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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-18
Sixtieth Congress.
W ssbiugton, Mar. Is.
SENATE.

la opening The session Of the Senate
to day with prayer Chaplain Hale made
feelings reference to the death OF senator
Whyte, of Maryland. After a brief
bat eloquent eulogy Of the deceased states
man by his colleague, Senator Rayner, re-
solutions regret were adopted by the
Senate and then, as a further mark Of
respect the body ajourned until tomorrow.
in accordance with the expressed
wishes of the family there will be no
other official recognition Of the Senator's
death than that which accured today
and the eulogies which will be delivered
on later occasion. No congressional
committee will be appointed to attend
the funeral. This will be the first time in
many years that this custom has not
been observed.
HOUSE.
In the opening OF the session Of the
House today, Chaplain Ooudon referred
tOuchiDgly ia his morning prayer to
the death OF Senator Whyte, of Mary
land.
More pensioners died during the past
year than fought on either side at the
battle of Shiloh 10 1862. This WAS the
statement made in the House today
when the $3.50, 900, 900 general pension
bill was up for passage.
1t was shown that 45, 768 names had
been stricken from the nations honor
roll by death. OF this number, 81, POI
we're civil war veterans. II was pre-
dicted that in nine years civil war vet
Grams will be as scarce as are Mexican
war veterans today.
The McOumber ac', which puts the
soldiers on the pension roll, according
to age, without examination, increased
the annual pension roll over SIS, OOO,-
900. Ia 1905, there we're l,004, 900
pensioners, the highest number ever
known, but the neat year this dwindled
10 985, 900 aud not wi!hstsnding the
increase during the last year on the
McOumbe bill the number went down
to o67. 37l. This number is now he
smallest since 1898.
Mr.. Hull, of Tennessee, in speaking
of President Roosevelt said, "He has
contributed more than all. other iD-
fusnces of the past and prescott genera
ton to the creation of q line of vicious
and evil precedents hat would be las
ing curse to the worst despotism in the
world"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-18

Mr.. John, Rihs, Of vining, Ia, says: ~
nsVe been selling DeWitt's Kidney and Blad-
uer rms for about year and they give bet
Ter satisfaction than any pill ever sold. u
nave used them myself with fine results.
SOld By W. +. Creighton h Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-18
The Market.

GsOrgs!Own' D. c.. Mar. ls-whsAt s4-ST.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-18

The LATEST number of La Question
socisle, the leading organ Of the snar-
chists, published 10 Patterson, n. j..
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17
CHURCH INFLATIONISTS
Sh ouId Be Assigned To Hard Scrap
pie Charges.

Some years g Rev. Geo. W. Ridout,
one of the foremost evangelists in the New
jersey M. E. Conference published the fol.
lowing in the New jersey Methodist.
Now what about this iniquitous bust
ness of putting in false reports at Confer
ence about your work, saying the church is
out of debt and SO much has been raised
and paid and so on and SO on. What's
the use of misrepresenting things and is
there any righteousness in it? Ought not
ministers christian ministers-Method-
list ministers) be above this sort of
thing?
II met the other day a sick minister, not
physically sick-but sick with disgust. He
had left a splendid charge and went to one
of those churches, only to be met with
tribulation in the shape of debts on the
right hand and the lett. 1t was a case of
being appointed to the "Church of the
Initiation" Now such a church is gener-
ally interesting only to the man who had
charge of the initiation but to his successor
it is like a balloon with the wind gone out.
This brother went with the understanding
that the thing was out of debt and in
f%ourishing condition, to find the opposite
the sequel follows: disappointment,
Encouragement, disgust!
In the past few years 1 have seen SO
many worthy, good men sacrificed to the
"Church of Infation' that it seems to me
that this thing ought to be stopped and
the Conference Minutes ought to quit ly-
ing, and tell the truth. Let US pass the
following at the next Conference:
Resolved, that the "Church of Infation's
be left without a supply: that all Method
list ministers report only the inside facts
concerning their charges and that all cases
of exaggerated statement and imitation be
submitted to the cabinet and the offending
brother be consigned to ''Hard Scrabble
Clrcuit' to continue there till his tenden-
cles toward initiation be entirely cured.
G. w. RIDoUT.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17
NEW
Spring Clothes

for Men and Boys; the big
geststock and assortment
OF styles We have ever
shown. The new Browns,
Greys and Blues in Young
Mems Suits at $40, $12
and $15. Big line Boys
Suits. sizes Is to 10 years,
at So, $40 and $12. Little
Boys Suits at 81 to Sc;
with straight or Bloomer
Pants. New Spring Hats,
Shoes, Shirts, ,Neckwear
ano Furnishings all in and
ready. Full line all sizes
in Black Suits for Men.
Sack, Cutaway, Prince
Albert. Full Dress and
Tuxedo Suits TO special
and dress-up occasions.
New Blue Serges all
ready, So to sos.
s: . MULLINS s a.,.
Best 6thI& Market St. Shoes
Wilmington Delaware
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17
Church Statistics

The minutes of the proceedings OF the
annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in New Jersey, South
OF the Raritan river have been published
and furnishes information of the 245
charges. The following is of local interest.
ST. PAULs CHURCH
Church probable value $12, 500; parsonage
$3,0OO; improvements $500, debt $500,
members 357, probationers Is, paid pas
tor $1,000, sexton &c 1857, missions 1913,
b%enevolences $50, Bishop $1S, Elder $54,
Sunday School expense $3.50.
EMMANUEL CHURCH
Church probable value $15, 900, parsonage
$500; members 278, probationer, 20; paid
pastor $500; sexton and expenses $5Ol,
Sunday School expense $66, missions $65,
b%enevolences $333, Bishop $14, Elder $42.
During the past year the church edifce
has been enlarged and newly furnished.
The amount paid for Improvements is
$4,000, debt $42l9, making the improve
ment cost $S259.
That does not include the memorial
windows and pulpit furniture which the
late departed and greatly beloved pastor
said cost 1862, making a total Of 1921.
There is work to be done yet which will
bring it nearer the $4,000 mark.
1t was predicted that the project would
be sat a probable expense of $40, 900; that
the old ediice was sufficient to hold all
the people who attended the services; that
a burdensome debt would be contract.
| 3D."
In fact the debt is $4SSO and the pastor
%endeavored to make it S 1000 more before
| he left.
The late pastor acknowledged the old
edifice held all the people who attended
the services, but declared from the pull
pit it could be done for $500 or $500 not
including the memorial windows; that
the church never had a mortgage ON it;
that he had raised all the cost and dedi'
Gated it free of debt. A mortgage of 81,
600 has been placed on the church. See
County Clerks office, deed book, %, page
1888.
The aboveis published to settle a ques
ton of veracity and business sagacity. II
is we'll that these are notthe days OF mira.
Giles nor of Ananias and Sapphire. Acts
Sill.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17

The anti Bryan newspapers and the
anti-Bryan agitators are making just
one boast, just one prophecy of what
they think they may be able to do.
This is is the boast and the prophecy:
They insist they are going to be able to
hold one-third of the delegates in the
democratic national convention away
from M. Bryan. They do not profess
that they ever can have a majority
They do not ever say whether the pitt.
full minority Of one-third will be TO
Governor johnson, for Judge Gray or
for any individual. What they do in
sist upon is that they will have one-
third Of the delegates for the one single
purpose of defeating the nomination of
Mr.. Bryan. 1t is not a very impressive
position that these gentlemen occupy.
Not daring to announce their own cam
didate, all they may be able to defeat
the candidate of the majority of the
delegates.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17
For A Change.

PLAINFIELD, April Thames E.
MARITIME, Democratic choice last year
for United States Senator, to-day gave
out the following address, declaring
himself a candidate for delegate-at-
large to the Denver convention in the
interest of William Jennings Bryan:
ITO the Democratic voters of the State
of New Jersey;
"We are within a few weeks of the
converting of the State Democratic con-
vention, which will elect delegates to
the Denver convention, to be held in
July. The momentous consequences of
the election near at hand cannot be
overestimated. Under the Republican
party, controlled by the special inter-
ests, u country's finances and indus
tries are in chaos. Toilers and bread
winners walk u streets pleading for
work that their families may have
bread. Relief can only come through
a charge of the.political conditions in
u land. l sincerely believe that the
nomination of William j.. BRYAN. as
Presidential candidate, is the toiler's
and bread-winners' hope and our coun-
try's salvation. To the end that 1 may
in my humble way aid in his nominal
ton, l announce myself to the Demo-
Gratis of the State of New Jersey as a
candidate for delegate-at-large to the
national Democratic convention. to be
held at Denver in July. 1 thoroughly
appreciate the honor conferred on me
in the past, and now only present nv
name as delegate because 1 feel a crisis
is at hand in our land. All names pre-.
sented as Presidential candidates other
than that of William j. Bryan would
fall fiat and cold on the mass of Demo
cratic voters.
democrats of New Jersey, / ask
your aid, that L may be delegate to
Denver and assist in the nomination. of
William j. Bryan for President of the
United States, Respectfully,
JAMES E. MARITIME.
"Plainfield. Cedar Brook FARM
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17
Comfortable, Thank You!

SIT is some comfort to know that not
everybody is seriously suffering from
the pinch of business depression. The
Steel Trust is comfortable, thank you.
Its net earnings last year were $780,
964, 673, an increase of over four mill
lion dollars over the preceding years.
1t has On hand a surplus of $122 ,645,-
243. 1t is holding up prices and cutting
down production and conserving all its
energies for more assured plundering
later ON. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17

President Roosevelt has at last come
to the conclusion that the tariff should
be taken off of wood pulp, also a re-
duction of paper made from wood pulp,
because he thinks the forests need
protection. He expresses solicitation
for the forests when it is pockets of
newspaper publishers that need protect
ion. The paper trust within the past
three months has increased the cost Of
paper to every printer in the land.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17
Shaving A Delight

with a SUPERIOR sAFETY razor. The newest.
scraping. A user, in writing of this razor.
says: Il have never shaved myself in comfort
with either OF my old style raZors so thought
hat l never enjoyed a more comfortable Shave
n my life, no dragging or pulling and through
with in a minute"
1t you hav ca Superior there is no more next.
kplease," no more waiting and a wonderful saw
ng OF your odd half collars. Set complete
Includes silver nickel plated frame, holder and
2pIDg. hantractlve. silk-lined case. The
ufacturer values this outfit at Sc. 100. ssThe
adelphia Press offers the Daily edition of
paper an entire year with ia Superior
both mailed to your address, for three
tS and seventy-five cents. This is less
d the value of the razor alone. You will
E0t regret taking advantage Of this offer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17

Order your strawberry checks early at
RECORD Office.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17

The New York and New England
M. E. Conferences have voted by large
majorities to take from the discipline
those articles which forbid dancing
card playing and attending theaters.
There is a divided opinion as to the pro-
priety of condemning these things rot
sins in themselves and which are now
left largely to the conscientious scruples
of individuals who may indulge in a.
musements forbidden by the letter
but perfectly innocent under cir
cumstances.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17
A Serious Mistake.
West Jeasey Press:

West Jeasey Press:
The Assembly has passed a bill for
the retirement on pension of Supreme
Court and Chancery judges who shall
have served three terms and are sew
enty-three years old or disabled by ILL
health. This is a serious mistake, for
two reasons. First is establishes a
civil pension list, which paves the
way for a heavy burden on the State
Treasury; and secondly, it makes an
unfair distinction in favor of well
paid officials, who can much better
afford to do without pensions than men
of smaller salaries. There is little de.
mand and no need for a civil pension
list in New Jersey.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17
COUNTY CONVERSATIONS

Ralph o. Smith, son Of D. Harris Smith,
Esq. of Salem, has been elected assistant
professor in chemistry, at Rutgers Col
lege, New Brunswick. Prof. Smith is a
graduate of Rutger College. also of the
University OF Pennsylvania, OF.
Professor Charles E. Glaspey, music
instructor in the Salem and Woodstown
public schools is drilling a chorus of
thirty voices to render the oratorio, EN-.
manuel, in the First Presbyterian
Church, Salem, Thursday evening, April
80,
Oak Tree Chapter, Daughters of Am.
erican Revolution, of Salem, will erect a
memorial to commemorate the battle at
Quinton in ITS. Mr.. Abner S. Hires
has offered a plot of ground twelve feet
square, located on the north side of the
Main street in Quinton, near his home.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17
PLENTY 81 Trohbis

is caused by stagnation of the liver aid
bowels to get rid of it and headache
and biliousness and the poison that
brings jaundice, take DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, the reliable purifiers that do
the work without grinding or gripping.
Csc. at Johnson's drug store.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17
The Penn Grove Record
FRIDAY, APRIL II, 1908.

Booker T. Washington calls prohibit
ton the negroes blessing in the South.
Surely it would then be a double bless
ing if it prevailed in the North.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-17

Bryan takes occasion to thank the
President for shaking some of his ideas
respectable" 1t was a hard enough job
to deserve some appreciation.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

CoCIETY Is deeply taken with the newest form OF
Of exercise-no, rather the oldest
But it's in that done with the distinct
purpose OF taking the pur
pose Of graceful pleasure in the of Heias and
doubtless in the early days after Eve left Eden.
It's merely the danee-as old the hills but in the
form of a waltz. It's from the Merry Widow" and
society women now using as means of reducing
weight by pleasing measure-at least that
portion of American society dominated by Harry
Payne Whitney and Mrs W. K. Vanderbilt jr. in New
York
Society has discovered that the watz-thIs watz-is
really exercise.
II effectively reduces tie weight Of the too material
said add flesh the thin. tones up the de-
pressed and sothes the and hystercal
pleasant
Young Donald Brian the prince in the Merry Widow
was invited the house of Mrs w K Vanderbilt jr for
tea little while ago, All guests who of course had
seen the opera, enthusiastic about the waltz
IT'S merry. strenuous fun of go" declared
a young matron.
That is itit has "goo there are quick steps ana
1.-THE, active bodily movements
I should IKe TO learn it, declared another young
woman wistfully, looking at the handsome Brian.
And I'd be charmed TO teach YOU chvalrously voun-
teered the prince o the opera
Delightful. Ii so good OF him! But when?
why now?f he asked
And there was a rehearsal
few days later Mrs. Whitney gave Then there
was another rehearsal
IT'S exciting, refreshing declared one fair en-
thusast.
Mr. Brian volunteered the information that had re-
duced his weight nine pounds He that
Ethel Jackson who does the dance with him. needed
any improve her figure she began doing
the Merry Widow" waltz
So society took up the waltz exercise 1t was
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

the solid Of Chicago universal respect attending his
advancement universal opinion crediting him with being
millionaire, wLeh of the healthiest things for
credit that has ever been contribed
His wife he was "a millionaire Not that he
ever told her far from H. Her George belonged 10
that class Of business who divorce. absolutely
fee from the nome
He never carried any troubles to worry her Ap
pareny and IN reality for many many years. he jdn
have any He simply went to the dry old Office everv
morning Ike other Chicago who pass their lives
business with never thought retiring until they
sgnedly drop in the harness die with
ton in having worked hard from the they kids
and leave their families comfortably well OFF
Mrs McFeynolds appreciated him-what woman
Wouldn't Every of their married life brought 70
their splendid home the daily newspaper containing ac-
counts. more and numerous rich men here and
rich men there who had this TO take them
home 20 dsgracei pleasures had that lfaison
some confding. complacent wife.
But with her George there any excuse never
even the possibility Of dislluson scandal He
always IN the Office or en the floor, occupied with trade
or at home devoted his wife.
Was there fault TO he found with him?
So far as Hattibe McReynoIds could discern none
Even when il came that last test money he
liberal the most extravagant Of women could
wish Her regular monthly allowance SlOO The
household and other bills that he always with laugh
or friendly smile made yearly total, including that
generous allowance Of hers which amounted to S3s 900
1t went on In the ne free lavish rashion year after
year She could not make call upon his generosity and
his resources which he did pleasantly gladlv-as
though indeed he found his greatest delight to gratifv
her tastes, however costly
And never mary liable 10 do did he
intimate that business bad Indifferent or good Rs
something she need never worry aho1t and he
would never annoy her with.
Her grish fondness for flowers finally settled upon
that most delicate poetic OF blooms sweet shy
violet She developed passion violes-tbousands tens
of thousands OF all varieties and Of all costIiness
Niolets became her charming elegant hobby to such
degree that she oayed to be the creator of all
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

Of home fond Of the innocent pleasures brighten
in the most worthy stratum American soeety with
special faculty for appreciatng the affection
particular man.
From these salient details IL VIII be apparent that
Reynolds and She girl he remarkable pair-
so remarkable that they precisely like the
among the millions of American men and women who
get into the newspapers
To them 70 others the Millions time arrived
when both realized they made for each other At
Niles, Mich. October 81 1883, they were married
After their marriage they gradually assumed eha-ac-
terscs that served dierentiate from the rest Of
the population
not in small way, for that would have him still in
the class Of the average citizen He forged rapidly on
ward grain broker his progress being fairly oonei-
dent with the expansion Of the Chicago where
his business activities pursued his life was
enjoyed.
He became president of the board of trde one of
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
There's a Lesson for
Married Men in the Story
of George S. McReynold's.

a S A MAN when Fate begins to deal the
Il unkind blows that are to. ruin your for
= n tune or your business, do you come home
at night and tell your wife, and prepare her for
the economy that is judicious'
When Fate keeps on dealing its blows, and
ruin is near, do YOU tell her then2
Or do you conceive it your manly part to bear
your burden alone, that you may let her enjoy
the few days or weeks or months that remain to
her of the happiness YOU dread to see dissipated
As woman. married for twenty years to a
husband devoted to your smallest whim-to a man
who has fought the cruel aud rending fight Of
modern trade day in and day out solely that he
might seek his happiness at your side night after
night-what would you do if YOU should discover,
suddenly, crushingly that he had concealed from
you the loss of his wealth and in a vain endeavor
10 retrieve the financial position which means to
YOU all of your accustomed luxuries had forfeited
his honor, his good name, and his liberty.
TRAGEDY In CHICAGO HOME
Here is problem which, IN rs less acute stages con
fronts every husband every wife from the mIonaes
who seem to be so that no cataclysm
in finance wrench them into poverty helper on
the farm who anxousy whether the querulous
complaints his employer the crop that
he shall be out Of work early in the fal.
1t Is problem which, its crisis has confronted
hundreds men, and in its cruel denouement some
scores OF
Il is which. in every aspect of husbands exag-
gerated chivaTy protection the wfes exaggera
tion of what she considered duty him ana her
self confronted only few weeks ago George S Mercy
noids of-Chicagos most prominent board OF trade
operators. and his beautiful wife.
Il nearly twenty years that George Mercy
nolds cOured Hattibe Cook. II good. honest plain
American romance of the time and place Michigan.
There no modern new-fanged complications OF
money social status feminine fads the
OF true love McReynolds a fairly go0d-lookng.
bilious earnest young whose most notable quadoa
ton that he had the capacity for falling very deeply
named dattibel
The girl intelligent educated, fond Of flowers, fond