Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-01
PUTNAM
Smoker This Evening-Democrats te Hold Rally Tuesday Night-Sus. picious Fire-John Dubois Attempts Suicide at Hartford.

Hold Rally Tuesday Night-Sus- picious Fre-John Dubois Attempts Suicide at Hartford. A. NJ. Bartlett has gone to Florida to spend the winter.
 C. NJ. Green of Philadelphia has been visiting here with Mayor and Mrs. Archibald Macdonald. MT. Green is business manager for an elevatJr com pany with headquarters in tsat city. James r. Morrison of Worcester call ed on friends in Putnam Thursday. Attorney ;. B. Harvey of Williman- | tic was in Putnam Thursday. George r. Beers of Dover, N. H., call | ed on friends in town Thursday. Putnam lodge of EIks is to keep open house for members next Tuesday l evening, when there is to be a social 1 session in connection with the re- | ceiying Of election returns.
 Buys Warren Farm. Vernon S. Warren of Furnace, Mass, | has purchased the Luther Warren ! farm on Putnam Heights and is con- l ing there to make his home
 Republicans Plan Smoker. 1 There is to be a smoker in Odd Eel ! lows hall this (F'riday) evening at | which republicans of the town are to ] gather to talk over the coming election. IL is probable that Everett J. Lake ] or Judge William H. Henney of Hart | ford Will be present, but this was un- certain up to Thursday night.
 Closing Rally Monday Evening.
 The republicans of Putnam are not to close their campaign in this town until next Monday night, the eve of l election day It was announced Thursday afternoon that David La yigne, a French speaker will be here at that time and will deliver an address | that is to be held in St. Johns hall l Providence street.
 A full line of knOckabout and un- trimmed hats at all prices. Allard and Carpenters Hat shop, Bradley bldg, opposite Congregational church.-AdY.
 Democratic Orator Wore Gloves.
 John Sharp Williams, United States senator from Mississippi, wore gloves | while making his address at the dem- Ocratic rally in the Bradley theater Thursday evening-nOt that the sen atOrS hands were cold nor that he wanted to handle his political op- ponents with kid gloves, but because he had injured one hand and was try
 
 Superior Court Case.
 At the session of the superior court here on Thursday, Judge Bennett pre- siding the civil case of BoWne Broth CTS ys. H. H. Davenport of Putnam, came up for consideration. The case is one in which the complainants claim a balance due of $50 as a commission,
 but the defence claims no balance due on series of transactions. Court will come in at Willimantic this (Friday) morning for short calendar session and assignment of cases.
 Believe Fire Incendiary.
 It was the belief of flremen Thurs
 day nighE that the fire for which the
 department was called to the garage
 of Deputy Sheriff George r, Hol-
 brook, near the Cargill house, at 11.3G
 Wednesday night was of incendiary
 origin. Leaves and shingles were
 found piled outside and near a corner of the building and the combination
 blazing. A few pails of water were sufficient to extinguish the fire. Two alarms were sent in for the blaze, one from Box fl, the other from Box 42 the last alarm on account of the fact that whoever tried to send in the first one is supposed to have pulled | ! It was fortunate that the fire occurred : at such an early hour otherwise val uable surrounding property might have : been destroyed.
 Basketball Prospects. 2 At the present time there are indi. , cations that the high school teams il l Putnam Thompson, Killingly, Plain. ( | field and Willimantic will play an in. If hot clyotb boI
 during the season that is about tt I 1 open, but just how they will be ar s ranged cannot be announced at thi Q | time, as the schedules have not al = been completed. Putnam will have 2 | strong team this season, probably on Q 1 of the strongest on the circuit.
 At the local pOstoffice it is announced l that arrangem ants have been mad n | whereby depositOrs in the postal say = ings department may, by applying ol
 or before December 2, exchange | whole or a part of their deposits fo a l United States registered or coupol [ bonds in denominations of $20, S100 an = $500, bearing interest from January e 1913, at at the rate of 2 1-2 per cent . yearly.
 n There is considerable interest in tn y organization of the Putnam City ban = by Amadee Lucier, Edward Irving an o George Warren. All but one of tn = old members are still living in Putnar | and is said that 23 have agreed t = join. If the reorganization plan i e carried out, Putnam is assured of C fine musical organization.
 = Two Big Building Contracts. - Prospects are that the proposed ne7 e government postoffice building and tn # proposed new central telephone build r ing, to be located close together o II South Main and Grove streets, will b
 in both cases in course of construc
 tion during the year that op1Es tw
 months from today. The telephon
 building will undoubtedly be the frs n to be completed and 1t should be read ', for occupancy sometime during 191 '' The whole of the next year may elaps
 however. before Putnam people wi
 have their postoff1ce located on the sit y that the government has purchased fc '- it.