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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
HOME CHAPTER VOTES
 TWO APPROPRIATIONS

About seventy members of Home Chapter of the Kings Daughters, at tended the December meeting held on Monday afternoon at the Johnson Home. At the business session Mrs. John Turner was secretary pro tenn, in the absence of Mrs. Alfred w.
 Davis. Mrs. Andrew T. Prentice, filled the place of treasurer in the absence of Mrs. Abner A. Robinson. It was voted to give $10 toward the tubercu- losis fund, for which the Red Cross is soliciting and it was also voted to pay the S1O0 previously pledged by Home Chapter, to the Bacl1us Hospital, to- ward the purchase of an X-ray ma chine. It is understood the machine has been ordered and is expected to arrive soon. At this meeting the nominating committee gave a report of the officers to be voted on at the meeting to be held in January 1920.
 A member or Home Chapter. Mrs John Morrison, of West Main street brought carnations and distributed them among the members of Johnson Home who are confined to their rooms and also arranged some on the dining room table. During the afternoon the chapter sewed for the Backus hospi- tai. A very fine musical programme was given by Miss Henrietta Morris soprano, Miss Hazel Banfield, piano and Theodore Sterry, violin At the close several members of the chapter served sandwiches, cake and coffee.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
FORMER R. R. SUPERINTENDENT
 DIES IN EAST LYME

Frederick Cheseboro Payne. a retired superintendent of the New Haven roau, died Monday afternoon at his resi- dence at South Lyme of heart disease, after an illness of but "A hours.
 MT. Payne was station master at New London for a number of years previous to his retirement in 1904 He was born in Montville Oct 12; 1S44, son of John and Sarah Crocker Payne, and his boyhood days were spent at the old Payne farm.
 At the age of IS years he entered the employ of the New Haven road as water boy and worked his way up to superintendent of the Air Line division. having been in the employ of the rail- road company for A years.
 When the Civil war broke out he and his brother -in-law, William c. Slate who had always been very closely as- sociated with him. enlisted in Company c, 12th Conn. Vols. where they did service until the close of the war.
 MT. Payne was a S3d degree Mason ell was g. member of Union lodge, No 31, F. and A M. He was also mem Der of tfe Improved Order of Hepta- sophs and :, charter member of the Danbury lodge of Odd Fellows.
 He is survived by his wife, a daugh- ter, Mrs. W. E. Comstock of New Ha ven, three grandchildren, Miss Edna Comstock, Dr. F. W. Comstock of New Haven and c. Merritt Con1stock .o1 Meriden, all of whom. with his broth er-fn-law. w. E. Connstock. were witt him when the end came
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
.JITNEYs WILL FIND IT
 EXPENSIVE TO RUN

The new state law requiring all owners of public service cars to pro- vide themselves with liability insur- ance becomes effective Jan. 1, 1920. A minimum of $5,000 and maximum of s10.0o0 is required. according to seat ing capacity of the vehicle. The insur ance costs thesowIer not less than $225 or at the rate of $45 per year per s1,0eo of insurance.
 Aside from this liability insurance, the public service car owner must pay license fee of s15 or more. and d fed eral revenue tax of s10 on all cars seating less than seven passengers and $20 for seats in excess of seven. An extra charge is also made by the state for public service license and then the operator must have a personal license. a
 Then he will probably want to have his car covered against loss by fire which will cost him at least $25 addi tional. Then. he isn't. covered against property damage or collision insurance but he may decide to take a chance against the latter two risks. Summed up, the public service car owner faces an initial expenditure oi around $500 before he. can legally turn a wheel on the highways of this state and then he is always liable in crim- inal action.
 Add to the above expense the cost of maintenance, fuel, tires. batteries and depreciation, the jitney man has got to do some business to meet ex. ] penses, to say nothing of making big | profit.
 The~new law will afford protection tt the public in that patrons will have z 1 chance to recover in case of accident whereas in the pats there have beer instances of an irresponsible jitne! i driver from whom no financial redress could be obtained in cases of injury t | passengers.
 The cost of operating public servic'
 cars henceforth may. tend to eliminat
 q number of them and result possibl,
 in a more satisfactory service al around and allow those who continu in the business to make fair profit il
 the business.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
WILL SPEAK ON TAX
 VALUATIONS IN NORWICH

One of the objects of the Brother hood of the United Congregational church is the discussion at its regular monthly meetings of subjects of com mon interest and concern. It seeks to secure someone who by reason of his training, experience or special oppor- tunities can lead in the discussion of such subjects. On next Monday even ing supper will be served at the Com inuhity house. followed by a talk by former Assessor Lewis R. Church on Tax Valu?tions in Norwich. As a re- assessment of all real estate in the town before Feb. 1, 1920. is made man. datory by section 1153 of the general statutes this subject is of especial tn terest at this time and concerns all classes. The large number of trans fers of real estate in recent months, the changing values and the general importance of the subject will of itself insure a large attendance at>this meet ing. Music and general discussion Will make up a part of the program.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
ENLISTED AS BACHELOR
 SOLDIER HAD WIFE AND CHILL Lp

Several divorce cases were herd at the short calendar session at Rockville by Judge Maltbie.
 The first to be tried was that of Mary c. Newman against John F. Newman. Mrs. Newman testffied that before marriage she was Mary Edwards; she was married July f., 1912, and her husband had not contributed to her support since 1913. One child was born of the marriage June r, 1913. She testified that her husband enlisted in the army as a single man. Mrs. Newman's mother. Mrs Margaret Ed wards, also testified. as did Capt. s. J. robin Of Rockville, who told the court that he arrested Newman in November 1913, for on-support, and that the court ordered him to pay his wife s a week. The divorce and custody of the child was granted.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR
 NAVY RECOMMENDED

Washington, Dec, 9-Recommenda- tions of the navy general board for the building programme for 921 in
 clude two batt!eships. one battle
 cruiser, fen scott cruisers, five de- .stroyers 'flotilla leaders, and six submarines.
 ..'Tne navy of the United States should be equal to the most powerful
 main tained by any other nation of the world,@ not later than 1925, the report adds.
 The statement of policy as to the ultimate strength of the navy and the | time it should be achieved is a re:t- eration of the boards position as car l ried in it's report to Secretary Daniels each year since 1915... | In its recommendations made public today at the department, the genera
 board urged a policy of naval ex- pansion that will guarantee protection l of coast lines and the raidly ex- l banding merchant marine against ans naval power in tie world. Such pro. itection, the board declared, can bs
 had only by 1t increasing Americar 1 sea power to point where it i.
 second to none and maintaining it a i that level.
 I The board further asserted that tn, | war having demonstrated that pos
 session of a fleet powerful enough t protect its seaborne commerce is vita toy nation in. time of hostilities, th, maintenance of such a navy by tn, | United States would be great pre- vel1tiVe for war, for no nation woult Nightly provoke hestilities when he I own commerce would thereby be i'm 4 perfiled.F
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
t. AND E. PLANT HAS PLENTY OF COAL

l for notification to the large coal users in the territory contagious to the rail-
 roads. The New Haven road and the Central Vermont road have both sent
 out letters to large concerns. request ing them to conserve their coal sup | plies and to curtail operations. The Central Vermont road has a 1 coal supply which will carry it for l 90 days The New Haven road has a l fair stock at Midway and more at New Haven and will probably be able
 to conflscafe enough to keep in opera tion although many trains nave been l taken off. ;.
 i The Shore Line Electric Railway l Co. has been hauling. coal from Hail.
 vile to the Thamesville power station
 and was getting low in the matter o1 l fuel Tuesday the Central Vermont
 released six carloads to the trolley l company.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
LIBERTY BOND OFFERINGS
 FOR ST. MARY'S NEW cHuRl

Evidently the men of St. Mary's parish, Greeneville, do not intend to let the women outdo them in attending the services of the mission being held in that church. At the o'clock mass Monday and Tuesday mornings it was necessary to open the galleries to pro- vide accommodation for the. big con gregation. At 6.20 special mass is held for the convenience of the large number of men who work nights. The regular parish mass at s o'elocg is read by the pastor. Rev. William A. Keefe.
 Tuesday at o'clock Father. Chesnut, one of the missionaries, spoke on Con fession. In the evening at 7.30 Father l Keegan gave the instruction on Relig ous Reading, Father Chestnut preaching i a powerful sermon on the Virtue of
 Purity. Today Wednesday, at 8 Fa-
 ther Keefe is to offer a memorial ms ss
 for the repose of the souls of all the
 men who have worshipped in the l church during it's 75 years.
 1 To the surprise of Father Keefe, a 1 number of parishioners have come for 1 ward voluntarily and. have proffered
 Liberty bonds as the nucleus of a fund ] for the erection of a new church edi- 1 flee to mark this diamond jubilee year | The movement was started by little | girl who offered a 19gFbond Tie sec
 ond was contribution in memory of g soldier. Then came that ofsan orphan boy as a memorial to his father. Be
 fore night Monday over $1 GOO ir
 Liberty bonds was thus contributed T and Tuesdays unsolicited donation. l were a lmost as substantial,
 Co cooperating .therefore with thi' I evident general desire on inc mart O
 the people when the mission is ove Father Keefe is, to inaugurate a Lib erty bond drive for the new churci
 fund. Since St. Marv'sf is the paren
 church of many fourishing neighhorin.
 parishes. it is expected that all th' Catholics throushout this section vii l take a personal interest in the success of the projected drive.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
usually called upon to speak as the representative of the press.

usually called upon to speak as the | representative of the press.
 It was the pleasure of the writer to visit the Skipper at his old Colonial I inn at South Woodstock, Conn.,, not I long after he was first stricken i'll. Not far from the Shippers" home was the summer rendezvous of the
 Florence Fleming Moves School for \ Rythmic Dancing, It was a pleasant
 summer afternoon and the Moves girls were out on the lawn going through
 their girations garbed, for most part in f1imsy chiffon. The Skipper" stopped his car, and for several min utes watched the girls dance. Then 1 turning abruptly to his guest, seated lwith Mrs. Southworth, he said:
 ''You may tell the boys in the office
 when you return that I am not yet that i'll that have lost interest in
 pretty girls"
 Aside from his professional calling there was. the tender domestic side to the Skipper His home life left nothing to be desired In South tthe ancestral home of the South ! worths It is surrounded by a large farm tract, which in the latter days of
 his life Skipper" Southworth worked In it he had preserved the ancestra
 antiques. A hundred years or more ago it was post road inn. The orig
 inal wooden sgnboard, marked Ar.
 holds Inn -- 1902" still hangs outside
 It is cracked and partly shattered by
 bullets fired by foysterers who a hun ldred years ago passed along the high \ way.
 Il Just inside latticed portico. of the main dining room, is the old bal of Arneld's Inn. This the Skipper ;, religiously preserved. On the shelve!
 back of the old quartered oak bal are old pewter ale mugs and oddly . fashioned booths and pewter plate
 Back of this bar the Skipper" sneve stepped, except in reverence. If per
 chance he had on his hat when he en tered the house he removes it whel he stepped behind the old bar. In it
 way it was a shrine. Both his grand
 mother and his mother had behint f that bar served ale and wine t f travellers. Men who have mad : American history have quaffed al g over the old oak.
 S The Skipper" was a man of wid
 reading, and was a compendium 0 j. Connecticut history. Graduating fror l Brown university, he first took u 3 newspaper work with the Providenc $ Journal. From there he came to tn f New York World early in 1S90 H did general reporting for som Q months and then was assigned t n police headquarters when that insti
 tuition was fountain of new! l Later he. was assigned to cover shi e news for The World, which post h
 held up to four years ago, when h f 1 resigned 0 naccount of failing healtl = After passing middle life the Skip
 per" worked for the love of the gam = having acquired by thrift an ampli e tude of the worlds goods The sum
 mers he spent with his wife on tn = ancestral farm among the chicken l. cows and the memories he loved S
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
SUES FOR $500 FOR
 CARING FOR SICK MAN

Suit for $500 alleged to be due for services rendered by Ellen O'Connell of Norwich to the late Bartholomew Connor of Norwich has been brought in the superior court by Ellen O'Con- nell against Jeremiah J. Desmond and Thomas J. Kelly, administrators of the Connor estate.
 The plaintiff alleges. that from July 4, 1917, to Nov. 1. 1917. at the request of MT. Connor. she rendered services to him when he was suffering with an aggravated case of 7infiammatory rheu- matism. He promised to pay her but had never done SO and the adminfs- trators have disallowed the same.
 She says in her complaint that she went to the Hartford hospital to get MT. Connor, accompanied him to Norwich, provided room and board for him, nursed him day and night. bandaging him, feeding him when he was too helpless to feed himself pre-: pairing special food for him, and doing all other necessary and incidental things during his sickness
 The suit is returnable before the superior court on the first Tuesday of January.
 State Highway Commissions Charles J. Bennett of Hartford is spending two weeks in Louisville, Ky
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10

There is little danger of a coal shortage at the local gas and electric plant this winter. Stephen J. Kehoe superintendent of the gas and cleo tric department, said Tuesday evsn- ing that the plant has plenty of coal on hand, enough to carry the plant through the winter months.
 It will be of interest to local people to learn that Fuel Administrator Gar fields orders restricting manufac ctur- CTS to three days week, because of the coal situation, does not apply to factories having sufficient coal on hand to carry them along.
 Even though the industries be classed as non essential so long as they have the coal they will not be in terferec with. If they needed coal that would be a; different story.
 Administrator Garfield depends to 2 large extent on the railroad companie:
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
NORWICH TOWN

The December meeting of the Mems league was held Monday evening in the Norwich Town chapel, with a ra- ther small attendance owing to the condition of the weather. No busi- ness was transacted. The speaker. Rev. Edward J. Ayers. of West Main street, Norwich. changed his subject on. Unity of the Nation. and gave a very interesting talk on the A. B, C.. of Language.
 A, represents Aim, what we should a1l aspire to in life. Unless a person has some object in view, some occupation some great aim. his life is not a suc- cess. For years men have become fa- nous because they had some great aim in life. The speaker made ref erence to the great aim Evangelist Gypsy Smith is striving for, in trying to bring people nearer to Christ. We must have something for an aim. God has a purpose for every man, woman. \ and child. and if we would. let Him. I He would bring Us out in a larger | sphere. Just do what is right and walk in the pay; of righteousness. 5, represents Brains, what God gaye us to think with. We should put brains into everything we do. We should put more brains into our re- llS1OuS serVlceS, We think we have
 more brains when we are young; but 1 as we get older we see the difference c, represents Conservation. People
 who can do most anything don't amount to much, and don't make a
 success of any one thing. We should
 consecrate ourselves to some one thins
 and stick to it. The speaker display
 ed much humor all during his talk | which was aptly Illustrative,
 | Owing to few lines being omitted
 in the obituary, of Mrs. Sarah Freden.
 burgh of Town street. it confused the
 statement that she was united ir
 marriage with Warren Smith Freden.
 burgh. June 21. 1857, in Watertown | N. Y.
 | Doroas Home Missionary Society, q the First Methodist church, will hole
 the December meeting Thursday af-
 ternoon, at the parsonage on Wes | To1yr. street.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
BETTER THAN CA[ONB[
Thousands Ha.. Discovered Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets
 Are a Harmless Substitute

Dr: Edwards Olive Tablets are the result of Dr. Edwards determination not to treat liver and bowel complaints with calomel. For r years he used these tablets Ia vegetable compound mixed with olive oiD in his private practice with great success.
 They do all the good that calonel does but have no bad after effects. No pains, no griping, no injury to the gums or danger from acid foods-yet they stimulate the liver and bowels. lake Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets when you feel "logy" and heavy. "' Note how they clear clouded brain and perk up the spirits, 1Oc and 25c box.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
FORECAST aoc SUGAR
 PRICE AT CHRISTMAS

Retail prices for sugar around 20 cents a pound were forecasted by or ders taken in this city Monday by a salesman for a wholesale sugar house. He was taking orders at IS 3-4 cents a pound to the retailer. and not white Eranulafed sugar at that, but un- bleached sugar. Cash payment in ad- ance was taken with the order.
 The drummer told his customers that there would be 6O.00O pounds of the sugar coming to Norwich and that there was little prospect of any gran ulated sugar until February.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
Medical Staff cnnfers.

The medical staff of the Backus hospital met at: the request of the hos pital trustees Tuesday evening to con slider various recommendations that may be made to the trustees. The meeting was held at the office of Dr. Leon F. La Pierre. -
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
CATARRH
Quickly Ended by a Pleasant, Healing AntSseptfc Air, Just Breathe It.

Quickly Ended by Pleasant, Healing
 Aatsseptic Air. Just Breathe It.
 The little hard rubber Hyomei ln- haler which you can get at Lee & Os- rood's or any any other reliable drug gist can easily be carried in pocket or purse. It will last a life time.
 Into this inhaler you pour a few drops of the pure healing oil of Hyo-
 This oil Is absorbed by the antisep- tic gauze within and now you are ready to breathe 1t over the germ in tested membranes where it will speed fly begin its work of banishing catarrh- al germs and ending Catarrh. Hyomei o made of Australian eucalyptus com bined with other anttseptics and is very pleasant to breathe.
 It Is guaranteed to banish catarrh branchitis. influenza, tonsilitis, sore throat. croup, coughs and colds or money back. It often cleans out a stuffed up head and opens clogged nos trils In two minutes.
 Complete outfit, including inhaler and one bottle of Hyomei, costs but little while extra bottles, If afterward need cd. may be obtained at any druggist Tor a few cents.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10

MiddIetown.-Acc to word. re- ceived here. MT, and Mrs, Allen Lewis of the Middletown Yacht club have arrived in their power yacht at Miami, Fla
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10

It's great work Of art to make art pay. ;.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES

TOPS FOR ToRDs-one-man tbp complete with side curtains; we also have rear curtains with bevel plata glass; both in stock and ready to att tach.s Lewis L. Tales Corp. BOT Dea6 St, Providence, R. I. dec3WF =
 KoUPET TOPS for Ford cars; glass; enclosed. all-year tops; prices, roadster $so, touring s105; complete, attacheds immediate delivery; your old top and windshield taken in trade; agents- wanted. Send for circular. Lewis Is. Fales Corporation. BOT Dean St. Providence. oct24FMW =
 BODIES and cabs, for motor truckS. including all Ford sizes; Ford touring. inent or bought for cash; discount fo. dealers Lewis L. Tales Corporation, 80! Dean St. Providence. R. I.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10

rHErs-. fs no ssyettssisS medium ir Eastern Cohnsctjeut equal 10 The Bul. iAtin for b..-.ess results
Oxford Democrat., 1919-04-15
Hiram.

Mrs. Melvina Stuart, widow of the
late Solomon Stuart, and daughter OF
the late Mr.. and Mrs. John Rankin, died
April I'd Of Brigbt's disease, aged ~
years. She was sister Of Hon. Charles
Rankin. She leaves two sons, Charles
Of East Hiram with whom she resided,
and Frank, who resides In California.
She was q woman OF pure and peaceable
life, one of the excellent mothers and
home-mskers of Hiram, and her long
and useful life will be long remembered
by her family and many friends. Her
funeral was attended on Friday by Rev.
George G. Smith of Cornish, who spoke
words of hope and consolation. Ssco
Valley Temple, Pythisn Sisters, of which
she has long been . worthy member, and
sometimes presiding officer, also at
tended.
Madison Trip is quite sick with gall
stones
The union service of the Congrega-
tionsl, Methodist and Universalist
churches was held Sunday at tue Uni
versalist church, where it will be held
at 2:30 P. N. Sundays through April and
May. Rev. George g. Smith preached q
fine sermon in aid Of the Y. N. G. A.
society, giving an interesting history OF
the organization.
One of our farmers plowed on March
rs, 26 and 27. The r. r. D. mail carrier
trsversed his route In Hiram and East
Brownfield March 10Th on wheels. We
remember that on April /, 1872, the
snow was four feet deep In Hiram.
Oxford Democrat., 1919-04-15
WHY so WEAKp
Kidney Troubles Nay Be Sapping
Your Life Away. South Paris
People Have Learned This Fact.

When Q healthy man or woman begins
to run down without apparent cause. be-
comes weak, languid, depressed, sufieri
backache, headache, dizzy spells and
urinary disorders. weak kidneys may be
the cause. The slightest symptom oi
kidney treuble is too serious to neglect.
Doan's Kidney Pills have earned their
fame by their effectiveness In strength
enlng the kidneys and keeping them
we'll. Here1s South Paris testimony to
prove their worth.
Mrs. Horatio J. Farnham, ! Pearl
Street, says: 81 had bad backache
which resulted from severe attack oil
the grip. Ny back Was go lame and sore
no position was comfortable. I fell
dresdfully languid and fatigued all the
time. heard of Doan's Kidney Pills
and although my back was paining me
badly, I got prompt relief by using them
I kept on taking Doan's for some time
and my kidneys were strengthened and
my health became much better"
Price coo. at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for q kidney remedy-get Doan'i
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Farm
ham had. Foster -Milburn Co., Mfgrs.
Buffalo, N. Y.