The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-08
Salem's Carnival A Big Success
john Fenwick, The Founder
HonOred

On Tuesday all roads led to the County
Seat and the last days p~ageantry oil the
two weeks carnival was witnessed oy
many Thousand.
The official program started TUESDAY
morning with the raising OF a large nag
i'll front of the Court House presented ny
Oak Tree Chapter, D. A. r., to the
county. Senator William Plummer was
master of ceremonies; Mayor Robert
Gwynne welcomed the visitors to the
city, school children under the leader
ship of Professor Charles Glaspey, mu-
sical instructor in the public schools,
sang "America.' Miss Eliza Jaquett,
vice president of Oak Tree Chapter,
read an ode, "a Flag in the Sky,"
written for the occasion by Miss Athelia
Randolph Bedle.
Former Governor Edward q. Stokes
made a very interesting address, i'll which
he paid fitting tribute to the sturdy
character and high purpose of John Fen
wick and other sturdy Quakers who
braved the ocean waves i'll the small
ship Griffith to found the first English
Colony where religious liberty was en-
joyed. In the course of his address he
said;
"Fenwick may not have been as
shrewd as some of his New England COIL
temporaries, for they occasionally bought
of the Indians as much land as would be
covered by a bulls hide, and then cut
the hides up into strings, tie them all
together, and with one end as a centre,
and with tile strings as a radius, swung
it over a circle as a survey Of their pur-
chase, to the utter establishment and
apno1op,o,,f of tho Indians EQuwick'e
course, if not SO profitable, was inspired
by higher ethic and made lasting tar-
mony between the Indians and the new
settlers, He called the new settlement
Salem, which signifies peace, and though
mean peace for him, it has meant peace
and prosperity for succeeding genera
TONS"
Mr.. Stokes told of the memorial pre-
sented to the legislature against slave
holding, and remarked: Thus the voice
of warning was raised 1913 years before
the battle of Bull Run; and had it been
generally needed the dark days of 1861
65 would have been blotted out of Ameri-
can history.
cit is not the new idea that makes
always fol advancement; it is the failure
to heed the old idea Of our ancestors from
which our evils spring. Ii we could cling
more to the principles, to the constitu-
tons and to the laws of our ~forefatllers,
and mold fast to the old landmarks, re-
ligious, governmental and political, the
world would nov Oh with less friction
and with greater progress.
"This is an age that aspires to reform.
There can be no reform until the honest
and intelligent citizen bears his part as
did his fathers, in the affairs of his city
and his State and nation. The battle for
the right must be fought in the open, and
intelligent patriotism must lead the for
ces. Where men trade and deal and ell
ter into alliances purely for the sake Of
success, the harvest Is one OF corruption
and shame; but when men stand for the
right, because it is the right, and intelli-
gently pass upon the problems OF the day,
as did our forefathers in their time, the
perpetuity Of our institutional assured"
Following the fag-raising a grand street
parade, composed OF fire companies, artil-
lerymen from Fort Mott, Fort Dupont
and Fort Delaware, secret societies,
.grangers, cowboys and business floats
participated. 1t took the parade one
hour and forty minutes to pass the re-
view stand.
Band contests, theatrical amusements
and a balloon ascension with thrilling par
chute drop composed the afternoon pro-
gram. An open air vaudeville entertain
ment, closing with a fine pyrotechnical
which lasted until midnight, end
ed the greatest day the people i'll this
have ever experienced.