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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28
SATURDAY, JULY %.
"THlNK IT OVER"

Every voter i'm Middlesex county
will be interested i'm the comparison
of the platforms which Col. FOrdyce
and Senator jackson have built for
themselves to stand upon in the pri-
mary fight this fall. Both platforms
are given in full elsewhere in today's
paper and they furnish good food for
thought.
Senator jackson says he stands on
his record. But his record is one of
servitudc to bOssism and the corpora
tions. He has been called the SER
rand boy in the legislature because
when the Organization" had any
disagreeable work to do, which was
commanded by the corporations,
Senator jackson was generally the
one selected to do it because he was
of a willing mind. Everything he did
wa cut and dried by the machine
first. Senator jackson, has nothing
better than this to offer as a reason
kshy the people should send him back
to the senate.
Col. Fordyce also has a record,
the most prominent part of which is
that he had a mind of his own and
was not afraid to vote as his rom
science dictated even though Boss
Strong demanded him to do as the
machine ordered and told him he
would be sorry if he did not.
Col. Fordyce got a $4,000 appro-
priation for the Agricultural Expert
ment Station at New Brunswick; he
introduced the forestry bill, whereby
vast tracts of timber land i'm this
state can be preserved; he helped
kill the 20 per cent. steel bill, which
was designed to defraud minority
stockholders in large corporations;
he voted against the Morris canal
bill in the face of the rings threats
that he would be sorry; he intro
duced the steamboat bill, as well as
u resolution requesting the New Jer-
sey congressman and senators at
Washington to vote in favor of the
good road bill then before congress.
This is only a part of MIR. FOrdyce's
record in the legislature, but he does
not hold 1t up as the platform upon
which he shall stand for election 10
the state senate, although ii far sur
passes anything that jackson ever
did.
MIR. FOrdycc is satisfied with the
fact that he did the best he could to
serve the people. His record is mere
Iy that of an honest, industrious leg.
i%slatOr, and he would not think OF
holding it up as the only reason for
appealing direct to the people again
He did bis duty, that is all, and he
now comes before his constituent
with "a declaration Of what he will
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28

proprietor agreed to sell to his neigh
bors. After a little time nearly all
the factories in a certain block had
cut out Public Service and began u.s.
ing from the one manufacturer.
Soon the Public Service began to
feel the competition. 1t set secret
agents at work and, having learned
the state of affairs it Immediately
dropped the price of electric current
to those living in that block to three
cents. This is the way the matter
was explained to a Newark News re-
porter:
For reasons of our own we are
selling electrical current below the
cost of production in the two blocks
bounded by Market, Mulberry, Me-
chanic and Ward streets, was the an
swer of President Thomas N. McCar-
ter, of the Public Service Corpora
ton to a query as to how the COM
pany was able to furnish current in
the territory named for three cents
per kilowatt hour while charging
twelve cents in the immediate vi
entity and other sections of the city
and ten cents per kilowatt hour for
city lighting. Further than this Mr..
McCarter would not discuss the ques-
ton, nor would Vice President Garlic
ton, who is in charge of the cleo
trical division of the corporation, or
any other official except to say there
was competition in the territory
which the company was obliged ito
meet and if possible eliminate"
1t is expected that some such SINH
lar tactics will be used in this city.
In the Newark contract where the
three-cent price is given a two-year
term must be agreed upon and the
contract of the Public Service also
goes on to say:
"In consideration of the reduced
rate at which this contract is made,
the customer agrees that during the
term hereof, or any extension of such
term, he will not purchase electrical
energy for light or power from any
other person or corporation except
United Electric Company of New
Jersey, and will not permit the wire
or wires of any other person or cor
poration doing an electric lighting
business to be or remain attached to
or across the customers premises"
1t should be understood that the
United Electric Company was the
name of the lighting company before
bought by the Public Service and the
name has been retained.
Local people must beware of the
howery offers of the Public Servife.
1t is merely trying to keen out coms
petition. With the rival concern once
out of existence the people will have
to pay enough more to make up for
the loss to the monopoly during It's
fight. AS the local users Of electricity
are nearly all stockholders in the new
company, however, it would e as
if competition had come to stay.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28
FIRE ALARM BOXES.

23-Raritan Copper Works.
26-High and Lewis streets.
III Madison avenue and Paterson street
2S-Market and First streets.
35-Smlth and High streets.
37-State and Smith streets.
43-B%uckingham ave. and HARTFORD SL
45-Commerce and Front streets.
47-High and Washington streets.
64-State ST. and Buckingham ave.
66-Hayy avenue and Charles street.
67-State and Wayne streets.
62-Washington and First streets.
S3-New Brunswick ave. and Elm ST.
I4-Smith street and Watson avenue.
65-Commerce and State streets.
72-Front and Smith streets.
73-Water and Gordon streets.
74-Kearny avenue and Gordon street.
S2-Smith and Herbert streets:
S3-Woodbridge road and washington ST.
S4-Lehigh avenue and Stanford street
To send in an alarm, open the door OF
the box and pull down the lever and let
60, once only. Stay at box until hremen
arrive.
SPECIAL CALLS. -,
/ tap-Break in circuit. 2 taps-Drlil
and FIRE alarm test. 8 taps-Fire out. b
taps-Police call. 12-Calls. for Lincoln
ton Hose. 14-Call for Mcclellan Engine
Company. 15-Call for Protection Hook
and Ladder. 16-Call for Eagle Hose
COMPANY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28
NEW YORK HERALD WEATHER.
FORECAST.

In the Middle States and New Eng
land today, partly cloudy to overcast
weather will prevail, with showers,
slight temperature changes and light
to fresh ~southeasterly and s%outherly
winds. On Sunday overcast to part
ly cloudy, warmer weather will pre-
vail, with showers on the coasts of
this section and in New England and
light and fresh southerly winds; and
on Monday, fair and FARMER weather.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28

RESULT OF COLBY MOVEMENT?
(From the Newark Evening News.)
Five members of the Republican
county committee, five members of
the democratic county committee,
and five other leading citizens of
Monmouth county have organized to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28

work for if they will give him the
opportunity. His platform is plain
ly stated and it will bear much
thought.
Read both platforms as they are
published elsewhere and think it
owe
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28

Does evil still, your whole life fill?
Does woe betide?
Your thoughts abide on suicide?
You need a pill!
Now for prose and facts-DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are the most
pleasant and reliabel pills known to-
day. They eve grippe. Sold by C.
A. Sexton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28
Misconception of the
Function of the College

By Professor WILLIAM {. HALE. University o. CHICAGO
NO longer am able to repress the fear that a changed concep-
~tion ofHhe purposes Of a college course, first growing up IN
II. mems colleges in the east, is making its way westward and
already has reached us, though it has not yet seriously affected
the universities still farther west. There never was a time, of course,
when there were no oilers in college, but there was a time when col
leees were LESS PATIENT with oilers.
A new idea has arisen on the part of the students to take the place
of the older one that a college is a place for study. iii thought that
a college is a place for social and athletic activities. A man, it is held,
orabe position. But it is only the social leader, the athlete or the
editor who is thought to edo something"
Keeping up the traditions of the scholarship Of an institution OF
learningA preparing oneself by faithful work for the business Of life,
is doing nothing for it. And SO these precious four years, the falrest
in a mans threescore and ten, years in which study and reading and
social intercourse and the fresh play of joyous young life may go hand
in hand perfectly we'll, ARE WASTED.
The remedy lies with the faculties. What they insist upon having
done students will do. Our system has become too tolerant, too cleo
tive. We let students choose not only what they shall work at, but
WHETHER THEY SHALL WORK AT ALL We need reform.
And when we begin we shall find the parents o our side.
The university is not merely the highest expression, but the
TYPICAL expression, of the modern age. The middle ages built
~cathedrals and founded universities, but as we look back upon them
we see that the cathedral was the truer symbol of the common human
consciousness.
The age of cathedral building, a beautiful point in the history of
human spirit, is past. The men of today build universities; and we
whose happy fortune cit is to spend our lives in them, well may believe
that we are serving that which SHALL NOT CEASE.
BUT NOT ONLY WILL THE UNIVERSITY AS AN INSTITUTION
CONTINUE TO EXIST; THERE is EVERY PROMISE THAT NONE
OF THE GREAT UNIVERSITIES NOW EXISTING WILL PASS AWAY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28
The "Clinging Vine" Wife
W Not a Matrimonial Success
By "cARrHN SYLVIA. Queen or Roumani

n EN- look for goddesses in women, not weak creatures Wn"
M will cling to them for support And it happens most un1or-
- tunately that women, who as long as they remain unmar-
= rnd seem perfectly well able to take care OF themselves
directly they have taken a husband seem to think 1t incumbent on
them to assume A. HELPLESS, DEPENDENT ak, AS II utterly
incapable of thinking or acting for themselves in any circumstances
whatsoever And they forget that the being from whom they expect
guidance and support is but a weak, ernng mortal like themselves
whom of their own choice they make into an Idol FOK a llNE,
creditino him with all sorts of superhmman virtues, as long as loves
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28

brief illusion lasts. SO. that they have but then1-g
selves to blame when the awakening comes, and they
step out of their dream into the reality of life to
find that the being they w~orshiped and idealized is
but a mere HUMAN CREATURE after all.
In that hour of disenchantment such poor de-
luded women may well ask themselves how they
could have been SO foolish as to give up their cher
ished independence and trust to another to direct
and support their steps, instead of c~onfding in their
own Judgment to choose their path, RELYING
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-28

ON THEIR W FEET to bear them as heretofore. Most of all
will these reflections force themselves on the mind of the wife who
cannot help being aware that she possesses a more powerful intellect
and a stronger will than her once adored husband. Is it not hers to
remain steadfast in the fercest throes of moral and physical pain,to
set her teeth firmly in the grim, silent struggle, without allowing a
groan to escape her to betray her suferings? But we MUST notpretend
that all women are endowed WITH EQUAL STRENGTH of soul,
or that all come out of the fiery ordeal AS C~ONQUERORS. The
first fatal and irreparable mistake in married life IS that OF conhding
ones sorrows to the nearest, dearest friend, of allowing ANY ONE
a peep into the difficulties Of the situation.
AND 1T MUST BE OWNED THAT IN THIS MATTER MEN ON
THE WHOLE DISPLAY GREATER RETIcENcE AND DISCRETION
THAN THE MAJORITY OF WOMEN. a
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1906-11-20

The annual examination in
spelling at Northwestern Uni.
versity has produced some excel,
lent candidates for a simplifed
spelling book. Some of the ex.
traordinary - and natural, it is
held by the discounted stu.
dents-spelling shown by the ex.
animation are: Awkward (awk.
ward, )apoligy, ardious, barbarious,
dehnate, costic (caustic), desep.
ton, drowl (drollD eligable, ELI.
walton. ecsentric, fulfill, intellect,
privalidge.
Flfty.>ix men competed in the
first trial for the Harvard team to
debate against Yale December 7,
the largest number that has com
peted in the last three years. On
the list retained for further trial
were five law students and ten
undergraduates The speaking was
regarded of unusual excellence.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1906-11-20

the Salvation Army. Judge Allen
consented to this. He told the mis-
sion workers however, that if the
new convert failed to make good, and
did not behave herself, she could be
brought into court again and SEN
fenced under the present bill of in
dfctment. Prior to the visit of the
Salvation Army workers when Pearl
Sorrels was converted, the young
woman positively refused to tell who
was her accomplish in the forgery.
The officers knew that some one was
identified with her and arrested
man named Laurenflow. There was
little evidence against him, however,
until yesterday. when the converted
woman told Solicitor Brown that
IJaurenfiow followed her here without
her consent, forged the checks and
persuaded her to cash them, promis.
ing her one-half of the Doodle. The
man is now out on bond
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1906-11-20

Reidsville Review: The first blood
of the great legal battle at Went
worth between the r. P. Richardson,
Jr., Tobacco company, proprietors of
the Old North State smoking tobacco
factory in this city. and the Ameri-
can Tobacco company, was drawn by
the former Saturday in the Rocking
ham county superior court. During
the first days of court, Messrs. r. P.
Richardson. Jr., E. E. Richardson and
| q. r. Walters filed their complaint as
co'plaintiffs on their own behalf re.
specting the temporary injunction of
the chancery court of New Jersey.
the defendant, the American Tobacco
company, was represented by an ar
ray of distinguished counsel, who ar
rived on Thursday morning, being
headed by Mr.. Burrow, Of New York,
assistant general counsel; Hon. Frank
Fuller, of Durham; Mr.. Staples Full
Ter, of Pou & Fuller, Raleigh; Hon.
Clement Manly. Of Winston-Salem,
and Messrs. Scott & Reid, Reidsville
The plaintiffs were represented by
Col James T. Morehead, of Green's
boro, and Hon. A. J. Burton, Of Reds
vile. Hon. c. B. Watson was detain
ed in Winston by illness. The defen
dants entered special appearance
Saturday and moved a dismissal OF
the case. The motion was denied,
and thereupon the defendants enter
ed general appearance and moved
for a removal of the case to the fed
cral court. This motion was also de-
MED. The defendants then asked
time to answer the complaint, and
sixty days was granted Thus the
issues are Joined on what will doubt.
less be one Of the most important
civil cases ever tried in this county
an | it will be notable legal battle.
Other amalgamated tobacco concerns.
II has been said. will follow the
course of the MesSrs Richardson If
the latter win out in this suit
Asheyille Gazette+News: In super.
ior court yesterday afternoon Pearl
Sorrels. alias Pearl Stewart, was ar
raigned. charged with forgery. The
young woman pleaded guilty on three
separate counts and then recited a
story to Judge Allen that won for her
freedom and liberty pending good be.
havior. The confessed forger Is a
young woman with a pretty face who
has travelled the primrose way. She
hails from near Canton. Haywood
county. and comes from an excellent
family Of that section. Several
months ago she was arrested here
charged with forging checks on J. NJ.
StOner of AsheTille. TO the amount OF
more than 5000. The evidence against
her was convincing She was caught
with the goods on. After a prelimi-
nary hearing before Judge Jones in po
lice court she was bound to the pres.
ent term Of superior court and, In de-,
fault of bond. committed TO fail.
While ia jail the woman forser was
visited by Satsaition Army workers
and converted. She informed the
court that she desired to join these
Salvation Army workers and engage
in mission work in the city. She
promised to live with two women Of
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1906-11-20
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

The II tional divorce congress re-
commends six causes for divorce.
They are five too many, the one cause
given in the Bible being enough
Greenville Reflector.
The condemnation of President
Roosevelt by negro organizations and
church societies because of his dis.
missal Of negro troops suggests the
thought that the black man expected
too much.-Raleigh Times.
Commander Peary intends to have
another expedition fitted up and again
make a dash for the north pole. Can
You blame him, when it is thought
what good living he Is making out
of the business Wilmington Dis
patch.
Tie fact that the parent Standard
Oil c0mpany's stock is slumping
looks as If the various state and
federal prosecutions of the trust are
about to amount to something. Wall
street gc.erally knows its business
Cnarlotte observer.
The cotton belt entomolOgists have
come forward with the statement
that the boil weevil is now just nat,
orally flying into Louisiana. But the
general public has long since come
to regard the boil weevil as a scare
crow.-Charlotte Chronicle.
II Is a pity that the Asheville fen
WIS not VIII Harris. 1t Is well that
he Is dead; but it would be so much
better II Harris were dead, too; would
have been so much better II the two
had been one There seems no doubt
that the negro killed at Fletcher's yes
terday Is the criminal. And the world
Is well rid of him.-Charlotte Obser.
yer:
We notice that all those editors
who made a hot political fight during
the campaign. now that the election
Is over, are decpring that they are
now going TO work to build up the
state Bless your lives. We state up
builders. the old state was humping
right along while you were fighting
She did not slip a cog, the old state
didn't, while the political racket was
going on.-Monroe Enquirer.
With power comes responsibility.
The people Of North Carolina having
agin continued the control Of their
state in the hands of the democratic
party it becomes the duty OF that
party to continue the same good gov
eminent that has ever characterized
its control Of this state. Our legis
I'tors should act as wisely and prV.
IDENTIFY next winter as IL the parties
were evenly balanced In this state
BY so doing they will deserve and
yreceiye the approval Of the people
and will enable our party again in
1905 to sweep the stbte by another
Pverwhelming majority.-Chatham
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1906-11-20

The Harvard Observatory is
mounting sixty-inch reflector
which will materially increase the
efficiency Of the astronomical
equipment. The reflector, which is
one of the three largest in existence
will be used to make observations
on faint stars and nebulae.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1906-11-20

The Senior class of yate has
Adopted the honor systenn for ex-
aminations and daily exercises
which will be put in force as soon
as.the faculty concludes the nee
essary formalitieS.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1906-11-20

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and girls to represent McClure's
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81 East q St., New York City.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-27
NOLAN MAKES REPLY

William Nolan. manager for Battling
Nelson. lightweight champion pugilist Of
the world, announced yesterday at MIL
waukee that II James Britt arranges any
bouts OF more than six rounds previous
TO the proposed ma tch between Nolan
and Britt in April next, that the proposed
match will be called off and that hereafter
Nelson will refuse TO negotiate with Britt.
The only engagement which Nelson in
tends to fill previous TO meeting Britt in
April is the bout with Terry McGovern
i'm Philadelphia. Nolan says he is merely
following out the terms exac cted Of Nelson
by Britt previous to the last meeting Of
the two light weights in September last.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-27
WANT TO BUY GRAYS

Captain Collins, Manager Hugh Duffy
and Jesse Burkett were In conference yes
terday at the Copley Square hotel In Bos-
ton. Some time ago Burkett picked out
Worcester as a good city in which 10 To-
cate a ball club and had no trouble In
getting Jimmie Collins 90 go In as finan-
cial partner.
While Worcester Is anxious for base
ball. and Burkett Is a great favorite there
the territory belongs TO the New England
league, and a franchise must be secured
before a club can be operated there
Hugh Duffy has an idea he would like
10 break into the game I'm "A financial
way and has interested Collins and Bur
kett I'm several propositions With Burkett
I'm charge OF a club. Duny and Collins
would be I'm position TO help out with
a few stray players. All three have money
TO invest and they are anxious 10 take a
chance i'm the business end OF the pas
time.
Among the good things talked over
was the Providence club OF the East
crn league. The controlling interest I'm
that club Is now held by =. 7. Powers.
who is willing 30 dispose OF his holdings
end has offered 10 sell 10 several people
in Boston and I'm New York. it is said.
The team is "A high-priced one and H.
well handled in a playing way by Jack
Dunn.
The new triumviate discussed several
other good things. but was not ready
10 hand out any Information at the pres
ent.
Manager Collins said he was perfectly
satisfied with the way things were go
ing with the Boston Americans,