' institute in appointing the committees on arrange- ments for the annual meeting placed M. committee on nominations. The following additional jurors from Westerly have been summoned to re- port at the superior court in Kingston next Tuesday: Frederick J. Crandall, Charles H, Wood, Alexander Young, Frank H. Tate, Robert T. Kenyon and had just Horace E. §isson. Tha funerdt of Allen G. Stillwell was held at his residence In Williams street Sunday afternoon, a large num- ber of friends being in attendance. Mr. Stillman was a member of Budlong post, G. A. R, and a lar~- delegation of members accompanied the body to River Bend cemetery. The annual inspection of the organ- izations of the Rhode Island National guard beginse Monday evening. The shelter tents which will be a part of the rolls of the enlisted men will be issued this week. The overcoats are not to be placed in the rolls this year, as at former inspections. Daniel McGllityray, who has been manager of the Hislop store in Wester- ly for three years, and who 18t here to take charge of the Stamford store, was presented a-handsomely engraved watch fob, a gift from the clerks in the store. The Hislop store has been sold to the Fisher Brothers. The Westerly Teachers’ club tender- ed a reception in the school hall Sat- urday evening to Charles I. Gates, who resigned the principalship of the Elm street school recently. He was pre- sented a bookcase and his former pu- pils presented a magazine rack and clock. Mr. Gates left Westerly Sunday afternoon and will be(f'n his duties in the Boston schools today (Monday) { SNEEZE ENDS TRANCE. Storrs School Student Recovers in H Strange Manner. Soon after returning to his home aft- er taking part in a basketball pame at the Co ut Agricultural col- lege at Storrs, about ten days ago, | Wilbert Healy, 17 years oid, of 107 | Broad street, Bloomfield, N. J., became unconscious and until Friday lay in a | deathlike trance, Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge N. Healy, the '‘toy's parents summoned specialists | to determine the nature of the hoy's affliction, but no adequate explana¥fon | was advanced and nothing was done to ge the patient's condition, He was kept aliver with liquid food, which was kope of his recovery was entertained. While a nurse was busy about the room in which the bey lay Friday, she was startled by a. violent sneeze, and she turned to find that Healy had | awakened from his trance, He is now {mproving, and, according to the phys. jcians, will recover. The physicians believe that when he sneezed, a clot, cdue to an injury received in the bas- ketball game, was dislodged from his brain. It is thought that the nurse in re-arranging a sofa cushion raised a little dust that caused the sneeze. Torrington—The anrlnnoq Electric Light company has lodged a complaint with the prosecuting attorney azainst Manager . H, 8. Rollason of the lo- cal branch of the Southern New Eng- land Telephone company, charging him with making connection with the ltnes of the-Torrington Electric Light com- pany without permission. Fair Haven—Re ntative-at-large Tilson annousces that he will not ap- point a private secretqry until after the special session of congress | etity in securing bonds of $3,000 for | irec cents with him when ar- Monica Sfea of Westerly on the | forced between his set teeth, and little | Handy Hand Helps For Ladies and Gentlemen. Our own make COLD CREAM made on the spot. For hands, face and all roughness | of the skin. i THE LEE & 05G00D C0., feb27daw 133 Main Street .~ Carriage and Automobile Painting Trimming | Carriage and ngon Work of all kinan Anything on wheels built to order zht foot became caught | i J | 1 ‘ ‘ | PPICES AND WORK RIGHT, The Scott & Clark CORPCRATION, 507-515 North Main Stres:. apriéd *Dignity Is What We Use To Conceai Our ignerance” | is Elbert Hubbard's definition of the | word ‘dignicy. | | Uhquestionably Elbert Is eerrect, | and every thinking persoa will agree | with him. Think of the people with d&ign and count those having it naturally. He who has It naturally, combined with | abllity, 1s great success in life. Those with umed dignity are—waell, they are understood and discounited by the public, We've no dignity, natural or as- sumed, and If its use was attempted by us the public would discount it. | Let the public estimate us corractly; give us credit for a thorough kunowl- edge of the photograph bus!ness; for doing work at reasonzo prices. Years of experience in this business exclusively entities us to It LAIGHTON BROS,, Photographers Main Street Opposite Norwich Savings Society. aig2fd ELECTRICITY FOR . LIGHTING CHANGE IN PRICE The price to be charged to and corporations for el or lighting has been changed by the un- | dersigned, to take effect pn Nov. | 1908; that u] to say, all buf- Ty | | l‘l‘hul{ Nov. huos. blor el:ou'lo.ls for ng as shown metre r taken Oct. 20-24, n‘l, to have bl.:- used since the last previous ru‘:” shall be billed according to the follow- Inf schedule: to 456 kilo-watt hours, 10 cents per kilo-wats. Over 450 kilo-watts, 10 cents for t 450 kilo-watts and 5 cents for each ad- ditlonal ki -watt. 4 o%;amph: Number of kilo-watts used, 450 Kilo-watts at 10 cents.. 5 cents.. e 550 Kilo-watts at Amount of BIN. Norwich, Oct. 1, 19 JOHN M WILLIAMS, WILLIAM F. BOGUR, ceee 87080 GILBERT 8. RAYMOND, Board of Gas and Electrical Ce sioners. oc! Understood Better EachDay The most successful business man is the one who knows every detall of his business and does not depend upem & pull for his success. Each day this is better understood. In no business Is a detalled knowledge more essential than in the Building Trade. If you want an estilmate on any work in my lne, I'll be please@ to give you the benefit of my many years sxperience. C. M. WILLIAMS, General Contracting and Building, 218 Main Stroet. ‘Phone 370. THE OFFICE OF WM. F. HILL Real Estate and Fire Insuranes, will* be lochted temporarily in Som- ers’ Block, over C. M, Willlams, Room 9, third fioor. Telephone 147. feb13d THERE 18 no It nect! t