The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-21
NOTES, FROM BEVERLY
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
If the president has been exercisin.
his powers Of observation and stud,
OF human beings since he came tt
Beverly he is convinced that not ever,
tradition holds good when it is a
hos4e. There is an old, old story tina
the people of New England are 81
thrifty that they cannot enjoy them
selves, and this is followed up by The
| further statement that they canno
separate themselves from a dollar
without undergoing great pain.
Judging by what has happened ii
and around Beverly, these stories are
gross libels on the people of Massa
| chusetts.
Not Fond of Money.
First of all, there are the two old
/! ladies who own strip of ground
which lies between the summer home
of H. c. Frick, the millionaire, and the
waters of Beverly bay. Unless sum
| mer home has frontage on the water
in these parts the owner is not ex.
actly the thing. Neighbors look upon
him as sort of social scalawag
Therefore Mr. Frick made up his mind
to buy the land between him and the
sea.
81 will give you $1,0OO,000 for that
| land,' he said to the two old ladies'.
They went home and thought the
matter over. The next day they sent
| Mr.. Prick note. 1t said:
"Your kind offer is declined. If we
had $1O00,00O we would not know
what to do with it."
Thriftiness Not Apparent.
There is a hotel keeper in this town
who cares even less than did the two
old ladies near the Frick estate about
real money. Since the president came
to Beverly there has been rush to
the hotels of the town by tourists who
want to see the Taft cottage. Prices
have gone up, and the hotel proprie-
tors have been in clover.
When two young men went to one
of the proprietors and asked for a
room he said:
II have single room with single
bed, and I have another room with
two single beds in it, but that room
has been taken by fellow"
Move the spare bed into the other
room which now has only one bed"
was suggested.
NO." replied the host of the hotel;
'it's too warm to lug beds Naround
now Besides, / don't want to dis
turb the furniture"
All of which was another great blow
to New England thrift.
The Presidents Guards.
Since President Taft arrived in Bey-
erly he has been closely guarded by
eight secret service men. All day and
all night long these guards are at his
home, one in 'front.' the other in the
rear of the house. The chief guard
here is james Sloan.
The president is perfectly willing to
be guarded, unlike President Roose-
welt, who often carried revolver him.
self and kept assassins away by the
reputation he had for aggressiyeness
and fight.
One of the men with Mr. Taft said
that the worst scare he has yet had
was on the presidents recent trip
through the south In Richmond the
president was to speak, and over 49,
600 negroes were there to see him.
The presidents automobile got into
the middle of the crowd, which be-
came almost frantically boisterous
The negroes crowded up against it,
shouting to each other. The guards,
the only white men in the crowd, were
jostled about and gradually forced to
form little Gordon around the pres
dent. Then way was made for the
machine, and it gradually worked its
way out of the crowd.
Sloan Not Rough Rider.
Secret Service Agent James Sloan is
not, as is popularity supposed, rough
rider. He is native of Danville, ILL.,,
Uncle Joe Cannon's home town. The
keen witted, stalwart little bodyguard
of the president was brought up right
across the street from the home of the
speaker. He used to be shouter for
Uncle Joe, but not since Uncle Joe
showed his teeth to President Roose-
welt. Sloan was T. RS bodyguard for
seven years. He idolized the siren
uous president, and the latter thought
well of his loyal protector.
Marshal For Uncle Sam.
Sloan's trip with the president on
the iatter's western and southern jour
ney will probably be about the last big
piece of work he will do in the secret
service, as he has been picked by
Taft for United States marshal for
one of the Illinois districts. He will
assume the duties of this Office about
Dec. /.
81 presume that people have got the
impression that ! was rough rider
from the fact that while Mr.. Roose-
welt was president attended seven
of the reunions of the famous COM
mand and became intimately acquaint-
ed with many of the members of the
regiment. They used to address me
as 'Comrade,' and l have had many
good times with the men of Roose-
velts old regiment" said Sloan the
other day
Taft Likes Newspaper Men.
Mr.. Taft is always glad to see news
paper men, and with those in whom
he has confidence has no hesitancy in
talking freely about public affairs and
the policies Of his administration. He
has a rule, however, which most news