Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-02
TWO WESTERLY VETERANS DIE
Erastus w. Barber and James Albert Ssson Drop ming Ranks of the c. A. R.-How New Train Schedule Affects Town-Temperance Society May be Revived K. of C. at Vesper Service.

The annual Westerly town election will be held Tuesday. and for the first tune the new town hall will serve as the voting place. Westerly is divided into two representative voting dis trlcts; there was a change made in the dividing line of the districts by the last session of the general assem- bly, so that the line runs directly through the town hall and permits the use of the hall as the voting place of both districts. In the main hall there are two distinct sets of balloting par aphernalia and two separate boards of election officials. and the election will be carried on just as if the voting places were in separate buildings, as heretofore. So far as goes politics, there is nothing doing in Westerly elections, as there is practically but one party in the town. though others go through the form of putting up party ticket filled in the main with re- pubficans and the same nominated for the republican ticket. So there is never a doubt as to the result of an election in Westerly. for it is repubi- can first. last and all the time.
 At Tuesdays election there will be chosen seven members of the town council, D town moderator. town clerk, town treasurer overSeer of the poor, members of the school board and in addition there will be a vote on tho state bond issues for state institutions
 
 dicted: It's all over but the count.
 The annual convention of the Gath eiic Total Abstinence union of Rhode Island, organized 43 years ago. was held Saturday in Providence, but Westerly was not represented, there being no Catholic total abstinence so- ciety in the town since the demise about 10 years ago of the Cardinal Manning society, one of the largest
 1--1 S1I Nf Cn cieties composing the state union Just across the bridge on the Connecticut side of the river. in the village or PaWcatuck. there was located St. Michaers society, among the pioneers of the Connecticut union. but this so ciety disbanded about four years ago. In consequence there is no Catholic total abstinence society in this sec tion which was formerly considered stronghold in that particular line of reform work.
 Orders issued on Saturday by the adiutant general of the Rhode Island National guard consolidate the com missary and quartermasters depart ments to conform with the regulations of the war department, and being adopted generally by the national guard organizations of the several states. The corps in Rhode Island is 10 be composed of the quartermaSter general, two majors and six quarter master sergeents. The present mem bers of the two departments will be recommfssioned in accord with the new arrangement
 The present council of the town of Westerly will hold its regular meeting for the first time in the council cham Der of the new town hall this (Mon- day) morning. and in a section of the new building set apart for that special purpose. The room has a seating ca pacity for about 50 spectators and iri- side the rail is the place assigned for the seven wise men" who will sit around the same mahogany table that was in the town hall and will occupy the same chairs that were in use in the old building for the same purpose. The table and chairs are the only fur niture moved from the old to the new building all the rest of the furniture is ths very best obtainable and is in keeping with the general grandeur of the building The committee has placed a table for reporters just out side the rail that encloses the seven wise men" and the council clerk. The councilnen have private room ad- joining the main council chamber and this wd1l be used for the holding of the frequent executive sessions of the council
 Heretofore the meetings in the old building were held in the town clerks office and was a general inconvenience 10 the clerk, the councilmen and peo- pie having business with the council. The probate court, too, was held in the same room. but now there are separate accommodations for that court, which holds sessions at regular periods. bi-monthly, and the sessions are conducted on lines similar to courts of an entirely different jur1s- diction. The office of the town clerk