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FAIRFIELD DEMOCRATS ;
WILL CAUCUS TONIGHT
William OL KinoeHa and Samuel IX.
Wheeler Are Candidates For the
' School Committee.
(By our special correspondent.)
Fairfield. Sept. 12. But ona conteet
la anticipated at tbe caucus the
Kemocratic voters of the town which
iv ill ,b held this eveninj at the town
hall. Rumors have It that William
C. Kin sella, whose term as a. member
of the school committee expires this
year, and who Is . candidate for re
election, will be opposed by Samuel H.
Wheeler. The latter la been a mem
ber of -the epsclal school committee.
It Is probable that there will not be a
contest, as neither gentleman, desires to
enter Into a contest with the other.
However, their friends may force the
Issue .In which the contest will be a
friendly onev .
John CzaJkowsM was very penitent
yesterday and paid -the town court $3
and costs for asaultlns Katie Kasaso
wlt. Last Sunday, John and Mary
attended a christeningr held at a home
In Cedar d road. Mills .Plains. ' There
was an overabundance of Joy with
Quantities of liquid refreshments. John
took too much and when he demanded
mora of Mary, who had charge of .tie
dispensation, of , the- merry ,to.uCilage.
she refused.'!Congtah,t refusals aroused
John's ire to such an extent that he
spanked the determined Mary. She told
her troubles the same day to the grand
Juror, who swore out a warrant for
John. Judge Wakeman did the rest.
Stephen Swan told Judge Wakeman
that the knowledge that he possessed
funds and the fact that there were
thirst quenching parfors about, har
monized. He wanted It known that
when he liad the money to spend he
was a good fellow and liked nothing
better than to raise hia foot to r jhe
brass rail and lean on the mahogany.
Ewan was financially right on Wed
nesday and found surroundings con.
genial. He went too strong on the Joy
Juices with the usual results Sheriff
Elwood was called. He told Judge
Wakeman that on Wednesday he was
released from the county Jail in Bridge
port after serving a thirty day sen
tence for intoxication. At the Jail Of
Bce he received money which had been
forwarded him from his sister in
Queens. I I., with Instructions to
corns there at once. He followed one
suggestion In that he took the money,
and started out to complete the
stretch hack to Long Island, but the
fact that he had regular money and
Ihe cafes were handy conquered him.
rhe court gave him a sentence of 10
days with costs.
The cars of the Connecticut Co. met
irlth a series of mishaps at the Pickett
switch Wednesday evening and yeeter
flay. On two occasions Wednesday
evening cars coming from Southport
split the switch, the forward trucks
going up one track and the rear -trucks
np another. One car stopped only
when a tree was reached. Yesterday
morning two more cars went of the
tracks under the same circumstance.
All day long the cars took the switch
carefully.
Th drop in the temperature has in
duced the Conn. Co. to put on the
closed cars. Yesterday morning with
the first cars from the Bridgeport
barns the closed cars were continued
throughout the. day. They w.ere really
reeded, but there will be many warm
days yet to come when the open care
will go much better.
The new permanent road laid
through the town by the Warren Bros.
Co. has so pleased the officials of that
company that in many places along
the route they have erected signs call
ing attention to the fact that "this Is
Warrenite laid over macadam.' The
considers the stretch between
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NOBBY TRIMMED HATS
250 of them, no two alike, trimmed with fancy effects, either in
ostrich, velvet or silk, retail price $5.00. Our wholesale price
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR OSTRICH PLUMES
We take special pride in our Ostrich Department, carrying at
all times a complete assortment of both colors and black, and white,
and we sell these at rock-bottom prices.
WE CARRY EVERY DETAIL FOR THE HOME MILLINERY MAKERS: PLUSHES, VELVETS, SILKS, COTTON AND
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Ttoe Easftem Wioksaile ; Mllmery
Falrfleld and Westport a model road.
.The Fairfield firemen gratified by
the' showing made at their recent car
nival and to show their appreciation
of the work done by their girl friends
will tender the young ladies a recep
tion and dance some evening next
week, probably Tuesday, at St. Thom
as' hall. '
ENGINEER JUMPS FOR
LIFE AS ROAD ROLLER
TUMBLES INTO RIVER
Westport's Condemned Bridge Again
in the JAnyril ght Fireworks at
Town Meeting.
(By Our Special Correspondent,') -Westporti
Sept 12. The stone and
dirt embankment, which serves as
the west -approach' to the State street
draw bridge over the Saugatuck riv
er, giving way, a ten ton steam roller
gradually slid into the river yesterday
morning, and now lies on its side in
the mud at the 'bottom of the river.
Daniel Callahan, engineer, saved his
life by jumping Into the river just far
enough out to prevent his being pin
ned beneath ihe ponderous machine.
The roller is the property of the
Warren Bros. Co., of Boston, which
concern is laying permanent pavement
for the state here ' That part of the
bridge approach which gave way is
being payed. The draw Itself has
been condemned by the Selectmen, but
the approach, where the accident oc
curred, is open to traffic. However
for the past week, because paving was
being laid on the bridge approach that
portion of the road has been closed to
trolley . traffic. Other vehicle traf
fic has been allowed to pass. :
The entbankment just seemed to
force Itself out and to gently slide into
the river, the tide being almost high
at the time. The dirt road bed un
der the roller seemed to sink at first
and apparently forced the stone wall
outwards. The machine dKI not top
ple over instantly. . This fact allowed
Engineer Callahan to Jump for his
life, otherwise there would have been
another story to relate. Instead the
machine seemed to gradually slide
down the embankment and .striking
the bottom of the river toppled over
onto Its side. The iron guard rails
which has "graced" the approach so
long went along with the landslide.
IMvlsion Engineer James A. McEl
roy of the state highway department
was on - the "scene immediately after
the accident. He did not think that
the cranes of the trolley company
would be of sufficient strength to raise
the roller, believing that a river light
er would have to be chartered by the
contracting firm. 1
As that portion of the road which
gave way has always been open to
traffic and has only been closed be
cause the pavement company, is lay
ing the pavement it is most likely
that the town will be called upon to
settle whatever damages may accrue.
According to several who own boats
that portion of the bridge approach
has been bulging for. some time. This
was not noticeable from the street. A
local physician, who owns an auto
mobile, had warned his sons when
crossing the Approach to drive upon
the trolley , tracks, fearing that the
roadway would give way.
The scene about the center of the
town for the past, few days has been
rather wild. Gangs of men. are hust
ling on the permanent pavement in
State street while another gang is dig
ging Into Main street laying the sewer
pipes. ; That portion of Main street
which Is not being dug up for the
sewers is being graded for the laying
of the pavement. Because of the con
ditions vehicle traffic is .being sent
over the King street and the Bridge
street bridges.
The "Nays" were very conspicuous
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1124-1126 MAIN STREET, DIRECTLY OVER ALLING'S RUBBER STORE
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by their silence at the town meeting
Wednesday evening. There was a
resolution .before the voters calling for
the rescinding of the action of a pre
vious "town meeting in voting to ap
propriate $3,5 00 for the continuance
of the permanent pavement in State
street, i Those in favor of rescinding
action were in such great numbers and
were so vociferous in their . "Yea's"
that if thjere were any "Nay's" prear
ent they deemed It-best to remain un
hpard. The-. rescinding action was ta
ken because the voters believed that
as State street is a state road the
state should tend to its proper pav
ing." The' town is willing to pay its
share, which is one quarter of . the
entire expense, of the road work, but
does not feel warranted In making a
present to the state of $3,500. which
It would be doing if the contract was
entered into with the paving contrac
tors. - ' v :
On' the other hand the town has ap
propriated $1,000 for the laying of the
pavement in Main street to the Taylor
& Richards Co. yard. This road for
400 feet is a state road and should
be paved by the state with a fourth
of the expense paid ' by the town.
However trie town is going ahead and
assuming the full expense.
The selectmen informed the meet
ing that there were as number of the
town accounts overdrawn. When it
was shown that but about $1,000 of
the $4,000 which had been appropriat
ed for Riverside avenue had been used
it was voted to re-appropriate this
fund to cover the overdrawn accounts.
William P. Eno of Saugatuck' who
is recognized as an International ex
pert on the handling of traffic, hopes
through "Isles of Safety," to solve the
traffic problem in the . New York
streets. He has been engaged by the
New York street department to look
into their problem. The "Isles" are
15 feet long and 5 feet wide and have
elliptical ends. There are lamp posts
in the center and protection posts at
each end. It is Intended for experi
ment purposes to place two "Isles" at
each intersection of Fifth avenue from
25th to 59th street. . The object of
the central isles is to enabje "rotary"
or "gyratory" traffic to partially or
entirely replace the "block system"
thus increasing the traffic capacity of
the streets.
Town Clerk F. M. Salmon of the
Republican town committee has call
ed the caucus of the G. O. P. for next
Monday evening at the town hal! at
8:15 o'clock. W. H. Burr, chairman
of the Progressives has issued his call
for to-morrow evening at the town
hall building as also has , Dr. J. ', M.
Nolan, Democratic committer chair
man. . William B. Nash has sold out his
business in State street to John J.
O'Connor. The new proprietor will
take possession on next Monday.
Horace W. Staples of State street,
chemist with the Bridgeport Brass Co.
is spending two weeks in Portland,
Me.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Lyons of Bridge
port have taken a cottage at Compo
beach for a month.
Miss Jennie S. Thorpe, clerk at the
post office, is enjoying a two weeks'
vacation.
' Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wheeler of
Easton have been guetss of Mrs. Hel
en Thorpe in Main street.
Henry Allen, formerly with Beers
Bros', has secured a position with
Fred J. Kaiser.
Orlando I. Atien and family of Sau
gatuck are spending the week with
relatives In Bridgeport.
J. Fred Gorham of Woodside avenue
Is enjoying a two weeks vacation from
his duties with the D. M. Read Co., in
Bridgeport. The vacation is being
spent in Buffalo and. Niagara.
' The St.' James team of Stratford
will oppose the locals at the Church
lot on Sunday? This Is the third
game between the two clubs, the vis
itors took thje first contest because the
members of the local team had their
minds diverted to burlesque scenery
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MAIN STREET, BRIDGEPORT
on the side lines. In the second en
counter the teams battled to a ten In
ning tie.
The Beachside Inn has' been closed
for the season. It Is reported that
the management made a small profit
this season. Early in summer the
management applied for a liquor li
cense but were unsuccessful. An en
deavor was made to secure. the sig
natures of the required number of
electors, of the town which would al
low a summer license, but as the pe
tition was not being subscribed to
freely enough, it was abandoned.
The Memorial Church of the Holy
Trinity will be closed until Oct. 6, to
allow for extensive repairs to be made
in the matter. Rev. Kenneth Mac
kenzie, the pastor, la now enjoying a
vacation in New Hampshire. He will
be gone for the remainder of the
month. ,
A little son has arrived at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Perkins in
King street.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mulligan of Eau
Claire, Wis., are visiting friends In
town. Mrs. Mullglan is a sister of
the late Frank Brady and baa
not been in Westport in two score
years. '
; Frank C. Penny will leave next
week for Troy, N. Y., where he will
resume his studies at the Rennsaelaer
Polytechnic Institute.
Miss Marie Lehn has entered Pratt's
Institute In Brooklyn. She will pur
sue a. course In domestic science. .
EASTON
Miss Agnes Seeley of Sport Hill Is
spending a few days as guest of Mr.
and Mrs. William Seeley in Newark,
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hull of Platts
vllle, were guests of Mr. and' Mrs.
Arthur Hull In Westport recently.
Mr. Loronzo Acker is spending some
time at his cottage on Fairfield beach
Miss Frances Combs and Robert
Jennings of Fairfield were guests re
cently of tlr. and Mrs. Ambrose Marsh
of Sport Hill.
Mr. Joseph Garnett has returned and
resumed his duties at "Maple Row
Dairy Farm."
Fire escapes have been placed" on
the academy and Sport Hill sohool.
Miss Martha Burr of Greenfield is
spending a few days as guest of hes
niece Mrs. John Mellen at the Cen
ter. Mr. F. Lee of New York is spending
a few days in town, while here being
entertained at the home of his sis
ters, Mrs. Hardy's and Miss Lee's.
Mrs. John Sherwood, Miss Julia Haw.
lep of Bridgeport; Miss Minnie O. Sher
wood and Erwin P. Edwards enjoyed
an automobile , ride on Wednesday
through Bridgeport, Nichols, Trum
bull, Monroe and Stepney.
Miss Mildred Jennings Is attending
the Bridgeport high school this year.
CONNECTICUT BANKRUPTS
OWED $2,635,127
' IN PAST YEAH
Report Made to Attorney-General of
the United States by Clerk of the
Federal Court In This City.
Bankruptcy business in the United
States court In this city for the fiscal
year ending July 31 will be reported
to Attorney-General James C. McRey
nolds at Washington by the clerk of
the court. It appears that the volun
tary cases pending on July 1, 1912, were
587; filed during the year,, 183; compo.
eitions confirmed, 12; cases closed, 173.
There were 91 Involuntary petitions
pending on July 1, 1912, . and 42 were
filed during the year; three of the In
voluntary petitions were dismissed;
three in which compositions were con
firmed, and thirty-seven of the invol
untary cases -were closed.
Liabilities of the voluntary petition
ers that were secured or that stood as
priority claims footed up $370,975.17,
and the unsecured claims against the
voluntary petitioners amounted to
$627,072.74, while there were unsecured
claims of $272,395.23 against voluntary
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trimmed with the most stylish effects in Aigrettes, Paradise,
Plumes, Numidi and Imported Fancies, sold in retail stores as
$10.00 to $50.00. Our wholesale prices
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OUR TRIMMED HAT DEPARTMENT
will surely prove a surprise to you, not alone in the reasonable prices,
but in the unusually big assortment of the different styles and quali
ties; 3,000 hats to choose from
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petitioners that were not filed or prov
ed. The total liabilities of the volun
tary petitioners in bankruptcy footed
up$l,270,443.14. -
Secured liabilities of the involuntary
petitioners in bankruptcy amounted to
$238,163.13, and the Unsecured claims
against this class of bankrupts were
$1,050,532.64. There were claims against
the Involuntary petitioners amounting
to $55,989.06 that" Tvere not filed or
proved. The total , liabilities of invol
untary bankrupts were $1,364,684.83.
WHERE LIABILITIES WERE
SMALL.
In twenty petitions the liabilities
were less than $1,000, in 179 the liabili
ties were In excess of $1,000, and less
than $10,000. In nineteen the liabilities
were in excess of $10,000 and less than
$20,000, and in twenty-two the liabili.
ties were $20,000 or over -. The total
dividends paid to secured creditors in
the voluntary class . were $662,927.07,
while $253,215.01 was paid to the secured-
creditors. ', Unsecured creditors
in the voluntary class received divi
dends of $137,845.60, and unsecured cred
itors In the Involuntary class received
$78,783.25.
Fourteen manufacturers were among
the bankrupts, 171 merchants, three
farmers, one professional man and
twenty-ona classified as miscellaneous.
BACKING HP THE TEACHER
The mistress of a certain home said
to a caller the other day, referring to
the operation of her small boy, who
may for the occasion be called John
ny:
"I hope you will pardon the looks of
my home. Johnny just takea the ham
mer to everything."
Then Johnnie came In. His mother
issued various orders. No doubt feel
ing1 that they were unnecessary and
injudlcnous, Johnnie declined to obey.
His mother remarked apologetically:
"He'll go to school this fall. The
teachers will straighten him out."
There rire many families that feel
they can't afford to spend time disci
plining their children, when they are
hiring school teachers to do the Job.
When the Johnnies turn up at public
school on some early date in Septem
ber, they do not readily yield the po
sition of independence which they
have acquired in the home. Able to
have his own way with his parents, it
appears fundamentally .unjust to them
that the teacher is not equally good
natured. Johnny has his first experi
ence with real authority.
He reports his observations at home.
His parents are aghast at the heart
lessness and favoritism shown by the
teacher. Soon the Irate parent ap
pears at the school superintendent's
office. Rumore of the fray reach the
the other, children, and an undertone of
Insubordination develops.
When a parent was asked one day
if she had ever met her boy's teacher,
with whom she had had differences,
she remarked that she never had and
never wanted to see her. When the
teacher was asked a similar question,
she made substantially the same re
ply.
These two forces, the school and the
home, are supposed to be working
jointly to develop the best that Is in
child nature. How can they do it, if
they never meet, neec discuss plans
for co-op.eration, never exchange In
formation and observations?
GET RID OF THE TORMENT OP
RHEUMATISM.
That you can do by ridding yourself
of the cause. Weak and Inactive
kidneys allow uric acid poisons to re
main in the . blood and rheumatic
pains swollen and aching joints follow.
Take Foley Kidney Pills to ease you
of the pain and torment. They will
positively and permanently build up
the kidneys, restore their normal ac
tion and keep the uric acid crystals
out of-the blood and body. Try them.
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Apparently the only way to prevent
these rear-end collision fatalities Is for
the passengers to get out and sit on
the fence when the train stops.
Com
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THE SCARCITY OF TEACHERS.
June is a time of stress for sohool
boards and superintendents, when va
cancies occur in teaching forces, and
anxious . candidates of more or less
rawness are scrutinized.
In spite of all the abundant - facili
ties offered by normal schools and col
leges, it Is harder than ever- to find
acceptable teachers. ' In many places
where it was once required that can
didates have had actual school exper
ience, now the single condition of a
normal school training is made, often
not as much as that.
The explanation is simply that other
fields are offering women more en
couraging returns. The average
stenographer, who may not have had
a full high school course, who has to
pay from her own pocket for but
about six months training, probably
gets more than the average grade
school teacher, who must usually be
both a high and normal school grad
uate. Furthermore business and profes.
slonal- fields are opening wider every
year to the feminine aspirant. People
would be surprised did they know how
many women are running little farms
or market gardens, bake-shops, mil
linery and dress-making establish
ments, restaurants and lunch rooms,
hotels, even newspapers. In these
fields, whatever brains and business
ability they have is not discounted on
There are three questions that confront the
purchaser of a PIANO.
1st The QUALITY of the PIANO!
2nd The PRICE of the PIANO.
3rd From whom to BUY.
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the low prices charged because of our LOW
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This saving is on a piano of the HIGHEST
QUALITY. '
The SAVING is FULLY that represented
in the above figures.
An even GREATER CASH SAVING is
possible. (
If you are interested in buying a piano and
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the ground of sex, tout brings Its lull
value In the market
Under these circumstances, the
school room grind looks less and Ipks
attractive to the ambitious girl. Why
should she teach for $10 a week for
only 35 to 40 weeks a year, when sh
can make so much more if she hai
the Initiative and efficiency to con
duct a. -little business of her own?
Towns and cities are poor paymas
ters. In New York City where cost
of living' Is at the top, they have !t
figured out that the average elemen
tary teacher earns $540; the average
street cleaner $631. In all other fields
brains command a better price than
muscle.
rOINTS OF INTEREST.
Notwithstanding the large number
who attended the Mid-week Sale at
Radford B. Smith's there were still !
more at the Saturday Sale last week.
Mr. Smith says that the customers
show theli1 appreciation of his efTorts
to give them better value than ever
for their money. Adv.
AN OLD CUT-UP.
There is a man In Michigan who
has undergone twenty-four aurglca.! '
operations.
This must seem like cutting an old
acquaintance. Cleveland Plain Deal
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