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prostrate under a burden too heavy 
to bear. You go to him and say— 
here, let me help now, let me bear 
this load of yours until you can 
get on your feet again. You are Si- 
mon under the cross of Christ. Bear 
a brother’s cross today, tomorrow he 
will have to bear yours. 
From every point of the compass 
they come to our shores, these weak- 
ened ones, these burdened © ecross- 
carrying sons of oppression and we 
turn them back in their despair. Al- 
most they have gained our safety 
but we beat them back into the 
black seas. Crosses, it is true, of ig- 
norance, of illiteracy, of supersti- 
tion, of poverty, of sin, but a Chris- 
tian America must get under the 
crosses of the fallen ones. As with 
backs bent and hearts broken they 
knock at the golden gates of Christ’s 
American empire, let them in, the 
King of Kings will care for his King- 
dom here. 
The destiny of the Lord’s disciples 
forever is to get under the world’s 
Cross. 
The Son of God has shown us how 
to bear a cross. Countless erucifix- 
ions had there been until this climax 
on Calvary, crosses and crucifixions 
covered with shame and despair. 
But Christ gives us a new version 
a higher vision of Calvary and the 
cross. Simon, of Cyrene, the path of 
self-sacrifice and shame at _ the Sa- 
vior’s side is the path to eternal 
glory! The cross hitherto covered 
with shame is now crowned with 
glory, transfigured into a throne of 
power and honor in the Kinkdom 
eternal] ! 
‘“Cross of human life the glory, 
Laid wherever sin meets love; 
Bearing it, upborn upon it, 
To the Savior’s throne above.”’ 
Maneuvers to be Held July 23-30. 
The maneuvers in Essex county, by 
the infantry and cavalry branches of 
the state militia will be held July 23 
to 30 inclusive. The movement of the 
mobile forces will commence Sunday, 
July 23, and will be continued over 
a large maneuver area in Essex 
county, the forces being divided be- 
tween the commands of Brig.-Gen. E. 
P. Clark and Brig. Gen. W. A. Pew, 
Jr. This concentration of troops will 
be the largest in numbers since the 
famous maneuvers in southeastern 
Massachusetts a few years ago. 
It is anticipated that the marches, 
attacks and retreats will be arranged 
in such a manner as to give but little 
trouble to the troops, such as made 
the first maneuvers on the cape so 
fatiguing to officers and men alike. 
TOWN MEETING IN MANCHESTER. 
Session of Very Short Length. The 62 Articles Disposed of in 
Nearly $200,000 Appropriated. John H. 
Cheever the New Member of Board of Selectmen. 
Water Commissioner Hoare Returned. 
Record Time. 
The anual Town Meeting in Man- 
chester Monday, was decidedly dif- 
ferent from most annual meetings of 
the past in that the business was dis- 
posed of in one day. The long war- 
rant was taken up and article after ar- 
ticle was acted upon until the 62 were 
disposed of. Moderator Raymond C. 
RAYMOND C. ALLEN 
MODERATOR 
Allen put everything through in rec- 
ord time and incidently demonstrated 
his ability as an able moderator of a 
meeting. 
Much of the work was done at the 
morning session. ‘The evening ses- 
sion opened at 7.35 and the meeting 
adjourned at 8.40. A total of $187,- 
265.960 had been appropriated. 
The most pronounced feature of 
the session was the lack of argument. 
There was not the least semblance of 
a “scrap.” Everything passed off in 
apple-pie order. 
The town went no-license by a most 
decided vote, 320 No, 153 Yes,—but— 
Well, the least said the better. Any- 
way, when W. C. Rust offered his 
customary vote in the evening to in- 
struct the selectmen to enforce the 
liquor law, the strong vote of the af- 
ternoon had dwindled to zero. When 
the moderator put the motion, not an 
“aye” vote was heard; and’ when he 
called for those opposed not a “nay” 
vote was recorded. He offered the 
motion again, and this time a few 
voices were heard in favor—not 
more than three or four; and in the 
affirmative, a weak three or four 
“no’s” were heard. 
Five hundred voters came out in 
the afternoon to vote for town officers. 
Fred K. Swett was re-elected assessor 
for three years and E. S. Knight and- 
Walter R. Bell were re-elected to the 
board of selectmen, the former re- 
ceiving 295 votes. John Henry 
Cheever was the new man elected. 
The most pronounced vote was that 
for water commissioner. There was 
a fight on in this office, an issue being — 
raised over the superintendent of the 
plant, as usual. Mr. Andrews came, 
out in an open letter in the local — 
papers, last week, and told the voters 
that 1f they wanted him retained as — 
the superintendent to support Mr. — 
Meldrum. ‘There can be no mistake 
as to the wish of the people in the 
large vote given Mr. Hoare. He re- 
ceived 332 of the 490 votes cast for 
this office, and Mr. Andrews’ candi- 
date received 158. 
WHAT WAS SAID AND DONE AT THE 
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING. 
Town Clerk A. S. Jewett called the 
meeting to order promptly at nine 
o'clock, with about 40 voters present. 
This number was increased to nearly 
150 as the morning advanced, a larg- 
er number than usual for the morning 
session. 
Art. 1. Raymond C. Allen was 
elected moderator, unanimously. He 
was sworn in by the clerk, and thank- 
ed the voters for their renewed ex- 
pression of confidence. 
The following tellers were appoint- - 
ed: William W. Hoare, T. C. Rowe, 
Edward Crowell, Walter R. Bennett, 
James Beaton, Jos. N. Lipman, Rich- 
ard J. Baker and G. A. Knoerr. 
It was moved that the unexpended 
balance in the various departments 
and accounts be recovered into the 
treasury, except in the cases of the 
appropriations for cleaning Central 
pond, committee on sewerage, new 
street between Beach and Sea streets 
and for plans from Park Dept. F. K. 
Hooper wanted the unexpended bal- 
ance for additional water supply also 
turned back, but the moderator ruled 
that this was not permissible, inas- 
