Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-11

The assessments certified to by the state tax commission of Rhode Island creased state tax revenue of $2S2,736.- 6S over that of 1916. The total amount to be collected this year is S1,1eS,544.- 69. while the tax of 1916 was $965,sos.- 06. A part of the increase. S97 7,64s.12 will be derived from the taxation of corporations which do not pay a cor porate excess tax. In the public ser vice line, the tax of the Shore Line Electric Railway company is $504. 55, the Norwich & Westerly Traction Co. S34s.42, the Westerly Automatic Tele- phone company $sS7.02, and Westerly I1gh, and Power company $1ao7.45-
 The Ashaway National bank is taxed s197.2S and the Washington Trust Co., S720. The Industrial Trust company is not taxed under the assessment as the exemptions exceed the total
 cellaneous corporations. having a cor porate excess of SoO,0o0 or more. are assessed at the rate of 40 cents per S100 of excess. In this class are in cluded: Armour & Company, s1,361.- 76 tax: Ashaway Woolen company. s22O: Bradford Dyeing association. $553.12; Gulf Refining company S6t9-- 04 George C. Moore company, S325-- 61; New England Granite Works, s273.60: P H. Opie company, s231.5o; Pawcatuck Woolen company, sIs3-S6: Pequot Shirt company, s221.S1; shan mock Narrow Fabric company S2sO-4t' A. ss: Standard Oil company. s2.791.61: Westerly Lumber company, S240.01: Westerly Textile company, s438.46; Westerly Electric company, Inc, $304-- 0s: and F. w. Woolworth company s2,446.66.
 A valuable piece of real estate with several buildinos thereon. located in
 nal street, Westerly. was sold at sheriff's sale, Tuesday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Frederick T. Mitchell. The sale was made to satisfy a claim of s125 against Joseph $. Grills, which the writ stated was owner of the property described, in suit brought by Stonington creditor Besides the sheriff, there were at the sale which was held in front of the town hall, Town Clerk Everett E. Whipple, At torney Samuel H. Davis, James Dunn, counsel for the creditor, and Eugene B. Pendleton. Sheriff Mitchell read the legal order of notice and then invited bids. James Dunn bid 8, MT Pendleton raised it to s. and Mir Dunn made it s. There were no other bidders. and the property was sold to Mir. Dunn. The sheriff remarked that it was the cheapest property he had ever sold, and MT. Pendleton said he made the bid just to make the sale le- gal. Attorney Davis declased that he knows nothing of the proposed sale, nor the legal status of the property and therefore dld not Dlo, alInOuSn above tine mortgage it may be worth $500 or 5000. or S10,o00.
 It was understood at the sale, how ever. that MT. Griils had no title or even courtesy in the property, and that the equity was owned by MT Cfriils. The creditors, however, had received judgment on his claim, and the sheriff served execution and made levy according to law, and a the in stance of Attorney Dunn The sheriff believed that there was a hitch in the title or there would have been a larger attendance at the sale.
 Governor Beeckman has asked the war department to furnish about one thousand rifles for the Rhode Island consta bulary. or home guard It is stated that the number of krag and obsolete Sp=srgheld rifles available for home guards Is limited and the policy will be to distribute them 10 organi- cations doing state constabulary work in the line of protecting federal prop erty or munitions and other materials intended for the government and es- tabIishments producing or manufac- turing such materials. The state Of Connecticut purchased the uniforms and equipment for the home guard of that state. Westerly has appro- priated 5000 towards the equipment
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