The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-03
WALES.

Miss Julia Flint of Stafford is spending
a few days with her parents.
Mrs. John Ricketts, has returned from
visiting friends In Westfield.
Rev. H. P. Smith and family will spend
the summer at their cottage.
Thomas King is again seen on the
street, after long Illness with kidney
trouble.
Miss Dora Green of Amherst will spend
the Fourth with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan Green.
The Baptist and Methodist societies
will unite and hold Sabbath school pic
mic in I. L. Stanton's grove the Fourth.
Mrs. Frank Hitchcock and children of
Brimfeld, who have been spending few
weeks with her parents, will return to
her home the last of the week.
James Collitor was before the district
court at Palmer Tuesday charged with
drunkenness and assault upon his wife.
To this and an old charge he was sent
enced to five months In the house of cor
rection. He was fined by the same court
the day before for drunkenness.
A memorial to the late Elijah Shaw
was unveiled In the Laurel Hill cemetery
In Wales Sunday afternoon. On account
of the rain the exercises were held in the
Wales Baptist church. There was much
disappointment that the program could
not be carried out as planned, but the
church was an appropriate place for the
services, as 1t was built and given to the
society by Mr.. Shaw. The exercises
opened with selections by the Wales Ca
def band. An invocation by the pastor
followed, and q quartet from Shaw uni.
versity at Raleigh, N. c., sang selec.
ton. President Charles F. Meserve oil
the university introduced Mr.. Franklin, q
former student ut the institution. Mr..
Franklin said he did not know the total
amount of money that Mr.. Shaw put into
the university, but 70 is generally under
stood that his first gift was $500 At
the present time this seems little, but the
value Of the gift cannot be measured by
it's actual size. He gave without hope OF
reward from his love OF his fellow men.
In closing, Mr.. Franklin asked his hear
ers to consider, in deciding whether Mr..
Shaw's expectations had been fulfilled,
the seven thousand men and women who
had been graduated from the university
to lead honorable and honored lives. Al
ter more music by the band and quartet,
Mr.. Meserve gave an address. He spoke
of DIR. Tupper's missionary work In Raj
eigh, of his going to Mr.. Shaw for assist
ance, and of his success. Mr.. Shaw, he
said, had the courage of his convictions
and when he believed In anything he be.
lieved heartily. He had his own political
and economical ideas, and in Raleigh he
was In the midst of people who believed
the opposite. He won them all as his
friends. because they recognized him as 9
man. The work of educating the colored
youth has just begun. OF the colored
youth Of this country fifty-five per cent
cannot read or write. This is a greater
number than at the close of the war. but
there were then A, OOO, 900 in this country
while there are now 9,5OO, 900. The work
of educating them has not been a failure
but 1t has been impossible to meet the
great want. The north has not done
right by the southern states. Compare
lively little money has gone south for cd
ucational purposes. Mr.. Shaw could moi
have dreamed OF the tremendous blessing
that has come of his efforts. The exer
cises were closed with music by the band