Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-14

i I'm through doing my bit towards 1 buying automobiles, diamonds and gold watches for booze sellers quoth Antone Bfais. White Rock millhand, when Judge Oliver H. Williams ques- tioned him as to the misuse of his rd-earned money. in connection with l the charge of intoxication, in the l Third District court, Friday. He said his average pay was $11 a week and that it all went for booze, except the part he paid for board and a few clothes, now and then, Blais said it was the first time he had been ar l rested, but had been drunk many times. He said he was forty five years of age. a French Canadian, unmarried, had been in the states thfrty-tw years
 and never laid by cent, and haven't quite a talk and his final sentence was: Judge, I'm done with booze"
 He was ordered to pay a fine of g and costs of s4. That amount was due
 him at the mill and he managed to
 have it paid into the court.
 Hugh Wallace. a farmland em- plo-ed for some time on farm in Va rietyvilie at a wage rate of SIS month and board, was charged with being intoxicated. He pleaded guilty and was fined g and costs O. B 2.so. He told the court that he had been ar rested once before for intoxication and paid the fine. He did not want to 20 down the line and he would pay
 
 was permitted to arrange for the pay n4ent of the fine with Police Chief Brown. He said he was forty-two and had always worked at farming. and believed he was. entitled to more pay than he was receiving So he quit work. came to Westerly and got drunk, but would gladly go back to his old job on the farm, rather than serve thirty days in jail.
 At the present time thirty five fam lilies of dependent soldiers are reeeiv- ing aid from tht Rhode Island War Defense fund and the amount expend ed per month is nearly s1.10o- The ma jority of dependents are Of mem bers of the naval battalion now in the federal service. and it is practically impossible to have these men dis charged. Up 70 within two weeks the Artillery corps, but his discharge took effect July 1. One man fin the reg ular army has a dependent family re- ceivins state aid. The highest amount paid to a family is $4o a month.
 Under the selsetve service law. and on the basis ss ordered from Wash l ington, that each district will be call l ed lip to furnish by draft two-thirds | of one per cent. of the estimated pop | tlation, the draft from Rhode Island l will be 3,S24. and from the first divi- 1 sion approximately 160- The first l Q1Nl6lOn comprises westerly, CDeITl6S- town. East Greenwich, Exeter, Hop linton. Narrag agansett, North .Kings- l town. Richmond, South Kingstown. l and West Greenwich. This is an av- ge of 16 men to each town under | the first call. If the towns are cred | ited with the men already furnished. l Westerly will already have furnished | B number far in excess of it's allot- i, ment. and almost enough to cover the | quota of the entire district.
 It is understood however. that ev cry eligible registrant will be draft ed and called to duty in the order in which their names were selected. If t should be decided that Westerly lad furnished all the men expected l rom the town for the first army. those lrafted would be held in readiness to come under a second call if such call 1e made.
 The exemption board selected for the livision is made up as follows: Form r Governor Charles Dean kimball of president of the South town council: George A. .oonois, town clerk of East Green wich )r. John l.. Nav, of Westerly. former ergeant major in the Third Resiment, National Guard, when 8 esident of New London.