swarms.
rec‘d on 1230.
or. . '
‘ . George R. «Moffatt, of Cottage street,
' spent Saturday in Nonwalk.
‘ W
Miss iMatlie 11‘. Royt, of Ridueilcid,
spent the week end with her friend
Miss Ruth W, Mead, at Mrs. Leslie
, smith, Elmwood slime.
The Symphony Society Orchestra
V 'wlll hold a rehearsal in tile Norwalk
High School assembly hall tonight at
.‘eight o’clock sllurp.
' I, Miss Blanch Bailey, of Patterson, N.
n1, who has been spending a few days
with iler friend. *Mrs. -B_vxbee, of South
Main street, has returned to her home.
Yesterday was the first anniversary
oi‘ the marriage of bouts Larry Mc-
Afee and Miss jMarie Emily Scllock, of
iNorwalk. Theicerelnony was perform-
ed by the Rev: R. G. Hartley.
Frederick LamSOn, of New York: has
leased Mrs. Walter Harvey Woods was
idence. in Maple street, and the latter
is» residing in the Band apartments,
corner of West avenue and Orchard
street.
A daughter has been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Willis Hawkins, of Mount
Vernon, New York Mrs, Hawkins was
formerly 'Miss I‘Rutll Franks, and this
event makes Gustav Franke a grand-
lather.
The new Federal delivery truck of,
the George Hotchkiss Sons' Beef Conn
paay, with a station here in Ann
street, has been given into the com-
pany's hands. It is attracting not a
. [little attention about the city streets
today.
This winter has seen more inmates
at the Town Farm than any previous
one. The largest number which has
been at the institution at one time
since its existence was last week
when 78 were registered. Several
deaths have occurred and a few have
been discharged, so that now there
' are about 70.
Progress @131“,er 1, of the Fra-
ternal Forum Leaghe, held its weekly
meeting last evening. in the Fraternal
Forum League ‘IHall, Washington
street. 'A large number of members
were in attendance, and much business
of interest‘uas transacted. After the
Wrneeting nil adjourned to the banquet
room, whereaiigilt luncheon was serv-
Jed. , 7 ,
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~—‘\iuslc ilull tonight an all- star
cast in three parts, An Hour Before
'anu in llmllcl li‘rohman
A number of l)unbul,1 people would
South Nor walk yesterday to attend the
lunernl of Raymond wither. a former
resident of - 0:;
(111ml
llwd inf”. . .
and one a latter )3! tru e. was
member of the lint finishers’ Union
and or the Loyal Order of Moose. [to
sides the relatives from Danhury there
were also present at the funeral rein-
tires from liothol, Bridgeport. New
Illnlon and New York city.~l)anbury
Now it, Monday
5::
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fill-e
Masquerade
BALL
and TANGO
IExllljllitlon
Prize tor calol‘d wig
rmoav, MARCH 27.
Do your work?
Gas and, Electricity for Every Use
The United Electric
.,I
Come in and look us over. You
lell iind new faces at this old stand.‘
You will also find new prices. Our
stock of liousefurnishings is up to
date. “'13 cordially invite the peo-
ple of Norwalk to visit our store and
get acquainted. Telephone orders giv-
en prompt attention.
M. ; l , Olmstead
79 WASHINGTON 8T.
Prompt Delivery. Tel. 925.
Ash Cans
“e $111010.
Garbage
Calls 391: .
to 5150
Albert F. Gellebe
25 West Washington St.. -
South Norwalk.
Phon’o 1069-2. Prompt Delivery.
TIRES
Orders placed with us now for April
delivery will assure your purchasing
at the present low price. Quotations
on most any of the best lines.
My prices are low. What are your
requirements? A card will bring you
(quotations. Call or phone. I have
some bargains in used cars. l al-u
do Auto Repairing. Ford work in mi
branches
Austin's Garage
124 SOUTH MAIN 81'.
IOI‘ 'Phonc 1622-2, W. RaAuItln, i1
Woodward Avenue. 1
SLACK TRADE IN STIFF HArs.
'llultcrs in town are complaining of
the poor trade. in stiff hats. There
is but little work for the men and a
good proportion of them fin nothing
with $9 do though holdinjro
0M. in the shops that Insult
hing now. The men state that th
dropping off in the derby hat trade
is due to the exceeding popularity of
the soft hat. The departments of the
local shops engaged in mailing the
soft hats are rushed continually, as
. are the straw hat departments.
this time the batters are complainian
particularly of the conditions, 111-.
though they state that all this neasong
the work has been rather dull. Thom
who follow the trade maybe neouI
about the streets and in the clubs.
Some find an hour or two in the
morning to work, enough to keep
them going, but for the most part this
is all. The batters now working do;
olnro that there is nothing toithe ash
tailon here to make thp Croliut and
Knapp fair for union men again. ’E'l‘hoy
state that the union butters who par.
tlcipnted in the strike m block.
listed and that the would find work-
ring? in til Ill ‘
l
Light 81 Water Co.
Let’s Get Acquainted IMrs.AdaF. Altenbra‘udtl
Sole Agent for the
Jennings-Bragdon Co.
Tailor Made Stilts, Coats and
Skirts
Also a fine line of the new crease lunder any 8011 0f a recording system, throws the burden on the land and
Beautiful shades, 690 per 1lo concealed. Personal property “"1 throws it effectually. Every corpora-
less linen.
yard. Call and see samples
All Kinds of Messenger
Work and Shopping
with people a Specialty
6 West St. TSI. 1225-2. '80. Norwalk.
'EASTER.
CARDS
Large, Assortment
at All Prices
RIGGERMAN
R03., 64 North Main St...
Daily and Sunday Papers
Delivered.
lAml
now located at No. 85 North
Main Stimuli am prepared to
take orderb {for ladies' suits.
coats, to Repairing, clean-
ing and sing a. specialty.
Give me a trial
M Bella
Ladies’ Tailor
r 85 N. MAIN ST.
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Try out» of Our
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can.“ Who-a-
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HARTFORD. March 24. w"llo Tax
Officials' Association of Connecticut
Capltol, today. beginning at 11:15 'a.
m., in the old Senate Chamber.
ideut, presided. and gave an address
over the State being present. .
Varied phases of the'question of tax-
ation as it applies to Connecticut
towns and cities were discussed and
there were two speakers from out or
, the State. ‘Everett A Kingsley, of 'Wes-
terly, R. l., president of lithode Island
ITux Officials Association. and Lawson
il‘urdy. president of tilekiioard of Tax
ICommissloners of the Department of
ITnxes and Assessments of the City ct
i ”New York. Governor Simeon E. Bald-
;wiu and .AttorneylGeneral John H.I
ILight were the representatives of the
State at the meeting.
I After the presidents address Gover-
nor Baldwin \1 as introduced us the
first speaker
Governor Baldwin said in part:
“There are quite 11 number of public
olilces in this State which could very
I that direction has been made at times.‘
Iulthough generally in vzaln but nobody
i has ever questioned. i believe, the ne- -‘
cessity of keeping to our plan of local
Iitax officials in every town, our assess-
ore and boards of relief.
A large part of the burden of taxu-I
Itlou in every civilized country has got
to rest on the land. 'l‘llut cannot be
lllidden away. nor run its o'wnerslllp,
often, and does often uriggle out of
sight. The tcmtstion to c onceal it
when it is the form of indebtedness‘
intangible and invisible- seems to be
too strong for many a map to resist.1
A corporation bond which passes
from hand to hand in a moment, cannot.
easiy be followed by the tax assessor. '
This you all know is the reason.
good or bad, for our statute letting
a bondholder off if he pays four dollars
0 each $11000 bond annually may be
lthree or four times that. The differ
euce between four and fourteen or
.fifteen dollars is a premium paid for.
§colnmon honesty.
I am sorry it is so, but human na-
ture seems to be so constituted. in a
'graat many people at least, that they
can swear to a tax list, from which
they huve knowingly ommitted good
motors and bonds; i suppose many of
them salve tithir consiencees with
thelh belief that such property, it
they put it in their lists. would bei
overtaxed. From that, the next step
is to conclude“ that it ought not to be
taxable: and the final step is to as
sufna that they are not taxable I
held its second annual meeting at tho. I
‘ Mar- ,
- tin J. McEvoy.uf Wommm‘a
ll.‘?3°§.§ii..§i§i.l}iiii§§1 MEN
Tclhflow LydrnEPmklum
Vegetahle Compound Ro-
stored Her Dough-I
’1 his Health. I
Plover; Iowa—I “From a small child
In 18 your old daughter had female
weakness. I spake
to three doctor»
about it and they did
not help her any.
Lydia .,Piokhamfw
Vega able idiom;
"I pound had.
i great benefit to me,
MINTZ
”Will
3 She has taken fivo
‘ , 3 bottles of the Vega.
‘ table Compound ac-
cording to directions on the bottle and
she is cured of this trouble. She was
all run down when she started taking
the Compound and her periods did not
come right. She was so poorly and
weak that I often had to help her dress .
herself. but now she is regular and is
growing strong and healthy. "—Mrs.
MARTIN Harms, Plover, Iowa. * l
Hundreds of such letters expressing
gratitude for the good Lydia E. Pink-
a'm 11 Vegetable Compound hos accom-
plished are constantly being received
proving the reliability of this grand old
remedy.
If you are ill do not drag along and
continue to suitor day in and day out but
at once take Lydia E. Pinkham' a Vegcu
table Compound, a woman's remedy for
USED
$350, which we are closing out to
cars must go, and are bargains.
and look them over.
39 WALL STREET
Charge Accounts opened
Charge Accounts can be opened at the.
Without that Extra 25 to 40%
Added.
we haven lot of used automobiles ranging in price from $100‘to
F. E Lockwood 8 Co.
STORL
CARS
make room for new cars. Those
Call at F. E. Lockwood and (30.,
N ORWALK
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woman's ills.
if you wont special advice write to
LydiaE. Pinkham Medicine 00. (confl-
dontial) Lynn, Muss. Your letter will
be opened, road and 11119wa by u
woman and held in strict confidence. DIAMONDS' WATCHEsv
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contribution for the public expense.
,Evsry note is taxable on its value un-
less secured by a mortgage which
96 WASHINGTON STREET.
22 WALL STREET.
tion or municipal or State bond. not
so secured, is taxable. except those of
the United States or of Connecticut
railroads or street railways, and a few
that are especially exempted by 11 am
into particularly describing them.
‘And now a word about the new form
of tax lists prepared by the tax com-
missioner. it looks rather complical.
ed. it certainly is pretty long. It is
very searching, and finally. it is a
new thing, and therefore has not had
the advantage of long tolerance on the
part of taxpayers such as is apt to
come with familiarity.
it represents, however. a gooddenl
of careful thought and practical expe-
rience. it is pretty well adapted, when
fairly studied. and so fairly under-
stood. to get at the facts. We all want
the other man to pay his full taxes. and
he wants us to pay ours. You have got
to be somewhat inquisitorial in look-
ing up taxable personal prOperty.
l prophesy that this new tax list will
bring ‘out a large amount of personal
property that the assessors and boards
of relief have not got hold of hereto~'
fore. it will help also to equalize tax
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Paris
for womens‘
COLEBURN & LAU DER
THE JEWELERS.
——_—-
We have a carefuly selected stock of Sterling Silver and Silver
Plated W,are the latest designs of standard makers.
N01 cities of every description. We invite your inspection.
Repairing Illd Optical Work of All Kinds.
'rwo STORES.
The first Draped Skirts
were displayed 111
PICTORIAL REVIEW
for March, 1912—7 months
before any other pattern of-
fercd draped effects.
PICTORIAL REVIEW
05ers now as the latest from
The "JAPANESE", Collar
dresses. waists.
l have no patience with such peo-
Iple. They are selling their consienc-
‘ea; selling them to themselves and
. so as between towns. and so leave less
isurprlso for the state board of squall
. nation to spring on us That is a very
Now
is your chance to
thoosc and wear this, the lat-
for themselves. The laws of Connec-
ticut have no patience with t hem.
Under those laws every one of them
could be sent to state's prison for,
perjury.
I do not think this is general un‘
derstood. as it should be Many think
perjury can only be committed in
court proceedings. By no means. Our
statute as to offenses against public
justice, of {which this is one, does not
readso: “Every person," it reads,-
"who shall wilfully swear, affirm, orl
t'ostlfy falsely, to any material mat I
tor with an oath or afformation. as
required by law. shall be imprisoned
in a Jail not more than six months
or in the state prison not more than
five years." , ,
Many a man or woman. whose repu-
tation is fair in the community they
live in commit perjury of this kind
every year and might now be still
up in Wetilursfield if they had itiluiir
luut deserts. . " iI-wt'
Thorn is no room left to plead ignon
once that bonds, with only a few e11-
coptiona, ure tunable. Our new form
of tax list makes it very clear. The
attorney general gave a plain opinion
on that question within the last year
or two. Anybody who underatandp the
English language could understand
that opinion. The state treasurer has
issued circulars and published adverI
tisomonts calling attention to the re-
llet to ho had. through registering
bonds in his olhco. ' i want to urgoon.
you to do your part, each one of you,
would post up in your silicon or fronted
copy of it in lam print, with a hood-
ing calling oitiihtion to what it ma.
Headlines 1m in useful in an «motto
Alli!» scc'flhil.
l
an occasion arises i9, making this opin’a .
ion of the attorudylconorol known. It 4
would help priestly if you “norm ‘
important point to consider because
we have got to make up our minds as
a people that a heavier State tax must
be laid in 1915. and so on indefinitely.
than was laid in 1913, if the State
-would keep her credit good, and her
financial policy a fair one. .
It is not a fair financial policy to
C‘os'umc. 1.3 reins
lug fashion.
est style from Paris first.
A't our Pattern Countcr,
you may inspect this charm-
For Sale at DONNELLY'S,
JEWELRY, CUT GLASS.
Also Silver
SOUTH NORWALK.
NORWALK.
Why Not Be the First One to Wear the Really New Stylesl
PlCT'ORlAL REVIEW
PRESENTED
THE "MINARET" STYLES
three months before any. other pattern.
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and misses’
coats, etc.
Costume, 15'09fllfi
16 South Main Street.
spend as we did this last year three
and oneIhalf millions on good roads
and borrow it on long bonds for pos-
terity to pay. Posterity will not see
lIliltled roads that we are build.
ing when the bonds come due. and they
are bonds hlch ostorit will be call-
ed upon mwmoet.p'l‘he grades and out» reservation last year, succeeding Cap-
tions on the road will last. Every-l tain Frank Lassen. who was ‘0‘- ””5
thing else will have disappeared and ”9mm“! with the ““0“
been renewed very likely renewed cared for «the harbor lights, but this
twice over Ipositiou was taken when he left by
The people of Connecticut will come Thomas Hendricks, who still does this
and have either smaller work
State Willi/Bil appropriations or heav- The reservation comprises a tractor
icr £1 to tunes. Heavier State taxes three and ninetcnthn acres. or about
will emphasize the duty of assessing half the island, and on the reservation
local taxpayers at a fair rate and not are located one tvro- story stone dwell
discriminating against some by assess- ing, a single-story storehouse and a.
int; one kind of property El 111 higher wooden penthouse. The lighthouse is
valuation than other kinds unless it i .mp1. or the dwelling and is one or the
really worth more. You gentlemen. oldest on Long island Sound.
have a hoary responsibility hero, and It has not been in use since the
A State as R. “"1010 WT“ call you 8000 erection 01 the Green Fl ROOT “Elli. on
and faithful servants if you discharge Roton Point. some years a”, but the
it as the law provides.” government has since maintained a
M keeper on the property, and it has
SOMEONE WANTED .
A LlBllTHOIIBE
(Continued from mm mo.)
land, by calling it Smith's island af-
ter lilo fm‘mer owners, instead of the
chanter name of Sheffield island.
Mr. fitnlmll's sister and brother-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Olson, oi South
Norwaik, were the caretakers of the
/
most used in Ilho daytime by marl
hers ,
Theo nth-e island was at one time
used as a farm, and the original culti-
: voter was Gershom Smith who croco-
mg, principals kbpillllhemmfl on a lamina/use upon it so early as
as tile "Old solar: island lebhil Wildcat. 0: lots years it has been used
ofnolnilr in «8079an circles #3..» a summer resort, with the excep-
the Sheffield island Licththi "lion of the government “anthems ros-
w
y...
He also,
continued to be one of the landmarks ,
1-13
and Sheffield Island. There are sever-
al houses upon Mr. Meotre's property,
a fine pout house, tennis courts, ban- I-
nerleo, and a good pier with deep water H" ‘
for landing punposes on sheltered por-
tion of the island. This property is of-
dared for sale, Mrs. Mootre's health null
being helped by living here, as was ex-
mooted it would be. . '
0n the other side of the government ,
reservation John J. Cavamlgih, of the
Crofut and Knapp dial. Company, has‘
' a large house. Also on this end there:
is a iboathouse which is occupied by
campers during the summer.
The island is one at the most beau-
tiful in the harbor. It commands to
view of the shore and on its southern
side permits an unobstructed viewot ,
Long Island Sound and the island ly-
ing beyond, It is entirely surrounded,
by water nearly all of the time, at.
though at extreme low tides the east-
ern extremity some distance dram the
western portion is bare a few foot.
Many regard it as thoimost ideal all
all the islands in the Norwaik Group,
which are tumour up and‘down' the
sound for many miles.
Mr. swoon could not 1151011111611 1o~ I
day by a Sentinel reporter and them
fore what he will do with the prom
is not Rhona:
“who on. no.1. may be found
will by phone only. no. his us
once u in 11 newspaper office. We as the Namath Unmd Main Stallion. orvation. A nilfl‘dlilll‘ or cottages llltl out stunner poses, and mm
' ' . Itrhtiou't road militia: or Norwich island ughthwso honor- 11. summer hotel have 'boon meted cloth John W. cursor! have hot:
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