Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-13

daughter of MT. and Mrs. Harold Kent of Putnam, and who was brought back tothis city and lodged A the police sta- tion was not presented e the city count Tuesday morning He was released on Monday evening as all was forgiven. The couple went to the priest carrying mar riage license and were made man and wife.
 The bride was seen by al Bulletin rep resentative Wednesday morning reading an exaggerated account of her adventure | in Boston newspaper. She said that the story as printed was not true. It was case of elopment and they in tended all the time to get married, she sad, and were married and she was hap py Her husband was at her home, she stated, but during the day he left for l his own home where she says she will l join him in two weeks.
 The girl left home early Monday leav- | ing a note for her mother saying that she was going away and not to look for l her, but that she hoped to return some | time The mother informed the police and a hurry trip was made to Worces- ter where the runaways were found sit lting close together on a bench in the Worcester station.
 1 At the three cotton mills in Putnam
 those in charge Tuesday were not in clined to be communicative regarding a l wage increase. At one mill it was stat | ed that nothing had been heard of an i increase At another it was said that l no notices had been posted. When ask ed if notices were to be posted the re- ] ply was that those talking were not in
 position to say. At the third mill | it was stated that nothing had been done i as vet awards an increase. The off t.s. ., %1,at,. | headquarters ont of the city and little is known locally of the plans until ors ders are received from headquarters. As every raise and every cut in the cotton
 business has been general throughout this section, there is little doubt that the
 present increase will become effective
 in all the mills.
 State Treasurer c. Harold Gilpatric and Mayor Archibald Macdonald, dele 1 gates at large from the 18th district, i and Byron D. Bugbee, Miss Katherine 1 Byrne, Luther N. Keith and Hector Du- Yerts, delegates from Putnam to the state convention at New Haven. left for that city, Tuesday afternoon.
 Leonard H. HeaIey. secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, said Tues day that the apple crop in the state was about 5S per cent of normal. The largest crop in Connecticut will be har- vested in Windham county, according to
 Secretary Healey.
 The republicans of Woodstock nomin- ated Clara F.. Witter for tax collector, at
 the caucus Saturday afternoon This is
 the first woman tax collector to be nom-
 mated in Windham county if not in the
 state. Following the caucus Mrs Witter
 was apprised of her nomination. and de
 clined to accept This leaves a vacancy
 to be filled by the town committee and
 the name of s. Howard Peckham is be
 ing heard and it is expected that it will
 be placed on the ticket Other nomina
 tions were: Assessor, Luther J. Levitt ] board of relief, Lewis H. Lndeman se lectmen, Luther J. Levitt, Byron w
 Bates; agent of town deposit fund Ches ter E. May; auditor, Charles M Perrin grand jurors, S. Howard Peckham, Will } fam c. Child, Clarence o. Lyon tax col
 lector. Clara E. Witter: constsbles, Da 5 vid Broadway, Bert J. Johnson. Cyril A l Paine; registrar of voters. William C ) Child; school committed E R. Rollins l Oliver A. Hiscox.
 Enough signatures have been secured 2 on a petition for a special town meet l ing to assure it's being called. The pur pose of the. meeting is to see of the tow
 will appropriate further sum of $5, t 0o0 for the building of an addition to Is n rael Putnam school. It has been foun r by the building committee that it will b s impossible to build the proposed addi
 tion, for which plans and specification t have been made, within the $So,000 az e propriation already voted. The town ha ! acquired strip of land adjacent to tn d school building and the addition is need
 ed to take care of the increased numbe 7. of pupils and In order that the numbe l. of pupils in some of the grades may b r divided so that one teacher will not hay
 so many pupils in the classes. The mat