The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-14
MONTPELIER

take place at o'clock SUNDAY alter
noon.
Sumner Stearns of Waterbury does
not 20 to states prison after all, his
penalty for breaking and entering the
milf of E. r. Seabury having been
changed to a fine inttead of fine and
Imprisonment. 1t appears that some
error occurred relative to. the impos-
ing Of the penalty when 1t originally
took place and that there could not be
both fine and a sentence imposed SO
that he has been brought in court again
and the penalty changed to fine OF
81 900 instead of $500, with the prison
sentence removed.
James Hartness arrived in the city
last evening, accompanied by friends,
and to-day filed, with the secretary of
state, the required number OF primary
petitions as well as his assent to be
governor if nominated and elected.
o. l.. Martin of Plainfeld was Wis
itor in the city Friday.
NJ w. Dewey and Paul T, billing
ham Of the loan inspectors force IN
the National Life leave to- morrow for
the middle west.
w. Fl. Farrar has sold to John Benja-
min the G. w. Farr farm in Middlesx.
The consideration is about ~ 800. A
house in Montpelier is considered in the
deal
Monday will be observed as holt
day at the State House, being Ben
nington Battle day, and the Offices IN
the building, for the most part, will be
closed. This will give the janitors a
change to do some extra work which
will include the remodeling of the sec
rotary Of states Office. The repairs in
clude the cutting of a door through the
partition so that the clerical force will
not have to go through the private
office or the public entrance in passing
from one part of the Office to the 9th
cr w. s. Teachout, the automobile
clerk. was at the Office this morning
handling the mail which will commence
piling upon the clerical forces with
three DAYS intervening between last
night and the next time they will be
able TO do any work on it. Mr.. Teach
out has TO 60 back to the Office each
evening to get the mail in shape TO
start the force at work on correspon-
dence the next morning, thus saving
considerable delay in the routine work.
J. G. Brown, insurance commission
er, on Friday stopped a woman who
gave her name as A. Snow, who was
soliciting business in the office OF the
Montpelier National bank. The woman
was advised that her actions were CON
trary TO the laws of Vermont and that
the commissioner did not want to make
her any trouble because, undoubtedly
she was not acquainted with the laws
and her employers had sent her here
without giving her full information.
During the day he telegraphed the Fl
deity and Casualty Co, of New York
and The Hall -Welter Co. of Rochester,
y. -, tndt. uHltro thrn AN~"AhNN
the woman from the Vermont territory
prosecution would follow. The penalty
for a concern from outside Vermont SO.
letting business in the state without
authority IL not less than 800 nor
more than 1000 both on the per
son soliciting and the firm by whom she
is employed The woman was trying
to sell check protector, claiming that
the purchase carried $4,000 insurance
against loss.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G.. Brown and Mr..
and Mrs. r. II. Deayitt left to-day for
San Francisco, where Messrs. Brown
and Deavitt will attend the annual
meeting of the national commission
ers. of which Mr.. Brown is president
while Mr.. Deavitt twas formerly a
member of the convention, having been
insurance commissioner, when he was
state treasurer They will enjoy part
Of the trip sight seeing in Yellowstone
park.
The will Of Emma Clark, late Of
Mortified, has been proven in probate
court and Charles Plumley is named in
the document as the person desired as
executor