New Britain herald., 1928-10-09

town clerk will be in session at tn
town clerks office Monday. Novesn
Der .. from q. m. to 3 y. m. 70
the admission OF such persons q
electors.
Farty CalscuseS THIS Week
Both the major political partie,
will hold caucuses this week Tor tn,
purpose of nominating candidate.
for the following offices: One Pegn
trar for each Of the four voting dis
trlcts; two representatives for tn,
general assembly: two selectmen: ,
Judge OF probate; six Justices Of thu
peace: and three consta bles.
| The republican caucus will be held
in the city court room at O'Clock
wednesday evening and the demo.
cratic caucus at the same place on
Friday evening at o'clock.
! While there Ia considera BILE inter.
4 est in the national ticket, very little
interest has SO far been DISPLAYED
insofar as the local ticket goes. The
nomination of the justices Of the
peace and constables Ia equivalent to
election and there is no question
but what the nomination OF s. Rus
sell Mink, republican. as judge OF
probate, will be endorsed by the
! democratic party.
But two names have been suggest :
ed up to the present time as candi-
dates for the general assembly. At
torney A. J. Rich is being mentioned
by the republicans and he is practi-
cally assured of the nomination, ac-
cording to information available
Representative Arthur S. Barnes,
who this year completed two terms
as republican representative from
Bristol, has written Chairman Lester
&. Slgourney of the republican town
committee that he would be forced
to decline a denomination due to
pressure of other business. Whether
or not Representative Epaphroditus
Peck. republican, will seek re-
nomination is not known.
In democratic circles the name of
Roife +. Rowe. local II, wspapernan
is the most prominently mentioned.
MIR. Rowe was a candidate four years
ai,o and ran far ahead of his ticket
when republican landslide swept
the country.
Increase Library Circulation
12,04 books we're issued at the
Bristol public library during the
month of September. according to
the report of Librarian Charles L..
Noodlng submitted at a meeting Of
the board OF library commissioners
last evening. This represents an In
crease Of 1871 volumes over Septem-
Der. 1927. Compared with a year
ago there was a loss at the main H.
brary of 12l in the adult DEPART
ment and of l43 in the childrens
room. The Forestyille branch also
showed loss of IS. There was a
gain Of GS at the Endee branch and
at the various school branches as
follows: Park street. IFS; John J,
Jennings. IA: North Side, ll3; and
East Bristol. 6.
The total circulation was CLASH
fed as follows: Juvenile fiction. a.
e1S; adult fiction, G.430; general .:
&c: religion. 81: sociol-
cgy. 226; phililogy IL: natural
science, 257; useful arts. 1855: fine
arts. 1871; literature. 397: history,
33d; travel, 357; biography, 3o3;
l27. Included In the
above were French, So; German. %:
Polish. Is; Italian. II: Lithuanian.
6; and Latin .. OF the total circu-
lation. % per cent was classed as
Juvenile fiction and 5sls per cent as
adult prose fiction. The total per
cent shows a gain of ~ per cent
over September, 1927.
Sixty-seven volumes were added |
o the library during the month, g.
~ purchase and one each by gift
rom Miss f. Jennie Peck, Mrs. i
Ellen Fish ana Z. n. Remey.
Two hundred and ninety-three
we're withdrawn during the month,
Including go worn out which had
IN average circulation of 81 since
Two We're lost In circula-
ion and two We're lost and paid for.
Two hundred and twenty-seven VOL
AhASS "NiC CCIl w VIC ISDONHu dllHE !
laving had an average circulation of
20. and is wes sent for the first
binding.
There were So, III volumes in the
library on October !.
Library ClsstOdi ian designs
Announcement OF the resignation
# Edgar s. Soule as custodian of
lie local library following several
ears service. was announced to the
oard of library directors last night
" Librarian {. l.. Wooding. Iii
ealth necessitated Mr.. Soule's re-
Irement from active service.
Judge Epaphroditus Peck. secre-
AIRY OF the library board was in
tructed to write a letter to Mr..
oule in appreciation OF his faithful
eryices. The library was author
led to engage his successor.
Judgment suspended
Judgment in the case of Carl J.
'aniels of the Endee Inn. charged
it'll reckless driving, having no
egistration certificate on car and
allure to have his drivers license
II his person. was suspended on
ayment Of costs by Judge Joseph
[. Donovan in the city court today.
was arrested Monday morn.
lg by Officer William Thompson
fter he had passed a red light at
he corner Of North Main and
Ieadow streets.
A subsequent Investigation dis.
ocnI %h.. e..4 H.