Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 13, 1921, Page 8

coulan’t sell ‘ern, dollar. T couldn't sell 'em. .for the . ug. ual money-out cost: of -raising” 'em.” “But what are you goin’.te do quéried. “We're all of us in_much that sort” of ‘boat. But we’ can’t“knock off work -and_starve to death.” “Fm goin' to hire:out ‘by lhe day te some city-farmg}' he responded, half- laughingly. “It’s a .durn sight better to get two dollars and a half a day for hoein' his potatees than, to lose several dollars a day- for. the privilege of hoein’ my owl As.1 think over the names of the far- mers in._my vicinity who. were actively farming, stwenty years. aggy 1. discover that almost half 'of them-Nave ‘given up sheer despair. They:have gone to the cities and hired out to work in shops, or have gone west in search of better op- portunities, or have:settied down to the care of a cow and a'dozen hens and a kitchen-garden—just.. enough : to- - keep their ‘own souls and. bodies . toget THE PROBLEM OF FARM HELP AT FARM WAGES And, in every'case where T-have been able to learn the cause, it has been due to the impossibility. of - abtaining. ade- ia nt. help at ten Specially For The Bul live in the country. e Mkes the smell|Tit" 274~ competent. help: at: possible : of the asphalt; he hankers for the el- 3 %t 4as promised invasion of farmlyqcecucnine of crowded sidewalks: he| It in & mistake fo'assume’ that . this elp materialived with yqu yet T ithin rench “of the ~miov. | scarcity “of farnt labor“began with the Tartias T e Deaters o aweat in a man.|war. It'was a-growing tmenace’sbetore S bout it in professed |made shop among whirring machinery | ar was dreamed of. The war sharply ad much about it in professed | TAC8 SHOD AIONE H e emple of | ACCentuated. it..just:as it brought.profit- azTicu papers. Also, in semi-offictal | i out-Danrs and. the sience of 5. Na. [cering Into the - limelight. . There .were ul the department at Wash- | ture which works without cloching gears | Profiteers -before the war, thotgh not so or clanking came. many as since, because -there Were not i ) i S0 many omportunities. 1 aven't noticed any large num-| Still further, he wants to work enly B rs of work-seekers in my immediate’§ight hours—or lessand to be paid] Just at present we' seemto Beiin a : fact, T haven't yet met ! War-time wages, such as no farmer-can|{rough “of the sea between two mighty ace. face to face. Nor|possibly get back from the results of his |Dif Wwaves. On one side the wave of la- ettt diat e B bor-profiteering threatens to" tip us out And so the weary of the boat: on the other side the:wave procession goes on, . 1 hav 1 g e of commercial profiteering threatens to on a e ey A e e Torac ot |l the boat and.drown us in it. We are road which I know, but on all simiiar|between the devil.and the geep sea and s over the cotntre: motth and|no submarine handy in-which to escape re men. | conth Sl rvest il B ihel fri=— [ Dom cithes. nf he other| .0 (o the fire: from the fire back to| Only yesterday, ¥ read in a New Yerk far fromiips fryipz-pan spatch from . Washington an an out of | gyt baek to the farm? Waell, not in|Saving that thers were numerous. hope- b . o buy a ful signs of relisf i part of the country! the farm-labor sit- other eity nation. But the atch was. very em to be| Limping home from a nelghbor's, thel aon' 1t gave no, dstails and named oo as the|other day, an anto drew up beside me.|n "iocaities. Tt read very.much like the | n. even if it isn’t but'a few sort of thing which some opti ic of- T o upon the state = easier than walkin' at our ag fice-clerk might develop out of his own me almost a constant | said a cheery voice. T recognized & Dig{innar consciousness. . R mer from a few miles south of me.| As T have’said.(hitse is . no evidence climbed into his flivver. 5 lof any such relief in. my neizhborhood. nz w his I hear about your having qhere is of unemplovment ; ot < ey, [ an s sald I “Are you goin' out enty too much. But here- ! n ery |of farmin'? d iabon at least, there are none out of n worl ¥ be “T sure am” was his reply. “Omelwork who aresatisfied to werk farm 0 low down for lack jmore vear like Jast vear and it would be [hours for farm. wages.. Yet farmers can | over the hill to the poor-house for me.” o It i< as if there should be a steads file I knew that thls man has » big, fer-| v . » o from Norwich 1o tile we cinted farm. handy to mar- Water won't rise higher than w Lon an r equa nu- | kets, and amoly stocked. He has heen|Its source. nor ecan a man with an in- - Ve eimil yen MOvIng | regarded fo lonz- | come of 100 cents a day pay out' more Aded. an a dollar from it In wages an il Dr. Depew, lonz past his eightles. says " would do on a -{he.has seen several crises in Which the what is the country was felt to he going to the dogs, it low prices or high wages or - bad but. it is here ¥et and still going strong. . {debts, or what? Good old Chauncey! Optimistic to the #h ATl threo Bt maskly wagoar Was |end s ¥ {answer. “You know I had a fine.milk-| But his cheerfulness would be more " & route. T could sell all the milk and |bracing to some.of us if.it had been en- Their condltion seems very pititnl to|cream T could produce for zood nrices|gendered on a New England farm; in the f w m h ne assuranece | ang generally sure pay T had to lattemnt to get a living therefrom. ecause I enough couldn’t For a long time Most- anvbody can endure a. hoil on the other fellow's nose more cheerfully than on his own, one man who could milk a cow a THE FARMER. arim dryin off or making AN O me 1 milk twenty East Hampten.—The Middlesex County kb ¥ myself. and then dis- | synday School association. district No. 4 i g Finally that man will hold its sorinz institute in Fast| 1 2 day to stand ’round in | Hampton Sunday. Mav 15th. The meet- look pretty for {ings will be held in fe Congregational i church. oft. hescoms. Then L. fried a notats farm. With ma- take care of a b 1 Al alonz the tell you toes and. pestering had several thou- Cuticura Soap —— Imparts — o them. 12 o shorl-|rnd buchels, m “om | | The Velvet Touch n.iiag e dollar. b Tha n't want 'fl]T"‘n the slump in farm pr eama i e T T nmx.um Styles to Please 50,000,000 Ipswich Wearers A big problem indeed, bat call it a hobby with us who have made hosiery —and made it well — for 99 years. Surely there is a style of Ipswich Hosiery to meet your requirements when it pleases so many folks. V.’hen .you.pumlmee Ipswich Homery you are IPSWICH MILLS IPSWICH ™32 MASS. Otdest and ome of the kasgut Hostery Mifls in the Uniid et LAWRENCE & CO. NORWICH BULLETIN, The business meeting of the Village Im- provement association was held Monday evening in the Country club*house, the vice president, D, R. Povey, presiding. Mrs. A. S..Bush, chairman of the land- scape gardening degartment, reported the purchase of ‘four trees to be planted on the village street and two for' the pro- posed road of remembrance. Mrs. Bush also asked for men to volunteer for work in grading at the memorial parklet Sat- urday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Pinochle club members were hosts to their women friends Tuesday evening at the Country club house, the guests playing the game. Clam chowder, cake and coffee were served. A rustic cedar fencing is being erected along the property here ledding to the vil- lage and joining the ground of the new library building, belonging to Charles H. Brown of Norwick. Fred Fabel, who has been suffering for six weeks With a- serious trouble of the knee. was able to walk to the postoffice Monday, with the aid of crutches. The quarantine placed on the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fabel during his illness, owing to the development of scarlet fover by two of their daughters, Ruth and Doro- thy, was removed Saturday last by Health Officer James A. Stoddard. Mr. and Mrs. Fabel have expressed gratitude to friends and neighbors who in many ways remem- bered them during therr trying experience. Mrs. Marie Sorenson and her grandson, | Robert Miller, who left this place. aceom- panied by Mrs. Sorenson’s son Louis of Boston and her daughter Sophia of Seat- tle, Wash., for Copenhagen, Denmark last Sentember, arrived on their refurn trip in New York Wednesday. Mrs. Sorenson with her grandson came to the home of her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. | and Mrs. Andrew P. Miller, here, Louis| 6 cents. old price. 184 Pairs of Tan apd Black Oxfords 89c¢ N branch stores. Boys’ and Girls’ Sizes 8 up to size 2— Good Leather Soles — Sorenson going fo Canada and Miss Sorenson returning to Seattle, Wash. Alfred E. Rogers fo Balboa, canal zone, who has been the-guest of his sister, Mrs. Delphine Fish, for over two weeks, left the village Wednesday, accompanied by Mrs. Fish, for New York, where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Horace H. Sears, of Hastings on the Hudson. Mr. Rogers will sail for Panama today (Friday), May 13. Miss Louise St. Tlair of New London was a recent guest of Mrs. Mary C. Watrous. Mr. and Mrs. James Martin with a party of friends from Meriden motored here Sunday for a visit to tneir summer. dottages on the Bluff. Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts, of the village, met at the home of Scoutmaster Dudley C. Perkins Wednesday evening, their meeting on Saturday evening having been postponed. J. Otis Winchester of Norwich was a visitor at the Winchester bungalow at Perkins place Wednesday. Rev. Allen Shaw Bush and Mre. Bush attended the meeting of the county Cone gregational churches at the Greenevills church Monday, also attended a2 meeting of the Round Table in Norwich that even- ing. Miss Caroline B. Freeman also ate tended the meeting of the Round Table. Miss Ella Dean, who underwent an op- aration at a memorial hospital for appen- dicitis about two weeks ago, has been discharged from the hospital and was brought to the home of her grandmother. Mrs. George F. Dean. here by Com- mander Guy Davis and Mrs. Davis Tues- day afternoon in their automobile Rev. W. H. Bath of Norwich, distriet uperintendent, 11 hold the first quar-| rerly conference with the M. E. church of | the village Monday. Even the talliest man in the werld not above criticism. PENDLETON HILL Mrs. Maud Brown and daughter Betty were callers at Ferndale farm Sunday. Mise Lelia Wiggins, a teacher in Mas- sachusetts, spent a part of last week with Mrs. Pauline Cook. Mrs. Birdsey Palmer was a caller at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mra. Prentice Miner, at North Stonington Mother's day. Willis “Almy returned ‘home Monday after visiting his mother and brother in New York for several da Miss Cecil Palmer of Natiek was home over the week end. Thomas Johnsen of New York was at his home for a few davs last week. He was accompanied by his daughter, who will remain for an indefinite stay with her mother. Miss Bertha Lewis of Voluntown spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cottrell and family. Horace G. Lewis and son Harry of Boem Bridge were callers here Sunday. SHUNOC E. B. James has been doing carpenter- ing work for Amos G. Hewitt of M; at the John D. Gallup place, of which Mr. Hewitt has charge | a resident of Shunog, nov residing in, Andover, Maes.. was a r- L visiter at the home of Mr. and lrl. Wallace Phillips. Mr. Brown i: ia aeaitv and sprightly, for a man so far aavanced in life. Mrs. Edna V. Cook is the assistant postmistress at the local efr-n Frank Ayers spent Sunday father Rudolph Avers. a: his home here Mr. Avers resides in Westerly where he is engaged in business Mrs. Elmer E. Maine and son Clarenes E. Maine attended the wedding of Albert B. Palmer and Miss Mildred A. Main Sunday at the home of the bride’s grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Day!: at Wequetequock. The bride is a miece of Mrs Maine. SOUTH WILLINGTON Mr. and Mre. Clark Burmham of East Hampton w week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. ‘W. Malo Rev. Mr. Allen of Sussex, N. J.. wil occupy the pulpit in the Memorial ehurct Sunday ne: There will be a meeting of the W. C T. U. on Saturday afternoon clock at the home of Mrs. E. J. with his at Holm: All doctors do not practice the fait Sterry H. Kinney of zuest Sunday of Mr. and’ Mre. Randall. Mother's day was observed in the lo- cal churches Sunday. church, Rev. Clavten A. Burdic terly. delivered an Impressive course and the pastor of the Congrega- tional church, Rev. O. D. Fisher, earers an admirable address Work on the Norwich and West state road is progressing rapidi !lun- workmen are employed on the job. Cyrus H. Brown, 93, many vears agn Henry E Ready tomorrow, too —Two big tables— WOMEN’S SLIPPERS Strap, in gray, brown and black suede— Tan Kid and Calf, Low Brogue Oxfords with wing tip— THAYER BUILDING SNEAKS — for Men, Poys, Women and Girls, brown and white, all kinds $3.75 19¢ A. J. Bates and the | your own picking and SRR S MEN’S SHOES $10.00 to $12.00 Values - ou |'!'hel though some of them heal by teuc have to Hve somehow. - DERWILLO | Instantly Beautifies the *| Complexion. Dru refund the money if it filg:.ss The Most Remarkable Shoe Offer Ever Made In New England An event that will bring back memories of 1914 — when you could ride on a street car for a nickel, or get a pound of sugar for This thing happens about four times a year, in all our Stock taking' every three months—accumula- tion of all small lots—odds and ends and broken sizes — ar- ranged on big bargain tables to let you take away at most any Our first three months in Norwich is now here—and will pro- vide values seldom ever seen in any store. Ready this Morning at 9 21 Pairs Boys’ Tan Goodyear Welt Shoes. . .. $1.50 17 Pairs Girls’ Black Calf Shoes ............ §1.50 54 Pairs Women’s Black and Tan Low Shoes $1.00 14 Pairs Women’s Black Kid Shoes. ........ $1.00 10 Pairs Men’s Dress Shoes ................ $1.00 41 Pairs Women’s White Pumps ............ $1.00 854 PAIRS—NEW LOTS 518 pairs Women's Slippers and Oxfords, from Lynn Mass. — Do $2.95 other well known makes Cordovan and Tan Calf, Saddle Straps and new Progues— $5.90 THE SELF-SERVICE SHOE STORES FRANKLIN SQUARE, NORWICH