The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-22
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Thrown Out Of a Carriage During a
Runaway.
Annual School District Neetings-Rive
Pointers Won the Debate.

The funeral OF Charles Harry. the young
son of Charles Remington, took place froJu
his PARENTS home at River Point yesterday
afternoon The interment was in ST. Marys
Cemetery at Crompton.
The Warwick Town Council met In the town
hall at Apponaue this afternoon.
Miss Maud Morton has resigned her position
in kthe grammar department Of the Phenix
public school.
The funeral of Miss Catherine Callaghan
was solemnized from her late home at River
Point yesterday afternoon. the interment be-
ing In the Catholic Cemetery at Crompton.
horse attached TO AN open carriage con.
tanning, two men and two women ran away
on the road between Anthony and Phenix yes
terday afternoon, and before he was stopped
capsized the carriage and threw out all Of its
occupants. The party had evidently been
visiting some Of the places where no liquor Is
sold on Sunday. for they were all drunk, and
from their actions and talk appeared to be
loaded with something even more powerful
than the average valley rum They expressed
their intention at Anthony OF visiting the
Mud hole" ons of the best, or rather worst,
known valley dives, and we're ea their way
there.when the accident occurred. No one
was seriously hurt by the capsizing of the
carriage, although one OF the women sat for
some time at the side OF the road and declared
with maudln tears that her back was broken
and she was about 10 die then and there.
Mrs James Carmody Of 81. Albans VT. is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. James bennett at
Natick.
Rev. C. a. Smith delivered the first Of a
series OF Sunday evening lectures IN the
Phenix Methodist Church last evening. his
subject being "Boys and Their Business"
The annual school meetings in most of the
valley districts will take place within the
, next two weeks. and in nearly all Of the dis
tricts the voters will find pltn'y of ways in
which TO expend their money In the majority
Of the districts the school year is becoming
gradually less and in some districts the
schools will be in session only IS or 80 weeks,
while in others the full 40 weeks will be
taught This Is far from satisfactory TO the
parents of some of the children, who do not
understand the way in which the schoo!
money is expended, and the matter may bs
brought up at the meetings for explanation.
In some of the districts extensive repairs are
needed on the school buildings, and in several
instances new buildings are needed, but prob
| ably are among the things of the distant fu-
| ture as the taxpayers are now grumbling
about the amount of their tax, and this, com
bined with the movement which was started
short time ago to erect high school, has
not prepared them to attend the meetings
with the intention of expending any more
money than is actually necessary aHd IL is
probable that the high school scheme will
prove detriment rather than benefit to
| the Warwick schools this year.
A large audience assembled in st. James
L..
| the debate between the Young Mems Catholic
| Association of River Point and ST. Marys
| Holy Name and Literary Association Of Arc
| tic Center. The question discussed was, RE
solved, That the issue of greenbacks during
| the war should have been declared unconsti
tutional." Edward NJ. Bailey and Harry Nc.
| Cusker of the Holy Name Society took the
affirmative, and Charles Quinn and Hugh
| Fitzpatrick of the Y NJ. c. A. the negative.
Both sides advanced good arguments in sup
| port of their clai ms, but the question was
finally decided in favor of the River Point So
ciety.
The political pot is commencing to boil In
| Foster, and judging from the remarks made
| 10y some of the disaffected ones there is
| enough heat in the town TO keep IT boiling
until the May election. The Democrats and
some of the Republicans very much dissat-
| isiied with the way in which the town affairs
have been managed during the past year, and
| the poor farm is the rock on which they de-
pend for foundation for their kick. At pres
ent there are only two paupers on the town
farm, and large part of the taxpayers are of
| the opinion that IL would be much more
economical to board them out than TO run the
farm, which has not paid expenses in many
years. The salary of the keeper alone
amounts TO $3.50, and this with the other neccs
sary expenses makes the support of the two
inmates of the asylum foot up TO figure
which would beard them at hotel. The
powers that be, however, do not seem to look
at the matter in this light, and in conse
| quence the May election promises to be very