Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 1, 1910, Page 9

The Business and Social ‘ © LETTERS FROM TOWNS IN TWO STATES =~ | Life of Every Town and Settlement Reflected in These Columns. NEW LONDON COUNTY SALEM Gift »£.325 Books for Sunday School Library—Funeral of Mrs. Sally Tew —Sunflowers 16 Feet Tall. Rev. Mr. Cogswell left town last Fri- day for Derry, N, H.,, where his wife is still seriously ill. On account of the absence of the’ pastor there was no preaching service in the Congregational church Sunday morning. Sunday school convened at 11.30 with the superintendent, Mrs. F, R. Bajley in charge. Gift from St. James’ Church. A library of 325 volumes that was presented Salem Sunday school by . St. James’ Episcopal church in New Lon- don was opened for the use of the gchool and is very much appreciated by the members of the church and Sunday school. An interesting missionary meeting of the Y. P. S. C. E. was held at 7.30 under the Jeadership of Mrs. Mary Darling. Mr. and Mrs. S. Ray of Uncasville called on relatives in.town Saturday. Miss Kittie Ray, formerly of this place, now of Uncasville, successfully passed the Free Academy examina- tions and has entered upon her school work there. Albert Buckingham of Niantic was a visitor at the Rogers home last Friday. Mrs. Chadw! bas returned from two weeks' visit with her sister in New London. Miss Carrie Gordon has returned to New York after spending the summer at the home of her parents. Mrs. Gllbert Murray entertained her jnother and her grandfather, Mr. Rob- in=zon of Lebanon one day last week. . Andrews and Miss Miller ton Green visited friends town Jast Thursday. Herbert Maynard and F. R. Bailey were in Hamburg Monday. William Sisson, Jr., his wife and mother of North Lyme, visited Sunda: at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry | Rogers. They came over in their new touring car. The lowlands were visited by a frost last Friday night. Five Voters Made. -3 The board of selectmen, town clérk and registrars held a session in the town hall Saturday. Five voters were made. Mrs. Thompson is il] at the Hurkburt of | in house where she has been spending the summer. Schools Closed. School in the Harris district is closed on aceount of diphtheria. The teacher, Miss Martin of Hamburg and two pupils, both children of Mr. and Mrs. Erie Mitchell are {ll with the disease. Mrs. Saylor of Philadelphia and Mrs. MR, Slegfried of -Colghester were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bailey ‘Wednesday. Death of Mrs. Sally Tew. After an iliness of several months Mrs. Sally Tew died at the/homse of her n, Harry, on Sunday night. Burial was in the family lot in the Smith burying yard at Herricks’ Corners on Wednesday. 4 At the Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon and Mr. and Mrs. Copp from New London was at Gard- ner lake Sunday. > James Lane is confined to the house by_i{llness. Edwin Stedman from Holyoke, Mass., spent a week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Darling. The school in White Birch distriet is closed for a week. The teacher was called home to Putnam to attend court. Tall Sunflowers. A great number of mammoth sun- owers wers raised in Mr. Mitchell's big fileld of corn. One stalk that was measured was 16 feet tall €. F. McIntosh, rural carrier on Route 3, is taking his vacation of two weeks. . Miss Ella Darling and her nephew, Edwin Stedman from Holyoke, Mass., attended church at Willington Sunday. Mrs. Sherwood Miner and Miss Eva Standish went to Willington Sunday. The C. E. meeting was led by Mrs. Mary Darling. Topic, My Denomina- tion at Work for My Country. Ps. 8§9:1-18. WATERFORD Travels of Local People During the Week — New Hampshire Style of House Remodeling. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fields of Hart- ford were over Sunday guests of frisnds in Waterford. Mrs. Lucy Braipard of New London has returned home after- visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Manwaring of Jordan. Mrs. Cha'lone Hoyvard of New Lon- don is the'guest of friends in town. Miss Ida Howard of Graniteville is in Westerly the guest of friends. Miss Joanna Bubier of Lynn has re- turned home after a stay with friends in Waterford. Addition New Hampshire Style. Albert S. Brainard Is building an ad- dition to his home, consisting of a car riage house and barn, joined on to th house, after the style of New Hamp- ghire homes. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Young, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Young. Capt. and Mrs. Ed- ward Winslew, Mrs. Mason, New Lon- don, Mra. Stoddard, Pequonoc and a number of others were guests of Mrs. Mita Mathews at Gales Ferry Wed- NORTH STONINGTON Rally Day Observance—Grange Jubila- tien Over Success of Fair. Rally day was observed at the Bap- tiat church Sunday. The church was prettily decorated. There was speclal music and an address to the pupils of the Sumday school by -Rev, J'/H". Adams. Recv. Lucian Drury preached in Lau- wel Glen chapel Sunday afternoon. ‘Mises Minnie L. and Helen S. Coates have rented a part of their house and taken rooms for themselves in the house of Mrs. Charles Edwin Hewitt. They are now visiting friends in_Portland, Coun. 5 Miss Dorz T. Maine has become a private teacher for the children of Mr and Mrs Edward Man and the littla | Auughiter of Mr, amd Mrs, . P Ken- dall. Miss Blizabeth W. Whitman has re- turned tu Browi university. Returns to Yale, Allen W. York left Wednesday to resuine his studies in the junior clase of Yale universi The reguls last week was jnbilation over the grange fair. #on read some on the =ubject meeting of the grange ziven up to a general the great success of Irs. Bdwin Thomp- bright original seryzes LEBANON Rally Day Programme Planned— Grange Hears Mrs. D. A. St, John— Hon. O. W. Stewart Gives Temper- ance Address. Following the regular preaching ser- vice in the First Congregational church tomorrow morning the rally day exer- cises will take the place of the usual Sunday school work. ¥ Ceres’ Night a Success. Lebanon grange, Na. 21, held an open meeting last week Thursday evening. The literary exercises were prepared by those to whom the subjects had been assigned by Mrs. Gertrude Pultz, it being Ceres’ night. The other two ®races, Flora and Pomona, lent em- blems, thus furnishing pretty decora- tions. Much interest was added to the programme by the presence and excellent remarks of Mrs. D. R. St John of New Canaan, one.of the offi- cers of the state grange. After the Iiéemry exercises a collation was serv- ed. | Spoke for Prohibitien. The people of Lebanon had an oppor- tunity last Wednesday to' listen to ad- dresses by the Hon. Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago, one of the ablest living ad- vocates of prohibition. He spoke at 2 p. m. to a small audience, and agaj in the evening to a larger gathering. Both meetings were held on the Green, near the Town hall. At 4 ¢’clock Mr. Stewart spoke at Liberty Hill. He ‘was accompanied by Rev. C. A. Nor- thrup of Norwich, who made happy re- marks introducing the speaker, and also by a bugler, who announced tha time for each meeting by several well played airs. 3 Various Items. The funeral services of the bright little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kenyon were held on Tuesday after- noon, conducted by Rev. Mr. Ayers in the Baptist church. Many sympathiz- ing friends .and neighbors were pres- ent and there were beautiful floral of- ferings. Burial was in the new ceme- tery. The youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. White swallowed an open safety pin a few days ago. The child is under the skilful treatment of a physician from Wilimantic. Mr. and Mrs. Otis L. Chapman of Westerly, R. 1., visited Mr. and Mrs S. W. Throop this week. Mrs. Ralph Wells, formerly of Leb- anon, has been visiting Miss M. H. Dutton. Mrg. J. Nelson Geer has been for several weeks at the home of her daughter, in Providence. Mrs. Elsie Geer Stevens is spending some time with her father and broth- ers, while her mother is in Provi- dence. Mrs. Frank P. Fowler is ill. Mrs, Ella B. Peckham of Hartford is visiting friends in Lebanon. _Mrs. Alfred Manning of Norwich ‘Town visited Miss Hattie E. Hewitt this week. . wWallace Swéet has returned to Yale tohem‘-xfi.me his studies in the Medical school. DAYVILLE Deacon James Burnett's Death—Oiling the Streets Begun. Mrs. B, G. Bidwell of Norwich is spending several weeks with her son, W.F . Bidwell. Miss Deborah Russell spent the week end in Mystie: Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Jenney spent Sunday at the home of David Chase, taking back their little daughter, who has been here for the summer. Death of Deacon James Burnett. The people of the village were sorry to learn of the death of Deacon James Burneit, who for many years lived in this village. Miss Estelle Holly of the State Nor- mal school, Willimantic, was homs over Sunday. Ascal Peterson recently spent several days in Hartford. Benjamin Thompsom of Providence spent the week end with his mother ! Mrs.. Almira. Thompson. Mrs. James O’'Neil entertained Miss Annie Kelley of Pomfret Sunday. Mr. and Mre. Sidnev Brown are vis- iting relatives in town. Mrs. W. F. Bidwell was in Norwich on Saturday. _‘Mrs. Donna Miller of Norwich spent Tuesday with Mrs. Henry L. Ham- mo he residents on Main street are pleased to see that men are oiling the | roadway. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dunn are mov- Idg into their new home by Alexander Lake. PENDLETON HILL Guest at Palmer Homestead—West- erly=Pastor Supplies Local Pulpit. Dr. Charles E. Nerth is .at the Palmer homestead for a short stay. Friends here of William Bennett of Jewett City were saddened to hear of his untimely death on September 23. Mr-and Mrs. E. E. Coon attended the funeral of Mrs. Coon's aunt, Mrs. Fannie Langworthy, at Mg After a lengthy visit at the Hickory farm, Joseph . Hopkins returned to Preston on Monday, September 26. Miss Clara Breed of Anguilla spent a few days on the Hill, visiting friends. 2 Mrs. Jennie J. Thompson and son Trwin spent Friday in Jewett City, guests of Charles D. Babcoclk. Rev. Charles Lay of Westerly sup- plied the local pulpit Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Harris Boardman and infant daughter returned to their home here September 26 from Providence, Migs Carrie A. Ryder of Niantic, R. is at heéer home here for a few I, days. Clarke Coon and Morton Cooke were in Westerly Saturday. CLARK’S FALLS E. D. Chapman Had Large Exhibit of Dahlias at North Stenington Grange Fair—Brief Notes. Miss Mundell Taylor, who has been the guest of her cousins, Nora and Mundell Maine, has returned to her home in New London. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson 1: Maine have bLeen the gnests of their parent M, Maine is surfrwn No. 8 on' the Fish Islzng life =aving sidtion and has re turned, Postimaster E. D. Chapman atiend- | ed the dehnlia show in ieh. Mr, Clhapman had & display varieties | at the Grange fair at North Stonington village; and was awarded premiums. Mrs. P. A. Green.of New York city, who has béen il the village about twe that attracted much attention | MONTVILLE Rev. P. C. Wright Delivers Able Ad- dress—Ten Young Men Form Baraca Class—Baptist Church Services. Rev. P. C. Wright, pastor of the Cen- tral Baptist church, Norwich, gave a strong address at Imer Memorial h'a!l Monday on the subject, Fight for Your Lives. The choir of the Union Baptist church furnished one selection, The Home Protection &t%’ Song. | Miss Gertrude Olson sang a $olo, The! Homeless Waif. Rev. S. F. Maine of- fered the opening prayer. Baraca Class Organizes. Tuesday evening in the ladies’ par- lor the TUnion Baptist church a Yyoung men’s Baraca class was organ- ized with ten members: Herbert and | Howard Rogers, Leon Allen, Edward Smith, Royalston Hart, Harry Watts, John Hurlbut, Robert Teft, Aubrey Miner and Yred Church. The officers elected for three months are: Presi- dent, Howard Rogers: vice president, John Hurlbut; secretary, Herbert Rog- | ers: treasurer, Robert Teft: janitor| Leon Allen: amusement committee, Royalston Hart, Robert Teft and Leon ‘Allen. - This class will meet Wednes- | day evening each week at the chapel. Other young men will join soon. - John Brown attended the 200th an- niversary of the First Baptist church. | Waterford, last week Thursday. | Mrs. Sarah Seeley, who spent the | | summer at the Palmer homestead, went i to Hartford this week, where she will| spend the winter with her sister. i Miss Roby Boynton has returne ifrom two weeks' visit in New York. ’ Miss Maud Wood of the Normal! schoo!, Willimantic, spent Sunday at! her home here. Increasing Church Attendance. At the Union Baptist church Sunday morning the Rev. C. M, Rced of East Lyme preached in exchange with the| pastor, Rev. G. C. Chappell. In th evening ~a delightful programme wa. |enjoved by a large congregation. A. P. Mitchell conducted the sery { the order being: Piano solo, Miss M; rion Henry: Keep Step With the Mas ter, by the chorus of 22 members Throw Out the Lifeline, chorus; re- sponsive reading: prayer by the pas- tor; the 23d Psalm repeated in con- cert; Fading, Still Fading, chorus: notices and offering: duet, Abide With | Me, Messrs. Chapel and McKensie; re- sponsive rea ; solo, Come Unto Me, Miss Nellie Chapman; recitation, Ev ening Prayer, Miss Jeneva Smith: Psalm 46, recited by Miss Susie Wood: Under His Wings, chorus; solo, My Faith Looks Up to Thee, Miss Mand | Wood; solo, Sun of My Soul, Miss | Gertrude Rogers; recitation, Miss Ma- rion Henry; fiymn; selection from 14th chapter of St. John: hvmn; recitation, Miss- Lena Miner; solo. Miss Gertrude Olson; Christian Endeavor benediction. The evening congregation numbered 98, and the Sunday evening before 99, This is an increase of thirty over the vear before. 2 i i " HAMBURG Slight Frost This Week—Good Crops of Potatoes and Cranberiies Re-. ported—New Autoniobile in Town. Mrs. John Webb and son Spencer of Chester were in town last Wednesday. First Selectman J. S. Danizls has a new automobile. Mr._and Mrs. James Lord went to East Haddam in their new power boat one day last week. A slight frost has been reported in low lands. Edward Otis has harvested a fine crop of potatoes. 2 L. B. S. met Wednesday for work work at their room in the church basement. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Harding at- tended the fair at Berlin last Wed- nesday. Mrs. Camrle Granger is at H. L. Gil- lette’s in Old Lyme. John Tiffany and Lyman Harding are harvesting a good crop of cranber- ries. GOSHEN ' Sale—Berlin Fair an Attraction ThilI Week. i i s s | There was a good attendance at the recent auction sale at the late' home of John A. Hillom, at Breezy Hill | Farm and farming tools, machinis and carpenters’ tools and miscellane. ous articles brought fair prices. F. I Noyes of Lebanon was the auctioneer. A number from here are attending the big state fair at Berlin this week. Mrs. John Hillom is spending a few { weeks in Boston. A _number from here attended the temperance addresses at Lebanon on | ‘Wednesday afternoon and evening. Several from here attended the 150th anniversary exercises at the Second { Congregational church, Norwich, on Sunday. State Sechool Supervisor Barber of Willimanti§ was a visitor here Wed- nesday. \ ; VoLURTOWN Local Orchestra Plays at Glasgo| 1 Dance—Five New Voters. On Saturday egenifg 1 t Harmony | {orchestra furnisfidd mu at Glasgo | for a concert and dance. In the ab- sences of Miss Groves, through illness, | Leader William Richards presided at | {the piano in an efficient manner. Sev- | eral from this village attended ; Mr. and Mrs. George T. Phillips of | West Haven visited relatives in town several days the past week. i Arthur Whittaker, having sold his | place on the Pl has moved into ! { the Dr. Davis place. i James Hopkins has moved {o the Perkins _place. formerly occupied hy Henry E. Randal. G. B. Sheldon of the battleship Louisiana was in town at the home of his parents for several lours on Wed- | nesday. Joseph Richards visited West Haven on Sunday and Monday, where he was the guest of friends. Five new voters Saturday last. ere registered on SOUTH LYME | Guilford Fair A(‘ler;ded by Local Peo- ple. Among those who attended the Guil- |ford fair from this place were Mr. and l)h‘fl, Daniel Dart. Mrs. F. R. Peck and Miss 11 beth Slate. AMrs. Gertrude Slate visited relatives here "Tuesday. James Champion iz visiting friends in Rast 1.yme Mre, W. . Slate was the suest of | her daughter, Ahs. A FL Miller, in | Lyme, Wedneaday. Mrs. arles Waterhouse has been | entertalning relatives from Long Is- tiss Mirfan Chapman is atiending the graded school at Lyme this vear, Mrs, David (“hampion .js vis g her in Niantic. months, -laft Tuesday for a t in | father. I P. Morgan. E New Haven, before returning to her| Mrs Carrie Rogers was the guest of home I Mrs, Harry Hersey this week. 2 { have seen to it tral v K. of C. Hear t Deputy—Injury -to-Workme Meeting ’o»Vou ~Upon- Dispensing with School ‘Super- Mrs. Charles, Osborn is entertaining her mother,. .Mrs, George Short of Watertown, N. Y. . There -was a large attendance at the /meeting of Pequot council, Knights of Columbus, in Hickey’s hall., District Deputy- M. J. Sullivan, William May and Thomas Burke of New London’ were in attendance. - Miss Gladys Latimer left town this week to afiend Smith college. Henry Chureh’ bas sold his automo- bile and route to H, Hullivan of New London. o g Fred I Phillips and son Edward at- tend the exercises at the Masonic hnfiin ‘Wallingford Saturday. am McKenzie is employed the Thames River SDeclaltg 0. = 'Two Workmen Injured. Ttalian laborers at the Bigelow-Har- riman ‘Construction: Co. were at work on the embankment on the spur track which runs alongside the water pipe line. The dumping mechanism of the little four-wheeled cars failed to act or was neglected. by those who should In consequence sev- eral cars left the track and. the labor- ers on and abgit the cars w\re eith- er thrown off or buried under the spill- ed cortents of the cars. The injured men were taken to' their lodging place and medical attendance summoned. One man had a bad bruise of the right thigh and several other minor injur- «, while the other was hurt on the hand, a bad cut and sprain to the ingers and-wrist. The oars were com- pletely wrecked General News. Mrs. Henry Douglas, who has been a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Vibber, returned to her home in_Niantic Saturday. Miss Pearl Cornet is visiting friends in Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hurlbutt of Boston, who have.been guests at the ‘by ! home of John Ba‘br_‘ock, have returned home. Ernest Auwood, who entered a san- itarium at Rutland, Mass, for *‘nber- culosis, is said to he responding fa- ‘orably to the treatment he is receiv- ing there, a: The Rev. S T. Maine, pastor of the Methodist ehurch, exchanged pulpits with the Rev. H‘sl‘ Arnold, acting pastor of the Montville Center Con- gregational church, for morning serv- ce. - Miss - Lillian aniels conducted the services in the evening at the M. B. church. Matters for Town Meeting to Decide. The last meeting of the old board of selectmen was held Saturday, at which several business problems of the an- nual town meeting, which will be held Monday, October 3, were discussed. - At a special meeting, which is hcld ¥ before town meeting they will ha & ed to pass upon a petition seeking to dispense with-the services of the su- pervisor of schools.. This was brought up at'a meeting a few wéeks ago, the | decision of that meeting being that the subject be tabled indefinitely. At this meeting a petition will be made: to incredse the pay of the first se- lectman from $100 to $300.¢ There will also be a vote taken on the license gliestion. .-This “Was voted ‘upon last 1 year, the license party claiming a vie- tory by one vote. On a protest the superior court threw out one ballot supposed to be .in fayor of license, leaving the town as it had been, no- license. ‘American council, O. T. A. decided to hold a social and have engaged the Lyric hall chestra to furnish music. Frank Rizh- ards has been appointed a committee to take charge of.the decoratims. . Twenty-nine New Votes Twenty-nine new. names have peen added to the voting list Ly the board of registrars. There is an increase of the voting list of three. M., have nd dance, s Charles C. Elwell and his assistant, Mr. Dunham, were in town inspecting the track of the Connecticut com- pany and are thinking of doing away with the awkward crossing at the Central Verment spur track in the vil- lags at the north end of bridge, hav- ing .the track .leveled and raiseq and the curve straightened as much as possible. Miss Jessie Bradford is improvins. Her illness is typhoid. David Fi the guest of day. Michael Mahoney of Stonington was er2lé of East Lyme relatives in town an oVer-Sunday guest of ves .n Peauot. Mrs. Jared Rogers is gpendins sev- eral weeks as the guest of her nephew, Frank E. Fowler OAKDALE. 3 Voters Urged to Work for No-License —Threshing Keeps Farmers Busy. Rev. S. F. Main of Unecasville preach- ed in the Congregational clhiurch Sun- | i Arn- | Rev. Mr. ange with Main took for urged every voter to go to the polls on Monday, license question. ¥ The C. E. meeting was led by Floyd Tiffany. ~Topic, My denomination at work for my country, Ps. 89: 1-18. F. ed. Dwight Keisey and E. H. Rogers are doing the work , Matt A. Tinker of Chesterfield, with | soline engine and threshing is threshing grain for farmers. in this section. State Agent W. S. Simmons of Cen- “lllage was a business caller in nity Monday. outfit, some of the BOZRAH iokary Society’s Meeting — Teo Much Clover Kills a Cow. = a nary meeting will he held ! Kdwin- B. TLathrop today, ing: too-much clover one day this weelk. Mr. and Mrs: C. W. Murdock of South | Windham_spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Avery. Mr. -and Mrs. Charles Johnson, 2d, of Norwich are at Mrs. Johnson's home on Bozrah street for a few days. Richard AHyn of New London spent a day with his aunt, Mrs. S. G. Avery, this week. Mrs. 8. G. Avery has returned from two weeks’ visit in New London. Mrs, Hannah Raymond of Norwich is visiting Mrs, Mary D. Ave: YAWBUX VALLEY Idwin Thompson Aiiday Mr. and Mrs. Engene - Chapman and childven Westerly, Mr. and Mrs, nk White, | - Mr#%and. Mrs 2 wapman of | Wes and M Muine of | J ngton spent Sunday with their Mrs. Jualin® Geer. nYork was a recent guest of ! Refus Vredenburg. Miss Anna I. Chapman returned to Noank Sinday nightafter spending the week end with her paren _Mrs. Tucy Slocum is the zuest of her daiiphiter, Mra William Rathbun, . s text Prov. 24, his theme being Temperance. He | Oct.’ 3, and vote No on the | Parker is having a silo_erect- | the jever that controlied the party ma- | carded or even modified. 4 in : Ex-Gofiemor 5 The city meeting of the present weelk was a reminder of the old days when it was considered the event of the year and the people assembled in the old courthouse more to hear Thomas M. ‘Waller, and some others of prominence who have since died, talk on two af- fairs and indulge in personalities, than they did to consider the size or the significance of the annuad budget of appropriations. Mr. Waller was at the annual meeting last Monday and hj was there in his war paint and toma- hawk, just as he was nearly half a century ago, a recognized leader and whose every word had weight with the majority. He has often been known to be in the minority at theé start of a meeting hut to be on top by. a large major before the adjournment was reached. He has the faculty of get- ting on the winning, on the right side, in most city meetings. He was the leader, with ex-Mayor George F. Tinker. in opposition to the budget as recommended by the court of common council, and these two ex- mayors prepared a little budget of their own. Their appropriations were with- in. the regular sixteen mills tax limit while the council budget carried with it a tax rate’ of eighteen and one-half mills. In the general discussion and cross-firing it was Mayor Mahan in defence with Messrs. Waller and Tinker as leaders of the attacking party. The mayor fought the two trained gladiators single handed, ex cept in a single instance when he calléd Alderman Miner to the firing line, to explain in detail one of the in the budget, with which the an was familia: item: zldef}n Naturally some very hot ‘'shots were fired and the ex-mayor and ex-gov- ernor certainly did hit the mayor sonie hard cracks, but the mayor came back in good form as the governor and made an occasional side swipe at ex-Mayor Tinker. This did not take well with the voters assembled as Mr. Tinker has always been a consistent worker for the best interests of the city and his sincerity and honesty has never been doubted by his fellow citizens. Years azo, when a member of the council, Mr. Tinker was styled the “watch dog of the treasury,” and he has mever I the right to that en- viable title. Hes believes in running the ‘affairs of the c on as safe a basis as runhing a privaté business, and Mr. Tinker has proven himself a success. as a business man.’ What money he has cameé t& him by hard svork and good busin judgment and no man- in “the city has “beén mote generous in giving it for_ the' public good. To tell: What he here it would preclude the subject matter under consideration. It was ‘the first city meeting in the remodeled courthouse and the general result was satisfying to the public as a whole, Had Mayor Mahan a sup- porter or two of the Waller and Tinker type, the fight would have been mere even and perhaps with different re- sult. The mayor is a fighter from Fighterville but he was over-matched in that contest. He aimed to make ex- tensive and immediate improvement to the city and proposed to raise the money right away to pay the bills. | Had he worked the old game and asked | for the appropriations without making | reterence to the rate of taxation the budget would probably have slipped through without suspicion. Such things have been done, and the reckoning of the cost was an after consideration. It was one of the few times when Mayor Mahan made caleulation in the conduet of city affairs. Despite the action of the #ity meeting there will be & way found to carry on public improvements and there will be mno | sliding backwards in that respect dur- | |ing the present administration. Leave that to Mayor Mahan! While there was general opposition to the methods adopted by Mayor Mahan | in regard to general improvements ha | was only mildly eriticised and there was no advance newspaper condem- nation or any thing of that kind. The | public. and the press dealt leniently | with him believing that his only aim was the bettering of the general con- dition of city affairs and city manage- ment. But suppose hi predecessor, ex-Mayor Benjamin L. Armstrong had done just what May Mahan - did, | simply that and nothing more? Well, | what's the use? | Kvery move that Mayor Armstrong made, no matter how cumn‘\ 1dable, it { was made the occasion of Vicious at- | tack in the press amd like action on jthe part of the leaders in his own party from which he took temporarily !jchine. 1t was this opposition to Mayor Armstrong and the feeling it created that resulted in a democratic nominee | defeating the republican nominee for the mayoralty as much as anything else, As time goes those, who aided in the | defeat of some of Mayor Armstrong’s ideas of a husiness administration are | heginning to realize that the young 'ALL EFFICIENT CRACKSMEN | mayor was ‘oftener right than wrong, amd that mistake was made in not giving him the support his measures deserved. It is a noticeable fact that the reforms he inaugurated in regard to the gemeral accounts of the depart- ments of the city have not been dis- Had Mayor Armstrong been given half a show and 4mnot had party stumbling blocks set in his pathway at every step, his well- managed administration, under serious disadvantages. would now 'be held up as a model worthy of emulation. He did his best to give the city a business administration and the people, that is some of them, are just beginning to find it out. He had a habit of look- ing before he leaped and was evidently a believer of the Davy Crockett saw: “Be sure you're right; then go ahead.” There is to be another change in th. management of the New London Tel graph that has been for a long time on the down grade, from evident lack of management and unfamiliarity with with the making of g newspaper. This paper has Lad a varied career during the past twenly-five years and has probabiy undergone wmore changee in managemnent, especially during the past uine years, than any other newspaper existence ‘and survived. On more than one occasion in that period it al- { most made fnal gasp. but seemed to recover sufficiently fo maintain Hfe. Puring the past year or more the paper seemed to be without 3 helms- men and battered about en the journa- listic sea with a crew of sailors of the © . After Mahan G E C(ha.’nge, in the New London Telegraph — Charles H. Thompson Assumes Charge—Exciting Political Con- tests Probable Among the Republicans—The Demo- <rats are $howing Signs of Life. : Dick Degl Iye of Pinafore type:'’ meant well, but didn’5 know."” Now Charles H. Thompsen, who has had newspaper experience is: to take a trick at the wheel and proposes to steer the much abused old craft back into waters that are not troubled, and here’s hoping he will succeed. .Mr. Thompson did his- first reporterial work on that paper and later, when the property passed to thesDay man- agement, he was anade the city editor for the first period of its changed * ownership. He was 'before and, after a reporter on the Day and is in’ the practical printer class. For over a year Mr. Thompson has been employed in the circulating department of a New York newspaper and has had like ex- perience in Boston, and for a time he worked in the government printing of- fice in Washington. For a man of his years he has held many positions, mostly in connection with newspapers, in places all over the country from New York to Alaska. He will probab- ™ Iy give to the Telegraph his wide and varied experience and may revolution- ize\ the newspaper business in progres- sive New London. He has the best wishes for a successM! undertaking, as the city needs an improved Tele- graph. When Governor Waller sugg d at the city meeting that the council take action before the incoming session of the Jegislature that will result in a return from the ward to the voting district system, by amendment of the city charfer. It is the general opinion that the ward system is a detriment to the progress of the eity and a fail- ure. I¥ has been given a fair test of about a dozen years and the result has been a change in the personnel of the city government, and men have served in the council as ward aldermen who would not take a chance of winning in a general vote of the whole city. In conkequence of the ward system men of standing in the city cannot be prevailed upon to accept nominations as ward candidates in some. of the wards. As result men whe cannot af- ford to give time to the city business, and who are not qun]l‘:d even if will- ing, have for party sake accepted nom- inations and in some ihstances the least evil has been chosen. Of courde the present council is the best ever, but there have been incompetent men in the membership of some counecils and others are-liable to be elected some time-ifi the future. 3 There have been men cted . as aldermen’ who have not the slightest interest in the city affaité from & financial standpoint or for that. mat- ter any other. There was nothing to hold them to the city exespt their employment, and this they would change to another city if the opportu- nity was offered. - They could at & moment’s notice pack their grip and take the first train from the city with- out jeopardizing a bit'~of persenal interest. These men areé not tax-pay- ers, not even of a poll tax, and could not be eledted even as a hog hayward, were there such an office; outside of the ward where they happen to stand in with the gang that controls. With the ward system abolished this class of aldermen would never again be known and the sooner the change 1s made the better it will ve for the munagement of mumicipal af- fairs. The people have givem the sys- tem a fair test and opportunity ought to be given the people to decide by referenduin whether the continuance of the ward system was desirable. The democrats in New London showing signs of life, especially since the nomination of Edward T. Brown for state treasurer, and have actudlly established local headquarters and are reorganizing for the state campaign, on even a larger scale than if there was a presidential election close at hand. Tt is planned tw thoroughly re- organize the party, and some of Old {Guard are at headauartgrs teaching the young eclement just Mow to run a campaign. The democrats have be- come tired of dolng nothing in party, work and now some of the ould-timers are getting in their work in a frantic i endeavor to call some of the seceders home and halt the flow of the sons of democrats into the republican camp. Already there is life sufficient at headquarfers that actual smoke talks on politics and candidates have been held, with Mr. Brown as the chief topic. The matter of selecting candi- dates for representatives is being con- sidered and already headguartersmen are booming Nathan Belcher for the legislature. This is the voung at- torney who was one of the democratic nominees a few years ago and came within four votes of defeating the re- publican nominee, Carl J. Viets, who was not considered a . particularly strong candidate at the time, as he was classed as an Armstrong man and just then feeling was strong. in some republican quarters against the re- publican mayor. Mr. Belcher re- ceived meny republican’ votes. Nathan Belcher is son of Wilkiam Belcher, who has been nominated for office on the state ticket, and grand- son of the late Nathan Belcher, . a democrat who once represented the old "Phird district in the national house of * representatives. Tt is helieved Nathah will he nominated without opposition, but the man cannot found whe act- ually helieves he will come so near an_election as when he came so near defeating Mr. Viets. The great unwashed. as the minori- ty party was termed vears ago, seems to have difficulty in finding a running mate for the voung attorney, which i= in marked contrast with their friends the enemy ‘in this respect. There may bhe some Barkis or some Micawber in the party but they have not vet been discovered in this connection. It is now about seventeen years ginve the local - democrats sent representatives to the state lezislature. Two were sent to the dead-lock session for the first time within the memory of the oldest voter, although prier to that time it was common to send a ve- publican and a democrat. At the fol- Jowing =session the same two repre- Sentarives -were - again meinbers, but since that time no democrat has had & look-in, and the prospect of & chaunge in thet respect i3 not loevked for at this time. Perhaps that's a reason why there is no scramble for deme- eratic nomination in New London. i in New Lendon hi fl:.':'."l‘l tack ofnlntcn'-t% is ne- With no vote on the licenas - : wasday (Continued on pags tem) - 7