Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-08
STATE BRIEFS.

G. H. Oliphant has set up and has an
ice plant of a daily capacity of 16
tons in operation.
By vote of S5 to "a the Borough of
Elmer last Wednesday defeated the
proposition to bond the Borough for
$4,000 to construct a municipal water
supply Last April, by a majority of
81, out of 165 votes cast, the Borough
voted in favor of a plant to be owned
by the Municipality
Camden residents see hope for
cheaper ferriage in the acceptance by
the New York Central Railroad Com
pany of the decision of the New Jer-
sey Court Of Errors and Appeals
that under an old law Boards OF Free
holders have power to decrease the
rates of ferry fare when they believe
the prices asked are exorbitant
L. Holmes, OF Moorestown.
Judge Cross sitting in the U. S.
Court at Trenton refused to grant an
injunction that would restrain the
Plainfeld police from arresting the
drivers employed by Siegel=C Cooper Co.
of New York, WHO deliver liquor on
order in Plainfeld. It looks as if the
department stores will have to pro-
cure licenses before they can include
liquor among the goods which can be
ordered G. o. q.
State School Superintendent Baxter
referred several cases to the Attorney
General to find out if under the act of
last year, which ousted all of the SUI
peryising principals in the State, was
operative where the supervising prin-
cipal had contract and the Attorney
General reports that hte Legislature
had no power to impair contract,
therefor could not oust such princi-s
pals, but that the law would operate in
all cases where there is no contract
and in all new appointments
Township clerks have received the
new license blanks to be used by gun
ners who wish to avoid the penalty
imposed for hunting without one of
them after the Fourth of July. The
applicant is obliged to state the color
of his eyes and hair, according to the
blank forms, but there is no provision
for giving description of bald
headed man or one who is cross eyed.
He is also to state his height, weight,
nationality. whether married or single
and a lot of other information OF no
use to any one but the game commits
sioners. The only ones exempt from
the provisions of this law are the farm
ers, who are graci0usly permitted to
hunt on their own farms.
The Court Of Pardons released tiilisS
two prisoners from the State prison
on parole at its meeting last Saturday
and Governor Fort reprieved Richard
Donegan, of Cumberland County.
Donegan killed James S. Somerfeld
and Mrs. Madge Kinkle in the woman s
cabin at Bivalve on Feb. r. He is. be-
lieved to be insane and the reprieve
is to secure an examination. Donegan
was to have been executed this week.
He had driven away his counsel and
friends and the only one who took an
interest in his case was Warden Os-
borne, who made the appeal that gave
the man one more chance.
Governor Fort has sent out over
eighty invitations for luncheon to-day,
when the Freeholders, Senators Co.
Engineers and Counsel of the shore
counties and the original boulevard
committee will meet with the State
Highway Commission to consider
plans, maps and specifications for the
continuous drive from Atlantic High
lands to Cape May. State Road En-
gineer Meeker who was to have had
maps prepared has been confined to
his house with Illness, but it is under
stood that State Road Commissioner
Gilkyson has had the maps drawn by
someone else, under his supervision
and that all is ready for the interested
officials. When the plan was propos-
ed last year it was enthusiastically
endorsed by all of the Shore resorts.
That plan was to build the ocean
boulevard at the expense of the State.
This plan failed for two reasons. First
the State did not have the money.
Second, because the other counties.
would not agree to it. They said we
have paid for our own roads and the
shore counties can do the same Then
Governor Fort devised a new plan by
which the existing roadways could
be utilized by widening where neces-
sary. The old roads are to be connect
ed by short cuts across unopened
country. BY this plan it is thought
that State aid may be extended as in
the case of other roads. A general
plan of road improvement is also con-
templated by which each county seat
may be connected with the ocean
boulevard and while these cannot all
be constructed or improved at once,
each bit of work will become parts of
the general system, and in few years
the system will be completed
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Church Notice.
At the Central Baptist Church last