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BINGHAMTI^I BRIDGE CO 1104' Press Bldg., Blnghamton, N Ball 'Phon* 680. DR. W. H, W1L80N Office and Reeldencar—4'l Broad Street. Office Hours; 1 to'3 and 6 to a p. m. Sunday* by appointment ONLY. 104 Main- St. R. JOHN30 N Lawyer •' Leaterahlro, N . Y . Offleea 99 COURT ST. DR Realdence M MAIN 6T-, FRANK M. MAC KNIQHT BINQHAMTON, N. Y . CODDING, DUFFORD * WEIR — Fire Insuranoe — 140 Main Street LestaraJilr* IN VILLAGE NAME APPROVED AT WASHINGTON ^feofpma -^ie fiwDone Modi \iKOFQUNn KNOWLEDGE EOR WOMEN* CAUSE l ^-On'' Tuesday evening at' 8 o'clock Sg1from :the bandstand In, Johnson Field, |^r;^iitis8 Helen Todd will deliver an ^aiddftaa on, the cause of \Votes for '^M%i Todd la from California and ^yrai'known daring- the last campaign !J^tqe;,Jwbman suffrage in. that state as ^fiwfcf?i «8t vote getter of the West. \ jv |Oa.'_aU occasions her strong magnetic ^personality and fine voice make her Inmost effective speaker, but it is I .^er ^ilrat -hand knowledge of her sub- j k3ject \which drives her speeches home. I bat Miss Todd has to say of Indus- 1 .'•liriat conditions comes with the force j «.p£'a vital and varied personal expert- : ipi ^ence; As settlement worker at Hull fe ^iSfoiwe in Chicago, a s state factory In- ^^'jip |Stor for many years in Illinois, she glfgiihed a profound InslghtJnto the so- Sfl /claFand economic problems with stu- f xlenta .'of those subjects tell us are be- Alnd 'the women's demand for the bat- albtr.and on entering upon her polltl- .work In TTaIIforhTa ,~8he \brought' ysjwltfi 'her a wide back-ground of flrst- *fhand knowledge. When the 1911 cam- ^palgr* was -over in California and the ypf ._e^ was won, the women of her' adopted state paid a high tribute to > pMlas Todd 's services by enlisting her | geii.egiry and ability still further as; ^cSairman of the new civic center of | ..fSanfFrancisco, of which even In the «East so much has been written. In ] ' ) 5this',capac!ty She not only carried for- i-| \-Tird effective the wide-spread edu cational campaign for the voters, but j 'iagaln and again represented them be- OHU CITY LOOKS GOOD, IS People Successful In Their Effort to. Have Village Name Changed as a Mark of Honor to Geo. F. John son, the Real Father of the Mu nicipality FAIRCHILD AND BILL SUCCESSFUL AT CAPITAL THE FAIRCHILD TELEGRAM Atlantic City, N J , Sept. 1, 1915 Hon William H Hill, Lester- shire, N Y Postmaster General Burleson has decided to permit the post- office name of Lestersbire to be chanped to Johnson City This is the only case on record of the kind The reputation and standing of George F Johnson had Tmrrtr to dtr towards utafe—[- nig ray efforts successful The matter will be acted upon by the postofflce department form ally at once Have already telephoned you, but am tele- praphinpf to verify Geo W Fairchild WHAT THE BING BOYS HAVE DONE FOR THOSE UTES IS A-PLENT Y iMS. GEO. F. JOHNSON REFUSES TO Ipgffore' the legislature in the Interest of | SERVE ON CHILD WELFARE BOARD Sfmany of the so-called \women 'B bills.' !«W^^;iWiBs TotfiTlS 'mWglvlng much of herj K ^^^.'tlme.to advancing the women's cause! jSinVthe East. rj Mrs. George F Johnson has refused 1 to accept appointment by Judge Ben jamin Baker SB a member of the local |||lp5 $Th'e Geneva, N. Y., Evening Times child welfare board named last week ^^i^n? / J ?>B \'\ n g of Miss Todd's speech in, under the terms of the Hill-McCue stS?- 1 piU 8ays: ' ,1UBt nl6ht < a large I mothers' pension bill. „. iaudience gathered to listen t o the out- , , ... KMfj»vr • . , -, ...... • Her reason for refusing comes as a ^Sffeof-doore address b y MiBs Helen Todd sequel to the effort of certain politi-1 Insisted that he wanted Mrs. JohnBon I lai&S-k'- 0 • f0rnla -' u P on tne supject. 'Ho w f „„n ,oii „f p«„,i n ,lt<iBerve. He discussed the matter with SmfvPaf nm ^ n„. . «„ n.nr >. J clans to make a football of Senator, _ . . \* kWpm.en Got a Vote in California and. l^iat'Happens in a State Wher e Wo- Hlll ' ! constructive measure which was flymen,'. Vote,\ rr ~\ <- — > Miss Todd is an excel-' calculated to do an enormous amount ||j|p |ntlBpeaker , and from the beginning j of sood If put working In Broome ^Mo^fiie'jend of her. address took the j county njosi'tion that the same qualities are ^(CouUnued on Page 6, thw SectlonJ When she was asked to accept the place Mr Geo. F Johnson stated to • Oiie Reason Why First National\ Bank of Lestershife proteots you ^be%ffa«Hpwn clearly by this self-made by-law, which ifeads as follows:- ^tlERfo; Officer, Director or employee can borrow e£fly or indirectly, toy funds from this Bank ip^We'.-are the only-Banking Institution in Broome ^Coyaxiy \governed by such a law. ^ -StatistJe^-prove that ninety per cent, of the Bank Ift^eVpf^ia-••Country- are caused by excessive. ^SorVowtigs. ^f-Officers and Directors. The character of the M ^uwr nniiuiinL BANK OF LESTERSHIRE [ffisyshowh'iri the personnel of its Directors. • - , —- , —— 1__ M^^NDICOTT \ ^ C^FREb JOHNSON. •f times patiently and persistently carry , on welfare work. j During the past year he has spent > nearly $i6,0U0 In relief work contrlb- i uted by George F Johnson, Mrs. • | Johnson, Bndlcott, Johnson & Co.. the court, after the matter bad been j individuals connected with that fully discussed by Mr and Mre. John- \ concern. Mre. Johnson has intimate, son that she would accept only on one | knowledge of the great work Mr condition, and that was that Humane i Koerbel accompl , ahed> and for th)8 Officer Samuel J Koerbel be named a member of the board also. Judge Baker refused to name Koerbel, but' appointment. When seen by the edltor 4 of Th e Record Judge Baker did not care to discuss the matter, remarking \Well now, If you want to start something I have nothing to say I did what I FRANK W. WOOD RECEIVES HIGH HONORS AT NATIONAL MEETING OF SPANISH WAR VETERANS accomplished, I reason she was very much disappolnt- ' ed that the court did not make the Mr Koerbel and even offered him the place as secretary of the board. When he made his appointments he named Mrs. Johnson and left Mr, Koerbel off. I ,. . _, _ , , . . . _ . ' „„„ considered ray official duty In the mat- zation. Mrs. Johnson at once advised the court! of ber refusal to serve. Mr JohnBon strongly urged the an- 1 Frank W Wood, of the mechanical department of the Lestershlre-Endl- cott Publishing Company, was^th e recipient of high honors at the na tional convention 1 of United Spanish War Veterans at Scranton this week, being elected Supreme' Qu Qu Grand lssisslmo of the Military Order of the Serpent, the social side of the organl ter, and that Is all I have to say\ < Blnghamton becomes the national The other members of the board, WU- headquarters of the Order as a result Us Sharpe Kilmer, Mrs Albert B. of the election of Mr Wood. William polntment of Mr Koerbel because he | Brown John HuU ]r AmQS j ohnaon T Hunt, secretary, and William E. was the best suited man In the county | and Hlram H WoodDnnii ^ name Loomis. treasurer for work of this character, a practical man with an endless amount of ex perience and a willingness to at all BELL PHONE 6132-W HOURS 0 TO S DR. H, V. HEISS DENTIST E»dWoll BalUlag Lotirshln, N. Y. It was not expected that Blngham ton would pull down three of the lead ing offices of the organization, but Friends of Mrs. Johnson who urged, ^ , oca , member8i wltn tho ald of a member to take the place of Mrs Johnson. No. 10, of Blnghamton officiated Important ceremonies held In Tow n Hall Tuesday night. Th e degree ses sion followed a parade of the Snaixs through the principal streets of Scran ton This affair was a revelation to the residents of the Mining City The paraders wore costumes of the Philip pine Islanders and carried weapons which added to the fantastic scene presented by their appearance In line. The local delegates to the national JOHNSON CITY' Looks (rood. Rounds good and JH sood' Tho succpssful cutnpaigu has again accentuated the fact that | any good causp rightly pushed is i certain to hp crowned with svic- I PPS8. When Hiram Ooldsmith sug gested that it was the proper time to honor Geo V Johnson by 1 doing something that was real and tangible the movement spread like wildfire and nothing was left un- | done to make the Johnson City campaign a success. | Following Mr Goldsmith's sug- I gestion. The Record took up the 1 1 matter actively, nt the request of its patrons, and was ably assisted in the campaign by the daily press of Hinghamton The village coun cil unanimously favored the ehange and an official request for the ehange was made to the post master general Acting under the mles of the department which forbid duplication in names of postoffiees. First Assistant Roper turned tho council's petit^'n ^'I-^ lown tlRnrppolntment-ot-Miv-Koerbel -con tended that he was i n no wise a politi cian and that his usefulness in the woik of the Humane Society merited the place, merely one of honor, be- (Continued on Pag e 8 this section) MATHER »S CARLTON ARCHITECTS 770 O'Noll Bldg. ttnglMmton, N. Y. GREAT BARGAINS Vacant Lots on Lestershire Heights CALL AND GET PRICES H. J. ANDERSON & SON scores- - o f other delegates worked early and late to bring about tbe de sired election result, and the city was Blgnally honored by the efforts exert ed along the line of boosting Blng hamton candidates for offices. The degree team of Fulajuan Lair EadlcaHOillcat 34 Waaklaitoa Ave. EDWARD BISHOP, D . C OOCTOS OF CHIROPRACTIC 32 B»a4 St„ Lasferahlra. N. Y. Olllce Inn: t—I. «l»«f hurt ky I»»>II/MII Naw Phaao 3318-W JAMES CONNERTON Attornay-at- Law Notary Public, Insurance, Real Eatata p. O. Block Laatarahlra, N. Y. WILLIAM WHEELER ATTORNEY ANB COUNSELOR AT UTW NOTARY PUBLIC IN TUCWNIY ANB rRHtAY RVENINOB, Aak Bl*ck, M«ta SI., LM4ar«hlr«,N.Y CHA8. DIBBLE, CuhiriT Director. Main OlBoe ana Shon Booms, Hi Che- nmjico Street, Blnshamton. S&l llll -J, New «7. ' Branch Otn'oa and Rcaiaenet, E7 Main St Zjastershlra.' N 7. Ben -Phone «11S-M. Not discouraged the vil-i?iy^ encampment of the U. S. W. V., held 1„ K ,. trustees took the matter, Up^? In connection with M O S. convoca- agai n and called upon BeBafcoi^J3& tlon numbered over 150 membere of j Hill, Representative Pairchil ^®ia,^.^si Barber Camp and auxiliary Reports Senator O'Qorman to' ni6^*ln^^e *V .,^S mutter of presenting tbe^Vjl^ffe ^^^i desires to the depttrtmepft.in.^£he'^;%^ i : FOHmL ;DttECTOR$i«» Calls %My ,mml^^i%t^rli^A ^\*0^ t a»0)»lajit« •arrlc^r* T^y.'Ma^iu^^;]^ 34 %M« 8t. % . u ?-£-!&$T &im of officers presented at the opening session showed that tbe 1' S. W V now have a membership of 37,644. Tho election ot officers resulted as follows Commander-in-Chief. L. C. Dyer, of SL Louis, Senior Vlce-Com- mander-tn-chlef Comrade McDonald, of Massachusetts, Junior Vice-Com- mander-in-Cblef, E. R. Conley. of Scranton. Chicago was selected as the next convention city EfEADQUi -.> oj •*{-,-Ti'iw A -,' ^ *RTERStor 11 DRl Medicines at lowest possible prices Carefol aad prompt attention to the filling of prescriptions Toilet Articles, Camera, and Photejrraphie Smppbee ) Chas.: J. QuicK PrascriyHiajn Drwwlat \ 13 2 Main St. , Lattarthlre •%r \. ; •
