The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
JOTTINGS.

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about it, and that the Objectionable fea-
| lures of last year will be purged from all
similar gatherings in the future. There
is desire now for purer politics in our
spring caucuses. Many who attended the
last one declare they will never wade
through such mire again, and if the ticket
is not made up of citizens capable of serv-
ing the township with ability, there will
be an opportunity for its defeat, and this
; is not desirable result.
There are several small boys about
town who are known to have stolen mon
ey recently, and there are others who fire.
quent barns and other unoccupied build
ings for the purpose of playing crap
whose future career would be benefited
under the system of curfew law. Some
people object to this, claiming that it has
a tendency to abridge the privilege of the
young American citizen. 1t is unneces-
sary to state that no good comes to boy
who remains out late at night There are
many instances in Mount Holly where a
curfew bell, if rung at the proper time in
the evening, would prove benefit to
many persons and blessing to many
homes.
Many boys grow up to manhood with
out giving any especial thought to the
future, only to find when it is too late
that they are not qualified to hold posi-
tons that would carry them successfully
through life. 1t is this class who are
compelled to accept any employment that
may come their way, and such labor sell
dom commands good wages. Business
men looking for some one to fill respon-
sible position generally select those who
have made themselves felt in the past,
and the foundation for this qualification
must be laid in younger days. quick,
alert and sensible young man, who can
keep his eyes and ears open and yet is
wise enough to mind his own business,
will have no trouble to get along in this
world.
The slot machine has been adopted in
England to the purposes of public saw
ings bank. You drop penny in the slot,
pull knob, and receipt for your penny
is elected upon a tray. You may, of
course, deposit number of pennies, re-
ceiving receipt for each. There are
number of slot machines in use in Mount
Holly, but you get receipt for your
| no iT,f ho choT Of oir ii in,
you win. 1t is a good savings institution,
but the cash balance is always placed to
the credit of the other fellow. The slot
machine is now being used for all kinds
of illegitimate purposes, and their temp
tation to induce young men to gamble,
calls strongly for the enforcement of the
law to prohibit their use.
Holders of real estate who have invest
ed their money in property in the most
desirable neighborhoods where it will al
ways bring its cost of construction, and
where tenants with means are desiring to
locate, have not the cause to complain of
depreciation in values as the other class
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are usually let to people who are scarcely
able to pay their obligations and thus a
large sum in rent is lost annually. There
is no pleasure in ejecting family from
their home, particularly in the winter
time, and many landlords extend substan-
tial sympathy in this respect for which
they receive very little credit. The abuse
of houses by some malicious tenants, who
burn up everything movable about the
place, has caused line to be drawn
whereby some owners have refused to
rent. There is house on San Domingo
that was taken possession of by family
without the owner even being consulted,
and other cases of this kind have caused
the pumps to be removed in order to keep
Objectionable tenants away from the place
DR.. Tracy, who concluded his lectures
in the Opera House last evening, says he
is going to Burlington, North Carolina
During his stay in Mount Holly his en-
tertainment has been all right in every
respect. 1t pleased the people, who re-
ceived full value for their money, and it
may be that DIR. Tracy's labors here
will result in much good. Exception to
his method of doing business lies in the
fact that many people do not like the idea
of churches playing second fiddle to an
affair of this character, which does not
bear the endorsement of any authorized
temperance or religious board. If these
lectures had been held in church, much
of the doctors talk would have been elm
mated. In speaking of the prevailing
customs in some of the churches DR..
Tracy should remember that there is
much concerning them that should remain
unspoken, but on these points he did not
remain silent, and yet he wonders why
some people left the hall.
The Prudential Insurance Company, of
Newark, whose advertisement appears in
this paper, is doing good work, espe
cially in insuring the lives of poor people,
many of whom pass away only to be
buried by the township or the assistance
of friends if it were not for the policies
which they carried in life to meet just
such an emergency. In many cases the
insurance thus received represents more
money than the family ever saw at one
time. The undertakers, who have organ
lied for mutual protection, have no hest
fancy when they know that the person
whom they are called upon to bury has a
policy in the Prudential Most every
month their agent here pays out hundreds
of dollars to claimants who regard the
plan as blessing. The rich and poor
alike insure in this company, and policies
expressly to cover burial expenses are
carried by friends and relatives on the
lives of many people who know nothing
about it whatever.
The policemen of Mount Holly thought
they had regular cinch on Wednesday
night. The officers were stationed at va
s rious points along the business streets
a at about o'clock when they were startled
by the sound of one of the new whistles
f which they now use. This brought three
p of them to the fountain, where they were
informed by Officer Collins that he had
seen a burglar taking plumber to barn
: on Pine street, where horse and wagon
was in readiness to haul it away. Imme
diately the force lined up and hurried tc
> the scene, and sure enough they found