Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-06
continued.

continued.
 The aassIess Sunday, was not oh- served in Rhode Island as strictly as was anticipated, as shown by figures made public by the state board of roads. Instead of being tess than 10 per cent. of normal as estimated by ! automobile men, police officers and oth- CTS, the motor traffic was 234 per cent of the usual amount A census taken under the direction of the state board on points of eleven arteries of motor traffic showed a total of 6143 automobiles and motorcycles in opera tion. At different times in 1913 and 1916 the number to pass the same points was 12,504. Reckoning on the increase in the number of motor vehi- cles in the state since the old cen suses. the board concluded that 26,- 261 machines normally would have passed the. points of observation The percentages of normal taken at the selected points are as follows: | Narrag gansett~ Pier road at the Saund- I erstown five station, f1.s per cent; | Providence to Chepachet road. 543 per ] cent; Post road, south of the south 1 road to Norwood, 25 per cent; Wake
 field to Westerly. west Of the road to Great Pond PA per cent; Mendon road at Berkeley hall. 321 per cent :, Hareford pike. three miles beyond Po- | casset 16.4 per cent: New London turnpike at Emery Park. 43.6 per cent: | Providence Warren road. north of Peck's Corner. p per cent: Moose. neck Hill and Summit roads at
 Washington village, S3,4 per cent; 1 Fall River to Tiverton road. at fhe Tiverton trolley station, 175 per cent; Providence Newport road at Union Meeting House lane, 14.7. An
 other census will be taken next Sun
 day with the figures here given as a
 basis for comparison.
 The South Kingston town council
 has appointed .constabIes to serve at
 the fair of the Washington County Ag- i ricultural society, at Kingston, next
 week as follows: William j. Nichols.
 of Westerly: Erlo N. c. Barber. of
 Hopkinton;; Elmer E. Smith. Rich
 Pierce Joseph E. Hathaway George
 H. Hall Palmer Smith, North Kings
 town: Dudley T. Rodman, Ralph H
 Larsin, James NJ Tourgee, South Kingstown: John R. Wilcox. county
 sheriff, and his corps of deputies, will
 be on duty at the fair grounds, as
 usual.
 Mrs. Mabel Vose Chapman, dauah-
 ter of the late Horace Vese, is a 'Wo- man of her word" fact that is real . ized and appreciated by ladies at Watch Hill who had business deal ings with her. Mrs. Chapman was called upon to furnish floral 6ecora-
 lions for many social events One af- fair of more than ordinary social inn portance was scheduled for a certain date and Mrs. Chapman was charged to. furnish the flowers. It happened that in the very early morning of the day scheduled for the social event ' the big Vose barn was burned and : among the losses was Mrs. Chapman S } uninsured touring car. Besides the , barn the Vose residence, the home of Mrs. Chapman. was partially destroy
 eG.
 But business is business with Mrs
 Chapman, and during the excitement
 of the fire and it's attendant incon-
 veniences, including the loss of her
 automobile, Mrs Chapman did not
 forget her appointment She hired
 an automobile and fulfilled her en-
 gagement at the Hill. just as if noth-
 ing out of the ordinary had happened Later the facts were learned by the
 Watch Hill society women and as a