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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-08-25
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
NO. 8.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY

BE IT RESOLVED (the Senate concurring),
That the following amendment to the consti-
tuition of this State be and the same is hereby
proposed, and when the same shall be agreed
10 by a majority ofthe members elected to the
Senate and House of Assembly the said
amendment shall be entered on their journals,
with the ayes and nays taken thereon, and
referred to the Legislature next to be chosen,
and published for three months prior to the
first Tuesday after the first Monday of Novem-
Der next in at least one newspaper Of each
county to be designated by the President OF the
Senate, the Speaker of the House ofAssembly
and the Secretary of State:
Amend by striking out paragraph seven,
section four, article four, and insert in place
thereof the following:
T. Members of the Senate shall receive,
annually, the sum of one thousand dollars,
and members of the General Assembly shall
receive annually the sum of ten hundred dol
lars during the time for which they shall have
been elected and while they shall hold their
office, and no other allowance or emolument,
directly or indirectly, for any purpose what
ever The President of the Senate, and the
Speaker of the General Assembly shall, in
virtue of their offices, receive an additional
com pensation, equal to one-third of their
allowance as members.
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Burlington County Railway Company
Hainesport, N. j., August 81, 1908
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Burlington County Railway. Company
will be held on the twenty-hrst day OF Sep
TENDER, 1908 at two thirty o'clock in the after
noon, at the principal office of the company,
at Hainesport, New Jersey, for the purpose
TRANSACTION of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting.
In accordance with the laws of the state of
New Jersey, no stock can be voted which has
been transferred on the books ofthe company
within twenty days next preceding this
election.
JOHN s. GILBERT,
SecF0taRW.
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Dated Aug. 8, 1905.
CHERIFF's SALE.

BY virtue Of a writ of fiert facias. to me di-
rected. issued out of the Court of Chancery
OF the State OF New Jersey, will sell at public
sale, on
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER "a, 1908.
between the hours of IL and O'Clock in the
afternoon of said day (to-w1t, at o'clock), at
Richard Lambs hotel, Mount Holly, N. j.
All that certain frame dwelling house and
lot of land situate on the south side OF Water
street in Mount Holly aforesaid, butted and
bounded as follows, viz: beginning at stake
in the line of land formerly Samuel Benefits
on the south side of said Water street or the
road leading from Mount Holly to RancOcas
and runs (1rstl by the said Benefits land
south two degrees west one chain and sixty
seven links to a stake corner to William
Clothier's land, formerly, and in said Benefits
ffty-two feet six inches to a stake corner to a
lot of land conveyed to Allen Engle. third
north two degrees east one chain and nifty links
or Whereabouts to the south side of the said
street or road; thence (fourth) along the south
side of the said road about north e1ghty-hve
feet to the place of beginning, containing
twelve hundredths of an acre of land more or
less, being the same premises conveyed by
Edward Groom to William Kiner by deed
bearing date even herewith, in the year OF
our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three
1853. Recorded in the Clerks ONCE at Mount
Holly, county o. Burlington, In Book Of
Seized as the property of Mary L. Armstrong
ct ais, defendants, taken In execution al the
suit Of The Rector, Wardens and Vestrymeu
of ST. Andrews Church in Mount Holly, com
plainants, and to be sold by
CHAs. EVAN MERRITT, Solicitor.
Dated August "a, 1908. Prs adv. fee, $3.50.
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A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

ESTATE OF HUGH WIxTED.
Notice is hereby given that an order has
Burlington, bearing date on the twelfth day
of August, A. ID. 1905 upon the application of
The Burlington County Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, the subscriber, requiring the
creditors Of Hugh Wixted, deceased, to bring
in their claims against the estate OF said de-
cedent, under oath or affirmation, on or be-
fore May II, 1909. or they will be sdebarred of
any action therefor against the said admins
traitor.
THE BURLINGTON COUNTY
SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY
Dated Aug. u, 1908. ADMINISTRATOR
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MANv ryEa were tnrned toward ATTAIN.

MANY EYES were turned toward Allan
tic City on Friday when the grand jury
met and was given strong charge by
Judge Trenchard. especially on the sub
ject of gambling, but the Illegal sale Of
liquor and obscene postal cards were also
touched upon. After hearing few cases
the jury adjourned until Thursday. The
Nesoark Star says: IF, as is expected. the
Atlantic Grand Jury shall next week
bring In indictments against the gamblers
on the evidence produced by the Prose-
cutor. the public will be well satisfied
There is very little prospect of any in
dictments for Sunday selling" Excep-
tions may very properly be taken to one
portion of the above statement The
public will not 'sbe well satisfied" If only
the gamblers are indicted. The evidence
appears to be just as strong against the
liquor sellers as against the other people.
AS fact there seems to have been more
stress put upon the wickedness of gamb-
ling than upon the other point. Whether
this was to draw attention from the main
issue is not known, but 1t certainly has
that appearance. If there are violators OF
any law indictments should be found
Prosecutor Atkinson, at the session Of
the Excise Commission showed that BIZ
had been very successful in bringing tc
justice these known to have ssld liquor
Illegally. If the people are ito be salts
fed" with the escape of that class in At
lantic county. why should Burlington
county pay attention to the law? If there
is to be open Sunday for one locality le
all have 1t. Governor Fort in hi
inaugural address. said Prosecutors mus
do their duty" and his statement applied
as much to such officials to be appointed
as to those already in Office. Governs
Fort has never receded from the position
he took In the campaign on the hquol
question. He expects the officers to d.
their duty, and from the attitude he ha
assumed in the Atlantic City episode, h
intends to see that his expectations arr
carried out.
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NoRrHAMProN TowNsHIP
ADJOURNMENT OF SALE OF LANDS
FOR Unpaid ia Els

Public notice is hereby given by F. S. Davis,
collector of the township of Northampton,
county of Burlington, that, on the sixth day
Of August. 1908, at the time and place adver-
tised therefor, he did publicly adjourn the tax
sale of lands, tenements, Embellishments and
real estate described in the notice dated the
sixth day of July, 1908, to Thursday the tenth
dav OF eeptember, 1908, at O'Clock p. M, at
the office Of r. ]. b. Slack, Mount Holly, n. j.
F. s. DAVIS,
Dated Aup e. 1905 Collector
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JOSEPH HUFF

JOSEPH HUFF
COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS
NOTARY PUBLIC
lbs Main street, opposite Surrogate's Office
Mount Holly, N. j.
Specis attention given to making Abstract
of TitleslConveyancing General Accountant
ration OF Estates.
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PROPOSED TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY BY THE LEcIsLA-
TURE OF 1909
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EOR RENT

Farm of over 100 acres, in Northampton
MISS MCHENRY,
Mount Holly.
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rrEN WANTED ON CRANBERRY BOG.
Several capable working foremen viii be
wanted at Whites bog, Septe mber 1st- Per-
manent EN- ployment for satisfactory men.
JOSEPH j. WHITE,
New Lisbon.
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OLE srrrLEMENr.
EsrArE on GEoRaE B. P1As

ESTATE OF GEORGE B. PLAsKET.
GNotice is hereby given that the accounts OF
the subscriber, administratrix OF George b.
Plasket, late of the county of Burlington, de-
ceased, will be audited and stated by the Sur
rogate and reported for final settlement and
allowance to the Orphans Court of said
county, at session to be held on September
3, 1908.
ANNA KATHARINE PLASKET,
July %, 1908. Administrative.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
No. 6.
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.Iustice. shall constitute quorum for the
assignment of justices. and for the appoint
ment Of officers. and the enactment OF rules.
g. The Supreme Court shall appoint one OF
the decisions of the Court, and shall by RUE
define his or their duties and powers. me re-
pOrters shall hold office for five years, subject,
however, to removal at the discretion Of the
Cam
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By virtue of writ of fieri facias to me d.
rected, issued out of the Court of Chancery OF
the State of New Jersey, will sell at public
sale
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OHERIFF,S SALE.

CHAs. EVAN MERRITT, Solicitor.
Dated August "a, 1908. PRS adv. fee, So
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By virtue Of writ of f1eri facias. to me di-
rected issued out OF the Court of Chancery
Of the State OF New Jersey, will sell at public
lea
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-08-25
SECTION V.

1. The Appeals Division shall haveand'exer
else the appellate Jurisdiction heretofore pos
sessed by the Court of Errors and Appeals,
the Jurisdiction heretofore possessed by the
Supreme Court on writ OF error, and
the Jurisdiction heretofore possessed by the
Prerogative Court on appeal and by the Ordl-
nary on appeal, and such further appellate
Jurisdiction as may be conferred upon 1t by
law, together with such original jurisdiction
as may be incident to the complete deter
mination of any cause on review, saving, how
ever the right of trial by Jury.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

Probably unique among the pay rolls of
the country is that Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. which. according to a c0mCi-
lation just completed. is shown to have
1.550 active employees who have been with
the road forty years OF more. In addi-
tion. lob men served the company more
than forty years, but have retired from
active work, and are receiving pensions
regularly from the company.
The census OF the civil service Of the
United States showed on July /. 1907, that
those who had been in the service Of the
national government for more than fifty
years numbered forty men and one
woman On the other hand. the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad records show that to-day
there are upon the pay rolls OF the com
pany 31s men who have been in its serv-
ice more than fifjy years.
This comparison is more interesting
from the details as to the number OF per
sons In the service Of the United States
government as compared to the number
In the service Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road for similar periods
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
No. 90 pay roll No. on pay roll
q Us EyrL q Pa. r. K.

OF the employees OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad IN active service. lis are s. years
OF age. us are Ga years old. ia are g.
and los are e9. Sixty-seven Of the s. prin-
cipal officers OF the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company started as beginners. and,
with few exceptions. have been with Il
ever since. Their average age is 81 years
and the average length OF service is p
years
William Durham. who. as mule driver
entered the service OF the Delaware and
Raritan Canal IN June, 1853. even before
the Pennsylvania Railroad was chartered.
has been upon the pay roll for the longest
period At the time Of his retirement he
was q pilot on the floating equipment at
Jersey City The oldest employe is David
3. Brice. who was born November 3. IsIS
He was, before his retirement. on the
Sunbury division. Three others were born
prior 10 lSzo-James Cullen. OF the Middle
division: William BottomstOns. Of the
SusqGehanna division. and Andrew Neb-
giner. OF the Philadelphia division
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
SAVES THE FIBER OF FLAX
Process Invented to Utilize What
Was Wasted.
Bleaching Done Effectively in Two
Hours Opens New Industry 20
British Farmers.

Consul Frank ". Nahin writes frorr
Nottingham that a resident Of Ions
Bennington. Lincolnshire. has invented d
process whereby that quality Of tas
fiber which has always been cast aside
or destroyed as worthless may be 5leached
and turned into q valuable commodity
The consul adds:
The nature OF the process is kept Sc
eret. but the samples shown as products
Of the invention seem 10 fully sustain the
claims.
According to the explanations. the in
ventOr operates particularly on nber re-
sulting from fax grown for unseed oil
While connected with a Canadian fax
growing firm, which used the fiber chief
" for making binder twine, an attemp,
10 bleach this fiber suggested 10 the In
ventOr the possibilities OF the process.
He returned 70 Nottingham. where the
facilities for experimenting with bleach
ing were better, and now claims that his
process Is successful
''Of two samples Of the product shown
to me. ore Is practically as white and
hne cotton This Is claimed to have
all the hygienic advantages OF linen over
cotton. as well as much greater absorb
ent power. The other sample is cream
ish hued. with a long. tough staple re-
sembling coarse thread This ard similar
results Of the process, the inventor SAYS.
can be used for waste. for boxes Of rail-
road car wheels, for gun cotton. uphOls-
terry work &c
A great difficulty encountered By the
inventor was the straw in the fax fiber.
but after many trials and failures he
finally discovered a chemical process
whereby the straw was dissolved to a
minimum AS 10 the cost Of the process
no direct statement Is made. but the in
ventOr says that the fax fiber can be
bleached at less cost than that Of bleach
ing cotton.
Part Of the experiments are stated 10
have been made with fiber OF fax grown
by q Lincolnshire farmer Having Sc
cured linseed from his crop, the farmer
could do nothing with the fiber The in
ventor states that in two hours he
bleached il perfectly white. only need
ing the machinery to turn IT into linen
WOOL
The invention derives its chief iruuor-
tance from the utilization Of a hitherto
rejected and worthless substance Ths
amount OF this the world over must be
vast, and large IN any country where
fax Is grown extensively. The inventor
states that in the Province Of Ontario
over 500 acres are devoted to fax and
nearly 5000 acres in other parts Of Can
ada; and that the Ontario agricultural de-
partment has spent large sums Of money
in seeking some means OF utilizing the
rejected fax fiber. but without tangible
success As over 2s.eo000 bushels os fax
seed are annually produced in the United
states. presumably resulting in an i'm
naense quantity Of waste FIBER. there is
apparently abundant material for this IN
vention to work upon
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

In the last few years. outside OF the
departments at Washington, women have
been increasing In numbers n the govern
Tnent service Last year, In all the civil
service positions of the national govern
menJ, not including the consular and dip
lomatic service. there were 2S6.sO2 en-
plOyes. Ten per cent OF the total were
employed in the District Of Columbia
Recently the Department OF Commerce
and Labor has been looking into detailed
statistics concerning the civil service en-
piOyes OF the country. It was found i'm
possible TO include for comparison those
employees IN the several departmental
branches Of the government presided over
by Cabinet heads under appointment by
the President: also the employees under
the Isthnian Canal Commission were ex-
cluded. the whole number OF exclusions
footing 10. .02S OF the army under civil
service. This has left total OF 1854
employees OF the government subject to
the comparisons OF the investigators
Thus for the purposes Of comparison
these 1854 employees are divided ac
cording 10 sex into I72.0S3 men and 1S.S2l
women In Washington It was found that
LlG pIUDDELlUl OF hDLltA EAANt01E g was
70 10 while elsewhere IN the country
there was one woman 70 3 men in civil
service positions. Both women and men
in the service at Washington were older
than were the employees elsewhere, while
in the District the average salary was
larger. In Washington the average salary
for the man was sl.I7s and for the woman
il was SS57; outside OF the District the
average was S935 for the man and S76s for
the woman.
Work in Lower Grades.
IN the matter OF comparative salary for
the sexes the bureau says; That the
percentage Of women paid at the rate OF
less than SID a year is markedly high
as compared with that for men does not
Indicate that women receive less than the
men for the same class OF work. but re-
fleets the fact already noted that q far
larger percentage Of the women than Of
the men are engaged in subcleriCal work
on in manual labor
II the application Of this quoted para
graph all employees considered for all the
country are included To show how
woman holds her own IN the several
classiications by salary measurements
the following table Is worth studying for
the COMPARISONS
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
PetroIeum inFrmo.n.

Consul Julean Il Arnod. writing from
Tamsui. gives details from reports BY the
FormosaE government experts on the
progress made in boring FOR petroleum in
the northern part Of taat island one
company has expended sl50.000 on develop
ments and has wells nofT producing 1 200
TO LOO gallons daily. Tie transportation
costs being high. the company pkans 70
construct q refinery at Bioritsu station.
to which point Il may i.e possible to pipe
The products Of its wel1t The particular rs
Of the company's operations. as well as
the plans Of another prospecting concern,
are contained in the consul's report which
may be seen ct the Bureau OF Manufac-
lures.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
REPORT IS misunderstood.
Georgia Central Figures Seem 10 BE
Somewhat Misleading.

GeOrE1A Central Figures seem 10 ne
Somewhat Misleading.
In the last three weeks OF the fiscal
year ended June 30 the Central OF Georgia
Railroad reported increased gross earn
ings. the largest being an increase Of
sS2.o0o. or Il per cent IN the fourth week
Of June. or the last week Of the fiscal
year The figures however. are misun-
derstoOd by those who take them casually.
The gross earnings for the month OF
June were. in fact, $4,000 less than in
June, 1901, a loss Of more than 10 per
cent. Currently for the month Of June
1905 the road reported gross earnings Of
SsiS.7eo. In the annual report following
the gross earnings for that month were
shown S7s5. e26. because the management
had deducted from the June earnings
sl5e000 10 be placed in a reserve fund
against liability for that amount re-
sulting from an adverse decision IN a
lawsuit over certain lumber shipments.
Why II should have been 50 deducted
from gross earnings. and all from the
June earnings, instead of being deducted
from income, only the management
knows
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
Women Clerks Number I2,I75

Women Clerks Number 1910.
Studying this list OF openings for en-
pIoyes OF both sexes. the woman may de-
terTline where possibilities may offer her
a chance. II is in the clerical and sub
clerical classifcations that 12I75 women
employees find place. or about e5 per cent
Of the total Of women employees. Il IS
encouraging. too. that about 500 more
women are IN the clerical than in the
subclerical class. It is still further an
encouragement to women that 10 per cent
more men on the civil service rolls must
take the competitive examinations
though as a consequence women suffer
in the matter Of salary because Of not
ftting for places that come under the
classified service.
This preparation for place under civil
service demands study and experience to
an extent that the minimum age limit Of
employees is considerably above that at
which young men and women begin bread
winning outside. It Is true also that
relatively the civil service has fewer
places for women than are indicated In
the outside world
Women Employees so Years Old.
Including the greater number OF wom-
en- in the civil service in Washington. the
proportion Of women to men IN the civil
servics is only - TO s2.s for the whole
country. Compared to this. the census
OF 1900 covered IS of the occupations open
to both men and women and numbering
more than 5000 workers each. but in not
one Of these occupations did women form
less than AZ per cent OF the workers Il
IS the proportion OF women IN the Dis
trict which raises their percentage in the
general civil service: outside the Dis
trict. with its % Per cent Of women. there
are only per cent women IN government
service
Age advantages for women in the civil
service have been touched upon as some
thing 10 appeal to the sex. Sixteen per
cent OF the women In civil service are
under 3 years old. as against the II per
cent OF men under that age. This Is ac-
counted for. however. by the fact that
the women prepare for less technical and
eXactiug work under the government
Yet that the service is especially tolerant
as to the age limit IS shown in the fact
that 3 per cent OF the women employees
confess to 3 years and under 44 years.
and 90 per cent admit ~ years and under
81 years. There are 309 women. indeed
who are more than g years old
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
B. & o. CRITICISED.
FinnncierS Declare six Per Cent
Dividend Was n Grave Mistake.

finnncterS Declare SIX Per Cent
Dividend was a Grave Mistake.
The action Of the Baltimore and Ohio
directors in declaring a common-stock
dividend at the prosperity rate Of per
cent at a time Of adversely. when the
dividend at the full rate was uuearned
to the extent Of s1.9G0.eO0. Is being Sc
verely criticised. If the Baltimore and
Ohio were an exception to the other rail-
ways in the matter Of earnings. the case
would be otherwise.
But its earnings are falling or like the
others. its April gross receipts falling OF
S,oS2.SS5. OF -29.3 per cent. and its Ma
gross decrease exceeding that. amounti-,s
10 2-zls,355. decrease Of 909 per cent. O.
at a rate of loss. If continued for .
twelvemonth. OF 81. .ss6, 900.
II Is always regrettable TO see lack G.
conservatism by a great railway property.
and more regrettable in the case Of ths
Baltimore and Ohio company than In
some others. because the payment OF un-
earned dividends was one cause Of It's dis
asters only brief twelve years ago
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
FIRES STARTED BY MOTHS.
Insects AvenEe Damage Done Wing,
by Lighted Lamp.

Moths and flames are universally con-
nected. yet few people suspect that dan
ger could arise therefrom. The insects
are OF such fraI structure that generally
they get destroyed before It Is possible
for them 20 Inflict injury. and e Is hardly
credible that the wings would ignite and
retain the fame long enough TO enable
the moth TO fly to its surroundings
That, however, has occurred. The moth
was a very large one, and its wings must
have been very dry. so that when II
foundered through the flame it set fire 20
one wing and darted on to a curtain near
By. which at once hared up. Il is posi-
be that many summer evening fires in
the country could be attributed to a
source Of this kind Il Is notorious that
mysterious fires often arise at sunset IA
the hot months