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The Penn's Grove record., 1900-10-19
Board of FreehoIders,

The October meeting Of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders was held in the
Court House, Salem, on the 10th, all
members being present, presided over
by Director James Newell.
B. F. Sweeten s. Son, of Camden,
the contractors for the new gravel road
In Pilesgrove, presented a bill for
S2571. SO aud George II. Kirby, a bill
for gravel amounting to $685. W. The
contract price for building the road
was $1,000, and $1548. O6 was paid on
the account at the September meeting.
It is now estimated that the road will
cost nearly $4,000.
1t vas explained that the increase in
the cost above the contract price was
caused by hauling gravel further than
was at first expected. The contractors
decided after commencing on the work
that the gravel first selected was unfit
for use and another pit was selected
and State Road Commissioner Budd
sanctioned its use.
By the contract Sweeten was to re-
ceive 80 cents q cubic yard for hauling
the gravel One-half mile or less, and %
cents per yard additional for every half
mile over one half mile. A lot Of the
| gravel was hauled two miles and ahalf,
which cost the county 81 81 cubic yard
for hauling. As the bill OF MessTs.
| Sweeten & Son was according to the
contract it was ordered paid less twen-
ty per cent. which was retained until
the road is completed and accepted.
Five per cent is to be retained for one
year after the road is accepted, and the
| contractor is obliged to make all re.
pairs during that time.
The Art Metal Construction Com
paDy was ordered paid the balance OF
their bill of $1105. So for the steel fur
nishings, in the Offices of the Surrogate
and County Clerk.
The resignation Of ]. Warren Smith,
as supervisor Of the State road in Low
or Alloway Greek, presented at q form
or meeting. WAS accepted.
Freebooter Redstrake asked for q
committee on the covered bridge, Sa
lem, the roof being in need OF repairs.
In this connection u numerouSly signed
petition was presented and read, asking
that the roof of this bridge be raised,
ii 1t is now difficult 10 get \ large load
Of hay through 1t. It Was voted that
the standing committee on the bridge
be instructed to raise the roof, at \
height to be agreed on by them. The
| n0titi0n vas aiUnpd nv anma Of The
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-10-19
Roosevelt Roasts Roose5en

Roosevelt Koasts ItOoseYelts
Former Coy. Roosevelt is thu most
imperial OF the imperialists in his de-
Tense Of expansion by conquest, gov
eminent by force and militarism gen.
orally. Yet even Roosevelt was not
always crazy. In his "Life of Ben.
ton," written less than five years ago,
he said:
The man of the West stood where he was be-
cause he was a conqueror; he had wrested his
land by force from its rightful Indian lords; he
fully intended to repeat the same feat as soon as
he should reach the Spanish lands lying to the
west and southwest he would have done SO in
the case of French Louisiana if it had not been
that the latter was purchased and was thus saw
ed from being tax en- by force of arms. This
belligerent or, more properly speaking, piratical
way OF looking at neighboring territory, was
very characteristic of the West and was at the
root of the doctrine of manifest destiny .
page III
Roosevelt (page 40) defines McKin-
leY's "Duty and Destiny" known in
Benton's time as manifest destiny
as a foreordination to Swallow up the
land of oil adjoining nations who were
too weak to Withstand us-a theory
that forthwith obtained immense popu.
larity among all statesmen of easy an
ternatponal morality"
No ilibuster of our times has shown
a more ''easy international morality
or has taken more naturally to the
'spiratical way'' of looking at foreign
territory than has Roosevelt himself.
But writing in 1895 he was able to
draw this clear and everlasting distinc.
tion between the ~peaceable expansion
of American ideas and institutions over
contiguous, sparsely settled territory,
and the f0rcible conquest and military
rule of a densely populated and forever
unassimilable malay pandemonium'
5000 miles away. This is his state.
ment of Benton's doctrine:
OF course no one would wish to see these OF
any other settled communities now added Il
our domain by force; we want no unwilling
citizens to enter our Union the time to hay,
taken the lands was before settlers came int
them. European nations war for the posses
sion of thickly settled districts, which, If con
quered, will for centuries remain alien and hos
tile to tie conquerors; I'VE. wiser in our genera
ti0n, have seized the waste solitudes that la,
near us, the limitless forests and ~never-endinf
plains and the valleys of the great, lonely rivers
n have thrust our 0wn sons into them to tax,
possession; and a score OF years after eacl
conquest we see the conquered land teeminl
with a people that is one with ourselves
pages 266, 267.)
This was Democracy in JeffersOn'
and Benton's time. It is the Demo
cracy of Bryan. And in stating ant
indorsing it Roosevelt has furnished
most crushing answer to his presen'
"piratical" harangues.-N. Y. World
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The loss of eyesight is one of the
greatest Affections that can befall a
person, and one feels the affection
more than a busy man. Charles Broad
way Rouss, a New York Millionaire,
offered a million dollars to the person
who could restore his eyesight. After
submitting to many experiments he has
lost hope and withdrawn the offer. He
said he would gladly give every cent
he had to exchange eyes with the low.
est person in his immense store on
Broadway. Mr.. Rouss is a unique
person in business. He sells every
thing from a needle to a steam engine,
employs 1000 persons, pays cash, sells
only for cash, and pays his employees
cash every night. He lost his eyesight
by working late at nights.
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/ wish to express my thanks to the
manufacturers, of ChamberlaiIl's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, for hav-
ing put on the market such a wonderful
medicine" says W. w. Massingill, OF
Beaumont, Texas. There are many
thousands of mothers whose children
have been saved from attacks Of dyson
terry and cholera infantum who must also
feel thankful. It is for sale by j. Sweet.
EMS Sons.
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A vote for George Pfeiffer for Con.
gress is 4 vote for a business mar and
not a vote for a politician who lives off
Of politics altogether as Mr.. Loude1.
slaUor dnns
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Attack.

An attack was lately made on G. F.
Collier of Cherokee. Iowa, that nearly
proved fatal. It came through his kid.
neys. His back got 80 lame he could
not stoop without great pain, nor sit in
q chair except propped by cushions. Nc
remedy helped him until he tried EIec-
trio Bitters which effected such a won.
derful change that he writes he feels
like a new man. This marvellous medi,
cine cures backache and kidney trouble,
puriies the blood and builds up your
health. Only Soc at J%ohnson's. Drug
Store.
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~Ranna declared sp@eesffIme ago that
there were no trusts. Now he says
that there is no imperialism. If this
thing goes on, the first thing Mr.. Bry-
an knows, he will have to look up some
more issues.
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Il is worthy Of notice that Roosevelt
has ceased to expatiate in his speeches
on the cowardice of the negro troops at
San Juan Hill and on the great super.
iority he once found in the western
cowboys over the mechanics and clerks
of the eastern cities.
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4redges are still dumping mud a
the mouth Of Raecoon creek and not
only damaging New jerseys naviga-
ton but her fishing interest. Congress
man L~oudenslager is too busy to look
after the peoples interest. George
Pfeiffer says he will look after the in
terest Of the people of New Jersey and
not be a representative for Philadel-
phia's interest, if elected.
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As the price of coal advances because
the Wall Street Millionaires who con-
troll the mines and railroads refuse to
give the striking miners living wages
and as the stove trust has advanced the
price of stoves poor people may have to
warm themselves by the heat of their
Indignation. A ballot against trusts
and Wall Streets control of the coun.
try on election day may help remedy
the matter.
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In Great Britain. men stand for Of
fee; here we run for it. This explains
why the returns are so slow in coming
in from the British districts.
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WANTED-ACTIvE MAN OF GOOD CHAR
acter to deliver n collect In New jersey for
e0ooa year, sure pay. Honesty more than ex-
peffence required. Our reference, any bank in
any city. Enclose self ddre stamped en-
born st., Chicago.
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They are not talking about the ice
trust out in Indiana. The Ben Har-
rison letter is said to be a cool enough
subject for this season OF the year.
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The PENIS Grove Record
FRIDAY, o 10, 1900.

The tariff and the trusts have form
ed q mutual admiration society. This
is not surprising when it is noted how
much they owe to one another.
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NEW JERSEY 4 WILMINGTON FERRY co.
Steamer Ulrica.

Daily except Sunday. Leave Wilmington,
King Street wharf, 80 a. m, 500 and SIS
p. IN. Leave Penn's Grove, N. j., $50, 1900 a..
m, and 500 p. m.
SUNDAY ONLY Leave Wilmington, King
street wharf, $50 a. M, $50 and 6 p. m. Leave
Penn's Grove $50 a. m. 1890 and s pm.
l.. G. McCAUsLAND. Supt.
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With Us DEMAND aaa
for Black
Suits is without parallel and
the peculiar thing about it is,
we are better prepared than
ever before. Every Black
Suit we sell viii stay black
and will give you good wear.
We save you from ST 50 to
SIS on your Black Suit if you
buy here.
Black Cheviot Suits. $3.50,
$3.50, $3.50, $Io, $I2.
Black Tibet Suits, $3.50,
$40, $I2.
Black Clay Suits, $3.50,
$40, $I2, $3.50, SIS.
Black Serge Suits, $40,
$I2, Sis.
Black Basket Diagonals,
$40, $I2.
Black Boucle Suits, very
heavy, $3.50.
Black French backs, very
fine, $I2. They are fully
worth $I5, and some stores
get $I8.
Black unfinished Worsted
Suits, $40.
OF course we've hundreds
OF styles in Fancy Suits,
stripes, and checks, worst
eds, cassimers, Oxfords,
striped hannels, fancy chew
lots, and everything for Men,
Youths and Boys.
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special from Panrdeberg, dated Sun
day. the Gordon is gradually drawing
closer.
Bullcr's march On Ladysmth II be.
Ing marked by sharp fighting. A Pie
termarifzbcrg dispatch OF today's date
says he In stlll heavily engaged in
battle. IN GrOeber's kloof, Butler
seems 10 have discovered hornets
nest
IN ,'apc COLONY the British armies
are steadily advancing. Barkley East
IN now IN their possession, according
20 dispatch from that district. the
Beers. eyaeuatlng The place. retreat
Ing on Lady Ray and wiring President
Steyn for reinforcements 10 prevent
their surrender.
The Pretoria government proclaimed
February % and ~ days OF thanksglv-
ing aud prayer. presumably In memory
OF tho battle OF Majuba hill.
A dispatch frori Kimberley says It's
Inhabitants have planned TO erect a
statute Of Cecil Rhodes IN recognl-
ton 0f his A.rl ices during the seige.
General Butler. IN q dispatch from
COlenso. datei Sunday. reports that
IN" British casualties on February 20.
were twelve killed and 30 wounded
among the Somersets and Dorsets. and
that February g and February %
twelve officers were wounded.
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LONDON. Feb. 27-winston Church.
~ in a dispatch to the Morning Post
from Frrre camp. dated Sunday, says;
''The idea that the Beers are raising
the sclge Of Ladysmith is premature.
The advance Is being pursued IN the
face of the most stubborn opposition
and of heavy loss President Kruger's
grandson Is among the Beers killed. %
Churchill then proceeds 10 describe
the heavy lighting last Friday. in
which the InniskillIngs approached to
within 900 yards Of the summit Of the
rocky Boer position and then gallant
ly charged In the face Of hail OF
bullets, He says:
After repeated attempts. however.
and having lost heavily. they recog-
nlzcd that they were unable 10 pre-
vail Nevertheless. they refused to re-
treat, but lay down on the slope. be-
hind the shelter OF the walls, The
Connaughts and Dublin fusillers We're
sent to their support. but the light
faded and the night closed in before
the main attack had developed.
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WHY CRONJE is
HOLDING OUT
Time Given for Gathering Forces
to Protect BlOemfontein.
BULLER is PROGRESSING
But Every Step StubbOrnly Resisted
by the Beers Who May Yetbe Strong
Enough to Hold Ladysmith.

LONDON. Feb. p. I:2O a. m.--The
Beers are assembling an army near
Bloemfontein with which TO dispute the
invasion Of Lord Roberts. This intel
ligence comes from Pretoria by way
Of Lourenco Marques. commandos
are described as "hastening from all
quarters q the two republics"
No estimate is made Of their num-
bers. but the withdrawal Of the Beers
from most Of the places where they
have been in contace with the British
except the district near Ladysmith,
may raise the resisting force to 10000
men. This figure assumes that the
Beers have between 5000 and 10000
men in the deld
The gathering Of this army across
the path OF LORD Roberts gives signl-
ficance 10 General Cronjes steadfast
defense. He has engaged the corps of
Lord Roberts fof ten days now and.
whether he is relieved or not. he has
given time for the dispersed Boer frac-
tions to get together and to prepare
positions to receive the advance Of the
British when cronje is overcome and
Lord Roberts moves forward.
1t is difficult to conceive that the
Beers are strong enough to take the
Offensive and to rescue General Cronje
from mis- Drecarious situation.
The war office has nothing after mid
night to indicate his collapse and he
may hold out for few days.
General Butler ON Saturday faced the
last and strongest position OF the
Beers who bar his way TO Ladysmith
Strenuous lighting indicates a battle
between the armies. rather than the
rear guard actions protecting retreat.
on Thursday and Friday he lost 4S
officers killed and wounded, represent
ing probably total of from 400, to
500. General Whites guns worked
Saturday upon the Boer positions and
a Heliograph from Ladysmlth report
ed that the Beers were retreatlng and
that larger rations We're being issued
in view OF the fact that relief was at
hand.
Nothing has been heard from Mafek-
ing since February 12. Movement on
the Neldt away from the railway is
becoming increasingly difficult for
large bodies Of troops, as the grass
is burned up.
General French has TO wagon forage
for his horses and even the infantry
finds long marches harder than before.
as forage for transport animals must
be carried. This requires the forma-
tion Of garrisoned depots.
The ordinary campaign season is
over and the sickly season for both
men and animals has set in.
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Puerto Rican Tariff Bill Modified
by Republican Conference.
TO BE TEMPORARY ONLY
intended Solely to Provide Needed
Revenue and to Cease After
Two Years Operation.

WASHINGTON, Feb 26.--The gener-
al debate upon the Puerto Rican tar~
III bill was today extended until to.
morrow night. Interest centered In
tie conferences which we're going on
among the republican leaders and the
dissenting republicans in their efforts
to compromise their differences on the
bill.
AT the conference OF the house re-
publlcans tonight assurances were CIV
en- that the president believed the
measure constitutional and would ap-
prove 1t IL It came to him. and an
agreement was reached to limit the
operation Of the bill to two years and
to reduce tire duty imposed by 1t from
25 to IS per cent Of the American tar
III.
AS a result. the republican leaders
claim that the bill will have the sup-
port OF all republicans except four
Mccall, OF Massachusetts,; Littlefeld.
OF Maine; Lorimer, OF Illinois. and
Crumpacker, Of Indiana, and that this
loss will be Offset by the Affirmative
votes Of the opposition.
They claim the passage Of the rnodi-
fed bill is certain.
After the conference adjourned at II
o'clock, Chairman Cannon gave out
the following statement Of amendments
agreed upon by the conferences:
The conference requested the ways
and means committee to offer an
amendment to the bill as follows.
Amend the title to make it act tenn
porariIy to provide revenue for the ISL
and Of Puerto Rico and for other pur-
poses
And to add the following section:
This act shall be taken and held to
be provisional In its purposes. intended
to meet the pressing. present need for
revenue for the island OF Puerto Rico
and is not to continue in force after
March 1, 1902"
These amendments were adopted
with practically unanimity.
Another TO reduce the duty imposed
by the act from % to Is per cent
was adopted by vote of 105 10 IL.
A further amendment is to be offered
by the ways and means committee to
make it clear that no double duty is
imposed; that the payment Of one in
ternal revenue tax is total tax on
importatlons
One hundred and twenty-five republi-
can members attended the conference,
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LONDON FINANCES.
Conditions in the Money Market Vary
With South African News.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The Times
London financial correspondent cables:
All last week the English open mar
ket was leaning on the Bank Of Eng
land, paying in taxes With one hand
and borrowing the money again with
the other, Accordingly, rates have
hcen stiff all arJnj, both for loans and
discounts, but with tendency within
the last two days to ease down mater
tally.
Today viii probably see this tendency
accentuaicl through the mere pros
poets of large treasury disbursements
On March /. Against these the market
viii have to pay back in the bank
e4,0OO,0O). But it is known that the
government must Immediately begin
the payment of war bills and, counting
ON tl.ls, dealers in credit have been
buying bills to arrive early next month
at 3Ss per cent.
AS success comes TO our troops prices
rise; when doubt or reverse hangs over
them they Iecede, and all the time
speculation remains shriyeled
We still have plenty Of capital wait
ing investment if only good securities
weIe offered to draw it out. As for
new joint stock enterprises, they most
ly never get beyond talk. and some re-
cent efforts have betaken themselves
10 the provinces leaving London with
it's iitecng tUstOms cut.
Money can be had if only the thing
offered looks good enough Prosperity
must be with us for up to date. the
chancellor of the eXcheQuer has re-
ceived nearly e700O,0O0 beyond the in
come Of The previous year and $4,000 600
beyond the estimates for the current
year.
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REFUSED AT ALL POINTS.
a Series of Attacks Made by the Beers
On the British Position.

PAARDEBERG. Saturday, Feb. "a
Yesterday there was a most interesting
series Of fights along the British front.
One thousand Beers, commanded by
General Dewet, who were known to be
operating in the immediate front. at
early dawn yesterday, determined to
attempt TO break through the British
lines and aid General Cronje.
a body of 500 Beers moved toward
the British left and entered in the di-
rection of a kopje with the object of
occupying it. Unfortunately for the
Beers, however, the kopie was neld by
company of Scottish borderers, who
opened heavy fire. The Beers gall
loped OFT but moved again toward an
other British position with exactly the
same results.
They then made third attempt to
occupy another British position but the
borderers We're again ready to receive
them. The third repulse thoroughly
disconnected the Beers, who galloped
away In panic. Later perceiving
another kopje, the Beers moved quickly
toward it.
This kopje was unoccupled, but the
oorderers, not to be beaten, raced the
Beers for the position and won, occu-
pying the kopje and driving off the
Beers.
A portion of the Boer force ultimate
" occupied, kopje tlanked partially
by the borderers and facing another
kopje held by the 'Yorkshres.
\ vigorous fullisade ensued, the Brit
insh firing accurately and succeeding in
silencing the Boer force. Meanwhile.
the Bluffs We're ordered to reinforce
the Yorkshires In case the Beers
should he reinforced The British at
tack worked around to the right of the
kopje held by the Yorkshires. where I
the Seventh battery was stationed the |
battery being placed at [
r farm near the center of the bor- /
ierers position. A vigorous shelling. |
accompanied by a British fusilade, sue I
,eeded in completely silenclng the Boer /
'orces. A company of Yorkshlres were
sent to clear out the Beers, but the at
Tempt failed, the Beers opening a very
leavy fire and the British having no
over.
The British then again opened a very
leavy lire which lgaln silenced the
3oers. They made several attempts
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TO run bgt the Maxims opened upon
them effectively and checked them
The Buh8 now worked arefulIy and
cautiously around and got within $50
yards OF the Beers. Eighty Beers sur
rendered. but many, II appears. es-
capped. going singly.
Most Of the prisoners had Just ar
rived from Ladysmith. They COM
planned NJ the bad generalship OF their
leader. Nearly every man carried ex-
plosiye bullets and I've British were
wounded with these mlssila. I have
seen the builets, OF which one Boer
carried flfty.
There IS no longer the slightest doubt
that tue Beers are gradually discarding
all rules Of civilized warfare. The 9TH
or day thew poured the contents OF a
Maxim gun Into an ambulance, which
happened however, TO be empty, some
90 yards away from the nearest
troops.
The war balloon Is doing excellent
service Early this morning Il rose
70 great height and discovered In the
bed NJ the river sour wagons which
contained ammunition These were
exploded by the British shells an hour
afterwards. The. balloon observe also
discovered a numberof orsescOncealed
near By and these also received atten-
ticn from the British scrapnel.
The GOrdOns are now incorporated in
the Highland brigade. making four
killed regiments. The Highland light
infantry who are not killed, and are
a fine body Of men. are going 10 Join
General Dorrien's regiment.
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REPAIRS TO THE BOSTON.
The Naval Board Win Not Recommend
Any Extensive Changes.

NEW YORK. Feb 26.--A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Orders have been issued by Secretary
Long directing that arrangements be
made for placing the auxiliary cruiser
, Buffalo in commission. It is expected
the Buffalo will be used as lands
mems training ship. The Topeka will
also be used for this purpose to take
the place OF the Alliance, which will
soon be relegated to the warships
boneyard.
Secretary Long will approve the find
ing of the board of construction rela-
tive to the repairs to be made to the
cruiser Boston. When the board con-
siderea the report of the board of SUR
vey on this vessel one of its members
suggested that the ship be supplied
with twin screws, be given an extra
deck, and be overhauled so as to put
her in tirst-class condition.
The majority of the board came to
the conclusion, however, that while the
Boston is very good ship she Is 10
years old and II would be inadyisable
to spend large sum of money on her
to bring her up to date when she viii
be capable Of effective work by simply
making the necessary repairs and sup
plying her with a modern battery. II
is expected the cost of her repairs will
reach S400, 000