Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-13

With lover 200 Republican voters pre- sent at the caucus held in the town hall on Monday evening the repuSl ican town ticket for the coming election was nominated with no contests soc- curing for any of the offices There were about 30 women at the caucus.
 Chairman H. H. Pettis of the Re- publican town committee called the meeting to order promptly at s o'clock. The caucus then elected Judge John H. Barnes permanent chairman Of the meeting. Charles W, Cassidy was chosen clerk. ss
 Judge Barnes in taking the chair thanked the voters for their courtesy in. electing him chairman and also remarked on the exceptionally large. caucus. Continuing Judge Barnes said that when. young. man he always, had an ambition to be. a newspaper re- porter and that although born in Con . necticut he received his college eduA- cation in Baltimore. It was just. after being graduated from college that this desire to- be a reporter possessed him. l. first went to the Baltimore Sun, said Mir. Barnese but met with no success as I had had no experience in news writing. Other papers told me the same story until finally in last resort went to the democratic pa : per and they gave me job. My du- ties were to cover police news and the hospitals. It so happened that one or my first assignments was to get a story about prominent woman who was about to undergo an operation. went to the hospital and the sur geons told me that it would without doubt be success. Their word was Oh nd a chance and went back and wrote how successful the operation had been. My prediction was right. That was a ma jor operation and now next October there is going to be minor operation. am going to take another chaTice be- fore going to press and and say that this operation will be successful. Peo- pie generally are satisfied when off cials do good work. Towns in Massa- cfusetts have been paying high taxes and the taxes there are still ascend- ing. In our own town the town gov ernment has kept the taxes down and not. predict that they will be returned ot. predict that hey will be returned on the 3rd of October.
 The first nominations were for as- sessors and C. D. Moves nominated John B. Dat, who is filling the unex- pred term or Frdnk L. WOOQWOFtH Mir. Moves in nominating Mir Oat com mented on the good work that had been done by him during his short term in office and said that7.he de served the support of the community Lee R. Robbins nominated Arad R Manning of Yantic as the other candi- | date for assessor. In presenting the name of MT. Manning, Mir. Robbins said that he would supplement what the chair had said about the town need | ing sn assessor and would say thai 1 it needed some thing more-a good assessor, and he believed that MT Manning was this man.
 For the board of relief Judge Arthur L.. Libby nominated James c. Fitz. patrick and MT. Robbins nominated l Fred G. Prothero.
 l When nominations for selectmel were called for Judge H. H. Pettis tool
 the floor saying that he was. ats1
 loss to know just what to say with out repeating what he had said ol
 three previous occasions when he ha,
 nominated the same man for the of
 flee. It was six years ago that I. frs
 nominated this man, said MT. Pettfs
 and each time he has been elected
 During the past six years the worl
 has changed as never before in his