Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
BEDDING
Especial to The Times.)

publican town committee, attended his party's caucus last Thursday evening things might have gone more to his satisfaction. Instead of attending he sent a phone message requesting or
 instructing that s. c. Shaw, represent ative to the Legislature for the last 1 two terms, be chosen to head the del- egadon to the state convention which on May 23, at New Haven, will name delegates to the Republican national [ convention. It is said the message
 also comprised an announcement that
 he (Barnes) would not serve longer as committee chairman, but if so the dec
 nnation was not conveyed to the cau- | GUS When it came to the appoint
 ment of delegates MT. Shaw received 1 one vote and B. B. Banks the rest al-
 though it has been a party rule ot i
 long standing that former representa-
 tives be given first place on delega- |
 tions to state conventions. The other |
 three delegates are Selectnan Angus |
 tus Churchill, Fred A. Judd and AL
 bert A. Gorham. MT. Gorham was also elected chairman of the town
 committee to succeed Capt. Barnes.
 Only seven were at the caucus, three
 being from Georgetown, three iron
 Sanfordtown and one from the Center.
 The Georgetown wing of the party has grown very self-assertive not to say
 insurgently pugnacious when anything
 pops out which they regard as an at ii tempt at dictation on the part of what they describe as the Ridge crowd One , of the seven informs the writer that Capt. Barnes message in behalf of MT , Shaw was felt to be such an attempt , and was the real cause of the latter's
 rejection. What particular presiden- : tial candidate the Bedding delegation
 favors has not been made apparent,
 but it is conjectured that its views in
 this respect will coincide with the wishes of Leader John T. King and :. that AIr. King will boost some candi- date other than Gen. Wood.
 - A letter from Prohibition Director , StremIau to John H. Malone, relative to the 1atter's endeavor to transfer a = barrel of cider to his home from the
 mill in Bethel where it was made,
 1 does not raise the obstacles to such a
 1 step as were presented in the official < | previous statements over the phone.
 In this conversation, MT. Stremlau - said the proposed removal to the Ma = lone cellar was expressly forbidden by
 the law. In the letter he says that as . the cider was made Jan. it now V presumably contains one-haf per
 cent. or more of alcohol and there - fore that the taking out of a permit 1 and the furnishing of a bond mus
 precede removal. There is also giver " the name of a licensed vinegar man 5 ufacturer to whom the cider may b' a sold In the absence of any specific injunction to the contrary MT. Ma lone, after complying with the condi 70 tions set forth in the letter, will con ie vey the cider to his home and ther make practical tests, perhaps callin;
 in the neighbors to assist, in orde le to reach an estimate as to it's alco S. holic percentage. The purport o
 the Stremlau letter accords with tn nt interpretation of the law given in tn m first instance by MT. Walsh, conecto IS of internal revenue for this distric 'l, and does not repeat what MT Suem 'o lau said in his phone talk about tn le enforcement next year of restriction nt which would prevent the making c SC any cider or wine for home use. Is A drive to increase this town
 membership in the County Farm Bu II reau is in progress with A. G. Bar 'e rett, the bureaus Bedding director ,e te in charge of the campaign for tn u Center section, Capt. H. S. Barne H H for the Ridge and E. P. Sanford fo .s West Bedding. The town has fl 1 farms, ranking second among Fair e. field county towns in this respect wit Newtown first. but as regards burea
 membership stands near the botto1
 of the list. Present members are M o and Mrs. D. S. Sanford, Rev. MI i+. Cunningham, w c. Sanford, Jarne Il.s I Dayton Alan Murphy, Albert Will i+s jams, H. s. Barnes, s. c. Shaw, r. 1, Judd, F. c. McFarlane, Fred Mile c. o. Perry, MT. and Mrs. P. P. SaI -o1 ford, J. G. Stetson and A. H. SanforC ,+a The drive will close March 27, b ,s+ which time it is hoped that the
 members which is the objective wi ar have been obtained. Members al he entitled to the bureaus bulletin, pull ev Iished monthly, and also to the at ny vice of the County Agent on pro4 ,ht lens arising in their farming opera in tions.
 the A general reunion of the alumni ( ge- the Sanford school has been planne ess to occur at the school on Monda ent May 30. There have previously bee
 yearly dinners of the alumni held an- Boston and New York but these a lcn fairs were mainly local as to atten' eW ance while the coming occasion h; the a much more comprehensive purpo: try and should bring together a gathe m ing of considerable size as the scho ial, was established in 1905 and has ha 7ho an annual roster of from 30 to UT pupils. Invitations to the affair al eo- to be extended to the old boys
 
 iiAe rent predecessor of the prese lle school, having been founded in 1S- e" by the late father of the preSe '. schools owner and headmaster. ( "a the Saturday preceding the reunion
 s | play will be given by the schools dr ..r matic association and on the nor ~, ing of Memorial Day visiting grad ra ates and present pupils will conte oa in a ball game.
 nd. The price at which E. P. Sanfo m previously held the real estate de- West Bedding which he sold Ia at week to Messrs. Sanford and Wheel ,lp was $16,Oe0 and it is inferred tn .llv the consideration in the transacti' tier approximated that figure. Thr
 members of the Sanford families nc ing residing in the town have J. B. pa the initials of their given names al
 to bearing this fact in mind the Sanfo lat- newcomer says that his signature W ext be written J. Bradley in order ore avoid complications about mail a of other matters. Miss Myrtle Bee