New Britain herald., 1916-10-30

end machine to serve in case of trouble, they have since learned that the town must furnish one machine for each six hundred voters. As there are nearly eight hundred men eligible to suffrage here a single machine would not suffice under the law.
 Proves Value of Spraying.
 While many of the farmers in this locality suffered loss this year be- cause of the potato blight, Joseph A. Pagan of Scott's Swamp reports that his crop is big success, a result which he declares demonstrates the practical value of spraying MT. Fa- gan has been farming on scientific theories for a number of years, adopting methods suggested by the Connecticut Agricultural college and other experts and while he has had to go to considerable extra expense to follow the advice given him, he is now satisfied that his money was we'll invested.
 Although he had a bumper crop last year, harvesting from twenty acres of land, he discovered that de- spite the high prices offered for the tubers his work was not financially successful owing to the extraprdi- nary expense which attended scientific methods.
 This year he planted but ten acres and had a big yield. Experts who have examined his crop declare 1t to be one of the best harvested In the state. They declare that it has an advantage over others 1nasmuch as the potatoes are in no way affected by the rot an1 are absolutely sound. Because of the prevalence of blight agricultural scientists claim that many of the potatoes harvested this year will decay during the winter, al- though their exterior at the present indicate that they are sound. Tubers from the plants which have been sprayed regularly, as is the case with MT. Fagan's, are not expected to show susceptibility to the disease, &C., cording to potato authorities, and for that reason the Scott's Swamp grower feels that his efforts have not been wasted.
 His reputation as potato grower has spread so extensively through publicity given him as Connecticut's potato king in national rural publi- cations have brought him many or ders for his crop from distant points but he has decided to dispose of 1t nearer nome.
 Will Sell Property.
 Permission has been given by the probate court to Mrs. Annie Norway as executrix of the estate of her ro other, Mrs. Eliza J. Reynolds to dis pose of property belonging to the es- tate and notice has been filled that the sale will take place privately tomor- row morning at l Oo'clock.
 It is understood that land on East street used by the N. D. Kalish coal business will be transferred to Mrs. Kalish. the remaining property con- tinuing in possession of the estate.
 More Negroes Imported.
 Fifty Virginia negroes were shipped here Saturday afternoon to augment the force of darkeys working as truckers at the transfer station. Dur ing the past two weeks the gang has been depleted to a considerable eX- tent, the call of the South having been answered by number of the negroes who grew homesick.
 Nearly a hundred representatives Of Southern states are now working gecocaluph- -s1yrprofegrfy vbg vb V at the station.
 SaIerno's Wounds Infected.
 According to Dr. c. J. Hart, who is attending Joseph Salerno, who mur- dered his wife at their home on West Main street last Wednesday and later tried to commit suicide, is not making much progress towards recovery. The various wounds which the slayer in ficted in an effort to end his life have become badly infected and there is danger that he will contract pneu- r2onia. Should he recover, it will be some time, the doctor states, before he will be able to appear in court to answer to his crime in case the au- thorities decide to press the charge of