The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-10
VALLEY VILLAGES
Annual Meeting Of the Mission
CirCIe-Bean Supper at N.
(. ChurCh--0ther Notes.

At tho Baptist parsonage in Phenix yes
terday afternoon and last night. the
woman's Home Mission circle held its
annual meeting and the regular social
time which accompanies II. The ladies
gathered I'm the afternoon, when the
regular business session was held. This
part OF the days program went OF
smoothly and at about o'clock the ladies
enjoyed tea.
After tea they made arrangements for
the coming OF the other members OF their
families who arrived later IN the evening.
The evening was pleasantly passed In
a social way, the party playing games and
enjoying themselves in a general social
season. Toward 10 o'clock refreshments
were served and the remainder OF the
evening was spent In any way most sat
isfactory 10 the guests. The affair reached
a final adjournment at late hour. when
the guests left. well satisfied wi,h the re-
suit OF the affair.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY SUPP Err.
In the vestry OF the Phenix M. -.
church last night, the Benevolent society
OF the church held bean supper which
proved to- ba the most successful
affair held under the society. From
O'Clock the supper was served In the
small dining room and was there par
taken OF by a goodly number OF people.
The supper was served under the direc-
tion OF committee OF which Mrs. VIII
liam V. Slocum was the chairman. After
the sv per hour the diners whose ap-
petites had been satisfied at the tables
adjourr.ed TO the large vestry where an
interesting literary program was rem
dered and was enjoyed. Taken on a
whole the affair was n decided success
and the society was the recipient OF a
satisfactory sum as proceeds from the
same
VILLAGE HAPPENINGS.
Tax Collector Kelley OF the Crompton
Fire district has finished the collecting OF
the taxes for this year and has remitted
the amount collected TO the district treas
urer, Arthur Il. Lovctt.
Capt. Lewis Patstone. late of the Phil
ippine constabulary. will be at the Parish
house tonight. where he Will give a lee
ture on Our New Possessions for the
benefit of the public library In Phenix.
He will also have a number Of curios
from the distant Islands, which he Will
exhibit.
died at her home in Fiskvilie on Sunday
night after a short Illness. was held from
the home OF her husband yesterday af-
ternoon. The service was under the di-
reetion OF Rev. George II. Gates Of the
Reorganized Church OF the Latter Day
Saints. The service was attended by a
the deceased, and at its conclusion the
remains were taken TO the Bateman es-
tate near Kent, and were there Inferred
I'm the family lot.
The scholars OF the interdemediate de-
partment at the Hope school have COM
pleted the sale of certificates TO their
friends for shares I'm the proposed new
library, which IL to be purchased and in
stalled in the school as soon as the re-
quired amount can be raised
The trading stamps In the valley re-
ceived a general boycott yesterday, when
all OF the grocers and marketmen. with
a few exceptions, signed contract TO
stop giving them for a period OF three
years at least. The contract reads on
and after March "a. and from that date
on. there will be comparatively few OF the
aforenamed places where the stamps can
be secured. The paper was started by
Proprietor Rondeau OF the Pawtuxet
Valley Cash Market OF Arctic Centre, and
was circulated by him. The plan was
heartily agreed TO IN nearly every case
and the merchants willingly attached
their names to the paper. The agree
ment includes all kinds of trading stamps.
discount stamps. profit sharing stamps
and car fare coupons or anything else OF
n like nature. Other branches OF the
merchant trade are expected TO institute
similar boycott in the near future.
The regular quarterly conference OF the
Fiskville church was held last night, and
was well attended.