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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22

Just ten years ago few men who had planned to organize q temperance society in Waterbury deemed that the time ripe launch forth because of fact that Ned Murphy just concluding his wig orous campaign in this city. Those men, among whom were James IT. Frency, John J. McDonald r. J. Casey, William IT, Walsh and Patrick F. Me Mahon, deceased, decided to wait upon the Rev J. A. NIulcahy and his assistance in this As result of Father Mulcahys interest i'll the cause a rally held evening preceding November 1o in St Patricks hail. at which time Ned Murphy and Rev J. A. NIulcahy spoke the latter advocating tue organization of total abstinence society among the Catholic of the city. As result of this rally Father Mulcahy called meeting of all inter esed in organizing temperance society to meet Sunday afternoon, November 10, in St Patricls hall.
 It was therefore Sunday, November 19, 1893, that the preliminary meeting held for the purpose of organizing St Joseph's T. A. society, and the fol- lowing Sunday, November 26, 1893, meeting held at which time the St Josephs T. A. ciety adopted At this meeting committee of three was appointed for the purpose deciding upon an appropriate badge which could be by members a mark of distinction The badge de cided upon was the pretty design generally by members.
 The society started off with 57 members, but has grown to considerable dimensions and has moral backing of inconsderate importance. Its members are successful clergymen, lawyers teach CTS and business This organization has re fected honor upon tho people which it has repre- sented and also upon the city of Waterbury.
 In September, 1894 the society voted to rent two rooms in the Liey block and October 18th the first meeting held in its quarters. Twenty seven members admitted at this time,
 The society made its first public appearance on May 3O 1895, taking part in the Decoration day parade
 The departure of Father Mulcahy from Waterbury September 1895, resulted in the appointment of Key w. J. Slocum honorary president.
 February 23. 1S96 building committee was ap- pointed permanent quarters for the society On March 22 the report of the treasurer showed cash on hand $54122. The members voted to sub scribe sufficient to make the amount $1OOO. The building committee recommended the purchase of property Abbott avenue permanent quarters reconsider their recommendation and accept the Maple streets.
 April g. 1896 the society voted to apply for articles of incorporation.
 April 16 1896. ]. J, Mcdonald was chosen the cieys agent to look after the transfer of the Downey property to tue society. This property, where the society is now located. is 51x115 feet.
 On May i, 1896, tue society took possession of the new quarters and on this evening the society had tOrchlight procession from old to quarters
 In August. 1896 addition built
 In December, 1896 Mrs Lake Waterbury under the auspices of St Josephs T. A. society to lecture temperance. As result of this visit St Mary's Ladies Temperance society organized.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
PROGRESSIVE PRIVATE

The parochial schools of Waterbury are in hourishing state. There four of them, St Mary's the oldest attached to tho parish of the Church of the Immaculate Conception; St Ann's of the parish of that name, which is attended almost solely by children French parentagc: St PntrickS in the Brooklyn district, and St Thomas's ill tue northern section of the city. The latter two arc named after the parishes they belong to, and the last one the youngest. There Is also school at tached the Catholic Lithuanian church. but it is not conducted on the par0cha 4choo system in that teachers are not members of any sisterhood of the Catholic faith.
 The parochial school system in this city had it's birth in the parish of the Immaculate Conception in the early cos Father Hendricken afterwards bishop was pastor of the only Catholic church here that time, the Immaculate Conception It was situated the site occupied by St Patricks block, socaed directly opposite the church which sprung from the seed within it's humble frame walls.
 The Church of the Immaculate Conception being completed the old edilce became a school for the Catholic children of the town. This in 1860, Very after it rented by the Center school district for public school at rental of $1OO year, and though it for q long time under the control of that body it always known the "Catholic school" For while it nominally public school hc teachers were practically selected by Father
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
First American Flag

Tho first American flag that ever hoated over \ Catholic school in America was run up on the nag staff. of that building. This great occasion III the city War had been declared between the hor'n and the south and President Lincoln had appealed to tho country for men to up to give lib erty to the slave in the south and Father Hendrcken called all his young and old men together. their Wo men and children and to the sounds of music ano oratory the American flag unfolded over a Catholic school for the first time in the stirring ms tory of the American republic. And all through the four weary, anxious years that followed, 1t waved unceaslngly. From under it's folds the three months men, who left this city for the field of act i've service were marched, some to glory and some to the grave.
 Until 1888 the school was known the Catholic school and then the school district surrender cd its contract with the parish of the Immaculate Conception. The Slater family taught there. Dr Keegan, an eminent physician in Albany, N. T., was its principal time; Thomas O'Dell of New Brit ain and another very popular man in his day. Fran ris J. Kane, principals It's pupils numbered between POO and 300 and it full grade 1nst1tu- tfon graduating pupils to the high school Crosby grammar school the higr school at that time.
 St. nary's
 In 1888 the first of the buildings known as St Mary's parocEal school was completed, and the old building East Main street deserted in Il practical sense, and eventually the demands of pro erased it from the map of Waterbury alto gether and the present brownstone building with granite facngs built by the parish whose pastor then was the late Very Rev Vicar General NucA hy, who also built St Mary's school.
 The progress of St Marys has exceeded the expe>,-
 
 children from all parts of the city educated there, but after few years the pastor Rev Father Socum, decided the building not equal to the demands upon it and an order was issued excluding all children not residing in the parish. This a severe blow to many parents. but it necessary. absolutely Asd even then the building found insufficient and few years ago the Mucahy Me fnorial erected. To-day there are children attending St Marys than any other individual school in the city It contains ten class rooms and kin hergarten and the attendance is 050 children So rapid has been its growth that it has been found necessary to another building of eight This is under way Fifteen sisters were necessary at the outset seventeen engaged now. every respect the school has pace with the system poyed in the public schools and in the matter of physical growth will occupy the entire front on the north side of Cole street upon the completion of proposed addition.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
Bureau of Assessment.

boards in this issue of the Democrat Waterbury has board of public officials that is capable of making disturbance in the community in one session than all the other departments put together This is the bureau of assessment formerly known the board of compensation It passes upon the question of benefits and damages arising from pub lie improvements paid for jointly by the city and owners of property specially benefited by the inn provements No matter what they do few people feel satisfied with their work, as the old saw says they constantly in hot water. Their dnd- ings subject to revision by the board of alder men, but it rarely happens that the higher board changes their figures, their reports being usually accepted and the awards of benefits and damages confirmed and adopted. The present members Of the bureau of assessment I. A. Spencer. Maier Kaiser and Alderman J. H. Filling.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22

December, 1901. J. J. McDonald, president; James Doolan, vice ce-president Thomas Doyle. recording secretary; Daniel Lawlor, financial secretary James Mcknight treasurer.
 June, 1902, John J. McDonald, president; James Dooln, cepresident; H. A. Hayden, recording sec retary; Daniel Lawlor financial secretary; James Mcknight treasurer.
 Dec 1902, James Doolan president; F. Courtney, vcepresdent; H. A. Hayden, recording secretary; J. H. Freney financial secretary; James Mcknight, treasurer. ---.
 June, 1908 William Gulfoile president; F. Courtney, vice-president; H. A. Hayden recording secretary; J. H. Freney, financial secretary; James Mcknight treasurer.
 The present building committee is composed of Rev w. J. Slocum J. J. Mcdonald, James H. Ere ney, James Mcknight, James F. Smith, William Backer, T. II. Egan, M. F. McKennerney Jeremiah Dillane Henry A. Hayden, William Guifoile John Fnnerty, NJ. Lydon and L. Ryan.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
St. Ann's School.

St Anns is different from all the other parochial schools in that both the French and English languages included in it's COursc and that all of it's pupils of French parentage. It is not necessary how ever, that a child should be to become pupil of 1t. The school is brick structure, three stories high, contains twelve rooms and q basement, Situ- ated Dover street. east of the church that gives it it's name 1t built in 1893, while the Rev J. J. Rourret, pastor of St Ann's parish to acconno- date 800 pupils, and almost from the opening day the registration of pupils has kent close to that fig It's present registration is 4SO
 While the school is under the supervision of the present pastor Rev Joseph Edmund Senesac it is in charge of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notrc Dame, and Sister St Lumena is mother s1DeriOr It is full graded grammar school and maint tanS high standard among the educational institutions Its graduates to have preference for the Toronto college than the local High school there being quite
 number of them taking the high school branches in that college Still there Are many others of it's grad uates in the High school.
 At present the school is tested utmost nhysf cal capacities and it has been determined that in stead of adding to it. larger church shall be built in the near future and the present church be fitted Up for school purposes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
Lithuanian School

While the school conducted in connection with
 he St Joseph Lithuanian Catholic church is not avt ually parochtal school in practice it is so 1t is
 small school situated adjacent to the church on John street 1n the Brooklyn district, and is conducted by the pastor Rev Peter Saurusaits who is assisted by one male teacher The school was established two years ago and has about twenty pupils II is how ever filling place among the educational 1nstit17- tlohS or the city and its progress SO far is satsfac tory to Father Saurusatis and those who are nor Sonally interested in it. The pastor exnects +hat in a lew years he will have to build larger school so fhat he can meet the demands which are gradually inadequate. " "
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
St. Marearet'S Stands Hieh

Among the educational institutions of the city St Margarets stands prominent and it's reputation tends all over the country where good literature is read, for it's name appears in all the first class azines 1t is one of the institutions that Waterbury
 is proud of and the better for having it's name ciated with it. 1t is of much to the city. it's pupils being the daughters of the wealthy Until recently the school conducted by the Rev Francis T. Russell who has been succeeded by Miss
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22

Hcndr!cken the building taken care Of by 'he parish and essentially and practically it was pa rochial Catholic school. Whenever a pupil became refractory he taken before rather ltclor''At1l who was credited with possessing rod of rare Vr- the and which seemed to always have a singular effect in hanishng the pupils sudness.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-11-05
40W " WILL BE BROUGHT ABOUT
If 1T COMES AT ALL.

fIeciprocity In Competitive Products
would Inevitably Lead to the
Downfall of the System of Protect
i.s; Labor and Industry.
In contending that reciprocity in
competitive products is the right policy
r3r the United States to adopt the Des
&!oincs Register and Leader, n Repub-
iIcan' newspaper exhibits a ''progres-
Stye" tendency far in advance of the
general mass of Republican writers
and speakers. At its present rate OF
progress" it will soon land squarely
IN the free trade camp. 1t can land
nowhere else, for once the system of
protection begins to be abrogated i'll
spots through special trade arrange
ments whereunder foreigners are Ell
couraged to underSell American prod
ucts in the American market protec-
ton as a national and uniform policy
must cease to exist.
Reciprocity in competitive products is
the beginning of the end of protection.
That is why such reciprocity is OPP
if league. For the same reason the
best Republican thought of the country
opposes it. Outside of few special To-
calities which clamor for free trade in
the things they have to buy, but insist
upon protection for the things they
have to sell-outside of Iowa and GER
tain parts of New England, where some
people foolishly imagine that they can
have free coal. free iron ore, free wool,
free hides, etc, while at the same time
retaining tariff protection on their fin
ished products-generally speaking. we
say. there is no sentiment among Re
publicans for reciprocity in competitive
products. If therefore the Tariff league
is in line with Republican thought on
this question, is it not doing good
work for Republicanism and protec'
tiOuism in endeavoring to point out tho
dancers and disadvantages of reclproc-
~ in competitive products? The Des
Moines Register and Leader, however.
thinks otherwise:
The Protective Tariff league and the
American Economist in their opposition
to Cuban reciprocity have done more to
weaken the hold which the protective
policy has upon the American people
and to give color to the suspicion,
which Democratic free traders are al
ways ingeniously encouraging, that
perhaps after all the policy is dictated
more by selfish interests than any other
two agencies that have been engaged in
tha recent discussion. Reciprocity may
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-11-05
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Had Turned Blue
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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-11-05

The above figures are taken from
Hunts Merchants Magazine for Feb
ruary. 1892.
We were consequently idle, partlcu-
larly in our workshops. Our total man
ufacturcs in 1850 were valued at only
a little over $1,000,000,000, and it is
estimated that in 1858 the value of our
manufactures was even less than this
amount And yet in 1908, with only
about three times the population that
we had in 1858 we are manufacturing
fully fifteen times as much as during
the free trade year of fifty years ago.
In the latter half of 1858 there were
numerous and important failures, fol-
lowed by great stringency in the
money market and consequent con-
traction of loans and discounts. The
fact of the matter was that by 1858
this country had to depend upon ordi-
nary and usual conditions of business.
We had been feeding large portion
Of the world besides ourselves, we had
been eXpending an unusual amount of
money for the expenses of war. we had
been digging out of the ground mil
lions upon millions of gold to add to
our wealth and we had been reaping
advantages from many and unusual
outward and extraordinary events un-
til, when we We're left to our own re-
sources and to the normal condition of
business. and that, too, without any
work to do. as our markets were glut-
ted with the cheap goods made by for
eign labor. then came the signs of pan
ic and business depression, which deep
ened as the years went on till ruin
stared us in the face, both as nation
and individuals.
Political writer's at that time and
since have called attention to an excess
of revenue which existed during those
earlier years of that free trade period
from 1916 to 1861. 1t is true that there
was an excess of revenue during the
first years of that period, but this was
not wholly due to customs duties. Large
sums were realized in those days from
the sale of public lands. For instance,
In the years of 1S34-55-56 there was
nearly $30,000,OO0 realized from such
sales. But 1t must be remembered
that the treasury of 1858, or In fact
of any year during the free trade pc
riod of 1916 to 1861 had no such provi-
sions to make. even comparatively, as
those at present. For instance. our eX.
pendituros in 1853 amounted to $4t
OO0,O00 There was no $140, 900 600 for
pensions in those days; there was nc
S30,000,0O0 for interest on the pubAs
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-11-05
IN 1853 AND IN 1908.
FREE TRADE HARD TIMES OF FIFTY
YEARS AGO.

Instructiye Contrast Hetween the
Rad Conditions Then and the
Splendid Protection Prosperity of
the Present Day.
1t has always been the practice of
protectionists to avoid theoretical rea-
soning and to base all argument and
conclusion upon actual facts and fig
ures, drawing comparison with the ex-
periences of the past rather than in
dulging in guesswork for the future
1t will be instructive at this time to go
back just fifty years to the prosper
ous' free trade times of 1858 and COM
pare them with the prosperous protec-
ton times of 1903. At the former pc
riod all conditions except low duties
had been most favorable for number
of years and conducive to prosperity
Soon after the enactment of the Walk
er tariff in 1916 came the Mexican war,
the famine and short crops abroad, the
discovery of gold in California and the
political upheayals In Europe, which
eliminated in the Crimean war of
1876. Said the Hon. William ID.
Kelley in congress Feb. 16, 1861, speak
ing Of the causes which led to the de-
plorable condition of the country in
1855 and the years following:
"The decade that followed that year
(1S4O was q memorable one. The po-
tato rot decimated Ireland, affecting
the other British islands, and spread to
~ ~f xt-n
ported in one year the then unprece-
dented amount of $6S,OOO,0O0 of grain.
We imported and consumed the i'm
mense quantities of foreign goods, and
as the quantity of these increased the
demand for the labor of the American
workman diminished. We imported
coal for use in the manufactures and
the propulsion of locomotives. We i'm
ported rails to lay over our coal fields
and iron beds. Wages fell to rates as
low as they had been in 1920 and 1891
or in 1910 and 1871. California gold
had fed from us as from pestilence.
We had nothing to show for our I'M
usual exports of grain and provisions.
The resources of the government were
SHRINKING HIOltHly anu us Cltult do
again destroyed, and in little less than
ten years from the going into effect of
the revenue tariff of 1916 the entire
banking system Of the country col
lapsed. The people were Frustrated
and idle and discontented."
During the fiscal year 1858 our i'm
ports amounted to $263, 3,7T7,265, while
our exports were only $2o3, ,4S9,2S2. An
adverse balance of trade amounting to
$60,0O0,0O0 fifty years ago was a Sc
rious condition and yet for the previ-
Gus six years the balance of trade had
been against us annually. Over $780,
100000 of gold had already been sent
abroad in part liquidation for the cheap
goods which we were importing to the
displacement of goods that we should
have made at home. In short, for sew
eral years we had been employing the
cheap labor of Europe to do our manu-
featuring for us The figures of i'm
ports and production of bar and pig
iron for the few years following 1S46
will show how the former increased
and the latter fell off:
IMPORTS AND PRODUCTION OF BAR
AND PIG IRON.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-11-05

Nine times in ten a good
ad will bring more than
enough in direct profit to
pay for itself, leaving its
great cumulative value clear
gain.
Half the time a good ad
will pay an actual direct profit,
but to do this, it must be care
fully tended. Treat the news
paper fairly and it will pay
every time.
Cc9ygfght. Charles dustin Batrs,
NfsU York
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-11-05

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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-04-24

Fine Millinery, at JONES
Jack Dorminey was up from
Broxton Tuesday.
Col. G. P. Mingledorf has laid
aside his crutches.
Hon. T. B. Young of Harding
was in the city Tuesday.
Mr.. Marcus Luke Jr. was down
from Isaac this week on bust
ness.
FoR Subtitle finest Jersey
COW in Georgia. Phone 90 or
write Phenix Grocery Co.
Mr.. John Dormiuey is serious
ly i'll with fever. His friends
hope for his prompt recovery.
Mr.. G. w. Hyman, the mer-
chant prince of Irwinville, attend
ed to business in ne city Tues
day.
WANTED:-A woman for house
work in family of two. Address
or write. C. W. Sirmons, Damas-
Gus, Ga.
Mr.. ]. L. mccarthy was conf
ned to his home with fever sever
al days this week but is up and
out>again.
DR.. w. T. Rogers, of Coleman,
Ga, father of our fellow towns
man, VIII. Rogers, spent Sunday
in the city.
Mr.. 0. W. Kibby has returned
to Bel1aire Mich. for the remaind-
err of the season. Of course he
expects to return in the fall.
Assisted by Bro. ]. W. Domin-
Cos, of Triton, Pastor Robt.
Kerr is conducting a most inter-
esting and enthusiastic meeting
at the Central Methodist Church.
Rev. J. S. Elmore will preach
in the Lutheran church Sunday
morning af II o'clock and at 4 in
the afternoon. Ali people are
invited and the presence of the
members are especially desired.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-04-24
ANOTHER LARGE WARE

Dirt was broken Monday
ming by Contractor B. Dickel
for the ERECTION of a MANI
storage warehouse for the Pl
Grocery Co., The building
be 40 K 17Oft. between the tn
just north of the Windsor II
and the present building d!
pied by the Phenix Grocery
1t will front Grant ST
running back to the
and have a trackage iron
$40 it. This will give the Phi
Grocery Co., a floor spac
80 x 17Oft. The building WI
of brick and metal roof as
fire proof as it can be built.