The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
FREIGHT EMBARGO
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
TO REDDING PLANT
Surety Co. May Yet Settle
the Duncan Bankruptcy
Case.

Redding. Jan 20-The freight en-
barge threatens to cause a slackenin.g
Of activity and even a temp orary shut
down at the shops of the Gilbert &
Bennett Co., in Georgetown. This
is the companys busiest shipping sea-
son, their outgo Of manufactured
product being usually from 10 to 5
cars daily at this time of the year.
At present, however, the usual volume
of shipments is much restricted on ac-
count of a lack of cars and the diff
Guilty in obtaining raw material is a
more serious troubleF still. The ar
rival on Monday evening of a be-
lated car was the only thing that
saved a suspension of operations. Con-
merry Bros. are also having trouble
from the same cause. A car of grain
for them which left Chicago on Dec.
10 is held back by the tie-up and it's
present whereabouts they are unable
to ascertain, although they honored a
sight draft in payment for it last
Saturday.
! The recent action of former Tax
Collector J. II. Duncan in making an
assignment I'M insolvency was taken
before the Surety Co... which, is his
largest creditor and which had
brought suit to recover it's $4,000
claim, returned a definite answer to
the proposition that conveyance be
made to it of the real estate under
attachment in consideration of it's
payment of the sums due local credit
ors, amounting to between $500 and
$500. For this reason it is thought
that the Surety Co. may yet make
the proposed settlement and thus put
an end to the court proceedings.
Should the case run its course in the
bankruptcy court the consid cradle at
tendant expense would fall mostly up
I7A hi 1n RIG hit If
the minor creditors to share in the
assets on an equal footing cannot be
denied. Hence it appears that
settlement would be to the company's
advantage. A hearing on claims is
appointed for Saturday Of this week
before Referee J. w. Banks at
Bridgeport. If the proceedings go
the full length it is expected that
the Surety CO. will subject Mr.. Dun
can to a severe examination in an eff
fort to learn what became of the
missing 81, 400 of tax collections He
says that in regard to thfsaYery in
teresting and important phase of the
case his memory is entirely blank.
To the many Redding friends of
Miss Jeanette Glider the news of her
sudden death a t41er New York home
on Monday evening came as a painful
surprise. She had been a regular
weekend visitor to her summer home
always cheerfu11y active and appar-
entity in the best of health She
was about the first arrival among the
towns present literary colony, hav-
ing purchased a dozen years or SO
since a house on the lower Ridge
which she improved and enlarged and
has since occupied during the greater
part of the summer season. Pre-
vious1y she had been/a frequent Wis
itor to her intimate friend, Miss ].
H. Sanford. More than half a CEN
tury ago her uncle was pastor of
the Center Methodist church. Her
house. here she decided several years
ago to her niece, then Miss Jones and
now Mrs. Arthur Pearson. The lat.
ter, who was very fond of the place,
expressed fears that Miss Glider
would tire of it and sell it. AS the
most effective means of quieting these
apprehensfens the aunt proceeded to
convey the property to the niece SO
that the latter should be in a posi-
ton to control the situation. Miss
Glider and Mark Twain were warm
personal friends and after the latter
located in Reddfng there was a fire.
quent interchange Of calls between
them. AT the concert given in 1910
a. THE humorist's home in aid of his
public library project many of the
gathering audience smiled in sym
pathy as they observed Mark patting
Miss Glider affectionateIy on the
shoulder by way OF greeting which
preceded an animated chat such as
might follow the meeting of two old
cronies after a long separation. Those
who formed the acquaintance of Miss
Glider during her residence here will
recall her as lady of affable man
ner and kindly traits and without af-
fectations. literary or otherwise
A remarkable case from medical
-
Perry sister of Charles Perry. the
lower Ridge merchant. She was the
subject of an operation at the Nor
walk Hospital last week for the re-
novaI of q cancer from her left side
and at last accounts her condition
was highly encouraging. A year ago
last August she underwent an opera
ton by which five distinct DANGEROUS
growths were removed from her right
side, an ordeal from which she rail-
lied contrary to expectations.
None of these grewths has as yet
shown recrudescence, but Eeon~after
their excision another cancer appear
ed on the neck This was subjected
to the x-ray treatment with measur-
ably satisfactory results, as the ex-
crescence partly disappeared, follow
ing the arrest of it's development.
At the Episcopal church Sunday
morning D. S. Sanford read service,
Rev Mr.. Cunningham. the rector,
being incapacitated by the grip. Other
Ridge patients from the nalady are
Milo Osborn, his wife, mother and the
hired man. Mrs. Stephen Sanford
of West Redding is recovering from
severe attack of the disease during
which she was nursed by Mrs. Boe-
rum, but Mrs E. P. Sanford and her
son Jesse of the same household are
now on the/sick list. The George
town section, which earlier had many
cases. is now mostly free from the
disease.
The friends of the newly married
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Klopsik gave
them a, surprise serenade on Wednes-