Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-05-20
THINGS TALKED ABOUT.

The Water committee of Council
seems to be up against something in
the matter of the purchase of a gen
eral purpose horse for use of that de-
partment, and, on occasion to run
along to fires. A. w. Lofland, the
Haddonfield dealer, who has sold the
department two, thinks he is up
against it, because he writes us this
letter of complaint:
Marlton, May 12, '0s.
Mr.. Editor:
Mr.. John Warren, from Blackwood,
was at my place to-day, and handed
me clipping he had taken from your
paper, entitled THE new fire horse
kicker" Now, it seems to me that
before you would insert such piece
in your paper you would try to find
out the facts. / don't see why you
should want to injure me in any way.
In the first place, | received letter
from DR.. Curry, stating the City of
Woodbury. needed a horse and there
would be no commission to anyone to
get the horse in the Fire Department.
Mr.. S. e. Wilmer came to Haddonfield
and | showed him an acclimated sorrel
horse, five years old and sound, which
had been used by Mr.. VIM. Rockhill,
from near Mt. Laurel, for one year.
His wife, with four months old baby
had driven the horse. Now, Mr.. Will
mer drove the horse double, hooked
him single and drove him all around
Haddonield, and said he was just the
horse they wanted. They took him
to Woodbury. and tried him and finally
let him run away. l took him back
and sold him as their horse, to Mr.
Andrew Haehner, of Camden. He is
a teamster in Camden, and there is
a man with one leg driving the horse
now. Mr.. Wilmer came back and got
another horse that had been used a
year by Mr.. B. Frank Prickett, of
Medford l bought the horse from Mr..
Prickett and sold it to Mr.. John War
rem, Of Blackwood. He used him a
month. He walked too fast for any
of Mr.. Warren's horses. When Mr..
/ Wilmer brought this horse back he
did not tell me he kicked, but said he
could not run fast enough. I resold
him to George P. Lippincott, of Marl-
/ ton.
Now, / have given you the address,
es of all these men, and you or your
Fire Department have a right to go
/ see these men or write to them, and
/ if they claim that | misrepresented
/. either one of the horses | will make
I the Fire I9ena tsaent a present of the
i best pair of horses / have. Mr.. Will
mer wanted to try another horse.
refused to let him have any more on
trial unless he would put me next to
the man who did the condemning. If
you wish any references as to my
/ standing, please write to the Burling-
ton County National Bank, of Medford.
Yours respectfully,
A. w. LOFLAND.
H.
We publish Mr.. Lofand's letter in
4 full because we deem it fair to do so.
In another letter to us he says
If the Fire Department have not
yet got suited in a horse, if they will
allow me to bring them a horse and
try it in my presence l will hook it
! and guarantee the horse will be salts
factory, but no moresetrials only in my
presence.
The South Broad street property
owners who thought they were going
to escape assessment for bitulithic
4 work on that street are no doubt
/ shocked by City Solicitor Davis decis-
ion that they will have to pay just the
same as though it was the first paving.
Those who signed the last petition un-
der that impression must get busy, if
they are sorry.
4 It's not every town that produces a
kRear Admiral of the U. S. N, hence
1--we congratulate the old capital of the
old county of Gloucester and Captain
lis. P. Comfy who will soon raise his
Acolors as such over the North Allan
II tic Squadron.
A few Swedesboro autoists are go
ing to experiment with Texas oil in
making a dustless road. A dustless
| road would be a boon to autoists and
nom autoists too. Their experiment
will be watched with genuine interest.
X
Last Tuesday Governor Fort reap
pointed Wilson T. Jones a member of
the County Board of Taxation. A good
many people were of the opinion that
Senator Gaunt would pick some other
i Democrat, but as usual in matters pol
itica1 there was surprise. The pa
pers that know everything said~a week
4 ago that the Governor was going to
follow the recommendation of the SEN
ators in making these appointments
one in each county, but Senator Gaunt
says that was not true. The Cover
nor simply read the riot act to the
Senators and in each instance, except
! Cumberland, appointed the outgoing
member. There a Stokes man was the
out going man and he let him go out
i and appointed a Fort man. The law
says at least one of the three members
of these Boards shall be Democrat.
What puzzles us is how there can be
Stokes Democrats or Fort Democrats.
A man says at our elbow, that the
4 process of anticipatory diligence has
] probably been invoked in these mat
4 ters by both Governors.
There is said to be a big law suit
i brewing between James L. Cox and
the American Dredging Company in
yolying tide water and meadow bank