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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-06-12
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Boyce's.
The death of John Lafferty, a wei
known resident, OF. Burlington, occurred
Saturday.
The ladies of the Pemberton Baptist
church win hold supper and cake sale,
ON Saturday evening. June 16, in the
basement of the church.
An incendiary made an unsuccessful
attempt to burn the ferry house at Bur-
lington on Saturday night. The police
man who saved the building by extin-
gushing the flames has arrested suspect.
Lost, on Sunday, two Pennsylvania au-
tomobile license tags. Nos. 1914 and 2O41,
and one New Jersey tag, No. 9477. The
three tags were strapped together. The
finder will be rewarded by returning them
to THE News Office.
Carrie Jones, a child seven years of age,
has been taken to the almshouse to await
transfer to the care of the State Society
of Children's Guardians. This Is the lit
tie girl who created somewhat of a sensa-
ton by relating a story of murder by her
stepfather, Albert Jones, who has just
been returned to the State Insane Hos
pital, from which he recently escaped.
Carrie had been living with her uncle and
aunt in Camden, but the latter eloped with
circus employe about two weeks since.
and the uncle was unable to continue the
care of the child and she was surrendered
to the authorities.
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New Egypt.

Improvements are being made in the
post Office. The telephone apparatus has
been moved to an adjoining room and
several new improvements have taken its
place.
The store of WINS ]. Davis has been
purchased as site for our new bank
The contract was completed on Monday
Miss Mary Jordon left town on Thurs
day, for Ocean Grove, where she will be
employed during the summer.
Miss Gertrude Cox, of this town and
Mr.. John Moraney, of Mount Holly,
were married at the Church of the Ascen-
sion, Monday. the 4th.
At a meeting of the Beaver Dam Gran
berry Co., the following off ers were elect
ed: Twins j. Davis, pre-. dent; Joseph
Woodward, secretary; Howard l. Jameson,
treasurer and general superintendent
Directors: George q. Lowe H. L. Jane
son, NJ. D., and Charles Whitehead.
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Fifty Years of Service.

A familiar figure that will appeal to the
memory of thousands of people is that of
Joseph Powell, of Lumberton, who has
rounded out fifty years of service as a
judge of the racing events which have
taken place at the Mount Holly Fair
grounds. Joseph Wills. of Willingboro,
and Edward A. Atkinson, of Columbus,
have been Mr.. Powell's associates for the
same period of time, they having been Sc
lected to act as judges half century ago.
when the association was in its infancy
and conducted under the management of
the Burlington County Agricultural So.
ciety. In no other department of the in
stitution have the officers been in contin-
uous service since horse racing was added
as feature of the fair, which is one of
the oldest and best of its kind in the
country.
At no exhibition would the events In
the speed department seem complete with
out the familiar faces of these gentlemen
in the little Judges stand, from which
they have witnessed many interesting
events, fine bursts of speed coming TO
their notice being made by Dan L, in
ALI; Miss Mills. 2.104; Harry L, 2.O83;
Frank Yocum, 2.064
But the greatest mile event on this track
uuIAuS IuClI OluCldl CdpdClJy, WHICH Ii NOT
yet at an end, was the pacing event be-
tween Anaconda and Prince Alert about
four years ago. The former was driven
by John Trout and the latter by John
Curry. While going at two minute
clip Anaconda, it is alleged, was discon-
certed by flying piece of paper. This
permitted Prince Alert to pass under the
wire first, making the distance In 2054,
which stands as the track record.
VI. E. Std and other well known horse
men scott at the paper incident, declar-
ing that Trout, knowing the speed he was
maintaining, pulled in his horse to keep
from beating the worlds record. Such an
event was not desired on the Mount Holly
track, as big money could be secured by
accomplishing that feat elsewhere.
Mr. Powell is the most conspicuous of
the three judges because he wears as fine
a set of Dundreary whiskers as ever walk
ed down the pike.
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DIED.

BRooKs.-May %, at Medford, Bertha, wife
OF Walter Brooks, and daughter of Joshua
Hawn, of Medford, In her 2lst year.
BUzBY.-June 5, at Philadelphia, Nathan
Wright Buzby.
GAINEs.-June 9, at Delanco, N. j., Anna E.,
wife of Wilbur Gaines, aged 81 years
HAINEs.-June7 7, at Berlin, ChaIkley Haines,
aged IS years, formerly of Marlton.
KEARs-May 30, at Burlington, Mary, widow
of Howard Hears, and daughter of Mary and
Gordon Burr, aged % years
KERswELL.-May 81, at Morton, Pa, Char
Iotte M, daughter of Henry and the late Mel
lie Kersell, of Palmyra.
McDoNoUGH-June9 at Maple Shade, N. ],
Ellen +. McDOnough, wife of Michael II.
McDonough, Jr., aged "a years.
NEwToE.-June 8, at Woodbury., Elsie Bo-
dine, wife of Joseph r. Newton, formerly OF
OF Barnegat Inferred at Moorestown.
PINsINo June Z, at Camden, Abigail Pin
sino, aged 81 years. Inferred at Beverly
REID.-June 7, at Moorestown Josephine
widow of John Reid, in her S5th year
sEvERNs.-June 6. at Bridgeboro. Edward
H SeVerns eldest son of Isaac b. and Lydia
Ann Severns, aged % years.
TAYLoR.-June TO- near Red Lion, William
8. Taylor.
WILKINS June s, at Moorestown, Morrel
@. wilkins, infant son of Alexander and Mary
Emma wilkins, aged months.
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Columbus.

Whooping cough is epidemic in the
town, over dozen cases having been re-
ported.
Mr. and Mrs B. B. Poinsett, of River
ton, spent Sunday with the formers pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Poinsett.
The Board of Education has advertised
for bids for the erection of one story ad
dition to the Columbus public school,
The commencement exercises of the
Columbus public school will be held in
the Presbyterian Church on Thursday
evening.
Mrs. L. l.. Townsend has been selected
as principal and Miss Julia Carly as as.
sistant principal of the Columbus public
school for another year.
Chiidren's day was observed by all the
churches in town Sunday morning and
evening. The exercises were bright and
interesting. and very creditable indeed to
those who rendered them.
The township committee is taking q
much-needed rest during the warm spell
1t has overworked (P) itself during the
past eight months, evading the question
of lighting the streets with gas.
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Medfnrd.

The Methodist Episcopal preachers of
Trenton received an invitation to be the
guests of Rev. John Goorley, of Medford,
yesterday. Rev. Mr. Goorley was for
merly pastor of the Warren Street M. E.
church. During the past year he was the
guest of the preachers at socials at their
homes. Some time ago he invited the To-
cal preachers to attend similar event at
his new home in Medford. The preachers
left Trenton on a river boat and went to
Burlington, then to Mount Holly by troll
ley. From Mount Holly to Medford they
went by train.
Like the Sherlock Holmes of Conan
Doyle, George Shotwell, of Medford, sat
down at table in hotel, Philadelphia,
on Wednesday, went over in detail the in
cidents of robbery of which he was vic
tim, and then mapped out how he would
likely catch the culprits
Two of the men whom Shotwell charges
with stealing his gold watch and chain and
twenty five dollars met him at the termi-
nal of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in Cam
den, on Tuesday. They were strangers,
and while crossing the river they struck
up an acquaintance on the ferry boat and
he went with them to place 10 Phila
delphia. When he awoke next morning
his newly found friends, his money and
watch were missing.
When he realized his loss he sat down
and made his deductions. He decided that
in all probability the men would return to
Camden and would no doubt celebrate on
the money he had lost. He visited the
latter place, and while wandering along
Arch street, near Front he found one
of the men he was looking for asleep in a
lumber yard. He summoned the police
and got into the patrol wagon to make a
charge against him at the City Hall.
While on the way, at Broadway and Fed
eral streets, he saw another one of the
men, and he was put in the patrel wagon
and taken to the City Hall.
The first man arrested gave the name
of John Dowd, of Scranton, and the Sec
ond. George Duffy. of Atlantic City.
A watch found on Duffy Shotwell declared
was the one stolen from him. After the
men were locked up for hearing Shotwell
left the City Hall in search of the other
man.
Shotwell was unsuccessful In his search,
as were the night police detail He ap-
peared against Dowd and Duffy. Both
defendants denied any participation in the
robbery, but after hearing the testimony
the Recorder held each prisoner in $500
bail for court. No trace of the five 81
bills has been discovered by the police.
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Burlington.

~A AAA > eOAs
The public schools will have their com
mencent exercises In the auditorium ON
Friday evening.
At the last meeting of council the town
wharf was leased to ii. L. Brown, repre-
senting New York parties who propose to
put fast line of boats on the river.
Protests made by patrons in the vicinity
of Burlington caused Vice President
Pugh, of the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany, to issue an order that the fast New
York afternoon express to Atlantic City
continue its stops in this city.
The annual budget of city expenditures
for the fiscal year is estimated at $50, 400. :
SO. 1t has been approved by the City
Council. The leading appropriations are
Fire department, 5000; lighting, $1,000;
police, $500. and schools, $12, 740.58.
A couple of weeks since M. Lascaras
was hauled before a magistrate, charged
with violating the Sunday law by selling
candy. He promised to make things
warm for other merchants by having
them apprehended for the same offence.
He did not act right away and it was
thought the matter had blown over, but
Lascaras came to time last week and en-
tered complaint against Harry R. Beldin,
George r Harkins and Edward Post, all
of whom he says sold ice cream on q
Sunday in May. Harkins and Post plead
ed guilty and -were fined So each. Beldin
claims the right to serve ice cream with
his hotel dinners.
Ownership by the city of its own light
ing system Is again being agitated, and q
special committee appointed by Common
Council to inquire into the matter has re-
ported In favor of municipal ownership.
Council, however, has deferred action on
the report until further investigation Is
made by the committee to ascertain
whether or not the city can legally furnish
lights for other than public use. The re
port of the committee shows that the city
is paying yearly for arc lights 800 each
and for incandescent lights $21 80, while
the average rate for other municipalities
is much lower, arc lights ranging from $6t
| to 800 and incandescent at an average rate
| of $16. The annual appropriation this
year for lights is 81 900, and 1t is said that
this could be greatly diminished should
the city operate its own lighting station
The present lighting system In the city IL
owned and operated by the Burlington
Electric Company, one of the few con
Germs of its kind In this part of the State
independent of the Public Service Corpor
alton. The stockholders of the company
have expressed willingness to sell out tc
the city. This city has owned its owl
water works for several years, and as 1
result the people have the advantages o.
one of the best systems In the state and a
rates much lower than those In many OIL
the other municipalities. If the city car
operate its water plant prontably to itsel
and to the people, it is argued that I
should also have control of its own light
ing system and the move for such a pro
iect Is meeting with much popular favor
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The Ta1anhnna

As was to be expected, the representative
of the Delaware and Atlantic Telephone
Company took exceptions to the article In
THE News. last week, claiming that it did
him great injustice. The item to which
the greatest objection was made is the
following: 'In presenting this contract
the agent has told of securing the consent
of all but the institution to which he is
then applying" The agent says this made
it look as If he was representing that he had
told each party applied to that all
the others had signed, when he never made
any such assertion. The idea THE News
intended to convey was that the statement
was made to at least one party. There is
no denying this. The fact is this The
agent called on the District Clerk with a
contract which he wanted signed, and
when objection was made, he said, This
is what they are all signing" He says he
did not make this statement to any one
else, hence his objection to the item.
The America and Good Intent Fire Com
panies and the Public School have refused
permission to allow the Telephone Com
pany to attach its appliances to their
buildings. They claim that, under the
agreement on file In the Township Clerks
office the Company is bound to install a
telephone at some point designated by the
Township Committee without any other
demand or consideration. Persons or pub
lie institutions to whom application is made
to install phone should carefully scan
the proposition. The agreement referred
to provides. said telephones to be for
the exclusive use of the Borough authori-
ties for municipal purposes only" That
does not appear to be very valuable grant
in any case Just look how nonsensical it
would be to have telephone in the school
house, fire house or the hospital with the
string on it that it should be used by the
Township officials exclusively for munich
pal business only. If this telephone COM
pany wants any more privileges than it has
received let it pay something near the value
of what they want, and if the Township
Committee is not in position to secure
advantages for the citizens let the latter
take the matter in their own hands and
make demands for themselves.
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ViaPennsy lvania Railroad, account ofState
Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic,
Department of New Jersey. Tickets sold from
all stations in the State of New Jersey, June
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sive. Consult nearest Ticket Agent.
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Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-24
Miscellaneous.

Many of the fees charged against the county by the clerk of the dis tricc court are erroneous and exces- siye. His quarterly acconts for the year 1905 are in my possession, and later in a supplemental report I will furnish you a detailed list of the charges in question.
 A practice has prevailed in the trial of civil cases by jury in Cochise county for the clerk of the district court to pay the jurors sitting on the case, the jury fees received from the parties to the suit who demanded the jury trial. In addition to the payment of these fees, the clerk would issue each juror a certificate of per diem and mileage for his attendance oI. the court which certificate was made in the form of diamond on the county and paid. By this method, all jurors in civil cases received a Der diem of 34.0o.
 It has also been the practice for Cochise county to pay the board of jurors in the trial of civil cases. A suit is now pending against the coun- ty for s2SS, the amount of a board bill for jury in the trial of civil case at the October term of court. for which sum the county has not been reimbursed
 All jury fees received by the clerk of the district court for the trial of civil cases should be paid into the county treasury, and the cost of boarding jurors in such cases should be ascertained, collected and paid in to the county treasury as other fees are paid.
 The sheriff should not be allowed full fees for the conveyance of in- corrigible children to the Reform School. See Par. 3.760, Sec. 2s. R. s. 1901.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-24

from the number of inquiries which have been received by officials in Pinal county and by real estate brokers con corning the situation in the Casa Grande valley and the value of land, believe our section will enjoy an in- crease in population in the next year far in excess of any other part of the whole territory. We who live in Flor ence think this, and certainly we would have no reason to deceive our selves. Much of our prosperity real. ized and anticipated, has been made possible by the Phoenix & Eastern road construction..-Rep
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-24
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Salary clerk of court, $1.200 Der annum, months days, s43O.O0. Cross allowance under new classifi- cation. s1,146.6O.
 Amount received by probate court to December 31st. 'O5, and deducted from the gross allowance probate fees collected and reained. $241.95.
 Marriage licenses, 12S at $2, $256.
 Salary, Aug. g. to Aug. 31, days, $30.OO.
 Salary, Sept. to Oct. 31, $20O.O0. Total amount received to Dec. 31, 1905, $727.95.
 Balance paid probate judge Jan. $. 1906. $41S.75.
 Statement of fee account:
 Probate fees earned from Aug. 23, 1905 to Dec. 31. 1905, $556.15.
 Probate fees collected and retained by probate judge during same period. $241.95.
 Uncollected fee accounts turned turned over to county, s314.2o. Amount of above fees collected to May 1. 1906 and paid to the county treasurer. S15S.20. - Balance due, considered bad ac- counts and uncollectable, sl5s.o0. It appears from the statement of page 20 of this report that the pro- bate judge was paid s430 for the ser vices of the clerk of the court from Aug. 2S, to Dec. 31. 1905, when as a matter of fact he had refused to ap- point a clerk and did not finally aI,- poinC a clerk until Feb. l. 1906.
 The payment of this sum of money for the purpose stated was unlawfu and the board of supervisors shollt take such immediate action as ma! be necessary to its recovery.
 The same action should be taker with reference to the recovery O. probate fees considered bad account and uncollectable. Under the actior assumed by the probate judge he i responsible to the county for all fee' earned in his office. Amount of salary unlawfully paid | S430.00. Probate fees uncollectable | s15s.o0. Total amount to be recov cred. s5ss.oe.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-24

of the assessor have ] en made di- rect with the treasurer. On account of a wrong impression I received to the disposition of the assessors tax receipt stubs for 1905. I failed tO check them. I suppo%' | they were still in the hands of tn, assessor, but when I called upon [ Ut officer in Risbee and asked for cle stubs. he informed me that he r d left them he made his final settle lent for Der sonal property tax collections for the year 1905. These stu )s should be checked and the diffr,'nce between their total sum and tn tax roll re- cord located and prop,r!y accounted for.
 The assessor should r required to make monthly settlem" nts with the county treasurer and furnish tho board of supervisors with detailed statements of all personal property and school (polD tax collections as required by law.
 Probate Judge. 9s
 By reason of the change in the classification of Cochise county iT .'05 the office Of probate judge be- came subject to the provisions 3. Par. 2,621, Sec. 24, R. S. 1901. Under the ruling of the attorney general this office should have been placed on a salary basis and a clerk of the pro- bate court appointed to date August g. '05. The probate judge refused to comply with this ruling and con tinued the practice of retaining al fees accruing to said office and in ad- dition thereto drawing a salary oi s100 per month until the first day oi December. 1905, at which time tn, board of supervisors refused to allow further claims for salary and de manGed that he conform to the pro, visions of the law under which thu changed classification of the count, had placed ais office.
 The following settlement of thu 1 matter was made by the board O 1 supervisors on January 5, 1906: Salary probate judge. s2.o0o pc arnum, i months, g days. $716.6o.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-24
NEW LIFE INFUSED BY CASA GRANDE PRoJECTS.-MucH
 WATER.

Capt. J. G. Heating, of Florence, member of the Arizona legislature from Pinal county, arrived in Phoenix yesterday at noon, accompanied by his family. Last night they visited Tempe and attended the graduation exercis- -es of the Tempe normal, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Heating being in the class of graduates. It was their plan yesterday to return 10 Florence to- morrow.
 T do not want to be optimistic, but
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County .Assesor's Office

NOuhkf .hS-S5cH Oh"t
 Concerning the examination made of the office of county assessor the report says:
 Tn the summary of the Duplicate Tax Rolls for 1905 shown on page II of this report, under the classification of Amount paid to Assessor the record shows amount to be $3,SS7.27. The treasurer's receipts issued to the assessor for taxes collected during the year '05 and on file in the office of the clerk of the board of super visors amount to the sum of $3.- 777.79. Leaving balance of $10s.4S.
 The assessors tax receipt stubs fo, 1905 have not been returned to the clerk of the board of supervisors. No report of tax receipts has been filed for 1905 and no check of the assess or's accounts has been made by the clerk of the board. All settlements