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Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
 Death Cheats Divorce.

Meriden.-Mrs Lillian Mills. former ly Of Bridgeport. died at a local hos pital of meningitis She had been talk en to the hospital from her boarding house after she had stated that she had taken quantity of carbolie acid Joseph Mills. residing at Bristol had brought action for divorce and a court order just handed down had allowed her a small amount to defend the suit, The police say her father Is Perry Wheeler. of Bridgeport.
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Fraud Paint

The worst mistake enc is likely to make In painting Is wrong paint. 1t is easy Co make this year when paint k so high.
 We ali say touFs is tAe best and there are lonB oi as. One is best bal a dozen are sO near on a level that mo- one knows, for sure, that his is the one. The worst paints are worst liars; they know what they are, put-on a bold face, and braEen it out. Their one true argument is low price but iow-pfiee paint, k always, must be, q fraud, t Is made Co cheat ehealable people.
 DEVOE
 Henry l.. Bu sells il
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
A.k Further coneesslon.

New Haven Track foremen Of the New York. New Haven < Hartford railroad have demanded change in their 10 hours daily rule 10 eight hours on Saturday and time and half on Sunday. as well as on other days. for all overtime There are about 500 track foremen on the system and the average wage is said ts be {l6 per week The present movement has nothing 10 do with other track work. CTS An answer to the demands was expected
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Shout Saves Woman.

A young woman, who refused 10 give her name. was saved from what might have been d fatal injury when a shout from Traffic Officer James 0'Bries. stationed al the corner of State and Chapel streets. caused her 10 jump from the sidewalk In front of the Brooks building. as large pane of glass crashed 10 the sidewalk, from fhe fourth story Of the structure How ths entire pane of glass came 10 fall is A mystery II Is thought that the putty which held the glass to the cas. ing fell out.
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Prohibit. st.n Ridlna.

The Public Utilities commission. after an all day hearing in the capitol. passed an order directing the Con neeticut company to prohibit the rld- ing of passengers on the lower run ming board of double truck trolley cars. pending the formal finding Of the commission This Is 10 apply ln case The company begins the opera lion of the double track cars before the finding ls Issued by the eommls- sion. The hearing. which has attract ed state wide interest WaB the result Of the petition Of division No 2sl of the Amalgamated Association Of Street and Electric Railway Employees for an order 10 prohibit passengers from riding on the running boards of open cars. The petition stated that fhe double steps exposed trolieymen 10 injury from passing vehicles and to The danger Of being thrown on.
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Plan 10 aaIn Another Road.

New London lt IS reported here upon good authority that the Groton and Sfonlngton Street Railway com pany. which runs from Groton to Wes- terly. k l.. wlll soon pass into the hands Of Morton F. Plant and others. r, is understood that all arrangements for the transfer have been made. Mir. Plant IS closely Identified with the Shore Line Electric company. which runs from New Haven to Saybrook Junction and Iyoryton.
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
NOTICE

The State Commission on Industrial Insurance will hold a public hearing at the rooms of the Board of Trade, Norwich, Conn.,, on Monday, June Sd i, 1912, at 2.30 D. m.
 The Commission earnestly desires to hear from all persons having views and opinions as to the form of an act providing for workmen's compensa- ton in eases of injury througn trial accidents, or as to the establish ment of State Bureau of Industrial Insurance, at the time and place indi- cated above.
 THE STATE COMMISSION ON INDUS
 TRIAL INSURANCE.
 By Chas. F. Roberts, Clerk.
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Ts Contest sImpson VIII

Catherine Crow has written to the Aee~ Haven probate court that she
 cutests the probating of the will of her aunt, Mrs. Mary Simpson. who Jeff an estate valued al 5000. She states that her aunt was not of sound mind and didn't intend to leave a will and did not make Will uu she was cu her death bed. The wiil leaves to JzEaes Reilly tl00. to Mrs Kate Igo sl6e. Co the Rev Jeremiah MeAullfs s200, to the Home of the Little Sis
 ters of the Poor flo0. and The residue is left to the Rev. Jeremiah McAuline
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Pleads Guilty Of Assault.

New London.-Napoleon Lockwood. Of Voluntown. pleaded guilty 10 the charge Of assault with intent to kill and murder his wife, Sophia Lock wood. and George Bennett. in the su- perior court and WAS sentenced to spend from one to two years in state prison
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Aaxent Christian Church Notes.

Sunday morning service al l0-Se. sunday school st = o cock
 Evening service at clock.
 Prayer meeting Thursday evening B. 7.oU-
 The Pastors subject sunday morn ing will 0e The Predominant sin. There ~iil be an important ousines7 meeting st the chapel Friday after noon al o'c ock-
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
siranoled by Collar.

Miss Alice Doyle. aged 40, was atFangled 10 death by soft linen col. lar in the bathroom of her boarding house at Greenwich Dr Clark. the medical examiner. after an inyestiga- eion, said that in his opinion the wom- an tainted and fell in such way that the tight fitting collar shut of tho blood circulation seeral small chil. dren saw her upon the floor but made no mention of t. saying later that they thought Ahe was sleeping.
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
iIse AlIens Ennf. Ease

she anfiseptic powder to shake into the shoes. Makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Relieves painful, swollen, kender. sweating, aching feel and takes the sting out of corns and bnnions. Sold everywhere, 25c. Don | accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. |.
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
MarrIa QeS

In Putnam, May 2Sth, by Rev. John Van den Noort, Frank \. Breault and Clarinda CadieuX.
 In East VI Aoosistoek, May =, by Rev. T A. Turner, Louis fitts and GIadys Fairfield
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
ouis Boycott is Ended.

1lrl boICot ih ENDS1.
 NddlefoaH The official boycott on ths e5=eds sf Wesleyan started tweH- v years ago. has been raised bY the men of the senior class. ~ho voted 10 ask the women students 10 join with them ID their class day exercises Al commencement Co-educati0n was started at Wesleyan in 1876 and for fifteen years there was no friction. Later the men began 10 rebel against the continuance of the system and adopted The boycott as the best means Of Yoielng their disappr0yal The rs- suit was that three years ago the trus- tees voted 10 abolish eo-edueati0n in lsiz. consequently the young women who are to be graduated from Wesley an ln June slll be the last to receive a degree from the Methodist institu- ton The boycott Of the young wo- men has always been faithfully car. rled out by the male students. So strong was the sentiment uphoidins 1t that d few years ago when senior dared to break the precedent mass meeting was called which adoped resolution severely eensuring his se- ton As this Is the last year Of CO education the seniors thought t well 70 raise the ban and ettend the olive branch 10 the girls.
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Fatally Crushed.

New Ayen.-Dominlck Frank. an employe Of the New Haven road. was fatally crushed between switcher was taken to local hospital
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Music Lessons
EDWARD H. BACON,

director of music at the Tennessee state school the past year, resumes les sons in Putnam and vicinity June 1&. By taking two lessons weekly this summer rapid progress can be made in a short period, Terms the same as formerly; bGt the number of new pu. pils is limited on account of appliea
 tions for instruction already received. Aside from piano and organ playing including beginners thorough courses will be given in Keyboard Harmony, Counterpart, Musical History Mu- sic in Public schools and modern and improved ways Of elementery piano teaching. Write for full announce ments. Address, Banielson, Conn.
 AGENTS WANTED-To sell our Special Accident and Sickness Poli- eies, issued 10 Men and Women: giv- ing SS,000 death, and Sl5 weekly benefits: costing but S5 a year. All occupations coXered-easily sold. No experience necessary; exclusive terri tory: large commissions with renewals given; permanent income guaranteed. National Accident Society, S20 Broad way, New York, Ess. D years. 24
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
hiother Gray's Sweet Pow ders for
 Children.

Relieve Fegerishness, Bad Stomach, Ehelhing Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and are pleasant remedy foF Worms sed by Mothers for @@ wears. They never fail. Al all drug 2ists, 25c. sample FREE. Address, .Allen ;. Olmsted. LeRoY. N. !.
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
IAB. Ii. B. " kItitt
DENTIST

Successor to DIR. H. SANDEL Bradley Block, Elm Street Office Hours: ga. nl. 10 .2 m., ? to 6 D.
 m.. to s30 p. m. Telephone: Office 124, Residence 345-2
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Saturday at the Store
 of
 E. Mullan FOR CASH

Full 1ream (heese, ASS Creamery Tub Butter, s%e ID Choice Lemons, Ioe ooA Crisco -Ae eau Red Kidney or Yellow Eye Beans, ioe at 3 pkgs Seeded Raisens, -7e Blood Oranges Auc ooA Peanut Butter, l-e ID Silver Leaf Brand Lard, lse ID 3 Mugs Mustard or Jars Onion saiadr soe $ Bars Oak Lea Soap, -2e pkgs Mseeroni, =s g lbs Fine Grsnulated Sugar .oo to
 the purchaser of pound of our
 5oc or COG Bulk Tea
 Potatoes. sos pA Smoked Shoulders, t<e 10 cans ot Clans, Corn, Peas or Lemon
 Pie Filling, ~os EvapoFatf Apples, Aae ID P. k (. Sardlues zee eab Large Jar Of Clipped Beef or Bacon, 2oe Canned squash ioS 25e Bottis Williams Vanilla, Iee ? jos ailk or Soda Crackers loe Blue Label ketchup Ase oos'is Cora starch or Arm and Hammer soda,
 Sc pkge Bermeda Onions io
Putnam patriot., 1912-05-31
Deaths

Tn Noroton, May 27, pr. Myron w. Robinson, aged 73 years. Member of 9th Conn. Vols.
 In Woodstock, May 18th, Joseph F. Russell. aged s6 years.
 In Putnam, May 2Sth, Emily Gady, aged s9 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
Twentieth Century Justice

Is justice meted out to the rich and poor alike in Jefferson county? Does a sentence in misdemeanor case. of 1850 and 90 days" mean alike to a man with a bulging pocket and to a friendless wretch who is both poor and ignorant?
 The voter, when he goes to the polls on Tuesday next, should ask himself these questions, and the longer he con- siders them and applies them to the situation in Jefferson Bounty the surer will he be to vote for the amendment which offers an opportunity to end forever here Jefferson co.. tvs entire fee system.
 The pending constitutional amend ment will enable the next legislature to name salaries. or better still it will enable it to authorize the board of revenue to do the work after securing a referendum on a salary scale.
 Let no one who desires to stop the hunt for fees in this county forget the pending amendment. The perse- cution of the poor and friendless in this county may have been exceeded in the case of the peons in Mexico in the days of Diaz, but no other parallel can be found in this or any other coun- try. It has been hurtful to the coun- tvs general progress and the only road out and away from it is the pending amendment which lifts Jeff ferson out of a section which says that no fee shall be changed in Jefferson county unless a like change is made in Winston county. The enforced part nership between Jefferson and Wins ton should be dissolved.
 Do not forget then on Tuesday next to vote on the constitutional provision lifting Jefferson county out of the operation of section 96.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
So So, these are the limbs of the plot
 king Henry VIII.
Marshall Day

Tomorrow is Wilson Marshall day sn every precinct in 48 states. Candl- date Woodrow Wilson has a special message that he desires to lay before the democratic voters in every pre- cinet. In this city Governor Jelks will read the message from the national standard bearer, and it is to be'hoped similar action will be taken in every other locality-in every other pre- cinct-in this state.
 The immediate task before the dem ocrats of Alabama is to secure the attendance at the polls on Tuesday next of 75,000 democrats ready to vote for Wilson and Marshall, and If that number should be exceeded by 5000 great credit would come to the democrats of the state, for 8O,O0O democrats have not voted in any cleo tion since the disqualifying constitu- tion of 1901 was adopted. In 1904 that number was, however, closely ap- preached, for 79,857 democrats went to the polls. That was the Alton B. Parker year, and surely united de- mocracy can this year give Woodrow Wilson S0,O00 votes.
 At the meetings tomorrow in the state let that be the watchword, "S0,- 900 votesl' A solid, confident party on the eve of victory can and will roll np that many votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
In sand nronntaln seetlon

We are looking forward with much interest to our county fair in DeKalb, which is to be held four days the com ing week. said S. B. Lloyd, back tax commissioner of that county.
 At Fort Payne, the county seat. there will be gathered a very interesting ex- hibit of the county's products and the re- suit will be very beneficial in arousing a generous rivalry and stimulating coun- ty pride Another good result will be the opportunity for those who are al- ready raising fine poultry, hogs and cat tie. to sell their surplus to a good ad- vantage. You know the Sand mountain country is noted for it's soil and It's grasses The mutton from the Sand mountain plateaulis noted for it's delicate flavor.
 ''I went on short visit to my brother, who is with the Red Feather Coal com pany, and was shown over tho entire plant. It is the most modernly equipped nine I have ever visited. I am glad to see that there is a disposition on the rart of coal operators to look to the com fort and welfare of their employees, by providing modern equipment and good houses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES


 z HAVE lost a friend His buoyant
 spirit and genial comradery will A cheer my days no more. When Dr. c. c. Robinson died Wednesday morn ing at St. yincent's hospital, after a brief illness. all who knew him ex- pressed grief and surprise. It was expected that he would get well and his sudden relapse came with cruel unexpectedness to those who were not permitted to know his exact condition. He could not see the sorrow his going caused, nor hear the words that sprang straight from the hearts of those he left behind him, but his was a life which did not need to be ended before tardy praise was spoken for his impulsive and generous nature, the winning traits of character by which he made friends of all who came in contact with him, and the unfailing good cheer with which he confronted life's changing scenes. Kind words were his wbile he moved among us in the pride and strength of his young anu lnt ti1DdltS pdlu uiAii when death had stilled his loyal heart were but the repetitions of what had been said before. He had firmly estab- lished himself in the affections of his associates and to them his loss seems irreparable.
 In the presence of death the living are seized with a strange numbness,
 
 and their senses. It has always been a mystery and will always be, so long as the curtain that shields eternity re- mains unwithdrawn. oIIe may face 1t calmly or we may beat our breasts in paroxysms of grief, the relentless, in- evitable fact confronts us still and helpless as we are, we can only abide the issue. hoping for the best and gaz- ing into the grim shadows of the fu- ture with steadfast souls.
 Although life is series of fare wells-farewells to our cherished hopes, our ambitious dreams, our youth and sometimes all the promise Of the years, in our earthly journey the hard est farewell of all is that with which We part from those we love in the shadow of the tomb. However strong our belief in the certainty of a here after may be, even in the souls illum- ined by sublimest faith dread doubts creep and we wonder just when and where and how immortality will be consummated. At best there Is a gulf to cross, an abyss of darkness and we know not how 1t fares with the untried soul, but lately launched on the wide seas of eternity.
 Yet we can speed the parting one with our tenderest regard and bespeak for him in our hearts tranquil voy- age, trusting that no storms will dis- may and no untowara circumstance make perilous his entry to that realm whose bourn is shrouded in darkness too dense for mortal eyes to pene- trate. And there is comfort in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
In a Remarkable Camnaign

The death of James Schoolcraft Sherman less than week previous to the national election will lead to no complications whatever. The cleo tors to be ballotted for will stand un- changed. If any republican electors are chosen, they will vote for MT. Taft as President and for whomsoever the republican national committee selects as a candidate for vice president. Chairman Hilles has called meeting of the republican committee to be held \in Chicago on November 12.
 The electors do not meet in their respective states until January, and the meeting on November 12 meets the instructions of the republican con- vention of last June and places any republican electors that may be chosen in a way to act in conformity with the declared will of their party, for the national committee was for mally instructed by the June conven- tion to fill any vacanacy in the na- . tional ticket. Many names have al Aveady been suggested.
 Mir. Sherman was lawyer and a
 business man of sunny disposition and
 as successful party leader, pos
 ssing kind heart and presenting & all timessa democratic manner. His defects were political, not personal He belonged to school now rapidly passing away. He believed in party discipline, in a high protective tariff and in great industrial combinations thesbigger the better. He was educated in that political school, and he was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
 OVERRIDING GRAND CANYON

Robert Haven Schauffler in the Novem-
 Der Metropolitan.
 In describing how it feels to look for the first time Into the depths of the Grand Canyon, 1t has become custom ary for literary folk to portray their sensations in some such striking way as this:
 "Ones glance was enough. My brain reeled and l recoiled in grisly terror from the brink Casting myself upon my knees and clasping my companion about his. I besought him with tears to take me away"
 Now, if before visiting Arizona. I had visited the travel alcove of the public library, I, too. would doubtless have known some of this grisly terror on reaching the famous brink. But as my habit is not to read about places until after seeing them through eyes unbespectacled by literature, the mile depth of the abyss actually terrorized me no more than had the deeps of the smiling Yosemite
 Indeed that first glimpse did not awe or intimidate me at all. It filled me instead with a chaotic sense of power and tranquil beauty and sublim, ity that deepened, strengthened, clar- fled as the confused masses of dome and battlement and spire of fretted cornice and pinnacle, terrace and turret below gradually disengaged and defined themselves, and as the variety and marvel of color scheme sank into my soul--a color scheme as protean as that of an ingot of white-hot steel cool ing rapidly under a sunset sky. In looking over the standard ac- counts of literary terror at first sight Of the canyon, one wonders why they should be so curiously stilted It is almost as though some pioneer word painter of the canyon had seen it first at some particular forbidding moment as though subsequent writers, having studied his account before the journey, had instructed their emotional systems to. behave no less vividly than his had behaved
 The result is that. under the in- huence of their hysterical writings, many tourists arrive expecting to shrink Sfrom a grisly inferno-and ac- ccrdingly shrink from grisly inferno. | While others sincerer and less sug- gestible, not feeling in the least neu- rOtic are slightly disappointed, both in the place and in themselves For this canyon has been just as much in- jured by having it's somberness laid on
 too thick as that other Grand Canyon up in the Yellowstone has been injured by having it's gorgeousness laid on too thick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
Relief from Political Talk

q am glad to get down to this section of the country where politics do not absorb conversation" said Henry Penny packer. agent for a popular theatrical company, which will be in Birmingham next week. In other parts of the coun- try political talk is to be heard on all sides. Of course, the greater number Of people feel confident that Wilson will be elected but somehow or other they con tinue to talk of the approaching elec- ton. Since I have been in Birmingham have heard very little about politics. Now and then some man will ask me what hear about the election and when I say it is Wilson, they appear sat isaed The main topic here is about, the Improvement in business and the bright prospects for the future. That makes me feel good for, while politics may have many interesting points, the business conditions of the country is a better sub ject from my point of view. The the- atrical profession looks forward to better times in a business way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
Another Referendum in Sight

Commissioner Lane took an appeal to the people on the light contract; Commissioner Weatherly did likewise in reference to water rates, and it is now suggested that Commissioners Exum may ask for quick action by the people on a street railway service to Elmwood cemetery.
 Any referendum is popular. It is direct government on the town meet ing plan of New England and the can tonal plan of Switzerland. It is gov ernment above board instead of in a secret and limited conference. The proper thing to do whenever a burn- ing question arises is to bring it be- fore the people. There can be no mis- take when that is done7ho mistake, that is to say, in acting in accordance with the will of the people. The peo- pie have a right to err, because they bear the responsibility and foot the bills. As a matter of fact they do not often err, and in the pending scrap over an Avenue F franchise they would surely demand what would be for the greatest good to the greatest number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
pred,cts Great Formulation

"When the late John w. Gates predicted that Birmingham would soon have pop
 ulation of 100000, some people thought
 he was joking or was greatly exaggerat- ing" said a member of the Chamber of Commerce. But the noted capitalist,
 who had invested largely in the Birming- ham district, was not wrong in the main,
 and when questioned he said he spoke seriously. He did not mean that Birming- ham would have 100000 inside the city limits within the very near future, but
 he meant that Birmingham and it's en-
 virons would have within the time of
 many of us now living approximately a
 population of 100000
 s'This is about the way I figure 1t. What the census bureau set forth in 1910 as Birmngham's urban center population,
 that is to say the consolidated population of the city and surroundings within a certain radius, was 212,000 in round num- bers. According to an estimate based on the school census of this year Birming- ham, as an urban center. has grown from population of 212,O00 to 25e,O0O. I think it is safe to say that the next census will find Birmingham and its environs
 with a consolidated population of upward of half a million. The larger that Bir-
 mingham becomes the faster will be its rate of growth and in fifteen years from now it will probably have population
 of 100000
 Jefferson county, which will be prac- tically Birmingham, will be almost sure
 to have a population of million in fif- teen years hence.'