Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-18
WESTERLY

term of Walter A. Read, deceased, as it clarifies and practically settles the | contest for speakership of the house | and will tend to harlnonize factions in the republican party and make | public life more congenial at the, in 1 coming session of the general assem-
 bly,p wa sthe comment of a republican, leader after reading of the appoint 1 ment in The Bulletin Mir. Jennings
 is representative from the town, of Cranston and was candidate forsI
 speaker with Arthur P. Sumner of
 Providence as opponent. This political
 manoeuYers will give to MT. Sumner
 the full republican vote, which means
 election. < Mr Jennings is also secre-
 tary of the state returning board. It
 is understood that Mir. Jennings will resign from all other positions which
 he now holds and will devote his whole time to the duties of state treasurer The general assembly will elect him for the full tecm of two years at the termination of the gov
 ernor's appointment. He will, accord ing to precedent, be nominated and elected two years hence and be con tinued in office for life, should : so desire, unless the unexpected comes , and Rhode Island topples into the democratic column.
 Mir. Jennings was born in England | Aug. Ii, 1866, came to the United Estates when 20 years of age and was employed for. three years in the gen. eral mana gers office of the Pullman i company Chicago. In 1889 he located 1 in Providence and for two years work l ed as . newspaper reporter The late. l George H. Utter of Westerly when secretary of state, appointed Mir. Jen- nilss as a clerk in the office, and for ! three years he served as executive sec fetary to Governor D. Russell Brown. l He served a year as manager of a small newspaper in Providence and was secretary to Boss Charles R. l Brayton four years. He was also sec- | retary of the state census bureau five | years.
 When Mir. Utter was elected gover- l nor, Mir. Jennings was executive sec l retafy, serving two years In 1905 he was admitted to the bar and com : menced the practice of law. He has | been secretary of the state returning board since it's inception in 1901, was member of the commission which had | charge of revision of the criminal laws 1 of the state, and was chairman ofethe l committee to consider amendments to l the constitution.
 | The United States geological survey 1 reports that last year there were 105,- f000 cubic feet of monumental granite 1 produced in Westerly and vicinity, valued at $3S6,679. There was sold building granite to the value of s41,- t 900. paving blocks t$21 ,000, curbing and l Tagging s11,000, rubble S2 900, and granite sold during the year was $477,- i.779.
 Transfer deeds of real estate have r5A5 TI- II Everett E. Whipple as follows: F. Kings bury Curtis ct ux. to James Col. lins, lot at Pleasant View; Edith J. Griswold to Carl. T. Paulson, two lots
 at Sketer Harbor; James Collins to F, Kingsbury Curtis, lot at Pleasant View: John W. Sweeney to Washing ton Trust company, strip of land of East avenue: Susan H. Keath of
 Eleanor B. Congdon, house and lot al Watch Hill; Eleanor B. Congdon to Susan H. Keith, house and lot al Watch Hill; J. DeVere Barber to An tello Matarese ct uX, house and lot ir Pleasant street: Margaret M McGarr to Theodore D. Picard ct u1., house and lot in Beach street During the same period mortgages aggregatine 5000, three releases of mortgages, one conditional sale and four attachments have been recorded
 Mrs. Charles Perry of Westerly was l elected a member of the executive committee at the tenth annual meet ing of the Rhode Island state confer ence of charities and corrections helt 3 Monday evening in Providence. Prof Frederick P. Gosham spoke on Mill and Tuberculosis. He said statistic;
 showed that so per cent. of all Gattlt in New England were already suffer  OH milk samples already on the mar ket showed the presence of virulen I form of tuberculosis germs. He sait a it was the duty of all interested per E sons to work for a general pasteuriZa tion of the milk supply.
 E The will of David McLaren, wit codicil. was admitted to probate at tn regular session of the Westerly pro bate court, Judge Edward M. Burke E held Tuesday afternoon. The wi \ gives to a son and two daughters $1 each, and all the rest and residue c his estate is given to his wife, Jessi E Goprlay McLaren. In the will Jame H Gour'ay was named as executor Tn E codicil was executed after the deat of Alr. Gourlay, and Mrs. McLaren wa non1ed as executrix. The court ap proved the widow as exeeutrix an fixed the bond without surety a $6000 and appointed Richard E Butler appraiser. Both will and codi . cil were witnessed by Thomas Gourla and Edward J. Burdiclt
 =; In the estate of John Fl. GaYitt, a
 allowance was made of $100 mont
 for six months for the support (
 herself and child
 Q. Hannah T: Tefft was appointed ad y ministratrix of the estate of Jane
 A. Teft. Bond s3,000. Eugene ] d Pendleton was appointed appraiser n Samuel H. Davis, attorney, admins
 trator of the estate of Mary J. Crai, (dall, submitted inventory which show
 cd value of $2,76164, which was ar p,I proved and ordered recorded. In tl lsame estate the administrator was at
 thorized to sell for cash, at not les 0: than inventory price, all article o1 enumerated in the inventory that al lc A:s specifically disposed of by the wi
 First and final accounts were r, ie ceived, approved and ordered recortle oe in the estates of George F. Hiscox ar el Alice Conant.
 Inventories were ordered recorded stl the estates of Thomas A. Brown, Wi 10 liam c. Conway and Frank Marine. s Alice A. Saunders presented rr1a 3:
 from herself to herself all interest
 the estate of Estelle c. Steward. OI er dered filed with estate.
 't' Upon petition of Minnie Sisson 2 'il amplified copy of the will of Frank at H. Sisson, who died in Albany, N. ! CT was ordered filed in the records ee the court.
 Mylon Martin Peck, credited s- 2 Westerly, was listed as killed in a aa ton in Tuesdays casualty list. I !