Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-20
Majority. Majority Cas-

Legislators are reminded that the
number of qualified voters who did not
express their preference on the liquor
license question last November is very
large. The total majority of votes cast
for license was 1892: Yes 673 No, and
81, ia not cast.
Major Arthur N. Nash has been hon
orably discharged and returned to bus
! mess life after more than a quarter
century of military service, who be-
sides connection with the Rhode Isl
and National Guard, Spanish war, saw
federal service for the past year ana a
half. He enlisted first in a Westerly
company and received gradual promo
ton to the rank of major. When the
| United States entered the great war
| hh was soon thereafter placed in COM
manG oe Fort Getty and subsequently
| commanded at Fort Adams, and when
the armistice came he was in COM
mand of the Fifty eighth Ammunition
| Train, fully equipped for overseas SCR
vice and ready for transportation.
| In the carly stage of the war he
volunteered for overseas service and
was sent from Narragansatt Bay to
| Bedford, Mass. but in this he was
disappointed, the governing power de-
Gliding that he could best serve his
in the Nara gansett Pay coast defence
His ambition to get into real active
service abroad was about to be achiev-
ed when the fighting end of the war
came.
There was a union service In the
Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist
church Sunday evening in ratification
of nation wide prohibition. There was
a large attendance and an augmented
choir rendered special musical service
The speakers We're Rev. Samuel II
Davis, lawyer and legislator, Rev
George d. Stanley, pastor of Grace
Methodist Episcopal church, and Rev
Frederick A. Macdonald, pastor OF
Pawcatuck Congregational church has
been engaged in Y. NJ c. A. work
abroad and at home.
A gold star has been added to thu
service flag of the Woody Hill school
memorializing Leon C. Woodmansee
and who died in France, December u
and the school flag was placed at half
mast. The telegram from Washington
announcing his death was not deliver
ed to his parents, on account Of th'
org distance from the nearest tele
graph office, and the fact of his death
was learned through newspapers.
In the superior court Saturday a
Providence, decision was given for tn
defendant in the long drawn out cas-
OF State of Rhode Island against tn
frank W. Coy Real Estate company
and others, of Westerly, and deere
was entered dismissing the bill o
complaint brought to restrain the Co,
company from obstructing that section
of the Shore road that passes through
land of the company. This decision
leaves conditions as they were be
fore the Shore road improvement
were made.
This case originated in a cas-
brought against the town of Westerl
for not keeping agreement in buildin
walls and grading in exchange for lam
taken for highway purposes. TIL
court ruled that the town had no RICH
to delegate its power to 4 Commute
that made the agreement.
Then the highway was closed by til
Coy company and this suit Wa
brought by the state. This decision
practically forces the state TO carr,
out the agreement originally enterer
into by the town of Westerly.
Mrs. Ida F. StarIey, AZ. died Sat
urday from pneumonia at her home il
Palmer street. Her husband, EdWart
r. Starkey. a motorman of the Shor
line Electric railway, died of tho sam
disease. two weeks ago. She was tn
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horac
Ihesebr1 and was born in Lower Paw
catuck, August 70. 1875. She is sur
nTed by her mother who re5.GcS il
Stor!uGton. and by a sis'': MIS-. Eu
gene Lanpheal Of We5' orlv.
Mrs. Alice {. Chesejrc 54,n''c-s II
sister Of Mrs. Ida +. StarkeT. died o.