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The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17
HANOVER.

Miss Lizzie Genung spent Easter
Sunday in Newark.
Mrs. William III. Ward visited her
daughter, Mrs, James Vanderbeak, in
EnglewoOd last week.
Miss Rea Cook is spending couple
of weeks with friends in New York
and Elizabeth.
Mrs. w. w. Westervelt, of Wood
cliff, spent part of last week with her
daughter, Mrs. Thomas J. Ward,
Miss Louise Cook has returned to
Lakewood after making a short visit
at her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Remington Hopping
enjoyed trip to Washington, D. e.,
last week.
Miss Cora Perry is confined to her
home with the measles.
Mrs. David A. Hopping has been en-
pertaining a number of guests from
Brooklyn during the past week.
Robert Sanders has returned from
Roclxaway and is again at work in his
blacksmith shop here.
Raymond Piers0n, Of Orange, has
been visiting his cousin, William Ter
hume, Jr.
William p. Terhune, ST., who is in
Alabama for his health, writes that
he has been much benefited by the
change of climate.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17
BLESSINGS OF FREE ALCOHOL,


The internal revenue tax on alcohol
is SI.1O per gallon for 80 per cent. alco-
hol, while commercial alcohol of
greater strength pays a tax of more
than So. Alcohol can be made and
sold for ten and fifteen cents per gal
Ion with the tax removed.
Alcohol is used in nearly all indus
tries and the removal OF the tax would
cheaper many products and enable
manufactures to undersell foreign
manufactures abroad. Canada has
free alcohol and we import articles
from Canada in the production of
which alcohol is largely used because
the alcohol tax makes the manufac-
ture of these articles prohibitory in
the United States.
Free alcohol would also mean much
for the farmer. 1t would make a
largely increased demand for grain
and other products containing starch.
1t would add immensely to the ma
tion's stock Of fuel, supplying it in a
concentrated form, and cheaper than
kerosene oil and gasoline. Its use for
engines, automobiles, motorboats, ele-
|vators and for lighting and cooking
purposes would be Invaluable. Con.
gress can perform no greater service
for the country than that of free alco-
hol for use in the arts.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17
NEW VERNON.

Mrs. Laura Adams and children, of
Bound Brook, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin Emery for week
or more.
Miss Lydia Bailey returned home
from Binghamton, N. r., last week.
The youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs.
e. X. Brown, of this place. died Of
pneumonia last Thursday. Funeral
services we're held on Saturday and in
terment was made in the M. E. ceme-
terry. Rev. e. r. Murgatroyd otficia-
ted
Mrs. S. Bailey, of Newark, and Miss
Mason are visiting this week at G. M.
Bailey's.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Haley spent last
Sunday with relatives at Bernards-
vile.
Mrs. D. L. Mullen spent a day last
week at Bernardsville with her sister,
Mrs. Ezra Dayton.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Whitnack is recovering from a
severe illness.
Miss Grace Combs entertained the
whist club on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Leonard Heyer had a carpet
rag sewing party one afternoon last
week.
The heavy rains of Monday and
Tuesday have flooded some of the
meadows of the swamp more than
usual.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17
BLACKBOARD MEMORIAL.
Building
building Handsome Structure, VIII
Be a Memorial of Deceesed
Fish Commissioners.

fish commissioner
Plans have been perfected and work
is soon to commence on a memorial
building a dormitory for students, to
be erected on the grounds Of the bio
logical school at Cold Spring Harbor,
L. l., by Mrs. Eugene Blackford, Of
Brooklyn, to perpetuaUe the memory
of her husband. Mr.. Blackford, who
was one of the State Fish Commits
sioners in 1887 and 1891, and who was
president of the board of managers of
the Biological Laboratory of the
Brooklyn Institute, from 1883 until
his death in 1905, was always greatly
interested in the work carried on
there.
Mrs. Blackford's memorial is to be a
most practical one, and one greatly
needed. 1t is to be 80 by 126 feet, two
and half stories, of reinforced con-
crete construction. The main floor
contains an assembly room, 80 by 20
feet; a dining room, 80 by 40 feet, and
kitchen, etc, 20 by 36 feet. On the
east side is an uncovered veranda, is
by 28 feet, from which fine view of
the harbor may be enjoyed. On the
second floor are eighteen bedrooms
with bath, and on the third floor are
five double bedrooms.
Mrs. Blackford's daughters are to
furnish the dormitory complete 1t
is not believed that it can be arranged
for use this season.
1t was Mr.. Blackford who succeeded
in having the fish hatchery establish
ment there and later he took Profess
sor Franklin Hooper of the Brooklyn
Institute out there. The latter quick
ly saw that the conditions Of fresh
lakes and streams, salt water streams
and the fine harbOr, were ideal for a
biological school. He cO-Operated
with Mr.. Blackford with favorable
result. When, in 1904, the Carnegie
Institution at Washington desired to
established a branch for experimental
evolution. Mr.. Blackford took prom
inent part in presenting the claims of
Cold Spring Harbor and again he was
successful
The memorial building will be erect
ed on the highest point on the labora-
tory grounds and it will be one of the
most useful buildings OF the entire
group,
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17
MT. FREEDOM.

Jerry Baldwin. Of Newark, has pur-
chased the Jesse Clark farm between
here and Bro0kside.
A number Of relatives of Harry Coe,
who was killed on the railroad in New
York, attended his funeral at Newton
last week.
Mr.. Whitmore has moved in the
house formerly known as the Aaron
Lewis place.
Raymond Cumback and wife Of New
ark, were here for few days last week.
George 0. Coe and family, of Morris
town. were the guests of their parents
for few days last week.
Trout fisherman were more numer-
GUS here than the trout.
Mrs. G. D. Youngs who has been Wis
iting her daughter at Brick Church,
has returned to her home.
Charles Marshall moved to Dover on
Tuesday.
The funeral services of Alexander
Aber were held at the M. e. Church
on Thursday of last week.
George Wright is going to Norris
town to learn the carpenters trade.
Miss Julia Hughson, of Morristown,
is the guest Of her brother, Nelson
HughsOn.
A number of young people from here
attended the SOciable at Hudson Dal-
rymple's on Friday evening last.
Augustus Lawrence has moved to
Eagles Corner near Dover.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17
NEWS FROM
OTHER TOWNS
MENpHAM.


Mrs. Theo. Kitchin, of Trenton, is
the guest Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Apgar.
Miss Marion Lawrence, of Blairs-
town School, has been spending the
week with her mother, Mrs. Susan
Lawrence.
A number from this place attended
the missionary meeting at Chester ON
Thursday
Mrs. Henry Riker is now spending a
month with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank No
BILE, Of Roselyn, Z. |.
Passion Week services under the aus
pices of the Y. rs. G. e. have been
held in the chapel of the Presbyterian
Church this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Babbitt celebrat-
ed the tenth anniversary Of their we'd
ding at their residence near RalstOn
on April7.
William Babbitt, Of New York, Wis
lied with Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Bah
sbitt on Sundays
Miss Kate Thompson is entertaining
Miss Mabel Chedister, of Brooklyn, for
a week.
Miss Sarah Demorest, Of Hacken-
sack, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
George Anderson.
Joseph Apgar and family moved to
their purchased property on
Prospect on Monday.
Thomas =. Loughlin, of Newark.
has been spending few days in this
place.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17
GAYNoR AND GREENE.

At one time it seemed probable that
John r. Gaynor and Benjamin D.
Greene might escape punishment for
their crimes against the Government.
Oberlin M. Carter, who was their ac-
complice or dupe, had served his SEN
tence before they could be caught and
brought to trial. He is at liberty now,
and they have just heard their sem
tenceS.
The steady pursuit of this pair Of
r0gues by the Government and the
final success of the prosecution have
shown how idle is the charge that
men of wealth and influence may COM
nit crimes without danger of punish
ment. Justice sometimes fails to
reach guilty man, poor or rich. but
there is nothing in the history of the
administration of the Federal laws to
support the opinion that place or pow
er or riches can save man from the
consequences of his illegal acts, and
the same is true of the justice of the
States. Gaynor and Greene were
guilty of crimes of nature peculiarly
easy to settle by compromise and the
payment of money; they possessed
political power and commanded great
wealth, and yet they found the Gov
ernment relentless in its prosecution.
Had they been poor in pocket and in
friends their treatment would have
been no more severe and no less fair.
The case Of Gaynor and Greene fur
nishes no evidence to support the raw
ings of those who yelp and howl that
the United States is "a rich mans
country N. Y. Sun.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17

THE main work of the Legislative
session that has closed was the organ
ization of the taxing policy Of the
State, says the Jersey City Journal"
First the railroad and canal property
was taxed far beyond what anybody
believed was possible. This result was
secured by the law providing for the
distribution Of the money to be de-
rived from railroad taxation. If this
had not been distributed among the
counties the bill could not have passed.
1t would have had the solid opposition
of all of the members from rural coun-
ties and divided support from the
larger counties. The law to fix a maxi
mum limit for the local and county
tax rates is part Of the new State
policy The tax rates are to be scaled
down by degrees until the fixed rates
shall be reached, and thence-forth that
rate shall not be exceeded. The State
and County Boards of Equalization
are intended to bring the valuation of
all property up to about ascertained
cost, the theory being that the assess
ment at cost will produce equal tax
alton. How this plan will work out
in practice remains to be seen. In
theory it looks plausible. Around the
bills relating to taxation the whole
business of the session reyolved. There
were five of these bills-the railroad
tax, the definition of main stem, the
distribution of tax money, the maxi
mum tax rate and the boards of equal
ization. The object of these bills was
misunderstood and attacked. They
were denounced as railroad measures
and every means used to defeat them,
but the regulars stuck to their ideas,
and in the end, some by general con
sent, some by very slim majorities,
the bills we're all passed and are now
laws. How these will be executed will
be another story. Time will be re-
quired to judge of the practical appli-
cation OF these new theories.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17

THE sewer commissioners appointed
by Justice Garretson last Saturday,
Messrs. Cooper, Hurtzig, Cole and
Burke, while all from the same section
of the town three living in the First
Ward, and the other across the street
In the Fourth-are SO well and fayora-
bly, known that their conclusions will
be received with confidence by the cit
izens Of the town. 1t is gratifying to
know that steps are to be taken in this
important matter, and as the gentle
men composing the commission are
conservative in their temperament
there will be no elaborate schemes
proposed which win defeat the pur-
pose Of the commission. There is no
reason why a moderate expenditure
should not do all that is necessary for
the time being, if a scheme is suggest
ed and adopted capable Of enlargement
as occasion requires.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17

UNITED STATES SENATOR JOHN f.
DRYDEN retired Monday from the d.
rectorate of the Public Service cor
poration. His name was not included
in the list of those offered to stock
holders to vote for at the annual
meeting, and all who asked why it was
omitted were told that the senator S
time was so taken up with other du-
ties that he could not give time to
Public Service affairs. James p. Du-
senbury treasurer of the company,
was put in Mr.. Dryden's place on the
board and the substitution of his
name was taken as evidence that there
has been change in management. The
directors reelected are Albert B. Carl
ton; Thomas Dolan, George r. Gray,
Anthony r. Kuser, Thomas N. Nc
Carter, Randel Morgan and John /.
Waterbury.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17

GOVERNOR STOKES on Saturday
signed Senate bill AL, providing for
the county boards Of equalization of
taxes. In connection Herewith he
made the following statement Z" Hon
est taxation requires an equalization
of valuation and the listing Of all
property so that all taxpayers may be
treated alike and bear their equal
share of taxes. Senate Al is designed
to secure this uniformity and equali-
zation. If it operates successfully,
each individual should pay no more
and no less in proportion than any
other individual, and each taxing dis
trict should bear it's just and equal
share of the county tax. The success
of the measure will depend largely
upon the commissioners who are to
execute its provisions. The appoint
ments should be of exceptional charac-
ter, commensurate with the import
ance of the work. The offices are by
no means sinecures. The act requires
that the commissioners shall, so far as
practicable, inspect every piece Of tax
able property in the county, oversee
and direct the work Of the assessors,
hear appeals and frame rules and reg
ulations for the proper listing and as
sessment of ratables. In counties like
Middlesex, Union. Monmouth and
Mercer, the work of the first year will
require the commissioners to work
five days week for at least eight
months. In counties Of the frst-class
it will require perhaps the entire year.
Other counties will require a cores
p0nding amount of labor. l shall ex-
pect from all the appointees an assur-
ance that they will devote the neces-
sary amount of time to this work "
These new boards are called county
boards for the equalization of taxes,
and they act in conjunction with the
state board, which for Obvious reasons
cannot keep continual eye on every
community in the State. These boards
are appointed by the governor and are
superior to the local assessors elected
or appointed. They can make the as
SCISSORS raise or lower the assessments
they have made, and if the local as
SCISSORS do not obey the orders of the
county assessors, they can remove
from Office the local assessors. With
such club over their heads the local
assessors are actually forced to Jump
up the valuation of property to the
highest notch, in order that in the
course Of time the tax rate will come
down to 81 so on a graduated scale, as
provided for by the amended Hillery
act that has been passed. There are
three commissioners in Morris county,
two Republicans and one Democrat.
The salary in this county will be
twelve hundred dollars per year, and
il it takes the time the governor
thinks necessary the Office is certainly
no sinecure. The commissioners will
be taken from different sections OF
the county.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17

Rev. F. J, Hubaeh, for two years
pastor of the Methodist Church at
Mendham, has been transferred to that
of the Grace Methodist Church at Port
Richmond, S. /. This is a much larger
field and affords larger opportunity for
work and usefulness. Mr. Hubach has
rendered excellent service in Mend
ham, working hard to put the church
on sound financial basis. In this he
has been successful and has seen the
number of regular contributors more
than doubled. He wDl preach In his
new charge next Sunday, Rev. Perry
Ia. MurdicA, formerly Of the Epwortr
Church Of Elizabeth, succeeds Mr. Hu.
bach, and occupied the pulpit on sun
day.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17

FIFTY YEARS ago last Friday, April
6, the Republican party Of New Jersey
was organized in Newark, in old Ii
brary Hall on Market street. The or
ganization was effected in the after
noon and in the evening meeting adj
dressed by several prominent persons
was held, lasting till midnight. The
president Of the association was VIM
lam Parry, of Burlington county while
The yice-president from Norris county
was George P. Macculloch. Letters
we're read from Hon. j.. w. Miller and
d. w. Whelpley, Esq, of MOrristoWn,
who were unable to attend
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17

THE stories in circulation in regard
to the appointment OF a road super
visor by the Board Of F'reeholders
would be importont if true. What
ever the legal aspects may be IL GER
tainly is bad politics for member OF
the board to be q candidate for an Of
flee to be filled by the board especially
il as alleged he insists on attending
the caucus and then will not be bound
by its decisions. The board in self
resreet should let the Office remain
vacant for an Indefinite period rather
than be forced into an arrangement oi
that kind.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17


THE House Committee on Immigra-
tion, of which Representative Howell,
of New Jersey, is the chairman, fin
ished yesterday its bill to restrict fur
ther the coming Of aliens to this coun-
try. If enacted it will not be easy for
undesirable foreigners to come into
Uncle Sam's domain. The bills pro-
visions have been very generally en-
dorsed throughout the country, as
evidenced by the petitions sent TO
representatives from their constitu-
ents, urging them to vote for it. The
bill increases the head tax on aliens
from 50 to SIS. 1t requires each male
adult to possess s25 III money and each
female SIS. A family maybe admitted
on its head showing $50. An educa-
tional test provides that each immi-
grant over 16 years Of age must be
able to read in some language. The
bill places in the excluded class i'm.
beetles, the weak minded and manuel
laborers Of poor physique. II gives
the Department Of Commerce and La.
Dor discretion to admit or exclude im,
migrants under 16 years OF age coming
to this country alone.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17
wHIPPANY.

At a special meeting of the Ladies'
Aid, held on Wednesday, it was voted
to buy a new carpet for the Presbyter-
ian Church, and a committee of two,
Mrs. William f.. Agar and Mrs. Il. B.
McEwan, was appointed to purchase.
Rodney. Howell, Of Peekskill, n. Y
was in the village on Wednesday.
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17

WOLF.-At Morristown, N. u, on
April 15, Lucy Bigelow, widow Of
the late D. A. Wolf and daughter OF
the laue Stephen Kellogg, Of Troy,
N. Y.
Funeral services at the residence Of
her son-in-law, Frank Marsh, No. 81
Hin street, MOrristOwn, at 2.l5 p. m. (,
on Tuesday, April II, on arrival Of
train leaving New York at IL. 90 p. M.
Interment at Saugerties, N. NJ,
The Morris County chronicle., 1906-04-17

IT is early to pick the President Of
the Senate Of 1907, but in the scoring
Thomas ]. Hillery, Of Morris county,
win have prominent place and be a
favorite. Trenton Times.
The Adair County news., 1906-12-12

Nation or Cassie Chadwick, and he
has missed General Grosvenor's pre-
.dictions in six Congressional and three
Presidential campaigns. The Shaw re-
signation rumors have not reached him,
and he probably has no recollection of
Mr.. Cortelyou except as a stenogra-
pher at the White House. He knows
nothing of Senators Burton or Mitchell,
or the land frauds and graft" proba-
bly, has only horticultural significance
to him. He has no intimate knowledge
of Lincoln Steffins, Ida Tarbell, Jacob
Riis, Tom Lawson, or William Allen
White, and he probably does not know
whether there is anything the matter
with Kansas at this particular time.
He never heard of Machen or Beavers
and the postoffice scandal, and he has
not been eating any Chicago canned
meats. To him Eugene V. Debs is
still in the Woodstock jail, and the
name of Upton Sinclair strikes no ter
ror to his soul. Dowie and his freak
creeds were as dead twelve years ago
as they are now. He will not under
stand the talk about the cid" or the
"open door" or simplified spelling, or
the Thaw trial or the Platt scandal.
While the first thought for Order
will be one of sympathy, it may turn
to envy before the books balanced.
The Adair County news., 1906-12-12
new SET OF
INSTRUMENTS.
The Columbia Band Boys CircuIa'
ting Subscription Paper.

1t has been known for some time that
the Columbia Band Boys were to pur-
chase new set of instruments, and to
do this will necessitate the raising of
five or six hundred dollars which will
buy first class outfit.
For this purpose subscription paper
is being circulated, which we are afraid
is being met with Indifference on the
part of citizens who are able, and who
should have enough just pride in an en-
terprise which has proven a success, to
make liberal donations. The bano boys
are not asking the citizens to buy the
new instruments, but are merely want
ing help. They have SIS of this amount
in the bank, each and every member
will donate SIS or $40 which will make
a total of about $500. This will only
leave about $3.50 or $500 to be subscrib-
ed.
The band has been organized Is
months, and we make the assertion
without fear of contradiction, that no
other town in Kentucky of eight or ten
times the size of Columbia has better
band. This year the boys were award :
ed contracts for three fairs, numerous
picnics, ETC., and filled every engage
ment with credit. With a high grade
set of instruments they will be able to
furnish much better music, and we be-
lieve that if the good people of Column
bia will look at the matter in the right
way the necessary amount will soon be
forth coming.
The Adair County news., 1906-12-12
Mr.. WILLIAM KASH.
Brother Of Mrs. A. D. PatteSOn,
this City, Injured in Freight
Collision.

In the collision of two freight trains
at Mt. Sterling, last week, Mr.. VIM.
Kash, brother of Mrs. A. D. Patteson,
of this city, suffered broken leg.
Mr.. Kash is an engineer in the en-
ploy of the C. & o. Railroad company,
and was pulling freight train when
the accident occurred. He had received
orders from the operator at Winchester
for clear track and by mistake an
other freight engineer was given the
same orders, which resulted in a head
end collision. Mr.. Kash's fireman
was killed and number of both crews
more or less injured.
The injured man has been on the
road eight years and this is his first
accident. Mr.. Patteson was in com.
munication with relatives at Mt. Ster.
ling and learned that he was resting as
easy as could be expected under the
circumstances.
The Adair County news., 1906-12-12
MANY IMPROVEMENTS.

In last weeks News we mentioned
the improvements being made on the
principal streets of the town and some
of the side walks. The past week new
crossings have been put in at the alley
between MIR. N. M. Tut and the M. E.
Church and between the residences of
Mrs. Mamie White and Mr.. w. A My
ers. The bridge on Jamestown street
has been repaired and number of
other good pieces of work done. The
council is all right.
The Adair County news., 1906-12-12
THOMPSON.
The News is in receipt of the follow

The News is in receipt of the follow
ing announcement:
Mrs. F. E. Thompson
invites you to be present
at the marriage of her daughter
Edna Nash
to
Rev E. S, Bledsoe
on Tuesday afternoon the first of January
One thousand nine hundred and seven
at four o'clock
Oak Cliff Christian Church
Dallas, Texas.
At Home
Italy. Texas
Elder Bledsoe is native of Russell
county, KY, and a former student of
the Columbia Christian College, of this
city. Since entering the ministery, he
has made quite reputation, and is con-
sidered an able man with very bright
future.