The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-28
DEMOCRATS OF
NEWTOWN OPEN
FALL CAMPAIGN
Talk Over Candidates for
Local Offices to Be Filled
This Year
Especial to The Farmer,

Newtown, Aug 2S-There was a
well attended meeting of the Demo-
cratic club at the Brick building last
night. The business was the discus
sion of party affairs for the October
town election. This year the terms
of all the biennial officials EXPIRE as
well as annual terms and successors
to town clerk, town treasurer and tax
collector must be chosen In addition
to annual officers. Oscar PitzschIer,
the present Democratic town clerk,
was endorsed by the Republicans and
Progressives two years ago, and
doubtless will again be the choice of
both major parties. John F. Honli-
han, the Democratic tax collector.
was on the ticket of all parties at the
last election and the prospects are
favorable for like course in all.
caucuses this year. Frank Wright,
the present Democratic town treas
urer, is candidate for the office, and
it looks as though he would succeed,
in landing the honor for another
term. The only contest in the party
Is that of first seIectnnan, John ]
Northrop, is a candidate for first se-
lectman against the incumbent of the
office, Judge e. D. Briscoe. who has
41CAo IlAG O1hC0 t1iIc0 SUCCESSIVE Terms.
Briscoe is a veteran and was elected
by the Democrats originally, not.
withstanding he was as a lifelong Re-
publican. He was turned down By
his party associates in 1914, and the
Democratic party managers that year
took him u. elected him, and put one
over on their opponents. Now the
present leaders in the party have split
and some of them favor Northrop,
who is making an active canvass for
| the Aomin alton.
The automobile smashup on the
state road near H. H. Peck's, Aug. Is,
came before Justice P. H. Mccarthy;
Monday afternoon. Van Week, the
| New Jersey motorist proved by sew
| eral witnesses that he was on the right
| side OF the road when he was run into
| by Gregory George, the, Bridgeport
| jitneur, though the latter hired At
| torney Greenstein Of Bridgeport, to
prove the contrarr The attorneys
contention was not, however, sup
| ported by evidence, and the judge
found George guilty, filming him SIS
and costs Attorney J. Robert Beech
err represented the state in the case.
The charge against Viele of Bridge
| port, arrested for not having proper
| lights was nolled on paying costs
while Sloan of Westport held up the
same day on the same charge was let
| go. There was a notable improve
nent during the last week in the OBJ
| servance of the laws governing motor
vehicles, as the impression has gone
forth that Newtown is a bad town In
which to run afoul of its police force.
| Troop No. 20, Boy Scouts of New
| Haven, consisting of 15, under Scout
Master George Lees, are4encamped for
a week at Mapleton, the headquarters
of the order of deaconesses of the
| Methodist Society of Connecticut. Miss
Arbuckle, in charge of the summer in
| stitution is much interested in this
branch of civics. and especially in
| vited this body of Boy Scouts from
her home city to enjoy the hospitality
! of her church people. The boys have
four tents on the campus in the rear
of the school and invite the villagers