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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07
CLERK Connolly
DEFENDS NEW
MARRIAGE LAW
Imperfect, but Not Tending to
immortality, as COrrespOn-
dent Alleges.

When City Clerk James f. connellys
attention was directed today to a COM
munication in the New York Herald
eondemning the new marriage law OF
this State and an editorial in the same
paper criticising the correspondents
views, the city clerk. after peruslng
both, said he only partially agreed
with the view of the paper, and not
at all with that of its correspondent.
II have not changed my view of the
new law or the Interpretation placed
upon 1t by the Saate Board of Health
from those expressed by me In an In
terview published in the STAR on Sat
urday, June IL.
Il said then and reiterate now" said
Mr.. Connolly, that the principle of the
law is good and hat too many safe
guards cannot be placed around the
performance of the marriage ceremony.
1.-THE new law may be improved upon.
but 1t is not full of 'senseless flaws
as the Herald correspondent declares.
Neither is it morally and positively
dangerous
AS to whether it will make common
law marriages inviting. smart and
popular as the correspondent alleges,
there may be a difference of opinion.
Common Law Marriages.
THE Legislature evidently had that
fact in mind when, in section II, the
law is made to read that nothing in
the act shall be deemed to render any
commonAlaw or other marriage, other
wise lawful, invalid by reason of fail
ure to take out a license.
TT may happen that deathbed mar
riages might necessarily have to be
performed without first obtaining a
license. l doubt If any court would i'm
pose a penalty on the person who per-
formed such a marriage without a
liNnse being first obtained.
/I agree with the Herald when IL
<says editorialy that the new law i'm
roses no unreasonable hardship, and
believe, when properly amended, it will
impose no hardship at all.
ut is a mistake to say 1t places adj
ditional obstacles in the way of those
contemplating honest matrimony who
have no lawful impeachment.
Facilitates Marriages.
ION the contrary. it facilitates mar
riages by conveying to clergymen or
other persons duly authorized to per-
form the ceremony an official statement
that no legal impediment to the mar
rage exists, and makes 1t unnecessary
for the clergyman to seek that lnfor-
nation himself. as the law heretofore
required him to do.
MY office Is instructed to follow the
law, rather than the strict letter of the
questions prepared by the State Board
Of Health. many of which, as l stated
before the law can operative, could
not be honestly answered.
For the Identifying witness, If as
sured that he answers the essential
queries, we write across the list OF
questions Identified and vouched for
by and add the name of the witness.
I'm New York no Identifying witness
is required. and the list of questions the
contracting parties are required to an
swer is less complex and more valuable
for statistical purposes than those pro-
pounded here. AS a sample. in New
York the country of birth of the par
ents of contracting parties is obtained.
while here the State board overlooked
that feature.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07
AUTHORITIES HERE
WON'T PUT BAN
ON FIGHT PICTURES


executive, 81 am willing to join In q
general recommendation by governors
that the pictures be barred. My posi-
ton Is based upon theory that under
the law we cannot allow prize fight
ing. and that. therefore, there sheuld
be no exhibition Of prize-ight pic
lures"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07
FRANCE FACES R. R. STRIKE.

PARIS, July IA general railway
strike here is threatened. The men, who
demand an increase In wages and ether
ameliorations, have already voted to
strike In principle. pending the result
of negotiations with the companies.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07
Not Even Hindus Want pictures.

CALCUTTA, July 1.-THE demand
for the prohibition OF biograph pictures
Of the Jeffries-Johnson fight Is spread
ing In India. The papers suggest that
he American authorities destroy the
films and compensate the owners
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07
REV. DIR. VAN SCHLIETER
ACCEPTS HACKENSACK CALL

The Rev. DIR. Van schlieter, of the
Dutch Reformed Church, at Montclatr
Heights, has accepted a cali to the
Dutch Reformed Church at Hacken-
sack. DR.. Van schleiter has been at
thu Montciair church for the past four
pears
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07

Marrioge License Queries
Compared With New York's

The questions tt be answered by the prospective bride and bride
groom in New York State and here before a license may issue rs nei0-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07

A asiAysd edvsftassmsnt hsfnss saiy the after
math ct trede. ffs the nfst satf thst sspturas
kha pFoeessicn e suntesasSa
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07

NEW YORK.
Full name.
Color.
Place OF residence
Age.
Occupation,
Place of birth.
Name of father.
Country of birth.
Maiden name of mother.
Country Of birth.
Number of marriage.
Former husband or wives, living
OF dead.
Is applicant a divorced person?
II so, when and where divorce or
divorces were granted9
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07
Mass Of Figures PRESENTED.

Mr.. MoCarter quoted a mass of
figures. and he then quoted from
Chancery Court decisions that directors
of a company have no right "~unreason-
ably to withhold from stockholders
money due them as their share of SUR
plus profits of the company" and that
1t Is the duty of directors to distribute
such surplus annually.
We claim that the fixing of the Pru-
Dental dividend payable to stock
holders at 10 per cent, q year." said
Mr.. McCarter, is the arbitrary fixing
of a SUN In the mind OF Senator Dry
den, who has said while he has a
voice In the company no more than 10
per cent. dividend will be paid to stock
holders. and that that is all they should
get. We claim that this arbitrary ak
ing OF a Sum as the dividend is illegal,
and I have shown that many courts
have % decided. 1t is commended that
II more than 10 per cent. Ia paid the
Legislature would take away the Pru-
Dental charter; but the fact is that
the Legislature refused to confine an
industrial insurance company to any
fixed sum as a dividend. We contend
that the rights of stockholders In an
itSuiohSc SVibPnhy uilcr IA HO way
from the rights Of stockholders in O
railroad company"
Among Worst Insurance Evils,
Mr.. McCarter said one of the worst
evils unearthed by the Hughes inves-
tigatfon OF insurance companies In
New York was the holding Of de-
ferred dividends until the managers
OF the companies distributed them as
they pleased. He said that is the reason
that in New York and New Jersey laws
were passed after the investigation re-
quiring all stock companies to distrib-
ute O surplus each year.
Mr.. McCarter said that when the
Prudential returned to the non-par-
ticipatins policy in 1905 the mattel
"a considered By q committee. u
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07
STOCKHOLDERS OF
PRUDENTIAL ARE
GIVEN INNINGS
R. II. McCarter Argues That
POIicyhOlders Have No Right
to C0mpany's Surplus.

vice-Chancellor James e. Howell
heard final argument today in the suit
of Leon F. Blanchard and eighteen
other stockholders of the Prudential
Insurance Company to force the com-
pany to distribute a surplus OF $1d.-
600, 900 among the stockholders instead
of among the policy-holders. Former
Attorney General Robert H. McCarter
made the argument for the stockhold-
ers who wan the surplus to go TO
them. Richard v. L~indabnry maze the
final argument for the company last
week. President John F. Dryden and
a large majority of the board of direc-
tors want the SIG, 900, 900 divided among
the policy-hoiders whose weekly pay
ments made the a success
and made 1t possible for the company
to pay the stockholders an annual div
idend of 10 per cent. on their stock.
Mr.. McCarter began by saying the
vice-chancellor had shown great pa
thence in hearing the long suit. The
vice-chancellor said: THAT is what
we are paid for" Mr.. McCarter then
said one woman stakeholder depends
on the income from her stock for her
support. Others were comparatively
new stockholders. The stock was not
inherited from fathers, as had been
CONTEMPORARY said In the suit.
Mr.. McCarter said the Prudential Is
purely q stock company, not a mutual
one, and the stockholders are justly
entitled to a share of the surplus profits
OF the company, and the policy-holders
had only what Is provided in their
contracts-that is. their insurance
policies. Mr.. McCarter talked a long
time about the charter of the Pru-
Dental. He compared 1t with the char
ters of the Equitable n Metropolitan
companies to show that those COM
panies pay the stockholders a just
share of the surplus profits. He also
quoted from Senator Dryden's testi-
mony that the company was never In
tended to be a mutual company, and
that the stockholders shared in surplus
profits.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07
Lost Risht to Vote.

A<OHt ftIHht 10 tOtcs
Mr.. McCarter said that in 1880 the
right to vote was taken from the stock
holders and the company began to give
concessions TO the ordinary policy
holders in 1880, n also gave conces-
sions to the polioy-holders. But the
company remained a stock concern, and
the rights of the stockholders to a
share of surplus profits was not
changed. Mr.. McCarter said that in
the investigation OF the company in
1896 President Dryden said that not q
dollar of the big surplus belonged to
the policy-holders, but to the stock
holders.
When MT. Minturn protested. as a
po~licy-holder, that the company had no
right to use the policy-holders' money
to subscribe $4,000 to defeat William
Jennings Bryan for President of the
United States, 1t was declared by Presi-
dent Dryden that not a dollar belonged
to the policy-holders. for, the surplus
belonged to the company, a stock con-
Germ. .
Mr.. McCarter referred to decisions Of
the United States Supreme Court that
the relations between an insurance
company and the policy-holders are
governed only by what the contract, or
policy, calls for, and that to give policy
holders any more money was illegal.
Mr.. McCarter also declared that in the
investigation of the company in 1896
President Dryden said 1t had been his
effort to care first for the policy-hold-
ers and then for the stockholders. Mr..
McCarter asserted that Mr.. Dryden's
change of heart to the policy-holders
took place after he and other large
holders OF stonii had sold a very large
part of their stock,
He SAID Mr.. Dryden's stock originally
cost him $4,000 and odd dollars. He
sold the stock to the Fidelity Trust
Company for 81, 2s6, 900. Mr.. McCarter
also said Mr.. Dryden and the others
who held together stock that cost $780,
0bo.4 40 sold It to the Fidelity for SO, $685.
644. so. The income on the stock at 10
per cent. dividend had been $50. 900, but
the income after the sale, at 8 per cent.
interest, was more than $3.50, 900 q year.
Mr.. McCarter said the point he was
endeavorlng to impress upon the court
was that the Prudential Is q stock
company; that, therefore, the stock
holders are entitled to a fair share Of
the company's surplus profltsj that
policy-holders have no legal right to
any part OF the surplus, and that Mr..
Dryden so stated In the Senate In
yestigation of the company in 1896.
Mr.. Dryden afterward said that stock
holders should not get from the COM
pany more than 10 per cent. dividend
on the value Of their stock.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
STREAMING A POINT.

Alfred Henry Lewis, who is long
On long English, thus speaks OF the
little Reno bout.
There be folks, who in their mo
ralities are forever walking a tight
rope. Their morals are in excess of
their understanding.
These poodle folk, railing at mas
tiff folk, are wrong. They make the
error common of our vain humanity.
and believe that everything which
differs from themselves is worse
than themselves.
Remember the race from which
YOU came. It is the robber race. the
wolf race, 1t is tie race OF pillage
the race which showed oceanward in
its long sea serpents on viking cruis-
es. The physical is in the saddle;
saVagery sits on a hill. Wherefore
prize fighting, if it's on the square.
is not SO lad. 1t takes all sorts to
make a world
None of which Alfred Henry Levi
believes, but all of which he says
and some more. This is more
brilliant, with an intellectual phos
phorescence that is almost Shiny than
the profound hathos of Jack London
w1o is working of lot of his social
istic stuff on the fight fans. Mr.
Lewis takes LOndon's "abysmal
brute from its proper environment.
Before Adam, and sets back the
clock of the universe uncounted
thousands of years. Mr.. Lewis seizes
ON The robber and wolf stage of the
worlds DEVELOPMENT and with the
stop watch OF his hi.osophy brings
the race to a close or in the parl,
ance of the occasion. counts ten"
The last round was found when the
tar-on victory of physical Drawn was
wn. There has been no advance
since TIE robaer carried off his loor
to his cave or since the wilkins sail
ed away on his glorious cruise.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
DREAMS.

In the course of an interesting pa
per on the Symbolism of Dreams"
in the current number of the Pop
ular Science Monthly" DR.. HaveIock
Ellis points out that the sleeping
consciousness is a vast world, only
less vast than that OF the waking con
seriousness, whose manifold varieties
and degrees of depth no single form
popularization of the results of the
scientific study of an obscure psy-
Geological phenomenon with which
even the least psychological are yet
perfectly familiar Naturally enough
the belief in dreams IS prophecies is
touched upon by DR.. Ellis, who quotes
profound Germans opinion that
every dream is worth while only
to disagree with him.
There are some questions of a sim
pier nature not within the scope of
DR.. Ellis's paper. Do dreams come
Cftenest in summer of in winter?
What is the effect of an axtra pillow
upon their frequency and tendency?
Do dreams go by coptraies;" Not
in the prophetic sense, we mean, but
why does a horrible dream follow a
pleasant evening, and why, on the
other hand, is a day of toll and trou-
BILE succeeded by a night vision of Sc
rene happiness? What delation does
the nightmare hold to the dream, and
what is the relation of late supper
to both? Sometimes" DR.. Ellis
says, the symbolism aroused re-
mains psychological thus indigestion
frequently leads to dreams of eating
Of all sorts of inediDle substances,
and occasionally TO disagreea5le
dreams of food" but that, of course,
leaves the matter of a real, horrible
nightmare untouched.
Our sleeping consciousness dis
forts realities, as we all know, and
yet, why are our day dreams" the
dreams of cur waking, comfortable
consciousness, always the furthest
removed from reality? 1t is for th'
reason, no doubt, that the cynical
slang has substituted for a poetic ex-
preston the hard, unfeeling pipe
dream 1t were certainly going too
far to say that all day dreams are
pipe dreams" but the reverse is
true. AS is the case with all generali-
cations, however, the exception clam
ors for recognition the moment this
one has been formulated.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
THE TWO RECORDS.

The following is from the esteem
ed Atlanta Journal.
On the one hand we see the Hoke
Smith administration taking four and
half thousand convicts from private
leases and putting them into service
so that today over eighty-two thous-
and miles of public roads are being
built or maintained for the counties
of Georgia. On the other hand, we
see the administration of Governor
Brown misrepresenting and belittling
the state by saying it's treasury was
bankrupt. We find the Smith admin
istration increasing appropriations to
the schools and the Brown admins
lratlon refusing to obey the legisa-
ture and buy the Chattanooga term
inals. We see the present governor
hurrying troops contrary to law in
disagreement that would have work
ed its own adjustment. Such is the
contrast in deeds between which tile
people of Georgia are called upon to
choose.
The supreme difference, howevE
between these two administrations
and these two governors is a differ
ence of political ideas and purposes.
The HOke Smith administration rep
resents construction and progress;
the present administration represents
inaction and stagnation. The one was
a builder, the other seeks to destroy
1t is natures old difference between
a fertile spring and a barren winter.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
But He's Had a Good Time.

The probability that Teddy Roose-
welt is destined to Il SAD and I'M
eventful close to his strenuous and
in manw respects. remarkable career
Like Alexander the Great. he seems
to have finished the job long before
the vigor of his manhood was ex-
hausted.- Fitzgerald Enterprise.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

The News again urges the county
commissioners 10 make some move
ment locking to the cleaning mp and
beautifying Of Court House square.
It's a disgrace to the whole commun-
ity and ought to have attention The
place is taken alive with weeds and
every character Of grass known to
this section, aud we SUBMIT that its
4 poor exam.Ie for the commission
ers to set to tie people ofsthe com
nanity. 10
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

Roosevelt announces that he will
stump Indiana for Beveridge. Now
Beyelidge is an inswgent and is
against Taft Surely the handwrit-
ing is on the wall
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

Now that Teddy has jumped into
the politics Of two states, the secre-
tary If the Ananias club may proceed
to open his books for new members.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

j. r. Smith, the old Brown cam,
paign manager is slow about even
supporting The governor this year.
much less managing his campaign.
Perhaps Brother Smith also sees the
signs and es not want to undo his
good record with a losing candidate.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

Ballinger again asserts that he will
never resign. Wait until Roosevelt
begins to swing that big stick in his
bailiwick and perhaps he will change
his mind about that.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
cATAARH CANNOT BE CURED

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, asthhy
cannot reach the seat of the disease
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional
disease. and in order to cure il you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mu.
cous surfaces. Hairs Catarrh Cure
is not a quack medicine. It was pre-
soribed by one Of the best physicians
in this country for years and is a
REGULAR prescription. 1t is composed
Of the best tcnics known, combined
with the hest blood purifiers. acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combinatios Of the two ingre-
dents is what produces such wonder
full results in curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Props.
Toledo, Q,
Sold by Druqgists price &c
Take Halrs Family Pills FIR cons1i-
pauon.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

Just make up your mind to say a
good word for Brunswick every time
you get a chance It will do the city
good and does not cost you a penny.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
The Breaks Are Surely Needed.

Should a girl marry man who
has kissed her nine thousand times
at one sitting?" asks an exchange.
BY all means. 1t is up to her to stop
him some how-Macon News.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
But There's One Who Hasn't Been
Mentioned

1t may cause some surprise. but it
is announced that none of those Sc
riouslv mentioned as Democratic can
didates for President appeals to The
ommoner.-Savannah Press.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

oh well what a natural place it
was for Reno to divorce those Jeff
followers from their money
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

: In his Fourth Of July speech,
Champ Clark says that democrats
are no longer scrapping with each
other. Wonder ii Champ has had
anything from Lincoln, Neb., lately?
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

How very thankful we all should be
that the straw ballot fend has not
shown up in the gubernatorial race.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

The Brown organs are not working
that Brown and Breac slogan to any
appreciate degree this year
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

The next thing for the city to do
is to pave the cross streets as far as
the Bay!
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

The income tax proposition seems
to be giving the members of the leg
islature a headachei
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

Now another question is, can Lit
tie Joe come back?
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

IS PER CENT REDUCTION SALE
NOW ON AT WooD-BAlLEY.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
The Prize Fight Beats That RECORD

So far as reported only twenty
eieht persons were killed and 1.7S5
injured celebrating the Fourth this
year That is becoming very nearly
safe and sane Fourth.-Augusta
Herald
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
Just About the Size of 1t.

The most feasible way to keep the
American public from seeing The
fight films: Cut their eyes out an(
chain them in bed.-Florida Times
Union.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
And Well He MIGHT Be.

A sailor at Galveston declares tina
he climbed Mount Mckinley ant
found Dr. Cooks brass tube of re
cords. He will be tried for lunacy.-
Savannah News.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09

Then Leave It There.
War between the United State:
and Japan is a certainty in the fu
ture," says a naval expert.-Tifto1
Gazette.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-07-09
SIDE LIGHTS FROM
OTHER SANCTUMS
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Oar Now!
Atlanta is following Romes eX-
ample and reaching out for conven.
tions.-Rome Tribune Herald.
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