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Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DIS
TRICTS

some OF our enterprising citizens
who have the well-being of the town
and the rising generation at heart
have BY petition to the selectmen
caused 10 be presented for decision
the consolidation of the schools of
Norwich. They comprehend the need
OF better schools and fewer school
boards. and it is time the people of
Norwich did. because consolidation
stands for economy and advancement
both.
The old fashioned school district is,
IN the light OF modern methods of
teaching. the one-horse shay" and
Il Is high time il was abandoned for
something better Where Norwich
should have single system of educa-
ton IL has IA school districts and
school visitors and committeeman to-
IA ing "a: and in the limits OF the
toxn are three superintendent: when
one superintendent and a dozen com
initteemen under a combined system
could assure much better results for
much less money.
This school question is one which
should interest every voter who has
children in the public schools and de-
sires 10 have them enjoy equal school
privileges with all the other pupils
% the place; and it is only by their
interest and activity that the CONSOLE
dalton Of school districts may be ac-
complished
This consolidation means less ex-
pense to Taxpayers and more to every
mans child of this and future gem
erations.
The man who votes for consolidated
schools votes TO bring Norwich edu-
cationally up to date.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
VAIN TALKS.

sudden storm and craw1ed under a
house for shelter. Several dogs were
holding 8. caucus there and the way
they treated my friend was a sin and
a shame. They didn't modest me at
all. They devoted all their time to my
unfortunate friend and when he crawl
ed out from under that house he was
a sight. In the end a dog was the
cause of his death. He tried to kick
a big yellow dog that had been fol-
lowing him for several miles. He
missed the dog and got mis- foot tangled
in a barbed wire fence, decorating his
shin in a painful manner. Blood poi
soning set in and SO that great and
good man went to an untImely grave.
1T served him right said the sub
urban resident Had he been doing
some useful work he wouldn't have
had such an adventure
You're bound to bring up that I'M
pleasant subject at every opportunity,
aren't you?' said the intellectual hobo
It's queer the reverence people have
for work. That's one reason why |
hate it. People who work are always
talking about work. ane can't mag
inc a more sordid theme. l once had
q, friend who mad no conscientious
scruples against work. We Travelled
together one summer and labored
long and diligently to convince hira
that labor is degrading unless Il man
gets the full value cf his toll. and
that never happens. My friend tried
nobly to overcome his weakness for
work, but he must have inherited his
weakness. He re3er recovered from
it completely.
He caused me much shame and
humiliation by saving wood and hoe
ing beans and doing other mental tasks
for a slice of pie or a chunk of cold
meat. One day farmer offered him
a watermelon if he would NOW down
about half an acre of weeds, and he
threw all my teachings to the winds
and accepted the job. l implored him
to turn it down and preserve his dig
nifty, but he was suffering for water
melon, and so he. went to work, while
l sat under a tree and watched him
with the bitter smile which nantes
the face of one who has lost faith in
his fellow man. Well, the first thing
my friend did was to run full tilt
into a hornets nest and even now L
seem to hear his shrieks."
.Yoall be hearing Your own shrieks
if you don't chase yourself said the
suburban resident, grimlA.-Chicago
News.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20
THE MAN WHO DOES NOT VOTE.


The citizen who does not vote is
becoming more of a problem in this
country than the negro, or the men of
any special race.
Recently Omaha, following an ex-
citing campaign of education in favor
of commission government, found that
out of 1900 registered voters. only
1855 cast their ballots. Five thousand
three hundred and forty-one of these
voted for the commission plan and it
was carried That is to say, less than
one-third Of the electorate decided for
the city the most important PROPOSE
ton which has come before it in re-
cent years.
The Portland Express says with ref
erence to Indifference in that state the
first Monday in September:
while the recent election in Maine
was on an issue that directly or in
directly affected every man, woman
and child in the state. the vote was
probably $4,000 to 10000 less than 1T
should have been. Unquestionably,
these delinquent citizens were in the
rural districts where the farmers and
their employees were busy in the har-
vest fields. Had they turned out as
they should have the No predomi-
nance would have been so marked that
there would have been no chance Tor
the present state of affairs.
1t will be remembered that when
Governor Baldwin was elected, at least
q. O0O voters in the state of Connec-
ticut stayed away from the polls ana
were totally Indifferent to results.
What can be done, TO bring out
full vote on important questions is
becoming a serious question in all
parts of the country. 1t is not un-
common to witness a minority of the
registered voters conducting the az
fairs of a city or town just because
of this indifference.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

'.Ill let you have a meal if you are
willing to do some work to pay for it, =
said the suburban resident.
.'Oh. OF course, you must make some
reference to work replied the intel
lectual hobo, disgustedly. If people
only realized how offensive that topic
is to me they wouldn't introduce it
upon every possible occasion. Work.
I'm sick and tired of that word. If L
owned such a home as this. and a
came along seeking refreshments, he'd
find the place haven of rest. All
the resources of the larder would be
at his command, and no reference to
manual labor would offend his ears.
Il have always disliked work in all
its forms, and as a natural conse-
quence, l am forever being requested
10 labor. That's always the way when
a man has some particular aversion.
The thing he hates is the one thing he
can't avoid.
Il once had a friend, d man of a
sensitive nature, who disliked water
intensely. He had no use for it, for
either internal or external applica-
ton. Well, sir, he was up against
water all his life. Whenever he was
arrested, the police alawys insisted
that he should take a BATH and his
scribable. People seemed to take an
insane delight in turning the hose on
him. At times he was reduced to such
straits that he had to drink the stuff.
Water confronted him at every turn,
and finally he fell into creek and
was drowned.
Il mad another friend, singularly
gifted man, who abhorred dogs. He'd
rather face an anaconda than a bow
wow and of course, all the dogs in
the country made it their life work to
make his life a burden. ] remember
one time when we were caught in
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20
HIGHER PRICES OF FARM PROD.

The unfavorable season of 1911 has
been expected to result in an increase
Of prices Of all farm produce, ex-
cepting fruit, which somehow appears
10 be unusually abundant. All of the
readers of The Bulletin will be inter-
csted in the recent estimates and COM
PARSONS made in Washington.
According to the summary of the
department of agriculture's bureau of
statistics prices paid to farmers in
the United States on September /,
cor>sared with September 1 last year,
fol potatoes averaged $50 per cent.
higher. barley 34.6 per cent higher,
hay 23.1 per cent. higher. oats So per
cent. higher. rye 3.S per cent. higher,
buckwheat, 1.9 per cent. higher; corn,
o-6 per cent lower: chickens, 81 per
cent lower; flax. 75.per cent. lower;
butter. SIS per cent. lower: eggs. 10.3
per cent. lower; wheat. Ills per cent.
lower. cotton. ISL per cent lower.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20
ORDINANCE NOT OBSERVED.
Fly Specked Fruit and Confectionery
Still DoIed Out to Uncautious Gus
toners.

Thus far no special effort has been
made by dealers to comply with the
newly enacted ordinance providing for
the covering of confectionery, berries,
bread, pies and other articles of food
exposed for sale in store windows or
on the street. The ordinance, as
noted a few days ago, went into effect
last week. A penalty of $25 is pro-
vided for failure to comply with its
provisions and rumors are current
that the board of health will seek the
enforcement of the regulation.
In some of the stores, especially
those who cater to the trade of for
eign born residents. little or no at
teEtion is given to the matter of pro-
tecting foodstuffs from flies and dirt.
Candy which has reposed on counters
and in store windows for months is
passed ont to children who are too
young to know the difference It is
hoped by the health officials to stop
this sort of thing and it is not IN
likely that a crusade against fly
specked confectionery and dried fruits
will be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Senti-
mel.
State Kings Daughters Convention.
At the annual convention of the
Kings Daughters and Sons of Connec-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20
Bible Question Box
Your Bible questions will be an
swered in these columns or by mall
il sent to our Bible Question Box
Editor.
o.-Please explain the Scripture

Q.-Please explain the Scripture,
THE poor ye have always with you"
(John xii, 81. Does this mean that
there will always be poor on the earth !?
AnsWer.-Jesus was addressing His
disciples, and through them all con-
secrated Christians. AT Jesus second
coming all of His faithful followers,
then remaining on the earth, will be
taken away to heavenly conditions, as
He stated that He would go away to
prepare a place for these, and He
would come again for them John xiv,
1-3). So long as these are on the earth
the poor will be with them, and when
Christs Kingdom is fully established
and the blessings flow cut therefrom
to the people. there shall be brought
to one common level Qsiaah xl 4, 81.
Messiah's reign will result in peace
joy, happiness, health and plenty to
all the righteous. Then they shall
sit every man under his vine and I'M
der his fig tree, and none shall make
them afraid, for the mouth of the
Lord hath spoken it Jeremiah XXI
"a, xxxiii, g. Micah iv, 3, A.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

ticut to be held in the First Methodist
Episcopal church of this city on Oct.
II and 10 it is expected that among
the out of town guests there will be
Miss Kate Bond, president of the gen
etal order Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson
general secretary: Mrs. Edward H.
Smiley, members of the council; Mrs
W. G. Lathrop. state chairman of the
Silver Cross chapter, and Miss Ruth
Angel of the New York Hebrew Chris
tan Observation-Disclosures Telegram.
One hour by wireless from Glace
Bay, c. B., to Dakar, on the coast of
French Western Africa, is the aston
ishing feat accomplished by a recent
message.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

Under the new federal law limiting
the campaign expenses of congress
men, the congressman is permitted to
thus invest two thirds of his salary.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

Christian Boston only lets her fire
men off one day in sixteen. If the
firemen are hopeful they may get one
day in seven by and by.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Happy thought for today: The man
who keeps pushing finds out what he
cannot do if he does not get knocked
down
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

The people who attended the funeral
of Myrtle Reed took away as souve-
Mrs $4,000 worth of bric-a- brac And
they all pretend to be honest.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

There is always injustice going on
in Russia. This cruel assassination of
Stolypin is likely to result in many
suspects being unrighteously put to
death.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

Think of one of Nat Goodwin's
wives declining a duke. She evidently
fears there are men of title who can't
compare with Nat
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

Attention is being called to the fact
that New Yorks almost perfect char
ter is having new patch put upon
it every day.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

A rich Stamford woman has called
forth considerable favorable comment
by the fact that five hats bought in
three months only cost her $55.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

The opponents of Reciprocity in
Canada are putting out a good deal
of money to prevent it, and the pros
pect still is that they will lose.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

Edison, the inventor, is a silent man
at home. but in Europe he is ready
to converse on most any subject He
thinks five hours sleep is enough for
anybody. s
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

There are eleven log -schoolhouses
standing in the state of New York;
out are there as many log-schoo1-
houses as that standing in New Eng
land?
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

When Colonel Roosevelt said he
never knew a William to be a bad boy,
he did a little for himself as we'll as
for all the Bills of the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

II is apparent enough that Piesi-
dent Taft hasn't taken Sticking
stick along with him Men who have
been talking through their hats must
Sad frofn andap. *
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

A Delaware man bought fifty acres
of scrub oak land for $40, and the
new DUPONT road to be given the state
passed it, and he has sold it for $1,000.
Good roads pay.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

The new Jackey in the navy gave
n good reason for having his name
Pullman Palace Carr. IL he had only
been born somewhere else. 1t would
have been different.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

There are by count one thousand
varieties of mushrooms, seven hundred
of which are good to eat. But the
three hundred make the most noise
In life
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

to with interest by all the neighbor
ing states.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

Next Tuesday Massachusetts makes
her first trial of her new primary law
and the event is being looked forward
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20

WHEN you want to put your busi-
ness before the public. there is no me-
dunn better than through tile advert1S-
ing columns OF he-Bulletln.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-20
HEADQUARTERS FOR
H. COOPER - UphoIstereI

All general upholstering and mat
tress work at one half rate for next
ten days.
! Tel 555-4. 100 West Main Street.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03
HOW THE NO-FENCE LAW WILL
HELP

One of our exchanges gives as a
reason for opposing the no-fence law
that while other counties that have
adopted the no-fence policy put
scarcely no beef and pork on the mar
ket, Brunswick county yet has her
herds of cattle, her flocks of sheep,
and every year sells wool, pork and
beef in increasing values" Perhaps.
The adoption of a no-fence law
means, in most cases, temporary
decrease in the amount of live stock
kept; but it is well to remember, On
the other hand, that in the sections
where the most and the best live
stock is raised no one would ever
dream of turning his animals out in
the highways to hunt their own living.
1t is literal imposibility to raise
good stock when under free range
conditions. The plea of our exchange
for a better grade of live stock will
necessarily be fruitless so long as all
stock is permitted to run at large.
Good animals cannot be expected
from scrub bulls and razor-back boars.
Then there is the cattle tick, and it
lis there to remain while the free
range remains. These conditions
may do for folks who are content to
raise a few surplus hogs and cattle
of poor quality; but if the people of
any county expect ever to have a live
stock industry worthy of the name,
they may just as we'll realize that
two of the first steps must be to stop
the perpetuation of their kind by
scrub sires, and to eradicate the cat
tie tick. To do either the no-fence
law is ecessary.-Raleigh On. c.
Progressive Farmer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03

The Florida Abstract & Title Co.,
which has within the past ten months
pbeen granted a charter by the state
authorities, will in short time open
their offices in this city. The nature
of their business will be just what
the name of the corporation implies
a general abstract and title concern.
One of the strong features of the new
company will be that it absolutely
guarantees it's abstracts to be per-
feet, and this guarantee is backed by
a bond in one of the strongest imam
cial institutions in the country.
Mr.. R.. S. Rogers, who will have d.
rect charge of the management OF the
Ocala office, arrived in Ocala Satur-
dav and is busy arranging for loca-
tion and other details preparatory to
beginning at once to make up the ne
cessary books from the county and
other records.
Mr. Rogers will in a short time
move his family to Ocala from Chica-
90 and make this his permanent
home.
A large portion of the stock in the
new company is owned by local cap
italists.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03
FRANK HARRIS.
MAYORS MESSAGE TO THE COUN-
GIL

Ocala, Fla, October "a, 1911.
President and Members City Council,
City of Ocala:
Gentlemen-You have had under
consideration for some considerable
time the proposition of the Florida
Power Company to furnish light and
power to the city. AS it is a question
| of some considerable Importance to
the city, it is not improper for me to
express my views on the subject.
1t seems that the power company
has offered light and power to the
city at 3 cents per K. W., the city to
reatil to consumers for any figure it
sees fit. AS the city is now retailing
at 10 cents, it will be seen at once
that we are either making an enor-
nous profit on our lighting plant, or
that it costs great deal more than
cents per K. W., to manufacture it.
One of the fundamental principles
of taxation is that it be equal, and it,
therefore, is not right that consum-
ers of light and power pay greatly in
excess of the cost of manufacture,
and thereby contribute more to the
other expenses of the city than those
who use neither light nor power. IT
would be fair and just to all citizens
of the town to charge only sufficient
ly above the cost of manufacture to
insure that the city lose nothing by
reason of operating the plant, or pur-
chasing light and power.
1t is claimed that the city can man
ufacture it's own light and power at
21a cents per X. W., but l think that
if close inspection is made as to the
accounts and costs of maintaining
the plant, it will be seen that the par
ties making this estimate have not
taken into consideration the question
of depreciation of the plant, nor the
necessity of at once installing addi-
tional and expensive machinery to
furnish sufficient light and power to
supply the demands at the present
time.
Another, and, to my mind, most i'm
portant feature to be considered in re-
gard to this proposition is that if we
have power to deliver at a reasonable
figure, we can offer inducements to
manufacturing enterprises to locate
here Beyond all question, many en-
terprises, such, for instance, as the
manufacture of cotton goods, ice, ETC.,
might be induced to locate here.
| would urge, in conclusion, that
your honorable body take this ques-
ton up at once, with the view of set
Ting the matter, and that the bene-
fits to be derived by the said city be
we'll considered before any final steps
are taken.
Respectfully,
nonrDrCON ATovor
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03

Mr.. Chas. ]. Glidden, who ENJOYS
'ne ulstlnction of being the only man
VINO has belted the globe in an auto
mobile, gave interesting talks all
along the route, and is hopeful that
the 1911 tour will be fruitful of re.
suits.
Many courtesies viii oe extended
the autoists today, and we shall leave
IN the morning for home, and will be
able to say that we made the trip in
an auto from New York to Ocala.
GIidden Tour Notes
MISS Bertha Marks of Athens, Ca,
VINO drove her SILVER tipped" car
from New York to jacksonville with
scarcely mishap, continues to be an
enthusiastic autoist, and is ready to
enter her car for a Georgia state tour.
Mr.. R. A. Gray of the Atlanta Jour
nal, chairman of the committee on
resolutions, paid beautiful tribute
to the late S. M Butler, who was kill.
ed near Triton.
Claude Nolan, in an advertisement
OF the Cadillac car in the Times-Un-
ion of the 18th, gives a picture of
Mr.. R. S. Halls car crossing one of
the swollen streams of Virginia.
Many of the cars in the Glidden cav
alcade had to be pulled across these
streams by mule teams, but Mr..
Halls car passed over them with per-
feet ease.
NrLY
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03
THE GLDDENITES IN JACKSON.
WILLIE

The Glidden tourists were given a
had a big time in that hospitable
city.
There were fourteen cars entered
Jacksonville with a perfect score,
and on drawing lots the handsome
Anderson, S. c., trophy, which is a
magnificent silver punch bowl, gold
lined, with ladle, ETC., went to Gov
ernor Hoke Smith of Georgia, who
drove Maxwell car in the tour AS
we have already stated the Glidden
trophy went to the Maxwell team, the
only team in the contest to reach
Jacksonville with a perfect score
Thursday night at the board of
trade rooms the Glidden tourists were
honor guests at "a magnificent elbow
out" which was quite different from
other blow-outs suffered by many CT
the competing cars.
The following was the menu at the
board of trade banquet:
A BLOW Out" for Glidden Tourists
NO Control mo Limit"
"Skidding" Cocktails
Grapefruit plugs" Gasoline Flavor
Broken" Spring Celery
"Punctured" Olives
pine Straw" Soup Oyster Body"
CLAY Fed" Red Fish, la Virginia
Carriers Little Potato Pills"
only Late Once"
Florida Sand" Grabs Heavy Sauce"
Ice "Harrisonburg" Mud" Cakes
Florida Crackers
Rocky Ford" Cheese
Dixie Coffee in "Oil Cups"
E"Cylinder" Cigars Tube" Cigarettes
Souvenirs
From Florida Waters"
Absolutely"
Apollinaris for Radiators"
The souvenirs were small alligators.
The Glidden trophy was presented
after the banquet amidst much enthu-
siasm.
Besides the banquet there were
many other social attentions shown
the Glidden tourists during their stay
in Jacksonville.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03
BIG ZIMMERMAN DEAD

News was received in Ocala Friday
of the death of Mr.. c. J. McGehee
which occurred the night before at
his home at Live Oak.
Mr.. McGehee was one of the big
mill men of the state and was well
known in this city, being largely in.
terested in the sawmill at Levon in
this county. He also had other mill
and lumber interests in this section
and his friends all over the state
learn with sincere regret of his
death.