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STORES not under- sold by any store, or credit. Hats Shoes SE We are cash MEN’S Fancy Vests Trousers Raincoats We Guarantee It the manufacturers. 76 Washington St., Boston, Mass. T17-719 Massachusetts Av., Cambridgs, Mass. | . 209-211 Middlesex St., Lowel 2 and 4 Hampshire 52" Andrews $t., School St., Waver! Tajyrence, Mass. Lynn, Mass. Brockten; Mass. St., Stevens BIk., tamingham, Mass. W r WOnQ s S.lh Women’s Coats : $ 7.50 10.00 12.50 15.00 18.00 20.00 21 Pleasant St., - Worcester, Mass. 16 Water St,, . H: 1101 Main St., Hartford, Ct. 76 West Main St., Meriden, Ct. verhill, Mass. 359 North St., . Pittsfield, \(BB& 174 Meadow St., “New Hayen, Ct. 136 Bank St.. Naw London, Ct. 185 State St., 268 Main St., Danpury, Ct. 10 South Main St., S. Norwalk, Ct. 73 Church St., New PBritain, Ct. 29 and 31 Shetucket St., Norwich, Ct. 1, Mass. - | 71 and 1 Cannon Pl., Troy, N. Y. 244 West Water St., Elmira, N. Y. Brulgeport ct. 55 Center St., Waterbury, Ct. LADIES’ ~“Waists' ‘Petticoats - Millinery Raineoats LECT what you want for Spring from our stock Pay for it on easy weekly or monthly payments, and before you know it the bill is paid. tion.. It is union made, stylish and up-to-date in every “particular, Consu;ler that we buy for 46 stores.’ must buy to stock them. Isn’t’it reasonable to suppese that we must get the bottom price from Isn’t it reasonable to suppose that the customer gets the benefit of this price. - Makc us a visit, exammc our clothing, and compare our goods with others. OUR 46 STORES Our clothmg will' give satisfac- Look at the amount that we 182 Main St., 18 Main St., 1120 Prospect Ave., Horneil, N. Y. Yonkers, N. Y. Cleveland, Ohio, 30 Chenango St., 216 Sixth St., 20 South Howard St., Binghamton, N. Y. Pittsburg, Pa. ¥ Akron, Obo. 371 Broad St., 940 Penn St 122 North Walnut St., Waverly, N. Y. Reading, Pa. % ¢ Canton, Ohio. 58 East Market St., 754 Willow St,, 121 West Fifth St Corning, N. Y. Lebanon, Pa. # L Cincinnat!, Ohio, 21 North Main St., 210 West Market St, 286 South Fourth St., Cortland, N. Y. Pottsville, Pa. Hamilton, Okto. 94 State St., 41 East Broad St, 26 Leibee ‘Bldg., S. Main St., Rochester, N. Y. _ Hazleton, Pa. o u-;Lflddleton, Ohto. 7 Market St., 9 No. Hanbver St., | 26-28.Bast & Lockport, N. Y. Pottstown, Pa. 'int\!cket, R L 305 South Warren St., * 6 North Water St., 1082 Elm St., Sysmguse, N X Sharon, Pa. ~Manchester, N. H, PROSPEROUS SEASON AT MIAMI Mz, and Mrs. Avery C. Smith Will Return Here Early in May—Boom Along the- East- Coast -of -Florida. | Writing from Miami, Fla., where he is in business with James . Warr, in the PBiscayne Nuvigation O owners af Fairyland, the pathing oeach and | boat lines Avery C. Smith s pects to be here early in 1 dompeny has had granted them by the gounty commissioners a ferry fran- chige that gives them exclusive rights fn the ferriagc of passemgers (fo) hire) acress Biscayne bay, within the | | dne-mie lirilt of the terminals, | "Net only have they built two new | Hoats, bui the; have thorotughly re- | odeied the entire beach propert &n a new wharf for the landing te, féet long and 6 feet wide, there; built twenty-four abselutely new Bath houses and rebuilt all of the dld ones. They have sunk an arlesian well and have plenty of soft, fresh fater furmished by a windmill pump- i; outfit, They Bave four shower , feur seif<acing water “closets, | E.ll that gees (o make an up to te shore resorc iing establish- t, They have laid nice board walks from pler to pavilion hd pavilion to tidewater on the-beach | v and Bave anchered a raft off the beach | th life lines ior bathers. | We have had a very prosperoiis sea- s’ here and are mow looking forwvard With pleasire to the time then we [ . WILL b6 agwiri with our Norwichfriends | | Writes® Smith, whe zise ‘sent . a copy of the Miami Herald 10 The Bul- containing an interview muu M. Plagler, the wizard who | e the east coast possible, hu[ th- tollowlnx lieves in Florida. * While the development of whole country affords scope for ca tal and energy, I -balieve that the re- ! seurces of the soutit in ciimate, s6ii/ and miseral advant and in geo- &raphical pesision commerce, wili create 3 -the | to evelepnent than that of the eatire My evn experience in tha \do‘mo-u of the ea 1 betieve, pwm of of the out measured the l.nnnu asction, its advascowmn Cuast o 18 years ago, and ane smovements of nop tery of eour ceuuiry, m—t meveriant to Fierida has ever ¥ol. kmown in the Tinited States “T'wo waels ago the East Coast rail- way carried inte the Fert Lauderdale section ol southern Florida over 3,000 men frem the nerth and west, who went there to select one of the loty iously purchased frem.one of the |- companies operating” in that gec- | tion. ere were camped on the und &t one time nearly 3,500 men, in lents, arranging to secure thelr allotments under the- purchasq “My advices are thut these men are of the most pstantial western and northwestern farmers and | Lusiness men. “The growth of the eagt is devel ast. which | pidly than to provide rail- ted i the Tact that on Bunday night last i o | distance of 306 ralles we huG 32 load- frelght trains gong in beth direc g—. and Iast night we had on' the | Jige 186 carloads of miscelleneous dise frem Jacksonville bound Tead to the Fort Plerce sec- order to meet this - rapid “ :;'l we. n!“n now bufld- of sidings 2% hea Jfi’mutln?fi» ype. W ‘not for tie {onstrated that some of the henvy. churacter of | . fact that I-a building of th tract-to . be ¢ now carrying out the 170, miles under con- mpleted not jater than through the center of the ‘stife to the head of‘Lake Okee™ n addilon to the K V' extension, I would immediately under take the double tracking of the entire system,Mwhich I am satisfidd must be done within the next few vears in or- to meet the rapid expansion of traffic. The grow £ business on the East Coast line is indicated in the fact that during the first week of March the | enrnings exceeded the earnings of tife | corregponding week of last year by 36.18 per cent.; for the second week of March the increase over the corr s period of last year cent., and for tl was 40.38 per cent. and ‘would have been much larger but for our inability 0 handle the traffic promptly Growth Too Fast for Railroads. ve at work on the ex- West over 0 men, last weel's pay roll. Ev- ery. stemmer of the Mallory line from New York v West brings us a | Bumber of but o great is the farmers for laborers e men soon leave our ps for rm work, e higher prices farmers - laborers, . never wavered in my faith in the uitimate very great development 1of the section into which I as put- ting any millions of dollars. I have alvizs looked for great things, e development now taking place far the work on the extension to West has be under vay that on has heen visited by several far worse than any of which had b#en any record. In the hurs 1910 the d attained a | f 120 miles per hour. These ms deinonstrated that the concrete work had been ‘constructed w that it Tecied. but it also dem- fill safety at some points which cngineers had thouefit would, be adequate were not nqu.«] fo meet such te hurricanes, We have therefore since the storms becit carrying out all construction work on a basis to defy the winds and waves. This has necessitated treb- | ling the amount of concrete and bridge work th«l we had flr!l anticipated.” BALLOT BOXES WiLL GO To WASHINGTON. No Date Set, and It May Not Be Until End of Year. ] In & roowt in the HMull building New London are the boxes containing the ballots cast at the last state clec- tion in ths towns ceunty. The boxe dre in. the 1~of Notary Public Warren B, who represents o ens and whoe the town connty us- Londan tjon with wrossman | Titied congre before a - deternmne iiisgius shall QiNAry step ere taken | Loudon liast week in New London, and next week positions of the town eflmnf W m connty Wil be tak- T of the depositions ne- Faduction of the bal- wiich * have bfen 1in 'the 43 third week the gain | .. but of New London, posséssion of the various tdin clerks. | The testimony taken in the depositions | c¢onsisted’ of identifying . the ballot ! boxes as the ones given into their cus- tody following the election; that these | ‘boxes have not .been opened since ! that time, and that they contain the.| ballots intact as they had been depos: ited after tie election, | The -boxes, numbering: in-the neigh- | borhood of 65, are to be taken to! ‘Washington when the liearing before the congressional place. No date has been set for the hearing, and: it is. doubtful if it will be held befare next December. In the meantime the boxes are in the- Hull building. “That _these ballot boxes are to be sent to Washington has been a Source of surprise to many persons who were under the impression that these de- positories of votes could not he taken | out of the state. That there is a pos- sibility »that they will be opened im- mediately for tie Durpose of, counting }ghe ballots has also been doubted, as {it was supposed that after being seal~ } ed on election day they ere to remain {intact for six months: Thé nature of the contest makes | the first of these actions possible. The | names ~ of the candidates for congress ared “on the same ballot as the dates for state and ci arising over the eligibility of the candidate declared elected to the ‘office and that dispute being" taken jto congress for settlement, the ha- jtional body has the right to claim the ballot boxes from the state for the purpose of investigating, which may necessitate the ovening of the poxes for the purpose of counting the votes. The belief that the ballot boxes not be opened within six months fier election is erroneous, in th: a defeated can tention of contes! some redson -12 davs after tlhe elec- tion the vote receptacles may be termine the truth of the allegations set | forth in his petition. AT THE AUDITORIUM. Vaudeville and Motion Pictures. vaudaville topliner for ‘tliis ‘end’ of the {week and a trio of accompanying acts hat please, the Auditorium -played to i bix heuses on Thursday and generous {approval of the bill was shown. For yhis own protean plaviet. A Four Teaf Clover, Mr. Hildreth carries a pretty stage seiting which includes a number | }of chicx na pigeons, which fly and | waik about the stage,-and the “ {way in which the star fits into different commiittee - takes ! Hartford. | opened by an order of the court-to de- | ‘With Robert Hildreth & Co. as the ! GRAND ARMY.OEFICERS terbury, ELECTED ‘AT. HARTFORD. —_— Vine S. Stetson Chesen ‘as Alternate to National Encampment. ternate at large, Fred Britain; cey Seeley ‘The forty-fourth dunual encnmpinentl Dougai of New Milford. of the Conneeticut départment, Grand Army of the Republic, came to a con- I ‘clusion at 12.25 Thursday afternoon at It ‘Was .epengd by Conr- mander Edson S. Bishop and the at- tendance was several Hundred, taxing | gquartermaster the capagity of the hall and th3 gal- lery. The main business was the election | stalled by of officers, and for commander there|noon. Commander was a contest with three candidates named. William H. Dougdl of New Milford withdrew just befors the balloting. “Richard J. Cutbill and James R. Sloane were placed in nomination. L The Officers. The full list of elective officers and delegates is as follows: Department Cutbill of Norwalk; sénior vice command- cers. general, ant adjutant general. Timot! ed for t¥ the matter of “tha the "Civil war. Ebenezer Bishop of Putnam, John W. Thompson of Bridgeport; al- Scarft of New alternates, Vine S. Stetson of Norwich, Walter S. Chase of Mil- ford, Laurencz O’Brien of New Haven, George 1. Buxton of Norwalk, Chaun- ot Waterbury, William H. Chief Mustering Cflicer Horatio E. Wilbor 9f Meriden installed the offi- Commander Cutbill appointed (‘harlcs W. Emerson of Hartford as assistant Bartholomew of Bridgeport as assist These were n- the chief mustering officer at Cutvill announced that the remaining appointive officers | would be announced in his first gen- eral order, to be issued in a few, da v Hawley of Hartford rep > special committee appoint-d Dby« regimental associations acting in celebration of the fiftleth anniversary of the outbreak of He said that the date decided upon was Wednesda FAVORABLE REPORT DESPITE OPPOSITION. Ex-Governor. Waller Does Not Favor _Sidewdlk. Bonds for New London. The. committes on cities and bor- oughs at the state legislaturé has re- ported favorably on the bill Introduced by Senator Mahan to permit the city of New London to issue $§50,000 in bonds for laying new sidewalks under the law which -divides aqually the ex- pense of such, sidewalks between the city ‘and the abutting owner. This amount is part of the $125,000 bond is- sue it is proposed to use to lay be- tween thirty and forty miles of grano- | lithic sidewalks. Tha bill carries with it @ referendum clause. Waterbury is | the only. other city in the state using { the sidewalk law. The favorable re- port is made in spite of the opposition shown by ex-Governor Waller before the committee. Senator Mahan claim- ed that 90 per cent. of the citizens of New London were in favor of mumici- Thomas L. Oct. 4. pally laid sidewalks. styles from Miss Adles. S Norwich entire NORWICH—Waiiregan House. Telzphone 704, It is understood -that ex-Governor ‘Waller has said he is ready to take the matter:to the: courts if necessary re- garding, this unjust taxation. A8 ; “What-is hair fo0d?” “Rat I suppose”—New: York Telegraph, MISS ‘M:-C.- ADLES, Wair, Scalpand Face Specials! A NATURAL WAVE iserequired by the new hair styles. This cannot be;obtained by using stiff, artificial hait. man 'hair is natural effect. - Real, soft, healthy, hu- necessary to produce u et the new will be in ek of April 17th. Improve the chance to NEW YORK—210 West 111th 8¢, aprioMwWE | er. Henry C. Storrs of Hartford; junior Vice commander, John -F. Simmons of d; medical examiner; Dr. Myron ;" chaplain, liam F. Hilton of Hartford; coun- il of administration, Marry L. Beach of Hartford, David W. Sharpe of New as Boudren of Bridgeport, of Bristol, Dvight - Litehfield: delegate at large to national encampnient, Timo- th Tawley of Meriden: delegates, | Wiltish 47 Scnatiae of Hartford, David 7. Sherpe of NewcHaven, Willlam™ A. { Kellogg of Norwalk,” William L. Davizs £ New London. Jehn L. Saxe of Wa- 12 i i i i of his stage ability port, the playle each performance. Miss Florence Bowes. siuging come- dienne, slips into .sympathy of her | hearers easils with her teléphone song ' and a prétty cradle ao% for-which she | gets -a curtain call . Clark, eccentric harp soloist, Performs wAth { skill upon this expressive instrument, i making his two strong points in_his | imitations and his- medley, with sm3~ v Owen & Co., the boy ter, do a taking little uu-n nd’ Quologue, which is well | iure films are best that have boen shown | Touse and attractive features of the bill. wins a big band at Boiton, ot Genkial. Tosions | grange, No. 2, will hold o special meet- ting w. l"l Vernow grange, No. a2, \)e«l , April 19, CAST OR IA For Infants and ‘Children: .- m Kind You nm_llms ln;h SPRING IS HERE ‘and we invite you to conde | 'in ‘and look through our' exténsive = assortment of | great money-savers. in FURNIT(}RE' We ‘have on lland the4 ; e I 14 Real Estate |: Bargain = Opportunity of Your Life i et WEST SIDE PROPERTY Will Pay 8% Net On ‘Gash :