Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-17
WESTERLY

There was rather daring hold-up early Thursday morning on the high way between Carolina and Shamrock, not far from the sehoofheuse. Louis Maneau, paymaster for John Briscoe coftractor, who has 8 force of men at work on the. state road, was accosted by l two men and relieved of S750. The highWaymens were masked and sprang from some high brush by the roadside, and demanded of the paymaster. Mon l e yer your life" One man was armed with a revolver and the other with 9 ri- i f1e. The man with the rife covered the paymaster, while the other relieved him ] of the cash. As soon as possible after
 the hold-ap the facts were reported tc ! John R. Wilcox, sheriff for .WashiDgtoh 1 county, and the sSaerif with Ddputy ! George Phillips immediately began in, 1 yestigation in an endeayor to locate the highwaymen. v,
 l No automobile was parked in the vi :, cinity and the officers are of opinion that the hold-up was made by men ac- quainted in the vicinity and who hae
 full knowledge that the paymaster had
 the cash in his possession.
 II The reward of $500 of the town ol
 Richmond for, information that wouls lead to the arrest of the thief, or thieye that committed burglary at the McVal store and other places in Shamrock will probably be claimed by Philadel pllia policemen. Two men were arrest ed in that city for reckless driving o an automobile. Investigation shove that neither man had an operators Ii s cense, and the car had been stolen il some place outside of Providence, an bore Rhode Island registration. Tn police officers of the alleged Slow Cit 2 then initiated the two men into tn ] third degree, and soon were satisfe mitted the burglary at the McVay ster l for whom there was a town reward C s $500. 8 A description of the men in custed N l was sent to the officers of the town ( A Richmond in which it was stated or S of them had impeachment In his speecl From the description, especially the or x who shutters, MT. McVay believes the s are the men wanted, and he has gone & Philadelphia in expectation of identif, q ing one or both of the men in eustod @ 1 there.
 8 In the mill at White Rock, and u s other ten mills ill Rhode Island and f1 s in Massachusetts known as the Knigl S mills, notice of reduction in wages hi sa been posted. The notice reads: 70 # account of the conditions in the texti a industry it is necessary that we nal # a readjustment in wages and on ar Il after December 20, the scale ee wag N will be the same as the scale prior q December 1, 1919. The lower prHe . this, will make possible on the COT
 pany's products, we hope, will warra.
 putting the mills on full time at
 orl Ufip ta Ct1nI xt-iI
 effect. place the wages where they we before the last two raises of 12 1-2 al " Is per cent. were granted.
 y.i complimentary dinner wss tender
 Nathan A. Batchelder, who has resig E. ed as general manager of the Knig l., mills in a Providence hotel, Wednesd;
 night. The resignation will be in effe IF January 1. He has had supervision
 the entire chain of mills for the pa H. two years and has been connected wi ' the industry in an executive capaci
 1 fifteen years. The dinner was given , the officers of the company and all t mill superintendents were present. < Rev. Dr. Wilbur A. Crafts, of Was v ingten, brother of the late Albert Crafts, of Westerly, according to t
 Providence Tribune, wants feder 5 1 censorship of the movies, which, theui
 tthey have the millions of friends, al !. have their influential enemies Sti ,e there is a bit of more or less pepui T philosophy to the effect that eve
 knock is a boost. Rev. Dr. Crafts co il tinues the Tribune, is one of t " staunct, fighting band that brougi se about the constitutional amendme n which made possible the enactment " the Volstead act. It is fortunate f "a the American people that Rev. I, Crofts did not throw his inf1uence sil @ ply on the side of temperance
 a He is such a hard fighter again
 evils that he is apt to look at on
 the dark side of things. This beIiev
 in the need of a federal censor of mo
 ies went to them recently, and the 10 saw pictures of a vampire woman T 50 effect seems to have been disastrol n, for he said: T would rather have T > son stand in at a bar and drink ts es glasses of beer than to have him s ai that vampire woman. He may get ov
 the beer in a week, but he could n - forget that vampire woman until
 was eighty. years old"
 Es Never. of course, in the pallny days
 \ fine old brews was there known to f E brewers art beer two glasses
 \ which would make one feel it for wee It is.4allowable for the orator to exa E gerate but when a man of Rev I
 E Crafts judgment is led to make suca E statement as the one quoted he becon,
 an unsafe guide. The beer and the val E pire will both be forgotten sixty
 seventy YeaFS tA1Na m Ynaf4ar hox., ,,-,