CANDIDATE HuGHES’ SPEECH of acceptance of the 
Republican nomination for President reveals his intention 
to cling to the party platform in his campaign. The evi- 
dence of concord between the candidate and the writers 
of the platform is significant. The attitude of Mr. Hughes 
toward the Administration and the Mexican problem is 
noticeably that of the great majority of Reptlicans and 
his conduct in making his campaign on real issues rather 
than upon himself as the political savior of the country 
will meet the approval of all who look for the restoration 
of the G. O. P. to place and power. 
THE Season Is Now at its height and it is possible 
now to judge its trend. Early in the season careful men 
were prophesying that the season would be one of the 
most successful in the history of the North Shore sea- 
shore summer industry. Those prophesies are now proy- 
ing true. The hotels are well patronized, the owners of 
estates are in residence and all of the cottages for rent 
from year to year are also occupied. The European war 
has made the summer resorts of New England prosperous. 
THe Wet Season has made the gardeners’ 
very trying this year. ‘The delayed warm weather and ex- 
cessive moisture has made it almost impossible for the 
most skilful gardener to raise certain kinds of garden 
truck and all sorts of vegetables are late. It will be well 
for owners of estates to be patient with the carefakers 
and remember that they have causes to work against over 
which they have had no control. 
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THe SEVERE StorMs THAT RAGED in and about Bos- 
ton the earlier part of the week avoided the North Shore 
and the towns along this coast were free from the devas- 
tations. This brings to mind the noticeable absence of 
thunder showers this summer. There has been plenty of 
rain, everyone knows, but there has been a fortunate 
absence of electric storms. 
ONE OF THE Most REFRESHING ITEMS that comes 
from the acceptance of the nomination of Mr. Hughes is 
the unfeigned and hearty pleasure that Theodore Roose- 
velt enjoys in view of the events. Theodore Roosevelt is 
a great power in American politics and the republican 
party may well be congratulated that the progressive lead- 
er has joined hands. 
THE Porrcy or tHE Town of Manchester in develop- 
ing the park area along the water front is now becoming 
apparent. The money expended in the development of 
the waste land has been well spent and as the years go by 
Manchester will begin to appreciate how wise her policy 
has been for tle interests of the growing town. 
THE SETTLEMENT, Out 
line, of all the damages 
* Court, by the White Star 
ag sepa it because of the sinking 
of the Titanic brings to mind the terror of that tragic 
event. The White Star line stands absolved of its pecuni- 
ary liability, but no one has yet been absolved of the 
eriminal liabilities of that disaster. 
Dr. Dg Wirr S. CLARKE has finished his course and 
has answered the higher call. He has held for many 
years a commanding position in the religious leadership 
of the North Shore. Called to Salem while a young man 
he has virtually given his life to the interests of the Tab- 
ernacle Congregational Church and to the City of Salem. 
His long and successful pastorate accorded him a position 
among the ministers of the Shore that has been honorably 
earned. He was a faithful minister of Jesus Christ. He 
was an embodiment of the virtue and principles which he 
taught. He gave freely of his time, his best thought and 
counsel to individuals and to organized charitable enter- 
prises in his city and in the state. The world has been 
the richer for his service and is the poorer for his loss. 
Ir Aut, PLANS ARE DEVELOPED it is not unlikely that 
two wards of Beverly and the towns of Manchester and 
Essex will comprise a representative district to the Gen- 
eral Court of Massachusetts. In this event the politicians 
in these places will have to rebuild their fences along new 
lines. The new allotment is not all that can be desired, 
but the best will have to be made of the situation. Man- 
chester was never satisfied with being in the district with 
Gloucester. It will be more at home temperamentally, at 
least, with Beverly Farms and the shore section of Bevy- 
erly. It would have fared better politically in a district 
comprised of Essex, Hamilton and Ipswich. 
THe MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS and war supplies 
may have resulted in the making of many fortunes and 
the creating of work for many hands, but it has its mark- 
ed disadvantages. The terrific explosions and the ensuing 
damages done in New York is but a single case in many. 
It is the more noticeable because so expensive in its 
devastations. But there have been innumerable other 
explosions of a lesser kind that have taken their toll in 
lives, property and treasure. America will repay for 
every dollar gained by the nefarious traffic. The gains 
may be legitimate and in keeping with a strict neutrality 
of nations, but it can hardly square with the finer ethical 
ideals of which we have boasted so much during the 
present generation. 
THE Batt GAME AT MANCHESTER ON SATURDAY was 
well contested and brought out the best that was in both 
teams. The Manchetser team had a foe worthy of its 
mettle in the United Shoe Mach. nine. There would be 
reasonable expectations of another strongly contested 
battle if the teams were to meet again. The score is now 
tied. A series with the United Shoe would create a lot of 
interest. 
Tur Hampton SincERS are on the North Shore 
again for a singing tour. This magnificent school which 
has ‘been doing so much for the Negroes of the South 
deserves the royal support which the North Shore resi- 
dents have always given it. This Institution gave the 
world Booker T. Washington and this one contribution 
to the world’s workers has been enough to mark it in the 
annals of the educational interests of America, 
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