Republican farmer., 1918-09-20
BEDDING
Special to The Times.)

the 61lDerC S benn6C OO. CnaTaCleF- istics of the registration were the readiness, promptness and cheerful ness of spirit with which the subjects came forward and performed the duty. It is believed that the list as it stands is a complete one of every man liable, there having been no delin- quents or attempts at evasion. In the first registration the total was 110.
 The expression by some friends of D. s. Sanford of the idea that he was indifferent about the result of the sen- atorial contest in which he is a candi- date has been met by vigorous dec larations from him that the idea was entirely wrong. The nomination was unsought and unexpected, but with his acceptance of it he entered the race with a determination to use all proper means at his command to win out. A comparison of his qualifica- tions for the office with those of MT. Bissel1, the opposing candidate, would be very unkind to the latter. MT. Sanford is very deeply versed in the science of government and thoroughly informed regarding the political issues of the day. He is free from the vice of intolerance and the itch of meddle- someness and to much of an independ- ent thinker and too broad minded to be either the tool of a political ma chine or blindly a partizan. The dis trict will do itself credit by sending him to the Senate and competent judges of conditions believe that his chances for success are promising de- spite the nominal Republican major | ity
 Owing to delay in the arrival of campaign literature the meeting of the local committee on the new Iib- erty Loan was postponed from last Saturday evening and will probably 1 be held tomorrow (Friday) evening. District Manager Shepherd will attend and clear up all doubtful points on which explanations may be needed. The card system, involving the use of 8 questionnaire, will probably be em- 1 ployed by the canvassers as 1t brought good results in the last town drive. The campaign opens on Sept. 2S. | yhe local diphtheria visitation has brought no cases beyond the two original ones and the patients in both these are on the gain. For several days the temperature of Myrtle War ner was very near the fatal stage, and while her condition is still low the prospects favor her recovery. Eliza beth Duncan, the other patient, is re- garded as out of danger.
 | A Bedding man has been reproach- ing himself for several seasons past over his failure to clear off a large patch of wild blackberry bushes which o1o7,ovinY1c SnfaPo on an otherwise trim and well-kept farm. This season the bushes bore plentifully and the gathering and sale of the berries realized the owner up- wards of $10O. Somehow this result doesn't seem to point just the right moral, such as virtue is it's own re- ward and the like, but facts are facts and cash Is cash.
 l To an Easton citizen who boastingly proclaimed the other day that his town was wholly free from debt a Bedding neightor retorted that decent roads and considerable debt would be a more creditable combination than the one now existing. The Jump Hill road from the towns northern line to the new, short section built >his sum- mer above Ogden's Corner approaches the limit for all sorts of badness Why some of the suffering travelling public do not seek the aid of the county commissioners in an attempt to better matters remains mystery.
 The acceptance by the government of the offer of the Mark Twain place as a convalescent hospital for Army and Navy officers has been followed by the planning of alterations to fiji it for that purpose. Those decided upon for the two main floors will pro- vide accommodations for 28 patients The placing of dormer windows and other changes in the attic story will increase the buildings capacity to 40 besides the requisite force of nurses
 and general help. Stephen M. Burr of Bethel, who was Contractor Suth- erlands foreman in the job of erect
 ing the villa, has been engaged tc
 make the alterations. They include Ithe conversion of the barn into a gar
 age.
 The Center Methodist church, which had been prettily decorated for the
 occasion, was the scene of a wedding
 last Saturday morning, the contract ing parties being Simeon c. Moss lOE IIOl. ClIAh ADpObI VI Princeton, and Miss Mary J. Benning- ton a trained nurse who came on from Georgia for the ceremony, ar
 irving in town the previous evening The couple, who were joined in we'd lock by Rev. Mir. Case, are colored.
 An improvement long needed has
 been well done in the gravelling ot the road at Episcopal Church Corner
 -fA eIIff1
 cient material having been put on to
 considerably raise the road bed. This lis one of the four jobs on which the special appropriation of $1,000 is being expended. The contract for a like inn
 provement above Falls Hill in West Bedding has been awarded to Harry A. Lounsbury. The contract price is s250, but through the liberality of John G. FelIowes about $500 will be expend-
 ed on the job.
 The steel flag pole at the Ridge was the subject of a steeple jack job last
 week. Tree Warden Merwin of Bethe
 was secured by S. c. Shaw as the op-
 erating expert and attached a new sci
 of halyards at the top of the pole
 and also applied a coat of paint its
 whole length. The two Adams boys,
 Wno gave the pole anu nag, nave Ho"
 provided a new set of colors.
 B. P. Sanford is clearing off a tract
 of about 30 acres of woodland which
 he recently purchased in the Umpa-
 waug section and carting the wood to
 the West Bedding station for ship
 ment as fuel.
 Collector Muennich is sending out bills for the regular taxes which are
 due on Oct 1. Of the $500 due on the
 special tax there remains uncollected
 between $700 and $500.
 Fred E. Driggs has made convey