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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-07
SOCIETY EVENTS.

Miss Helen Caldwell had house
party for the dance on June 90
Mr.. and Mrs. Emlen F. franklin and
Master Frederick Franklin left for
Bellport, Long Island, last Tuesday,
they expect to remain there for two
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Forbes are
being congratulated on the birth Of a
little son.
Mrs. Philemon SturgeS and children
are at Galiiee, N. j. Rev. Mr.. Sturges
will join them about August l.
Mrs. Emlen p. Franklin entertained
at bridge on Wednesday evening Of
last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry f. Taylor and
family will leave for the Adirondack
League Club to-day.
The Misses Hayden, who have been
at Mrs. Tunis' for some time, will
leave for Monmouth, N. j., this week.
The family of Herman Behr will go
to Watch Hill, r. l., about August 1.
Miss Lucetta Johnson is back in
MorriStown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ell. McCurdy
have gone to Long Island for the sum-
mer.
DIR. Frederick H. Humphreys and
family are at their sea side residence
at Monmouth Beach, N. j., for the
summer. They expect to return in
October.
After spending few days in Morris
town, Mrs. P. G. Barker has gone to
Orient, L. l., where she will be the
guest of Rev. DIR. and Mrs. Albert
Erdman at their summer home, for
one week.
Miss Rochelle Gaehet, of New Or
leans, La, and Miss Mary Bergen, Of
Somerville, N. j., have been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Thomp-
son, Of Hill street during the past
week.
W. Creevy Thompson left Thursday
for Block Island, r.. l., where he will
remain till August Sth, when he is due
at 6 Camp Columbia" Morris, Conn.
w. S. Letchford and family are at
the Ocean House, Watch Hill, r. /.
R.D. Foote has gone away for va
cation of two weeks.
The young peoples subscription
dance brought together over a hun
dred of the younger set at the Golf
Club last Monday evening. The COM
mittee in charge of the dance was
composed of Miss Ruth Taylor, Miss
Alice Foote, Miss Marie Letchford and
Miss Carolyn Williams.
The last of the Tuesday bridge
mornings was held last week when
the winners were Miss Helen Shelton,
Mrs. George G.. Henry and Mrs. W. f.
Griffith.
Miss Marie Bryce will entertain at
bridge at the Golf Club to-day.
Ridley Watts and family have gone
to Warch Hill for the summer.
Mrs. P. Conover Field and son are
expected to visit Mrs. Fields parents
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. voorhees, this
week.
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PROPOSED LIGHTING MERGER
Negotiations Under way for Leasing
of the Public Service Plant.

Negotiations Under Way for Leasing
OF the Public Service Plant.
For some time past it has been
known about town that negotiations
were in progress for the leasing of the
Public Service lighting plant in Nor
ristown to the Morris g. Somerset
Electric Co., for term which practi-
cally means perpetuity. Some details
under discussion were yet to be settled,
but the report this morning was that
the deal had gone through. The Nor
ris & Somerset propose to Immediate
ly put in duplicate set of machinery
in the new power station on Whip
pany street and connect all the light
ing and power lines with that plant,
abandoning the old station of the Pub
lie Service on Coal avenue, operating
that only until such time as the dupli-
cate machinery can be made ready in
the new plant.
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The craftsman,s village.

The sale of forty acres of Homer
Davenport's estate and the ten acre
Garrigus tract adjoining, between Nor
ris Plains and Mt. Tabor, to Gustav
Stickley has been consumated and the
Craftsman Village within another
week will doubtlese be under construc-
tion. The purchase includes prac-
tically all of the old Mary Tuttle farm
and several ocres of Mr.. Davenport s
purchase from the Condict estate.
The price for the forty acres was $4,000,
while $1,000 was paid for the Garrigus
tract. Another property which it is
planned to add to the Craftsman plot
has not been transferred as yet, the
untangling of title causing delay. 1t
is rumored that other tracts may be
added before Mr.. Stickley gets all that
he desires for his village. The sum-
mer school, in connection with the
village, opens on July 9th.
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SAVINGS BANKS ASSOCIATION
Organized TO Secure Proper Legisla-
tIon forthe Welfare of the Banks.

Organized TO Secure Proper LegisIa-
tIon forsthe Welfare of the Banks.
Representatives Of sixteen savings
banks, of New Jersey, have organized
the New Jersey Savings Banks Associa-
tion, with the object of obtaining pro-
per consideration of all legislative ac-
tion affecting savings banks and the
discussion Of all subjects relating to
the general welfare of those institu-
tions in the state.
The officers Of the new association
are: President, Charles S. Shultz,
president of the Hoboken Bank for
Savings vice-president, Adrian Lyon,
president of the Perth Amboy Sayings
Institution; secretary and treasurer,
Ralph t. Crane, treasurer Of the Mont
clair Savings Bank; executive COM
mittee, Philander B. Pierson, president
of the Morris County Savings Bank ;
Horace Stetson, vice-president and
treasurer of the Half Dime Savings
Bank of Orange; Garrett DIV. .Vroom,
president of the Trenton Savings
Fund Society L. M. Codington, mana
ger of the Dime Savings Bank of
Somerville; Merritt G. Perkins, presi-
dent Of the franklin Savings Institu-
tion of Newark and John Headden,
president of the Hudson City Savings
Bank Of Jersey City.
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MINIATURES BY MISS COLES
Charming Likenesses of Grandson and
Granddaughter Off. w. DeForest

Charming Likenesses of Grandson and
Granddaughter Off. w. DeForest
Like some of the portrait painters,
several miniature painters still linger
in the city to put the finishing touches
to their work. Thus Miss Gertrude
COLES is occupied with the miniature
of the young grandson of Mr.. Robert
w. de Forest. This is not only por-
trait, but a picture. The youngster is
astride sundial in a beautiful garden,
with a background of foliage. His
bare feet are thrust forward, and on
his head is perched Normandy bon
net. 1t is buoyant piece of work and
full of childlike grace.
Miss Coles has just finished a minia-
ture of the granddaughter of Mr.. de
Forest. The scene is an interior, with
the child standing by chair. The
artist has deft touch in very minute
work. A recent example is the head
of Nine. Sembrich in a brooch, a fine
likeness, that was presented to the
prima donna by some of her friends.
"But my time is not entirely taken
up with miniatures" said Miss COLES,
as she showed a life size bust portrait
in oils of Mrs. Frederick VanBeuren
in low white gown with string of
pearls. From the New York Herald" ;"
Sunday, June %, 1908.
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c. w. Runyon Resigns.

Completing continuous service Of
twenty-six years, during which time
he held positions in the operating de-
partment, that of general foreman and
for many years as manager OF the
Plainfeld exchange, Charles W. Run
yon, of the New Madison, formerly OF
Elizabeth, Saturday severed his con-
nection with the New York and New
Jersey Telephone Company.
Mr.. Runyon entered the employ OF
the company in the operating depart
ment al Jersey City, in 1882, being
later transferred to Plainfield. Dur
ing his service with che company Mr..
Rynyon spent two years at Morristown
and two years at Elizabeth, while for
six years AZ was general foreman Of
Construction work.
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JOHN OLIVER HOBBIES MEMORIAL
Medallion TO Mrs. Craigie Unveiled at
University college, London.

Medallion to Mrs. Craigie Unveiled at
University College, London.
Lord Curzon, OF Kedleston, unveiled
the medallion of tJohn Oliver Hobbesr
(Mrs. Craigie) which has been placed
in the general library Of University
College, London, of which Mrs. Craigis
was a student, on Wednesday. Lord
Curzon asked the acceptance by the
college authorities of the medallion,
and one of the treasurers of the John
Oliver Hobbies memorial fund handed
to the treasurer OF the college sum
of money for the foundation of the
John Oliver Hobbies scholarship in
modern English literature.
The medallion which was executed
by Alfred Drury, ARA, is in bronze
framed in dark wood. On the top
corners are figures representing litera-
ture and comedy. A replica of the
medallion is to be sent to America
Mrs. Craigie's birthplace.
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

Marital Troubles Presumed to be the
Cause of the Rash Act.
George Ball, young married man
boarding at Mrs. Hedden's boarding
house on Park place attempted suicide
about midnight last Tuesday night by
taking carbolic acid. His wife gave
the alarm and DR.. Mills was called and
had the man removed to Memorial
Hospital where he was cared for and
his recovery is expected.
The cause of the attempt is said to
be trouble with his wife and further
report is that they had been quarreling
much during the evening. They had
but recently moved back to Morris
town from Newton.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
Concerning Dogs.

EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE:
l beg to submit that the caption Of
your letter concerning dogs in last
weeks issue may be misleading. All
dogs do not need to be muzzled, but
some dogs only are safe at large dur
ing the heated term when restrained
by some such method.
We make laws and try to enforce
them to protect the community
against contagious disease, against
carrying fire arms, against the sale Of
poisonous drugs, against selling IL
quors and other things involving the
greatest good to the greatest number,
why should not twelve or fifteen citi-
zens who do not keep dogs be consid-
cred rather than one who does. There
is probably even larger number than
this who do not have dogs to those
who do. 1t may be hardship to re-
quire the owners of dogs to pay licenses
for them, but it is a hardship TO saloon
keepers to pay license, yet the pub
lie generally favors it.
9s / know of two. persons who have
been bitten this season in town by
vicious dogs. Whether they were
mad or not l do not know.
'ol / am friend of dogs in their places
and as President of the S. P. @. A. in
a southern city few years ago, ! did
what / could for the comfort of all
dumb animals. Yet hold that the
life and the health of our citizens, or
of one citize is of more value than all
the dogs in town.
Respectfully yours,
IRA MowERY.
MorrIcf0vvn NJ T If11v 1St 1909
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Fifty Years Married on the Fourth.

rlA'y ears MdAIlSu Oh UHe rouESAs
Mr.. and Mrs. William Collins, of
Northteld, celebrated their golden
wedding Saturday. During the day
about two hundred relatives and
friends from Newark, New York, the
Oranges, Northfeld, Livingston, Sum-
nit, Madison and Morristown called
and offered congratulations,
Mr.. Collins is the eighth of a family
of twelve, and was born in West Liv-
ingston, September IA, 1882, where he
lived until after his marriage, when
he moved to Morristown. In his early
life he learned the trade of shoemaker,
later becoming a contractor. Politi-
cally Mr.. Collins is a Republican.
Mrs. Collins was Miss Mary Yeager,
and was born in New York on the
present site Of the city hall, March Is.
ls4O. Mr.. and Mrs. Collins were mar
ried at the parsonage of the Methodist
church, at Madison, by Rev. Mr.. Ogden,
July 4, 1858. The couple had eight
children, six Of whom are living, as
follows: Mrs. William E. Collins, Of
Morristown; Pell and Matthew Collins,
of Northheld; Edward Collins, of Sum-
NIT; and Benjamin and Joseph Collins,
of Orange. There are twenty five
grandchildren and four great-grand-
children. Mr.. and Mrs. Collins have
lived in Northfeld about seventeen
years. They received about 500 in
gold
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OBITUARY..
MISS ANNE ROWLAND FORD.

MloS ANNE dO w LAM rOfNDs
Miss Anne Rowland Ford, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Millen Ford, died at
the Ann May Hospital, at Spring Lake,
on Saturday night, death following
two operations for appendicitis. Miss
Ford was taken i'll a few days before
and surgeons from Philadelphia &C.
cided that an operation was necessary.
Miss Ford was agreat-granddaughter
of Colonel Jacob Ford at whose house
in Morristown, George Washington
made his headquarters, and was also a
decendent of a number of distinguished
governors and others of Colonial per-
iod. Funeral services will be held in
st. Peters Church on Wednesday af-
ternOOn,
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STATE AID IN FORESTRY
Good Public Policy Requires That the
Forests should be Preserved.

OOOO HuD1lC POllcy requires IDaC Inc
Forests should be Preserved
Good public policy requires that the
forests of the State, irrespective Of
ownership, be rescued from the abuse
that they have suffered so long. If
properly managed most of them can
be made to yield continuous crops to
the owners. At the same time the
people at large will profit by the in
creased supply of wood for their needs,
by more regular flow of water in the
streams, and by the maintenance of an
agreeable climate.
Since forest owners know little about
the methods employed in forestry, and
few have properties large enough to
warrant the regular employment of a
forester, the Forest Commission offers
the services of it's forester, so far as his
time will permit, to all who care to
ask them. The assistance given in
cludes:
The examination of woodlands and
comforting with the owners regarding
their management. Where cutting is
necessary, part Of the trees to be
felled will be marked to guide the
owner in the removal of the rest. Ad-
vice will be given about the best way
to market forest products, but in no
case will the forester have part in a
sale.
Examining land to be forested, ad-
vislng the ownerr about the most suit
able species to plant, and how to OBJ
tain the young trees. The State fur
nishes no plants nor seed.
Making plans for the protection of
forest land from fire.
In all cases the assistance given is
purely advisory there is no obligation
to follow the Recommendation made,
though where they are acted on, the
Forest Commission claims the right to
inspect the property from time to
time and to published facts concerning
it for the benefit of the public. The
cost to the owner is the Forester's
actual expenses while away from Tren-
ton. His salary is paid by the State.
Besides the advice given on the
ground, the forester will be glad to
answer inquiries by mail any forest
subject. For this there is no charge.
Address, The State Forest Commits
sion, Trenton.
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Several of the local lodges have de-
cided to lessen the number of meet
ings during the summer. Odo de St.
Amand mandery, Knights
Templar and Madison Chapter R. A.
M. have given up meetings altogether
for July and August Cincinnati
Lodge f. 81 A. M.will meet only once
a month after this Monday evening,
Instead Of weekly. Morristown Lodge
B. P. o. e. will also omit one meeting
a month for two months.
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MORRIS COUNTY COURTS.

Judge Mills on Friday sentenced
prisoners as follows John Smith and
Joseph Howard entering cars, to State
Reformatory. John Blonde, alias
O'Brien, and Charles Adams suspended
sentence and put in chargezof proba-
tion officer for two years. None of the
young men belonged in Morris county.
Leo Hennessy had sentence suspend
ed in his case the charge being larceny
of chickens.
The application of d. Boyle, of Pat
erson, for wholesale license in Pc
quannoc township was laid over until
July II for investigation.
There was considerable amount of
orphans court business transacted.
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The class Of 1907 of the Morristown
High School enjoyed reunion and
banquet at Days last Tuesday evening
with twenty Two Of the twenty nine
members Of the class present. The
toastmaSter Of the occasion was Victor
Ell. ,Boell II. Paul Piper, Jr., spoke Of
the past Of the class Of '07. Armin s.
Hoffman for the present and Miss
Mable Al. Tuttle for the future. Fol
lowing the set t0asts there were inf0r-
NAL remarks by all the members Of the
class.
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vigilance Needed.

EDITOR OF The CHRONICLE:
In our Park confusion is rapidly
yielding to order and beouty, but to
the most casual observer it is evident
that eternal vigilance will be required
to preserve its ATTRACTIONS. Boys take
delight in tramping through the beds
of growing plants and balancing them
selves on the curbing, and unless an
officer is appointed whose sole duty it
shall be to guard the Park from these
and other depredations, it will not
long remain a thing Of beauty.
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MISS JENNIE F. sHARRETTE.

Miss Jennie f. Sharrette, daughter
of Mrs. John B. Sharrette, of Newark,
formerly of this place, died at the
home of her sister, Mrs. William Fl.
Riley, of Newark, on Friday evening
last, after a long and lingering ILL
ness. The funeral services were
held on Monday afternoon, at three
O'Clock and were largely attended.
Interment was made in the family
plot at Evergreen Cemetery this Tues
day morning. Rev. Mr.. Horsman
officiating.
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The masons finished the laying Of
the Park walks on Wednesday with
the exception of a little piece left for
a wagon way. Contractor Ritter has
been getting in the rest Of the catch
basins, ridding the Park of the collec-
tion of tile pipes. The work on the
Park will be slow from now on as it is
necessary to bring in several hundred
loads of soil to raise the remaining
portions up to the required grade. A
month at least will be required in this
work.
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Rush Hours.

Superintendent e. M. Rine, of the
Lackawanna Railroad, has issued an
order, reducing the complement OF
passenger train crews from four to
three men.
Heretofore a normal train crew has
consisted of the conductor, baggage
master, rear-end brakeman or tiagman,
and an additional brakeman. The sec
ond brakeman will be dispensed with
in future. The order results in the
laying off from regular runs of from
It's to 200 passenger brakemen.
The superintendent's order is of
practically general application, the
only exceptions being made on certain
trains during rush hours
and in the case Of few trains,
such as the Easton mail, where the
work is too heavy to permit OF any re-
duction in crew equipment at this
season.
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JOHN EDWARD BoLDING.

John Edward Bolding, well-known
as a former steward of the Morris
County Golf Club and later as the pro-
prietor of a boarding house on South
street died at his home last Tuesday,
aged fortY-seven years,
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The County Clerks Office has been
blsy lately with naturalizations. The
only dates remaining when the court
will sit In such cases are August l5
and October 3. Since the new law
wenu into effect In September 1906
eighty-nine second pagers have been
issued through the Morris county
office.
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Albert swords is Golf Club Champion
Albert Swords won the mems cham
pionship golf tournament at the Nor
ris County Golf Club on the Fourth,
beating Peter Fl. B. Frelinghuysen,
his nearest competitor by four points.
The match was atSeighteen holes, two
rounds. The cards we're as follows:
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Caterpillars Galore.

Newark was 'rushing the can" last
Monday as a result of the offer made
by the Essex County Shade Tree Com
mission to give 10 cents for every can
Of caterpillars brought in dead or
alive. The crawling, clinging pests
have increased SO rapidly that the
commission was making no headway
in its war of determination. Early in
the day the boys and girls had the
business to themselves, but before
noon many of the older folks had the
fever, and at night it was announced
that 100000 caterpillars had been
canned. The cans are dumped at
Military Park, where the Gamers were
paid off.
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Vacations for Post once Employees.
Postmaster Clarke has succeeded in
getting an allowance for substitute
carriers during the vacation season.
He was helped in getting this conces-
sion by the fact that during the past
three months the local post office
again broke the records for business
during the same period Of any year.
The aggregate this year was about a
thousand dollars more than last for
the months of April, May and June.
The carriers schedule is as follows ::
July 1-19, William Taylor; July 20
Aug. 5. Degroot and Ambrose; Aug,
6-22, Beach and Brown; Aug. 23-Sept.
10, Ergenzinger and Nixon; Sept. IL
%, Hutchings and Pierson; Sept. 20
Oct. IL, Stilwell and Schleth.
The clerks will be away on the fol-
lowing schedule: July 2O-Aug. 5, Mrs.
Ambrose; Aug. 5-1S. W. A. Heath !;
Aug. 6-22, q. j. Collier; Aug. 19-Sept.
4, @. l.. Higgins Aug. 24-Sept. 10, e.
Tiger Sept. 5-2S, j. M. Nipple Sept.
11-2S, e. ]. Bradley.
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Matinee Races.

The horses entered in the 2:30 to
2:40 class and the 2:50 to 800 class
at the Driving Park, Saturday, raced
despite the heavy track.
Considering conditions, the races
were very good and the people who
had gathered were we'll pleased.
The big race of the day, the 2:25
class, however, did not come off, as 1t
would not have been fair trial for
the horses.
In the 2:30 to 2:40 class, trot or
pace, only two horses entered, Thorn
ton, owned by Andrew M. Guerin, and
driven by j. Meacham, and Anidel,
owned by G. McCollum, and driven
by William Draggoo. The former won
getting the best two out Of three
heats.
In the 2:4O to 1850 class, trot or
pace, G.. H. Jaeger's Summit L. car
rio ] off the honors with Trilby owned
and driven by H. w. Armstrong, sec
ond, and Edward M, owned by s.
Mitchell and driven by William Mont
gomery, third.
The silver cup race has been fixed
fol Saturday, July Is.
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smallpox no Longer Decided as Fatal

Smallpox no Longer Decided as Fatal
No longer is smallpox to be dreaded
as a fatal disease, but it is to be re-
garded as one in which 400 out Of every
500 victims will recover Such is the
information gathered by the Marine
Hospital and Public Health Service.
During the past six months, 23, 544
cases of this disease we're reported to
the service. Out Of this large number
only fifty-five died.
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voorhees, Treasurer Of Cleveland Fun

FOOIuecS ATohSuTOA OA OtcNSAtthu Il uuu
The following men of prominence
have been selected as officers of the
New Jersey COMMITTEE in the Cleveland
monument plan:
President Former United States
Senator John f. Dryden, of Newark.
ce-President- Former Unit d
States Senator James Smith, Jr., of
Newark.
TreaSurer-State Treasurer Daniel
S. Voorhees,, of Morristown.
Secretary Former State Senator
Henry D. Winton, of Hackensack.
Mr.. Voorhees, has asked the Newark
Star to continue to receive funds, and
twenty-eight other newspapers in this
state are aiding the movement. Sub
scriptions sent to this office will be
promptly acknowledged.
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weather card for June zoos

Williams, Proctor & Potts, en-
gineers, send us the following report