New Britain herald., 1916-10-02

CT daughter, Miss Mary c. McGrath % William J. Foran of Whiting street. he couple will be married in the Church of Our Lady of Mercy early n November.
 MT. Foran is foreman of the Plain >;lle hose company and Is also promi- uent in the Foresters. He is employed at the Rockwell-Drake factory. His tiancee is one of the towns well known young ladies.
 Democrats Name Cray.
 James Cray, former mayor of Bris- tol Is to make the run for senator from the fifth district the democratic ticket, delegates from the various towns in this section having nomi- mated him at the convention Satur- day afternoon in Southington.
 MT. Cray Is recognized as one of the Lest vote getters in the dem ocratic party in the district. His friends pre- dict that he will carry Bristol by a substantial plurality. He is also ex- rected to get a good vote in Plainville, where he is popular, although the odds will be against his election be- cause of the overwhelming republican strength in the district.
 Condemnation Hearing.
 Owners of places raided by the state police a week ago will be given an opportunity to appear in court to- morrow to show cause why the liquor confscated should not be destroyed.
 There are several hundred bottles of beer in the basement of the town building to be disposed of. and it is likely that it will be condemned as the owners admitted their guilt and were fined when they were arraigned
 It was reported today that there is a possibility that the men will be arrested by the revenue agents and brought before the U. s. court at Hartford for violating the federal law by selling without a revenue license. This could not be confirmed, however, although credence was given to it in some QuarteerS.
 Price of Milk Scars.
 The high cost of living as applied to cattle as we'll as humans Is given by the farmers as the reason for the advance to ten cents a quart In the retail price of milk. The new rate became effective today, all the milk men notifying their customers of the raise.
 Grain is now selling at a high figure and the farmers argue that they can- not afford to sell the product of their places at the prices which formerly prevailed.
 PIainviIle Is "Charnpeen.''
 Plainville won the baseball cham ptonship from Southington yesterday when the local Foresters' team fin ished their season by defeating the All Stars of the neighboring borough by a score of to 3. The game was played at Aliens field and was wit messed by a large crowd,
 East team had won @ single game and yesterdays contest was to decide the supremacy between the two places. Oal1es pitched a great game for the home team, flaming fourteen men and allowing but three hits.
 Brief Items.
 Martha Rebekah lodge will have regular meeting tonight in Odd Eel lows hall.
 Mrs. Mary Russell is visiting in Simsbury as the guest of MT. and Mrs Charles Weed.
 A special meeting of the directors of the SequasSen club will be held this evening in O. o. F. hall.
 Mrs. w. S. Pease left Saturday for Danbury, where she will join her hus- band, who was recently appointed electrician in the Danbury Normal school.
 Rally day observance attracted large crowds to the Advent Christian church yesterday. The church was attractively decorated with autumn foliage. The pastor. Rev. J. w. Den ton, gave interesting sermons and was ably assisted by Allan B. Hodges of Bristol, a singing evangelist.
 MT. and Mrs A. F. Nelson of New Britain spent Sunday as the guest of