South Side Messenger 19101209

              Palamountain End
The Crew of the "RaeA'
Must Keep Paper Off Patchogue Street
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL  PAPER. NASSAU  COUNTY
Vd 3, Number 20
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY. DEC. 9, 1910
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy 5 Cents
Merrick
The Men's Club celebrated last night
Down in the Southwest
Second of a Series of Letters From
Freeport
Belfanore
m the Parish House in a quiet way with speeches and refreshment^ ita aecond birthday. The monthly meet¬ ing will be held on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. '
Mrs.
the Odd Places of New Mexico
The  following   item   was  hand(>d in too late for our last issue: ^ " Miss  Grace Nohearn   and Benjamin
By M. J. Browa, Editor Little Valler, N.Y. Hab  Verity   were    united   in   marriage  on
Wedresriay aftern'on, Nov. .30, by the; 	
       ' f    In   tjhe evening of tbia Golden   Nov-   Rev. Dr. Schciley, at 4.30 p. m., at the j     Services will be held this Sunday  at
.„.,__ f.     ^ ember day 1 sit at the foot of the cliffs  resilience uf the bride's aunt and uncle, I tbe M. E. Church, Merrick Road.   The
waiter il. Bpear returned  on  and watch the sun bid good   night to a  Mr. and Airs. Cldlrence Golden,   in   the I pastor. Rev. J. M. Cox, will preach  in
Single copies of the Messenger can be liad at William Wolfe's drug store and from Anderson Bloomer, news deal¬ er, at 5 cents per copy. tf
They Are Already Side¬ stepping
Democrats Afraid to Commit Them selves to the Complete Aboli¬ tion of Protective Duties
SmithviHe South
A fair and supper will be held at the Athletic Club House on the 14th inst, afternoon and evening, by tbe Ladies' Aid Society of the East Mead¬ ow Church; the proceeds will be for the benefit of the church.
rj^r A     A     * #   * J  u*.     * 1—-   - -¦ " " «*   i«.. a..u .«.». v..Bii»..ceuoiue.i,   in   u,e , F-—.«-..-..«. ..ua, «... i.xv=»      The Ncw York   World, in answer  to i     A  committee   was    appointed    last
weanesday trom a fortnight a stay  in (deserved city-sit here and see its last  presence of a few immediate  relatives ' the mojrning to the children,   but  par-^ »  Republican   Senator   who is   afraid   Friday night to make arrangements for
Philadelphia.
Mrs. William E. Nies, wife of Rev. Mr. Nies of Port Washington, L. I., was the guest-of Mrs. P. R. Jennings over Sunday.
Mr. J. R. Moore was in the village on Sunday.
rays fall athwart the city of the dead,   and fric the   Home   of   Great  Silence,  and in | the 6.18 speechless  awe  I  wonder   what I can ; the  states,   where  their 1 write  thtit   will  convey to you what 11 them and*enjoyable time.
feel. 	
Here is where time forgets and nods,       _ and where the milk bottles aro not put   Prid'ay'and Saiu'rday eve^in^s; prize's" out.    Here in the  anknown   centuries 15   chickens   given   to  the   five    men before the landing of Columbus a great j bowling  the  highest  scores.     Oyster The game postponed   on account of i f?*^*^'''7*^' ^®''®*''°".'^".^^ °5 P^°P'*  stew   and   other    light    refreshments the  storm on Tuesday  night  between ! "1!°   and wore out antiquity   before a 'grved  to  ordei.    Gere's    alleys   are the basketball teams of the Men's Club 1 white man s foot ever touched America. and the Smithville South A. C.   will be      ^"^,? ^'' ^'ff^ ,^"1^  '""^ "J"  ^*  *^° pldyed tonight at Smithville. | tumbling walls  look up at tbe desert-
  ed bee hives, and ask,   'Whence  came
Services  at  the  Church   of the Re-'^o"-«"^'^^'ther went you?"    Rut no
nds.    After supper  they   tooklents are invited and we hope the child- j that  the Democrats may  pass a Tariff 1 a  supper  and  dunce  for train for a short tour throughjren   will come and bring their parents i f**'""''«venue-only bill, says: ! Auxiliary   and   club    me
friends wish \ with them.    We would like every one who reads this notice  to  come.    "Re¬ member   the   Sabbath  day to  keep it Bowling  contests  at  Gere's   alleys j holy."—Sabbath School at 2:30 p. m.;
Epworth League, 7:00 p. m.; Evening services, 7:45 p. m. Pastor
the  Ladies'
members    only,
The   gentleman is  unduly  alarmed,   some time during this month.
There   is to be noj-eversal of the   Pro-
growing more popular every day and are being patronized by the best people of  the  village.     Call  and     convince
noj'
tective policy. We have had a Protect¬ ive Tariff since Washington's day. No doubt we shall have one for genera¬ tions to come. The only policy re- jspecting  the   Tariff   that has been re-
Mr. Enoch Decker is spending a few days vacation with her daughter in Brooklyn,
The Epworth League of  the  Metho- i ^«"ed   is that of   extortion, deception dist  Church   will  hold a Christmas so-   and perfidy
cial at the home of Theo. J. Weils, cor¬ ner of Wantagh avenue and Merrick Road, on Wednesday  evenng,   Decem-
There is the   situation in a nutshell. Here is the World, a Democratic news-
yourself.    Ladies can secure alleys any j ber the fourteenth.    A cordial   invita- aftern'oon at reasonable rates. It   tion   to  be   present   is extended to all
—  i friends of the League.    Each guest  is
Wednesday   afternoon Rev.   Charles  requested   to  bring a small gift to   be marriage, ' placed on the Christmas tree.
deemer Sunday, the third in Advent, at i answer  comes back  from this city un-
7:80 and II a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Cele-1 Peopled and ^ill.
bratlon of the Holy Communion at  the 1     ^^^ ''•'« * pygmy I look up, wonder, , Herbert Scholey  united
early  service.     Morning  prayer    and i *"^   *'">'   *°  catch the   time of what I j in Bennington Park, James Johnson and
aermon at the second service. The Sun-1 ^^®-    ^ ^ *° «®*   hack to days   when , Mrs  Melissa Cook. I     ^he  Christma* entertainment of iho
day School meets in the Parish   House ' *^'^'^'^''*'^*"'   wore swaddling  clothes in 1   | Methodist  Sunday  School will be held
at  10  a. m.    Carol practice under di-i ^heae  cliff  cities of the  Santa  Clara, j     People who were in  the  vicinity  of !'" the church on Tuesday evening,   De-
rection  of  Mr.   F.   W.   Settle will be' *"<^ ' •^'^^ ^®* *hese men as they were  the comer of Church  street and   Mer-1 member 22.       	
continued.    The   Woman'a    Auxiliary i h«*ore  they   turned  back   to dust—to i rick Road about  four o'clock  Sunday]
meets   in the Parish House weekly  at j ««® ^hes^ "«" "bo lived heVe countless | afternoon saw an  automobile  accident       ...      ., . nrotrram   """"'J" V, .Vd V ".•"rr" ,r":' J—'
2.30 P. M.    Advent services  are  held 1 generations^ ago and then  disappeared j in  which two machines collided at full i ^?rhH™i "!S"fn^h»  h°iH   "   '^.^*';^. ^"      ™"°"""^ThT Brook'
Nothing Serious "By Mat.
Mrs. Charles A. Wood, who has been
i seriously   ill   for  the past  week,   has
! much improved  and  is  around  again.
... .^     .     ¦       .      J       ! Mr. J. M. Schnieder, who was laid  up
paper, taking its stand only a few days  ^^^^^  ^ t,^^,^^^ j^^^ j^ ^^„^j„g  ^^^^^
again, and Wilbur Hubbell, who was sick with the grippe, is also around again and they say he is pretty busy writing poetry.    Mr.   Michael   (Mike)
The  scholars  and   teachers  of   the  Traders in the Democratic
Wednesdays "at 9 o'clock ln"th"ePari'sh I''•'"r   the  face of  the earth,   without | pseed without apparent injury to eith-i °L^'l'''*'^^'^^^^^^ and  perfidy."
House, Litany; and Thursdays at  4.30! having seen a white man's face. ; er.    One  was  going  south on Church '^^ ^*^''°°"'°"^^  on Iriday  afternoon,
after election in favor of a Protective j Tariff. It would not have talked this 1 way two weeks ago. The Times was ' ot the opinion, formed from reading the :
World, that the Protective  part of the ^^;;;^ i7suffering'again^w"th rheum' ... Tariff   was   he    'extortion,   deception 1 ^^ism ; he has been  confined to his bed   ' and perfidy    part of the   Tariff     It is  f^^  g^^,^^^,   ^        j^^^ j ^^„,^ ^g,, thought   ihat It was only "robber bar- , ^j,^^ j,^ ^^j^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ons      who favored Protection   and the |     ^juj^^ j,  ^raft hit his finger with ^ dupes   whom   they   deceive       Surely \ 3 hammer; guess he'll lose his nail.  , there  must be some out  and out Free-      Thomas   Wright  lost  a  horse    last party   who { ^^^j^. he died       Yet we haven't got j a doctor in Smithville South.
Wilbur  Siles  says  when   the  snow
in the church, Evening Prayer, practice Saturday at 8 p. m.
Choir j    ^""^  while I look   and  wonder,   the | street and the other was traveling west
December 23.
sunset changes from red and gold to i darkness, and thia mysterious old coun- Mrs. Geo. Carpenter has been called ' t'y " hid for the night, and I think to the bedsideof her mother, Mrs. Bond ! and think, of the steps of these far of New Jersey, who is dying from can-1 dim daya of the past to the present car. j time—think of the stone, the spear, the
-—  ^       I bow, the sword and the gun.
And there comes into memory   these lines— "A fire mist and a planet.
Birch's change of front and Miller's "Grand Opening" have been the fea¬ tures of Merrick life this week. Mr. J. W. Birch having taken out the old front in the store occupied in part by Miller's general store and the Post OflSce has rejilaced it with three 77x80 plate glass windows and receding doors flanked by plate glass. There are three doors—one entering the store, another an oflice at the south end^   and
A crystal and a cell
A jelly fish and a saurain
along Merrick road. •     Lewis  E.   Van   Horn  returned  last
The one on Church street was a large Saturday from" his western business touring car, while the maj:hine it col- trip. Mr. Horn was as far west as lided  with  was a runabout.    The dri-, Cincinnati, Ohio. ,
vers  got out of their respective  cars,
disentangled  the  machines and    after I     Draggist William Wolfe  was  taken
working on   their  engines  for a few i suddenly  ill  on Tuesday  and is   now
minutes,   both  went   on    their   way. I confined  to his bed at Baldwin with  a
^ Both had badly damaged hoods and for-' severe  attack of malarial fever.    His
j ward mud guards. i store will be. closed for a few days.
About half past ten  Tuesday  morn-1     Leander Brown and Adolph Frisch, j not see in 1*ie  Protection  asked for by And caves where the cave men dwell;   ing the dreaded 81 call sounded for the ; Jr-.   have  returned  from  a successful! Democrats that "extortion,   deception
lyn Times is fearful that these men will not follow in its advocacy cf a Protective Tariff.
This early utterance of our esteemed contemporary brings at once into plain view what this paper has often main¬ tained—namely, that the Democratic party  has no poficy whatever   regard-
Prote?tL7stefn thl^lfarVas therTare .   AU  men are equal  before the law, Free-Traders.    The  fight   will   break  S.''•^'"i.^°'"«« ^ P>«y'"«  P'""'^^'^ out So soon as the   Tariff schedules are | '^"®" " " ainerence. taken up. •  Of course, the World  may
stops, I'll stop delivering sleighs.
Mr. Anton Jung, Adolph Frisch and Leander Brown Went up the State last week gunning and 'jrough back a large number of Jack rabbits averaging 12 to 14 lbs. apiece. They say that they shot them themselves.
Then a sense of law and duty, | fire     department.      The    alarm  was
And a face turned from the clod j sent  from   Gobetz's    store   on   Main
Some call it Evolution street,   ,where  a small heap of paper
And others call it—God." | had  cad'ght  fire,   but  the  blaze   was
I met a magazine   man in Santa  Fe j quenched by a little water and the  re- still  another leading to the apartment! who was just back from the grand can-  call sounded in about two minutes, above.    Four Welsbadh quartette-man-! yon.    He  went  there  to   describe it. tie burners have been installed  in   the  but he told me there was no such thing.
store making a well lighted place of business. It is proposed to place the post oflice booth in the center of the store with window facing the door and the boxes on the sides.
And I feel as this man did—that these
The Onslow-Moore Company had their Street Cleaning Dept. ^ut in full Cliff Dwellers of the Santa Clara are I force removing the snow from all the not of this world—not for an Eagle j walks in the Bayview section, Wed- lead pencil No. 2. ¦ nesday, very much to  the  satisfaction
But to get back to it all.    t will try j and  comfort of the residents, to start you at the beginning, lead you
gunnnmg  trip  to  Ulster  County,   N. i and perfidy" that it saw in a Republic-
Y., where they shot several  jack   rab-! an   Tariff.    It   will   then  be  looking
bits. i through   the   eyes   of   a   complacent
~ I mother, regarding the  acts of her own
"Bob" Willmarth has rented Buck's [ children, and we can all be very for- hotel at Smithville South and will run giving when judging our own offspring, the same during the winter months.      , —-Brooklyn Times.
' i .—.—..	
Don't forget the services in the Pres¬ byterian Church Sunday evening. Preaching at 7 :30 by Rev. H. M. Jones of New York City. Sunday School at 2:30.    All welcome.
"Just  what  you   want"   to give to your  relatives and friends for   Christ-
Ralph Havens, colored, formerly of this place, was sentenced last week by Judge  Edgar Jackson at Mineola to 9
Speaking of new fronts, it is always i to it—snd then you guess well to put up a good front and so! I went to Espanola Monday—a little what's the matter with all Merrick-! mountain town up the Rio Grande from ites buying their monthly commutation I Santa Fe—a town which now has two tickets at the station here and not in \ stores and two near-hotels, and which New York? The agent tells us fifteen j lives in the reputation of former great¬ er twenty tickes were made out this ness, of once having had thirteen sal- month   for  regulars  which   were  not oons, a company of forest   rangers and 1 out by her sleigh upsetting in front of 	
called for, the supposition   being  that  a lot of historic trouble. .the  Review  <>*Sce   Wednesday   after-j    The   infant   son   of   Mr.   and Mrs.
purchases  were made at the other end      The town was full of people  and ex-; noon,   but  was uninjured.    The sleigh ! Chae. J. Jamison died last Friday ; in- of  the  line.    Brethren,   these  things  citement   and I couUn't make   it  out. i righted itself and the horse ran a block j terment at Greenfield Cemetery.
.Asa part of the  treatment I had  cut | when he was stopped and   returned   to ( ——	
ojt tlfe morning newspapers since leav- j Mrs. Stevens. The largest attended meeting of Ad-
ing Las Vegas, and the   laat 1 knew of |     _  ——, _   j vance  H., L. and Engine   Co. held
Athletic Club News. At the last regular meeting of the S. S. A. C. it was .decided that the club purchase a pool table. John Johnson, George Stiles and F. M. Wood were appointed a committee of three to make such purchase.
The motion picture show and enter- ': tainment given by the club iMt I Wednesday evening was a big success I and even if the heavy snow storm did ! cause bad travelling, a big crowd at- _,    ,   -, ,, ; i tended.
Fred  Mollineaux   is   now   receiving 1    Tonight Capt. Schnieder's baaketball
!*^_?° .u^^^'l !*  his  office  a five^ per I team,   the lightweights, will play  the
i. ...   -   .   .A. Merricks, at the Club   House.    Every-
Roosevelt
mas,   can be   secured   without   going l^ears  and   6  months  at   Sing    Sing. away   from   Freeport.    See   Kiefer's j Havens was charged with having forged ' adv. on another page. It i 3 check on the name of S. A. Williams j
at Freeport.    There were also  several I ; other charges against him. i
Mrs. Frank H. Stevens was  thrown
ought not so  to   be.    When   our  Citi¬ zens' League  requests   gas   lights the   platfori^   of   the  L. 1. R. R. they
cent; the 1 per cent time limit expired last week.
Chas. E. Whitehouse has broken ground for a new office buildinjf, 40x40, to be used by the Gas Company.
The Board of Education has procured a new flag which appears on the school building every day.
John J. Dixon, jr., of Brooklyn has been spending several days with his sister, Mrs. Arthur Abrams of Lincoln avenue.
body is invited to attend and witness this game. A special place for sitting^ room has been screened off for the spectators.
Capt.  Schnieder has also arranged*^ with the Copiague heavyweights for  a game at home in the near future.
will be met  with:    "The   businesa  of current events was  that the house was j   ^"The^vniage is not to  have  any  sale j ^bout a year  was held Monday night, the place does not warrant the outlay."   ' "" -       --      -  -    -* i--j « .j *
Then in helping Merrick, possibly, we certainly help the agent to make a I et- ter showing—a good Merrick citizen.
Miss Mary McMahon and Kane have secured positions at the printing establishment of Doubleday, Page & Co., at Garden City.
"GETTING  BACK."» (By one of the bunch.) Our postmaster here is wondrous Wise; In poetry he lauds us to the skies, Walter I ^'^t sometimes  he   takes    an    awful
the
ams has sold his house to
hunch j And roasts every one  of us
bunch. Up in the club he is the Big Squeeze; When in the store he sells fine cheese
In the year's record of the Sundav School of the Church of the Redeemer just made up, two teachers have been in attendance every Sunday through¬ out th® year, the Misses Florence and Edith Hewlett, and one scholar, br'i- tha Bums.    The American   flag  given
democratic  and Rooaevelt a Jim  Jeff-i of land for unpaid taxes  yet.    At  the j ^hen  officers were elected  for the en-
riPs 1 meeting Friday evening it was decided ; auj^g year.    Twenty-six  members re-
I wtnt to the livery   barn   and   told   to  employ   a  special   tax collector  to | gpon^ed to roll call,   despite the incle-
(hem I .vanted a   team, a guide   and a ! collect the taxes overdue,   at   ten   per | p^g^t ^g^ther, to vote  for their favor-/o*    u      e    »^   *  ^u    1        *     ^       u   1 a    1     ^u      ^u- u       i> •     1
.amu  outfit   for   the   Cliff   Dwellers. I cent,   the  amount  being about $7000, ! jte candidates for officers   for  another l^^P^.^" ^*=°"°^  Charles  street,   who  And  other  things he sells are  simply
with  possibly   $2,000   interest.    This ; ^^em.    Peter Johnson was again elect-1 *>"« ""^^*^y *°''.!1^^««'°"- i        «''«'"^'
willeliminateti.epossibliityofhavinged to the office of foreman," which office I     At the Board of  Trade   Hall,   Mon- a tax sale this year. jj ^ju be remembered   Mr. Johnson so : day, evening December 12, an old-fash-1
F. G. & G. T:^;^a7^]per have  com-' ^^^'^ fJ'^'^ f "''^^^^^^ ^^^^^    His : ioneed entertainment entitled "Jerusha !
•^ selection  as foreman was
Rut tliTre was nothing doing along these li e=. and no outfits to be had. There was a^i Indian uprising—a genu¬ ine old re'iellion against the white m;in's WHV of justice. You \v()o and
troubles  here
But when will he cut out that White !        Rose Brand?
o   read the press  dispatches ; menced a 3-story brick building at cor-; ^j,^^^   ^eing no onposition to him   and fter November 15  saw   the i "^r of Dean and Main Streets for  Mil-; ^j^^ ^^^j „f the officers were unanimous-
unanimous. ; Dow  and   her Family Aloum" will be j NcW York's PoUltry ShoW given, to be followed by dancing. i     The New York Poultry,  Pigeon  and
Pet  Stock  Association  will  give   its
are
to the class having tbe highest per cent meagre details of the trouules here: i'®'" *he baker. They also hawte a con-¦, 1^^.^^^ ^j^,, ^j^^ exception of one: Sit up and take notice -We of attendance for the month to hold you who did not may call this another ; *^act for a building, 38x70, cement j ^j^.^.^ 3^ assistant foreman Fol-i awake and want you to know it—Keen for the succeeding month was given for I of Brown's bromides and forget it. ; blocks, 2 stories, for J. M. Hewlett, : j^^j^^ ^^.^ the officers for the year :i this date open—Monday, December 12, the month of December to Miss Flor- Just what the issues are it is difficult: corner Church St., and New Boulevard, 1 Foreman, Peter Johnson • first assist-' beginning at 8:15, an old-timer—"Je- ence Hewlett's class with a per cent of to get the straight of. but as I grasp i«" which they were to have started ^^^ foren,an Walter Frisch second i»U8ha Dow and her family Album," 79.    The  Christmiia  exercises  of the  it the government at Washington leases  ^"esday  °^^  ^^^^ prevented  by   the        -g^^^j j^^j.^'^^^^   William Valentine-: followed by an oldtime dance, at Board
school will be held in the Parish House i range   to  the  Mexicans,   and  the few , 8"ow stdrm.       i third assistant foreman, Harry E. Mer-j of Trade Hall.    If you  miss it,   you'll
upon the evening of the 28th.    Advent;white  men   who  have reasons of their      „        1        ,.   ¦   u • j  u    ' rit; treasurer,   Charles W   Smith- re-  miss it; tickets for sale by any member
barrels  are  in  possession of all mem-  own  for living here.    But water is as ; ,,?°Ti!J!r.*'!*   pL.,!!"?,*''£^.!.1^   «?? ! cording   secretary,   Herbert B. Valen- \ of the Board of Trade.
bers of the achool to rfise funds for thf  scarce as society and cattle must drink. | "T *p"'rr "' i'' Tn^'vni.r„""»i,«''irff I tine; financial  secretary, August Um- i missions  throughout  the  So the cattle were driven onto the res-I ™"" ?°_7.*'o!r..f'^!^?_^^^^^^^
Apport  of
counties of Queens and Nassau
; ervation for water and the Pueblos had i here early Sunday morning as the crew I
I of the auxiliary yacht  Rae,   and  may |
The newly elected officers will   start
Sweet ^re  the uses of advertising. They dispel the season's   dullness  and
twenty-second annual exhibition at Madison Square Garden, opening Tues¬ day, December 27, and closing Satur¬ day. December 31st. Entries will close with Secretary H. V. Crawford, Montclair, N. J., on December H)tb.
With its years of success, and witb thousands of birds jin show, including foreiifn exhibits, the exhibition is a necessity and its appreciation by poul¬ try  breeders    is    established.    There
Mrs. R. Narwood's residence rick avenue has been given a of white by E. Harrison as the
A new organist and choirmaster has been secured at the Church of the Re¬ deemer to fill the place of Mr. F. W. Settle, recently resigned, after a per¬ iod of five or more yeara of most ac¬ ceptable service. The new organist is Mr. S. Reid Spencer of Manhattan. Mr. Spencer officiated at the organ on Sunday last to the great satisfaeton of the congregation. Prof. Spencer has an excellent reputation aa an organist and choir director and is an associate of the American Guild of Organists.
I consequence waa the cowboy and the gun. The Indians were armed with Winchesters and civilization and this with possession made a bad game to go up against. Well, there was a few days of nervousness and dispatches to Washington and then the driver and I though we would take a chance.
Wednesday morning we started. One of the men in the mercantile com¬ pany in Esoanola, who I had struck up a talk friendship with, stopped our rig, and warned us qot to tote a gun or car¬ ry booze.   There were three of us in
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aith in the seaworthiness of the little I P*'^^*'"® ^°' ^^ company, xr.»j.™-, j^ j^^^j^j. ^^^^^^ ^^.^^ ^j^^j^. j^,g^j_ loat and did not doubt that she would | ^"^ *° *"»'« " "i""?'*"' °/ *"*''l'*'"- i ishments. They create values, beget father the storm.    He was also con-1 •"«"*»'  dances   picnics, etc   and thej ^j        r^ barometers of
members are also talking  strongly  of ^    jj:     mi ' "Jc«iD  ux
remove one's wrinkles from  the brow "'" ^f * ^"® showing of pet stock.
They   loosen purse !     Modern appliances for poultry  rais-
a motion to he nim- i'"« '?'" he seen.    Busy incubators will
are the   delight of I *®" *heir own story, and the little birds
ind the maie bar-  *'" P™^e it.    All the beauties of the
Hprevious shows  will  be again  visible
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fidtent that the Rae had made a harbor before overtaken by the gale.
9be most have been somewhere off Baringat<Bay, on the Jersey coast, he said,\nd as the storm did not come up suddenly, he believes that the Rae had plenty of time to reach protected waters. Today be expects to receive a letter from the young men, and this will relieve all anxiety felt by the par-
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organizing an athletic and social club, which it is hoped will be done, as it would be of puch assistance to tbe company in raising money to pay for tbe lot purchased a year ago. Con¬ gratulations to the new officers and may the year 1911 be a prosperoos one.
trade. They create fortunes. Their friends are on both sides of the count¬ er. They educate the people and swell the ranks of shoppers. They are a stirring force in every community in which their arts are employed. Their extent indicates tbe village's business and their style tfae village's style. Show me,  says a distinguished mer-
Hiram H. Valentine, aged 83 yeafs, .     ^ ^.      .   _,..          ^    ,
died at his late home, comer of Bell- chant, the advertisement, of a village.
 •  and I  will show you tbe village's bal-
(Continned on page 4.) ance sheet
and tbe Garden a scene worth more than one visit.
The Atlantic Cat Club will give their annual exhibition in tbe Concert Hall, December 28, 29 and 80, and the pret¬ ty cats will be shown to advantage.
For Christmas and New Year, the finest selection of Calendars and Book¬ lets now on sale at Kiefer's, 60 8. Main St 'it
Soild ns $1 Uidlget tke Meueacer I Jan. 1, 1912. Thm aewaiast paper the teWM.