Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
CITY TO Do HONOR
TO EMANC|PATOR
Birthday of Martyred President
to Be Generally OBJ
served.
CELEBRATION AT STATUE
IN COURT HOUSE PLAZA
Church Services and Banquets
TO Mark Day-Department
Stores to Remain Open.

Iincoin's Birthday will be cele-
brated in Newark tomorrow with
exercises in churches and other meet
ing places, banquets and patriotic
events of other kinds.
The schools of the city VIII pc
closed, as will all banks. Many large
business concerns will give their en-
ployees a holiday, although all the
large department stores will remain
omen. Offices in the City Hall will De
closed. and there will be no sessions
of any of the county courts. County
employees also will be given day
of Business In the Centre Market
Will be suspended at 10 a. m.
Hundreds probably will journey 10
the Lincoln statue in the Court House
plaza as in former years to do homage
to the emanicipator. Since the statue
was unvailed on Memorial Day, 1911,
the anniversary of the martyred pres
dent has not passed without many
placing flowers and other tributes at
the foot of the great bronze figure
Negro Children to Sing.
An unusual event has been arranged
BY che Shade Tree Commission to take
place at the Lincoln statue. A. cere-
mony, in which 400 negro school chill
dren of the city will sing In chorus,
and in which all the speakers VIII be
negro clergymen, will take place. Tho
cbildren's chorus will be under the
direction of Boston B. Purvis and this
program will be followed:
Opening hymn, my Country, It's
of Thee" invocation, Rev. E. F. Eg-
gleston; hymn, Battle Hymn OF the
Republic" reading of emancipation
procIa nation, Rev. r. d. Wynn;
hymn, columbia, the Gem OF the
Ocean," reading of the Gettysburg
speech, Rev. A. A. Collins; placing
wreath of flowers on Lincoln's statue;
hymn, "Star Spangled Banners" bene-
dietion, Rev. ]. r. White.
The committee on arrangements
consists of: Chairman, Rev. j. r.. |
Waters. st. Johns Methodist Episco-
pal Church; secretary, Rev. Robert |
d. Brown, st. Philips Protestant |
Episcopal Church; Rev. j. r. White,
A. M. E. Zion Church; Rev. E. F. Egg
gleston, Thirteenth Avenue Presby-
ferian Church; Rev. A. A. Collins, st.
James A. NJ E. Church; Rev. R. D.
Wynn. Bethany Baptist Church.
X. of c. TO Celebrate.
Newark knights of Columbus will
have a banquet in the New Audito-
rum tomorrow. Besides celebrating
the birth of Lincoln, the event will
be held to enlarge a fund for the
purchase of a club
The affair will be conducted under
the auspices of the Columbus Club,
which comprises the various local
councils. The committee of one hun
ared named some time ago is COM
pleting arrangements. From the pres
emit outlook the event will be one of
the largest ever held under the same
auspices.
It is planned to have delegations
present from every council in the
state and several New York repre-
sentatives. One of the principal
speakers viii be Supreme Knight
James A. Flaherty. of Philadelphia.
The arrangement committee con-
sists of John J. Berry, chairman;
Thomas F. Cummings, secretary;
James J. Young, treasurer; Charles
lam J. Norman, William II. McEnhill.
Richard J. Sasse, John j. Lotus, John
7 Turbett, William l. Toohey James
fully, William Sheridan. William
Dolan, Martin A. Toohey, George
Cav, John ]. Ring, Joseph Sharp,
Frederick Ritger, Philip C. Walsh,
Joseph L. Mullin, Eugene J. Sulli-
van, Hubert J. Rowe, Rev. John j.
Rev. Edward Quirk, Rev. NJ
r. Corcoran, John J. Farley, Thomas
7 Mclaughlin, Joseph II. Sullivan,
DR.. Hugh H. Fox, John f. O'Brien,
Thomas f. Cummings, Thomas j.
Farley, Andrew Speary, William C.
Michael F. Mclaughlin,
Frank p -Caufield, Hugh Reilly, John
P. McFadden, NJ. J. Jackson, Will
am j. Cain, John F. Conroy, Dennis
rronin, Matthew Mahlon, Terrence
Doris, Joseph Amberg, John ].
Fowey, I. George Fitzpatrick, r. E.
Benoit, Luke Cribben, NJ j. Comery,
P. J. Donohue, Joseph Dunning,
Joseph NJ. Degnan,J. Fitzpatrick, John
lsaul, R. Macaloon, w. E. Geddis, G.
F. Geiger. Charles Cutting, William
Griffen, F. A. Lunny. Daniel II sRfc-
Namara, John F. Moran, Edward F.
Rowe, jr., P H. Short, Thomas J.