Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 11, 1920, Page 4

Slerwich Bnlletin and oufied 124 YEARS OLD Butecciption price 1% & week: M & month: $.00 . Ist % Bo Poofics st Norw:, Oma. s Telephone Calla, Bulsia Bosses Ofice (0. Baliets Edliorial Rooms, 35-3. Dulletin Job Offics. 35-3 Willimestic Office. 33 Chureh St Telepbons 105. —— wwieh, Saturday, Dee. 11, 1920. — R OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, The Awedlatid Prem is exclusively eotitied ase for republication of all news decdatch- crediied 18 & or Dot otbeiwise crediied to s puper and also the local uews publishe AL dgMs of repoblication of @eclal des wictes wmpeln 7w alao reserved. CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 4th, 1920 11,050 CABINET MEMBERS. President-elect Harding on his return to Washington from his trip to the Pan- ama canal stated that there had been Bo selections made for his cabinet and that he had talked with none who might be offered & place therein. This came following much speculation which has | b sommg on relative to those who would be chosen, with several possi ties being mentioned for each post. Such se was guesswork backed by a full kmowledge of political conditions d 1t will not be at all surprising If of the men mentioned are select- C A different twist to the situation, Sowever, has been given by the reported view of Senator Lodge to the effect that e cabinet should be made up of men eutsid the senate. Thus far it is Bot known that Mr. Harding is contem- plating aoything else, although names Which have been mentioned as cabinet possibil have included a number of | the senate ers, but it can be re- ised that there Is good ground for the| attitude taken by Senator . ‘whose game has been numbered among those for a cabinet place, that! gthen the c: t at senate would not be rests of the next to- the ser- d by those Jong In th and the value which they are g e to be in that body. That he take: a view un- guestionably eliminates “him from a| place and it is not obable | others among the senators will continue to look after the duties for which they were chosen by their con- stituents. that will not embarrass Mr.|% % In the selection of his cabinet| re is plenty of material o and by the selection of men of ability whose position on certain questions may not be so promounced it is possible that ome the ews into the cab- e closer cooperation of and the senate re- ailal the adminis it WHAT DOES THE SAY? It s an interesting pears in the expens American peace commi: COMMISSION item that ap- account of the n calling for $126,870.82 for damages and loss of property at the Crillon hotel. Some time ago there was presented a bill for cigars smoked by the representati the powers at Gemeva, but here stantial expenditure which woul wate that damages of a seriou aad been caused or else a su part of the hostelry had been carried away as loot For such to have happened as the re- #ult of a visit on the part of a crowd of souvenir seekers there might not be %0 much reason for surprise, but to it laid to the members of a com- mission which was sent to Europe to bring about the restoration of peace, to put an end to the great destruction that had been gong on in Europs and to pfomote common homesty and fairness among nations it seems a bit surpri It hasn't appear that the members of the commission indulged in the an- ties which mark the closing of the legielature, or eise it might bo under- stood how the hilarious crowd managed 10 break up the crockery, smash the windows, destroy the decorations and leave hotel in a sad state of disor- der, and that they might have gotten away with a couple of sets or 5o of sil- verwure eitner plain or engraved. Nei- ther has it been reported that the com- mission used the hotel for & gymna- elum ani held indcor sports, or that the discusalons over the provisions of the league became so violent as to leave the hotel in the sondition that might be expected following an earth- quake Nelther before nor since he became a sewspaper reporier has Colonel Houss givea indisation that such a bill might be exvected. It may mean a tri> for soméone to Paris to check up an item- zed mecount but the impression cannot be helped that it is another instance of seeing a chance to get some American money and making the most of it. DISAPPOINTED ITS FRIENDS, With the figures of all but a few of it 1s shown that the past eight years for Debs was the candidate Both in 19123 and again this year, ‘When Debs ran in 1912 he received a indication | * total vote of $01,873. That was for the entire country. Benson was the party candidais in 1916 and he apparently suffered from the conditions at that he falled to get but 590,679, in the party leader total vote thus far vote to come from which are as yet miss- be will fail to th ! iy RE3EHF ok at he will ex- elght years ago number. He over what ago but he HEE] ] made in the popvlation of the country in the past eight years and the fact that the women of the country voted at the| Limestone has genérally been November election the v-e. #-m- far Below expectations and must Of neces- sity be disappointing to those Who had anticipated t-erend ms gains. The socialists made a large gain in New York but lest strength in Illinois They gained in Massachusetts but they lost in Pennsylvania and the soeialist vote rlso decicased in Ghlo, California, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana and Oklaho- ma. In view of tke fact that Debs received almost as many votes in 1912 as he did in 1920, and that the enfranchisement cf wrmen rractically deubled the elec- torate it doesn’t appear that the votes of ths women were thrown to that par- ty. In fact socialist iniluences do not appear to have affected as many as they wero expected to, REGULATING THE RAILEOADS, In view of the importance . to the country of the service which the inter- siats commerce commission is renden 1g under the mew law ‘passed by the last session of congress, its annual re- port is bound to be followed with keen intorest. That the commission recog- nizes the size of its task under the pres- nt legislation is shown by itg statement to the effect that it Will be necessary © await the outcome in practice be fore 1t caa be definitely told what the tect is going to be, and as might be expected it cails attention to the difi- culties which are being experienced be- cause of the lack of cooperation on the part of the state utility commissions. While state commissions have ap- proved the rates put forth in only about balf the states, there are two In which open opposition has been manifested, where steps have been taken to block the federal commission and to mamtain that state control s a right which the federal commission cannot overstep. This reveals a condition Which isn't helping the railroad eituation. It indi- cates a determination to deal with state roads in & way which will do them an ustice in comparison with those en- cagel in interstate commerce, ¢r much ihe same sort of obstruction which ex- isted prior to'the passage of the mew law and which it was expected that the ch-Cummina law had overcome. Vhether it ha sor mot rests with the Unitel States supreme court to deter- mine. This is one of the things that con- tributes to the uncertainty in the minds of the commission, and other trouble as been experiencel In not teing able to get the treasury depirtinent to make yments to the railroads of money due m at such times as it is believed it wid be made. This is one of: ‘the points over which there is a difference of opinion and which the commission secks to have cleared up by legislation that will make it clear. The situation which has developed in Mingo country, West Virginia, is one every other state in the country 1son to regret and which in all ility s regretted in tMat state It is apparently one of thote contests cver labor troubles which savors of the days when it was believed that there ing but force for the settle- such a Qispute. trouble hes developed to the t where sides are being taken by rities depended ‘upory to main- ¢ to such an extent fhat it has been necessury for the governor to call upon the government for assistance from the federa] troops, It i8 a case which has developed from the evident| dotermination on both sides that it is ing to be a fight to the finish. The is that something like 50 have been killed and four times as many in- jured, where cold lead is taking the a of reason and where, even though great quantities of fireatms have been collected from the people, there still remain enough to make ron- ditions hazardous and life uncertain. I side of course makes charges nst the other regarding the use of the bringing in of gunmen and the employment of mears ‘that create a state of terrorism. throughout the country. Tle state of affairs there re- veals conditions which ought not to ex- ist in a civilized state, The coal fields in that part of the country have been the scenes of similar conflicts én previ- ous occasions. Dioodshed is eharacter- istic of trouble in that region but it is unfortunatz that efforts are not made to bring about an adjustment of their disputes by arbitration. It ought to be possible for them as well as others' to settle their troublés in accord with the facts. The lawlessness that is being isplayed in Mingo county discloses a tion wiich both sides in the min- trouble ought to went to eliminate. However much both rides may feel jus- tified in its stand there ought to be a middlo ground on which they could get toy r for peaceful and semsible ad- justment. EDITORIAL NOTES. Thire ars times when it seems that a word to the wise is mot sufficient. The man on the corner says: We are 'rtaln of some kind of weather what- ever the forecasters claim. If the Chicago case is any eriterion somnambulism will be the defense of criminals in the future instead of in- ranity. —_—_— It might just as well be understood that the time has arrived when they nust stop kicking the prohibitien law 2round, Now that the Congressional Record is dolng business again there is no telling what will happen in the print paper market. Indleations point plainly to the fact thet it is poing to be much more costly in the future to sell liquor than it has Leen in the past ——— It looks very much as 1f Moscow would be willing to accept that mandate over Armenia which the league is anxiois to gel rid of. [ — By deciding not to send for Constan- tine to return the Greek government hopes to escape responsibility although it is expecting he will return. If the Loisheviki have got control of Armenia there's no need of a loan from this country. They'll be able to get along without money henceforth. That suggestion that income tax blanks be so simplified that expert ac- countants are not required to work them out will appeal strongly to the taxpayers of the country. New England is being drawn on heav- ily for Christmas trees but in view of regarded as inert mineral matter. T view of Te- cent Nappénings, we fay bé forced to re- vise our definition of ‘inorganié matter— at least, so far as limestone is concerned: The probe that is now being thrus: ito some New York ccntfatts has shown limestone to be ‘pretty lively, and the fig- ure ‘it cut so humiliating that dignified, old Mont Blanc—itself limestone—imie- diately lost its head and went fiying down the valley .toward Italy. After getting the first despatches from New York, this respectable old peak felt that henceforth it must hide its head in:shame. As people we ought to have a good deal of Tespect for* Mont for. this_aet 6t decency. This whelé probe thus far His shown how tic men can be wher they get into the séats of the mighty. They do exactly in jhe 20th eentury in America whit the-robber barons did in Burope in the 10th. A coram reign of terror is just as disastroiis in its re- sults as a military, and if America would treat her robBer jirons toddy &s Etrope did hers.in the Muddle- Ages the business would soon become unpopular: The farmers of America have again justified the faith of the mation in their ability to meet its requirements of food, feed and raw Materials for clothing, says| the secretary of agriculture in_ beginning his annual report to the president. They have produced this year in the face of enormous difficulties, he continues, the largest harvest in the history of Amer- fean agriculture with a. single The corn crop of 3,199,000,000 bushels is ted, répresenting more than four: of the world jon.. Sweet potato crop of 106,000,000 bushels i8 the largest ever produced and far in excess of that of any ether year except 1919, The rice crop of 52,000,000 bush- els is oné-fourth greater than the lars- est crop ever before harvested. The tobacco crop of :1,476,000,000 pounds con- siderably exceeds any previous yield. The sugaf-beet erop s more thad one-third | larger than the largest ever before rec- ofded. The grain sofghum erop of 149,000,000 bushels fs 18 per cent. above that 6f 1919, Which was Itself a record for utilizing surplus and waste farm A still further spread of eéxtension work among fafm ©f research That the nt be put fiation pend by next session of to eral aid road program, unflef the térms of existing With eertain modifications, at the rate of 3100.00;.!:‘:‘;:“1- fo’r a wm of five years, with July 1, 1921 - The appropriation of sufficient funds to within the national forests and the en- largement of the national forests by fur- ther land purchases and exchanges of land or timber for private lands of equal Much is being said and written in thése days about the compact that was signed in the Mayflower. This is very appro- priate as the tercentenary of that docu- ment has just paesed. Much emphasis has becn rightly put on the-fact that the principles set forth in that remarkable document were kept. One remarkable trait in the Pligrim character was that of personal integrity. They - Tespected a verbal promise a8 much as they did a written contract. - That explains why they were trusted in their business trans- actions with those whom they might easily have defrauded had they been un- scrupulovs. It certainly shows that “honesty is the best policy” in the long run. As they- gained the confdence of the natives, the latter were of incalculable yaiue to them 1n feaglips {hem woodcrate and other things essertial to their very existence in New Engiind. A great les- son is to be learned bere. Any man the vorld over who gives the other fellow the square deal, financislly and otherwise, is the man Who succeeds. He inspires confi- dence, and confidence in business is sim- oly. credit. An address was recently given in Bos- Lon on_the “Bthics of Busihess Contracts” in which the speaker very clearly shows that sudden . business depressions which cause so many factories to shut down on the spur of the moment are due to the cancellation of orders. Sometimes a big order for goods calls for readjustment of machinery that is very expansive to the producer. When recdy to fill the order he is told to cancel it, or Wken the order is partly filled. The governiuent has set a bad example in- this resnect. Lecause it is' virtually hreaking a ccatract. The manufacturer hardly knows what to do when a big contract has been cancelled. He cannot go on making the goods, and he dislikes closing his factory. But he has a right to do this rather than run- ning it at-a loss. The writer calis this widespread cancellation of orders a dis- ease, “cancelitis,” which he -says is spreading to every corner of the globe, and is causing this general business de- pression. Of course, it recalls the Whole 08, [he golato orop of 421,000,008 bushels has been exceeded only omee, and thén by a very narrow margin. The oat crop of 1,444,000,000 bushels has been exceeded only three times, and the tame hay crop of 88,000,000 tons only twice. The apple crop of 236,000,000 bushels has been exceeded only omce, in 1914, The yield of wheat, barley, buckwheat, peach- es, peanuts, edible dried beans, flaxseed, and cotton are slightly below the ,av- erage, but they, re eless, represent an enormous volume in the aggrégate. The number of all classes of live stock on farms, although less than the number in 1919, exceeds by 18,214,000 the av- erage for the five years preceding the outbreak of the European waf. These remarkable results, the secre- tary points out, were achieved under | great difficulties. In’ only fout gears of the last 37 was the progress of plowing up to May 1 so backward as in 1920. Farmers were discouraged. They saw no hope of reduction in the price of fertiliz- er, machinery, and supplies, which had steadily increased since 1914, The la- bor supply was approximately 37 per cent. short and wages had fisen to Such a point in 1919 that the farmers were appalled at the thought of paying still higher wages in 1920. During the time when the farmers were cultivating their crops, payipg for labor and supplies at unusually high rates, the prices of ag- ricultural commodities gemerally remain- ed high. In midsummer, when the farm- value. . curtailed by reduced appropriations, and the establishment of at least one station in each of the main forest regions of the country. Action . toward developinig the pubjic resources in Alaska by lodging authority in men on the-greund to act without waiting to consuit distant superiors, a8 has already béen doneé by the forest ser- vice in administering the national forests. Amendments to a numbér of important laws . administered by, the department of agriculture to the end that their enforce- ment may be more effective. Authorization of the Secretary of Agrl- work and a director of regulatory worlk to devote their attention to development and coordination of research and regul tory activities of the various branches the - department and their coordination with similar lines of. work in the various states. Appropriations sufficient to permit of justice to the employes of the department of agriculture in the matter of sajaries and equipment for work. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Sanatorfum Fund Editor: May I beg a little space ers’ perfod of outlay was nearly at aniln “The Bulletin' on behaif of the holiday end and their income period was about to bégin—atter the problem of production had been solved—a sharp decline oc- curred in the prices of practically all farm products. Covering nearly every- thing the farmers had to sell, it @id not buy. The years output, produced at a normally high cost, was worth at cur- rent prices §3,000,000,000 less than the smaller crop of 1919, and $1,000,000,000 less than the still smaller crop of 1918. A note of warning is sounded that the stability of agriculture in the United States is threatened unless farmers re- ceive an- adequate return for their pro- ducts. materially affect the articles they had to|to these people I direct my appeal. [ fund now being collected for the Norwich Tuberculosis Sanatorium? Many of your readers are subscribers each year to this fund, - But there are many who have never heard of its existence or having done 8o know little of its purpose. It is This fund was started a few years ago, by stme 1adiéé of Norwich fo try and bring a little Christmas cheer to the patients &t the sanatorium. Being an ex-patient 1 can testify as to its Success as a “Joy bringer,” having. spent Christmas 1917 and 1918 at the sanatorium. All patients who can possibly do so are encouraged to be home on this day of joy and feast- the gréatest church, Delitzech and Luthardt, were distis as much for their simpié- it eannet help shininz. How hollow the pretentions of men who think themselves to be something when they are nothing whose life and aims are a8 selfish and full of vanity as thelr mo- tives are insincere and full of guile! How utterly loathsome is the cowering under which the world seeks to hide its mukti- tude of sins! But how beautiful and at- tractive that grace in which the sun of the Christ-like! character s mirrored Christian simplicity, that which the woAd least covets, is yet the geém of pur- est Yay serene. s ODD INCIDENTS IN AMEBICAN HISTORY THE NEGRO PLOT OF¥ 1741 While the Ameri¢an colonists invari- ably exercised much common sense in dealing with ‘any_subject, & tragedy oc- curred In New York city, which went far to prove that there still existed in thelr midst a certain amount of inher- ited supéfstition and frenzy. This is known in history as the negro plot of 1741, and’ started on March 18, of that year, when a fire occurred in the chapel and barracks at Fort George, on ths Battery, in New York. It was generally believed to be ac- cldental, but chargés were made that the place had been set ffire by negrocs. The slaves, who constituted one«fifth of the population of New York eity at the Ladies’, Desks in Oak or Mahogany SHETUCKET - STREET Visitors Always Wekclne and duly observed on May 13, 1741 From this on all the colored pésple were put under survéillance, and “thus every household which kept a siave had the ‘terror at his own hearth. Every lawyer of the city was ealisted for the prosecution, and the colored people were tried without counsel fo defend. them. (Monda$)—The Case of Alexander Me- Leod) question of the #.lue of a promise, verbal or written. And surely the old Pilgrims could give us a lesson on that subject. ing but there are always a good many pa- | time, had for the mest part been caught The secretary lald emphasis upon the|ients who are t00 #lek to leavé even |wild in Africa. The laws for these sav- importance and necessity for a sustained|for a day. These are the ones you are |ages, who appéared to have ho concen- agriculture in this country. Ivery possi-|agked to cheer. Kverything possible is |tion of law, were ferocious in the ex- ble, he said, must be done, “to Prevent|gsne by the doctors and nurses to mais | tréme. or at least to lessen the effect of the re-|it a happy day for these unfortunate| Between Mareh 18 and April 6, eight currence of conditions under whicp 1ar8e| gyt ins,” but the funds allowed by the|other fires of & mysterious charactar numbers of farmers conduct their 'opera-|yiate are strictly itmited. Here your|startled the efitire community, anl a When the last moénth of the year putsi in its appearance we are politely remind- ed by the publishers of the various peri- odicals for which we have subscribed that the time has come for renewal. While we | tlons at a loss. The matter is of such know this just as we know that one of our big molars needs ‘the dentist's art, vet we defer that little matter of renewal until we den't renew at all. Now one of the pleasures of Iife is reading, and al- though the vatiety .of tastes is simply le gion, the supply of reading matter:in this country is fully equal to the demand. It is a duty you owe to yourself to satisfy this craving. Don't starve this’ instinct for a few itry dollars and, whatever clse you buy, don't forget the daily paper, preferably a home paper! You ecan't claim to be reasonably intelligent in these days without a fair knowledge of what is going on in the world. You ought to re- member the boy and girl! The most en’ tertaining. and instructive is quite reason- able in these days.- Yes, it costs, but in the end it will be a better investment to stock up your family with intelligence than your safe with oil stocks, Onle day last week the writer of theso :mmor:al paragraphs was cn the streets with his eyes open—"secing things.” He was not plumb full of woed alcohol or other juices equally beneficial and delight- ful. He was, however, “filled with the spirit” like that of Isaiah of old fo get in touch with the real life about him. He has always been more interested- in per- sons than things. He would rather talk five minutes with a Teal live Woman than gaze all day at cold sculptured marble. But on this afternoon it was men who interested him; live- men in middle life and under—their rmpnber due to closed factories. They looxed strong, well ‘fed and happy. They Were wise enough not to be made miserable over a temporary business depression. In five yeafs tney will be just as well off, just as contented and just as happy for this little break in the ordinary routine of life: It is not so much the amount of money we get as the quality of life we possess that makes the really contented and useful citizen. People who hiave béen accustoméd and have the ability to thimk a propogition through in orderly fashion from effect back to cause are asking very seriously: “What is the abnermal condition of hu- man society that makes so many appeals for money necessary?’ To say that all these appeals were mot necessary would oe begging the whole question. But that is not the case— q:y are all of them worthy of our notice and patronage. As the causes are 5o complex and nurrerous it is difficult for .us to understand the vsychology. The real question is not what 18 the cause of this or. that appeal? but rather How are we to meet them? It is one thing to give the paltry dollar to the modest call of the Red Cross can- vasser; it is quite another thing when one's college is calling for $3,000,000 to be subseribed by its 5,000 graduates. The money must be forthcoming or the col- lege goes down. It cuts him to the quick to think 6f that! How difficult for the ‘alumnus of small means to adjust . his contribution to the real need! It almost takes one’s breath. to read of a certain young nan who has recently Tefused a patrimony of $1,000,000. lhe act is 5o extraordinary that one would suppose the reasons assigned would beé absolutely unanswerable. But this doesn't seem to be the case . If that money in its accumulation had caused pain, suf- fering and want, we can see how a lover of justice would look at it. ' But when he attacks the moral right of acquiring prop- erty through legitimate means he enters the realm of fanaticism. Would the hun. BIy be fed, the homeless sheltered, or the naked clothed any better it all people squandered rather than saved? -They tried mendicancy in Europe as a virtue it Fosults that wwo do not want repeated re. Bickle in his “History of Clvilization” shows trat people living in extremely hot or éxtremely cold countries are inferlor to those Who inhabit the temperate zoné, because their continuity of employmen: is less. Steudy work is not possiblé to the laborer in the torrid zone on ascount of | the excessive heat of midday The se-| verity of the winter and diminished sun- light make short hgurs necessafy in high altitudes. - Buckle 8lso says that peoples living in lands of medium temperature— like our own-—are less fickle, more ener- getic and further advanced in all lines of human endeavor, bezause they work more continuously. This, perhaps, ex- plains why people living in the temperate tremendous importance to our entire pop- ulation that it should be recognized eve erywhere as a national problem and dealt with as such.” While expressing doubt that there 8 any single solution for the situatien now facing the farmers, Mr. Meredith declar- ed that there are many steps which should be taken to place agriculture on a more satisfactory basis and to stabilize the Dusiness of farming, not in the inter- est of the farmer alohe, but in the in- terest of the nation 7 a whole. must see to it,’ between the producer and the consumer | is open and direct, and that the farmers have a free and competitive market in which to dispose of their produces. We must omit no effort to improve eur mar- Keting machinery and practices and to furnish necessary market information, so that farmers may take full advantage of modern ‘business methods in the distribu- tion of their commodities. “We must adopt évery feasible means to enable the farmer to adjust himself to changes In economic conditions, such as have recently occurred. It ought to be a fact that when the farmers of the country produce abundantly the censum- ing public will be liberally supplied with food at reasonable prices, the farmer taking his profit because of large pro- duction and the consumer receiving his fnicrement of bemefit from having availa- ble an_adequate supply at a reasonable cost. In general, we should expect it to be true that the farmer's condition is im- proved in direct proportion to the num- ber of bushéls of wheat or corn and the number of bales of cotton he produces. It frequently happens, however, that when all farmers have extraordinarily good crops during the same year low prices leave him worse off than he has béen In other years with short crops and high priccs. One thing that would help to remedy this as some means, wherever teasible, of carryinig over to periods of low production the surplus from years of high production. More attention to mai Keting and the development of a latent consumption demand in vears of large supply will also be helpful.” Important recommendations d in the report are: Studies in the cost of marketing so that the proportion of the consumer's price Teceived by the producer and the proportion received by various markot- ing agencies can be ascertained. Extension and developmert of cooper- ative marketing Work. ‘Establishment of a world market-re- porting service to make promptly avail- able comprehensive and dependable in- formation as_to production, _supply, prices of, and demand for agricultural commodities in different parts of the world. The consolidation of the bureau ot markéts and the bureau of crop estl- mates for the sake of ecomomy and greater efficiency. Matérial expansion of the studies of the cost of producing farm products. Thorough-going sclentific study of the whole problem of farm labor. The making of every feasible effort to aid the farmer in obtaining necessary personal credit, Broader studies of the methods em- ployed and results obtained by farmers in _ attempts to improve their credit contain- “We!a heavy heart, and thought of the many he said, “that the road |fellow patients who were able to be that generosity makes itself felt. Every pen- ny subseribed to the fund is actually #pent on: comforts there belng no expens- es. 1 especially remember the happinéss it brought me Christmas, 1917, which was a black one for me, myself béing sick and then a week before Christmas my wife tvas faker to thé hospital seriousiy il and to -make. matfers worse 1 was war far away. from friends.. I felt I think as 1opely and forlorn &8 it possi ble to be. I awoke Christmas morn with day with théir loved ones. While I was alone and forgotten. But no,-not forgot- ten, for a liftle later Santa Claus came. Yes, a real live Santa, and he handed us each a parcel—name on and everything and filled "with surprise I wenderingly. opened my parcel and tucked away amongst the many gifts was -2 card wishing ‘me Merry Christmas—I . Who thought I was forgotten. And I was told that the good people of Norwich had sent the gifts along with a cheery good wish. Words canfiot express the happiness it brought me but you boys who wers “iover there" and reeelved a surprise gift from home wiil understand and recall the lump in your throat you had to Keep swallowing. Such was my feeling and that of my fellow patlents. On my dinner tray wis & further smile maker in the fofm of a toy Santa Claus—value, perhaps ten cents. But this littje symbol of Kindness travels with me wherever I go and I would not part with it for anything. It stands on my dressing table and when people ask me why I a grown man keeps a toy ever before me I proudly tell them of how the people of Norwich brought me sunshine on & very cloudy day. 1 would ask you all when you make| your Jist of Christmas gifts to just include “the holiday fund” for none of your gifts will bring greater joy. Having been there and fully realizing the happiness this fund brings. 1 trust ghat many suffcrers at the sanatorium will look upon Christ- mas 1920 as one of the best ever,” made 80 by the generosity of the people of Norwieh and district. I enclose my mite. negfo was détected escaping from néar the last flame. Belief In a plot by me- groes to burn the town seized upon the population genérally. A robbery committed Februaty 28. was traced to thé housé of a pefson of low ' charaéier, named John Hughson, who_was known {0 harbor colored e6. ple who drank, gambled and made the plice the. Aepository fof goods they had stolen. Hughson had ah inde s -1 nesses. When some fires occutred in Mareh, Mery gave the authorities a Story, ‘which seemed t6 ¢linch as facts the rumors of a negro conspiracy. In fact Mary averred that tho whole thing had been arranged at the house of Hughson. The plot, she sald, was to destroy all white persons, except a few, who were in league with the ne- groes. Hughson was to be king, and Caesar, a negro, was to be governor. She added day by day to her stery, im- plicating more people. Arthur Price, a sérvant, held on alar- ceny charge, also gave testimony which seemed to corfoborate the Burton wo- man, as did Peggy Salinburgh, a cour- tesan. The tales told by these inform- and the magistrates were Wrought up by_them. Mary Burton had at first said th Hughson, his wife, and Peggy were he only white persons at the meetings of the conspirators, but she added the namé of John Ury, a teacher, who, be- ing a non-juring. clergyman of the Church of England, was_stspeeted of Romanist _tendencies. She declared that Mr. Ury was & Jesult and later ‘confessed’ that Curry, a dancing master, was also in the plot. So many arrésts were made that the jail was full and several apartmeats in the city hall were also used for deten- tion purposes. Mary Burton received the $500 reward offered for proof of the plot. Twenty-six white persons Wwere arrested, and of these Hughson, his wife, the maid and John Uty were exe- cuted, the latter solemnly declaring his Please forward to solicitors. Thanking you for this space. B Yours truly, E: -PATIENT Groton, Conn. Good Werd About Our Firemen Mr. Editor: 1 would like to write-a few lines about the good work the fire- men did at the Central Bullding fire Sun- day evening, Dec. Sth. I'm well aware {that they are paid for fighting fires afd 1all that but our loca] firemen do such ex- cellent :fork lhntdthelr‘ flrnl“’“:‘ “1 worthy a great deal of praise and as am very miuch interested in the above five as it hit pretty close to home and I eon- sider and know if It hadn't been for their thelr excellent work my wife and I and probably all of the: tenants would have lost theif lives. I want to say that a great deal of credit is due George Foote and Mra. Willlam Foote who are tenants here. Mrs. Foote ecame to my room and told me and I immediately tele- phoned to the Centtal Fige station and in Jess than two minutes they were here ang had a stream on befofé the nlarm through united and cooperative action The direction, through thorough-going studies, of national thought toward so- lution of the problem of farm owner- ship. Increased attention to land settle- ment and colonization, to the end that the buyer may have full and complete information for his guidance. Aa_expansion of the studies of life on the farm, to the end that the better things of life may be brought in fn- creasing measure to the rural commu- hity, so that strong, intelligent, well- seasoned families will not abandon the farming community for the city. Proper lencouragement of all feasible means to_limit hazard of agricul- tural production. Expansion of the! work already be- gun by the department in finding means uticura Soap rang. I had carrled my wife down THE CHELSEA ~JOIN The Chelsea Christmas Club Clubs for 25c, 50c, §1.00, $2.00 and $5.00 Weekly Payments . absolute innocence; and of the one hun- dred and sixty colored persons arrested, thirteen were burned at the stake, eighteen hanged, seventy-oné transport- ed and the remainder discharged. Mary continued het ‘“confessiéns,” which soon began to take in paoplé of unquestiopable reputation. Although at the time the best people in the com- munity firmly belleved in the existence of a plot and the judges wee doubtless sincere, there is liftle doubt that the whole of the evidence in the case was| manufactured, and that the poor wretches Who were eéxecuted were, in fact, the victims of popular hysteris. The common council of the &ty met and offered freedom o every slave with $100 reward and to evéry white etson $500_for the conviction 6f any’ in- cendiary. A day of thanksgiting for de- livefance from the plot Was appointed A —————————————————— Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA SAVINGS BANK I Stories That Recall Others Father was giving daughter 3 lecture about -her beay. He exclaimed, the light bilis? to go home at the right time?” - 4 ai| The daumhter ronii 4, “Yes, he SRR Aamed xl':"?“_flm e e S| enough to m. it he was sick last igh count of the robbery, and later as wit.| ‘'ith that, father started In again “Don ¢ . Mke him was sk the matter with him?” As the fair young daughter started for the door, she sang back, “He has heart trouble.” Telis Joke On Herselt The other morning when Mre. X's mew nighbor accompanied her husband to the door as he was about 1o start o his way to his work, she lcvingly cafied” to hém, “Goodbye, swectheart. 1 Soon after daughter went 1o the door with Mra. X He kissed the little one and said mood by to Mrs. X. She, not wishing to be cutdéns by her hagpy neigubor. ealls 1o in ers increased in luridity, until the town |Mrs. X as he was halfway down . qotd wreg | walk, “Goodbye dear.” Mr. X turned around 8o quickly e look Iback af his wite that he stumbjed and with difficulty kept on his feet. of blanket materials It Must Be Love the fair youns’ Doesn‘t he _know who pays Doesn’t he know - enough v dSny (ELOW What on earth was Mrs. X and their little In It did me all and I'll -the by careful “1 saw MACPHERSON “FOR QUALITY" House Coats 1t last.’ Teflable remedy were sothers 50 Men’s Dressing. Gowns a.nd‘ Bathrobes are of particular interest at this time, in view -of the ' of the holiday s ; From the standpoint of effectiveness, comfort and durability, these handsome garments may be placed in the front rank of worth-while Christmas Gifts. 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