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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-26
A Tribute to the Late George Gilber

a 4I1DuIG TO tue 1<aIC OcOISc O11DcIt
George Gilbert, member of the Bur
lington county bar, died at his home in
Beverly, on the 18th instant. The follow
ing tribute to his memory is from his for
mer partner, Clarence T. Atkinson, who
is now in Sanford, Florida:
George Gilbert was a self-made man
in the sense of our mode of expressing
the achievement of rising entirely by ones
unaided efforts. The son of village
blacksmith, George Gilbert worked as a
farm hand to gain opportunity for educa-
ton, and then became school teacher in
order that he might gain an opportunity
to practice law. He and I were students
in the Office of the late Garrett 8. Cannon
of Bordentown. He came to the Office
every Saturday, and by study at nights,
combined with his teaching, he prepared
himself for admission to the bar.
"From the year 1884 until 1905, perhaps
none better than l knew George Gilbert,
the real man within the outer man. To
tell of man we must use the method of
describing his qualities, his attributes,
and the soul expressions that were habit
ual. He was a wise man. Every prob
lem that was put up to Mr.. Gilbert re-
ceived wise and sound solution.
"His mental processes were slow, but
were always accompanied by accuracy,
completeness and entire survey of every
element in question. hence his judg-
ment was sound. He was ever conscious
of the safety in the maxim 'abundans
cautela non nocet,' consequently never
committed any rash or repentant acts.
HE was too modest. His mind was
logical, forceful and comprehensive. He
could argue a case or sum up, but he
would say to me, mo, you do that" He
never forgot his fidelity to his oath of
Office as a lawyer. and he was always at
the service of clients Business first,
pleasure afterwards, was his repeated
motto.
I'm this, his sacrificed life, there is a
lesson for our fellow members Of the bar.
He should have taken recreation often
urged him to do so, but the reply was
always a negative. Such devotion to
service, without intermission, killed him.
George Gilbert was truly model man.
/ speak unqualifedly, within the limits of
truth, when / say he was free from vice.
He never was profane, did not use alcho-
lie drinks or tobacco, never gambled, in
fact did not have any evil habits. And,
lastly, he was honest-relentlesslY So"
CLARENCE t. ATKINSON. :"
Sanford, Florida, January "a, 1909.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-26

E1OR SALE OK RENT
Eight room house, No. go Clifton avenue
Sc. COLDER.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-26
Theatres.

Mt Holly souvenir post cards. Tn
very best. L. s. BoYce, stationer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-26

rest for them. The adoption OF new rules
by Sheriff Worrell to be applied to this
class of boarders is causing them to seek
quarters In other counties. Usually at
this season of the year 1t was no trouble
to find 70 or hundred tramps confined in
the jail These men are not supplied with
the same food given to court prisoners,
neither are they given a pair OF shoes I'M
less barefooted. Their tobacco, clothing
and other supplies have been refused by
the new Sheriff, who is fast Kidding the
county of this nuisance and saving money
for the taxpayers. Those who are fire.
ouently committed are confined In cells
The word is being passed around among
members of the fraternity that Sheriff
Worrell has put the Mount Holly jail on
the bum.
Judge Lloyd held special session Of
Circuit Court in Camden, on Friday
and after hearing testimony grant
ed: the application of James +
Stewart, contractor, for release from
capias issued by Supreme Court Com
missioner Eckard P. Budd. The writ hae
been issued at the instance of the Ameri
can Surety Co., of New York. which hat
been on Stewards bond for the faithful
performance of contract for the con
struction of sewers in Riverside. 1t wa
alleged that he had been disposing o
bonds received for work done with thu
intent to defraud his creditors. The orde
for release was made without calling upol
counsel for the defence and the Judg
refused the application of counsel for tn
plaintiff to relieve the surety compan,
from the responsibility for the arrest
the contractor. At the conclusion OF tn
case Attorney Simpson said that sui
will be immediately commenced agains
the surety company and q. h. Savage, Q
Mount Holly. who made the affidayl
J upon which Stewart was arrested, fo
450, 200 damages for false arrest.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-26

snow white with the exception of the tip
of its tail which Is black.
A carnival of opera will be given in the
Mount Holly Theatre on the evenings of
February 4 and 5. The proceeds will be
added to the visiting nurse fund. The
entertainment will consist of featured
songs, fancy dances, ETC., and will be a
benefit rendered by the pupils of Mrs
Clothier's dancing academy. Admission
IS cents, reserved seats so cents. Tickets
will be sold by pupils of the academy,
members of the Women's League and at
Aliens drug store, beginning next Friday.
Manager Hulse, of the Opera House.
IL experimenting In the benefit perform
ance which he will give to the America
Fire Company on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. February 1, 2 and 8. Should
the event prove successful, he will
offer similar courtesy to the other fire
companies in Mount Holly. For the above
occasion an interesting programme will
be presented. Members of the company
leci SnCOuIdkcu al tne "of IL WAiSA sns
tickets are selling. They are only ter
cents each. and can be used on any date
named.
Rev. Norman v. P Lewis, of Philadel
phia, formerly Of Mount Holly. who made
q speech at the Brotherhood banquet a
Burlington, Thursday evening, said pre-
yious to that time he had come to Bur
lington without the slightest feeling o.
fear or danger. but 1t was with great trep
idation that he made this trip, as he hat
been reading the newspapers He furthe
remarked that the residents of the grea
City Of Brotherly Love had begun to 81
up and take notice of their Jersey friend
and had concluded that their neighbor
across the river were either seeing thing
Or were staying out too late ct night.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-26

Next week at the Chestnut Street Thea
tire Frank Mayo's splendid dramatizatiol
of Mark Twain's famous story, "Pudd'n
head Wilson"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
THE SPIRITED.

Once the college town rings out
With the raucOus sound Of the college shout.
And the peaceful natives the racks
As brekc, Ike kex. koax, koax
Il yelled 10y night and il yelled by day.
And the barber poles stolen away.
And a deafenins chorus Of Siss. Room. An.
And the foot ball season begins TO throl.
And the college spirit gets ON the job.
Once more John Harvard lays down the law.
Once three cheers for Old Nassau
Are cried with vociferous vim and will.
And the town policeman they almost KILL
And for pgskn heroes the class they comb.
And the freshman mournfuy signs for home.
Tho there indeed. III he only knew.
The college spirit is working. too.
And that maddenlng burden of Rah, Rah. Rail-
L. raising the dickens with pa and ma!
To voice articulate varsity WOW,
Is tortured at night by terrible dream
OF impending defeat for the foot ball team.
And vision is dangled before her eyes
Of shattered ankles and broken thighs.
While pa, with cost that he little recks.
Is showing his spirit by writing checks.
And trusting he never may go to jail
For God. for country. and for Yale.
Rirkety. rickety. zins. zing boom.
Let freshmen manfully meet their doom.
And for old college In any old place.
Learn the honor and love that time can't eface.
That Is voiced in the shouts ut the foot ball
game
As. winning or losing. they shout just the same;
There are other shouts that just loud,
And I prize much more than the yels Of boys
The college spirit that has noise!
New York Times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

have never been to school. many Of whom
cannot read and none Of whom could in
default of such qualifications enjoy the
franchise, by reason of the fact that their
progenitors were not voters prior to 1887
An educational test for the regulation
Of the suffrage may be desirable as a
means Of raising the standard OF Ameri-
can voting citizenship. but when adopted
II must be honest in inception ano appli-
cation, else the injury to the electoral
system and consequently to the COM
munity at large is greater than that re-
sulting from an unrestricted suffrage.
II is quite probable that the situation
disclosed in Brown University Is not
peculiar to that institution or to that Sec
ton of the country. In many educational
esta blishments little attention Is paid to
current events while the minds OF
students are being focused upon long
range pbases of the worlds development
In some OF the common schools teachers
are careful to train pupils in the outhhes
of current affairs and pains are taken TO
coach them in the personnel OF the ma
tionaI government Still there IL amaz-
ing ignorance Of even Immediately local
conditions on the part of the boys ana
girls. If educators throughout the United
States were to take cognizance OF this
lamentable exhibit of ignorance at Brown
University and adopt new methods OF his
tory teaching and mind culture and
memory training in all the stages or the
educational processes. the active citizens
of the next generation would be better
equipped for their public as we'll az their
personal duties in life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
A MODERN LOCHINVAR.

Oh young Iochinvar has come out of the west.
In all the wide country his airship is hest.
To have his good dollars. he chauffeur had none,
He rode unafraid. and he rode all alone.
So plucky bis fight and 50 clever his ear.
Have We e.er heard Of smarty like young
He STAYED not for wind and he stopped not for
He new straight along in his seroplane.
Hat ere ere be S,d alisntsd at
For a man with a 90 H. p Touring Car
Was to wed the fair Gladys Of brave LOchnvar.
Then boldIy. he entered the pink onyx hall.
.Mong climbers and walters and family and all.
Then spoke the Brides father. MY word: Well.
For the poor craven bridegroom just faded
Did you come for a match to light your cigar.
Or to dance ut our bridal, young Lord Lochin-
var:"
II used to court Gladys. you gave me the sack
! went away vcwine I'd never come back:
But now. passing ny. I've just dropped In q
To dance but one two-step. drink one glass Of
There are madens in Denver. more wealthy BY
Who would gladly be bride to the young Lochin-
When they reached the hall door. for his airship
Right si INTO the craft the fair lady b. swung.
Let her go! We are orr over tree tor and
I'll be hanged II they follow cried young
There was hustlins and bustlins at Rocks-hy-the-
Guests. bridesmaids and ushers were mad AZ
Thea was racing and chasing and yelling IKE
There was weeping by mother and swearing By
While away overhead. like a LUMINOUS star.
Shone the light on the airship "f young lIochin-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

to the American mind as an ideal OF court
procedure.
Mime. Steinheil's experiences In court
are no different from those which have
been undergone by other persons accused
Of crime in France. Dreyfus was SUBJ
jected to the same grueiing from the
bench. lola was harried by the presid-
ing Judge SO brutality that even the then
adverse public wavered in its partisanship
and felt a sympathy for the man whom
later it came to laud enthusiastically.
An amusing incident Of the trial is re-
ported. On the second day the proceed
ings were interrupted by the reading
Of a confession Of guilt made by a
young man. The Judge remanded him
for examination i'm camera. with the re-
suit that later il was reported that the
youth had had no connection with the
crime whatever. but had confessed solely
for the purpose of being brought into
court, where he might see the notorious
defendant Such a happening In this
country is utterly beyond conception
There is something lacking In the Ameri-
can temperament conducive to enterprise
of this character. Men and women have
gone to extraordinary lengths to obtain
places In courtrooms where celebrated
cases have been on trial. but there is no
American record Of confession Of capital
crime as a means to this end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

From the Syracuse st-Standard.
The foot ball rules committee is being
called upon to reform the game still
further. The rules committee will re-
form the game still further just as soon
as 1t has to.
From the Pittsburg Gazette Times
The deadly mass play Is attracting con.
siderably more attention Just now than
the hookworm.
From the Indianapolis Star.
There are no pensions yet for the be-
reaved families of foot ball heroes. but
Congress will no doubt remedy the over
sight IL its attention IL called to it.
From the Harrisburg Telegraph
To be buried with military honors was
scant compensation for the life Cadet
Byrne of West Point gave as a sacrifice
to athletics.
From, the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Presumption is that parents send their
sons to college TO be educated, not to have
their necks broken.
From the Hartford Evening Post
Three deaths from foot ball within
week would seem to suggest the advisa-
bility Of inducing Rockefeller to put up
another million for the eradication Of the
kickworm.
From the Toledo Blade.
Some foot ball players become 50 en-
thusiastic that they look upon a broken
nose as a thing Of beauty and q joy for
ever.
From the Syracuse Post Sta ndard.
Can the four young men who have been
killed on the gridiron be regarded as mar
tyrs to the cause Of education?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
POLARITY.

Did Doctor Cook discover
The long sought northern poieI
Did the doctor climb the mountain
Up To- the crested goal:
These problems are distressing
To each truth loving soul.
Did Peary filch the pemmiran
That Doctor Cook had hidc
Did Pesry heat the Eskimo
As Cook had said he did
BY trading him provisions
Without the pro quo quidf
Can We never have hero
OF purest ray serene:
Must the confding public
Fall In the soup fureen
In the bitter controversies
That rage these two between,
The sad words of the poet,
The saddest writ by pen.
With melancholy rhythm
Racur to again
II both had been more honest
II really might have been.
indianapolis News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
The Pellarra INQUIRY.

While the main object Of the state and
federal officials and physicians In private
practice who are now organizing ma
tional association for the study and pre-
vention of pellagra Is to ascertain the
cause of that disease and to find means
to stamp it out, It will be important for
them to determine II possible whether II
was brought to this country from abroad
or has been indigenocS for long period
The United States Is virtually the home
of corn. The North American Indians
were using 1t as food when the first set
tiers reached these shores from Europe
1t is possible that the aborigines suffered
from pellasra. Possibly their ills were
chiefly due to the consumption of spoiled
corn Or il may be that they were wise
enough, even in their ignorance OF sani-
tary laws, to avoid the use M mustv
grain Perhaps their constitutions were
too hardy for the poison. or the disease
germ. or spore. or whatever may be the
active principle in pellagra, to develop
in their systems.
II has been suggested since the discov-
cry Of pellagra in the United States that
the disease was brought here by Italian
immigrants, a theory that does not APP
pear to be borne out by the fact that
pellagra IL not communicable In the ordi-
nary sense. In italy families living side
by side show a marked difference Of sus-
ceptibility The one group Of people will be
all pellagrous and the next-door neigh
bors immune. Still 1t Is possible that the
disease principle was imported and COM
municated to the grain In this country
and perpetuated from season to season
and from harvest to harvest.
At the present state of the case it Is
the general belief of American santa
rians that the disease has been here for
long time, unrecognized as such and
accounted for under a variety Of names.
In some parts of Italy where pellagra
ages. affecting q large percentage of the
country, physicians are afraid to dag
nose it openly by its proper name. but
give it some less alarming title while
secretly treating it as pellagra. 1t will
be interesting to note whether in the
light of lately discovered facts American
physicians will adopt the reverse attitude
and be inclined to diagnose as pellagra
an banning afliictions brought to their
attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
The ONLY WAY.

The shades ~ night were falling fast
tAs has been mentioned In the paste
When through an Alpine village blew
Climber with u retinue-
He did not hear through snow ana Ice
banner with a strange device
Nor did he roar Excelsior,
las has been mentioned heretofore.
Rut tended strictly TO his job.
Which was to gain the mountains mob.
Behind him on the weary jog
There toiled a faithful blond stenog;
Likewise there puffed not'ry pub.
Provided by the Alpine Club.
Who saw the Climber did not cheat
ANA swore him every Thousand feet.
Roped To q yodeling Alpine guide,
The trio scaled the mOuntainsde.
At dawn the Climber topped the crag
And waved the Climbers Union flag:
to the blond stenog.
Made afBdavit. ''S'help me Bob
That he had gained the mountains mob:
And Bill. the guide. to make things sure,
Was witness 10 his signature.
That ought 10 hold the show me- bunch"
The Climber murmured. Now for lunch.''
Chicago Tribune
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
A Gum Famine Threatened.

The report IL going the rounds OF the
press that failure Of the supply Of raw
material from which chewing gum is
m. de is threatened. Visions Of high
prices for the sweetened slabs of solace
fit across the brains Of millions Of chew
ing gum victims, slaves to the masticatory
habit. The thought Of chewing gum
famine is appalling. A total failure OF
the peanut crop could be contemplated
with even greater equanirnity. 1t Is Inn
possible to conceive the mental and moral
results Of a cutting of Of the supply Of
gum.
Yet there are some people who would
welcome such a calamity. There arc
those who cannot sympathize with the
menaced with this great deprivation
They would even rejoice In the susper-
sion Of vibratory jaws from their cease
less Fletcherizing. For the chewing of
gum, however delectable to those addicted
to the practice. Is an annoyance to some
others. 1t tires them to see the restless
sweep Of the maxillary processes. The
spectacle Of a cow chewing her cud in
the shade of q tree by a softly MUIR
muring brook is peaceful and rest-giving.
The slow swing of the bovine grinders
means business withal. But the swift,
nervous, jerky thrust OF human teeth into
an elastic wad is trying on the nerves OF
the observer.
Physicians may declare the chewing of
gum to be helpful to the digestion.
Possibly In our modern haste we need
some such aid to the aSsimilative proc
esses OF the body. But the question
arises whether the habitual gum chewer
is not drawing upon the nerve forces
more heavily than he-or she-can replen-
ish them through increased nutrition. No
one can seriously claim that the chewing
of gum is restful. to the chewer or to the
observer. Perhaps by a suspension of
tn, chewing gum industry for Ave years
while the Naseberry bush Is regainins
the strength that has been Slapped from
1t In these recent years Of frantic gun,
chewing everybody might be recuperated
sufficiently to warrant q recommencement
Of the perpetual motion process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
STICK TO THE FARM!

'.Stirk to the farm" says the President
To the wide-eyed farmer boy.
Then he hies him back to his White House boUG
With its air Of rustic joy.
..Stick to the farm" says the railroad king
To the lad who looks efar,
Then hikes him back on the double quick
To his rustic private car.
"Stick to the farm says the clergyman
To the youth ON the worm fence perch
Then lays his ear to the ground to hear
A call to Q city church.
''Stick to the farm" says the doctor wise
To those who would break the rut,
Then hies him where the appendix grows
In bountfful crops 10 cut.
-McLandburgh Wilson, in the New York Sun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
Ignorance Of National Affairs.

From Providence, r. L.. comes striking
illustration OF the fact that the so-calIed
educational qualification test applied to
Voters under such proposed suffrage limi-
safions as the lately defeated Maryland
constitutional amendment would IL ap-
Piled to all voters regardless OF race, color
and previous condition OF servitude seri-
,usly diminish the electorate. A pro-
lessor Of history In Brown University.
iesiring to experiment. asked the twenty
four members OF his class. composed Of
seniors and juniors. to give the full
names OF the President of the United
States. a Justice of the Supreme Court of
he United States. the Governor of Rhode
island. a justice of the supreme court of
Rhode Island and the mayor of Provi-
3ence. These questions correspond 70
those which were proposed by the Straus
amendment I'm Maryland. OF the twenty
tour. eighteen gave the full name Of the
President correctly. Two Of them knew
,nly his last name. Not one could give
he full name of a justice Of the Supreme
Court OF the United States. Seventeen
isd q name partly correct, while seven
lid not even know the last name Of a
single justice. Nor was this ignorance
confined TO federal affairs. Not one OF
he students knew the full name of the
governor. Eight knew only his last name
and one did not know even that. Five
we're able TO give the last name Of q
state supreme court justice and ave were
ansble to give any answer to that ques-
ion.
Here were twenty-four young men in
r. r,iASt ~ fhefy studies who could NOT
.nswer questions that under the Stratus
amendment. II adopted would have been
but to would-be voters, some of whom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

ACT 7.
Modest hamlet. blacksmith shop
Painted on a canvas drop.
Pretty Jane II talking with
Honest Jack. the village smith.
ACT III.
Comes y well dressed city chap
With some oily talk on tap.
Cuts out Jack. the village jay.
Jane decides to go away.
ACT III
Paper snowstorm: railroad track:
Pretty Jane IL walking back.
Cardboard engine makes = stir:
Jack arrives and rescucs her.
ACT w.
Pretty Janr 10 altar led
She and honest Jack are we'd
Out before the blacksmith shop
Painted on canvas drop.
Louisville Courier-Journal.