The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-07-18


would follow the opening of the main
station.
GAMBLING was the theme chosen by the
editor of the Burlington Enterprise in an
article which condemned the CHANGING
that Is being conducted on base bali games
and other sports. According to the writer
six hundred men and boys participate
weekly In that city in ''pool" which Ii
distributed among these who are lucky
enough to guess correctly on the standing
of base ball clubs. In addition to this Il
is asserted that there is still plenty of craI
shooting In the city and the writer thinks
that 1t Is about time to call halt and fol
the authorities to get busy. The writer
calls upon Judge Horner and Prosecutor
Atkinson to engage the services Of private
detectives, secure the necessary evidence
and have the matter presented at the mex
grand jury. The suggestion is fair ONT
In way. 1t is hardly the duty of the
Judge to ferret out crime. 1t Is the duty
of the Prosecutor of the Pleas to do thai
very thing. We hold and always conten
ded that 1t is not necessary for that oficia
to wait until some one has made complain
In order that criminals may be brought tt
justice. In our estimation 1t Is his duty
to look into all attractions of the law tt
which his attention is directed. If we ar,
not mistaken that is theimport of the oatl
Of Office he takes. At any rate it is yery
doubtful If the intention of the law is tina
he must sit quietly in his Office and wal
for some one to make formal complaint O.
law breaking. The salary given for per
forming his duty as Prosecutor, -
recently advanced owing to growth Of
populations ample for him to give the
majority of his time to the duties of the
Office In many cases prompt action will
prevent the spread Of crime and the case
at hand may be one of them The Prose
cutor should get busy on this matter anc
see that something is done to remedy the
apparent violation of law In our neighbor
ing town. The Enterprise says 'havs
the principals and participants In poo
selling hailed before the county court al
the next term" This ought to be easy
No especial need for private detectives
The editor of the Enterprise speaks with
positive assurance ON the matter. Let him
be subpon@d as witness to tell the grand
jury what he knows about the wicked
doings In Burlington.
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No LAW has been enacted In many years
that has called forth as much adverse
comment as that which has banished the
drinking cup from public places. The In
tent of the statute may have been good but
the effect has been far from beneficial either
In sanitary or comforting sense. Cups sold
for cent and after use, thrown into q
receptacle from which they are picked by
thirsty ones and used again has not been
much better In sanitary way than to haye
a single cup at hand. Many children wish
Ing drink have been deprived of the
privilege of shaking their thirst at the
public fountain because of the absence OF
the necessary penny with which to buy
the cup provided by the thrifty penny.
in-the-slot" people who may have beer
instrumental in having the law enacted.
In one Instance after paying for cup at 8
public drinking place the purchaser dis
coyered that there was no water handy.
The railroad trains which come into New
Jersey from Pennsylvania, have the
drinking cups removed as soon as they
cross the Delaware, only to be restored as
soon as they get back into the other state.
The public drinking cup has been In use
for many years and while 1t may, as the
law recites, be "an undoubted source of
communication Of infectious disease" 1t
seems to have taken long time to awaken
to that fact. The law appears to have
been interpreted rather literally by those
who are attempting to obey 1t. The stat
ute does not say that 1t shall be unlawful
to provide such cups but that 1.-THE use OF
the common drinking cup is hereby pro-
hiblted In all public places" the state
board of health to make such reasonable
rules to make the prohibition effectiye as
In their judgment seems wise and proper.
There does not appear to be anything
against drinking cup being provided,
the penalty is on the user. II the state board
of health has made any rules they have
not been made public. That body should
get busy and devise some means whereby
innocent people and children should not
be deprived OF the privilege of getting a
drink of water. The law may be good
one and may have good motive back of
it but to the general public It has the look
of piece Of fool legislation.