The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-23

| AT Ine centennial anniversary OF
| Abraham Lincoln's birthday at Or
lando, Fla, under the auspices of y.
S. Grant Post, No 10, G.. A. r., and
the Women's Relief Corps the Rev.
J Albert Erdman, ID. d., made an adj
dress on the Life and Character of
Lincoln"
The marriage of Miss Edith E. Card,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen II.
Gard, of Parsippany, to Rev. Ira Kuff-
man, of Drew Theological Seminary,
takes place at the brides home to-
morrow. They will reside in Pennsyl-
vania, where Mr.. Huffman has ac-
cepted call.
Friday afternoon the junior class of
the high school entertained the senior
class. The principle amusement was
a game called Cats, In which Mar
tina bailey won the first prize, high
school sofa pillow, and Mabelle Leon
ard the BOBBY prize. Refreshments
we're served.
The manages Of the Women's EN-
ployment society will hold a sale of
garments in the store vacated by
George Melick Park place, on Wednes-
day morning, March 10th, from half
will also be home made cake, @nhome-
made candy and flowers for sale.
Among the Morristown lawyers who
attended the opening of the February
term of the supreme court at Trenton
on Tuesday were Prosecutor Charles
A. Rathbun, Willard w. Cutler, FL
mer King, O. Franklin Wilson, Kins-
ley Twining, Edward K. Mills, David
+. Barkman and Lawrence Day.
William Hamilton, of Hackensack,
who has been ill at the home of his
uncle, former Mayor Alexander Ben
nell, on Prospect street, is able to be
about again. The young man came
| here for short visit and was taken
suddenly i'll with appendicitis and an
operation was performed upon him.
The young ladies of the First Bap-
fist church have organized an auXil-
iary to Co. B, 4th Regt, United Boys
| BrigadeS OF America, with the fol-
lowing officers president, Miss JOS
ephine Il. Lane; Yice-preSident, Miss
Bessie Jones: secretary, Miss Lulu
Lane; treasurer, Miss Agnes Leonard
After the regular meeting of Loan
TAXA council, Royal Arcanum, on
| Tuesday evening, the members and
their friends enjoyed social and
dance. The fifty couples who enjoyed
the fine floor tripped the light fantas-
tic to the excellent music of w. Frank
lin Hartenstine who was at the piano.
Most interesting was the address Of
the Rev. e. A. Paddock before the
Mems club of the South Street Pres
byterian church on Wednesday even
ing. His subject was Roughing 1t
| in the Rockies and he graphically de-
Scribed the life of the miners and ex-
| posed some of the methods of salt
Ing a mine.
George Fl. Hid, of Morristown lodge,
No. III, Knights of Pythias, has been
elected grand outer guard, of the
grand lodge of the state. AS it is the
custom to advance the grand officers
TO the past CHARACTERISTIC from the
Office to which Mr.. Hid was elected,
! 10 will mean that Mr.. Hid will be a
grand officer for the next SIX years.
The New Vernon Temperance socf.
| ETY., an Institution of many years
| standing, has elected the following Of
GERS for the coming year: president,
Miss Agens; president, Miss Mae
| Walling secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
William FL. Smith. The retiring presi-
dent, Mrs. John Walling, and the re-
firing secretary and treasurer, had
been elected for seventeen consecutive
years. e.@a ~
On the Wednesday afternoons of
March, at four O'Clock the R.v. Alex
ander MacColl will conduct a Minis
ter's class for the young people of the
South Street Presbyterian church and
Sunday school between The ages of
| thirteen and eighteen. The purpose
of this class Is to give some religious
! instruction alike to those who are a.
ready members of the church, and to
those who may think If becoming
members now, or al some later time,
The Alert Athletic club has reor-
ganized for the 1909 base ball season
with James A. Collins, president;
Clarence W. Knight, vice-president;
Henry 9. Callahan, secretary Joseph
Murphy, treasurer; Vincent d. Roache,
manager; William E. Quinlan, cap
tain. Manager Roache has seventeen
candidates for places on the team and
try-outs will begin as soon as weather
permits. Owing to the lack of suita-
BILE grounds the Alerts will probably
put travelling team in the field.