Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-23

the seventh annual panqueI v Ii0
 Westerly board of trade at the Ocean House, Watch Hill, Tuesday night was
 a very enjoyable and decidedly suc-
 cessful event and was get-together
 affair with all formalities removed,
 barring the course dinner served in ex-
 ceI1ent style. It manager Of the hotel.
 J. Frank Champlin is fully as much
 interested in the advancement of
 Westerly as any other member of the
 board of trade. Thedining hall was
 attractively decorated and during the
 feast selections were rendered by the
 hotel orchestra James M. Pendleton,
 president of the Westerly board of
 trade presided as toastmaster and
 spoke briefly of the past, present and
 bright future for his native town,
 stating the much good could be effect
 ed by the mutual efforts of the towns
 people for the advancement of West
 erly, President Pendleton ntered
 Brown University in the class of 1885,
 or nine years earlier than did Hezekiah Anthony Dyer, but he understood that
 Dyer was nick-named "Corker'' and
 he surely is a corker and would be the first speaker. MT. Pendleton said MT. Dyer was an artist by profes- sion and studied art in France Hol- land, Italy and Germany. He was son of Governor Anthony Dyer and re- l ceived the military title of captain as aide de-camp on the governors staff. 1 The artist was introduced as Captain l Dyer and a "corker."
 MT. Dyer appreciated the compli
 mentary introduction, but rather than | take the wind out of the sail of the | speaker who was to follow, he would
 make no reference to the citizen sol | diery or the war game. He had been
 asked, he said, to give an Artists ! Idea of Business Life. He spoke on ] light and pleasing vein and made an 1 address replete with humor from start
 to finish, with ready reference to the work of an artist, and showed that after all, everybody is interested in real business life which includes all | that makes life worth living.
 Holiday Witherspoon of Boston, who | had experience as a war correspondent | in Mexico and Europe, was the next
 speaker. He told of his experiences in a decidedly pleasing way and not only interested, but instructe his hearers on the real methods that prevail in the war zones. He told of the hardships of the officers and the men in war campaigns and of the risks and hazards of the war cor respondent in getting and sending inn portant information and sending it to the reading public with the least pos
 sible delay MT. Witherspoon's ad-
 dress was premeditated with bits of
 wit, that for the moment directed the
 mind from the horrors of war which
 he told in an effective and pleasing
 way. His talk was interesting, but
 too short to fully satisfy his pleased listeners.
 The banquet was very satisfactorily
 managed by Arthur M. Cottrell and
 his assistants on the entertainment
 committee and the presence of so many representative men of Wester- ly indicated that there is an earnest
 desire to get-together and combine
 efforts for Festerly's advancement.
 Due to the amendment to the tax
 act passed at the 1914 session of the
 general assembly, exempting securi- ties of corporations held by banks and
 trust companies taxable under the corporate excess and gross earnings tax, has caused a falling off of S23-
 Q5458 in the states revenue received from tax on bank shares. By a ruling of the attorney general, the amend ment did not become effective last year, but the change in the law be- came effective this year. The tax on the securities held by theI Industrial Trust company, with a branch in Westerly shows the greatest falling off of any of the institutions as- sessed and almost represents the en- tire amount of revenue lost to the state. In 1914 this company paid a total tax of $21,922.81, while this year it's assessment is but S1,94586, or S2O.- O46.95 less than that of a year ago. This years assessment in banks in this oSClAOIl are ASIdWdy NaJ1Onal bank, S276.0S; Industrial Trust company, $1.945.S6; Kingston Trust company S328,32; Wakefield Trust company, $538,78; Washington Trust company, Westerly, S2,190.
 The graduating exercises of the Westerly High School will be held in the town hall this afternoon, when the class of 1915 composed as follows, will receive diplomas: Gladys Cow ley McLaren, Revere Elliott Clapp, Marion Grace Zerbarmia, Camelia Pa palia, Louis Bowman Coon, Geraldine | Campbell Phillips, Helen Louise Mur- ray, Mildred Lanphere Ruth Estelle l Henrfcot, Elizabeth Morrison Bissett, | Christine Elizabeth Krebs, Blanche | Meadowcroft, Elliott Raymond Thorpe | Carl Amos Burdick, Leverett Asa | Briggs, Jr., Clarence William Hop- kins w. Alexander Kenyon, Esther | Wilhelmina Peterson, Pauline Law | renee Sullivan, Bessie Irene Ahern, | William Dana Critcherson, Roy Vaughan Wilcox, Dorothy Phillips l Stillwel, Barclay Robertson, Raymond | Henry Coon, William Archibald Saw yer, Margery Lemore Young, Albert |