Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-08


 of the general assembly to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edgar
 w. Watts, who was elected to the or
 flee but never qualified by reason or illness, which resulted fatally. Lester A. Briggs democrat, who represented
 the town in part in the session or
 1914 continued to serve until his sue
 cessor was elected. At the election, Saturday, the candidates were Henry
 Breevort Kane, republican, and Theo-
 dore F. Coleman, democrat. and the
 republican won by a vote of IFS to 94.
 A light vote was boiled, due to the
 fact that many of the summer resi-
 dents are voters who are entitled to
 vote here but are now at their win
 ter homes.
 Miss Gladys BurIingane, for the
 past three years librarian at Kingston,
 in the Rhode Island State college. has
 resigned as she is to be married soon. She is the daughter of Robert Bur lingame. mayor of Newport The we'd ding will take place on Tuesday aft ernoon, March Is, at her home in Everett street, Newport, when she will become the bride of Henry E. Barlow. of Wassaic N Y. MT. Barlow is a graduate of the state college, class of 1912, and at present is engaged in farming in Connecticut
 The stonecutters of Barre. Vermont, have by vote finally accepted the bill
 of prices in accordance with the man 1 ufacturers' agreement which. pract- cally fixes the wage scale of granite cutters in Westerly and throughout New England. The agreement pro vides for wage scale of 42 cents an
 hour from March 1 to May 1. the pres
 ent year: 45 cents from May 1 to March 1, 1916. and 50 cents from March 1, 1916, to March 1. 1920. on a daily time scale of eight hours. The Wes- terly branch of the International Gran ite Cutters union has taken no definite action as yet on the new agreement, but it is presumed that it will be set tied upon the Barre basis. although the action of that branch of the union is not binding on any other branch of the union.
 The census taking in Rhode Island
 under state direction is now progress ing and the enumerators will prob | ably finish their part of the work early next week. In addition to the large corps of enumerators who make a l house to house canvass. there are in Spectors whose duty it is to super wise the work of the enumerators each
 day and to give instructions when 1 necessary. The inspector for Wester- ly is Everett A. Kingsley, for North Kingstown Dr. F. J. Manning, and
 for Richmond Wendell Philips. There is a bill pending in the Rhode island general assembly which, if pass ed, will vest the supervision and con- l trol of the state highways with a highway commissioner, as is the case | in Connecticut, and which will trans form the present state board of pub | lie roads into state board for the registration of motor vehicles. which is a department of the secretary of
 states office in Connecticut. The act | also provides for a special road tax | of three cents upon every $100 of val
 uation in the state, to be levied and 1 collected for a period of three years, commencing the present year, and also calls for an annual appropriation of l $350, 900 for a like period for road i'm = | proVement.
 Under the act the state highway commissioner will be appointed by the
 governor, with the advice and consent ] of the senate, for term of six years at a salary of 5000 a year and give all his time to the duties of the office. l The members of the board for the reg istratfon of motor vehicles will each act also provides that no new road construction will be commenced until the present roads have been put in good repair, and not until the general 1 assembly authorizes the new construc- l tion. The highway commissioner must ! be competent civn engineer and 1 skilled in road building.
 Rev. F. Stewart kinley, of Oqonauit, 1 Maine, has accepted call to the pas torate of the First Baptist church of l Westerly, and will assume the duties | April 1. He is the son of Rev. R. B. | Kinley and was born in Cape Wolfe. Prince Edwards Island, but removed when quite young with his parents to 1 Nova Scotia. He matriculated from 1 Horton Collegiate academy, Wolfville. N. S.. in 1902, and was graduated from | Acadia university in the same town 1 in 1906. He was called in the same year to the United Baptist church in | Lower Graniteville. N. S.. and was or l dained in January, 1907. He resigned 1 the following August to take a course l of study at the Newton Theological in 1 stftution and graduated in June, 1910. He immediately became pastor of the l Christian church in Ogonquit and has
 resigned to come to Westerly. | Local Laconics.