Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-19
co5URN OPPOSED.
Fermer Head of Industrial Company ' Deposed as President of Connecticut Crushed Stone Company.

Lemuel J. Coburn, we'll known in Danielson, Is again in the limelight in Hartford. In a Hartford paper of Wednesday there appeared an account of his being deposed as president of the Connecticut Crushed Stone com pany at meeting of the stockholders held Monday evening at the office of the company in Hartford.
 The story says: Two thirds of the stockholders were represented in the meeting, according to a report given out by Treasurer H. E. Hall. The new board of directors elected L. H. Russell president of the company.
 When asked as to why Mir Coburn ! was depOsed, the officers were unwill- Ing to give any reason other than that matters had arrived at such a pass l that the action was necessary, and : they took it. They would not confirm the report that it was because MT Coburn had been selling his own stock : 10 the injury of the treasury stock, the money for the latter being used for , working capital by the company. It was intimated, however, that a suit would be brought against Mir. Coburn, presumably to recover the stock of the company, and 1t should not be com pelled to pay dividends on the remain : der of the bonus of the stock in his , possession"
 The Connecticut Crushed Stone com pany has an of1ce in Hartford and it's plant between Berlin and Middletown at Beckley station on the Middletown branch. It Is to get out stone for use . 1n road building work.
 Coburn has had rather a spectacular career in Connecticut during the past i ten years. He was the head of the ! Industrial and Manufacturing compa- ny that built the factories at Indus- trial place which factories by a ! smiling turn of fate have come to be of surprisingly great value to Daniel son, thocgh for several years after they were built they were generally regarded as monuments to the most colossal piece of foolishness ever in- culged in en masse by supposedly sane and solid people of this and surround ing towns. Though many original in ] Testors lost more or less heavily in the local promotion scheme, in which scores of thousands of dollars were gunken, the factories built as the re- suit of 1t have been the means of at- tTactfng a fine industry here. which now has a fat payroll and a fine list of employees who have already re- ceived in wages more than the amount lost in the development scheme-but the industry came long after the pro- motors had shifted to new fields of endeavor, and without assistance from them.
 In. the Hartford case 1t does not ap- pear that Mir. Coburn, who is a very likable man, has done anything illegal, but certain acts were regarded by other members of the company as not for the best interests of the organiza- tion.
 Baptist Church Interests.
 At the Thursday prayer meeting the pastor will read the Christmas story by Ralph Connor entitled The Angel and the Star.
 On Friday the Women's Missionary societies will meet at the home of Mrs. Daniel Spalding. Mrs. Hammett is the leader
 The Crusaders will meet at the par- sonage Friday evening. After the study I hour they will gather around the Crusaders Christmas tree.
 Sunday at the morning service the pastof will speak on The Messages of Christmas. The choir will render spe- cial music as follows Anthem, Awake, Put on Thy Strength, by Dudley BuckI anthem, We Have Seen His Star, by Caleb simper; solo, by Mrs. Frost, The Birthday of the King, by Niedlinger; anthem, O Little Town of Bethlehem, by H J. Storer.
 At the session of the Bible school there will also be special attention given to the day. The pastor will speak On The Mistletoe of Bethlehem,
 At o'clock a chorus of 25 voices will render the cantata The Manager Throne, by Charles F. Manney. The order of service will be as follows Introductory prelude, by Miss Millicent L. swafdeld; scripture and prayer, by Rev W. D. Swaffield; baritone recita- tive, The Angel Gabriel, sung by Ralph Cram of Brown university; soprano solo, Hall Thou, Mrs. Frost; chorus, Silence, Miss HarEingtea and MT.