Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 19, 1914, Page 12

= just passing i (Written Specially for The Bulletin))|—for nothing except J The other day I saw in my New |them along? the city consumer pays his or her dollar, lgs than forty cents of the farmér. paper, in the advertisement of z‘:“u department g the following| Whe itwo items Wd_ in big type as “bargains’ “Greening apples: 0d cookers, other he or pomd that on the last date for which | sumer out of New Yorl “reached 13,454 | producy worth $45,867." .. That's st the rate of over §3.40 2| Wwhy dossn’t he? Why wen't he? Moaszel. The first reason is that he, or she, —and Last week @ buyer for the New York | as “he’ was at my_ place. He in- sfl apples at wholesale in the New a-t ‘was . $1.2; ‘barrel, out The old American virtues of inde- of which ::‘M mspa; ;3!' the barrel | Pendance and self-helpfulness are, and pay the freight. Sppare Nevt day amother buyer happened |populations. The unco rich, Who can| The commendable plan of the Cath-|not sixty cents, or a considerable 32 cents. - “New mvlna. S-quart basket, | proportion of it, why on earth doe:}_ she buy direct from the carriers and eorters a E ats at the rate of $2.61 a barel|mer and sve Tacney ‘ond indiena- ton? o cooking apples, and $3.08 2 barrel | Y9ET | pyimer to Diame because the 2 consumer won't do it? Is it the farmer's part to go all the same paper another day re-|way in an attempt to save the con- money? Isn't it common fair- manifests ot cargoes to Burope | ness for the one who pays the bills to v-" available the shipments of ap-|come at least half-way to meet the er,—and to start first, too? ’s quite as likely to be “she” ,—would rather pay money to be waifed on than save money by Yormed me that all he could get for wflluns on himself. That is, in most ntly, disappearing in our city NEW I.UNWNS SOCIAL FIREMAN ; M&Wuhw'w&e Winter—Women Loiterers and Back Rooms—Business Men’s Association to Change Name and Seek Meeting Place in Municipal Building. mlmldfl!olhecoflflfthe farmer's THE FARMER, le“wlmhmmflm ‘workmanship. - EVERY AmOL! w‘MN‘I’!“ N W (HARLIE CHAP IN | w-‘h time mt Deovln ‘who imxa IN THE 2-RE!L Kl 'ONE COMEDY, “HIS TRYSTING PLACES” should - scratch scabs, an 3 : ‘A _Riot of Lau, ind_Fun—Bring the Children to See Him not try to Soeriry Tmeent e PEvaN fo MtapU R e . &SI ad K rerers ing. would establisn a wo ma and | :u:ucmm IARVEY that X 5 .Gl Si B Plone A ,,,,,m,,mm ~and. | First Skating Party of the Season— | 'v'-l Du nout | [y -f-n "nvu-u u_.'n";uu Local Boys Join Their Warships— uplift, the % School Enumeration. - t t'.hcnl of N & of ity wlmdon. and if the Tooms Jee ches _thick was . t in the munlclp-l Duliting 1t oult Peeh | oo . : nlargement of the mew and beauli- | ~James Barber entertained . a few TIRSEIS! : ful structure. mhhmwmmmn-mumnnum 2 ; 5 ” of the New London Chtmber of Com: |pond Thursasy evening” - “ N COIL. ONIAL Tl EATRE have the council chamber for meet- Fean i gwhoor ALICE JOVCE and TOM MOOR! Appearing Tn “Fatv's W Hour” ings, and to lease a small office else- where for daily routine and _com- | {iileg are enrolled injthe five schools er Mother Was a Lady,” Lubin- fault for the alleged conditions along. He looked at my small lot afford it, pay all sorts of helpers for | olic societies of New London to en- | that n:z in the working of the de- to prej times waiting on them. They have valets{tertain each other at stated intervals and maids to dress them, and cooks|is becoming. contageous, and in the pare their feasts, and waiters | expectation of creating a more friend- I wonder how long it will The rai oni the Levinson place the to bring in and pass the food. Some- |1y feeling, the eight volunteer fire|present week indicates what the po- ‘Greenings! be| companies are to something in the|lica can do in the matter of women T @ian't sell them. Perhaps I never |before they have paid feeders to do| entertaining line, beginning early in|loiterers and side room in saloons for But if apples are worth from | the knife-and-fork for them and lift|the new year. A schedule has been |their convenience, when eight women 5808 to $2.40 a barrel to consumers| the pro-digested fodder into their|arranged in which Wednesday even- | were arrestedgwit ‘mouths| Thereupon those who are not rich| Night, for then four of the companies | demonstrating that the enforcement t bargain department store sales in {New Tork city, and it costs less than o th the proprietor and ing is to De designated as Firemen’s|fines imposed on the whole bunch, hirty el to get them there | assume that this sort of flobby help-|will be entertaining the other four|of the laws specified in orders meant from 2::: t;:y?re either worth more fulness is highly desirable and abe|and this will be continued until every | enforcement. It is a safe bet that for company has visited every other com- | the present at least no women will pany. Just to make the visits inter-|be permitted to loiter in side rooms of ¥han 75 cents a barrel to me, or else umru worth nothing! Commecticut . eity, — wild messenger. Toust Thet can: mmak’ the’ buttiiee Aad esting there will be competitive games baker and grocer take thelr orders by | of cards and pool and I addition the | reduced to the minimum. The geo- saloons and that the street walking is Porhaps a month ago a lady In | clephone and eliver them by special entertalning company will _furnish | graphical location of New London, ‘his horses shan't drag its real name from mel—wrote that she was having to Now, at the d so on and so on. refreshments. was | with its soldiers and eailors and gen- launched at a meeting of the officers | eral floating population, probably pre- of my heart I|of the fire department, met with ap-|cludes it from the list of spotless mittee work. But, if any organiza- ML By Q‘e‘;': i cc'l‘t’} e et aua * Harold Bep Bentley, U. S. N, left Wed- || Matinee 5c Hion 18 the: one. thaung that organ | nesday for New York and joined his |} “THE GAMBLERS” . crew on the U. S. S. New York at T ol Sosehe privilege. {he"Brookly mavy’ yard Off to Tampico. tion from the Upper Noank school| Mrs, Luella Prince has returned Washmgton Coun R. L.| cCtaries Bentiey, turret captain on [ with her parents in O1a afyetic. P b ty’ the U, S. R. Rhode Island, eldest son | Mr. and Mrs. John Kitchner have | T0™ Memorial hospital and is mak- of W. W. Bentley, will spend his | moved to Groton, ing her home. ‘lfl‘l Mrs. ’Ml Kenynn. HOPKINTON Christinas in Mexican waters = this| Mrs. T. J. Sawyer and Mrs. R. P.| MF. and Mi B GV s~ ree Vear, @s the ship is anchored seven|Sawyer have been visiting in New | Urned from a Successful Minstrel Entertainment— | miles oft the coast of Tampico. London. Mrs, Bertha BUrrows ences utuca the pricioht = Cote Five| M. ana Mrs.John R. Parkhurst of | -~ Mrs. 'Anna Rogers and her niece, | Sewing soclety of Hlome Rebekah lodge Ve | Stafford Springs were recent guests|Miss Crane, of New York, have been | €dnesday Street Lights. of relatives here. visiting in New London. u‘nse ?ddluan to the Stewart house e, e nearly completed. The Nelghborhoodysocial was held | e eibge. = el s ‘Work on Rivergide cottage goes on at the home of MML John B. Cole | Sre Gice K. Peckham has. sold POQUONNOC slowly. still advance 1s being made and ‘Wednesday evening. it will be ready ipancy early Miss Ruth M. Johnston, of Easton, | neoiack driving horse to Woodward | he road at'Groton Long Point over A p Mkny,: has’ betn’ visiting: Trichds It Beveral of the Yantic. employes of | WRICh the southeasterly winds washed town for a few days. > Bros. quilt mill of Fitch- | (5 bigh tides of the last storm in @ |of his handsome &pring p Miss Essie I Kenyon of Westerly | wie. are Raving a vacation until New | Yi6orous manner, while losing some Cross- stamps. f spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs.|Years, on account of the mill clos- |°f the loose sand and gravel, was vllluam meeting with ;‘&y put- s not made impassable as was expected. | chase. - C:::::“Mm % ing in some departments. Schools _closed Friday for two| Mr and Mra Prederick strol A P weeks' vacation The children under | have returned to T A fine minstrel entertainment by NOANK the direction of the teachers, Miss |here. 3 T o local amateurs was given in Barber's d Miss Wells, - =Y A e e R < Payge an iss Wells, gave a pret. Miss Cassie Crane has bnn visit- bottom r pay 35 cents a peck for common | don’t blame the butcher and the baker | Oroval and has since been sanctioned | cities, but that does not signify that | choir of the First Hopkinton Seventh | AR attractive programme has been |tV Pros SE-Oifiony SN ST NG SIENS tu. R4 cooking apples. Would I send her a|and the grocer for making these folks “1‘2 at a dollar, if she'd pay the|pay for the work and expense. they happened to be warm enough | things cost than the farmer. but now T company in the department will par- vu:.h-r 3 %0 make freight reasonably safe from| The one to be blamed, and the only | ticipate and therefore all will be on estraint, by _vote of the companies. open ‘violation of liquor and moraiity | Day Baptist church. The hall was|arranged for the Christmas concert at There was more or less friendly|laws shonld be ‘permitted to continu€|crowded with a highly pleased au- demand from him. He, really, isn't|y: - | in_full force;and without the slightest evening. B2 18 and T A Just then the|ocmand from Mim. He really. cins| Visitations between soms of the com- |in 8 dience. By request the entertainment P It s well that the gov governing powers Of course, it can’t be done, | one, as things now stand, is the|the same social plane. It is be- | of the police have cided to lessen mow that winter has really set in| grouchy, grumpy, growling, kicking | ljeved that by this plan the little | the violations of some of the laws. It with freezing temperatures. consumer himself. He has the rem- | petty jealousies will be ironed out|is understood that soon orders will edy right in his own hands, whenever|ang that the members will work /in |issue that will prevent the illegal sale ‘These little occurrences are simply [he cares enough about it to use it. chance illustrations of the unfortun- -n truth that the farm producer sei-| Of unison for the good of the whole de- | of Jiquor in the city, and that the partment and thereby the general ef-|orders wil not confine the police to course, this dosen't mean that ficlency increased. The whole citi- | licensed places, or drinking clubs, but the Baptist church to be held Sunday 2 3 = Christmas Was repeated Tucsday ceeoioanment| The entertainment . for some new features, to another large | Which the Methodist: Sunday school will give is to be held the 30th. : ine audience. Five St Ligh Mrs, C. I, Fitch entertained the Mis- | ? LE&dlflg' TR E i sionary.and Aid, soclety at her home : > ouj ol e efforts of Mrs, Sarah|Friday afternoon. Fl@rlst, Hood, postmistress at Adhaway, | Mrs, Charles Libby opened her home the money was raised for five electric | to the young women of the Methodist street lights to be located .en High | church Friday evening and the Christ- and West streets some time ago and | mas sale was held successfully. dom gets one-half what his crops are | you, dear -1ty ‘brother or sister, can at | zenship is libes th t .| will include the many kitchen bar | the lights were turned on Friday eve- | The Campfire Girls will meet this A ¥ O S il T ity consnmer ae. | once and by Just saying the word, 85 | Sy 5 fechah the toet Heomr | Foms. that exist Ia certatu sectiong|Bine for the first time They are|evening at the home of Mrs. Minnie T. f ually pays about double what the|sert your individual and separate in-| equipment, knowing that in return|of the city, some of which are as open | MUch Eppreciated, Vallette. ¥ { same crops ere worth. dependence of all middlemen. the best possible service will be rend- | as the licensed saloon during the legal e Friday night the Boy Scouts held a sort “of organization and combination | cred. But with improvement in the|hours for selling booze. There are USQUEPAUGH pleasant meeting, foliowed by drill- and co-operation is essential social ‘side of the firemen as a whole, | men in the liquor business in New ing. But, fn the light of the prices which| But to say that men who can and | thers will ¥ have quoted, will you fell me why|do organize themsélves into parties in the name of common decency any |for political purposes, and consumer should abuse the farmer for | churches for religious ends, and. the high cost in town of the farmer's|unions for shop-protection, and into clubs for social pleasure, and into in » Orclars hiive bean ipimmtgatia Shut When decade after decade's statis- | scores of other orders for scores of Le tios have shown that of every dollar |other purposes;—to Say that men who h':w,_"’.'“:',;"‘t'{,'g e 1 o "the average consumer pays for | can do this car't also orzanize to save > . licensed places in side rooms, and the | organization that ever existed in the farm produce, less than forty -cents|themselves half thelr cost of IVIng 8| groging ‘evil of street walking, must| city, preforming: the work of not only other sixty cents to swell the profits| If they dom't it is simply because|be stopved in New London, and the|a merchant soclety but a full-pledged goes to pay for the produce, and the|to say of toll-takers along the way, Why|they don’t care enough about it to| ¥ stuff and nonsense. ehould any consumer slans-whang | take the trouble. ithe man who gets the forty cents and ®ives all the goods for it, and not If they don’t care enough abeut Parlor Tables, Doll Carriages, Parlor Suits, Hall Seats, Parlor Rugs, Hall Trees, Fancy Rockers, Couches, Morris Chairs, China ‘Tabourettes, " Medicine Cabinets, i CARPETS i - High Chai Book Cases, Writing Desks, i Hi ; ket affords and buy of us and of Housefurnishing today. - Crawford Cooking Dressing Tables, Kitchen Ranges, Rocking Horses, Iron Beds, Etc., Etc, Select now and you Will get the best the mar. the prices will be better We have never before made a Goods than we M. Hourigan Ranges Sh'nOp-Ev-fia‘ probably be more team | London who conduct their business in . & work In fife service, less. Individual|strict atcordance with law, and these | iqonee Iwednoear " WS 1% Prov: fangus McQuarrie and- Albert Patter- into| work which will probably mean more men are entitled to protection. Ii- effective service, if that be ponihle le?&ledcompefldon should not be per- mitted. I be enforced to the letter by | board of trade as well, has decided to the police, unless modified by the par- | change its name to the New London ties higher up, the parties who di- | Chamber of Commerce, but to retain +| rected the issuance of the order. The | its merchants.credit feature as a sort the fellows who grab the sixty cents|to do that, they certalnly ought not to | Policemen of New TLondon are ever|of side dieh. = This change is made ready to do their full duty, without|in part to be in accord with the fear or favor, provided their acts are | change of name of the -Connecticut backed by those higher up and the|Business Men's association, and un- court of prosecution. Therefore the|der the new name the organization laws referred to will not be violated | will receive recognition that would in the city, day or night, provided the[not be accorded a business men's or order holds good, or, as one of the|retail merchants' association. With officers put “We will do our full|broadened scope and being recognized duty, and put an end to the viola-|as the semi-official organization of tion of these laws, or any other for|the eit capable of handling matters that matter, if the authorities are in|for the public good, that are be- earnest and don’t make fish of one|yond the jurisdiction of the court of offender and flesh of another. common council, the new chamber of offenders should be’ treated alike and | commerce will ask for quarters in the then a police officer would know just|new municipal bullding, with permis- where he was at. I.do hope that|sion to hold meetings in the council orders will come to arrest all vio- lators of any section of the liquor law, and not confine the arrest and prose- cution to specified sections. To en- |expensss of the mber. will n, which now force these laws would keep us fel-|is required to pay room rent and for lows busy, but we would not mind|light and heat, which would come that. We ‘would feel better to know | free with quarters in the city building. thet we are perfcrming what we|The fact of the whole people contrib- know to be our duty, and without any | uting in a very small way to) the fear of getting a call down, direct or|maintenance of the. industrial organ- the best possible police service is not rendered. Tl tell you now that the indirect, by someone thoy ization, might tend to an Imcrease in membership which would carry with member thereof. it an increase in financial receipts and were permitted to exercise his sup-|general influence. There probably is posed prerogatives, the whole people|not a. citizen of New London who would be better satisfied with = the | would object to the use of the council work of the police and the officers|chamber, and all that goes with it, would have more confidlence in . the|by this useful organization, but there performance of duty. is question as to the propriety of the founded interference of the police | city furnishing quarters in the munic. committee and the constant inter-|ipal building, especially when there is ference of fust a few on the outside, |already a cramp of room for the reg- that leads the people to believe that|ular city offices. The couneil vt"l probably stop and members of the consider any organization, no matter what it's granting privilege for Opera Giasses, many styles. Gold and silver Lorg; qnioEYe Glass Reals and Pencil H nish, ranging from 3550, Seves. Winases from" batng’ broken orom Thermometers, Compasses. All Glass Cases. All these are nice gifts. ah:ldnm R i LT ey grind them in our own shop, and Field and Bird- Glasses, nettes. Established 1872 THE PLAUT-CADDEN CO. ‘mislaid. Also Eyo Glass Chains, gold and silver. kinds of Fancy Sm and Ey. eading Gl d 1 All oA Hagloptiom ‘Plature tSomanandise, frons 505 to 45,00, lohlm Ayto Goggles, all -M-q. m-hi and shell frames. Some for i of Gold er SI asses & nice pdr ;I l\dl Gl \"‘d‘ll m'l;. the " eatietaons Telescopes, Magnifiers in e itas l--el..;"'.m',L Always ready for use. Franklin - Rathbun, Nelson Brown, i, 1o Hedun pent Wedase: | S tar® arrived from Bufieia far the aay 't Pawticker i CEMETER ) AT e Adelaide Libby of Smits colleso is NEW EFFECTS FOR Y DECORATION spent Sunday at Dr., Kenyon's. Miss Hilda Wilbur and Miss Helen ore Open Sunda; M. X There is a new housekeeper at J.|Main have arrived from their school Se 7 SA M.t 1P M. hotes Westilia: st vec Sun{ aURIEm Ot foe tao gocke " mt over Sun-| Miss Esther Carroll of Monson will day with Charlie Franklin. spend the vacation at her home here. WREATHS and SPRAYS Bugene Handle of Saunderstown | Miss Laura Durfee of Medford, was & caller here Sunday. Mass, 1s expected at her home hore . in large variety ™ Mrs. Andover Peck was a business | for Christmas. caller in Providence Wednesday. e and M Migin' Cutdon - 4 Prices $1.00 upwards arles Boss of etér was here | entertaining their daughter, Mrs. Wal- e e Friday ter Lewis, of Uxbridse, Mass. See tl:eg before purchasing:elsewhere o T R T Charles’ T. Potter- of Norwich has Cure for Politcal 1lis, been visiting here. Some of the lame ducks appear to| Willam Patterson and Hiram La- Our bunches RED IMMORTELLES and GREENS think tbat if they could-just get a|tham, who are —employed in East public building for their district at|Hampton, will be home for Christmas. make an ideal bouquet, 50c this session they would probably re- Misg Helen Hall will spend her vaca- cover from their lameness in two RUSCUS and RED FRIEZE, 25¢ a bunch Nothing better for decorating years.—Indianapolis News. 3 e wit Lt LJCASTORIA These articl be and 1 f be day fo b th ug! tl isplay - téminacy. —Cleveland. Plain” Deater | I Use For Over 30 Years s et T e iy D-g bears Wh the straw hat first peared 1n 1156 1 wae worn exoasivey By Signature of W Avoid the big rush of nextwe& women. LookforoanpeullenAmwwnt’l'wn&y 140 Main Street Phone 1184 USEFUL. XMAS PRESENTSj TOOLS of all kinds| QUALITY THE BEST, PRICES THE LOWEST- Carving Sets, Keen-Kutter Shears and Scissors..... Leie deaniney SR sl.oo Pocket Knives ...25c,$2.50 Razors . ceve....$1.00, $3.00 Safety Razors, Keen-Kutter, Jr.. (nothing better).....$1.00 SKATES lflmmmym—nmflhwu‘nfi FLASH LIGHTS—Our prices the lowest FOOD CHOPPERS—Keen-Kutter, best made ALUMINUM WARE - ELECTRIC FLATS: worth $3.50 for $3.00 EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL | The Norwich Electric Co. 100 FiA:KLIN SIREET # Whatisthe New EL-PERCO? HISANH.ECI'RICCOFFEPOTOFHZAS