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Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19
In Trenton.

Special TO "F1Oneer-'
Trenton, February 17.-Among the
Cumberland county visitors about the
State House to-day were Judge Thos.
W. Trenchard, Prosecutor j. Hamp-
ton Fithian, Oyster Commissioners
Ed. Sites and e. L. Riley, Oyster
Superintendent Capt. A. t. Bacon,
Postmaster Thomas F. Austin, of
Millville, and lawyer Bartlett, of Vine
land
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19
Schools WuI he CLOSED.

The public schools will be closed on
Monday on account of Washington's
Birthday. The holdiday comes on
Sunday this year, but it will be cele-
brated on Monday.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19
New Telephone Booths.

Two new telephone booths have
been placed in City Hall for the con-
venience of the authorities and per-
sons in that vicinity.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19
Martha WASHINGTON Tea.

The Ladies Missionary Society of
the First M. P. Church, will give a
Martha Washington Tea, on February
20, 81 and %. 1t will be held in the
Bartram building, on North Laurel
Street.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19
troubles but they passed off and she
was apparently all right again.

1O1J oH1 HHbHV "b"HH'
Her mother, who witnessed the ac-
cident, said to her friend, Mrs. EN-
NELL, after the tragedy, that she be-
lieved that her daughter had thrown
herself in front of the car.
The whole tragedy was an exceed
ingly sad and deplorable one, the first
fatality that has ever occurred on the
road under its present management.
Coroner Hall will make every effort
to bring out every thing of importance
in the case at the inquest, although it
seems now as if the woman's own
carelessness or orazed design, was the
cause Of the horrible accident.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19
NO. $50.


Every reader of
the Pioneer" can
bave a trial bottle
of Dr. David Kan
nedy's Favorit e
Ram dy absolutely
FREE. by present
ing his coupon at
our store. Geo RI.
Whipple d Son, q.
F. Dare & Son,
Bridgeton, N. j.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19

A fair exchange may be no robbery
but it's different wit church fair.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19

FKEE at our store. REMEMBER you
are under no obligations to purchase
Simply present the above coupon a.
our store and a trial bottle of this fat
nous specific will be given to you alb
solutely free. We consider this an
unusual offer and our supply of free
bottles cannot last long. 12 81 sw 6w
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19
HUNT BROS.
The New Spring Goods Are Here
White Mercerized Alexandria

White Mercerized Alexandria
Clio h.
This material has silk lustre and
comes in new styles and designs.
l8c to Soc yd. Fer suits and
waists.
Silk Finished Oxford.
This goods has the popular bas-
ket weave and mercerizpd in the
warn and washes well. l0c to soc.
For waists and suits.
White PIX.
White P. K. in small cord, large
cards, lace effects, dot and SCROLL.
Very effective for shirt waists and
suits, l21 to 60c.
French Lawn.
Sheer and beautiful. ALWAYS
make dainty frock. Csc to 75c
yd, 68 in. wide.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19
l,000 BOTTLES FREE.
DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy the Acknowledged
King of Medicine for the
Kidneys, Liver, Blad-
der and Blood.

No reader of the
Pioneer can have
any excuse for
suffering from any
disease of the Kid
neys, Liver, Blad-
der or Blood, when
they can test that
remarkable medi-
cine DIR. DAVID
KENNEDY'S FA-
VORITE REM
EDY absolutely
REAIEMBER yOil
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-02-19
Many School uhildren are sickly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother Gray a nurse
Children's Home, New York. Break
up Colds in "a hours, care Feverishness
Headache. Stomach Troubles, Teething
Disorders, and Destroys Worms. At all
druggists. 25c, Sample mailed FREE.
Address, Allen s. FOlmsted, Leroy. N.
" OF Suy
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somebody said would contain pure
water"
In recent report on these new wells
from the sanitary committee of the asso-
citation occurs this statement:
'If the Commissioners will taste the
water from these alleged Ponce de
Leon wells. they viii either dig them
deeper TO find good water. or close them
UP. Water taken from the well at the
corner of -Four -ardaHaH and G Streets
southwest tastes as II it were soaked in
railroad iron; and If either OF the Com
missioners. or any member OF the Water
Department. will take a bucket or a
pitcher of it and let it stand over night.
they will find a greasy scum on the top.
On this corner there was a we'll that was
not excelled in the country. and while 1t
might have occurred to somebody TO re-
move IL. yet whoever was responsible
for its removal could have given US
something as good, OF better
The committee Of one hundred lost
some OF its members by death and re-
movals. and after a time seemed to lose
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the city; has been identified with every
public enterprise in the city for many
years. and liberal contributor TO the
same.
Frank b. Gilmore. secretary Of the
association. has been closely identified
with the affairs OF the Southwest for
many years. and is now serving his sec
cnd term as secretary. He holds re-
sponsible position In the Central Ma
tional Bank of this city.
Some Working Members.
r. Harry Johnson, chairman of the
committee on railroads. is the son OF
J. Harrison Johnson, for many years
one Of the Assessors OF this city. Like
his father. he Is bitterly opposed to
the encroachment OF the railroads. or
the abuse Of their franchise. He Is
master OF the subject. always alert.
keen and aggressive. He has on many
occasions ably represented his associa-
ton before committees of Congress. and
the Commissioners OF the District Of
Columbia. He is engaged In the real
estate business He is forcible and
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tilted that this little boy would not at
tend school, but preferred to work n
a messenger service.
Judge Kimball. in deciding the case.
said that such employment of a boy II
tender years meant only his ultimate
ruin; and that his avocation would carry
him into the gilded palaces OF sin in the
District OF Columbia Unfortunately,
there was no slaw by which Judge Kim
ball could punish the father. or require
that boy 10 go 10 school
This is a matter of vital Importance
TO the citizens Of the District OF CO.
lumbia and the various citizens asso-
Citations Will probably take it up at their
fall meetings"
Upon its organization the association
found some of the best streets OF South
Washington incumbered with street
railroad tracks that had been abandoned
for years by the companies who laid
them. Grass was growing between the
rails. and they were a hindrance 10 the
public use OF the streets. The associa-
ton made an appeal 10 the Engineer
Commissioner OF the District, with the
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their accessories OF rough life. The
railroads invaded South washington
nearly fifty years ago, and have been
q nuisance so far as the attractiveness OF
that side OF the city is concerned. Two
of the broadest and best avenues were
occupied by them; several streets nave
been used for sidetracks and in the
handling of freight Sheds have been
built. and some OF the finest property in
that section occupied by the trafic lines
Grade crossings have separated South
Washington from the rest of the city
by a wall OF danger. and for years this
section has suffered as no other part Of
Washington has from the tracks. acces-
series and unwelcome population which
the railway terminals gather there.
Struggle for Betterments.
Owing to these peculiar circumstances
the citizens OF South Washington have
been called upon to put forth special
efforts to benefit their section They
have fought hard to keep South Wash
ington from becoming the dumping
ground OF all that was undesirable. II
has been a hard and discouraging task.
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SAN AS A MONEY GARNER

s13.42 a second. the profits TO the Gov
eminent on the days transactions be-
ing only S1.99 a second, against 1921
second on September IS. 1903.
The item of greatest cost, as shown
by the statement, was credited TO war"
merely convenient term used by the
Treasury's bookkeepers to indicate the
total expense OF the War Department by
the day. The exhibit shows there was
disbursed on account of war" on Sep
TENDER IS, 100000, and on the same
day the navy cost the nation $3.50, 900.
Pension payments for the day were
$500, 900, thus making the total expense
OF the Government on account OF war
and the necessary equipment to carry
II on $780, 900.
While. of course. an enormous amount
Of money is paid out every day in ex-
penses. the Government. as has been
shown. is making a profit OF 1921 a
second on its daily transactions. II
this is kept up long enough IL Will have
in its exchequer all the money in the
nation
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q SOUTH WASHINGTON CITIZENS ASSOCIATION p
sPrgswO d1r Done nd
eFkG W
What 1t Has Done in the Past and What It

and then the old one could be made
over to supply room for the natural
increase in the number of pupils.
Compulsory School Law.
President scsggs is deeply impressed
with the idea that Washington should
have a compulsory school law, and he
has already presented the matter TO
several members OF the association, and
has talked with prominent men in the
District on the subject II is one Of
the subjects which the South Washing
ton Association will take up at its first
fall meeting. 1t is proposed to have
Congress pass a law compelling the
attendance of children at the public
schools under a certain age, and impos-
ing penalty upon the parents or guar
dams OF the children who do not In
speaking OF the matter TO Times re-
porter. Mr.. Scaggs said:
Recently in tho Police Court a little
boy was tried in the Juvenile branch for
stealing rides on the steam cars. His
father. who is a Government employee,
and well able to take care of him. tes-
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that committee in great measure have
ccme to pass. The new city postof1ce
is completed, the Hall OF Records will
soon be under way, the Supreme Court
of the United States will have a suitable
home. and 1t is hoped the Agricultural
Department and the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition will have suitable buildings with
out encroaching upon the grounds set
apart for the principal park of the city.
A special report was submitted by the
railroad committee, and some prosecu-
lions were institutd for violation OF law
by the railroads. For many years the
steam railroads have doomed that por-
ton of the city. and the present associ-
alton has despaired of any relief at the
hands of Congress in that direction.
In those days South Washington was
well supplied with pure drinking water
from wells. Some years ago the Commits
sioners conceived the idea that it would
be just the thing to fill up those wells
that had supplied the grandparents of
the present generation, and provide in
lieu thereof certain deep wells, which
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~ NE OF the most active bodies in
u the city to promote public H.- i'm
provements is the South Wash
ington Citizens Association. From its
inception in the committee OF one
hundred" in 1856 to the present time, it
has had to deal with large problems af-
fecting that part of the city, and has
ever stood for the advancement Of the
section against the encroachments OF
the railroads and for the expenditure OF
the proper share Of District money on
the streets, sidewalks and drainage
facilities of South Washington. The as
sociation has from the first been imbued
with civic spirit. and has sought I'M
ceasingly to make that portion OF the
city lying south OF the Mall as pro-
gressive and living as the great North
west.
Owing to its position, South Washing
ton has suffered somewhat at the ex-
pense of other parts of the city. The
Potomac bounds 1t on the south. with
the wharves upon the water front and
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:: ORIGIN OF THE PUMPKIN PIE )

= EVERAL healthy and hungry chill
dren rushed into the dining room
of an uptown residence last Thurs
day, right from school. for their mid
day luncheon. The old negro nanny
had prepared for them. among other
things, a luscious pumpkin pie. They
tasted its delicious goodness. when little
Ned. the smart one of the group. asked
NANNY to tell him who made the f1rst
pumpkin pie.
Law sakes live. honny, l doan know.
Ise heard it was one OF dem Yanks who
came down South and set US all free
when Mass Lincum was President. OATS
all I knows bout II, chile"
Just then the mother of the family
came in and overhearing the converse
ton said she would tell them a story she
had read which was as follows:
AN inventor was walking through the
field one day when he came upon a
pumpkin ripening in the sun.
" This. he said TO himself. bending
down and feeling of the yellow orb, is a
vegetable growth: but l firmly believe
that it acquires its hue from small par
ticle of gold which IL extracts from the
earth
80 he put the pumpkin on his should
er and took 1t home. telling all anxious
inquirers that he was going to discover
how to extract the gold from il.
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impressive speaker. when defending his
section OF the city.
DR.. Willard F. Thompson. one OF the
best known physicians in this city. is
chairman OF the committee on streets
and highways. pr. Thompson knows where
all the poorly paved and poorly lighted
streets are located and knows how long
they have been in bad condition. and
knows. too. on which streets grass and
weeds are permitted TO grow Together
with all the other officers or the asso-
citation he has been opposed to any poif-
cy OF antagonism to the Commissioners.
but has continually posted himself with
statistics with which 10 convince the
authorities Of the business of the claims
made by the association He is universal
" esteemed by all who know him and
has proved himself to be valuable and
well informed citizen
Rev Claudius F. Smith is chairman OF
committee Oh schools, A. ]. Sanford is
chairman of committee on membership
". X. Stevens, superintendent OF the
public bathing beach. is chairman Of the
committee on rivers and harbors, and
Dr. G. R Lee Cole Is chairman Of the
committee on health and sanitation
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~ EsPTTE the fact that the cost
of running the United States
- Government is increasing at
a rapid rate, Uncle Sam is able, after
paying all expenses, to put aside more
cash each day than he did on the cor
responding day last year. One of the
clever statisticians of the Treasury De-
partment the other day took the state
ment OF Treasurer Roberts and made to
a reporter OF The Times some interest
ing deductions.
The statement, which sets forth the
transactions of an ordinary day, shows
that the total receipts of the Govern
ment from all sources for the average
day to be s2.O20. S3s.55, and the total
expenses OF the day $1,s30,0Oo. thus
leaving a balance of receipts over ex-
penditures in the Treasury OF $780, $780,
IS. In other words. the Government
collects nearly 100000 more than it has
any immediate use for. The collections
for one day are at the rate OF 1884,
2o1.52 an hour for tWenty-four hours.
which means that every minute there
pours into its strong boxes from the
pockets OF the people $1.4O3.36, or $3.50
a second
On the same day the United States paid
out on an average every hour SO, $50 in
order to keep the wheels Of the Govern
ment going Expressed In another way,
the expenses for the Government by the
day are s1,275, or s21.1s a second. AS
the collections for the same second are
s2S.39. it is shown that the Govern
ments profits by the day are at the rate
of 1921 per second.
The source OF greatest income is from
customs collections levied under the
tariff act. They aggregate for the day
81 .1S1 .S7S.5s. This is at the rate OF
s47 1880 an hour. or s7ss.o1 a minute,
or 1910 a second. While collecting
tariff duties at the rate OF 1910 a Sec
ond. the Government at the same time
collects internal revenue taxes at the
rate of 1915 a second, the total receipts
for the day from that source being
$3.50. 933.72. From miscellaneous sources
there was collected by the day $l32,-
02424.
On the corresponding day last year the
receipts from all sources were 81 3d.
1000, with expenses Of 81. 160, 900. Col
lections for the corresponding DAY last
year were at the rate of SEA- a second
and Expenditures averaged for that day
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AT home. in spite OF all his wife said,
he cut the pumpkin up. and put it IN q
pot and boiled it-only he argued that he
was melting IT.
when at last II was pulpy mass, he
poured Il out OF the pot and right on
top of pan of dough that his wife had
rolled out for the purpose of making a
dried-apple pie.
Now you know the kind Of a wife be
had. do you not. A woman who viii feed
her husband on dried-apple pie deserves
to be married to two or three inventors,
doesn't she7
And so he put the pumpkin and the
dough into the oven, asserting that he
would harden It with the heat and pro-
duce solid sheet of gold. and be so rich
that he could afford to run for ONCE on
a reform ticket
But. bless youi when the pumpkin
and the dough came out of the oven It
was not solid sheet OF gold at ALL but
a rich. golden. tantalizing section OF
goodness.
And the poor inventor was hungry. so
he bit into it.
"a few minutes later some OF the in
ventOr's friends came in, and they all
tasted the pie and found il good. The
Inventor and his good wife often had
pumpkin pie after that, and the knowl-
edge OF making 1t spread all over the
world"
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Ohio River. has about as poor a set Of
lights as there is to be found along the
entire course.
Riv, men speak with praise OF the
way the old country light keepers at
tend TO their lights. With a polished
glass chimney. evenly trimmed wick.
and a full can OF oil. they send out
ray that can be seen for miles through
the darkness of the night. When the
post light is on a high blum it is as
good steering point as could be pro-
vided
The Monongehela river Is without
system OF lights to aid navigation by
night The searchlight on the for
ward deck, swung from shore to shore.
is depended on to aid in marking
safe course The river is comparative
" free from dangerous obstacles. shall
low spots and sandbars. and the Gov
eminent dams afford a more regular
stage, with consequently less difficulty
in navigating
The first Government lights were es-
tabIished along the rivers about 1870,
when the system was placed under the
control OF the ocean lighthouse board.
Occasional lights had been kept burn
ing at private expense. from the close
OF the war
1t was no unusual thing for men liv-
ing close to the river to hang the lamps
in the windows OF their homes out OF
pure accommodation TO the steamboat
captains. with whom they were, more
or less, we'll acquainted. A house where
some invalid habitually burned a light
throughout the night, even IL Ii stood
some distance from the river, soon
would be marked as an object for guild
ance by the old-time pilots.
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They have had slight sympathy from the
times as though the governing powers
were Indifferent to what happened below
the Mall. But with great patience,
energy and persistence the citizens have
kept at 1t, and have made their infiu-
ence felt for the good of the public.
With all their troubles at home they
have also found time to assist in the
broader and larger projects for the I'm
provement of the whole District.
On November IS. 1886, 100 taxpayers of
South Washington held a meeting in the
Jefferson School Building. C. B. Church,
father of the present vice president of
the South washington Citizens Associ-
alton, presided. with o. T. Thompson
acting as secretary. This committee was
christened 1.-The committee OF one hun
bred taxpayers of South Washington -
just legislation for that section of the
city. Committees were appointed and
Immediately began their work.
The committee on water supply. con-
sisting of Messrs. Depue. White, Mars
den, Petty. Yeatman and Stephenson,
made an elaborate report, which result
ed in better water supply and an i'm
proved street lighting service.
The committee on sewers, composed
OF Messrs. Grant. Baum. Archer, Barker,
Bidwell and Wheeler. also took a Wig
orous position. the result of which is
apparent in the present improved sewer
system.
The committee on streets and high
ways, composed of Messrs. Fish, Wal
ker, Gray, Miller, Hall and Fenwick,
was perhaps the most important COM
mittee, and its work has borne fruit. and
the suggestions then made have been
carried out in many instances.
Suggestions of the Committee.
This committee. after stating in a re-
port that every section OF the city had
been adorned by the erection in public
squares or intersections, statues to the
illustrious men OF our nation, declared
that their spaces and public squares
were used as storage or dumping
grounds. principally the spaces between
Maryland Avenue, c, Seventh and Ninth
Streets. and they were emphatic in their
, protest against any more buildings be-
ing put up on the Smithsonian and Az
ricultural grounds. They strongly rec
commended the improvement of the sec
} ton lying between Tenth and Fifteenth
, Streets, Pennsylvania Avenue and Z
} Street and as far back as 1886 stated
; in their report that the General Gov
! eminent had need for a hall of records
! for the preservation OF its valuable
papers; also a suitable building for tn,
use OF the Supreme Court of the United
States; also a larger space for the
Smithsonian Institution; also an exposI
tion building for the Agricultural De-
partment, new city postohice. and ;
l building for its local government. Thu
committee voted that the squares o.
property lying between Pennsylvania
Avenue and the Mall be purchased +,
} the United States Government for thes'
| purposes, and estimated the cost to b.
2 $1.72o, 739. II these purchases had beer
made at that time the Government
! would have saved several millions o.
/ dollars.
Since then the recommendations Of
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~ THE navigable waters OF the
Western rivers. following a
channel course $3.50 miles long.
Uncle Sam maintains nearly 1900 post
lights, day marks and floating lights to
guide pilots and nayigators Of his mighty
streams. He pays his 500 light keepers
sums varying from $50 to $3.50 year to
trim and oil his inland beacons once a
day. His anxious care for the safety OF
the thousand craft that steam over the
surface OF his great waterways is such
that he lights the course with clear
warning glimmer at short intervals Of a
few hundred yards where 1t is danger
Gus and difficult.
Pilots and river captains are kept
we'll informed OF the location Of lights.
on which side OF the channel they are
placed. the color, name, and number OF
the light, and the distance 10 the frae-
ton of a mile from the headwaters of
navigation. Points. bends. bars, rifles.
islands. locks, dams. and bridges, with
their height and span. are marked,
named, and numbered with the most ex-
act detail.
Sleepy Keepers Aroused.
Navigators are expected to report
when lights are out or dim at night and
when left burning during the day. They
are also requested to blow their whis-
ties when a light is out and rouse the
negligent keeper to a proper sense OF
his duty. The location OF lights will be
promptly changed. as required. to con-
form with the wishes of the pilots and
masters.
Along the Ohio River from Pittsbure
to the Mississippi there is a light about
every two miles. unless some portion OF
the river is unusually crooked. when the
lights are placed at more frequent in
tervals. Posted at some isolated spot
miles from the nearest habltation, these
little glittering specks are easily dis
tinguishable by the masters and pilots
and ofttimes a source of wonder Il
steamboat passengers as to how and by
whom they are attended.
Some old veteran. whose hard-work-
ing days are over. and on whose relia-
bility the lighthouse inspectors can de-
pend, usually is selected for the simple
task of cleaning and trimming tn,
lamps
The distance the keeper has to wall
regulates the amount OF his pay. 1t fl
worth the $40 or $50 month that som.