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Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
WESTERLY Y-PAWCATUCk PATRIOTIC

Villages Have Furnished Already Thirteen Men For the Navy and Thirty-four For the Army-News of War Victory Celebrated By Noisy Rejoicing s. Bur- dick Granted Permission 10 Take Poor Debtors Oath Death of Agnes E. Bradford
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

New London were Sunday visitors of MT and Mrs. George F. Beckwith.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

New resistrants of this years class have volunteered for the national sr- my, to the number of $50. for the Camp Upton increment which leaves next Tuesday, from Rhode Island. It is not known how many of these volunteers will be found physically quaaneu, anu therefore, how far the volunteering will help towards lessehing the def- ciency in the quota of 1751. Thus far there has been but one volunteer from State Division No. l. which includes Westerly. He is William J. Altman, a significant name in this connection, and his home town is Hudson. Mass, but registrant in Division ae l.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

An automobile crashed into
 freight train, west bound, in passing
 the crossing at Wood River June tion, and the train crew knew roth- ing of the mishap until advised by
 wire when the train reached Stoning- ton, early Thursday morning. shortly alter midnight Arthur K. Collins and Frederick Mackowitz were in the au- tomobile. Collins was only slightly cut, but the condition Of Mackowitz was so serious that he was sent to the Rhode Island hospital, after first aid by Drs. Asa Briggs and Milton Duckworth
 Samuel Brown. crossing tender. stated that he saw the automobile come out of a yard near the crossing, gave the warning. and called loudly to the men in the automobile that a train was coming. Collins and Mackowitz
 both claim that the crossing tender
 was not on duty.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

Under new draft call, Rhode IsI- and will send to Camp Devens, Mass, on or about August l. an increment Of 21r coiored registrants. This includes all the colored men in Class l quail lied for military service, with the ex- ception of new registrants. With the exception of B who were sent to Dew ems last year. no other colored regis tlants have been called from the state
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

Stephen H. Farnham, who formerly
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

Welcome F. Frye and Everett Hill, Of Wickford, former railroad employees, recently discharged, who were. arrest ed last Saturday night. on the charge of attempting to wreck a train near Wickford Hill. on the night of May 27 were before the Second district court Thursday. The trial was continued for one week. When first arraigned Frye pleaded guilty, and Hill pleaded not guilty. Frye made affidavit in which he admitted taking part in the crime, and he also implicated Hill as having suggested the plan to him and aided in carrying it out by the remo- val of bolts from the angle irons that held the ends of rails.
 Hill, in pleading not guilty, denied all knowledge of the affair and claim ed that he had nothing to do with it. When the case was called attorneys for the railroad company were not ready to proceed. and at their request the cases were continued
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

The sale Of thrift and war savings stamps in the Rhode Island postal districts, up to July 15. amounted to s2,3o0, S47.27, divided as follows. Prov idence, $1,119, ,336.GS; Pawtucket. $396,672.25; Woonsocket, $1S4,41567, Newport, $165,376.94; Westerly, S126,- eS5.31; East Greenwich, size, ,699.s2: Bristol, $34,2372S; Warren, $25, 7o6.72 Pier. S99070
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

conducted a soda water plant in Westerly, and who since his wife died about six years ago has resided with his son, Dr. Farnham, on Block Isl and, died Friday and the body was brought to Westerly. He had been in failing health for five years and for the past two years has been practical ly helpless. Mrs. Farnham was a sis ter of Milo M. and Joshua Clarke of Westerly and aunt to Waldo E. Clarke of New London, engineer in charge of construction of the state pier at New London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

| has been no shortage of hats for the sol- diers, and this is in striking contrast with the shortage in clothing, including overcoats and uniforms. Hats have not gone up in price to such an extent as other articles of wearing apparel. They have advanced only about 25 per cent since the war began, whereas shoes have gone up more than 100 per cent. This is true, notwithstanding that all hat mate rials come from abroad.
 Today the United States makes as good hats if not better than any other country on earth. It has more styles and better workmanship. and it spends more money for fine hats than any other coun- try. In going through the factory which have mentioned 1 saw hats which were made for the cowboys of the United States and Canada, which sell for s20 and s25 apiece, and there are many hats sold in our cities which now bring S6. SS and $1o.
 Travelling through Korea before the Japanese Chinese war, which finally re- suited in the Japanese taking hold of the country, I saw nobles wearing hats of black horse hair which cost $l0 or $l5 apiece. These were far lighter than any hats we have, and they were so beau tifully woven that they looked like black lace.
 I have seen straw hats made in Euqua- dor which are worth as much as sl00 apiece. They are made by specially skilled women who do much of the work under water, five or six months some times being required to make single fine hat They are not made of straw, but of the tender fibers of the palm leaf which are boiled in a mixture of salt and lemon juice to whiten them. These hats seldom come into our market The Chinese wear costly hats, and the old style of Mandarin cap was of silk or satin with a button on top indicat- ing the rank of the wearer. Ii Hung Chang was degraded by the old Elm press Dowager by an order to take the peacock feather out of his cap. Among the most striking headgear of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

Mass. and at St. Johns. New Bruns. wick.
 The merchant marine committee has held hearings on the subject in this city and the other day decided to re- fer the matter to the governors oi New York. Connecticut. Rhode Island Massachusetts. New Hampshire, and Maine, who have been asked to ascer- tain and report the sentiment among the fishermen. Pending that the con- mittee will defer action on the bill despite it's advocacy by the joint fish cries conference of the United States and it's northern neighbor and by Sec retary of Commerce Redfield.
 Chief Justice Hagen of New Bruns. wick, according to Secretary Redfeid contends that Canadian fishermen are irritated by the fact that while their laws prohibit them from taking lob- sters during the closed season they have to stand by and watch United States smacks catch the Holsters just outside the Canadian waters and car ry them back to the American mar ket.
 In United States waters the fisheries are conducted every day in the year. In some counties of Nova Scotia there Is protracted closed season which covers the time when the lobster eggs are matching. The object of the closed time regulations in Canada is to cur tall the catch during that period. Most Of the Holsters caught on the. Nova Scotia and Brunswick coasts have to be canned. The communities are re- mote from transportation lines and there are practically no local sales. ihere is virtually no size limit of coasters that may be caught for can- ming. The Holsters are caught prin- oipaHy in shoal water, so that most of the lobster ground is in territorial waters, but it is possible to get them as Tar as 20 miles from shore
 The closed season in Canada is about half the year It varies at dif- Ierent coast points, but in most cases begins Tn June or July and continues 10 November. December or January.
 Ihe Fisheries commission has ad- vlsed the House committee that lop- sters can be caught in water as deep as 2oo fathoms. at least. although most oI the lobsters caught on the United states and Canadian coasts come from water less than 100 fathoms deep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

place within any of the British plan
 tations with the intent to be export ed thence to any other plantation or thence to any place whatsoever. It was laws like this that aided in bring ing about our Declaration of Inde- pendence.
 After the revolutionary war the hat industry thrived. As soon as the sol diers were disbursed there was a de- mand for new hats, and in l7S0 Zadoc Benedict had started the hat industry of Danbury, Conn. He was then making three hats a day, and Danbury has been noted for it's hats from thea until now. little later hat manufacturers had become an extensive industry in Penn sylVania. Two years after the revolu- tlonary war closed there were 6S matters in Philadelphia and PAT in other parts of the state. Pennsylvania was then mak. ing 54,oO0 fur hat. per annum, and at the same time thousands of hats were being made in Connecticut In lS1O we exported hats to value of Sl000o0, and in 1851, when Andrew Jackson was Pres ident. the annual production was esti- mated as worth $l5. 100000, and as giving employment to 15,000 men and about 30UO women Today we have more than 17oO establishments that are making hats and caps of one kind or another and about St, GOO persons are employed in that work.
 More than SS5, 100000 worth of capital is invested in the business and the wages paid are something like S40al0.000 per an mum, while the products have a value of more than S13S, GOO, GOO We have 200 or 300 factories which make hats of fur-felt, and these are scattered over tSe United States from Massachusetts to California and from the lakes to the gulf, There are 5S such factories in Connecticut, Al in
 New Jersey S9 in New York and ? in Pennsylvania. According to Colonel Cummings statement, which l have quoted, there are only about a dozen oi these factories which have big army con tracts, and these have kept in advance of the demands of tie government. There
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
PEL.L-RGRH

This new disease is spreading over the South with a 25 per cent yearly in- crease, leaving horror and death in it's wake.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

Philadelphia, 191S- S7T took s600o.oo0 rabbits to make the
 hats now worn by the United States Jl army. Since the war began Uncle
 Sam has bought 6.OOo,OOo hats, and each contains the fur of six or eight rabbits. In other words, every soldier is going about with six bunnies on the top of his head.
 These figures are based on a talk 1 have just had with the chairman of the committee on hat buying of the war in dustries board. His name is J. Howell Cummings and he knows all about hats. He has been connected with the making of them for the past 8 years He began his lifes work here as an errand boy at the age of 15 in the John B. Stetson hat factory, and he is now the president of that institution, which makes more fine hats perhaps than any other in the United States. I do not know what his wages were when he began, nor what his salary as president is, but do know that the most of his time is now spent in the service of the United States government which pays him for his services little less than 2 cents per week.
 It was to learn about the hats for our soldiers that 1 called upon Colonel Cum mings in his offices in the Kensington mill district of<North Philadelphia. The hat factory with which he is connected covers something like 29 acres, and it has 5000 employees, who do nothing but make hats from one years end to the other. A large part of it's business just now is making hats for the officers of the army. It has turned out something like 100000 of these within the past year, in cluding two for General Pershing, made upon an order cabled from France.
 The most of the hats for the army sald Colonel Cummings, in response to my questions, "are manufactured in about a dozen factories scattered here and there between the Atlantic ocean and the Allegheny mountains. There are two in Massachusetts, one in Fall Riv- CT and another at Haverhill; there are two in Danbury, Conn, and two at Yon- kers and Peekskill in the state of New York There is large factory at New ark, N. J., and another at Reading, Pa These plants are doing the most of Uncle Sam's business They have prac- tically given up their work for civilians in order to carry out the large army contracts. They have kept abreast of the demands of the government, and so far we have had no shortage of hats, either here or in France"
 What do army hats cost?" asked
 The government contracts are on the basis of s1.75 per hat, and that not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Meat Cause of
 Kidney T rouble Take Salts to flush Kidney, If Back hurt. or
 bladder bothers

If you must have your meat every Hday. eat it. but flush your kidneys Dwith salts occasionally. says a noted Authority who tells us that meat forms |hric acid which almost paralyzes the Kidneys in their efforts to expel it From the blood. They become sluggish land weaken, then you suffer with a Hull misery in the kidney region sharp pains in the back or sick headache.
 dizziness. your stomach sours, tongue
 s coated and when the weather is
 bad you have rheumatic twinges The
 brine gets cloudy. full of sediment, the Channels often get sore and irrftated. Pb1iging you to seek relief two or three
 lines during the night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
AirDlane Production Given
 First Place in England

London, March 30.-(By Mail)-Prc- duction of airplanes has been given frst place over all other war work in England. announces the British war cabinet in its annual report This pri- ority applies to both labor and the use Of materials.
 The technical difficulties of keeping up to date in airplane construction are emphasized. "The science of aeronau- tics IS in state of constant and rapid development" says the cabinet. I'm proveme nts in engines. airplanes and their numerous accessories are con- stantly being worked out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

tonight. and If it doesn't straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous by morning, want you to go Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel, because it is real liver medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it cannot salivate or make you sick
 l guarantee that one spoonful of Dod- sons Liver Tone will put your slugg' h liver to work and clean your boweIs yi that sour bile and constipated waste which is clogging your system and mak- ing you feel miserable guarantee that bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone will keep your entire family feeling fine for months. Give it to your chil- dren. It Is harmless; doesn't gripe and they like it's pleasant taste-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Lobster Legislation
 Proposed in Congress
House Merchant Marine Committee Is Canvassing Views of Various
 Eastern Governors

Washington April 13.-The House merchant marine committee is can- vassing the views of the governors of the New England seacoast states and the fishing organizations of that section regarding an administration bill to prohibit importation of lob sters taken in waters adjacent to but outside the territorial waters of Can- aoa during the closed seasons Tho bill is aimed to protect the catch off Nova Scotia and New Brunswik, and was approved at meetings held by the American-Canadian fisheries con- ference held at Boston, Gloucester.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

To neutralize these irritating acids to cleanse the kidneys and flush off the body's urinous waste get four ounces of lads Salts from any phar- macy here; take a teaspoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice. combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize the acids in urine, so it TO longer initiates thus ending blad- der weakness.
 lad Salts is ir expensive; cannot injure and makes a delightful effer- vescent Whitewater drink.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

shopper, the dancer, the foot traveller, the man in the office, the clerk in the store, the worker in the shop, have today, in this great discovery, 'Gets-It." the one sure, quick relief from all corn and callus pains-the one sure, painless remover that makes corns come off as easily as you would peel a banana. It takes two seconds to apply "Gets-It;" 1t dries at once. Then walk with pain less joy, even with tight shoes. You know your corn will loosen from your toe-peel it off with your fingers. Try 1t, corn sufferers, and you'll smile.
 'Gets-It," the guaranteed money back corn-remover, the only sure way, costs but a trifle at any drug store Mid by F. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, IL
 Sold in Birmingham and recom- mended as the worlds best corn remedy by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store and Gale Drug company (two stores) BOT First avenue and Pratt Station, Pratt City, Ala-Ady. +at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Tonight! Take Dodson's Liver Tone!
 Better Than Ca|ome| For Liver Calomel sickens! If bilious, constipated and head
 achy read my guarantee

Listen to me! Take no more sicken- ing. salivating calomel when bilious or constipated. Don't lose days work!
 Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver. which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile, crashes into it, breaking it up. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you are slug gish and ''all knocked out" if your liver is torpid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dizziness. coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour just take spoonful of harmless Dod- sons Liver Tone.
 Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug store and get a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone for few cents. Take a spoonful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
BURGERS
BURGER s
BURGERS
Big Wash Goods Specials

Here are prices that will mark an epoch in col ored wash goods selling at Burgers and in Bir- mngham
 The first item consists of new line of Cham bray Ginghams in solid colors of Reseda Green, Copenhagen, Gray, Tan and Rose. A really beau tiful quality and splendid for house dresses and for childrens school dresses. Worth 25c yard. Special .15
 solid cold Voes, shades of will and be Previously sold up afternoon and Cn materials suitable dresses Special sCV wastings and Shtig Madras Very beautiful small popln andg 32 inches hams Sale price sAJ wide. Special 'TO
 All plainly marked one-thrd off former selling prices
 Remnans-table of Wash Goods Remnants Lengths from to yards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Strange Proceedings m the Dallas News.

Farmer Turnipseed had brought his young son David to London to see the sights. and toward the end of a long day was dragging his 14-stone up the steps Of the great monument, says Tit-Bits. Long before they reached the top the father was re- gretting that he had allowed his son to persuade him to undertake such a tiring journey.
 Look. fatherw exclaimed the boy, when they had at last reached the top Isn't it grand sight down there?"
 Well" puffed the elder Turnipseed, If it's so grand down there, what in the name of all that's wonderful did you bring me up hara forT'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

, the men of today is that of the Turks. This is the fez cap. It is a bright red
 with blue or black silk tassel on top. It is made of felt and is without brim, | rising four or five inches above the head. It has always been made by Chris | tians rather than Mohammedans. and the
 supply now in use probably comes from the factories of Germany.
 FRANK C. CARPENTER Copyright, 1918. by Frank c. Carpenter)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Stop Corn Agony
 In Four Seconds

Use "Gets-It"-See Corns Peel Off! {!
 The relief that 'Gets-It" gives from corn n-pains-the way it makes corns and calluses peel off painlessly in one piece-is one of the wonders of the world. The woman in the home, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

New Dimities, 32 inches wide, % 39c value. Special sAO Pajama Cheeks, 36 inches 101 wide, 200 values. Special sAA2
 Imperial Longcloth, regular value 2.50. Special, 10 a bolt AsAO New Voiles, Waistings, in large bar red plaids and stripes and wonderful new range of styles, at I 0E from, yard, .39 to AeAJ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Included Ln This Sale, at Half Price, Are
 $500 and $8. co Hats
Clean-Up of Ready-to-W Wear Serge Dresses $500

Here Childrens Raincoats only 10 in aI
 Come in gray, black and white checks. Size 6 T -o to IA years. They formerly sold at 2.95. For AO quick clearance they marked II so " And probably the greatest bargain of all is small lot of net and party dresses slightly mussed 6 36 38 also 14s and 20s There only six of these 1. n dresses, but they 25. 90 apiece There Qnb will be six lucky to get them at O Then here 10 of good quality. gray and linen shades. Sizes 36, 38, 40, AZ, A and 0 NE 46. They 500, but there only 10, AA and broken sizes at that, they marked ~ ) ~I Then here good wash skirts. qualities of 125 and the other 150. Come in white 0= and colors and checks. Offered M tomorrow at D ~ Probably of the biggest bargains Waists The Irish crochet collars alone worth than asking for the Waists They all szes but not all sizes in every syle They in voes and organdes embroidered, lace trimmed and tucked. Soled, so 7E you will have to wash them before you them. They sold at 2.50 and $50. Your choice 1 A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
White Goods Specials

Tomorrow we will put on sale at special prices such wanted white goods as Dimities, Checks, Longcloth, Voiles White Skirtings and Unbleach- ed Sheetings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

Ladies' muslin gowns, teddies and petticoats, good quality nainsook, trimmed with lace or em- 1E broidered. Special AsAJ Ladies' Corset Covers and Teddy Bears, trimmed with laces or EO embroidered. Special sJJ Infants' hand made and hand em- broidered dresses, worth up 0E to 2.50. Special Monday sJJ Sizes months to years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

yS IUIIIpCIo p.
 Ladies' Knit Vests, regulars IF and extra sizes. Special sxJ Children's White Pique Hats, plain and embroidered. cO Special eJJ Children's White Pique Goats, size months to years. 1En Special xsJU Boys Rompers, in chambray and gingham, all white, checks and stripes, size 2 to years. 70 Special s6 y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Third Floor Specials Gowns, Corset Covers, Teddy Bears
 and Knit Vests

Also money saving prices children's and in fants' wear as well as boys rompers.