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Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
BIG MEET
ON MAY lST

The Athletic Committee of the Cum
berland County Schools held a meet
ing in Millville on Saturday last.
Those present were Chairman Mark
Bremen and Messrs. Dohner and
Richardson, of Millville, Snodgrass
and Weidner of Vineland, and County
Superintendent J. ]. Unger.
The date for the spring athletic
meet was changed from Friday, April
deemed advisable not to have the
events on a day on which school was
in session.
There was added to the list of events
which has already been printed, a
one D mile race.
Mark Brenner, chairman of the COM
mittee, was appointed to go to Phila-
delphia to procure the services of a
referee. This man will be chosen from
those high in athletics in that city.
The matter of admission fees was
again discussed and it was decided
that the pupils fee would be 5 cents.
The adults fee has been placed at Is
cents The money thus secured will
go towards the expenses of the meet
which will be considerable.
The committee has been laboring
earnestly for the success of the coun-
ty meet and are confident that it will
be the largest and best affair of it's
kind ever held in Cumberland County.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
MUCH JUNK
TAKEN OUT

For some time the Bridgeton and
Millville Traction Company has been
disposing of an accumulation of years
in the junk heaps and store buildings
on the company's property on South
Avenue
For more than twenty years this
and that discarded material has been
saved and carefully stored away. Re
Gently the storing capacity had been
reached and the company offered to
sell the accumulation. Benjamin Pol
lock, the junk dealer, has taken the
entire lot of iron, zinc and copper
There were twenty tons of old car
wheels and fifty tons of other junk,
with several tons of copper. All of
this has been carefully inventoried
and weighed and has now been carted
away and the place generally cleaned
up. Some of the materials were used
when the railway was first established
in Bridgeton.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
PRINTING
OFFICE FIRE
Patriot Printing Plant Is
threatened.
A SERIOUS BLAZE
Fire Discovered in a Big Mass of
Old Newspapers i'm the
Press Room.

The Patriot printing office, East
Commerce Street, was threatened with
fire this morning. Only the prompt
discovery and the action of the fire de-
8 partment saved a serious conflagra-
tion.
The Patriot printing plant is located
in the frame building Just opposite the
Cumberland Trust Company. The edi-
torial office and press room is upon
the second floor.
The Office is filled with am accumu-
lation of paper files, stock, etc. This
room is heated with small iron stove.
A door leads from the Office into the
press room, the greater part of the
partition being of wood. Piled high
in the press room against this wooden
partition are old newspapers, guam
tity sufficient to fill two or three wa
gons. Alongside these papers is a
wooden box in which the ashes from
the Office stove are placed. This box
was in contact with the newspapers.
But little way from this stuff is the
power press with its inf1ammable ink
and oils.
The fire started in the mass of pa
pers and but for the very early dis
covery nothing could have prevented a
most dangerous blaze, probably result
ing in the destruction of the building.
The chemical engine was at once put
in action and the stream from the
chemical tanks quickly subdued the
flames and the danger was over. Many
of the papers were burned, and much
of the mass was thrown out upon the
rear tin roof.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
DEATH OF
MRS. STETSER

Following many months of illness
which confined her to her room, Mrs.
Mary B. Stetser yesterday entered in
to rest. She was rs years old.
Mrs. Stetser was a noble woman, the
widow of the late B. F. Stetser, veter-
an of the late war and farmer. Since
the death of her husband, Mrs. Stetser
has made her home with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harry H. Hankins. Here she
was accorded every comfort for her
declining years and during her illness
she has been tenderly cared for. The
lady suffered from paralysis, and while
her suffering has been long she has
been uncomplaining. A devout Chris
tian woman, Mrs. Stetser has for very
many years been a consistent Chris
tian woman and member of the First
M. E. Church
In addition to Mrs. Hankins, the de-
ceased is survived by a son, Isaac
Stetser, now living in Woodstown.
The funeral services will occur Fri
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the H.
H. Hankins residence, No. 81 Wash
ington street. The interment will be
at the Broad Street Cemetery.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
SUDDEN DEATH
OF J.MORCAN REED

Rev. J. Morgan Reed, pastor of the
First M. E. Church, New Brunswick,
died suddenly last night, being taken
yesterday with an attack of acute in
digestion. DR.. Reed was a graduate
of Drew Theological Seminary, and
has held many important charges IN
the New Jersey Conference. Outside
of the ministry he was promip'
connected with the Jr. Order of United
American Mechanics, being Treasurer
of the State organization. AS mem
ber of The Board of officers, Mr.. Reed
has many times visited Bridgeton and
has many personal friends here. They
will be shocked to learn of his death
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
WHOLE NO. 3,4l8

other prominent Progressive politician
Fighting Parson" Rev. H. A. Dunnack
as State Librarian. Whether there
was a trade or not, many rank and
file Progressives are displeased over
the performance
Since the September State election
there have been elections in IL of
Names 20 cities. In two of these cit
iees the Republicans were unopposed
and in third the Democratic candi.
dates had a clear field. Before these
elections eight of the IA cities had
Democratic Mayors, six Republican
Mayors, two Independent or coalition
Mayors and one was under the con-
troll of the Progressives. Today there
are 10 Republicans and seven Demo
cratic Mayors. Auburn the Progress
sives lost to the Republicans, after
controlling it for two years. The Re-
puhlicans gains four cities from the
Democrats, of which one, Rockland,
had been Democratic for two years;
two. Waterville and Augusta, had
been Democratic for five years, and
one, Belfast, had been Democratic for
nine years.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
saw MILL IS BURNED

Last night between 1890 and 100
o'clock, a fire of mysterious origin
was discovered in the saw mill prop
erty of Nathaniel Lore, at Dividing
Creek. The property has not been op-
Grating for some time, but has been
used in other lines. The fire ragged
through the imflammable building with
great rapidity and all of the buildings
connected with the plant were burned.
The loss aggregates several thousands
of dollars without insurance.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
ENFORCE The
MOTOR LAWS
Lippincott Asks the City
Officials to Help.
SENDS OUTLETTER
State Commissioner Urges the
Necessity for Strict Law
Enforcement.

To insure a strict enforcement of
the motor vehicle laws during the year
1915, Job H. Lippincott, the State Com
missioner of Motor Vehicles, has COM
municated with every prosecutor, ev-
cry county judge, city magistrates, po-
lice court justices, recorders and even
Supreme Court Justices, asking the T
CO. operation to his scheme.
Mr.. Lippincott in his letters point
ed out that there are numerous COM
munities in the State in which no ef-
fort is made toward intelligent en-
forcement of the motor vehicle act
and that the result of such a situation
has been unsafe conditions on the
highways. He points out that the vast
increase in the number of motor vehi-
cles each year makes it increasingly
important that the authorities in every
Fart Of New Jersey should be i'm
pressed with the grave Importance OF
their duty in maintaining safe condi-
tions upon the highways.
The Supreme Court Justices are
asked to cooperate with the depart
ment to the extent of bringing to the
attention of each Grand Jury the i'm.
portance of this matter, the effect up.
on the authorities would be extensive
he says, and the moral effect upon each
1 IaItpmobilist in a community would b.
TimMediaiely evidenced by a strictel
observance of the law and automati
cally safer conditions would obtain
The Commissioner has drawn ;
comparison between the amount o.
fines collected in various municipali
ties and he says that the law ha:
been more strictly enforced in some
| places than in others. For instance
in Hudson County, Bayonne had only
one case in which S. fine was infiict.
ed and Hoboken had one, in which 6
$40 fine was imposed Jersey City col.
lected $532 as the result of SO cases
which shows us very unfavorably as
compared to Newark, which for a
similar period returned $2,3S0 as the
result of 195 cases, and town of Wee.
hawken, which returned $60S as the
+ result of rs cases.
| The attention of the Prosecutor oi
{ Mercer County is called to the fact
that almost all of the fines received
from Mercer County come from the
city of Trenton and the Prosecutor
particular attention is directed to Law
renceville, Pennington, Princeton ant
Windsor, none of which returned more
than SO for the year.
The Commissioner states that the
department does not desire to obtaiT
a large amount of fine money from
any section, nor is the department
grading counties on the basis of the
amount of fine money collected. bu
rather upon the number of cases tried
and the distribution thereof, always
having reference to local conditions
The plan of the department is by CO
ordination of authorities to bring abou
a uniform enforcement of the act
throughout the length and breadth ot
the State and to prevent what ha:
been apparent in former years-tha
in one community there has been {
reasonably strict enforcement, and il
another an unreasonably lax enforce
ment.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
CLASS ORATORS

Much attention is now being given
at the High School on Bank street to
commencement preparation. The six
persons to present Commencement
Day orations and essays have been Sc
lected, but the names will not be given
out. The selection was made as re-
suit of tests recently given out for the
class to prepare orations upon given
subject.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
Many Children Are Sickly

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children Break up Colds in "a hours
relieve Feverishness, Headache, Sto-
mach Troubles, Teething Disorders
and Destroy Worms. At all druggists
Csc. Sample mailed FREE. Address
Allen s .Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
3-11 4w. -,-.-sA....s s4kjs
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
To Mothers in This Town

Children who are delicate, feverish
and cross will get immediate relief
from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
for Children. They cleanse the sto-
mach, act on the liver, and are recon-
mended for complaining children. A
pleasant remedy for worms. At all
Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress, A. s. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
Bill 4w
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
ROAD IN SHAPE

Track foreman Ned Butler, of the
Bridgeton & Millville Traction Co., has
been at work some time in putting the
North Laurel street track in good
shape. The road bed has been wonder
fully improved
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
SAME PRICE TICKETS

The Penna. Railroad Company has
notified all agents in New Jersey to
maintain the same schedule of prices
for tickets that have been maintained
for some months. This is owing to
the recent decision of the Public Utili-
ty Commission.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
1urnino the Tables,

Turning the tables in the sense of bringing counteirharge against an accuSer has classic origin. In the days of Augustus lmper,tor a regular craze seized the men Of Rome to com pete with one another for the posses. sion of the costliest specimens of a certain description of table made for the most part of Mnnritanian wood in laid with ivory--""pens:rum insunia." |" or table mania. as Pliny, called 1t. They were sold mt most extravagant prices. When the men accused the ladies of sumptuary extravngance the latter nat urally retorted by reference to the money squandered by their lords on these tables aud so turned the tables on them' by throwing them metaphor ically in their teeth.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
LITTLE ANDoRRA.
The Tiny Republic That Nsst'es In
 Nook In the Pyreness.

The Tiny Republic That Nsst'es In
 Nook In the Pyreness.
 Audorra is a republic of 175 square miles situated in the valley of the same name in the Eastern PyreEee'> It forms an irregular little square plug between France and Spain and is q hotbed for smugg.ers plying between the two countries. 1t leads semi-in dependent existence under the protec, tion of France and the Bishop of Urgel Spain. Chaylemagne declared 1t inde. pendent ill return for it's services, against the Moors.
 In 12.S it. was transferred to the Comte de Folk and tue Bishopric of UrgeL During the French revolution relations between It and France wer>' interrupted. on account of the refusal of France to accept the annual tribute. which was considered incompatible with Republican form cf government In 1SOG however. the former relations were Y< nsweL. aEd fee importation 1f cereals, made necessary by the limited area of Andorri. was allowed b.; France ill return for an annual tribute of !N;O francs.
 Anuorra Is governed by council of twenty four members chosen for four years by the heads of tue communities The revenue is derived from lands aud Il few taxes. The malner. of life is very simple, Every abIebodicd nale is liable to military service between tue ages of sixteen and sixty. The capital is .Andorra. with about 1000 inhab!. tants The total population is about G.O00 and remains practically station ary,
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
GIBRALTAR.
yks Beck That Guards the Mouth ef .. the Mediterranean.

yhs Beck That Guards the Mouth sf
 the Mediterranean.
 Gibraltar was captured by the Brit ish July "A, l7O4. and fpom that day has not been out Gf British hands.
 At first little was thought of the im- portance of this stronghold. For, the succeeding niue ;,yelys the Spa4iafds made repeated attempts. to. Eacapture 1t. On one occasion they nearly sue. ceeded. ,.., .,,.,t. .,,., .,..so
 A French and Spanish force having been collected on the isthmus that joins the rock to the tnainIand,. . goatheed offered to show them . path up the slopinE sides of the rock which he had reason to believe was unknowR to ' the British This offer was ac. cepted. :t.,,s.i!t 4" ';I,f' 'e!esnHsstt t.r,tf
 Five ,huHdred t"oops .ascanded quiet. iy one night and took. shelter in a ,hol. low, called. by the Spaniardsi the, little chair.~ At daybreak next morning they ascended higher. took the signal station, killed the guard and anxious ly looked for expected Seenf0rceaents. The re-epforcemesats faQed to arrive. The armed garrison sallied out and droYe.,,thes invaders. down the: rock. The; little. chair'' was flled up, and the place made stronger, than ever-.
 All subsequent, attempts to capture the rock have fqiled. One of them was a siege by Spain and France. be. ginning in ITO and not terminating until September. fTS3- "'" '.". ~ The rock of, Gibraltar takes on more important; bearing than, ever in these days of big guns because of its commanding position at the mouth of the Mediterranean, where that sea is little more than twenty miles wide Exchange
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
Expsesina Another. Orop.

Some time ago Mrs Green called on her friend. Mrs White. and. after clutching. kissiug ard slying how dreattfuliy delighted they were to see each other. they turned to the inter- estimg topics of tbss day.
 By the way" seti Mrs. Green after a time. T haven't heard anything about Eya's d1vo4re lately. ! wonder what h;ts bectIue of it." .....a..
 ''I heard Il few titys ago thut she bud droppe;i ail prWeedings." answered Mrs. White. ,... H.
 Dropped slt prOceedings:' was the wondering re.,o.nder of Mrs Green You don't really mean it?''
 "Yes." returned Mrs. White. Her husband has taken to aeroplaning. and she hns decided to let the thing ad- Just itself" Telegraph
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
HAVING THE CLOTH.
Table Covers at Ono Time Wsrs Ar
 ranged In Puffs and FoIds. .-

Table Covers at One Time Were Ar
 ranged In Puffs and Folds. In the twelfth century tabiecloths were very large and were always laid on the table doHble. Fora long time they were called "doubllers" for that reason. The cloth was first placed 50 as to touch the floor on the side at which the guests sat: then all that are- mained was folded sO that 1t just cov- cred the table. ~ st';s,s. Charles Y. had sixty-seven table cloths. which were from. fifteen to twenty yards long and two yards wide. He had one cloth thirty-two yards long. which. had the arms of France em- broidered on it in silk. All these were fringed.
 In the sixteenth century "doubliers" were replaced by two tablecloths, one of which was small and was laid just as we lay ours today. The other. which was put on over. .it. waY large and of beautifully figured linen. . It was skillfllly folded. in. such a'tway that. as one chronicler tells, 1t. 1t !ire. sembled a winding river. gently ruined by a little. breeze. for among very many little folds were here and there great bubbles" It. must have required much art and care to, make dishes. plates..- saltoet lars. sauce dishes and glasses stand steadily In the midst of this undulating sea and among those bubbles. and puffy folds However. the. fashion had only short existence. and toward the latter part of the century a single cloth laid fiat and touching the floor on all sides of the table came into general use
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
LOST IN A GLACIER.
Fate of Prospsetor Who Slipped Into
 crevasse In Alaska.

crevasse In Alaska.
 "In the winter of 1S9s-9." said Rob- ert C. Losey. "l was one of n party of prospectors in Alaska. We were cross ing the Rampant mountains. in central Alaska. on the way to Quail creek. from which locality had come reports of d great gold find. A member of an other party near us. in going over the mountains. had broken through crust of sand and gone down into the ere vase of a glacier.
 He had gone down a distance of thirty-eight or forty feet. where he had lodged We could not see him. but we heard him and we talked with him. We tried to reach him with q rope and finally tied pick to the end of the rope. hoping to bring him out. He ask ed Us to quit pullinG OH the rope: that we were making bis position worse. He finally pleaded with Us. his voice growing fainter and fainter. to go away and leave him.
 He evidently was freezing. not. ls we have heard. painful death. and he did not want to be bothered. He gave us his name: said he was tifty-four years old and told us to notify his folks at some town ill Missouri. We stayed there until We could hear his voice no longer.
 "He certainly made q record of being the coolest man. and then he froze to death h."-Indianapolis News.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
A Remarkable Suicide.

One of the most remarkable cuses of suicide was that of the king of Falaha. on the west coast of Africa.
 The king was attacked by a Moham. medau force. and. finding resistance impossible. he assembled his family and principal officers and after nd, dressing them and ,intimating his deter. minatlou never to accept M"lamnied- anism and inviting those who did not agree with him to go away. he applied q light to q large quantity of gunl"w der collected for the purpose and blew into atoms the palace and all who were in 1t.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
Vanity.

That man says he wants his picture to look perfectly natural" said the photographers assistant.
 Make 1t us handsome as possible" |" replied the proprietor :.
 'But he insists that he doesn't want the picture to flatter him" "He won't think it fintters him. He'll think that at last somebody has man. aged to catch the way he really looks. Chicago News. .....
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
Force of hahit.

"See here. boss. ordered tripe ana beans. with coffee. and, the waitress has brought me lettuce sandwich and n cup of weak tea ,~ Il.
 You must excuse her, sir. All due to absentmindedness. She's former society girl. and she can't seem to grasp the idea that a quick lunch is not ' function. NewA
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
interesting Comparison.

Tt beats II how Mck does play ia vorites." relaarted Farmer Corntossel. Il jes' been. to see Ezra Hankins,'
 "How's he gettin' along since he hurt, his foot?'' .,-l .... ,,a >..so
 Hes pur' ylum. The doctor chnrg- ed him $1OO fur euttin' his foot off. An when the railroad cut o6 Uncle Jake's foot tue catnlany paid him $6OO in cash. Maybe these gre;lt corpora. tions ain't as graspin' as some people says."- Washington Star
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
Girl. With a Conscience.

Two little girls walking through d field were afraid of COW. Said one of them. Lets go right on and act as if we were not afraid ut all.' But wouldn't thai be deceiving the cow?" the other little girl exhostulated.- Christian Herald. ..
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
The Point.

"A jokes q joke. hut did you ever make anybody laugh by pulling chair from under. him?'' ~. .gss....;Y -..,
 "At least fl upsets his gravity."- Baltimore American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
Rubbina It In.

Proud Dnd--I suppose in the course of time bnby will be married. even as we were Mamma : Yes. I suppose she'll throw herself away on some Philadelphia Ledger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
.Presence of Mind.

"That woman over there looks as ff she were painted"
 "Sir, that is my wife,
 .'I had not finished my sentence. She looks as if she were painted, by Raphael and had just stepped. out Of the frame."-Exchange.,
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
A Difference.

Old FoIiower1i see. Alderman Jones. that yer opinions have undergone a change. i. Alderman Jones-No, no change.
 Old FollOwer-But your views as you expressed them some time ago in the papers F . Alderman JOnes-Those were not my views; they were my interviews.-- consin State Journal
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
.l7a M : Rieky.

..' Ries<y.
 A girl may warble to you thar she doesn't like flattery. but don't take chance on telling her that sue looks like q ceros.-Philadelphia Tele- graph. ".n ...-. ..
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07

Faint hearted men are the fruit of luxurious countries - Her0dottlA
The Detroit times., 1915-08-11
SAYS SHE SPENT
$425 OF STOLEN
MONEY IN 4 DAYS

Theda Pierson. charged with the
theft Of 800 from Joseph Kleck, q
Pittsburgh horse owner. whom she
met In the Hotel Statler. was ar
raigned before Justice Carney. Tues
day noon, and was held in bail OF
$1,000. with two sureties, for exami
nation next Friday.
The woman has admitted takina
$425 of Kleck's money. but denies
getting the full amount charged In
the warrant
She says she skipped to New Yorh
after the theft, and declares that she
spent nearly every ce1t of the
money In four days. returning Ia
Detroit broke.
Detectives Reid and Dibble, who
arrested her, declare that she Is a
professional hotel flirt.
The woman. stylishly dressed and
good.looking. says she 10 divorced
from her husband. and has q baby
girl In Dayton, o.