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t ' # First Section ^PRINTIUD m P U L t ' V I E W OR nPBTff PPBMQW MRISTMAS EDITION T he i^oRT J ERvis U nion W EEK L Y T 4 'TtI YEAR . BOTH Y E A R —NO. EIGHT PAGES Member of the A. B. C. With Guaranteed Net Paid CireulatipB PORT JERVIS. N. Y., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1-924 h g h t paces PRESBYTERIAN jLOGALCASESIN MEN’SBANOIT . HNE SllCCESS COITTBISWEEK Stinin|r Address by Capt. Coon-^ Mnsic by Harmony Club Or- cbestra\^During Evening The Seventeenth A n iiual Ban<juet h f th e traen of th e R r'esbytem n C h u rch -was held hy the 'Brotherhoocf iBible Class i n the dining room, of the dhureh Thursday evening-, with about 115 m em b e rs and guests present. The address of Capt. W a rren P a tten Coon w a s a 'big f e a ture of the evening- and will be rem e m b e red for a long time h y all w h o heard this -war veteran. Congressm an, m inister, speak on *‘W h a t I s Your IPlace on the l ig h t in g L ine?” The dinner w a s served by the W ill in g -workers, a t 6;45, the dining room presenting a very pretty appearance ■with its decorations. P r e s ident P r a n k C. W allace pre sided a t the banquet.\A m erica” was sung by the company, after w hich the invocation wag m ade by Capt. Jones, ■of th e Salvation Army. The m enu w a s a s follo-ws: ^ G rape fruit, salted nuts, celeiy, •cabbage salad, turkey, m ashed pota toes, dressing, gra-vy, cranberries, ilirzilps, apple pie a la m o d e and cof- Mrs. Theron. S. P a r k s sang two so prano solos, accom p a n ie d by M rs. J. ‘B. McKeage, •and J o seph DelakOff al so gave two solos, accom p anied by M rs, Pelakoff, President Prank C. W a llace gare a .^ o r t talk, welcoming the guests and m em b e rs, and introduced the pastor, th e Rev. C. -M. Ackerman, who m ade a short address, .after -w'hich. Capt. Coon was introduced. Capt. Coon proved one of the most entertaining speakers ever heard by 'ttep R resbyterian men, and his t a l k proved all too short. He divided his subject into five -‘sectors” on the bat- tlefront, as follows; Race H a tred. - W o rk and production. Repudiation of Spiritual Ideals. Extravagance for Pleasure. Law Enforcem ent. Capt. Coon covered considerable ground in his address, an d pointed out m any o f the pitfalls in present life, showing w h a t e x travagance is do ing to present t h e people of Am e rica getting ba^ek to th e real conditions necessaxy f o r prosperity. At th e close Of his address, Capt. Coon asked everyone to rise and sa lu te t h e F lag. H e said th a t t h e Elag represents sweat, prayer, aspiration an d inspiration. T h e H a rm o n y Club OrOhestra f u r n ished m u sic during th e evening, and Com munity songs w ere s u n g by an. HUMORIST HERE TONIGIIT AT NEW HiGir SCHOOL Tonight a t 8 o’clock the th ir d en tertain m e n t under th e auspices of th e teachers o f P o r t Jervis will he N’eal O ’H a ra, th e -V'ell known hum o r i s t will ap e a r and it is promised us t h a t we shall have an evening of 'irare pleasure, liughter and fun. Acetuainted as he is -with many theatrical producers he will, we ihO’Pe, prove to be rem a rkably apt w ith fu n n y stories and lectures. oais topic,, “Funny Folks and How T h e y G e t T h a t W ay”, ought to bring m a n y of us out to find the secret. Train Rung Away Buffalo, D'ec, 12.— A runaw.-iy freig h t train, w ith its engineer un conscious a t the throttle, was stop ped, as It crossed M ain street a t the w a ter fro n t by a brakem a p who cut the aip line on the emergency brak<>,s. No dam a g e w a s done. A n thony ailakie, brakeman. saw the tra i n -nm® going over the L a c k a w a n n a 's m a in street oros.sing g r e a ter speed than, orders perm itted. H e cu t th e air line anti ran to cab as au tom a tic brakes stopped the train at H a n o v e r street. IBnelheer Jo h n Newson, .>1, was unconscious a t th e throttle. He was taken to a hospital where he is te- covering from a h e a r t attack. Fr.'uik Klein, fireman, .was .shoveling coal 4 tt th e tim e an d did not know the tra i n w a s running away. ^ Xkiyonnc O f t f d a ls Said to bo Involved « th» w,el»l ta. 0 M m n t i n m m op. «r^kwi| slinUar tp vm «3^ps«d in iWfDM'irkDD, It wa» on reli. Case of R. Bohn Disallowed^—Mill er, Bai*b«r; Csisterliny Gordon, Shaw and Ryerson Cases Settled Goshen. Dec. 2i2— F a ilure to report injui'ies received While a t v/ork in Middletowri and P o r t J e rvis resulted in disallowance of two claims in Com pensation C o u rt here Thursday ;by R e feree R . jj. Cooper. Court was continued this afternoon. The cases disallowed w ere those of W illiam J. Ford, of M iddletown, and Raym o nd (Bohn, 17, of P o r t Jervis, They failed to comply w ith provisions of the new law which requires them to report eases im m e d ia te ly and quit 'Both were to recover for hernia, Fox-d fox- hernia caused by a fall against a wheelbai-row while em ployed by ‘F itzpatrick & M acA rthur in Middletown, and R o h n from a t tem p ting to carry a tub of w a ter in the glass factory of Gillinder Bros,, iil P o r t Jervis. W illiam E. Wood, of New H a m p ton, was a w a rded $151.i!4 for injuries re ceived when he fell from a wagon while employed by the .Sclnmnemunk Construction Co., striking upon his head on concrete paving. Ami Quick, of Barryville, will go to New York for treatm e n t or advice and compensation will be paid him . He injured wixife in tlxe em p loy of A. C. Toaspern. Px-ank H. ■Miller, employed by the Eirie R a ilroad in P o r t Jervis, was awarded $92 for an injury to his w rist addition to compensation of •$16'S.70 alx-eady received. John Barbel\ 51 iBareelo . street. P o r t Jeiwis, employed by the George W. Case Company, of P o r t Jervis, re ceived $123.98 for nine and a half weeks’ disability. ' - .Warren L. Casterlin, 25 W a shing ton' avenue. P o r t Jervis, employed by th e -Erie Railroad, received $1.8'5.37 for seven and one-third w eeks’ dis ability. George Gordon, of M atamoras,\ re ceived $180 for nine weeks’ disability. A. D. Shaw, of P o r t Jervis, em ployed bj'- Jacob Mencoff, of P o rt Je r vis, was aw a rded $830.74 for the par tial loss of both his legs. Jesse Riley, Bloomingburg, em ployed by Ellsw o rth Tyler, 90 N o rth street, was ,§iven the second highest aw a rd of the hearing , $l,05'o.91, for the partial loss of his right Hand. Sanford .Ryerson P o r t Jervis', em ployed by Holmes & Stoll, P o r t Je r vis, received $12.56 for two weeks’ disability. Quake Rocks the Swabian Alps Part of South Germany Frankfort, Germany, -Dec. 12 —Reports fi’om ReiltUni^n and other points in Sonthem Ger- . inany^-ptate th a t the. Swabian [Alps region ha.s been visited by an earthquako which heavily damaged nuipi^ns houses at Fleixpausen, Klslngen and Mittel- f»1ad!lj. The shocks were moving in an eastward direction and termin ated in the Lake Constance - regioif. ^ ■ ' Drew Brotherhood Plans a Series of Whiter Activities I The regular m eeting of t h e I?re-w Brotherhood was held in th e M eth odist HoU.'Je ThUTsday evening, Vice- president Lylfe W ells presiding. The regular routine . business was ^ conducted and plans ijnadc'for a ser ies of entertainm e n ts t o be given be^ ginning in. January, the first one to be a .minstrei show- The date Will be announcedM atcr. ^ •. 'rhe .secretary wa.s aUthbrissed to write letters to each of t h e Gpngresa- men from th is State, asking them to vote for th e OcaniPtoh 'BiU, t h a t will m ake a N a tional Enforcem e n t L aw , if passed. R e freshm ents w e re served' by the Committee o£ w h ich John M iddleton, is chairm a n , afte r whiph various games were enjoyed •in the gynaslum.. Second Indictm e n t Also Q u ashed Judge iCaox th s ■♦cojiil III* dfetnisnt a f d & l t tlie B e r ti d pubMahert, for of inoonv* tax return# today. • > United state# Attorney Hayward, announced an appaal would be taken im m ediately to t h e H u p roiui <?oiirt, p a 13 SI» is RURAL c a r r i e r s HAVE CHRISTMAS HOLILAY W ashingtott, Deo. 12 __ The v success of m.aking Christm as O i a full holiday on all rural <> i mail delivery routes of th e country last y e a r, \yith no com- Y>. 1 plaints received because of jvt the suspension of service, has O' causcfl H. H. Billany, fourth ; assistant postma-stor-general, \•<3 to order a full holiday ag^in ^ this year. Ki ■Postal officials ax-e pressing jC* the “shop early— m ail early” ?3 campaign for Christmas in order O th a t no inconvenience will be ^ felt from the suspension. Kf About 45,000 rural carriers will bo able to spend Chri.st- C* inas Day at homo as a result of the order. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 ?3 0 0 0 0 0. -0 0 0 Dozilwfo,™ TON VESSELS ARE NE 0 ED 8 YNAYV STOCKS OF BUNS FIRETROCKORIVERDIESATAMIDDLErOWNRRE; ROMARESTiRAlANOfCARTERSTOREDESTROYE!) OFFICER OVERGOMEBYSMOKE-LOSSIS0HOOO Hinders the Al|ed Mission’^ Efforts Chauffeur Bradford Strides With t t ^ The puhllsheys ,SEhe Union. 4- regret th i t , because of lack of 4- space, several cplum ns of ad- 4^ vertising • h a v e . been om itted -f from today’s paper.- 4- to See if Treaty Has Been Lived up to by Teutons Secretary Wilbur Declares There is Immediate Demand to Keep up 5-5-3 Ratio Wiashingfon, Dec. l i — Stress laid by Secretary ,W ilbur on the im m e d iate need for construction of twelve 10,000-ton type cruisers to bring the navy ■up to a o— 5 — ?, ratio equivni- enti wUth Abthei* ti*eaty power.s, a t tracted attention to the probable size and powex- of these post-treaty craft as pLaiined hy Amorican navy designers. Details of the plans have not been divulged by the departm e n t a& yet, although a provision for laying down eight of these ship.s is contained in the pending\ naval increase bill and >here is reason to’ lielieve th a t the general board .has I'ecommended in-i vessels. The naval secretary did reveal one highly significant detail iix his state m ent Monday to the House .sub-com mittee. He disclosed th a t N a v y ord nance eJtpertg already have develop ed a new type of eight-inch rifle, th a t being th e lim it of size of guns for auxiliai’y craft sot by t h e treaty. “B y in c r e a sing th e initial velocity the eight-inch, shel the strikiix? power can be and has been greatly increased,” hP'said. Jla.xtmiiuu G u n Rower - Increased velocity could be ob tained either by improved exp'losives increased length of gim. Sine© th e Navy adopted a 51-caliber, six- inch gun for the only modern cruis ers now in conrimission, the ten light vessels of 7,500l tons, i t appears pi'ob- able th a t the eight-ixich gxins also hiave been increased in length to in crease range and hitting power. A 51-caliber, eight-inch gun would he weapon 38 feet in length, or a l m o st as long as the one tim e 1.3-inch monstens of t h a t historic old w a r rior. The num b e r of guns each of the 10,000 tenners is to^ m o u n t has not been disclexsed. (Intimations have come fi’om abroad, however, th a t the British post-treaty cruisers will carry eight or ten 8-inch guns or possibly nine, m o u n ted in trios under light housing to protect them from the rush of w a ter in a seaw ay so t h a t they could ■fight even under such conditions. The size of the ships presum a b ly v/ould perm it such arm a m e n t w ithout radi cal lose in th e high speed necessary for th e carrying out of t h e ir mission. I t is to be expected th a t the plans of both services contem p la te m axi mum gun (power consistent w ith high speed and fuel capacity for 10,000 or 12,000 miles w ithout refueling. Lewis Travis and Leon Schauer Hurt in Auto Accident Ixewis Travis, of M atamoras, is .suf fering from a severe injury to ifis back, and Leon Schauer, also of the borough across the river, ha.s a pos sible fracture of the arm . as the re sult of a collision in Milford this m orning, w h e n IVlr. Travis’ F o ld j ml a Studebak;©!\- touring car owne.! by Mr. Pitney, the M ilford bus man, col lided on Broad street. Mr. Travis was accompanied by . m ». Schauer, E a rl Travis, Roy Dewitf and F r a n k A ltm a n , and they -wera gmn.g doxvn. the vailey to drive into th“ hhntliiff 8#cUon. and were nrocoedina down Brotd street when iho Pliqey c»L It i» rAm# put of a side #trf«t to cross «nd the cfra mar. vjoth nUMBbln^ wsr# badly damaged, but the Ford manafsd to brine it« load bank to Matamora# undei- ..■n-n .fNoFer. Paris, Dec. 12 — The report of the interallied militai-y control mis.sioix in Germany is to (he effect th a t the pro- vi.sions of th e Ver.sajlles Treaty, con cerning di.'^armament, are not being 9arried out. The allied mission, according to its report, hn.s found that the German general staff c-ontinnes its delibera tions, as it did before the war; th a t the Gei-man ai-ms factoi'ies are. tu rn ing out now w a r m aterial and that, contrary to the treaty, there is in Germany an effective force of sold iers far surpassing the lim it fixed by the 'Vensailles pact. The ixiission complains of innum erable hindrances put in the way of its work. These hindrancovS, it was fetated, did not, however, prevent it from cli.^^covering factories installed for the pi’oduction of arm s and muni tions and the finding of secret stocks of newly m a n u factured rifles and cannon. This report, it is umlcrstood, will put the Gouncil of Ambas.sadox\s in the dilcfcxima of renouncing the condi tions it imposed on itself to tr.ans- form (he mission of control from m ilitary to a civilian body, or of on- posin.g thi^ policy of the present Fx'ench Government, which favors im m ediate transfer of the rc.spon.sibility fo r the m ilitary control of Germany to the League of Nations, The opinion in F rench official ( cle.s is th a t Germany’s activities rc-e.stablishing her xxiilitary e.quip- m e n t. and h o p i n g up- an im a tithor- ized trained force of men,, in m o re directly threatening to 'Pol£vn‘d-, thdu. to France, because she h a s less r to gain from w a r than from the con'?, eiliatory negotiations wliich the new Ere.nch Government has inaugnx’ated and becau.se the revenge feeling in Germ any r u n s m u ch stronger a.gainst Poland than against France. Reports fro m th e xnission dui\ing the last few days have caused consid erable worry \in allied quarters. The mission, it was stated, has - found same newly perfected weapons, .such a s anti-tank guns. Gompers Improves While Train Brings Him Back to U. S. Heart Failure After Arrival at . Blaze — Nothing Saved from Smoke-hlfed Stores—Fire Alarm Fail# to Work^ Causing Deluy of Firemen in Reaching Blaze. Laredo, Texas, D'ed. 12 — Rapauel Gompers arrived a t the American bai'dei\ here a t 7:30 ifx a critical co; dition, suffcx'ixxg from a bronchial in fection. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 12 — Sam uel Gompers, veteran United States >kT.bor leader, whose Illness of the last few days took an alarm ing turn 'Wedne.sday in Mexico City, is rajpidiy improving, according to a telegram received by the general agent of the N a tional Line.s of Mexico at Nuevo Laredo yesterday aftei\noon. The message was from the conductor th e traixV. ■ Mr. IGompers’ ondition was not critical. The. telegram said he would visited by physicians when the ,train reached Saltillo. A rrangem e n ts were made at Nuevo Laredo and Laredo to rush th e labor leader to San An tonio, tvhere ' i ^ e j w m g o t ^ hospital. Newburgh l^feats Appropriation for $L067,000 School . Newburgh, Ue. l -2 — Newburgh ressidents in a special election held W ednesday by a vote of 88 defeated a proposal to appropriate $1,067,000 for erection of a new high school on the Beliddcre site a t th e northw e st side of the city. The vote Was ;1,046 against’ and 958 to r th e proposal. The vote has heavily against the prdposal a t the court house and for it at the west side voting^ piaoe. | 200 Deer? 2S Bears Taken in PUce Co; Since December 1 Milford, Dec. 12— F rom r^pofta re^' ceived up to Tueaday f iig h t apiiroxi- m aiely 200 'd c « r 25 hear# had b e in killed with the The m tvU pf in# f i l t e r # •» « Mftthmamii l«eky one#. ; ,(priQ». (Special to the Union) MicItUctown, Bee. 12—rA fire th a t wan d i s c o v e i ^ a t 1:50 th is moi'iilng and burned fo r oyer three hours, caused a Ios(g of ov er $200,000, the de.struction of t h e Rom a R e s taurant, a t 100 N o rth •street, and the M cCarter F u r n i ture .Store a t 102 and 104 N o rtli .street, the death of o n c ^ ^ n , and injui’y to others. ' The Bead A lfred P. Bradford,,driver of Ontar-- iio Hose Truck, w h o collapsed after driving his truck to the fire and died soon after ibeing taken to the McQuoid T ruck House. He had been ill for some time and last night was t h e f ir s t he 'was on duty agajn. H e suffered an attixek of h e a rt failure and. drop ped beside his truck. He came here from Ellenville several years agq>, The ‘in ju r e d Officer Leon I. Moore, tem p o rarily ovcrcoxne by smoke. George C. Planners, a m em b e r of the Monhag-en Company, had two blood-vessels in the right eye cut by Four others had a u a rr o w escape fx’om injury w hen the I'oof-of the R e s taurant collapsed just after they had jumped from it and the flam es shot up through. The .fire, which was one of the, m o st spectacular seen h e r e in several years^ ■Wfs discovered by Safimel W. Nash, of the Times-Press, was oh his w a y hom e 1'rom.va.mei^ihg. A s h e passed the restaurant he- saw shiPko inside, ■ a nd then noticed th a t th e furniture store next door w a s also fined with .smoke. He called to a passing m otorist, •\yho however did not .stop xtixd their called to two m en a block a w ay and they hurried to t u rn in an alarm while Mr. Nash went for a fire box in the other direction. Tlie first firem e n to ari’ive were on the scene in three or four minutes, but there was som e thing ' the m a tler Avith the fire alarm system. So .that the bell w’as the -only thing th a t sounded, and this brought out but few of the firem e n . F o r a long tim e there, w ere m any m o re spectators than fix'emen and the fighting of the rapidly spreading blaze was. seriously handicapped in con.sequenco. . Finally there were four pum p ers w orking and until nearly half-past- five'tbe men kept pouring w a ter'onto the (blaze. F o r nearly two h o u r s there was considerable fear t h a t the. blaze would re'ach'the nearby build ings, ,and herOiio .work w a s done by the firem e n to prevent th e i r catching fire and being destroyed. , Officer O v e rc«iio Officer Moore w a s the first m a n to attempt*to get into the restaurant, and he broke in th e fi-ont door, and entered the somke-fiiled rooms, seek ing to get to the kitchen a n d open a reap door and let some of th e sm o k e out so^ t h a t the firem e n m ight be able to w o rk there. H e neglected to put a handkerchief over his face an d w a s soofx overcom e by the acrid fumes, and as he fell, he was seen by others outside, who hurried to his assistance and brought him out. •Mr. H a n n e rs Was ~ working on the restaurant roof when he was knock-' ed off (by a m isdirected stream pf 'wa- ter, and h a d his eye cut severely. Pour other m en w e re working-on the roof and decided to leave, w h e n the flam es got too close, and ten seconds afte r they had jum p e d down the roof went into the roaring furnace below. Tho restau ran t was a. one-story building, of fram e construction and the furniture store of one**story and two stories, also • of wood, and they m ade a roaring .furnace,* showering, .sparks for m any blocks In all. d irec tions and compelling p e o p le to watch their roofs to. p revent g tarting of o th e r fires there. ' ‘ . As the buildings w e r e so filled w ith smoke from the fire. Which had started in the.„cellar o f th e restaurant, th a t 3t was impossible to enter them . It was impossible to save, a n y thing N a sh ran into the' hallw a y of this building and shouted a t the top of his lungs to arouse th© fam ilies who t C t side over th© m e a t m a rket. Severa,! seconds later heads were at ev'ery window and there were sign's of h u r ried dressing.; n i e smoke in the hall- ■way would have suffocated anyone who attem p ted to negotiate the dis tance from the top floor, .so Mr. and Mrs. L u ther Cox were taken do'%vn a ladder w h ic h had been thrown'.' up the front of th e building. O ther persons and families residing in the house wiere ordered to get out. I'Jeveral threw bundles' of val uables and clothing out of the upper windows. Among those residing in the prem ises a t 98 included Ca$ey Scales, and Milson S. \VVarher. N o r th iStreet d o i i d of Smoke. IW ithin a few m inutes’ tim e N o rth (Street was a dense cloud of smoke and ice caked on the concrete where the spray fell. Flam e s w e re first noticeable through the top in rear of the R o m a a t 2:03. A t i:4 9 there w ere but few persons on the street, and two autom obiles. A t 2:0-5 the east-side 'of N o rth street was packed by shivering hmrifinity. Two ladders were throw n up against th e front . of the M cCarter store fro n t nearest th e Rom a and flym e n - fought t'heir way up them , half-chbk'ed and frozen by tlie smoke and. w a tk’,’ Two .streamj^ of ho.se were brought into play on the ro.of. C ih i^ S li6Wei*s App'fivatris: Tw enty m inutes late r a ^heet 9f flame sHdt skyw ard ^and cries arose from the crowd, ’‘There goes th a t woodeii buildiug.” It was a veritable furnace, but Joseph L. Holland, driv er of the McQuoid engine, stuck to his guns in the face of the intense- iCraCks w ere noticeable in the glass window of t h e m e a t m a rket, and sev- :ei'al seconds . later a large plate glass window in the M cCarter store burst and showered' glass over the ap p a ra tus and iJerSons who w a tched the wrogres-s' o f the flam es. There was, genera.1 scram'ble to get out of the IWlbeniithe ifire ' became too h.ot .for hum ans to face, tlie firemen had to leave the •flimsy wooden 'sti'ueture. Bandits Lock Up ' ' Jewelers Wliiie They Get $72;;^36 Phila.delphia, p e c , 12, doned m o tor c^r ahd Irqld pen kpUe, dropped by one\ o f .the fugitive.s, were- th e only \Ciues the-police have/to- aj«k th e ir s ^ r c h fo r four unimiaked m en who robbed ^ h e store Ros- ;enblatt & Son, in' North. Philadelphia, of diamonds'; and jew elry yaln^.d. at $7'2,836 'arid' $1,00.0 iii \casik. ’ from either place, and .the larg e atpek of furniture in; MoCaTjter’s^atore wa« a total lo s s . . . . There i# a' good « i z ^ ance thi W M c G a rtey-p^pf^jS\: W hen iireipapto e u % , tHiiy w ^r# i#w?k i Tke fcipi ^ WSOMON , ^ 8S';- ■ ' V Christmas Edition of 28 Fufes Contains AdvertiseinenU of All the Main ^ores The holdup took place just after' edition,, so t h a t he m ay get one,and- ■the s tore had opened for businc.ss a n d the robbers'w o rked go leisurefy th a t pedestrians-.paid little ' attention .to them . -Throe 'of.'the jmen, described as young' and* well' dressed, entered the store, whil© ,the fourth’ rehkiined at the wheel, of the c a r . . •Overpower ing and bipdihg (Herman Rosenblatt; a son of the proprietor, ^ a n d a clerk, the’ robbers 'set to’ ■work 'Mling travel-, ing bags w ith , genia 'and watches of all descriptions. 'V^eh^ two -othisr clerks reported- fO r\ du'ty,:; thev,- too, w e r e ’ bound w ith wire, a n d - a ll foov were forced into a rear room, tlie door locked/ and' o n e . of. the robbei’S placed, on guard .a dra*yn rjstol. ASmpN<JM3^RS RAIN iNSlJRANpjE* FCm’ E ^ T P S E ; iMiddietowh. Gopn., Dec. ,11 ScL entists w h o afe tb ^ view the sun '«clipso from Van vieck Observatory; a t W osleyan on January 24 have; learned' -p lesson fropi/fh'e mariagerff Of outdobv sporting events, .and have bought raju-lnsttrknOo^ ' F rederick Slo^iiin, of as* tron.Oipy’ a t iW i^eyap,. 'bak figured from t h e w e a tiier record# f o r the jftst t«n ysa.re: tp4t ao-fro .WlR, Christm as GiftiBw y m g 'lsohe of the biggest problem s - fa c ing the p r e s e n t . day m an, wom'an a iid chiildy—b u t thel’e. is a very easy ;solution, one t h a t does , aw a y w ith t h e uncertainty, t h e h u n t ing a ll over tow n like seeking a. n eedle ^ in a haystack, t'o find, jiist the things m o s t . appi’oprlate for th e different; m em b e rs of t h e fam ily, from Raby to ' G reatgrandfather—-and that. - soliition is t h e C h ristm a s Edition of The Union, ^ which, is -out today, containing 2S pages. - , ^ / . 'We .hop© you will like today’s Un ion, f o r we have tried to m ake i t one you will w a n t to- keep, a lt e r reading e'very page and taking advantage of th©' different advertisem ents. 'Inside the bright cover there will b© foiirtd ‘ the finest M ug -of goods ever advertis ed :in this city, by practically a ll t h e ^ m erchants o f p o r t Jervis, a fcw ‘ years agoi y o u were confined, to 'a few ’ articles in .seeking to pUrcliaac gifts, b u t today y o u have a- -tdioice of e v ery thing fro'm- a radio outfit to- 'a n ra.ulo-'' mobile, from a avrist w a tch to- a - f u r .coat.sof:.Silk,.!d'Ce.ss, f r o m a tefi cei^t toy tp r a to t to a high priced ;’autoihhtic - contrfvanee OX’ an'ete'clric train. ' .Every jconceiyable sort of gift . w ill, be found In the stores’advertised iix today’s Union. The m e rchants haVe,; placed th e ir advetisem e n ts hero ’ so' yod m a y t a k e tim e a t hpm e t o figure ‘ Out w h a t you -want to get f o r the dlf- , ferent friends or relatives. You a r e ■. enabled to .m a k e o u t ypur sho-ppjng, list, and go to the. s tores w h e re you , know you’ll f ind -what you w a n t.. Yoti do not have -to Spend hours looking. - around— 'The Union to d a y saves you that, (Your nerves a r e saved the* strain of seeking ' thf onjgdi -cro-w^aed - stores for what yoxi- think yon .want. • Today’s U n ion’« eolum iis carry ihfe m o st com plete liu© o f Christpias^ go'ods a n d o ther a rticles t h a t w e re ey- ; er collected -in one local pdper, and the stores advertised hai'e the largest stocks in -theix\ ihistery, w h ic h i s say ing,a gi\eat d e a l. A visit to t h e sior.es shows - t h a t they a r e .detGrmlned .to m a k e this th e banner’ iCh'ristmas. With . . their thousands -of articles so well - j; displayed for your inspection. R e a d ... ■every p a g e -of today’s paper and then do your shopping a s early a s possible, - while the selections a r e th© largesL, ' The C h ristm a s stories and' poem s ,' , etc., in today’s issue, m a k e it a very interesting one for every one Of the ^family and give it a real C h ristm a s If you have a 'neighbor w ho does notv tak e Th© -Uhipn, show him. today^k , tak e adyantage.of its ipahy.announce- rnents. • . ■ ^ • Baptist Ladies^ Aid Flan# for IMnher bn January 22 The (Ladies’ Aid - ^ c iety of the- Rap-- tist Chuirch held-its regular-ijiohlEhljj m eeting on Tliursday 'eyening d t Jthje hom b of M rs. Nellie Gosner o n Grkiige street. ^ chickeh -'supper w a s served to the 1'7 m em b e rs present, ACter ■which \the regular husines# ;raeM inf took place. I t w a s decided to hbid a fresh pork and. s a u e rjerant s u p p e r th e chureh -oh T h u rsday evening; . :uary, 22 ' , / . , - * ‘ The nekfe regular,.:, meeting m il he held a t the home of'Mrs.; A- Rake; h h Ayehue.M. ifetambeas. A^^ the meeting a,apeiaj <ihat -was enjojed. , - t o , to M f - .ttwfctt* a«eit U .ciw xiwu-t « til* ; » t » ^ t M tH f ■e«Biwx <(«»■ «IM t
