New Britain herald., 1930-10-06

services were conducted by Rev. A. A. Ball. Burial was in the West cemetery where taps were sounded by Bugler John Mindek. The flag in Monument park was at half mast during the day.
 MT. Halsted. a negro. died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William O'Neil of 35 Pearl street. Saturday. He served with the Union forces in the Civil war and was one of the two surviving veterans in Newton Man ross post, G. A. R.
 He was born a free man Novem- Der 2s. 1S45. in the town of Farm ington. He enlisted in Go. A, 54th Massachusetts infantry, on February 23. 1883, while working in Spring field. He was IT years of age at the time.
 He was wounded during the battle at Fort Wagner on July IT, 1863. when $50 of his companions lost their lives. After recovering, MT Halsted saw considerable action dur ing many of the bloody battles of tlIC " als IlC llcSlo ooiditio VApti enced considerable trouble because of their color but MT. Holsted once said. They said the colored troops wouldn't fight but before the war was over we showed them that We were as good troops as any"
 After the war, MT. Halsted re- turned to Pennington, where he spent about 40 years. For 13 years he was employed at Miss Porter's school. After coming to Plainville, he became caretaker at West ceme- tery, serving for 2o years. Here is made hundreds of friends and was known to all. both young and old. He always had a kind word for everyone and his passing is sincere ly regretted by the townspeople.
 Besides his daughter, he is surviv- ed by a grandson. George Halsted, and two great-grandsons, William and George Halsted.
 Voting Is Heavier
 Indications this morning pointed to high vote in the annual town election. Leaders in both parties predicted that record vote would be cast before the polls close at 6 o'clock. At 10 o'clock, 10S ballots had been cast, nearly twice as many as last year. Last years vote was the lightest in' the history of the town but the state elections has helped to stir up interest in politics | this year.
 ScoreIess Tie Plainville and Lewis High school of Southington, rivals of long stand ing, battled furiously on the grid iron Saturday but when the referees whistle ended the game, neither team had succeeded in scoring. Southington had possession of the ball during most of the first half but was unable to dent the locals | forward wall when near the goal line.
 In the second half Plainville took the play away from Southington and made many good gains through a combination of line bucks and for ward passes. The two teams will meet again in the near future on Southington's home field. and this should result in great battle.
 The lineup of the Plainvilie team was as follows: Left end. King. left tackle, Minella: left guard, Holden: center, Gapthier; right guard, Miller; right tackle, Bloom; right end, Cheetham: quarterback, Hubbard {: left half, Barber; right half, French and fullback, Caparell.
 Warrant For Arrest
 Prosecutor Charles F. Conlon stat ed today that a warrant had been issued for the arrest of Samuel sweis of Whites crossing. Sweig is charged with transporting tubercular cattle within the district. An investigation has been carried on by Dr. George T. Crowley of New Britain. It is also known that the state dairy and food department has been investigating for two weeks.
 The warrant was served by Con- stable George Schubert. Sweig will be arraigned in town court tomorrow morning at o'clock
 Meeting October 14
 A meeting of Brock Barnes unit No. 3S, American Legion auxiliary will be held on Tuesday evening, October IA, in Legion hall on Whit ing street. Officers will be elected for the coming year. It is hoped to have a large attendance of members
 Final Day Tomorrow
 The registrars of voters will be in from 9 a. m. to p. m. for the pur- pose of receiving the names of those (Continued on Page 13)