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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
STRATFORD'S BOARD
 OF TRADE ADOPTS
 IMPORTANT RESOLUTION

The resolution attached was adopted at the meeting of the Board of Trade last night, to be presented at the next special town meeting. This resolution is one in which every voter is vitally interested. There were thirty-five served by President E. W. Peck. The matter of the Borough was talked of but no action was taken as yet. The resolution follows.
 Resolved, That a committee of three be elected at this meeting to act with the selectmen for the purpose of pre- senting for consideration at the an- nual town meeting in October next an itemized estimate of necessary ap> propriations to be made at said an- nua1 town meeting to cover the regu> lar running expenses of the town for the year ending September IS, 1912; also for such special expenses as may be deemed necessary; also said com mittee to present to the said annual town meeting an estimate of the amount of the grand list of taxable property on which the taxes of list of 1912 will be based: also an itemiz- ed statement of the probable income to the town from all sources except from taxes assessed on the above men tioned list. Said. committee to report what in their judgment the amount of tax would be necessary to be levied on the list of 1912 to cover the esti- mated expenses of the town for the year ending September 15, 1912.
 Resolved, That the tax rate on the list of 1912 be not laid until the As- sessors list of 1912 is completed.
 Resolved, That in the future town to the amount of $500 or more be paid from the treasury of the town or Stratford shall be made only by bal lak
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
STAMFORD
CAUGHT IN MOVING MACHINE
 AND MANGLED. BY KNIVES
Special to The Farnnerl


 ! Stratford, July 12-Caught in the knives of a moving machine yester- day afternoon. stephen Panasco., an employe of Leo Curtis, was horribly injured and is now at the Bridgeport hospital to which he was rushed in Dr. w. B. Coggswe1ls automobile Panasco was driving a moving ma- chine and left the seat to make some repairs to the harness. He stood in front of the cutter bar when the team started. Panaseo was caught by the knives and before the team was stop ped his left leg was cut and mangled beyond description. MT. Curtis lives on the handsome place inherited from his father, Freeman Curtis at Paradise Green. With other men in the field he went to Panasco's assistance and~ sent for Dr. Coggswell who rushed to the scene of the accident. The doctor advised immediate removal to the hos- pital and after first aid the injured man was placed in the doctors auto- mobile and the machine was sent to Bridgeport at top speed. At the hos- pitaI last night it was said that the bones of the left leg were broken in two places and the muscles and ten- dons torn and cut. It is believed that amputation will be necessary. The injured man lives in the north end where he has a wife and eight chil- dren
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
HOOKER BLAzED
 THE TRAIL 276 LONG YEARS AGO
Connecticut's Destination is In-
 deed Most Proud One

It was 276 years ago July 4, 1626- that the Reverend Thomas Hooker and his Newtown congregation. of some hundred souls. with 1So cattle, and several wagons bearing their hum ble household effects, pulled into Hartford, Connecticut.
 They did not go to hotel, for the simple reason that there was none in the place. Hartford had been settled only about IS months, and it's archi- old beehive-shaped church, a little old log town hall' and dozen or so very rude shanties. s 7 But beginning with that Fourth of July, Hartford had the Rev. Thomas Hooker, and that was more than any other town or city on earth, whether large or small, was able to boast. At that time there was but one Thomas Hooker in the world.
 One day, before the emigration to Connecticut, those famous Massachu- sets worthless Cotton and Winthrop, said to Hooker that they did not be- lieve that Democracy was a fit form of government, either for church Or state. Hooker replied: Tn matters which concern all, all should take a part There was the original "Jef- fersonian Democracy" for you, pro- claimed for the first time on this con- tinent.
 Tn Hartford, at the opening session of the general court, Hooker preach ed a powerful sermon in which he said '::HThe foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people : Never before had words like those been thrown out upon the air of the western world
 Acting out of the inspiration born %I.- -<>E Connecticut adopted a written consti- tution which marked the beginnings of American democracy
 sIt is worthy of note, remarks Fliske, .sthat this document contains none of the conventional references to a dread sovereign or a gracious King nor the slightest allusion to the British or any other government out side of Connecticut, nor does it pre- scribe any condition of. church mem- bership for the right of suffrage
 Tn 1862 a Royal Charter was ob- tained that emb odieds all the principles that Hooker advocated in his great sermon and that were laid down in the Connecticut Constitution. It was that old Governor Andros unsuccess- fully attempted to take from the peo- pie of Hartford in 1887.
 It was in connection with a later attempt to take away this charter that Captain Wadsworth had his interest ing little set-to with Governor Fetch CT. Fletcher. standing at the head of the militia. which he had called out, began to read the Royal Commission, when Wadsworth ordered the drums to be beaten Fletcher commented silence and began again. Drum, drun1!'' ordered Wadsworth. 'sSilence!' shouted the governor. Drum, drum, damn it.'' repeated the captain, and then. turning to Fletcher. he added in stentorian tones, ssIf am inter rupted again I'll make daylight through you.''
 It was the spirit of the Reverend Thomas Hooker at work-the spirit the tones of the old Liberty Bell, ex- actly 40 years from the day on which Hooker and his congregation reached Hartford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
NEW PLANS FOR FERRY ROAD

< The widening and straightening of
 the Ferry road is likely to bring the
 town a greater expense than. was es- tinated through damage to adjoining property. Under the original plan a strip varying in width. 2, feet at the
 widest part was taken from the prop
 erty of E. DuFour. With his custom ary public spirit MT. DuFour agreed to take damages to the amount of $500 and allow the town to take as much of the north lot as was needed
 to carry out the plans of the engi- neers. This brought the street line to point four feet from his front door step As the road has been
 raised three feet at the this point he thought his offer was very liberal and
 others who have looked over the sit- uation said that double that amount
 would be none too much to demand. The new plans which were received from the engineers office at Hartford yesterday, change the line of the street four feet toward his house leaving him no room for even a side walk As no retaining wall is pro- posed the new plans will leave Mir. DuFour's house five feet in the hole and he will be obliged to board up his front door to keep out the filling. MT. DuFour. says that his proposition was based on the original plans and that about all he could stand His 2S0 feet frontage are now below the street line anywhere from three to five feet The selectmen will now be obliged to make a new bargain with MT. eDuFour based on the latest plans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12

Tn these days of high cost of living, a medicine that gets man up out of bed and able to work in few days is valuable and welcome remedy. John Heath, Michigan Bar. Cal, had kidney and bladder trouble, was con- fined to shis bed, unable to turn with out help. T commenced using Foley Kidney Pills and can truly say I was relieved at once." His example is worth following. F. l.. Curtis. s135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12
STAMFORD BRIEFS

The installation of officers was made the occasion of notable cele> bration by Star of Stratford lodge. Shepherds of Bethlehem last night. Mrs. Grace Green of Bridgeport. pre- late of the order, took charge of the rit- ualistic program The following off, ficers were sinducted into office: Lett tia Simpson, commander; Amy l.. Holmes, vfce-commander; William Ayles,. marshall: Mary IL. Rogerson. ant: Carrie M. Payne. scribe; Isabel Cliborn, chaplain; J. w. Rogerson, M. of O; AxeF Risberg, I. G.: John Moon, o. G., Mary G. Wright, Past Com. !: Mary E. Clinton, aid; Mildred Cli- born. pianist: Mary l.. Rogerson. rep; refreshments we're served and a so- cial hour was enjoyed by those pres ent.
 The attention of Tree Warden J. Lally was recently called to the dam age done by employees of the tele- phone company to a young maple tree in front of the residence of John Tay- Tor on Warwick avenue. MT. Lally immediately got busy and called down the telephone company for it's disre- gard of the rights of residents of the town. The company immediately made done. While this is all that can be done at this time no amount of 1dam- ages paid can bring back the tree.
 The annual planting of shells on the oyster beds of this vicinity will soon begin and the piles of shells accu- mulated during the year on Knelps Island will disappear. About 200, 900 bushels have been taken from the riv- CT and harbor during the season Hen ry Fordham who buys for the Seal- shipt and H. J. Lewis Oyster com panies is preparing to remove this immense pile and the first load will go out today. The price paid for shells this year has been uniformly 6 1-2 cents There are several buyers who take the shells from the tor1guers but they are all eventually turned over to Mr Fordham.
 Mrs. E. J. Blakes1ey of Fairview avenue is uffering from a severe at tack of pleurisy.
 Capt and Mrs A. Bede1l Benjamin are passing a, few weeks in the Green Mountains in Vermont ed down King street this morning looking for a few bites of fresh green grass. Tn his peregrinations the wag- on struck water hydrant and the traces parted. The horse who might have been named Pegasus but wasn't turned about, hitched himself to the wagon to prevent a runaway and help ed himself to Dicks lunch which was. on the seat When Dick arrived on the scene the horse had interviewed the oat bag and was getting ready to tackle the tool bag.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-12

Plymouth, Mass-Uncle Tilden Pierce, aged loo, recently played his first game of golf just after having taken his first automobile ride and his first drink of ginger: ale.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-22
AID IS ASKED FOR
CHINA'S STARVING

The policy of the committee in
charge of relief work is:
To save life is the supreme aim.
To give relief without pauperising-
only in return for labor. except in the
case of those unable to work.
To make this labor count in prevent
inf future floods. Dykes and canals
will be repaired, and all work will be
planned by competent engineers so as
to give it a practical place in a larger
project Of reclamation.
To induce the Government and local
gentry. as far as possible, to give i'm
mediate relief and to undertake their
own reclamation work
To cooperate with Mr.. c. D. Jane
son, the engineer sent out by the
American Red Cross Society, and with
influential Chinese who are pledged to
this work, in making a thorough study
of the situation with a view to the
formulation of a program of conserva-
ticn. which the new government will
probably undertake.
To make the alienation of suffering
in connection with this famine the oc-
casion of a great expression of inter
national goodwill to the New China
The China of yesterday feared and
hated the foreigner. and not without
reason. The New China will respond
to friendship.
Send your contributions to Dickin.
son Trust Co., today You cannot send
it too soon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-22
81 ARE KNOWN TO,
have LOST LIVES
Dreadful Toll of Mine Dis
aster May Reach Larger
Number.

McCURTAIN. Ok. March 22.-Eigh.
ty.two men are known to have lost
their lives In the disaster that wreck
ed tho San Boise mine No. here:
twenty-five OF the miners who were in
the workings whom the explosion &C.
CURED have been rescued: nine were
unsceounted for when the rescuers
went back to the pit today. Twenty
nine bodies located in one of the low.
er levels waited removal when the
rescuers resumed their work this
morning. The bodies were located
last night on the last trip into the
mine.
Hope that any OF the nine men still
unaccounted for can be alive has been
given up. 1t IL believed that they
were either in some distant part of
the mine or that they have been bur-
led under the tons Of rock and earth
that crushed into the tunnels when the
explosion occurred. A party Of rescu-
ers today started on an exploration
OF the furtherest tunnels and cham
beers OF the mine. They will seek the
men not yet accounted for. Part of
the mine that has been little used will
be explored thoroughly.
While this search Ia going on work
men win move the debris from the
floors Of the tunnels Of the 9Th. 10th.
and 18th levels. where 1t 10 believed
the bodies of the men may lie buried.
One OF the bodies waiting to be moved
Ia w. g. Roper. the mines surveyor,
Ralph Kenny. 10. son Of = local min
lister. who had been q member of
Rogers party was one OF those res
cned alive. He told Of the fight made
by the fourteen men shut In q pump
room to keep enough fresh air to
breathe. After he finished his story
he lost consciousness and soon after.
wards died. Physicians say he was
poisoned by mine gases.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-22
EYE DISEASE
Five Serious Cases Found in
the Schools.

Suffering from eye diseases which
would ultimately have resulted in ser
ious trouble, If not in total blindness,
five children, pupils in the lower grad
e. of the city schools, have been re-
ported by the school medical inspec-
tors in the last week. Parents Of
these children have been notified and
advised to have the children given
prompt medical attention. Four of
the five affected children are girls.
Two girls at the Fairview school
were found with very defective eyes.
one of them not being able to see
only about one tenth as good as nor
NAL eyesight would permit. They
were aged IL and 10.
Two girls were found at the Garfield
school with badly defective eyesight.
One of them was unable to see figures
on a blackboard ten feet away, and
the other was nearly as bad. One boy
At Garfield was found with slightly
crossed eyes. One of the lads eyes
is nearly blind. One Of the girls at
Garfield. aged about fourteen years.
was found to be suffering from acute
Observation-Disclosures. Many other pupils
were found who were suffering from
slight ailments. which was not thought
necessary to call attention to now.
Numerous cases Of adenoids. err
larged tonsils, and bad teeth were
found.
All cases are recorded by the ex
aiming doctor who describes the af
Fiction Of the child. A notice is sent
to the parents with advice to see the
family physician and have the trou
BILE remedied.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-22

ton OF the state, having resided In
this town for more than fifty years.
The funeral will be held Sunday at
ternoon at O'Clock and the burial
will be in the Economy cemetery.
The late DR. Clark Is survived by
four children. Dr. Edward D. Clark.
of Indianapolis: Mrs. Mart Edwards.
of Indianapolis: Mrs. John Eberwein,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-22
PROMINENT DOCTOR
DIES AT ECONOMY
tPaiiadful1, SpecIa11

tI>aiiadfum Specially
ECONOMY, Ind, March 22.-Dr.
Jonathan B. Clark, aged seventy-six
years, died at his home here yesterday
morning at IL O'Clock DR.. Clark was
one of the best known men in this Sec
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-22
6ohoaroals Noeessaev.

RshsarsaIs Necessary.
KatAryn-1 don't see why they need
20 many rehearsals for the Sarah
etronsarm and Percy Pinfeather wed
ding. Kitty-That's 50 they won't
laugh when she promised to obey him.
philadelphia Bulletin.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-22
FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
Arrangements Made by the
Sons of Veterans.

At the meeting of the committee on
Memorial Day Observance, of the
Sons of Veterans, subcommittee chair
men were appointed to make plans for
an appropriate observance OF May 80.
Charles W. Jordan is chairman Of
the executive committee and c. T. Tin
gle is secretary. The other members
of the executive committee were ap-
pointed as sub-chairmen. W. III. Han
sche was appointed chairman of the
finance committee; Ledger p. Wine,
hall committee; John c. Darrell. flow
ers committee; Theodore 1reton, trans
portation committee; o. F. Coryel,
program committee and G. Matthews,
cemetery committee.
The other members of the sub-com-
mittees will be appointed within a
s2crt time from members of other pa
triotic Organizations
The program will be given in the
coliseum. as has been the custom in
former years. Money to defray expen-
SEES will be raised by subscriptions
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-22

The city of New York owns 1874
pieces of real estate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-22
No Market.

thine il money" quoted the wise
guy.
Possibly" replied the simple mug.
''but it isn't always an easy matter to
effect the exchange" - Philadelphia
Record
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-22

Of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Charles VIII
ltams of Muncie. e
The hate In. Clark was born in Ran
dolph county. North Carolina. and
moved to Economy IN 1850 He had
resided in this town Since tAAt date.
He was we'll known In Richmond and
smaller towns in this part of Indiana.
Arizona republican., 1912-02-24
The Presidential Primary.

The action of the democratic state committee in laying the foundation for presidential preference primary To precedc the Baltimore convention is at least interesting; but it is rather doubtful if it will accomplish all that its sponsors fondiy imagine
 It is proposed to instruct the six delegates for first and second choice for president But suppose it de- vcIops. as it very well may. that neither the first nor the second choice can be nominatedo IT is hardly con ceivabIc that a point wilI not arrive in the conventions proceedings where some delegates will not have to use their own discretion. And in that event what becomes of the iustruc- tions? Also. if a set of delegates are not competent to use that discretion. what is the use of sending them to the convention at all: Why not Use the mails and save expense?
 It is claimed the time is coming when all the states will adopt the presidential primary and that may he true. But if il is true there aresome interesting times ahead.
 In democratic national conventions it takes a two-thirds vote to nomin- ate. Now, suppose all the delega.es from all the states are instructed as to first and second choice for clH- didates. The delegates are not ,ur posed to think-they are merely nia- chimes to register the will of tae voters expressed at the primary. 1t is easy. then, to imagine a condition like the following.
 There may be 1900 votes in the convention with six candidates: A., B. c. D. E. and F. Suppose each of these candidates starts in with 900 delegates pledged to him as the first choice and 200 for the second cho.ee- Under such circumstances the hiSh- est number of votes any man may receive is 400 and that is onty half enough to nominate. There caa Dc a stampede because the instructions forbid Likewise. there couldn'. be a nomination without breaking the -n-
Arizona republican., 1912-02-24

l of the members salaries, in discuss ing a S15OOO appropriation That is a fair illustration of the way in which government business is or dnarily transacted.
 One of the arguments is that the government can operate the telegraph service cheaper than it is now operat- ed if the telegraphs be made part of the postal department. But there is little to sustain that argument. The postal department has shown deficit every year for thirty years and even Mr, Hitchcock's much talked of surplus for the past year seems rather imag- mary than substantial It is said on very competent authority that the surplus is shown only by carrying over unpaid bills until the present fiscal year and there is in reality d deficit of S7.0O0,000.
 on the other hand the argument against the telegraph companies is that they have been making too mach money. That is a pretty clear de monstration of the differance be tween public and private ownership
 And if the arguments of the gov ernment ownership advocates are to be accepted, we might as well apply them to any other business. If it is a good thing for the government to own and operate the telegraph busi- nesy. why isn't it an equally good thing for the government to own and operate the grocery business. the shoe shining business, and the manicuring business: It is merely d difference in degree
 But the overshadoWins objection to the scheme is that it would mean death to progress The government always has owned the postofficc bus mess. it k true But here is one little fact to be remembercd-every ad- vancemont in the efficiency of the de partment has come from outside ef- fort The government has adopted improvements in the department as they have been invented and perfect ed by private individuals. Improve mcnts in the department that have added to the efficiency of the depart mcnt have not come through the efforts of those in tine employ of the govern mcnt. These people generally have been too busy on their jobs to waste any brain effort in perfectng the postal service.