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WESTERLY MAY ISSflE For Funding Town Debt—Granite Praised in Bulletin of National Geological Survey—Championship Basket- ball Game Tonight—Danielson Expected to Win— Commissioners to Hear Pawcatuck Argumenh for Five Cent Trolley Fare. - Miss Bradley ‘Agard Welch of T New Haven.—Accepting the resigna- tion of James R. Coddington from the superintendency of the New Haven hospital, the directors have voted to offer the place to Dr. H. T. Summergill of Brooklyn, N. Y. Litchfield—~A certificate of incorpor- ation has been filed by the Rosemore Nursery company of Litchfield in the office of the secretary of state. The capital stock is $15,000, and business will be begun with $10,000. s Danbury.—One of the long freight trains, such as in the early part of the winter were seen almost every day passing over the western divvision of the New Haven road, passed through the city, east bound, Wednesday morn- ing. The freight train consisted of Some sixty cars and was hauled by two engines. Naugatuck~—Many of the employes of the rubber factories who have been out of town have returned to thelr homes to resume work in the factories. ‘Work In th§ girding departments was resumed Monday, and Wednesday all of the cutters were at work. The boot and shoemakers made their first tick- ets on Thursday. g THE MODERN JEW. Topic of Interesting Address at Hart- ford by Rabbi Silverman. Temple Beth Israel on Charter Oak avenue, Hartford, was crowded Sunday afternoon with both Jews and Chris- tians, who went to hear Dr. Joseph Silverman of New York, one of the most widely known rabbis in _the country, lecture on “The Modern Jew." _ Since the disastrous fire which destroyed the Shannon Building, of which we were tenants February 9th, we have been constantly endeav- oring to gather together a new slock. which Although there is bonded indebted- L ness on the water works, there is no such indebtedness- on the town: of ‘Westerly proper. There are outstand- ing mnotes, however, to the ount of about $70,000, and now it 15 purposed to issue bonds and from their sale take the outstanding mnotes, the transfer of the indebtedness being con- sidered the wisest financial business proposition. Senator Louis W. Arnold of West- erly presented an act giving the tow y to take advantage of the quartz monzonite of pinkish or buff gray color, and very fine, even-grain- ed texture, Biue Westerly is of bluis! medium gray or, with fine black particles, and of even-grainted tex- ture. Red Westerly is a brotite of red- dish gray color, speckled with black. The white and blue Westerly are strictly monumental granites, for the former may be called a statuary gran- ite as it lends itself to the most deii- cate carvings. The fineness of its tex- ture is more apparent when compared with that of statuary marbles, as it is bonded plan, and the senate has now | but g trifle coarser than West Rutland passed, under suspension of the rules, | stat: marble. Although blue West- the act reported favorably dy the ju- | erly is 50 per cent. coarser in texture diciary committea. The act author- | than the white Westerly statudrv, it izes the town of Westerly to issue|lends itself well to monumental and bonds not to exceed $100,000, for the | sculptural work. The red Westerly is purpose of funding any part of the|used principally for constructional town's debt. It also provides that the | purposes.” measure shall be referred to the voters of the town for a referendum vote. It is thevefore for the taxpayers to de- cide by direct vote wihether the pro posed bonds shall be 1ssued. Action will be taken at the financial town would fittingly compare with what we ;mu You don’t get a pound of ‘I‘d - always shown. with every shovelful of COAL We believe we have succeeded, and on SAT: URDAY, MARCH 13th, we will open a NEW STORE witha FRESH, CRISP, NEW STOCK of HIGH GRADE MEN’S WEAR at 101 Main Street, next door to the Western Union Tele- at the afternoon service Rev. Adams, D. D, of Stamford, the dis- trict superintendent, will preside. MILK STATION To Be Established in New Haven This Summer. you buy from us. - 7 / No! — ALL COAL le mere or loss dirty when it leaves the ‘The regular monthly meeting of the pure focd committee of the Consumers’ leagus was held at the residence ot Miss Rebecca D. Beath in New Haven, chairman of the committee, last Mon- day. Tt was decided to establish dur- ing the summer months a milk sta. tion, where modified milk, under the su) ision of a tralned nurse, can be #0ld to mothers at dealers’ prices. Dr. Bartlett and Dr. Steele,who were pres- ent by request, offered helpful sugges- tions and emphasized the fact that mortality among the tenement house in!lntl can be lessened to a great*de- y such a station. Dr. Bartlett mine; but every pound ls well soresned befors we deliver It graph Office, Dhers e hope to merit a fair v Pmemey T The Edw. Chappell Co. NORWICH, CONN. Special seating accommodaf and all other details have been arranged for the champlonship basketball game at the state armory in Westerly this (Friday) evening. The competing teams represent New London and Danielson and the game will decide share of your patronage. We cannot believe that because of an un- There was a hearing before the sen- ate committee on fishe: Thursday, on e bill which provides that the state may in the future lease as ovs- ter beds only grounds which are cov- eved by a minimum depth of six. feet of water at low tide, instead of four feet, ag at present. The Hill was strongly supported by oystermen who ply thelr business on public oyster grounds, John J. Dunn of W, rly, secretary of the state board of agriculture, ap- peared before the senate committee on judiclary, Thursday, in advocacy of a bill to make it unlawful to kill wild swan at any time, or any wild goose, duck or teal between Decem- ber 31 and the first day of the follow- ing September, 'he_chief advocate of the bill ‘was Prof. B. H. Forbush of Boston, who ap- peared as representative of the United States department of agriculture, the National Association of Audubon So- jeties and the United States conserva- tion commission. He is chairman of the co-operative committee on birds sud animals and their conservation. Mr, Forbush declared that unless protective measures were adopted at onoe and strictly enforced, there would ve practically no fresh water wild- fowl n the countiry within fifty years. He said that the bill was drawn to pro- tect the wild fowl during thelr breed- ‘ln‘ season. ‘ granites is the subject of ly practical and p.lnlt-king Nelson Dele, which has just ld in Bulletin 94 of the Unit- ed States geological survey. The fleld work upon which the report is based was made in 1506: “The granite Industries of Rhode Island center In Westerly, some of the qoarries being near the compact »art of the town and others near Niantic. Westerly white statuary granite is g .t nroug How’s Your Health ? The first question accosted an Quaintauce. Happy the person who | able to say it is well, To get health and keep health the blood should be in perfect condition. To purify the blood, and as a Spring tonic, we recommend May’s Perfect Blood Purifier Fintirely herbal and cannot be ex- celled as a Spring medicine, Composed of Sarsaparilla, Burdock, Yellow Dock, Dandelion, Princes Pine and other valuable ingredients. Excellent for Kidneys, Stomach, Boils, Scrofula, and all blood diseases. MAY’S PILLS for BDeadache and indigestion. MAY’S FAMOUS SALVE for corns, constipation, the title of championship for eastern Connecticut. Each team has two games credited and the decisive game will be played on a neutral floor, and where each team will receive fair tueatment. There is general antipathy in West- erly against New London in sporting matters, which originated by the al- leged unfair actions of school teams at football and baseball, but it is prob- able that this feeling will be sup- pressed at this basketball game, as the coast artillerymen who have ar- the g ire that the utrality be demonstrated. Proir to the chempionship game there wil] be competition between two teams selected from the Fifth com- € conclusion of » a social dance complimentary to the victors and van- quished. With Bill Collins making his head- quarters on the West Side, wrestling has become popular and matches are being arranged under the auspices of the newly organized Pastime club. Some boud events have taken place and others are to follow. This (Fri- day) evening there is & match on be- tween Chiel Fighting Bear of Wiscon- sin, an Indian heavyweight wrestler, and Ed Labar a Canadlan wrestier of prominenc: "he match is for the best two out of three falls. There will be a preliminary match by com- petent amateu Next Tuesday the railroad commit- tee will give a hearing on the petition of citizens of Pawcatuck and Ston- ington borough to compel the Groton & Stopington streét railway company to reduce the fare between Stonington and Westerly from ten to five cents. There was a session of interested cit- izens in Pawcatuck Wednesday eve- ming, and a special committee, com- posed of the following, were appeinted to raise funds to defray the“expenscs ing the ngn:m hearing: Fishwick, C. A Koelb iber, Charles B. Bright- Barker. William Wheel- er, Jeremiah J. Purtill and William A, Wilcox In the meeting effort will be made to effect a mecting between the local committee and the officers of the trol- ley company, in the hope that agree- ment will cached that will not ne- cessitate slative tion Local Laconics. For flue hammered and ca ved work it is said that Westerly granite has no equal Mrs. ters, Charles J, Butler and her sis- the Misses Nestor ,are visiting v York Ladysmith was dangerous position on F Thursday afternoon. The leader of a local orchestra is training for the Marathon raee by taking dally runs on he walks in Wilcox park Mrs. Paul Hillard made the highest score at the D. A. R. whist heid at the residence of Mrs. William A. Hil- lard in West Broad street. "here's nuuule in a jocal soap club st and expos- ure. set forth that money con- tributed, if forwarded, has never reached its destination. Miss Harriet M. Cottrell of Westerly rted in a island, wil] start on a trip to Europe this month. She will be accompanied by Mrs. A, N, Lewis and sons, Azro and Wilmutt »Qr_.s;an Francisco, {BHIEF STATE NEWS 3 it o 1 ok —E. A. Parker of Elmi- been appointed superin- Berlin schools to sue- arde New Britai ra, N. Y., h tendent of ceed A. E. C Farmington.—Frank Thorpe, -section foreman of the Farmington street rail- way, was instantly killed Tuesday by the falling of a pole. Stamford.—A local firm has sold a runabout to E. C. Converse of Stan- wich. This makes fourteen cars that Mr. Converse has in his new garage, Rabbi Silverman was the Ararat lodge, No. 13, Indepent der B'nai Brith. The modern Jew, said Rabbl Sil- verman, is not the same as the cient Jew, but to say when the change occurred js not an matter, yet if one date in history should be se- lected the Spanish Inquisition might he taken to represent the great event of history that cut off the ancient Jew from the type of Jew thai sts todey, In one day during that bloody peri- od over 300,000 Jews were expelled rom Spain and ttered to the ends This marked a new era h people. From this tim :w begins to take his place among the great men in all lines of v and Mendelssohn, Spinoza and raell are names that find high places in the history of the worid. The Declaration of Independence of the United States, granting religious liberty to all men, had more to do, both in America and ail over the world, with the modernizing of the Jew, and the modern Jew is no dif- ferent, sald Rabbl Silverman, than any other modern man. All are members of the great Caucasian race, and to speak of the Jews as a separate na- tion or race is no more than a poetic fiction. Tn Americl the Jew is a loyal, true American. ‘In England he is an nt Or- i Englishman and in Germany a Germér. He is a man, a citizen, a patriot. In f war he 18 a brave soldier and f peace an upright citizen, or the best man at election day Thers is no Jewish vote, said Rabbi Silverman, and no man or party say it controls the vote of the nation where he ere he retains the faith down through rs of the history of his peo- ple, which iz based on ti tion, the unity of the igion has not change. servances of the changed, and now nagegues and temples are similar to mo churches and the sereens in the galieries have been done away ®ith and the men and women sit together while the services have been beautified. The modern American Jew is a modern American citizen, there is no Olher distinction. Pufers the. Glad Srmle. Mary Garden recently swore a gown that was =0 scant as to mak® her sis- ter actresses gasp. If all is true that is being said about Mary's raiment sh, must really hate c¢lothes.—Chicago Record-Herald. forms have A Benighted Court. A southern court rules that a mule has no rights, in face of abundant tes. timony that a v has both rights and lefts.—Omab . If British postal authorities were as alert as our own, a suffragette would be excluded from the malls at once as an infernal machine—New York Tribune, Still, that Tex: have chosen to pay in bright new Gazette-Times. A Unai His worst enemies do not deny that he has the qualities to make a crack- ing ex-president.—Richmond Times- Dispatch, oil company might its $2,000,000 fine pennies:fl’it(s'nur‘ Know It to lts Sorrow, It does not need the reflections of a retired prize fighter to inform congress that Mr. Roosevelt is a born fighter.— Washingter, Post. Wae Reason, Enough. New Mexico has been kept from statehood because Bull Andrews and-— well, that's plenty—Philadelphia North American. 280 2 SRR TS According to a cabinet ordinance re- cently issued in Tokyo, the onerous re- striction on the use of western ink in Japanese official documents has been removed after 32 years. In 1376 the est of gre b, gave lnuresun' data of similar work on in Rochester, N. Y. and Mrs. Bolton spoke of the wonderful results of the Waterbury station. . SCOTTISH RITE MASONS To Work Degrees on Large Class at Bridgeport. Lafayetie consistory, Anclent and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons, of | Bridgeport, will work three degrees on a large class of candidates March 29, | the candidates being those gfrom | Bridgeport, Danbury, Norwalk and | Stamford, while the degrees are to be conferred will be the 21st, 27th and 32d. The session will be held in the; consigtory rooms at the Masonie tem- | ple, nning at 2 p. m. and ending | abom 6.30. It will be followed by a | banquet at the Stl‘ameld at 7, at which several hundred will sit down to the tables. - LEAVES HOSPITAL. Mrs. Robert Unwin Injured by W. H. Hopkinson. Mrs. Robert Unwin, whose throat was cut by William Henry Hopkinson, ip an attempt to murder, just before the latter committed suicide by cut- ting his own throat, was discharged from the Bridgeport hospital Monday. The big gash in her throat healed up some time ago, but her fractured arm, where she fell from the roof of the veranda In her escape from the crazed _Hopkinson, kept her in the institution. A Difference. The senatorial election in Illinois is about as great as It was just fifty vears ago, when Lincoln and Douglas were candldates, but no men of such caliber are entered in the lists at present.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Fall of the Mighty. How fleeting and transitory are the glories of this world! But yesterday it was the “Teddy Bear” and now cor- porations are quarreling in the courts over the right to gg.u:a “Billy Pol- "—New York 5. Japanese government ordered that in any official document, save in the case of writing on foreign-made paper in Bulletin Building avoidable change of location the conscientious efforts of fifteen years to build a business on the better class of merchandise can all be wasted through the misfortunes of one night. MecPherson, ’Hatter — Furrier — Haberdasher ARGAINS IN PAPER BELFAST LINEN WRITING PAPER, per Ib. BELFAST LINEN ENVELDFES, per pack . 10c BOX PAPER ....... TOILET PAPER 10c pack, 1000 sheets, good quality, only . 6 packs, 500 sheets (full count), for 6 roils SPECIAL--50c Gds Burner Qutfits, complere 39¢ ~oeve AVANARIUS CARBOLINIUM 3 Wood Preserver Destroyer of Chicken Lice and Mites THE HOUSEHOLD New Spring Styles Ready - This season we are prepared to show you the largest and most select assortment of Men’s, Women's and Children’s Wearing Apparel that we have ever had the pleasure of offering. . e . 25¢ 74 Franklin Street ~ GOAL Free Burning Kinds and Lebigh ALWAYS IN STOCK. A. D. LATHROP, Office—oor. Market and Shetucket Sta Telephane 163-12. Branch Office—Lewis’, Shannon Bldg. oct29d LUMBER —— The best to be had and at the right prices, too. Eemember we always carry a big line of Shingles. Call us up and let us tell you about our stock. H.F. & A. J. DAWLEY maylsd T 2. A MORGAN & SON, Coal and Lumber We_carry a well selected line of all sizes famlily coal. Lumber for bufld- ing purposes. 5 Central Wharf, Tel, 884, septl9d |{COAL and WwooD C. H. HASKELL 489 'Phones 402 87 Franklin St. 58 Thames 8t. jan12d ¥ _PLUMBING AND cAsrlfl'}NG ’The Vaflghn Foundry Co ' IRON CASTINGS “urnished promptly. Large stock of patterns, No. 11 to 25 Ferry Street Jan2zd The Best Doliar's Worth is what most people are looking after | today, and the fellow who cannot give it is working under a strong handica Thnt applies to huslnul- PLUM G. I only as a chance pfon my ability m xh-o 1t to you, J. F. TOMPKINS, T. F. BURNS, Heating and Plumbing, 92 Franklin Street, mar5d DENTISTRY In announcing our. readiness for Spring we wish to Purns, sores, cuts, chilblaing, ete one of the western languages, western Also Cheshire.—While working at a pow- er fodder cutter, Michacl Kenney | ink should not be used from that time onuWard ‘That obsolete order in ques- direct your special attention to the fact that every de- MAY'S ACTIVE REMEDY tion survived unmolested until this four fingers of hiz right hand. ¥ #hould be in the house the year round h;lnd caught in the cogs of the ma- xar;' The abolition is welo]omed by & > ‘ for cramps, stomachache, neuraigia,| < s g b e partment is resplendent with New Spring Goods. Teeth Without a Plate eolle, colds, sore throat, toothache, w'!"?"”‘" A\box is being made Canton, China, at present is full of is the greatest boon of modern times. up by the Epworth league of canned wish~you could understand the differ- robbers. It is said that in some the people are reaily afraid to go to ence botween having teeth with a plate rheumatic pains and all soreness, | goods, vegetables and jellies to be sent and testh without a plate. One is firm, Our styles are exclusive, the workmanship, fit and fin- All these i | fo the Deaconesses’ home in New Ha- | rest at night, inasmucn that it is cer- remedies supplied by | ven, this week. tain that thieves will enter and rob > comfortablo and lasts a ifetime; the rtford.—Mrs. Charles Dudley War- | e Plice. Accordingly some one sits ish of our g‘a,rmellts are perfect, and above all our Siatrofs The' beat part of Mt up, while others sleep. The following One never fails down; the other ng the neareet a neigh- his fire. sleeping at post or hel shopkeeper to chop woud or boring blacksmith to blow The Lee & 0sgood Co, | sorsirsiios gie amd s - 2" ey Enfls Sl ; : . Frinton. ia known 0n. £hé contort atage | Lo irespondent: “We have a pollod v values this season are better than ever. e e L P 133 MAIN STREET. as Miss Katherine Goodson. plate, lleVDLEMAN will make you one that marsdaw Torrington.—Mr. and Mrs. MARSHALL’S Adolphus HOURS: 8§ a. m. to 8 p. m. Sunday, 10-8, “Iel on parle Francals” All work guaranteed. DR. R. E. BEARDSLEY, Dentist, | 237 MAIN STREET, FAY BUILDING. | Norwich, Conn. With Easter only four weeks off we advise early buy- ing. You know the advantage of seeing the new Spring stocks when they are new and fresh. Buy Early. little Connecticut afan_broke down ofi Pleasure Beach Saturday afternoon, while on her way from New London to Saybrook. 'The ferryboat was anchor- ed near Two Three Island. The tug Alert, Captain Stevens, was sent from ybrook.—The of & valve stem. the breakin 4 i Yedwt Lmldd%n s;;ox;( :hel.hdis\arlblpid c‘raft ] Tel, 856-4 Lady Ass . g an OWel er cof 0 e Marine Iro { el. -4 y % . Puichasing Agency || pirriirme o be Korne e | jenisd o . Groton. from the having diploma Business college \ number of young women horough and New London from tie New London and who ere employ- assembled at the Bailey on Latham street msn night and orgaunized a ste- |We Are Receiving Our gSprmg Patteras lof Wall Papers _eem All Styles of Buttons to Order (OF YOUR OWN MATERIAL) We do all kinds of Pleatings, Ruching and Pinking The Manhatlin 121-125 MAIN STREET. Tapl fet, h of o > . F: ' ALL HAND WORK or- A et g i The Leading Store in Eastern Connecticut Davoled Exclusiv j and Interior lwwra.m:“n.nd will ba < ’ P ’ 1 leased to show them dent 1s ‘Miss Edith Avery. . to Msn's, Women's and Children’s Waaring Apparel. E-pecl;\l\v charming and fl:;’hc.ol::: Rockville.—Frank E. Willis, who* Is grest variety. Also cphslssery. short on his ice crop, is ting ice ane Curtains, Wlndow Shades and 164 MAIN STREET, with Norwich Circulaling Library. TR A R AL Futniture. The ice is from elght to and will help as Mr, Willis only secured about a half crop on Snipsic lage in Febru ary befors the thaw came, Agency for LeWando’s French Dyers and Cleansers The Fanniag Studies, T T e RE 1s no u!verulm\z med 3 no l"‘fflll O &u"n LALE M&*fi- %Wlhn-rn Bonhootiont squal n- “u- 8 w'"°w Stroet, Norwich, Genn, l rine inches in thicknes