The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-26
REAL MEAN" TRUSTEES
Absented Themselves From
the Peach Festival of the
Ladies Aid Society.
LINDEN AVENUE N. 4. CHURCH.
The Ladies Refused to Give the
Money for Water Taxes
Wanted It for the
Pastor.
LINDEN AVENUE N. 4. CHURCH.

The attendance at the peach sociabls
of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Linden
avenue NJ. E. Church was not what IL
should have .beea. This fact brought
out q rather ugly story concerning the
trustees of the church. 1t seems that
the salary of the Rev. w. S. MCGOWAN is
considerably in arrears. There is nothing
unusual in this. 1t has been the case
with Mr.. McCowan's predece ssors fol
years. back. Every minister who accepted
a call from this church Within the last
i've years has had cause to regret his
action before he succeeded in collecting
the salary due him. This Is generally
acceated as n resson Rev. Henry
George, a former minister uEd capable
man, left the church. In fact Mr..
George made 40 pretense OF denying the
fact. This, therefore, Is not the wno 10
OF the story.
AS A MATTER OF FORM.
Tbs duties of The Board OF Stewards of
the Church embrace the supervision of
the payment of the Minister'S salary
The duties OF the Board OF Trustees are
in part the payment of the gas and water
rents u the Ike. The Ladies' Aid So
clety decided some weeks ago TO hold
last evenings peach sociable. Az a
matter of form a delegate Was senI to
ask permission of the Board Of Trustees.
Assembled ia solemn c%onclave lasI
Wednesday evening this board decided
that the society could not hold the pro-
posed entertainment unless the funds
derived flo IL it were turned over to the
board to Day The water taxes OF the
Church.
This nettIed the Ladies' Aid Society for
they he'd intended tufaing over the
money obtained from the entertainment
10 the oosrd OF stewards for tine purpose
Of paying the back salary due the pastor.
So thcy determined 10 70 ahead with
their entertaintneut auu us5 the fun Is
accruinQ tbersffoIn IL tue purpose OF
their " choice. But the trustees got
back at tue iJit1iss Alt last evening ~
reuaertng themselves conspicuous by
their abse nee. Their wives aud families
reason.
REAL FAN
II think It's real m~an OF the trustees"
said one OK tue young ladi ) OF the
Ladies' Ala Society last eyealog. "I.'s
just COO Dad II thew can't pay their old
water raxus without Interfering with
our iutertaiutueai. | hin Mr.. MeCowau
ought to get his safary, 200. He work
real hard for ii. Way Only a week axu
Sunday he preached a beautiful sernon
Why 1t Wits 50 80 st that il WAS priuted
entire i'll HE JERSEY CITY NEWS the
next day. Pm feai glad Tile trustees
didn't come here tonlgat. Though We
might have made IL little more money!
she added ruufaliy.
HoWever, tue suciable last night was
not u failure iuancia4ly. Under The
clever auetsoneerinE of Clareuco Sobotksr
the many cakes remaining were old for
fair prices. aud quite u tidy sun WAS
realized in this wav.
TEE SOClABLE A SUCCESS.
The sucia1le ueg III with au eutertai, y
ment in the lectu g room of the church.
The PhPaix Glee Cut Of Greenviile
supplied the entertaiumeuL. This con-
sisted of musical selections on different
Instruments. Mr.. james e. Lane pia led
selections on various musical iustru-
mentss, a specially ut which he excels.
Frederick Roeder playei a baujo solo.
Mrs. Hattie Dilloway, a sister OF Mir.
Lanes, played the guitar chariningly.
Clarence e. Sobotker's recitations mo-
voked much applause. The Pnaaix
Glee Club favored wit a few selections.
They are Messrs. Lane, Roeder, Sobotker,
Robert Miller. George A:Hoid and Jacob
Dill way.
After the entertainments the entertain.
ers aud the entertained adjourned To the
diningroom of The cnurcn, where refresh
ileBts were served. These consisted of
ice cream aud Cake.