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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
MANY ATTEND
FUNERAL IN
WOODBRIDGE
Special to The EVENING NBWH

Woodbridge, July 23:-The fu-
neral of Mrs. l. F. Browning, which
was held yesterday afternoon at her
late residence, In Perth Amboy ave-
nue.. was largely attended, Mrs.
Browning having had a large circle
of relatives and friends.
Rev. G. P. Dougherty, of the M.
e. church. and Rev. w. S. MCGOWAN,
OF Elizabeth, former pastor, con-
Quoted the services at the house.
Rev. r. w. Mark. of the Presbyte-
rian church. had charge of the SER
vices at the grave. The music was
in charge of L. e. Potter, the hymns,
Abide With Me-" Asleep in
Jesus" and "A Day of Rest" being
sung
The pail bearers were: w. H.
Berry, George Berry, of Wood
bridge; Clarence Browning. of Mad
ison; George Clark, of W~estfeld;
George Merrill, of Perth Amboy,
and l.. E. Potter, of Woodbridge,
who acted in place of Leon Berry, a
nephew, who was unabue to be pres
emf.
The floral tributes were many. A
number Of large pieces were sent by
different organizations with which
Mrs. Browning had been connected.
The funeral was in charge of eBn-
iamin Drake. Interment was made
in Alpine cemetery.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
WHAT'S I'm McCLURErS,

A brilliant account of George ",
written in Sydney Books most able
style, heads the list of articles in
the August McClure's, and brings out
number of interesting facts about
he personal character of England's
unknown King. Burton J. Hendrick,
In "Oxygenizing a City" describes
Chieag6S great fight for fresh air.
which has reyolutionized the ventila-
ton of the city's schools and tene-
ments. Louise Parks Richards con-
tributes some remarkable psycholog-
ical studies of the men and women
who are taking part in the Passion
Play at Oberammergau. The third
instalment of Senator Platt's Au-
photography in the highly interest
ing account of the fifteen-year fight
of the republican machine against
TTammany, and William James con-
tributes a strong article on 1.-THE
Moral Equivalent of War"
The, August fiction is unusually
successful. Among the stories are
"ShieIa," one of a western series by
George P~attuIlo; The Fifth of Oc-
tober," a love story by Mary Ship
man Andrews; "A Cup of Cocoa" a
story of African adventure by
Eleanor Stuart; 1.-THE Steamer
Child" by Elsie Singmaster; and an
other John Thorndyke detective
story. Charles Livingston Bull con
tributes a series of beautiful draw
ings in color.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
kEYP0RT CHURCHES
FIRST BAPTIST.

Ltto1 pf1G 1lols
Sunday School at $50 O.. m. Subject
."The TRANSFORMATION"
Regular morning service at 10:45 a.
m. by the pastor, Rev. A. W. Hand
subject "Who are the proper parties
to decide whether the community shall
have license to sell Intoxicating liz.
uors9' All voters are invited.
Evening service at 7:30 p. m.
During the Week.
Ladies' Aid meeting Wednesday at
p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:45
p. m.
CALVARY M. e.
Junior League meeting at $50 a. m
Regular morning service at 1890 a
m. by the pastor, Rev. John w. Nickel
son, subject 1.-THE Chief Thing
Sunday School at 2:30 p. m.
Epworth League meeting at $3.50 p
m.
Evening service at 7;30 p. M. Sub
iect, ""The Onward March"
st. Johns M. E.
Class meeting at 9:45 a. m. George
Voorhees,, leader.
Regular morning service at 1890 a
m. by the pastor Rev. A. L. Iszard
subject, ''Zion."
Sunday School at 8 p. M. A. NJ. Wal
ling, superintendent.
Evening service at 7:45 p. m. Sub.
ject, a talk by the pastor on "Steps to
the Throne" continued.
Song Service led by Mrs. Ella Bedle
Prayer meeting Wednesday at TAI
D.. m.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
Unconscious Eumor,

Mark Twain, as an example of I'M
conscious humor, used to quote a Hart
ford woman who said one day in the
late spring:
My husband Is the dearest fellow.
jim l said to him this morning,
are you very bard up Just nowr
"'I certainly I'M hard up he replied
soberly. This high cost of living LIS
terrible. I don't know what I'm going
to do
Then, Jim,' said L, til give up all
thought of going to the country for
July and August this year.
but the lear fellows face changed,
and he said:
Indeed, then, you won't, darling.
l thought you wanted to- buy a hat
with an aigret or some such foolish
ness. No, no. my darling! Jim can
always find the money to let his dear
little wife go to the eountry."-Wash-
ington Star.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
G@uerai Markets.

RUTTER-Efrner IN top grades; re'
ceipts; s.t54 packages; creamery, specials,
per h., 2SM12s%c.i extras, 27&a28c-; thirds
to frstss 24az7c.: state dairy, finest, &c.
common to prime. 22a26fc.: process. spa
claas. 6Lc.; seconds to EXTRAS 22a5e.
factory. seconds to irsts, 22a23izc.: tmlta-
ton creamery, 24aGc
CHEEaEEStsadx: receipts. 5.0si boxes:
state whole milk. specials, 155t&ai6c. fancy
small ufdte. 149c.; fanny largs whte,
14z<c.: fancy small coloFed. l4Ae.; fancy
large colored, t4Ao.: average prime. i4%s
14lse.: fair to- good 12&aisze; omm
gha1I%c.; state skins, specials 12Ac.
fine, I0#a1lke.; fair to good, 71Sashc.
ooznmen. Sas1se. full skins, 2asStxc. /
EsGs-FfEna; receipts, lG.1Ss eases: state,
Pennsylvania and nearby, henneEy, whites.
29as1c. gathered. whites, 25a2sc.; hem
merry, browns. 2zs27c.; gathered. browns,
22a15e.; fresh gathered extra ffrsts, 20a
2iMc.: ffEsts. fsaT9c.: seconds t6al7c.
HAY AND STRAW-Steady: timothy.
per hundred, sTMe.axt26; shipping. s9e
clover mixed Ee.aa6: clover, 55aeecs
long rye straw, epa65e- oat and wheat.
soaB5c. half bales, r5Szc less.
POTATOES-Weak; Long Island. per
bib, S.50a1.sT; Jersey. xs37ai1 IS southern,
sls1.75.
MEAT-LIye veal calves. common to
choice, per 100 lbs. S~s.59a1I; cults. SOFAS:
live calves. b~afteenallks. sa6aa7s grsssszst
$6aA69, country dressed veal calves
prime per ID, lac. common TO good, 1Ga
aStkc; baznxard Calves 7ssS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
AMB0Y
INTEREST IN
FREIGHT RATES
spectuI to the EVENING NK.vS

AF kFN
South Amhoy, July 23:-The
NEWS correspondent spoke casually
In las Saturdays issue of the EVEN
ING NEWS of a letter received by
A. J. Miller, ia which he was ad-
vised by w. w. Winner of the reduc-
ton of freight rates on lumber, in
car loads. of three cents per hun
dred from Norfolk, Va, to South
Abmoy. In regard to clay rates
there were one Or two inequalities
found to exist which have been
lined up, and his explanation In ref
erence to cement freight rates were
quite satisfactory.
While the division freight agent Is
willing to confer with the represen-
~tatives of the Board of Trade in ref
erence to the rates of freight at
South Amboy, he made it Very plain,
If We correctly understood Mr.. Mil
Ter. that Mr.. Winner would much
rather confer directly, either indi-
yidually or collectively, with the
business men of the town relative to
the rates on freight coming to South
Amboy. Mr.. Miller says he has no
doubt that any and all the business
of the town could get any reasonable
concession along this line by asking
for it. He thinks every business
man should be alert on this line of
getting a reduction on rates to South
Amboy. comparative with other
places, as there is no doubt there
must come a general advance in
rates ere long, and if matters are
properly adjusted for South Amboy
now, no need to have anw conces-
sion made when this takes place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
WOODBRIDGE

Mrs. F. J. Perry will entertain the
ladies of the Baptist church of Railway
at a lawn picnic this afternoon.
Miss Inger Peterson, of Perth Amboy,
is visiting her grandmother, Mrs N.
Johnson, of Green street.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Harmed are at
Haines Falls, Catskills for two weeks.
Miss Grace Huber is visiting Miss
Ruth Brady at Cobleskill, New York.
Mrs. f. r. Valentine, Mrs. H. r. Val
entine and the Misses Grace, Carolyn
and Mildred Valentine are at Newark
and New York, for a few weeks.
Miss Marie Demarest entertained a
number of her young friends last even
ing at her home on Green street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Huber were
Newark visitors yesterday.
Mrs. S. L. Dolly, of Orange, is spend
ing d few days in town.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
SOUTH AMB0Y

John Kelly, wife and child, of Brook
Ign, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mullane, of this city.
Mrs. M. Mack, Of Henry street, is
visiting friends out of town.
R. P. Mason, ST., was a New Bruins
wick visitor yesterday morning.
The Misses Maggie and Clara Ely, of
Second street, are visiting among rela-
tives in New York.
Mrs. T. Betchel, of Second street, was
an out of town visitor yesterday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Lizzie Schaffer, of Altoona, Pa,
is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Ware, of George street.
Charles Grace was an out-of-town WIS.,
itor last evening.
Mrs. A. Everett, of Henry street, was
a visitor At Red Bank, yesterday even
ing,
Mrs. A. McKinsie, of Second street,
spent yesterday afternoon with friends
out of town.
Mrs. William s. Dey, of Main street,
spent yesterday afternoon in Perth AM
boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grace Harmed this week
removed from IS Catherine street this
city to Perth Amboy, their former
place of residence.
=. Mr.. Albin Ginter, OF Broadway, was
out of ton yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. William Thorpe, of Maxville,
was a Perth Amboy visitor yesterday
afternoon.
Miss Alice Dugan, of Brooklyn, is Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. John Mullane, of
this city.
Miss Lizzie McCloud, Of Broadway,
spent yesterday afternoon out of town.
Mrs. William Sylvester, of Second
street, spent yesterday afternoon out
of town.
DIR. T. W. Beekman, of ~Sayreville,
was a South Amboy visitor yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Compton, of Maxville.
was a Perth Amhoy visitor yesterday
afternoon.
..DmonthSran7af-adway h~mhmhmhmn
Miss Lizzie Grohe, of Bordentewr
avenue, is visiting out of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fenton, of Sec.
ond street, were out of town visitors
yesterday afternoon.
George Christian, of Second street
was a Perth Amboy visitor yesterday
afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
WOMAN'S HOME
COMPANION FOR AUGUST

COMPANION FOR AUGUST
The August issue of the Woman's
Home Companion Is called Fhe
Good Time Number" and It lives up
to that title in sevry particular, CIV
ing ideas for summer enjoyment or
every sort. The fiction Is OF the
light, happy variety with In most
instances, the atmosphere OF Vaca-
ton days chaTmingfy depicted.
mile Mystic" a midsummer com
edy, by Anna Steese Richardson, Will
doubtless be acted in many gardens
during the summer, and a remark
ably timely article on the outdoor
Play by Wallet PrIehaFd Eaton VIII
help ia q large measure to MAKE oil
frsseo theatricals the popular thing
during the summer.
The nrize-winning nswer to the
(Which Girl Would You Love" con-
test appear In this months issue,
and amor the attractive and practi-
cal articles are How to Build a
House-Boat, by Charles h 5eaFfes
and article about Queen Mary, by
philip Hume FosteFs and a boys va
cation letters to his mother.
The regufEr departments are sum-
merry and happy the fashions are
Enartteular3y fskshaag sad the cook
cry d. aeSI to even read about.
HT
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
kinIinn,. avarnuira.o

Rudyard Kfping's verses writn
Sir Philip Burne-Jones' striking
ing THE Vampire" were the result
OF much labor and persistent pursuit
OF an idea that had long, proved quite
elusive. When 1t was finished and
Burne-Jones expressed obligations for
Ii Kiplfng wrote a~de44ghtful letter,
presenting him with the copyright.
"The verses for The Vampire" he
wrote, (which we will call vampoetry,
are your property. So IF any one
wants to dramatic 'em, etch 'em, set
'em to music. paint EN- sky blue.
translate EN- into Erse. Celtic or Hft-
lite, use EN- for hair dye adEerttse-
ment or Church of England hymn yool
must deel with that man"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23

Yoans Grissxeid Ssys he Mas "cus
Out" by Wfiians Harper, Jr.
New York. July 23s-Yoang Russell
GriawsId. who Is suing Mrs Helen W.
Smith. the Stamford nailltassairess, for
breach OF promise. declared yesterday
that he bad been "eat out" by Wiiliam
Harper. Ir., a handsome, athletic
Brooklyn youth of tweaty-eight years.
wha was employed three months age
by Mrs. Smith to- build her u wonder
fuI sea going metorboak.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
Looking For "ths Crazy Ones"


A woman got Off a Darby car at
Thirty-fourtii street and Woodland
avenue the other day. entered the uni
versity campus and started toward
College hall, walking with brisk deter
mination, yet looking wonderingfy
about her the while.
In front of the library a university
youth met her, and she aceosted him
quickly.
Young man." she said, will you
please tell me where they keep the
crazy ones?"
"Whwhat?' stammered the college
man.
She repeated her question In some
what different form.
~ want the insane department" she
said. II have a friend who Is a nurse
there. 1 thought I'd make her a little
visit. Isn't this the Philadelphia hos
pital?'-Philadelphia Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
PIANO COVER
BURNED At
BEACH PARK
Special to tire EVENING NEWS

Rapport, July GA slight fire oe-
CURED at Beach Park during the enter
tainment Thursday night when the
piano cover caught fire from a cigar
cite which was thrown on the stage
during one of the vaudeville acts. 1t
was discovered and put out before any
damage was done by Edward Baker of
this place, who threw q pail Of water
on IL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
TOWNS
LODGE EVENT
AT kEYPORT
LAST NIGHT
sseosaT TO tho EVENING NHWn

W." FH
keyport, July 23:-CorenaI Coun-
Gil No. 1456, Royal Arcanum, of this
place. entertained Deputy G. R. Ed
ward Lane. at their meeting in the
lodge rooms last night. Refresh
ments w~ere-served after the meet
ing.
At the meeting of Monmouth
Council Mo- SO, Loyal Association,
held afterward, Deputy Counsellor
e. r. Wilson, Of Perth Amboy. was
"a guest The auditing committees
of each lodge made reports.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
MANY ATTEND
BEACH PARK
BARN DANCE
speciaI to the EVENING wHWx

Keyport, July 23:-A large crowd
attended the barn dance held in the
pavilion at Beach Park, Thursday
night. The grand marchAwasa lead
by William j. Ryan and Miss Eme-
line Mccormick, of Holmdel, each
of whom received first prize for the
funniest costumes. They were
masked as colored folks,
Miss Edna lube drew the red ear
OF corn out of the grab bag and re-
cetved a handsome box of writing
paper. The other two prizes were
$2.50 gold pieces. The pavilion was
handsomely decorated with all kinds
of farm products and e~vergreens.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
SUSPEND MORE RATES.
Western Railroads Follow Example Of
Eastern Lines.

Washington, July 23-It was an
nounced after q conference between
Chairman Knapp of the interstate
commerce commission and a commit
tee Of the traffic officials of the west
ern trunk lines that the advanced rates
ed voluntarily until Nov. 1.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
South Amboy~: Roosevelt j: Port Reading
.easbey : Fords : South River
NEW FACTORY
TO START IN
SOUTH AMB0Y
Special to the EVENING NEws.

Special to the EVENING NE vuE.
South Amboy, July 23:-A New
YORK firm will start operations Mon
day in the Steurwald factory, in Cor
don street, for the manufacture of la
dies suits, cfoaks, coats, etc. This
firm will employ over 200 persons,
men as well as women, when 1T
reaches the expected development.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23

Lo0ae as fAs prices or thEngS as
advertised In todayss paDeT II pea
kaw valm@@ and have q ease eex
pour purse. theaa prices will intssss
yoss
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
P. R. r. Y. N. c. A. TO HAVE
TROLLEY RIDE AUG 20

South Amboy, July 23:-The P. R.
R. Y. M. c. A. win run a trolley ride
to Highland Beach on the evening of
August Goth. Cars will leave the corner
of Stevens avenue and Main street at
seven O'Clock. Tickets are now on sale
at the Association building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
WOODBRIDGE CHURCHES
CHURCH.

METHODIST CHURCH.
Pastor, Rev. G.. ?. Dougherty.
1000 a. m. Sunday School.
HOO a. IN. morning service.
No evening service during July.
Tuesday, July 26, the Sunday School
will hold their annual exchrsion to AS
bury Park.
ST. JAMES.
Pastor, Rev. j. j. Griffin. aaaA
500 a. M, First mass. @ss
1890 d. M. Second mass. RH
200 p. H.. Cateehism Glass. 9
3:08 p. m. Benediction. =
Trinity Episcopal.
1890 a. m. Morning service.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
P. J. Kahn, I'd, pastor.
1000 a. m. Sunday School.
11:0O a. m. I Morning service. Sub
jeet "The Harvest Gathered"
700 p. m. Y. P, s. G. L.
7:45 p. M. Evening service.
Sermon. "Folly, What 1t Leads
To-"
PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. R. w. Mark, pastor.
1000 a. m. Sunday School.
HOO a. m. Preaching service, sub
iect, "~Fellowship With God"
Gas p. M. Y. p. s. c. Il.
1880 p. m. Evening service. Sermon
Repentance
The Mems BihleA Glass will hold no
further meetings until the first Sunday
in September.
Sunday School excursion to Asbury
Park, August ~.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23

Hundreds of young people are
continually going to the altar "for
better or for worse" and often it is
for the worse" Just SO hundreds
of young men and women are choos-
ing a calling for better or for
worse with the same resulta You
will make no mistake In life when
you train yourself for a business or
professional calling by taking a
course OF Business OF Shorthand at
Trainers Blu tness College. Scheuer
Building.
TrgisaeF aasasSs Colege
1ss esafsk Street. Purth Aaan@K
d. n
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23

Some OF the news" of your rmme-
diate neighborhood may be found in
the want ads. today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23

If YOU do not read the NEWS
every day you will miss a great deal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
MATAWAN

Mrs. Anna Coyan regrets the loss
of her pet dog Taft" which was
poisoned Thursday night.
William H. Wards dog Joe"
was hit by a trolley car the other
day and DR.. Gall had to cut his tail
and n hind leg off. He is getting
along nicely now.
Mrs. Meta Thompson entertained
a few friends Thursday night. They
were: Miss Villa Van Brackle, Miss
Ida Lisk, Miss Myrtle Van Pelt;
Stanley Fisher, Herbert Brown, Ed
ward Hyer, Mrs. and Mrs. w. FL.
Thompson, of Keyport; Mrs. Mary
Thompson, of Newark,
Miss Alva Runyon, of Belford.
spent the day with Miss Meta A.
Thompson.
The Methodist picnic will be held
Tuesday of next week at Keansburg.
The Baptists will go on Wednesday
to the same place.
Mrs. Dean Fields, Of Highland
Beach, visited her mother, Mrs. John
Whitlock, Friday.
J.. M. Goddington's brother Frank.
of Riverton, Is spending two weeks
here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23

Cranberries were formerly known
under the name of marsh or fen
whorts, fenberries. marshberries, moss
berries. In New. England Rarities"
(16T2) Josselyn described the cranberry
as the bearberry. The word so insep-
arably associated in the New England
mind with turkey is not in Johnson's
IT Bailey's dictionary. Perhaps the
coionists adapted It from the German
k~ranichbeere or kranbeere, the berry
now known preferably by German X
icographers as affenbeere., Wherever
the name came from, it appeared in
English literature in 1872, as noted
above, and from a writer of 1904 we
know that cranberry tarts were then
reiished. as they were later by Queen
Victoria In the h1ghiands--Fur News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
PICK YOUR COMPANY.

Be yefycscuaaspsctia the shcsce
d tsy company. Ia The society Of
time equals i : true shoH bah en-
Joy axsEe peassHe. bsAas a sOc
n q thy sar,~rssss aos asak End
HsOre pe Ia k ekesan DE
company ~ tss svay 10 goss vesssa.
The best means 10 gsv better b
% Be shs Noxa HeG-Q@aEe&
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
Long

What do you needf Somebody who reads the NEWS has just
what you want. Don't waste time hunting for him yourself.
Just put your need into words and put the words into a Ittla
Munnimaker in the classified columns of the NEWS The NEWS :
will find what you are looking for.
What can you dot Some reader of the NEWS wants you, and has
money to pay you. Put a little Munnimaker adj in the classified
columns of the NEW If yeu have ability to do anything useful.
turn your ability into money. IF you have spare time. turn your
time into money. NEWS Want Ads-the little classified Manni-
makers, will do it for you, quick as a wink.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23

Dear Mr.. Munnimaker,
CO The NEWS Classified Columns.
Through q little Munnimaker Classified AID in The M
found a partner to harvest nay ice.
Yonrs truly,
c0LE-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-03
Cause of Wreck.

A report of his Investigation of the
cause of the Bryson City wreck on
the Southern Railways Murphy
Branch October 18th, in which TWEEN
ty-one persons were injured, just fl
ed by Corporation Commissioner S.
L. Rogers, with the Commission,
due to spreading of rails on soft ties !;
declares that an inspection of the
road-bed for some distance east of
the scene of the wreck shows a large
per cent of ties that are unfit for use,
and takes the position that it is i'm
perative that the road be greatly i'm
proved to meet the requirements of
the traffic and for public safety.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-03
sECOND-CLAss POSTAL RATES.
To Be Adjusted So That Magazines
Will Pay More on Advertising.

Washington, Oct. 31.-President
Taft and Postmaster General Hitch
cock reached an agreement today on
the recommendation the President
will make to Congress regarding a
change in the second-class postage
rates as affecting magazines and 9TH
er periodicals.
Mr.. Taft will recommend that the
magazines be required to pay the
present rate of l cent pound on all
reading matter and a much higher
rate, to be determined later, on the
advertising pages. Each magazine
will be required to send copy or its
current issue to the Postoff1ce De-
partment each week or month, as the
case may be. There the publication
will be dissected. The reading mat
ter and the advertising sections will
be separately weighed and the
amount of postage computed by the
number of magazines sent out.
Newspapers will not be affected.
The average haul of the newspaper is
800 miles, while the average haul of
the magazine is l 100 miles.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-03

Hon. Geo. E. Butler, the Republi-
Third Congressional District, was
born and reared at Salemburg, Samp-
son County, about forty years ago.
He received his education at Sa-
lem High School, and the State Uni
versity. After completing his edu-
cation he was principal of Salem
High School for several years. He
then took up the profession of law,
graduating at the University Law
School in 1898.
He located at Clinton, n. c., upon
receiving his license. and the next
year was unanimously elected Super
intendent of Schools of Sampson
County, and was afterwards appoint
ed County School Examiner. He was
one of the most progressive, compe-
tent and enthusiastic advocates of
public education in the State. He
made State reputation in his ad-
dress before the State Teachers AS
semblies in 1896 and 1897, by his
advanced ideas on popular education.
He represented this district in the
State Senate of 1897, and was the
leading member of that body on all
educational matters and was author
of the new school law enacted by
that body, which was recognized then
and now by the leading educators in
the State as the best school law the
State ever had. The township sys-
tenn and the local tax system, first
inaugurated by the legislation of
1897, gave the State the greatest ed
ucational impetus in it's history. Mr.
Butler, together with DR.. Chas. D.
McIver, and other leading educators,
made campaign in this section of
the State, advocating this great edu-
cational reform.
This writer heard Mr.. P. P. Clax-
ton say, while holding a teachers
institute in Sampson County in 1900,
that Mr.. Geo. E. Butler, by reform
ing the school law of North Caro-
lima and originating the township
system, had shown himself to be one
OF the greatest benefactors of the
State, and was entitled to a monu-
ment at the hands of the educators
of North Carolina.
Mr. Butler, while a member of the