The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-08-20
Z 'PROCRESSIVES'
At MT. TABOR
Lot Owners Attempt Reforms at
Methodist Resort.

campaign against the management OF
the resort at the annual meeting
held Saturday afternoon. But the
conservatives won out and there We're
no changes made in the board of
trustees. DR.. Vogel and Messrs. Lu-
shear. Fitzgerald, Warren and White
were reelected to the board. They
did. however, get through resolu-
tion providing that at future elec-
tions the polls shall be kept open
longer.
There was lively discussion over
dancing and the sale of Sunday news
papers while the fire alarm question,
the drinking water and other mat
ters were brought up.
A resolution was offered that the
financial affairs of the association
for the past year be audited by
public accountant and similar audit
made annually in the future. This
brought a protest from President
Warren, of the trustees, who as
serted the resolution to be an i'm
peachment of the entire board and
SAX sad II would he an unnecessary ex-
.pense as the accounts were audited
by committee appointed by the
board of trustees.
II am a member of the auditing
committee and / can guarantee their
: -correctness,' said W. ]. Lushear, Of
Newark It was retorted that his
and every other bank and corporation
had its financial affairs audited by
others than its own officials.
/. Mr.. Locke, the sponsor of the
resolution, said that mighty good
men. even ministers and Sunday
school superintendents, fall into
temptation which would never hap
pen If ordinary business safeguards
are taken.
An attempt was made by friends
of the trustees to have the latter ap-
point a committee of lot owners but
the resolution was finally amended to
have a committee of lot owners elec-
ted to audit the books. The resolu-
ton was defeated by vote of TWEEN
ty-one to thirty-seven.
A lively discussion over dancing
was started by Mr.. Husk who Of
fered a resolution censuring the
board of trustees for making lease
with the Arlington hotel managers
without clause prohibiting dancing.
This brought Mr.. Locke to his feet
with the statement that the general
conference Oh Lie mttuOulSl EpiptV-
pal church had a large percentage of
members who did not frown upon
!. dancing and said that Mt. Tabor
rho,,A not set itself up against broad
.;sso, xnen. President Warren said
he tbouefy MI ~ was a mistake to pat
fhe nrobibition against dancing in
fhc church discipline and that it was
done by narrow minded men. The
board. he said, had followed the. rec
pmmendation of the board of bishops
but would draw the line at masquer-
ade dances.
DIR. Clement asserted that no church
has been more liberal than the Meth
odists and that in his opinion such
questions should be left to the arbit-
rament of conscience. But defiance
cannot be tolerated. The associa-
ton was formed for a definite pur-
pose and a certain respect was due
to dignified body. No person who
seeks the hospitality of Mt. Tabor
should run against its rules.
But l have right to dance If l
choose" shouted Joseph d. Ward.
"The trouble is some people want to
be judges of other peoples con-
sciences" The resolution was laid
on the table.
The Rev. Dr. Chamberlain started
another argument over dancing by
saying that it was reported to him
that the Saturday night previous there
was a dance at Mt. Tabor that ex-
tended over to two o'clock Sunday
morning. Card playing and dancing
should cease at least during camp
meeting. he said. This brought one
fof fNhe ladies present to her feet with
1.-THE statement that the dance was at
4her house and was over before mid
night and she was corroborated by
another woman. A resolution was
Aoffered calling for the appointment
fof a committee to investigate the
snnrce of false and malicious state
ments made about certain lot own
ers.''
II don't know of this matter by my
personal knowledge" said DR.. Cham
= berlain.
"Then you have no right to make
such statements" shouted one Of the
men present.
This resolution, too, was tabled.
That the way the association affairs
were condcted did not meet with the
approval of Mrs. Morrow was evil
denced when she4made an attack UP
on the trusteess. for shutting off the
lights in the streets after the close
of services leaving late corners to
stumble about In the dark. She had
been told, she said that the trustees
had not enough money to pay fol
proper street lighting.
''You take my $59 per year and
spend 1t for gas lights for meetings
/ do not attend and don't care il you
do, while my husband had to walh
from the train to our home in pitch
darkness. If had spent half as
much outside the gates of Mt. Tabor
as I have inside / would be better
off to-day and / don't think much oi
your Methodism when you won't be
honest with us and give us what we
require"
She went on to tell how locomo
tive tire had been given the place
for fire alarm but that it did moi
meet with the approval of the trus
tees and was not used, yet the board
was talking of buying bigger bel
for use as a fire alarm, yet had nc
money for street lighting
I'VE want fire alarm, certainly
but there is no need of spending
money for bigger bell when we hav
this locomotive tire. If it was prop
erly mounted 1t would be all right
and you would not have to use the
same bell for a go-to.meeting bell oil
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