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Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20
SOUTH AMBOY

The regular meeting of the Junior
League of the John Street Methodist
church was held fn the lecture room
of the church yesterday afternoon
There was quite a marked increase
In the attendance. The juniors will
hold a social soon-
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Hines visited
out of town yesterday.
Gabriel BiOndi, of Cliffwood, was q
South Anlboy visitor yesterday morn
ing,
Miss Ada Moss visited out of town
yesterday morning.
Mrs. J. It. Fulton, OF First street,
visited with friends In Perth Amboy
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Lillian Moss was an out of
town visitor yesterday
Fred schock. of Perth Amboy. was
N N t5%i t3% II yesterday afternoon calling On
old friends
John Wortley spent yesterday af-
ternoon in Perth Amboy.
Mrs. ID. C. Chase and daughter
were New York visitors yesterday
Mrs. Douglas Hunt. of Morgan.
spent last week In South Amboy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Isely were city
visitors yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Meinzer and sister were
visitors at Perth Amboy yesterday at
ternoon.
Mrs. Ghent of John street. was an
out OF town visitor yesterday after
noon.
| Richard McCloud, Jr., has about
| completed O new garage on tho east
side of North Broadway. this city, In
the rear OF his meat market.
| Patriotism apparently is at ebb tide
among the young men of this city, az
there were very few at the home de-
fense meeting Wednesday night. The
spirit of '76 and 81 apparently has
died out in the hearts of the young
| America In this city
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20
kEYP0RT SUNDAY SCHOOL
CLASS AT MRS. ". E. BEDLE'S
sgec,et Go che FyENIra VIEWS.

spectgi Go tbs EVENING VIEWS.
keypert, April 29:-The Tlaieis
Glass of Calvary M. Il. Sunday school
held their regular monthly meeting
at the home OF Mrs. William 10.
Bedle, of Elizabeth street, when busi-
ness of Importance was transacted.
The class Will begin work on articles
to be sold at a Christmas sale next
year, the proceeds OF which viii
probably start a carpet fund for the
main auditorium of the church. A
social hour followed the business of
the evening, after which refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
Those present were Mrs. Edwin I'll.
Wharton Mrs. Jesse L. Camp, Miss
Florence Huyiar, Mrs. j. Edward
Chamberlain, Miss Brenda M. Ander-
son, Mrs. Garrett VanGiesen. Mrs.
Fannie Morris, Mrs. William Il.
Bedle, Miss Linda Adams and Mrs.
Chester A. Walling.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20
SUCCESSFUL SUPPER SERVED
BY CLASS IN KEfPORT'
escsa7 TO the EvrefNa wrM,s.

spscsa7 to the EvEgfga wEsss.
Keyport, April 20.-.The members 81
Mrs. Selma Huyler's Sunday sche0a
class OF Calvary NJ. E. church cleared
Se1.29 at the supper held by them IN
the .chunch "Wednesday night. Ehe
patronage was good and seven tahies
were in constant use. Ii is expected
that the proceeds will be creator as
the result of the food sale held on
Thursday afternoon at the George w.
Jacobs and Company store. when the
amount will probably reach $50. Tho
class which numbers seventeen feel
highly elated over their success. espec-
ially as they moro than reached the
amount Of $50 which they had set as
O goal. The money cleared VIII be
added to the mite box fund OF the
chureaa whereby 1t is hoped to raise
$500 when the boxes are opened the
third week in May.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20
SLIGHT FIRE IN CLUB ROOM
OF MkThWAH DEMOCRATS
-o,.., 90 che EySNfNo VIEWS.


Matawan, April 2O-Night Ohtoed
Harry %. Walters while on duty at ,
O'Clock thus morning, discovered
Assrnes in the rooms Of the Matawan
aaemoeratlc Club and sounded the
,adarIn on the Washington Engine
Company house in Little street. Cn-
less q person is a light sleeper the
bell does not awaken him ane SO
tf,ere were only q few members OF the
company ,euI and few residents ana
as the blaze was under control soon,
not even q stream being thrown Dy
a.be company, it was not necessary 70
ring the general alarm on the bell OF
the First Methodist church.
Ipon examination by firemen asd
Offieer Walters, a chair and some OF
the wood work was found to be Oh fire
which was soon extingushed. Vixen
the firemAn and Walters entered she
rDoms they discovered fellow asleep
on a chair, and as he was stranger
in the town, possibly a tramp, and
could not give good account of him
self he was locked up and will be
taken before Recorder Low today.
IT IS thought that the. fellow broke
Snto the rooms and while smoking a
cigarette, had fallen asleep and drop
ped the cigarette which accounts for
the blaze.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20
PORT READING

Samuel Turner, Paul Ram ock, Jo-
seph Ramock Louis Fattarosi. Mike
Fattarosi. Robert Rodney and Alfred
Rodney spent "Wednesday night in
Roosevelt.
Anthony McNulty's physical condi-
ton Is reported to be on the decline.
Harry Hilton, Fred Albertson. Ed
ward O'Boyle. Enoch Bialickt. Frank
FAX. Tony Eak and Patrick Cassidy
attended the Lady Woodmens' dance
In Roosevelt Wednesday night.
Miss Agnes Fitzpatrick has returB-
cd to her home in Trenton after visit
ing Mrs Kate Cassidy here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20
SHIPPING NEWS

The barge Blue Star which was bad
iy damaged In q collision with another
boat, has been hauled out at the Rar-
itan Drydoeks and will undergo repairs.
The work of repairing the four mast
ed schooner Augustus Welt Is still con-
tinuing. This ship has been at the
Raritan Drydocks for several weeks,
having had some planks replaced, Its
rudder repaired. received q coat OF
copper paint below the water line, had
the standing and running rigging put
In first class order.
The following barges have either
been repaired or are underoing repairs
and painting at the Raritan Drydoclts:
7. M. Horton, Margaret NJ, Keelhurst,
Daniel r. Roe. Heger's Mill. and Laura
M. Keller.
The barge Ray which was placed on
one of the Perth Amboy drydocks the
early part of the week to have q coat
of copper placed below the water line
has again been put afioat.
The three masted schooner William
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20
MOST GRATIFYING RESULTS
FROM THE Use OF
THIS KIDNEY MEDICINE

have found DIR. Kiimer's swarap.
Root to be q very satisfactory medi-
cine to sell as II always produoes O
pleased customer. During the ssslaster
OF century that have haadfea 81
there has not been @ single oempaaanf
recetEed. MY father-tn-law cbtained
the most gratifying results from its Mss
and speaks In Its favor wheneYer the
opportunity affords.
Very truly yours,
-. B. QUIGLEY, Druggist,
Oct. le. 1916. Painted Post M r.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20
Truly SUPERIOR.

Speaking OF American superiority.
Princeton is reported to have an un-
kissed senior. because he has never
seen a woman worthy of his lips. Every
man can't be hersnit.-Plttsburgh
Dispatch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20

Hand-Shat<inu Custom Old.
The custom Of handshaklng dates
bnck to Henry II Of England.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20

Booth, of New London, Is still on one
OF the Perth Amboy drydocks. having
been hauled out the early part of the
week The rudder has been repaired
and coat of paint Is bing supplied.
The H. & N. Y. T. Company barge
No. 6 is on the Perth Amboy Drydocks
being calked. No. IL of the Same COM
pany is also being repaired while afoat.
Several new pianks are being put
on the Sayre & Fisher barge No. l2s
oil being above the water line. making
IL unnecessary to haul the boat out.
Other boats being repaired nt the
Perth Amboy Drydocks are the three
master Eima, of Bridgetown Bar; the
two master Paul Mehrohoff; Bush
Terminal car float No. q: Lehigh Val-
ley barge No. 7SS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20

Prove what swamp-Roct VIII DO
For YOu
send ten cents to DIR. Kilmer e. Co,
btaghamton, N Y, for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
Rtp also receive q booklet Of valuable
infermation. telling about the kidneys
ana bleGder. When writing be sure
tnd mention the Perth AInboy Evening
News, Regular 6fty-eent and one-doi-
ar size bottles for sale at all drag
teres.-aAdY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-20

DR. and Mrs. Charles II, Bruce are
entertaining Mrs Leon Stratton and
son of Phiiadelnhla.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
T4LKOFTHE TOWN

See those new suits at Abbott's.
See the smart mdoels in fall hats Mrs
Shepard Co., Inc.
South-end women gathered in mum.
bers at the home of Mrs Allan J. Nc.
Lean of Boynton street last evening to
witness the burgeoning Of a night bloom
ing cereus, plant which has been in the
possession of the hostess for some time
Early in the evening Mrs MacLean no
ticed that a bud on the plant was begin
ming to open, and as the spectacle of a
night blooming cereus is somewhat rare,
she bethought herself to call some of
the neighbors by telephone. Word ran
through the neighborhood quickly, and
by II o'clock. when the blossom was at
its greatest beauty, very large num-
Der of women were gathered around the
plant. Many Of them had never seen the
cereus in bloom and were amazed to
discover the breadth and wonderful for
nation of the blossom.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
GRANITEvILLE

Mr. and Mrs. c. J. Ayers of New York
City are visiting friends here for week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30

California, but did not stay in that
town for time and then went in the
year of 1874 to Washington, D. c., where
he had since remained in the employ of
the District of Columbia Beginning as
a clerk, he was advanced rapidly and for
thirty years held the responsible office
of purchasing agent for the district.
Some years ago, finding the duties of
this office task on his strength, he re
quested OF the commissioners of the dis
trict that he be relieved and this was
granted, and he was assigned clerical
position in the office of the district,
which he held till the time of his death,
which was due to an affection of the
heart, He was never married, his sis
ter, Julia, and her husband, Mr., and
Mrs. George d. Martin, living with him
for many years past. He was always
much interested in the welfare of his
native town and took much pleasure in
spending his vacations here. The funeral
services in Washington were held at the
New York avenue Presbyterian church,
of which he had been member and a
deacon for many years,
He leaves three sisters. Mrs. George
d, Martin of Washington, d. G., and
Mrs. Emily Edgington and Mrs. Mary
Simons of Washington, la. He also
leaves many nieces and nephews, these
all living in the west with the excep |
ton of Judge Charles II. Beckett of New
York, whose summer home in Williams
town is built on the site of the old
house that was long the home Of his
Capt, William S. Beckett,
harness maker, justice of the peace, and
town clerk in the days that are now re-
allied by but few of our citizens.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
UIILT1MSTOWN
Body of Frank o. Beckett Brought Here
for Burial

The body of Frank o. Beckett, whose
death occurred at his home in Washing
ton, d. G.. Aug. D, arrived in this, his
native town, on the 25th, and the burial
was in the family lot in the village Gem
etery.
The remains were brought here from
Washington by his brother in law, G. d.
Martin, and his nephew, Frank Edgerton,
who with Henry Poole and Newell f.
Farnham, acted as bearers at the burial
services. Prayer was offered at the grave
by Rev. John Irons
Frank o. Beckett was born in VIII
Jamestown on Sept. II, 1871, and was
one of ten children of Capt. William S.
and Polly (Poole) Beckett, only three
of whom survive At IA years of age
he began work in the old Ainsworth
store. owned by Calvin and Adolphus
where he remained several
years Later he went west to Edgington,
H., where he was for a time a partner
of Rufus Walker, also of this town, in
the mercantile business. Being troubled
with asthma, he sold out and went to
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
TALK OFTHE TOWN

See Abbott's line of fall and winter
coats.
Antonio Broggi has returned home
after passing few days in Mortified
on business.
A meeting of the truckmen win BE-
held in the union headquarters this even
ing at 1880 o'clock.
Jarvis C. Harris Of South Main street
has returned from visit of few weeks
with relatives in Billerica, Mass. Dur.
ing his absence he attended the national
encampment of the G.. a. r. in Boston.
Mrs. Mary Benedict of Hall street,
who was called home by the death of
her sister in law, Mrs. Sarah b. Gurley
of Elm street, has returned to Grand
Isle, where she is making a sojourn Of
several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank C. Turner Of
South Main street expect to leave the
city tomorrow for Hartford, Conn,
where they are to remain for a few
weeks with their son and daughter. Mr..
Turner plans to attend the Charter Oak
horse races, which begin Saturday.
Emery j. Newhall, a draughtsman en-
ployed at the granite manufacturing
plant of Marion OLeary, has been APP
pointed county director of the Boys
Working Reserve, L. s. A., which has
for its primary purpose the work of
enrolling the boys of each state with the
idea of placing some of them on the
farms during the greatest periods of
demand for help, and for industrial duty
at other times when the boys are at
liberty for such work. c. c. Barnes,
graduate of Norwich university in the
class of 1914, who has been serving as
secretary to the president of that insti-
tuition, has received an appointment as
state director of the reserve. 1t is hoped |
hat by the beginning of the season of |
1918, the directors will have a complete !
lie of all available boys of the state |
The national work of the organization |
S under the direction of William +. Hall I
If the U. S. department of labor at
Mr.. Newhsll, the local d. |
ector, has been closely connected with |
work among boy scouts of this vicinity
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
Goods i'm Bargain
Basement

In our Bargain Basement
are lots of kinds that you can
save quite a lot in price from
goods bought in the usual
way.
In our Bargain Basement
are lots of Wash Goods, such
as Ginghams, Percales, Col
ored and Figured Muslins and
odd lots of other Wash Goods.
Odd lots of Muslin Under
wear, Gents Fruit of the
Loom Night Shirts, and Chi
dren's odd sizes in Hosiery.
In this Basement are Cur
tain Scrims, Crashes and Tow
els at less than regular prices.
In this Basement are lots of
kinds of Toys for the children.
One of the best makes of Un-
breakable Dolls on the mar
ket. These are the famous
Campbell Kids that are so
much advertised. They have
natural faces. They please
the children better than I'M
ported kinds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
New Fall Goods

While styles are not so very
different from last fall, new
goods will look very good to
you. Styles are very smart,
not loud or flashy, but with
very well-defned lines. Very
pretty.
Cloths for suits and dresses
are all on a palmer order that
lends that richness to the new
fall costume.
Serges will be very good.
Their wearing qualities can
not be questioned. We have
several new Serges that are a
good buy.
One lot of 43-inch All Wool
Serges, in all of the staple col
ors. These Serges are all
sponged and shrunk, and the
price is but $1.00 per yard.
A beautiful line of 44-inch
Serges. These in staple and
fancy colors. All are sponged
and shrunk. This is one of
the best Serges to wear at any
price. SIPS per yard while
they last.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
MORETOWN

Miss Margaret Newton of Montpelier
was guest at P E. Grifith's several
days last week.
All Clark of Springfield visited friends
/ in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Ward and Mr.
and Mrs w. A. Kingsbury motored to
Fort Ethan Allen and johnson Wednes-
day.
George Haskins and son of New Hamp-
shire and D. P. Town of Plainfeld were
guests at the Evans homestead Thurs
day.
Mrs w. H. Farrow and daughter, Dor
is, of Springfield, Mass, are stopping
for the present with her father, A. C..
Child.
Aaron Goss is visiting her daughter,
Mrs Elmer Birkett in Ferrisburg
Mrs. A. L. Newton, who was called
to Iroquois, Ont, by the illness and
death Of her father, returned Sunday.
G. G. Sleeper and B. F. Griffith and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. @, B. Me-
Allister at the state industrial school
in Vergennes, Saturday.
Harry Irish. who enlisted last spring,
arrived home Thursday night, having re-
ceived an honorable discharge from the
army because of dependent parents He
was in the 18th cavalry, stationed for
a time at Fort Ethan Allen, later going
to Fort Ogethrope, Ga, and recently at
Newport News, Va.
+. A. Slayton and family Of Barre
and relatives from Pennsylvania were
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs w. L.
Wilcox.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
Early Showing of Suits

We have now ready for
your inspection and selection
a good showing of Fall and
Winter Suits. These Suits are
especially attractive, the style
lines are conservative and well
balanced, the coats are longer
and of straight lines, many of
them belted with large buc-
kles. The skirts are with a
nice fullness.
The popular colors will be
Navy, Brown, Balsam, Bur
gundy Taupe, Beetroot, and
Black. These made up in such
cloths as Poplins, Broadcloths,
Cheviots, Mems Wear Serges,
Bucilla Cloths and Wool We
lour. These are cloths that
are very serviceable and at
tractive.
You need to see these mod
els to appreciate their value.
The prices are but a little
more than other seasons.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank the friends and
neighbors for their words of sympathy
and kind acts during our sad bereave-
ment, also for the many beautiful flow
ers.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Abair,
Mr.. and Mrs Nicholas St John
and family.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
A. P. ABBOTT co.
New Fall Goods

Nearly all of our new fall goods are in stock.
ment of prices will have to be made very soon.
them increases We handle it a little different.
have paid rather than what we will have to pay
to keep prices down.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30

This is your best time to buy as a new adjust
In large cities they make up as fast as the cost to
We 90 by what we have on hand at prices we
Your interests are ours; we must work together
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
SOUTH BARRE

Rain or shine, all roads lead to grange
hall tonight. A good crowd is coming
Be there and enjoy yourself.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-30
Ladies' Separate
Goats

This season bids fair to
be the largest Coat season
we have ever seen. The
styles are very conserva-
tive and of materials that
for style and service are
the best that we have ever
shown.
You should see this, our
line of Coats. These Coats
were bought very early, at
prices that are more rea-
sonable than you could i'm
agine under the present condi-
tons of the market. You will
find here more than double the
Coats that we were ever able
to show in any other season
before. We bought them early
so as to get the cloths and get
the price before the big adj
vance. See these Coat values.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-08-18

teams are used to take the chill
dren to school, distance only Of
mile they can walk with as much
ease as though they were using Il
good cement sidewalk. The saw
ing in this respect alone is suffi-
cient to enable the small taxpay-
er to vote the tax. In long distance
travel the time saved is another
great. item. Oftentimes in in
clement weather many children
cannot get to school at all on ac-
count of the bad mud holes usual
ly found on a dirt road. Not so
with a gravel road. After rain
the gravel is so packed that it is
better wet than dry and there is
no excuse for any child to miss
school a single day during the
school term. These are things the
property holder should well con-
slider next Tuesday and not let
little disagreements interfere with
their duty to the people as whole.
Think well Mr.. Voter before you
cast your vote against an i'm
provement that means so much
for your community. If the tax
is defeated you will have your
self to blame and we feel certain
You will afterwards regret it. Let
every philosophical citizen go to
the polls determined that the cleo
ton must carry next Tuesday.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-08-18
RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas The all-wise Father has
called home Capt. John T. White.
the father of one of our members,
a man who has always been faith
full and helpful in all church.
work; be it -
Resolved: /. That we, the
Epworth League Of New liberia
extend to the family our sinceres:
sympathy. praying that our Heav-
enly Father may guide them and
give them the peace that passeth
all understanding.
2. That while we deeply and
sincerely sympathize with those
nearest and dearest to him, we
share with them the hope of re-
union some day through our farm
in the love and promises of jesus.
3. That these resolutions lie
sent not only to Miss Lizzie White
and her family, but also to the
New liberia Enterprise and The
Iberian, and that. a copy be
placed upon the minutes Of this
Epworth League.
The Committee.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-08-18
LOCALS.

The wedding Of Mr.. Earl Hal
and Miss Vida Nereaux was solem
nized in Vinton on Wednesday
evening at half after eight o'clock
at the home of the brides pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alcee Ne
reaux.
Advertised letters week end
ing August 11.-Elliott Bowles,
Miss Macie Castiye, Mrs. Alzena
Coleman, Carthe Comeaux. Miss
Anay Camban, Mrs. Fl. w. Diety,
Mildred Holmes. Miss Mary
Hatcher, James C. Jenkins, Henry
Langue. Miss Elise Pete. Miss
Amelia Simmons.
Rub-My- Tism-Antiseptic, Ano-
dyne kills pain. stops putrefaetions
Died. at the family residence
at Cade Station on Sunday, Aug.
18th, Mrs. James Guilbeau aged
81 years. The funeral was held
in this City from st. Peters Cath
Ollie church on Monday at ten
o'clock A. M. Deceased was a
member of the Woodmen Circle of
New iberia, the members attended
the obsequies in large numbers.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-08-18
NOTICE.
New iberia, Aug. Is, 1917.

New Iberia, Aug. is, I9II.
The Board Of Directors of the
Attakapas Club tender the use of
their Club rooms to all volunteers
and selected persons called to tho
service Of the United States
Army, residing in the Parish OF
Iberia, who wish to enjoy
the use Of it's rooms. Make the
club your headquarters until you
are called to the front.
A. DAIGRE, President.