Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-21
IN AND ABOUT WESTERLY '
Plan For Laying Modem Sidewalks Sailors Come to Town to Receive Booze of Bees Visits Florists Shop
 Mrs F. | Payne Charge of Book Canvas For Soldiers.

Under the act passed at the present session Of the general assembly. the Mes.erB Highwa ay. nnissioners are authorized to construct pernArent' sidewalks, the town and abuttif1s pro- iaeI;ty owners to bears the. expense on an equal basis. each to pay one half. The commissioners cannot expend more than $4000 in any one year for this much needed Improvement The mtaigsiofiers have aithoritysto select the streets in which these permanent sidewalks are to be sconstructed, and should any property owner objecs to cooperate in the payf1lent [. the amount Will be charged against him and be collec,able with his annual tax, and be collected in the same way as taxes property. The commissioners viii probably select streets that are most travelled as the first to receive at tention, that. is the most prominent highways. Such. as, that section of High street. from the post office to the former residence of the late DT. J. Howard Morgan, and the. serti on in Ca nal street along the properties of Mary l.. Vose, pr. John L. May and the, Stiilnan estate. that is from High street to Raiiroad aAenge. F ....
 Under this plan it <. viii. be long time before there are permanent gran ciithic sidewalks in all the; streets of West, riy, but it. will be GfailIalsy ac- conipiishcd, and when it fs. sl'estariy will bE an1eng, tie pest sidewalk Il places in New England. from New London make resuiar wis. its to Westerly, coming in the; eve ming and departing in the early morn : ing. It is said: that thes sailors come tofWesterly for. booze and get 1t and indulge in speciesg of alleged enjoy ment in model Westeriy that they cannot indulge in wicked New =l4on- don Report has it that the booze is obtained by the .bootlegging route. and l that the plan is for the sailors to en sage a room and send a civilian for booze, and when that cannot be done one of the group dons a. civilian hat and coat stands close to the, bar and openly purchases intoxicafine2 drink. This matter has been called to tho at tention of federal officers and there is to be an investigation. The selling or giving of intoxicating, drink to a sail tor or soldier in uniform ais a l, serious offence, and is acted upon in the Unit ed States. court, being beyond the jur- isdiction of the local court It makes nu difference whether the offender be a licensed dealer, or a bootlegger, in so far. as the penalty. is concerned. Quite recently three public service au- tomobiles came here with parties of sailors from New London The boys were sober when they, arrived. but they were intoxicated and boisterous when they departed Chief of Police. Brown says that he has seen no drunken sailors in. West erly and therefore had; no suspicion oi lhootlegging, but that in the future the out very closely for violation of this law. The police of Pawcatuck will cooperate with. the Westerly police in the enforcement of this law. --------
 1 A swarm of bees,f evidently fooled 1 by the warn. temperature Tuesday af- ternoon, made stl1e fatal mistake oi leaving their hive on the premises o1 1 Rev. Clayton Burdfck, and went bug 1 zing up Main street and through the open door and into smiths flower shoT where they gathered the honey iron. ! the flowers in display. In attempting i to depart, hundreds of the bees flew i into the show window aga inst the plate glass and fell riilrlhed with the cod. and died shortly after Thesf bees commenced to get busy about tive months. ahead of their ordinary har Nesting time and they will buzz re more. These bees were a peaceful bunch and made no attempt to stins any of the persons in the store .devot ing their time to the flowers that he.t most of the sweetness that the: sought
 Local Laeonies.
 An act has been introduced in th house fixing the salaries of deput. sheriffs at 5 a. day,
 The police reports that all the peo T,le are on their good behaviour. there fore there is nothing doing.
 The local examining. board will ex day under the selective service law. l Eighteen young men have filed ap I plications to take. the bar examina
 tions March 29. Westerly is not rep
 resented. ! ! 3Librarian, Peacock has sent thre
 cases of magazines to the soldiers 8
 Fort Getty, many; of them being West
 erly boys. ''is@, .e . The new-.Rhode Island. autemobfl
 law requires the registration of all fir apparatus, but there is no charge fc
 the registration.
 i An act amending the. charter {
 Christ Episcopal church, Westerly wa . introduced in the house, by Mir. Gov
 dy, of Providence. ssis: Pigeons have selected the open towe
 of the Memorial building as a roostin land breeding place, and are beeomin an intoierable nuisance.
 The late Albert B. Crafts owned cor siderable real estate in the Pieasar View section, including one of tt
 largest residences at the beach.
 Governor Beeckman will make a
 official visit to the Na-ra gan0esf Bg forts Friday, and to the Newrssst t5ya wal Training Station on Satu-s'ia3-. :.
 The nine employees Of sit:, u7ezfe-:; library are members of ti;e Bed Eros
 all have purchased war thF:fz gta;l1r
 and the majority owr s-.ip@s:,. son,tiss i Kenneth Ridge. 4onA, @et s':-. g -.:ss,..' summer homes al. FEatn;:. T 11.ss't- S. ...i towned by Daniel ;. Ssi..:c ereiytf7ss
 the Cotton E-sTss. ; ssziAssz.;s ssg3'!1. ag ship r.
 The unsigt4..2 st::aa.:s cze .,;sa !, . -sr,5yl nifty ChristrAss Fee ass s:;s r.,t; Isw
 between the ito2e .c:fss'>4 : iaG Sfs5.:1:- :.
 Library building, <. scEE@ :c 3a T: moved
 The annual. report Of the sennrnis
 sioner of industrial statistics dug,
 law in January, has notsyet been sui
 rnitted to the Rhode Island generi
 assembly,
 There will be. a, house to house car
 paigny for books for soldiers, next wet
 in Westerly, under the direction. ]
 Mrs Frank !. Payne, chairman of u
 local committee. M RI