Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-15
INTERESTS OF GREATER WESTERLY '
Granite Business Would Improve If Stone Cat in
 Town Falling Casting Scares Workmen-Bijou
 Theater Dark to Stay-Bradey Gilman Lectures at
 High School.

Judge Nathan B. Lewis of Kingston
 and Westerly is president of the Sew
 enth regiment, Rhode Island Volun-
 teers' association, and presided at the
 midwinter session in Providence Mon day afternoon. After the dinner Judge
 Lewis referred to many incidents of
 interest which occurred while the reg
 iment was at the front, and remarks
 were made by several other members.
 Judge Nathan B. Lewis was cor
 poral in F company, and enlisted Aug.
 13, 1862, and was mustered out June
 9, 1865. The Seventh was commanded
 by Zena R. Bliss and participated in these battles: Fredericksburg, Cold
 Harbor, Siege of Vicksburg, Peters
 burg, Jackson, Weldon Railroad, Spottsylvania, Poplar Spring Church
 North Anna and Hatcher's Run.
 Wallace E. TiIIinghast of Worcester,
 who claims to have travelled in an 'aeroplane of his own invention a dis tance of at least three hundred miles, and at intervals of one hundred and twenty miles an hour, and carrying two passengers, is a cousin of Harold other relatives here. MT. Hastings is vice president of a manufacturing con- cern and made frequent visits to Westerly for the sale of the products of the company he represented.
 Workmen in the employ of c. B. Cot trelPs Sons luckily escaped serious in- jury while handling large side frame of jumbo press Tuesday morning. upon a truck at the foundry to be conveyed to the machine shop when the chain of the big yard crane parted and the casting fell three men mar rowly escaping from being struck by the falling side frsme. The casting was broken and rendered useless. While the men received no bodily in- jury, the fright and shock was so great that they were unable to do any work for the balance of the day.
 There is depression in the stone cutting business in Westerly, for as fast as stones are finished the cutters are laid off and no new work is avail able. The New England Granite works, which usually employs from 250 to 300 stonecutters, has now about thirty at work, and like conditions prevail at the Smith and Newall works. While there is the usual de- mand for Westerly granite, it is sent away in the rough and manufactured for monumental of building work else where. If the Westerly granite quar- ried was cut in Westerly. as was the case in former years, Westerly would be again in the front rank in the gran ite business.
 Some of the unemployed stonecut- ters, who are regular residents and are of the opinion that il Board of Trade members of influence who are interested in the granite in- austry would make an effort to have granite cut here that is now shipped away in the rough local conditions could be materially improved.
 The funeral services of Miss Gather inc Sullivan were held with a high mass of requiem with Rev. James W celebrant in St. Michael's church Tuesday. There was a larg, composed of friends O -he deceased, including a delegation from the Ladies' auxiliary, Ancient Or- Ter Hibernians. There were man floral tributes. The bearers were Nj chael Deadly, Joseph Sullivan. Joh Donohue, John Sullivan, Joseph Mur phy and Joseph Sullivan The dc. ceased was a sister of Miss Joanna Sullivan, who died only month ago. She is survived by her parents. MT. md Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, two brothers. Owen and Paul. and four siters, Nellie Mae, Agnes and Dorothy Sullivan. She vas born in Groton 21 years ago and anne to Westerly with her parents when four years of age.
 The funeral of William p. Barney. who died Sunday at Green Hill, was