Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-14
WESTERLY

the retired sea captains So he decided to raise crop of green corn, greater than that of last season, enough for all hands to eat from the cob, and to can a sup ply for winter and between season use.
 When last seasons crop of corn was harvested the stalks were cut for cattle fodder, about a foot above the ground level The sailor farmer mulched the corn stubbles of last summer with stable product, being of the belief that corn was parental plant He hood and raked | between the corn stubble, and in appear ance the half acre coFnfeld was in ship shape, sailor-fashion, and showed the re- suit of many hours of genuine toll.
 He invited real farmer to come over to the place and enjoy real cornfield. l The farmer went. Then he laughed and l laughed and laughed. The sailor-farm- | CT asked the cause of such hilarity, and | the farmer told him, Then the farmer | sailor began to swear, and he swore in 8 single stream longer than any sailor !! ever did before. When calm was restor- | ed, the sailor said: "TH give you s25 l to blow this .cornfield and have the job 1 done before the old sailors return" It 1 was done.
 Edward F. McGrady, the international 1 union representative who directed the 1 strike of the building laborers in Wester- 1 Il, and who is now in charge of a like strike in Providence, has been served with a writ to appear before the su- perior court this (Monday1 morning. He will be required to answer an appeal for the gN9nting of an injunction forbidding the members of the Hod Carriers union from interfering with the employees of the master builders.
 A gasoline motor car, seventy feet long is to be operated on the Narragansett Pier railroad. The car is 8 self-propeller and will carry seventy-fYe passengers,
 There are smoking and baggage com partments, and the car will be used dur
 ing the summer on extra runs between Kingston and Narragansett Pier. It is expected with this car operating expenses
 will be reduced and the service improy- ed
 False information has been spread that
 tax on sedas or ice cream served at
 the counter, is no longer collectible.
 Dealers also being warned, by the in-
 ternal revenue department that they will
 be prosecuted if they fail to collect war
 tax on soft drinks, sedas and ice cream,
 served at fountains, or tables. Such re-
 treatments taken home for consumption
 are not taxable
 Bertha I. Cook. of Washington county.
 appeared before Judge Barrows of the
 superior court, Saturday, to contest the
 motion of her husband, John Cook, for
 modification of the decree entered in her divorce case several years ago, which
 decree awarded her the custody of her
 child and S4 a week for his support
 Mrs Cook had no counsel. She decided to handle the case herself rather than pay the costs and allowed it to be con- tinued. She cross-examined her hus- band on the witness stand and showed that his claim for the custody of the boy and his request to be relieved from the payment of the weekly allowance
 were not based on good reasons. Judge i Barrews decided in the woman's favor and denied the motion of the husband. The fire organizations of Westerly observed Firemen's Memorial Sunday with the customary exercises and the 1 placing of flowers on the graves of de- i parted comrades. Sunday evening, on 1 the invitation of the pastor Rev. Fred
 erick A. Macdonald, they attended ser 1 vices in the Pawcatuck Congregational
 church, when Rev. Mir Macdonald
 preached a special sermon.
 l Westerly former service men complet- l ed Saturday filing applications for the i state bonus of s100 which Rhode Island voted to every resident of the state who l served in the army or navy in the world war, Payments have been in progress 1 for some time and last Saturday State Treasurer Jennings reached the 5000 mark in checks isued for this purpose. 1 It was be weeks before the 130 West erly names are reached. The bonus is 1 to be given to between 22, ,06e and 25,- 900 men.
 Westerly Elks will hold the annual | Flag Day exercises in Wilcox park this ] (Monday) evening. The address will be | by Colonel Callan, of Bristol, who has 1 won honor in the military service of the cto fa Tn 1,a l received two citations for bravery from the American and French governments, and a letter of commendation from Gen eral Pershing. The local lodge has ar | ranged to have the exercises in the town | hall should weather preclude holding an
 outdoor observance,
 Mrs. James O. Babcock, of Westerly, 1 state recording secretary of the State Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
 was in the receiving line at the recep- 1 tion given by the several branches in
 honor of Mrs. Deborah Knox Living ! ston, in Plymouth Congregational church, i Providence, Friday night At the conclu- 1 sion of the reception there was dinner. 1 The after-dinner program included an original. song, Our Welcome, composed 1 by Mrs. George Perry, and sung by all i present: A Travellers Greeting was giy- l en by Mrs Lena Fenner Dennett, chair l man or the WOrlQ pFOnlDlIlOn committee of the Rhode Island union All Around i the World, sung by all; a greeting from | Mrs Eva Smith state treasurer; brief
 address by Miss Lena Sparks, assistant
 treasurer, who presented Mrs. Livingston
 a certificate showing that Rhode Island had oversubscribed it's jubilee quota of 1 s6,000 by SIS; singing of the Doxology i Mrs. Livingston told of her work in Eng land, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium and France
 | Local Laconics.
 Miss Ruth Jane Black, daughter ot MT. and Mrs. Theodore Black, of West erly, and Chester Elwood Salb, were married in North Providence, Saturday by Rev. F. Decker, They were attended
 by Miss Clara Black and Austin F. Ma thews.
 Herbert Bowling, II, son of MT. ant Mrs. George Bowling, was taken to {
 Providence hospital, Sunday, in tho Westerly Sanitary Corps ambulance. I The directors, officers and employees o the Industrial Trust company of Provi
 dence, and those Of the Westerly ant Pawcatuek branches, enjoyed an outing , at the Warwick club, Saturday after noon.
 , Mr. and Mrs. Barnes Newherry ar' at +bair Watch Hill summer home