Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 22, 1919, Page 6

sy R / NORWICH, BULLETIN, THURSDAY, MAY -22, 19 i 19 The will of the late Charles Deni- son Chapman, h haz heen in the Westerly probate court and the su- preme court of Rhode Island for three as been interpreted Dby the court, and distribution of the personal estate reached. Mr. Chapman died January 1916, leav- ing a will dated Decemb = 1913. In the will he stated: “I give all my pro- perty ard estate to my next of kin and heirs-at-law, to be divided and dis- tributed among them in the same pro- portion and shares, provided for the dmscent and distribution of” interstate estates of deceased persons under the aws of the stale of Rhode Island.” Mr. Chapman was married Decem- ver 16, 1875, and ceased living with his wife in 1% She brought suit for diverce June °, 1913, and he paid her \limony of $20 a week until his death. The diverce suit has never been de-| termined At the time of his death, Mr. Chap- mun owned the Chapman home in fligh street, the Chapman quarry of 6 ‘rex, two acres of land near the| the rail- racts of land near rt of the pond.| m, thirty serty s pond and a pa L | estate came to him unde; When he died his| ersonal estate was valued at $18,000 $20,000. ¢ hrough_her attor- | William of the estate will was Wi laws gov merely a re « 16 erning Intestate ¢ w i The on Mr. Chapman'’s | tather e they were enti- el 1o p personal cstate an real cstate. ~ ilerbert \W. Rathbun, repre- Tohn R. Wilcox and forty-nine aimed his were enti- 1al and one- the supreme of the will. 1 opinion that t in the perso- ed the claim of to tation > have the widow proceeds tribution, isposition The Norwich CRIMP.CUT £ LONG BURING PIPE N CICARETTE TOBAGCO | Westerly { Latin Americi “ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR WHO HAS ONE™ HOOVER DEALERS Phenix, R. L . $109.91 to John 8. Coy, Thomas W. Coy, Herbert Coy, Susan P. Coy, George R. Coy, Mary 4. Chapman, Westerly. 3 $219.81 to John R. R. Martha Stinson, Mys' W. Palmer, University, Pa.; Joseph D. Wilcox, Westerl min Franklin Wilcox, Scranton, Pa. $659.44 to Esiate John G. Wilcox, Quonocontaug, R. I; Nathan T. Wil- cox, Shelter Island Heights, N. Y. Under the apportionment of regular and special taxes upon the towns and cities, Rhode Island will reccive rev- enue of $600,893, June 15. . The spe- cial six-cent revenue is designed to provide added income to carry on the business of the state. One-half is to 34 each to Mandeville A. Potter, i Thomas. Potter, of state of Frank W. Potter, Norwich. $£1154.02 to Hannah A. Woodman- Norwich; Mary E. Arnold, West- 67 to: John. W. Berry, Wester- nnie D. Pendleton, Stonington; d W. Beattie, New York. * $54.95 to Klizabeth Huhling, Clara B. Huling, Corrine W. Huhling, Cam- 384, I PrdEe MaSS athan B Wilesx: Ellery | be devoted to the maintenance and re- I Wilcox, Projidénce; Fanmie: E. Bar-|pair of highways, and the oth.el‘ half Bridzepor\f. Gdotge W, Wilcox, [to the treasury for current expenses. : 1. Josephine Frances, | The amount of this tax is $240,897. The regular state t. per $160, is $369,596.3 nine cents and the oth: Mitchell, South Dakota; mivelle R. Doward, Flora, il 9.90 to Virginia Bates, New Lon- gt of 4 1-2 cents o ; the rate is half will be- nn. come \llur>l De;-ex:\hber },ecda‘s : vill 'H:E to George B. Nieding, George|other half of the speci: = o ,“"”"finf ~:§Eg Fiveia, | state has had a {hrec-cent road tax Ohio: Perey W. Babeock, Selig, I7la. | for several aears, and this vear it has 7$109.01 to Tetate Hamnah' F. Bab-|been raised to six cenis, making the cock, Pawtucket, R. 3 to Anna | total state tax 15 cents gth . year, as Parton, Toronto, ( Lillie ast 12 cents former vears. Th Dewhur: pportionment against towns in this lup. Old Mystic, Ma A Taylor, of! follows: Chicago: Iistate Menry B. came to a sudden stop. The train i.c} known as No. 5, and hesides the lo- comotive is made up of four steel ex- press and mail cars, and baggage car and two passenger coaches. The train makes up at Boston and serves as a accommedation train from estate transfers, recorded re- in the office of Town Clerk E: 1 Edwin C. ) house and lot O High street; George Cappucci, et al., to Angelo Cappucci, et uv.. house and lot in Prospect street; Arthur Mercer to J e M. Moore, house and lot at v to New )’urk, and Alea.vbs Napatret Point; Pasquale Nardone to y at 6.06 in the mol'nm,':..h Pasquale Gencarella, et ux. house and many workmen to the ship- n Stonington and Groton, and to New London. When the train was about midway | between West Mystic and Noank, the broken rail was struck, the locomo- tive passing over, while the tender and the four steel ears were thrown from the track, and careened to an in- cline of about forty-five degrees, and leaning away {rom the east bhound track. The mail clerks and express messengers were thrown about in the cars, but received no injury of con- sequence. The trucks of most of the cars became detached and the cars damaged. The passenger section of the train remained intact on the rails. The track was cleared within three hours ahd in the meantime, west bound trains were operated over the east bound tracks from Mystic to 2 lot off Pierce street; Susan E. Andrews | to Ernest A. Thorpe, et. al, house and lot at Potter Hill. During the same period there were recorded four mortgages aggregating $7.850, one chattel morigage of $1,- 450 and’ four releases of mortgages by the Industrial Trust company. The May meeting of the Rhode lIs- land Branch of the Woman's auxiliary to the Board of Missions, will be held next Tuesday in St. Mark's Episcopal irch. Warren. Rt. Rev. Bishop Per- preside. _ The speakers will arion F. Mitchell, from St. Mar. . Shanghi, China, and Rev. Arthur R. Gray, D. D,, secretary, from will A broken rail caused an accident Wednesday wmarning, which caused a big lo: to rolling stock, but no person was injured, be- vond a severe shaking when the train The burglars who gathered loot at the Dawley, Tourtelotte and Dunham residences, within the past two weeks, while the members of the household have been absent, have been appre- hended By the police and were repri- manded in the juvenile court by Judge Oliver H. Williams. The offenders were two girls, one is thirteen and the other nine vears of age, the elder hav- ing been once hefore in police custo- dianship. They effected entrance to the houses with ki in one instance by a key that w: pposedly hidden, and in the other keys selected from | a bunch one of the girls had collect- ed. Local Laconics. The dance of the Westerly Cycle club, at the Wequetequock casino, on Wednesday night was a success from every angle. The degree of Master Mason th was e fellow craft, by lin lodge of Ma- nteen of the the lodge were present. The Women's League for Chris Seience' entertained the members of the Laymen's League and friends in Boy Scouts, Wedn Emma Langworth; presided. Ira B. Crandall offered pra and Rev. Clayton A. Burdick, made the principal addr: Mrs. Charles E. Chapman tripped and fel® down the granite steps of the| post office, and sustained a fracture| of the left arm, near the shoulder. Charles P. Ecclestone, of Weste has heen awarded contract to replace the cap stone at the apex of the Gro- ton monument. The cap stone was ian D. Electric Co. ||mumlml,!“uullllluml 'ALK about smokes, Prince Albert is geared to a_joyhandout standard that just lavishes smokehappiness on every man game enough to make a bee line for a tidy red tin and ‘a jimmy pipe—old or new! Get it straight that what you've hankered for in pipe or cigarette makin’s smokes you'll find aplenty inP.A. That’s because P. 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The Salvation Army drive in- West- | erly is proving a success. The South Kingstons defeated the Westerly High School baseball team, 7 to 6. Grand Armvsmen and a large num- ber of relatives and friends attended the requiem mass in St Michael's church Wednesday, which solomniz- zed the funeral of John McGann Burial was in St. Michael's cemetery. Rev. Frederick A. McDonald 11 de- liver an address at the reunion and dance of the old Fifth Company, in! the armory Friday night, for the bene- fit of the Salvation Army fund. H The members of the Grand Army of| the Republic and Women's Rel corps, have accepted invitation of Rev. Sailer, to attend special servic s in the Broad Street Christian church, Memorial Sunday Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn is at his home for a few day: command of the Fir Naval District, | with headquarters at Boston. i STONINGTON Altura, launched about two| s ago, was towed to Providence' v, where her equipment will be years i i | i A5y He is now in} The As the United Siates FEmergency Fleet corporation will not permit the' steamship Lansing to moor at the cor- 's wharf, the ship is near the ter. Her boilers and other must therefore be taken teo the ship on a lighter. The burned steamer Chelsea will soon be hauled out and rebuilt at the | yard of the Ship Construction and Trading company. The next launching at Stonington will be the large Ashland, at first in- tended as a sister ship to the Altura.| She will probably be launched Memo- rial Day. Mrs. Charles M. Williams and chil- ed from New York. C. H. Simmons, open their ough, June 10. v _noble, resident ot ttend the festivities| ¢ Shriners in Westerly, | of sumrmer Probably Stoningto of the M by m, ill with typhoid fever. Charles Powers of Waterford was a caller here the fir of the week. selections enjo, were served Miss Lula Powers has returned to Hartford to resume her work after visiting her parents here, Arthur Merriman was calling on friends here recently while on a furlough. Jacob, Helen and Ben Kaplan, Wil- liam Tinker, Doris Saxton, Truman Chipman, Louis LeRoy and Florence Powers hung Bessie Savin a May bas- After the usual chase, they were invited into the house d and Many_frien Mr. and Mrs. Ev- gave them a sur-| prise party Saturday evening at their home. (iames were played, Victrola! refreshments i of Camp Devens START A LITTLE CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN AT HOME “AND THEN ADD A LITTLE New Floor Covering or Drapery No need to tell the woman of the house to clean-up. Mr. Man knows only too well that with the coming of these warmer days that a heavier drive is being made against the domestic Boches—the dirt and the cobwebs of winter. But after it’s cleaned up you'll need some new things for the house. That is where we shine. Look over these lists. There is money to be saved on every item. : PRINTED CORK LINOLEUM Two yards wide, and shown of attractive small designs, bathroom use. a square yard. Clean-Up Price 69c RINGWALT’S PRINTED LINOLEUM An unusually good range of kitchen pat- terns in a linoleum which is always a little cheaper than most of the high grade ones. Usual price is 85c a square y: Clean-Up Price 63c BIGELOW BODY BRUSSELS RUGS Big 9 hy 12 Rugs in pretty, small, all-over designs which stand wear well. usual price for these Rugs is $45.00. Clean-Up Price BEST CHINESE MA Nothing more attractive for Plain white, and fancy desig: Usual price 75c. | | where a social evening was spent. MERROW Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson have re- turned to Winding Brook farm after six weeks' stay at Mansfieid. Mrs. John Clough and Mrs. Clayton Clough and the latter’s little son were Edgewood Little Miss Eleanor South Willington is grandmother, Mrs, Lena and Mrs. 1. F. Wilcox Mr. dinner Sunday of Mr. t Hall of Toiland. ne and r. Mrs. B. C. Ha with friends in Thomns Sunda Miss H. L, Merrow of : spent the w end at Ter . 1 Misses E n and Tilden {were in town Satur: A moving | truck took their goods, which they have had stored in a portion of the house they recently sold, to Hartford, where the Mi lden will conduct rooming house. Many friends W them success in their new taking. g New Britain. — Tanders, Trary & Clark will erect a factory bujding on| its property on Stanley street at an es- timated cost of $10,000 and an addition will be made to the High street build- ings at a cost of $4,000. i . o N Give it in Time Every mother knows that coughs and eolds, neglected, may lead to. {he moqt dread diseases. Croup, broachitis, paevi- mhonia and consumption often bave their nning in a slight cold. You just lay back like a regular fellow and puff to beat the cards and wonder why in samhill you didn't nail a section in the P. A. smokepasture longer than you care to remember back! Buy Prince Albe: obaces is sold. ) ok e RO ot i bl g s D ems, —that clever, practical pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistener top that keeps the tobacco in such perfect candition. R. J. Reynolds Tobacce Co., Winston-Salem, N. C. ki'iha wise mother gives Foley’s Honey and Tar at the first signs of a cough or cold. She knows it stops coughs quickly, pu's m soothing, healing coating on aninfle’ned ad tickling throat, and gives a fe{ling of warmtb and comfort to the suffy er. Mrs, M. E. Schlarb, Ashland, Penn., w1 esi— “Fcley's Honey and Tar:is the b {1 and cold remedy | have ever tried. When re little girl gets a cold on her chest, T give hes afew Goses, and it relicves her right away, LEE & 0SGOOD Co. James Green's in i 1 The usual price is $1.00 this, and nothing which costs so little. Clean-Up Price 49¢ in a number || A great varie also tiles for Widths from ular prices ru FINE cream colore ard. A chance lower price. he |1 wide, sold re a pair. $37.50 TTING Summer than SUNFAS Any size up feet long, in fered at a mounted on worth $1.50 ns are shown. TP/ 0% which has ev CRETONNE IN SHORT LENGTHS ty of the prettiest Cretonne er been shown in Norwich. 34 to 36 inches. The reg- n from 50c to $1.00 a yard. Clean-Up Prices 29c, 39¢, 49¢ SCOTCH MADRAS Nothing- better than Scotch Madras has been made for window draperies. This d Madras, both plain and bordered is ordinarily sold for 45¢ a yard. Clean-Up Price 35¢ QUAKER LACE CURTAINS to save a little money, 4nd secure some very attractive Draperies at a We offer eight patterns of Filet nets, all 214 yards long and a yard gularly for $3.00 and $3.19 Clean-Up Price $2.50 T HOLLAND SHADES to three feet wide, and six cream, white or green' is of- bargain price. These are Hartshorn rollers and are apiece. Clean-Up Price $1.15 “Closing Qut” Sele of Standard Sewing Machines We are “cleaning up” our stock of these splendid machines. We haven’t many on hand, but what we have are going to leave our store within a day or so, so if you want one, and want it at a price which is lower even than it was ““}:fore the war” you will have to speak quickly. The price ranged from $25.00 to $60.00. We Have Reduced Them Just 25 Per Cent. The May White Sale Continues All This Week HAVE YOU SEEN OUR BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF SILK UNDERWEAR? NOW IS THE TIME TO LAY IN A COMPLETE SUPPLY FOR THE SUMMER, hat's MYSTIC Rev. and Mrs, Jerome Greer were ven a surprise at the Methodist par- ung people of the All Alive class and Jartiltery branch of the servloe as = firat |lieutenant in November, 1917, and was tlater promoted to a captain He |w e and stationed in Paris for a whil ge Tuesday when about 40 of the!later on the front in northern France Keny land for a while in Germany. He re- !at Mrs. J. S. Lamond’s. | Mrs. Julia Palmer of Rocky Brool is ing her son, Rev. C. H. Palmer | Bradfora Sutton’ is working for Dr on. Everyone around here is hustling the | Rho Delta class of the Sunday schooliturned Wednesday to Fort Monroe and|farming business since the weathes called in to spend the evening. Rev fand Mrs. Greer have been in Mystic only about six weeks but have made {a most favorable impression on all the young people. Music and games wer enjoyed. During the evening Harry MacKenzie, teacher of the All 9 class, which has a membership of 25 vyoung men from 17 to 20, with an av- erage attendance each Sunday of 21, presented Mr, and Mrs. Greer a large picture of a lanme in Norwich Town, where Mr. and Mrs. Greer once resided. The victure was a gift from Rho Delta and All Alive classes. Tce cream and cake were served. Just before the close all gave the class yell: Who are, who are, who are we? We are the Mystic M. E. C. Are we in it? I guess we are! Mystic! Mystic! Ran! Rah! Rah! Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adamson, Mr. and Mrs. S, S. Brown MacKenzie, Robert Adamsop, Jr., Miss Violet Ad- amson and Miss Frances Trevena were in Providence Wednesday cvening to attend the graduation of Mr. and Mrs. Adamson’s daughter, Miss Sarah Ad- amson. as a nurse from the Rhode Island hospital after three years' train- ing. A reception followed the grad- uating exercises. The_house on Pearl street owned by Mrs. Post of Essex and occupied by been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Post. The new owners expect to oc- cupy the property soon. Cap John Wheeler, recently returned from overseas, is at home on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Alive! Mr. and Mrs. James W. Jackson hasl ignation, which has been tendered, accepted. He enlisted early in the .war in the.officers’ training corp: ! Mr. and Mrs. James Connery's infant son was christened James Sinclair on Saturday evening at their home on Isham street by Rev. Jerome Greer, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church ,in the presence of about relatives. The baby's two uncles Charles Menge, from Camp Devens {and Henry Menge, who has returne ! from army service overseas, were spon- sors. silver and money. USQUEPAUGH Services were held in the church Sunday morning at the usual hour with a very good attendance. There was also a good attendance at Sunday school. Mr. Gaisford was entertained at Deacon Hoyle's. The cold meat supper at the grange Saturday evening was well patronized, considering the storm. A nice sum was added to the treasury. | Mrs. C. D. Kenyon spent a few days 1last week with Providence relatives. Several from here attended neigh- bors’ night at Exeter grange Thursday evening, May 15th. Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Barber of Exeter were callers here one day re- {cently. The Jadies' Aid society met last Thursday afternoon with Miss Grace {Connell, six members being present. “They are piecing another quilt. They have pieced and sold several. The next 1 The infant received gifts of gold,| hunz a huge May basket and were all, will be mustered out as soon as hisiget warm enough to leave off mittens | “Mrs. Carrie Joslin of Exeter was s |caller here last week. Mr. and Mrs. haniel Brown and family of Valley I'alls visited Sunday with Mrs. Brown's cousin, Mrs. Ida M. Kenyon. Charles Strout and his mother of Lafayette were callers here Sunday. Amos H. Kenyon . with his family from Providence spent over Sunday with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. E Kenyon. Mrs. Rebecca Macintosh of Slocum called on friends here Sunday after- noon. : Mrs. Gilette Franklin of Wickferd Junction visited relatives here Sun- day. . Mrs. Annie E. Webster and daughte have been.visiting in Providence. Bradford Clarke of Yorker was s caller at J. C. Webster's Sunday after. noon. . Mrs. E. E. Kenyon and Mrs, Annfe E. ;\'ghstor were callers in Exeter Tues- ay. William Potter of Providence &pent | Saturday and Sunday with B. C. Locke. | | On the Eve of a Career. | Tom Marshall (who, we believe, does | something at Washington) is not for ! private life long; he's going to speak |at Elizabeth City and Fayette both: Of his fortune we knew not; but his reputatien is about t0 be made~ | Raleigh Times. When ordering & mnew ribbon fil“. your . typewriter always specity Wheeler. He left here in the coast meeting will be next week Thursday whether it is for “her” er for “it.”