Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 5, 1918, Page 5

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MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SALE NIGHT ROBES, lace and embroidery trimmed, regular $1.00 and $1.25— SALE PRICE 79¢ NIGHT ROBES, lace and embroidery trimmed, $1.50 gquality— SALE PRICE $1.19 Al our $1.98 and $2.25 GOWNS— SALE PRICE $1.29 Aleo balance of stock of GOWNS u; to $4.50 at greatly reduced prices. ' WHITE SKIRTS, lace and embroidery trimmed, $1.00 and $1.25 quality— SALE PRICE 79¢ WHITE SKIRTS, lace and embroidery trimmed, $1.50 quality— SALE PRICE $1.19 Balance of our stock of SKIRTS at $149, $1.89 to $3.98, actual value from $2.00 to $5.00. BENVELOPE CHEMISE—A very spe- cial $1.00 quality will be sold at 79¢ while they last. .Also all $1.50 qual- ity at $1.19 CORSET COVERS, embroidered and lace trimmed, regular 29c quality— SALE PRICE 19¢ CORSET COVERS, 50c quality— SALE PRICE 39¢ CHILDREN’S BARGAINS We have a choice line of CHIL- DREN'S WHITE DRESSES, 2 years to 6 years actual value $1.00 to $6.00 —these Dresses are priced 79c, $1.19, $129, $1.69 to $3.00 CHILDREN'S COLORED DRESSES, 2 yvears to 12 vears, and an odd lot of Dresses of extra good materials, for $1.39. These Dresses are values up to $3.50 CHILDREN'S ROMPERS in Ging- ham and Chambray, regular 75¢ qual- ity, for 50c BOYS' WASH SUITS, 2 vears to 8 vears, a quality that washes and ‘wears, regular $1.25 quality— SALE PRICE 85¢c BUNGALOW APRONS, extra quality of Gingham, regular $1.50 Apron— SALE PRICE $1.19 Balance of our stock of CHILDREN'S | fore COATS and HATS at greatly reduced | to bring the naturalization laws up to |them will be Dr. prices. Emest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER Al String !nstruments repaired Violins sold on easy terms For appointments address & €. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Netw w:ch, Conn. The Thames National Bank Norwleh, Conn., Dec. 22, 1917, The annual meeting of the Stock- holders of this Bank, for the election of Directors and the transaction of such other business as may legally come before them, is hereby called to he held at their Banking House on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1918, at 11 o'clock a. m. CHARLES W. GALE, Cashler. turday, Jan. 5, 1918. Light wvehicle lamps at 5.02 o'clock this evening. 4 Dealers have had a big demand for ear muffs this week. . o . Rev. C. 'H. Ricketts at Y. M. C. A. tomorrow, at 3.30. Hear him.—adv. At present there are 1178 patients at the Noywich state hospital for the insane. St, Robert and St. Titus were .com- memorated in the church calendar Friday. ' The continuous crunching of wheels on the snowy road is an unfailing re- minder of cold weather. D. A. R. chapters about the state are electing delegates to the spring Conti- nental congress at Washington, Norwich people who have been at ‘East Lyme this week say the Niantic river is frozen over its entire length. It may be an omen of an early spring that Easter in 1918 comes unusually early, the last day of March, the 3lst. Policemen who have been on night duty this week think that the climate gn the coupon at the foot of | of Labrador has nothing on that of |in Boston visiting his aunts, | | Norwich. The great 'cellist, Carl Webster, of Boston, at Y. M. C."A,,"3.30 p. m. Sun- day.—adw. Visitors to Washington write home of the severe cold, shortage of coal, and the fact that wood is selling for $14 a cord. Friday at 8 o'clock in St. Patrick’s church the rector, Rev. John H. Brod- erick, sang an anniversary high mass of requiem for Thomas A. Shea. Members of Grace circle of the Warren Sisson of Norwich has been' a Willimantic visitor this week. Miss Elizabeth Reed has returned to Norwich after a ‘vacation spent in New Haven and New York. = Corp. J. Ludwig of the 56th regi- ment has been at his home on Frank- lin ‘street on a brief furlough. Mrs. John Baker of Mystic s spending a few weeks in Sterling with her son, James Baker, and his family. Miss Beatrice Boyd has resumed her studies at the Connecticut college after a visit over the holidays with her par- ents. ‘Willlam Boyd, a teacher at the Whitman - High school, has returned after a visit over New Year’s with his parents, Miss Margaret Hizgins of Cleveland, 0., formerly of Westerly, was a caller for a few days this week with Nor- wich friends. Miss Helen Carroll of Gardner, Mass., who has been the guest of Miss Sadie Driscoll of North Main street, has re- turned home. 5 ¥ Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Edwards, Sr., of Hinckley street have returned from a ten days’ stay with relatives in New York city and Newark, N. J. Thomas Jackson ~Whittridge, - of East Main street, is spending ten d\;ya Mrs. ‘William H. Lothrop of Chestnut Hill and Mrs. J. Stanley Shaw of Common- wealth avenue. STREET RAILWAYS ASKED ‘TO CONSERVE FUEL. Public Utilities Also Requests Them to Economize in Labor and Mate- rials. Officials of all street railway com- panies in Connecticut are urged in a circular letter sent out Friday by the public utiljfies commission = of the T~ Papahters and the leader Mrs, | State to “put into effect such methods ! Frank J. King, were among workers |as will more effectively conserve fuel ut e Red Cross room kriday after- |and economize in all labor and ma- terial consistent with reasonable ser- o 2 vice!” The letter points out the need There 1s to be a musfcal praise ee#- | of eliminating every possible source vice at Park Congregational church at | 0f waste “even at some personal sac- 430 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Much | rifice,” points out the neea of faci of the Christmas music will be re-|tating traffic in the larger cities so as peated by request. not to hinder the transportation of em- Owners of shrubs and plants are wondering how many of them will be winter-killed, since the snow is too hard and icy to afford much protec- tion for plant roots. Most of the Norwich florists have been fortunate in having sufficient coke on hand to keep their greenhouses heated. e Westerly florist lost many choice planits during the freeze ‘of Sunday night. Marked down sale of fancy articles and stamped linen at Woman's Ex- change. Baked beans and brown bread served in tea room.—adv. There are places in the suburbs such heavy ice that it is impossible to draw water, householders having to depend upon springs and ponds where the ic¥ covering can be broken. It has been found necessary . to change reception hours for the golden wedding celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Gay at the Buckingham Me- morial Monday affernoon next. The hours will be from 4 to 8. The conference for older hoys of Connecticut at New Londgn, mvhich was postponed from Dec. 28-30 on ac- count of cases of diphtheria, will be {held at New London Frid: Satur- day and Sunday, Feb. 24 . The ordinary precautions to keep cellar vegetables from freezinz have not proved sufficient for the unusual old, and a few bushels here and there in especially exposed points have been frozen, making up a considerable total throughout the country. A. W. Buchanan, agent of the state board of education, was in Norwich Thursday and Friday and granted per was Mr. Buchanan's first appearance here for several weeks because of Jjuries received in an automobile acci- dent. Perfect marble slabs, to replace three cracked in transit. have been received by tife Boston builder who is erecting a granite mausoleum Maplewood cemetery for Mrs. Joseph N. Burdick and who hopes to con- tinue setting the marble lining in spite of the cold. * Owing to the shortage of coal, the morning services of St. James' Episco- pal church, Poquetanuck, Js to be held at the houses of parishiongs for the next month, that tomorrow being at the home of Charles A. Harkness. Evening services will be omitted and tomorrow there will be no communion. Special letterheads, containing an engraving of the American flag among other things, have been mailed to all of the divisions of the Ancient Ogder of Hibernians throughout the state, with the request that they be filled in with the names of the various men who are in the federal service, to go on the order’s national honor roll. Charles Carbray Passed Uncomfortable Night. Charles Carbray, who was injured in the fire early Friday ‘morning, when he fell from the ladder which had been raised to the third story window of the burning building, passed an un- comfortable night Friday. He re- ceived a fractured nose, cuts about the face and a fractured leg from the fall. Endorse Naturalization Bill. 4 ‘The ‘Connecticut state lcouncil ef defense, on recommendation of its committee on foreign born population, has endorsed senate bill 2854, now be- congress, which is a bill designed date and which is being urged on con- BTeSs as an emergency war measure. Richard K. Campbell, commissioner of naturalization, wrote to the councfl, urging this action. The bill has been reported favorably by.the immigration committee of the senate., The Navy Was Ready. The navy was ready when war be- gan. Like Von Moltke's army in thé Franco-Prussian war, it had only to g0 ahead with plans arranged in ad- vance. It has not had to change its organization. It has simply increased in size at every point, and gone over the top. New Wavs of Fighting. There never was a war in which it Wwas so important as it is in the pres- ent conflict to invent new ways of fighting—and to keep them secret. One invention may ge worth 20 dread- noughts. What our navy has done in this way must be left for time and results tg show. Why Grade Potatoes? To the question of many Connecti- cut- farmers, “Why grade potatoes?” the United States food administration in Connecticut makes this answer: “Because it is progressive.” mits for childrén to go to work. This D in I spirit ployes to factories and suggests econ- omy and the highest possibie efficien- cy. consistent with wise economy. Af- ter referring to the possibility of re- vising the present street railway sche- dules, the letter closes with the fol- lowing recommendations: “l. That the attention of mercan- tile, manufacturing and industrial in- stitutions be directed to the necessity of co-operation inan effort to bring about a more even distribution of traf- fic, and a general improvement in transportation facilities. ) b That the attention of motormen and conductors be called to the pa- triotic duty of saving current and fuel and that their co-operation be enlist- ed by pledge cards or such other methods as may be deemed most ad- visable. “3. That the officials of all street railway companies in the state make a careful study of the general situa- ‘tion under present war time condi- tions and put into effect such meth- 0ds as will more effectively conserve fue] and economize in all labor and material .consistent with reasonable cervice, “4. That each street railway com- pany in the state report to this com- mission on or before January 135, 1918, the results of its investization in these matters, and the methods, if-any, in- augurated or about to be inaugurated in. the interests of fuel and other economic conservation.” NEW YEAR'S DINNER FOR MONTVILLE CHOIR Ter Were Entertained at Home of Mr. and' Mrs. Ray Woodmansee. The choir of the Montville Baptist church were entertained at a New Vear's dianer at the home of Mr. and Ray Woodmansec, Tuesday ev- January 1. ‘he dinner was rved at seven o'clock. covers for ten being laid.. The menu consisted of roast chicken, mashed potatoes, mash- ed turnips, creamed onions. cranberry sauce, oameal bread. white bread, pumpkin pie and coffee. -The evening was given to sociability and music, all participating in -the of the occasion with heartfelt erjoyment. Miss Huggard, a student of music at Connecticut college, a briiliant pi- anist, delighted all with her selections. Mr. Woodmansee was not allowed to forget that it was the anntversary ot his birth and the various reminders caused much merriment. It was with a feeling of genuine regret on the part of all when the evening drew to a close and the choir were unanimous in their vote that Mr. and Mrs. Wood- mansee were royal entertainers. 3 The: choir members present includ- ed Miss Lydia Olson, Miss Lillian Sawyer, Miss Edith Huggard, Mrs. Walter Jeffers, Miss Marian Henry Miss Maude Bennett, Fred Chapel ana Ray Woodmansee. Other guests of the evening wers Herbert Holmes of Mount Hermon, Walter Jefiers and Bertram Edmunds of Montville. MAKING PLANS FOR FOOD EXHIBIT HERE To Be Held This Month Under Direct Auspices of State, 3. A meeting was held in the rooms o the New London County Farm Bureau Friday afternoon to perfect plans for a food exnibition to be held in Nor- wich, January 24, 25, and 26. Repre- sentatives of the Women’s Council of Defense, The Home Econimics com- mittee, the Community, Canning club, and others were present. The exhi- kiticn will be under the direct auspices of the state. Well known speakers will give their services and among 1 William Gillman Thorzpson: FUNERAL . Samuel G. Hartshorn. The funeral of Samuel G. Hartshorn was held Friday afternoon from his late homé in Franklin with a large number of friends present. There were many handsome pieces of flowers, including a form from the lin Congregational church of which the deceased was a member. Rev, Frank S. Childs of the Franklin Congrega- tional church officiated and made an address also.reading an original piem in which he referred to the virtues of Mr. Hartshorn. The bearers were Prof. Fred Verplanck of South Man- chester, Arad R. Manning of Yantic, Lewellyn Smith of Lebanon and Ben- jamin D. Blackman of Smithtown Branch, L. I. Burial was in the fam- ily plot in the Franklin Plains ceme- tery where Rev. Mr. Childs read a committal service at the grave., Undertaker C. A. Gn.gzr“_,tr..;h:md charge of the funeral arrangeme, Divorce Case Withdrawn. The divorce case of ‘Azalena Salva- dore vs William. Salvadore wa swith- drawn from the superior court docket on Friday, notice of the withdrawal having beéen filed with the clerk of thé <uperior court. s Postal Receipts § .+ In spite of the fact that internutionai money - crders have almost been dis. continued because of the war,, the Jaoney crder business done at the local post office during #he year 1917 shows 2 gzin of § per cent. over the previous year, according to a statement issued on Friday evening by Postmaster J. P. Morpky. "'he receipts of the pos- tal departmer: were eight .per cent. greater iu 1917 than -in 1916. During the past week the first week in 1918, the local office has kept been busy in handling parcel post matter which shows a steady gain. Postmaster Murphy has remitted for the month of December between six and seven thousand dollars, receipt: from the sale of war savings certifi- cates. Tn order io fill the Norwich auota it is necessary that the loca QUICK RESPONSE PREVENTS SERIOUS FIRE LOSS | Firemen Found Lively Blaze Gather- ing Headway in Cellar of Mt. Pleas- ant Street House. Prompt and effective work on the part of the local firemen a few min- utes after 12 o'clock Fri night saved from destruction by fire the kome of Rev. and Mrs. B. W. Williams at 167 Mt. Pleasant street. At 12.05 o’clock .an alarm was pulled in from Box 7, corner Mt. Pleasant and Eli- zabeth streets, the auto pumper, Main street chemical and West Side com- pany responding: The firemen found the house rapidly filling with dense smoké and a lively blaze gathering headway in the cellar. The flames were extinguished by the use of chem- ical. A lighted oil stove left in ti# cellar is thought to have been the cause of the fire. i Members of the Williams household and neighbors carried a good part of the furniture into the vard. The Wil- liams family were all aslé when the fire broke out. They made a hasty Postmaster Murphy Also Says Money Order Business is on the Increase—Sale of War Savings Certificates in December Nefted Between Six and Seven Thousand Dollars. lalready distributed 1,500 war savings office shou’d take in a thousand doliars . The quota’ie figured on & bas- 1§ 0f~315:for- each pecson’ In ‘the town 1d ulation is around 20,- 006 the quota’ is approximately $450,- 90. ke holiday season in Decem- r no doubt had considerable effect on 'the size of ‘the war savings total itted by Postmaster Murphy. ‘Now the Tholiday 'season is over it is expected ‘that the public. Will © show more intercst in' ‘the war savings movement. - . ‘Postmaster Murphy has circulars through the R. F. D. car riers and similar lterature to be digy tributed by the city carriers along th route¥’is expected to arrive hete in ihe ‘near future. he sale ¢i the internal revenue stamps for the month of December at the local officc amounted to About $159. STATE ‘BOARD PLANS . NEW VOCATIONAL SYSTEM Aim to. Give High School Pupils More Adequate (Preparation ~ for Choesen Occupations. ~ Plans jare under way by the state hoard of “education .for putting into effect a néw system of vocational edu- cation, the object of which will be to give high school pupils a better preparation for life. It has long been felt! by ' educators, in this state, and elsewhere that, the majority of young men and young women graduated from ing ‘to work.” = In their years ot high school they have acquired-a mass of miscellaneous information, it is said, that is of ‘no particular use'to them, and which. is not of the right sort to be of any use te them, should th decide to 2o to college. - This applies to nupils tak- ing general, instead of college prepara- tory courses. . An effort has been made by the fed- eral government to work out some exit into the cold. Rev. Mr. Williams, who is pastor of Mt. Calvary Baptist church on High street, said he did not know whether someone woke him. or whether he awakened of his own ac- cerd. He found the house lilling with smoke and after assuring himself that his family was safe, started to carry tre furniture out. This was. the second hell alarm within 24 hours, the first having been pulled in from Box 23 at 2.40 o’clock Friday mogging for a bad blaze in the house at 756 Main street. The bitter cold weather that held the -city in its grasp early Friday morning greatly handicapped the firemen in fighting the blaze. Ladders and hose were cov- ered with thick ice. the water freezing almost as soon as it left the noaeres. The fire was a hard one to get at and gave the firemen a tough battle for a short time. Two telephone calls added to the i firemen’s troubles on Friday. The first came in at 11.04 a. m. and was for a small sizeq fire at 130 Platt awenue. The second came in at 12.28 p. m. and was for a blaze at 157 Talman street. MRS. DICKSON L_EAVENS ‘RETURNS FROM CHINA Was Advised by American Counsel to Leave Chang-Sha Because of Ex- pected Uprising. ‘rank W. Brown on Friday re- ceived a telegram from his daughter, Mre. Dickson Leavens (Marjorie Browning), informing him that she ar- ved in San Francisco from China on hursday and was leaving San Fran- cisco ‘for British Columbia where she 1 remain 2 short time with her rother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Browning. Mrs. Leavens and Mrs. Browning will then come to Norwich. Mr. and Mrs. Leavens have heef engaged in missionary work in Chang- sha, China. TLast November, fearing a clash between the northern and the southern factions of the country the American consul at Chang-sha advised rall American women to leave that city, which is in the interior, and go to Shanghai for safety. Mr. Leavens de- cided that it would be best for Mrs. Leavens to return to this éountry for the present and she left Chang-sha vember 23 last, having been on thé way home ever since. Mr. Leavens remained at Chaung-sha. BUYS WOOD AT WAUREGAN HOUSE Be Used Provided Manager is Unable to Secure Coal. Wili The shortage of coal in the city was somewhat relieved by the arrival of two car loads of coal Thursday eves- ing. While ' this furnishes tempor- ary relief the city is still short of fuel. More cars are expected today. Man- ager Davenport of the Wauregan ho- tel has purchased ten cords of wood ‘which he will use if necessary to run the hotel, providing he recives no more coal. He has only about a week's supply on hand at present. The Dei Hoff hotel is also short of coal hav- ing only a fortnight's supply. The Second Congregational church is very short of ccal and is trying to secure enough to run the furnace Sunday at least. The Gas and Electric plant re- ceived another carload of coal Friddy nd with more coal expected every day the situation is not considered as se-|’ rious as it was earlier in the week. Connecticut Patents. , The following patents were issued Dec. 18, 1917: Nils H. Anderson, Bridgeport, neiseless buffer for type- writer escapements; Edward P. Bul- lard, Jr, and William N. Stevens, Bridgeport, work spindle adjustment; ‘Edward Cleary, Bridgeport, swivel cprd tube; <Clarence D. Platt, Bridgeport, electric switch; John J. Scully, Bridge- port, sound box; George Pickop. New Hayen; vibrator bo Richard Liebau, New Haven, automatic air- epring; John J. Crain, Waterbury, driving mechanism (two); Joseph H. Pilkington, Waterbury, hose support- er; Joseph G. Merriam, Meriden, pho- nograph turntable; Elisha H. Cooper, New Britain, ball bearing; Joel T. Case, Bristol, rotary engine; Charles A. Johnson, Unionville, threading tool, Otis Library Notes. In The Norwich Bulletin of Jan. lst one enjoyed an article on Old Wall Papers. All interested in the stofy and in the subject may find at the li- brary a book entitled Old Time Wall Papers, written by Kate Sanborn. It is beautifully illustrated with plates done in the original colors with a de- scription of each plate, all of which have been verified by careful research. The book contains an account of the pictorial papers on our forefathers' walls, with a study of the historical @Gevelopment of wall paper making and decorations. Turkish aeroplanes and seaplanes, according to a Turkish communique, have dropped’ bombs on Imbros. scheme, whereby a pupil will be pre- pored, at the end of his high school course, for going to work, even as the college preparatory pupil is prepared for college. To each state, in nearly every instance, is left the outlining of the plan which is to be pursued. Assistant Sécretary H. C. Matrison, on his recent trip to Washington, D. ", laid before the federal authori- ties, his scheme for vocaticnal edu- cation in Connecticut. He has an- nounced that his plan had been ac- cepted. Its aim i to be of value both for rural and for city localities. In the country high schools, comprehensive courses in agriculture will he intro- duced, of such measure that upon graduation from high school the pupil is equipped either to take advanced courses in the agriculiura] colleges, or to go to work upon a farm. In the cities, grade courses will be given in the high schools so that thej pupil taking them will be equipped at their completion to do one thing well toward gaining a livelihood. Whether they work at the trade they prepar: fQr or not, it is felt that they wi have gained by the training fhey re- ceived. The federal government will give the state this year for agriculture $5.- 000. " For- trades.” industries and home economics the state has been allotted $11,820, anr $6,032 is allowed for teacher training. ' T whole amount will be duplicated Dby appropriation made by ‘the last session of the gen- eral assembly. Trades and industries courses have | been or are’ being installed in the fol- lowing cities and towns of the staet: New Haven, Bridgeport] Putnam, New Britain, South Manchester and Tor- rington. The agricultural courses are |yet to be developed, several rural com- munities _having plans under way for strong courses in the high' sciols. |'This is the first instance in which the federal government has ever concerned itself directly in the maintenance and isupport of education below the college grade. NEW EaPLOYMENT LAW. Act Relating to Women and Children : ‘to Be Enforced. Labor Commissioner W, & a conference Wednesday with hi ordinates of the factory inspector’ of - flce In Hartford with a view of en- forcefiient of the law passed at the last session of ‘the general assembly con- cerning the employment of minors and women, and which went into effect Tuesd; Commissioner Hyde told the deputy factory inspectors that he de- pended on them to see that the law wag' strictly observed. There is a provision in the law of special reference to bowling alleys, it stating that bowling alleys shail be regarded as mercadntile establishments. Under this definition no boy under 16 years old shall be employed in bowl- ing alleys after 6 o'cleck in the even- ing and to work at all in the alleys when the bo¥s are between the ages of 14.and 16 years they must have a certificate from the state board of ed- ucation.” Girls under 16 years shall not be employed in restaurants or. hair dressing establishments more than 58 hours in one week. The hours of labor of minors and.females shall be con- spicuously posted in the places where they are employed. < OBITUARY Abby-E. Hazen. ‘The-death of - Abby Elizabeth Hazen occurred here Friday afternoon after a long illness. She was born here 89 years ago, the son of Howlett and Je- sha Hazen. ' She was employed in the Porteous & Mitchell company for many years. She was a member of Christ Episcopal, church. She -had lived on Broadway for several years but later made: her home on the West Side. " She leaves no near rslatives. " Mrs. Michael H, Garvey. The death of Ellen M. O°'Connor, widow of Michael H. Garvey occurred Friday. afternoon after an illness of over two years’ duration. Mrs. Gar- vey-was born in Ireland 71 years end\ came here. when -a small child. BShe has lived in this city for over fif- ty vears. - She was the daughter of Margaret Barry and Cornelius O’Con- nor. She was united in marriage with the late -Michael H.' Garvey in.Mys- tic, by Father .Curtin, sDecember 20, 1866. She s survived by five children. Michael H., of Boston, Mrs. M. J. Fo- ley, -Mrs. Daniel McGillicuddy - and e Misses Mary and Jane Garvey. ere are .also eight grandchildren. She. was a member of St. Mary's par- May Not Get Coal. . The 850 tons of soft coal which ar- rived in this ¢ity Wednesday night on the scow TLake Placid, for. which the F. H. & A. H. Chappell Coal Co. was negotiating with the fuel commission- er, has been refusedthe company for sale’in this city, and sent to Boston, -where-the coal wl is con- ~igned.-—New !{m;r_don ' | state Vegetable Growers .Assocation - Byery now and véar, dnd especially freguently of Jute, wals, with dn axe to grird. break out in -public speech, ard- usualiy newspaper E fhat the farmers, or- certain classes of farmers of the country -are the cause of the high cost of food, .are reaping unusual profits, spending’ much of their time running raround the coun tomobiles 3 necticut. Vegetakle Growers' ation: desires to emphatical such statements or imputations, and to put before those in authority in our government and the public generally, a trie statement of the agricultural con- ditions: in Conneeticut, which, no-doubt are quite- similar to those in most of our western states. nounce mand made last sumnier by the dai men- for the increased price of milk pproduction, and to den; resulted in unfair profi farmee at middie-man and the consumer. to our government in wnd out of its times of unusual need, than are ti farmers of this and othe set of men in.moderate means in am kind of occupation or husiness will continue 'to work or do I t out at least some financiul reward. In the .past the farmers more than any o‘llliwr class. of men have been doing. this. certain’ crops ‘when it ofiens means a financidl lose'to ‘them, and they can- as a whole to more than compensate for their loss: | It js well for thos the food sitnation mav grow will probably .be | Another' strong Maltese Labor Bai- IM FARMER ARE ~ . NOT TO BLAME $ay They Are Not - the High Prices. Cause of en during the past me individual or ‘group of individ- into prominenc2; proclaiming and apparently are try in high-priced au- The executive commiites of the Con- associ- dispute 1t: wishes to an- its endorsement.of the de- that this has 5 to the dairy the sentire: expense of the There is no class of men more loyal states. No siness’ with- Today under the unusual war conditions, they are asked to. grow not and will nof keep ‘this up unless they make enough ‘on their operations in authority and the public in general, to| bear this.in mind, - else anothey vear! worse rather than better through ‘the failure of growers to’ grow profitless crops. - What -is: the-situation that has faced the . Connecticut vegetahle grower the past vear, and’'to-s certain extent the fruit grower -as well?' . First. He was-asked to Increase his crop production (already local market condition), v kind for whiclt there is no foreign ex- portation to take care of the excess and ‘thereby increase or keep up the price, -and - to-do this that we might lessen the consumption of our portable crops, grown elsewhere, whic] were sure of an ungiutied market and a. profitable return. Second., He was brought in market competition with' excessive produetion of similar crops grown elsewhere. Third. Local competition with him through individual, society, and fac- tory gardens was encouraged to the utmost as a way for showing one's patriotism. Fourth. He had to pay greatly in- creased prices for his =eeds, his fer- tilizers and his machinery and hors- es, if he bought any. His artificial fertilizers in most cases lacked the ele- ment of potash so essential to a full crop production. Fiftk. His laber sitvation was most umisual and eritical. General farm Tabor is the lowest paid labor on the market. because there is - the least profit in, farming of any bisiness. With a greatly increased demand else- where the farmer was the one who was short-handed because he could not pay the increased competitive price that resulted. Then, too, the draft took away labor that ought to bhave been available, and is tbreatening to make more serious inroads.in the fu- ture. To meet this the farmer had to employ day laborers that come to hand occasionally, school bovs. stu- dents, women, criminals from the jails, cvolored people fromi the south, etc., most of whom cost more 3nd were less efficient than the train=d laborers of previous years. To meet these conditions he ras had to market most of his early crops at little or no profit, and"in some cases at a loss.” * Unusual ways of market- ing the crops by road-side stores and stands- were devised. Some crops were_left go to seed.to decrease the loss and relieve the glutted markets, and some few were plowed up. A certain grower fed his summer cab- bage to his pigs as the most profit- able way of disposing of his _crop. From midsummer on the conditions were hetter, and helped pull the grow- ers through. - It is safe to state that no tarmer became .weaithy, and most of them were glad to clese the sea- son with a reasonablv small profit, or io break even. The farmer today Is a. beiter edu- oceted man than' was his father at the time of the Civil war. “The agricul- tural colleges and experiment stations and the U. S. Department of Agricul- ture have heiped to bring this about. Therefore he demands more benefits for his- work than - formeriy. - Like the Japanese he:has been awakened to the advantages of cducation and progress, and dike.them he is going to met these eituer as an individual or through organization. What he wanis of the govermment and the public at present are:” 3o} First—A Jependable.. sufficient. and profitable labor supplp. 4 Second--A market for:his. crop that is fairly reliable.so-that he can dis- post of. all he is asked to-produce. Ro: Clearance Overcoats and - Suits at Reduced Prices Special No. 1 for this sale —15 dozen Negligee Shirts for Saturday, 47c, this is lese than cost of cloth. Special No. 2 — 37 $5.00 Mackinaws at $3.98. Full stock of Boys’ “Black Cat” Hosiery, 25¢, 35c and 39c, best wearing boys’ hose made. FANELLSED “Good Clothes Store”’ J We have to offer'a large variety of GENTS’ and LADIES’ DIAMOND RINGS ASK US ABOUT THEM THE PLAUT-CADDEN CO. Established 1872 Main Street, Norwich, Conn. The Wauregan Hotel $1.00 SUNDAY DINNER Served from 12—8 P. M. Oysters on the Half Shell Consomme, Salvator or Cream of Chicken Martha Oiives Filet of Zurbot-Mousseline 'ommes Alphonso ast Young Capon-—-Cranberry Saucs Mashed Potatoes Green Peas in Mint Chocolate and Vanita Iee Cream » Petit Demi A la Carte Ser ce Also Third—A reasonable profit so-that he and hig’ can egjoy thelr share of the advantages of modern civilization “Fourth—A, place‘in the political, busipess. and social world commensu- rate with the importance.of his' call- ing. % INCIDENTS IN-SOCIETY ‘Mrs; Winslow Tracy Williams is in | New f Miss. Mary E. Richards- gave an in- formal kmitting bee Thursday after- | noon. et | ‘The engageiment of Miss Lucy M. Greenman to Everett Noves has been announced. - : The ‘Trefoil club meets this after- nobn with Miss Alice Bennett of Wil- liams street, Harwood Byrnes of Chicago leaves town today after a visit at hig home on Warren street. The engagfment 15 announced of | Miss Lucy M. Greenman to FEverett Noyes: of' Norwich. ™Mrs. James Lewis Smith of Broad street is entertaining. Mrs. Charles H. Smith of Brewster, N. Y, Prentice Chase spent Tuesday and Wednesday of this week at his home on Otis ‘street ‘on a'48 hours’ Teave of absence. Following. the Jesson-of ;the Freuch lass, which met .Friday with Mrs. Frank 1. Tarrell,. there. was a social half hour, when cakes and coffee were served. A surprise New Year husket 0l SKRTS $300 FOR THE MAKING, PRO- |VIDED THE MATERIALS ARE PURCHASED FROM US. CHAS. A. HAGBERG Ladies’ Tailor MMINGS & RING Funeral Directars and Embalmer; 322 Main Street Chamber of Commerce Building' 'Phone 238-2 Lady Assistant was presented the teacher of the class Mrs. William C. Lanman.. talion has been -~formed-for = service abroad. &3 Phone 838-2 FREDERICK T. BUNCE. Piano Tuner * 22 Clairmount Ave.