Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 5, 1913, Page 6

WESTERLY WANTS AUTO ENGINE Townspeople Tired of Horse-Drawn Apparatus—Motor Fire Truck Too Expensive, However—Various Schemes Pro- posed—Ancient Records of Rifle. Pendleton wis Stan- pie, ire sene B. Pen- woard of fire fire district Eugene B. was re-elected moderator; 1 ton, clerk; Kvevett I. V urer and collector, ar dleton, auditor. For Library—Fine For Theft t the annual meeting of the West- ; dall be at least partially compensated | street to conform with the sidewalk of for the work rendered. On motion’ .of | Everett it was unanimously vot- | ed to au he treasurer to give ' Colonel Crancail a check for $100 in| recognition of service rendered. The! engineers was re-elec 5 follows: | coionel exp cq thanks, but said he . Samuel G. Cottrell, culef, Harry S.. did the wc ithout expectation of; Coyle, i k. Greene amd George ' financial r i I g e from the, Walter lbert N. Cran- | of engineers and : dall and Kingsley were: 15 laying of a ta and ih author to hire any conduct of the bus a discus yving the pre o fires. o ation money | cenis on a dollar treasurer sary ior the For ice of horses an has e has not fur- the work. to the firef nished were Chief Cottrell said that for years the | board of en ineers had reco m the rec- rendered the firehouse, tory that he tion mox Appropria- sourd of en- important horses | - la good elected assessor district. s of taxes for the fire i After the meeting adjourned there: ! was a free-for-ail discussion. It was! ! claimed or were used that the everal pi of fire apparatus would { have to be changed to conform to the tractor, and therefore could not be | drawn by horses in case of emergency. It was suggested that if the tractor; | was to be used as a towing machine | i it would be better to have a full-fledged ! automobile for the work. ! One of the disputants advocated the ! irchase of some old style high power- | placing of a hose wagon place- of the tonneau, large E ¥ 1.000 feet of hose, place chemical outfit now in the Cyclone i in, and the result would be ighting machine, and one sh to a fire as fast as the { th i be t.could r of ther | her citizen to remark uld have to be made | that Westerly was a ! » get fire ap- W with two garages 1 x .1 a sione's theow, of the firehouse. . airanged-that the garage men | Wiissie, tecatirer, said to alarms quring the day, to s : < sentiment paid say %5, or even $19 a run. Then a motor e a driver sleap in the firehouse, ¢ of the = he wculd have free room rent, rij ' t and ho and pay hitn a doliar or two a night, combir able | and then the distr would be ahead 10 se best ¢ e fire- | of the game, and the efficiency of the ghting line, t na of the dis- | fire gepartmeni materialiy increased. trict woald not pect tie purchase of | By that arrangement the members of a motor driven | the department would hurry to the He said that v fire instead of to the firehouse, where bt n E they would find the water hose ready [ i -debt ove: | for use, and in the event of a light anding that of a ¥ | blaze be controlied by chemicals han- | the extraors ending | dled by the driver. the r ion ve . bills | S had been r € t that in-| Budlong post, No. 18, Department of crease ik« 1 So much s6 | Rhode Island, G. A. R., held its annual tha y 1 o availa- | meeting Thursday evening in the head- ble € wocern fire apparatus, , quarters in Memorial building and the ci (he are disurict being | elected officers f nsuing year as $T.000. { follows: Chr mons, com- Wiiliam ir there might i mander; Lorenzo D. Richmond, senior ! be = war to e efficiency mmander; Charles A. Clark,! of the deparinm idivg modern rice commander: John B. Brown_ apparaius, a the pre ~ George Bellamey, wp o the swwadard of the personnel of P. Chapman, officer of the departireni. Everett Barns szid he regretted that the financiai coadition of the district did poi warrant the of the best there is in motor driven fire ap- paratus and suggesied the purchase of a tractor. staling that it could be ed to rush one app: {us to a fire in short order and then go afier the other fire wagons, and have them all at the fire in quicker time than is now done by the weak horses furnished, the owner of which should have been prosecuted for crueity to horses. In respense to a query from Charles H. Ledward, Chief Cottrell said there were plenty of gocd horses in Weste: ly, but that they were stabled near the firenouse. He bel that good and economical service could be cured if the district owned the fire ! horses, insiead of paying $450 a year for inadequate service. He said a barn pight be erected on town property and district p of horses. pair and the the and own the e on would an ever be- fore, and at less cost of F on: rick C. Buffum, necis was authorized On motion the board of provide r the of appaia the ens L or A not to Everett other 1 requested & npleted. arged nel il DU Commenced with Little Pimples. ltched and Burned So Scratched and Made Sores. Crossand Fret- ful. Could NotSleco, Cuticura Soap and Qintment Cured. o S0 7 Hartwell St., Southbridge, Mase. — " Our son commenced with little pimples all emer his body. They -said it was eczema. small insect bites and almost covered his body They came to a head from which water would, run. They itched and burned so badly that my son scratched them and made sores, His cloth- ing frritated the eczema and he wascrossand fretful, He eould not sleep nights and would cry and say they burned and itched all the time. “1 tried but it did not relieve him, and some ——— but it seemed to make him worse, I then used Cuticura Soap and Otnfiment and the first night T used them he seemed to be so relieyed he slept a lictle, T first washed the affected parts with Cuticurs, Soap and then applied Cutieurs Ointment twice daily. At the end of the first week he was much better and at the end of e second ‘week he was completely cured. Evary mark was gone,” (Sigmed) Mrs. W. B. Potter, Nov. 12, 1912, For treating poer complexions, ed, rough haads, and dry, thin and failing hair, Cuti- cura Scap end Cuticara Ointinens have been the world’'s favorites for more than a gen- eration. A single setis often sufficient. Sold everywhere. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post- eard “* Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston.” A%Men who shave and shampbo with Cu- ddcwca Seap will @nd it best for skin angd scalp, better | The pimples looked like | nes A. Barber, officer of William Champlin, patri- | otic instructor. The appointive officers | will be announced at the installation of | officers a month hence. | The trophy winners in the rifle com- | | petitions of the Rhode Island National guard, in the competitions at the Rum- | | ford range, the past season were an- | ! nounced in general orders issued on! Thursday and are as follows: Gover- | { nor's trophy, Third company; lieuten- | | ant governor's trophy, Troop B; ad- | | jutant general's trophy, Sergeant Earl | H. Beagle, Third company; district match, Second team; revolver match, e Harold D. Lee: company team | match, Third company; military rifle championship—Sergeant Oscar Strom; | first Dupont trophy, Third company; second Dupont trophy, Troop C. Pri { The Westerly Memorial and Library | association has just received in ex- | | change from the American Antiquarian | society a copy of the minutes of the ! Stonington Baptist ociation held in New London O 17 and 18, 1797, to add to the collection of minutes of this | iation. wkich is believed to be the complete in existence. Ethan ! librarian and librarian em- collected the minutes of . 1797, and from 1801 to 1848, except 1817, also the minutes 1869, 1870, 1871, 1874, 1875, ! 1876 and 1812, In 1817 this association united with the Groton conference and | | took the name of Stonington Union as- | | sociation, and subsequently changed | to Stonington Union Baptist asso«‘iu-l | membership was as fol- | Stonington 142, Second | Third -Stonington 43, | rook 37, Exeter 224, | West Greenwich Second Col- | erit us, tion. 1797 the First 209 Stonington Groton South Kingst First Colchester 6 er 84, Richmond 33, Hampton 62, 109, First Chatham b8, Sec ond Chatham 6 Second Woodstock 6 ond Ashford Haddam 49 | oD the printed The Second ston were re- : to omit taking a part in the in that befare other | difficulties will | mee a e . with Eider | Simeon pa He contin- ! | ued in the p: e until his death in | 1 eriod of 30 years. He served | ch all these years without sal- | edifice wa | rior and Ary lumbe and built the meeting house from | cut from his cedar swamp,with | iterior. - There were galleries | on two sides and one end. There was | ance of his brethren. The | s without painf, both exte- | a high pulpit on the north side, with | | an ascent of ten steps, enclosed with | panel work. The last service was held | | this old meeting house if the spring | 1845, and the present church was erected the same year. The ceiling of | the porch of the present church is th paneli from the pews of the | old s | The successor to Elder Brown was | Elder Asher Miner, who had been for ten vears assistant pastor with the aged minister, and at his death became pastor. Elder Miner served as pastor for 31 years, until he died, Sept. 1, 1856, ; The church has been called the Miner | meeting house for a great many years ' but the opinion once prevailed that it should be called the Elder 8imeon Brown church. Neither Elder Brown | nor Elder Miner had the advantages | | of a collegiate or theological educauon.; h The Westerly library has aiso re- | | ceived from the American Antiquarian | | society a copy of the minutes of the Groton union confereunce held at Groton | June 21 and 22, 1808, The membership at that time was as follows: Lyme | 451, Groton 102. East Greemwich 134, N King: Dartmouth 699, | X Second Rehoboth | ond Wester- | Preston and | Shoreham 10, Tiverton 197, | Norwich 9L ary has a large collection of s of the Groton union con- ce, New London Baptist asso- | ion and the Stonington Union Sab- | bath School union. | e | George Surber of lower Pawcatuck | was arrested Wednesday for the theft | | of a rifle from the farth of &. Russell | | Stanfon by Deputy Sheriff William H. sey, who recovered the rifle. ‘Youngi Surber was arraigned before Judge | Breed in the town court of Stonington and pleaded guilty. After the circum- stances were explained by Prosecuting Attorney N , & nomival fine $2 and’ 3 Nimposed, a total of | tax officials being held in Boston. | audience on some phases of his mis- : days’ visit in New York. ! on friends in town Tuesday. | but in the vestry of the Baptist church i This organization has grown se great NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1913 $11.51. The amount was pald and the accused was discharged. Local Laconics. : The pontoon bridge from the Cottrell plant to the Rhode Island shore is in position for the balance of the winter. The central firehouse has been shin- gled and painted and otherwise im- proved since removed to the new loca- tion. No awards were made to Westerly puplls in the latest crayon contest of the School Arts guild, no local pupils competing. g A granolithic waik is being_ laid along the Welch property in Union the town hall and courthouse. The new postoffice building and sur- roundings are being prepared to be photographed to be reproduced in the Westerly edition of the large calendars issued annually by The Norwich Bul- letin. The addition of a social settlement department to the .Westerly District Nurse association is indicative of the advancement of the village that places it on a par with more pretentious places. The basement of the old town hall is being arranged so that it can be! utilized in the manual training de- partment of the public schools. The first and second stories of the build- ing are now being used for that pur- pose. If proper accommodations are fur- nished, a local contractor has volun- teered to stable a sufficient number of his horses to be In readiness to draw the apparatus to fires during the night ' season and horses sufficient for day | duty most of the time. Town Sergeant Herbert P. Clark has summoned these petit jurors to an ad- Journed session of the superior court for Washington county, to convene at Kingston next Monday morning: Wil- liam A. Barber, John ¥. Maxson, James E. Kennedy and Jjohn F. Crandall. With the possible exception of the new railway station, the town hall and the postoffice, the greatest improve- . ment in Westerly in many years is due to the enterprise of John H, Mur- phy, who covered the unsightly place at the junction of High and Canal streets with a handsome brick business bloc 3 There is.no village in the state that has a “great white way” equal to that in Westerly, and few small New Eng- land cities are better lighted in the business center. This in addition to the trio of large electric advertising sigus so ere to be plainly seen at night by engers on passing | trains | Everett A. Kingsiey of Westerly, | | president of the Rhode Island Tax Of- ficials’ association, will deliver an ad- dress on the subject Individual Tax Lists, Should They Be Required; if so, | Should They Be Uniform for All Cities and Towns?” at the Saturday session of the conference of the New England The new entrance to Wilcox park, the new walk and regrading, made necessary to conform to the grade of the new postoffice, has been completed at an expenditure of over $1,000 by the | trustees of the Memorial and Library*| association. The entrance and walks were under the supervision of Con- tractor Eugene O’Neil and the regrad- ing was under the supervision Charles Coon, superintendent of Wil- cox park. COLCHESTER Library Trustees and Directors of Boys’ Ciub Meet—Mrs. J. N. Adams Returns from Camp Ground. The board of’ trustees of the Cragin | Memorial library held a meeting in the | library building Wednesday evening. | The directors of the Boys' club met at | the same place after the trustees’ meet- | ing. Charles F. Brown and George V.| Cavanaugh were in Marlboro Tuesday, attending court, at which Mr. Brown | was one of the attorne: Edward Jones of Hebron was in town Tuesday evening attending the Knights of Pythias meeting. Wili Talk on China. At the Congregational church mnext ! Sunday morning Rev. Lyman P. Peet of Foo Chow. China, will address the sionary work in that place. Jacob A. Minsk who recently soid his farm, 21-2 miles south of the village, to New York purchasers, left town ! Wednesday with his family for New York, where they will reside. Mrs. Sarah J. Bingham was the guest of relatives in Norwich Tuesday. i At the meeting of the Fire company | Monday evening five were elected to | membership. { Alfred White of North Westchester was in town Tuesday evening attend- ing the K. of P. meeting. Isidor Mintz left Tuesday for a few Returns from Camp Ground. Mrs. J. N. Adams, who has been se- riously ill at her cottage on the Willi- manti Camp Ground for several weeks, was able to be removed to her home, on Hayward ave: here, Tues- day afternoon. The trip was made in Dr. Howland’s automobile. A graduate nurse accompanied her. Mrs. Adams stood the journey well. Borough Small Notes. Enoch Crandall of Salem was calling ay. M. Day and Miss Clara in Norwich Tuesday. Buslowitz left Tuesday for a few * business trip in New York, Levertt Manwarring of Lebanom was a Colchester visitor Tuesday. Frederick O. Brown of Exeter was calling on friends in town Tuesday. NOANK Activities of Village Improvement So- cisty—Loyal Knights of Methodism Organize. H o The Village Improvement soclety has appointed a committee of arrangements —Mrs. Walton Potter, Mrs. Arthur | Woodworth, Mrs. A. E. Fitch, Mrs, C. I Fitch, Mrs. C. I. Libby and Mrs. Ger- trude Sawyer—for the suppers during the winter, thé proceeds of which will be devoted to the needs of the associa- tion, The village is being canvassed by committees sent out by the associa- tion, and their reauests for funds are being met cheerfully, There is no ques tion of the lights of the village being allowed to go out, More Room for Mizpah Class. A series of sliding panels is being closing off part of the room for the use of the ladies of the Mizpah class. ly as to render holding the meetings | at the homes of the members impos- | sible. The work is being done by vol- | I.tary service from the men of the church. Loyal Knights Meet, : The Loyal Knights of Methodism, a| iety reecently organized in the Meth- :cently at the home of Mrs. W, Hill, on Church stre After the reg- ular business of the society .and an to scripure study, re- | ents were served Box for Indians Started. | Fhe box which the Missio so- | clety was preparing for the Crow ln»i dians in the west was completed and started on its way yesterday. A pro- gramme is being arranged for the Christmas tree exercises to be Monday evening, Dec. 22, in the of the church. purposes. held restry This is for missionary ’ Village Notes.: : Mrs. Lucinga Fish, after a yislt to° ot M Episcopal church, held a meeting | |, Clearance Prices her mother, on Spring street, has re- turned to her duties in Massachusetts. Moses Wilbur has returned from a visit with Telatives on Fishers Island. Miss Mary Stahler is visiting friends on_Pearl street. s Miss Maud Carson is visiting her ster, Mrs. Lewis, in Uxbridge, Mass. Joseph McDougal has returned to Providence, after a visit to his parents, on Terrace street. Frank Fowler days in New Yorl Mrs. Annie T street is entertaining Tong Island. e, Barah Latham, Miss Mary La- tham, Mrs, Josephine Chester were among New London callers Thursday. Miss Bessie Fowler of Pearl street is 111, visgiting for a few relatives from DID NOT KNOW HE SHOT HI8 MOTHER. Puckett Fired at Somebody Outside When He Found House Ablaze. Ciinton, Me., Dec, 3—Tilly O. Puck ett, charged with murdering his mother, testified today that his moth- er, Mrs. Susan Makinson, with him because she did not like his wife. “Ma, wanted me to drive my wife away,” he said, “but I told her I never would do that. Then she said she would rather see us both nailed in cof- fing than living together.” Puckeit said that on the night of mather death he awoke to find his house a and fired at someone going out the rear door. He said he then his wife and child from the Not unfil the fire was nearly guished did he discover his moth- body under some charred porch timbers. This, Puckett said, was first he knew f his mother being near the house. extin e $30,000,000 for Mississippi Levees. Washington, Dec. 3. — Delegations irom the Mississippi valley states urged hpefore the rivers and harbors committee of congress today an ap- propriation to build permanent levees along the Mississippi river as a pro- tection against floods. The spokes- mep, jn the main, favored the Rans- dell-Humphreys Dbill. - now | | | | quarrelled | | er General of which the states d £20,0000,000 $80,000,000, have to raise Wou WHITE SLAVE ACT TOO RIGIDLY CONSTRUED. A Shakeup in the Immiaration Service at Seattle. Seattle, Wash.,, D 3.—A shakeup l in the immigration here fol- lowed the visit of Special Agent Rich- ompson of Sylvan ard Taylor of Washington, D. C.,whose arrival preceeded that of Commission- Immigration Caminetti, whose son was under the white slave law. specting the immigratien the Pacific coas The spe said to have conveyed to cers in considering the white slave branch of the service that he believ: the Mann act had been too rigidly consirued and that many actions brought under it were without real! merit. { BRADY ESTATE $100,000,0007 Transfer Tax Appraiser Holds Hear- ing on It Behind Closed Doors. New York, Dec. 3—A hearing in the matter of the appraisal of the estate! of Anthony N. Brady was held ) day behind closed doers in the of the State Controller at 165 Broad | way by Transfer Tax Appraiser | Charlés M. Frienq of Albany county, Eugene Lamb Richard appeared | | counsel for the State mtroller | and S. A. Beardsley, who is with Morgan ,J. O’Brien, the execuiors of the Br The hearing was adjournec 9 esta until Dec. Although neither the appr the counsel on either would a statement as to the probable of the etate, it is believed the sets will exceed §1600,000,000, Science Notes. American ginseng, the market for which is almost exclusively confined io China and Korea, has been an ar ~ of export from this country for mor than a century, the prices rising—e. the wild supply diminjshed becaus n pending, | of the clearing away of suitable far- vhich would provide for levess 10 €ost- ests—from 40 ceats a pound I tha ONLY 2 DAYS MORE . The Manhattan’s Great Fire Sale Final Reductions ENTIRE STOCK RE-MARKED FOR FINAL AND ABSOLUTE CLEARANCE AS WE WILL NOT CARRY A SINGLE GARMENT OVER. EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD BY SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK WITH ALL NEW GOODS. Women's and Misses Suits 28 Tailored Suits at*$ 7.00 33 Tailored Suits at $11.00 Remaining stock represents all we have left. Your unrestricted choice at these¢ final Any Dress in the House $5.00 All Coats Now Divided Into 3 Lots For Final Glearance $5.00 | $9.00 | $12.00 Ural Lamb, Chinchillas, Zibelines, Boucles. Entire stock including best Coats in the house, richly lined and beautifully made, wonderful values All Furs and Fur Coats at 15 off Sale Closes Salurday Night Your Last Chance to Reap From This Har vest of Bargains most early years of its collection to mere than $6 a pound for the best qualities during the last eight years. The cul- vation of the plant is comparativeiy rec : it began in an experimental way about fifteen, years ago, and has now attained such proportions that the outvut of the cultivated roots al- equals that of the wild. The total exports exceed a value of a mil- lion dollars a year. The Atlantic coast of America, is shortly to have the admvantage of at least two drydocks capable of re- ceiving the largest steamers. In add tion to the one to be bullt near Que- bec, another of about equal size is to be built at South Boston. This latter dock is to ce#? $3.000,000 and a con- tract has ¥een entered into by which | the Inse®{Aational Mercantile Marine, the Cutnard and the Hambur n will pay $50,000 a y for its use, 20 years The candy bill of the American girl is $134,000,000, $10,000,000 more than the cost of the nation’s paint and var- nish. I SALE S Boston Service —OF THE— Hamburg-American Line || - W O \ LONDON (Plymouth) || , PARIS (Boulogne) and HAMBURG Assuring Arrival in Paris by Day PALATIAL STEAMERS S.S. Hamburg, Dec. 6,10 a.m- 3. 8. Pisa, Dec. 29 *Hamburg direct. From Commonwealth Pier, South Beston. 607 BOYLSTON STREET Boston, Mass. or local agent ST L