New Britain herald., 1915-03-05
Pla1nville News TAFT GIVES LITTLE
 HOPE TO COMMITTEE Former President Nay Not Come Here for Business Mems Ba+QlGt. REFUSED 10 SURRENDER PAPERS
Business Men Will Gather Around Festive Board About the Middle of ApriI-Sheriff Called on to Get Pension Certificates.

While they have not as yet given up
 hope of getting eN-President ". Ii.
 1 aft for the principal speaker at the
 annual banquet of the Business and
 Improvement association, for which arrangements are now. being made,
 members of the committee admit that
 the prospects of his coming here this year are not particularly bright and there is strong Likelihood that some l CtEer man of prominence will have to be secured to take his place.
 J. H. Trumbull, chairman of the committee, said this morning that a determined effort is being made to get Professor Taft here although but little ercourageme ment has been given. A wear ago the former president promised the business men that he would come here for the eighth an Dual banquet of the local association, ii he could possibly arrange to do so. Ee has been reminded of the promise
 but his engagements during the next two months are so numerous that the possibilities of his accepting an in- vitation from the Plainville organiza 1 ton are admittedly quite remote Mir. Trumbull explained that the plans for the banquet are progress ing satisfactorily, although the com mittee is not yet prepared to select a date The members are in communi- cation with probable speakers and the date for the spread will be set to suit ! their convenience, should they agree 1 to come here. The committee wants 1 to have the banquet about the middle 1 of April and Chairman Trumbull ex- poets that the date will be selected l some time next week. I# The directors, of the association. | under whose auspices the affair will be held held regular monthly meet | ing in the club rooms last evening 1 but as none of the members of the 1 banquet committee were present, re- ] port of the plans was not forthcom- ! ing. 1 The board gave up the evening to 1 an informal discussion of town affairs. | Secretary F. L. Benzon was appointed 1 to represent the association at tne meeting of the directors of the state orga niza tion held in Hartford today. The session was called to consider
 legislation now pending before the general assembly.
 Wouldn't Surrender Papers. Mrs. Chauncey Naamens determi- nation to become self-appointed cus- todian of her husbands pension papers was responsible for visit or the police authorities to the Naamen fiat on Whiting street yesterday after noon. The woman had refused to give her husband the papers which would make it possible to collect the govern ments contribution towards his sup port and Deputy Sheriff w. C.. Hart
 and other town authorities were called in to separate her from them.
 Accompanied by Chauncey, who IS one of the negro veterans of the Civil war. the officer visited the Naamen home and made a demand for the papers, Yesterday was pension day
 and Mrs Naamen's better half was anxious to collect the money.
 The woman seemingly was not sat isfied with the share of the pension that had been given to her at the pre- vious payment and she fatly refused
 to surrender the certificates necessary for collection. Even Sheriff Hart could not prevail on her to give them up and it was necessary to use force to secure them, one of the officers as- sistants holding her while Chauncey removed the certificates from trunk in which they had been hidden. There was considerable excitement around the center while the officer was attempting to persuade the woman to give up her husbands be- longings, Chauncey having repeated his tale of woe several dimes before complaining to the authorities. Letter Carrier Injured.
 Rural Carrier Rupert Mercy is
 confined to his home on the New p prit i, iYoi 1T rio yesterday afternoon, when the horse which he was driving ran away, drag
 ging him along the road for a con- siderable distance. There are num-
 Der of painful bruises on his body but his injuries are not of a serious l character and in a day or two he will be able to resume his duties
 Mr. Mercy was driving a horse which he had hired from the Beng ston farm on the Southington road. He was delivering mail in the Scott's Swamp district when the animal be- came frightened and bolted. At the time Mr. Mercy was about to get into the wagon. He attempted to stop the
 horse and held his grip on the reins for some time. He finally tripped and fell and was dragge along the road for several feet before he could un- tangle himself. 1t was at first thought that he had been badly hurt but after a short rest he was able to walk home.
 After leaving the driver in the road the horse continued on it's mad gall lop. It ran wildly through the Red Stone Hill section, dragging the Wag- on containing Uncle Sam's mail in it's wake. Efforts to halt it were un- availing and the horse kept on the run until it reached home when it stopped of it's own volition. One of the wheels on the wagon was smashed 1 during the iourpay.