The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-02-07
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ton whether or not such a ste p will &C
crue to the benefit of Burlington, wher,
several hundred men are employed by
this firm. We hope it will, but if tn,
trust can make its pipe cheaper at som'
other place, it may result in the closing
of these large works, as has been the cas-
with other big concerns.
1t is said that many people are now de
sirous of securing good boarding houses
along the shore, and in anticipation of q
good season are making arrangement
for an early opening. Some who have
followed this custom for years refrained
from engaging in the business last yeal
because of the war with Spain, wher
there was a possibility of some Spanish
death-dealing shells presenting themselves
as unwelcome visitors.
Game laws are disregarded to less de.
gree than formerly, but there is still some
underhand work going on in this county,
and information in this direction, if given
to Game Warden William G. Wise, of
Burlington, will eventually result in stop
ping it altogether. Mr.. Wise has proven
himself to be a faithful officer and one
who has given much time to the suppress
sion of illegal practices on the part of
those people who are not classed in the
category of sportsmen. Owing to the
bad weather that prevailed during the
past season, there is much game of all
kinds left over, and if properly protected,
the cunning season of 1899 should be a
successful one.
"Who struck Billy Patterson ?" This
is most common expression, but it has
never yet been answered. 1t is said to
have had its origin in the Republican con-
vention held at Baltimore in 1886 when
Henry Clay was nominated for President
of the United States. Its origin is also
traced to several other sources of more
recent years, all of which are knocked
silly by the statement of John Sharp, who
is 81 years old, and who remembers hear
ing the question when he was young
boy. The question has been asked often
enough to be answered. Who can do it ?
AT the next annual town meeting money
will be appropriated for various purposes,
and then it will be necessary to borrow
in order to meet such obligations for the
reason that the cash is always spent be-
fore it is received, and thus large sum is
wasted annually for interest. There is
probably no firm who would do business
on this principle. The assessment is
made in May, the taxes are not collected
until the end of the year. and most all
bills are paid on funds borrowed in antici-
patton of these receipts. This is very
poor way of doing business, but how are
you going to remedy the evil3
The merchants of Mount Holly never
had better opportunity to test the law
which is supposed to protect them in the
matter of an absconding debtor, or one
who is about to remove from town, than
the creditors who recently seized a lot of
goods on attachment suits. While losing
their case at Moorestown recently, they
have decided not to take the case to the
Supreme court, where the matter could
have been settled by an opinion that
would be worth something. In view of
the money already spent in this case,
these merchants are certainly standing in
their own light.
There never was man yet who found
it disadvantage to have trade, and
person with an occupation is Independent,
for he is then able to earn living by his
skill. Boys should be given trades, no
matter how well off they may expect to
be, for there is no certainty but adversely
may overtake them. A clerk who is en-
ployed behind counter measuring off
goods, in which work there is no exercise
for muscle or brain, and to the great mass
of them no outlook toward anything high
er or better, they are the ones who bitter
ly regret that they did not learn some
trade which would command them good
wages and make them Independent, and
not subject to the fuctuating fortunes of
this or that business house where they
may be employed.
The suggestion in The News last week
calling for radical change in the condi-
tions which have heretofore been so often
sive at the Republican caucuses, has met
with general approval. Leading citizens
haye requested us to push the matter and
if possible suggest a remedy. 1t is sur
prising what a large number of voters
there are who declare that they will never
again take part in such caucuses, and they
are also firm in their determination not to
enter the Arcade Hall again for the pur-
pose of nominating q spring ticket. As
long as the work of such gathering is
conducted in secret, so long will the OBJ
jectionable features be continued. A
is on foot to remedy this evil,
and no person who desires to witness
clean and respectable caucus will offer
any objection to the scheme, which is for
the committee having charge of the pri-
mary to rent room on Main street, say
the Henry c. Shinn building, for instance,
next to Holemans clothing store. The
lower sash could be removed from the
front window and a wooden one with
hole in the centre placed in its stead, and
through this Aperture the voter could
cast his ballot and pass on. Those in
charge could lock the door and admit no
one in the room. The registry lists of
the different wards could be on hand to
stop illegal voting. This method seems
to be what is needed to solve the problem.
The respectable element of the party
being compelled to climb flight of stairs
and enter a room whose sitting and pol
luted atmosphere is almost prostrating.
This would force all electioneering to be
done on the street where it would be open
to the eyes of the public. The police force
could preserve order and keep the crowds
moving Under such conditions there are
good citizens who will allow their names
to be used in connection with the positions
to be filled The idea seems to be
very practical, and in justice to the de-
mands of the public it should be carried
out. The committee informed us last
night that the primary would be held in
the America hose house
MoorestOwn.