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VOLUME 7. Beb., 12, 1909 NUMBER 7 
Feb. 13—J9. 
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Topay throughout the country exer- 
cisess are being held commemorative of 
the birth of Abraham Lincoln. In Man- 
chester, Beverly Farms, Magnolia, and 
other North Shore towns recognition is 
being made of the event. Public exer- 
cises were held at Beverly Farms last 
night and exercises will be held at Man- 
chester tonight. No grander tribute 
can be paid to the Martyred President, 
the “‘ savior of his country.’’ 
Mr. Lincoln was a man of remarkable 
yet ever gracious self-control; his heart 
was ever strong and patient. Possessed 
always with intense sympathies, he was 
the purest, the most generous, the most 
magnanimous of men. His work was 
one of the greatest labors ahuman _ intel- 
lect ever sustained; and he holds, and 
will continue to hold a place in the 
world’s history loftier than that of any 
king or conqueror. 
In virture and in station he became 
the foremost man of all this world of his 
period; and while no one can take the 
place of Washington, ‘‘The Father of 
his Country,’’ in our love, neither can 
any one take the place in our love and 
reverence of our Martyr President, on 
whom God put the no less weighty task 
of preserving the American Union. 
MancuHesteR schools! Here are a 
few facts worth knowing. The Town 
of Manchester last year spent only a few 
dollars short of $22,000.00 for the sup- 
port of her schools. This is $49.91 per 
pupil. The average amount raised by 
taxation in the 354 towns and cities of 
Massachusetts for schools per pupil is 
$31.53. It will therefore be seen that 
Manchester ranks high in this respect. 
In fact, there was only one other town 
in the county that stood higher, and that 
was Nahant. Nahant raised $50.84 per 
pupil. In the whole state Manchester 
ranks as No. 8. In 1907 Manchester 
ranked No. 5. The town ranking No. 
1 in the state is Lincoln, which raises 
for school support $65.79, and the smal- 
lest for 1908 was 
Other places surrounding Manchester 
rank as follows: Beverly, No. 32, 
$35.23; Wenham, 24, $37.66; Hamil- 
ton, 65, $30.98; Salem, 81, $29.47; 
Rockport, 189, $22.60; Gloucester, 
220, $21.33; Essex, 248, $20.10. 
Manchester is very fortunate to be so 
‘well fixed’’ that it can surpass every 
other town and city in the whole state, 
except seven, inthe amount of money 
per pupil spent for schools. [tis a bless- 
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‘ing many do not appreciate. 
‘THE matter of building a public bath 
house and pavilion at Singing Beach, 
Manchester, will be brought before the 
town meeting next month for action. 
This came up two years ago when the 
commissioners presented plans for a 
$10,000 building. These plans, from 
the office of James T. Kelley, a Boston 
architect, have been somewhat modified 
so that the structure to be recommended 
this year, it is understood, can be built 
for $7,000. That such a building is 
needed at Singing Beach no one can 
deny. It would be a good thing for the 
town to clean out half of the tumble- 
down private bathhouses on the beach and 
have a nice looking structure put up. 
Singing Beach without a public bath- 
house is as bad as a Town wharf without 
INSURANGE OF ALL KINDS 
Best Companies 
School and Union Streets 
Pelham,—$2.43. 
a float. We hope this will go through 
this year. Records kept by the care- 
taker-last summer show that 5941 per- 
sons used the small bathhouse now owned 
by the town last summer, against 5869 
in 1907, which is a much larger propor- 
tion than the figures show, as in 1907 
the town had the use of four or five oth- 
er bathhouses than it did last year. 130 
persons was the largest record for one 
day. 
Another good move would be to con- 
crete the sidewalk from Masconomo 
street to the Beach before another sum- 
mer. 
Town Meeting Talk. 
All articles for the Town Warrant 
must be inthe hands of the selectmen by 
next Monday,—Feb. 15. 
Nomination papers must be filed on 
or before 5 p. m. of Tuesday, Feb. 23. 
Dates for registration: Wednesday, 
Feb. 10, 7.30 p. m. until 8.30; Wed- 
nesday, Feb. 17, same hour; Saturday, 
Feb.. 20,712 ms to-i0sp wae } 
Town meeting, Monday, March 1. 
‘The assessors will be in session next 
Friday, Feb. 20, from 3 to 5 inthe af- 
ternoon and from 7 to 9 for the conven- 
ience of persons desiring to be assessed 
for poll taxes. é 
A notable feature of Town Meeting 
‘Talk this year is the absence of same. 
Very little talk is being made. Candi- 
dates are few and far between. A blanket 
nomination paper was gotten out today 
for Fred K. Swett, Edward S. Knight 
and Walter R. Bell, selectmen; Walter 
R. Bell, assessor 3 years; A. S. Jewett, 
town clerk; E. P. Stanley, treasurer; 
F. G. Cheever, auditor; J. T. Stanley, 
water board, 3 yrs.; John .D. Morrison, 
tree warden; ‘I. Jefferson Coolidge, 
Memorial Library fund trustee; D. L. 
Bingham, Public Library trustee. 
N. P. Meldrum has taken out papers 
for assessor, 3 years. ; 
William Young has taken out papers 
for tree warden. Oliver Gilman also 
has papers out for tree warden. : 
D. 'T. Beaton is a candidate for re- 
election to the board of park commis- 
sioners, 3 years. 
A. C. Needham is a candidate for 
school committee 3 years, to succeed 
himself. 
Letters remaining unclaimed at Manchester, — 
Mass. P. O. for week ending Feb. 6. J 
Freeston, P Fiances Gorman, Rev. Wm B 
Geogheygan, Mrs C R Lindsay, L Mead. 
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