Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 16, 1917, Page 8

| Wfessage of"the War Will Bé Carried | ischool children of each town will be . ers_of Connecticui in the srowing of < ed at the headquarters of the Com-| RALILIES TO COVER ENTIRE'STATE to Every FManslet. " A_sertes of patriotic rallies to car- war on to-every hamlet of IR e sy e sticut ‘Staté- Council of ~ Defense throush its committes on publicity. sére wiil be two campaigns in the merles, the first: consisting of rallies to Pe held in every village of Connecti- rut large enough.to have available This will be followed by an in- cities and other industrial centers. It will car- e message of the war to every little ward® hall where pecple are in the habit of assembling and where possible to the gates of important fae- tories and inside the shops if suitable ngements can be made. The ral- will besin next week and Wwill| probably comtinue until Christmas. It 55 hoped to complete the small town series before winter weather closes the roads to automobile ariffic. Associated with the committee on publicity in making arrangements for rthe rally is a special committee of the seouncil consisting of Richard M. Bis- i its chairman, Major Howard j@dings and Former Senator Joseph rw, Alsop. The campaign will be un- i@er the active management of Harri- ison B. Freeman of Hartford, who has hflvflnnmrefl his services for the work. e has slready established head- ors at the state capitol in the of- Mices of the committee on publicity. iGeorge B. Chandler, chairman of this ttee, will direct the field work fof the rally organization. Mr. Freeman Fwill be assisted by Austin Dunham. who has for several weeks had charge lof_the speakers’ bureau of the com- gmittee, and by James S. Stevens, its istate musical director. A unique feature of the rally se *is a careful outline of plans made by ithe publicity committee for the con- duct of every phase of the meetings and the preliminary imecessary to make them successful. It io cxpected that a Liberty Chorus will sing at each of the meetings. _The jused to advertise the meetings _and *will distribute handbills to _every ihouse. A detailed bulletin of instruc- ‘tion has been prepared by the publici- +y-committee telling how plans should be 14id for the rallies and how the meetings should be conducted. The fbulletin. taking into account the im- iportance of considering the psvchol- mt‘audiences, even gives detailed tions regarding the ventilation. theating and, lighting of the buildings fwhere the rallies are to be held. An organization meeting was held in. New London Monday at _ which were_made for rallies in every X in New London county. Nor- Swith and New London will be _cared ‘for in_the intensive campaign that ‘il -follow: .the first series of rallies. The town committeemen of the county ware enthusiastic over the plans and beileve that the vital issues of | Srar-will ‘be ‘brought more close to$he people by the methods outlin- ed than has hitherto been the case in any state_of the Union. “Mr. Chandler will meet the town committees of Middlesex county for = similar organization meeting on Monday afternoon at 1 p. m. in Stueck’s tavern. Middletown. He will meet the Tolland county commit- teemen at the Rockville hotel, Rock- ville, Tuesday evening. To Assist in Porkgrowing. The United States Food Administra tion is to actively assist the farm- pork, aceording to a telegram receiv- mittee of Food Supply and Conserva-| tion of the State Council of Defense in Hartford. The Food Administra- tion promises to take steps which guarantee every man a fair price for his bogs and a profit on his in- vestment. They promise a rigid con- | trol of Acker through federal con- | ol of buying, as well as| buying for the army, navy and Red| Croes. NORWICH TOWN Death of Mrs. Nathan Chapman—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saxton Going to Florida—William Potter Home From Tennessee. Mrs. Laura S..Smith, widow of Na- than n, died early Thursday morning at her home on Canterbury turnpike after a fow weeks’ illness. She was born in Canterbury, the daughter of Eleazer and Laura Smith, and came o Norwich at nineteen years of age. with Nathan Chapman her home was in Norwich Town and at the time of ber death she was one of the ‘oldest of this section. She brave- in her allotted place and her her in hours of trial and need, and o her has come the welcome of the Master, Enter, enter into the joy of thy Lord. Almost her last words “I_am going home.” ) Home From Tennessee. William Potter is at his home on Otrobando avenue for fue dvinter, baving come from a successful sea- son in Memphis, Tennessee. Attended Moodus Funeral. Mrs. S. A. Beebe of Pine Tree Farm was in Moodus Tuesday to attend the Jineral of her miece, Mrs. M. §. We- Leaving for Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saxton of Washinston street are leaving this month _to, spend the winter in Florida. Returns to [Capitol City. Charles Smith has returned to Hart- fora after passing a week with rela- tives on Huntington avenue. m- Augusta Learned of East Town ‘strect ‘has “been spending some- time o Ocowm, on business. - Deand Mrs. W. A. Chappell moved from 81 West Town street to Cal in .the citw. Moy’ trom uptown are daily in- - the" aisplay of war posters Converse Art Gailery. Mrs. Garfiner and Mrs. Smith of “Bozrah were Th of Mrs. Barah street. x of - Town of Hi nul:h-m untinston arrangements ' What is perhaps as big, if not bigger advantage, is the fact that you may take a long time to make your payments. / There is no string attached to this proposition. It is a straight from the shoulder business proposition. You may make a small initial cash payment when ycu select your piano. This payment may be as low as S dollars, if you wish to make it no larger. balance, whether it is 270, 230, 200 or 150 dollars, may be divided into equal weekly, monthly or quarterly payments to suit your conveniénce. of These this First: own guarantee the wording of the printed guarantee. : That you may exchange the instrument any Second. you select, other new piano, player-piano or grand piano we sell, at any time within one year. 2 That yéu may, for any reason, have your money refunded, b ment, NOTE. Third. STORE OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M. DURING SALE Why not take advantage of this opportunity by at least looking at these instruments today? 60 Behr Bros. player-pianos at $445 each There are 60 Behr Bros. player-pianos in this sal e, beside the 100 Behr Bros. pianos. Behr Bro: understandiny for five years from in case they for any reason whatsoever, after having tried the in your home, 30 days. 3 These liberal privileges are made our written agreement with each and purchaser. for instruments are offered with That they are guaranteed without re- date of purchase. le of absolute satisfaction so dominates this sale that purchasers will be permitted to write, their are dissatisfied with instru- a part every The et one of these Behr bBros. take 3 years time to make your payments [ ! I ‘HERE ARE TWO big outstanding features to this big co- operative piano sale you cannot afford to lose sight of : One is, that the price of these distinguished old pianos d uring this sale is but 273 dollars each The other is that you may take three years’ time to pay. Here are two economical facts you cannot overlook in your own selfish interest. That you can get an opportunity to.procure a pi ano of the high character and enviable reputation of a BEHR BROS. for 275 dollars, is enough, in itself, to move you to take instant advantage of this sale. But this is not the only big advantage this sale holds. leading Included charge, with or player-| ing "t Masic € $5.00) There are no loopholes. - an But the main point is, the an pianist, says: Grove'’s a very The price of the player-piano is $445 each. ly sell for 500 to $550 each. The terms and conditions are precisely the same as though you were purchasing the piano. Ycu may start to own one of these: beautiful player-pianos by making an initial payment of only 5 dollars. The balance you may divide into weekly or monthly pay ments as best suits your conven- ience. All other features of the sale; such as your money back in 30 days; privilege to exchange within one year and the five year unre- served guarantee, are exactly the same as those given with the piano. Included, also, with-the player-piano, are ten rolls of music of your own selection, and a beautiful player-piano bench to match the piano. . Such players usual- THE PLAUT-CADDEN CO. fessional writers papers are cons Actually, from ing crops. Well, other businesses 1_don’t don’t know how. know how, gith It is not at al probable that Likewise it w horses, clean rural that trade. lap-stones. are relics (Written Specially. for The Bullétin.) “Why don’t farmers keep That is a question which the pro- which they keep dinging away at it. one would think that keepinz books wag rather mcre important than rais- why - don't books? Why don’t they keep records of all their crops and all counts, etc., same as is done in many profess farmers fail in this respect. more and more strongly convinced, as my whiskers whiten, reason why they don’t is that thay nineteen-twentieths of those who are tiresomely urging them to do it don’t which I read but things which I run up against in my daily joggings about town tend to support that.suspicion and make it a fixed belief. keeping . careful and accurate accounts of his business in proper books would every year help the farmer much in knowing “where " For one, I am not going money if he would shoe - his and repair his watch, and make his own Doots. 1 know cne practical farmer who actually does shoe his own horses. But,—he spent six years working in = a country blacksmith-shop, and learn- Muss, and feft for there last|ed the trade. : . I know another farmer who, if he doesn® clean his own watch, does at | hired loast tinker his v |he was, as a boy, apprenticed to ia ker and pagtly, I “There probably are still some farm- ers who are able to “ta; boots, as almost all farmers used to do in the old days of shoe-pegs. and I 135, 137, 139,141, 143 Main Street, Norwich, Conn. THE STORE OF SERVICE SUPREME ORE OPEN TIL, 9. P. AL DURING SALE Established 1872 From Josef Hofmann, ano sold dur- t e, c Simpl; pianist: ithout extra every piano ,_is_“Grove's ifier,” (Price invaluable aid to the study of the piano, and of which Josef Hof- the world renowred : “l consider Music Simplifier 'y useful ment in piano teaching. improve- TO FARMERS books?” for professedly farm | eXperience at.it, tantly putting to us. the persistency with | ful, from a-set of farm it. To keep a set of age farm which farmers keep their ac- to know why 'i“ But Tm | pernickety- et one " big |, It unaquestionably one’s own boots. fully convinced that Even _at the - by er. Not only things stance You acres. - Near midst of cultivated house, barns, ete. runs ' off into Il impossible nor im- | woods. ould save him much own own years none of eithe: Now books. you' sf price; own . clock. But{nage ‘of your begun’ earned n - the . Th p"" thelr. .own | would ear: per . cent there are, they past generation. The |does it earn * WHY DON'T FARMERS KEEP BOOKS Now, if a farmer has been taught thoroughly the principles and practice of book-keeping and has there is ground for thinking that he might get some use- at least ‘some intelligible results books. But, even then, he'd have his work cut_out_for him, and don't you forget s on the aver- bool should record ail its multiplex activities re- quires certainly as much ekill as to 3 keep the books for a big dry-zoods 2 store or 2 bank. A ‘different kind of wark, adniittedly, but not a whit less requires. as sharp training and as much time as it would to shoe one’s own ‘horses or make est, a considerable part of farm book-keeping has got to be guess-work or estimate. Tave a tarm b1, say; a hundrea the, roadside fields Back, Dasture and ‘finally You keep two horses, a few. cows, some heéns, perhaps. other stock. You raise —each year a field of .potatoes and one. of. corn and one of oats, and cut a certain amount of have a small kitchen-garden for sup- plying domestic needs. edrs you sell a little lumber years a little cord-wood, T, tart off to keep a set of ‘purdevfn. a sell and’ {ts what' ‘you Buy -and its_cost. | dep Nor to add the monthly wage man. But that is It ‘isn’t “at_all difficult to day by day, what you 4 léedrdfilt ent as an. investor. Iuck “in ‘hitting”. the vou, and_ some only_the title book. You havem't yet|in Tach vear something N work. depreciation: not Your bLuildings all deteriorate with |z penny deducted for labor: noi the vears. You can tell to a cent, |perny deducied for the thousand an Dperhaps, how much money You acru- tems of repair and remcwal and allr Spend in repairs. But ail the < on the farm, nor repairing you can do does not make ce, cte. a new bullding out of an old - on: ‘man. commenting on | Rizht there Is another item which ! this man's curious fizures, and taking |must be charsed against the farm.|out such items of cxpente and cost | For the farm has got to pay all these | bills as well os those for sugar and itea and horse-feed. But you've got to_guess at it, again. very year you have to spend some money and some *time remaking | fences. Every year you have {spend some money and some time i tinkering _up broken o worn-out tools. These sums you can probahbly spot ‘and put own in figures. , But {the old tool is all the time wearing out, and making work harder or slow- as he could reasonbly arrive at. remarked that perhaps the man made a real profit of 37.50 per cow. but there was no proof of even that. If his own cows. bhe added. didn’t do better, he should lose money on them. to I know twe or three hen-men who are not at ail bashful in teliing how much their_hens “made,” the preced- ing vear. Yet every one of them fig- ures his profit, per hen or per flock. on the basis of sales asainst pur- er.” Be as careful as you can, the|chases. That i3, if one buys $500 time will come when it will utterly | worth of feed and sells $800 worth of had come |fail vou: In the meantime, year by!eggs and broilers, he figures (hat he vear, you must guess at how much |made” $200. : You ‘ought to charge off for this item of wear and tear. I once asked one of.them: “Don’t you charge your hens aavthing for Now, when you've charged against E interest or depreciation in_ houses, the farm these And other items which, | brooders and the like, or for your perhaps, you can reckon with some |own labor?” 2 accuracy, the mnext question which| He answered: “Lord, no: no hens rises. is, how are you going to put down the credit. items? Your potatoes cost You so much in seed, lahor and. fertilizer -to produce and ‘market. They sold for' so much. The difference can readily be figured out. But is that difference Your pro- fit? ‘Not by any means. In addition to the cost of seed, labor and fertil izer, those potatoes must bear ‘their just share of the interest on vour, in- man ever does accurately The worst of it'is that these utterly misleading yarns of profit from hens or cows or other farm Investments g0 out,. in the papers or otherwise, as evidences of how big profits farmers are making. B People who are mnot farmers read them -and-are fortified 'in their belief N b - that all the farmer's talk about hard yestment; of the depreciation of| edaing ‘is. simply ‘a false device to your stock, buildings and tools; of | Siedding is simply : prices and larger pro- Jyour fencing, .costs, -your insurance:|fits: - Some real farmers ~who read your taxes, etc. How are vou soinf |Thim arc made discontented and sour {0 fgure what fhat Tair share'is7 You | NS5 0T REONCT G R, "N ave already had to guess at most of | megsure up to any such standards. these items for the whole hupdred- L in the|acre farm. But you can’t justfdivide 3 and e > Some years ago, telling a neighbor - e B penty for YWE AV |that T had given up trying to raise oats because they didn't the land of P rea- torted that his cats paid “bis. For in- otatoes, for the son that the potato-field is, naturally, worth a good deal ‘per -acre more than the average value of the whole farm, pasture, woodland. ledges and the rest. You have got to make stil another guess on top o e first ones ot N 3 Yet, on my deducting from his 6wn &5 to what share the potatoes should stwitnn, o i e money b Same with corn-and oats and hay |2dm! ¥ TR 54 and all thie other .crops you raise s e sligymoucy down to the last short row of, beets in_the. kitchen garden. A Same with -all -the butter and eggs you sell:: same with: the cord-wood ana: umber. 2 i You and some ing into an actual los: 1A This, without considering the other items ‘of interest. wear and. tear of tools, taxes' and insurance,—of all which_his -oats “were ‘justly ‘botnd” to pay their proper ~share - Farm book-keeping based on ‘only |, half or “quafter information is sim- ply ‘a -delusion:" farm ' book-keeping based on what must be_ largely guess- ‘work .is. lflie ‘irying to build a'silo on anl i i © ' THE FARMER. of " the : Danbury—Twelve additipnal Christ- mas _packets 'w:lr:;:fihu&“qg wflam ,x-uaf?’em at its meeting Monday o THE FRISBIE-McCORMICK C0., SHETUCKET STF! to live forever. was just the difference between what 3 . | b e Westbrook Th r must be charged off their vaiue to|he paid out in money for cow-feed | Wallingford- srert, ol { aaWastbroolc o, I esthrook Chu offset depreciation. 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