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“N . I. SCHJUYLER COUNTY CHRQ“NI.OLE,,,MA)£‘ ,2. 1912. A _l c:N'r-nAI£' NEW v‘on_K. Watkins High S.ch0‘0l,, Third ‘ Quartgr. Ten highest standings ofrboyg and girls in high school and highest stand- ings of same in grades: - , - High School, Boys: Jixmesj 97; Lawrence Smith, 93; Don Pajhner, 90; George Spader, 90; Reuben Maine, 90; Arthur Lowe, 89; Ea:.r1»_]?renti;ss, 87; George -Yaple, 87; Max Edgett, '85; Al- fred Sproule, 84. 'Girls:.fMi1dted Wag- ner,» 92;, Lorelna Va_,nDe.ventep, 92; Jen- nie. Williams, 92; MarJ'Q!ie= ' Mas:Di.11: 192;‘ Mildred Pelham, 91; Cecil. Ssverne, 91; Viva. Payne, 91; Kathleen. ‘Moody, 90; Marjorie Culver, 89; Nellie James, 89. Grades, First, Miss Ma_1on1e'y‘g Carmen Compton, 95; Elizabeth Vanderhoof, 95; Arthur Fields, _95; Henry Mc 95. Miss Charles: John Thompson, 96; R0- sey Saraceni, 95. ’ Miss. Cullen’: Pauline Bartholoman, 96; Dominick‘ Spirito, 95. Second, Miss Robison: Louise \Burch 93; John Hill, 92. Miss Cullen: Edna Grzmston, 96; ‘Helen Denmark, 96; Pass- qualine d’Amico,‘95. ~ Third, Miss McDonnell: Sarah Sproule, 98; Emily Frost, 98; ,Clare1_1ce Frost, 95. Miss Charles: Elizabeth P-a.store, 95; Mary Martin, 95 ; Wollis Roe, '95. Miss Cullen: John Hoare, 97; \/Valter Burxjell, 97; Ethel Brewin, 96. V « _ Fourth, Miss Curry: Ruth Ggorge, 93; Henry McAnarney, 93. Miss Williams: Dominick Garletto, 91; Helen Darrow, 86. . . ~ » Bar Association Acts. Town suidiy School ‘C0!i.VOII_tio_I.I- The Tyrone and Beading Town.‘ Sun-— day SC51|0O‘1-C.0I1V9l;ltii,011‘ is to. he held an. the M._ E. Church. Reading Center; _Wednesda_y, May 3-. 41912» I ',_I—‘he_O of .t'.h‘e Association are as .f011o.ws; Ward. J .Green._, Bl_‘esiden1s;~ 'J,.‘. H» '-Vim. G.é1d'or;. _Arbhi1r\Br.ague. 'Gardi'e Bgplee, Vice. Presidents; Pearl l\}Iaur¢y..SecfrébarY_.31nd Treasurer: . . ._ A11'nr1a'l_:1_lle.etiz‘rg of Stockholders, men 1.,\ Stevens. tWé,~ the undersigned, President and Secretary of the —S<;1'1uy]_er County Bar Association,‘ ,hereby_ certify that at a me.etin,g* of said association, _ held at Watkins; N. Y,, on the 29th day of'.April, 1912, the foilowing -resolutions were un- animoua adopted: , Resolved, That it is éssential -to\ the’ We1fz1..r’e of‘ the community, the pereptu: ation“ of ‘our free“ 'in'sti_tutions, and‘ the protection. of- the personal liberty ‘and property rights of the iruliYid11}11_, that the independence of ‘the judliciaryt should be presérved as established; by the wis- dom of the founders ‘of our institutions, state and national. The.'annu.zs1. ...t‘neeb.ing_ or the ‘stock.-' -holders 'of‘- .(_:‘r.lex1‘*S3it;y'0i_l.Co‘..‘ 1751111 be‘- held. same ot O.f‘.DP-. AC. .I:\o.rd11.an.r. Lin\.t.he. Village _ of Watkins, New York. on. Monday. May 1912-, at. we (2) 0.'..<:1‘9ck in: theiafternbon .foi' .the‘e1e¢ti0n of seveg d,i‘rect‘OrsA for the ‘ahsuing.ye:1E—§'~~ 'f0'I‘-the-I3.|1IiD0se.Of considering’ :1 i>'z‘o'po~= sit.'ion‘-. __t,p’s;ub-19389‘ -0.1: -gleb ill at _the.. properties owned by the company; :~foi'I?‘ the purpose or conéidezingz Ian a men» to Section 3 015-»A1:tic1e:1.=;of-the By-.Laws%reduc.ing- the amount.-otmzpisal. stock nepresenhéd ‘in; person or“ by’ proxy »9.-Uhe annual ‘meaning necessary to-constitute.-a quorum I91: the-V uransuc: non. of businessitrojn two-thirds ,(2/,;)_ to 0'ne+ha.lf (%\) of the, mock 9f.‘1?he‘c.0z\..p0zt5 ation and for the br'an3.acbi0t1' of such, .ot.her busi1:iess= as may properly- c1o.nie' before the meeting. _ ' v G; C. FORDHAM, ; 7”‘ 1“ “‘\“ \\““”\”*’”*“\Presi'de Á Mersye ‘Oren L. Stevens died at the family home in Beaver Dams, Satur- days April 27, 1912, aged twenty-three years. The funeral services 'were held Monday, at 11 8.. 111., Rev. K. M. Walk- er omcie.ti'x;g.- The pull bearers were FL A. ’.[‘h,m'ston, George L. Drake, Leon E. Moore and Leroy C. Snook. The burial was in B_ez_3.ver Dams Ceme- tery. , ' The Ighaca News has just. put. in a. new Hoe rotary perfecting press, that will -print. sixteen pages at a single; run.,‘and also a. complete new st;ero. ing outfit. ‘ A mammoth -thirty- story building the tallest in New York State, outside of New York City, will be erected by Burns Lyman Smith, on the site of the Florence in Syracuse. Five churches in Cazenovia organiz- ed bowling teams early in the winter to play sixty games. The tournament is justcompleted. having -been won by the Presbyterians ‘by 63 points over the Episcopalians. ’ The Board of Supervisors of Chau- tauqua County, N. Y., has voted to issue $160,000 in bonds as the County’s share in good roads work as far ahead as 1915. Brick construction will be used on all improved highways. Dryden is one of the very few coun- try villages that has increased its population in years. It was in- corporated ň years ago. with a population of 400, since which time it has doubled its inhabitants. ’3.F.’RO.GR@M- The maiden name of the deceased was Aletha. 0. Frost, and she was the only child of Erwin Frost and Addie Southard Frost, of whom her mother survives. She was ‘born February 28,» 1890,. at the‘ home where she died. She became the wife of Oren L. Stev- ens in 1906, and leaves with her hus- band and mother, an only child. Regi- nald, aged four years. She is mourned in the seemly untimely ending of her exemplary life by many friends. Afternoon. Se,esion—1:45, Devotional 'Ser.vice; Short Talksvby County O Sbandards»—+Clarance ,'..,S.ny'r.'l'er. Presi- dent; The Bene of Town Associations —A. D. Updike,'_Vice President; The Necessity of Good S, ’Se_ct_s‘-.—.Mrs_.. T. J. Ba,pI_«;Te;'_,v» _$§grep§ and Treagurer; Home Department-—.5_Mrs.} \VV;\Sz':f Home Déparmier_1t, isuperintende Grade Ro11'—-Mvrs. _T:.'1iln8gi1 VTh»0mpsion,e Elemenbai-y Superi-nt.endent;- Organized C1a.ssese—W. C. Cqnped, Qrganized Class esuperintendenb; Tiicnekfor questions be: tween each one; Music; A(idr'ess_-- Teachers Training—R}e‘i. C. H, Van- Wie, Teachers Training‘ Superintend- ent: Address——S. S. ‘E[iicieney—Rev. W, H. Sobey. V Resolved, That the recall of judges or the reversalcf judicial decisions by pop- uIa.r ‘vote -Would. destroy the independ- ence of the‘ judiciary and the impartial administration of -justice and] deprive all classes of the community of the pro- _tection now afforded to ‘individual rights, by substituting for the training, intelligence and conscience‘ of the j'l1d_i(_39 iary, and settled rules of la.w, public clamor, .agitation‘.a;nd the constantly varying opinions -of voters overruling the judgments of the courts and punishing judges for unpopular decisions. . Resolved, That the Schuyler County Bar Association declare its profound conviction that any such. revolutionary proposals would be fraught with im- measurable danger to our constitutional institutions and to the fundamental rights of» the individuals, rich or poor, and it urges‘ the Bar of the State and of the nation, to unite, irrespective of par- ty, in opposition to such proposals \and in defense of an independent judiciary. ' ' O. P. HURD, Pres. GEORGE M. VELIE, Sec. BRTHERS, Local Bills Vetoed. The Governor in decreasingthe appro- priations by over $7,500,000, necessarily vetoed some bills of projected improve- ments in Schuyler County. which shares as well on approved legislation as all other sections of the State. ; .; The Wayne Power Company has contracted with the‘ ‘villages of Avoca and Cohocton for the installation of a system of electric lights. Wallace and Atlanta may also be included, if a. contract for lighting the streets can be obtai ed. It is said to be a. day and night%rvice. Fifth, Miss Mosher: Frank Cole, 92; Julia Peak, 91. Miss Williams: John Garison, 96; Julia. Fraink, 91. Sixth, Miss Whippy: Helen Rooney, 94; Leroy Smith, 91. Miss Williams: Marie Pedofaro, 96; Harold Dykes, 96. Seventh, Miss Lytlez Eanny Eitel, 95; Charles Lenny, 94. ‘ Eighth, Miss Graham: Waldo Bishop, 82; Grace Sullivan, 89. Evening Session-47:30, Devotional Service; Questions for Superintendents and other workers; Please come pre- pared to answer some of them; What new methods have you recently tried‘? What result. Have you -a. teachers meetzingt? When and how conducteii? Have you 3. Teachers Training Class? What success? How. do you interest the whole school in your Home and Cradle 3011 Departments? In what ‘way is your Primary Departm,enb're1at.- ed to the whole school?‘ Do you .vary your opening and closing‘ exercises and how? When. and how dooyou. observe Decision-Days? Have yé‘i1 special Mis- sionary and‘ Temperance. programs? How long? What ‘results? What are you doing .to_ secure bet.t.er_ average abtzendance? How‘ do you use your As- sistant; Superintendent? Are you. get,- ting good results from class organiza- tion? Would you extend it. further? What. spiritual results are aimed at in your school and_ -wiuh what. success? The bills disapproved include the following: To\ appropriate $75,000 to establish a School of Agriculture at Cook Academy, and $5,000 to maintain it the first year. The bill to establish a State Highway from Watkins to Wayne together with some twenty others, to await the vote of the people on another $50,000,000 for good roads this fall. The bill to dredge the chan- nel between Lakes Lamoka and Waneta was vetoed on the ground of curtailing expenses. The appropriations for Wat- ’kins Glen in addition to the salaries, aggregate $10,500. Estimates for continuing the concrete wall to Franklinstreet and building a pavilion at Suspension Bridge, were not author- ized for this year. ' Old: Posto Building, Watkins, N. Y. Lady a§s.i§t.a,nt .w'h'=.1z.As1.s:a1i._1:ss1-. Dr. Bnmsars Sallitarinlll! R A number of Cornell University stu- nents have organized a Robert Inger- sol Cluh,—-“to study,~ investigate and criticise the existing religions and creeds of to-day, with the view of re- constructing religious thought and setting it upon a. basis of fact and truth, instead of needless faith and traditional superstition.” ‘ Fenner is unique among the\ towns of the States in many respects. It has neither hotel, saloon, store, grocery, postot blacksmith shop, nor shoe shop. Neither has it a doctor, under- taker nor=la.wye‘r'., It is a community of prosperous dairymen, owners of more high gradecattle per capita. than any other town in Central New York. —DeRuyter Gleaner. Reading Grange No. 50. Reading Grange held a‘ very interest- ing meeting ‘on . Wednesday evening, April ..24th. Several members of Rock Stream Grainge were present and gave a farce entitied, Taking the third degree in the grange. It was very emusing and very ‘Well acted. After the’ meeting was over refreshments were served. There were 95 present. ‘ ” At the regular meeting this Week Wednesday evening the following pro- gram will be given: Musi'c,,Mrs. C. D. Hillerman; roll call will be answered by naming a president and telling some- thing that he did; recitation, Alta. Over- ton; paper, “What should one grow to have continuous bloom all sum-' met '2” Sister H. C..Lott; reading, Sister Mary 0’Daniels; “My experiences at Cornell and what interested me most,” Brother Roland Stamp; discussion, “What questions of public interest be- ing agitated at the present time should de_1na._ml_gthe attention of the? grange '2” «H-.~—S.~——Howa.rd; current topics, Wm. N. Hillerman; recitation, Marie Jennings; question box; music. The and sec- onddegrees will be conferred on three candidates. Jury List, Watkins, N. Y. Schuylef County CIerk’s o Watkins, April 29, A1912. _ Minutes of the drawing of a. panel of 'thirty-sixetyzial jurors, to serye at 3, term of the county court to he held at the court house in the village of Wat- kins, in and for- said county, on the 13th day oi: May,, 1912. Vine, C. Mills, Watkins, farmer. H.’ C. Smith, Burdett, merchant. ' ‘ J. B. Crawford, Dundee, farmer. - Harry E. Sutton, Readihg Center, farmer. ._ Charles Philp, Watkins, farmer. Richard Tompkins, ~. Montour Falls, farmer, . » T All‘ forms; of c11i:oni<s‘f1>1*seas¢s ' s11c'cess.fu,1Iy treated. Eyes examined and glasses properly Mrs. Emeline S. Wheeler. Mrs. Emeline Snyder Wheeler died at the home in Burdett where she had resided for the past forty years, Thurs- day, April 25, 1912, in the seventy~ seventh year of her age‘. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, and _the burial was in the Hector Union Cemetery. The d'e‘cea's“e_d'\Wa§‘“i;lYéi\EYaf1‘§'hTEr“5f\ Mr. and Mrs. John W. Snyder‘, and was born in Eastern Hector, August 8, 1834. In 1855, she married John T. Bodle of Mecklenburg. and of the union there was born one son, Elmer P. Bodle, now of Chanute, Kansas. Following‘ the death of her husband, in 1870. she married Spencer Wheeler. and_ two ‘children were born to them, Wilmer Wheeler residing near Burdett, and Mrs. Martha Alexander of Waterville, Washington. Mrs. Wheeler leaves one sister, Mrs. Catharine Atwater of El- mira. She was a true Christian woman, and was accorded the highest esteem during her long and exemplary life. Consultation and examination frees C. H. Beattie, Hec farmer. » Samuel Wasson, Sygar Hill, farmer. Allen Hamilton, Odvessa, farmer. Charles S'ec’or,\Ode farmer. Albert Demary, Dundee; farmer. Harlem Weller, Beaver Dams, farmer. Orlo Baker, Watkins, maltster. .’ Calvin Campbell, Odessa, laborer. _ Wm. Mitchell, Odessa, farmer. G, S. Spaulding, Trumansburg, farmer. ‘Sidney Drake, Dundee, farmer. Floyd Tgask, Rock Strea,m,.fatmer.,.,. John H. Abrams, Rock Stream, farmer. C.‘ W, Jaclgson, Montour Ealls, farmer. Fishermen have been to Lake Keuka’s famousroul; ‘grounds SPE CIAL since the season opened last: Week Monday. The best catch reporuedtgup to date was made by the fourteen-year-5’ old son of William Dart, of Glbson’s Landing, who caught; and landed three large bx-out on one Seth Green rig. The best so far’ has been in the vicinity of Gibson’s.——Yates County Chronicle. The Presbyterian Church; Rugs, Carpets, Mate Morning worship at L0;30 with preach- ing by the pastor’. Sunday School at 11:45. The subject of the lesson in the adult classes is a. very practical one, the teaching of Jesus concerning Wealth. The school is for. all ages. Men and women need the Bible as well as boys and girls. Christian Endeavor at 6:45. The \lead- er this week is Miss Ida Chase, and the subject will be “Unsel I John 3:10-18. This will be the regular of the month character meeting. Eyening worship at 7 :30 with preach- ing by the pastor. ‘ . - The Thursday ‘evening meeting.‘ this‘ week will be a, special springtime meet- ing, to emphasize What we learn of God directly and by suggestion through na- ture‘. Bring if you can something about the message of God through birds, ers, stars, hills. sky and ocean, some- thing from the Bible or other literature, or from experience. Morris Gilbert, Watkins, farmer. Wm. I-Iendrickson,’ Watlcins, gentle» man. . ‘~ Delber't VanLoon, Alpine, farmer. . C. D, Smead_L_I:Iector veterinarian and state lecturer. _ {Don Austin, Montour Falls, machinist. Melvin Dykes, Bradford, farmer. Charles Dowers, Trumansbnrg, farmer. G. W. Rosenkrans, Dundee, merchant. William Oemun, Alpine, farmer. Robert Marshall, Watkins, carpenter. E. L. Higgie, Montour Falls, \farmer; ~ Eugene Swick, Burhdett, farmer. Lawrence Darling, Alpine, farmer. .. Fred McNetton, Hector, farme Alva Carpenter, Alpine, former. ‘William Houck, Dundee, farmer. E. H. BISSELL, Clerk.‘ and Lin 016111118. Plans are being perfected for the planting of trees along the ASta.t.e High- ways. Fifteenthousand Carolina pop- his’ will be set out this year. Next year the oaks will be set out between the poplars. White birches will be set out at culverts to act as guards when the fences are gone. Tree plant- ing will be first done in the counties of Niagara, Orleans, Erie, Mon-roe, Oneida, Ulster, Westchester, Suffolk, Albany and Chemung. 0ur_stock of Rugs Wa‘s_11é'Ver more complete‘. Tapestry‘, Body‘Bru'sse1s, Axminsters and Wil- tons '1‘1.1?room sizes. at reduced prices, for this ' The Chinese world of Philadelphia is searching for, a large Maltese cat which had the temerity the other day to steal a. nice chicken which had been placed before the sacred‘ joss. There’ was almost a riot when the guardian of the ‘joss discovered the loss, but this turned to dismay later. when the cat was seen crawling over the root adjoining the joss house with a good portion of the chicken in her month. There was 9. chase, but the cat was too nimble. Now the ions must go hungry. Sacrlleglous Cat. sale from $12.00 up. At a special election in Ovid Satur- day,‘ the proposition to‘ bond in the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of paving “and 9:radi‘n‘g the main street of that village, and for ‘paying the additional expense of a State highway through the village, was carried by a vote of 51 to 20. When completed, Ovid village will have a quarter of a mile of full width paved street. It will connect with the improved road to Lodi villa.g'e,. and from Ovi village north to Rom- ulus.—Excha . \Water goes to w e over the Beebe Lake dam each year, which, if stored and used for the generational electric- ity by a plant situated at the bottom of the drop between Cayuga and Beebe Lakes, would develop about 2,800 horse power, or over three times as much as is used by the street railway system and the city of Ithaca combined.” was the statement made yesterday by E. W. Schodér, assistant professor of hydraulics, at the Hydraulic Laboratory in Fall Creek in an interview in the ‘I I: ‘In a::UU1‘!1’El. Proceedings of the Board of Education. - The board of education held a special meeting on Monday evening, _April 22, .149.12,.._ The folloyg-ing}.ofi?ice1js. were. pres.- ent. President Hui'd,' ’Tri1stees Macreery, Stouifer, King, Moran and LaDoW. ‘On motion of Mr. Macreeriy the clerk «wak instructed to cast one ballot :for Thomas Ellis for collector of the Wat- Akins Union School District ‘No.~1. Bal- 1ot‘ca.st, and Mr. Ellis was declared‘ duly elected collector by President Hurd. Beautiful new -Velvet Carpets with stair run- nerto match in Greens, Tans and Reds at spec? The‘ ’1‘ria,ngulan 'Tragk Meet. 1“a 1 p'1‘i'c\es; f9c'izp to'$I.50- The triangular track nieet between Cook Academy, Elmira Free‘Academy‘ and Watkins High School, to be held at the Watkins fair grounds Friday after‘- noon of this week, no doubt will attract many lovers of athletic sports. The list of events on the program in-' cludes 120-yard high hurdle, 880-yam run, 100-yard dash, high jump, broad jump, 220-yard' low hurdle‘, 440-yard mm, one-mile run, pole x'ra.ult, broad jump, 220-yard run, hammer tlfrow and shot put. There are severalentries in each event and the contest is’ sure to be keen‘. Twenty rolls of Lowell Extra Super :11] Wool Ingrains. Best carpet on the market, 650; The teachers\ committee made the following recommendation and moved its adoption, ‘that Miss Jennie Mosher be employed as teacher at an annual salary of $450; also that Miss. Anna; Beach be employed to teach hmathematics and Latin at an annual salary of $609. Carried. ‘ Everything in Mattings from the cheapest to’ the best grades, 12 I-21? yard to 650. V Fnmlly Close to Death. During a recent terri storm, at Taileywang, N. S. W., 5; miner, his wife. and child had a narrow escape from death in their cabin. The storm caused a gigantic tree to fall across the‘ center of the house, but provi- dentially the man was at one end of the, building and his wife and child at the other, when it tell; and al- though the central portion at the cabin was literally smashed to the ground, either end of the structure re- mained intact.\ »‘ L1'no1eums--- W1°Ide’s best twelve-foot.'w1'de The admission fee is only 25 cents, and there ought to be a generous turn- out. ‘ On motion of Mr. Moran: That the bond of the collector, Mr.~Elli_s, be in the sum of thousand dollars, with two or more sureties, or 9. surety bond, said bond to be approved by the board of education; and that he be .di- rected to tu’rn'over\a1l'mone'ys in his hands to the treasurer of the school‘ board at intervals of ten days, and that the tax book be signed and delivered to the collector on the approval of his bond. Adopted.- ' ‘ B-yu’-Dr:-#I§ing;—that——a—eommittee—beeap- pointed in regard to the matter of plant- ingv and shrubs upon the school grounds, President .Hi1rd naming Dr. George H.‘ King as such committee. On -motion adjourned’ until Monday evening, April 29, 1912,. at. 7:30 o’clock. RA.YMOND~ JEIOARE. Clerk- sheet Linoleums 1'11 -neat patterns makes’ an ideal without seams. a . Bonds’ to Be Fumishedl Section 11 of the .P1iblic Officers’ Law now contains the following: “If the surety on an official under- taking of a, state or local iof be a. fi- delity or surety corporation, the rea- sonable expense of «procuring such sur- ety, not exceeding one per centum per annum upon the amount of such under-. : ' _ ; l—be-a-clxalfge-against~‘~th\ state or political subdivision or munici-' pal corporation respectively in and _for which he is elected’ or appointed.” . Takes effect immediately. . JAMES BURCH, W'at‘ki“ Arlctocratlc Potato Potatoes are pretty high, but noth- ing’ like in Auchtermuchty, where some ones sold for $5 apiece. But the of these ones when cook- ed in almost as white as Hungarian And then these potatoes are not to be eaten, but are saved for seed, single ones‘ being picked out from hundreds or thousands.--New York Press. ‘ On Thursday, Mr, and Mrs. Glenn H. Cu rtiss, theiriassistants and the students of the Curtiss School of Aviation, re turned from Coronado, .Ca.lifornia, where the Curtiss winter school in aviation is located. The past season has been the most successful in the his- tory of the school, as high as twenty- eight pupils being under instruction. Three new pupils await the arrival of. Mr. Gurtiss and his corps of assistants, and plans are being made to instruct a larger class here this season than ever before. The entire Kingsley has been leased for aviation purposes. —-Hammondsport Herald.- James Holland recalls the ‘fact that the spring he landed in Geneva, in 1859. on the 23d of April that “year there was a depth of snow on the grotfnd exceeding 30 inches, in some places three feet. Not much spring weather about that. As to ice we can beatthat story: On the 4th of May, 1855, one man crossed the lake on the ice from the long pier to Johnston's Cove—-that man was Edward Cole. But on the evening of the 5th of May the lake showed all open water. Both events. are only ‘incidents not likely ever to again occur.—-Geneva Adver- tiser-Gazette. Methodist Church Notes. . Class meeting at ~9:45 9.. .m. . _ Preaching. Aservice~ at‘ 10:30 a. m. ‘M Sunday V;Scho‘_ol at l1:45_ a. m. Junior,Leagueh at 4 p. m. Epwor League at 6:30 p. m. Preaching [Service at 7:30 p. m. The Rev; S. F. Sanfordhdistrict super- intendent, will preach, ' T f _ Prayer seiwice every Thursday. even,-L 1ng._ _ ’ Get copy of each The board of education held an _ad- ~‘joumed meeting on Monday evéning, April 29, 18,12. The following o were ‘p‘1fesent~: President Hurd, Trustees King, Mo‘r_an and\ .Ma;c1re“e1'y.\ - .o On motion the following bills were or- dered, pnids‘ - in ’ j ' Teachers’ _wages,. April, 1912, $945. ‘Layton; Owen, ‘janitor, $50‘. _ _La,ytonjOWe_n, 'tru‘9,nt¢ o $10.; ‘ ‘Daniid H: _Fie]c1,~ janitén, $12. David‘ H. Field, tfuant officer, $5. $ ;£lbe'r‘t« Kiiapp, ntranspoitting pupils, 2 .- ' . _ . John, Gould, llabor, $1. —. , iWatér] zfmd; sewef ‘commissioners, wit» ter, $~1;5l.ons.. ‘ Federal Tel.‘ C10‘:A.,':vr9/I“t‘,r $5; ' _ “ A Su:re.tyr0o§; boiflda $20-. . On,/motion‘ of Dr». King, that the‘ bond of Thomas” Ellis, in the ;su1'n_o'r $5,000,. with the American Surety C0,,‘ be ac- cepted and appioveii, and ordered ‘placed on - Adopted; -~= _ L - . : A ‘ ‘The teachers.’ committee recommended the employment of Miss F1‘-a‘nkie S.e'ybolt‘ as ‘teaohef in €he~ N01‘-t_‘_h Primary school at an annual salary of $450, which was ‘accepted. and the clerk was instructed to .e_n't_er into cgnitract a,t_0nce; On motion adjourned.’ RAYMOND IIOARE, Clerk. We «Have issued a, scrics of —interesting‘:_ folders, in which are explained many importapt points co‘nr'1ect_cd with the 'makihg ofa will and. the‘ naming dfwan executor. Ingenious Pallndrome. The palindrome, _or sentence which reads alike‘ forward or backward, has exercised the ingenuity of many minds since Adam. said to Eve: “Madam, I'm-Adam.” One, which an exchange attributes to Boito, the composer, is a. cha.racter1_zation of two at. Shake- speare's heroes, in Itelian:: “Ebro e Ote1,A‘ma. Amleto e orbe\ (Drunken is Othello, but Hamlet is mad)’, ‘ Thcs¢:fo1d¢\r.s deal with rn'a._t-te‘r‘s~ you should know‘ *a'bc_$‘ut_. sunaay School Convention. s The chilrcjhesg of VRe3;d;i_n'g Center’ ‘Will ‘entertain the Sunday‘ School Associa- tion, including\ the towps of Altay, :'.I,‘y‘-‘- rone, VVay‘n‘e and Readmg, on May __81;h. -Afternoon and Veyening seé 1?vil1i_b\e held. Supper will be furnished freq, Ma.-lso. éntertainmént 'for‘ those ‘coming Iraqi a. distance, who dés‘ire~ to‘ stay over night, Write‘ us and we will mail. you -copics of. each of the following‘: - _Yqu“x\ Will i _ V Your Executc‘»rV \ ' Your-' Wife and Children ‘Selecting a Trus’_te'e- . ' What ‘is\the Cost? ' « Mam Overlooked Opportunities, O.hj,¢t‘he Jittlenesg 9! the lives that we are .living‘,' denying to ourselves the {bigness at that thing which‘ it is to ibe .a. man,_ to be 8. child. or G0d.-:'-Ph11- ‘jlipa Brooks. ’ Sc'l1‘.ool_ Taxes‘! A Notice_ is hereby given bhab the un- dersigned Collector’ of Union ‘School. Dism*_ict;'I\T_o. 1 of the tgowhs of‘ Dix and Reading, has received the annual ~_'1‘.ax, Roll and warrant for the currexib' year and the same may bevfo‘u‘nd.a.r. t'.he«Glen National\. Bank, Watkins, where-School‘ '1-‘axes may be paid for the next. 30 days at-.« one per cént. After 30 days pér cent will be charged; , . .gf1‘noMAs ELLIS, Collecbcr. Dated, Watrkins, N. Y., May 1, .1912; Security Company 3 Comprehennls/o.‘8.ummlng Up. . It 9. horse's legs are no good, the }h0.1's'e -lino good. It 8. man's word is ‘no good, the man 1s»no_ good.--J.6we‘l)' ‘,_(Kan.J)‘_' Republican‘. L\ \:Maiu=St. Ens‘; auid.Water'St.iSouth;-- 'Rochéoter,.-N_.~.Y.