Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-03-26
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING The WEEK.
hover seed is worth about $40 a bag this


new high school building, as the present
facilities for pupils are inadequate.
One hundred bushels Of the corn sold at
public sale last week by Esyre Moore, Of
Deerfeld brought one dollar bushel.
Captain Faunce has announced his inten-
ton Of fishing large seine off Pea Shore
during the coming shad season. He ex-
poets the shad to be coming along in good
quantities in short time now.
As an indication Of the return of better
times, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has announced that full-time work will be
resumed at its car shops in Trenton. For
many weeks the shops have been running
on less than half time, and the resumption
is welcomed by the more than 700 men en-
ployed there.
A 800 pearl was the prize J. Il, Maule,
manager Of the r. T. Wood Company, at
Burlington, discovered in an oyster stew
at local cafe last evening. The stew cost
Is cents, and Maule says he will order one
every day if she management will guaran-
tee to giYe as big value for the money.
Three large manufacturing concerns in
Mount Holly are enlarging their plants
80 meet the demands Of increasing business.
In Milleville all she glass plants have orders
that will keep them going until the usual
summer shut down. In some of the other
glass towns, however, factories are on short
time. The general trend of business
throughout the State is improving.
One-ffth of the force, twenty five men,
employed as conductors and motormen
on the Trenton street cars, have been dis
missed for wholesale knocking down" of
fares. Detectives have been at work hunt
ing up the reasons for shortage in returns
for sometime. and finally found that the
trouble came mostly through transfer ticket
manipulation.
There are 1895 conyicts in the State Pris-
on, the largest number in the history Of the
institution. By some it is claimed that
snis large number is due to the natural in
crease of population, but Others assert that
it indicates an increase Of criminals and
uphold this contention by pointing to the
crowded condition OF all the States penal
and correctional institutions.
Clayton people have been clamoring for
a new high school building because Of the
ldilapitated condition and general unftness
of the building now being used. During
the thunderstorm, last Wednesday night,
/ the building was struck by lightning, and
now new building may become an absol-
ute necessity Since the above was put in
tpye the people have voted an appropriation
OF $40, 600 for new school building.
Charges made two months ago by mem
bers of the Board of Water Commissioners
that under coYer of the pure water agitation
agents of the Public Service corporation are
active in creating sentement fayoring the
sale of the municipal plant, were to all
appearances well founded The fact that
such scheme has been planned is Great
ing sensation among taxpayers in Cam
den and is sure to meet with strong oppo-
sition.
TIE Rhodes Scholarship Committee Of
New Jersey, consisting of President Wood
row Wilson and Dean II. B. Fine, of Prince
ton University, and President w. H. S
Demarest, Of Rutgers College, met Tuesday
and chose Francis Marmaduke Potter, of
Metuchen, N. j., member of the class of
1909, Rutgers College, 10 represent New
Jersey at Oxford. Mr. Potter is tennis
champion at Rutgers and Is also an in.e :
collegiate debater
When Undertaken S. R. Christy, accom-
panied by Mayor Nichols and Constable
Harris, started Friday morning to get the
body of Thomas Harding, whose death was
Investigated by the Coroner at Williams
town on Thursday, his wagon was over
turned and he and the officials were thrown
violently ont. ChristY was so badly hurt
that he could not conduct the funeral and
sent for an Elmer undertaken, who buried
the body Mayor Nichols was hurt in the
side and Constable Harris considerably
bruised, as both men fell on top Of him.
A jury in the Camden Court, Thursday,
gave a verdict in the suit of Sasino Cetefante
administrators of the estate OF Giancnto
Cesefante for $3.50 against the Public Ser
vice Corporation. Giancinto Cetefante was
an employee of the defendants corporation
and while going for drink Of water on
May ~, 1906, he walked on third rail in
the yard which was heavily charged with
electricity and was shocked 10 death
Judge Garrison has set Monday, March 30.
for she trial Of Joe Wood for the mutder Of
Ethel Nevins.