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Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
RE RUNS A MODEL COUNTRY STORE
ALBERTF F. ROBERTS OF LAKEVILLE
Came From Sharon and Established a Business in Lakeville That Soon Demanded Larger Quarters Erected Fine Building.

We present, this week, the picture of Albert E. Roberts, of Lakeville, senior member of the A F. Roberts Company, who conduct one of the two general stores III that village.
 MT. Roberts is native of Sharon and many years ago came to Lakeville and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He put his business training to good use, so much so that the store he occpied soon became inadequate for the needs of the rapidly growing business hence the pres ent Roberts building, which is three times the size of the old one, was erected.
 It is three stories in height and is
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
Lincoln Address

The superintendent of every school district in the United States will be asked by the Lincoln Centenary com. mittee of New York city to have Lincoln's Gettysburg address read to the children in their schools at precisely noon on February l2 next, the Tooth an.
 uiversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
Hot Stuff

The reddish brown stripes on this falls brood of caterpillars indicate to the observing farmer that the coming winter is going to be an exceptionally warm one, the reddish tint being in the majority on the fuzzy creatures. The winter reddish is always "hot stuff. |" Hartford Post.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
ARGUMENT FOR
 PARCELS POST
OVERLOADED TELEPHONE LINES
Royal K. Southwick of CornwalE Answers More of the Questions Asked by the Commission OIL Country Life. ...


 ...-... Cornwall, Nov. 19, 1908 Editor THE NEWS:
 Continuing the subject of life among the farming communities. I come to question number 5. Do the farmers In your neighborhood receive from the United States postal service, . rural telephone. etc., the service they reasonably should expect?"
 We have here two mails day, which seems to be all we need as to number. But think we ought to have parcel post. think the mails could do for us. much of the service now performed by the express companies, at cheaper rates,- and land the packages at our doors. The head of the post office department is willing to do this if Congress will pass the law Our congressman should help along this line.
 As to the telephone service, there is a. tendency to overload the lines. mean one wire is made to serve too many sub scribers SO we often have to wait. As4 to the cost of the service, hope thep General Assembly next to be convsneds will authorize the governor to appoint a. Public Utilities Commission, This Conn., mission should investigate those pro6t lems ariaing between corporations and the people to the end that justice should be secured to both sides. It is imposi- ble to say, of hand, whether present charges are unreasonable or not WSe get good telephone service in the main. We ought to be willing to pay what is fair but we do not want to pay "alk the traffic will bear" Question 6. Or ganization. do not consider that farmers hereabouts are organized on business lines at all, not much on social lines. In business it is each one for himself. Helpful, one to another, take turns carrying milk etc. That is about ;, the extent of business organization There is no cooperation on broad lines
 Very truly yours, .E R. K. Southwiok.
 Tn connection with Mir. Southwick'se reference to parcels post, the following may be of interest.
 Washington, Nov. 12.-In announcing for the last fiscal year the biggest postal deficit in the history of the country. $16, ,278.99, tho Postmaster General suggested to-day means for it's proven tion. He wants special local paroer post established on rural routes with 8 rate of five cents for the first pound and two cents additional for each additional pound up to II, the maximum weight. The postal receipts the past year wers sl91 ,47S, ,69S.4l, exceeding those of 1907 by S7,S9S,6 He says that one explan- ation of the deficit is the increased pay voted to post office employees by Con- gress, an item of So, s9l ,32l.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
Court Costs.

The costs of the October criminal term of the superior court held at Litchfield amounted to $3,79S.64, The jury bill was $1, ,026.72 and the court expenses $1,- 466.33, the two latter sums being exclu- sive of the one first given. A rough es- timate of the cost of the Mclaughlin murder trial is little under $2, ,O00.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
An Incorrigibie Joker

Matthew E. O'Brien reports that his ,ampsign for governor on the prohibit tion ticket didn't cost him a cent. Scoop" is such an incorrigle joker that t need surprise nobody if he afarms shat he even made profit on it.-Hart. lord Post.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
Political Advertising.

Political advertising in the newspapers of Connecticut cut more of a figure in this campaign than ever before. It is the rational and effective way of reach ing people and undoubtedly gives much better returns than spellbinding. Ora tory of the usual campaign brand is at a sad d7scoQnt.-Bristol Press
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
Game was Scarce

John Mosley, the veteran hunter of Chester, reports that game is scarce this year and all he could bag when he went Dut the other day was two foxes, seven teen squirrels, six cartridges and ten quail. He wounded bear, saw six deer and tree1 coon.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
Thnmaston Licanses.

The Express says; County Commis- sioners Case, Guernsey and Karl held forth at the town hall Tuesday and re- newed the licenses of the eight local saloons and three drug stores.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
Two Brassy Spots.

An investigator has discovered that so per cent. of the brass made in the United States is manufactured between Derby and Winsted.-Thomaston Ex- press.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
pr. Howard E. Gates

Dr. Howard E. Gates, once we'll. snown in Litchheld county, died on Monday last at Colorado Springs. He vas born in New Hartford, June l5, lS39, but spent his early life in Litch-- d la.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
Senator Barnum a Judge

Senator c. W. Barnum of Lime Rock was one of the judges in the road class Ut the New York horse show. The sen. ltor officiated in like capacity last
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19

Another candidate for governor, also d sfeated, Charles T. Peach of the socia- list party, filed a statement of his ex- penses. It cost MT. Peach just SS3, ,5S0.- 27 less to be defeated than it did Judge Robertson. He expended $4.10 for rail- road fare, $1.75 for rooms at hotels, $1 for postage and 25 cents for stationery, a total of $7.10.
 An expense account filed at the state capitol shows that as the result of the recent election T. D. Bradstreet, the oomptroller-elect spent $592.75 of which $500 went to the Republican State Com mittee; $40 for advertising; s12.75 for pastors, express and postage; $35 was for miscellaneous purposes.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
New Milford licenses.

The county commissioners granted seven saloon and two druggists liquor licenses in New Milford.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-19
SPENT $33,58737
 AND WAS DEFEATED
JUDGE ROBERTsONs STATEMENT
Remarkably Large Amount of Money Was Used in the Effort to Defeat Congressman LiIIey-Rrother Con- tributed $10,000.

The largest election expense account that has yet been filed with the state secretary was received from Judge A, Heaton Robertson, the democratic cand- idate for governor. In fact, Judge Rob ertson f ed two sworn statements, the first declaring that he had expended $23, ,587,3 37 to "A Heaton Robertson, pol. ltical agent, to aid and promote my election" This statement also contains the following assertion: "No money or other valuable thing was given. paid, expended, contributed or promised, and no unfulfilled liabilities were made by me to aid or promote my nomination as a candidate for governor of the demo- cratic party, either directly or indi. rectly." .s-s
 The second statement was filed by Judge Robertson as his own political agent, and showed that he had received from John B. Robertson $10,o00, and from himself 2S,5S7.S7. His expenses were as follows:- Personal travelling expenses. s50.oO Edwin s. Thomas, treasurer
 state central committee, 23, ,570.OO John Doughan, treasurer New
 Haven town committee 1,5oo.oO William F. Russell, treasurer
 Bridgeport town committee 750.O0 Frederick F. Holt. treasurer
 Hartford town committee. 100000 John F. Fender, treasurer
 Meriden town committed. 500.00 J. K. Moran, for Ansonia
 committee, ........ ...... 5000 George Forster, entertain
 ment .................. $500 Various newspapers, print
 ing and circulating politi.
 cal newspapers, pamphlets
 and books. s................ 2.111.42 2. H. Lowndes, ,..,...... 270.0O William McEwen, ....... 25.00 Jhairmen of town com
 lnittces in sixty four towns S5 each. ................. 320 .00 )na man in each ward in
 New Haven. s5 each. ... 75.O0 John J. Oorbstt, ........ 620.00 Henry J. Parrish Gall for
 printing and distributing #
 ballots and pasters) ..... 2,050O0 Bernioe M. Chatf1eld, compen- sAtlon or clerks, ......... 179.0O Postage, .............. 308.12 ,TomperCz, . ..... .... 34.50 !. Sutta. .................. 105O0 'ert & Co................... 45.o0 Stoddard, Brown Go. Gall for
 printing) ............. =. 2s 83 George G. Nesbit aud F. N.
 Pal Inner, conveyance
 charges, ............. .... 66.oo
 Total expenses, ,............. .$33, ,587.37
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03
Baseball Eyes Turn Soon to
 National Association Meeting

major league clubs are directly inter ested. Then the National Commission has the power to settle the cases These two important governing bodies work in perfect harmony. with John IT. Farrell in charge of the minor league headquarters at Auburn, N. r., and Au- gust Hermann in charge of the Na. tional Commission headquarters al
 The National Commission found the magnates in no mood to be fnterfered with int in the early history of tne csoIs ne% to the chalk mark and working for the best interests of all, the magnates have slowly come into line strong in tneir ated by the national agreement. stitution of the United states.
 laws that now so well govern the pro- fessional end of baseball, 1t would be most diflcult task. indeed. to find could % take the place of the three men now on the National CommIssion- Messrs. Hermann, Johnson and Pull
 Special mention sh ould be made of the great work in the past for the minor leagues zys.,5g by Judge kSvasnantE6n say sont6 Island, President of the "Three Eye" League; John H. Farrell of the New York state League. and James IT. Many others have done good work for the organization. such as Doc" Schiv- ely of the Western Association. the fa- nous leader of the brush leagues; pr. Carson of the Central League. Charley Morton of the PennsylvaniakOhio League. President Lucas of the North . western League, Joseph OBrien of the American Association. To Mike Sex ton. Judge Kavanaugh and John Far rell belongs the largest amount of credit for placing the National Associa- tion where it Is today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03

One week from today the annual meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs will De called at the Auditorium Annex in Cht- cago. While the two major leagues. National and American. stand out more prominently in the llmelight by reason better class of players because they are able to pay bigger salaries. still the National Association Is the most powerful baseball organization in he world in many respects
 The season just closed shows that thirty minor leagues belonging to this great organization are in good stand something over 4.500 players. The association organized in 1902 under ten-year contract, has three more, years Chicago next week promises to be an important one. President Chambers of the Montgomery club, will leave and be present at the meeting.
 the Board of Directors of of the National asss Frank snd and it IS oheeH e1''sss souSssn ssa League people will be at the Chicago
 Speaking of the National Association.
 T The e officers of the association have been elected for the full term of the association. consisting of r. T. PoWers reli of Auburn, Secretary and Treas urer, with the National Board made up of Cal Ewing of San Francisco Jo- seph O'Brien of Milwaukee, M. H. Sex ton of Rock Island. D. M. Schively of Kansas City. William M. Kavanaugh | of Little Rock, James Fl. ORourke of Bridgeport. Conn. and T. H. Murnane | of Boston.
 All disputes between clubs and play CTS must be settled by the National Board which has complete control of all matters pertaining to the organiza- | tion with the exception of eases where
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03
OFF TO CAST VOTES
ROOSEVELT AND STAFF
 LEAVE WASHINGTON
A Stay of Only Two Hours VIII Be Made st Oyster Bay, the Party Returning Direct to
 Washington.

Washington, Nov. 2.-President Roosevelt. his secretary. William Loeb, Jr., and a party of the Presidents ex- ecutive staff, who have established a voting residence in Oyster Bay, N. r., left here tonight at midnight over the Pennsylvania Railroad for Oyster Bay, where tomorrow all will cast their votes.
 Mrs. Roosevelt accompanied the party. A stay of only two hours will be made by the President In his home town, and he will then leave again for Washington, reaching here at 6:22 o'clock tomorrow evening.
 Secretary Root will join the party at Jersey City on the return trip. The President occupied a private car aa- tached to the regular train. which Is due to arrive in Jersey City at 7:0S a. m tomorrow. tug will convey the President and his party around New York city to Long Island City, where special train on the Long Island Railroad will be in waiting for the trip to Oyster Bay.
 After the President has cast his vote. he will have time to make a short call on some of his relatives before start ing back to Washington. His train will reach Oyster Bay about a. m., and will start on the return trip at II a. m.
 Theodore. Jr., the Presidents eldest son. who Is learning the carpet-making business in Connecticut, will join his father either at Long Island City or oyster Bay. and will cast his first vote, having reached his majority last summer. Te probably will return with his rather as far as New York on the return trip.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03
THE RACES
Far west Wins HandIcap.


 Jamaica Race Track. N. Y, Nov. D. The handicap at a mile and sixteenth was the feature of the racing card here today and was well contested.
 Far West won, but only after. a was on the rail and was shut off and almost fell. but Cullen soon straight ened him and sending his mount up fast on the outside, put him in the lead in the last sixteenth and under the wire by three quarters of length ahead of Montfort.
 May River, s4 (Creevy) won; Yankee Daughter. S4 (UraD second; Lasta 1O4. (Culien) third Time 1:14 2-5. LaBelle Agnes, Eustacian, Opal, Gar land and Jeannette M. ran.
 Second race; selling. mile and a six Yorkist. 1O2 CBergen) second Chanida. 107 ,(Holmes) third Time 1850 2-5. Only there starters.
 Third race; selling, six furlongs- Halifax. 1l3 (Holmes) won; Black Mary 103 (UraD second: Burgher. 1o9. lNotter) third. Time l;14. Esoteric' Fourth race. handicap; mile and a sixteenth-Far West 1O4, (Cullen) won; Monfort 115, (Notter) second Earl G. 100. (Bergen) third. Time 1:4s Bourinne ran.
 Fifth race. selling; mile and six teenth-st: Joseph o21 sS SB1erEeih2 Eei1o |9n s2 (Creevy) third, Time 1;4s 3-6 Win " Sixth race, selling; five furlongs-- Hoffman, ii CBergen) won; Chaf' finch ll0, (Cullen) second; The Robin l15 (Notterl third. Time 1:Ql 4-s cent, Mobility, Dactylis and Distrac'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03
YOUNG MAN HELD FOR ROBBING HIS UNCLE

Demopolis, Nov. 2-(SpeciaL )-About two years ago two brothers named tAu<rey are said to have robbed their uncle. old Man Autrey. of several hun dred dollars and made their escape.
 About six months after the robbery one of the brothers was captured and waa tried and convicted of the crime and was given a sentence in the peni- | tsnt1ary where he is now serving his term.
 The other brother was captured few days ago near Hattiesburg, Miss and was brought to this place Sun day morning by Sheriff W. s. Grant From here he was taken to Linden and namced in the county jail to await his trial.
 Sheriff Grant was notified of the capture of the man and the sheriff wired the Governor for acquisition papers to bring him to this State.
 work on the lock here Is practically finiBhsd, and the material which re- mains on hand will be shipped to the lock which P. H. O'Brien has the con 5fract for construction.
 Part of the men will go to the gov ernment works near Tuscaloosa and mart of them will be transferred to the lock below this place.
 The completion of the locks will give A depth of about ten feet of water 5si the river, and boats of light draft eau ply the rivers the year round.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03
ResuItn at LatOnin.

Cincinnati, Nov. 2.-Hanbridge, with 122 pounds up. won the handicap, ne a drive from Please. which set the pace to the last sixteenth pole. Berwick easily took third money from Honest.
 Three favorites won. Track, fast.
 First race. five and one-half furlongs The Peer, 107, (McGee). Is to 1, won; Be Brief, 107 (Flasner), 8 to 5, place, 5. show, third Time. 1:07 35, Green Bridge. Joe E. Herich, Tony B. Colmo. Orta Wamboro, Mique OBrien, Duomo
 Second race i've and one-haIf fur longs-T. NJ Green. 115, (McGeel, 6 to 5. won Crystal Maid, (Butler), ? to | place, second Alice. 107, (Burtonl. !. Marse Abe and Hawks Flight ran.
 Third race six furlongs-Grande
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03
BISHOPS ARE ASSIGNED.
To Preside Over Various Conferences
 of Methodist Church.

AW OFGE NAElOu9 Conferences
 of Methodist Church.
 Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 2.-The ses- sions of the semi-annual meeting of the Board of Bishops of the Methodist Church here today were devoted to the assignment of bishops to preside over the carious conferences to be held in all parts of the United States and in foreign countries in which the Methodist Church is established next spring.
 The recommendation of the last gen. eral conference, held during the sum mer in Baltimore, that each bishop preside at conference located in con- tiguous territory so far as possible. was followed in making the assign ments.
 No changes were made in assign ments for the missionary bishops.
 Among the assignments are the following:
 Earl Cranston. St. Johns River. (Flo- rida) and European conferences in Italy. North Germany, Denmark, Nor way. Sweden and Bulgaria
 Henry Spellmyer, Arkansas, Little Rock and Mexico.
 William Burt, Central Alabama French Mission and South Germany. T. B Neely. Upper Mississippi Louis | iana and Newark. Robert Mcintyre. Mississippi, South Florida Mission and Florida
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03
HotU General Grant First
 Began the Tobacco Habit

field he succeeded in rallying his forces so completely that chaos was turned into victory. General Buckner had to comply with my fathers demand for an unconditional surrender.
 '"The newspapers took up the fact that father had rushed from the war; ship to the battlefield without taking Admiral Foote's cigar from his mouth The dispatches from the front told how father had come on to the battlee field cool and collected and peace. fully smoking a long black cigar
 Peoples who read the story, began sending congratulations and presents of cigars. Tens of thousandS of ci- gars came and my father smoked many of them. It made confirmed smoker of him."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03
nenth of MT. HefIin.

The death of John T. Heflin occurred at his residence on Eighth street after a long illness.
 Hts death seems especially sad as his little daughter, Beryl. Is so III that she cannot be told that her father IS dead. She has been critically III for about three weeks.
 Mfr Heflin was about forty years Of age and was a native of Indiana, com ing here about six years ago. He was in business with his brother. J. O. Heflin, and 1t was their firm that drilled the city's well. He was mem- Der of the Presbyterian Church.
 He is survived by his wife and two children, Beryl. aged fourteen, and Walter, aged ten. He is also sur vived by his mother. Mrs. Lamm. of Indiana. who had been with him for some time.
 The funeral occurred from the Pres hvterian Church and the interment was in Evergreen cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03

Detroit, Mich.. Nov. 2.-Major Gen. eraI Fred D. Grant, who Is presiding at the court martial now in session at Fort Wayne, said to some friends here that the cigar that Initiated his fath- CT. the late President U. s. Grant. into the tobacco smoking habit, re- ally figured quite strongly in the win ming of the battle of Fort Donaldson. Speaking of this incident General Grant said:
 My father was in conference with Admiral Foote on the latter's flagship and had just accepted a cigar from the Admiral, when word came to him that the left flank of his force was being repulsed. Hurrying ashore and gal loping on a fleet horse to the pattle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03

in Colonel D. H. Shields. of Sand Noun tain, whose marvellous improvement in growing cotton and corn on the sandy soil of the mountain has attracted no little attention. His success in nlantp- ulating and by hybridiging different strains of cotton led him to further experiment with pollen and blooms, with the result that he has a pawpaw bush loaded with cotton bolls and these bo1ls are full of seed. but utter ly lintless. We have one on exhibition in this ofIice.
 Colonel Shields Is catering to the oil mills with his lintless seed and if they contain as much oil as the regular seed. the mills can make oil without ginning the seed.
 If any doubting Thomas imagtnes we are romancing. he can address Colonel Shields at Albertville and be convinced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03
CONFIDENCE IN CANNON.
Methodist Bishops not of one AIIl
 RespectinR Uncle Joe,

Methodist Bishops not of one Mind
 Respecting Uncle Joe.
 Chicago. H., Nov. 2.-The Bish ops of the Methodist Episcopal Church are not of one mind respecting the case of Speaker Cannon.
 A number of them some time ago. declared their disapprovai of his at titude during the late congress on the question of legislation applicable to the liquor question as 1t boucher prohibi- tion states. Last week the board of bishops was in session in Indianapolis. Bishop Hamilton of Boston, formerly located in San Francisco, prepared a letter while in Indianapolis, to the orthwestern Christian Advocate. in which he distinctly declined to oppose Mir. Cannon's reelection, and express ed hls confidence In the speakers up rightness and correctness on the liquor question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03

Dame 1o2. (Glasner). to, ?. won; Migth ong snake aSz; Eefo7 MaTy io7, (SutierS. t9 l. show. third. Time 1:14 l-S. TacKtte' stS,' Miss Felix, Gertrude spann, Rexan and Fourth Fo h. race, six furlongss-Han- bridre i22. (Martin), to 2, won; Please PIta io5. (Siasner), 6 to 5, place. second; Berwick, I27. tMcGee). ? to 5. show, third Time. I:1s S-Ss wool stone and Honest ran. rA.- Alma Dufour, I03, (Kennedy), even, won; Deacon, no. (Pickens). to | second; Besterling i02, (Deveriehl. 3 to 2. third: Time. i:45: ,g,tg ,ggn,dge Irsen' cen
 Sixth race, mile and furlong- Brancas. iO4, (Kennedy), 13 to 5, won; Water Cooler 10ss SMartisns)' tRrtSsr9 tH z. out. third Time. 1858 2-5. Mortiboy ran