Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-01

An act amendatory to the act con- corning jurors and jurieS. has been presented in the Rhode Island house of representatives, and referred to the ju- dietary committee. As the law is at present, all male citizens who are twenty five years of age and are prop erty owners. may servie as jurors The act introduced eliminates the proper ty qualification. No other state in the union requires jurors to be prop erty holders. }s At the present time there is no town ordinance or state law concerning the construction of sidewalks in Westerly, and the walks laid in the business center. and in some residential sections are due to the public spiritedness of abutting property owners. There are some modern granolfthic walks in Broad street and patches of the same material in other sections, with con- crete and brick walks, here and there, but the majority of sidewalks are made of gravel and few of pulver- l ity in sidewalks. The only induce ment along that line offered by the town Is that the town will bear the expense of laying the curning in streets that have been surveyed for established grade, but the curbing must be furnished by property own CTS. l It is expected that the passage of the amendment will result in more sub stantial and uniform style of side walks in the compact part of the town It is probable that provision will be made to have long stretches of side walks built each year. and in due time Westerly will be as proud of its sidewalks as of its attractive civic { center.
 The plan suggested for Westerly has been adopted in New London and with remarkable success. There were op- ponents to the proposition at the start and although thirty-two miles oi granolithic sidewalks were laid the 1 first year, there is popular demand fol more sidewalks on the fifty fifty plan Once constructed the city of New Lon- don provides for maintenance.
 C. Leo Higgins has received the fol
 lowing communication from the Unit.
 ed States Public Service Reserve, De partment of Labor, Washington, D. C.:
 You are hereby commissioned as al enrolment agent of the Westerly State Public Service reserve in the state O
 Rhode Island for the district of West erly.
 You are authorized to enroll mem
 bers to attest certificates of enrollmen
 of members, to distribute buttons, an(
 to exercise such other powers as ma!
 from time to time be delegated to en
 rollment agents by the director O Iyour state.
 As such enrolment agent you vii
 act under the instructions of the fed
 eral director of the reserve for you state.
 The communication is signed b.
 William E. Bell. national director an'
 attested by E. A. Burlingame; stat
 director.
 There are federaIized nationa
 guardsmen in Rhode Island who open l ly declare against the drafted mer
 and with more bitterness than l some regular, army soldiers agains
 the guardsmen. But the time is com ing when all soldiers will be classe by soldiers ,as being on the same leve t Private Walter B. Allen, Of Eas . Greenwich a drafteG man, is reporte by General Pershing as having die : of pneumonia in France aIthouga- h : entered the military service Tong afte : some of the :rraudsmer. did. EJe wa [ certified for service September G. wen