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Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
Saturday al thG Store E. Mullan
 FOR CASH

i3 lbs Seet Potatoes, 25c 33 bars LeDox or S9ift's Pride Soap, sl Smoked Shoulders, i3 l0 Good Pork He lo Pure Lard, t4c ID lbs Milk or Sofa Crackers, 15c lbs rolled sats 25c 1 lbs Powdered Sugar 25c lbs Bulk Starch Z5e lbs Rice 2oc Good Tub Brtter 34c ,,kgs Kelogg's Corn Flakes CT Post
 Toasties. 25c 3 cans Ksro Syrup, Clans, Salmon or
 Van Camps Soup 25c Liquid Veneer E1c Bottle Dandy Broom 25c Canned Tomatoes, Peas, Plums, or cut
 beets, l0c General Putnam Flour roc bag Priscilla flour, the best made 75e bag Cheese, be ib 22 lbs Fine Granulated Sugar s1.00 to he
 purchaser Of A pound oisB snquet Co ee Cape CramDerries Sc qt. Peanut Butter, He lb New Orleans or Port Rec NJ MoIasses 45cgal Chocolate Creams, l2c ib
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
Advent Christian Church

Sunday serviees-mofning service al 10 30, Sunday school at noon, evening service tt o'clock.
 Prayer meeting Thursday evening al 1.30.
 Miss Ella L. Jones, a missionary from India, now here on a furlough, will be the speaker at the Sunday morning service. Miss Jones has been in India several years working under the auspices Of the A. C. Woman $ Home and Foreign Missionary Society, who have charge of our work in south ern India. Come and hear her tell of her work and that of her fellow labor- CTS among the heather of that country.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
Mrs. Nedbury Resigns.
After P Year. of Efficient Service.


 Mrs. NJ. H. Medbary, who has been with the -. \ F. Telephone company in Putnam for more than = years, re- signed her position as manager of the local exchange on Wednesday and is to be succeeded by Manager William l.. Mofan, who has been manager Of the Danielson and Moosup exchanges since March last MT. Moran is to have charge 0f all three exchanges.
 Mrs. Med0ufy's resignation does not become fully effective until January next, d. she Is LO refnain at lae Put nam exchange in advisory capacity until that time Mrs Medbury is one Of The best known telephone women ia New England and has made won dcFfal sdccr~s of the Putnam division, developing it almost from the state ot infancy. Mrs. Medbufy fifst enter the employ Of the com pany on May l, 1891, as assistant to the then Manager l.. II. Fuller, the office being located on Union street. After Ill years Of faithful service the company having built com oination office and dwell ing on south Jain street, Mrs. Med bury Was appointed manager. At that time there were only l67 stations in the entire Putnam division, whereas al this time there are l4J0. nearly all ot this growth being due to the untiTlng efforts of Mrs. Medbury. Al that time there WAS only one line to Thompson and only one line to Woodstock. Al this time 50 lines are required to take care Of the Thompson subscribers alone. The development of the single line and special line service in the Put nam division has been very marked under Nj Is. Medbury's management, in fact more so than m any other eN- change of its size in the state, nearly one-third of the lines in the division being of those classes. At retiring Mrs. Medoury has reached the time when she Is to receive a pension and tnsur- ance benefit from the company as compliment for the years Of service. Under the company's system these pensions are not operative as long as one remains in the employ of the com pany, but at retirement is daily bene- fit pension. Hence Mrs. Nedbury Is the recipient of the compliment, and will be allowed a very liberal pension. Manager Moran and other officials of the telephone company were in Put nam Wednesday to make arrange ments for the transfer oi the telephone l headquarters in the new building on l Saturday of next week.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
Auction

on the place known as the Ben. Jack son place in Woodstock Valley,
 Thursday, Oct. 9, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m. The following property: tons of good hay, 1 tons of stock hay, 1 buggy, set of light har- nesses, wooden beds with spring and mattresses, 3 new iron beds with springs and mattress, l new iron cot bed , wooden cot beds, 20 chairs, , rocking chairs, tables, 3 stands, , wash stands, Singer sewing machine, ? cook stoves, number small looking glasses, lamps, pails, pots, pans, 5 quilts and other things too numerous to mention. Sale rain or shine, plenty of room under cover. Terms cash.
 NJ. l.. SELLER, Woodstock Valley.
 E. F.. Eddy, auetioHeer.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
William CInney Had Both Legs Broken

William Gluney, of New Bedford, was brought 10 the Day Kimball hos pital from Danielson in an automobile Tuesday afternoon with both legs broken. One was broken above the knee and the other had two fractures below the knee.
 Gluney was found lying beside the road in the outskirts of Danielson. He had apparently been drinking and had been run over but he has no recol- lection of what happened to him, He did not know how long he had laid be- side the road but without doubt he had been there all night. Wednesday he showed symptoms of internal in. juries to his head and he died at noon.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
ECZEMA THAT SPREADS.
How a PoUchkeepsie, N. Yr Mar Found Relief in Our Reliable Skir Remedy. Saxo Saive,

How a PoUchkeepsie, N. Y, Mar
 Found Relief in Our Reliable SNir
 Remedy, Saxo SaiVe.
 q had been troubled with weeping eczema for months and used many preparations for skin troubles without relief. The first application Of Saxo Salye allayed the dreadful itching i'm mediately and after further use my skin trouble entirely disappeared. Saxo Salve was just what l needed W. H. Glynn, Poughkeepsie, N. r.
 In eczema the little vesicles or Pim- ples are flied with a fuid that burns and tortures the skn the moment they are torn open by scratching. this causes it to spread.
 In such cases We can conscientious y recommend our new skin remedy Saxo Salye. for it's action on the skin in all forms of eczema and other dis tressing skin troubles is indeed mar velous
 If it does not help you we will re- turn your money. James F. DUnahue, u .s,. 54 T. St Putnam, Conn.
 P. s. For poor blood and all weak. rundown conditions try Vinol on our guarantee.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
WOODSTOCK VALLEY GLEAslNGS.

w. :. Kenyon lost a horse last week
 Miss Marjorie Hammond has been spending lew days at her home here
 Rev. A. l.. Johnson and family have been spending week al their sum- mer home.
 A. L. Miller from Mesthoro is spend. ing the week at A. N. Hammond's.
 Miss Hattie Fox, who has been spending week with her cousin, MF Leonard, returned to her home in Put nam en Tuesday,
 Mir. Seiller is soon to return with his family 10 New York. Charles Thayer has bought the farm. and the personal pre- rty k to be sold at auction next week.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the an- nual meeting of the Corporators of the Day kimhall Hospital of Windham County will be held at the Hospital on "Wednesday, October sth at ?. m. Tor the purpose of receiving the report oi the Treasurer. Auditors and Superin- tendant. to elect Trustees to fill the places Of those whose term then eN- pires, to elect other officers, to con- Sider and act upon a proposed change in the bylaws 10 conform 10 eeftain suggestions made by the medical staff, and transact any other business proper to come before said meeting.
 To be followed by a meeting oi the Board oi Trustees al the same place Frederick W. Seward, Secretary
 Putnam, Sept. 50th 1918.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03

Miss Florence Sargent left Monday 10 resume teaching at the Misses Shipleys school, Bryn Mawr, Pa, after spending the summer with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. F. D. Sargent.
 Mrs. ]. F.. Burleson attended the meeting of the Ashford Baptist Asso- citation in South Wilmington on Tues day and Wednesday of last week, spending Tuesday night in Stafford, the guest of her daughter, who is teach ing near the State line.
 Mrs Alice Hawkins of West Glou- cester picked a handful of strawoer- ries from her vines this week. The plants were some obtained from 'Chas. Sheldon, South Woodstock in July and transplanted. w. Eugene Hines picked some wild blaekherries by the roadside in Pomfret this week.
 -Hitching posts have been removed along Elm street where the new piece of state road is being put in. There is some talk of doing away with these posts on Main street. Saturday nights when every post is in use on both sides of the street there is barely room for passage way for two vehicles and the situation Is somewhat dangerous,
 Governor Simeon E. Baldwin and States Attorney Charles l.. Searls have each been presented with cloth for a suit by Ex-senator Angus Park of the Assawanga Woolen Company of Dsyville. The cloth is dark ma terial with fine pencil stripe. The exhibit of the Company's product was admiredsby the Governor and party
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
StOrk Wouldn't Wait

A woman on an afternoon train last Thursday was taken ill and when the train reached this city was hurried to the Day kimball hospital. Soon after her arrival she gave birth to little son. She said her name was Mrs. Lauder and that her home was in Sparrowyille, N. Y. Mother and child are doing nicely.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
FALL OPENING

Ours is truly wonderful showing of Mems and Young Mems Autumn Fashions.
 They are correct clean cut and crsy If you feel absolutely about style fabric and good fit know that have the clothes here that will strike your fancy and win your confidence first acquaintance.
 We feel quite that have the very Fall Suit here that will please you from head foot All you have dos the price and show you range of styles that have your particular idea maeriaized every detail
 Ne particularly suggest your seeing our models before making your Fall selection
 The sooner you come the certain you to be suited.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03

William r. Warren Bellevue street has accepted the position of janiler Of the new telephone building,
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-03
Lost

A gold, Hamilton, open face watch with initials .. l.. J on the back. Re turn 10 P. Iodoin, Danielson, and re- ceive reward.
The Washington times., 1913-12-16
CRISP DENOUNCES
ORGANIC SYSTEM

for 8, ,406 acres; of which amount l5,Z2S
acres are in streets, many of them yet
10 be developed, and the Government
only owns, including all parks within
the 10 miles square, 5,2l2 acres. Ex-
Guiding the parks, the Government
does not own 100 acres that are used
exclusively for Government use. III
is unjust to require the taxpayers of
the United States to pay halr the ex-
penses of the District Of Columbia.
THE property owners of the District
of Columbia are the most favored prop
erty owners, so far as taxation is con-
cerned, in the world. The local tax
rate is H.50 per hundred on real estate
assessed at two-thirds' valuation, which
means that the tax on real estate is
only 81 per hundred on its market
value, even il the property is assessed
at two-thirds of its value, as the law
requires, which is not the case, and
millions of personal property absolute
ly.i is exempt from all taxation.
Has Kindly Feeling.
Il have nothing but the kindliest
feeling for the biding American
City. I am willing to do more for
them than they seem to be willing to
do for themselves, to grant them
local self-government
81 favor giving the people Of the
District of Columbia local form OF
self-government.
IF the act of June II, 1873, Is re-
pealed l am willing to vote for a law
comforting upon them the right OF
local self-government; favor giving
them representation in Congress, and
will vote for qualifications to the
elective franchise so as TO exclude
the ignorant colcred man from par
ticipating in the election:
'T would not have the Government
Of the United States become burden
TO the property owners OF the DIS
trict. Neither do 1 favor the property
owners Of the District Of Columbia
being burden TO the taxpayers OF
the United states. ! favor the Gov
ernment of the United States build
ing all buildings necessary Tor the
conduct of it's public business IN tne
beautiful ones in keeping with other
civic improvements.
Would Keep Parks.
'T favor the Government maintain
ing its parks and developing them SO
as to make them as attractive as pos
sible, and 1 will support legislation
that requires the Government to keep
its property in perfect condition so
as to do it's part toward making the
Nations Capital the most beautiful
one in the world.
st would have the Federal Govern
ment pay for paving the streets and
sidewalks in front of it's property.
"All want is equal and exact justice
in the way Of expenditure of the public
money between the people Of the United
States and the people Of the District Of
Columbia The Government has do
mated millions and millions of dollars
to the city Of Washington. which 1t has
not done to the other cities Of the
United States, and think the interest
of the txpayers demand that this
gratuity should now cease, and I shall
offer an amendment prohibiting 1t In
future. and hope Congress will pass
it, and thus correct an injustice to the
American people which has existed
since 1878"
The Washington times., 1913-12-16
THE WASHINGTON THFs TUESDAY DECEMBER 1e 1913

Clifton streets northwest and the eN-
penditure of part of 1t on TIE pur'
chase of a site and the erection of
high school in the eastern section Of the
city.
without additional legislation the
Commissioners have no course but to
proceed with the erection of the building
in the northwest, bids for which were
opened at the District building IondaJ
afternoon. The bid of the E. g. Ger
hard Company, of st. Louis. for 81 .2oo,- :
COO on the unmodified specifications, but
containing alternate proposals which
will bring 1t within the amount avail
able, was the lowest.
The Washington times., 1913-12-16
Piney Branch Citizens
Elect Their Officers

Claiming that the laws governing the
departments of education in the Dis
trict are defective. the Piney Branch
Citizens Association. at its meetin
Monday night in the Iowa Avenue
Methodist Church, passed resolution
urging the transfer of all powers now
exercised by the Commissioners to the
Board of Education. The resolution
also advocated an increase in the SAL
ary Of superintendent from 5000 L
SS0O.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: c. p McCurdy
president; j. A. Chamberlain, vice
president: Alton P. Hastings. secre-
tary: Amos Tyree, treasurer; Edwin
5. Clarkson, delegate to the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations: H H
Butler, John F. Robb. Louis c. Julian.
and L. NJ Tolnlan, executive comm
tee.
The association was addressed bv w
]. Peabody. president of the Street
Safety Association.
The Washington times., 1913-12-16
RANK AND FILE TO
REUN|TE c. 0. P.
National Committeeman Decide
to Give People Full Say as to
Rules and Candidates.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Who took the lead in stealing the con-
vention of 1912 from Roosevelt were to-
day ACCEPTING the inevitable with such
resignation as they could command.
They admitted that it looked like Roose-
Welt, and that they didn't like it; but
most of them protested that they were
honest about the desire TO get the party
together. even at that price.
To begin the work of reorganization al
the bottom, rather than at the top, was
the keynote of arguments used by men
who opposed the national convention. A
national convention, they urged, would
mean that the party leaders would try
to turn the trick, and expect the people
10 follow them. On the other hand, to
drop the convention plan. and leave the
matter to he people TO decide, would
permit the people to go ahead with the
very apparent effort at amalgamation
that is now going on. For example, Mr.,
Howell told the committee that in q
recent reg stration in Omaha, over 5000
voters registered as Republicans, and
only 800 as third party Progressives Yet
kRoosevelt Overwhelmingly carried Ne
fsraska against Taft. Mr.. Howell is con-
WINGED that the masses of Republicans
are determined to get together, and that
a better effect will be produced If they
are allowed to do il without any ap-
parent effort of the big politicians to
point the way for them.
Convention Considered Dangerous.
The law committee of the national
committee, headed by Charles B. War
ren, of Michigan, which was appointed
several weeks ago, reported that the ma
tional committee itself did not have
power to reorganize the basis of rep
resentation, and other details of party
law This report gave rise to general
belief that special convention would
be held. But when the committee itself
got together its deliberations very short
1y developed that there was not general
acceptance of the alw committees die
tum. 1t was argued that the national
committee can do what it likes, and If
the thing it is doing is the thing the
peoples- want, the people will ratify it
That the masses of the party want to
get together, and that they will do so
If they are assured that the future will
witness no more rapes of conventions
no more thefts of control, no more NOM
nations of candidates by the bosses
instead of the masses, was the general
belief
It was insisted that a special con-
vention in, say, May of 1914, would
at best be a politicians convention;
delegates designated by soap-box
primaries or conventions would make
it up, and Ii would command no more
general confidence than a resolution
passed by the national committee it
self. Moreover a special national con-
rention was regarded as dangerous
It might bring out very small at
tendance, and discourage party en-
thusiasm-
The Washington times., 1913-12-16
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Continued from First Page.)
tee. which investigated during the last
session the system of taxation and as
sessment in the District.
Real estate in the District of Colun-
bia is assessed S414,000 600 below its trde
value" said Mr.. Crisp, quoting the
George report.
''The committee also found" con-
tinued Mr.. Crisp, that there is great
discrimination between classes in the
assessment for taxation in the District;
that 10000 small homes of Government
clerks and working men generally stand
assessed at an average of 80 per cent
of their value, while the beautiful resi-
dences of the northwest show an aver
age of 80 per cent. 1t is a notorious
fact that many retired millionaires of
the country are moving to Washington,
and. in my judgment, one of the rea-
sons they are coming here is to escape
taxation"
Mr.. Crisp, who is an able lieutenant
of Chairman Ben johnson, of the Dis
trict Committee, in an effort to abolish
the half-and-half system which has ex-
listed for more than a generation, said.
in part:
while the tax rate of the District is
lower than the tax rate of any other
city approximately its size, the cost of
government per capita is greater than
1t is in other cities for the management
of the affairs of the District are con-
Quoted on a lavish scale, but, while the
per capita tax is greater in Washing
ton, the taxpayers of Washington do
not pay il, for the people of the United
States contributes half.o .of it.
Debt Is Reduced.
"The Indebtedness of Washington is
being steadily reduced and its entire
according to the Commits
sioners, amounts to only ss,1OO.6 .6s3. Sup
pose We get the average tax rate Of the
cities herein mentioned, and the average
rate will be one and seventy-eighth hum
dredths per cent. If you levy this rate
upon the total property values, both
real and personal, within the District,
you will rise s1s,sc7, 400.
ut is not necessary to levy such
high tax rate, but in my judgment, if
the property in the District of Columbia
is fairly returned for taxation and the
tonds, stocks, mortgages. notes, money
and jewelry Of the rich are required
a tax rate OF l per cent
in connection with the revenue the Dis
tricr has from other sources, will raise
S12. SIS, 900.
There are a few manufactures in
" ashington, very few wholesale houses,
practically no manufacturing inous-
tries Or enterprises, but the city is
and supported almost en-
tirely by money paid out by the Fed
eral Government tC employees.
Compares Times.
"In 1878, when the act was passed,
there were Clio acres being cared for.
1905 of it in streets already laid out
and mostly paved. and the Government
owned 1,5e3 acres of the 6110. the Gov
ernment land being mostly in parks
Now the people of the United States
are bearing half the burden of caring
The Washington times., 1913-12-16
D. {. HEADS AWAIT
SCHOOL DECISION
Anxious for Senate to Authorize
Division of Fund Appropriat-.
ed for Central High Building.

Referring to the complex situation
which has arisen in connection with
the construction of a new Central High
School. Commissioner Newman said to-
day that the Commissioners are await
ing action by Congress on the report
sent to the Senate yesterday recon-
mending a division of the appropriation
for 81 100000 building at Eleventh and
The Washington times., 1913-12-16
Picture Show Men
To Fight Censorship

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-Chicago motion
picture show men today subscribed
$1,000 to fight in the courts against a
police censorship Of the movies they
describe as "intolerable." Injunction
in the Federal courts was asked after
scenes at the Mendel Bells ritual
murder" trial were banned.
The Washington times., 1913-12-16
Art Glass Dornes Reduced

$15.75 Electric Dining
Room Domes. bent art
glass, with metal skirt, art
glass lined, three-light
cluster; complete Go az
with heavy chain 01ksVO
$1s.75 Loaded Art Glass
Electric or Gas Domes, ~
inch with 6-inch loaded
skirt; complete. e19 E0
ready to light. 01Ose1V
The Lamar register., 1913-12-24

when the Whittlers were accustomed
to spring" their annual surprises
each Of them bore that perfectly con
fdent and identically joyful air which
usually preceded the presentation Of
something we think the other persoa
has been longing for.
whittier advanced with . smilA
NY dear" he said. Il have the SUI
Drise Of lifetime for you"
"Oh. DO tell mel" said Mrs. WhittlsRt
With . hypocritical air Of gaiety and
anticipation. although inwardly sAa
shrank from the ordeal II know Il
something that wanti"
what do you suppose Il isr' ~
husband cheerfully inquired.
Haven't the least idea"
~Well-it is-it is-gueosi"
~oh, l couldn't! Tell mo. quickis
well, it's absolutely nothing. Nov.
isn't that surpriser
Mrs. Whittier burst into tears.
"You horrid thingi" she exclaimed
Il shall never forgive youi"
But"
Don't you know that 1t isn't the
value of the thing. I might not have
liked It; but the thought that you had
tried to please me would have bees
everything. didn't do that to you'll"
whittier, beside himself with suddee
remorse, sprang to her side.
Il was only Joking" he exclaimed
breathlessly. Honest. I was only jok
ink. What have you got i,r met"
She drew from a neighboring closet
q dressing sack. over which Whites
went into raptures. all the time feeling
like q criminal Then. with q solemn
air, he drew from his pocket q twenty
dollar bill.
IF you don't like it." he said. "you
can exchange it for something elsa"
Mrs. Whittier shook her head.
you didn't intend to give 1t to ma
and I'm not going to take 1t now" she
said. at was an afterthought"
But"
She folded 1t up and put it back int
his waistcoat pocket.
I'll forgive you this time." she
smiled; but remember. my dear. thai
1t 10 very much better to go on year
after year giving each other things
that we don't want than to attempt to
break up an old habit; which. after al,
foolish as 1t seems. is founded upon Q
genuine human sentiment"
(Copyright. By the Frank A. Annssg oAl