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VARIOUS MATTERS Light vehicle lamps at 7.42 tonight. The Shore Line cars, especially on e the New London line, were well patronized on Sunday o t Willim Jennings Bryan spoke Sunday morning at Bristol on "The Enforcement of Prihibition. 1 Many local auto parties headed for the shore on Sunday in search of cooling breezes from the sound. The New Haven Journal-Courier e on Saturday morning issued with its regular edition a 16-page Welcome Home" supplement. t The state convention of the W. C. T. U. will be held in the First Congregational church in Willimantic about the middle of October. Sunday was one of the hottest days of the year. The mercury hovered about the century mark during the E greater part of the day. Connecticut experienced only seven clear days during the entire month 1 of August, according to the official records of the government weather bureau. The United States Volunteer Life Saving corps, Roton Point division. are to hold their annual endurance swim in South Norwalk, on Sunday. September 14. Appointment of a street railway commission of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce was voted at the executive meeting of the state cham ber in Hartford. A light auto truck lost a rear wheel while on Broadway near Slater avenue Friday night. The truck, which was coming to the city, was left by the roadside all night. The liquidation of the Greenwich Savings bank by the trustees of the bank under the supervision of Bank Commissioner Sturges is progressing in a satisfactory manner. At the United Congregational church next Sunday the sacrament of the Lord's supper will be administered The services preparatory thereto will be held Thursday evening. Alberta Frank Browning's is famous peaches, from his Kitemaug Orchard, will be on sale this week at the Mo hican Company's Store. The price will be $2.10 per basket. adv Fair price lists .will be published in this state this week, according to an announcément made on behalf of Robert Scoville. fair price commissioner for Connecticut, under Attor ney General Palmer At Stafford a meeting was held Fri day afternoon in Grange hall to organize the Stafford chapter of the Delphian society. The meeting was called to order by Miss Jameson and Miss Washburn, secretaries. An order to show cause next Thursday why a limited receiver snould not be appointed for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company was granted Saturday in New York, by Federal Judge Mack. Collector James J. Walsh of the internal revenue department announced that he would rigidly enforce the internal revenue law requiring a 10 per cent tax on the profits of industrial establishments employing children. The alien property custodian, whose department was organized October 22. 1917 took over eight Connecticut corporation and the shares of stock in many corporations doing business in Connecticut that were held by alien enemies. The annual convention of the Thomas A. Edison Electric Light Co., will be held at the Griswold, September 15th, followed by a five-day session of the National Electric supplies association beginning Wednesday. September 20. The season at Sound View is draw ing to a close and most of the cot tages have been closed. Because of the opening of the schools number of people who would like to remain have been forced to return to the city with their children. The agricultural department has compiled the exports of meats and meat products for July and the seven months ended July which shows such exports to have been of the value of $89.781.024 for July, 1919. as against $85,744,664 for July, 1918. The state has received from the New Amsterdam Casualty Company of New York city the $5.000 forfeited bonds of Lawyer Granville Hampdon Triplett of New York city, who, while awaiting trial in this state on the charge of perjury, disappeared Ambassador Jusserand of France was the principal speaker Saturday in New York at exercises in commemoration of the one hundred and sixty of second anniversary of the birth Lafayette and the fifth anniversary of the first battle of the Marne. Papers of incorporation were filed in the office of the secretary of state Friday by the American Gauze & Cotton Co., of Norwich, with an authorized capital stock of $25.000. The incorporators are T. M. Vertiume, P A Quinn, Charles W. Cassidy and Mary R. Bellefleur. The members of the King's Daughters circle of Norwich, numbering about 12, enjoyed a jolly time at the Y. W. C. A. vacation house at Oswagatchie all last week. This was the annual vacation of the circle. and the members spent the week boating, canoeing, bathing and fishing. The Eastern Connecticut Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions will meet with the auxiliary of the church at Preston City, on Thursday, Sep. tember 11. 1919. The morning session will begin at 11, afternoon at 1.30. The programme will contain a Missionary address. and reports from the conference at Northfield. The Connecticut fair price committee will hereafter conduct its affairs from the headquarters of the war savings committee at No. & Ford street. Hartford, and with the latter organizations co-operating Robert Scoville, federal food administrator for Connecticut, was at the office Saturday to make the final arrangements. The New London County association meets with the Montauk Avenue Baptist church, Wednesday and Thursday in New London. Delegates from Central Baptist church are: Rev. A F Purkiss. Rev. C. L. Kenagy, Mrs. F C W. Gale. Mrs. L. Brown. Mrs. A Mitchell, Miss J. L. Spencer, J. P. E. Holloway, C. D. Noyes, Frank Beckwith.