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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
CONVENTION OF MAYORS.

Mayor Fox returned home Satur-
day from Charleston, S. c., where
he was in attendance at the fourth an
nual convention of the League of Am
erican municipalities. The mayor
enjoyed his outing and is back again
at the head of the city government
with many new ideas in regard to
the successful and therefore practical
management of city affairs. Gov
ernor McSweeney of South Carolina
and Mayor Smyth of Charleston on
behalf of the State and city were ex-
tremely cordial in their addresses
of welcome, and in fact the dele
gates were treated with the utmost
cordial ty throughout the entire
convention. They were guests at
several side trips about the harbor
and the summer watering places ad-
joining the city. In the opening
topic Regulation of Saloons" May
or Chapel, of Columbus, Ga, read a
paper, and the discussion which fol-
lowed was led by Mayor Fox. The
practical manner in which he treated
the excise problem in Morristown
was we'll received by the delegates.
Among other topics in which the
Mayor was much interested was that
of Sewage Disposal, - street light
ing and Municipal Ownership of
Light and Water Plants. The pa
per on 1.-THE Best Method for the As
sessment and Collection of Taxes and
the Limitation on the Taxing and
Debt Creating Powers of Municipli-
ties, in the opinion of the May
or, treated the subject in decidedly
practical manner and all municipal
tiles would be benefited by follow
ing the lines as laid down in the pa
per.
The Mayor was especially impressed
by the addresses made by number
of mayors of some of the smaller
western cities. These officials were
men with keen business training
and their treatment of municipal
affairs was on the line of successful
private business operations.
The next meeting will be held at
jamestown, N. r.. when it is hoped
number of our city officials will be
in attendance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
The baptist sunday school.

The Christmas exercises of the Sun
day School Of the Baptist Church were
held on Wednesday evening. An in
teresting program of music and reci-
tations was rendered by the members
of the school superintendent O.
A. Reed presided. In the centre
of the Sunday School room stood a
tall and gorgeousIy decorated Christ
mas tree. From the centre chandeli er
of the room ropes of greens were
hung in graceful festoons and these
with the tree and the expectant ex :
preston on the faces Of the people
lent genuine Yuletide spirit to the
occasion.
The program was as follows:
Singing by the school.
Prayer by the pastor.
Recitation, "Sixty Years ago to-day
Rachel Reed.
Recitation-"S Santa Claus and the
Mousse Donlay.
Singing by the school.
Recitation, Just Before Christmas
Miriam Batten.
Recitation -" Christmas Song' =
Cora Thompson.
Recitation-Mabel Leonard.
Primary Department.
Singing by the school.
Greeting-Harold Blackford.
Singing by Infant Glass.
My Speech-Robert Quimby.
Recitation-Emily Eggers.
" Grandma's Mistake ''-Helen Riley.
Christmas Mine little girls.
Singing by school.
"The New Toy'-Leighton Batten,
"Santa Claus Martha Reed.
'The Stocking" -RaymondBonif
George Berry, Robert Quimby.
By the Way'-Clarence Egbert.
Neutrality-suspicious. Reed.
The program concluded with the
distribution of gifts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE
LIBRARY

ABA Book for all Readers, A. r.
Spofford.
4435-Jeanne D'Arc, Mrs. Oliphant.
M.
1l491-Stoddard' Lectures, 40 vols
The Worlds Great Classics.
4434-China's Only Hope, Chih
Lung Chang.
1l50l-Literary Friends and Ac-
quaintances, W. D. Howells.
11490-Shakespeare as Boy, VIM.
J. Rolfe.
114S-From India to the Planet
Mars, (Study of case of Somnam-
bulism) The Flournoy.
1148S-Mining Out. o. S. Marsden.
1l4S7-Essays on Nature and Gull
ture, Hamilton W. Mabie.
1896 Wrongs of Indian Woman
hood, Marcus B. Fuller.
S93S-John Seldom and his Table
Talk. Robt. Waters.
$685. -Eleanor-Mrs. Fl. Ward
S940-C Crittenden, John Fox, Jr.
S935-rhe Master Christian, Marie
Corelli.
S941 Isle of the Mieds, S. r.
Crockett.
8942-Hilden Wade, Grant Allen.
S943-Rise of the Russian Empire,
Hector Fl. Munroe.
S944-The Baron's Sons, Maurus
Jokai
8945-An Unsocial Socialist, @.
4S99--Victor Serenus, Henry Inod.
8950-The Black Terror, ]. K. Legs.
ss95s-In Arching Camps, J. a.
Altshebe.
S953-Sword of the King. R. Mac
donald.
8907-In and Around the Grand
Canyon, JIM James.
890S- Terbeck of Japan, VIM. p.
Griffin.
S9oS-Twelye Great Artists, VIM.
H. Downes.
s9o4-A Century of Science, John
Fiske.
Resurrection, Leo Tolstoy.
1852 Sky Pilot, Author of Black
Rock.
Cupid's Garden, Ellen F. Fowler.
Sons of the Morning, g. Philpotts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
CHRISTMAS AT THE TELE-
PHONE OFFICE.

The operators at the telephone ex-
change received many Christmas gifts
from subscribers, who evidently APP
preciate the services rendered by these
hard working young women. The
company presented turkey to each
married male employee. E. J. Bow
ers, the district inspector received a
silk umbrella from the the men
of the repair gang. The gift was
accompanied by poem, the last
stanza of which was:
AS you raise this umbrella,
Just think of Jim and Mike,
And Jack and George and Elmer
And also your friend Ike.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28

winter with kerosense emulsion or
crude petroleum.
Dry slaked lime busted on aspara-
gus beetles, will kill them by CON
tact. Use just water enough to slake
the lime. Lice on field peas are a
serious matter. no remedy, arrange
it, if possible, so that no crops come
on between the middle of June and
the middle of August. The early sown
peas generally get through all right,
and after Sept. 3Oth, the lice are
troublesome again.
For rose slugs, use hellebore in
dry powder as a tea, OF. to . quarts
of water
Tobacco water is good for the rose
fly.
Of cabbage worms there are two
kinds-the kind that lies fat on the
cabbage, and the span worm. Bran
mixed with paris green is found more
acceptable to the first mentioned
variety than the cabbage. The poison
bran will also do for the cut worms
that attack melons. Spray with lb.
paris green to $50 gallons water to
destroy the span-worm butterfly. For
the black flea beetle use about l lib.
paris green to 200 gallons Bordeaux
mixture as spray, and for wire
worms in potatoes, plow the ground
in the fall.
1.-THE Management of Poultry for
Eggs" was then treated by James
Shackleton, of Short Hills in
away that showed he knew the sub
ject thoroughly. He said that, with
proper care 200 eggs can be gotten
from hen in a year, but that 165
eggs is about the average for promis-
cuous lots.
The proper rate for balanced ra-
tion is about part nitrogen to
parts carbon.
Always feed meat in some form
every day and would recommend
Romans Boiled Beef and Bone. In
summer. am accustomed to feed mashes
in the morning and grain at night.
If one feeds raw ground bone, OF.
per hen is enough for a meal and
nothing else. Summer ration for 10
Wyandottes: at a. m.. / pint grain.
At hour before sunset, meat,
bone, bran, and some grain in to
nutritive ratio
~ OTIS. mash in dry state for 10
birds.
Half way ration fed during moult-
ing season. Simply a little more lib
eral at this time than at other times,
but do not change the proportion.
Corn is preferable whole for mature
fowls. Very little salt is required,
only about one OF to 30 lbs.
Winter ration:
1qt. grain to 10 fowls, in a. m. Fowls
kept in roosting room with an open
place attached, covered
with a litter of any thing that is
handy. In very coldest weather,
feed the pt. at noon. in addition to
the simmer ration. The night mash
is fed about the same as for summer.
Feed whole wheat more than corn,
and get green clover, if possible, for
the fowls, but any kind of vegetables
are good, so long as you don't give
them too much of one thing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
BANK DIVIDENDS.

The banks in Morrisown have de-
clared dividends as follows: Nation
|al Iron, semi-annual, 3 per cent paw
able January end; First National.
semi-annual per cent and an extra
dividend of per cent. payable Janu-
airy 2nd.
Morristown Trust Co., a quarterly
dividend of S1s per cent. to all stock
holders. payable January 2nd and the
Morris County Savings Bank 85s per
cent. on amS unts from So 10 $500 and
on the next 800 above $500, 8 per cent.
on all IN excess of $500 to and includ-
ing g. 600, 2 per cent. on all in excess
Of $4,000 payable January is. 1901,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
A CHRISTMAS DANCE.
A Delightful Affair at the MorrIstown
School.

A most enjoyable affair was the
Christmas dance at the Morristown
School last Friday night. The din
ing hall was prettily decorated with
ropes of green's, palms and rubber
plants for the occasion.
The collonade leading from the
main building to the dining room
was fianked on each side by rows of
Christmas trees and was illuminated
by Japanese lanterns The electric
lights in the dining room were all
concealed in pink shades flooding the
room with rich warm color.
Mrs. George B. Raymond and Mrs.
Charlton T. Lewis received the
guests. The first part of the evening
was given over to the very young
members of the school, who retired
after refreshments were served es-
pecially for them in the common
room
After an excellent supper furnished
by Day, a cotillion was danced, led
by Alfred Macy with Miss Howell
as his partner. Original and pretty
favors were distributed by Mrs. Fran
els Morris. of Boston. Altogether the
dance was one of the most successful
functions held at the school
Among those present were Mrs. Her
man Behr, Miss Margaret Behr, Fritz
Max and Herman Behr, Jr., the Misses
Adams, Miss Marie G. Bryce, Louis
L. Curtis, Miss Emily Chicken
ing, Miss Caldwell, Mr.. and Mrs.
John r. Emery, Miss Emery, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert d. Foote, Miss Foote, Miss
Hopkins, Miss Ford, Miss Frelinghuy-
sen, Miss Josephine Garretson, Leland
Garrettson, Miss Guist, Miss Edith
Howe, Miss Hachstall, Miss Hurl-
burt, Miss Hutchinson, Miss Kob-
be, Miss Ripper, the Miss Letch-
ford, Miss Lewis, Miss March, Miss
Florence Macy, Miss Pinckney, Perry
Merrell, Miss Raymond, Mrs. Elliot
Smith, Mrs. Shippen, Harry Swords,
Miss TurnbuIl, E. Thomas, Mrs. J. M.
Tisdale. the Rev. and Mrs. Wynant
Vanderpool, Miss Walsh, Miss Wood,
the Misses Walker and Joseph Willis.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28

FESTIVITIES
Various YuIe-tide Entertain.
mentS in the Churches.

A NUMBER or Fine MUSICAL Fro
grams Little Ones Entertain
Large Audiences with Songs and
Recitations Joyous Services
in Green-decked Churches.
The special music at the Methodist
Church last Sunday evening, was
by far the most brilliant service of
it's kind ever given here.
The large choir of fifty voices was
arranged in the rear gallery and the
double quartette behind screen of
green's and plants, in the front Of the
church, with the sextette and piano.
The following soioists assisted,
Miss Ruby Gerard Braun, violinists of
the Women's String Orchestra of New
York; Harry L. Hoffman, flutist of
Church of Zion and St. Timothy,
New York Oscar H. Hawley, celllist I;
Miss Jeanette J. Tippett, soprano: !:
Miss Lena 7. Wise, contralto; Carl
VonWrede, basso; D. 9. McAllister,
tenor Miss Minnie T. Hotchliss,
planiste and George T. Weeks, or
ganist.
Following is the musical programme
as rendered:
Walthers Prize Song, from "Die
Meistersinger Wagner.
Orchestra. Organ and Piano.
Processional-"N Noel ''-"An oldcarol.
Cello Solo" Simple Aveu Jensen.
Violin solo Duet" t"--Leonard.
Flute solo" Evening Star. "-Wag-
ner.
Soprano solo" HolyNight'' adams.
Anthem-C Cantata. "The Christi
Rutenber.
Choir Double QuartetteOrchestra Or
gan and Piano.
Postlude-Gloria from the Twelfth
Mass-Mozart.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
THE CENTURY'S CLOSE.
Union Wateh-nIsht Service to be held
on Monday nIaht.

The pastors Of the two Presbyterian,
Baptist and Methodist Churches have
arranged for union watch night
service between the hours of ten and
twelve on Monday night, Dec. 81 to
be held in the Baptist Church. The
following program will be observed:
Brief addresses by the pastors on
the general Topic, tSoul Wining.
/. The Unsaved in Our Congrega-
tions and Homes and Among Nom
Churchgoers. s. q. Batten.
2. Seeking the Unsaved Through
Preaching and organized effort. J.
Macnaughtan.
3. Seeking the Unsaved Through
Personal Effort; the responsibility of
Individual Christians A. Erdman.
4. The closing hnlf hour for tes-
timonies and appeal, to be led by T.
/. Coultas.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28

The Morris Academy closed on Fri
day for the holiday vacation and
will reopen on January nth, 1901. A
pleasant feature of the closing exer.
cises was an entertainment furnished
the scholars by the teachers at Days
when the following program was rem
dered.
Musical Glasses Flower Song''--
Lang. Mr.. Chas Void.
Recital-"The Hazing of Valiant.
Miss Edith M. Norton.
Selections" Bohemian Girl '-Balfe
Mr.. Void.
Recital-"The Archbishop Xmas
t"-Robt Barr.
Miss Norton.
Medley" Popular Airs''.
Mr.. Void.
Recital" Aunt Elnora's Hero
Phelps.
Miss Norton.
Medley" National Airs. F."
Mr.. Void.
Recital-Selected.
Miss Norton.
A number of lectures on physiology
will be delivered during the next
school term, the first of which was
delivered by Dr.. Harry Vaughan Fri
day morning. His subject was THE
Structure Of the Bones, the Anatomy
OF the Skull, and the Physiology of
the Organs Of Sense. y
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28

The intermediate Department wa
well represented and its part in the
exercises follows: "The Message of
the Star" by trio, Armin Hoffman,
Stewart Ford and George Rennick.
Carol by Fayerboth, Helen Muir,
and song, Gentle Jesus by Eva
and Edith Lindabury, Pauline Way
rich, Lille Ratley, Edith Wenman,
Hattie Apgar and chorus by the
school.
DR.. Erdman made a brief address
of welcome in his happiest manner.
He vividly described Bethlehem
the birth place of the Christ child,
closing with congratulations and
hearty good wishes for the school.
Following the presentation of gifts
for Home and Foreign Missions, the
benediction was pronounced by the
pastor and adjournment was made to
the Sunday School rooms where a
Christmas tree was lighted, refresh
ments served and boxes of candy pre-
sented to each member of the school.
The SpeedwelI Avenue Sunday School.
The rooms of the Speedweil Ave-
nue Sunday School were filed on
Monday evening when the Christmas
entertainment was held. Candy,
oranges and gifts of toys and books
were distributed among the children.
After devotional exercises the follow
ing program was rendered:
Song" When Stars Shine Out
School.
Recitation-Lulu Collins.
Scripture-Thomas Cook.
Children s ssage-Infant Glass.
Recitation-'' Bells Message e'-Annie
Sayre.
Address-Rev S. q. Batten.
Solo" Little Stranger Lulu Col
Inns.
Recitation" Keeping Seoret''--
Mary Pruden.
DiaIogue-Alice and Tillie Springer.
Recitation-Sadie Quimby.
Responsive Reading-School.
Song-School.
Address-William Papps.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
Collinsville Chapel.

The Christmas entertainment at
Collinsyille chapel which was held
last night was one of Superintendent
Udall's best efforts. The feature of
the evening was cantata the New
Santa Claus, (which included the fol-
lowing numbers;
Opening Chorus-School.
Chorus" Telegraph Boys"
Chorus Twentieth Century Girls. F"
Chorus-Physical Culture Glass.
Solo and Chorus Song of the X-ray
Chorus" Telephone Girls.
Solo" Song of the Motorman.
Recitation" Marjory. +"
Duet and Chorus-Infant Glass.
Solo The New Santa Claus.
Solo-''The Old Santa Claus. -
Chorus-Closing Song-School
Gifts and refreshments followed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
Tho Methodist sunday School.

An audience that completely filed
the Methodist Episcopal Church en-
joyed the Christmas entertainment
provided by the Sunday School on
Wednesday evening.
Col. H. L. Dobbins, the superin-
tendent, presided. The program
included. besides recitations and
music by the school, readings by Miss
Helen M. Comes, humorist and
dramatic reader, who was we'll re-
ceived, and the Cobalesa Quartette
who came in for q large share of the
applause. The little ones who took
part in the entertainment captivated
the audience and the Rocking Chair
Song" was done so we'll that the
audience demanded it's repetition.
After the entertainment refresh
ments were served to the members
of the school in the class rooms.
The evening opened with devotional
exercises and brief but appropriate
address by the pastor, DR.. Coultas,
after which the following program
was rendered, interspersed by readings
by Miss Comes and songs by the Cob
alesa Quartette:
Primary Department.
Song Clap your hands.
Snow Flake Song-Fifteen little girls.
Recital on--Duncan Stulz.
Solo-W f. Day, Jr.
Swing Song. Twelve little girls.
Recitation-G Gladys Muchmore.
Rocking chair song-Eight little
girls.
Recitation-Austin Abel.
Song Merry, Merry Xmas.
intermediate Department.
Recitation--Harry Bates.
Song-Merry Xmas day.
Recitation-James Corby.
Solo-Gladys Stultz.
Recitation-Ned Guerin.
Duet-First Xmas song--Annie and
May Bates.
Recitation-Ch Reinhart.
Solo and chorus-John Martin.
Recitation-Edna Weeks.
Recitation--Lydia Burr.
Notwithstanding Stultz.
Song-Good Night.
South Street Presbyterian Church sunday
school.
The Christmas entertainment Of the
South Street Presby terian Church
Sunday School held on Wednesday
evening was departure in many re-
specss from those of previous years.
The superintendent of the school,
William B. Vernon, presided, with
his assistants, Henry Byram Hoff-
man and Frank Eaton, and the Rev.
Albert Erdman. D. D., in the pulpit
and O. Augustus Muir at tie organ.
The school was organized into
battalions. which marched into the
church singing the processional
hymn, Brightly Cleans our Ban
ner." " Prayer by the pastor and re-
sponsive reading by the school was
followed by well rendered solo by
Mr. Eaton, "The Birthday of the
King the school joining in the
chorus.
The primary department rem.
dered the following in a pleasing
manner:
Song by Glass" While Shepherds
Watched Their Flocks by Night. 2
Recitation by class And there were.
Luke @: 8-17
Recitation" The Sheep lay on she
Grassy Plain.
Trio girls-"It came upon the
midnight clear. =
Rectiation-'' Why do Bells for Christ
mas Ring ,"
Song choir of boys" God rest ye
Merry Gentlemen. =
Recitation--Over the hills Of Bethie-
hem.
Hymn by class" Hark What mean
Those Holy Voices. =
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28
pRlcg-cHArFIELD.

r. A. Price, Of the firm Of Price &
Guerin of this city and Miss Alice
Chattield, Of New York, we're mar
lied in New York on Christmas Day.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28

On the charge Of assault and bat
terry preferred against him by F, z
Driscoll, Edward Dixon was arrested
on Speedwell avenue on Tuesday at
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-28

A. s. Searfoss. the ticket agent at
the Lackawanna station has resigned.
He will be succeeded by Harry Beam,
of Denville, who is at present en-
ployed at Madison. Isaac Farlow,
Franklin, will succeed Mr.. Beam.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-12-15
THE FIaHr MUST 90 ON.

w. J. Bryan acknowledged the
receipt OF congratulatory address
by the Bryan Home Guards of Lin
coin, Neb., in the following Ian
gusge:
when political party meets
with reverses the greatest consola'
tion the candidate has. aside from
the approval of conscience, is the
knowledge that he retains the conf
dence OF those with whom he was
associated, and / thank the Guards
for this assurance. The contest be-
tween democracy and plutocracy will
go on, and those who believe in the
Declaration of Independence and
the doctrine of equality before the
law must still defend human rights
from the enoroachment of greed"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-12-15
DIS rRICT COURT.
adjourned Term SO He Held ON
Monday. January 81.

The regular December term of the Dis.
trict Court convened on Monday, Judge
A. L.. Fitzgerald presiding, and on taking
up the calendar the cases were disposed Of
as follows:
). ). karney VS.. j. r. Ennor; change oI
venue. Wren and Harrington for plff.,
Dorsey and Breen for deft.
Continued for the term.
VIM. Hammond VS.. j. r. Ennor; change
OF venue. Wren and harrington fer plff.
Dorsey and Breen for deft.
Continued for the term.
VIM. Raine VS.. j. r. Ennor; change OF
venue. Wren and harrington for plff.,
Dorsey and Breen for deft.
Continued for the term.
j. p. Raine VS.. j. r. Ennor; change Of
venue. Wren and harrington for plff.,
Dorsey and Breen for deft.
Continued for the term.
X. Sadler VS.. Q. 4. Wittenberg; demurrer.
Thos. Wren and G.. A. Bartlett for plf. !;
Peter Breen for deft.
Continued for the term.
Maggie Winzell VS.. VIM. Whalen; change
of venre. Harrington and Bartlett for
plf., Brown h Henderson for deft.
Continued for the term.
Louisa Morgantini vs.. Cesare Rossetti;
Demurrer. Peter Breen for plff., G.. w.
Baker for deft.
On motion Of plaintiff it was ordered
that this case be dismissed upon stipula-
tion by the parties to be filed later.
w. j. Tonkin va. Maggie Winzell ct al,
demurrer. Peter Breen for plff., Earring
ton and Bartlett for defts.
When this case was called counsel for
the defendant moved that it be continued
for the term in order that they might have
an opportunity to measure the water in
the creek in controversy when it again
begins to flow in the Spring, and in sup
port Of the motion introduced in evidence
the amended answer to the complaint and
the affidavit of the defendant, Mrs. Maggie
Winzell. Plaintiffs counsel thereupon
introduced the original complaint without
objection, and after arguments by counsel
on both sides the question was submitted
to the Court, with the result that the mo-
ton for a continuance was denied, and
Monday, January 81, 1901, fixed as the
day for the trial to be resumed.
Then in open court both sides waived
a jury trial, with the understanding
that il either party shall decide later
to demand jury, such demand shall
be filed with the Clerk of the Court
on or before December Is. The Court
thereupon ordered that in the event of
jury being demanded, the Clerk shall,
as soon as he has ascertained the name Of
the person who shall be appointed to sue
ceed the present Judge, notify him of the
order made in setting the case for trial,
and that a jury will be required.
VIM. Whalen VS.. The Whalen Con.
Copper Mg. Co.; complaint. Brown Il
Henderson for plff., Breen and Harmon
for defts.
Continued for the term.