New Britain herald., 1915-09-13

up after he refused to leave the cen- ter He entered plea of guilty to the charge, although it was said after his arrest that ne would fight the ef- forts of the authorities to convict him. Autoists in Litigation. Litigation is promised betwea, Roger w. Egan and F.. M. Saunders
 both of New Britain, as a seouel to an auto accident near Blossoms corner on August 2S, the owners of both machines having retained counse, 5o collect for damage done to their .c. spective machines. Mrs. Anna Hayes, a sister of Mir
 Egan, was slightly injured by the col lsion having been thrown out of the car by the impact. MT. Egan was driving towards Waterbury and Mr Saunders was op his way to New
 Britain when the cars came together. Both drivers offer different versions of the accident, and it is probable that the court will be asked to place responsibility.
 Delegates to Conference. After the morning services in the Congrega tional church yesterday del- egates were elected to attend the an nual Farmington Valley conference to be held in Avon on Tuesday, Sep tember 21
 The pastor, Rev. F. l.. Grant, will
 head the delegation. With him Will
 be Mrs. Grant. Mrs. Walter Older
 shaw. Mrs J N Bull. S Carpenter,
 Ralph Merrill and William Wilson
 Opens Campaign for "Drys.''
 The first gun in the campaign which the temperance advocates eX-
 pect will make Plainville "dry" town was fired last evening in the Advent Christian church. when the pastor. Rev J. w. Denton. gave prohibition sermon. selecting Before Four Bars | for his subject.
 The sermon was the first of a series | of three temperance talks to be given 1 by the pastor. Next Sunday he has | elected to speak on the subject. Beer 1 Builds" The following week he will l explain the Christians attitude on the | temperance question. | In other churches the campaign is 1 to be taken up within the next few weeks and 1t is likely that there will
 be mass meetings, with out-of-town l speakers, before the October cleo tion, the prohibitionists having decid-
 ed to make a special drive In Bristol, 1 Plainville and Terryville this year. l WOOdrufrs at Reunion. 1 MT. and Mrs. George Woodruff of 1 Broad street were numbered among | the guests at the eleventh annual re- | union of the descendants of Henry
 Adams held yesterday at the John 1 Beckstedt homestead in Bristol. Mem
 bers of the Adams family from vari- | ous parts of Connecticut were in at- l tendance.
 l Luncheon was served on the spa
 ,cious lawn in front of the house 1 Officers were elected as follows: l President-Phillip Diehl, New Brit 1 ain.
 1 Vice president-Mrs. George Wood ruff, Plainville.
 Treasurer-George Beckstedt, Bris- | tol.
 Secretary - Walter Hodgkinson, l Hartford.
 | It was voted to hold the next re- union at the home of Tobias Diehl in New Britain on the first Sunday after Labor day, 1916.
 Brief Items. Martha Rebekah lodge will have a
 public whist this evening in Odd Eel
 lows hall. Play will start at o'clock.
 
 from Canada, where she spent a visit of several weeks with her mother The directors of Sequassen club will meet this evening in I. O. O. F. hall. MT. and Mrs. Louis warfield and son Ralph of Burnside, were the guests of relatives here over Sunday. Constable Philip Marine went to Hartford this afternoon to testify be- for ha of tot 3,9 tion with the hearing of charges against Carl Rhodes of Unionville, who was convicted here for violating the automobile laws a few weeks ago. Rhodes was invited to appear at the | ca pitol to show cause why his license as a driver should not be taken from
 him.
 w. c. Hart lost valuable horse | this morning. The animal died from convulsions.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph N. McKernan and daughter returned home Satur- day from Westerly and Boston, where | they spent the past two weeks.
 The Women's Missionary society of 1 the Congregational church will meet | tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. s. F. | Williams of West Main street.
 Mrs. c. w. Weeden of Ledge road is entertaining Mrs. Hansen and daughter, Dorothy, of Dorchester, Mass
 Mir and Mrs. Ralph Seymour have taken up their residence on Maple street. They had been spending the summer at Morris Lake.
 Formal transfer of the Central Meat ] Market from John E. Conlon to Israel Pouzzper of New Britain was made to- day. The new owner will take pos- aoaSio,a tha Ia tier na ri nf the weak