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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
MRS. BUEL AGAIN
IS STATE REGENT
Reelected to Head STATE D. A. K.
at Meeting in Cheshire

Cheshire, March 26--Mrs. John Buell.
of Lttchfe1d. was reelected state re-
gent of the D. A. r. at the meeting
of the delegates and alternates held
yesterday in the Cheshire Congrega-
tiona1 church. and Mrs. George May
nard Minor, of New London, was
chosen vice-regent Mrs. Minor sue
port, who on account of poor health
declined to serve longer. Mrs. w.
Tyler Browne, of Norwich, was re-
elected recording secretary, and an
amendment was also made to have a
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charles
for that office. The counseIors are
Mrs William Holmes of Ansonia, and
Mrs. Charles c. Barnun of Danbury.
For the meeting next year it was
announced that the Sarah Whitman
TrumbuI1 chapter, of Watertown. will
act as hostess.
Plans were also discussed for the
twenty-first anniversary of the found
ing of the Connecticut society, which
comes next November. AS now plan
ned, there will be a celebration held
in the Foot Guard armory at Hart
ford with suitable exercises. AS
many as possible of the regents of the
chapters throughout the state, and
probably the president general and
other noted people will be present.
The date for the celebration has not
yet been set, but a convenient date
in November will be selected. Quite
an elaborate program will be pre-
pared and the celebration will replace
the usual annual meeting of the So
ciety.
The reports at the meeting yester-
day were most interesting. Eleven
thousand dollars has been expended
in the state the past year for edu-
cational work, more than has ever
been done before. The meeting was
a very pleasant one, and was attend
ed by about 200 from all parts of the
state Tea was served on the arriv-
al of the guests, and between the
morning and afternoon sessions a
luncheon was held in the town ha11.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26

owner would not know regarding the
existing conditions. The matter of
how and where such ash and refuse
shall be dumped does not interest the
party ordering it's removal.
In regard to the point Of authority,
it appears evident that much depends
upon the standing OF the party own
ing property being filled with refuse.
It is likely the owner pays but small
tax on such property, while his neigh
Dor who has expended a. few thousand
dollars in building and grading and
assessed for high value finds difficulty
in keeping tenants owing to the IN
kept surroundings. The time is at
hand when such conditions should not
be tolerated in Bridgeport
CHAS. F.. BENNETT.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26

nine youths, one hundred of whom are
from the United States, are now en-
Joying the advantages of Oxford under
this bequest- Examinations will be
held next October of applicants for
the places of those whose courses will
expire this year.
Already some seven hundred young
men have been educated at Oxford
at the expense of the Rhodes SchoI-
arship Fund a report of the subse-
quent careers of over 800 of the grad
yates show that 1913 entered upon ed
ucationaI careers; eighty-four adopted
the law as a profession; thirty-three
have taken up government service;
twenty have become clergyrnen; fif-
teen are physicians; fourteen are bus
mess men; eight are engaged in min
ing and engineering; five are journal
lists. five farmers, and five foresters
Practically all of the Rhodes scholars,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
THE COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT

Should the county superintendent
Of schools be a Judge, a sheriff. a po-
ntical officeholder, or just an educa-
tor who knows his business and gives
his whole attention to the schools? He
il or has been all of these in different
parts of the United States. In Tex
as it is the county Judge who serves
in many of the counties as ex-officio
superintendent of schools, and in at
least one State the sheriff used to hold
the office. But Texas expects soon
to have real county superintende nts
in all the counties that are still with
out them, according to information
received at the United States Bureau
of Education.
The new Texas plan is based on the
urgent needs of the States rural
schools. Texas has three quarters
of a million rural-schoo1 children Eff
ficient county supervision is a prime
requisite for efficient rural schools,
and Texas proposes to maintain eff
cient rural schools. She is cndeaV-
orinE to relieve her county judges,
who make no claim to expert knoWl-
edge of rural school supervision, of
their duties as county superintendents
of schools, and to select real super
intendents whose first claim to the po-
sition is professional training and
ability.
NOC only oOeS 1oAdS OeS41o " nave
regular county superintendents in
charge of all the schools in place of
county Judges, but she aims to make
sure that the superintendent will not
be political nominees. The proposed
plan puts the selection of the county
superintendent in the hands of the
county board of education to the end
that this officer, like his city colleague
may be chosen for educational fitness
rather than for political expediency.
The whole idea is to make the county
superintendent, as he is in many
States and as he ought to be wherev-
er the office exists, a professionally
trained school expert.
There are probably few cases where
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26

David Alfred Thomas, the Welsh
coal king, who is at the head of a syn
dictate which controls the distribution
Of over six million tons of fuel annu-
ally, will probably extend his donin-
ion to the United States and Cana
da. The head of the great Cam brian
Galleries com bination, who will cele-
brate his ffty-seventh birthday to-
day, recently toured the coal fields of
this continent with a view to taking
over mines for supplying his South
American customers. Mr.. Thomas
practically controls the coal trade in
South America, and supplies that con-
tinent with Welsh coal. With the
opening of the Panama canal he pre-
diets that American coal operators
will have an advantage over the
Welsh mines, but Mr.. Thomas will
save his markets by mining coal in
America. 1t is rumored that a line
of steamers will be engaged by the
Thomas interests to carry coal to
South America, as soon as the 'big
ditch is opened.
Besides his vast mining interests,
Mr.. Thomas has long been pronin ent
in British public affairs, and for over
score of years was a member of Par
Lament. His interest in coal began a
quarter of a century ago, when he be-
came a partner in a single company.
Within three years he had gained con-
troll of half a dozen companies, and
since then has rapidly extended his in
terests. He was spokesman for the
colHery owners when the minimum
wage bill for miners was discussed in
the House of Commons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
SYLVIA PANKHURsT's RELEASE.

The hunger strike is a weapon adapted to the ca
1actes of women Sylvia Pankhurst has used efec-
lively and has just released prison. because the
forced feeding to which she subjected must surely
have cost her life The thoughtless may inquire why
the English Government did not continue feeding or
let Miss Pankhurst die of starvation The English
ent afraid of the moral effect of her The Eng
llsh sragiss believe that if two should
die IN prison there would be great upheava1 public
opinion IN their favor There probably would be- The
ecuOn OF Emmett brought about great feeling of Irish
liberty and has always since promoted feeling Men
apt to feel that those who something badly
enough to die for ought to have it. Perhaps
cia be said to have reached its frutage until
MANY willing to die for it
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
MEETS A REBUFF
Fails to Get TwO-Thirds Vote
from Massachusetts Rep
resentatiVeS

Boston, March 26-EQua1 suffrage in
Massachusetts, met with q rebuff
when the supporters of the movement
in the House of Representatives failed
yesterday to record the two-thirds
vote necessary for the passage of the
resolve providing for constitutional
amendment The vote in favor OF
suffrage was LA to SO, or ten votes
less than the needed two-thirds.
During the proceedings the CALLER
les were thronged with women, who
manifested their disapproval by
groans when the vote was announc-
ed Immediately after the result of
the vote was made known, reconsid-
Grafton was moved and will be act
ed upon today. Reconsideration re-
quiree only majority, and it is like
~ that the question may be placed
upon the calendar again. In the
meantime the suffragists will endea-
vor to make converts to their cause
from among the members who were
recorded against the measure.
The test came upon the passage
to engrossment Of a resolve elm
mating the word male from the
constitution of the state as a quail
fication for voters. Two weeks ago
the resolve was substituted for the
adverse report returned by the COM
mittee on constitutional amendments
after a public hearing. The resolve
went through the first, second and
third readings without opposition or
debate, both sides reserving their for
ensic artillery for the engrossment
stage.
In order to become a law the re-
solve, had it passed to engorssment
in the House, would have had to be
passed by the Senate in concurrence.
Then it would have to be favorabIy
acted upon by next years legislature
before it could be submitted to the
voters of the state
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Special memorial exercises will be
held to-day at Oxford University in
honor of Cecil John Rhodes, the Ma
poleon of Africa" to whose great ben
e1actfon 1S9 young men owe their
presence as students at the great Eng
Ssh institution of learning. Rhodes
Eng1and's greatest colonial statesman
died at Cape Town eleven years ago
to-day, March 26, 1902, and in his
will provided that a large part of his
fortune, about $1o,O00,O0O, should be
applied to the creation of a fund for
the @suppqrts of sch oIarships covering
a tnfee-years' course at Oxford, the
recipients of the gift to be chosen
from the various British dominions
and colonies. the United States and
Germany. One hundred aRd eighty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
upon graduating, have returned to the
places from which they came.

upon graduating have returned to the
places from which they came.
In competing for university honors
at Oxford the Rhodes scholars have
made fair records, although their ac-
compIishments have not been remark
able. OF three Rhodes scholars who
gained first class honors, one was from
Canada, one from Australia and one
from the United States. In the
Rhodes will it was provided that fif-
teen of the students should be from
Germany, and it is characteristic that
these should have devoted themselves
largely to economics. The Austria
lians have been largely medical and
science students. The Americans have
largely specialized in literature, and
the Newdigate prize for English verse
was awarded to a Rhodes student
from Massachusetts.
On the athletic field the achieve
ments of the Rhodes men have not
been remarkable. No American, eth
er from the United States or Canada
has won high place in football or
cricket, although they have done fair
~ well in track and general athletics,
and the Canadians have naturally ex-
celled in lacrosse. The Australians
and South Africans have made excel
lent records on the gridiron and crick
ct field. The Germans have always
been too busy with philosophy and
economics to go in for anything more
strenuous than croquet.
In his address at the dedication of
the Rhodes m onum ent in South Afrf-
ca last year, Lord Grey paid this tri-
butte to the man who changed the
map of the world in twenty years, and
founded an institution that will make
his name Immortal:
ttFrom the grave Cecil Rhodes
speaks to US with greater force than
if he were alive. His will has touch
ed the imagination of the world more,
perhaps, than any other testamentary
disposition of wealth made in modern
times"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26

Rt Rev. William Boyd Carpenter,
canon of Westminster Abbey, will pass
his seventy-second milestone to-day.
The eminent English ecclesiastic re-
Gently visited America, and in an ad-
dress at Boston was quoted as saying
that "a woman should smoke if she
wants to- He added that if smok-
ing is a pleasure he knew of no rea-
son why it should not be shared by
the fair sex, but qualified this state
ment with the assertion that those wo-
men who stand for the highest and
noblest there is in life will not in
dulge in the practice Rev. Car
penter is the son of a clergyman, has
been twice married. and is the father
of eleven children.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26

the important work of school supervis-
ion is assigned to a county Judge or q
sheriff, but there are still very many
localities where the Texas ideal Of a
professionally trained county super
intendent, free from political ties, e.
not yet realized. Educators every
where believe that adequate super
vision by expert county superfnten-
dents is so essential in the upbufldfnz
of the rural schools that the office Of
county superintendent should be Who'll
ly professional and not political.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
Ginghams and PercaIes

Our assortment Of G1nghams and Percales IS eE-
treme1y large, show you thousands Of yards
special prices.
One lot of Ginghams for chi1dren's dresses and
aprons, e cts yard
Another lot contains the latest patterns in both
stripes and checks, all co1ors, 8 yard.
$500 yards of extra fine Ginghams in stripes p1aids
and checks, in all coors yard. 81 inches wide
A fine Zephyr Bingham, 81 inches wide is priced
at cts yard. This lot contains Is values.
In a group of yard wide Percaes will be found al
every color that is printed Suitable for house
dresses and shirts. 9 cts yard
Some Madras Suitings in stripes and brocaded eff
fects very desirable SO inches wide in all colors
1914 a yard. Basement floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
POOR MIR. BRYAN

Mr.. Bryan is untitled by nature for
any official position which demands
judgment-Mr- Hearsts New York
American.
Mr. Bryan must have known what
to expect when he entered the cabi-
net. All the state departments fail
ures will be attributed to him. all its
successes to President WILSON,
SPRINGFIELD Republican
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
he .. NJ. Read Co.
Established 1867
Sale of Sample Handbags

These Bags specimens of high grade leather,
artistic in designs and nountngs, at less than half
price. Some MORE lined, equipped with mirror,
powder address book, card coin purse and
with room for other belongings. The lot is e1cep
tionaly good and the prices from dollar up.
In Seal Saffian, Sea Lion Suede Levant, Pgsin and
Crepe Calf Many co1ors
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
SOCIETY TO BE PERMANENT

Permanent organization for the
Bridgeport Oratorio Society was de-
cided upon last evening, at a business
meeting following a, rehearsal in High
school hall. G. D. Davis presided.
The following were added to the di-
rectorate: Rev. Z. j. Craft, L. T.
Warner F. v. Burton, Rev. C. L.
Gomph, r. M Bames and Thomas
Fish. The nominating and bylaws
committees will report at the next
meeting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26

Foley Kidney Pills will reach your
individual case if you have any form
of kidney or bladder trouble, any
backache, rheumatism, uric acid poi
soning irregular and painful kid
ney action. They are strengthening
tonic and curative, and contain no
habit forming drugs. F. B. Brill
Stratford Ave. and Sixth street.-Adv.
~136
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
AN EPIDEMIC OF COUGHING

is sweeping over the town and young
and old are alike affected. Foley's
Honey & Tar Compound is a quick
safe reliable family medicine for
coughs and colds. A. S. Jones, of Lee
Pharmacy, Chico, Calf, says: ''F'aIey's
Honey and Tar Compound has no
equal, and I recommend it as contain
ing no narcotics or other harmful
properties F. B. Brill Stratford Ave-
and Sixth St.@Adv. = 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26

Have just Received Large shlpmsua
OF Bicycles
EVERY WHEEL GUARANTEED
Viking with Mud Guards. .s22.s0
Barnes with Mud Guards. .... $500
Yale DoAdster with Mud Guards 5000
Fay with Mud Guards. .s2s.5o
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26

Jonah Kuhio Kalanianao1e, who
might have become king of Hawaii if
Uncle Sam hadn't gobb1ed up those
islands, will be forty-two to-day. The
dusky prince of. the royal house of
Hawaii is now a delegate to the Unit
ed States Congress, with the privilege
of talking but not of voting. AL
though this seems quite a fall, Prince
Cupid declares he is eninent1y salts
fed with his present position, and
didn't want to be a king anyway. The,
dusky scion of royalty is what a shop
girl would call "a swell dresser and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26

Prof. Joseph Price Remington, the
distinguished Philadelphia pharmacist
and pure food expert, will reach the
age of stxty-three to-day. He re-
Gently acted as godfather to Harvey
W. Wiley, Jr., the infant son of the
venerable chemist. DIR. Remington
scientific attainments have won high
honors from the leading chemical so
cieties of America, England and the
continent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
Chiffon 7 afeta Silks

These soft and lustrous Silks proved to be popular
as many yards were sold yesterday. However, this
does not lessen the assortment, bought
heavily believing they would meet with approval We
have hesitancy in saying again that this is Of
the best values in Silk that has been offered in long
time. The Silk is 26 inches wide and be shown In
about twenty-five co1ors, including evening shades.
Special sale price 6o
few Canary Birds left rom Fair Week. All
good little singers. $500 for bird and cage
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-26
The Alling Rubber Co.
1927 MAIN STREET
1s STORES

G. EFT WIS z
Trying is believing. There is pie, ana
there is
F r T S B IE PIE
The majority know it. Do your
AT ALL STORES. FRESH DAILY
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-08-22

In the village Of Dalderby, which is
now incorporated in the parish of
Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, there is a
cottage popularity called "Teapot Hail."
standing picturesquely against a back
ground of fine trees, and interesting
as belonging to a type of which ex-
amples are very rare. It is built of
two pairs of straight crutches, or
trunks of trees, which extend from
the four corners of the house to the
ridge-tree, and which support the
ridge-tree, the framework being fur
ther strengthened by wind-hraces. The
length, breadth and height of the
house are alike, nineteen feet, and
the walls are of wood intertwined with
twigs or branches, and overlaid with
mud or plaster. The low roof is
thatched with straw, and from the
point where it ends gray states reach
to the ground This kind Of boat OF
keel shaped house used to be called a
booth" and Teapot Hall" is about
the size of a fourteenth century
booth" According to local tradition,
the cottage is five hundred years old.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-08-22
NATIVE LIFE IN THE CONGO

Native agriculture in the Congo is
Of the most rudimentary type. A piece
of bush adjacent to the village is Sc
lected, and the smaller trees and
tangle of vegetation cut down and left
to dry, after which they are burnt.
Manioc, bananas and plantains are
then planted after a perfunctory hoe
ing of the surface ground. Nature
does the rest, says British Consul La
mont in a report Rotation of crops,
manuring and deep cultivation have
no place in the farming regime, and
what labor is required is usually pro-
vided by the women. The only indus.
tries prosecuted by the native result
ing in the production exportable
products are those of rubber and
gum copal collecting, palm oil manu-
facture and hunting, which has for its
objective the ivory of the elephant.
His methods in all OF these are of the
crudest, as is also the method of ex-
tracing the oil from the palm fruit
crude and wasteful, the valuable inner
nut being invariably thrown aside and
wasted. Equally undiscriminating is
his chase of the elephant; he traps or
spears regardless of whether it is
young or old, male or female. of COM
mercial value or not
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-08-22
NATI0NALlSM AND FEET

National characteristics are appar-
emily impressed upon every part of
the body; even the feet are found to
vary with the nationality. The French
foot is narrow and long. The Spanish
foot is small, and elegantly curved
thanks to it's Moorish blood-corre-
spending to the Castilians pride Of be-
ing high in the instep." The Arabs
foot Is proverbial for it's high arch.
The Koran says that stream of wa
ter can run under the true Arabs foot
without touching it. The foot of the
Scotch is high and thick, says the
Family Doctor, that OF the Irish fiat
and square, the English short and
fleshy. When Athens was in her
zenith the Grecian foot was the most
perfectly formed and exactly proper
toned of any Of the human race,
Swedes, Norwegians and Germans
have the largest feet, Americans the
smallest.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-08-22

waves Of contrition that she would
not, could not have done this thing.
She must have acted as she had, what.
ever was to come of 1t. Whatever he
was, whatever he did, she loved that
man.
The affair had been Irritating be.
yond expression to Mr.. Arrelsford. II
had taken him some time to establish
his innocence and to get his release
from General Randolph's custody.
Meanwhile. everything that he had
hoped to prevent had happened To do
him justice, he really loved Edith Var
ney, and the thought that her actions
and her words had caused his own
undoing and the failure of his careful
ly laid plans, filled him with bitter
ness, which he vented in Increased
animosity toward Thorne.
And those were dreadful moments
to Thorne. What had he done? He
had risked everything, was ready to
pay everything, would, indeed, be
forced to do so in the end, and yet he
had not done that which he had in
tended. Had he been false to his duty
and to his country when he refused
to send that telegram, being given the
opportunity? He could not tell. The
ethics Of the question were beyond
his present solution. The opportunity
had come to him through a piece OF
sublime self-sacritice on the part of
the woman. who, knowing him thor
oughly and understanding his plan
and purpose, had yet perjured her
self to save his life.
That life was hers, was 1t not? He
had become her prisoner as much as
if she had placed him under lock and
key and held him without the possibil-
ity of communication with anyone.
Her honor was involved. No, under
the circumstances, he could not send
the dispatch. The Confederates would
certainly kill him If they caught him.
and if they did not. and by any provi-
Dental chance he escaped, his honor
would compel him to report the cir
cuIhstances, the cause Of his failure,
to his own superiors. Would they
court-martial him for not sending the
dispatch? Would they enter into his
feelings, would they understand?
He stood looking at Foray for a
while. and then, without further COM
mand to that intensely surprised