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NOTICE.

The selectmen and Town Clerk Of the Town of Stafford will hold session to examine the qualifications of electors and admit to the elect ors' oath those who shall be found qualified on Friday, October 2lst, at the Town Hall, Staf. ford from nine o'clock in the forenoon until twelve o'clock noon, and at the Borough Hall, stafford Springs, from one o'clock until five o'clock in the afternoon, and on Friday, october o'clock in the forenoon until twelve o'clock noon, and at the Borough Hall, StafTord Springs from one o'clock until eight o'clock in the after noon, and fl it shall appear that the rights oi any person on the first list ito be made" VIII mature after said Friday, and on or before the day Of the electors meeting to he held on Tues. day, November sth, a session will be held at the Borough Hall. Stafford Springs, on Monday No vember 7th, fir m nine o'clock in the forenoon until i've o'clock in the afternoon, and not ar terwards, for the purpose Of admitting such per sons, and for no other purpose. ~
 Dated at Stafford, Conn, Oct. 10, A. D., 1910.
 MYR0N w. LE0NARD,I
 VIM. K, TREBLE, SSelectmen.
 ANTHONY ADAMS,
 MARCUS B. FISK Town Clerk
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LYNDON.

The ladies' society will hold a1 social in the town hall Wednesday evening, Nov. g Contributions of e ke will be acceptable, as usual If Wednesday evening should be stormy, there will be Q postponement to Thursday evening.
 The sutject of school supervision is to como again bsfore our voters next Tuesday It Is evident that there. Is very strong sentiment throughout the town in favor of accepting this aid which the stst9 cffers for the benefit of our schools. While we need not ba discouraged or faint hearted, because Union did net have a ma ,rity for supervision when the matter was first brought before the voterF, yet we should remember that no towns Gin this vicinity at least) are so fortunate that they do not have a supply of voters who are barely ahla to write their own pameF, and yet have, somehow, managed to stumble through few words of the consti. tuition. On questions of vital interest to the good of the town the voses of such men count f)r just as much as do those of public spirited, intelligo nj cit zans W favor improvement. II
 is always the ignorant Vrter whose help is eul tad to blot k progress ! There has been time to consider the proposition sir c our last town meet. ] ing At that time some raised She ob. l ,ction that supervision would "cosi the t., WI several hundred dollars I When told that supervision WAS tret to small towns ] k Union they said.
 Wall, 1t COS ts the sta te lot, an6 WI have to pay stat' taxes y Thes'
 short -sigt ted individut Is who are s'
 chalitably concerned for the stat
 and, incideutallr, for their owl pocket -boC ks, seem to fail to grasp th fact that Union, as 8 part of tn
 state, Is already doing her share t
 provide school supervision in mo1
 than eighty ether towns and that, ] ws adopt it here, the amount, whicI
 Union would have to pay toward thi
 additional expense to the state woaE
 be small indeed-so small that
 would bs ridiculous to consider it
 Regarded from merely selfish point why, then, should we not have super vision here, when wa are alread helping to give the children of othe t wns bettAr chance than we do ou own? Perhaps some objsot to super vision simply because it is new, an
 are a little like the old gentle.na 2 who had always carried his grain mill with the bag slung over tn back of his horse-not evenly divide with an equal portion of grain each end of the bag, but with all { the grain in one end, and a stone ' the other end for balance Or
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The Halloween social at South Wilmington Is always 8 lively and pleasant occasion and much enj 1yed.
 The assessors completed their wolk within the time limit, and had pleas- ant weather for their round of duty calls"
 Mrs. Ahira Pearl, who died last week in Atwoodville, was at one time a resident of East Willington. where she is remembered as good neighbor.
 Three dwellings closed for the win- tsr-the auWfingers, the Oummuns Cottage and Hillside, next west of Baptist church, the Preston name for the premises revived.
 It is pleasant to see the young teachers all so enthusiastic over their work. There seems to be a variety of pleasant and useful activities among the young people that are helpful along all lines
 The tank at the Glass Factory Triangle will soon be in place, it ii hoped, and tbe digging of the ditot from Gold stream and the piping fol she water is to bs done at once, anC the Triangle will soon be one of tho notable localities in town.
 Do not say that you was not in' vited to contribute to the election day dinner, but consider the invitation general and the cause for the public good, and do what you CAD, being sure that your efforts will be appre ciated by those who are hoping t' make the day success ID all ways
 The nuts to crack on "Nut cTacl night" were, who was the artist wh' fashioned "Jack the lantern" ant from whence came the bat and tn witches? Those who went to Soul Wilmington report lively time W never have heard of dull social il that village, where the maxim, ''Whs ever Is worth doing at all is wort doing we'll. - seems to bs always ksp in practice.
 Mrs Jason Bugbee, 8 former resi- dent of Wilmington, died at the hom of her SOD, George Bugbse, West Will lingtop, last Wednesday. aged q
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norn,np bis little son discovered that

morning his little son discovered that lthe stons WAS unnt cessary, as tFeI grain might be divided to balauce. Iu
 great glee he reported the discovery i to his father. The old man regarded the change with much disapproval
 and, turning to the youngster, said sternly: "My father and my grand father carried their grain to mill with
 Q stone in the bag, and what was good l enough for them is good enough for vou and me '' Although no import ant change should be made simply be' cause 1t Is new, yet it would be equal- Nv foolish to condemn proposition iast because it happens to be novelty to us. We have adopt,d modern methods in our hay ing, harvesting and dairying, and would not thil k of carving on our farms iu the same manner as did our fathers and RraDd- ! fr thers Why shoul1 W, net also
 adopt improvements in our school Esvstem? Do want to battow l~ss
 thought upon the training of onr sfchildren than we do upon the digging of our potatoes and the feeding of our dhorses, cows and pigs? Some saem to feel that the school board would Il be 'sset aside'' If we should have
 supervision, but such is not the case
 The superintendent is a trained and
 competent helper, who works witt
 the school board for the best interest a of the schools. Gan many farmeri and business men be expected to b' z fItrained and tktlled in the art of schoo f Eteaohing? Of c,urse they cannot
 Their time is necessarily occupied II . other ways than selecting text books : Following courses of study, keeping Il
 touch with up to-date methods, ant ! the thousand -and -one things tha : lentsr into good teaching. It is jus :. because school boards do not have tn ' time for this work that supervision
 has bsen introduced throughout Msssa : chusetts, and in more than one hun dred towns of our own state. (1 7 more than eighty of these Connection
 towns supervision is free, while th
 larger towns are obliged to furnis
 their own suparvision, when the = have it) Ambitious teachers who d
 net feel that they "kuow it all," bu ,a are striving each day for mor :. n thorough understanding of their wo' welcome supervision Fair minded progressive school boards and, aboV =. all, parents who love their ohildre e and are anxious to givs them ia : ch anoe, are heal tily in favor of supe at vision. May wa not trust to ths goe Ts sense and intelligence of our oitize1
 in this matter? At our last tow
 meeting one half of the voters wi
 were present dt clared themselves : favor of progress. Dou btless other who did not then fully understand u 's4 proposition and it's benefits, will :, glad to cast affirmative votes ne
 Tuesday.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that all the siockhold- erssof The John N. Leach Company, corpora tion under the laws of the state of Com ecttcut, and located in the town Of stafford, County or Holland in said state, entered into an agree ment among themselves. dated November 1, 1910 that the corporate existence Of such cor With said agreement aud pursuant to the statute laws of said state, the undersigned, the directors of said corporati are trustees to close up the business of such corporation; that pursuant to said statute laws the creditors Of said corpora tion are hereby warned to present their claims against ssid corporation within four months from the date hereof to Robert II. Fisk, Treas urer of said corporation, at his onice in stafford Springs, in said Town of Stafford, which aaid four months from the date hereof is the time Daied at stanord this irst day of November,
 EUeENIA D. LEACH, Directors and
 ROBERT H. FISK, Trustees, as
 CHARLES N JOSLYN,) aforesaid.
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ELLINGTON. Crystal Lake.

Mrs. Frank A. Foster of Norwich called on friends Sunday and attended church here.
 Mir. and Mrs E. B Neff and MT. and Mrs. A. M. Richardson spent Sunday in Rockville.
 The harvest supper held recently was we'll patronized, and the sum o1 nearly $25 netted for the church.
 Mrs. ortive o. Eaton and Mrs. Harvey Snow of Ellington spent the day last Friday at L. A. Aborn's.
 D. H. Curtis has erected his stean mill on the lot recently purchased oi stsrry Taft and commenced saving.
 District Superintendent J. H. New land will, preach here Sunday, the 13th, at the usual hour, after which the quarterly conference will be held
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fortune teller, and only time will tell whether the fortunes will come true; probably they were as nearly correct at that as such efforts usually are.
 Less than Q week to election day, and this town tries out the new blanket ballot for the first time. It all seems plain and easy to the man that knows how, but for the average voter there is Q chancs that his yete will be lost because of some little technioality. Registrar Wm. H. Hall has been afked to meet with the voters and explain the various points that are necessary to be understood bv the voter. He has consented and will be at the hall Thursday evening at 2. 30, when full and free discus sion of the ballot wilt be in order MT. Hall has taken the tsoubla 9 familiarize himself with she require
 ments of the law, and as we all wlsi I our ballots to count when cast. ana
 not have Wilmington classed witl
 towns where from 20 to 40 psr cent
 of the ballots have bsen thrown ou
 as illegal, lets get t1gether and fin'
 out where we are at.
 Il West Wilmington.
 There will bs preaching In tn
 chapel next Sunday at 3 p ID. by Rev
 G. A. Grant.
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WILMINGTON


 sousa and his Band of 55 Musicians and sololsts at Town Hall, Rockville, IThursday afternoon, November lOth. Friday was not a very promising Almapao day for November.
 l.. B. Clark, who has been some what unwell, is much better.
 Msps Alice N. Preston went yester' day to New York for the winter. e. V. Smith has been absent ID northern New York state for 8 week. MrS. Netta Clark Russell from Canada has been visiting her parents Mr. Cosgrove went Tuesday to Yer non and Hartford on various goo1 works intent.
 Miss Mercereau, who has bsen al MAple Corner most of the summer Nsa returned to her home in Eliza Sseh, \. J., much improved il health.
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ASHFORD. Westford.

Miss Jennie Kidder has accepted g position at Stafford Springs.
 Miss A. M. Lowe took an automo- bile trip to Springfield last week
 J. M. Neville has. returned from West Stafford, and is now employed al the grocery of H. 0. Barlow 6 Son.
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Mrs. Frank Mercy has returned home after spending two weeks in St ford Springs, Hartford aud Wilit. mantic
 Joseph Wooliscroit and Clarenoe Boston of Woonsocket, R. |, have been the guests of Mir, and Mrs. Edgar Kidder the past week
 The farm of the late Mrs. Alice Wooliscroft has this week bsen sold to Dimity Krvslhcotk by Jos Woolis' croft. administrator of the estate.
 IT e ffiesrs elected at the cemetery meeting last Saturday evening me as follows: Olerk and treasurer, A 0. sq1iee; metery committee, W A.. Buxton, s B. lift aud .FraHi Moray
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HExAMETHYLENETETRAMINE

dEA AMI I11 A1 T A147AVA7 T 17
 This is the name of a German chemical, which is one Of the ma invaluable in- gredients of Foley's Kidney Pemedr I. Hexamethylenetetra is recognized by medical text books and authorities as a uric acid solvent and anti i-septic for the urine. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy promptly at the first sign of kidney trou. ble and spare yourself pain and suffering and maybe 8 serious malady. Al Jacob
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A twenty Ye cent tah of Camp b sll's Stain will restore the finish on four ordinary chairs Any lady can use it, When applied it fl ws opt under the bush. and dries wstacut showing laps A seventy -6v5 mt G an of Campbell's Floor Finish will do an ordinary f,or one cnat. Ak Brown 6 Lowell for color card.
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South Wilmington.

South Willington.
 Louis Gergler attended the funeral Thursday last of his sister in Dover, Mass.
 Mrs Geo. o. Richardson from Maine has been visiting relatives in town.
 A feature of the Sunday school last Sunday was a vocal duet by Messrs. T. A. Denman and Wm. Pike
 Miss Cora Devert aux has been visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Fral k Webb, in Danbury.
 Mr. and Mrs Eugene Char ter and Miss Hattie Lee of Stafford spsnt Sun day with MT. and Mrs John R Neil
 Luman Jacobs of West Willingtor was a welcome visitor at the Sunday school and preaching service last Sun day.
 Mrs. Jas. Hoyle returned Saturday from Mansfield, where she has spen the summer, and takes up her homt again with her daughter, Mrs W. A James
 MT and Mrs. Elmer Mathews re turned Monday from the Christian Endeavor conventions at Waterbury the former attending as delegate o the local society and the latter as tn delegate of the united society
 J. A. Houchens has been taking tn enumeration of children in town, am this has given rise to the story tha all children between the ages of 1. and 16 years were to bs compelled t attend school The story has D foundation in fact.
 Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. OoIburn an sor, Walter, attended the funeral Sur day in East Hartford of Mr. Oolburn' mother, who died the 27th, at the az of 67 years. The burial service, al tended by MT. Colburn, was held g Hampton Monday.
 A special town meeting was held i i, the hall last Friday afternoon. E Wayland Pratt presided. It VI ? voted to lay a school tax of 5 mil 2 and a town tax of 15 mills It wi l also voted to buy an additional tow
 safe, the one now in use being insuffi ? ient to hold all the town records. g Announcement is made by MT. ar b Mrs William A. James of the weG r ding of their daughter, Gertrude. Roy John Woolstenholme The, @ marriage was at Fall River, Mass
 July 23d, the ceremony being pc . formed by Rev. ". 8. Sperry, Col D greRational minister. Mr. and MT D Woolstenholme will reside in Middl 0 town.
 g A jolly crowd celebrated Hallowe'' '- in the hall Monday night. A oonce o solo by Frank Safranek, sc3ompani
 by Miss Alice Denman on the plan, k vocal duet by Messrs. T A Denml o and William Pike; declamation d Miss Rosa O. Hall; song by Willia @ Pike; story by Mrs Elmer J Mat h ews; story by Pastor E W. Darrc @ made up the program A good n number of spot ks taxed the ingenui it of the company to detect their ide h tity. A considerable number of ba 1t of pop lrn was speedily. disposed
 under the lseTing, grCtefque light l. pumI kiDs Games of various SO le entertained old and young Pepni l. nickles and dimes went in an uni 0 terrupted stream to the tent of t
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TOR SALE,

The real estate Of Roger R. organ, minor, sit- ua'ed east Of SiaIordvile. in the town Of Staf- ford, conn, namely, farm Of 4b0 acres, hultn- ply divided Into bllage pasture and woodland, Enown as the Leonard <, Goodcll place
 Inquire of Della F organ, guardian, P.O' nd- dress, staffordville, conn
 stafford, Conn.. october 3i, 1910,
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D. Robertson & Go.
Ing c'ui"'JVn %ttest sa 'Si MARCUS % $ FISK, Clerk.
oF sTAFEoRD, ss. Pro

' bate Court, october 2a, 1910. ..
 Estate of Myron Tupper, late or btanOrdt m said district deceased
 Upon the application Of the administrator, praying that an order may be granted to sell the real psi ate Of said deceased, as by said appioa- tion fully appears, e is ..-.. ...
 Ordered-T'hat said application be heard and determined at the Probate Ofllce in stnnord, In said district, on the 9th day Of November, A. D. 1910, at 10oClock in the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendeney of said application, and the time and place Of hearing thereon by publishing the same once in some newspaper having a circulation in said district, at least five days before said time assigned ..- ROBERT n. FISK, Judge.
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BORN.

Stafford Springs, Oct 30th, a daughteI to MT. and Mrs. Emil Cini
 Stafford, 1st, son to MT. and Mrs Angus Graham. ...z....
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THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, 1910.

vears and months. She is survived by her husband and four sons, Clar-7 ence of Lillibridge, Fla. Willard Of Cromwell, George of West Willipgton' Teunant of southington, and one daughter. Mrs. R. W. Wright. ot Deep River, and eighteen grandchil- dren.
 Rev. A. Gardner preached Sunday morning from Matt. 5:5. Topic, 'sThe happiness of hunger Rev. MT. Darrow tock for his text Jclln 14:6. He prefaced his excellent ser. mon by an instructive talk upon the miasi onary apportionme nts. The Eu- deayor was led by Mrs DarTow. who always makes a miss mary t'pic particularly interesting. Mr. Dar- row was made delegate to the mis- sion conference in Willimantio.
 The W. o. T. U experierc' meet ing last Thursday evening was large lv attended despite the rain and wal very interesting. The program wal arranged by Miss Ida Hall, and con sisted of reading by Miss Rose O. Hall, music and the giving the ex uerienoes by which over thirty dol lars had been saved or earned by the members. The experiences W II varied and we'll tcl7, as. the none. wa placed on large plate held b, the treasurer. "Twenty holders sel at five cents each,' y 'doughnu's, "ourra1t bread, "embroidt rini towel,,' '' "cu ttiug husbands hair, sewing for 8 neighb "gettinl an honorary member, and fiuding i hard work" "milkinR when th man-o- -the-house was away" "clesr ing suit, ; blat king shoeF," walk ing and saving trclley fare, 1" "iron ing, ]" "railroad fare savsd by de lighteul motor ride.
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NHEAP Horse for Sale M F. E. FITZPATRICK.
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HNO RENT-Between Stafford Springs and West Stanord-Good house or seven rooms barn, hennery and garden.
 J. $. SMILEDGE.
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1-' ''-4 ' GARY BROS.
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NASH PAID for Good Chestnuts. Vl u5 CAMPO BROS.
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"ISS FRIEDA RAND, Teacher oi lXI Voice. Address Fiske-ave.
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TOR SALE Chairs, Extension Table, I Commode and Lounge. Inquire E L. BURR.
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TOS. F. CULLEN, TEACHER OF PIANO eJ For particulars address 61 Mountain Street Rockville, Conn. S6tI
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There will bs preaching in the chapel next Sunday at 3 p m. by Rev. IG. A. Grant.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-06-29
NO REGISTRATION
EXCEPT IN CITE

Oklahoma City. luno 20 You
not have To register ii order to w
at the general election held in \
yember, unless you are resident oI
city Of the first class said Sccretd
WIN Linn Of the state election bod
Monday
I'VE are sin governed under h
l9o7-i9OS election law" he ccntinud
II is the general belief throughout u
state that before a persan could yo
at the general election in November
must have registered. Likewise
large number Of the county clectF
boards have sent out instructions
the inspectors in the various prccinc
asking them TO open The polls and a
verlise the fact that The voters niu
register
Secretary VIII Linn Monday recei
ed notification from w. T. Tipto
secretary Of the Adair county electic
board, the same as sent to the il
spectors Of the precincts. which sa,
in regard to registration:
During the five days begInnin
July 5, ending July 3, the precinct il
spector shall register in a book Of rel
istration (furinshed by county ele
tion board). the name Of each mai
citizen living within his respectil
precinct who is qualified to vote
the primary election to be held Aul
ust ?, i9lo~
Similar notices are being sent OF
by many Of the county election board.
A great many people are under r.
Impression that The coming genet
election would be held under 1t
Bryan election bill. which was Ae
sented to the legislature at the idit
special session. This bill has been
ferred to Governor Haskell to cali e
election for the purpose Of voting :
on #. the same as other referends
bills.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-06-29
BASEBALL
dope.


The RexalIs played their usual
pucky game yesterday afternoon,
cleaning up Uncle Sans men BY a
score Of 2 70 3
The +. O. boys sent one man over
the plate in the second, another III The
fifth and again in the sixth and that
was ALL The Rexalls started in we'll,
scoring one the first inning and they
added two more III the second, one in
the fourth one IN the fifth and In the
seventh four blue ones trotted around
the diamond
Holmes was the star performer with
the stick On the Rexall side, having a
two-bagger and three bagger to his
credit al ihe close Of the game and
Laboone did the heavy batting for me
r q, making two fine hits.
Cockroft pitched good game, strilS-
ing out nine men, and sitton, who
was ID the box for the r. O's, caused
six 10 beat the air
Score by innings
Rexalls ..............12 ITO 4-g
Post 0fllce ............ 0l0 OH 0~-3
The lineup,
Post Office Andrews. 2b: Cogs
We'll, 3b; Neal, n Galloway, H.. La
boone ss. Hughes, rf; Foster, cf.
Sitton. p.; VenabIe, III
Rexalls Kilgore, S.; Gordon, 3D.;
McRae, Obi; Holmes, II; Phillips, 1b.
Cockroft, p.; Kilgore, ct Wootten,
IF; Van Brunt rf.
The Friscois lost the last two games
Of the series at Mt. View by scores Of
s TO Q and 7 to Q. A big Indian pitcher
was the trouble. They will try the
Mt. View boys again.
The Rexalls and the Candy Kids
will play July 4.