Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-02

wholesale arrests have been made in North Providence of prominent cit izens and politicians. and they have been arraigned in the United States district court on charges Of conspiracy to defra1ad, corrupt and debauch the last town election. The accused are held under varying bonds from $2.00o Clarence Fl. Broley, well known in Westerly, a former resident of Meri- den. New London and Norwich. He is proprietor of Broley's hotel and Is charged with selling $42 worth Of beer checks on election day to certain per sons, each check good for five cents. and to be redeemed by voters, to whom they were given, with intoxicating drinks on election day, contrary to the laws Of Rhode Island: with supplying dinners to workers who were giving out tickets and redeeming tickets; with having his bar open and doing business by redeeming checks by ar rangement with and knowledge of Chief of Police Willis and President Hurdis of the town council.
 Club life Is preferable to married life, according to John H. Austin of Westerly in a Seventh Day Baptist publication. MT. Austin writes: Our pastor has offlciated at ten weddings
 during the year, but, strange to relate,
 
 church membership. This seems to be a queer condition, as we have a large number of young people of marriage
 able age. I question whether there is
 another church within the denomina-
 tion that has so large a number of attractive young ladies that are un- married.
 T presume there are reasons why there have been no marriages in the
 church. I can think of some. One reason might be, there is such an ar ray of educated, intelligent and agree
 able young ladies to make a selection from, it is confusing to the masculine
 mind. This might indicate a lack of decision in the character of some of
 our young men. Another possible req Westerly a club that stands very high
 in the esteem of the better class of our young men. The home life may
 pale in comparison with the congenial associations at the club. The club life is very attractive, and less expensive
 than furnishing home and supporting the family
 After lapse of several years, the American Tract society has resumed
 the publication of The Seventh Day Baptist Pulpit, under the title The Pulpit, with Rev. Clayton A. Burdick, pastor of the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist church, as editor. The new number has a sermon by MT. Burdick, to be delivered next Saturday, on Int Happy Life; also the sermon to be de- hvered July 10 at Alfred, N Y by Rev. William L. Burdick, formerly of Ashaway. The Safety of Our Young People. The Pulpit also contains the sermon of Rev. Edwin Shaw for July IT at Milton on The Kingdom of God. Also the sermon of Rev. Erlo Sutton, formerly of Rockville R. l., at Shiloh, l N. J., on Our Young People, Their Aims and Ambitions. Rev. MT. Bur | dick of Westerly also contributes his sermon for July S1 on Helps and Hin drances.
 The Westerly lodge of Loyal Order ! of Moose, with membership of 400 about equally divided between resi- dents of Westerly and Pawcatuck, l contemplates having Moose home, and has several locations under con- sideration. The one most favored is the Orson Rogers property in Pawca- tuck, just across the bridge, and now l occupied by the Peoples mission. This l is a very desirable site, and the Moose | are willing to pay good price for the property, but MT. Rogers is not in- at the present time. There is large dwelling house on the premises that could be readily converted for club
 purposes. Circular letters have been sent to the members of the order set
 ting forth the proposed plan, asking for subscriptions and practically guar anteeing a 10 per cent. return on the
 investment. It is understood that MT. Rogers has received several of fers for the property, but as yet. none of the offers has tempted the giving of sale price.
 It is reported that the vacant lot of the Lorraine company on the opposite side of the street with only a quarter as much area as in the Rogers prop erty has been sold to a Worcester real estate company, for speculative pur- poses, for $15,000. A local contractor representing a local capitalist, had of fered nearly as large a sum for the