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Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

The subscriber, Charles w. Elkinton
executor of the estate Of George n. Cole
deceased, by direction of the Surrogate OF
the County of Gloucester, hereby gives mo-
tice to the creditors of said decedent, to
bring in their debts. claims and demands
against the estate of the said decedent,
under oath or affirmation, within nine
months from this date, or they will be
forever barred Of any action therefor
against the said subscriber.
CHARLES W. ELKINTON,
Executor
Dated March II, 1912 s-l4
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-11

The subscriber, Thomas H. Pancoast,
administrator of the estate of George w. !.
Pancoast, deceased, by direction of the Sur
rogate of the County Of Gloucester, here
hy gives notice to the Creditors of said
decedent to bring in their debts claims
and demands against the Estate of the
said decedent, under oath or affirmation.
within nine months from this date. or
they will beA forever barred of any action
therefor against the said subscriber.
THOMAS H. PANCOAST,
Administrator,
Haddonfeld, n. J.
Dated March 21st. 1912. s-as
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-11
THE GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEMOtRAT


7 Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Adams and
sons Howard, Floyd and Melvin, of
Elmer, were entertained at the home
of George Bakely and family on Sun
day.
Constable Joseph Moore, of Null
lica Hill, made business trip here
on Wednesday.
Mrs. Eugene Sherman and daugh-
ter Gladys, of Hurffville, are spend
ing few days with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Wiltsee. Mr.. Sher-
man spent Sunday with them.
Mr.. Frank Beckett spent Easter at
Atlantic City.
Mr.. Joseph Porter has returned 10
his home in Atco, after spending
several days with friends here.
Mrs. Anna Nelson is improving
from her recent illness.
Mr.. j. A. Salisbury made a busi-
ness trip to Philadelphia Saturday
Assemblyman James Lafferty and
family, of Barnsboro, were visiting
relatives here on Friday.
Our rural mail carrier, Clarence
c.. Bowling, now delivers mail in an
automobile
Mr.. H. R. Pinnock entertained
company from Philadelphia Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Chard and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert Chard
and son Alfred spent Saturday al
Glassboro, visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Dolby. Mr.. Dolby is great
sufferer from tuberculosis.
Mr.. and Mrs L. s. Vanlier, Sr.,
and Miss Harriet Bregler and Mrs.
Hannah Corson, of Dwan, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Bregler and family
of near Aura on Sunday.
Mr.. William Downer, of Glassboro
was here on business on Saturday
Several people from this place at
tended Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Carr's
serenade, near Evan, last Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. Frederick Graves entertained
company from Barnsboro on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lafferty and
daughters Mabel and Bessie, were
Easter guests at the home of Assem-
blyman James Lafferty and family
at Barnsboro.
Several people from this place. at
tended the Home Talent entertain
1ment at EVAN on Saturday evening
Miss Emily Schmidt is entertaining
company from Philadelphia.
Mrs. Charles. Nulty, of Hurffville
spent Thursday with her mother, Mrs
Anna Nelson, who has been quite il
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
George Bakely.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-11
BLACKWOOD

4
On Wednesday morning Mrs. R. G..
Morgan and granddaughter, Ethel
! left for Lansing, Mich, where she
will make an extended visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Fred. Coleman.
The sacred cantata "The Victor of
Bozrah,' was rendered by a few of
the young people of the Presbyter-
ian Sunday school at the Easter ex-
ercises held on Sunday evening. Ow-
1 ing to the inclement weather, it was
decided to repeat the same on next
| Sunday evening for the benefit of
those who were unable to be present
| The Easter exercises at the Meth
odist Sunday school were held in the
afternoon by the Junior League.
On Wednesday Mrs. Elizabeth
Paulin was sworn in as assistant
/ postmistress.
| Beginning May 1st, a branch of the
government postal savings bank will
be opened in the local post office.
Miss T. Zebly has again returned
to her home after having spent sew
eral weeks with Mrs. George Lip
pincott at Collingswood
| Rev. ]. B. Whitton has begun a
special series of sermons The first
subject which was Sunday evening"
was on THE Problems of Country
Life;" the subjects for the four fol-
lowing Sunday evenings are to be:
Conditions and Needs, Rural In
dustrial Problems Rural Social
Problems and Civic Art and Coun-
try Life.
| Mrs. C. S. Prosser and daughter
Edith and son Charles spent the week
end with relatives here.
At the Easter supper on Saturday
given by the Ladies' Bible Glass in
the lecture room adjoining the Pres
| byterian Church, the sum of $35 was
cleared.
Mrs George Lippincott, from Col
| lingswood, visited Mrs. G.. G.. Hager-
man a few days last week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sees, of Phil
adelphia, entertained the Mems Bible
| Glass and their wives of the Method
| ist Sunday school at their home on
Saturday evening.
| Miss Maud Macafee who teaches
school at Somerville, spent the holi-
days with Mrs. E. E. Wilson.
| The Misses Hattie and Clara Nc
Donald, from Philadelphia, have been
visiting their sister, Mrs. G. G. Stew
enson for few days.
The addition to the bakery of Sey-
| Ter Godfred is about completed and
has fire in the new oven.
Mrs. Adelaide DuBrace, from Cam
den, was a guest of Miss Mary Clark
on Sunday.
Miss Viola Hagerman spent few
| days of last week with Miss Elizabeth
Bevan, at Bristol, Pa.
The repairs to the Presbyterian
Church have been completed and the
parsonage is now having repairs to
the ewes and roof.
Harry King, of Turnerville, is now
putting the printing coat of paint on
the new twin houses belonging to G.
G.. Hagerman
The Misses Louise Goldner and
Catharine Ilderberger, from Philadel-
phia, spent the holidays with Miss
Henrietta Houseman.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-11
n1ARiRsIED.

-cIEMENr- the 8rd inst
at Wilmington, Del, by the Rev Edw
Reed, Benjamin r. Haines of West
vile, and Elizabeth p Clement, OF
Thorofare.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-11


ing. Mr.. and Mrs Fisler were
presented with a beautiful quartered
oak library table from the members
of the guards. Mr.. Fisler up to
recently has been member of the
guard and is very popular with the
boys.
1 This place is going to ask for the
proposed new State Normal School,
|and will hold out the idea that it is
'the most centrally located place to
|be found and that it is the highest
point between Camden and Cape May
The churches of the town have
elected the following joint committee
to finance the town Y.M.C A.:
Chairman, Thomas G. Allen; Jacob
F. Imhoff and d. T. Steelman from
the First M E. Church; George
Dudley Whitney, of st. Thomas p.
e. Church; John H Timberman and
James McFadden, of the M. p.
Church, and Marshall M Campbell,
of the Presbyterian Church.
During the month of March Harry
NJ. Proud, one of our well known
poultry raisers, received 1910 eggs
from rs hens
William Robrson is now occupying
the John Nelson property on New st.
Freeholder Lewis D. SchaibIe is
having the county road to Clayton
put in good condition and the holes
are being filled so the autos won't
dip.
The local boys of '61-'65 have se-
cured the services of the Rev. G. II.
Mead, d. d., of New York as their
Decoration Day orator
Gloucester County is going to outdo
itself in potato growing this season,
if there is no miscarriage of plans
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-11
NOTICE To cREpIToRs

Dated March II, 1912 s.
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extra work, DIR. Brink said that he
thought where the health of the COM
munity was involved the extra work
and extra expense should be secondary
considerations. The expense to the
city, he said, was very little and was
almost nothing compared to the bene-
fts to be derived from Kidding the city
of the rodents.
DR.. Brink called attention to the fact
that although Cuba had some time
since been declared free Of the plague,
the examination of rats was continued.
While there has not been single
suspicious rat found In this city so
far, DR.. Brink and others believe that
the determination of them should con-
tinue and that they should be exter-
minated as rapidly as possible.
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Tho Police Court of the Future.

Judge Jerusha Brown presided with
her usual dignity and several cases
were heard at the morning session.
Sarah Ann Jones appeared before
the court charged with beating her
husband, a poor little gentleman who
appeared as the complaining witness.
Mrs. Jones admitted the fact, but said
that her husband persisted in staying
out every afternoon to attend his lit
erary clubs and bridge parties and
was never home to get supper. He
also refused to wash the dishes reg
ularly. The defendant was discharged
by the court.
Mr.. Percival V. Smith, a charming
young gentleman, clad in the latest
attire and a new spring hat, and
much admired by all or the feminine
attaches of the court, appeared
charged with shoplifting. When
searched by the man attendant at the
Jail, several yards of variable lace had
been found concealed In the young
gentleman's corset. Tne young man
put UP a pitiful plea, claiming that
he had been deserted by his wife
several months before and had been
obliged to pick up a living as best
he could. He was dismissed with a
warning and left the court weeping.
jane Perkins and Mary Bilkins
were arraigned for vote buying and
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The Old Refrain
ooh, to Be Nothing!"

The crusade against meaningless
hymns seems to have no end. And
since the bore is unavoidable anyway.
there is one popular hymn that will
bear a word. Strangely enough, it
heretofore has been overlooked by all
the disputants who strive to be con-
sidered of great Importance.
1t is the familiar old hymn whose
refrain is ooh. to be nothing. nothing
OF the uncounted millions who have
sung that song over and over. how
many do you suppose ever meant 1T.
Where is the man accustomed to get
on his feet in church and sing with
such JUNCTION that he longs to be moth
ing. nothing, who, if you were to meet
him outside and tell him that YOU think
he is nothing would not resent it?
If he means what he sings he ought
to feel fiattered at such an assurance.
but he won't. Most likely he would
bristle up and have you understand
that he is the whole thing"
The man who knows that he is moth
ing keeps still about it.
1t is well to be humble. but the
truly humble man does not put his hu-
snility on parade.
He couldn't if he would. For the
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Florida's Need is
Still Greater.

From time to time attention has
been called to the necessity for a new
state constitution. 1t is greatly to be
hoped that the next Legislature will
take steps for holding convention.
Most Of the states of the cotton
South held constitutional conventions
soon after the white people regained
possession Of the state machinery and
while the states were under the linger-
ing shadows of reconstruction and still
under its baneful influences. The
minds of the men who made these
constitutions were turned backwards
rather than forward.
Georgia's constitution was adopted
in 1877 and in demanding a new one
the Atlanta Journal says:
Since 1877 Georgia has entered a
new era, teeming with new needs and
possibilities. In every part of this
country and, in truth, throughout the
world the past thirty-ive years have
wrought far-reaching changes; no.
fwhere is this more evident than in our
own commonwealth. We think in diff
ferent terms from those Of a genera
tion ago, simply for the reason that
our environment has been largely
transformed. We are continually en-
barrassed or puzzled by lack of ad-
5ustment between the law as it is and
the law as 1t ought to be in order to
meet social or business or political
needs.
Hence 1t happens that at every ses-
sion of the legislature constitutional
amendments are either proposed or
recommended. And this has been in
progress for many years past so that
today the constitution is like a quilt
made of patches, as varied as they are
numerous and bewildering. Certain
fundamental principles of government,
10 be sure, remain unchanged, as they
ever will, but as practical document
the constitution has been and is being
continually made over by piecemeal.
The organic law of Florida Is just
as trying as that of Georgia and was
made under the same depressing in
f1uences.
The best talent in the state should
be called together to frame new
constitution.
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prison, but not one word concerning
the treatment of prisoners

prison, but not one word concerning
the treatment of prisoners.
Causes of Revolt.
The--Fevolt sprung from several
causes. Two hundred prisoners are
contract Iaborers, and receive for
each days work, direct from the COM
pany which employs them overtime
money ranging from so to IS cents
each. The prison operates a binder
Irvine factory, and the warden has
paid the 100 employed there an aver
age of 10 cents a day for work in ex-
cess of the days task. This discrimina-
ton is the chief grievance of the con-
victs.
There were many minor causes for
the revolt. The refusal of the prison
authorities to permit the prisoners to
play baseball was one of them. The
belief on the part of the prisoners
that they were not being properly fed
was another.
The revolt has been quelled, at least
temporarily. With the state militia,
under Adjt.-Gen. Roy Vandercock,
camped on the prison grounds, and
with terrible punishment being infiict-
ed upon the revolters, it was hardly to
be expected that the instruction
would last long.
Like Russia.
A soldier who was a member of
the state militia encamped within the
prison walls, a few days ago de-
scribed the methods used by the pris-
on authorities in Furnishing recalled
trant prisoners. He said:
"A barrel was placed upon a lad
der which lay kat upon the floor.
Each victim was made to strip his
back and lie with his face down
across the barrel About his wrists
We're placed handouts and his arms
were stretched out in front and fast
ened to a round in the ladder. Leg
irons were placed on his ankles and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-09-11
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER ii, 1919.
Big Trusts Take
Opposite Sides.

Many newspapers profess to see a
distinct line-up Of the Standard on
interests in favor of President Taft
and of the Morgan and Guggenseim
group of trusts for Theodore Roose-
welt.
1t is evident that Penrose and the
Standard Oil will stand by their friend
Taft to the last ditch, while the Har-
vester Trusts and the Steel Corpora
ton are willing to take their chances
with Roosevelt.
None OF the trusts fear Roosevelt;
neither do they Taft. In the more
than seven years, Roosevelt was presi-
dent he never sent a malefactor of
great wealth to prison. Neither did
Taft
1t is noticeable that none of the
trusts want Woodrow Wilson for
president.
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his feet were stretched out behind.
"A gag was placed in the mouth of
every one except a big husky fellow
who, I was told, works in the engine
room as a stoker.
"Over those who had thin, white
skins sheet was placed, while those
with the thick yellow hides had to
take it bare. With these preliminaries
over, a bulky guard who lives here in
Jackson started in to whale the vic
tim.
You can make 1t as horrible as
you want to and you won't be exag-
gerating it much. Some convicts
brought in were white with fright and
could hardly talk. One fellows lips
quivered and his eyes bulged out like
walnuts.
"A small fellow succeeded in wrig-
Cling the gag out of his mouth and
he begged piteously for mercy. He
promised anything that was asked
of him if the man that was doing
the whipping would only let up. But
he had to take the full dose prescribed
for him.
Two fellows tainted and anoshe-
fellow was limp when he was taken
off the barrel. When those fellows
swooned away the whipping stopped
until they regained control of them
selves. Of the six this morning. one
received ten whacks, four got twen-
ty each and the sixth got thirty.
"One of the guards told me that
all three of the fellows who were
taken to the hospital came around all
right. This guard also said that all
were tied on their cell floors with
their faces down to prevent them
from getting what little comfort they
could in soothing their backs with
their hands"
This sort of fogging of prisoners
is said to be not unusual in Russia.
Jackson prison authorities say it is
necessary here if prisoners are to be
kept under control
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Jackson, Mich, Sept. 1o.-The re-
cent rioting among prisoners of the
state penitentiary in this city which
became so serious that the militia had
to be called out, has raised some seri-
Gus questions in the minds of Michigan
people. Are Michigan convicts nat
urally more desperate than the con-
victs of other states? Or was their
revolt the logical outcome of mis-
treatment by and mismanagement of
the prison authorities?
Few will believe that the trouble
grew out of the fact that Michigan
convicts are more desperate than the
convicts of other states. The blame
for the present rather disgraceful
state of affairs must be placed at
the feet of the prison authorities.
For years politics. graft and con-
tract labor have served to give Jack
son prison a national notoriety. Less
than five years ago a warden was
dismissed in disgrace and given a
term in the Detroit House of Correc-
ton. One of the members of the
board of control was once an inmate
of the prison.
The securing of humane and high
minded men for positions of author
ity in penitentiaries has never been
an easy task. The men who now
have charge of affairs at Jackson
prison are not there for the purpose
of actually reforming the criminals.
They consider themselves merely as
the keepers of desperate and unre-
generate enemies of society.
Nathan Simpson, the warden, is a
political product of the former state
administration. He is far less anx-
ious to make men than he is to make
money for the state of Michigan. In
his report to the board Of charities
and corrections a few weeks ago
Simpson presented glowing figures
regarding the financial status of the
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vOx PoPULI.
PENsAcoLA's WAGE AVERAGE
ABOVE MANY CITIES

Pensacola, Fla. Sept. 10. 1872
Editor Pensacola Journal.
In your issue of September Sth, un-
der heading of ''vox Populi," appears
letter from Minnie Wolfe Rutherford
which reads. in part, as follows: THE
Pensacola Commercial Association an
nounces that the wage Garner of PEN
sacola receives the magnificent sum of
$4l1.62 per year. We will cut out the
princely sum of So cents and leave
SAIL. Think of it.! We try to get
working men to come to our city and
work and live on such a sum as that,
little over $34 month. That is not
wages, 1t Is starvation"
The figures given by the government
are the average wages paid males and
females, men and women. boys and
girls. white and black, and they are
given as the average for twelve months
employment, while, as matter of fact.
few of the employees are engaged for a
full twelve months.
According to the census report for
Florida in 1909, there were engaged in
the manufacturing business as en-
ployes, over sixteen years of age, males
$500, or 93.1 per cent; females, 3,012,
or 90 per cent: under sixteen years of
age, 941, or 1.6 per cent.
The average wages per year paid
employees engaged in the manufactur-
ing business in South Carolina is 1888;
in Georgia, s295; Alabama. s353; Flor
ida, 1915: Tennessee. $376; Mississippi,
$3.50. The average in these, and other
southern states is low, owing to the
largo m omit of cIna n y,eo-ro Ia HOY. az,
ployed, which includes a great number
of negro women and children.
Therefore, in proportion, it is plain
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instant man boasts Of humility he
ceases to have 1t.
The man who sings that he is moth
ing, or wants to be, II he realizes what
he Is singing and 50 puts any meaning
into it, viii bear watching.
It Is hypocrisy. not humbleness, that
says 1t wants to be nothing.
There never was a human being in
the world except idiots, who didn't
want to be something and was some
thing. If one such could be discov-
cred, he would certainly be found to
be as far from the Christian ideal as
anything Of which we might conceive.
There are all kinds of evidence that
God does not want people "only to lie
at His feet" He has better occupa-
ton for them.
Some people would like to think we
are only checkers in game between
God and the devil. and that the more
supinely we lie the easier IT is for God
to shift us about as He wants us.
But wouldn't this world be a great
sitting down place. waiting for the
next move, If we all thought that?
For what other reasons were we
given brains and hearts and bodies
and will and freedom than to use
them?
Why that's just what we are put
here for-to be something.
We have been given mind to exer-
else, a heart to, feel. a body to execute
our will-for the purpose of our being
something and doing something.
We are given a conscience to guide,
to quicken, to prod us into being some
thing and doing something.
To one who has all the elements of
the human being nothing is so impos-
sible as aimless drifting. nothing so
intolerable as want OF aggressive
thought and action.
We have the option to choose be-
tween right and wrong-but we have
no option between idleness and effort.
The superf1uous perishes, and If we
don't work our powers die out of us.
If we abuse our choice between right
and wrong we know that we suffer
1t is the freedom to choose that makes
US human.
In the same degree as we strive to
understand, that we peer deep into
the hidden mysteries Of causes and
effects, that we share one another's
sorrows. but carry our own burdens,
that we aggressively combat evil, that
we accomplish good. and that we make
ourselves a power--in the same de-
gree do we become divine.
The man who lies in the shade at
the wayside, dreaming of his humility,
when he ought to be up and hustling,
does precious little honor to God and
less to himself.
If God had intended us to be worms.
! instead Of men, He would not have
wasted SO much material on us.
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While we are willing to
sell you clothes for the whole
family on CREDIT, our cash
customers for the last few
days, prove that our prices
and service are right. Come
in and let us show you. ].
GALIN'S, 21S S. Palafox.
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Sisters Picture,

When sister gets her picture took
She looks just like a Gibson book;
She twists her feature Ike she'd squat,
And don't look like herself at all
She wears more hair than e'er before
And gets 1t at the ten-cent store.
She tries to look just like a saint
And that is what my sister amt.
She poses like an actorine
Bout sixteen times or seventeen.
And frets and fumes like all possessed,
Although the artist does his best.
She squints and scowls and can't sit
straight
And makes the Teller wait and wait.
1 don't see what she does IL fer,
The pictures never look like her,
I feel like yellin': Get the hook"
When sister gets her picture took.
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BRINK FAvORS
. CONTINUATION
OF CANPA|G
DOCTOR IN CHARGE OF STATE
LABORATORY SAYS ExTERMI-
NATION OF RATS SHOULD BE
KEPT UP, BY ALL MEANS.

Only ten rats were examined by DR..
F. A. Brink, of the state bacteriologi-
cal laboratory. yesterday and nothing
of a suspicious nature was found in
these.
Speaking on this subject yesterday
afternoon. DR.. Brink said that ne was
heartily in favor of continuation of
the campaign for the determination Of
the rats. Although 1t gives him some