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Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
eRANIrE-PAvINe INDUSTRY.

Granite paving blocks valued st S2 303 767, and numbering 3097S.305 were scld in 1917, according to state ment compiled under the direction of G. r. LOughlin, |. $. Geological Sur vey Department of the Interior. in CO., operation with the Granite Paving Block Manufacturers Association of the United States 0nc.}, and the land, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, ginia. and Wisconsin The quantity of paving blocks producer represents a decrease of 13 per cent compared with 1916, which in turn showed 8 decrease of more than i per cent compared with 1915. The value iD 1917, however. owing to increase ip price, was only 1 per cent less than
 that in 1916 which was practically
 the same as that of 1915. The aver age price per thousand during eack
 of these three years was s4S.S5 ir 1915, $50.73 in 1916, and s57.63 ir 1917, the Iase being the highest price ever recorded. These figures do moi include sales of "durax'' blocks Sales were reported from Is States in both 1915 and 1917 South Carolina | replacing Delaware in 1917. Three | States, Connecticut, Massachusetts. and 1 Vermont showed increase iu quantity
 in 1917 Maine showed a decrease ot
 only per cent. The largest decreases were in California t90 per cent 1 Georgia $50 per cent, Rhode Island i (64 per cent), and Virginia GA per | cent)
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
PLANNING TO USE STAMPS ON TELEGRAMS
Postmasters Will Be Fiscal Agents For Government Owned Telegraph and Telephone Companies.

Postmasters in every city in the country are to be mace fiscal agents and treasurers for local telephone and telegraph offices under plans tenta lively decided upon by the post office department committee on telegraphs ard telephones.
 The consolidation Of wire company accounts and funds into the account ing system of the post office depart inent will be the first move toward absorption of the wire service into the postal service.
 While no definite action has yet been taken and no decision reached, it is known that this move is contem- plated and finds unanimous approval with the committee. That it will be made effective seems certain. Under the plan all moneys collect ed will go to the post office cashier and that officer will make ali dis | bursements for the wire companies handling and controlling all funds The effect of this policy will be far reaching and it will work big econ omy in accounting, the committee be- l lieves
 The great accounting forces of the | American Telephone and Telegraph Co.,, the Bell CO. the New York Tele- phones Cn.,, the. e.WesteEn-D Union and th< ZEp41 eesHcu11
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
GETTING REPORT ON
 GARDEN PRODUCTION
Supervisor Hagberg Wants Every Gardener to Send Him Postal Card Report,

Garden Supervisor Charles 4. flag berg is about to collect figures 10 show what have been produced in all the gardens of the city. Everyone who has a garden of any description is requested 10 communicate with him hy postal card, giving size of plot planted. varieties of vegetables grown and approximate value of crops.
 This will enable him to furnish the information to state headquarters which is asked for in the following letter:
 Hartford, July 24. 1918. To Garden Supervisors and Leaders:
 It is essential this year that def rite figures be obtained regarding the amount of food produced in the wal gardens of Connecticut. With this end in view you will be asked later on to fill out on a blank form a state ment telling the number Of gardens under your supervision. the total acreage, principle crops. etc. In ad- dition to this information, the Con- necticut Committee Of Food Supply also wishes to obtain the same in formation in regard to back yard gardens
 Your state garden committee want: complete data on the kind and amourf of all the food raised in war gardens in every town and city of the state SC that they will know how mucf Connecticut is doing to solve the fooC rroblems and help win the war. Thi! 1 is your advance notice so that thost Of you who have not already planned l to do so will have plenty of time tt get this information. Blank cards t. be filled out will be mailed you abou l the first of August.
 l Yours very truly,
 c. NJ. CODDING.
 Special Field Agent in Entomology
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
DEAN MORROW READER.
From lincoln Bible at Fisk Univer-
 sity Flag Pole Dedication.

Fiske University News. Nashville Tenn, of which college Rev. C. ". Morrow, a former pastor of the Sec ond Congregational church Norwich is dean. tells of the dedication of a fine flag pole in honor of Judge Rob- ert McMurdy. of Chicago where the Lincoln Bible presented the college by Robert T. Lincoln, was that from which the scripture was read. Two girls held tie Bible open at the for ty-ninth chapter of Isaiah, until the dean had read the passage beginning with the eighteenth verse and endine with the 2Srd in which are found the words: Thus saith the Lord God-Be. hold I will lift up mine hand to ths Gentiies and set up my standard tC the people.
 The News says: The three standins there. Dean Morrow with hair white as snow, and the two girls in the yer! blush of youth made "a .Herx striking , ana&pae
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
Y. M. c. A. GET-roGETHER
For Soldiers and SaiIors-Rev. U. |
 Mackey Makes Address.

The lobby of the Young Mems Christian Association was the scene Of profitable occasion on Sunday af- tArnoon when a large number of sail CTS and soldiers, with 2 sprinhiing of civilians enjoyed the get together."
 Musical selections and singing of war songs were pleasing parts Of the LroSramme and an exceedingly inter esting address by Rev. [. L. MaeI1ey, who has spent a great deal Of time in Y M. c. A. war work in this country, vas listened to with deep interest by ali present.
 In a very graphic way he told the story of Jacob and EsGu. ard he clothed it in twentieth century Ian Guase, and ill a manner that stripped his hearers with unusual interest. He told the men that they would come up against many hardships be- fore the victory was finally won. as it surely will be; he told of some men | in the service who had been terribly wounded to whom he had talked. and l te pictured their courage. even in 1 their suffering, is it to be prepared l for temptations and Will aSSail you when you have spent all of your phy sical energy, and when. after the | hardships of battle, yoH drag your | weary steps ack from lover the top and the deyilish men anl develish wo- men who. when you are physically weak, try to drag you down, then VOL l will need the help that only the Al mighty can give you. Tour loved l ores will be wiling to have YOU com Jack wounded, maimed. and blind, but they are not willing to nave you come i lack home besmeared and broken 1T morale. Bows. take Christ as youl rOrtion. read the testament and fol tow it's teachings.
 A former secretary of the local ' M C. A. W. A. Morse. was presen at the service and made a few ear
 rest remarks and offered a brief pray
 CT.
 At the conclusion of the address. tn
 ladies of the Broadway Congre gation
 al church served lunch free 10 all, an
 the men partook with gratitude an,
 relish. The idea of the ~ Sunda, gatherings is to give to the brave fel
 lows in the service, a touch of hom life, and there is plenty of evidence t
 show that this desire Of the associa
 tion officials and the ladIes is beini accomplished. as expressions ever
 Sunday by the boys of the army an
 navy give unmistakable evidence O
 their sincere appreciation of what
 being done for their comfort;
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
PERSONALS

Miss Jean Blaie of Cliff street is spending her vacation in Waterbury.
 Mrs Samuel Kinder of Boston is visiting at the home of Miss Flynn for several days.
 Dr. A. Richards is spending the month of August touring and at Pleasant View.
 MT. and Mrs. H. E. Pendleton of Waterbury have been spending a few days in Norwich.
 Letters received from Lowell R Stark tell of his arrival on the other side and comfortable trip across,
 Mrs. Grace Aldrich crowel1 and daughter Dorothy of Lafayette street leave today to spend a week in New Haven.
 Mrs. H. A. Edgcomb and Mrs. A. E. Hodgdon of Stonington were recent visitors in Uncasville with Mrs Henry Jerome.
 Mrs. Phoebe J. Pendleton returned Saturday to her home in Yantic after spending ten weeks in New Haven and Hartford
 Miss Josephine Downey has returned ! to her home on Hamilton avenue, Waterbury. after three weeks visit in l Norwich Town.
 Merka Johnson and family have moved from Ashaway, R. l., to Nor 1 wich, where NIT. Johnson has a situa- tion in one of the woolen mills.
 Miss Margaret E. Riley and Miss Margaret A. Sadusky, have left fol New York. to spend a weeks vacation the guest of Miss Riiey's brother. MT. and Mrs. Albert Roscoe, Barbara and Byron Roscoe, Mrs. Oren D. Fisher and son Roscoe motored recently from North Stonington to visit Mrs. E. W Coe of Wolcott.
 MT. and Mrs. William Sears ane l daughter Patience, former Norwich l residents who have been guests of Mir and Mrs. Joseph Fields of Norwich l left Saturday for New York on theil return to their home in Poughkeepsie
 Mrs. James Furey and sons, James Jr., and George Mrs. Louis Charellt and daughters, Misses Irene and Alice are spending two weeks with H. C Henseler of Plain Hill. They alst | spent a day with Mrs. Howard Wrigh of Blissviile
 Mrs. James Maher (formerly Bea trice Asfe of New Lenden} has gon, to Galveston. Tex, to join her bus band, Lieutenant Maher, U. s. N. whi 1 was recently transferred from Ke, West. Lieutenant and Mrs. Mahe have resided in Florida since thei maria ge.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
dated in the postal cashiers Office.

dated in the postal cashiers office.
 When it is worked to it's ultimate conclusion, the plan will provide fer
 the issuance of telegraph stamps
 These Will be attached to telegrams just as postage stamps are now at-
 tsched to letters. stamps Of sufficient value being put on to meet the rate
 Such stamps will be sold at an offices and at postal stations and no money
 will be paid over the counter for eele-
 grams Business houses doing a large telegraph business may purchase the
 stamps in bulk. This will simplify accounting. Stamps sold and can celled will represent all revenue taken in
 A different system will have to be worked out for the telephones. It is not possible to put a stamp on ver- bal conversations. Several ideas have i been suggested. There is but one de- finite conclusion. however, and that l is that all business will be placed up- , on a strictly cash basis as the railroad i business under government control
 Monthly subscribers Of the telephone 1 companies will nave to pay by the month in advance on the first Of the
 month or have service stopped. In many cities bills run for month or l two without serious objection.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
OBITUARY.
Miss Maraaret Watt,

The death of Miss Margaret Watt occurred in Norwich Sunday afternoon after an illness of several months. SAe was the daughter of James and Chris tina Wait, was born in Norwich, and had lived here all her life. For a number of years she had made her home at 325 Boswell avenue She re- ceived her educa tion in the Greene vile grammar school She leaves a sister, Mrs. P. R. Fhom, of Appleton, Wis, and a brother, James Watt, of Hartford. She was taken i'll last No vember and has been patient suffer CT. She was a member of the Greene vile Congregational church.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
w WERDING.
Donahue-christman.

At the pastors study at the Gen. tral Baptist church on Saturday af- ternoon at 2.30 o'clock William F Donahue, D. V. NJ. and Miss Charlotte M Christmar, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Clinton o. Christman, of 70 School street, were married by Rev A. F. Purkiss. the pastor of the church. The bridal couple were at tended by the mother of the bride and her brother, Earle H. Christman.
 MT. Donahue is to leave at once fol Camp Greenleaf at Fort Oglethorpe Ga, having enlisted in the veterinary reserve corps. He has recently com pleted his course at Alabama Poly technic institute, Auburn, Ala, for the degree of doctor of veterinary medi- cine. He has resided at 1s9 West Mair street in this city and is the son of the late MT. and Mrs. John Donahue His bride will reside in this city while ht is in the service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY

MT. and Mrs. John L. Mitchell have returned after fortnight's stay near South Bristol, Me.
 MT. and Mrs. William A. Norton and daughter Ruth are spending several days at Weekapaug.
 Charles F. Averin, manager of the Hotel Bancroft, Worcester, spent the week end with friends in Norwich.
 Mrs. C!iffor1 M. Story of Haeken- sack, N. J.. is passing a few weeks with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Frank H. Pullen.
 Mr and Mrs H. L. Warrington and Mrs, Walter Potter and daughter, Miss Ruth L. Potter, leave today (Monday) on a motor trip to Portland, Me, whexe they will attend the national, oxganists' cenae1 anA akingsssssa eazl;far.the ex-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
BOYS LOOT PAVILION
 AT GARDNER LAKE.
Soft Drinks Stored There Are Too
 Strong a Temptation.

Five boys, some of them with bot
 ties of soda water in their hands, scampered into the brush near the
 Spring Grove pavilion at Gardner Lake
 on Sunday afternoon as Charles Win
 chester drove past the pavilion, and an
 inyestigation showed that the boys had been at work footing the place of q stock of soft drinks that had been stored there by man who has been running some dances at the lake. The boys escaped with their booty. The place had also been broken into last Friday MT. Winchester locked the place up as well as he could on Sunday to protect what remains of the stock of soft drinks.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
POLICE COURT WILL
 HAVE DOZEN CASES. Most for oxieation-Breach of the Peace on West Side.

There will be dozen cases before the police court this morning through arrests made Saturday night and Sun day, the majority for drunkenness, but Joseph Stankevich will have to an swer to intoxication, breach of the peace and resis ting an officer, for the fight he made against Policeman Ralph Divito after he had also been fighting III the katz saloon on West Main street on Saturday night
 Stanley Strunsky. Joseph Bentravich and his wife. Helen Bentravich. will all face breach Of the peace charges for the disturbance that it is claimed they made at Strunsky's home about opposite the West Side fire station They were arrested by Policemen Al len, Divito, Farrell and P. Murphy
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
PooUETANUcK NOTES.
Community Picnic conning-sis Pick
 ereI From Shewyhl Pond.

The annual picnic of the community club for Hallville and Poquetanuck is to take place on Saturday with At lantic Beach as the goal of the party. The eopnittee in charge has set 12.55 as the time for the special trolley cars to leave and 7.55 as the time to leave the beach on the return trip. Mrs. George Mansfield Mrs. Alanson Full Ter, Mrs. George Miller and Mrs. Geo. Bosue are the committee in chcarge. and are to receive the names of all who are going by tonight.
 Charles Brown caught a 3 1-2 pound pickerel in the Shewville pond this week.
 Herbert Hill of Norwich was vis- itor herd over Sunday.
 Levi Waters showed 1-2 pound bass here that he caught in the lower pond at Lantern Hill this week.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
RAN BLAZING CAR
 TO FIRE STATION
Edward Carroll Knew Where He
 Could Get Help He Needed.

Edward Thomas Carroll who drives a public service car between here and New London, made an emergency run on Sunday morning about 2.20 o'clock to the Central Fire station with his car afre. pounded on the doors, woke the fremen up. and had the blaze quickly put out by them with a tank of chemical.
 Mr. Carroll had been filing his gas oline tank iu front of Clinton E. Lanes on Franklin street. next to The Bulletin building When he lit a match to look at. the gauge, the gas- oline vapor caught fire and he rush ed the blazing car around to the sta tion in short order.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
NORWICH WOMEN AT
 OCEAN BEACH CANTEEN Help French Sailors Who Couldn't
 Speak English.

Sunday a party of Norwich women was at the War Camp Community Service canteen at Ocean Beach Mrs. Victoria Plante, one of the number, acted as interpreter for the men from the French Eavy who were iE New London, many of whom could not even ask for a glass of water in English. The ladies vent to New London in Miss Ethel M. Sevin's car. The other members of the party were Mrs Plante, Miss Huntington and Miss Trumbuil
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
A Prastiea! Gift to the '. N. C. A.

A voluntary contribution by one Of tht best friends of the local Y NJ. C.. 4. has made possible the installation Of two large overhead fans for the as sociatioA lobby. The thought in the mind of the donor was to make it as pleasant and comfortable as possible for the boys Of the army and navy especially, and at the same time eth- CTS who frequent the 'fY' building will be benefited
 This kind act. like others in the past show the big hearts Of the Norwich people toward our representatives. in the service of our country
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

The largest river emptying into the Pacific within the confines of Peru is the Santa, which waters the valley back of Chimbote, and is capable of supplying power to many industries and water for the irrigation of vast area In the Santa Valley there exist extensive coal deposits. The coal found here is anthracite, and is said to be of good quality for the manufacture of briquetS.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
lkaIsa-ls V laslNs fa1s DOCTOR PRESCRiBES VIN0L
For This Weak, Nervous Mother, Be- eause He knoMs the Formula

cause fe Knows the Formula
 Jacksonville, IlI.-''T have a twenty months old baby and keep house for my little family but got into a weak, nervous rundown condition tired all the time and no ambition. My doctor told me to try Yinoli and in a week felt like a new person. I am now strong. again, look after my baby, and do all smy~ housework. Mrs. G. H. Lamson.
 The reason we recommended Finol is because it is a constitutional rem edy, containing beef and cod liver peptones, iron and manganese pepton- ates and glycerophosphates, the most successful tonics known,
 Broadway Pharmacy, cy,3G. c. Bngler Prop. Norwichr Ninolt is sold in Willimantic lby the Wilson Drug Co.,; in Danie;son by the A W. Williams Pharmacy, and in Putnam by J. F. Donahue. - -..
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
FIVE GOING TODAY
 TO SYRACUSE CAMP.
Another Lot of Limited Service Men
 Are to Leave This City.

Five more limited service men will leave this city this (Monday) morn ing for the camp at Syracuse, x. Y. They are the following: Order No. 43s-Hacold J Bennett, mechanic, 46
 Palmer avenue. F61-Edward B. Sheldon, machinist, R
 F. D. No. l. 1405-Theodore E. Kelsey. undertaken
 124 Mckinley avenue. 1574-Andrew H. Millea. moving pie
 ture operator, S57 Main street 2276-Ge7rge H. Davis, forester, 1SS
 Palmer avenue.
 They will go by the train leaving here at 9.O5 and will go by way oi Worcester and Albany.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
Sand Milford Man to pex.ns.

Mike Stanson, who was employed in this city, was sent to Camp Devens 1n Saturday by the local draft board for the Milford board stansqns had regis-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

A silo on the farm at Coventry owned by James Lathrop was struck by lightning late the other evening" The building was not set on fire. but the chute was ripped out.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
1,he Groton Girl Scouts are nlanni
Memorial For Captain.

New York. Aug. 4-Memorial ser vices for the late Professor John Duer Irving of Yale university, whose death in array service in France was recent ly reported, were held today in St. Pauls chapel. Columbia university.
 Professor Irving. who held the chair of economical geology at Yale until he became a captain in an engineer reg iment, was an aiumnus of Columbia.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

Daniel Fitzgerald died at hospital in Springfield, Mass, Sunday as re- suit of being run down and injured by an automobile in Suf1eld, Conn.,, late Saturday night driven by Raymond Farauahar of Sufheld- Etzgeralda was
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

Wintergreen Point, Quaker Hill, is quite a busy place between the naval people ard the summer visitors All the cottages are occupied and about a dozen tents are in use.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

J. J. Gallagher, fireman on the Val ley branch, Saybrook Point to Hart ford, and a resident of Portland, made his last trip Saturday. He has been called to the Colors.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

Eastern Connecticut Adventists have
 been notified that the Advent camp meeting at Southington has opened and will continue until Sept. ,. Ser vices have been planied for each day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
WELDING WILL FIX IT

Whitestone Cigars will be $4-5S Q hundred from June 1st, 1918. Same rate per thousand
 J. F. COEANT,
 If Franklin Street.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

Sixteen panels of names have been printed on the Norwich honor roll in the courthouse grounds and a start has been made on the seventeenth and eighteenth rows%
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

Orders relating to the itinerary of those members of the G. A R., W. R, C.. and Sons of Veterans who will at tend the national encampment in Port land, Ore. are beginning to arrive in this state.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

Growers of everbearing strawberries are not saying so much about them. although a few baskets were brought to the Otis store from Lebanon at the week end.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

The city iunkmen might get busy clearing up the rubbish under the steps and along the path of Doxology lane, thereby ridding that convenient pas sageway of much of it's contagion- breeding papers etc.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

Conneeticut's first common labor quota under the new labor program of the federal government is S,450 men. The second quota will probably be as are to be divided among the communi- ties by State Director Leo A. Korper
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

Special Field Agent in Entomolo
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1918-02-14
l59 BODIES
WASHED ASHORE
Most Of Tuscania Soldiers
With Blank Tags" Inden-
titled by Letters.

The American dead as a result Of
the sinking Of the steamer Tuscania
apparently is at least i59.
Thus far las bodies have been buried
along the Scotch coast and ID addi-
tional bodies were recovered Monday.
The bodies of majority Of the
Americans were Unidentified by means
OF metal discs which the men wore
and in the case OF about twenty others
who wore blank tags, identification
was effected in most cases by general
description OF the bodies or by let
ters found in the pockets Of the men.
This leaves lil in the unreported
list. most Of whom are supposed TO
be safe. Il has been found that 2l
supposed to be on the ship were left
at Halifax hospital.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1918-02-14
Automobile Owners.

Spring is close on us and you will
have to secure insurance on your car
or truck. We can write your liability
and property damaged insurance 40
per cent to 60 per cent lower than
the average reliable companies will
this class Of business. Let us write
your car or truck in our big old re-
liable casualty company. At least
let us figure with you. We guaran-
tee prompt and satisfactory adjust
ments of claims. We write this
class of business in adjoining coun-
ties. Remember, we are the old re-
liable Fire Insurance firm. j. NJ.
HIGGINS & SON. Phone 2ls.