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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-12

chairman; Edward Foster Elroy
HeadIey, Edward Terry, William
BfrdsaII, John F. Gerken, Alfred W
Ogden, Edward Parker, r. H.
Doremus.
Church Services-Charles p. Titus,
chairman; the Rev. II. j. Chidley. the
Rev. W. W. Giles, the Rev. #. 3.
Pullen, the Rev. d. w. Graham, the
Rev c. E. Hutchinson, the Rev. w. p.
Taylor, the Rev. f. c. Baldwin, the
Rev. ]. II. Travis, the Rev II. Johns
ton the Rev. A. ]. Hallington,s the
Rev. w. NJ. Haushalter, the Rev. r.. r.
Wicks, the Rev. D. II. Clare the Rev.
e. ]. Holden, the Rev. George w.
Krygar, the Rev. e. d. Samuels, the
Rev. E. M. Farrell, the Rev. N. ].
Farley. the Rev. f. @. Blanchard, the
Rev. W. W. Vanderhoff, the Rev.
j. w. Ryder. the Rev. r. B. Beattie,
the Rev. C. B. Billiard, the Rev. d. o.
irving, the Rev. James F. Riggs.
Entertainment of Guests-Bloom-
field Littell, chairman; III. L. Cadmus,
r. Joseph Greer, M. Def. Soyerel, ].
w. Coulston, John w. Noble, Charles
b. Clancy, Mrs. George e. Larter,
Miss Fanny jackson.
= historical Ei,xfiiii,biitts-David L. Pier
son. chairman; M. Def. Soverel, FL.
1. cadmus, S. S. Yardley. S. v. Brew
ster, o. H. Bowers, Henry B. Com
bers, Edward o. Stanley, f. T. Fem
wick Thomas V, Agens, w. Give
T., Crosby.
Transportation--Jam L. Cara
brandt, chairman; Walter D. Sar-
gent, Howard S. Kinney, Jacob Henry,
Edward Madison, Mr.. Lent.
Adjustments-W Willis L. BrownelI.
chairman; George II. Austin, Ogden
Bowers.
Athletic Tournaments-Joh c.
Lyon, chairman; Charles P. Titus.
Lincoln e. Rowley, Mr.. Lord, Mr..
Butterworth, Mr.. Knapp, Mrs. Wes-
ton, Miss Burt.
Fireworks william b. Harris,
chairman; Mrs. C. B. Yardley, Mrs.
A. j. Baldwin, Harry Winner, Walter
Madison, H. P. Baldwin, II. w. Har-
ris. John Crawford, Charles S. Or
ben. Wallace Ougheltree, Arthur
Fletcher.
Fraternal Societies-William j.
Harnisch, chairman; Thomas john
! son, Il. X. Arundel, Il. IlnoSleys \. u.
Martens, H E. Hepworth.
Invitation of Elk Presidents-Henry
w Landau, chairman; Frederick
Shower, Mr.. Terry, George L. Hoell.
School Participation-The Rev. f.
@. Blanchard, chairman; John Lenord
Merrill, NJ P. Stevens, William II.
| Smith, II. L. Cadmus.
Additions to Committees.
In addition to these groups the ad-
| ditional details were in charge of the
following mem Cooperation of civic
bodies. Frank r. Series; music, c. L.
Waterbury; public safety, Police
| Commissioner A. n. Messer; adjust
| ments, Willis L. Brownell; conees-
sions. Henry P. Baldwin; grand stand
William Cardwell; parade, Colonel
George P. Olcott; cooperation of boys
! uniformed societies.. Thomas z.
| Creede; publicity, Raymond II. Dore-
mus, and business men, A. Selden
Walker.
SNOW IN NORTH CAROLINA
BRISTOL, Tenn, June 11.-Three
| inches of snow fell in western NORTH
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-12

eighteen-ineh diameter. 730 fire
MIGRANTS, 1900 service connections
and $500 meters.
Adopt New City Charter.
The average use of water is a little
less than 100000 gallons per day.
On June 2, 1903, a special election
resulted in the adoption of new city
! charter which went into effect on
January l, 1909. Under the provisions
of this new charter a citizens
petition was presented to the City
Council on March %, 1909, praying for
the holding of a special election on
the question of the establishment of
board of water commissioners in
East Orange. This special election
was held on May 4, 1909, the result
being in favor of the establishment
of the board, the proportion of the
vote being practically five in favor to
two against. The members of the
first board appointed under the new
plan were Oscar H. Condit Nelson H.
Genung and Samuel Winery. The
transfer of control of the water de-
partment from the City Council to
the Board of Water Commissioners
occurred on July !, 1909. Samuel
Winery was elected president of the
board, and retained this position until
March /, 1918, when he resigned. The
present members of the board are
Nicholas S. Hill, jr.. president; Mel
son Fl. Genung and Thomas F. Mack
sey. A. A. Reimer, c. E., became
engineer of the department on April
10, 1908, and still retains that position.
The playground movement in East
Orange dates from 1907, when a board
of playground commissioners was APP
pointed by Mayor William Cardwell
This commission recommended the
purchase of the Orange oval, an ath-
letic field long used by the Orange
Athletic Club The City Council con-
Cured in this recommendation and
purchased the plot for $45, 200. In Oc-
tober of the same year small tract
in the rear of the oval was purchased
and also an entrance from Grove
place. 25 feet wide, for $1,000 This
six-acre field therefore cost $52, 900
and, with fence, buildings and equip,
ment, the total expenditures has
amounted to about $4,000.
The Elmwood Park of nine acres
came to the city through the fling Of
a map in the registers office in April
1855, by the Elmwood Home Associa.
ton, on which map the plot bounded
by Elmwood avenue, Oak street
Rhode Island avenue and Park stree
was designated Park" This was {
swampy tract, and was used as {
dump for the city's ashes and rubbish
until 1910, when it was laid out as &
playground, and has since been uset
as such. 1t has cost the city nothing
except to decorate and equip--a tota
Of about $1,000.
| Buy Athletic Field.
The Ashland Field has a five-acr
athletic field, and was purchased b,
the Board of Education in 1906 190
for about $4,000, and was original.
equipped by funds raised by people o
the city especially Interested in pro
viding proper place for school ath
letics.
The Watsessing park and play
| O fh1atfn HclH NO k,,.ia,f :, ollxt eou,o a.
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ing the appropriation for fire pur-
poses to be increased to $4,000
At the next annual town meeting
the recommendation of the Township
Committee that $4,000 be voted for
fire purposes was defeated by large
majority.
Citizens Of the Ashland district
held a public meeting on January
4, 1879, and committees were APP
pointed to raise money by popular
subscription and to purchase appa-
ratus to meet immediate needs. On
January 25, 1879, a permanent organ
ization was effected under the name
of Ashland Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. 1, with twenty-five MEM
bers.
buy First Fire Truck.
A secondhand truck, fully equipped,
was received on February 5; 1879, and
housed in P. C. Williams's carpenter
shop at 500 Main street, and the bell
placed at the disposal of the COM
pany to sound alarms.
During the next eight years four
companies were formed namely,
Eastern Hose Co, December II, 1888;
Franklin Hose Co, April IA, 1884 !;
Ashland, July IA. 1884; Elmwood Hose
Co, September IL, 1887. with hand APP
paratus and volunteer members.
Chemical Co No. was organized
October l, 1906, and Hook and Ladder
Co. No. 2 on December Is, 1908, by
! order of the City Council
The first fire committee appointed
by the township committee, April %,
1888, consisted of Israel L. Dodd
Samuel C. Jones and Richard Coyne.
The contract with the GamewelI
Fire Alarm Co., for an alarm system
was awarded in October, 1887, and in
stalled.
An ordinance passed by the City
| Council on November II, 1901, adopted
the call system, disbanded the vol
unteer organization and appointed
twenty-one call men, and in March,
1907 the full paid department went
into effect
The present equipment Of the de-
partment consists of the most modern
fire fighting apparatus known, and is
valued at $146.548.49 There are forty
J four paid men constantly on duty and
William e. Markwith is chief.
] The police department was organ
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-12

eighteen-ineh diameter, 730 fire
hydrants, 1900 service connections
and $500 meters.
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East Orange is noted as temper
ance city. There are only nineteen
licensed places where Intoxicating
beverages may be obtained, divided
in the following classes: Saloons, 5;
inn or tavern, 4; grocers, 3; whole
sale, 8; bottlers, l, and club, l.
Boast of Good Streets.
Few municipalities can boast of
having streets of the character to be
found in the city. Out of 1881 miles,
there are Sc miles of telford-paved
streets, Ito miles of patent pave
ments and 1914 miles of earth roads.
A source of nuisance for many years,
Main street, the principal thorough
fare in the city, is now covered with
a smooth pavement, which has
proved beneficial to those who use 1t.
Sidewalks are laid on most of the
thoroughfares throughout the city,
and from residents of the street
where they are not laid requests are
continually being made of the own
ers to do So The city was among
the first to adopt the easy payment
plan of assessing, which has resulted
in most of. the streets being i'm
proved There has been marked i'm
provements in the various other de-
partments in the city, and they are
in such excellent shape that it is
doubtful whether changes would
make much material difference In
any of them. There is a main library
in the city and two branches. All
three are gifts of Andrew Carnegie.
East Orange has long ranked as a
miniature "City of Churches" al
though not attempting in any man
ner to take from Brooklyn that title.
There are thirty churches represent
ing all the principal denominations
of the Christian religion, with prop
critics valued at about a million and
a half dollars. The oldest church in
the city is Brick Presbyterian formed
in 1880 by members of the historic
First Church, of Orange, and the
present building, while including in
its outlines the first structure gives
no hint of its humble beginning as a
house of worship.
In conjunction with the celebration
of the semi centennial the East Or
ange residents are to include Flag
Day exercises with the plan of OBJ
servance. Mr.. Pierson the moving
spirit in the events. is also historian
general Of the National Society, Sons
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the city, but later was turned over to
the Essex County Park Commission
and accepted by said commission on
February 26, 1900. 1t is operated as a
playground and athletic field. The
value of these grounds is conserva-
lively appraised at $4,000; buildings,
$15,200; equipment, $500.
In addition to the above each sum
mer Fairgrounds are conducted at six
of the public schools, viz: Ashland,
Columbian, Eastern, Elmwood, Lin
coin and Nassau. These were first
opened in 1909.
That these Fairgrounds are appre-
ciated is shown by some of the sta
tistics furnished from the. East Or
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E.T. LANTERnMAh

of the American Revolution, and was
keenly interested in proper obs'erv-
ance of the anniversary of Old Glory
as well as the official birthday of his
native city, hence twin celebration of
Saturday.
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The buildings are of a superior
class with respect to light, heat. ven.
tilation and general modern equip
ment.
The teaching force numbers 20s.
The cost of maintenance for tn,
school years 1912-1913 will total abou
-270.000.
The fire department dates from
disastrous fire in January, 1878. i
the Brick Church section.
On March 20, 1878, the Legislator
passed a bill allowing townships t
appropriate $1,000 a year for fire pur
poses. The destruction of a larg
barn at Grove and William street
and the loss of two lives stirred tn
Township Committee on January l;
1879. to have bin presented an
passed at the Legislature authoriz
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MISS PoINcARE BRIDE

PARIS, June 11.-Miss Poincare
daughter of President Poincare, was
married yesterday to M. Daum, civil
engineer.
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CREAMERY MEANS WEALTH

Business men in small towns that desire to render service to farmers and at the same time build up the town and increase the trade of the merchants could do no better than help establish CO., operative creamery. This is an enterprise when properly manag- ed that builds up the town and makes farmers more prosperous. It is in no sense a charitable insti- tuition nor a place to loose money for the good of the community. The creamery,when properly man. aged, means profits to stockholders and wealth to the community Farm and Ranch.
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ROBINSON ELECTED
 AS U. 5. SENATOR
Legislature Elects Governor For Long Term and kavanaugh
 Short Term Senator

Little Rock, Jan. 29.-Gov. Joe T. Robinson was today elected United States senator to succeed the late Jeff Davis for the six year term, beginning March 1, He re- ceiyed 70 votes, 68 being necessary to elect. Brundidge received 26 votes, NorWood IA, Kirby 1.
 Judge w. M. Kavanaugh of Lit tie Rock, Democratic national com mitteeman from Arkansas, was elected United States senator for the short term ending March i. He will succeed Senator J. N. Heiskell who was appointed by Governor Donaghey.
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RAILROAD PLANS TO
 HELP THE FARMERS
Iron Mountain Will Establish Three Large Demonstration
 Farms in Arkansas

The Iron Mountain System un- der the direction of its agricul- tural department is establishing the most extensive system of demonstration farms to cooperate with the farmers along its lines yet undertaken by an American railroad. The company has already established five large demonstra- ton farms and expects to soon have sixth in operation. These farms range in size from twenty five to forty acres which makes the undertaking the most preten- tious yet inaugurated. Work will be conducted along the same lines as the Government demonstration farm work, but will be on a much larger scale which will make it relatively more valuable.
 At present the farms will be confined to the tracks of the Iron Mountain, three being in Arkan- sas.
 All the farms will be under the general supervision of L. A. Mark ham, Commissioner of Agriculture of the Iron Mountain, with head quarters atLittle Rock. Mir. Mark ham was formerly in the service of the U. s. Agricultural Depart ment.
 The U. s. Department of Agri- culture will cooperate directly in conducting these farms and have field agents representing them.
 Each farm is to have a resident manager and each is to be located along the tracks of the company's lines in close proximity to town. The towns near which the farms so far established in Arkansas are Dermott, Conway and Hope.
 The company's object is to pro- mote better and more productive farming, and in addition to assist ing the farmers otherwise, the very best grade of field seeds of various kinds will be produced on these farms and sold to the farm CTS at actual cost.
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EARLY EASTER THIS YEAR
Lacks Only One Day Coming on
 EarIist Date Possible

Easter Sunday for 1913 will be March 3. The earlist date on which Easter can fall is March 22 but that hasn't happened since 1918. This year it will be March g, the same date on which 1t fell 1856 and f845. A noted St. Louis astronomer, says that tables com puted by mathematicians have not been carried far enough to show just how long 1t will be be- fore Easter again falls on so early date, but that 1t will not occur until some time after the year of 2000. The rule for fixing the date of Easter originally was that it was the Sunday after the first full moon following the spr ng equinox. The equinox falls on March 21. According to ruling of the council at Nice, if March 21 isSaturday and there is full moon on that day, the following day will be Easter. This year March 2l will be on Friday and there will be a full moon Saturday.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-31
WAR VETERAN 4 VISITOR
Left America After War But Saw
 Mistake and Returned


 L. F. Johnson, a prominent citi- zen of White River township, was in town Wednesday on business and visiting his friend, R. K. Rat con. He is a few years older than Mir. Ration but they grew up to- gether in the same neighborhood, and together they can relate some interesting incidents relative to local history fifty years ago. Mr. Johnson saw active service in the First Arkansas Cavalry during the bloody conflict between the states in the sixties, and after the close of the war he and his family de- cided that this country would be a very unpleasant place for the vanquished in that struggle, so they organized a colony and emi- grated to British Honduras, taking passage on a steamboat at Jack sonport and making the entire trip by water. Ii did not take them long, however. to discover that life at its best in Honduras could not be any worse than the worst that might befail them in Arkansas, as the tropical climate, insects and other disadvantages made life a continual burden. A number of their colony fell sick, so they decided to return and face the worst, whatever 1t might be. Accordingly they shook the British dust from their feet and embarked for American soil. Some of their party died en route home and others never recovered from disease contracted under the trop- ical conditions surrounding them while on the British island. So 1t was indeed a sadder but wiser colony that landed back in Arkan- sas and again took up the tangled skein of life. But. darkness does not last always and soon the dawn of better day burst forth upon them. Prosperity smiled upon them and soon they recouped their losses and a number of them are now among Independence county's most prosperous and contented citizens.
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BOY KICKED BY HORSE
Edgar Hobbs Sustains Fractured
 Skull But Will Recover

Edgar, the F year-old son of John Hobbs of Cord, was kicked on the head by a horse a few days ago and seriously injured. The horse was being led around for exercise and in making a quick turn near the boy the animal wheeled and kicked at him, one foot striking him near the top of the head and fracturing the skull. It was feared for a time that the boy could not recover, but he was reported a few days ago to be get ting along nicely, and 1t is now thought that he is out of danger.
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Someone Else Get Busy and Show What You Can Do Yourself
ENTIRE FAMILY STRICKEN
Three Deaths in 10 Days and Two
 Others flortalIy Sick

Cave City, Jan. 2S.-John Story who lives two miles west of town, has lost three of his family in the past ten days, son and two daughters, Luther, Roxie and Ad- die. The latter was buried the 18th, Luther the 21st and Roxie the 18th. The girls were secretly married last September to Wiley Felts and ]. D. Ford, and none of their friends or relatives knew anything about their marriage, not even their parents, until just be- fore the death of Addie, when a confession was made They had decided to marry and keep 1t se- cret until the young men complet- ed their education, and were mar ried under an oak tree in the cem- etery, and the burial services of each were held under the tree where they were married, 1t being but a few days over four months since their marriage.
 Wiley Felts was attending med- ical college at Memphis and dld not arrive until after the death of his wife. MT. Ford is teaching school. Two other members of Mir. Story's family are dangerously i'll and are not expected to live.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-31
REPORT ON HO0KWORM
pr. T. M. Fly Has Spent the Last
 Week in Batesviiie

BatesvilIe, Jan. 28.-Dr. T. M. Fly, who is in the government ser vice of hookworm demonstration and eradication, has spent the past week in Batesville and has made a report on the work done here. He says he has made in this county 147 examinations and found AZ victims of hookworm.
 That the hookworm is due large ly to unsanitary conditions, says Dr. Fly, must not be taken to mean there are not agencies. He says he found one youth affected who belongs to one of the most pronli- nent families in Batesville, sur rounded by all that good sanita- ton can provide. The boy may have caught 1t from impure water at school or in any other place, or he may have gotten 1t from a fly or a mosquito, he says.
 The work in this county is meet- ing with the interests of the peo- pie, and he will remain here for two or three weeks. He has had requests from 10 towns in the county, and will try to visit all of them.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-31
TWO DROWN WHEN
 FERRY BOAT SINKS
Jeff Younger and Dick Graham Lose Lives at AIlen Ferry
 Near Batesyille

Two men were drowned and a number of others barely escaped when a ferry boat sank in White River at the Allen ferry near Batesville last Saturday.
 One of the tow-ropes on the boat broke and the boat was swept down the river and turned over and sank.
 Jeff Younger and Dick Graham, both farmers, who were hauling bolts to Batesville, were drowned in an effort to save their teams which were on the boat when 1t went down.
 Graham is survived by a wife and two children. Younger had been married about six weeks.
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SOME PROGRESSIVE
 BILLS INTRODUCED
Legislature is Considering a Num- Der of Proposed Laws of
 Progressive Nature

The prospects are there will be at least some progressive legisla- tion during the present term of the Arkansas legislature, not the least important of which will be the probable substitution of the electric chair for hanging of per sons convicted of capital crimes. This proposed law, reported favor ably by the house Judiciary Com mittee, is based upon the Virginia and New York laws, and provides that all condemned persons shall be conveyed at once to the death house in the state penitentiary, and there confined until the time set for their execution by electric ity.
 The close of the second week of the legislature witnessed the in- troduction of 79 bills in the senate and 1S3 bills in the House. A few local bills were ground out ready for the Governors signature, but no general legislation affecting the whole state was passed. Many of the 262 bills introduced are of great importance, a few of strik- ing importance, and all have been advanced to second reading and referred to committees, which are at work on them, preparing them for enactment or rejection. An effort is being made to minimize the evils of special legislation, al- though the usual large per cent on the bills introduced are of local nature. Little time is wasted of this kind, however, and they are seldom ever referred to a com mittee.
 There are seven or eight pro- posed amendments pending in- cluding woman suffrage, the bond amendment, increased school tax levy, the grand father clause, low CT rate of interest, but in view of the restrictions imposed with ref erence to the submission of amend ments, the most important IS prob ably that which provides that the Legislature may submit three amendments and the people three and that an amendment may be carried by a majority of those vot- ling on the question, rather than by majority of those voting at the election. Unless this IS done the people are not likely to gain any privileges under the 1. & K. Amendment in the amending of the organic law. There Is a growing sentiment that the Constitution is
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not sufficiently elastic to meet the requirements of a progressive age, and there IS strong following in both houses for the calling of a constitutional convention to re- wise the states organic law. A bill to that effect has been intro- duced in the Senate, and should 1t fail, it is understood that popular movement will be initiated soon thereafter for the calling of such a convention.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-31
OLDEST J. P. IS DEAD

Mobley, Jan. 28.-J. T. Foster. 58 years old, who had held office continuously for 5 years as a jus tice of the peace in Scott township Sharp county, died at his home of pneumonia. He was elected last November for the nineteenth con- secutive time. He is survived by his wife and several children.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-31
ANDERSON-ADAIR A

Francis Anderson and Miss Eva Adair were married at the home of Squire and Mrs. M. E. Burt last Sunday, Squire Burt officiating.