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The Washington times., 1913-07-27
Young Women BaIk
At Customs Queries

NEW YORK, July N.-There was
something of a scene in the dining room
of the steamship Kaiserin Auguste VIC
toria down the bay when three young
women who were travelling unattended
declined to answer the questions OF the
immigration inspector.
I'VE are American citizens, and we
don't have to tell where We are going,
they said. The inspector informed them
that they would be compelled to answer
the question or go to Ellis Island, that
being the only alternative offered under
a new rule of the department. The rule
applies to all women travelling without
escorts, whether or not they are hrst-
cabin passengers. The women told their
destination
The Washington times., 1913-07-27
Drowned in Susquehanna.

LANCASTER. Pa. July z7.ACharies
Fenstermacher. twenty-one years Old.
OF Voplay, Pa, who was- attending
house party at PeQuea, was drowned
in the Susquehanna river at that place.
His body was recovered after an alI-
night search
The Washington times., 1913-07-27

The Alexandria County Equal Suf-
fFage League will meet tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock in the residence
Of Mrs. C. M. Greathouse.
The Washington times., 1913-07-27

The delegation Of Alexandria .Faxs
who have been attending the opening
of the new home of Norfolk Lodge
which took place on Thursday and
Friday will return home tomorrow
morning on the Norfolk boat
The Washington times., 1913-07-27

TIDE TABLE.
High tide......... 2:05 a. m and 2:25 D. m.
Low tide ......... 1858 a m and SAB p. m.
SUN TABLE.
Sun rises. 4:56 Sun sets.... 7:1I
The Washington times., 1913-07-27
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,
ATEXANnRIA VA ITyTY 17

The completion of the laying of vitri-
fed brick in Pitt street. between Queen
and Cameron streets yesterday after
noon, adds another block of modern
paving to the large number OF streets
which have been similarly improved
within the last three years. The block
was paved In record breaking time on
account of the Importance of the streets
in the moving of traffic. several auto
mobile garages and livery stables being
located on this block.
Work has begun on the paving of
Royal street from Wilkes to Prince
street. The first block is to be paved
with vitrified brick and the two follow
ing with tar macadam. 49,
Owing to the absence Of number Of
Alexandria pastors from the city on
their vacations, their pulpits were
filled today by visiting clergymen. AT
the Methodist Protestant Church, the
Rev. William NJ. Hantzman. pastor of
Campbell circuit OF Virgins. preached
at IL o'clock. The Rev. George Barber,
OF Washington, preached at Trinity this
morning. and this evening the same pull
pit will be filled by the Rev. Charles
Boss also of Washington. The Rev. B.
A. Scull, of Maryland. preached at the
Free Methodist Church today. At the
Washington Street Methodist Church
this morning, Miss Janet Risheill sang
The Lord Is My Light" as an offertory
and this evening Kenneth Ogden viii
sing Lead Kindly Light" At the
Second Presbyterian Church this morn
ing, Miss Alberta deFour, leading so,
prano of the First Methodist Church, of
Atlanta, Ga, was the soIofst.
Mrs. Kate Waller -Rarrett nrasidan+
of the National Council of Women, has
returned from an. exteuded trin
The Washington times., 1913-07-27
ALEXANDRIA PAVES
BUSINESS STREETS
Wried Brick Pavement in Pitt Street Was Laid in Record
Time-Vsitng Preachers Occupy PuIpits Of Churches
Whose Pastors Are on Vacations.

, abroad during which time she was a
delegate 10 the International Council
of Women at The Hague. She was a
recent guest CT Lady Aberdeen, pres
ident of the international council, at
the vice regal lodge, Dublin. She was
accompanied by her daughter, Miss
Kitty Steele Barrett.-
To allow improvements to the Alex
andria and Georgetown turnpike
where 1t oaeses the. Arlington Ceme-
terry. which is largely used by auto-
mobilists between Alexandria and
Washington, the supervisors Of Alex
andria county have closed a portion
of the road Traffic accustomed to
use the highway viii be diverted for
short distance to some of the roads
through the cemetery. The stretch
Will be macadanized and finished with
new surface -which-is said to stand
automobile traffic we'll
The IRE department responded to an
alarm-sent ihzfrom Washington and
Franklin streets at a o'clock this
morning, and found two small frame
dwellings in flames. Tt Is not known
how. the fire started. The buildings
were completely destroyed.
The election for State officers to he
held week from Tuesday will bring
to close one of the dufiest cam
raigns that has ever been conducted
in Virginia. There has practically
been no interest shown in the contest
and the vote will be very light.
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The Washington times., 1913-07-27

Band Concert and Free Moving Pictures
Randle Highlands Sunday night-Advt
The Washington times., 1913-07-27

of the National Council of Women, has
returned from an extended trip
The Washington times., 1913-07-27

TIDE TABLE.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12

Lease OR SALE-ArfIs-ic bungalow.
screened tiled. furnace, garage Ad-
dress "Ansiey Park, care American.
LoQ-l-6
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12

Activity in home building Is evi-
denced by the continued demand for
permits at Building Inspector Hays
office at the City Hall Small houses
Of the one-story bungalow type are
especially sought
--latest permits include a $4,000 two
story dwelling for Mrs. 3. T.. Weaver
at SIS Piedmont Avenue. a $1,000
one-story frame dwelling for Colonel
l. y. Ragsdale az A. Arlington Street:
a one story frame dwnl.inC for Bel
gner * Tltum a. 207 Hil Street, and
TWO rwo-storv frame dwellings, for G
r. Turn al a. and 40 Clifton Street
fa cost So 600 each.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
WARRANTY Deeds

sSIGO-J O. ConnalIy 10 William
Oldknow, lot % by 104. southeast side
Peters Street, northeast Of Ellison's
lot, land lot So. June II.
81, 409-Charles a. Howell to Chas
W. Crankshaw, 1859 acres, north
west corner land lot $50, on Randall
Mil Road and NanCys Creek. -,
1913.
s1,50O-BeTe Summers TO same. IS
acres, northeast corner land lot 1879
18th district. January 9.
500 and Other Consideration
George P Moore 10 Sam Massell ct al
lot % by 100 feet. south side South
Avenue, 675 feet east OF Martin
Street June 3.
S2.S5O-R ". Hansard TO F. L.
Miller ct al. lot 100 by 100 feet, south
side Cambridge Avenue. ISL feet east
Of East Boulevard. June O.
S415O-J. ". Goldsmith, Jr. to L.
y. Griggs. lot so by 1ST feet, north
side sydney Street. 1S2 feet east Of
Cherokee Avenue June ~.
S5.00O-Mrs. /. n. Stevens 70 W
c. Estes. lot 81 by 1872 feet at corner
east side Lakewood Avenue and
northeast side J0nesboro Road
June e.
So. 650-Benjamin F. Hall ST. TO
Charles q. Harris. executor of Mrs.
Jane L. Grant Estate, Tot 80 by l47
feet. east side Jackson street, 50 fee
north of Irwin Street April Z.
S1250-West End Park Company
10 ! Poindexter. lot 50 by 1871
.-er. northeast corner WestwoOd and
ontario Avenues April 20. 1911.
sl2g-Greenwond Cemetery 70 same,
lots and $. Column 10. Section A.
Greenwood Cemetery June Z.
$500 and Other Considerations
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12

CHARTERS for stock companies, any
business, obtained any state. prompt
service lowest rates; all supplies; en-
graved stock certificates, etc, included,
incorpOrators and resident agent fur
nished II desired: meetings held min
utes. bylaws and agreements prepared,
advice Of our expert corporation attOr-
news free by mail for one year Address
Investment Bankers. Box 1000, care
American. 5-2a-24I
looking for good stock
or bond issues. $50, 600 up companies
Incorporated. Address Burke, Box
1857 care American. 5-25-230
AUTOMATIC Electric Railway switches
and signaling devices Patents now
before Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Snap for financier. Address
Rroeu, Box 1862, care American
INVENTORS will advance money to
secure patents on new and useful In
ventions. Write to J. b, Box 1858, care
American. 5-25-23l
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12

a definite movement has been
started 10 give the county better
bridges following announcement by
tho County Commissioners that In
future concrete bridges viii be placed
wherever possible where wooden ones
now stand. comes announcement that
the Sea board Railroad win replace
the wooden structure over Its tracks
on Peachtrce Road south Of Peach
tree Creek with n handsome steel
span Plans for the bridge were com
p'eted al the engineering department
Of the railroad company in Norfolk.
and have been submitted 10 the Coun-
" Commissioners for approval The
bridge viii be 100 feet long instead of
so. to allow the construction Of an
other track The cost will be about
5000 County Commissioners are
enthusiastic over the bridge plans.
and the travelling public win no doubt
welcome the acquisition also.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
Future Wealth Be Found in Atlanta Real Estate These
REAL ESTATE AND
CONSTRUCTION NE WIS

Baldwin and Arthur Spurline, II acres
in land lot 16S, on west side East
Point Road, 80 feet north of Camp
bellton Road. June T.
$5,500-R. c. Little to Mrs. Ada F.
Moves. 1872 e. Harris Street, 50x102
feet. July 10, 1911.
Sc 3OO-Mary Z. Zellner to same, $50
n. Jackson Street, 50xl95 feet June ..
$S00-Mrs s. J. Walker to same, Is
Horton Street, 50X9O feet. June 4,
1912
S8OO-Lavender r. Ray to Benja-
min Jenkins, Y Spencer Street, 4OX52
feet. May 20.
$1,000. ?. Norris to John J..
Woodside, lot l00x180 feet, west side
Elm Street, 1876 feet north of Gene
see Avenue June 6.
$4,750-E. H. Lake to Annie l..
Lake, "A Boulevard Circle, 45x12O feet
March rs.
Sl75-The Traders Company to D.
B. Pierce, lot 50X200 feet, north side
Cameron Street, $50 feet west of
West End Place. May q.
S7,000-W. c. Maddox to z. H. VIII
son, sc 1-2 acres on Old Roswell Road
IN northwest corner land lot 100; also
acres on Powers Ferry Road, in
land lot 100; also 10 acres on PAGES
y
S2,200-Mrs Carrie H. Brown to
Mrs. Annie Lou Minor. lot 50x95 feet,
northwest corner Wylie and Oliver
Streets. April is.
s1.3OO-E. Rivers to C. E. Frazier,
lot 246Xl15 feet, south side Peach
tree Way, $50 feet east of Peachtree
Road. June 10.
,OOO-George NJ. Kol1n to f. w.
Bigham, lot so by 100 feet, southeast
side Of Whitehall Street, 55 feet south
west Of HUMPHREYS Street. May Is.
S6OO-D. I. MacIntyre. trustee. to
James ". Bigham, lot 100 by los feet,
ESQ feet west of Peoples Street and
200 feet south Of Lucille Avenue
March 81.
So, 000-Edward Dunnick 10 Mrs. l..
G. McClelland, lot so by 300 feet,
southwest side of Cleburne Avenue,
$50 feet northwest of Euclid Avenue.
June I.
SO, 000-Brookhaven Estates to John
D. Little, lots g 8. 7, 8, 9 and IS Of
Brookhaven Estates. June 7, 1911.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12

n you have anything TO sell advertise
in The Sunday American. Largest cir
culation Of any Sunday newspaper in
the Scutn.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12

S6.000-Mrs. B F. Weaver, s1s
Piedmont Avenue, two story frame
dwelling - b Grist.
$500 Poole & Mccullough, 54-56
Decatur Street, alterations. Day
work.
S450-Charles G. Wynne rear 40 IL
Decatur Street. build three corrugat-
ed iron buildings Day work
Sl5O-Alonson Bros. q Joe John
son Avenue, addition and repairs
Dav work.
SLOW. r. Whisenaut. 40 Atlanta
Avenue. repairs. Dav work.
$4,000 y. Ragsdale, At Arlington
Street, one-story frame dwelling. Day
work
s.. 900 Each r. Turner 45-49
Clifton Street two two-story frame
dwellings. Day work.
So S0u-Belcher - Tatum Company.
3OT Hill Street one-story frame
dwelling Day work
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
HOUSES FOR RENT.


HOUSES.
24-26 z. Baker St., IA rooms, $75.
313 S. Pryor St., II rooms, $35.
1914 McAfee ST., 10 rooms, $50.
rs W. Peachtree St., 10 rooms,
$50.
Sc Hurt St., 10 rooms, $50.
154 Greenwich, 9 rooms, 500.
176 Ivy St, s rooms, $25.
III East North, s rooms, $40.
los Merritts Ave, S rooms, $45.
% Kennesaw Ave, S rooms, SO.
176 Gordon St, 6 rooms, $40.
"a West End Ave, 6 rooms,
$3.50.
.85 W. Peachtree Place, 6 rooms,
$22.5O.
|374 Central Ave, 6 rooms. $50.
46 Z. Ellis. 6 rooms. $35.
a Drewry St., 6 rooms, $4,000.
% n. Bonaventure St., 6 rooms,
$40.
21l Ivy St., 6 rooms, 1920.
124 Jones Ave, ) rooms, SIS.
81 Mills St, 5 rooms, 1890.
ia Formwalt St., 5 rooms, $3.50
104 Z. Ellis St, ) rooms. $50.
S8l Grant St., 5 rooms, $15.
96 Mcdaniel ST., ; rooms, SIS.
100 Ivy St, 3 rooms, $50.
No. , Miller Reed Ave, South
Atlanta. ) rooms, $15.
795 Hill St, / rooms, 1920.
50 Lee St, 4 rooms, $3.50.
Call for our complete Rent
List.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN

Entered at Atlanta postofIce as second
class matter.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
FARMS FOR SALE.

sE5-1CRE farm. wen improved. ~
miles from station This is HIe land
and 81 is going cheap and on easy terms.
r.. BOX JOS, care Georgian 3--l--5
EIGHT farms from Sd 90 l-5 acres. well
Improve. good band on public road
one mile from station Terms easy.
These are bargains, A, Box 3. care
Georgian. sL----o
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
Il EDGEWOOD AVENUE.
REAL ESTATE. RENTING AND /

YOU HAVE MONEY to lend. place It safely.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

40Nlbf 10 alley, gas, water porcelain
bath. half block car line See house 90
Welhom St, then phone West l9-l-J
Price $3.50. easy terms. 6-|-lH
BEAUTIFITL HOME SITES. S225 20
$500 in Camden Park. just below Col
lege Park depot, on car line only $40
cash and $40 per month. Seeing them
means buying Phone Main 1850 r l.
Goodman, agent. 81 South Pryor street
$50
LET rs BUILD you a home VIII buy
YOU a lot or paw of your lot Terms
to suit. 400 Temple Court Main f1s9
4-lS-43
OWNER viii make attractive offer on 2
story s-roOw house on North side
also 5-room bungalow iu lnman Park
Phone M E.-r-Man. wv -4--- 1-.o-LA
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
Quitolaim Deeds.
Guardians Deed.

s55-L. j. Steele. guardian OF Carry
Rainey, TO John y. Malone, lot 80 by
1e7 feet, south side Mosely Alley, land
lot As. fourteenth District, one-third
interest June To-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

WILL take $50 Camount paid inl for
equity in lot on Newman Avenue, Co
lonial Hills Any terms. Ivy 445s
FOR SALE CHEAP-Sl. 600 equity I'm s.
room. 2-st0ry house North Side Ao-
dress P o Box 26O. CITY Zo2-612
NICE building lots and good farms
cheap. on easy terms. F., Box So.
care Georgian. Main 2s5s-L 2g-ll-6
COTTAGE of five rooms and bath. one
block from Ponce beLeOn Avenue,
must be sold soon. Call Ivy 664s-l4
NEW siT-TGom bungalow, Tot 50xls0,
Druid Hills section. chicken yards.
vegetable garden, tile walk, house fully
screened an elegant home, price low
and terms very easy
Two STORY home on North Boule-
ward eight rooms. fine location, worth
Ss 600. asking only $1,000 and will give
YOU terms at that
SEVEN two-story house Just on
North Boulevard. lot l0Nlto. for nEe
days win offer this AZ 5000 cash. bal
auCe ike rent.
ALL the above are bargains, real
panic" bargains. so % any one or these
hits YOU. call Main POSE or address II.
.C smith e0l Empire Bldg. 6-lo-s
FOR business reasons must sell my
niue-ro0m two-st0ry home. fitted for
two families, finest residence section %
Atlanta, near Ponce DeLe0n and North
anH-eh alEar %"'l lNa aaaA.ar AaA VIM tH-fh'
less and give very easy terms. Address
Real Bargain care Georgian. s-l0-I
WIIL sell my siX-roon bungalow In
kirEE God. large lot. arteslau water.
az great bargain. very small cash pay
weut. balance like rent must sell az
nee See me quick Address NJ W. t.
''- l... sos
LEASE or SALE-Artistic bungalow.
screened tiled. furnace, garage Aa-
dress "Ansley Park care American.
leQ-l-6
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
Peachtree Paving
Passed Up Thursday
Commissioners Unanimous for Re-
pairs Fifteenth to Buckhead.
New Material 1914.

OF great importance to people trav-
cling in the northern part of Fulton
County and for that matter, in De-
Kalb and other counties bound for
Atlanta, was the action Thursday
morning Of the Board Of County Com
missioners in passing a resolution
providing for repairs to Peachtree
from Fifteenth Street to Buckhead.
distance of over four miles.
The resolution provides that 25
men and a steam roller be put on the
job at once. and that during the year
1914, or earlier If possible. the street
will be repaved with entirely new
paving material Cbitulithic). It was
carried unanimously. Action of the
Commissioners was due to a demand
Of people living along the route and
others using the thoroughfare con-
stantly that something be done to re-
lieve bad conditions.
Robert F. Maddox was one of those
most interested He went down to
attend the meeting at the court house
but found that the meeting had ad
journed. and he was greeted with the
declaration, We'll, the work is al
ready passed up and you are too late
with your speech"
The work this year win consist Of
scraping and rolling the present paw
ing 80 az to make It as smooth as
possible
Ponce DeLeon Lot Bought.
Quitclaims having been secured
from three persons, final consumma-
ton Of deal conveying a large lot
at the southwest corner Of Ponce De-
Leon Avenue and North Boulevard
for s10,175 has been perfected. The
buyers are w. f. TreadweH, s. W
Carson and A. II. Davis and the seller
the Lowry National Bank.
The property measures 1877 by 1876
by 1877 by 1913 feet Included in the
deal are a 81 by 80 foot lot on DIAL
vigny Street, west Of Grady, and a SIS
by 239 foot lot on an alley los feet
southerly Of Greenwood Avenue.
A deed has also gone to record con-
veying to Wallace w. Daniel from
Porter Langston a 25 by 50 foot par
Gel on Ivy Street, 80 feet north of
East Harris Street, for $3.50. Also
10 H. F West from Marian Evelyn
Atwood, a lot at Tenth and Williams
Streets. for $1,000 Also $50 North
Jackson Street. soy by 1876, from Mrs.
Ada F. Noyes to Mrs. Eta VI. Fraser,
for $7.775. Also from c. r. Kauff-
mann to J. w. Mcdonald. lot l. block
Il. Of Ansley Park, for $4,000.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12

Loan Deeds.
81 ,00O-J G. Arnold to George p.
DowelI, lot 80 by l21 feet. west side
OF wellington Street, $50 feet south
Of Greensferry Avenue. June II.
80. 50O-Mrs. Estelle F, Murray TO
Prudential Insurance Company of
America, lot 50 by 242 feet south side
Of Ponce DeLeon Avenue, $50 feet
east Of Jackson Street. June 8.
81 6O0-Mrs. J. W. Hamilton to
Protestant Episcopal Church Of Do
cese of Atlanta, So Milledge Avenue,
40 by 10 feet. June II.
S1.325-Mrs. B. d. Johnson 30 ]. r.
Haas, q West End Place, As by loo
feet. June 10.
S416-F. T. Trammell to Smith &
simpson Lumber Company, lot so by
1872 feet, south side of Pine Street. loo
feet east Of Harris Street. June s.
ssOO-F. f. Miller and L. p. STAINS
bury to X. Y. Walton, lot 100 by 1870
feet. south side of Cambridge Avenue,
1871 feet east Of East Boulevard
June 9.
S60o-Charles E. Frazier TO NJ. j.
PARROT. lot 246 by lis feet. south
side of Peachtree Way, 553 feet east
Of Peachtree Road. June 10.
s5.5OO-Charles W. Crankshaw 10
Mrs Ermiue Dec Nunnally, 26.59
acres northwest corner land lot $50,
Seventeenth District; also So So
acres. northeast corner land lot 1879,
Seventeenth District. June II.
S200-NTrs. Ida C Little 70 Miss
Nauuine r. Massie, lot As by l23 feet,
south side Harwen Street 234 feet
west Of Ashby Street June T.
Bonds for Title.
s1-50O1Porter LanEston to Wal
lace w. Daniel lot 20 by 80 feet, west
side Ivy Street, 90 feet north Of East
Harris Street November 2, 1912.
lO.00O-Marian Evelyn Atwood et
al to H F West, 4 acres, bounded
east by Williams Street, land lot l0T
Seventeenth District. adjoining CraW-
ford & Woolley. May 10.
S4.OOO-W. A. Whiteside to Mrs. j.
L. F'retwel. % Wellborn street, AZ BY
1914 feet September Is. 1911.
81 s0O-John S. owens 10 Louise l.
Ferris. lot so by $50 feet south side
Ponce DeLeon Avenue, ST9 feet east
of Southern Railway right Of way.
June Q.
81. Mary s. Caldwell to W z.
and c. A. Burdett, lot 100 by $50 feet
northeast corner Nabell Avenue and
Dauphn Street December 81 1912.
Transferred to z. II. Wilson and T.
c. Perkins. January 81.
Quitclaim Deeds.
s1-H. l. Mckee to Mrs. Eistelle F.
Murray, lot so by PAP feet. south side
Ponce DeLeon Avenue. $50 feet east
OF Jackson Street. June, 1913
s150-John T. Collier to John y.
Malone. lot &c by 127 feet, south side
Moseley's Alley, adjoining Floyd prop
erty. land lot 40. Fourteenth Dis
triCt March 6, 1911
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-21
SfONINGTON.
Nerwfoi, Purchasers Buy Househoat- Evening of WhIst-St. Mary's Mis- sion to Open Sunday

Thursday evening the A. D. Whist club met at the home of Mrs. Gilbert Chesebro on Elm street Whist was enjoyed and refreshments served Thursday evening Ruth chapter. O. B. s., met in Masonic hall Nina council, K. of C., met Wednes- das evening and received five appli- cations for m menbershlp. At Baptist Church. The Bible school of the First Bap- ing Wednesday evening. The subject was, Reason and Imagination. Thurs day evening an excellent Victrola von- cert was enjoyed. A silver collection was taken up.
 John Gaynor is confined to his horn e by illness.
 Mrs Samuel Wood has returned from a visit in Bridgeport.
 Vincentian Fathers to Give Mission.
 A mission will be opened in St. Mary's church Sunday when the ser vices will be conducted by two of the Vincentian fathers.
 Buy Heusehoat.
 Raoul NJ. De1agrange has sold the houseboat which he purchased last year from Charles P. Williams, to Norwich purchasers who will. tow 1t up the Thames, the latter part of the month. He has also soil a 25 foot cruiser launch to Fred J. Mo1l of Mys-
 Mrs. William C. Graham has left for Washington, D. C.. where she win make her home.
 Lenten Preacher.
 Rev. Joseph Hooper of Durham will deliver the Lenten lecture in Calvary Episcopal church this (Friday) eve ming.
 James Leahy is il with tons1Htfs
 The Mistuxet club whist team went to Westerly Wednesday evening and played the Colonie1 club team The Stonington team won by 156 points.
 This (Friday) afternoon the< Ston- ington Grammar school will have spe- cial program in honor of Washing toms birthday.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-21
Boys Corn Clubs.

Boys Corn Clubs contests, started a few years ago by Secretary Wilson through the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture, have become so success full and popular in the South that the movement has become national in character. A recent circular of the Bureau of Plan Industry is an inter esting contribution to the subject
 'The National Corn Club is an inn portant factor,'' says the circular, 'sin directing rural boys to the business of farming as profitable and noble profession. The boys are needed for the efficiency of the farm and their work and leadership must be had if American agriculture is to keep step with the march of civilizatfon.''
 In connection with organizing and directing clubs the circular says:
 Every premium offered for con- tests and Corn Club work should have