Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-22

Episcopal church, Pomfret, and during the past five years rector of a negro Episcopal church in Miami, in which city he was last Sunday taFred and feather ed. has announced after conference with other elergymen, local officials, member of the American legion and the British vice consul, that he will leave the city at once, and thus avoid further disturbances. Irwin had originally nounoed that he would not leave the city. While it was alleged that the cause of the attack on the clergyman was his preaching of doctrines of racial equality, these charges are unfounded, according | to the bishop of Florida who has suvesti- gated them. Concerning his departure | Irwin is declared to have said: T am \ leaving Miami of my own velitien, even Y though I have been offered the protection of local authorities and the British vice consul believe that it would be best | for all concerned that leave on account of the Intense feeling stirred up against
 me by reports that I have preached so- cial equality and intermarriage et the 1 races, in spite of the fact that these re- ports are not true. Even if I remained, further work here would be under hand l icap and would possibly lead to much bit 1 terness and trouble between the races. The city and county authorities told be plainly that I probably would be killed if I remained"
 Captain John H. BuIger was notified Thursday afternoon that Frank GFeypall, a locomotive fireman on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad was arrested in Hartford Thursday morning charged with the theft from L. M, Gates,
 an engineer a gold watch valued at $75. The alleged u eft is said to have been | a{e The two men slept in the railroad bunk
 house in this city. Greyhall will be
 brought to Putnam for a hearing.
 It was announced at the Putnam rail
 road station Thursday that in order to
 accommodate the many people who each
 year go to Douglas Camp meeting from |. Putnam and surrounding towns. train 116. leaving Putnam at EAT 2. m., vii
 stop at Douglas beginning today CFriday] and every day up to and including Aug ust 1, for the purpose of leaving pas sengers. With the opening today (Fri ! day) of this years meetings the Doug , las camP meeting association celebrates . it's filth anniversaFy-<a prosperous or ganization numbering in the thousand, l which has grown from humble beginnings
 a dream of Deacon George NJ Morse o
 Putnam. Plans this year are being mad
 
 : It was in July, 1874, that the first cam 5 meeting was held at Douglas, on a plo I of land across from the present site. mi first meeting centered around Deacel Morse who was assisted by Rev. l. T Johnson, then of Milford, Mass, no7 preaching in 8 parish in Maine. Inspire by the success of the first meeting Deacon Morse, a wealthy cotton manu facturer with mills in Putnam, aske
 MF. Johnson if he would care to work to wards making the event an annual one They agreed to associate. The first ste taken by MT. Morse was the purchase of permanent site, which he believed va ? essential if their plans were to be a sue n cess. For about s, ,oeo the present Ian
 and beautiful grove were bought. The e for 17 years Deacon Morse and Nil s Johnson worked in partnership, the dea [ con supplying the funds as the clergy . men asked for them. It is believed tha in the IT years he was associated wit
 the work, Deacon Morse expended S15 . oo0
 Attorney and Mrs Charles L. Tore of Putnam left Thursday for three week. vacation at Crescent Beach.
 A statement from the trade sehoeI l.
 Putnam was issued by the directo
 Thursday in which the importance 0 4 trade school education is pointed out, an facts given to show how the Putnam E school is seeking to meet the demands O young men and women for broad voca ] tion training. F. J. Trinder, state directo of vocational education, was in Putnam recently inspecting the local school an before leaving said, T think that tn