Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-03
TO OBSERVE
July 4TH
(From the Hickeyville clarion.)

(FTom the Hickeyville Clarion.)
Hickeyville is going to celebrate
the Fourth of July this year in grand
style for the first time since the Chi
cago Worlds Fair. 1t seems as
though. by this time, there should
be considerable pent-up patriotism
waitin' to be let loose and a pleasant
time should be had. A meetin' was
held last Wednesday evenin' in the
back room of Elihu Simm's drug
store. Doc Hanks bought for the
bunch, and after the bay rum bottle
was passed he was made chairman
of the evenin'. Ways and means
was talked over to some extent and
the committee got home at o'clock
next morning with the details still
unfinished, so 1t can be seen that 1t
is going to be something quite elab-
crate.
First thing off the reel Doc Hanks
said it would be necessary to have a
committee. No heightened or self
respectin' Fourth of July was ever
pulled off without committee. 1t
was moved and carried and William
Tibbitts, our leading grocer and
tiers with bluing because it is cheaper
than ink, moved that the committee
serve without pay. This seemed to
be agreeable all around, for the COM
mittee don't never expect any salary,
but get theirs out of the kitty. Doc
Hanks was made chairman of the
committee, being the only man In
town that owns a plug hat and red
sash.
Old Cap Hashns was selected as
marshall of the day because he is
quite well versed in military tick
tacks, having observed the same dur
ing the late unpleasantness. Old
Cap thanked them assembled for the
honor and stood Simms up for an
ether round. Then it came time to
elect a speaker of the day. This is
quite an important thing and a bal
lot was took, which resulted as fol-
lows: T. Roosevelt, 3; w. H. Taft, 2.
William Jennings O'Brien, 4; Wood
row Wilson, 7, and Squire Purdy, Is.
Squire Purdy was declared to be
elected speaker of the day and this
caused some hard feelin,' as there
was some present which would have
ruther heard Roosevelt or Wilson.
There were rumors that Squire
Purdy packed the meetin' with his
friends to git this honor. Hank
Tumms says it was a dunn shame
that this town should miss the oppor-
tunity to hear Wilson speak. Per-
sonal, he would just as soon listen
to a photograph as Squire Purdy.
But the squire will probably have
a pretty good speech If he can find
one in the book. Last celebration he
delivered a perfectly grand Grafton
by Robert Ingersoll on the tomb of
Napoleon. 1t didn't exactly hit local
conditions, but il had some fine
language in it.
The next thing in the order of bust
ness was maxim up the sports for the
day. The Rev. Hudnutt suggested
that he be made chairman of the
committee on sports, but it would be
the general opinion that he would be
q little too conservative, so Ike Binks,
proprietor of the Golden Nugget sa
soon. was chosen by vote of 3S to l.
He was instructed to let her go wide
open and spare no expense so long
as he paid it himself. There will be
hoop roolin', quate pitchin', pie race,
apple boggin'. knitting race, funk
contest. six-hand pedro, sock darning
race, creased pole, creased pig, plow-
in race (three-quarter furrow and re-
turn, seed plantin' race (shot guns
barred, peanut rollin', hitchin' and
unhitchin' race, rassle by Grandma
Whipple and Jed Frink, the black
smith, hearse race, bread maxim
race, barb-wire stretchin race Cpl
ano tuners barred), tree prunin', hair
dressin' race by Amy Pringle and
Lutte Bibbins, America by the Hard
Shell choir, pronograph contest.
whisker CROWN contest, three-legged
race, flag wavin' chicken flight back
of the Golden Nugget, music by the
silver cornet band, cigarette race by
T. Egbert Peavey and Elmer Jones,
top spinning. mumblety peg. authors,
old maid, checker contest and a grand
display of fireworks in the evening.
William Tibbitts headed off the sub
scription list with a box of matches
and already $3.50 in money has been
contributed by your public-spirited
citizens, so the success of the cele-
bration is assured.