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Published every Thursday afternoon at 1
North Laurel Street.
This paper Is entered at the Post Office
Bridgeton, N, J„ as second class matter.
G. W. McCOWAN, Editor.
Bridgeton. N.J., April 6. 1916
THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
Four years ago popular primaries,
then in their infancy, played an im
portant part in the presidential cam
paign. The president and his prede
cessor went before the people in a
spectacular struggle. It was assumed
as a matter of course that future
presidential candidates would be
named by the voters directly.
And today at the beginning of an
other presidential campaign, the sys
tem of popular nominations seems to
have collapsed. There are 22 state
with presidential primary laws, and
the delegates from those states will
number nearly two-thirds of the to
tal in both the big party conventions.
And yet the primaries will have lit
tle effect.
The Democratic party evidently re
gards the institutions as superfluous
this year, because there is no open
opposition to Mr. Wilson, and his re
nomination is expected to be a mere
formality. Many Democrats therefo
object to the trouble and expense of
the primaries. In the Republican
party, the trouble is largely due to
a precisely opposite situation—the
plentitude of candidates.
There are a dozen or more Repub
licans and Progressives open or re
ceptive candidates. Most of them are
senators. And this fact has served
to inject into the primary campaign
the tradition of "senatorial courtesy."
Instead of fighting for the nomination
as candidates on both sides did four
years ago, the Republican and Pro
gressive candidates are keeping off
each others’ preserves. In states
that have "favorite sons” there is no
contest. * Hi
Thus every competitor is keeping
out of Massachusetts, in deference to
Senator Weeks; out of Illinois, in de
ference to Senator Sherman; out of
Indiana, in deference to Mr. Fair
banks; out of Iowa, in deference to
Snator Cummins; out of Wisconsin,
in deference to Senator La Folette;
out of Idaho, in deference to Senator
Borah; out of Michigan, in deference
to Senator Smith; out of Idaho, in de
ference to Mr. Burton; out of Penn
sylvania, in deference to Senator
Penrose; out of New York, in defer
ence to Mr. Root, not to mention Gov
ernor Whitman and Col. Roosevelt.
Even in States with n0 local choice,
there is a strange lack of competition.
In the Minnesota primary, for exam
ple, no candidate except Senator Cum
mins and Mr. Estabrook allowed his
named to be used. It is probable that
Mr. Root, Justice Hughes and Col.
Roosevelt, at least, are going to play
a big part in the proceedings of the
national convention; but nobody
would ever suspect it, from their
present coyness.
The primaries, therefore, are go
ing to cut little figure this year. The
candidates will be chosen by the con
vention, as former candidates have
been, because the politicians want it
that way and the candidates want it
that way, and the voters don’t seem
to care.
THE BOOMING CORK LEG
INDUSTRY
An industry which has been prac
tically dormant in the past but which
is now growing by leaps and bounds
is the manufacturer of false arms and
legs. One American concern is said
to have received already orders from
the French and English Governments
to the extent of fifteen million dol
lars. The normal producing capacity
of this concern is two hundred and
fifty artificial legs a month. an(j it is
planned to have its output multiplied
five times in the near future. It’s
an ill war that knows no good.—Pop
ular Science Monthly and World’s
Advance.
There’s many a slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip, but only one between a
man and the sidewalk.
When it comes to the root of all
evil, it’s a toss-up between the love
of money and an aching tooth. 1
Giving a hungry man advice is
about as satisfying as feeding ice
cream to wax doll.
Pessimists are the best things there
are for sitting around and hatching
out misery.
When a woman trusts her husband
implicitly the honeymoon is still
young.
When a woman says she looks like
a fright she expects the man to con
tradict her.
If people were as wise as they
think they are the unexpected would
seldom occur. ^ J
PRESIDENTIAL. PRIMARIES
Three weeks from today official
primaries will be held in the State of
N'ew Jersey for the selection of dele
gates to the National Convention of
the Republican and Democratic par
ties. Today the Secretary of State
is arranging hundreds of petitions and
this week he will certify to the vari
ous county clerks the names of the
candidates for delegates. A couple
of days later the County Clerk will
certify these names to the various
city, borough and township clerks.
The latter officials will then have
printed in the aggregate something
like 50,000 sample ballots which will
be sent to the voters in stamped en
velopes. Later these municipal clerks
will have printed the required num
ber of official ballots and on April
25th the various polling places fitted
with booths and other equipment,
| will be open for the voters. The
various election boards will be on
duty from one o'clock in the after
noon until nine o’clock at night. The
vote cast at the primary will be im
mediately counted by the election offi
cers, canvassed by the municipal
clerks, returned to the County Clerks
and by the latter sent to the Secre
tary of State.
All of this will cost the taxpayers
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Cumberland County taxpayers will
pay into the county treasury some
thing like $3000 to meet the expenses
here. The municipalities will have
to pay for legal advertising and other
expenses.
Reform demanded this expensive
proceeding, For what? There will
be no contests at the primaries. Ev
erybody knows who the delegates at
large, the alternate delegates at large
the district delegates, for each Con
vention will be. The candidates have
already been selected by the leaders
of both parties and there will be no
independent candidates to contest the
selection. The result would not be
changed if there were independent
candidates. The organization of the
Republican and Democratic parties
will support the slates as prepared
for them.
The direct primaries theoretically
promise a great deal. Practically
there is no change from the old con
vention system. But the bill for the
theoretical reform is a mighty heavy
one for the tax payers.
EDGE STRONGLY IN LEAD
The circulatig of Edge petitions in
Essex county has given rise to the
suspicion that Senator Colgate is be
ing sacrificed in the house of his
friends. Mr. Dalrymple denies this
and there is no reason to doubt his
sincerity, but the fact that consider
able Edge support has been found in
Essex is significant of a structural
weakness in the Colgate boom.
Whether this is due to a defection on
the part of Mr. Murphy’s friends is
a matter of conjecture, but it would
not be surprising if such were the
case. Senator Colgate is a good man
and a deserving Republican, but he
lacks the political astuteness of Mr.
Murphy and is therefore seriously
handicapped in his effort to secure
the Gubernatorial nomination. With
Colgate out of the race, Murphy
would be much stronger, and it is
therefore quite natural that his
friends should seek an alliance from
outside thee ounty. Senator Edge
undoubtedly has the lead in the Gu
bernatorial race and from present in
dications will win hands down. The
alleged desire of Mr. Murphy to effect
a combination with the Edge forces
is thus plausibly explained.—Camden
Press.
Evening News and Mt. Holly Mirror
please copy.
THE EDGE CANDIDACY
The Mt. Holly Mirror editor is of
the opinion that the Republicans will
make a serious mistake if they nomi
nate Senator W'alter E. Edge for Gov
ernor. The Evening News of this city
reprints the warning of the Mirror
and adds its approval of the warning.
It may be interesting to know that
the editor of the Mirror was for years
the $1500 Secretary of the Water Sup
ply Commission, and the publisher of
the News was a $1500 member of the
Riparian Commission, and both of
these jobs were wiped out by the Effi
ciency and Economy bills which were
enacted into laws by Senator Edge in
the interests of business economy.
It is as hard to be patient with |
some men as it is to borrow money
from them.
Getting up steam is more apt to
lead to success than all the hot air in
the world.
Don’t worry if your sins find you
out; they’ll be sure to call again.
Some hair is prematurely gray and
some is prematurely dyed.
A witty girl may be a drug on the
matrimonial market ?
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TABERNACLE CAMPAIGN
During the balance of this week all
preparations are being made for the
opening of the evangelistic campaign
v Uich will be conducted in the big
Tabernacle for six weeks, beginning
on Sunday morning next.
A large part of the commuity is
very much interested in this religious
enterprise and hundreds of men and
women are preparing to sac ri fie
practically all of their time and give
their best efforts to support Rev.
George Wood Anderson in the work
that he is undertaking here.
The community is awaiting the op
ening of the campaign with curious
expectancy.
The statement is made that there
are in Bridgeton 8000 persons who do
not profess conversion and who are
outside of the church. This is shown
by a careful canvass made of the city.
; These figures indicate that there is a
wide field here for the evangelist,
more than one-half of the entire citi
zenship being without the influence of
the church.
The Tabernacle campaign is con
ducted upon a broad scale and all
church creeds are swept aside by the
evangelistic party. The gospel pro
claimed by Rev. George Wood Ander
son is the gospel of the Bible and the j
services are conducted without church j
forms. The preaching comes to those
who listen as a plain message ap
pealing to the good that is intercut
in everyone. It is made comparative
ly easy for anyone to make the start
toward a better life in one of the
great efforts and many take advan
tage of just such occasion.
That Mr. Anderson has been abun
dantly successful is evidenced by the
reports from all of the campaigns
that he has conducted. Conditions
here differ but little from that found
in any other community aside from
the fact that perhaps Bridgeton is
more law' abiding than the average
place . This should mean more suc
cess here than elsewhere.
FOR BRIDGETON
Securing industrial activity for a
community is no idle task. A vast
effort and a great deal of money is
expended at times by committees in
an endeavor to bring an employing
concern
entirely. But one failure is not a
complete loss, no more than one suc
cess is all that need be accomplished.
During the past year there have
been some get-rich-quick concerns
that have sprung up owing to the
great war demands, and those in this
locality have taken from Bridgeton a
number of persons who have been
attracted by the higher wages. But
this is not likely to be a permanent
enterprise. With the war over -the»«
will be an adjustment of business and
many changes will take place. It
may be that opportunity will be pre
sented for Bridgeton to attract a big
employing enterprise here. But such
an enterprise will only come to
Bridgeton with Bridgeton offering in
ducements greater than some other
community. To present the advan
tages here every agency should be
at work. All classes of citizens
should be in accord and any effort
put forth should be a united one. On
ly in this w’ay can anything worth
while be accomplished. This is not
the business of the lawyer, the news
paper man, the business man, the me
chanic, but rather the business of all
of them together. Why is it not pos
sible to carefully consider just what
sort of an enterprise is most desir
able at this time, and then start out
to land that particular enterprise?
There is one somewhere, or if one
cannot be moved here, why not or
ganize a local corporation to start
just the character of enterprise that
we want?
LOOKED AFTER IN OLD AGE
Many of the large corporations of
this country have come to realize the
wisdom—not to mention justice—of
providing a pension system for their
employes. It has come to be recog
nized that a man who has worn him
self out in the service of any organ
ization is entitled to receive adequate
and honorable support from that or
ganization when his working days are
over, and none of the pension systems
in existence should be looked upon as
a charity, but as something that right
fully belongs to a faithful employe.
Years ago when a workman became
incapacitated from labor his only hav
en was the poor-house, now dignified
by the name of county home, unless
he had relatives who were willing to
take upon themselves the burden of
his support, but, to a great extent,
this lias been changed, which refutes
the statement so often heard that
while the world grows older it does
not grow better. Surely the care of
the aged workman is a case in point
and without doubt it will be so en
tered on the books of the Recording
Angel in letters of gold.
Do you believe all the good things
you hear of yourself?
The electric chair is a sure cure
' for insomnia.
BURYING THE HATCHET
There can be no real harmony in
the ranks of the Republican party,
no genuine unity in the operations
against the common enemy of Re
publicanism during the coming cam
paign, when the leading Republicans
of the nation are divided into separ
ate and hostile camps. Colonel Roose
velt, whatever his personal ambitions
may be, has already given evidence
of his willingness to join forces with
the decent Republicans of the coun
try to accomplish that which he
conceives to be the paramount duty
of patriotic Americans in the present
national — and international — crisis.
He holds that the defense of the na
tional honor and the restoration of
national prosperity upon a sound and
permanent basis make it imperative
that the divisions of 1912 shall be
healed and that President Wilson and
the Democratic party shall not again
be given the strategic advantage of a
faction-riven opposition. It may well J
be that he thinks that he of all the
! available leaders is the best qualifted
! to lead in the battle for which Repub
■ licans are preparing, but whether
, that be true or not ,and whether or
not the efforts that are being made
by his friends to create a situation
which shall compel his acceptance by
the Republican National Convention
shall succeed, the fact that stands
uppermost at the moment is that Col
onel Roosevelt is doing his part to
achieve that most essential eleme.it
in political success in November.
It is impossible to minimize the
deep significance of the rapproche
ment between Colonel Roosevelt and
ex-Secretary of State Root, in New
York, on Friday evening. That friend
ly meeting at dinner between the ex
President and the one-time premier
of his Cabinet, after a political es
trangement of several years’ dura
tion, may not have quite all the mean
ing that is being attached to it by
Colonel Roosevelt's friends. It is not
particularly complimentary to him to
assume that his explicit assurance
that the meeting had to do with “pre
paredness” solely, and that national
politics were not discussed, was a
deliberate distortion of the truth. But
as “preparedness’ is inseparable from
politics, and as the main campaigning
of the Republicans this year will have
to be based largely upon the failure
of the Democratic Administration to
meet national requirements for de
fense, or even for such a punitive ex
pedition as that in which the army
is now engaged in Mexico, there is
some justification for the interpreta
tions that are being put on the bury
ing of the hatchet by Root and Roose
velt and the formation of a political
alliance for the attainment of Repub
lican victory.
.
WORKING TOGETHER
Agreement at heart, on the part of
the employee, with the ideals and
policy of the administration, inspires
confidence.
Even the most skilled employees
cannot give efficient service unless
their hearts are in their work.
The point of view of the house on
every moral questions should be
known to every worker before the
question arises.
There should be no employees in
any plant who are looked upon as
unimportant cogs in a big machine.
The main thing is to get men whose
ideals are in harmony with your own,
so questions must be asked.
Style is the manifestation of good
tradition as influenced by the work
er's environment and his knowledge
of his craft,
BOOMING WILSON
Jerseymen are planning to make as
effective a demonstration as possible
from the President’s- home State at
the national convention in St. Louis.
Chairman Ed. Grosscup has reserved
$20,000 worth of hotel accommoda
tions at the Plants’ and Jefferson ho
tels, and it is the expectation that
fully 1000 Jerseymen will be at St.
Louis during convention week. Al
ready special train accommodations
have been obtained for a party of
more than 500, which will probably
be increased later.
Few women can serve style and
comfort at the same time.
The patch on a patched up quarrel
soon comes off.
A successful fool doesn’t realize
that he is one.
Man has excuse and woman has
her because.
CASTOR IA
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sonal supervision since its infancy
Allow no one to deceive you in this,,
All Counterfeits, Imitations and •* Aust-as-good ” are but
Experiments that trifle w ith and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiments
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare*
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. If
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotio
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency. Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles ana
Diarrhoea. It regnlates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA always.
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a decree to me directed,
made by the Court of Chancery, of
the State of New Jersey, in a cause
wherein Leila A. Sharp is complaiuan
and Lydia A. Penn, et. als., are de
fendants, bearing date the 11th day of
March, 1916, wherein it is adjudged
that the lands and premises herein
after mentioned be sold at public ven
due to the highest bidder, in the pres
ence and under direction of the un
dersigned, Sheriff of the County of
Cumberland, I will expose to- sale at
public vendue, to the highest bidder
on
Friday, April 7, 1916
at 2 o’clock in the afternoon of said
ay at
THE COURT HOUSE
in the City of Bridgeton, County of
Cumberland and State of New Jersey,
all the following described tract of
. land and premises situate, lying and
being in the Second Ward of the City
of Bridgeton, in the County of Cum
berland and State of New Jersey,
hounded as follows:
BEGINNING at a corner in the east
line of Grove Street on the Map or
Plot of land late David M'ulford, de
ceased, No. 18 on said Map and corner
to lot No. 19; thence along the east
side of said street south ten de- j
grees and fifty minutes east sixty-nine I
feet to a corner in the north line of
Henry Street; thence along the north
line thereof, north seventy-nine de
grees and ten minutes east, one hun
dred feet to a corner in the line of
Dayton'B. Parson’s lot; thence along
said Parson’s line north ten degrees
and fifty minutes west, sixty-nine feet
to a corner in line of No. 19, now or
late otvned by James P. Phillips;
thence along said Phillips’ line south
seventy-nine degrees and ten minutes
west one hundred feet to a corner in
the east line of Grove Street and place
of beginning.
CONTAINING more or less.
TOGETHER w'ith the hereditaments
and appurtenances thereunto belong
ing.
CHARLES V. MARSHALL,
Sheriff.
Albert R. McAllister, Sol’r.
Bated March 16, 1916.
Pr’s fees $16.66 3-16, 23, 30; 4-6
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate of Isaac A. S. Cook, deceased
Pursuant to the order of Frank F.
Wallace, Surrogate of the County of
Cumberland, made on the twenty-fifth
day of March, 1916, on application of
the undersigned executor of said de
ceased, notice is hereby given to the
creditors of the decedent to bring in
to the subscriber their dehts demands
and claims against the estate of said
deceased, under oath, withih nine
months from the date of such order,
or they will be forever barred from
prosecuting or recovering the same
against the subscriber.
Dated March 25th, 1916.
JOSEPH COOK,
3-29 9w _ExeCUtor~
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the accounts of the subscriber’ The
Cumberland Trust Co., of Bridgeton
Executor of the Estate of James b’
Ware, deceased, will be audited and
stated by the Surrogate, and reported
to the Orphans’ Court of Cumberland
County for settlement on Friday, the
seventh i}ay of April next at the hour
of ten o’cock in the forenoon
Bated March 6th, 1916.
THE CUMBERLAND TRUST
CO., of Bridgeton, Executor
of the Estate of James B.
Ware, deceased.
James S. Ware,
Proctor.
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SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias to
me directed, issued out of the Court
of Chancery of New Jersey, will be
sold at public vendue on
Friday, April 14, 1916,
at 2 o’clock in the afternoon of said
day, at the Court House, in the City
of Bridgeton:
All that certain house and lot of
land (being the south part of a double
house) situate in the third ward of
the City of Bridgeton, County of Cum
berland, and State of New Jersey, and
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a corner set at the
northwest corner of Lincoln and At
lantic Streets, thence along the west
line of Atlantic Street, north twenty
three and one-quarter degrees East,
thirty-nine feet to a corner opposite
the middle partition in said double
house in the west line of said Atlan
tic Street; thence north sixty-six and
three-quarters degrees west and
through the centre of said middle par.
tition one hundred and twenty feet
to a corner; thence bounding on oth
er land of said Henry C. Steffen,
south twenty-three and a quarter de
grees west thirty-nine feet to a cor
ner in the north line of Lincoln St;
thence along said Lincoln Street, south
sixty-six and three-quarters degrees
east, one hundred and twenty feet to
the beginning.
Containing 4680 square feet of land
more or less.”
This property is sold subject to tax
es for 1915 and water rent for 1915.
Seized as the property of Edith T.
Richman, taken in execution at the
suit of Boynton Adams, and to be sold
by
CHARLES V. MARSHALL.
Sheriff.
F. G. Toram, SoPcitor.
Dated March 17, 1916.
Pr's. fees $13.26 2-24 oaw 4t
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, thafr
the accounts of the subscriber, Th
Cumberland Trust Co., of Bridgeton
Executor of the Estate of Prescilla I*,
Hummel, deceased, will be audited
and stated by the Surrogate, and re
ported to the Orphans’ Court of Cum
berland County for settlement on Fri.
day, the seventh day of April next ait
the hour of ten o’clock in the fore
noon.
Dated March 6th, 1916.
THE CUMBERLAND TRUST
CO., of Bridgeton, Execu
tor of the Estate of Pres
cilla L. Hummell, Dec’d.
James S. W^re,
~ Proctor.
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
the accounts of the subscriber,
Charles A. Walters and Warren Veale,
executors of the estate of Anton A.
Walters, deceased, will be audited and
stated by the Surrogate, and reported
to the Orphans' Court of Cumberland
County for settlement on Friday, the
fifth day of May next at the hour of
ten o’clock in the forenoon.
Dated April 3, 1916.
CHARLES A. WALTERS,
WARREN VEALE,
Executors.
Roscoe C. Ward, Proctor, m
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
the accounts of the subscriber, E.
Coates Swing, administrator of the
estate of Joseph S. Jerrell, deceased,
will be audited and stated by the Sur
rogate, and reported to the Orphans’
Court of Cumberland County for set
tlement on Friday the fifth day of
May next at’ the hour of ten o’clock
in the forenoon.
Dated April 3, 1916. A
E. COATES SWING,
Administrator.
J- Ogden Burt, Proctor. _.
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