The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-03-14
TUESDAY. MARCH IA, 1916
The "Pineys" Again

The "Pineys" Again
After allowing it to have rest for
period, the subject Of the "pineys'' has
once more been brought to light and the
Rev. Bostwick. Of Vincentown, who is
. coworker with Miss Kite in the uplift
Of humanity. recently lectured in Tren-
Ton on the condition Of some Of the resi-
dents Of this county. This act has
brought forth reply by SiIas r. Morse.
who has been connected with the educa-
tionaI system Of New Jersey for some
time and who is well equipped to speak
intelligently on the subject he handles.
Here is what Mr.. Morse has to say:
To the Editor of the State Gazette:
Sir-Your editorial headed "Dis-
tress in the Pines, printed in the is
sue of the Estate Gazette" of Wednes-
day, March eighth, has just been
brought to my attention, and as it re-
Dukes the state administration and
the organizations receiving state sup
port for the tolerance of the conditions
in the pine section, desire to give
you the facts as / know them.
About this time last year Governor
Fielder brought the pine conditions to
the attention of the commissioner OF
education, and / was assigned to
make weekly trips to the pine section
of Burlington county in an endeavor
to secure better physical school condi-
tions.
In one year two new school build
lngs have been erected; two teachers,
with missionary qualifications have
been secured; money for the erection
of new two-room school building at
Chatsworth has been secured; all
school buildings in use have been re-
paired; toilet conditions raised above
the standard of that section and gen.
eral state OF cleanliness and attract
iveness in the school buildings has
been secured.
At the Johnson Place school, Mrs
Mary Davis has increased the school
attendance from an average of five to
twenty-five. She works among the
parents outside school hours; holds a
Sunday school and a song service on
Sunday afternoons and evenings and
fills the schoolhouse at each session.
One illustration of the efforts to up
lift the conditions and provide means
Of getting the parents in closer touch
with the school, we had flag raising
at the johnson Place school building
May 81, 1915, at which time, through
the courtesy of State Secretary Miers,
Of the Junior Order of United Ameri-
can Mechanics, q flag and halyards
were donated. Prominent citizens of
the city of Trenton attended the ex-
ercises incident to the flag raising;
over two hundred local people attend
ed and when you understand that these
peoples homes are located from with
IN quarter to six or seven miles from
the school building, you will see that
the attendance was very compliment
airy. At this time, Mr.. Samuel Hav-
erstick, then president of the Chamber
OF Commerce of Trenton, donated an
organ to the school,
Miss Folsom at Pineworth has full
attendance in her school; holds SUM-
day school and song service on Sun
days and her work among the people
outside of school hours is being gen.
orally felt.
The conditions around the Chats
worth school are 100 per cent. better
than they were last year and when
the new school building is completed
the welfare work will be extended.
At Woodmansie the attendance has
increased and the teacher is using a.
general influence for better living con-
dltions over the older people of the
community.
At Four Mile new teacher was
secured for this school year and con-
ditions are 1000 per cent. better than
they were last year.
At Jenkins Neck new teacher has
been secured who is exercising a wider
influence over the parents and chill
dren.
The commissioner is seeing that the
boards of education are providing
proper supplies, blackboards and seats
IN each of the school buildings, and
where the money is not available and
cannot be raised in the districts we
are getting the supplies through
charitable means. As an instance-it
was found advisable to direct the
Washington township board of educa-
ton to erect school building at Pine
worth. After two votes of the people
we succeeded in securing $500 of towns
ship money to erect 81 900 school
building. Undismayed by this condi-
ton secured from Senator Blanchard
H White, of Burlington county, the
OF land on which to erect the building.
The Haines Brothers, who own cram
berry bogs in Washington township,
were prevailed upon to accept the $500.
erect the school building and outside
toilets and contribute the difference
as between the $500 paid by the dis
trict and the 81 900 which the building
would cost. Mr.. George Worth, also
of Pineworth, was later induced, at his
own expense, to build vestibule and
coal shed to the building.
At the johnson Place school addi- |
tional seats were needed and the New
Jersey School and Church Furniture
Company kindly donated and paid the |
freight on additional seats. Black |
boards were needed in the various |
school buildings and there being no
money available in the districts for /
this purpose, several blackboard man.
ufacturers kindly donated the neces- (
sary slate blackboards..
The State of New Jersey has no
money available from a state source
ia. spend directly in the assistance of |
the various schools in the pine dis
t<sjct. We have been forced to appeal
to various charitable organizations for
assistance and at the present time we
are securing list of all the ministers
In Burlington county, and in few
days are going to place the situation
gquarely before each Christian COM
munity in the county in an effort to
aecure the necessary charitable funds
10 carry on the moral campaign being
|waged in the districts. This campaign,
.of course, must be separate and apart
from the duties of the commissioner
of education in seeing that adequate
school facilities and accommodations
are provided for all the school chill
dren in the state of New Jersey.
During the Sunday campaign in this
city, / used my best efforts to secure
the interest of the Rev. William A.
Sunday, and the following letter was
addressed to him:
February 10th, 1916
REV. William A. Sunday, Ia
Trenton, N. j.: Is
MY dear Mr.. Sunday-In the pine I
of this state, comprising :
Woodland, Washington and Bass River
townships, in Burlington county, there
IRE many people whose huts are widely i
separated from one another who are !
absolutely beyond the influence of .
moral or Christian teachings. | am
greatly interested in these people who t
readily respond to christian instruc- t
ffrn l..