Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-23
WESTERLY

| Civil War times was on the, site of | the $. J. Reuter- & Son big greenhouse 1 plant, now closed and gradually de- | | teriorating. There were several com | pahies Of home guards in Westerly, | one being explained by Thomas Salt, who was born in Stockport England, l l October 1, 1926, and died at Rein l beck, Iowa, September 30, 1904 In l | 1853 with his family of eight, he l | moved to the United States and was 1 employed as designer in the mills at | | White Rock. September 3s, 1882 he l enlisted in Company A, Twelfth Rhode 1 | Island Infantry After participating 1 in several sf1irmishes, he was wound ed in the battle Of F'rederickburg and was honorably discharged The home guard was then organiz- ing in Westerly and he organized and took command of one of the companies that drilled on the Beach street train | ing ground.
 In 1889 Mir. Salt settled cn a farm in Grand township. six miles north of Reinbeck. He helped organize the | first Sunday school in the township and served as superintendent and teacher of the. Bible class, and also | taught at winter torn, at night school In 1877 MT Salt moved to Reinbeck where he opened 8 hardware store, which at that time contained only thirteen buildings. He after wards engaged in the grocery and dry goods business and retired in 1889 Reinbeck finally became a city, and MT Salt was the first mayor. He was also postmaster four years
 The ancient training ground and all other real estate. of the Reuter- es- tate, was sold at public auction Tues day, by order of the superior court under the direction of Judge Edward | NJ. Burke, master in chancery The Washington Trust Company bought the greenhouse property, the dwelling adjoining. and the farm of ninety-s six acres, more or less. The trust com rsny made the purchases 10 protect mortgages. Two houses and a building | lot in Clark street were bid in by Max Norogroski The farm was bid in for $4900, the Reuter- residence for $4.- 200, and the greenhouses and land for | BIS, 900. Max Norogroski's bid for one house in Clark street was s1090. for the other $500 and for the lot s201.
 Should present plans mature, and | the challenge of Alberie A.. Archam- oault, democratic candidate for gov ernor. to Governor B. Livingstone Beeckman, to publicly discuss state | issues, Westerly is likely to be select | Cu do OllS OL LllC Pld(CS NileiC InC lIl- l teresting debates will be Eeld. The democratic nominee has invited the republican nominee to meet with him in open debate during the present campaign. Mir. Archambault declares the campaign will be brief and that voters will not have time to attend many political rallies, and he there fore urges bipartisan meetings. He also states that he believes this the l Il. sues before the voters in the cam paign.
 Mir Archambauit gives ;l list of the questions, all of which he claims are issues of great importance. He tells Governor Beecknnan he viii take the affirmative of each question, thereby selecting not only the debatable ques- tions but also selecting his side for the debate. He suggests that if the proposition meets with Governor Beecknlan's approval the meetings may be arranged at once by their representatives
 In the Second District court. before Judge Nathan E. Lewis, Annie P Will COX, on complaint of Henry & Proc tor, Jr., agent of the Rhode Island So- .iety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. was charged with neglect of her child. Judge Herbert w. Rath- bun, counsel for Mrs. Wilcox. stated to the court that he was ready and ask ed that the case go to trial Mfr. Proc tor stated that he was not ready as 1 his witnesses had not beer summon cd
 Then Judge Rathbun moved that the accused be discharged on the grounds that the arrest was made by a person to whom the writ was not directed and also that no allegation of crime had been committed in South Kings town, or in the Jurisdiction of tht Second District court as the writ wa. entirely silent as to the lo2ltion of tn, alleged crime. Mir. Proctor moved fo amendment of the writ
 Judge Lewis dismissed he case ol = account of misdirection and want o
 jurisdiction.
 No resident of Westerly was SC u' lccted to serve on the jury at the No 'e vember trial of the United States Dis
 trict court. Welcome r. Bliven 0 III North Kingstown, Stephen II. Kettl,
 of West Greenwich and John D. Mi
 ner of Fast, Greenwich. are among tn
 grand jurors. In the list of petit ju
 TOTS are htep names of Frederick F n, Briggs and Frank B. Henry of Eas Y. Greenwich. Frank F.. Nichols of Hor
 kinton and David Young of Mort of Kingstown.
 re Edgar Potter Maxson, formerly (
 the Westerly Sun, now editor d Trench and Camp, the Y. N. c. / sn newspaper published at Camp Deveu 10 is recovering from an attack of infu enza. Just as soon as the first symr
 toms appeared, he secured leave of al n sence from his Y. NJ. c. A. work an Ill., went to the home of his brother -in |. law, H.r. Henry Utter, of Providenc II II and was given treatment there, h -"' wife, formerly Mary Starr Utter, sery
 ing as nurse. Mir. Maxson was quit 5 ~ sick, but pneumonia was aVerted, an u' he is now able to be out of bed an
 around the house, Fe will rrohs sblv re
 turn to his newspaper work at Cam ld Devens within fortnight
 's Local Laconics.
 ed Because of the ban on public meet
 ings by reason of innuerZa, politics
 rallies are heinz held in the open - Rhode Island.
 There is a report that several me
 who were named as being called int
 military service and to report Frida
 at least one of the trio named ha
 Tuesday afternoon.
 One of the most attractive and ps
 triotic indoor displays in Westerly
 that at the Fisher store. IT. additic
 to the representation of motor trai
 in France, there are photographs
 nearly every man in the army ar
 navy who went from Westerly ar
 Pawcatuck
 Pawcatuck liquor dealers have bee
 unable to find any law that allow
 them g month to dispose of stock. af