Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 12, 1916, Page 2

mmahmhymzmmn P, Chesbro and all persons employed by the town aré insured in an acci- dmm«mutym«mrt rd. The amount of ce taken uthwon mamuu(tha their employment. town at pres- | ent employs about twenty-five s sons which includes six at the building. The three selectmen, janis tor, and assistant janitor, and ‘select= ‘men’s clerk; the seven men employed on- the roads of the town; two bridge painters. the superintendent and mat- ron at the almshouse.. are employed at the new cemetery on The HOOSIER KITCHEN CABINET “SAVES MILES OF STEPS” CLUB SALE THIS WEEK $1.00 down and $1.00 each week AT LINCOLN’S Furniture Store i Telephone 285-3 / ;‘Ain ané¢ Union Streets WILLIMANTIC : JAY M. SHEPARD . Succeeding Eimore & Shepard FuneraiDirectorandEmbalmer 60-62 North St., Willimantic Llfly Assistant Tel connection : HIRAM N. FF_NN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER, 762 Church St., Willimantic, Ct. Telephone Lady Assistant The balance| p, \W-Mnrm ten. lars and 'm ing to $16.60 which was”paid. Election of Woman's Guild. The annual meeting of the Woman's Guild of St. Paul's Episcopal «church was held 'Wednesday afternoon inthe h House. The following: officers the ensuing vear were elected: President, Mrs. Austin D. Bess: vice president, Mrs. Fannie ‘Dixen. 'Welch; secretary, Mrs. John Bradshaw; treas- urer, Mrs. Joseph Coburn; correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. Roydon V. Sweet; directress, Mrs. Fred Burnett, Mrs. Syphers, and Mrs. George Baldwin. ot ety g for' ., "Memorial Day Committees. The following Mémorial Day com- mittees have been selected by mnclu 8. Long Post, G. A, R.: Floral, C. Lyman, Adam Duntz, Thomas Ashton music, Charles Fenton;: speaker, Je. transportation, marking grave: Willimantic cemetery, J. B. Baldwis Leander Jacobs: St. Joseph's .ceme tery, Thomas Ashton; Windham Cen~l ter cemetery, J. ‘B. ‘Baldwin, Adam Duntz; North Windham cemetery, Charles Spencer, J. B.. Baldwin. AUTOMOBILE CASE ON" TRIAL IN THE SUPERICR COURT Jordan Auto Company of Willimantic Sues Stanton I. Brigss, of Lebanon, to Recover for Machine Sold—De- fendant Claims Car Was Worthless. A session of the superior court was held in Willimantic Thursday with ] Judze Edwin B. Gager on_the bench. The first case assizncd for hearing was that of Rena M. Young, et al, vs. Charles A. Capen, et al; appeal from j probate. It was announced to the jcourt that this case had been settled, the pldintiffs withdrawing their ap- peal, leavine the will valid, and agree- ing ‘to purchase of Mrs. Nellie Her- rick, a former housekeemer of the de- ceased, Charles A. Young and a bene- ficiary by the will, her interest in the real estate, she to retain the personal property that was left to her. Jdordan Co. vs. Briggs. The case of the Jordan 'Auto com- pany of this city vs. Stanton L. Briggs of Lebanon was: then taken up. This action is-to recover an certain notes and claims incnugred by the.defendant in the purchase of an automobile. In 1 plaintiff the defendant enters a coun- ter claim -for $800. This is claimed for repairs which he .claimed were necessitated by the poor condition of the machine at the time of delivery, for loss of time and. other incidentals. Of the jury list /drawn for: the May term all but four ©f the twenty-four were present. Two were excused by the plaintiff. The following were then drawn,_and excused: Patrick F. Mor- larty, 'Windham; I. Richard Carpen- ter, Putnam, Catl' D, Gallup, Sterling; Dyer S. Elliott and Timothy J. Dav- ern of Thompson and C. E. May of Woodstock. The Jury Panel. The jury panel for the present case ts: William H. P. Sweet, Windham; LeRoy Pearl, Brooklyn; Willis T. Murray's Boston Smre WILLIMARTIC, CORN. Knitted Sweaters In Silk or Wool The Sweater Coat for Spring is one of the indispen- sable garments, light weight, attractive, and will answer every purpose. Weare showing an exceedingly good line of Fibre Silk, Wool and Turkish Effect Sweaters we are sure will They come in Copenhagen, rose, Kelly, red and white, also orange and white, rose and white and Copenhagen and white, plain with pockets or belted with $5.89, $7.50 and $8.50. pockets, $4.89, $5.00, Capltal $100,000 Ao b 4 THE . C. MURRAY 0. Surplus and Profits $175,000 + Established 1832 " NATIONAL profitable P Accuracy in accounting, courteous service, . promptness and liberality in dealing, and a - sound business policy in administering its own _affairs, characterize WINDHAM BANK, which aims thereby to A establish with customers relations that shall . prove reciprocally- pcrmanent pleasant and - his denials of the allegations 7of ‘the |+ ""’":.. &"' L the ¢ although the ds N. G. Bccleston. but said he did not make out the body of any of them. He supposed théy would be dated at the time they were made. Altogether he paid ‘$400 on the car and some that he had sent to.the company had been made to ap- ply on a merchandise account that he had contracted at the T 'l‘ha car was demonstrated Fc- cleston, who told him at tll. flme that the car had been recently overhauled and that the company would stand back of it. He had trouble on the day he took the machine home and in fact he had trouble with it contin- ‘wously during the four months owned it. It had never been satisfad- ;fi to him and was worthless to epaired at Norwich Garage. The main treuble seemed to be in the magneto and on one occasion he paid $95 to the Thames Square Gar- age in Norwich with no befter re- sults. On one occasion the car was held in the garage here for six weeks while the magneto was sent away for repairs. He said that the tires were supposed to be new but some of them | did not stand up a month. Frank Faulkner of Norwich testified garage where he worked. He said the condition of the car at that time was very poor. That condition of the zears showed considerable wear, He found it necessary to put| in “new parts in the transmission. He said that it would take months to wear out gears like them by an incompe- tent driver. Neighbor’s Testimony. ‘William G. Torren, a farmer of Leb- non, said that he had ridden in Briggs’ car about the first of May, 1915. Said that Briggs had trouble with car and he thought the trouble was in the magneto. Did not examine the car careful (He sald that he would value the car at about $200 when he saw C. Huntington Lathrop, of North Franklin, testified that he had ridden in the car about the middle of April; it did not run smoothly, seemed to 5klp and made considerable trouble. "hey rode 2bout two miles at that me. George Hoxie of Leébanon had rid- den in the car several times. Some- times the car went good and then aga‘ln it didn’t. Would skip and then stop. Knew of Briggs having trou- ble with it several times, The Car. Balked. ‘Wilton Hoxie told of his experience with the éar. Said at one time they were going to Goshen and the car suddenly stopped and they couldn’t !Bet it started. It would back fire: On ‘one occasion they were going to Nar- faganset: and got as far as Mystic and had_touput into a garage. R. L. Yerrington, of Lebanon, W. P. Lillie of Franklin, and 'William A. Pultz told of riding in the car and the way jt acted. Brother’s Testimony. C. Henry Briggs, a brother of Stan- ton Briggs, testified that he had paid $25 on the note Sept. 13, 1915. He bas ridden in the car twice and it did not run good, skipped a great deal. He said that the 8"5 was to be ap- plied to the note due that day and that it was not applied on the note. The amount was instead credited on 4 merchandise~account. Charles S. Briggs, father of Stanton Briggs, testified that he had ridden in the car and that it caused trouble. Stanton Briggs said that the car was tied up in the garage at one time for six weeks and he was deprived of the use of it. He considered the damages for this would be $7: Original Owner’s Evidence. Thomas Killourey, a local under- taker, testified that he owned the car in question, an Oakland, in 1914, and that he paid $1200 for it. He bought it new and it was in his possession from April, 1918, to the fall of 1914 when he had it overhauled by the firm of Beckwith and Gagnon. Took it to them and told them to look it over. After it came back from them he took it out and ran it eight cr ten miles and found that it run as well as ever, in fact, better. ‘Bad weather came on then and he put it up. In the meantime Jordan came along with some new cars and took him out. He traded this old car for a new car with the Jordan company. He was ‘was satisfied with the old car and had no intentions of getting a new one up to that time. He had no trouble ‘with the transmission, although the magneto did sometimes bother a lit- tle. Received Complaints From Briggs. Nathan Eccleston, an employe of the company, said that he had received complaints from Briggs in regard to the car. At one time he received word that the car was stuck between South Windham and Willlams Crossing. He went out there and found thst the trouble was that they run out of gas- oline. He procured gasoline in South V;'inflhu.m and drove the car in to this city. John Leonard told of Briggs com- ing into the garage on the 9th of ‘April and purchasing the car. . He told Briggs that the car was in good con- dition so far as he knew. That it had when Bflm ‘brother paid twenty-five dollars, the note was overdue and he told him that he could mot credit it on the note but would give him credit on the miscellaneous account .He also said that it only took 27 days to have the magneto repaired. -He said that he never made any asreement to make changes free ot charge. Peter Gssnon, of the 'Beckwnh & Gagnon company testified mai:lng as to the car being brought into the | some of the repairs on the car when it was in their shop for overhauling. He tried the car out after it had been repaired and found a little trouble. Took it back and remedied it and the car went all right. Miss Mae Piechak, bookkeeper for the Jordan Auto company, testified that she was present when Briggs ought the car. She said there was a balance due on the car of $350 May 9. Slie told of thesmethod of keeping books that was used by the company and the method of handling cash. She told of Briggs and Leonard talking of the matter of repairs at Norwich. The following day Briggs was credited with $45 and as she didn’t understand the transaction she asked Mr. Leon- ard about it. But just at that time he was called away and when he came back she neglected to ask about it. So Brigzs was credited with $45 which he didn’t pay. The true balance was $250 on July 10 and the miscellaneous account balance forty odd dollars. Two of the notes were still unpaid on and another §50 was paid and another note for $50* made. Court adjourned at 510 p. come in this morning at 10.30. m. to CO. L HOLDS BIG NIGHT. Street Parade Took Place at 7.30—Man- chester Company- Attended. Thursday night was™the big night for Company L, First infantry, C. N. G. The evening opened with a street pa race headed by the American band at 7.30. The weather could not have been improved upon and Willimantic turned out in force. It was estimated about 2,000 people were present. Company G of Manchester attended in a body. There_were exhibition drills by Com- pany L, Garde Florimond. There was inspection by squads. A supper was served to the visiting company, RECITAL IN TOWN HALL. Miss Helen Clark and Abraham Bond Entertain Large Audience. A large audience greeted Miss Helen Clark, contralto, assisted by Abraham Bond, violinist, at the town hall on Thursday evening. The concert was under the auspices of the H. C. Murray company for the purpose of demonstrating the Edison disc_phonograph. Miss Clark was heard in solos, ac- companied by the machine and in uni- son with her own voice on the record. Also in duets with other singers as reproduced by the Edison machine. (Mr. Bond pleased all with his violin playing with re-creation of solos by Moscowitz and Spalding. | Give Concert Under Auspices of Boy The audience was generous with ap- plause and thoroughly appreciated each number. The programme: Face to Face, Johnson Miss Clark with the laboratory re- creation of her voice. {a) Ave Maria, Schubert-Wilhelmj (b) Ave Maria, Bach-Gounod Mr. Bond withere-creation of solos by Carl Fiesch, Albert Spald- ing and Mme. Harie Rappold. Bells of Lee, Miss Clark, The Two Larks, Leschetizky Re-creation of piano solo by '‘Andre Benoist. Montague Holtman (&) For You, (b) Come to Me, Miss Clark, (a) Humoresque; Dvorak (b) Meditation (Thais), Massenel Mr. Bond with re-creation of solos by Mr. Moscowitz and Mr. Spalding. ‘Nightingale Sons, Miss Clark, The _Carnival of Venice, Re-creation of performance by estra. orche ‘Swing High, Swing Low, ‘Bennett ‘Miss Clark, S ini SWiISS BELL RINGERS ' - - |garet Krauss, When in a hurry both Coal and Gas Ovens can be operated at the same time, using one for meats and the other for Call and look them over and vou will agree that a Glenwood ‘‘Certainly Cooking Easy Shea @ Burke, 37-47 Main St., Norwich cert at the church house Thursday evening under the auspices of the Boy These people are the with great success. Their concert-was of high order, dif- fering very muth from what are often termed bell ringers. They used a va- riety. of instruments and demonstrated their command over each one. They played some excellent trios on violin, celio and”; The andlence was small, but what it lacked in numbers it made up in the enthusiasm that was manifested after each number. A concert was glven in the after- noon for children which was well at- " FARAERD May Basket Party for Miss Augusta Krauss—Principal Chapman Ad- dresses High School Pupils. A May basket party was held in honor of Miss Augusta Krauss at her home on Railroad avenue Wednesday evening. Over thirty friends attend- ed. The basket was hung at about 8 o'clock and at 8.30 the last of the crowd was-caught and all assembled in the house. A number of piano so- los were played by Miss Krauss and were followed by songs by all. Games were played, after which coffee, cake and candy were served by Miss Mar- assisted by Miss Lily Marshall. ‘Those present were: Gladys Wilbur, Agnes Peltier, Henrietta Burby, Maud Graves, Maud Shippee, Alta Dodge, Mary Burke, Helen Ashley, Theima Lynch, Helen Gallup, Helen McAvoy, Augusta and Margaret Krauss, Lillian Marshall, Lee Werner, George _and Christopher Krauss, Lawrence Bur- by, Donald Burke, Morris Starkwea- tehr, Christopher Dean, George Phil- et R SRR e s SRR P. H. PEARSE, SHOT FOR HEADING IRISH REVOLT P, H, PEARSE . One of the four revolt ludm exe- Zeller | Vot C. 0. Murphy, "259 Central Ave., Norwich lips, John Dougherty, Roger Brown, Walter Dougherty, - Eidie Dougherty, Edward Peltier, Milton Winsor, Alfred ‘Winsor, Harold Burke, Cecil Brad- ford, S!Lnley Sullivan, John Leahy and Master Benjamin Bertwistie. " Advice ‘to" Pupile. Principal John L. Chapman of the Plainfleld High school addresSed the members of that.school in a body on Thursday morning on the value of education to young people starting out in life. He said that there are a num- ber of men even in our town who have climbed the ladder to success without an education and who think now that their boys could and should rise to a similar position without spending any time in a high school. However, the times of the father and son have greatly changed and the son can never reach the same standing as his father without a firm educational basis. Neither could the father ob- tain the position that he has reached if the times then were similar to pres- ent times, Mr, Chapman said that it is the father's lack of education that cause him to speak in such a man- ner. Mr., Chapman said one great error many high schoo! pupils make, they #ack a definite aim, The address was enthusiastically received by the pupils. News in General. The building of Church street is nearing completion. This street runs from St. John's church on Railroad avenue to-Babcock avenue near the residence of Thomas Foy. Two new houses are being erected near the Standard Roller Covering company on_ Church street. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick I. Raclne motored to Norwich yesterday. The prospects of having a baseball nine representing this place for the Season are still very slim. There is scarcely any enthusiasm among the young men here. George Briges is_ working at the William Cantwell shop. Miss Leona Burke of Moosup spent Thursday with local “friends. The rehearsal of thesSt. John's choir Was held last evening. Mrs. James Moreland and Mrs. John Nolan spent yesterday in Norwich. Louis uchmin, nt engineer at the Manville s mill Georgeavilie, R. 'L, spent Thursday with John Lee,. engineer of the Law- ton Mills company. Benjamin R. Briggs was in Willl- mantic Thursday, STONINGTON Mrs. Franklin R. Chostor sis- ter, Miss Sallie Lowell, of Saco, Me., | are guests of Mrs. Frank Foster m Owing to the scarcity of material and labor the repairs being made to the borough streets are of a tempor- | ary nature, Summer residents are already ar- T RS Woman's Boad of Forelgn Mis. | The Woman's o sions of the Second church has elected these oflcm Mrs. | Dwight O. Stone, preside; Ma- | rie B. Trumbull, secret-sry zie M. Trumbuli, treasurer. He's a Self-Starter. The people Who are trying to erank up Henry Ford for a presidential run are not having very much luck; He isn't that kind of a crank.—-Philadel- ' phia. Press, > Middletown.—At a meeting of the &i- rectors of the Elks’ Home COrpo: the regular semi-annual dividend 2 1-2_per cent. was declared. When you have a House to Rgnt Give it a coat of good paint before you tack a sign on it. It won’t cost much and a well- painted house : always rents more "readily than a shabby one—rents for more g money, too. 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