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m ' - W E D N E S D A Y , A U G U S T 27, 1924 G r a n t J . Tefft, | p i | : m - I f p t fosftrf • p jj | p p p . - jK v r t§ £ ; \.H \v P u b lished w e e k ly and e n t e r e d ‘ a t the Postoffice a t Greenw ich, 'N . Y . , as ____ second class m a il m a tte r . _ S U B S C R I P T I O N P R I C E T h ree M o n th s - - $ .50 S i x M o n ths - - $1.00 ■One Y e a r ” - $2.00 (rf? ■.V. » . - U P T O T H E P E O P L E . N o ore who is acquainted w ith D is tric t A M q r n ty Bascom w ill be sur prised to read in this paper his prom p t reply#to the letter f r o m P r o h i b itio n A g e n t Shaffer to a correspond e n t in E a s ton, w h ich w a s published la s t week. M r . S h a ffer’s aspersions upo n onr d istric t atto r n e y were sure to provoke a response,® an d some readers w ill w o n d e r tha t H r . Bas- co m ’s letter is so m o d e rate in tone. I t w o u ld be too bad to have a n of- flcial who is charged w ith duties as im p o r t a n t , an d as fa r behind in the ir perform a n c e , as those o f M r. Shaffer devote too m u c h tim e to w r itin g let ters, bu t one can hardily re frain fr o m w ishin g tRat he w o u ld take up the subject once m o re and e x p la in in de ta i l w h e rein M r. Bascom ’s statem e n ts set fo r t h in his letter this week are incorrect or his position inconsistent. W e w o u ld n o t encourage a fruitle s s discussion betw e e n public officials seeking fo s h i t t responsibility fo r law less conditions, b u t such a discus sion m ig h t not prove fruitless. I t m ig h t m ake p lain to the public the w e a k spots in the prohibition enforce- TOfent system. IBTON H C H SHIN; BODY FOUND IN CISTERN (C o n tinued fro m Page 1) kn o w W e lch and had n o t been a t the farm , since A p r il. F r o m the condition of the body i t w a s believed that it had been i n the cistern fo r some time, possibly six weeks. W e lch was know n to be addicted to drin k , and at the tim e he was arrested fo r g u n p lay here he w a s said to have been intoxicated. So fa r as can be learned, W e lch and Mrs. M itchell were never on frie n d ly term s a g a in afte r the s h o o tin g i n cident. She continued the popcorn business here throu g h la s t sum m e r and s tarted in a g a in this s p r in g b u t c a m e 'u n d e r strsplcioff* of conducting a bootlegging business in connection w ith it. O n M a y 31 of this y e a r she w a s arrested a t Cossajruna b y U n d e r Sheriff A lexander and S tate Trooper Jo h n s o n , who found h e r selling hom e brew from her autom o b ile w h ich wan parked near R ic h a r d s ’ h a ll where a dacne was in progress. She w a s held on the charge, h e r car w a s confis cated and she spent several days in S a le m ja i l . W h e n the case cam e be- COURT TI TO BE HEU AT SAIBII G r a n d an d T r ia l Ju r o r s Drawn^s- Justice C rapser o# M a s s e n a W ill Preside— T e r m O p e n s Septem b e r S. The Septem b e r te r m o f suprem e court fo r W a s h in g t o n county w ill coin vene a t S a le m M o n d a y m o r n in g , Sep tem b e r 8. Justice C r a p s e r o f ,Mas- sena w ill preside. G rand and tria l ju r o r s to serve a t th is te r m -were draw n F r id a y at the county clerk’s .of fice, as follow s : G r a n d Ju r o r s Dresden— Charles H o lcom b , W il lia m H . M e llon. E a s t o n — C h a rles H ill. F o r t A n n — C h a rles A . C ram e r F o r t Edward- CMltlTn BEST SfELLEfl Dorothy La V a lley W in s Cont>est and W i l l 'R e p r e s e n t C o u n ty a t S t a t e Ffr D o r o thy L a V a lley, twelv’e-year- iiid F'ort E d w a r d g irl, and a p u p il of the F o r t E d w a r d U n io n school, won the Washington county spe llin g cham p ionship a t the contest held F r i day a t the E d u c a tion building at the W a s h ington county fa i r grounds. Helen Com b s of A r g y le won second standing and w ill be the alternate representative of this county at the -sate fa ir- in Syracuse. E ig h t e e n candidates to o k p a r t in U . G. E llis, D a n i e l ! the contest, as follow s ; K e a t in g , E d w a r d C o n g d o n . G r a n v ille — George Rice', N a t h a n G o ldburg, H a r v e y R a n d a ll, A m b y C o l vin. G reenw ich— O. W . Tefft. H e b r o n — Fred D u r h a m . . Ja c k s o n — J o h n C a ry. K in g s b u r y — C h a rles W . K e llogg, Charles E. D w y e r, O r s o n C. R ichards. P u t n a m — C. E . Dedrick. S a le m — J a m e s M . B e a ttie. W h ite C reek— H e r b e r t E . Pierce, F r a n k H o lden. m o re than weak-kneed officeholders. W h ite h a ll — J o h n R . M e L a u c h lin, fore Federal Ju d g e Cooper she was I J o h n O ’B rien, R o b e rt C. F a g a n , fined one dollar. She had some tim e i T r ial Ju r o r s before th is occurrence rem o v e d t o j A r g y le — J a r v is L. K e y w o r th, Ed- M iddle F a lls, where she still lives, i m ° nd P 0.n.0ck- , T „ „ „ ’ ^ . .... C a m b r idg e — H o race Kenyon. F o llo w in g her arrest and convicition j D r e s d e n — J e r o m e B a r tholom e w , fo r d e a lin g in in to x icatin g liquors, Ju liu s H u n t . her license to sell popcorn in th i s v il- 1 E a s t o n — W illia m T. Connor, A . B . lagfe w a s revoked by the board o f W ilb u r . T F o r t E d w a r d — W i l l i a m J. Ross, pus t e e s . B e rnard M c B w e n , W illia m H . C&hee, S h e r iff W illia m s and U n d e r Sheriff E d w a r d C. A llen, Jo h n Copeland. M o r r is o f Rensselaer county, accom- G r a n v ille W illia m Munso'n, Moses ■ , , T. , ■- ,, , ,, Vt. Freydberg, P o r ter B. Johnson, Jo- pam e d b y L n d e r S h e r iff A lexander o f | 9eph E J w a rtf8f George Cross, A s h ley this county, w e n t to M iddle F a ll s . , s , W ilson, George W . Lee. to interview Mrs^ M itch e ll,! G r e e n w ich— J a m e s Blanchard, _ E lm e r Potter, ' o n the case. She told them th a t she ■ O f course one weak spot is obvi ous. W eak-kneed citizenship, even j M o n d a y i b u t she was unable to shed any lig h t C o u r tla n L). Pollock I F irs t Supervisory D is t r ic t Dresden — George Peterson, 14 years, 7th grade; A l t a B a r r e t, 11 I years, 5th grade. F o r t A n n — B a r b a r a P o tter, 11 years, 6th g r a d e ; D o rothy H a n n a , 13 years, 7th grade. Hampton—none. P u t n a m — M a r g u e r ite Colb-y, 15 years, 7th grade. W h ite h a ll — Clarence Terrien, 13 years, 7th g r a d e ; Frances S t a r k , 12 years, 6th grade. Second Supervisory D istrict G r a n v ille — R e g in a ParkeT, 11 years, 7th g r a d e ; Jo h n Braynman, 13 years, 7 th grade. Hartford—None. H e b r o n — N o n e . K in g s b u r y — R o b e r t N e lson, 9 years iith grade; M c C o y C u r ley, 11 years, tit h (Trade. T h ird S u p e r v isory D is t r ic t A rgyle— H e le n Combs, 14 years, Mh grade; t)o n a l d N ichols, 14 years, ('th grade. E a s ton— N o n e . F o r t E d w a r d — D o r o th y L a T a lley , 12 years, gidcfe; S y lv ia n ia k e r ,'11 years, 7th giade. i, Greenw ich — W r i g h t Johnson, years, 8th grade;. F o u r t h Supervisory D istric t C a m b ridge— Eva- Sclnveninger, years, 8th grade. Jackson— N o n e , • S a lem — None; • W h ite Creek— .MLary D u d ley, years, 8th grade:. 13 12 See our F o r Sale or W a n t Ads. C w ttlty G r a n g e a't E a s t o n . ' ’’ Th-e ^W a s h ington .co u n t y Pom o n a, w i ll Hieet at B u r ton h a ll, E a s ton, Sat- urdiis', S e p tem b e r 6. A s the m e e t in g o £ tlie ,s ta t e g r a n g e is to be h e ld a t S a r a toga S p r ings -this year, m e m bers of lpea.1 granges are advised to take the fifth degree a t the county meetang nest week in order to bi reads Fw the sixth degree a t the state g r a n g e m e e ting. II I I ij Insure Means To Make Sure ii Have you-MADE SURE that your Automobile is pro tected properly for FIRE and THEFT ? Inb-the 'recent news columns yorn have read how two parties near Salem lost everything oi value that could be removed from their cars; another item told you of the total loss of a Ford Coupe by fire while 4n a pri vate garage. These losses are coming ri ght near home. WHY NOT LET A STRONG INSURANCE COM PANY CARRY YOUR RISK, Rates for -both fire and theft are reasonable. We Jhavfe a supply of the new Operator’s License Ap plications. E f f i c i e n t s e r v i c e Investments, Real Estate: and Insurance No. 9 Hill Street Phone 61 GREENWICH,' N. S'. Horace J . Taber Carl R. Baldwin s V j ; f t i i- I ‘ \ ‘ Iv . • f * \i f* r - S a le m — W a r r e n H a n k s . W h ite Creek— G e o rge W . A u s t in jr. W h ite h a l l — F r a n k D o u g lass. LAST FRIEIAY EVENING F o r d C o u p e W e n t W ith I t — F ire A la r m C o llided W ith the C u rfew B last. is the trouble. A citizen ca lls upon , “ ** « » « “ *««i »»<■ « « S te w a r t H a n k s , Jo h n M o rrison, Jo h n ’ffle district atto r n e y to enforce the nac* not seen W e lch since their trou-, n F ielding. Jaw b u t refuse? to sign a com p laint b ‘? w h ich culm inated in his s h o o t in g 1 H a r t f o r d — B e n ja m in C o llins, Le- fnmicVi fviH e n rp t pt the officers t r o u g h the door at her. ; v a n t R y d e r , Charles H a t h a w a y , or fu r n ish evidence. Let the otncers , K in g s b u r y — M a u r ice D e G o ly e r ,- P a u l w h o are paid fo r such w o rk do it, he . M rs. M itchell told the officers that w n cox. says. The district attorney has only she was m a rried to W e lch in Cam- P u t n a m — Royee Backus, n u n o r to pass on to the federal en- 1 b r idge about fo u r years ago. She forcem e n t officer, and the latte r , as : lived w ith h im a little more than a M r . Shaffer did last week, bland ly ' y e a r, and then was separated from points out th a t he hasn’t been fur- him . She had been m a r r ie d before i n nished any “ real evidence.” Then E n g la n d , she said, to a m an nam e d ih e weak-kneed o r ig in a t o r o f the com- | M itchell, w h o m she divorced in Cali- p l a i n t loudly berates the officers as in- . f o m i a ab o u t five years ago. •efficient, corrupt and w o rthless. He | The Rensselaer county officers have ■forgets to condemn him s e lf as an in- ; c o n ferred w ith C h ief o f Police Cor- eilirient and w o rthless citizen. I f h e jo o r a n and w ith M r. and Mrs. H o m e r ■would stop and th in k he would realize M a ttiso n here, seeking in fo r m a tio n th a t no w a r was ever w o n and no re- 'a b o u t W e lch ’s associates. Y e s terday I fo r m ever accom p lished by those w h o ' they were looking fo r a m a n n a m e d j ------ vere “ p a id to do it.” B r a d Gooding, a p a in ter, said to b e I The g a r a g e at the rear of R . A . I f the people of this state, o r a a friend of W e lch’s and also reported | W ilso n 's residence on C o ttage street sub s ta n tia l m a j o r i t y of them , earnest- |to be one of the last persons who saw w a s destroyed by fire F r id a y even- ly desire the enforcem e n t o f the pro- h im alive. One report is th a t W e lch, | in g , to g e t h e r w ith a F o rd coupe be- W b ition law , the n violation of it w ill ' G o o d ing nnd tw o w o m e n were m ; lo n g in g to R. A . W ils o n , jr. W h e n shortly become a distinctly hazardous Hoosick F a lls together early in J u l y , j discovered the fire h a d m a d e such I pastim e . If they do not w a n t it en- w h ich seems to be about the last, progre SS th a t alth o u g h the fire m e n 1 forced; i f they p e r m it the repeal o f know n o f his m o v e m e n ts. arriv e d p r o m p t ly the y could do little f ^ fh e state p r o h ib it o n act to 'g o unre- Weloh was fo r t y _fonr years of a&e. \ m o re th a n to p r e v e n t the spread of b u k e d ; i f they lim i t the ir service to 1 B esides his parents he is survived b y the blaze t0 M r - w 'lson’s ' hou<e th e cause they profess to sup p o r t to | f o u r sistprsi M r s . A !b e r t M o s tiff, 3Irs.| There w a s no in8OTanc(’ on the bu,M th e w r it in g o f anonym o u s letters o f | G )pn T h u rber and M r s . A lb e r t R i(£ , in g , b u t th e loss on the car m - com p laint, then they m a y expect legal I o f c-am b r idgei and M r s . H o m e r M a t-! Partially covered b y in s u r a n t , prohibition to become as dead as the tison of Greenw ich, and a b r o t h e r ,' H o w the fire o r ig in a t e d is un- ^ Jo h n W e lch 'k n o w n . M r . W i l s o n . h a d driven h i s l . __________________car early in the evening and h a d 1 placed E d w a r d E. P r a tt, W illia m Brockw a y ! O F F bine law s of o u r fathers, regardless of th e fact that it is w r itten into the na tio n a l constitution. ill STATE By IS IS PARKER'S PREDICTION Lord Didn’t See Much to Admire in Wordsworth i Expects H e a v y V o te for Coolidge and D a w e s — Expresses View s on S t a t e T ickct to Rensselaer R e p u b licans. S p e a k ing S a tu r d a y afternoon be fore the Rensselaer C o u n ty R e p u b li ca n club C o n g r e s s m a n Ja m e s S. P a r k e r of S a lem m a d e the prediction th a t President Coolidge and General Charles G. D a w e s w ill ca r r y New i Y o r k state in the com ing election by from £0*0,000 to 1.000,000 m a jo r it y . Con&rre=sman Parker ha= recently m a d e a tour of the state and his pre diction is based on a canvass o f con ditions in a g r ic u ltu r a l as w e ll as u r b a n com m u n ities, he stated. M r. P a r k e r said tha t the sw in g to the Coolidge-Dawes ticket has been of trem e n d o u s volum e . In addition to this C o n g ressm a n Parker believes the R e p u b lican state ticket w ill score a victory by a wide m a r g in , p a r t ic u la r ly w ith the nom ination of Speaker H . E d m u n d M a c hold of W a terto w n for governor and the possibility o f Col. Theodore Roosevelt, jr . , assistant secretary of th e navy, being prevailed upon to accept the no m in a t io n fo r lieu t e n a n t governor. it in the g a r a g e some two hours before the fire was discovered j at ten o'clock. M r . W ilso n , sr., b y ' tt, , , , , , . — , . a lu c k y chance had h is car at Hedges W o rdsworth Is held up for the de- i / . * • r f s l v e gnze n f f u t u r e s e n e r n t i o n s i n t h e , a^ e instead § f in the garage that journal of the fourth l.orri H o lland, j evening. published' In London. J A n odd coincidence in connection H is lordship was a languid yoting w ith the fire w a s t h a t a n a la r m was , m a n of fashion, who employed part o f | telephoned in at ju s t te n o’clock, and| his lebure in the early days of the, M r s A _ R _ G rifen, w h o received the I Nineteenth century In keeping a rathor j calL th r e w the fire alarm sw itch the ! n u ll jo u r n a l Into which thp unlordly * , I • . . sam e second th a t Officer Corcoran • public Is at length perm itted to gas-e, . , . . , , , says tlie Ltrins? Arp. I threw m the SW ltck to sound the cur- | One pnrngrnvh, srrawled on the pve- i few . The result o f th e double car- J ning nf M arrh IS. 1S02. suflW s , T ioot - ' re n t w a s a blow n o u t fuse. The fire e'er, to redeem the Journal, for, the | s iren g a v e ^ o n e low m o a n and quit, J more Im p o r tant topic of food hclng j and the fire a la r m w a s taken up by safely disposed nf. 'Lord H o lla n d Ive-j tbe engin e house b e ll an d tbe Con st.,ws three aristo.-ratic sentences on | t k le n t a , m i], w h istle . v\ ornsn o r t h : at the R ' s A very d u ll a f fair. W e h;id. Iio • e\er. asperges, a rarity at this se:i=nn. Lady B . in formed me that these, as well as the pntnmes de terre. were sent direct from the pctatc Over tlie wine talked a young Mr W o rd* vorth —a pom p o n s conceited kind of young nan. anti a poet. H e helnncs tn the new school of rnntinjr. rnutine. Germ a n izing vapor- Ists. One Im1; to meot very odd people sometimes,\ 4 I t is a c a s e o f M U S T . Every stitch of Summer Clotliing must, be sold--Every garmenj: is booked for a quick salle— hence a Discount of T W E N TY-FIVE per cent. Sale Only 3 Days—Thursday--Friday & Saturday A U G . 2 8 , 2 9 , 3 0 THE M. SONN COMPANY > i 1 j, leste*— Ifel; M u s ical a t H o s p ita l. The jiublic is in v ite d to attend a _ m u s ical evening to be held at Flor- ' snce N ig h t e n g a le hall, M a r y M c C lel la n hospital, C a m b ridge, on W e d n e s d a y evening, Septem b e r 3, at eight o ’clock. The program w ill be by ^ r s . M e llicent Jam e s , soprano, and the W G Y T rio of Schenectady. The proceeds of the e n te r tainm e n t w ill g o . to w a r d the students’ loan fu n d of S k idm o re college and M a r y M c C lel la n hospital school of n u r s ing . A fte r th e concert dan c ing w ill be enjoyed. The Obscure and Faithful W h a t w e 'call illusions are oftpn, in truth, a wider vision of post and pres ent re a litie s —n w illing movem e n t n f a m an’s soul w ith the larger sweep of the w o r ld’s forces— a movement to ward a more assured end th a n the chances o f a single life. W e see hu man heroism broken into u n its and say this unit did little-rfnight a s well not have been. B u t in this way we m ight break up a great arm y Into u n its ; in this way we m ight break the sunlight into fragm e n ts, and think that this and the other m ight be cheaply parted w ith it. L e t us, rather, raise a m o n u m e n t to the soldi-erg who#e brave hearts only k e p t the ranks unbroken, and m e t death— a m o n u m e n t to the fa i t h f u l w h o were not fam o us, and who are pr*clou» as the continuity of the sunbeam s Is pre cious, though some of them fall un seen and on barrenness.— George Eliot. Fire Near Shushan. F ire of u n k n o w n o r ig in T u e s d a y de stroyed a b a r n , w a g o n house and g r a in shed on th e fa r m of Robert B a rnes, one m ile east o f Shushan. F a r m in g tools as w e ll a s tw o head of stock w e re destroyed e n t a ilin g a loss of abou t $3,000, w h ic h is .p a r t ia lly covered b y insurance. ' H e r r in g t o n s M e e t T o m o rrow . The te n th a n n u a l reunion o f the H e r r in g t o n s and th e i r descendants, w h ich is u s u a lly one o f the largest o f the num e r o u s fa m i l y picnics held hereabout, w ill tak e place tom o rrow , T h u r s d a y , at H e d g e s lake. Lines in His Line W ife— J o h a , you- are getting terribly w rinkled. H u b b y (an advertising m a n a g e r)— T h a t's all right, my dear. In my bust* neSs a steady Income In total lines Is a source ot satisfaction.— Bost<o T r a n s c r ip t was very Economy Kay— M a c ’s courtship short, w a sn’t it? Fay— T«s. Indeed. I p u see his giri seven little brothers and sisters .ind bribing a crowd like that Is a blj» -xpense.— New Y o r k S o n an a Globe TH E S T O R E S W ITH T H A T GOOD BU T T E R ™ e G L E N W O O D co THE BUSY NEW STORE--QUALITY TALKS POTATOES ROUND * RED STAR GLENWOOD CREAMERY 2 LBS. BLUE' LABEL CATSUP Large ■ High Grade GREEN 1 1-2 lb c a n L o n g T h r e a d C a m p b e l l ’ s Japan T ea TODDY COCOANUT BEANS 49c III. 6 3 c r■ . - - i 29c t > 3 for 2 5 c GLENW OOD FANCY C O F F E E A delightful MILD BLEND ol StilL QUALITY Sellimg NEVER - at ANGES GLENWOOD HOME - MADE 8 oz. Jars 2 5 c £2 3 9 c w ith 1 0 ib * . 6 9 c G R E E N W I C H r a E n a a i m r a r a i ^ ^ }
