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of! ing and s there was'tree at the Park ave- ’ the Chestnut Street - badges of their own ! e ids oy » wWoods 1 lance S s jon of Arbor day, a win- ok nlums, were placed eight rooms of the hoolhouse, and there of folk dancing. ‘one representing each planted by pupils of the il school, and exercises each room as outlined by ommi er of education. laurel and berry bushes in the school yard at and the prescribed ‘held. dford* schoo] the exer- accordance with the su, the commissioner of edu- ved by work in the school 3 e ual meeting of the West- _ Society officers were follows: Ethan Wilcox, . corresponding La Clede Woodman- secretary; Miss Ger- treasurer. The offi- L. Peacock and , Were elected as ex- .| Rev. Samuel M. Louise Ayers, Harvey Cr H. Stanton, N. i, membership com- Julla E. Smith, Ethan 8. Frederick C.- Buffum, ‘Woodmansee, Fre publicity committe Ban, Miss Grace D. Frederick C. Buffum, tee. idates for membership Rt Rev. Samuel G. gin bishop of Massa- m Penn Browning, €. Crandall, Mrs. Er- . and. Mrs. David esident Wilcox an- ates on the commit- for the annual outing, Mipple, Mrs. James ©. ouise Ayers and Miss the Smeeting was ably Tlisha C. Stillman, of e subject was Old A and Old Letters. s Finney Wileox, secre- ssociation of the Wilcox llied_Families, explained plans of the Wilcox held in Westerly on August and the first Laconics. er_of Providence, is 5. Willlam Segar. granolithic walks in ing_contagious and d. Now Oscar Vose IINGTON nbull Post Officers— Communion Sunday e B. Spalding of Miami, ‘been elected moderator lwren(lonu Confer- preached the con- last Tuesday. Rev. rmerly pastor of the , opened Friday hall and was gen- of the Lord’s Point and, at the reques; s the select ing careful investigation. esenting the Stonington Free Aca. & game of baseball 3, Fuller jun- G. A B., has accept- Hev. DTG, service in the h on the morning N of. 3 At a meeting of Nelson of St. George, James H. 0D, James R Johns and John Taylor wers appointed a.committee to arrange for the visitation of the grand lodge offi- cers. At a joint meeting of Budlong Post, G. A, R, and Budlong W. R. T, preliminary arrangements for observ- ance of Memorial day were made. The observance will be practically the same as last year. died’ Thursday ev- ening at| the home of his son, Blmer E. Vincent, in Moss street, age 88 years. Fred Cook of Westerly, who has been acting agent for the Adams Ex- Dpress company, has at his own Te- quest been transferred to Watch Hill, the order to be in effect June 1. He will be succeeded by George Carpen- ter of Kingston. The large and handsome magnolia tree in front of the residence of John J". Vose in Mechanic street, although late in blooming, is now at its very best, and attracts general attention. It is said to be the largest and most beautiful tree of that type in this sec- tion. There is a gum shoe campaign for the nomination to membership on the new board of highway commis- sioners, to_be voted for in the June election. There will be three com- missioners to serve without pay, but they will have immediate charge of the highway work of the town, inde- 4 | pendent of the town council. In behalf of Henry C. Burdick, Eli- sha C. Stillman, of Ashaway has pre- sented to the Westerly Memorial and Library association, a copy of “Elder Matthew Stillman’s book of records of marriages, in Hopkinton, August 15, 1804." This copy was made di- rect from the original book by Louisa Prosser Bates, keeper of graduate rec- ords at Brown university. Save a burned barn, there is no 1 dieation of damage by Thursday’s fo. est five. In the main sireet of the v lage of Carolina, opposite the railway station a small shed was burned. Two dwelling houses were burned, some distance from the village centre, and several barns and small outhouses, whiie the forest fire bury\ld over a large area. The Whole was so com- pletely extinguished ¥riday morning that no emoke was visible. NORWICH TOWN W. G. Park to Preside at C. E. M ing—Tennis Court in Use—Ever Ready Circle’s Delegate to Confer- ence. Mrs. Minnie Levitsky has returned to her home in Hartford after two ‘weeks’ visit with her brother and_sis- ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kar- kutt of Otrobando avenue. Robins’ Busy Season. It is abserved that more robins than usual are about the homes this spring. in an angle of one house under the eaves, a T0bin may be seen sitting on her eggs far above the reach of cats; in a nearby maple tree is a robin's nest, another in a pear tree quite near the ground, and just over the fence in a fir tree still another robin and her brood. While building one of these nests a long piece of crepe pa- per was used, one end was tucked in- to the nest, the rest is left fluttering in the wind. W. G. Park to Preside. Members of the Christian BEndeavor society of the First Cos tional church have been anticipating with much pleasure the meeting of the Norwich Union to be held in the cha- pel Sunday evening. W. G. Park of Hanover, the president of the umion, will be in charge of the service. To ‘Represent Circle. Miss Jessie B. Hyde of Washi: street will represent Ever‘Rnd;nm: cle of The King's Daughters at the gounty, conference in Central Village, Sheltering Arms’ Service. Rev. . Johns Bohanan and choir of St. Andrew’s church, Greeneville, will be at the Sunday afternoon service at the Sheltering Arms. _ Tennis Season Opens. The tennis court on the Green has been mark ed out and games were be- gun this week. Mrs. Sara. Kennedy of New London visited: her sister, Mrs. Carl White of East Town street the first of the week " C. Warner of Bliss place was ster and Salem this week, We Will Offer to You During Merchants’ Week, Starting This Morning le or Mahogany—Mer- St Week price $15.00. Regular Price $22.50 This Quartered Oak China Closet, swell ends and swell front, 6 feet high—Merchants’ Week price $16.50 Regular Price $25. x Faavy and Continuing While They Last This Chiffioner in Birdseye y—Special Merchants’ Week price $12.50 Regular Price $20.00 Maple or 45-inch 00 This Quartered Sawed Oak Buffet, wide—Special Merchants’ Week price $19.50. Reguldr Price $30.00 up. Regular Price $18.00 4 White E 1 or Oxidize Finish Bed Tip Top Spring and a Cotton Felt Mattress in any size $11.50. Qe 3 Chairs in a great variety to fit any occasion—prices ranging from $1.25 Weboughthavythed;befmficywent up, and we will give you the benefit of it at this Great Merchants’ Week Sale. “ During Merchants’ Week any article bought in this store up to $25.00 we will deliver on payment of $1.00, balance $1.00 weekly. During Merchants’ Week do not fail to Visit Our Store.. We have many Bar- gains to offer---too numerous to mention here---you are welcome to come and look though you do not buy. CHWARTZ BROTHERS S-1l Water St. Home Furnishers “The Big Store with the Little Prices” : ) Telephone S56S SUNDAY SUBJECTS. The Holiness Mission meets at Main street. The Christian Scien be Mortals and Importals. 87 subject will Rev. S. H. Howe, D. D, will preach at the marning sermon at Park Congre gational church. Rev. F. John Bohanan will conduct the services at The Sheltering Arms at 3.30 p. m. Sunday. Pa The Associated Bible Students will hold services in the W. C. T. U. rooms on Shetucket street. At Mt. Calvary Baptist church in the morning there will be a prayer and. praise ice. Sunday school at noon. Preaching at the evening service. inity M. hurch, Rev. F. W. Coleman, pastor, the morning sermon will be delivered by Rev, E. J. Ayres, z.n(;bths evening sermon by Rev. J. F. obb. The morning subject at the Federat- ed church, Rev. A. W. Burdon, pastor, will be The Master Ke) Sunday school will be held at noon, meeti ing At Baltic Methodist Episcopal church of the Junior C. E. society at 3 p. m,, and the Christian Endeavor meeting will be held at 6.30. The subject of the evening sermon will be the Scar- let Lin Sunday Rev. Arthur Varley of Taft- ville will conduct service at 10.30 a. m, The pastor, Rev. Charles Smith, will preach at 7 p. m. At Grace church, Yantic, Rev. J. W. Areson, rector, there will be morning prayer and sermon at 10.45, Bible class and Sunday gchool at 12.15, and evening prayer and sermon at 7.30. At the Norwich Town Methodist Episccopal hurch there will be public service in the morning, with a sermon on Mothers’ Day. There will be a meet- ing of the Bpworth leagtie at 6.45 p. m., and preaching in#the evening on the subject Housecleaning. At the First Baptist church, George Heénry Strouse, minister, will preach a special sermon on Mothers' day at the morning service. There will be Sun- day school at noon and meeting of the B. Y. P. U. at 6.30. The evening theme will be The Christian States- man. s At the Second Congregational church theer will be morning worship with { Merchants’ Weelk ay 13th to 20th, inclusive .l NN T address by Rev. Edward H. Potter of New Haven. Sunday school will be held at noon. Young People’s meeting at 615 p. m. and there will be even- ing service with sermon by the min- ister, Rev. H. J. Wyckoft. At ‘the Central Baptist church, the pastor, Rev. Joel B. Slocum, D. D., will preach at both hours. The morning subject will be Motherhood, in recogni- tion of Mothers' day; in the evening the pastor will preach on Life's Su- preme Refu; There will be special music. Sunday school anq City Bible class for Men will be held at noon. B. Y. P. U. at 6.30, led by C. Edward Smith Reception of new' members and communion will follow the mornmg sermon. BULLETIN'S PATTERN SERVICE A SIMPLE, BECGMING MODEL. MISS ARCHA CONFIDENT OF MOTHER'S INNOCENCE. Alleged to Have Been Com- d Of Crim i t Home for Aged. mi Hartford, Conn., May 12.—Miss Mary Archer, daughter of Mrs. Amy B. Archer-Gilligan who is in the Hartfora county jail accused of murder, express- ed the utmost confidence today in tbe ability of Mrs. Gilligan's lawyers to establish completely and satisfactorily the innocense of the accused woman at the tria] in September. Miss Archer took exception to some of the statements imputed to her in various newspapers and asserted that in many cases false interviews had been printed. Despite the strain that she had been under during the past few days, Miss Archer appeared this morning to be fairly cheerful and op- timistic. Miss Archer said there was no prospect that the Archer _home would be closed.in the near future. She sald everything would go along as usu; at least for the next few months. None of the inmates of tfis Archer home left either Thursday or this morning, and it was said nobody was expected to leave in the next few days. NATURE OF PUNISHMENT OF SUBMARINE COMMANDER To Be Subject of Inquiry by Ambas- 3 sador Gerard. ‘Washington, May 12. — Secretary Lansing announced today he had ask- ed Ambassador Gerard at Berlin to ascertain the nature of the punish- ment th by the gove: ment upon the commander of the sub- which sunk the steamer Sus- sex. Mr. Lansing said the request was not in the nature of a formal inquiry to the German government. The first steam was vessel of the propeller type was the Princeton, built for the United States navy in 1842, . There is more catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put tosetner, and Zov years it was sup- 3 ncurable. seribed local rem iy failing to cure ronounced it incurable. Ladies’ House or Porch Dress, With| Ll Slecve in Either of Two Lengths. i a cage that Hall's Catarri e cure. Send lhr'clr:lfl‘l'l ‘and testimoni. & 00, Toledo, Onto. " PIlis’ for constipation. o - PARLEYING WITH BANDITS FOR EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. Major Langhorne Trying to Secure Re- lease of Jesse Deemer. Marathon, Tex., May 12.—Major George T. Langhorne of the Big Bend expeditionary force is parleying for an exchange of prisoners which will re- lease Jesse Deemer, the storekeeper captured by Villa raiders, according to arrivals from the border today. If the parleys fail, Major Langhorne, acting under orders from Colonel Fred- erick W. Sibley, is expected to rush the bandits, who are reported concentrated some distance south of the Rio Grande. Two other Americans, John Wood- son and F. Ballsworth, are reported to be in need of aid. e et SR The first patent in the United States for a breech-loading gun was granted to a firm at North Yarmouth, Mass, in 1811, p . NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ENTENTE ALLIES DELAYED Because of the Implied Threat Con- tained in the German Note, Washington, May 12, ~ America’'s next step in the negotiations with the entente allies regarding treatment of neutral commerce will be delayed on account of the implied threat contain- ed in the German mote of May 6, in which the imperial government ex- pressed confldence that in view of the new orders issued for submarine war- fare the United States would insist upon Great Britain observing the rules of international law in dealing with trade and reserving to itself “complete liberty of decision” unless this end was accomplished. { —— The mortar, a short cannon used for throwing bombs, is said to have been first used in Naples in 1435, DURING MERCHANTS' WEEK Monday, May 15th and Tuesday, May 16th An Expert Corsetiere will be at MARSHALL'’S to Demonstrate the Merits of “UIDEALE” CORSETS The Corset Without a Parallel \ A corset anatomically perfect, found in a corset, and while bul ng that feeling of comfort so seldom to your individual measure and figurs, - still follows the graceful lines of the prevailing mode. 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