Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 26, 1918, Page 6

L===\_m STU -Debt Borough Sorsena Marriage—Burial of Charles H. Briggs. Westerly Rev. D STAFFORDVILLE | for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert West Now Philadelphia—Unexpected Death of | RIGHT HERE in Connecticut, they’re made. All over the world they’re sold. NORWALK HIGH PRESSURE CASINGS 4nDp TUBES mean quality. Red, live rubbér—and more of it than is any wayusual. Won’t crack. Won’t bag. Stands up and takes high pressure. Comes right back and takes lowpressure. Even fights underinflation. And gives mileage. Norwalks are built right. Science added to the qual- ity of best materials makes Norwalk Inner Tubes stand out from the average good tube as finely tem- pered Sheffield knives excel the usual standard. Tests prove the Norwalk before you buy—mileage proves it afterward. FRISBIE-McCORMICK COMPANY Norwich, Connecticut P > s WESTERLY Westerly Man Granted Freedom— James:A, Tefft, Who, While Intoxi- cated; Shot Wife, Given Liberty From Insane Hospital—Town Leads in W. S. 8. Pledges—Death of Mi- chael F. Murphy—Band Concert — Telephone Operators’- Outing. Ten years ago James A. Tefft, upon returning to his home .in Main street from a Sunday picnic, and while in a drunken frenzy, srasped his. gowling viece and shot and killed his wife, Harriet Taylor Tefft. Within five minutes later witn gun still in hand, he was arrested by the late Deputy Sheriff. Eugene F, Coon and, with' the assistance of the late Police Captain Cornelius Bransficid, was placed in a cell in the police station, then in the basement of the old town hall. Al- though then quite' drunk he appar- ertly realized what he had done. He spoke in terms of the highest praise and deepést affection for his wife, and explained repeatedly that he was glad he killed her and put her out of a life of trouble and. tribulation. He had rot been in the eell an hour, when he became violent, dashed himself |againn_t.h= iron-barred door, and de- claring 'that he would mot live to be sent to prison. He became so_ violent that he was placed .in a strait jack- et. He is now a free man. Judge Doran, of the superior court heard and_granted Wednesday after- noon, in Providence, a writ of ha- beas’ corpus in the case of James A. Tefft, who had been at the State Hos- pital for the Insane, since December 3, 1908, when he was committed by Acting Governor Ralph C. Watrous, Tefft had -been found-‘“not guiity of the murder of his wife by reason of insanity,” after a jury trial in the su- rerior® court for Washinaton county. Dr. Harrington, of the institution testified that Teff’s reason had been impaired by the excessive use of al- cohol. Marked improvement in his mental «Gondition since 1913, and to- day his mind is normal. For' several vyears Teftt had been given more or ss_frecdom, was engaged as driver of a state automobile, had been per- mitted to visit Providence unatiend- cd. and had made a trip to his home town of Westerly; for one day, sinca s commitment. Dr. Georg A mpson in corroboration testified that Telft's men:al condition was Zreatly ' improved, and t there would now be no Ganger in allowing ve his {reedom. Tefft was called to the witness E d answered a few questions. is mothar and sister were in the “ourt reom but Aid not testify. Judge | d that Tefft was entitied i and the petition was | zranted petitioner was repre- {s'ned by Assistant Attorney General red A, Otis and there was no ¢ppo- tion. Mr. Tefft was formerly en- aged ‘in contract work and in dis- charzing vessels' ca especially coal, and had a substantial working plant along the river. front. Thecdore Francis Green, state chair- man, for Rhode lIsland, of the war savings stamps campaign, has issued a Teport showing the results of pledge week, and places Westerly at the |iead of all the cities and towns i ‘\he state, for the amount of pledge | over quota, and West Greenwich the head in number of pledzes in re- ation to population. Following is-the schedule of amount of pledges to end of pledge week: oned at the Living in Philadelphia. |is sta e 1. ‘on the { <1 s, >d\"\am\{hl was & |50 gton 2 Mr. and M Fo N, s s e snce B bHepkinton 7 months, gl L S i“oster 8 st week and ar Sending Steers Out of Town. ) 9 Philadelphia, Kiinzon. who | | wheret 3f rece | four _vear ert Smiti Appley, of to Wins Leaves For Virginia. Spencer been corporals. Dennis M zelow’s Clayton of Boston v to one of the camps. Warwiclk - is place last week, | A. Millar _and sister | \Woonsocket and Mrs, ar Smith | Norwich Thursday. North Cumber- s. Clayton left Boston| Clinton Jones of South Manchester | land A government position town Thursday Providence .. .. Newport News, Virginia. S. H. Kellogg, George Gilmore, | West Warwick.. — e Charles H. Strong and Thomas White :ent{al g“”lffi 5 et were at Hayward's lake Wednesday [North Smithfield COJLCHESTER afternoon and eveninz on a fishing trip | New Shoreham L and returned with bass, pickerel and | Tiverton | Five of Town’s Young Patriots Leave |bullheads. = s "gg‘fla‘gum‘j;;} Camp—Twenty-five’ Acras of | oL EUFL Maloney was atistaflerd ). i 7 G 4 . | Pickles in the Making—Three Pro-| " Tortsmouth .. . kN in| motions in Home Guard. in_ Baker’ b W. Jones, Trueman | West Greenwich Agranovitch have | | fedt 1 ¢ i hich a large | 1OV fRaui ~FON ncis Medbery recently. of cucumbers, which promise a large | g L. M. Booth returned home on|crop. The entire product of the com- | \“esterly P after visiting a few as already been bought aga e nHRtriAR s in Springfield Mass. st Mavis of Mt. Vernon, O., \\,hn“fi e rlestown navy ntly blgck W. Bigelow ndon Thursday morn- who brother, Perhaps Eefore That. received Amt. of P.C.of Smithfield North B i pcaltion about 250 head of steers from the| dence 1 R west ang has had them at his farm on | Durrillville 11 OBITUARY. | Hill, shipped two carloads | Richmond i 12 = | Wednesday morning and will load five | East Greenwith 13| Jennie Smith | cars for shipment this week to 1| 37, died very|cut of town dealer 15 hnson hosuital las, | Charles Clark of Marlboro was call- | Brist 16 Oclock from - heart |ing on friends in town Thursday. N i e o Three New Corporals. Warzen 3 e ke mm}'; any of the State|Scituate 19 o il in Grange hall | I'awtucket 2 Tours. cond Lieutenant | Charlestown bt Ed The school for | Johnston at | Newport, . Schedule of number of pledges by | towns to end of pledge week ™ ze Harry Levine, Paul! A Belfast firm has built an §,000- Peartonng { rs. Jennie Smith. or Standard and H. Sloc left |ton steamer in 15 days. At the end No. of of popu- : B Thursdiy ~morning for New London, |Of the war it may be possible to sail| Town. Dledges. lation. Ranis wi F. Jewett hiere they jomed the quota of men |lOMOrrow on a ship that today isw't. | \ost Greenwich 70. 1 SRy Jurchased . 0 g0 to one of the cantonments. ~New York Sun. Smithfield .. 67. 2! burn place for Milton Belcher Elgart was in Norwich Wed- | opkinto 3 B i ot were sucd f a : Used to It. Vester! il Skinner's parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. M.| _Pickles Bought Up in Advance. An American soldier in France|Warren 5 Ton Deck ov | The Royal Pickling company %as!has been “gassed six times and sur- RO gset e e [ Mr. an Potter of |commenced picking a few cucumbers |vived.” But he hails from Lincoln, | NOrth Providence. 8.2 (4| w t of and |in their fields. They planted 25 acres | Neb.—Milwaukee Sentinel ouiGrcenwich e & s = = Richmond ETCRT Glocester 387 1 Johnston ... %5 1 Charlestown /A 15 o Furriliville " 3 18 Middletown . 329 19 Narragansett s 20 For Saturday Only, July 27th, §& & & ¢ or Jaturday Only, July 27th, g% o= ‘arrington 2 24 We Plice On Sal - We Place ale = B 1 ?‘_e\ov-a;%%mé .:.nd 23 28 . No ‘umber- 47 MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SUITS, all sizes..______$1095 W 2 MEN'S FUSTAIN AND MOLESKIN PANTS ___________ . s1.98 % bnes One lot (50 dozen) MEN'S SAMPLE SUSPENDERS, 50c val- St g 11 E incoln and Sou LR R R L s D un T e Oheeeanh 55,‘:':"’3’,‘.3"4’5;;&:‘ L Im: ortsmouth . 31 CHILDREN’S STRAW HATS, 19c,value ______.___________50c : One lot BOYS’ SUITS, assorted styles THE NORWICH BARGAIN HOUSE MORE FOR LESS 3-7 Water Street, corner Washington Square, Norwich, Conn. _________ Sgoaiail §348 Governor Beeckman presided at a meeting of a committee at the state house, representing various war activ- ities, under the Rbode Island Council of Defense, at which, plans were made for an exhibition at the Kingston fair of the work accomplished, and con- ducted in the state; to show what the state is doing to win the war, and what the many individial orsaniza- tions, including the."Red Croes, the food and fuel administration, the council of defence, the woman's com- mittee of the council and the numer- cus other associated organizations are deing. The Y, M. C.°A, the Knights of Co- iboards for any 'SERIES O tues. t REID & HUGHES WHITE STAR CLOTHING HOUSE 147 MAIN ST. B. LAZEROFF 239 CENTRAL AVE. You can buy Ipswich Series Hosiery at from 25c to 75¢c of any dealer who displays Look for it. IPSWICH MILLS (Founded 1822) Toswich, Massachuseits Oidest aad ooe of the Largest Hosiery 151ls s the Uniied States OSIERY Men and Women %y Foot comfort depends upon the right stockings Do you work or stand on your feet all day? Then you need Ipswich Hosiery that is knitted to give you an extra degree of comfort. Have you an eye for extra good looks? Then you need Ipswich Hosiery that is famous because of its extra good loaks. Sometimes you want stockings thatare particularly long wearing. Usually you want to get the combination of all these vir- Ipswich Series Hosiery satisfies every foot need. i who will be askeq to participate in the educational exhibition. Michael F, Murphy died after a brief iliness, Wedaesday, at his home, No. 34 Pearl street, presumably from estion. He was a well cutier and exemplary citizen survived by three daughters, Mary, Julia and Pauline Mary is a teacher in the Quarry Hill school, and Julia, a teacher in_the West Broad street, and his wife, Julia Murphy. He also ieaves three broth- ers, William of Moosup, and John and Edward “who reside in Californ According to the statement of Cap- | tain George H. Webb, director of the draft: for Rhode Island, there will be | in_August as in| as many men calle July. Approximately 1800 will asked for from Rhode lsland, and releases will be stopped by local cause. Captain Webl the policy in the state, regard- lss of the scarcity of Class 1 men, will be to use every possible means to meet the demands from Washington. He says there are now about 2400 men in the state who will be eventually fitted for military service, counting the men in the class of 1918, and with some 500 vet to be sent in the call of the present week for Camp . Upton there will be just about enough to complete the August quotas. Henry Robinson, colored, was em- | ployed in a Westcrly shoe shining shop. When the proprietor left wbout fifteen minutes bafore closing time on Wednesday night, Robinsoh in charge, there was £5 in the cash res- ister. When the proprieaor opened up on Thursday morninz, tie cash was zane, Robinson did ot report . for work, and st longing to customers W Robinson is not charged with th Ly the proprietor, but if the police can locate Robinson will do the Steve Erodie act and lct the comrt decide whether mistake was made in taking the chance. The Westerly band gave a concert in Wilcox park Thursday evening under the direction of Leader Charles O. Gavitt. The band was assisted bY Walter J. Pond, vocal soloist and song writer. A large audience enjoyed the following program: National air, Columbia the Gem of the Ocean. March, Eattleship Connecticut..Fultoft Overture, Orpheus ........ Offenbach Popular air, Cheer Up, Father..Paley Gems from Maritana ........ Wallace Waltz, Missouri....Knight and Logan Vocal selections— () You Can Tell by My Smile. (b) Bring Back the Kiss I Gave, By Walter J. Pond, the author. Marching song, Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here ...... Moise Irish_overtur <-...Volti Popular air, Keep the Home, Fires Burning . Novello Excerpts from The Mikado....Boetger March, Liberty Loan ... Sousa. Finale, Star Spangled Banner. Local Laconics. Gilbert T. Hewitt of Norwich was in Westerly Thursday. Edwin Carlton Higgins, naval re- serve, is home on a short leave. All registrants are now barred from enlisting in the navy, marine corps or emergency fleet. The Wequetequock casino is not a paying proposition from a trolley com- pany standpoint. George W, Woodward of Westerly, engaged in Y. M. C. A. work, is now locateq at Camp Dix. While cranking an automobile Thursday. Frank Knight sustained a fracture of the right wrist. Everett Whipple of Voluntown is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Snyder in Lincoln avenue, Westerly. lumbus, ‘eand similar _associations, which are almost entirely now en- gaged in war work, are among those Some of the daughters of wealthy Watch H.I residents are spending part of their college vacation at work in hill during Aug exchange of An old W: only have removed, bu! and will have Telephone company Atlantic Beach many munition factories and kindred plants, | hill a real vacation at the The young women operators at the the We: atch old t practicall eration now spends the si had Wednesda: Hiller an ooting at | the late Rev says that not | Westerly landmarks been a new gen- day just what the cottagers desire. Automatic t mer rector of Christ base hospital, Uni; who has been in It is not the same as in the 6ld |the national arm: , and is becominz more. exclusive ime zoes on, he said, and that is Rev. John Mansfield Groton, son of | 2o William M. Groton for- piscopal church, | there n of the Episcopalftr 54, of Philadelphia, rance since Decem- mmer at the {ber, has béen appointed chaplain in | been nothing doing in that line. Chur b ¢t Our S off of a public na into the service the Fifth was Te W Wh Jective men; He Is rector of the iox, Jenkintown, Pa. There is no more parades or send- ure to the boys who from Westerly. company . departed general celebration, gnd parade in the rain on the of the departure of the first ee- but since then there has Snowy White Clothes Without Scrubbing O matter how big the wash or how soiled the linen, 20 Mule Team Borax Soap Chips will put your clothes on the. line snowy white—with all the hard work of wash day left out. 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