Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-22
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Norwich, Saturday, Aug. 22, 1914.
 VARIOUS MATTERS | ing on for the annual South county fair at Kingston.
 Cars on the Montville trolley line are now running regularly over the straightened stretch of track at Galii- vans lane.
 Thursday evening the class of 1913, BulkeIey High school. held it's second annual banquet and reunion at Franks inn. The raft at Ocean Beach is badly in need of repairs. The canvas that GOV CTS it Is washed away and leaves the planking dangerous.
 A drop of 13 degrees in the tenn perature in half an hour about o'clock Friday afternoon helped to make exist ence more bearable.
 Improvements to the dam at the Old Town mill, New London, which have been under progress for some time, were completed Thursday.
 The housing of the Connecticut to- bacco crop has begun. Contrary to the practice of three years past, nearly all
 The Connecticut grand lodge of Ne gro Masons will assemble at New Lon don Sept 15 for it's annual session. The lodge will have banquet at Frank s inn.
 Ball playing in the parks in the rear of Ocean Beach has been prohib- ited. This actfcr1 was caused by con- plaints from residents living near the parks.
 The Stark Family association held its annual reunion at Watch Hill to the number of 30 sat down to an appetizing shore dinner at 1 o'clock.
 S. J. Reuter- & Son, florists, were rep resented at the annual convention of the Society of American Florists at Boston by George E. Fisher, manager of the Reuter- store in New London.
 Paul Wilstach, compiler of the biog- raphy of Richard Mansfield. the great actor, whose home was in New Lon don, and whose grave is there. has written play, What Happened at g, Canaan" by R. c. Streeter. of Provi- dence, R. l., Sunday at 10.45, under auspices of Int Bible Students As- sociation in their hdll, No. 35 Shetucket street.-adv.
 MT. and Mrs. Percy Senter and Miss Maud Colburn of Lowell, Mass. were recent guests of John B. Ing1is at Plainfield. Both MT. Senter and MT. Inglis are former Norwich residents and are well known here.
 Within a few days the International Cotton Manufacturing company in East Killingly will commence running day and night. Orders were received from their New York office yesterday to push the plant to it's limit.
 Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster, who had planned to go abroad this sum mer. but changed his plans because of the war, has returned frem Mount Desert and Northeast Harbor, Me, and
 A. c. Kistner of Middletown, great keeper of wampum of the great coun- cil of Connecticut, I. O. R. M., was visitor in New London Thursday. Mc. Kistner is camping on Griswold Island
 
 The 23d regiment, Connecticut volun- teers, held its annual dinner and out ing at Wilcox's, Savin Rock, Thursday afternoon. There were about 50 Of the veterans present, which was consider able less than had been expected.
 Connecticut war chest will be en- riched by the addition of $33, ,389, which is the states share under the military a Tar-a iy,rr fny~ ', I; ,% 100000 annually among the various states for the purpose of buying an- munition and supplies.
 Miss Alice Dearborn, instructor in English and history at the New Lon don Manual Training and Industrial school, is now in London. awaiting an opportunity to return to her home. Miss Dearborn was at Liege just be- fore the bombardment of the city by the Germans.
 Ronald M. Kimball, who has been with the Thermos car of the American Thormos company on a city-tocity ad- vertising campaign through New Eng land. returned Thursday evening for a few days in this city. He left the car in Boston, from which city it is going out with Burlington, Vt, as it's desti- nation.
 Alderman Fred J.-WeSt of New Lon don was a visitor in Norwich Thurs day. The alderman, who is a candI- date for the democratic nomination in this county. made the trip to Norwich in the automobile owned by Attorney Charles w. Comstock of MontvflIe, who is candidate for the democratic norn- ination for governor
 In reply to an inquiry from the British consul general at New York relative to existence of any statute of this state applying to utterances at public meetings. Gov. Simeon E. Bald win has cited the following sections of the constitution of the state relative to free speech: Every citizen may freely speak. write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. No law shall ever be passed to curtail or retrain the liberty Of speech or of the press.''
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