Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-16
DAn1ELSOR AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM.

PUTNAM
 At the home of the brides parents, | MT. and Mrs. Horace D. Coven at Pom fret Landing, Monday at 12;Se, Miss
 Mahala Covell became the bride of Charles A. Whiting of Burri!lville, the marriage ceremony being performed by Rev. E. S. Root, of Huntersville. ~
 The bride was attended by Miss Sarah 1 Gordon of Haverhill as maid of honor
 and Miss Dorothy. Kennedy of this City | as bridesmaid Miss Thelula Smith of ]
 Putnam was ring-bearer. The best man | was A. J. Potter of Putnam and the at- l
 tendant Harold Covell of Boston.
 The brides gown was of white geor- l gette over white satin She wore veil | and carried a bouquet of bride roses. The l
 maid of A 1nor Miss Gordon. was gown | ed in white and the bridesmaid Miss
 Kennedy, in pink. Each carried bour quet of roses. The Caveif home was effectively decor ated with laurel and carnations. The i guests at the wedding included relatives and friends, Following a reception re- treatments were served. Mrs. Whiting is a graduate of Killing l iy EiuN sehoo land has been teacher 1 fo Ia number of years. Mir. Whiting i has been associated in business with his father.
 The bride received many beautiful i gifts including silver. cut glass linen.
 many articles for the home, money and
 Liberty bonds.
 i Five cases awaited disposition when
 Judge M. H. Geissler opened Monday
 mornings session of the city court.
 Frank Mccarthy Al, and Edward Mur- | ray. 25. who walked here from Worees- ter and asked for lodging Sunday were charged with being vasrants and >ach received a sentence of 30 days in jail. Daniel Young, and Joseph Varieur were charged with having been intoxicated and
 a fine of $20 and costs amounting to over $50 each, assessed in each. case. Zagie Favreau. charged with breach of the peace. paid actual costs of s1.
 I Mccarthy and Murray were taken to jail, the first men committed as vagrants from the local city court in long time. A session of the su?erior court will be :. held here tomorrow Wednesday, for the trial of the case of Jennie z. Willis vs. : Michael J. KeN'v of Mech z icsville ab Newton A. Ballard of this c.ty who are made co-defendants in the plaintiffs suit for damages which she claims as the re- suit of injuries she received in an auto , mobile accident near this city little more than a year ago.
 The woman who had several bones broken in different parts of her body was a passenger, a guest. in Mir. Bal II lard's car at the time the accident oc- cured The machines met nearly head on- As the responsibility 10 rthe acci- dent never has been fixed in court suit is brought against the owners and driv-
 CTS of both machines. The case prom , ises to be of unusual interest and will
 be followed with close attention here
 where all of the principals are well
 known.
 Tslere was lseaI interest in the fact that the commissioners of the different F counties of Connecticut were assemb ed , at Hartford Monday to discuss the mat
 ter of liquor licenses. although the na- : tional prohibition amendment has been $ in force for some time. It is the appli- I cations for renewals of these licenses s that are bothering the commissioners s htcause there seems to be a difference : of opinion between the prosecuting auth I critics and counsel for the commission } CTS of the different counties as to what V should be done with the applications e The commissioners received applsca- tions for renewals of licenses up to the time the supreme court declared the | Vo!stead act constitutional. The com U nissioners neither granted nor denied 5 the applications and they have been ad-
 vised that the Volstead act legislated
 the county commissioners o3t of exist ence as excise boards. so having no pow Il CT to grant the renewal of the licenses
 .; the commissioners did not go through ; the formality of denying them.
 zl Under this condition of affairs the = state attorneys office in Hartford coun- l. t. and in some other parts of the state :. hold that under the statutes still on the f books of this state ltquor deEers who . had applied for l!censeH cannot be prose- l. cuted for violations of the law while the . applications for renewal is pending. l. The statute reads: No applicant for = the renewal of license to sell spirit ; uous and into&ica ting liquors under any : kind of, license shall be convicted of 7 a violation of any provisions of sections i, 26s0 or 2691. of the general statutes, > pending ire decision .of the county .com- missioners; provided that such applica = ton shall have been made and filed with . the county commissioners and shall have :. been duly advertised before the expira- tion of the old license, and that the ap- :, plication conforms in all respects with V the restrictions contained in this license 7. Several applications for renewals of 1 licenses were made in this city last fall ,, and applications for licenses. were re-