Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-20
WESTERLY

Der, was held Wednesday in the South | Baptist church, Providence. Officers l and committees were elected as fol- | lows:
 Moderator. Rev. Frank L. Wilkins, D. D.; clerk treasurer, Rev. William T. Green; trustees of the relief fund of the Warren, Providence, Narragan- sett and Roger Williams association, Clinton F. Stevens, Charles B. Key holds, Charles E. Westcott and Henry O. Tripp; association representatives on the apportionment committee of the Rhode Island Baptist state convention, Rev Frank L. Wilkins, D. D., Walter L. Clarke and Clarence H. Guild; as- sociation representatives on the per manent council of Rhode Island Bap- tist churches, for four years, Rev. Ed ward Holyoke, D. D.. Rev. H. w. Wat jen. D. D.. and Rev. T. E. Bartlett (term ending 1S22); association trus- tees for the Rhode Island Anti Saloon league, Rev. w T. Green and Rev. M. E. Bratcher, Ph. D.; association com mittee for the five year program of the Northern Baptist convention AL bert Knight, Rev. B. T. Livingston, Rev. J. L. Peacock of Westerly, Rev. w. G. Cooper and Mrs. c. M. Gallup.
 Committee of Arrangements-Rev M. E. Bratcher, Rev. F. R. Wilkins, Rev. William T. Green, Mrs. J. V. Osterhout and Rev. George H. Watt; committee on resolutions, Rev. George E. Barnard, Rev. M E. Bratcher, Rev. c. NJ Gallup; committee on place and preacher, Rev T. B. Bartlett, Rev. | William G. Cooper and c. L. Lawton: committee on nominations Rev. Ed ward Holyoke. Rev. L. A. Clevenger and c. H. Guild; committee on obitu- aries, Rev. E. F. I1oux and Rev. c. L. Eldredge; committee on state of re- ligion, Rev. c. M. Gallup, Rev. Frank | L. Gardner and D. W. Hoyt commit tee on historical sketch, Rev. H. w. | Watjen and Rev. c J. Yeomans; com ymittee on new churches, Rev. F. B.. Cowell and Rev. W. H. Lane.
 | Rev John Stewart acted as moder- ator and Rev. Elmer E. Loux led the devotional service. Rev. B. T. Living ston spoke in regard to the state con- | vention session and Rev. William G. Cooper spoke for the committee of 1 arrangements The speakers of the
 afternoon session were Rev. Edwin Simpson superintendent of the Rhode Island Anti Saloon league, on Liquor S Last Trench; Rev. William T. Green on My Experiences in Newport, and
 rrof Henry c. Maybee on China. The
 speakers for the Woman's Mission pe-
 riod were Mrs. Percival Bateman and
 Miss Hilda o. Olson.
 Between the afternoon and evening
 sessions dinner was served and ad-
 dresses given on the laymen's Chris
 tian enlistment campaign. The even
 ing program included organ recital
 song service and devotional exercises
 The principal speaker was Rev. Rob-
 ert Stuart MacArthur, D. D., presi-
 dent of the Baptist World alliance, or Billy Sundays Source of Power.
 With the result of Tuesdays repub. Hcan caucus as basis when the town committee was selected, it is tht , belief that the new committee vii nominate Maurice W. Flynn, presiden
 of the Westerly town council, for sen ator from Westerly to the general as sembly That is, according to loca custom, he will be the regular nomi nee of the party to succeed Senate Albert H. Langworthy. There is nt
 doubt, in that event, but Mir. Lang worthy will be nominated also il
 caucus and will pose as the anti
 machine candidate.
 7 There is to be another contest a ] the caucus when Attorney John Fer
 guson, Jr., will attempt to secure tn , nomination as representative from tn ! First district to succeed Representa- tive Francis G. Hasweu who ha ! served four years. MT. Ferguson vii not be tn eonly opponent of MT. Has
 will. if report be true. It is said tha Joseph T Murphy. who was succeeded ! by Mir Haswell, and Dr Thomas E : Robinson are also in the list of en , tries.
 ,. Property owners in Highland avenu,
 have petitioned the highway commis sioners to make the avenue a pubI . highway and, if necessary, to condeml i land for that purpose. It is set fortl
 that the laying out of the highwa f would add to the taxable list and il time the added taxes would pay fo f the needed improvement. It is sai f that petition is to be made for tn
 grading of Vose street and acceptanc
 as public highway.
 The Westerly police are asked to b
 on the alert for draft dodgers, but n
 provision is made to meet the eX d penses incurred, and there is a lac Q of cooperation in disposing of tn g men taken into custody. A colore S man taken at Watch Hill was lodge = and fed in the police station thre
 days and the police were put at tele : phone and telegraph expense, withol T reim mbursement Another man wa
 Eeld for several weeks at no small eX T pense. and with added expenditure fc r telegrams and telephone. It is th general opinion that when the polio pick up a dodger the local board ougl K to do the rest.
 Tuesday night Samuel Eli Polit, 1 q was brought to the Westerly polio l. sta tion, as he was without a registra p tion card. and he is there yet, at tf e expense of the police department + 'f claimed his address was in Roxbur ' Mass and it was ascertained tn;
 there was no registra tion card for hi a at the address given. The matter WE l. taken up with George A. Loomis, set
 retary of local board of State Divisic
 No. 1 at East Greenwich, and
 brought the matter to the attention
 Captain George H. Webb, director l. the draft for Rhode Island Then u IS Westerly police department was aC
 vised to communicate by telegraI IS with the local board at Portland, NJ n where Polit claims he registered
 the meantime Polit is in the Wester a police station. and Westerly is put
 expense that would not be necessal n if the draft board took charge of i st cases when detected by the police.
 Tom Brown of Ashaway was Westerly Thursday on business wi Tom Brown of Westerly, both not
 fox hunters. Both claim to be hun
 CTS of the sportsmanlike type and
 their fox. hunting with dog and gu
 rather than with -pickaxe and spad
 Both Toms claim to have the be
 dogs, and they got together to dete