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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
ANOTHER ASHLEY IN TROUBLE
Josh Ashley Goes to Greenwood tn
Give Bond for Kinsman Who Kill
ell a Man.

greenwood, April 17.-Representa-
tive Ashley is here to give bond for
his kinsman, Plumec Ashley. who
killed Ira Stone near Donalds and
Nas today admitted by Judge Klugh
20 bail in sum Of $2,5O0-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Invitations, to the marriage Of Miss
Iona Tillman ana Charles Sumner
Moore have been issued by Senator
and Mrs. b. r. Tillman. The mar
riage will occur on April 26th at
Trenton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

The through train from Flore ace
TO Augusta was discontinued Satur.
DAY. the season for tourist travel hav-
INK ended. This train was equipped
with Pullman cars which made
through trip from Washington to
Atlanta and the train was put on
for tourists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

The Lords truth is marching on.
Probably none OF the babies that are
being horn nowadays will ever be-
come wicked enough to vote the Re-
publican tick"t.-Iiouston (Texas)
Post
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
To MNNUFNCTURE AEROPLNNEs
Brand New Enterprise Launched
At Dillon.
spccinI o. m" Daily Item.

Special o. th. Daily Item.
Columbia April IS.-"To manu-
facturc acre planes is purpose 81
tho pill'r \viat,ol Company, capital
izcd az q. 900, which was charter
ed today with =. p. Manning. Of Dill
Ton as president II Is the first con
cern of mo kind iu the South.
The farmers Union Ginning and
Manufacturing Company Of Lake
city. capital $4,000 was chartered
today. ~ will manufacture lumber.
t-'F .rn u,'I tD1
u ..1 .ft.r
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Mr.. john y. Chase. Senator Smiths
appointe" took charge Of the Flor
enc" p"stofice at the close Of business
Saturday. and the long fight over
the p'Stmastorship Of Florence was
ended.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Somc people are already beginning
to count the number Of days before
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

N""1 shall thy arm, unconqucrcd
steam aiar
praE the SLOW barge. or drive the
rapid car;
or ON Wii"-wavins wings expanded
bCar
The fyins chariot through the field
Of air
Erasmus Darwin. 1721.-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Happiness depends. as Nature shows
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Nothing viii be said, Of course. rs
I" what the Democratic party was
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Erasmus Darwin. 1721-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
TWO BIG WAIST SALES.

An opportunity is offered for We'd
nesday by Mrs. Seely's Waist Shop,
both in Hartford and Bridgeport, TO
enjoy another of those shirt waist
sales that ring true to a money saw
ing event Real, genuine values are
the best drawing cards. It is the
exceptionally fine values given at the
above store that has filed the stores
at both places with an interesting,
enthusiastic throng of women who
have gone home laden with from one
to six of the neatest, nattiest. newest,
most stylish waists, purchased at
prices which absolutely defy COM
city. Why is this possible? The an
Mrs. Seely purchases from the largest
business, and buys larger than all the
titles consideration. When new sam
pies are made up, they are immedi-
ately secured for the Seely stores, at
prices which enable them to sell
them, many times. below actual cost
of manufacture.
A visit to the store is all that is
necessary to convince one of the dis
Effectiveness, beauty and style of the
merchandise and comparison of
quality and prices with offerings of
other stores-a satisfactory proof of
the eXceptional-yes wonderful values.
No woman who desires the utmost
value in shirt waists will miss this
sale. Mrs. Seely's Shirt Waist Shop.
1115 Main street, over Surprise Store.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
Chief Mooney Recommends
Drill for Fire Department

within a reasonable number of
years horse drawn vehicles will be a
thing of the past" reads a part of
the report of the Fire Department to
City Auditor Bernard Heating, which
report is to be printed in the year
book, now in process of compilation
Motor drawn apparatus is much
cheaper and gives greater efficiency.
Chief Mooney only recently recon-
mended that addition of considera BILE
motor apparatus 90 the rolling force
of the local department. In the re-
mends that a motor operated truck
be obtained and installed in a house
to DE located at Main street and
North avenue, or in that near vicin-
ity, and also that motor apparatus
be installed in the No. IL house to
be erected in Putnam street in the
Ninth district.
In the report it is recommended
that a drill station be maintained at
headquarters Through the means
of the drill the members of the de-
partment are taught how to operate
when actual fire fighting requires
Most cities, many of them smaller
than Bridgeport, maintains such sta
tons. The report sanctions the rec
concentrations of MAJOR Buckingham
ing the erection of a new house in
which to install the fire-alarm sys-
tenn. 1t is suggested that the new
building be of three stories, the first
floor to be the headquarters of the
department, the second floor to be
given over to the members of No. 1
Chemical crew and the third floor for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
Most Unique Suit
Starts Against
New Haven Road
Fight, Going Back to Time of
Original "Town Aid Lines,
to Determine Right to Stock
on Overdue Coupons

New Haven, June 13.-One of the
most unique cases in the history Of
railroad control comes up before
Judge eager in the superior court
today when the matter of Jonathan
A. White VS.. the Boston and New
York Air Line Railroad Co. is put on
trial.
This case dates on the docket from
the September term of 1906. 1t runs
back to the time of the original
town aid'' lines in this state.
Some thirty-six years ago the old
New Haven, Middletown and Will
mantle Railroad Co was reorganized
into the Boston and New York Air
Line. In the reorganization the So
100000 of first mortgage bonds of
the original company, with the cou-
pons not due, were transferred under
the terms of the new charter into
preferred stock of the Boston and
New York Air Line, while the over
due coupons were, exchangeable for
common stock. j. A. White was in
those days director of the road.
Five years ago, after the merger
contract for the sale of the road to
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Co. was made. but be-
fore it was ratified Mr.. White tend
cred a large number of coupons:
demanded common stock in ex-
change. This tender was refused.
Mr.. White asserted he had more than
100000 in such coupons. and ord
ers for payment of interest signed by
holders of registered bonds, exclu-
sive of interest on the same.
A demurrer to the complaint was
filed setting up laches with respect
to both coupons and orders, and as
sorting that the orders had no stand
ing, as the Boston and New York Air
Line charter mentioned only coupons.
Thereupon all claims based upon the
orders were withdrawn. The case in
SO far as it relates to the coupons is
to be tried today.
The case is complicated by the fact
that the Boston and New York Air
Line accounts were destroyed years
ago by fire at the old New Haven
railroad offices.
The case will be prosecuted by
Walsh & Hubbell of Norwalk with
Watrous & Day and auckland, all at
torneys for the NewsHaven railroad
for the defense. In addition the
plaintiffs counsel will have as as
sociate counsei MessrS. Taylor and
Bissell of New York. The hearing
may last several days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
Coast Storm Swept
From New England
Down to Norfolk
Fourth Weather Disaster Since
Saturday and Is Lives Re-
ported LOst-Great
Damage to
Shipping
Especial from United Press.)

New York, June ia number OF
hves-early reports place the figure al
25-were lost and enormous property
damage was caused by terrific cleo
trical storm which swept the coast
from Norfolk to New England. late
last night and early today. 1t was
the fourth storm for New York since
Saturday night.
Telephone and Geographic commu-
nication has been interrupted while
hundreds of thousands of trees have
been uprooted, buildings uroofed and
fences and outbuildings demolished.
Three men were killed and a woman
badly shocked by lightning at Allen
town, Pa. More than 1000 were
thrown into a panic and women and
children were trampled when light
ming set fire to a church Steeple In
HfggstoWn, n. J.
Many small vessels and minor craft
were swamped in the vicinity of Nor
folk and 10 persons are missing. Three
persons were killed in Philadelphia
and vicinity. Baltimore and Wash
ington were off the map, early today,
as far as wire communication was
concerned.
1t will be several days before wire
communication is fully restored. Big
forces of linemen are out today en-
OedNOTlnS TO repair Cn0 lilies. HCli
task was a herculean one as for miles
to the south all poles were stretched
along the ground while big lead cables
containing hundreds of wires had
been snapped as though they were
pieces of Irvine.
Baltimore, Washington and the Del
aware, Maryland and Virginia PENN
sula, were the first to feel the storm.
At Baltimore enormous hailstones
broke windows and the terrific peals
of thunder and vivid flashes of light
ming threw the negro quarter into
Mysteries Over at Newport News
small craft were swamped along the
James river and in Hampton Roads.
Although 10 persons, all fishermen, are
reported missing, no bodies have been
recovered. In the height Of the storm
a big three masted sand schooner
dragged her anchors and rammed the
submarine Seal and ,the Old Dominion
liner jamestown.
Grain elevators were demolished and
ed. The property loss on the PENN
sula, including the destruction of the
growing crops, will probably exceed
half a million dollars.
The storm swept through eastern
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and up
along the Hudson river, levelling sub
stantial structures as though they
were houses of cards A number of
beach resorts in and about this city,
already badly damaged by Sundays
visitations, were put completely out of
business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
VETERAN PREACHER AND
FIGHTER BRIGHT AND
ACTIVE AT AGE OF 100

William R. Davidson, aged 100. but
still bright and active, visited Mrs r.
Lampman in this city yesterday. Mr..
Davidson, who was the first mission
airy to go to the Sandwich Islands, is
now an inmate of the Soldiers Home,
at Noroton. He is at present taking
a little trip to renew acquaintance
with some of his friends.
Despite his years Mr. Davidson is
amply able to take care of himself.
He attributes his longevity to abb
stinence from liquor and moderation
in eating. He has used tobacco for
the greater part of his life.
Mr.. Davidson was ordained at the
age Of 20 and left as a missionary to
the Sandwich Islands in 1885. He had
many narrow escapes from becoming
one of the sandwiches on those fam
GUS islands. When the Civil War
broke out he fought in a Connecticut
regiment
Mr.. Davidson goes from here to
Meriden, and then to Poughkeepsie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13

the fire alarm system.
The board recommends that steps
be taken Immediately for the cree
ton of a new house to replace the
quarters where No. Engine Co., is
now esta blished. The Crescent ave-
nue. house is now in an Anticipated
state having been in operation for
over half a century.
Chief Mooney is much opposed 90
the erection of single rooted houses,
and recommends such constructions
be prohibited in the future within
the city limits. So much damage
by employees of the company enjoying
the street sprinkling contract, that
the chief recommends that they be
prohibited their use in the future. and
that they be compelled to, construct
stand pipes.
The inventory of the real estate,
rolling stock, furniture and other
matters for the year ending March
81, 1911 is given at $4,000. Dur
ing the same time the disbursements
were s203,249.05.
The department numbers LAP men,
129 of whom are permanent and Is
on call. Within the year, it is eX-
pected that the department as
whole will be permanent.
Fifty new hydrantsl have been add
ed within the year, making a total
of e46. 1t is expected that so more
will be placed this year.
The report of the F1iremen'ss Relief
There have been disbursements Of
1925 to Francis Sweeney and $500 to
Eugene Wilson, leaving a balance of
S3.63917
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13

rooms were washed during vacations,
and the windows at the same time.
DO you agree with Judge Wheeler
that the janitor ought to be dis
charged?" asked one of the commits
sioners. 81 will say this much for
the janitor,' said Mr.. Williams,
when he came to the building he
was without an equal in the city as
a caretaker. He has been most ac-
conmodating and in most respects
very efficient. Furthermore he is Il
mechanic, and does many odd jobs
about the school which otherwise
would cost the city considerable to
repair. 1 think 1 omitted to say that
Judge Wheeler visited this room on
Thursday. The schedule called for
the sweeping of that room that aft
ernoon, and 1T was so swept. 1t had
been swept on the previous Monday"
Principal Williams said that Janitor
Foster had always been considered a
good man, but that over a year ago
he became ill, since which time he
had slowed up.
do you consider there is too
much work. for one man in your
building?" Mr. Williams was asked
II think there is was the reply,
though at the present time he has
young man who helps out. The
young man is good worker but has
to be directed"
DO you consider this complaint of
Judge Wheeler is one that warrants
action of some kind?" Mr.. Williams
was asked. Il think conditions could
be improved, he replied.
1t was asked what authority the
principal had over his janitor. The
rules show that the janitor shall be
subject to his principal in all reason
able requirements.
Judge Wheeler has condemned
sanitary condition of this school and
the general condition of the schools
of the city on the condition of this
one ROOM" said Commissioner Chal-
lenger.
Il think his complaint is a little
far fetched" said Commissioner Bell.
81 wouldn't want to be before him
on trial, if he would hang a man on
that evidence" said Commissioner
Challenger.
Commissioner Cullinan then offer
ed resolution that the Committee
on Schools be empowered to instruct
the janitor to obtain better assist
ants. He withdrew the motion al
most Immediately as it seemed to be
the sense of the meeting that the
matter had been gone into far
enough, and especially as it was
shown that conditions had greatly
improved
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
AND FLAG DAY PROGRAM AT
BARkUM SCHOOL TOMORROW

In connection with the Flag Day
exercises tomorrow at the Barnum
school, the commencement exercises
will also be held. The moving for
ward of the commencement exercises
is brought about because of the rush
of work in the last days of school
The exercises will begin at 9 o'clock
in the assembly room, to which the
bubble is invited.
Miss Carrie Seeley, principal of the
school, has arranged the following pro-
gram:
Reading of Scripture, 1O3 Psalm, fol-
lowed by Lords Prayer.
Salute to the Flag, school.
Song, Columbia, school.
Recitation, The Little Red Stamp,
Katherine Beard.
Recitation, A Thorough Rest, Jacob
Frankel
Recitation, The National Ensign,
Nathan Holkowsky.
Song, Star Spangled Banner, school.
Recitation, The Geography Demon,
Norman Neal.
Recitation, Priscilla PRINTS Views on
Woman's Rights, Blanche Tracy.
Musical trio of German airs by
Misses Beard, Cowell and Bodine.
Recitation, How Girls Study, Flea
nor Ravens
Wand drill, by East Side Branch Of
Y. w. G. A. girls Gall members of the
school)
Club swinging, boys from Rooms 10
and 90.
Presentation speech, John McNa-
mara
Singing, Miss Marguerite Bishop, ac-
companied by Miss Minnie Nichols.
Address to the children, DR.. Gerald
H Beard
Diplomas presented by the princi-
pal.
Song, America, by the school.
The singing is conducted by Miss
Purviance
The club swinging is conducted by
H. c. Went
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
7. A. Edison's New
Storage Battery
May Work Wonders

1t has long been admitted by those
most advanced in electrical science
that if the storage battery could be
made economical it would supersede
other methods of utilizing electrical
power. The question is one of cost
and practical adaptabilities. Storage
batteries are safe and free from any
incidental unpleasant features. But
they have been expensive, their weight
is great, range of action limited, and
methods of recharging slow. They
would be preferred If these difficulties
could be overcome. For several years
Edison has been at work to reduce the
storage battery in weight and cost,
and at the same time increase it's eff
cheney. His statement that he has
succeeded is an interesting announce
ment. Last year it was known that
he had invented a storage battery cell
especially adapted for traction. In
appearance it differs little from the
original Edison cell of 1901, but both
positive and negative plates have been
radically modified, and so has the
chemical solution used. The claim
last year was that the new battery
cannot be injured by overcharging,
that it does not deteriorate, and that,
tested by weight, Sit had double the
mileage of other batteries.
Now the inventor tells of later i'm
portant improvements, and his opin-
ion goes far with the world in all
such questions 1t was years before
he brought the incandescent light to
the form in which it became a COM
mon utility, but from the first he
maintained that the fundamental idea
was best and that it's essential success
was certain. Step by step, Edison
has similarly improved his storage
battery cell, and probably can better
it still more, chemically, mechanically
and in materials. But the light
weight battery he says he has now
attained could be applied so readily,
distributed so widely and employed in
so many convenient ways at slight
cost that, if it meets Edison's expec-
tations, a revolution in motive power
is at hand. If cheap storage bat
terry capable of moving a vehicle sew
enty miles can be carried in a suit
case, as Edison says, and recharged
in three minutes, the resources for
applying safe, economic power are
about to be expanded immensely.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
School Principal
Williams Quizzed
Concerning Sanitary Conditions
of Prospect Street School
Justice G. w. Wheeler's Com
plant Causes Educational
Board to Make Inquiry
Absence of Definite Action

Principal s. P. Williams of the
Prospect street school was before the
: Board of Education last evening IN
answer to certain statements he is
said to have made to Justice George
w. Wheeler of the Supreme Court,
stating that he had made complaints
about the unclean conditions at mis-
school, and that his complaints had
been overlooked Principal Williams
!. brought out the fact that at times
school rooms will become really dir
ty. though they are regularly swept
and scrubbed.
The board after quizzing Principal
williams let the whole matter drop,
believing that conditions had i'm
proved at the school, and that they
would tend to improve.
Principal Williams was asked by
Commissioner Cullinan as to whom
he made complaint about the I'M
cleanliness of his school. Il made no
formal complaint to any individual"
replied Mr.. Williams, ''by that I
mean complaint in writing. For
some months the building did not
show as good care as 1 thought it
ed, nor the floors swept. My atten-
ton was directed particularly when
DR.. Sherman, the Health boards in
spector, after making her investiga-
tons of the city school buildings
suggested that the windows ought 70
be washed and the floors cleaned. L
coine-A~A-with her In my reports
to your board and to the superin-
tendent ! at different times said con-
editions were good or fair when
they were not as good as 1 thought
they ought to be. After making
ssuch reports 1 spoke with DIR. Deane
I'm general way, saying the work
Fought to be braced up somewhat
when Judge Wheeler came to. my
school on March 80, 1 met him on the
Stairs. He asked to be directed to
"a fifth grade room as he had a per-
Esonal interest in the school as he ex-
Epected to take his son from a private
Eechool and pace him in a public
E4chool. 1 directed him as requested.
later in the morning I again met
him, and as / had another fifth grade
sfoom I asked him to look over that
aToom. He stated that he was salts
fed to remain in that room. At the
noon hour 1 met him coming out of
the building. He commented on the
condition of the room. Whether he
referred to the windows cannot say.
d replied to him, possibly, that I had
complained of the conditions of the
room. With that he passed out"
z Principal Williams was asked for
the schedule of his janitor. He re-
Piled that the schedule provided that
all rooms should be swept twice a
week, that the floors of the halls and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
New Haven Flyer
Two Passenger Wright Machine
Purchased First to be In
sured in Connecticut

New Haven, June 13.-The two
passenger Wright flyer purchased by
the United States Aeronautic Co., Of
which Attorney William G. Beers of
this city is president, has been ship
ped from the Wright shops at Day
ton, o.. to the new eastern. training
camp of the Wrights at Belmont
park, where it will be assembled and
tested at once under the direction of
some of the best of the Wrights'
pilots and machinists. The flyer costs
quite sum of money, and Mr.. Beers
has had it insured through the Bur
ton agency Of this city. 1t is the first
insurance policy on an airship ever
written in Connecticut
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
DEPLORES LACK OF INTEREST
IN NOMINATING OUR OFFICIALS

Before the Mems Brotherhood of the
Washington Park NJ E. church last
evening Alexander H. Robinson gave
a talk upon Opportunity" touching
upon the political opportunities which
men fail to take advantage of, for
one thing.
Mr.. Robinson declared that the men
who stay away from the party pri-
maries have not the slightest right to
kick if their city, State Or Nation
is not governed the way they like it..
Whatever laXity appears in our af-
fairs" he declared; whatever ineffi-
cheney, whatever carelesness we find
in our public affairs. is due absolute
ly to ourself, our lack of interest and
our carelessness in nominating men
for public office"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
GIVEN BIRTHDAY PARTY.

At the home of Cornelius Fowler
at 247 State street last evening a large
number of his friends gathered last
evening to help him celebrate his 64th
birthday. He was presented with a
handsome garnet ring on behalf of the
assembly and responded feelingly. The
assembly passed the evening very
pleasantly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
BRIDGEPORT LODGE, N. E. o. p

1t is expected that there will be a
large number of members of the
New England Order of Protection
who will take part in the visit of
Bridgeport oldge to p. c. Lounsbury
lodge of South Norwalk this evening,
leaving on the 1880 train and return
on the last trolley from that place.
AS a special feature of the meeting.
which will be an open one, Grand
Secretary Jeremiah Wall of New
Haven will present a number of
badges on the behalf of the grand
lodge to those who have secured a
number of new members the past
year The visiting local members
have been promised cordial hospital
ity and are privileged to bring their
friends as the meeting will be an
open one.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13

Piitsburg-Nan J. Aspinwald has
reached here on her horseback ride
from San Francisco to New York. She
says she is an idiot for making the
trip and hopes the people of New
York will pay no attention to her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
DUKE OF WESTMINSTER
INJURED BY HIS POLO
PONY ROLLING OVER HIM.

London, June 13-The Duke of West
minister was reported, today, as speed
lily recovering from the injuries he
sustained, yesterday. when his polo
pony fell and rolled over him.