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ANNUAL tutu
Substantial Sum Led in
Treasury and Many Per-
manent Improvements Are’
Made
The annual report of the town of
Wilton has just been placed in the
hands of the, town clerk for distribu-
tion, and contains many interesting do ‘
tails including the reports of the select-
men, the treasury, the school board
and much important data.
For the first time in many years
there is a substantial balance left in
the treasury amounting to the snug
sun of 81,446.99. and a decrease of
Liabilities of $1,188.93.
The summary of the expense is as
.105er DAVIS
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IOU'I’H NORWAU‘
workouts
...—-...
tiona ..... 5..... ......... .. mat ' ensues. N. J.. cauntoars'a 1
Bridge! ...... ‘ ............... 251.6. . VIEWS
Rent town clerk‘s oillce ...... 150.00 . l
Election Expenses .......... 7620 —
State aid roads .............. loom:i 3°“. E: Dudley. oemocrat. to Launch!
lndigenta .................... 1511.16 - Adm Catrina-an for the Nut
insane ....................... 941.22' Few Weeks
1:22:22 ..................... lggfigl Leo ‘ d (Orange, N. J., Advertiser)
.................... . . | H. E. Burgess, a" ('(llty, H. Robert E. Dudle . I new man ill
Town tutu ................. . 93.31 swimming, Benedict Scam, nary 1.1 panties will seek in mayor " m _
Taxes abated ................ 362.50 Mills, Edna 1". Mills, Robert 0. Ray- . . a y. t ‘
gown officers ................ 130t.67 : mend, Miss Emma Donny“: unition in West Orange this fall. Hts 01>,
rewa en .................
Vital statistics ............. .
Snow . ...................... . £7.90
Sikking fund ............... . 500.00
County tax ................. 278.82
State and military in! ........ 1976.34
Sundries .................... 517.35
Town's shares of Belden Hill
and Georgetown State Aid
Roads ...................... 53
C
Total ................... 818,466.65
School Statistics.
An exhaustive report of the expenses
and conditions of the local schools is
given. with an intcresting report from
98.41
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. follows:
1 Summary.
my m Highways . .. ................ $2026.06.
All Records in stock if they are Highways, special approvriw
to be had.
RECORD ALBUMS, RECORD :5
. CABINETS, OPERA E
. sooxs F
. '5 ': Ft 1‘
: : FRED H. PONTY g g a- '5
2" z. J1
l KODAK SHOP m i; 3
I t South Net-walk. Conn. E
P313“ “1°93“ Bufldinl Ned .......... 5340.00 2.32 22.90
| Bald llill ..... 540.00 1.00 9.90 '
"— ""41 Middlebrook .. moo 1.2: 23.80
licldcn liiil «ltiiiilll 25.00
. ‘Kcnt .. . .. . . , . 1.40.1111 1.9? 23.30
(‘annottdale ..‘muoo so 23w
' ews Chestnut Hill .458th 10.90
I ' iiuributt St. ...irmss 2,210 23.30
Georgetown .iiTili|.00 535.00
Silvcrminc ‘
, , _ . l liigh school
Mrs. tomes Gilligan. of . (cntci‘i 'l‘olitl ...... 37776.13 562.16 167.20
avenue. is at [resent suffering front a.
severe attack of the grippe.
l Supervisor's Report. 1
i To the School Committee and t‘itizcns
I of Wilton:
. .x' ... t . , ‘
Th9 two hounds 50“de and The schools of \i‘tlton. as well as:
Schenk from the Putnum “05“ ('0', those of cicry otltct' place. have exist-i
went fishin; yesterday in local ‘ ed this your under different conditions:
; titan ever before. The pressure of war.
iconditions has been felt here, and;
5 . :strongiy. More than ever before ltttst
Lady Mcmcltlan Lodge. 3‘0' 52' bccn the temptation to liccp children
Daughters 0? Scotia. Will mm H out to work. if not permanently. thcnt
meeting in Red Men‘s Hall. First at least a day at a time. This isdnoti
- .. . v. .. - ins it should be. While we wil a mil
District, In 8 oclock um tientng. I that labor is scarce. yet we should fol,
' low tlte-udtlce of those who sitoultl‘
Thursday evening. this week. will know. Press Wilson. iovcrnor 1101?
be “Men's Night" at the midweek comb, the department of war. agricul-
vie;\.'iCP oi the First Methodist Episcot tut-c. and many others in authority;
‘ have issued statcmcnts impressing on
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118) CNN," The subject for the e ‘ the minds of the people the ncccssityi
ning “I" be “Spending Life or Invest- of better educating the coming genelu]
ins LllB"Wl(‘h'-’" Following ”19 5"“ lion. Even the draft recognizes the.
vice there will be a special meetinI value of keeping students in school. i
of the. Men‘s Christian, Industrial if the children are to be kept in:
League. l school. it is necessary that he schools“
{give them something worth while.
This. 1 think is bcing done. in the reg.
nork men commenced this morn- ular subjects more diligence is being.
lng remodeling the front 0' “‘3 t'o displayed than ever before. Agricul',
east stores inihe Marvin block on ture and science are being studied
Washington street. Tlte two tttiioin-1 With care. aiming at the practical. in
“mg stores recently
addition to these studies. actttai sttcn-’
had new "on“ tion ls being given to the war. To be»,1
I’llt ”1'le when ”“3 latest improve- gin with. half a day each week has.
ment is completed the €113!le Vi“ bccn devoted to a patriotic program.
further beautify this already busy in ordcr to accomplish this. .hardcr
thoroughfare. I work has ltad to be done the rest of
NH? school week. that loss be not felt
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\Vord has been received that. Miti-
‘ in the regular subjects.
lluring this patriotic period. we have
shipman Waiter Harvey W004. "'4 lztken tip dotinite study of the duties
who is one of’ the 1.100 mldshlpmell and responsibilities of citizenship.‘
of the Annapolis Naval Academfi have kept in, touch with occurrences
who are ill with Spanish influenza. 1. of the war. have emphasized the neces-
, sity of war saving and food conserva-
worse, and has been taken to (110110" lion, and have done a large amount of
'pltal at the academy. There are so actual Red Cross work.
waters and caught 160 mackerel.
1
Financial statement.
. tvtty.
Superintendent Frank A. Morris and
a table showing the. total cost of Wil-
ton schools for the year ending July
lit. 1913.
3in - e, 2.7.“. ‘
fl
,2: :n ‘ .2
2 ‘5 E ‘3 3
5 3 s ': t;
a
g— ' s
e
loin 73.13
.27. 20.03 13.31
2:. tour. 29.36 Rs
.2; 11.94 37.49
.271 23.10 fluid
.25 29.55 7-..23
25 15.01 24.91
.23 1422 :toost 2.00
132.25 379.13
lbtltltl
1757.” 857.71
662.59 1937.18 773130
Schools which had
0:198 {dildo
tlt‘cail)’ lesfctl.
nrganizul locally beforct‘tltls step was‘
taken u‘ert- allowed to choo'se whetlr
or to remain in the local binitclt or to
go with the state. The Wilton schools,
with lllt' cxrcption of Georgctown, are
no in tlic state body.
lmring the summer. all schools
which ttl‘v under tlw state supervision
system have been kept opt-n half it
day cachwcck. fora continuation of the
patriotic seslon which started durini;
the school your. The attendance his
bet-n, of course. purcly voluntary. in
Wilton, the attendance has been «or
cellent. Four rcgtilitr teachers and
iltrce other ladies have glycn their
time as instructors free of charge. 111
though throughout the state tltc 1an
dcncy has boon to pay instructors. in
addition the Rev. Mr. Marks and Mrs.
1.. M. Ward have give their time. to
constant visitation and oversight. Mrs.
Word has watched the Red (‘ross work
and Mr. Marks has told war stories to
the children. Too mpclt credit cannot
be given to these latter and to the in
strut-tors for their efforts and the re-
sults. A great amount of Red (‘ross
work has been done during the sum
mer. aitd a supper was arranged which,
netted more than 8130 which was sent
to Red Cross hcudquarters to buy ms-
tcrinl.
i should like to bring before the porn;
pic of Wilton the matter of school con~
solidation. in your town such a thing
it casily possible, due to good road
conditions. With the cxccllent exam-
lplc of Georgetown constantly before
you, no great amount of argument
should be necessary to convincc you
of the advantagcs to be secured in this
This is only a preliminary slate.
mom to get you thinking. If 1 rcntuin
yotir supervisor 1 shall bring up the
matter again.
1 am not including with my report
many cases that only those with tern!
noratures of 108 are allowed in the
hospital. Entire wings of the dormi-
tories are practically hospital wardl.
Classes and drill formations are all
suspended. Mrs. Helena Hill Weed fl
1 think a wotd as to the. organization
of the Red Cross work would not be
amiss. The Atlantic Division of Nation-
a1 Red Cross, recognizing the excellent
central organization of the state board
of education. has taken advantage of it‘
to get work into all schools. Assign-'
ntents of work are sent direct ftom'
the usual tablet-t on attendance, he-
cuuro I don't
them. 1
pupils who are worthy of honor for
having attcndcd school cvcry titty dur-
ing the past your.
should grow.
believe anyone roads
would call your ut'ytttion.‘
lion. however. to the appended list of
This is it list with lt'l
staying at a hotel in Annapolis. not
b l llowed to see 1].” son . New York to the state capital at Hart-j
9 us a .
! ford, and front there the opportunities
1 true”. that the coming school yoztt
\vill ho ovcu tttcrc pt'olltahlc titan titosc
WA—g'f'ED KNOWLEDGE.
“How is Jimmy getting along?" “He the local chapters. but is simply bs-i
tells me he is having a great deal of
trouble keeping a cook." "Why. I
thought he married a graduate of one
cf the most noted schools of domestic
"cience in the country." “So he did.
. at you ought to know that there are
a great many people in this world
"*ho don't make any use of an educa-l
t‘"n after they ge tit."—-Birmingham
Ate-Herald.
"""t
.. ww em»; ‘5‘“ .
i to the different schools are made.
i This is not to disparage the effort; of
[cause the machinery of organization
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{NEW PANEL CALLED :a recess until aftcrnoon.~
l IN THOMAS CASE; '
l PICK SIX JURORS
tt‘onttnned rrom first Pm.)
Lewis Questioned Carefully.
5 Attorney William H. Lewis. the no
tgro lawyer from Boston. Mass. asked
inumerous questions on behalf of his
tcllent, Thomas. He wanted to know
.if the talesman had any prejudice
aaalnst the negro race. or if he would
have any feeling against a man who
of the past.
You respectfully submitted.
FRANK A. Milliltlb‘.
Sttpcrintt-ndcnt.
l The third juror was solectcd ten
‘minutes after thr- court opened at 2
o'clock for the afternoon session. He
'was Jottn 11. Oberlin. or llaricn. lie
i said ltc had no prejudice against a no. .
vgro. When asked if hc'knew State's
Attorney Homer S. i‘ummiugs. he to
Plied‘that be bad a slight acquaint-
ance with him. Oberlin deilamd he
had no dealings with the state's at-
torney. ‘
Georgi- H. Hale. of Westport, was
chosen for the fourth mi in the hon
and wouldn't like to spend so much
tI-eiln court as would bemulred for
Ind been ens-mi in the liquor but in: My. .
been ‘l‘boaeof the tales-cl who llv- “We're all busy." replied Judge.
edmrStutqrdmukedfltbeyReedaaflalewasaoa-ud.
so" State's [lumen-ulna- or mamamm.mt.
Assistant State's Aim Caner. “II as the one has Ils- ans-end
howl. 5 MNQ‘HI‘W! ‘MJI
MumemnaMb-uoemhamlamm
<Mtbemm'wmtuhmumhwu
tan-slaw [ammo-I‘m
mu.dm~~wa~uu~1d~wr
”thousandth-anal.” Thus-abuser!“
na—wuunfimuuu Ind P. math-ab
...-sultan. anaemia-chum Donut-adult!
"unmmMVuummbuu-n
”an“: “I! In humane-almanac»
"New. mum's—”m.
in huge.
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‘ w . w.
"n“ .-
Davenport, Mrs. Mary J. Hunt, Nelson
W. Powell, Thomas Powell, E. L.
Greenberg, lies Caroline G. McClel-
lan. Mary F. Hackley. Mist Helen
.Czako. Louise 1L Hahn. R. J. Cutbill,
Mfrs. Em K. Hackley, Grace W.
lvuieant. May S. Valieant. John Val—
ieant. T. 8. Murray. Mary H. Moses,
Florence G. Lynes, Charles E. Miller.
Sol Hattea, Ella Tocci, Frederick Toc-
ci. Teresa Tocci, J. D. Whitehead,
Edythe Burr, Mr. and Mrs. F. 14. Ho
man, Wm. H. Shinquin. lrving 13.
Stone, Rena E. Jones. Frederick Buck-
ley, Mrs. Geo. M. Coulson, Elizabeth
Lawyer, Louise .1. C. Hanford. Kate
Wheeler Plait. Edna Joseph. Jesse
i Brundage, Samuel J. Clark, John Paul.
Giovanna 1-‘ratto_ lrving B. Stone, Kate
' Wheeler Plait.
Vernon P. Morrison. May A. Natio-
ford, Raiph H. Zimmerman. James
Thyroff. Jas. .1. Gilligan, Augustus E.
lEllis, Harold Glendenning, Anna Pol-
lsky. Marie Lyons. Nellie M. Buck,
lJames J. Joyce. Richard llowarth.
tFrank H. Lindquist, Julia B. Lock-
. wood, 1“. L. Lsmson. Della H. Lamson.
tJulia l). Hathaway'. Rosita. Lamson,
Ruth Latnson, Viola McDonougit. Mrs.
“ Annie McNamara. Wm. A. Wenwrick.
Geo. Wendrick. Jane E. Smith. Geo. J
tliailwitz. J. E. GormleY. H. E. Bail-
;witz5 Mary Flallt‘l‘ly. Jas. Kearney,
Geo. 1.. Woodward. Ed. Francis Ryan,
‘(1eol 1). Ryan, Snml. Weed. Josephine
.Nutting, Mary C. ilcdiine, Mrs. Ruby
1 Lee. Edw. s. corp”. Arthur W. Jayne,
tliarris H. Jayne, E. Louise Smith. S.
Roodner. t‘arrie A. Seymour, Russell
Frost. Franklin A. Smith. Frank 11.
Gleason. Anty A. llallbaunt. Geo. M.
I Way. Jennie 1.. M'ai'.
10111. 1“. Stevens. iieo. W. Sicvcns.l’l.
M. E. Sunday school, Wm. Sale.
(‘harlcs '1‘. Mitchell. t‘has. N. Ray~
ntond. Marie Nelson. F. J. Haiti. Bar
thol Gandrup, Anna Paul c‘o P. H.
Ham. Fannie Harris, Mrs. Ed. Foley.
Albert ll. Ferris, Gilbert E. Bogart.
Mrs. Milton Elwood. Milton Elwood.
Adolph Podzelny, Otto Podzelny,(‘has.
Podzclny. A. lilutnqulsi. Mrs. Mary
Davis. Kenneth D. Thomas. August
Billenstcin, Jennie M. lirundage, Ila-
vld Gt‘ccnwmui. M rs. Mary 1.. Merritt.
Mal 1-2. Merritt. R. A. Benedict, Laura
Benedict. Michael Shea. Joe. R. War-
den. Wilbur Waldron, Mary A. Rooney,
Irving ll. Robot‘isttn. 'l‘ltos. 11. Smith.
Hurtwick 1.. Atttuttdsen. Mrs. Rose
lGoldsfein, Wm 11 Parr. R. Shrayer.
1'}. J. Nowell. Mrs. Agnes Nowell; Geo.
B. iluxton. Ella l-‘ Simona. Harold M.
Gteen. Susan Burton. A. P. Buxton. S.
Henrietta Mercer. Vernon P. Morri-
son. Mrs. Bertha M. Godfrey, E. l“.
Bouton. Blanche Ellis. Geo. H. Hewitt.
Donald R. Taylor. lleien Pagan. Ed
Fagan. Emily 1‘. Smith. Lillian R
Gleason Daniel H. Gleason. Philip R.
Gleason. Robt. M. Tcnny, Mrs. Mabel
Rooney, Alphonzo A. Raymond. ‘
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GOVERNOR HOLDS UP
! CLASSIFICATION CARDS
Classification cards have been held
tip by order of Govctnor 1101mm“.
the draft hoards having been requnsl-
ed to keep back all such cards until
further orders are. issued. A number
of boards had started to classify rm~
islrants who entercd claim of haunt;
dependents. Spanish influenza has
so afflicted various pantonutentn that
there is nii’ great basic to send oil‘cr
,drnftecs tc those points at the prr
lent.
Try a Sentinel Want Ad.
Baby is mad! Doesn 't
Look at the tongue!
ammo: “Owned-spits... Chamedhflwbfi.‘
wMflWWakbi-Wrubukuw
”Muslin. “hmmbmibi
' ail-gents methane-automaucpto‘
.
the item, or the picture books—but don’t scold!
Then hurry!
Cascarels to work the nasty i‘ilc, souring food and
constipation puismt from the little liver and bowels.
Oflmflwm We“
139-75 Graca C. Mathewson, Gustav A. Moel- ponents on the Republican ticket will!
5 1er, James A. Lockwood. Deodate S.
be John Rogers and William F. Nahr,;
both being present members of the.
Town Council of that place. I
‘ From now until election Mr. Dud-
ley will endeavor to meet as many
residents of the town as possible.
Candidate Robert E. Dudley wis‘
born in Newark, in 1878 and was a
graduate of the public schools there
and Merriii's College at Stamford.
Conn. He was later employed by
Taylor and Golden,” real eit'taté‘
concern in South Norwalk. Conn. and
the British and American Mortgage!
Co.. Limited, of New York City, whittn‘
concern he has been connected with‘
for a number of years. Mr. DudleyI
is married and has three childrenl
two of whom are attending the W’cst:
Orange public schools. He was oncl
0f the organizers of the First “at-.1
improvements Association and presi-
dent of the (‘ivic League of that town!
for the past three years. In a state.
ment to the Advertiser, Mr. Dtidle"
says: “if elected to the office of
mavor 1 will endeavor to work along
contruciive ifpes." West Orange has
passed the small town stage and its
ptlsslbllllies are unlimited. The pa-
triotism of the citizens is unquestion- »
ed and the widespread nterest in lo-
cal affairs prc ves the progressive spir-
it of the town in general. it will be a
. pleasure and an honor for me. if ilect-
led. to help to maintain a free govern
menfat homo for those who are fight-t
ing for us on the other side."
!
toutsittttiti i
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t
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if Mixed With Sulphur it Oat-keno So;
3 Naturally Nobody Can Tell
‘ Grandmother kept her hair besuii
fully darkenvd glossy and attractivc
with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulpltur.‘
Whenever her hair look on that dull.
faded or streaked appearance. this
simple mixture was applied with wont
derful effect. 11y asking at any drug;
store for “Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur-
(.‘ompound," you will get a large bet-
tle of this olddime rectpe. improved
by the addition of other ingredients.
all ready to,usc. at very little cost.
This simple mixture can be dcpEndcd
upon to restore natural color and
beauty to the hair. .
l A well-known down town druggist'
says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage:
and Sulphur Compound now becausf‘
it darkens so naturally and evenly
that imbody Ull'l tell it has been ap-
plied-it‘s so easy to use. too. You
simply dampen a comb or soft brush
and draw it through your hair. tak
ing one strand at a time. By morn-l
ing the gray hair disappears: aftet
another applltation or two it. is re
stored to its natural color and looks
glossy. soft and beautiful. This pre-i
paration is a delightfuT toilet requls-I‘
lie. it is not intended for the cure.’
mitigation or prevention of disease—1
Adv. 1
i
want the favorite dolly. or
Give candy
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HOWLAND'S .( ..
Entrances on Main St, Fairfield Ave'., Cannon Sty
-
. satin " ‘
We’ll be -
your tailor.
:’ If you want to avoid the work of making a still
or coat or skirt, if you want to devote to Red Croa
a
l .
or Government Work
the time you would spend
bett'itig—ntacliitte and iticttiiing and fitting, if you feeIl
l
t-lotltcs,—-—tvc will be
charge.
From any of the
Autumn now bore in
hat you have not the skill to make good-fittingi
your tailor at a
reasonable.
c.\'ccllcttt \voolctt fabrics for.
wide sage of both weight and
active and color, we will make clothes at these spec-
ial priccs for a limited lliilt‘:~—‘
Snit— $13 to $16.50
Long coat-— $11
Skirt— $2 '
'l‘ltis pricc, itt cm:
l'l!ttt';:t‘.
\l'licrc coats arc littctl. the only atlclctl cost is for.
tho lining: itscli'; tto cl
A‘lltl what an attractive collcctiott
iltcrc isz~scrgcs poplitts jerseys; cvct-y M'tiailllillllo
rubric iit many litttttlsotttc riclt lllli‘S.
Pretty coats ’
in new'
Little ltcttuiics of corduroy in rose
”111'. sizcs 1 to 434%.
Brown and tlccp
Pili'kt‘iS, sizes ‘3. to 6*
.l“lilt.‘ ltlnsli \vith iritntttittg of fur. lll'ti\\'ll and co-
pcttltttgcn and black at
Ziltclittc ol' satiny
f'olltil‘—--$7.50 ' \
. '\
Ilttttdsotttc and St‘l'i'li‘i‘lllllt‘ ltcrscy, brown and ox. .5; ‘
lord and navy—$5150
llatttlsottto vclvct with fur cdging, rctnztrkahly, "
t-it-h ot' erred—$10.50 '
/
Burcllu cloilt. light but \vm'ttt. itcltctl style with
grout tlccp pot-kcts, rcitttlccr and burgundy tlilil Rus-
sian green-swim) ‘
St-t‘cittl floor. I
. 1.5
.“
Leath cry coats
and caps for boys.
Soft \\':ll’111 ovcrcouts l'or llil_\‘S——l\'llll all the snap
and style and good loolts of lctttltcu'l
Made from a i'ahr
{are very like sucdc, and of dccp tun ltuc.
Big and loose-lilting, ttmttly, military.
And with a hat that limit-hos, citltcr ntiddy type
or rcg‘ulaliott sailor stylc.
Ovcrcoai5~si205 ii to 10~$12; hats—5‘2.
l't
Knitting needles;
a. bargain.
Dorms and dozens of pairs of ia-cdlcs for knif-
fiug sweaters and helmets and scat-fa and other war-
prmcnta for men over scan or in the navy-or fat
~
he's own me.
With sterbg’ silnr‘ toys or
Hahn‘s-ad.
\ museum-sits- " .
s
for little folks. “
Corduroy and plush and tittc \\tttllt'liS and tttiv-
lttt'cs-—-\\‘itlt :t rat-c, ltcttuty of color as \vcll as many.
smart liitlc tottcltcs ol' trintttting.
$7.50 $8.51) to $17).
'ottt luscutcnt.
li case covcrs cttiirc tailoring
largo for limiting or putting in.
of fabrics
’l‘ltt'td floor.
n,>
(
abundance
and alpine
50 and $7.51)
lllll(‘ corduroy. with smart
ltl lturuutttlywti-‘llfiil and $12.50
lustcr, dark navy with vcivct ~
1
ic which has a Soft stttoollt surn
with hands!” ll"
Norwalk Chronicler