Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-05

1ngtOn County Agricultural society
 was held in the secretary's office at
 the fair grounds in West Kingston,
 Friday afternoon. Rowland G. Haz- | ard, of Peaceda1e was reelected pres
 retary- treasurer and Frank W. Robin
 csn of Wakefield, auditor. The vice
 II esidents are: George J. Salisbury,
 J., North kingstown: John Babcock,
 South Kingstown; John Saunders. kinton; Charles D. Kenyon, Richmond;
 George c. Cross. Charlestown; Philip A. Money, Exeter; Charles J. Tucker, | Narragansett. Executive committee
 The above named officers and Thomas John G. Clarke of South Kingstown, George L. Sti11man of Westerly. Her
 bert E. Lewis of Hopkinton. Wendell
 G. Phillips of Richmond, Asa T.. Hox-
 sic of Charlestown, Horace J. Arnold
 of Exeter and Stephen B. Gardner of
 Narragansett.
 The treasurer's report showed the | total receipts from the recent fair | $11,s52.S1, leaving balance on hand
 of $109.96. The summary of the re- port was as follows:
 Receipts-Balance on hand, Nov l, | 1916. s2s2.30; received, gate receipts, $4,359.40; three life members, $50; | restaurants, etc, $2,12S.13; New Ha- ven Railroad company, s1,004: Nara
 gansett Pier division. Rhode 1sland aano | ICOLupdHyy SoSo.OO, tWO iiOICS, Pooo.
 state appropriation, s1,soo: grand
 stand, ss2275; merry-go-round. sso5:4s; race entries s2s75o; poultry entries. s1o3.25: check room. s27.4o; state grange, s17.50: South Kingstown Poultry association, hire of coops. $25. from lumber sold, s53-60; score cards sold, s25.50; cash used as change, Paymens = Premiums: s4.oss.s4;
 vaudeville, $500: music. s27o: salaries. $525; sea farming exhibit. s126.S9; in
 surance, s155: taxes, s153.10: interest, s367.11; carpenters labor bill. s4s1:7s; labor on grounds. s921.4s; advertising,
 and printing, $1,069.ss: superindent, judges and expenses of same. s2e4.s1;
 paid, $500: 10 acres of land bought. $305; cash drawn for change. S100;
 hay and straw s117.3o; miscellaneous
 expenses, s531.13, total expenditures,
 tai disbursements, $11.S52.s1, balance
 on hand. $409.96.
 The report showed the society to be
 in debt s2.300 on four notes held by
 the Wakefield Trust Co. as follows:
 Date, November, 1913, $500: November.
 1914, s4co: December, 1915, s1oo, and
 July. 1916, s1,o00.
 On account of the increase in the
 number of automobiles the committee
 considered that more land was re-
 quired and purchased at public auc-
 ton ten acres adjoining the society
 property for $305. The new purchase
 has frontage of 200 feet facing the railroad station. President Hazard
 urged the members to join the Nation
 al Agricultural society whose purpose is to promote the welfare of all agri- culturiSt6.
 The work cf rebuilding Broad Street
 rosdbed had not been in progress four
 hours Friday when there was an ac-
 cident, and before noon of Saturday
 there was another more serious than
 the first. In order that the work migh progress uninterruptedly the sec tion betw cen Union and Elm street was closed to vehichular traffic by the
 stretching of a rope across at either
 end. Councilman Howard E. Thorp
 was the first to attempt to drive his
 automobile into the forbidden area. He
 did not see the rope, but knew it was there when Assessor Samuel Sharpe, the back seat and he felt the pressure of the rope against his chest.
 Saturday morning Frank Holiday
 did not see the rope as he. turned from Elm street into Broad. in his automo- bile. The windshield was smashed by contact with the rope. and MT. Hil-
 liday was severely cut in the lips. mouth and cheek by the splintered glass. He was able to return home in his machine and was attended by
 Dr. John L. May. After this mishap. the warning sign that had been in po- sition the day before and removed, was replaced at the instance of the highway superintendent.
 Daniel Elder has entered the office of farm management of the United States Department of AgricultrS to engage in the study of the farm labor problem in Rhode Island and Connec- ticut. Mir. Elder resigned as county agent. of the Providence County Farm Bureau. The question Of help SUD- ply for the farms was taken up by the Department of Agriculture last sum- mer and the office of county agent rnaue into an exchange for the rece, tion of applications for work and much good results.
 The work is now to be carried on in broader way all over the country and the department is to place a man in eachs state or group of states, to take charge of the work. Rhode Is- land and Connecticut have been grouped and Mir. Elder is to he in charge. He will have offices in Hart ford and Providence. and he will work in cooperation with the Commission CT of Agricultural Inquiry, the Farm Bureau and the Connecticut and Rhode Island State Agricultural col leEes.
 Fraterral organizations in Westerly are interested in their standing with reference to the federal war revenue tay has heen stafed that their as-