The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-21
VALLEY VILLAGES
Narrow Escape at CentreVIlIe.
Basketball Game - Social
Events and Other Happenings

As the l2:ll Crompton bounu CAT il"ih
Clyde was proceeding through Centrcviile
in charge OF Motorman John Capron ana
Conductor Henry Schartel ON Saturday
afternoon Horatio Carder, an old resident
OF Centreville, who is entirely deaf. step
ped in front OF the car and was thrown to
the ground Just beyond the rails and mar
rowly escaped being run over.
Tho old man WAS walking by the slde OF
the track and the car was proceeding
along at its usual rate and had almost
reached the place where the man was
walking when without any warning he
stepped In front OF the car and was
thrown 10 the ground. Dr. Mack or
Crompton happened TO be driving past at
the time and the injured man was taken
TO his home in the doctors carriage and
was there tended By the doctor later. Be
yond being severely bruised and shaken
UP the man escaped which was very for
tunate as his chances from such an acci-
dent are small indeed.
SOCIAL AT PHENIX.
In @. A. r. hall on Saturday evening the
members OF the Camp Francis c. Greene
Sons OF Veterans held the first social of
the year although the affair was not as
successful as most OF tho affairs held un-
der the direction OF the camp last year,
feature of the evening and was enjoyed
from $50 until about midnight. The affair
was under the direction OF a committee
which included the following: John IL
Schofield John IL. Riley, David Rrownell
Leander Story and Clarence Barbour
John Riley was the floor manager and
Royal Brownel was the assistant while
william Cook. Ernest Spencer and David
Brownell were the aids.
SPECIAL SERVICES.
At the Phenix Nj. L. church, yesterday
the services were varied somewhat and
were we'll attended. In the morning the
choir rendered some special music prior
to the opening of the service and the pas
tor, Rev. John McVay. preached on in
teresting sermon OF the subject. BLESS
ings in Unexpected Ways During the
course Of his remarks Mr. McVay said
that IL might be his last Sunday with the
congregation as the annual conference IL
TO be held this week In New Bedford,
when the ministers are reappointed After
the morning service tho usual Sunday
school was held there being goodly
number present. In the evening the SER
vice was opened with an organ recital by
the organist Silas T. Nye.
The recital included the following seec-
tions: Andante. opp. 1877. Volchman:
Reverie tlagler; Festpiel Calkn. When
the service opened the choir rendered. Il
Will Exhalt Thee" Later the choir sang
again and rendered, MY Soul Longeth"
the solos being sustained by Mrs S. 7.
Nye. The sermon was on the subject. "A
Strange Banquet" During the ofrertory
the choir rendered Almighty God" by
Mozart the bass solo being rendered by
j. Ellery Hudson. The service finally end
ed with the postlude from Opp. 81, Volck-
man.
BASKETBALL.
On Saturday evening on the court at
Thornton.s Opera house the Independ-
| ents or Providence and the Riverpoint
teams played game which did not have
the life usually displayed I'm the games
at az the court, In fact; the game was
themselves. At the conclusion. however
the SCORE stood % to 1s in favor OF the
Between the halves the Jolly Boys and
the Pin Boys played n game which was
fun of life and which won hearty round
a Sd applause % & for the youthful teams teams The
won one game from the other. After
period OF rapid playing the score was
| the score standing at to in their
| favor.
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.
It ia doubtful whether or not the sa-
! looms In Warwick were closed. There is
| little doubt. in fact, in some instances.
! the law was dsregarded. In the screens
and In the other provisions the usual OBJ
| liquor officers were out There Is no
doubt Of that. They even went TO a
| number OF places, and IL is possible that
| the meeting of the council next week. In
| Fiskville. however. there was a better
observance OF the law There Chief OF
! Police Bigbee notified the officers that
| the saloons were to be closed yesterday
| and the saloon keepers were notified 10
| that effect Consequently the saloons
| were closed and the screens were re-
moved IN such a manner that a clear
view could be had OF the interior OF the
| building. This is probably the only place
! where the saloons were really closed and
| the warwick saloons in nearly every case
| had their screens in their accustomed
| places