Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-08
The COUNTY BOARD
OF AGRICULTURE.

Harrisonviiie, perhaps the most secluded
hamlet in Gloucester county, had the honor
Of being the place Of meeting Of the
quarterly session Of the County Board Of
Agriculture on Monday afternoon last and
there was evidence, in the large attend
ance, that the honor was appreciated.
Harrisonyille is the one town in Glou-
cester county that has not kept up with the
procession in the last twenty-five years.
Then the carriage business was successfully
conducted there on large scale by the late.
William Ladow, and the big building that
was then yeritahle bee hive Of activity is
now gloomy and silent,
The only Improvements we noted since a
visit to the town several years ago IS the
school house "a handsome two-room build
ing having been recently erected. The
farming community, however, is a prosper
ous one, and the houses and farm buildings
Of the South Harrison township farmers are
the equal Of any in the county.
Grange Hall, where the meeting was
held, is a commodious second floor room,
the furnishings Of which are almost ell
egant
Presidents Elmer E. Clement called the
meeting to order soon after two O'Clock, and
the secretary, Mrs M. Ella Morgan, read
the interesting minutes Of the last meeting
Benjamin Heritage, the delegate to the
State horticultural Society, made an inter-
esting report Of the late annual meeting Of
that society at Trenton, and delegate a. F.
Owen, to the State Board of Agri-
cultare, followed with his report.
Mrs. Mary G. Low and Frank Kirby
were scheduled to discuss the subject:
How would You Protect the Women and
Children on our Farms from the OutragesH
Committed BY she Ruffains and Tramps
that Inissto our Rural Districts, and every
body expected philosophical discussion Of
subject to which probabably every farmer
in the Middle States has given serious
thought in the last half dozen years and
that is pressing for a solution.
Mrs. Low was absent, and Mr.. Kirby
didn't seem to have decided views He
said there was law for violators OF the
statutes; and then we should be careful
who we hire, but help was so scarce we
generally employed who we could get.
This community, he said, is free from crime
of that kind
The topic was then declared open for
general discussion, and Thomas Borton
said if we could only surmise who the
criminal would be we cou, apply the
motto, IAN ounce Of prevention is worth
pound Of cure,' surely in cases Of this
class an ounce of prevention would be
worth two pounds Of cure. He then told
Of colored man who worked a month for
his son Samuel, and was trusted to 60 to
bank, and was leftat home with the women
folks Soon after he left he committed an
assaults on womb in Pennsylvania.
Small and johnson, the murderers Of
Miss Allinson, bore good regulations among
the farmers about Moorestown, the latter
especially being considered trustworthy.
Possibly If these men had not had oppor-
tunity Of intercourse, this murder would
not haye soiled the criminal records Of the
State.
Until we can foretell who will do these
things the remedy is not easy to apply. As
a measure Of protection be thought good
dog was valuable. Colored men fear dogs.
Women should never be left alone on the
farm.
Mr.. Clement said shat in Burlington
county they work the cclored men from six
to six o'clock. in Gloucester they work
from sun to sun, perhaps that was pre-
yentatiYe to crime.
a. P. Owen said that in cities criminals
are kept on the jump, il we could do that
in the country IT might be some help. He
said this trouble dated 80 years ago. The
old-time negro was kept to work, while the
young negros were idle and lazy, and
drifted into crime rasher than work.
Clark Gardiner thought il was a delicate
sujectto discuss, and one could hardly say
what ought to be done Or what one would |
do. He felt committee ought to be APP
pointed to give the subject serious con-
sideration.
Mrs. Sue Brown, Of Mickleton, ,thought as
our farmers were able to formulate associa-
lions for the protection Of their horses,
they ought 70 be able to formulate an ef-
fective scheme for the protection Of their
wives and children.
a representative Of the DEMocRAr has
interviewed Mrs. Low who was to fave1
spoken at the meeting. She said that in
her opinion all women, and children who