Introduction
Amos Richard Dease was born in Pennsylvania in August of 1842 to Henry and Mary Dease. His father worked as a hatter. The Dease family lived in the North Ward of Reading, Pennsylvania when the census was taken in 1850 and 1860. Amos Dease was one of nine children, the others being George, twins Henry and William, twins Aaron and Jacob, John, Emma, and Miller Dease.
When the Civil War came, Amos Dease served in the Union Army. He enlisted as a Private on August 14, 1862 in Company E, 128th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. The 128th regiment was mustered in at Harrisburg, August 13 to 15, 1862, for nine months, most of its members having been recruited in Berks County and the remainder in Lehigh and Bucks counties.
On Aug 16, the 128th Pennsylvania moved to Washington, encamped at Arlington Heights, Fairfax Seminary and Fort Woodbury and was occupied in erecting fortifications at the last-named place. Attached to the brigade under Col. Crawford, Williams’ division, Mansfield’s corps, the regiment was active at Antietam, losing heavily. During the next two months it was encamped at Sandy Hook and Maryland Heights with the 12th Corps, under command of General Williams, who succeeded General Mansfield after the battle of Antietam, in which Mansfield was severely wounded. The 12th Corps arrived too late to participate in the battle of Fredericksburg and encamped at Fairfax Station until in January, 1863, when it participated in the “Mud March.” The remainder of the winter was spent at Stafford Court House and camp was broken late in April 1863 for the Chancellorsville movement. The 128th fought at the left of the line on May 2 and during the night, on returning to a position previously occupied, but then in the hands of the enemy, nine officers, including Colonel Mathews and Lieutenant Colonel Smith, and 225 enlisted men, were taken prisoner. The remainder of the regiment was closely engaged on the following day and after the battle was over but 172 men reported for duty at Stafford Court House. The regiment was mustered out at Harrisburg on May 19, 1863, the prisoners having been exchanged.
Private Dease was among those who mustered out of Company E, 128th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment on May 19, 1863 at Harrisburg. He returned to his home and family in Reading, and stayed in Reading through July, 1870. Amos Dease subsequently moved to Camden, New Jersey with his wife Emma and daughter Maggie and went to work as a painter. The Dease family was in New Jersey by 1872 when daughter Mary was born. By June of 1880 there were three more children, Harry, Walter, and William Dease.
Camden Fire Department records show that Amos R. Dease was living on Newton Avenue, but do not give a house number. Amos R. Dease was appointed to the Camden Fire Department as an extra man with Engine Company 1 on May 8, 1877 taking the place of Asa V. Borton. He was removed from service of April 1, 1879, and was replaced by Howard Sharp. The 1878–1879 City Directory gives his address as 939 Newton Avenue. From City Directories we know that he had moved to 911 Reese Street by 1882. Reese Street was renamed St. John Street by the time the 1884 Camden City Directory was compiled. The Dease family remained at 911 St. John Street through at least 1885.
Amos R. Dease had worked for others as a painter, including Mahlon Ivins Sr. In late 1884 or early 1885 he went into business for himself, with former Camden Fire Department member Nesbert Y. Sloan as a partner, at 416 Market Street. The venture was called, appropriately enough, Dease & Sloan. After six months the partnership had dissolved due to illness on the part of Mr. Sloan, and Amos R. Dease carried on at 416 Market Street into the next century.
Amos R. Dease had moved to 714 South 4th Street by the end of 1887. The 1890–1891 City Directory shows that he had moved to 414 Berkley Street, where he remained through 1894. By 1896 the Dease family had moved to 437 Stevens Street. This address was Amos R. Dease’s home until his passing on January 7, 1916, at the age of 73.
Amos R. Dease also became active in politics, as a Republican, and was active in civic and fraternal organizations. He was a member of Camden Lodge 293 of the Elks, Trimble Lodge No. 117, Free and Accepted Masons, the William B. Hatch Post No. 37, Grand Army of the Republic, and the War Veterans Association No. 1 of Camden. He served as a member of City Council from the Fourth Ward and at least once ran as a candidate for Camden County freeholder from Camden’s Fourth Ward.
Amos Dease’s most lasting work was his participation in the founding and administration of the New Jersey Home for Disabled Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and their Wives, or Widows which first opened at Vineland, New Jersey in 1900. In August of 1898 he was appointed to a commission to look into the feasibility of such a home by then-Governor Foster M. Voorhees, for whom Voorhees Township is named. Once the Home went into operation, Amos R. Dease served on its Board of Managers until 1914. As stated above, Amos R. Dease passed away on January 7, 1916 at the age of 73. He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Camden.
The First New Jersey District.
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The Election of Congressional Delegates in Robeson’s Old District.
The Republican primaries in Camden for the election of delegates to the Congressional Convention in the First New Jersey district passed off very quietly last evening, there being no trouble anywhere except in the Third ward, where Dudley delegates were elected and the two inspectors of the election boards, Frank Turner and William Parker, both Hires men, refused to sign the credentials and left the polls without doing so. It is said they will be arrested to-morrow.
The three candidates for the Congressional nomination are George Hires, of Salem, Thomas H. Dudley, of Camden, and John W. Newlin, of Millville. In Camden city Hires got 23 delegates; Dudley, 16; Newlin, 1.
Taken by wards the result is as follows:
First Ward.—All for Hires—Jacob Leon, Isaac C. Githens, J. Eugene Troth, Charles Woolverton, Joseph Baymore.
Second Ward.—All for Dudley—J. Willard Morgan, Frederick A. Rex, Joseph Wells, Daniel Johntra, John Bowyer.
Third Ward.—All for Dudley—Louis D. McDowell, Henry B. Twoes, William S. McCabe, Samuel R. Murray, William H. Chandler.
Fourth Ward.—Four for Hires and one (Fackler) for J. W. Newlin—Mifflin Long, R. H. Lee, Charles Fackler, William Holland, George Doughten.
Fifth.—All for Hires—Septimus Knight, John Stevens, William Lockman, Samuel W. Roach, Harry Moffett.
Sixth Ward.—All for Hires—Joseph B. Green, Richard Dease, Robert Gilmore, Jacob Woodside, John Corbitt.
Seventh Ward.—Four for Hires and one (Stone) for Dudley—Edward Martin, Henry Peters, Jeffrey Blanchard, John Stone, Jacob Derry.
Eighth Ward.—All for Dudley—Jesse Pratt, William J. Thompson, Thomas B. Wood, Richard J. Chandler, Lawrence Rhoades.
Other returns are incomplete, but it is known that the Second ward of Gloucester City gave five delegates to Dudley; Delaware township five to Dudley, and Merchantville two to Dudley and three to Hires, thus making totals, as far as returns are received, as follows: Hires, 26; Dudley, 23; Newlin, 1.
William B. Hatch Post No. 37, G.A.R.
George Reeser Prowell’s History of Camden County, N.J. — 1886
William B. Hatch Post No. 37, of Camden, was instituted and chartered November 25, 1879, with eighty-one members and the following named Post officers:
Post Commander, John E. Grubb; Senior Vice-Commander, Richard J. Robinson; Junior Vice-Commander, Daniel J. Fullen; Surgeon, Thomas G. Rowand, M.D.; Chaplain, John Quick; Officer of the Day, John A. Dall; Officer of the Guard, Edmund G. Jackson, Jr.; Quartermaster, Christopher J. Mines, Jr.; Adjutant, Benjamin J. Pierce; Sergeant-Major, William A. Tattern; Quartermaster-Sergeant, William B. E. Miller.
At the first meeting of the Post it was decided by a unanimous vote to name it in honor of the late Colonel William B. Hatch, of the Fourth Regiment. When Mrs. C. Hatch, the mother of the colonel was informed that the post had honored the memory of her son by naming it after him, she sent to the Post the following response:
Camden N. J.,
November 26th, 1879John E. Grubb, Post Commander
Dear Sir,
It will afford me much pleasure to be identified with Post 37, G. A. R., named in honor of my son, William B. Hatch, by allowing me to present to the same its colors. The memory of my son is ever dear to me, and, while at the same moment I may have thought the sacrifice too great an affliction, yet I was consoled by the fact that I gave him up that this Union might be preserved. It was duty and patriotism that called him, and while I mourn him as a mother for a well-beloved son, yet I would not have stayed him, for the love of country and the upholding of this glorious Republic is what every mother should instill into her sons, as the purest and holiest spirit.
Yours truly,
C. Hatch
The following is a complete roster of this post for 1886:
Post Commander, Benjamin H. Connelly; Senior Vice-Commander, Adam C. Smith; Junior Vice-Commander, William Haegele; Surgeon, George Pfau; Chaplain, Samuel Gaul; Officer of the Day, Robert Crawford; Officer of the Guard, John D. Cooper; Quartermaster, Samuel J. Fenner; Adjutant, William B. Summers; Sergeant-Major, Stacy H. Bassett; Quartermaster-Sergeant, Otto K. Lockhart.
Comrades: Philip Achenbach, George L. Allchin, Isaac Albertson, Joseph Applegate, John W. Barclay, Martin M. Barney, Joseph Baxter, William W. Bennett, Charles L. Bennett, Henry Bickering, Abel Biddle, George K. Biddle, John Bieri, Robert M. Bingham, Socrates T. Bittle, George W. Bittle, Benjamin F. Blizzard, Joseph Borton, Frederick Bowers, Benjamin M. Braker, John Breyer, William H. Brians, Wm. J. Broadwater, William Broadwater, John Brown, Harris Brooks, William H. Brooks, Joseph F. Bryan, Joseph Buddew, J. Q. Burniston, George Burton, Frederick Buser, Thomas L. Bush, William Butcher, Isaac B. Buzby, Edward C. Cattell, Joseph Cameron, James H. Carey, William Carey, James Chadwick, James Chafey, George M. Chester, James D. Chester, Lewis L. Chew, Henry S. Chew, John W. Churn, Andrew B. Cline, Charles Clarke, Samuel J. Cook, Levi E. Cole, John J. Collins, John C. Cooper, John W. Cotner, Thomas L. Conly, Harvey M. Cox, Jason S. Cox, Harris Crane, Charles Cress, Joel G. Cross, O. C. Cunningham, John A. Dall, John Dalby, John H. Damon, Westley Dare, John E. Dawson, Adam T. Dawson, James L. Davis, William Davis, Amos R. Dease, Henry Deford, Lewis F. Derousse, Michael Devinney, Glendora Devo, John Digney, Joseph Dilks, William A. Dobbins, George W. Dunlap, Aaron B. Eacritt, John J. Early, Christopher Ebele, Godfrey Eisenhart, John Elberson, Charles Elwell, Charles Eminecker, John Esler, John H. Evans, Charles S. Fackler, James Fanington, James A. Farraday, John H. Farry, John Faughey, Wm. H. Fenlin, George G. Felton, George W. Ferguson, Charles W. Fish, Israel L. Fish, James Finnan, Samuel B. Fisher, Edward L. Fisher, Ephraim B. Fithian, Jacob T. Fisher, Edward Fitzer, Samuel Flock, Leonard Flor, John Fox, John S. Fox, H. H. Franks, Chas. B. Frazer, Thomas J. Francis, Samuel W. Gahan, Chas. H. Gale, James Galbraith, Thomas Garman, Harry Garren, John W. Garwood, Josiah Garrison, John B. Gaskill, Richard Gaunt, Wm. German, Christopher Getsinger, Christopher Gifney, Jacob Giffens, Albert Gilbert, James Gillen, Wm. Giffins, C. C. Greany, Charles Green, W. H. Griffin, Louis Grosskops, William Grindrod, John B. Grubb, Mark H. Guest, John Guice, Alfred Haines, Charles G. Haines, Japhet Haines, George F. Hammond, Charles Hall, Solon B. Hankinson, Samuel P. Hankinson, James Hanson, Charles Hannans, H. A. Hartranft, Mahlon E. Harden, William F. Harper, George W. Hayter, Samuel B. Harbeson, J. T. Hazleton, H. Heinman, James Henderson, William H. Heward, Franklin Hewitt, James T. Hemmingway, Charles Hewitt, Edward K. Hess, Samuel B. Hickman, George Higgens, Ephraim Hillman, C. M. Hoagland, Guadaloupe Holl, William A. Holland, Isaac K. Horner, Count D. G. Hogan, William H. Howard, Baxter Howe, Alien Hubbs, Charles G. Hunsinger, Presmel D. Hughes, I. N. Hugg, Sebastian Hummell, Edward Hutchinson, C. Innes, Alfred Ivins, Benjamin Ivins, E. G. Jackson Sr., E. G. Jackson Jr., Thomas Jameson, George Jauss, William P. Jenkins, James L. Johnson, Alfred Jones, B. F. Jones, William Joline, Charles Joseph, Charles Justice, C. H. Kain, E. E. Kates, Benjamin Kebler, Frank Kebler, Peter Keen, Henry N. Killian, J. W. Kinsey, C. H. Knowlton, Thomas W. Krips, Joseph H. Large, John E. Leake, John Lecroy, Charles Leonhart, George W. Locke, E. J. Long, Charles L. Lukens, J. H. Lupton, Valentine Machemer, Edward Macloskey, Edward A. Martin, William P. Marsh, John Mapes, William Mead, William Metcalf, E. A. Meyer, C. Meyers, George Meilor, C. A. Michener, William B. E. Miller, Jacob Miller, W. D. Miller, Samuel Mills, William W. Mines, Christopher J. Mines, George Molesbury, William. Moran, Edward More, Richard Morgan, John F. Moore, S. H. Moyer, Jacob L. Morton, John Muir, John J. Murphy, Isaac Murray, Charles Myers, W. H. McAllister, James McCracken, Edward C. McDowell, Hugh McGrogan, H. M. Mcllvaine, W. F. McKillip, W.J. McNeir, Lewis McPherson, E. McPherson, Jacob Naglee, William Naphas, Antonio Nosardi, Robert O’Keefe, John S. Owens, Robert Owens, Edward H. Pancoast, James Pancoast, Robert B. Patterson, William Patterson, E. W. Pease, John B. Pepper, Joel Perrine, John Peterson, D. E. Peugh, Frederick Phile, Samuel B. Pine, William M. Pine, Adon Powell, John Powell, John Portz, J. B. Prucelle, John Quick, S. E. Radcliffe, Isaac C. Randolph, James A. Regens, Philip Reilly, Charles P. Reynolds, Alexander Rhodes, Benjamin F. Richard, Andrew Ridgway, Benjamin Robbins, Edward C. Roberts, James Roberts, Richard J. Robinson, William B. Robertson, Isaac Rogers, John Rogers, William H. Rogers, Thomas G. Rowand, Sebastian Schaub, Maurice Schmidt, Christian K. Schallers, James Schofield, George W. Scott, John E. Scott, John M. Shemelia, Edward M. Siemers, John Simmons, Benjamin F. Shinn, Thomas Sheeran, James Shield, Charles Smith, George H. Smith, William W. Smith, Charles S. Small, Adolph Snow, W. Souder, Francis Senders, Robert Sparks, David C. Sprowl, Alfred L. Sparks, Abraham Springer, George W. Stewart, William L. Stevenson, Thomas G. Stephenson, Samuel R. Stockton, Thomas Stockton, Thomas H. Stone, Henry Strick, E. J. Strickland, Charles String, George F. Stull, George W. Swaney, Crosby Sweeten, William F. Tarr, William A. Tatem, Thomas S. Tanier, George Rudolph Tenner, Charles L. Test, Leonard Thomas, Benjamin Thomas, Henry C. Thomas, George F. Thorne, Wesley Thorn, Thomas W. Thornley, Alexander W. Titus, Joseph Tompkins, J. E. Troth, Isaac C. Toone, Samuel Tyier, Jacob M. Van Nest, Albert Vansciver, Joseph Wakeman, Theodore F. Walker, Charles Walton, George Walton, Joseph Welsh, David Watson, George W. Wentling, Edward West, Elmer M. West, George Weyman, Wilmer Whillden, James Whittaker, Samuel Wickward, Calvin T. Williams, George W. Williams, William H. Williams, John Williams, Samuel Winner, Amos P. Wilson, D.H. Wilson, G.A. Wilson, Richard Wilson, George Wispert, John W. Wood, Joseph Woodfield, Walter Wolfkill, E. W. Wolverton, Elijah Worthington, C. M. Wright, George B. Wright, Henry S. Wright, Wesley T. Wright, William Zane.
As of 1886, the Hatch Post met every Thursday evening in their own G. A. R. Hall, on Stevens Street, below Fifth Street. This same building had been used in the late 1870s as the original home of the congregation that formed the Tabernacle Baptist Church. The Hatch Post was affiliated with Hatch League No. 2, of the Loyal Ladies League, their auxiliary, which met at the Post Hall.
The Day in Camden.
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Decorations in the City and Vicinity by Posts of the Grand Army.
Over in Camden the posts combined to make a respectable street parade in honor of the day. The line formed on Cooper street, right resting on Fourth, and the column marched over the following route: Cooper to Sixth, countermarch to Fifth, to Bridge avenue, to West, to Stevens, to Broadway, to Kaighn avenue, to Mount Ephraim pike, to Evergreen Cemetery, then returning to the Camden Cemetery.
The formation of the line was as follows: Detail of police under the command of Chief Dodd. At the head of the column was William H. Butts, a member of the colored post, who carried a handsome pillow made of roses and smilax, with the inscription, “To Our Late Chief,” in immortelles in the centre. It was placed on the grave of the late Chief of Police, H. H. Franks, who died a short time ago. Next came City Band; Thomas M. K. Lee Post 5, under command of Benjamin D. Cooley, 60 men; Joy Flute and Drum Band, Hatch Post Guards, Captain Richard Dease, 16 men; William P. Hatch Post, No. 37, Commander C. S. Magrath, 100 men; William B. Hatch Camp, No. 1, Sons of Veterans, Captain Morris S. Garman, acting as guards of honor; East Camden Fife and Drum Band, colored, Robeson Post, No. 51, colored; coaches containing members of John A. Logan Post, No. 102, followed by floral cars and carriages.
At Evergreen Cemetery, Rev. W. P. Strickland offered prayer. Herbert W. Edmunds delivered the oration, and Comrade Preston Hughes, Post 37, made an address.
Five thousand people assembled at the soldiers’ monument. Chaplain Charles P. Bowers, Post 6, offered prayer. Commanders C. S. Magrath, Post 37, and W. H. Cooper, Post 102, delivered addresses. In Evergreen, Camden and Butler Cemeteries five hundred graves were decorated. Memorial services were held at night in the halls of Posts 5 and 37.
At Woodbury, N. J., yesterday the memorial services were conducted by Howell Post, G. A. R., and Franklin Camp, No. 9, Sons of Veterans.
The Thomas L. Davis Post, the Riely Military Academy cadets, and Gatling Gun Company B, of Camden, under command of Captain Robert R. Eckendroff, did the honors at Haddonfield. The services were held in the Methodist Cemetery. The orator of the day was Rev. W. Pittinger.
Other cemeteries were visited and graves decorated as follows. Riverside and Palmyra, a detachment of Post 37; Berlin, detail from Davis Post, of Haddonfield; Gloucester, Posts 36 and 71 and Camp No. 10, Rev. Mr. McGowan being the orator; Hammon, Waterford and Winslow, Russell Post, under command of Hon. Henry M. Jewett.
In the Political Whirl
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Camden in a Lively Congressional Contest.
ANTI-GRATZ WORKERS ENCOURAGED
Campaign Jottings of Interest Gathered at the City and State Committee Headquarters of Both Parties.
There was widespread interest in the Republican delegate election in Camden county last night. Delegates were chosen to the Congressional District Convention, which meets at Bridgeton on Thursday next. Hon. Thomas H. Dudley and Christopher Bergen were the rival candidates, and the latter’s friends claim to have carried every ward in the city.
During the voting at the Fourth ward polls Policeman Ikey Scheeve got into an altercation with two men named Richmond and Walters. It is alleged that he used a blackjack without provocation. The two men who were assaulted immediately engaged the services of a lawyer, who will cause Sheeve’s arrest to-day on the charge of assault and battery. Following are the delegates elected in Camden city and in the various townships:
First Ward—W. Baily, Isaac Githens, George Barrett, Frank Welch and Howland Croft.
Second Ward—J. Willard Somers, Frank C. Somers, John Wells, W. H. Day and Samuel Bakely.
Third Ward—Dilwyn Pettit, J. Milton Powell, David Freeman, Sr., George Denny and Albion Lane.
Fourth Ward—Everett Ackley, Samuel M. Gall, William Ireton, Joseph Brown and Howard Lee.
Fifth Ward—Christopher J. Mines, Jr., Frederick Parker, John H. Miller, David Rankin and Samuel Roach.
Sixth Ward—A. R. Dease, James Brown, Isaac Robinson, John Brother and James Hewitt.
Seventh Ward—John C. Edwards, M. D. Cornish, William K. Price, Reuben Gaskill and John W. Everman.
Eighth Ward—Samuel H. Mourey, William H. Smith, Herman Helmbold, E. Thompson and Thomas Watson.
Stockton township was carried by Dudley, and W. Harrison Livermore carried Woodbury. Centre, Delaware and Haddon townships of Camden county were carried by Bergen.
The Congressional district includes Camden, Gloucester, Cumberland, Salem and Cape May counties. The indications are that Congressman Hires will be renominated.
A. R. Dease, Paints, Etc., 416 Market Street
Camden & Burlington County, N.J., Industrial Review — 1890
Among the prominent houses in this line may be mentioned that of Mr. A. R. Dease. This business was established by Dease & Sloan, about five years ago, Mr. Sloan retiring after the first six months, in consequence of ill-health.
The store is about 20 x 30 feet in dimensions. A large stock of Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Leads, Brushes, and Painters’ Materials is also kept. All kinds of House, Job and Sign Painting are attended to at the shortest notice. Mr. Dease is the owner of Excelsior Water-Proof Brick Coating, which is absolutely waterproof.
These Testimonials prove that Excelsior Water-Proof Brick Coating is all that is claimed for it:
Estate of Richard M. Cooper, Deceased
John W. Wright, 123 Cooper Street
Camden, April 14, 1887.To whom it may concern:
The Excelsior WaterProof Brick preparation applied by A. R. Dease, 416 Market Street, Camden, to exterior brick work, has given satisfaction wherever he has used it for me, and appears an effectual cure for the white effervescence on bricks.
John W. Wright
I have used in my business as a builder, bricks treated with the Excelsior Water-Proof preparation, as applied by A. R. Dease, of Camden, New Jersey. I found it an excellent preparation for hardening bricks and rendering them impervious to dampness, and I have no hesitation in recommending it to the use of builders and owners for the purpose of obviating damp, and alkali discolored walls.
William H. Cole, May 3, 1887
Building Inspector, Camden, N. J.
Roberts & Cohn,
Builders and Contractors,
No. 105 Market St., Camden, N. J.,
April 30, 1887To whom it may concern:
We have used the E. W. P. B. C. on ten houses and it has given entire satisfaction, and we shall use it on all good houses that we will build hereafter.
Roberts & Cohn
Fifteen skilled workmen are constantly employed. Mr. Dease is a native of Reading, but has been here for the last nineteen years. He was in the 128th Reg’t Penna. Volunteers, for nine months, and on the S. S. Powhatan for two years. He is an active member of the G. A. R., and of the Masonic Fraternity.
Dease Likely to Get City Hall Painting Job
Philadelphia Inquirer —
• A. R. Dease, the Camden painter who was the lowest bidder for painting the City Hall corridor, and who threatened to get an injunction against the award of the contract to the highest bidder, is likely to get the job. He was notified yesterday that the awarding of the contract had been withheld until the next meeting of the committee.
Politicians’ Day at Mt. Holly
Philadelphia Inquirer —
POLITICIANS’ DAY AT MT. HOLLY
CANDIDATE GRIGGS SHOOK HUNDREDS OF HORNY HANDS AT THE BURLINGTON COUNTY FAIR.
CAMDEN WELL REPRESENTED
It Was a Fine Day, But the “Big Thursday” Crowd Was Smaller Than Last Year—A Canine Parachutist Killed—The Races—Other Jersey Matters.
Special to The Inquirer.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., Oct. 10.—The Mount Holly Fair, like all the other Jersey fairs, has its “Big Thursday.” That is the day the politicians get together to shake hands, swop stories and look after the political machine generally. The candidates make it a point to be present and try to win votes with cordial greetings and honeyed words. The Mount Holly Fair was favored with exceptionally fine weather for its “Big Thursday,” but the attendance was not as large as last year’s crowd.
The politicians congregated around a tent at the left of the grand stand. John W. Griggs, the Republican candidate for Governor, arrived on the grounds shortly after noon and was tendered a reception at the entrance. All the afternoon he was kept busy shaking hands with the grangers and telling them how glad he was to meet them. Mr. Griggs got lots of promises of votes. He made many friends among the farmers, who had their first chance of talking with him. Nearly every one addressed him as “Governor.”
Camden county was well represented by its leading political lights, among whom were: Senator William J. Sewell, ex-Sheriff David Baird, City Counsel J. Willard Morgan, City Clerk T. P. Varney, County Clerk Robert Barber, Mayor J. Leighton Westcott, Deputy Sheriff J. Wesley Sell, Frank Lloyd, William J. Thompson, Thomas P. Curley, Receiver of Taxes William A. Husted, Secretary of the Commission of Public Instruction W. D. Brown, Freeholder George Martin, ex-President of the City Council Arthur Bedell, Senator Maurice A. Rogers, ex-Senator George Pfeiffer, ex-Sheriff Henry J. West, William Bettle, Assemblyman Louis T. Derousse, Colonel George G. Felton, Coroner Jacob Justice, Councilman Richard Dease, ex-Sheriff Theodore B. Gibbs and Assemblyman William Barnard.
Gloucester county was represented by William Moore, Senator Daniel Packer, Congressman Henry C. Loudenslager, Dr. S. F. Stanger, County Clerk F. B. Ridgway and Lewis Starr.
Other prominent persons present were: Ex-Judge J. Frank Fort, State Comptroller W. S. Hancock, County Clerk Barker Gummere, of Mercer county; Prosecutor Charles E. Hendrickson, of Mount Holly; Frank B. Lee, son of Supreme Court Clerk Lee; Judge Clifford Stanley Simms, ex-Congressman James Buchanan, Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin Gaunt, of Burlington; Richard Miller, Robert Diamond and M. V. D. Dickinson, of Salem county; Judge Joseph H. Gaskill, Robert Hutchinson and ex-Sheriff Nathan Hays, of Burlington county.
One of the features of the fair has been the daily ascension of a large balloon, from which a man and dog drop with parachutes. This afternoon the ropes which held the dog became loose. He dropped upon one of the booths and was killed.
The races were interesting and well contested. The summary follows:
2.18 Pacing—Purse $500.
L. H. Hurd’s ch. g. Charley B....1 2 5 7 7 1 1
Belle Mead Stock Farm’s b. c. Ambulator....8 5 3 1 1 2 2
W. Ogden’s b. g. Peter Cooper....7 1 1 6 4 3 2
H. E. Cline’s br. m. Carrie W....4 6 2 2 2 4
Time. 2.21¼, 2.17½, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.21, 2.21¼.
2.24 Trotting—Purse $400.
E. M. Lockwood’s b. g. Crowmont....1 2 2 1 1
W. McFarland’s b. s. Granada....4 1 1 2 8
John Cody’s b. g. John Cody, Jr....2 6 3 5 4
E. G. Hedges’ b. m. Memorial....5 3 6 4 2
The last two divided third and fourth money.
Time. 2.23¾, 2.22½, 2.23¼, 2.23, 2.23¼.
2.24 Pacing—Purse $400.
E. B. Allen’s b. m. Ella A....1 1 1
W. W. Conover’s b. m. Tick-o-Tanie....2 3 2
Eben Clark’s blk. m. Willelat....3 2 3
J. V. N. Willis’ f. Melette....4 4 4
Time, 2.21¼, 2.23¼, 2.22½.
Water Contract and Loan
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Camden City Council Providing for Public Improvements.
Camden City Council last night ratified the action of the Water Committee in awarding the contract for a new artesian water plant to George Pfeiffer, Jr., for $525,000. The contract must be signed by the Mayor. He stated last night that he had not decided whether to approve or veto the contract.
The vote on the water contract was as follows. Ayes—Dease, Figner, George, Hillman, Lawton, Miller, Mills, Roberts, Sayrs, Sharp, Smith, Tice, Potter, President, 13. Nays—Helms, Humphreys, Southard, Weaver, 4. Absent—Hatch, Ellis.
Those who voted nay are Committee of One Hundred representatives.
An ordinance was introduced providing for a $600,000 water loan at 4 per cent., to run for 30 years, and a 4 per cent. $75,000 public park loan.
The new City Council will be organized next Monday afternoon.
Over in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
OVER IN CAMDEN
County Clerk Barber refused two more applicants for marriage licenses yesterday. He has not granted a license under the new law.
Vice-Chancellor Grey has made a decree in favor of Sarah M. Hall in her suit against the Home Building Company on foreclosure of a mortgage for $63,800.
Bertha Brown, colored, was committed to the county jail in default of bail by Justice Baldwin yesterday on a charge of larceny preferred by Martha Mitchell.
James Carter, colored, who was shot a week ago during a race riot in South Camden, is steadily improving, and Cooper Hospital surgeons now entertain hopes of his recovery.
Philip Botts, of 512 Chestnut street, was severely burned about the mouth and throat yesterday by drinking ammonia in mistake for medicine. He was taken to the Cooper Hospital.
Mayor Westcott yesterday sentenced George Wilmore, 12 years old, to ten days’ imprisonment on a charge of tapping the till in Mrs. Lizzie Stewart’s store, at Sixth and Royden streets.
Godfrey Lentz and his young son were held in bail yesterday by Justice Schmitz, charged with assault and battery on Charles Haug, against whom Lutz made a charge of perjury last week.
Assemblyman L. T. Derousse, Harry C. Dole, A. R. Dease, J. Oscar Nichuals and John Cherry are the Camden delegates who will attend the session of the National Republican League in Detroit this week.
Peter C. Verga, owner of the yacht J. Willard Morgan, says there is no likelihood of a race between his boat and the John E. Mehrer at Atlantic City, as no agreement as to the details of the race can be reached.
Jacob Fish, the city gardener, whose industry and skill is shown in the beautiful lawns and flower beds surrounding the City Hall, is a candidate for the position of superintendent of the City Hall, to succeed Charles C. Moffett, deceased.
Eight bidders presented estimates yesterday for furnishing coal to the county institutions at Blackwood. The five lowest bidders each wanted $4.55 a ton and the award of the contract was laid over until to-morrow, when new bids will be opened.
N. D. Geordileas, of 105 Market street, Philadelphia, jumped from a Camden, Gloucester and Woodbury trolley car at Broadway and Mechanic streets and was struck by a Camden and Suburban trolley car. He was taken to the Cooper Hospital, but as his injuries were not serious, he was sent to his home.
Over in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Recorder Nowrey held Edith McBride in bail yesterday, charged with breaking windows in Mrs. Hannah Alberts’ house.
Lieutenant George Higgins, a former well-known resident of Camden, died Thursday in the Soldiers’ Home, at Hampton, Va.
About 500 acres of ground adjoining Washington Park will be offered to the government for an army post. William J. Thompson owns the land.
Laura Cafer, 17 years old, of 216 Ambler street, who attempted suicide Thursday by taking laudanum, is reported by the Cooper Hospital physicians to be out of danger.
Harry Mayne, 10 years old, of 950 Florence street, was bitten in the face by a vicious dog Friday night. Cooper Hospital surgeons cauterized the wounds.
While riding a bicycle near Laurel Springs on Friday John Anderson, colored, 59 years old, of 639 Vanhock street, fell and broke his collar-bone. He remounted his wheel and rode to the Cooper Hospital.
The barn of Herman Loute, at “Sweet Potato Hill,” was burned Friday night by a fire of unknown origin. The Camden fire engines got stuck in the sandy roads and could not reach the fire.
Mayor Hatch says he proposes to reorganize the police force next month, and put the men on eight-hour shifts instead of twelve hours, as now. They will also be required to report the condition of streets, electric lights and the number of empty houses on their beats.
Amos R. Dease, of Camden, has been appointed by the Governor on the commission recently named to erect a home for New Jersey’s indigent soldiers and their wives, in accordance with an act passed by last Legislature.
New Soldiers’ Home at Vineland, N.J.
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Special to The Inquirer.
VINELAND, N. J., Dec. 15.—The building which a commission, appointed by the last Legislature, has selected as a Home for Indigent Soldiers, Sailors and their wives, as exclusively published in The Inquirer, is the former College of the Sacred Heart, at this place. The commissioners, General George B. Fielder, of Jersey City; Colonel Ernest C. Stahl, of Trenton; C. D. Bogart, Passaic; A. R. Dease, of Camden, and Colonel Jarvis Wanser, of Vineland, with Acting Governor Watkins, and Senator E. C. Stokes, will thoroughly inspect the building on December 22 and if the Acting Governor approves the commission’s choice, the purchase price will be paid at once. The big stone structure was built for a Methodist Seminary but was never used for that purpose. It was last used as a Roman Catholic School. It cost $60,000 and is nicely situated opposite the public park, on the West Jersey and Seashore Railway, and is surrounded by twenty acres of fertile land. The building will accommodate 200 couples.
Amos R. Dease
The Grand Army Now in Session
Trenton Evening Times —
Thirty-second Annual Encampment of New Jersey Encampment, MANY PROMINENT VISITORS
Past Department Commander Charles Burroughs’ Address This Afternoon—A Camp Fire This Evening. Election of Officers Tomorrow.
The thirty-second annual encampment of the Department of New Jersey of the Grand Army of the Republic convened in Masonic Temple at 2 o’clock today and the sessions will continue until the completion of the business tomorrow afternoon. Department Commander William C. Smith presided, and a large number of the delegates and visitors were present. The veterans are still arriving on each train, and by this evening no less than seven hundred of the boys who wore the blue are expected to be here.
Previous to this afternoon’s session an informal meeting was held, at which were present the members of the Women’s Relief Corps and the ladies of the G. A. R.
Governor Voorhees, who was expected to be present at the opening session, was unavoidably detained in Elizabeth, and in his place a stirring and eloquent address of welcome was delivered by Past Department Commander Charles Borroughs, of South Jersey.
Among the well known comrades present are many of the past department officers and other active members of the G. A. R. from every portion of the State, including Department Commander W. C. Smith, Post 73, Plainfield; Senior Vice Commander Oscar Gifford, Post 11, Newark; Junior Vice Commander James Campbell, Post 46, Long Branch; Medical Director John Younglove, Post 25, Elizabeth; Chaplain Charles [illegible] Hill, Post 61, Red Bank.
The members of the Department official staff present are: Assistant Adjutant General E. C. Morse, Post 73, Plainfield; Assistant Quartermaster General John G. Fisher, Post 38, Jersey City; Judge Advocate General Walter E. Tulley, Post 3, Jersey City; Department Inspector James A. Morrise, Post 28, Paterson; Chief Mustering Officer Amos R. Dease, Post 37, Camden; Council of Administration Charles R. Dale, Post 38, Jersey City; W. W. Morris, Post 4, Newark; A. T. Connett, Post 48, Flemington; George P. Stinson, Post 28, Paterson, and C. S. McGrath, Post 23, Trenton.
The Department Commander’s Personal Staff—Chief of Staff Edwin Marsh, Post 64, Elizabeth; Chief Bugler William Hessey, Post 24, Morristown; Senior Aide-de-Camp David D. Keefe, Post 1, Newark; Chief of Artillery D. R. Brower, Post 96, Maplewood; Commissary of Subsistence Jas. W. Totten, Post 8, Trenton, and Provost Marshal General Harry H. Gabrielle, Post 27, Rahway; Chief of Ordnance W. H. Cawley, Post 75, Somerville; Superintendent of Transportation Joseph Collier, Post 110, Newark; Color Bearers Frank Bridew, Post 88, Newark, and Israel P. Baxter, Post 25, Elizabeth.
The business transacted this afternoon will be the general affairs of the Department, Adjutant General’s, Quartermaster General’s and other Department officers reports.
At tomorrow’s session the consideration of business left over from today royal, the election of Department Com will take place as will also the battle mander and officers for the ensuing year: [sic]
The warmest feeling of fellow and comradeships exist among the comrades, and as far as can be learned at this hour, with the exception of the natural competition for office, no very important business will come before the Encampment—peace and harmony will prevail.
The headquarters of the New Jersey Encampment are established at the State Street house, in front of which, depending from the balcony, is a large blue flag bearing the inscription “New Jersey G. A. R.”
Mrs. Ale, the widow of Comrade E. K. Ale, late of Wilkes Post, No. 23, of this city, is making every effort to insure the comfort of the members of the Department Encampment, who are stopping at her hotel.
At the business session nominations will be made for Department Commander, Senior and Junior Vice Department Commander, Chaplain and Medical Director. The candidates for Department Commander are William C. Smith, the present incumbent; ex-Sheriff George Bassett, of Camden; Captain Parsons, of Red Bank, and Oscar C. Gifford, of Newark, the present Senior Vice Commander. The contest promises to be a spirited one, and each candidate has a host of friends who are working hard for their success.
The report of Assistant Adjutant General E. C. Morse, of Plainfield, will show that the membership in good standing at the end of the year was 6,114, belonging to 119 posts, with a loss from the preceding year from death and other causes of 267. The report will also show that during the year $7,368.09 was expended for charitable purposes.
Charles E. Hill, the department chaplain, will report that from the 45 posts which have reported to him, 10,000 graves have been decorated, 200 comrades have been buried and 100,000 comrades, societies and others have taken part in the Memorial services.
Other reports of the officers and committees will be presented, and the election of officers for the ensuing year and delegates to the National Encampment in Philadelphia will complete the business of the session.
The hall has been handsomely decorated with flags and banners, and on the stage tents, muskets and knapsacks peeping out from among the tropical plants lends the air of martial camp to the scene, while from above in brilliant letters of e[illegible] light blazes forth the word “Welcome.”
This evening the veterans and the ladies will be entertained by an old-fashioned camp-fire. No tickets will be issued, but all members with their friends will be admitted on their badges. The programme of exercises will be as follows: PART I: Opening Reception—Winkler’s Orchestra, Opening Address—Col. E. C. Stahl, Words of Welcome—Hon. William J. Crossley, Selection, “Salute to Trenton”—Orchestra, Baritone Solo—Bedouin Love Song, Humorous Selections—J. Stanley Joyce of New Brunswick, Tenor Solo—“Queen of the East”—Arthur Poole. PART II: Overture, A Medley—Orchestra, Ten Minutes’ Fun—J. Stanley Joyce, Baritone Solo—“Best of All”—William I. Hall, Soprano Solo—“The Merry Maid”—Mrs. Carolyn Barber-Biddle, Violin Solo, selected—Frank Winkler, Witticisms—J. Stanley Joyce, Vocal duet, “O That We Were Maying”—Mrs. Biddle and Mr. Poole, Finale, March—Orchestra.
Barrett Commands
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Special to The Inquirer.
TRENTON, June 8.—The annual encampment of the Department of New Jersey, Grand Army of the Republic, closed here this evening with the election of ex-Sheriff George Barrett, of Camden, as Department Commander. Barrett was elected on the third ballot. The other candidates were Senior Vice-Commander O. F. Gifford, of Newark, and Charles B. Parsons, of Red Bank. Ervin R. Richards, of Trenton, was elected Senior Vice-Commander, and Joseph Colyer, of Jersey City, was made Junior Vice-Commander. Dr. John Younglove, of Elizabeth, was re-elected Medical Director and Rev. Charles E. Hill, of Red Bank, was again chosen as Department Chaplain. The new council of administration elected is composed of Stephen M. Long, Orange; Thomas E. Watson, Jersey City; James Foreman, New Brunswick; W. H. H. Wyckoff, Somerville, and A. R. Dease, Camden.
Delegates to the National Encampment: Abram Lower, Point Pleasant; James A. Morrisey, Paterson; Silas M. Vold, Camden; G. F. Robinson, Jersey City; Bishop Mains, Trenton; Isaac Inslee, Woodbridge, and R. D. Brower, Millburn.
Henry Hartshorn, of Camden, was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General. The proposition to consolidate the positions of Assistant Adjutant-General and Assistant Quartermaster-General was defeated.
The proposed resolution favoring the admission to the G. A. R. of soldiers of the Spanish-American War was not introduced, because it could not have been carried.
A lengthy discussion preceded the adoption of an amendment fixing the per capita tax at twenty cents.
The greetings of the encampment were wired to the Department of Pennsylvania in session at Wilkes-Barre.
Few Painters on Strike in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Journeymen painters in Camden yesterday went out on strike, the boss painters as a rule refusing to accede to their demands for $2.80 for an eight-hour day. The strikers established headquarters at Third and Arch streets, where it was stated twenty-five men are out.
The master painters who have signed the union scale are A. R. Dease, D. S. Garwood, William H. Casperson, S. W. Guise, A. Lazro, Robinson & Corson and Joseph Vennell.
Governor Sends Names to Senate
Philadelphia Inquirer —
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 29.—Governor Murphy sent to the Senate to-night these nominations:
Thomas W. Trenchard, to succeed himself as judge of Cumberland county.
Joseph H. Gaskell, to succeed himself as judge of Burlington county.
J. Hampton Fithian, reappointed prosecutor of Cumberland county.
Emily E. Williamson, of Elizabeth, and Charles A. Anderson of Vineland, members of the Board of Managers for the Home of Feeble Minded Women.
Everett T. Tomlinson, of Elizabeth, member of the Public Library Commission.
Nelson Y. Dungan, of Somerville, and Thomas Smith, of Newark, managers of the State Home for Epileptics.
E. C. Stahl, of Trenton; Amos R. Dease, of Camden, and Gilbert D. Bogert, of Bergen, managers of the Home for Soldiers and Their Wives, at Vineland.
Camden News Notes
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Another day was put in by Vice Chancellor Grey yesterday hearing the interminable testimony in the case of the Jonas Glass Company against the Green Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association.
Miss Minnie Tierney, the pretty Irish girl who was taken violently insane at the Cooper Hospital Wednesday, will be removed to the State Hospital for the Insane by Overseers of the Poor Jefferies to-day.
The graduating class of the Camden High School gave a banquet in the Masonic Building Wednesday night. The toastmaster was Edward H. Sayford and the toasts were: “The High School Graduates in After Life,” Professor James E. Bryan; “The Influence of the Senior Class,” Miss Clara S. Burroughs; “Our Alma Mater,” Miss Susanna Danser; “School Athletics,” Julian K. Potter; “Our Curriculum,” Miss G. Rovilla Fry; “The Girls of ‘03,” George T. Phillips; “The Boys of ‘03,” Miss Helen E. Herbert.
Camden Lodge of Elks has appointed Frank Healy, Peter Verga, Frank Gardner, A. R. Dease and Levi Farnham a committee to arrange plans for enlarging its handsome headquarters at Broadway and Federal streets. The first floor of the addition will be used as a bowling alley, shower baths and shuffle boards. There will be a stage on the second floor and on the third there will be rooms for billiards, pool and other games.
Albert West, colored, of 1018 Linden street, reported to the Camden police yesterday that he had been swindled out of $6. West says he met a man who gave the name of William Beston, and claiming he had been sent by the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad to get West to work as a porter. Beston declared White [sic] must first have a uniform and after measuring him Beston asked for the $6 as advance money. He then told West to report at the railroad office. He did but no porters were needed.
War Veterans Indorse Tickets
Philadelphia Inquirer —
At the annual meeting of the War Veteran Association, No. 1, of Camden, resolutions were adopted pledging the support of the association to Roosevelt and Fairbanks and the city and county tickets; condemning Alton B. Parker, the Democratic candidate, for his criticism of President Roosevelt’s recent pension order; praising President Roosevelt for preventing the Schuylkill Arsenal clothing work from going into the hands of contractors and compelling its immediate return to the widows and orphans of soldiers. The following officers were elected: President, Samuel S. Weaver; vice president, A. R. Dease; secretary, William H. Chandler; Finance Committee, H. L. Hartshorne, John Cherry, Louis H. Leigh, A. R. Dease and Dr. John B. Davis.
Clue to Missing Clergyman
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Special to The Inquirer.
VINELAND, N. J., Dec. 16.—Interest in the disappearance of Rev. C. M. Britton, who left his blind wife here two weeks ago, was aroused again today by a letter from A. R. Dease, of Camden, to former Assemblyman F. B. Potter, who is caring for the deserted wife. Dease, who is one of the managers of the Soldiers’ Home here, says Britton came to his home in Camden Sunday. December 6. In a bewildered condition. Dease says he gave Britton a note to the old Soldiers’ headquarters at Fifth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. That was the last he saw of him.
Amos R. Dease
Camden G.A.R. News
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Governor Turns Down Man Who Fought His Election and Appoints a Friend to Office
Special to The Inquirer.
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 17.—That Governor Fort does not forget his political enemies was made apparent here today, when he turned down Colonel E. C. Stahl of this city, one of the German leaders of the State, for reappointment to the board of managers of the Vineland Soldiers’ Home, and sent to the Senate instead the nomination of Captain Charles P. Brown, another Trenton veteran, and a man of considerable activity in Republican politics. Colonel Stahl came out against Governor Fort in the last Gubernatorial campaign, and in his paper and on the platform advocated the election of Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr., the Democratic Gubernatorial nominee.
Another Trenton appointment was that of Thomas B. Holmes, editor of the Trenton State Gazette, to be State Commissioner of Reports, succeeding the late William Cloke. Other appointments sent to the Senate were: Gilbert L. Bogert, of Passaic, and Amos D. [sic] Dease, of Camden, reappointed managers of the Vineland Home; Annie E. Gile and Richard C. Jenkinson, both of Essex, reappointed as managers of the Vineland Home for Feeble Minded Women; Alfred D. Carnagy, of Mercer, reappointed manager of the State Home for Girls, Trenton; J. Du Pratt White, of New York, and Franklin W. Hopkins, of Bergen, reappointed to the Hudson Palisades Park Commission; Speaker John D. Prince, to succeed Everitt T. Tomlinson as State Public Library Commissioner.
The Governor also sent to the Senate the retirement of Charles E. Champlin, late Major of the First Regiment, to be breveted Lieutenant Colonel if the Senate consents.
G.A.R. at Atlantic City
Philadelphia Inquirer —
To Make Strong Bid for National Encampment Next Year
Special to The Inquirer.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 21.—Enthusiastic indorsement was given to the invitation to have the next national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic held next year in Atlantic City, when it is expected more than 75,000 veterans will respond to the roll call by the New Jersey State Encampment, which ended a two days’ conference here. Delegates charged to take the message to Salt Lake City when the annual encampment meets there consist of George P. Currie, president of the Second National Bank, Atlantic City, Joe Hooker Post; W. H. Armstrong, Post No. 3; James Englis, Post No. 28; P. J. Lydecker, Post No. 55; John Cherry, Post No. 37; J. Gordon, Post No. 8; C. A. Smith, Post No. 61, W. H. MacDonald, Post No. 11, and G. R. Bunton, Post No. 43.
There are 4235 members enrolled in the New Jersey encampment, and the adjutant’s report shows that during the year 212 members died. Officers elected yesterday were installed by Rev. William T. Abbott, of Asbury Park, chaplain. Robert S. Dana, of Trenton, was elected medical officer, and the new Council of Administration consists of Frederick Schall, Newark; Bishop W. Mains, Trenton; William Allen, Newark; Albert L. Winans, Millville, and Amos R. Dease, Camden.
Amos Richard Dease
Camden Will Observe Decoration Day
Philadelphia Inquirer —
CAMDEN WILL OBSERVE DECORATION DAY
Camden has completed its arrangements for the annual Memorial Day exercises. All the local G. A. R. posts will visit the cemeteries early in the day to decorate the graves of their comrades.
At the Soldiers’ Monument special exercises will be held, one of the features being the singing of patriotic airs by school children. The assemblage will be called to order by Comrade William Thompson, prayer will be offered by Rev. A. H. Newton, the children will sing and a volley of musketry will be fired. Exercises will afterwards be held in the First M. E. Church, the oration to be delivered by Hon. Isaac T. Nichols, of Bridgeton. Camp fires will be held at night.
Richard Dease is marshal of the parade and H. L. Hartshorn assistant.
The veterans have been assisted in their preparation by a citizens’ committee appointed by Mayor Ellis, as follows: William D. Vanaman, chairman; Charles S. Ackley, Charles M. Baldwin, James M. Bentley, John W. Coleman, C. K. Deacon, Malachi D. Cornish, Louis T. Derousse, William Fox, Abe Fuhrman, Harry C. Kramer, Ira E. Lute, J. W. Martindale, Jacob Neutze, Edward Nieland, H. S. Riddle, William Sangtinette, Bernard F. Schroeder, William Schmid, Sigismund Schoenagle, Daniel M. Stevens, W. L. Tushingham, Frank W. Tussey, Francis B. Wallen and Harry Whaland.
Camden Will Observe Decoration Day
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Camden has completed its arrangements for the annual Memorial Day exercises. All the local G. A. R. posts will visit the cemeteries early in the day to decorate the graves of their comrades.
At the Soldiers’ Monument special exercises will be held, one of the features being the singing of patriotic airs by school children. The assemblage will be called to order by Comrade William Thompson, prayer will be offered by Rev. A. H. Newton, the children will sing and a volley of musketry will be fired. Exercises will afterwards be held in the First M. E. Church, the oration to be delivered by Hon. Isaac T. Nichols, of Bridgeton. Camp fires will be held at night.
Richard Dease is marshal of the parade and H. L. Hartshorn assistant.
The veterans have been assisted in their preparation by a citizens’ committee appointed by Mayor Ellis, as follows. William D. Vanaman, chairman; Charles S. Ackley, Charles M. Baldwin, James M. Bentley, John W. Coleman, C. K. Deacon, Malachi D. Cornish, Louis T. Derousse, William Fox, Abe Fuhrman, Harry C. Kramer, Ira E. Lute, J. W. Martindale, Jacob Neutze, Edward Nieland, H. S. Riddle, William Sangtinette, Bernard F. Schroeder, William Schmid, Sigismund Schoenagle, Daniel M. Stevens, W. L. Tushingham, Frank W. Tussey, Francis B. Wallen and Harry Whaland.
Camden Candidates Ready for Primaries
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Though City Clerk Extends Time the Line Up of Contestants Is Virtually Complete
Virtually all of the municipal candidates, Republicans and Democrats, filed their petitions with City Clerk Brown in Camden yesterday. Although the new law apparently provided that yesterday was the last day on which the petitions could be filed, Clerk Brown placed a different construction on the act and extended the time until next Monday.
Those seeking nomination were not aware of this, and most of them had their petitions ready. The various Councilmanic candidates, with those for Freeholder and Excise Commissioner, follow.
City Council—Republicans, First ward, John A. Mather, George W. Ealer; Second ward, M. F. Middleton, Jr., Willis DeUnger, Arthur Colsey, William F. Kelly; Third ward, R. J. Garrison, William Hall; Fourth ward, James E. Hewitt; Fifth ward, R. S. Carney; Sixth ward, Arthur L. Jones, Edward Ivers; Seventh ward, Lawrence Reader, George J. Schneider; Eighth ward, Grant E. Kirk; Ninth ward, Edward Francis, David Goff, James Massey, Charles C. Read, Joseph Pfeiffer; Tenth ward, Daniel R. Smith, F. Wayland Potter, John A. Rogers; Twelfth ward, A. R. Read, William C. Read, J. W. Wilson, J. O. Grear.
Democrats—Second ward, S. H. Quint; Fourth ward, Harry Richmond; Seventh ward, J. A. Woljkowiak, Andrew Hatz; Ninth ward, Thomas Lattlehales; Tenth ward, E. F. Wilmot, George Evans; [a partly cut line at the top of the next crop is not legible] Twelfth ward, Charles C. Old.
Freeholders—Republicans, First ward, James F. Walton, Harry Campbell; Second ward, David A. Henderson; Third ward, John T. Rodan; Fourth ward, William Monroe, A. R. Dease; Fifth ward, David Rankin; Sixth ward, F. W. Gercke; Seventh ward, Walter W. Johnson; Eighth ward, Thomas Leeson; Ninth ward, John Prentice; Tenth ward, J. W. Wilkinson; Eleventh ward, F. W. Geisler, George Simpson; Twelfth ward, J. M. Pennock, Charles Laib.
Democrats—Fourth ward, J. R. Kirkbride; Sixth ward, Louis Shimer; Ninth ward, John Hurley; Tenth ward, A. R. Romba, F. A. Kendall; Twelfth ward, Charles F. Tracey, George A. Wilkins.
Excise Commissioners—Republicans, William B. Stephens, J. H. Sweeten, John Baker, M. H. Bains, W. H. Chamberlain, E. J. Alff, Jacob Gnang, G. C. Stratton, Howard Lee, Walter Simpson, H. A. Budney, J. H. Morang.
Democrats—John Miller, William J. McGettigan, George Kleinheinz, Frank Richmond, Jacob Neutz.
State Home for Disabled Soldiers News
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Board of Managers of the State Home for Disabled Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and their Wives, at Vineland—Cyrus F. Osgood, Hammonton, to succeed Gilbert D. Bogert; George Barrett, of Camden, to succeed Amos R. Dease, of Camden, and Joseph R. Durell, of this city, to succeed Charles P. Brown, also of Trenton.
Retiring Councilman to Serve as President
Philadelphia Inquirer —
In appreciation of his ten years of service as a City Councilman, Frederick A. Finkeldey, of the Eleventh ward, who retires this year, will be selected as president of Camden City Council for the balance of 1914, James E. Hewitt having resigned on account of his appointment as under sheriff.
Councilman Frank Vanhart, of the Seventh ward, will probably be selected as president at the reorganization January 1. A. R. Dease, a Republican, who made an excellent run at the primaries, may succeed Hewitt as Fourth ward Councilman.
Death Notice of Amos R. Dease
Philadelphia Inquirer —
DEASE.—Jan. 7, 1916, AMOS R., husband of Emma E. Dease, aged 73 years. Relatives and friends, also Trimble Lodge, No. 117, F. and A. M.; also all other lodges of which he was a member, are invited to attend funeral services, Tuesday, 2:30 P. M., at late residence, 437 Stevens st., Camden, N. J. Interment private, Evergreen Cemetery. Remains may be viewed Monday, after 7 P. M., Masonic services same evening.
Business Advertisement
Camden Courier-Post —
Named: EST. A. R. DEASE PAINTING, 109 N. Sixth Street, CAMDEN, N. J., Est. 1886, and Phone 1490-W.
Business Advertisement
Camden Courier-Post —
Named: EST. A. R. DEASE PAINTING, 109 N. Sixth Street, CAMDEN, N. J., Est. 1886, and Phone 1490-W.