Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-30

company, Westerly, will be inspected January 5. The inspection will be com- petitive. each company being marked on a per centage basis, the result to be announced in order. First and sec- ond prizes will be awarded. It has also been announced that a prize sinai- lar to that awarded the infantry will be given the company that has the greatest number of rated men and first and second clas gunners in camp with the company on the first day of the annual encampment
 Librarian Joseph l.. Peacock, Libra rian Emeritus Ethan Wilcox and some Public library will attend a meeting of the Rhode Island Library associa- tion to be held in the Providence li- braTy, December '. The morning pro- gram consists of a welcome by Pro- lessor Henry B. Gardner, president of the board of trustees. followed by a business discussion. Miss Elizabeth 5. Mcknight, of the Girp High Schools library, Brooklyn. will speak on the High School Library. This session will end with a Christmas exhibit by Mrs. Mary E. S. Root, children's li- brarian of the Providence Public E- brary. After luncheon, Professor Har- ry l.. Coopman, librarian of Brown univerity, will speak on The Book Beautiful, and Rev. Edward Holyoke, DID,, of Providence, will give an il- lustrated lecture on James Russell Lowell.
 Miss Alice Edith Kennedy, librarian of the children's department of the Westerly Public library. has already arranged an exhibit of books suited for the young people, with a view to guide the purchase Of books for the children at Christmas. Over 40 books suitable for the purpose are displayed. together with the cost of each for which they can be purchased of deal CTS in Westerly. The assortment at the library is varied and will aid ma terially in the selection of proper books for the children. The exhibit is in the children's department and Miss Kennedy's service is at the disposal of all who desire guidance in the selection of books as Christmas pres ents for children.
 In the action Of the Westerly town counciInnen in the distribution of Ii- quor licenses there is surprise that three of the applications for renewals were denied, and three of the new applications substituted, to make up the full number of the licenses that could be issued under the law, espe- cially as none of the rejected ones had been haled into court for violation of the liquor law. It is known how ever, that the councilmen were jus LlHeu III thelr acton, as, according to the police. the places rejected had not been satisfactorily conducted and that it would not have required much ef- fort to find cause for prosecution.
 A peculiar feature of the rernon- StranceS against one of the locations of a new applicant from the owners of the majority of the property within two hundred feet, which bars the li- cense. was the prominence given one of the remonstrantS by reason that there was application for license in place owned by him and against which there was no remonstrance, and this same property was used to make up the majority in the remonstrance against the other fellow by reason of location. Another property remon- strant advocated the locating of sa- looms along the business streets where they would be under closer police ob- servation, through the local press, but when the remonstrance came in it was found that he, too was prop erty remn oStrant