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THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1912
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"I IATURE ALMANAC FOR
TOMORROW
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SOCIETY NOTICES
l MASONIC DIRECTORY.
Al members of Old Well Lodge, No.
108,‘ F. and A. M.. intersted in the
fornLing a Fellow Crafts team are re~
que‘ ed to meet at the lodge room,
Frigy evening, March 8th, 1912» at
7:?910’clock.
Fraternally yours,
F. s. LYON, W. M.
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Cents a Copy -- $5 a Year
The members of Old Well Lodge,
“04108, F. and A. M., have a cordial
and fraternal invitation to attend
Church worship at the South Norwalk
M. . Church on Sunday evening,
- Ma ch 10th, 1912.
A'oemble at the lodge'room at 6
o'cltck p. m.
' Fraternally yours.
‘ F. S. LYONr W. M.
A‘ttest ROBT, M. WILCOX, Scc'y.
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80 TH NORWALK BOARD OF
TRADE
firesident~Nehemlah Candee.
V‘ice-President—Charles J. Pldgeon.
Secretary—Frank W. Hadley. ,
Wreasurer—Matthew Corbett,
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RAlLWAY WAGES AND RAILWAYE
.EARNINGS.
’lihere were substantial increases in
the. wages of railway employes dur-
ing the fiscal year lilll. Reports filed
~ with the interstate Commerce Com-
mi.sion show that the total compcir
sat on to the employes of railways
over 500 miles long was $1,003,277.2lli.
Th‘ total wage cost to the railways
for; the. year was greater by “Lillian.
822‘ titan it would have been at the
raths of pay in effect during lttll), and
greater by $69,297,678 than it would
ha 0 been at the rates of pay in effect
- during 1909.
, ‘otwithstanding an increase of 2,-
‘~ 10 in the miles of railway operated,
th re were fewer etnployes on the. pay
who June 30, lull, than on June 30,
19 0, by 31,037. yet the total com-
pensation paid. to employes during
191} was greater than that paid during
19 0 by $49,976,2l6. This is greater
than the increase in the gross carn-
ilt‘s of the railways by 22,595,121.
Th. net revenues of the railways,
w ‘ich are what is left after paying
(hiring expenses, fell off by $40,988.-
539 during this same period in which
do ponsation increased nearly fifty
million dollars.
. ii‘hose figures are summarized from
Bulletin No. 28 of the Ilureau of Rail—
" wt‘y Economics. which is based on Old
p «it reports made by the railways to
:fv the Interstate Commerce, Commission,
L on which exhibits in detail a compar
foot) of the aggregate. compensation to
at event classes ol'empioyes. the. num-
“ be of omployes of different classes.
‘ p ‘d the relation to railway traffic for
:11 firscal years 1909. 1910 and 1911.
' File summary of revenues and ex-
penses of the steam railways over
fifty miles in length for the. month of
i - .
December. just issued by this bureau.
shows that for the calendar year 1911
this total operating revenues were less
htan for the calendar year 1910 by
$27,698,780, and the‘uet revenues less
by 322286.784. ‘
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l RIGHT TO THE. pom-r.
, i‘ tether man killed by his wife. Are
. l, e dear sisters going to make it so a
' will take his life in his hands
h‘he marches to the altar?-—Hous-
on Post.
.‘Adam Bede says he roves New Eng-
‘ l ‘I, tor the enemies she has made.
' ye ought to be pretty strong in some
° mm on that basis—New Britain
Mud menphone; His voice
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SENTINEL
READERS’
VIEWS
A COMPETENT HEAD NEEDED.
Favor; Uniting High School and EIe-.
mentary Schools.
March 6, “HQ.
The Editor of The Sentinel:
The column for correspondence in
The Sentinel always interests me. I
like to know what the other fellow
thinks about things, and i care very
little generally whether he agrees with
me or not. The printed page. is highly
influential in South Norwnlk, and
doubtless also in Norwnlk.
Your Elssue of today contains a valu-
able letter that refers to the school
question. The writer of the letter
seems to think that it would be a ser-
ious mistake to unite the high school
principalship with the town superin-
tendency. You will, i trust, allow one
who has had definite. experience with
the proposition to answer the opinions
therein expressed.
For somewhat over seven years, i
was both high school principal and
town superintemleut in liloomtlold, N,
Cl. The salary paid at the illllt‘ was
the some as it is proiioscd to pay here,
three thousand to thirty~llve hundred
dollars. The towns are of about the
same size and general character.
There never was any complaint there,
and my successor still bus the some.
Oilli‘teS. in fact. i have always known
that i was called from liloomlicld to
l’atcrson to take charge of the city
normal schools. the two high schOOls
and the many elementary schools, in
all some twenty thousand pupils. largo
ly because i was fairly successful with
:lhc high school. There was no mys-
tery about my election in 'l’atcrson.
for that large city is just north of
Bloomfield. and its people had ample
opportunity to find out the facts as
to whether my services were accept-
able n~pon that. combined basis.
' if a man is competent to take
charge of a high school. he is compe-
tent, to manage elementary schools. 1
have had a pretty wide opportunity
both as a city superintenilt-uu and as a
visitor in all parts of America‘to see
how the dual plan works, and i shall
heartily recommend it to such mem-
bers of the present school committees
as care to ask my advice. When a
competent Inuit is employed, the plan
certainly tends to harmonize the
Schools,
All the foregoing is sent to you sole-
ly with reference to the principlfe in-
volved. The question as to whether
any person now in the service of the
public schools is fitted by tempera-
ment, ability. training and experience
to be both high school principal and
town superintendent is one that need
not be discussed in the public prints.
it is well known that the present su-
perintendent ol‘ the schools in South
Xurwalk is in no sense. aficandidnte
for any school position ’or combina-
tion of positions in the town next year,
He is finishing his fifteenth year as a
city school superintendent. and of
course.‘is perfectly familiar with the
lay of politics in this town. After fif-
teen years of public oiiice as a city
school superintendent. he is perhaps
entitled to lay down the burdens and
to escape from the difficulties of the
work.
_] have no doubt that the school an-
thorities who are to select the new
town superintendent, perhaps also. high
school principal, have ditty considered
all the factors in the situation, and
will get the best man available, so far
as they are competent to see such a
man, and to unite upon his election. .
The reduction of the committee oil
twenty to nine or so in October, 1913,
at the time ofthe next town election
will, however, make some experienced
school superintendents shy of taking
a place here lest their tenure be brief,
owing ’to change of control. ‘ '
In the case of division inter of the
town into two separate cities, -tho
present high school building would
make a good grammar school, and the
city could then build a suitable high ,
school heartlts center of population.
With our new library and city hall,
there will be rotty strong movement
to cut apart tram the town Which has
now been so ‘gerrymnndered as to give
to the rural districts practically free
‘swing.’ Those who really know the
rural districts will wonder how much
progress in sch001 affairs the parent:
and pupils will really see next year
under‘the partial and temporary con;
solidation ad interim.
Very respectfully,
WILLIAM E. CHANCELLOB.
Superintenae t.
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FAIRY TALES.
in Childhood’s days in fairy tales
we used to take delight,
They used to make us happy
when we went to bed at
night.
The gnomes and dwarfs and
giants used to interest us so.
And along with lock, with
eager eyes we watched the '
beanstalk grow.
in Cinderella’s sorrows and in
Cinderella‘s joys
We shared. as have so many
other girls and boys, ‘
The bold exploits of Puss in
Boots filled full our hearts
with glee,
And we liked the pretty story
of the Princess and the Pen. "
Those happy days are gone so
long our memory sometimes
fails ‘
To bring them back. but even
now we oft' hear fairy tales,
For people come and tell us
things we know well can’t be
true.
And those tales don't delightus
as the old tales used to do.
Oh, life is full of fairy tales; we
hear them every day,
' The women folks especially to
cheer them on their way.
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to childhood days again,
But think ”of all the fairy tales
that women hear from men!
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We are still Rounding Up
Bargains in Stock Taking
Combination
HOUSE
It is something diifcrent, some—
thing new. We are the first
in this city to supply every
woman the dress she has been
waiting for. These dresses
are made. of ‘finest quality
Percalcs.
bottom, in front. Has two
pockets, three-quartoer length
sleeves, with cuffs. You will
of dressyou ever purchased.
Opens from top to-
find it the best dollar's worth .
than ever.
taking stock. Have
The Friction Transfer
Pattern for stamping lin-
en, china. otc.; several im-
pressions can be made
from each design. Spe~
clal .................. 10¢
. E are still giving greater bargains
This will not last
long because we are near through
you visited us dur-
i“g"“s‘Round-Up Sale?
Have you profited by our Big Sale? if
not, this is the place to spend a few hours
TOMORROW
Renaissance
Doyiies
li‘xlfl inch sizes, all handmade
lloyiies; big value; regularly
lL‘c. Special
6 cents
Wool Shirts
Men's All Wool Shirts, long and
elbow length sleeves. with
Pants to match; regularly $1.
Special
83 cents
Shirts and Drawers
Men's Natural Wool Shirts and
Drawers; . regularly The. Spe-
cial
. 59 cents
Sweaters
Boys’ Cotton Sweaters, make
good pill)“ jackets; "warm and
comfortable: regularly 50c.
Special
29 cents
' Flowers
The biggest and best assortment
of Artificial Flowers in town
can be, found
in our store.
imported Flowers, Foliage,
lloscs, etc. Prices up from
25 cents
Mesh Bags ,
The biggest bargain in Mesh
Bags you ever saw. These
handsome Bags are 3% inches
regularly 59c. Spe-
square;
cial
24 cents
Fruit of the Loom
We are'fortunate enough to find
that we have another case of
this famous cloth to be put on
sale tomorrow at this wonder-
iul price. Regularly 10c.
6%c yard I
Our NewESpring Clocks &Suits
are coming in every day.
Finest Assortment and Best . of Quality, and
We have the
will be .. pleased to show you these 'when
you Visit our Department on the Second Floor -
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France and the impending strike or
the anthracite miners of this country
has gotten on the nerves of the Nor-
walk coal consumers to such an extent
, that everybody is demanding coal.
Some have gone so far as to order a
supply largo encugh to lost them over
until after next winter-has pained.
believing that in this way they can
dodge the rise in prices which they
figure is sure to come and perhtupe
come to my. y . ‘ a
'{it is ridiculdna to think'Whnt alien
will be a‘ shortage‘ot ‘coal by the time
next winter comes." said the dealer to
n Sentinel reparter. :“i'eopl‘a who or-
dinarily order trom~ono to two tone
u there is ‘9. coal mike, that there .
0! cool ere‘ now Jamming in. orders g,
for twenty tons and demand!“ tint“
3M:
fortunate and far-sighted enough to
lay in a great supply of cool, the firm
is now supplying a number of sur-
rounding towns with coal to withstand
the pressure, which seems to be gen-
eral. The local demands hove been
ouch, however, t‘halt the concern has
been forced to deny assistance to one
ot-town firms in order that they might
supply the home demands.
A dealer was asked if-thote were
any-indications that the prices in coal
would ascend and he stated that at.
present the outlook did not warrant
any increase in the price, unless that
stop be taken to quellrtho panic—for
laying in a supply to last over two
cocoons. ‘ .
While the reporter was discussion
the situation with a iooal‘doalor, the
latter was called on the telephttne by
robustness hasn‘tot‘this .city, when
none was ‘wtthheld. who 59v“. n his
or for three, kind: of cool to w,
from" county m “to list hunt
famine, evenvin the event of a strike
among the anthracite coal men, as the
operators have big reserve supplies
on hand.
The reports that have emanated
from Epgland and France as well as
the mem'drlos of the last strike, how-
ever. have disturbed the minds of lo.
cal burers. In France a few days ago,
coal advanced in prieeiront $5.50 per
ton to $13 in one leap. England faces
a grave crisis, nearly a million men in
other industries outside of the coal
companies being out of work. What-
the. conditions might be in America
are prohiomaticnl.
Local coal dealers are experiencing
some difficulty in replenishing their
supply of coal owing to the great do-
mundo all over the country, but. the
local situation l5 particularly affected ‘
by'tho demands of the trans-Atlantic
chipping companies of New York. The
big liners no unable ingot any Noon!
com and other side or the water.
‘ hi0 Milt
Norwalk Chronicler