Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 8, 1913, Page 6

First: “Goed Clothes” vantage of what is without question the It's easy enough to find misfits, the pleasure and satisfaction of going . Suits and 0 7 - T o e o =2 x%%&&%@&x&a§§x&§&& ‘ WHAT THE NAME STANDS FOR- Second: “More Than Forty Years of Honest Dealing In this sale we are maintaining OUR STANDARD of excellence, in MAKE and MATERIAL, for we are not only doing business and making history today but building for YOUR FUTURE PATRONAGE. : We anticipated crowds—prepared for a jam, but never expected anything like the multitudes that have thronged our s all records for volume of business this store has ever done, or ever was done by any store in this state. The confidence of the public, the exclamations of delight and surprise overwhelmed us, and we feel deeply grateful. To our many friends who have yet the good fortune to be benefited by these heretofore unheard of bargains, we say: greatest money-saving, timely opportunity ever heralded by any store anywhere. unsalable merchandise, odds and ends at all kinds of reduced prices, but DID IT EVER fall to your lot before, to have [§ into a great big store, and have your choice (ABSOLUTELY) OF A MAMMOTH STOCK OF HIGH-GRADE, DESIRABLE vercoats at 1-3 to 1-2 ofr the regular price? | Thursday w; ;:dvertiéed to sell any Overcoat in our store for just one-half price (one day only) and we sold nearly 100 Overcoats. . Owing to the pressing demands of many of our patrons who were unable to buy Thursday we have “decided to extend the time to Saturday night. . THERE ARE ABOUT 175 OVERCOATS LEFT . Your Choice Just 12 the Regular Price A Lot of Boys Double-breasted “Knickerbocker” Trouser Suits automatically reduced from $4.89 to $3.48 and RRRRRARRRRARRA / . SATURDAY SALE HOURS, 9 A. M. TO 10 P. M. " The F. A. Wells Co. Good Clothes Store’ S S T R T R AR A AR SR R AR T T - Co. COME HERE TO . S NPT T tore for the past week, breaking DAY and take ad- from $3.48 to $2.57 to fill sizes WESTERLY CASE CONTINUED Not Much Business Completed at Friday's Court Session— John W. Sweeney Advanced to the Superior Court Bench—Parents-Teachers Association Organized—Me- morial Services to George H. Utter in Congress To- morrow., There were only two cases on the criminal docket Priday morning when Judge Oliver H. Willams held the Tegular sesston of the Third Distriet court, both being against Peter Rose, charged with the embezzlement with $4.13 in each case. These have beem coptimted a-number-of times and were again Friday, when Towm Solicitor H. B. Agard stated that at the urgent reqirest of Judge W ecney, coun- sel for Mr, Rose, hc had to anbther eontinuznce, saying that he thought that thc matter womld be disposed of at ithe next regular ses— om. e cases were continued until next week. When the civil the suits of the was issued and Mrs. Owens made mo objection and returned with the ofi- cer who ‘Wwent to Springfield. The husband says that he would support his family If they go to Springfield, where he is now emploved, but the wife is not inclined to go. aithough arrangements were made for them to do &o. The intent of the woman is to compel her husband to support the family here in Westerly, while his Work Is in another place. The town solicitor thinking fthis to be unjust asks to have the case dismissed upon the payment of costs by the respon- t The matter was contlnued for one week, after which court ad- Jjourned. John W. Sweeney of this town was elected to the bench of the superior court Friday in grand committee of the Rhode Island general assembly. There were two vacancies to be filled and when nominations were called for Chester W. Barrows of Cranston was elected without opposition. AA at- tempt was made to place the name of Edward W. Blodgett before the committee for second associate judge but he proved to have little support. William W. Moss of Pawtucket was George P. Tauner were continued ore week. The case of 'Wil- liam A Wwas con In the collecto: named as a __progressive candidate while John W. Sweeney was nom- inated as the republican candidate for the office, the nominating speech be- ing made by Hon. David J. White, a representative from the town of East Greenwich, which was seconded by Representative Joseph T. Murphy of & town. ' When - the ballots were counted the announcement was as fol- lows: Number of votes cast 134, nes essary for choice 68, John W. Sweeney 104, Edward W..Blodgett, ¥1, Wiiliam W, Moss 9. John W. Sweeney, Sweeney and Mary was born in Westerly ang has always ma. this town his ), ‘e was educated in the pub- le schools and for several years was & clerk in the town® elerk’s offis He ead law in the office of Dixon and errin and later with Walter B, Vin- cent in Providence. TUpon the rec- - emmendation of Rathbone Gardner, ¥Esq., he was admitted to praetice law in ‘the state, February 18, 1893, and admitted sesslon juperior court, which convenes the 17th of this month. There were two new actions entered, ne being P. Gargiola and company Pasquale Salemano, a suit for $80.18 alleged to be due on & the other was Potter, O’Donohne comp: 8, emans to a1 torney A. T. - ond one was entered by A!%l::; Kenna and wes answered by At John J. Dumn. tinued two wi son of Martin Feeley Sweeney, April 11, 1869, | most o practice law in the courts of the United States. In May, 1898, he was elected justice of the district court of the third ju- dical district and held that office for seven years. For several years he has been clerk of the senate judiciary committee and was one the clerks engaged in the revision of the laws of 1596. 4 Judge Sweeney has beem a member of the town council and for a mum- ber of years has heen a member of the executive committee of the repub- lican state central committee. He is a member of the Uatholic ciub, and the Rhode Island State Bar associa- tlon, and a director of St. Vincent de Paul asylum, all of Providence, and is elso a member of the Colonial club, Irish American soclety, Knights of Columbus, Westerly board of irade, and the Granite Manufacturers’ as- soctation. September 25, 1898, he mar- ried Miss Hilen C. Benmett of Wes- terly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as BEIIB?/!,L A mesting was held at the West Broad strest school for the purpose of organizing an association of par- ents, teachers and friends of the school. A constitution was adopted which provides for the membership lo be open to all teachers, parents and residents of Stonington who have an interest in the school. The associa- tion is to have five regular meetings vearly for social ang instructive pur- poses. The following officers _were elecied: 'President, Dr. Bdwin Whit- ford; vice president, G. R. Thompson; secretary, Louis K. Burdick; treasurer, Mrs. Alvin 8. Kenyon. During the evening Dr. J. H. Weeks entertained by siving a very interestifig talk on The Adventures of An Autograph Col- lector. About a dozen members of the house of representatives of congress have signified their purpose -to participate in the eulogistic ceremony to be held omorrow in memory of Representa- tive George H. Utter of this town. Representative O'Shaunessy will de- liver an address. The large number who are to take an active part in the program is quite unusual for one who had not served out a single term. The ice dealers in this seotion ex- peot to harvest ice after all if the cold weather continues as it has been doing for the past few days. Accerd- ing to _the weather indieations three more days of fast freesing are al- certain. At the Wood River unction pond, where most of the ice comes from that is used in Westerly during the summer, it is not uniikely that a good erpp will be harvested after_all. At No Bettom pond on the Watch Hill road which is owned by the Westerly and ,Watch Hill Ice company, the ice is not quite eight inches thick; unless it gets thicker, alated Friday, the manager o wewd e impossible to handle it to advan- tage. The “school census has been taken bfi Samuel W. Slocum, the attendance officer of the Westerly schools, and shows that there are 1959 children in the town this year between the ages of five and eighteen years of age. This is an increase of 133 over last year. - The schools of the town are nearly taxed to the limit in seating capacity, in spite of the fact that a large number of sirls over fourteen years have left the schools te enter the mills and factories. The following were elected office of the Westerly Physicians’' assooia- tion at their ninth annual meeting held at the offices of Dr. Russell B. Smith on High street: Presideni, Dr. J. Howard Morgan; vice president, Dr. C. Grant Savage; seoretary, Dr. Wil- liam A. Hillard; treasurer, Dr. Jokn Champlin; censor for three years, Dr. Russell B. Smith. The meeting was concluded at the Colonial ciub, where the annual ginner was held. Dr. Wil- liam Veal, of Reading, Pa., was a guest of the association. Local Laconics. Saxton P. Berry of Newton Flats was out of doors for the first time Friday since he was taken ill eleven weeks ago. The tug Westerly went down the Tfver Friday morning after breaking ice in the channel that was about four inches in thickness. Mrs. Abbie Jang Brooks of Alfred, New York, who has a number of ac- quaintances here in Westerly, died Thursday, aged about seventy. Senator Louis W. Arnold and Rep- resentative Albert H. Langworthy of this town have been appointed dele- gates from the state legislature to attend the funeral of Representative Henry H. Potter at Scituate today. Thomas McKenzie of this town has been elected grand junior warden of tHe Grang Lodge-of Connecticut, which held its 125th communication at New Haven. Mr. McKenzie is a member of the Pawcatuck lodge of Masons. The Westerly bowling team of the Shore Line league established two rec- ords for the league this season in its match with the Mystic club by rollin a single team tiotal of 904 gflnl an a three string team total of 2574 pins. VOLUNTOWN PUPILS. To Exhibit Their Work to Parents and Friends. The parentg of ehildren and all in- L esv.alf in seheopl work have been in- vited to visit the Veluntewn Center school Thursday, Feb. 13. Henceforth one day each month will be selected in &l’;flch these lnt.exl-utaqlk‘mény‘ obs regular school warl IS, B, Androws is mineipal of the MYSTIC D. A. R. Committees to Arrange for Pa- triotio Oslebration—Relief Corps Visitors—Birthday Party. The chapter, Revolution, held the monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon in the Masonic Temple. It was voted to ‘Washington’s birthday in the temple. The following committee was appoint- ed to make the arrangements: Mrs, members of Fanny Ledyard Frank W. Batty, chairman, Mrs. Chris- | topher Morgan, Mrs. H. N. Wheeler, Mrs. Daniel B. Dennison, Mrs. James E. F. Brown, and Mrs. Fanny Fish. Besides this there was ofher minor business transacted, and” afterwards a social time was enjoyed and refresh- ments were served. The _following committee had charge: Mrs. Hleanor Gladwin, Mrs. Pardon Brown, Mrs. John Rathbone, Miss Lucy B. Kellogs, Mrs. George Seamans and Mrs. Alfred 0. Colby. i Birthday Party. A very’ pleasing birthday celebra- tion took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Morrison at West Mystlc avenue, when their son, William Mor- rison was 6 years of age. Games were played from 4 until 6.30 o'clock, when refreshments were served. The chil- dren present were Sadie Rossie, Helen Brown, Blanche Ryley, Marjorie Lam- phere, Kathryn Porter, Avis Hemp- stead, Ernestine Saunders, Agnes Wil- son, Margaret Clark, Frances Morri- son, Helen Morrison, Reginald Gurney, John Gurney, Clarence Hempstead, ‘Wilfred Beausha, Roger Ryley, Charles Morrison and Allan Morrison. Those who assisted Mrs. Morrison were Misses Emily Gurney, Bertha Lamphere and Mary Morrison. W. R. C. Visitation About 20 members of W. W. Perkins Woman's Relief corps, No. 18, of New | Londbn, Sewing soclety came to Mys- | tic Thursday afternoon to visit Mrs. ' Isadore Feidler of Haley street, one of its members. A most delightful time was had, which was spent in sewing, soclal and music. The president of, the corps, Mrs. Mary F, Wissell, and ' the superintendent of the sewing de- partment, Mrs. Nellie ¥. Davis, had charge of the arrangements. Refresh- ments were served, and the ladies da- arted on the 5 o'clock trolley for their home ip New London, Those present trom New London were Mrs, Spicer, Mrs, ‘Reynelds, Mrs, Poppen, Mrs. Bak- | er, Miss Baker, Mrs, Crocker, Mrs,, Gray, Mrs. Lee, Mrs, Champion, Mrs, Smith, Miss Lester, Mrs. Richards, | Mirs, Bracken, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs, Nilss, | Mrs, Davies, Mrs. Carroll, Mrs, Leeds, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Wessell., Qeneral News. Daughters of the American ! celebraste | i afternoon the members of the Sewing ' will visit their daughter Mr. and Mrs. Clarence ve just returned from have been on an where the; and husband, Tucker, who ha Virginia and who extended tour through the southern states. Mrs. Frank Coates entertained the members of the Ladles’ Aid society of the Union Baptist church at her home, an the Beebe farm, on Friday, at an all | | day session. The ladies had planned a great deaj of work which was ail accomplished. At noon all sat down to an_old-fashioned boiled dinner. TIt{ proved a day of great pleasure to all| present. Miss Ann Kemp is confined to her home, on West Mystic avenue, with a bad ankle. Miss Kemp, who is an el- derly lady. lives with Mr. and Mrs. George 1. Wilcox, and in some way, while coming downstairs, she made a | misstep and had a severe fall, which | will probably confine her to the house | for some time to come. Mrs. George D. Johnson, worthy ma- tron of Charity chapter, Order of| Eastern Siar, entertained on Friday | soclety of the order at her home onj New London road. There was a large attendance and considerable was done by the ladies during the afternoon. Refreshments were served by the| hostess. STONINGTON. Celebration Committee to Meet—Len- ten Address by Norwich Rector— Henry R. Palmer Speaks at Wor- cester. The executive committee of the 1914 celebration is to meet Monday evening to perfect plans for a proper celebra- tion of August, 10, 1914 The Friday Lenten services at Calva church was held at 7.30 p. m. and ‘he members of the church had the| pleasure of listening to an eloquent sermon preached by Rev. R Graham, of Norwich. Showed Rare Autographs. Dr. James H. Weeks delivefed an interesting and scholarly lecture on Thursday evening at the West Broad | Street school. autographs were greatly enjoyed. Chose Committee. The Pioneer Hook and Ladder com~ pany has elected Maurice H, Crandall, Willilam B, Rese, and W, F, Brough- ton, Jr., as the entertainment commit- te for February, The Jdee on the several pends is thick enough for skaters to enjoy the sport and for the past twe days sehoel ehil- dren have been eut. Francis D, Burteh, whe has been em- pleyed at the City Hall Drug store in and dfrs, James lln:Ken;‘lrick left Friday for New Y d_teday New Haven, has returned to Stoning- ton and as manager of the Starr Brothers' drug store. Spoke' at Worcestoer. Thursday evening Henry R. Palmer made an address at Worcester, Mass. before the Sons of Brown of Worec ter county, at their banquet. Mr. Pal- mer's_address was heartily applauded and thoroughly enjoyed. At 6 a. m. Friday the thermemeter stood-at 14 above zero but later in the day it was 22 above Pioneer Hook and Ladder company at its last meeting elected one new member 'om the honorary roll to the active list. The contest in the series between the married and single men will_be resumed this month. The members of Grade 7 of the borough schools visited the foundry department at the Atwood Machine company Wednesday afternoon. Fore- ;nan J. F. Leahy explained the mould- ng. 5 Attended Grand Lodge. W. R. Patterson, worshipful mastes of Asylum Iodge, No. 67, A. F, and A. M., attended the annual meeting at New Haven of the Connecticut grand { lodge of Masons Thursday. Told of Hartford Meeting. Thursday evening Ruth chapter, No. 44, O. B, 8., held thelr regular meeting in Masonic hall. An Interesting ac- count was given of the meeting of the Grand lodge at Hartford last week by the worthy master who at- tended Installation of the officers took (14 7“)37 99 GRIP&COLDS The doctors say, that Grip is unusu. ally prevalent and great care should be used to aveid taking Cold. We say, if you will take “Seventy- seven” at the first feeling of lassituds you will escape the Grip. Don't wait till your bones begin to ache, and you begin to cough and sneeze, or it may take longer to break up. It pays to keep “Seventy-seven” handy, it is a small vial of pleasant pellets, fits the vest pocket. At your Druggist, 25¢.,, or mailed. Humphreys’ Homéo. Medicine Co., 156 Wildam St, New York.—Adver- tisement.