Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-14
County Towns Name Representatives
James B. Bates and John F. HolloweI Nominated on Twentieth Ballot by Preston Republicans-Several Towns Nominated Probate Judges-Few Contests Throughout the County.

In general there were no contests in the republican caucuses held through out New Lo2don county Friday, with the exception of the town of Preston where it took 20 ballots to select rep resentatives. The final ballo, was taken shortly before Ii o'clock Friday night and resulted in the nomination of James B. Bates and John B. HolIo- well for representatives. The other contestants for the nomination were W. B. Mitchell, Sherwood Potter and MT. Pendleton.
 The caucuSeS of the various towns in the county follow:
 Lebanon.
 At o'clock Friday afternoon the re- | publicanS of the town of Lebanon held a caucus in the town hall and nomi- mated the following: Representatives, | Edward A. IToxie, William T. Curry; | judge of probate, Albert G. KneeIand; justices of the peace. John M. Clark, l Joseph B. Blakeslee, Isaac G. Larkin, Edward w. Jones, Fred N. Taylor, George E. Briggs, James A. Thomas. George E. Briggs was chairman and c. J. AIbeu was clerk.
 MontviIIe.
 Republicans of the town of Mont vile met in the town hall Friday af- | ternoon and held a caucus. Dan D. Home was chairman and Hubert G. | follow: Representative, George H. Bradford; judge of probate, Dan D. l Home; justices of the peace, George | O. Allen, George H. Bradford Matt A. Tinker, Fred J. Hoxie, Frank H. Rog- CTS.
 Preston.
 The republicans of the town of | Preston met in the Long Society schoolhouse Friday evening and select ed representatives to the general as- ] sembly after q spirited caucus lasting | nearly three hours, in which 20 ballots were cast before the nominees were selected. Everett P. Barnes was chair man of the caucus and Webster Copp clerk On the 20th ballot James B. 1 Bates and John P. Hollowell were | candidates were w. B. Mitchell, Sher- l wood Potter and MT. Pendleton. The nominations of justices of the peace were left with the town committee to decide.
 Groton. At the republican caucus held in the | town of GrotOn Friday night the fol- l lowing nominations were made: Judge | of probate, 4. P Anderson: repre- | sentatives, D. H. Seamon, Charles T. 1 Crandall; justices of the peace, Arthur | o. Williams, Horace Williams, Hiram 1 Hogdon, A. L. Pitcher, Fred w. D. | Farrar, Joseph l.. Kenyon, W. R. Den fson, c. Tyler Landphere, \. S. Ches- ter and w. B. Burrows.
 Lyme. With no contests, the republican 1 voters of the town of Lyme nominated | the following: Representative Harry l Pierson; judge of probate, Edward G. ! Smith: Justices of the peace. George 1 Griswold, Edward Smith and c. D 1 Maynard.
 Waterford. 1 Stanley D. Morgan was nominated | representative to the general assembly | at a caucus of the republican party | held in the town of Lyme Friday night
 North stonington.
 Everything went harmonious at the 1 republican caucus in the town of 1 North Stonington Friday night. Henry Allen was chairman and Calvin Snyder clerk. The nominations: Representa- | tives, George H. Stone, H, G. Lewis; judge of probate, (. G. Gray Con both l tickets); justices Of the peace Charles D. Chapman, 2. ". Miner, Clark w | Woodmansee, J. B. Perry, James F. Brown and r. B. Miner
 GriswoId
 The republican voters of the town of Griswold will hold their caucus on Monday night when it is expected there will be no contests for the of fees to be nominated.
 Stonington.
 A good number of the republican voters of the town of Stonington turn ed out to the caucus which was held in | the town hall on Friday afternoon at ? o'clock. There were no contests and | the caucus was harmonious in every respect. The nominations: Represen- tatives Elias F. Wilcox, Byron A. Babcock; judge of probate, Elias B. Hinckley; Justices of the peace A. I. Stillman, James Cooper, Archie c. l 1 ton, w. A. Wilcox, Jerome s. Ander- son, IT,, c. F. Congdon, Albert A. | Haley, Seth N. Williams and c. H. Co., wan.
 Bozrah. | Daniel D. Mara was nominated rep resentative to the general assembly at l a caucus of the republican voters of | the town of Bozrah held Friday night | in the town hall. Nathan Gilman was 1 selected chairman and Elijah Abell, | clerk. The nominations were as fol- lows: Representatives, Daniel F. Mara; judge of probate, Gideon Dick | inson; justices of the peace, Elijah l Abell, Warren Thompson, Herbert E. Pierce.
 Sprague. The republicans nominated the fol- lowing at a caucus held in the town of Sprague Friday: The nominations: i Representative, John c. Stevens; jus 1 tice of the peace, J. w. Crofts, Arthur Parant, Francis w. Logan, Gus Phil- lips.
 1 Colchester. | The republicans of the town of Col Friday evening and held a caucus. S. 1 chester met in the Grange hall on i H. Kellogg was chairman and Myron l R. Abel1, clerk. The nominations are | as follows: Representatives, E.. R. | Gillett, Jacob Elgart; judge of pro- bate, Harley B. Buell.; justices, Myron R. Abel1, John R. Backus, Arthur FL | gart, Maurice Dublin, William E.