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The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
school Buildings Much Improved.


The public school buildings were all
in complete order for the opening Of
school on Monday. Naturally more
work was done at the Maple avenue
school than at the others although at
Liberty street all the exterior wood
wood was repainted. At Maple avenue
all the outside woodwork including
fences and OUT buildings were thor
oughly painted and necessary repairs
made. On the girls side of the build
ing considerable new concrete walk
was laid to improve conditions, and
some new and larger leaders were put
up to care for the roof water. Inside
the floors of the halls were vanished
also some of the more used portions of
the chapel. Three rooms were newly
decorated, desks hate been polished,
additional toilet facilities provided
and other neces sary work done. The
condition of the buildings reflects
great credit on the buildings commit
tee of the board of education under
whose direction the work was done.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
OBITUARY.
LANES NEAFIE,

a
James Neafie, one Of the oldest and
most prominent railroad men in the
State, died suddenly IastTuesday at the
home of his son, Andrew ]. Neafie, in
BO6nton.
Mr.. Neafie was born in Hoboken
seventy -eight years ago. He had lived
in, ,Boonton about thirty-three years.
For forty-five years he was the road
master of the Lackawanna Railroad,
and has built most Of this company s
road between Hoboken and Washing
ton. He constructed the old Sussex
road before it became branch of the
Lackawanna, helped to build the road
between Sandy Hook and Long Branch
and also assisted in the building of the
road between HOboken and Newark.
Before going with the Lackawanna he
was connected with the Hoboken Land
Improvement Company.
Mr.. Neafie leaves four children
George B., who for years was Laeka-
wanna Railroad engineer, but now has
a government position in Panama
Andrew j. assistant to Chief Engineer
Bush, of the Lackawanna, and who
EIGHT years ago succeeded his father as
roadmaster of the Lackawanna when
Mr.. Neatie retired from active work
Mrs. Nelson B. Simm, of Brooklyn, and
Miss Mabel Neatie, who is now in Can
ada.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10

important Opening OF Greenhut & CO.
Greenhut & Co. whose new store
will be opened'on the 18th day Of Sep
Itember, are sending out about 10000
invitations to patrons whom they de-
sire interest. The Importance Of this
opening to the commercial history of
New York can scarcely be oyer-esti-
mated. A firmly established house
with all the traditions of integrity,
thoroughness, and absolutely reliable
merchandise is to be perpetuated
For ladies who are interested in
fashions, either for making or wearing
the latest gowns, it may be Of some
service to know that advance models
of dresses will be exhibited from the
opening date. Buyers have been all
the year selecting goods for this OPEN
/ ing season, and their freedom from
current responsibility has enabled
them to devote their energies to the
occasion.
Patrons familiar with this store
formerly occupied by B. Altman s. Co. J
will find the disposition Of depart
ments undisturbed. the harmonies Of
decoration revived, the whole interior
| lrejuvenated. 1t is under the efficient
management of q. A. Contaht, whose
genius for organization and store
building is demonstrated by models of
his work throughout the country.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
NJ. & S. Electric Company Matters.

M. tE s. Electric Company Matters.
The Morris & Somerset Electric Co.
yesterday signed the contract with
William Sheehan & Co., of New York,
to put in the new electric light plant.
Under this contract the firm will lay
the conduits, erect the pole lines and
install the machinery in the power
house, the whole to be finished and the
plant ready for operation by December
Is, under penalty of heavy forfeit.
Two carloads of conduit material are
on the way and should be here to-day,
and the first installment of poles is ex-
-pected the first of next week.
The machinery, which has all been
contracted for, is as follows two Bah
cock & Wilcox boilers of 600 horse
power each; one tandem compound
and one cross compound Erie Ball en-
gines; two General Electric Company
generators, one of $50 the other of 25C
k. W. capacity. The larger machine
will be direct-connected with the cross
compound engine, while the smaller
one will be run by a belt.
The Morris & Somerset Electric Co.
has rented for a term of years, the
store on South street adjoining the
office of the Wells-Fargo Express for
an office.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
The MhHik0lll lFAgle Saws: n is Static

The MaTis0n Eagle says 1t is stated
on good Authority that the stock of the
First N EatibpaL Bank Of this place will
be,asseSSed this year at considerable
advance over last years assessment,
which was $40 per share. The Morris
County Board Of Equalization OF Taxes
is said to favor an increase of from SIC
ment on the Stock of the First Nation.
al Bank amounted to S35, 900 and If the
raise contemplated by the County Tax
Board is carried into effect Assessor
Cook will be compelled to advance the
total assessment Of $82, 500.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
Held an All-pay shoot.

There was an all-day shoot under the
auspices of the Morris Gun Club on
their grounds on Hanover avenue, on
Thursday. The chief attraction was
the exhibition shoot of Mrs. +. E..
Butler, annie Oakley, in the after
noon. Her husband made a speech
previous to the exhibition in praise of
a certain ammunition, after which
Mrs. Butler used revolver, rife and
shot guns of various styles. All were
of interest and showed wonderful
steadiness of aim. Ploughing a hole
nearly Through package of three or
four cards held edgewise by her hus.
band, was one of the most interesting,
and driving marbles and brass discs
through the air by shooting them with
bullet after her husband threw
them in the air was another. She did
some shooting at clay targets and con-
cluded her exhibition by throwing five
of the targets into the air herself and
breaking all before they struck the
ground.
There were thirteen sweepstake
shoots during the day in which num-
ber of local gunners and some from a
distance participated.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10

The local w. g. T. U. have elected
the following officers: President, Mrs.
A. @. Pugsley; corresponding secreta-
ry, Mrs. George F. Dickinson; record
ing secretary, Mrs. James E. Welsh
treasurer, Mrs. Amanda Smith; vice
presidents, Mrs. Henry M. Logan, Mrs.
Henry M. Dalrymple, Mrs. Harry
Vaught, Miss Mary Burr, Mrs. William
Potter. The superintendents of the
various departments are: Narcotics,
Miss Vail parlor meetings, Mrs. Char
lotte Nixon; Sunday schools, Miss Leila
Quimby; colored work, Mrs. Henry M.
Logan; jail work, Mrs. Benjamin M.
Reed, Mrs. Stone; scientific instr1c-
tion, Miss Christine Logan I; literature,
Mrs. George f. Dickinson; evangelist
ic and flower mission, Mrs. Reed, Mrs.
Stone foreign work, Miss Anna Smith.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
Presumed Arrempt at Arson.

J. N. Conkling, who resides next to
Smith s. Fosters grocery store on
Speedwell avenue. heard glass break
on Saturday night and investigating
found some young men around Smith
& Fosters store house. He gave the
alarm and the boys fled and investi-
eating found some newspapers stuffed
through the broken window pane and
burnt paper inside. Whether they
tried to set the building on fire or
we're merely trying to see what was in
side the building is a question. The
store was open at the time and many
persons were about.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
Letter to James r. VOORHEES,
Morristown, N. j.


Dear Sir: They're glad they found
out DevOe.
Corpus Christi, Texas. is right on the
Gulf and one of the hardest climates
for paint hot sun, salt air, and sUrong
winds.
The Sudbury Building, painted De-
voc & Reynolds in 1899, is shining
example of perfect paint snow-white
after years, as If painted last week.
We should like every property-own-
er from Maine to Mexico to see that
white white white.
Experience teaches who wants to
learn as well as who waits to be kicked.
Yours truly
f. w. DEVOE 81
"a @. T. RAYNOLDS co.
p. S.--F. Pant9nius and George e.
Voorhees, sell our paint.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
7odern Progress In New York

Office buildings 26 stories high, contain
ing thousand offices; hotels covering Z
city block, containing 1,400 rooms; many
very many, painted with the L. 81 M
Machinery produces L. q M Paint a.
hand.
gallons L. & M. mixed with gallons
Linseer OIL. bought fresh from the barre
at abo1t 60 cents per gallon, makes
gallons Of paint at q cost Of lesa than 81 et
per gallon,
If any defect exists in L g. M. Paint
will repelDt house for nothing.
Sold by Phillips g Day Morrlstown,
p. @ Henry; Basking Ridge. N. j.; w
& R, Wilson, Whippany; J. r.. Meade, Han
over. w s.wsa
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
Governor Names Labor, inspectors.

Governor Stokes has announced the
appointment of six of the inspectors
of the Department of Labor, whose new
term of three years began last week
The appointees are Heber Wells, Pat.
erson; August Graf, Hoboken; Joseph
Milburn, Trenton; Henry Kuehule,
Egg Harbor City; Miss Mary f. Van.
Lear, Camden, and Miss Mary Nc.
Kean, Moorestown. Miss McKean is
the only new member of the force, the
others being all reappointed.
The remaining inspectors to be
named are the successors of Edward
E. McClinock of Newark, William
Schlachter of Orange, James e. Stan
ton of Sussex, Andrew McCardell of
Plainfeld and Louis Holler of Camden.
There are various candidates for all
these places and the Governor has not
fully determined yet whom he will ap.
point.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
Appeared Before Justice Gummere.

Appeared Before Justice Gummere.
Pursuant to the notice filed last Fri.
day, the representatives of the Board
of Aldermen and Morris and Somerset
Electric Company appeared before JUS
tice Gummere at Newark on Monday
morning. The town was represented by
Counsel e. X. Mills, who had associa-
ted with him John R. Hardin, while
the electric company was represented
by Willard w. Cutler. The Public Ser
vice Corporation was represented by
Chauncey G.. Parker and L. d. H. Gill
mour. AS Justice Gummere had lit
tie time at his disposal the application
for writ of certiorari was postponed
until next Tuesday at Newark. Alder
men Kinsley Twining and Oliver X.
Day and S. B. Carson and Peter V.
Stryker were also in attendance.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10

Summit is building pumping sta
tion at a cost of sl3,44s to pump the
sewage Of the west slope of the town
over the hill to the trunk sewer. The
electric light company rents the build
ing for the pump to the town and
charges SIT. so per million gallons for
400, 900 gallons per day, to $l3.25 pei
million gallons for 1000, 900 gallons per
day. A tank for sewage costing SIS, ,00C
has been finished and $3.50 feet OF
sewer is being laid to the plant at a
further cost OF $l2,367.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
HENRY B. K1NeHoRN.

Henry B.Kinghorn diedliast Tuesday
after an operation for appendicitis.
He was sixty-two years of age and has
resided in Morristown for number of
years, making his home at Al Maple
avenue. Mr.. Kinghorn was a lawyer
practicing in New York and spending
a great part of his time there.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
, a $1,000, 900 InstItu u tion.

A report of the Morristown Trust
Company appears in this issue and it
shows that this Institution Is In ye-
ry prosperous condition. The depos-
its amount to $5,l56, ,941. 80, and the
assets to 81, 159, ,5l9.9$.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
Another Halloween Carnival

The B, P. o. Elks have started the
arrangements for repeating the very
successful Halloween celebration CIV
en- last fall. The date is October S1st.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10

The Basking Ridge Presbyterian
Church has extended a call to Rev. V.
v. Nicholas, of Montana, who is ma
tive Of Pluckamin. The salary is $700
and parsonage.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10
MORRIS PLAINS FIRE COMPANY
Doesn't Hunt for Trouble, but Finds
Plenty of It within Ten Hours.


The Morris Plains fire department
had its apparatus out for the first real
fire about seven o'clock last Tuesday
evening, when it was called TO the Lin
dabury house on Hanover avenue op-
posite the Presbyterian Church. A
portiere had caught fire which was
communicated to the door and casing,
doing quite little damage. The orr
gin of the fire is unknown, the occu-
pants of the house being away at the
time and stating that they had no fire
in the house.
Shortly after two o'clock the same
night the company was called to the
Bloodgood farm on Hanover avenue,
nearly in back of the Whippany River
Club The large barns owned by Mr..
Bloodgood and occupied by him for the
storage of hay had caught fire in some
mysterious way and were entirely con-
sumed. The house near by was saved,
also a small barn which was in the di-
rection opposite from that in which
the wind was blowing at the time.
The loss will amount to several thou
sand dollars, partially covered by in
Surance. M
The Morris Plains company has pur-
chased the hose carriage formerly used
by Humane Steamer Company, paying
the town of Morristown $15 therefor.
The carriage has been repainted and is
stored in the firehouse waiting for a
supply of hose, which has been ordered.
There are at present seven hydrants
available for use in case of fire at the
Plains.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10

J.J. Vreeland, Jr., of Dover, is pre-
pairing plans for $4,000 residence, to
be erected atfLake Hopatcong by Mr..
Munich, Of Brooklyn.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-10

A barracks of oats on the Wenman
place on the New Vernon road, back
of'W. B. Blackwell's place was struck
by lightning Thursday night and was
entirely destroyed. There were about
two hundred bushels Of oats in the
barracks, and at S1.6O per bag, the
present local price, the loss is con-
Siderabl
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
By S E w ELL FORD

the other on the audience and if you dIdn t
know how It was done, II would give YOU the crccps
up and down the back, Just watchln him.
say, YOU thought teller with talent like that
would have made name for himself, wouldn't YOU ?
Iryn, TO be a sport was where SnIck fell down.
though. He had the blood, all right but no head
Why, when we used TO play marbles for keeps SnIck
would never know when TO quit. He'd shoot away
until he'd lost his last alley and then he d 1ry out
that glass eye Of his and chuck II the rIng for an
other go. Many time Snick IS gone home wearln
striped emmy or punk stony IN place OF the store
eye, and then his old lady would chase around ODkn
Tor the KID that had won 1t OF m him. There such
thing as beln too good loser but YOU could never
make SnICk It.
Well I'd marked up five to the bad on NV books.
and had read the latest from Tonopah and then
Swiftly Zoe and me had worked an hour with couple
OF rockIn chair cornmodores from the New York
Yacht Club, gettn en- IN shape to answer Lpton's
batch Of spring challenges when Pinckney blows IN
town a tubby, red faced party a frock coat and
silk lid
Shorty" says he. d" want you to know Sir Hun
ter Twggle Sir Hunter. this IS the Professor Nc
Cabe you've heard about"
Ii you heard it from Pinckuev" saws l. don't
believe more half OF it o." With that We swaps the
grip, and he says he's glad to meet up with me
But say he hadn't been IN the shop two minutes
fore was next 10 the fact that he another who'd
glass counter.
They must be runnin' in pairs" thinks /
This i be good time to draw 10 three Of a kind "
Course, | didn't mention IT, but | couldn't keep
from watchIn how awkward he handled his n com
pared to the smooth way Snick could do it. | guess
PInckney must have spotted me comm the steady
gaze for pretty soon he gets one side and whIs-
pers, " Don't appear to notice it"
Al right" says |; I'm look at his feet
haven't discovered It. Hes very sensitive on the
subJect-thln},s no one knows, and 50 on.
But its as PLAIN a gold tooth" says /
know" says Pnckney but humor him.
He's the right sort"
Pnckney want far off, either For gent that
acted though he'd been born wearn a high collar
and a shiny hat Sir TwIggle wasn't worse Bar
rim the stfenln', which didn't off at all he
was decent kind Of a hatch eater Bein' dignfed
something he couldn't help You'd never
guessed. 70 look at him, that he d ever been mixed
up anything veliern ayin' a church cornerstone.
but 1t leaks out that he had been through all kinds
OF scraps IN India from the same stock as the
old Marquis Of Queensbury. and has followed the
ring or less himself
l had the doubtful honor" says he brngin' both
eyes into range on me, of backing a certain Mr.
Palmer. whom we sent over here several years ago
after a belt"
" He got more'n one belt" says l.
Quite So" says he, almost crackin' a smile;
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24

one DcIt 100 man =,
/ fancy"
Say. that was a
real puncherino. eh2
! amt sure but what
he got off more along
the same line, for
some Of them British
kind is hard TO know
unless you see EN-
printed in the joke
column Anyway, we
has quite a chin. and
before he left we got
real chummy.
He had a right to
be feelin' gay, though;
lOT ne q come over 10
marry a girl with
more real estate deeds
than you could pack
in a trunk. Some kin
of Pinckney's, this
Miss CornerlOt was; a
sort Of faded flower
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24


in inspected by the IL. ST., -
girls aunt and other
relations At some
swell doin's after.
| didn't pay much attention TO their program at
the time. Il wa MT any OF my funeral who Plncl-
ney married oil his leftover second cousins to and
by evenin d clean forgot all about Twigglc. when
Pnckney phones he'd be obliged if | could step
around TO a Broadway hotel right of as he's IN
trouble.
Pinckney meets me Just inside the plate glass
merry 60 round. Something IS the matter with
or Hunter. says he, and can't find out from
ms tool man what 1t Is.
Before We gets any deeper lets clear the
ground, says l. When you left him, was he
SouSeq or only damp around the edges
- On II not that at all. SAYS Pinckney. Sir
hunter Is genteman-er, with wonderful ca
paclty-
ne !e lippoaTomle tanks got that too says l.
out theTe enough fancy drinks mixed on Broad
way every afternoon to run 1t over
= DIT IiuhlcT mas a set OF rooms on the leVenth
moor; ne wa IN sight, but we digs up Rlnkey.
by t'e Io'>' ne JuS' escaped from the chorus Of
luSCtI comedy or else an Italian bakery. Near as
eouli max 'ul ne ulah nave any proper clothes
T ON " @ m @d but was nus Just JId qome up ] Iie @ bnntn m
I"', "d7 "I"PIcu anu dIdptl around MN, IKE 4
PdTI"r lamp on m"Fin DAY. ne spots OF him that
you 0oti4 See around tne oacK OF ms neck ana the
-. ~ ",' "a' 'lIe toioI ol L"ehIy-Ceiit
10 - - - ~ "a a. 'i'iSdI oi' oii INC rug WIN
- -, -, -, ~ -, 80 i ''i ''0 'i'l ~ ''e
d'oI - ,'iila no b. tIIe 1'I nT%' room IooiT
DiSh up Il'hIcy! says /. ms must be a
'oo,Tu M pI-yJni I mItetim II we we re putin INTO
fJt, - ~ ,,' p Siya Sy, ,,iioiiey' lIa1 Is DIT
G,d IL H. il',,er a, 3',sli , I
,,a1a+ H.. - -. ,it -, S., 90 -, - uI o Il"
ri -, tt q 1po oiil IN gou pee ny aG Inc cap
tt L,,' pt; = 5uiotI t SIgS IlhSkney. or hunter
cgt,s,n i''''' anu iie wears MS hVVe
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24

I IN % You, there 5
~ nothin' like being a
mixer. The man
who travels IN one class all
the time misses a lot. And
/ sure was mixin Il when |
closes with Snick Buffers
and Sir Hunter Twiggle all
in the same day.
Snick had first place on
the card. He drifts into
the studio early in the fore
noon, and when | sees the
green patch over the left
eye / knows what's comm.
He's shy OF a lamp on that
side. you know-uses the
kind you buy at the store,
when he's got 1t; and when
he amt got 1t, he wants
money
New-York tribune., 1907-02-24

that had hung too
long on the stem
She d run across Sir
Hunter IN London.
him bein' a widowcr
that was willin u
forget, and they d
made a go Of 1t. no
body knew why. /
judged that Pinck
ney was some re
lieVcd AT the pros
poets of placin a.
misht He'd lai
out for a little din
ner at The club, just
tountrDducc Slr Hun
ter TO has set and
brace hIm up for hc-
in inspected by the
girls aunt and other
relations at some
swell dom s. after.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-01
Annual G.. A. B. Encampment.

The 40th annual eneampment OF the
Vermont department G. A. R. and the
annual meeting of the Vermont Wom-
ans Relief corps were held in Rutland
Monday and Tuesday with large at
tendance at all sessions. The national
commander, Robert B. Brown of Zanes-
Vile. O.. was the guest of honor. At
the annual business session Tuesday the
following G.. A. X. officers were elect
ed: Department commander, Col. A. z.
Brown; senior vice-commander, A. Z.
Sleeper Newport; junior vice commander,
". l.. Cady, Aliddlebury; chaplain, w.
o, Higley. Castleton; assistant adJutant
and auartermaster-g general, Edward Bak-
er. Montpelier; Inspector Eli n. Peck,
Burlington; chief Of staff, Ziba IL. Nc
Allister, Waitsiield; medical director, DIR.
John j. Hanrahan, Rutland,
The Relief corps elected the following
officers: President, Mrs. Kate ID. Lee,
Wells River; senior vicepresident, Mrs.
president. Mrs Mary l.. Rising, Ran
dolph: treasurer, Mrs Abbie X. Bigelow,
Wells River chaplain, Mrs. Anna. 5.
Bush, Brookline; secretary, Mrs. Mary
B. Goodwin, Wells River; inspector, Mrs.
Anna Armes Beach, Burlington; coun-
selor. Mrs. Calista H, Bangs, Brattleboro;
installing officer, Mrs. Ida Z. Goode-
nough. Brattleboro; patriotic instructor,
Mrs. Rose Allen. Lyndonville; press cor
respondent, Mrs. Eta NJ. Puffer, Bellows
Falls; senior aid, Mrs, Clara Bradley
Niles, Morrisville; executive board, Mrs.
Nellie S. Smyth, St. Johnsbury, Mrs.
Nina Stoughton. Randolph, Mrs. Mamie
X. Shattuck, Wells River, Mrs. Ruth
SINCLAIR, Underhill, Mrs. Emma L. La
pointe, Montpelier.
The Brattleboro people who attended
the encampment, are: James P. Elmer,
Col. H. E. Taylor, Roscoe Fisher, Pat
rick J. Fenton, Mrs. Phila Lamson, Mrs.
Adelia Park, Mrs. Ida Goodenough, Mrs.
Mabel Hall, Mrs. Susan Yearly, Mrs.
Mary Walker, Mrs. Emily Allen, Mrs.
Calista Bangs, Mrs. Helen Newman, Mrs.
Georgiana Converse, Mrs. E. Fl. Putnam
and Mrs. Abbie Winn.