Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-29
w ESTE ERLY

which increases the salaries of the clerks of the superior court for Washington. Kent and Newport counties from s1,soo to s2.S0o. a year. The sum of s14.6o0 was appropriated for the promotion and Encouragement of agricultural, horticul- tural and mechanical industries, to be dis tributed to 19 societies.
 An act passed in. the house requires clerks of, district courts to notify parties in interest of decision. The amount for clerical assistance to the clerk of the superior court for Washington county was increased from $500 to $500. The salary of the judges of the supreme and superior courts was advanced s1,000. An increase of $1,000 q year in. the pay of the attorney. general and first assistant and. $500 each to the second and third assistants.
 The Laurel Glen Community club. to be located in: Hopkinton. has been incor- porated. The club is for the purpose of promoting civic improvement along lit- erary. athletic and social lines, and the charter members are Moves D. Wheeler. James D. McCulloch, Orville H Chese- brough, George A. Jones, Howard E. Main, Dwight Main and H. Ella Main.
 During Wednesdays rain storm small boy jostled against the weighing machine in front of the Nash store, and down went the weigher and the boy car | rying with them the display shelf in l front of the show window. The boy was not hurt. the shelf was smashed, and the automatic weigher emitted many one cent pieces, but not in the ordinary way. The machine was lighted, and was given a. shaking and out rolled the pennies. all | coming from the bottom of the weigh | ing platform. That machine was shook | until 1t failed to cough up coin. Then it ] was set aside and placarded out of or der Policeman Curtin was the first to come to the relief of the small boy.
 There are strikers in Westerly de- manding from 75 cents to S1 an hour for an eight-hour day. If the pay is raised the people will pay the price. These same strikers register a kick | against the raise, in the price of a cup 1 of tea or coffee in the local restaurants
 where the poorly paid and overworked l walters are seeking a slight increase in pay, far below the standard set by com.
 mon laborers. These walters are re- quired to work twelve hours day on l regular pay, and are paid less for twelve
 hours than the laborers were paid for
 eight hours, even before the beginning oi | the present strike.
 The financial campaign for the Inter.
 church World Movement is on in West. erly, the initial having been taken at 2
 luncheon in the Colonial club, Wednes
 day, when Rev. T. C. Harris, state di.
 rector, outlined the work and it's Dur.
 poses. Westerly's. quota to be raised out side of the churches is S1O.62O, and tha-
 of Washington county is S16,72o. Tn,
 committee to have the campaign 1T
 charge is composed of William Clark
 William Spargo, Thomas Perry, CharIe
 L.. Segar, Rev. George D. Stanley, We'll,
 R. Fowler, Samuel Girven and Rev. Phil ip S. Sailer.
 Edgar Potter Maxson has been chose,
 secretary of the fire prevention commit
 tee of the Westerly Board of Trade Tn
 other members are Irvine o. Chester
 Thomas Mckenzie, Frederick C. Martin
 The members were entertained at tn Colonial club by Chairman Chester
 There was a discussion of the work t,
 be undertaken. which includes efforts t
 determine liability for fires, precautio for July Fourth, and work of an educa
 tional nature in the public schools Local Laconics.
 Roosevelt Memorial certificates are be l ing received by subscribers in westerl, MT. and Mrs. Ira B. Crandall observe ? the golden anniversary of their marriag . Tuesday. without publicity, Their daugt ter, Mrs. Napoleon Boston, and daugh ter, of Clarksboro, N. J.. were here fo the event. t
 : The Westerly library will open a read ing room in the. basement of the Bapris : parsonage in Bradford
 : As some of the employees demand
 1ve-day work week, the Pawcatuc W'oolen mill will cease. to operate, pend l ing settlement
 William D. critcherson is here froi - New York on visit to his mother
 .,f Captain Clarence Peckham has bee 7 transferred from the Block Island to th t Watch Hill coast guard station.