The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-12
WILLIE And MANOR MIDDLE
ISAYOI NJ NOV AVS ION ~ THE
f'OST OFFICE ar SrAhEr

Vile Armed True N "a. hmoald.
To al appearances ths dove Of peace
brood,-i Yesterday over the town that
oncs Vas T1ttauvl.le and now u Bentley
Manor ManCrites IN several instances
we're seen lowing suavely TO Tottenvil-
kana and s,veral leading residents as
serted confidently 'Aa; whatever little
m,sandsr-ta ndings had occurred during
the last few weeks had entirely blown
over
there realty isn' thing IN it.' sIid
John Williams. husband u the Philemon
Clubs president r., Bentley Manor
and its going IN stay B.-ntley Manor and
my wife and Mr., Low. Mr. Paws and
several Others II our crowd have gone
% Albany % look after the Blllop House
bill. There - - hearing before the As
eambly Committe" tomorrow ami before
ne Senate On Wednesday. There's no
doubt that the State viii buy the house.
Really u Couldn do otherwise. but it :
lust as we'll for some - us 20 60 up and
show that we have some civic feeling
Mr.. Williams ~e~me,I much surprised
when he " az ash II neither there weren' Z
some political complications about the
house ard the nAmo.
What a ridiculous idea he exclaimed
The women have done the whole thing
and they deserve a lot Of credit for IT,
It's a matter oi sentiment and a desire for
the h.est interests Of the town
Nathan Low. principal 81 the grammar
schools. who. 10 WAs r,Imored. might lose
his JOB because Mrs Low had been too
active . Manorite said that he hadn't
really kept track Of the affair but that
on general principles hs preferred the
name II Bentley Manor
This srhsme t. change the name back
10 ToftenyiIls has politics hack of IL.
thoaah.- he adied but I don't care
% ny anything about that end n II
Another Bentleyi,e volunteered the in
formation thar a woman was at the bottom
Of the whoie thing
Miss Minnie SlaiCht Was ossmIstr~ss.
You see. she explained. before there
was any talk about chan glng the name ~
the town Her term would have exptred
In December IT tins year Now when the
name - changed from Iottenvilis 20
Bentley Manor her appointment became
OF course null and void. she was, how
ever. reappointed Tor term OF Tour years
The general opinion seems 90 he that some
OF the Republican politicians want TO put
q man IN her place. ana ior that reason
they want the name changed hack 10
Tottenviiie. 40 thai her new appointment
their candidate In in July. Two or three
men have teen msntloned for the place
but I think tha' I'd nerrickson Is the
one they have settled upon.
In response t. r-Nerai questions the
Bentleyits youchsaiet the information
that the p"lnI0i an IN question were
frauk HaukIus anI harles Marshall
-Bu' I'm q ll-mu,ra'. declared Mr.
HAdkins .wnen n" WIS asked about the
posr Office and how could / have any
a. An afITh -rFRFnRs~
Mr Hadk no went on - ,sv that Miss
Saight was q lovely girl and thoroughly
cOmpataut aud that I- would IT, the last
person IN the world q want her 10 loss her
Job
we want Tottenviils restored ne
eAid and 'hats al We Vant. and all this
talk shout TN Postnisiress and the
Blilop House 10 iSist q ruse on the part
from the main Nsue Whv We stated m
the very first -st,t On thai We sent TO the
Puat OfiC- Department that every one
IN town vas perfectly satisfied with Miss
Saizht's work N the post once and that
we wanted her reapponted u possible
Then th.s tc~Dng over the name 81
the town hasnt lnterfered with your in
tereet n 'he Billop House," he was asked
Why er-I "t course want the Billop
House - - preserved he replied. Sbut
NATURALLY am more interested IN gettlnS
Totten,Ila BAGS. THIS fool Bentley
Manor a7sir has PLAYED havoc with my
business Two INSPECTORS from Wash
ington have been here looking the sItua o.
l don't think there's fhe faints-t Doubt
about The change coming Ia July.
Mr. hadkins sad that although u was
true that none Il the Totem ,tile faction
had gone - Albany - hooSt IN" kll'op
Bouge btn they h.' stayed homo simply
bee use shsy were needed by their FAM
lie ar~iets ned by husiB"-.
-It--'- one thing that ! would likc 70
speak tt..I. though Do" idsi l ---e
thar -.uI. Df 'r. prhc- Tarriln have been
castiug -lu-s on the honor 81 GIlb.tt
Iotf"I. N'H Na- an ancestor u uranv ~
Our ls'a4if .arril.- tII"-t fT. Tich- has
mad" a'GtFl' o. DO eject ulg' ur IT,
covered 'faf In'. lot'rv was = bistitsnint
IN a." RIM Eegir1rr' u the Duchess
county militia and that - alters ard de-
serted p fIs. o.! ssrrFr Nuw our -. have
lJotdst that matter up ai~'. and ~e have
ab-s,luf,. .Ir...' '..f .rr t.liI..rf T.'tDD o. AZ.
on Staten l-i.rI a.l through tua r.,nlu-
tlonary war ana thar l- SIMPLY couldn't
have ENLISTED 900 any lutchs'ss county
regiment That vas dn";nvr Totien
altogether
And you really don't want 20 pat Miss
Slaight ont Mr. Hafkin,'" asked p-rzon
profs-~'-diy IN 49,. fyuo..
Certainly uOf. reiterated Mr. HaikIns
-Thai NAV an D. true rnurrniired a
Psntlev.ta "pu' ! happen ~ hav.. ~ M
ross..1-.Iu f i"tt"r 'r'.us that NJ Had
kins hal aSE'd The writer - tls., hi- N.
hg@nc. ia favor e a nal" candidate Tor
hi~s ~ldigh' poet IN m" event Il he name
beiug changed back 20 IDtt"nyIll" This
whole ma'f.-r b. chem" On tho part Il
psan4- UDufItIau- - ct little cheap
power ! d n @ snow sn" their candidate
n. and ] don't care nut / know tn.lr
schem1 Won wors.
In the meauFIrn" Mr- Donald Mclean
and Ms. william Cumming Story are
resting on rh-lT laurei- and waiting 70
zee what happens Mrs Mclean aid
that she didn't care 20 NJ Ich about n now
that she Understood that there wasn't a
Tory family II tho IA ne Of Bentley on
Staten Islabd Mrs story IL still strong
for the Manor