Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-06-17
THINGS TALKED ABOUT.


per day to feed each prisoner in the
Mercer County Jail during the past
six months, according to the report of
the warden OF that institution. From
December l to May 81, 1,035 prisoners
were fed total of 1928 meals. The
cost Of each meal per prisoner was
three and three-quarter cents, and
the inmates have not complained Of
insufficient food or poor quality. The
service was under the direct charge
of the Board of Freeholders, and the
county had to pay only the first-hand
cost of the food. There was no mid
dleman to be rewarded with share
of the profits, and the taxpayers were
given the benefit of the economy prac-
ticed. The cost in Gloucester County
is 60 cents per day, but this covers
compensation of warden, and the aver
age number of persons is not above
bakers dozen.
|. Last Monday was Flag Day and jan
litor Cattell of the Court did the best
he could to recognize it. But the
flag he was obliged to put out was so
delapidated that we doubt if the sihgt
caused the blood in the veins of any
of a. single heart beat of affection 1t
was frayed at the ends, covered with
patches, a great rent marred the mid
die, and it is much faded and thin
That is the first flag ever owned by
Gloucester County, $50 far as we can
learn by the records) and was pur-
chased by the Board of Freeholders
in 1890. By-the-way, that was the
first Democratic Board this county
ever had, and it now looks as though
the people would have to put another
Democratic majority there If the
county is going to possess national
emblem that the people can look on
with proper spirit.
B A Green's Block merchant said the
other day:-"If | owned a newspaper,
I'd try and arouse a spirit of decency
in the men and boys who congregate
here during the evenings. The mer-
chant was engaged in sweeping Old
Soldiers tobacco quids, ETC., to the
gutter, and scrubbing off spittal stains
Continuing he said:-'sAnd the lam
guage that floats into my store
through the screen doors is terrible
was waiting on some ladies from
Wenonah the other day, and we all
blushed for shame at what we heard. "
This is a serious indictment against
the youth of the city, and it don't
speak we'll for the men either. There
is law against ALI these complaints
but it ought not to be necessary to
enfore it. If it is, we hope the Mayor
will put nn the screws
Somebody said that ninety per cent.
of the negroes go around with either
razors or guns. The truth OF this
statement ought to be tested by a
round up, and the law against it en-
forced.
Six cases of scarlet fever in East
Orange, three of which proved fatal,
caused an investigation and it was
found that all the families afflicted
received their milk from one dairy
farmer. At the farm it was found
that two of the farm hands han been
attacked by scarlet fever and had been
removed to an isolation hospital. The
farmer claimed that he had steriliZed
the milk as soon as he learned the
nature of the disease that afflicted his
employees. This case is attracting a
good deal of attention and it may re-
suit in criminal prosecution. A dairy
man who dissemiates disease through
community should be prosecuted.
The didn't know it was loaded excuse
is overworked.