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Vol. VI. No. 3 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1908. 
24 Pages 
Three Cents. 
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 
Manchester Selectmen will be Elected Annually and not for a term of Three 
Years. Important Question was decided Monday Evening. 
The Board of Selectmen in Manches- 
ter will continue to be elected annually 
instead of for a term of three years. 
This was decided at a special meeting 
called for last Monday evening, the pur- 
pose of which was to see if the select- 
men should he elected at the coming 
March meeting, one for a term of three 
years, one for aterm of two years and 
one for aterm of one year, and there- 
after one annually for a term of three 
years. 
This is the manner in which the 
Board of Assessors is to be elected in the 
future, in accordance with the new law. 
But the selectmen will be chosen as they 
have been for the past seventy years or 
more,—annually. While the two boards 
are separate, this does not mean, how- 
ever, that the same members could not 
be elected to both boards. 
The meeting was called to order at 
7.40 by Town Clerk A. S. Jewett, who 
read the warrant. Raymond C. Allen 
was elected moderator. 
Art. 2. ** Tosee if the town will ac- 
cept the provisions of Sec. 339, Chapter 
11, R. L. of Mass., whereby the Select- 
men and Overseers of the Poor shall be 
elected as follows: If the number fixed 
by the town is three, it shall at the 
annual meeting, elect one for the term 
of one year, one for the term of two 
years and one for the term of three 
years, and at each annual meeting there- 
after, shall elect one for the term of 
three years.’’ 
Continued on page 14 
THE CHURCH AND THE WORKING MAN 
Subject of Talk by Henry Abrahams, Corresponding Secretary of Boston 
Central Labor Union, at Magnolia, Last Sunday Evening. 
Henry Abrahams, corresponding sec- 
retary of the Boston Central Labor 
union, spoke at the Village church, 
Magnolia, last Sunday evening on ‘* The 
Church and the Working Man,”’’ it be- 
ing one of aseries of talks being -ar- 
ranged by the pastor, Rev. F. J. Libby, 
in what he terms the “* People’s Forum.”’ 
Mr. Abrahams spoke for almost an 
hour on the trade unions and the work 
they are accomplishing for the working 
man, and he expresséd the hope that 
some day we would see a five-hour day, 
five work days a week and five dollars a 
day. In the audience was a number of 
union workmen, members of the car- 
penters’ local, which had been invited 
to attend in a body. Mr. Abrahams 
said in part: 
“<T¢ T understand the church right, it 
is working for a higher, a better, a 
grander ideal; so is the trade union. 
First we were slaves, then serfs and now 
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citizens. Had any one told those ancient 
Greeks that their descendants would be 
the rulers of eighteen millions of people, 
that those slaves would become serfs and 
then citizens, that they would be at the 
head of a great government, they would 
not have believed it. Nevertheless it 
has cometrue. We are citizens. 
** The trade unions want» something 
more. We want ashorter work day. 
We want an eight-hour day. Personally 
I want a five-hour day. I believe the 
day is coming when five hours will con- 
stitute a day’s work, five dollars be the 
minimum wage and five days a week. 
Not tomorrow, not the next day, but I 
believe it is coming. I believe in a 
shorter work day because I want the 
men to enjoy better health, they will 
have a sufficient number of hours to 
work. I believe in a shorter work day 
because I want men to see their wives 
Continued on page 18 
OFFICERS INSTALLED. 
Chiefs of Conomo Tribe of Red Men Raised 
to Stumps. Smoke the Pipe of Peace. 
The raising of the chiefs of Conomo 
tribe, 113, I. O. R. M., Manchester, to 
their respective stumps, Wednesday 
evening, proved a red letter event in the 
history of the order. 
Besides the installation there was a 
feast of corn and venison to interest the 
braves, and a concert was given after the 
supper, the evening closing by the chief- 
tains gathering around the council fire 
and smoking the pipe of peace. 
Past Great Sachem of Massachusetts, 
Preston W. Friend of Gloucester, was 
among those present. Ex-Mayor Geo. 
E. MacDonald of Gloucester, was 
also present and both enlivened the 
occasion by remarks. 
Following is the role of chiefs: 
Levi Harvie 
Frederick Dougherty 
Henry A. Moulton 
Edward F. Preston 
Leonard Andrews 
George Gould 
Archie MacDonald 
Frank Martin 
sachem 
senior sagamore 
junior sagamore 
keeper of records 
keeper of wampum 
collector of wampum 
guard of wigwam 
guard of tie forest 
D. Elmer Butler 1st brave 
Harry Gay 2d brave 
Charles Mason 3d brave 
John F. Babcock 4th brave 
Harry S. Tappan 1st warrior 
Alex. Ray 2d warrior 
L. J. Watson 3d warrior 
Michael Revelas 4th warrior 
Wm. J. Lethbridge prophet 
James Salter Ist sannap 
Wade Brooks 2d sannap 
The work was performed by Deputy 
Great Chief George Rowe and _ staff 
of Wingaersheek tribe, 12, Gloucester. 
The staff was composed of D. G. S. S. 
Frank T. Webber, D. G. J. S. J. 
Lewis Johnson, D. G. P» Howard F. 
Lufkin, D. G. K. of R. Geo. A. Mac- 
Donald, D. G. K. of W. W. F. Col- 
lins, D. G. C.-of W. Aaron F. Clark, 
D. G. Sannap, Past Great Sachem 
Preston W. Friend, D. D. G. of W. 
Continued on page 36 
