Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-06

There is 6 great boom among the small woolen mills in this section, ac, erding to a special despatch from As q matter of fact, the only wooden mill l,cperty in Westerly. the Westerly WDelsn Mill company. has been idle for oyer 8 year. and the entire plant is for sale. The only wooden mill in opera ton in the town Is the Pawcatuck Hooi-n mill at Potter HilI. The prop cry or the Kenyon woolen mill was sold at bankrupt sale Tuesday.
 The E6ltmAnvi1le mills, on the Con- nscticut aide of the Pawcatuck river, in the town of Stonington, and the White Rock mills on the Rhode Island side and in the town of Westerly termed the nucleus of the Westerly woolen mills that did prosperous business for years. but which is now idle,
 In 1sos John SchoIield of Montville purchased the water privilege and oil mill in the town of Stonington and filled this mill with woo1en machinery. He also built near by a factory build ing 80x40 feet. two stories high He conducted the business until 1912, and returned to Montville. placing his son Joseph in charge In 1884 Joseph Schol- field sold the property to Orsmus M. Sttllrnan and then became the Still nanville mills. This was the second Trooler factory fin Connecticut and the reat start of the Westerly Woolen Mills company The first woolen mill in
 
 tfontviIle by the same Schofheld-
 Ther9 ts however. prospect of a loom in wooleu rnillss when the mann moth plant of the Bradford Dyeiug as euctAtis1. now in course of corstruc- tton at Bradford, in the town of West srly. begins operations, as the manu Sactsrre of woolen goods is to be a fea,- turs of that great industrial concern.
 The crop in the price of Fruit Of the Loonl. which Is the product of the B. n ana R. Knight mill at White Rock, does not indicate any great boom in tho cotton mills of this section. and there is H strike on at the Lorraine, the cnly other cotton mill in the town os Westerly. The reduction in price of Truft of the Loom, that is manufac- tured fir other mills ss well as at White Rock IS another in series of clean up sales which B. B. and R. Knight have been pursuing for over 0 year, ard Is for the purpose Of disposlng of ths surplus stock which has accumu- plans which have been in operation for L,s1g period, during which the mills were operated on a basis much below the normal. The same condition pre- walls in nearly all the cotton mills of Rhode Island. and there Is a general reduction in price of products.
 George H. Hart, the working super Intsndert of tho Pawcatuck Valley Street railway, met with an accident y Tracy of Norwich last Sunday morn inB but with less serious result. Mir Haxt vas at work on the top of a con structdon car in removing wires to uastpe way for the house that is being moved through Main street He lost lis balance and fell, but caught 8 trol- ley pole and saved being thrown to the pavement His back was wrenched, but after . short time he was on the job again. somewhat lame, but able to do his full share of the work that he was directing.
 Regular session of the Westerly pro- Lete court. Judge Edward M. Burke, Ventory Of the estate of Daniel C. an incompetent person. was received and ordered recorded The rersonal property valuation is s4,5O6.- - and real estate $3, 200
 Edward F. Welsh presented written resignation of appointment as an ap prgtser of the estate of James A.Welsh and the. resignation was accepted.
 Inventory of the estate of Martha lift, s2s.33, was received and ordered 
 Walter Snowden Smith. sole executor of the estate of his mother, Elizabeth Smith, petftioned for the appointment of commissioner to take the deposi- tfon of Josie Jones, one of the wit nfgses to the will and codicils of Mrs. Smith, in order thl- the will might bs 1lAi1l1LtCI lO PAODcAIS- 1I6 DSLillOIl was granted and George B. Poor of Cincin- uatf wsls appointed commissioner The | court directed that the original will be affixed to the commission and that copy of the will be retain ed in the files of the court, pending the l return of the original will with the l deposition.
 Eifen Segar released herself as ex- l scutrfx of the estate of her late hus- | oano, Charles E. SeEar. The release | v as received and ordered recorded.
 The inventories of the estates of l 4 Alexander J. McCol1 and Edith I8% Me l -o:, minors. s99e.55 each, were re- i eeIved for record.
 The Washington Trust company yuardian of Alton w. Smith and Louis l N- Smith. minors, petitioned that in l asmuch as the personal estate was in |