Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 9

JOURNALIST HENRY WATTERSON DEAD Jacksonv Watterso known jou publisher o fer-Jourr some d tion to go tion trip. o onversed Mrs, er were conseiou: BIOGRAPHICAL failure the at’intervals terson ille, on Fla., of it had that he was Dee. 1 here about s been known ill. 22.—Henry | the country’s best lists and former owner and the Louisville (Ky.) Cour- 1, dled at a local hotel at 6.15 ng. Watterson's death was unex- pected, though The Rebel instantly achieved great popularity. The paper was outspoken and independr1t, forecasting in many things the Lo ville Courfer-Journal, ‘a lineal descendent to follow it within a few years. Abraham Lincoln was said to be the great passion of Watterson's” life. His lecture on Lincoln was delivered in hun- | dreds of cities and it was his pride to tell of calling on Lincoln the morning for on his annual trips|of his inauguratidn and of standing be- for years been|Side him at the ceremony. winters Jargply at Fort| “Let no southern man point his fin- to that oved el Watterson's death superinduced lungs, sciou nd with her. Watters suramone: 1 his dea having again sFion of r wi his no wa Mr. as Washin, sufficiently accor personal his v Commissioner e Philippines In Lee county ,and it was his inten- ace when his condi- to take the His wife, son and daughter, were s bedside When he died. us for a few ni 1; 30 minutes before th, called his wife into the room and After the the son and daugh- Members of the h was peaceful. Col- into un- a few minutes be- lapsed SKETCH OF JUORNALIST WATTERSON was one of the last journalists. v his editorfals, and phra attracted wide at- commented on and Be- ldtig public opin- the natlon. ia th ‘Wattersos ha campaign. journ: evinced parents member st education to be aban- s his vorite nt for writing developed Watterson was serl- Iness in His fi nea Was gained on & as must: H fat for 20 years D the war between in con- contat! It his With attained f war. secession move- | ing of host gton ‘words ng shaped democratic party in aceident unusual encour- crushed his left ma- Tennessee home, the Confederacy ger at me,” .Mr. Watterson said, “be- cause I canonize Lincoln, for he Was the one friend we had at court when friends were mogt In need.” 4 When Watterson founded the Journal he made a plea for harmony in the south. Thoroughly reconstructed him- self, he urged all to follow his course in complete submission to the federal governmept. Mr, Waiterson always advocated a “Tariff for Revenue Only,” a phrase which he coined, and which finally was adopted by the democratic party. He was an ardent friend or Grover Cleve- land during the lIatter's first administra- tion as president, but opposed Cleve- land’s third nomination, His sérvice as a public officlal was confined to a fractional term in con- gress. He accepted a seat there in 1876-7 at the wishes of Samuel J. Til- den, with whom he was closely allied. Mr. Watterson refused renomination for the full term. Frequently urged to run for high office he always refused, main- talning: Mr. Watterson opposed Willlam Jen- nings Bryan in his candidacy for pres- ident in 1896, but in 1900 the Courier- Journal gave him luke-warm support. In 1908, however, what Mr. Watterson de- nominated as the “free silver heresy” being “as dead as African slavery” in the United States, ho became a warm supporter of Bryan. Mr. Watterson also devoted some of his editorfal attention to soctal questions. He once made a savage attack on New York soclety women calling them “a flock of unclean birds.” He accused them of a fondness for displuy that ruin- ed the men, and a love of chamnagne and bridge that eventually ruined thelr se- n's al- T, | in- dashing style gave currency to Horse Harry” and “Henby of Navarre.” The most populer nickname and the most frequently used, however, was plain “Marse Hen As effectively as he wrote Mr. Watter- son spoke on th public platform. His reputation as an orator reacied its cli- max when he delivered an address at the dedication of the Columbian Exposition when he appeared as the government's officlal spokesman. Among the several books he Wwrote or complled were Oddities of Southern Life n- = “Light er, re- and Character, a volume of southern hu- mor; The Spanish-American War, writ- ten concurrently with the events. and his latest work, Compromises of Lifé, a | compllation of his lectures, addresses and numerous editorials from the Cour- nal. s career, Mr, ‘Watterson recently his - came out of the war like many of ng fellows of the south, a very picked bird, indeet. Tn order to escape the hum! tion of borrowing from a northern uncle, whose politics T did not approve, I went with watch to an “uncle” who had no politics at all and got $50 on it Along with two blanket- who were as poor myselt 1 as . or rather revived, publcation of suspended mewspa at Nash- ville, othing could withstand the en- which we three threw se. We were working :for bread and had to have it. When 3f | we began there were nine daily pavers struggling for a footing in the littie Ten- i the end of the year and one of these Dbusiness. d to Louisville on on the old vere bu ad two-thirds rs 1 w an editorial posi th Louisville Journal, the paper of George Prentice. Si months_later Walter Haldeman, who owned the Courier, joined with me in combining the journal {and Courier. Incidentally this Jed to the purchase of the old Louisville Demo- crat iosing its identity consolldat! first of n of the three papers the great newspaper '\ Back Hurt? ‘When the kidneys do not properly da their work or purify the blood stream, waste products and poisonous acids res main in the system and cause backache, rheumatic pains, lumbago, sore mus- cles, swollen - joints, « stiffnecs, lame back and similar symptoms,- Jaley Qidney Pills regulate and restore the healthy, normal action of kidneys and bladder, bringing clean blood and better health, with free~ dom from aches and pains. «J- George Hucgins, Bennington, Vt., writes: Last fall I was attacked with lumbago and suffered untold agony. Ihad a severs pein scross my back and at tim:s could not dress or TosvRianT CLINEDIN aldon, S WASHINGTON resident Philippin corr undress myself. I was advised to take Fol Kidney Pills for my trouble. After faking them for a few days the pan in my back left me and I have not had any lumbago since that time, al- though that was mentbs ago. 1 recommend | Foley Kidney Pills to all whe have lumb: f USLULL . s We Want Your Business BUY YOUR XMAS CANDY HERE JENNY LIND MIXTURE, Ib...... 24c An assortment of the Old-Time Hard Candies and flavors made of pure sugar, Last year 47¢c CUT ROCK 12.%% Inh, 26¢ The Hard Candy that puts the joy in Xmas. Last Year 43¢ We have all the old fashioned kinds of Xmas hard candies in Ye Old Fashioned flavors made of pure sugar and at prices that will surprise you. BOX CANDIESFancy Asstd. Chocolates in all sizes from the 1-4 Ib. for that Xmas stocking and plain patterns. WE to 5 lbs. in Holly CAN SAVE YOU HALF. SPECIAL—An idividual Ib wooden box of ORANGE 8 PEKOE TEA. Foil lined and sealed at the garden. . . 3c CHURCH, LODGE AND CLUB ORDERS SOLICITED DIRECT IMPORTING COMPANY 157 MAIN STREET Mail Orders of $1.00 or Over Prepaid Except om Sugar and Milk NORWICH, CONN. Af- 1 / NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 19ZI combinations. - It resulted in the first ap- pearance of the Courier-Journal, Nov- cmber 8, 1868. In his early years he superintended the detail of every department and for more than 30 years “put the paper to press” every night. He was born in Washington, D. C., on Feb. 16, 1840, —_— INVESTIGATING PRICES CHARGED FOR NECESSITIES \ Washington, Dec. 23.—Federal investi- gation of retail pricas charged in warlous parts of the country for food, fuel, shoes and clothing was initiated today by At- torney General Daugherty. He gave or- ders to Director Burns of the bureau of investigation of the justice departmant to assign a force of men at once to the duty of obtaining data on retail orices in different localities. Mr. Daugherty declared that prices of necessary comanodities were too high and that in some instances the profits of re- tailers were “unconscionable.” It woula never be possible, he aserted, to get prices down to thp pre-war level but with wages lowered and the costs of foodstuffs reduc- ed, he was determined to learn whcther the present “badly proportioned”’ retail prices should be maintainad. Mr. Burns was instructed to put hi. men to work slmultaneously to obtain the variations in various localities in the retail prices of general foodstuffs, such as meats, provisions, beansfi bread and butter, fuel, shoes and clothing and to make schpdules of the comparative prices. Reports will also be gathered on the wholesale prices of wheat, beef and meats of all kinds in_order, Mr. Daugh- erty explained, that comparisons might be mad, of the costs of these commodi- ties with the prices charged by the buich- prs and S The depmuimentls agents are to be instructed to do their work carefully but as rapldly as possible. Action to remady price conditions, Mr. Daughterty declared, would be taken through several channels. In the main, he said, the situation was a local one and the states would be asked to do as much as they could to solve it With fad- eral co-operation. Secretary Hoover, he added would be invited to join with the justice department in its effort to lower prices while it was belleved that the pub- lication of the comparative wholesale and retail prices would do much to remedy high prices by conveying to the house- wives of the country accurate knowledge of actual conditions. Organizatiorts of retaflers in different parts of the country were blamed by Mr. Daugherty for high prices. These asso- ciations, he declared, were formed ‘Dby smart men who sold a scheme to defe the laws of the country by perfecting an organization for fixing prices which con- cealed its real purpose under a declara- tion of a desire to help competition. The department, he stated, intends tc “get these smart fellows™ while at the same time recognizing that many innocent merchants had been Imposed upon by them. Mr. Daugherty declared himselt as unualifiedly in favor of trade organ- izations which confined their operations to impraving their senvices to the public, but he asserted they would not be a' lowed to fix prices or apportion terri- tory among their members, thus stifiling competition. Trade associations generally, he said. were showing a commendable willingness to confine their activities to the lines sugzested by the justice department as in eonformity with the law, but where the department’s advice had been disregard- ed, it had been necessary to institute pro- ceeding under the Sherman anti-trust act. The decision of the subreme court last Monday in the Hardwood case which de- fined the general scope of activities of trade assoclations, he added, would do much to remove uncertainty as to the exact apolication of the law to the activ- Ities of trade assoclations and would en- able accurate definitions of what prae- tices were legal and wh'ch were Illegal. In connection with the Hardwood de- on, Secretary Hoover said today that supreme court’s ruling would not interfere with the commerce department’s plan for the publication of trade statis- tics gathered by assoclations witnin the various industries. According to the de- partment’s information, he said, there were only 150 assoclatlons operated on lines similar to the Hardwtod Lumber as- sociation, out of some 1700 trade as- sociations fn the country. the SCHEDULE OF THE PROPOSED WAGES BY NEW HAVEN ROAD New Haven, Dee. 22—A schedule of the proposed readjustment of wages of employes of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, effective Janu- ary 16, was issued by General Manager C. L. Bardo today. The items follow: Clerical and station forces, reduced seven cents per hour. This covers store keepers and assistants,“and chief clerks. All clerks seven cents per hour. (Most of this clags of clerks now average at a rate of $25 weekly.) Asslstant station masters, announcers, gatemen, baggage and parcel room em- ployes, other than porters, ‘seven cents an hour reduction. Crew callers, first year $1.75 per day; second, $2. Baggage porters, 35 cents per hour. Jenitors, “switfiboard operajors, watchmen, etc., seven cents an hour re- duction. Office boys $1.75 and $2 per day. Station agents, seven cents an hour re- duction. Freight handlers to be paid 35 cents an_hour. Sealers increased one cent an hour; stevedores, increased two cents. Common laborers are to have a fixed rate of 32 cents an hour. Bridge foremen and assistants, track foremen and bridge me; fcs are cut five cents an hour draw tenders eight cents an hour. Shop employes have been furnished with detalled statements showing rates for various kinds of work. Rates proposed range from a maxi- mum of 66 cents per hour for mechanics to a minimum of 40 cents per hour for helpers. Regular apprentices to be re- duced seven cents per hour. The rates of helper-apprentices to be reduced to correspond to the new rates established for helpers. Rate of 40 cents per hour to be establishedfor car cleaners. Agents at small non-telegraph stations are cut to 40 cents an hour. In engine, train and vard service rates are restored that were in effect Decem- ber 2nd. Switch tenders are to get a maximum rate of $4. Stationary en- gineers are cut five cents per hour. Signal department men are to get 42 and 67 cents per hour. Conferences are being held daily by Mr. Bardo with the groups of employes. A repair shop committee has made a de- mand for a 13 per cent. increase in wag- es. ————tis TPHOLDS REFUSAL OF JITNEY AUTO LICENSES COURT New Haven, Dec. 22.—Judge John E. Keeler, of the superior court, in a de- clsion announced today, uoholds the pub- lic utilities commission in its refusal to issue jitney autom=bile licenses to Clin- ton E." Modeste and John H. Whitby. The men’ appealed to the superior court after the public utilities commigsion de- nied them permits to operate jitney bus- es between New Haven and Waterbury, via Bethany, and between New Haven and Clinton, on the Shore route. Buses are operating on these routes and the commission held that “public convenience and necessity” did not require additional service, LONG CONFERENCE HELD AT BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICE London, Dec. 22.—(By the A. P.))— A long conference was held at the co- lonial office today, presided over by Winston Spencer Churchill, colonial sec- retary and attended by Sir Laming Worthington Evans, secretary for war; Lord Fitzalan, governor general of Ire- jand; Sir Hamar Greenwood, secretary for Ireland, and General H. M. Tudor, commander of the crown forces in Ire- land. It is understood the military sit- uation in Ireland was discussed. ITALIAN DEPUTIES DEFEAT RELATIONS WTH RUSSIA Rome, Dec. 22.—(By the A. P.)—The Italian chamber of deputies today defeat- ed a motion of Deputy Eugenio Chiesa in favor of a resumption of commercial relations with Russia. The vote was 220 to 88. Afterwards, the chamber unanimously adopted a mo- tion approving the swan policy of Premier Bonomi's cabinet, IDE SHIRTS $1.45 TO $4.00 TUXEDO SILK SHIRTS $4.95 TO $7.45 FINE IMPORTED WOOL HOSE—75¢c TO $2.00 PURE THREAD SILK HOSE, in five colors Per Pair 75¢ ~ GIFTS FOR HIM From the shop where men come for the fine things in dress —and find them at reasonable prices. Where women buy- ing gifts for men, can find what men want. CHRISTMAS NECKTIES Imported and domestic silks, in what we believe to be the best selected assortment of fine Neckwear in Norwich 65c to $2.50 THE GROUPS OF MERCHANDISE SHOWN HERE ARE SPECIALS OF EXTRAORDINARY VALUE. EXTRA SPECIAL ‘FOR THE BALANCEOFTHISWE.B(; SILK AND WOOL HOSE WITH CLOCKS SPECIAL 59¢ Norwich Savings Society SILK DRESS MUFFLERS $1.50 TO $4.50 PURE WOOL SWEATERS $6.50 TO $4.50 FINE UMBRELLAS $2.50 TO $5.00 FOWNES BUCKSKIN GLOVES $4.00 Dusky Depositor—*I wants io draw | out dat'money I put in d.s bank four | years ago.” Dusky Cashier—“Man, you ain't got no money in here no how. De interest | done et up de principal long go."—| Exchange. “Ie who steals usually receives pun- | ishment in the end.” “Yes, and that even applies to the fellow who steals a kiss.” “How so?” “Why, he frequently ends up by ‘getung married.”—Florida Times Un on. “The automobile has not displaced the horse.” “No,” said Cactus Joe, “and it never will. Everybody in Crimson Gulch keep bettin' on hoss races in the hope of winnin’ enough to buy a new fliv- ver.'—Washington Star. “Do you remember when you father drove the donkey cart?’ The parlia- mentary candidate fixed his eye-glass and gazed thoughtfully at the interrup- ter. Then he replied: “As a matter of fact, I had quite forgotten the cart. But I am thankful to see the donkey alive.”—Edinburgh Scotsman. “Judge,” cried the prisoner in the dock. “have I got to be tried by a woman jury? “Be quiet’ whispered his counsel. “I wont be quiet! Judge, I cant even fool my own wife, let alone twelve strange women. I'm guilty."— Houston Post. = Jones—Hello, olde chap . Where'v you been? Bones—Just returned from my va- cation! While there 1 looked up my family tree and—— Jones—Gel hit with any cocoanuts? —Wayside Tales. ‘“Walter, if this is spring chicken where is its wishbone? “It wasé too young to wish, sir’"— Boston Transcript. Chloe—I sho’ mighter krowed I gwine have bad luck if I do dat wash- in’ on Friday. Daphne—What bad luck done come to yuh? Chloe—I sen’ home dat pink silk pet- ticoat wid de filly aidge what I was gwine keep out to wear to chu'ch on Sunday.—Columbia (S. C.) State. “We were just about to go to press last week,” said the editor of the Chi- gersville Clarion, “when we discov- ered that we didn’t have any ink.’ “But you got the paper as usual?” “Oh, yes, I had a happy thought I rubbed the office towel over the type forms and we printed a pretty fair addition,” KALEIDOSCOPE 3 The name Siberia signifies “thirs- v The framework of a ship resembles the skeleton of a herring. The Germans frequently flavor their tea with cinnamon and rum. A gorilla four feet, six inches in height has the strength of four strong ment: JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY Last night when we were at tea the little fellow said: “Paw, what are all those packages hid beneath your bed ?” I almost choked upon my food and mother simply smiled As though to say we’re bringing up a very knowing child. He’s waiting for me at the door when I get home at night. I try to sneak into the house and not turn on the light And get upstairs before I doff my overcoat and hat, But he is Johnny on the spot, He’s eyeing me suspiciously. with ‘Paw, oh, what is that?’ I really think he tries With all his youthful artfulness to take me by surprise. He hasn’t intimated yet that he has found us out, But eyes and ears are open wide whenever we’re about. I spelled a phrase to mother said : “I guess it’s time now, maw, once, and then he promptly for me to go upstairs to bed,‘ An’ 1 suppose that you an’ paw will talk out when I'm gone.” P’d make an affidavit that the little rascal’s on. —Detroit Free Press. e e e —————— e ——————— which will attain the greatest altitude of any railway of the British empire; its highest point will be more than 9,000 feet above sea level, says the Scentific American. The road will cost $10,000,000, and may later be extended into Uganda, connecting the port of Mombasa with the Cape-to-Cairo route. It is said that prehistoric men were more skilled in trephining than our present-day surgeons, More than 4,000 vessels passed through the Suez canal last year, or an average of a dozen a day. Rocking-horses with hollow bodies were recently used for smuggling con- traband goods into India. The first phonographic disc, made in 1887 by Emile Berliner, is preserv- ed in the Smithsonian Institute. Did Ruskin anticipate the founding of the Boy and Girl Scouts? It would seem so from the following note to “Sesame and Lilies,” which was pub- lished in 1865: “I wish there were a true order of chivairy instituted for our English youth of certain ranks in which both boy and girls should re- ceive, at a given age, their knighthood and ladyhood by true title; aftainable only by certain probation and trial both of character and accomplishment; and to be forfeited, on conviction by their peers of any dishonorable act.”’— New York Evening Post. VICEROY SAYS GOV'T MUST MAINTAIN ORDER IN INDIA Calcutta, Dec. 22.—(By The A. P.)— Lord Reading, viceror of India, today declined to withdraw his proclamations against the “non-co-operztog” and na- tional volunteerg and those prohibifing seditious meetings. This stand was an- nounced to a native deputation which called upon him to take these steps and to liberate the Moplq: leaders already imprisoned. They also suggested ag a remedy of the present unrest that a con- ference of all the important leaders should be called. The viceroy explained that the govern- ment must maintain order, and none of the members of the deputation was in a position to give assurance that open deflance of the law on the part ¢f the non-co-operators would cease. Lord Reading, however,told the depu- tation he hoped the government might be able to change its attitude in the fu« ture and permit a congideration of the sugested conference. A man without a conscience is a man without principle. Islands of the Corsican coast were recently offered for sale at $6,000 each. A camel carrying 500 pounds on its back is nearly equal to two average horses. An English centenarian is record- ed ag having lost his first footh at the age of 102. City fogs are said to cost England more loss in a year than does unem- pioyment, More than 100 tons of wood are con- sumed in the world daily in form of matches. The British government has award- ed contracts for the construction of a railroad from Nakuru to the Uasingisu plateau north of Victoria Nyanza, The more competition the more merit to the winner. Thousands of brands of tea, yet LIPTON'S TEA has the largest sale in the world. THE NEW-IDEA MEN'S STORE gain driving. we shaved is a dollar you’ll save. JosernFine @. 115 Main Street, Norwich St. Nick Raised Old Nick When we went into the market for goods to stock this new Store. “Never met such a close buyer.” “No other buyers ask to have goods made up in special ways.” These are a few of the remarks made by manufacturers. We even took the Xmas spirit out of St. Nick with our bar- But it was all done for you, dear folks. Every dollar The better values we are able to secure, the better the values you buy—for by our cash buying and cash selling, we need take only a tiny profit for ourselves. CRISP, FRESH, NEW, STANDARD GOODS * | READY FOR YOUR SELECTION '- COOPER UNDERWEAR MEYER’S GLOVES STETSON HATS PHOENIX HOSE CHENEY NECKWEAR AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER STANDARD LINES. Strictly All-Wool, Hand-Tailored Suits and Overcoats 212 Y2 91 P g8 “YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU WANT IT” ; AND EXCHANGES GLADLY MADE THINK! READY FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPERS