New Britain herald., 1916-01-24
BristoPS Chief Executive to Speak
 at Anniversary Tonight
TO ENTERTAIN MANY GUESTS
Court General Lawton To Have Ban-
 quet and rtafnment-DOctors Appointed Post Surgeons Do Not Qualify-Couldn't Pay Fine-Briefs

Mdy or JOSepn DuItOI OI bIlStOl, has accepted an invitation to be one of the speakers at the celebration of the sixteenth anniversary of Court General Lawton F. of A., which will be held this evening in Grange hall. : The committee in charge of the ar | engagements also reports that a num- Der of the state officers have signified their intention of being present and the local court expects that there i will be some interesting speeches dur ing the evening.
 Plainville Foresters are planning to make the celebration one of the most memorable events in the history of the local court and to that end they have made elaborate arrange ments. They expect to entertain about one hundred visitors, including delegations from the various courts in neighboring places and the members of the several teams which took part in the recent forty five tourn- ament.
 The entertainment gives promise of being exceptionally good. One of the features of the program will be min strel overture for which local singers have been rehearsing for the past few weeks. The end men have prepared several local ''hits" and the musical selections are taken from the popular songs of the day.
 After the program is carried out the Foresters will entertain their guests at a banquet to be served in the dining hall.
 The hall has been attra ctively deco- rated for the occasion. The business meeting of the court will start at 7:30
 
 ing.
 Couldn't Pay Fine.
 William Futile, of West Haven, was taken to jail today by Constable Cor nelius Downing, having been unable to pay fine of s5 and costs imposed this morning by Justice E. P. Prior before whom he was arraigned on a charge of intoxication. Futile was found helplessly drunk Saturday by the officer and was locked up.
 In court he made a plea to be left off but the court did not believe his record warranted any special leniency and the imposition of the fine re- suited.
 Attend Installation.
 Several from here attended the joint meeting of the Forestville di- vision of the A. O. H. and it's auxiliary held yesterday afternoon in G. A. R. hall. The officers of both organiza- tions, who were seated yesterday, will serve during the next six months.
 After the exercises a banquet was served. Mayor J. F. Dutton of Bris- tol, was postmaster. Among the speakers was Rev. w. P. Kilcoyne of this place. An interesting program was furnished.
 Have Not Qualified.
 Plainville men, who owing to phy- sical disabilities feel that they are not liable for military duty and should be exempt from paying per- sonal taxes, are in a quandary as to what course they will pursue to carry out the orders of the selectmen who insist on a doctors certificate before l their names are crossed Off the list, Drs. Clark and Purney of New Brit ain, who were appointed post sur geons for this locality having failed l to qualify, according to information given B. H. Bacon, who took the en- | rolIment
 On making his rounds MT. Bacon | advised those who claimed to be ex- | empt that they would have to show a | doctors certificate issued after an l examination unless they had served i in the army were not liable for 1 the tax by reason of their having been hremen for five consecutive | years. Some of those thus informed i subsequently, claimed that they re- ported to the New Britain physicians, designated as post surgeons, but the later had advised them that they knew , nothing about any appointment and had not qualified.
 The report on the enrolment is be- ing prepared by Town Clerk R. C. Usher. It is estimated that there will be over eight hundred names on the list when completed Laws passed at the last session of the gen. eral assembly make the rules govern ing exemptions more strict than they have been and the certificates elim- mating individuals from the list of personal taxpayers will now have to be recorded at the town clerks of fee.
 Start Building Soon.
 Work on the new building to be used by the Cahil1 company of Meriden as a distributing station for their wholesale grocery business will be started, it was said today, as soon as the materials required in construc- tiOn arrive
 The structure is to be located on land recently purchased from F. T. Carter and which formerly served as a site for the Lucas H. Carter foun- dry. The old buildings have been razed and it is the intention to have the new one ready for occupancy this summer
 The proposed building will be three stories high and will probably be of reinforced concrete construction
 Freight Situation Improved
 During the past few days there has