Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK


One Woodstown merchant has sold this
season 80 guns and 1000 loaded shells
The seas encroachment upon the United
States life saving station at Anglesea COM
pels the Government to move it 100 feet
inland.f
School authorities in Atlantic City aud
Pleasantville have ordered a crusade against
the Christmas pistol in the hands Of small
boys, and police assistance will be INVOKED
for the arrest of dealers selling the danger
GUS toys.
Complaints are pouring in on the Mayor
Of Camden about the noise of roller skating
on the asphalt streets, disturbing the rest
OF persons who retire early. Mayor Ellis
will enforce some police regulations to stop
the annoyance.
Dog sharks and fish known as an "all
mouth, 2 so named on account of the enor-
nous capacity Of its mouth, are playing
havoc with cod fishing industry off Atlantic
CITY. These troublesome fish are mingled
with cod fish in running schools of thous-
ands, and are chasing all the cod from the
fishing banks.
Twenty -one suits, the largest batch IN
the history of the department, were filed
on Tuesday by the State Department. Of
Labor against manufacturers, who are
alleged to have Violated the New Jersey
Child Labor law. Four of the suits are in
Camden, one in Bordentown, four in Tren-
ton, one in Bayonne, four in Jersey City
and seven in Newark.
The Anti License Committee Of eleven
Of Asbury Park held an executive meeting
Tuesday night to outline course OF action
OF opposition to the new Excise Board
granting any license when they organize on
January l. AS soon as the Excise Board
grants license, an injunction will follow
to test the matter in the courts. Those
fayoring license will haYe two fights on
hand, one with citizens of Asbury Park
and another with Ocean Grove.
David o.. Watkins, Commissioner of
Banking and Insurance, has just submitted
the eighth annual report of his departments
relating to building and loan associations,
showing 430 of these institutions, an in
crease of % since last years report. There
were "a associations organized during the
year. while IL discontinued business. There
was gain in membership of 10,022, total
number of shareholders 81, 218. Gross
assets aggregate SCI, 1888, 1872
Because an italian gathering boy was
promoted to the foot bench in the Mino-
tola glass factory, near Vineland, the Amer
lean gathering boys asked for the discharge
Of all Italian gathering boys fearful that
the promotion meant learning the trade OF
blower. When refused the American boys
struck, and then the Italian snapper-up
boys inaugurated sympathy strike. The
factory was closed one day when the Italian
gathering boys withdrew, and left town. to
find work elsewhere.
Motormen on the electric cars of the
West Jersey and seashore Railroad ore
complaining Of the cold. They find the
front end of cars is far different from
the warm cabs of the steam engines. 1t
seems impossible to heat the little cabs in
which they are compelled to stand during
their trips. Even with couple of radia-
tors the temperature has been below freez-
ing the cold mornings of the past week
The swift pace of the cars makes draught
that creeps through the cracks in the floor
and crevices of the doors, and there seems
to be no way to prevent it.