The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-25
LONERGAN & DOWNEY

decided that absolute ownership of the pond and the removal of the dam was not essential to their purposes. So that unless the company buys all the property of the Messrs Sanford the latter will retain ownership of the pond in question subject to the sani- taIy regulations the company wishes to enforce. The agents brought deeds by the execution of which they would acquire ownership of various water privileges and buildings. As E. P. sanford was at the time sick in bed the transaction of any actual business was deferred.
 The trustees of the Mark Twain es- tate. the sole beneficiary of which is Mrs Clara Gabrilowitsch, daughter of the deceased author, have filed their annual report with Probate Judge Sanford. It shows an income for the year of about $50, ,oOO, practically the same amount as that of the previous year. Of the total SIS, 900 is derived from copyright royalties paid by liar per G Bros, publishers of Mark TWain's writings. This sum cores ponds exactly with that paid by the publishing firm the preceding year.
 In the days of the old district sys- tenn it happened occasionally that wo- men would come forth to vote at school district annual meetings, such
 
 heated contest was on over the choice of conmitteeman.s To qualify as vot- CTS at these district elections it was only necessary that women should register at the tpWnS4 clerks apffi ice.4 With the presefits system of town management 5of schools a party nonni- nation for the. school board means election unless Independent candi- dates are put forward and win out at the polls. There are no independent candidates in the field here this fall but despite this fact several women have shown their desire to vote on the school committee issue as the law permits them to do. their apparent object being to- practice for the exer- else of the complete franchise to which they hopefully look forward. These aspirantss. were greatly disap- pointed that to qualify as voters they must first have their names placed on the registry lists as applicants and later go before the registration board and be made" As they bestirred themselves too late to comply with the first requirement. they find them selves shut out for this year.
 The selectmen and registrars will be in session at the town house from g a. m. to ' D. m- on Saturday of this week for the purpose of making vot- CTS. One of the applicants on the list is William A. Grouse, the Democratic candidate for tax collector. As the law requires that candidates for town officers must be voters in that town MT. Grouse's eligibility would prob ably be called in question should he win at the polls over the opposing candidate.
 The severe illness which suddenly overcame E.. F. Sanford in the early part of last week proved to be a com bination of chicken pox and a bad oae of EJo cent
 The three families in the sanford town district whose children receive transportation to the Center school are much aggrieved because the wag- on comes only to Bartram's corner in stead of to their doors, as it did last year. They say that in case the school committee does not heed their protest they will appeal to the town meeting. That body would have no authority in the matter. The school committee say they invited bids on the basis of the lessened service with the object of re- dJrcing the expense although that re- suit was not attained. The State board of education has ruled that a mile and a quarter is the maximum distance which children afforded transportation may be required to walk Half mile is the greatest distance in the present case Superior court distance upholds the principle that reasonable degree of walking may be required.
 Miss Esther Tarbell, formerly of the Sanford school teaching staff, is now filling a teaching engagement in a private school near Philadelphia.
 Bartlett, son of Town Clerk San ford, has entered Storr's College. Dayton, another son, is attending a preparatory school in New Haven. EIeaE-s enc of his daughters, is teaching in Wilton, and Abbie, an other daughter, is in her second year at the Poughkeepsie High school.
 Frederick Mabrey, has returned to | the position he held last year as prin- cipal of the Bennington, Vt, High | School.
 Dr. Smith has returned from a l weeks vacation trip to Nova Scotia made to obtain relief from hay fever. |
 Prof. Frank Abbott and wife have l left their summer home at the Cen ter and returned to Princeton, N. J. |
 Rev. A. J. Tongue and wife return ed yesterday from Brooklyn to the Center and Rev. Louis Burgess started | on a health vacation trip to be a,b- sent two weeks. ;Eza 1.7oe1- WauT AdS1c vord