The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-28
WESTPORT WOMEN WILL
 EXERCISE VOTING RIGHT
Twenty Members of Equal Franchise
 League Have Registered As Voters.
WESTPORT

Nestport, Sept. 2S.-Twenty West
 port women will exercise the right
 vested in them to vote for members
 of the School committee at the annual town election on Oct. z The women
 were among the To Be Made who Qualified before the Board of Select
 men at their session to-day. All the
 omen are members of the westport
 Equal tranchfse League, and are heart and soul in the movement for
 posite sex have advanced the argu-
 ment against their cause that the wo-
 men should they be given the ballot
 would be neglectfui and would not ex-
 on the fact that women for years
 have had the right to vote for mem
 they have neglected to exercise that
 authority. The members of the Equal Franchise League resenting this accu-
 sa9on have now become reglstereo tee a week from next Monday. The
 Westport= women are not alone in this towns throughout the state will cast their first ballot next election day.
 Clara M. Chase, a resident of New of land in the Poplar Plains district from George and Sarah Barrett. A warranty deed of the transfer has been filed in the town clerks office.
 Tax Collector Patrick Oates and Michael Myers both members of the Democratic town committee, were in attendance last evening at the address of Governor woodrow Wilson at the armory in Bridgeport.
 Mrs William E. Nash suffered sev- eral lacerations on the face when she ripped and fell at her home Thurs day afternoon. The bruises though pafnful are not serious.
 Bridgeport are the guests of F,red Bradley.
 The saugatuck Whist club met on Thursday afternoon Mrs E. L. Ter hume was the winner of the first prize l and Mrs. Lena Fairchild of the second. 1
 A. R Chase of New York visited l friends in town yesterday.
 Baseball, as far as the Westport team is concerned. is closed for the season. The locals started off in the spring by serving up good games on sunday. but their support was so dis Souraging thaN the contests had to be | dascont tinued nue blacksmith has disposed of his shop and intends soon to leave for his old home in Canada.
 MT. and Mrs E. O. Simpson have re- turned from a trip to Rye, N. Y. j
 The local trolley men are strong un- ion men. Ten additions from the To- port union at their last meeting
 MT. and Mrs. George F'airchi1d have es their guest, their son Howard c, Fadrohild who is clerk at the Spring aeId. Mass. postofice.
 2 Cider mills in this section are now getting into full operation From now 5n the apple juice will be a constant table beverage.
 The regular hunters are now arira- ng their guns for the opening of the hunting season next week. The law Is or on most game on the first of the month, but in some instances not un- lfl Oct. 8.
 Rapid progress Is being made by the !; 'afiroad in placing their concrete and steel foundations for the standards zfzit=h are ito support the electric I wires The workmen have completed .he foundations in Greens Farms and Ere now engaged in Southport.
 John J. Alvord of Greens Farms has $ ls his guest, his niece. Mrs Everett ] rarlton and son of Bridgeport.
 Mss Elizabeth Schlosser has return d to Smith College to complete her ( sourSe