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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-04-18
THE FORUM

thinking men, we are going to
solve them. On every battle
hele of this country where heroes
have fought, bled and died that
their children might be the re-
clpients of the untrammeled
blessings of the Christian civil
cation our fathers were there,
the bravest Of the brave, and
paid the price, for their children,
in deeds of surprising valor, that
the heritage of liberty might be
the common heritage alike to all.
N. b. Union.
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MY country It's of thee sweet
land of liberty are the opening
words of one of America S great
national hymns, and one which
awakens in some degree more or
less a patriotic response in every
native born and true American
breast. The words of that in.
spring song do not now mean to
US all that they do to men of 9th.
er races, but we. as a people,
and under the guidance of the
God OF justice, are going to stay
here and grapple with the prob
lens Of opposition that are now
curtailing our manhood rights as
men, intelligent, law abiding
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If you would be remembered
after LIES fitful fever is DER.
after you have been laid to rest
and all that is mortal Of you has
turned back to clay in your win
dowless abode-the grave, write
your name in kindness, in love.
in gracious deeds upon the hearts
of those with whom you come in
contact as you pass through life;
do this, and you will not be for
gotten. ITO live in hearts we
leave behind" says Campbell,
lis not TO die. Therefore if we
wish to be remembered when
dead, let US insure against obliv
ion by good and beautiful lives
well lived. -National Baptist
Union.
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Equal Accommodations.

President Roosevelt has don,
a commendable thing in sendin.
a letter to the Department of Ju
tlce concerning the order of tn,
Interstate Commission unde
date of June 81, 1907 directing
that the railroads in question fun
nish eqnal Accommodations fol
white and colored passengers
President Roosevelt's letter is as
follows:
WASHINGTON, Apr. S.-Presi.
dent Roosevelt to day made public
his letter of April 2 to the attorney.
general, directing proceedings by in.
Junction to compel certain railroads
of the South to furnish equal accom-.
modations to white and Negro pas.
sengers,
The text of the Presidents let.
ter is as follows:
ITO the Department of Justice:
l forward herewith report of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
containing its orders of June q. 1907
and the report of the failure of the
railroad company to obey this ord er
under date of March 26, 1908. tc
gether with letter of the commits.
sion of April l, 1907.
1t appears that the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Railway
company has not complied with the
order OF the commission to furnish
the same facilities to colored passen-
gers paying first class fare that are.
furnished to white passengers pay
lug first class fare From time te
time various complaints have been
made to me by reputable colored peo
Pc to the effect that the accomo
dations furnished to colored person.
on certain railways are filthy and in.
adequate compared to the same &C
comodations furnished to white pas
sengers paying the same fare.
The commission has taken what
is unquestionably the right Of
grounds; That where separate &C
comodations are provided for white
and co,ored passengers the accomoda
irons for colored passengers shall b,
as good as those furnished to whit,
passengers for the same money. Il
other words, while there is nothing
In the law which foroids sepeIat
Accommodations these accommodation
must be equal. This principle O
equality Of Accommodations is set GU
explicitly in various State laws.
For instance. the code of the Stat
or Alabama provides that there sha
be equal, but separate occommoda
tions for the white and colored race
by providing two or more passenge
cars for each passenger train, or b
dividing the passenger cars bp parti
tions.' The action of the commits
sion has simply been to insist tina
the accommodations be equal in con
venience and comfort. for the sam
money, wherever the separation
made In this particular case wher
the railway has neglected to compl
with the order of the commission
is important that compliance wit
this order be immediate ly obtained
l suggest that you proceed to Ell
J force the order by injunction pr,
, ceedings unless in your judgmer
some other course is preferable.
Signed, THEODORE nOOSENEL1
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Political integrity is the road
but thieves reap what is sown.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
THE STONE
MEMORIAL
The Much-Needed Home for
Nurses at Memorial is
Now Assured.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS MADE

At0the meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Morristown Memorial
Hospital held on Wednesday, letter
was received from Mrs. Georgiana q.
Stone announcing that she had pur-
chased and decided to the hospital the
property adjoining the hospital
grounds known as the Sanders place,
and that it is her intention to remodel
the house now standing on the lot,
making it into a nurses home and ma
ternity hospital. She asked that it
be designated 1.-THE Stone Memorial. y
The following minute was adopted
by the board
Mrs. Georgiana G. Stone having
given to the Hospital deed OF con-
veyance of the house and lot OF ground
lying Immediately to the northwest OF
its grounds and thus relieved US from
the great anxiety attending upon the
| likelihood Of its being put to purposes
| very injurious to the use of our hoSpi-
tai, we wish to make minute OF our
gratitude for this splendid gift and to
earnestly thank our constant and
munifcient friend, Mrs Stone for this
great addition to our grounds as well
as for averting threatened danger.
| This property with frontage OF
ninety feet on Morris street and ex-
! tending back some $50 feet to the
Whippany River will afford as much
greatly needed space as well US an
other building greatly needed, and
will rid us from constant apprehension,
| We most heartily present our thanks
to Mrs. Stone and direct this mipute
to be entered and copy sent to her
1t was announced by the Young
WomenS Guild that two beds have
been endowed in perpetuity by Mrs
Wheeler H. Peckham, this adding
s., 900 to the endowment fund of the
horpital.
The following resolution was adopt
ed =
Resolved That the Board of Di.
rectorS extend their sincere thanks tc
| the Young Woman's Guild, the Wo.
mans Association, and to numerous
! friends, who by generous gifts OF
| money, goods or work contributed tc
make the Fair of the sixth, so great
a financial success for the Hospital.
1t is not known when work on tht
alterations to the Sanders house will
be started, as possession has not as YET
been secured. The probabilities arr
that the house will be moved back or
a line with the main building. The
additional property will permit the
removal of the wagon house now stand
ing close to the main building, the
stable on the Sanders place being uset
instead for ambulance and physician,
vehicles.
An opening was made 5etween the
old hospital building and the new ad
dition on Wednesday on the grounC
floor. The changes in the heating
plant have not as yet been made. bu1
the new part will be gradually put il
service.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
BASE BALL NOTES.

The Morristown Field Club team
made its initial appearance Saturday
afternoon and put up first class game
against the veteran Knockers Cub.
Mathews, of the Field Club, a former
Stevens Institute player, made his
debut on local diamond and gave a
good account of himself. The Knock
ers won out by score Of 8 toS. The
game was played on the State Hospi.
tai diamond at Morris Plains and was
attended by 1000 spectators. The
score:
Knockers Club. % 90 3 6 90 0 x-9
Morristown F. G. 5000 l 0 5 is
Batteries Compton and Sturgis
Mathews and Sullivan.
The Crescent Athletic Club defeat
ed the Entire Nous Social Club in an
Association League game Saturday af-
noon on the Hillside grounds. The
score was tot The score
CreSents. ......4 0 l 0 0 KS
Entire Nous. $50. 5000 0 0 81
Batteries knight and Quinlin:
Smith and Ayers.
Morristown School defeated Hack
ley School, Saturday afternoon to the
tune of II to 6. The score
Hackley. ......s.0 90 l 0 3 0 2 o. 6
Morristown. .....5 l l 3 0 KIP
Batteries Kelley and Mccoy; Nc
Donald and Duncan.
The Mendham B. B. @. defeated the
Hilton A. A. at Mendham on Satur-
day by the score of to 0. The feature
of the game was the pitching of Bos-
chen, of the Hiltons, who had II
strike outs. The score:
Mendham B. B. CO 0 0 0 OIL 3 x--4
Hilton A. A..... % 0 0 o 0 0 o 0 90
Batteries Miller and Day Boschen
and Koch
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
MORRIS COUNTY COURTS.

Additional pleas received have been
Albert Leonard and Dominick Fitz-
patrick, larceny, guilty.
Arthur Randolph, embezzlement,
mot guilty.
Dominick and Tony Costunzio, il
legal selling, not guilty.
George Shermock, illegal selling at
Wharton, not guilty.
Tony Passolono and Tony Biscotti,
Illegal selling in Morristown, non vult.
William Lansett, carrying concealed
weapons, not guilty.
George Young, assault and battery,
not guilty.
One sentence was imposed that up
on Argento Romano, charged with as
sault and battery. Judge Mills said
that in view of the long time he had
spent in Jail he would not impose
further jail sentence, but lined him
Sl00 without costs and suspended SEN
tence of imprisonment.
John Pustick, of Wharton, illegal
selling, not guilty.
John Moran, illegal selling at Whip
pany, non vult.
John Mulligan, entering, guilty.
Sentence was imposed on William
Lansett on Thursday, the judge re.
quiring him to pay $50 and costs.
Judge Mills in orphans court or
Thursday handed down an opinion re-
fusing probate to the will of Mrs
Samuel Jones, dated August Is, 1902
and codicil, dated August %, 1902
There are nine wills and two codicils
left by Mrs. Jones and the judge has
so far refused probate on two will;
and two codicils.
Judge Mills also on Thursday rem
dered decision of no cause for actor
in the appeal of the James j. Cooper
COW case.
Justice Parker has rendered decis
ion in the Malley litigation, ruling
that H. G. Pitney's plea to the juris
diction was proper and setting aside
the Judgment for James j. Lyons which
G. A. Reed secured over plea in th'
the supreme court, but giving Mr.
Lyon the right to file demurrer.
On Monday, Peter j. Kelly plead
not guilty to charge of illegal selling
in Wharton.
Oscar Harrington plead not guilty t.
the same charge in Hanover township
Mike Nemis retracted his forme
plea of not guilty to assault and bat
terry and plead guilty.
John Mulligan retracted a plea o
not guilty of breaking and entering
and plead non vult. 1t was demon
strated that Mulligan had been i'm
billing fire water and Judge Mills sus
pended sentence and placed him in th'
custody of the probation officer fort tw'
years.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
BETTER ROAD
CONDITIONS
Report Of Investigations Made
by the Street Committee
Of Civic Association.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Morristown, May -, 1908.
} the Editors Of The Jerseyman:.


To the Editors of The Jerseyman:.
Dear sirs; Your readers, ana espe-
eially the members of the civic Asso-
citation, will be interested in the annex
ed report of the Street Committee Of
that Association, presented April a1st to
its Executive Committee The report
contains many valuable recommends
tlons Some of these recommendations
are for immediate use, and require lit
tie unusual expenditure Of money.
Ihis Is true of the suggestions.
"a As to County Road repairs.
CD AS to more liberal maintenance
of town roadways.
(S) As to protective coverings Of
roads
e4) As to side walk repairs.
60 As to opening street surfaces
and restoration of pavements.
(6) And more than all, as to neees-
sary diligence by the proper authors
ties to enforce contractors ana others
to use approved methods in backfIIfna
lrehehes and in replacing pavements.
This is of vital Importance now that
.he streets are to be opened for sewer
iaterals, If we are to be saved from the
- 7-tSes e@>PNASS VI TepdNlQ& all the
streets in town
Some of these matters are already re-
eeiving the attention of the Board Of
Aldermen.
Other recommendations of the, com
mittee refer to matters not less impor-
tant perhaps, but less urgent IN point
Of time, and in some cases require more
money than is now at the disposal Of
the town authorities.
These are, however, part of com
prehensive scheme that should. sooner
or later be adopted if our roads are
ever again to be credit to the eommu-
nifty
The present method of expecting the
street Committee of the Board of AL
derman to be engineers, inspectors ana
experts on road problems is asking
from that committee too much. both Of
time and OF expert knowledge. The re-
port follows:
Yours respectfully,
THos. w. cAULDwELL,
Pres. Civic Association.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
OBITUARY.
MISS EMEL1NE WILLIAMS.

Miss Emeline Williams died at the
residence of her neice, Mrs. Charles NJ.
Phillips on Western avenue, Wednes-
day, after suffering stroke of appo-
plexy. Miss Williams had been living
with her neice for the past twenty
two years. At one period Of her life
she was employed in the dead letter
office at Washington. She was few
days short of being eighty-nine years
old. He father built the first house in
Akron, Ohio, and Miss Williams lived
in that city before coming to Norris
town. Funeral services were held at
the residence of Mrs. Phillips Tuesday
afternoon and the interment at Akron.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19

Thomas f. Whelen, proprietor OF
the Mansion House, signed the con
tract on Monday for the purchase of
the Mansion House property from the
estate of Robert f. Ballantine. Title
to the property will pass about June
20. 1t is the intention of the pur-
chaser to make number of radical
alterations aud additions to the build
ings on the property
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19

MISS JANE SANDERS.

Miss Jane Sanders died very sudden
ly at the home of her sister, Mrs. Bart
ley Owens at Morris Plains last Fri
day. She had been i'll with pleuro-
pneumonia for some time, but was re-
covering and hoped in few days to be
able to leave her home. Her sister
brought her some. breakfast and re-
turning after few minutes absence
with some other portion of the meal
found the deceased dead. 1t is thought
that she had attempted to go to the
stove in the room and had fallen dead
on the way. Funeral services were
held on Monday.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
CUP PLAY STARTS.
First Round for Presidents Cup at
Golf Club on Saturday.

First Round for Presidents cup at
Golf Club on Saturday.
The Morris County Golf Club has
announced the competition for the
Presidents Cup for men which COM
menced last Saturday and will contin-
ue on each Saturday in May, June,
July and September. The competi-
tion is at eighteen holes match play
against bogey, the winner each Satur-
day receiving three, two and one point
respectively. On Saturday, October
third, the sixteen players having the
greatest number of points will con-
tinue at handicap, the second round
being played October tenth, third
round October seventeenth and the
finals October twenty-fourth.
The round played last Saturday re-
suited in victory for John It. Giles
pie, with L. B. Garretson, second and
r. III. Williams, Jr., Archibald Forbes
and G. w. Harkness tied for third
place.
In the Willis Cups for men, scratch
medal play for two cups, contestants
may play on Saturdays beginning May
30th and continuing June, July, Sep
tember and October. No contestant
may play more than one round as
holes on any one Saturday. The six
teen contestants having the lowest
score for one round (18 holes) during
the season will qualify for the first
cup" and those having the sixteen
next lowest scores will qualify for the
second cup" On Saturday, October
31st, the two siXteens will play lS
holes, medal play.
The contestants in each sixteen will
then add their scores of October 3lst
to their lowest score made during the
qualification rounds. The players in
each sixteen having the lowest score
for 36 holes, determined as stated
above, wlll win the cup in that sixteen.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19

Guide to Travel and Business Courtesy
The Lackawanna Railroad is send
ing out folder showing the Best Way
between Buffalo and New York. In
addition to valuable information on
that subject the two inside pages are
devoted to Concerning Courtesy
being advice to agents, conductors and
other representatives of the company
regarding the courtesy due to patrons.
Every public Office and business house
should have copy Of this posted up
for the guidance OF their employees.
Address George "A. Cullen, 80 West ST.,
New York, for copy
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
MemorIal servIee for Mis- Dana.

A Memorial Service for the late
Miss Dana, will be held in the First
Presbyterian Church, Sunday, May
the twenty-fourth at O'Clock. The
addresses will be by the Rev. John
Macnaughtan, D. D., and the Rev.
William NJ. Hughes, S. T. D. This
service will take the place Of the usual
Baccalaureate
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
GEORGE DERENIER.

George Deremer, an old resident of
Morris county, died on Sunday at his
residence between Hackettstown and
Schooley's Mountain, aged seventy
nine years He was the father Of Mrs.
j. N. Niper, of Lincoln street and an
uncle of John Deremer, of Ridgedale
avenue.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
Dies From Railroad Accident.

Edward Mooney, of Pine street, died
in the Memorial Hospital on Sunday,
as the result of a fall from the 90s
train on Saturday morning. He with
other men was standing on one of the
platforms of the train as the train
backed up to take on additional cars
from the switch at the station. 1t is
said by those at the station that the
trains had not as yet reached the
cars when he fell, consequently it was
not the impact of the coupling which
sent him down. But he fell and land
ed on his head on the plank crossing,
leading to the Erie station. The train
was stopped at once and Mooney taken
from his position in an unconscious
condition. He regained consciousness
in few minutes and was taken in a
hack to the Memorial Hospital. Later
on he became violent and died the
following morning. A sad feature of
his death was the fact that his wife
was then at All Souls Hospital, where
she had been operated on for a serious
trouble and it was not thought wise
to tell her of her husbands injuries
and subs quent death. He was about
sixty years of age.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
Exercises at Miss Dana's school.

Exercises at Miss Dana's school.
The commencement exercises Of Miss
Dana's School begin on Sunday when
Rev. w. M. Hughes will preach the
baccalaureate sermon in the Church of
the Redeemer. On Monday there will
be studio exhibit and ia the evening
a concert in the school hall. The COM
mencement proper will be held on
morning the address being
delivered by Edward Howard Griggs
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
Special Recommendation.


First--That the County Roads within
the Town limits $3.50 miles be re-sur-
| faced throughout within two years. or
at the rate of about three miles a year.
beginning with this season.
( Second.-That steps be taken looking
to the taking over of the County roads
! by the Town, if upon investigation it
shall appear that they can be more eco
nomically and efficiently maintained
than under the present arrangement
Third.-That a more liberal expendi-
| ture be made on the maintenance of
Town streets than that heretofore ap-
propriated, it being impossible to pro-
perly keep up the conditions Of said
streets without adequate funds; the av-
erage annual outlay for street work for
the past eight years having been only
about fourteen thousand dollars, and
for stone about two thousand dollars.
That on all Town streets the maeadam
method of construction only be EN-
ployed, except in such cases as may re-
quire Telford foundations in the judg-
ment of the engineer.
Fourth-That on light, sandy ana
well drained soils thin macadam road
beds be constructed Gin no case over six
inches in thickness) instead of those of
the heavier and more substantial class.
Fifth.-That a more thorough. intel
ligent and scientific system be inaugu-
rated under the proposed street depart
ment, for the maintenance of unim-
proved roads; and that no experiments
witho oil treatment of earth roads be att
tempted, not being regarded as effect
ual, in the opinion of your COMMITTEES,
nor adapted to the soils found in this
vicinity.
sixth--That OIL tar or other similar
approved treatment of macadam ana
Telford roads, in the opinion of your
Committee. has now become public
necessity in view of the rapidly i'm
.creasing volumes of motor traffic and
the high speeds at which ears are driv-
en-; and that the subject be further in-
yestigated in order to ascertain the best
protective materials and the most ef-
fective method Of their applications that
ways and means be found for the re-
striction of motor traffic. and for the
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19
Morristown Civic Association Report Of
the Committee ON streets.

To the Executive Committee;
Gentlemen
Your Committee on streets having
made careful examination of the streets.
OF Morristown, and having studied the
situations in all its bearing, begs leave
TO submit the following recommends
tons' looking to the betterment of ex-
isting conditions.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19

A number of the men of St. Peters
Parish gathered at the home OF the
rector, Rev. Philemon f. Sturges on
Wednesday evening, where in their
behalf Frederick r. kellogg in a hap
py speech presented to the rector a
handsome solid silver cake basket.
The rector responded to the presenta-
tion. The silver piece was inscribed :
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19

Paterson Wins Suit to Prevent Diver
sion.
The Charcery Court Wednesday de-
cided in favor of Paterson in its suit
brought to compel the East Jersey
Water Company to cease diverting the
waters Uf the Passaic River as its fl
tration plant at Little Falls, for the
supply of various municipalities, among
them Paterson itself. The decision
was handed down by Vice-Chancellor
Emery at Trenton Wednesday, but its
text did not become known there un-
Thursday. The city loses one feature
of the case, for the Vice Chancellor
holds that Paters has no claim for
equitable relief of any kindn on the
ground that the alleged diminished
flow lessons the effectiveness of the
stream for the purpose of diluting the
sewage.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19

Ihat, under the authority of the
lown Charter, a Street Department he
organized, the head of which shall he
competent civil engineer, skilled n
the science of roadwork, appointed bv
the Board of Aldermen and vested with
full authority to direct the construction
ana maintenance of streets, and to take
charge of the work of street cleaning
sald engineer to be provided with
suitable office, properly equipped for
the performance of his engineerina ~
work. as well as for the preservation
OF maps and other records; to organize
working force, under an approved
system, for the construction and main
tenance of street pavements, and for
lhe purpose of street cleaning. with
sueh auxiliary of tools ana road ma
chihery as may be found most eco
homieal; to make annual report ON the
conduct of his department, with state
ments Of expenditures, and such re-
as may appear to him
proper; to be paid salary sufficient to
command a man of good ability.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-05-19

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