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Vol. VI. No. 16 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1908. 
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24 Pages Three Cents. 
GYPSY MOTH WORK. 
Manchester in favor of Plan of Extermination 
in North Shore Woods. $5,000 appropri- 
ated. $15,000 to be spent under direction 
of the State. 
Manchester has decided to go into the 
general plan of moth extermination in 
_the woods back of the shore line, and to 
that end appropriated $5000 at the ad- 
journed town meeting Monday evening. 
The state is advancing $5000 and a com- 
“mittee of summer residents has raised 
$5000 more by subseription,—-making a 
total of $15,000. This will be spent 
under the direction of the state commis- 
sioner of moth work, A. H. Kirkland. 
Aside from this no other business was 
transacted, as the meeting adjourned to 
next Wednesday evening out of respect 
to the memory of the late Samuel 
Knight. 
_- The meeting was called to order by 
~ Moderator R. C. Allen at 7.45 o'clock. 
About 50 voters were present. 
Chairman Edward S. Knight of the 
selectmen made the following report for 
the board,—or, at least, for a majority 
of the board, fe orce 4 Allen not being 
in favor of the plan: 
‘ Citizens of the Town of Manchester, 
‘Gentlemen: — 
“Your Board of Selectmen beg 
leave to submit a report upon the serious 
menace to the North Shore woods by the 
gypsy moth as found by the scouting 
work done by the State superintendent 
this winter. 
“* A comprebensive plan has been de- 
veloped by which the state contributes 
one-third, the town one-third and one- 
third by private subscribers, the whole 
amount to be paid over to the state treas- 
_urer and the bills to be audited by the 
State superintendent of gypsy moth work. 
“A proposition has been made to us 
that the state would contribute $5000, 
private subscribers $5500 conditional up- 
on the Town of Manchester making an 
appropriation of $5000. 
“We believe this to be a step in the 
right direction for the state to take up 
SAMUEL KNIGHT DEAD. 
Manchester's Leading Citizen Passed Away Last Sunday. 
Large Funeral 
Wednesday. 
Samuel Knight passed away last Sun- 
day afternoon at his late home, Central 
street, Manchester, at the age of 68 
years, after an illness of about three 
weeks. He was buried Wednesday, 
funeral services being held at the Con- 
gregational church. 
No death in recent years has been so 
generally lamented by the people of 
Manchester and vicinity as that of Mr. 
Knight. Besides being one of Man- 
chester’s oldest business men, highly 
honored and respected by all, he .was 
what is justly termed Manchester’s lead- 
ing citizen. 
Few men are held in such high esteem 
by business associates and the people in 
general, as was Mr. Knight, and the 
place he occupied in the community was 
well attested by the manner in which the 
townspeople, business men from _neigh- 
boring towns and cities, came out Wed- 
nesday to the funeral. Despite the in- 
clement weather the body of the Con- 
gregational church was filled. Business 
was suspended in the town most of the 
afternoon. 
Samuel Knight was born in Manches- 
ter, Sept. 2, 1840, son of John and 
Harriet (Perkins) Knight. The family 
has long been resident in Manchester, 
and has been prominently identified with 
the history of the town. John Knight 
was ason of John Knight, sr., and wasa 
tanner and currier by trade. For nearly 
forty years he was in business in Man- 
chester, the tannery being located off 
School street, rear of the property where 
E. S. Knight’s greenhouse is now 
located. 
Samuel Knight was reared and edu- 
cated in Manchester, and he began to 
learn the trade of tanner and currier at 
Chelsea when fifteen years of age. He 
worked there two years and then returned 
to Manchester and took charge of his 
father’s business, managing it until 1872. 
Since 1872, or, for the past 36 years, 
Continued on page 4 
this work, and also that it is a good busi- 
ness proposition for the Town of ‘ Man- 
chester to accept. 
“‘We hereby recommend that the 
Town of Manchester appropriate the 
sum of $5000 for this work upon the 
conditions as out lined in this report. 
" Respectfui ily yours, 
‘“Epwarp S. KniGuHr, 
WALTER R. BELL.”’ 
On motion of F. K. Hooper the re- 
port of the selectmen was accepted and 
the recommendation adopted. The 
vote was practically unanimous in favor. 
Town Clerk Jewett then offered the 
following:  “‘ The citizens of Manches- 
ter duly mindful of the great loss sus- 
tained by the town in the decease of our 
highly esteemed and respected fellow 
citizen, Mr. Samuel Knight, and being 
desirous of showing their respect for his 
memory, do hereby vote that the chair 
appoint a committee of three to draft 
suitable resolutions to be presented at the 
adjournment of this meeting.’’ 
The following committee was appoint- 
ed: A. S. Jewett, H. T. Bingham and 
O. T. Roberts. 
Fk. K. Hooper said that feeling the 
town had sustained a great loss he moved 
that out of respect to the memory of 
Mr. Knight the meeting adjourn to 
Wednesday evening, April 22, at 7.30 
o'clock. 
Appropriatons. 
Moth Extermination in North 
Shore woods, $5000.00 
Appropriated at former meetings 169,815.59 
Total $174,815.59 
