The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
BEDDING HAS TIE IN VOTE FOR ONE
 OF ITS CANDIDATES
Democrats Make Fine Show ing and MT. Burnes is on
 Anxious Seat.

Bedding, Nov. 9-From a Demo- cratic point of view this town shows up as comparatively bright spot. The Republicans never worked harder, but were able to produce. a majority of
 only 13 for their Presidential candi-
 dates, the figures being ls6 for Hughes to 173 for Wilson. s,. In the October election they carried the town by 40
 majority. Former Governor Holcomb
 had 192 and Beardsley 165; for U. s. Senator Mclean 192. and Cummings 164; for Congressman. Hill '192 and Donovan 165; for state senator, Bissell 1S9, and Peck 167.
 The surprise of the day was fur nished, by the vote on the representa- tive ticket. s. e. Shaw, Republican, won over Charles Sanford by 1855 to 156, but Herbert s. Barnes and T.. M. | Stocking, his Democratic, opponent, tied with 178 each. A special election to obtain a decision has been called for Tuesday of next week. The chances are that MT. Barnes will win out in l this second contest, as he is chair | man of the Republican town commit l tee and his party may be expected to | put forth strenuous efforts in his be- 1 half despite the jolt handed him on Tuesday. For this jolt there can be only one explanation. MT. Barnes has personal popularity due to his recog-
 nized ability and highly amiable quail ities and has labored faithfully for his party, but some members of the party feel that his labors and leadership were Itinged with an element of bos- sism which called for -rebuke. The resultant castigation is believed to
 have come mainly from west side Re- lpublicans. Possibly their resentment may take even more pronounced form next Tuesday although this is hardly probable.
 Those elected justices of the peace are B. A. Pinkney, Marcus H. Burr, i John Muennich, E. H. Smith and F. A. Judd, Republicans; and Robert Rider, Paul Connery, J. B. Sanford, Jr., and W. c. Sanford, Democrats. To the last named gentleman is due no small part of the credit for the vigor, unity and near-success which were features of the local campaign waged by the losers. As chairman of the Demo cratic town committee MT. Sanford displayed untiring energy, tact and l skill and his services will not be for gotten by his party associates.
 | The injuries which Burr Mills, "a we'll known resident and former busi- ness man of Georgetown, received on
 Monday evening of last week from be- l ing struck by an auto, resulted in his
 death on the. following Friday. He was 73 years old and got about on crutches in consequence of serious l disabilities sustained during service
 as a soldier. in the Civil War. Just after dusk last Monday he came from l his home to the roadside and was
 seen to look carefully in one direction
 as if to guard against danger from
 passing vehicles. The way was clear l upon that side and without looking I further he swung. forward on his
 crutches and was caught by a car com ing from the opposite direction. The
 machine was running slowly and
 quickly stopped. MT. Mills suffered | no broken bones. and only slight ex- ternal marks were apparent, but the
 shock and internal injuries not at first l manifest made bis condition alarm ing two days later, For many years
 he conducted the store now, operated by T. M. Stocking and was the owner | l house. A wife survives him. He had no children.
 l For the first time in upwards of century the old house. on the back
 road leading from the Jump Hill sec
 tion to the Forge section in Weston is vacant, Mrs. Ann Baldwin and her daughter, it's more recent occupants, l having lately moved to Bethel. Many Xx,a NA IT. win family, colored, have made the place their habitation from birth to l the final passing. There was an un- ending line of them from patriarchs such as "Vene'' Baldwin to his suc-
 cessors, the last of whom, in the male line, was Moses. who departed this life | a few months ago. When the Forge"
 with it's axe factory foundry, and wood-turning shop was a thriving in
 dustrial community the back road re-,
 ferred to. now seldom travelled and. encroached upon lby bush growth, was fringed with numerous dwellings occu-
 pied by shop workers. Most of these have disappeared and the deserted Baldwin house nearly completes the
 state of reversion to wilderness condi- tions.
 Recent purchases by the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. of Sanfordtown prop erty in preparation for the flooding of the Saugatuck valley to a northward
 line taking in slice of Bedding ter l ritory revives conjectures and fears regarding the ultimate fate of Hull cemetery where are entombed many
 representatives of this towns old fam lilies. Should the impounding dam to
 be erected near the old Bradley axe
 factory in Weston be built to the
 height originally projected, the an- cient burial ground would be partly
 f1oded. Sanitary and sentimental con- alterations forbid this and at the same 1 time the water company desires to make available the territory's full storage capacity. If this is to be done there must either be a removal of the human remains now resting in the cemetery or a dike constructed to prevent encroachment upon it of the waters. For either course special legislation will probably be required. It is certain that anything in the na- ture of dissertation of the old burial ground will be stout1y and bitterly re- sisted
 Prospects for the introduction of electric lighting facilities on the east side of the town may or may not be
 brighter, but the project would seem
 to be approaching decisive action of
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