New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
CANDY BOYCOTT IN
 PLAINVILLE TOWN
People With Sweet Tooth" Fear
 Getting Ground Glass WAR RALLY TONIGH T

Expected to Be Present at COnSrC-
 signs as School Teacher.
 Ever since the gnding of the ground glass in the c2ndy which was received in a shipment consigned to Louis Con- forti, the whole town has gone on a. candy boycott and refuses to buy any and all candies because of the scare it has created amnG the people. MT. onforti wishes to impress upon tho minds Of the people that the particu- lar brand of candy in which the glass was found was the candy made by one and that all the other brands are safe and pure. The finding of glass in the same kind of candy has been reported by the federal auth critics in the towns of New Haven and in Bristol The fact that a great deal of the candy which was to be sent to the soldiers was of this particular brand is thought to have been the reason for ssome shQue of Germans attempting to kill them by putting the ground glass in the candy. Orders have been given out to all the wholesalers and retailers
 
 and the shipment received by Conforti is to be placed in the hands of govern ment agents. The local committee of the State Council of Defense got in touch with headquarters which in turn notified the faderal authorities.
 War Rally Tonight.
 One of the most important and biggest of any events that have taken place in the town of Plainville for long time will be held tonight at o'clock in the Methodist church, when the town will turn out in full force to attend the War Rally which is to take place under auspices of the local committee of the State Council of De- fense. Chairman S. s. Gwillim and members have worked hard to secure those speakers who will be able to present the real facts of the war situ- ation to the people of Plainville. Lit tie known facts and au oritative in- terpretationS of events in the great est of all wars will be told and those who attend will learn many thingA of interest and no matter how closely they have followed the developments of the war. it Is safe to say that they will learn things they did not know or either failed to realize before The rally, which is one of series being held in every part of the state, is intended to reveal to the people of Connecticut the magnitude of the task that the United States has undertaken. the essential part of which every man. woman and child is expected to play and also the real facts of the war and their significance as inter- nyr iO1 i,, 4I> of the state and the federal govern m ent.
 The speakers for the evening will be Attorney B. M. Holden of Hartford and Dr. Valeria Parker. One of the most interesting events to take place will he the talk given by William Lamb of New Britain, who was in the service as an ambulance driver for a period of six months on the battlefronts of France Lamb is only 19 years old and before he entered the service was a student at Syracuse university. He was in the very thick of the fighting at Verdun. He has a great many relics and souvenirs that he gathered from the ruins of France including some small fragments of the famous Rheims cath edral, that has been almost completely destroyed
 The rally is to begin at s o'clock sharp and everyone is invited to be present There will be no charge made for admission and no collection will be taken.
 Annual Church Meeting.
 The annual meeting of the parish of the Church of Our Saviour will be held in the church next Sunday at o'clock. There will be reading of reports by the secretary and other of- ficers of the church for the past year and the election of officers for the coming year will also take place
 Home Guard Turns Out.
 The Home Guard will assemble at Grange hall tonight at 7:45 o'clock and will march in a body to the Meth odist church to attend the War rallv All mem bers of the company are re- NUcsted to be present on time. The Liberty Chorus has been practicing regularly for the past few weeks in preparation for the big rally and has secured nnY new members who will be of great help to them.
 School Teacher Resigns. Miss Pauline Barruther, one of the local school teachers. has handed in her resignation to the school board to take effect on February 1. Miss Barruther has been a teacher in the local schools for the past few years and has made a great many friends in the town. She is leaving to accept a position as teacher in the Rockwell school in New Britain where she will receive an increase of $100 a, year. Just at present it is difficult to find teachers.
 Briefs
 Private Peter N, Prior is ill at the base hospital at Camp Upton, N. Y.,