Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-06-03
SINGLE cory FIVE CENTS.
new JERSEY BRIEFS.

i Orary degree OF LII. ID. at the COM
mencement exercises of the New York
University Law School.
The executive committee of the Phil
adelphia milk shippers union has fix
ed the wholesale price of milk for
June, at 31a cents per quart
The birthplace at Flemington of the
! late Peter D. Vroom, one of New Jer-
sey's notable Governors, is to be
torn down to make room for mod
ern dwelling.
Asbury Park hotelkeepers have de-
| cided to fight the ice trust and with
yeiw of cheapening the commodity
plan has been formulated whereby
they can manufacture their own ice.
At an election in Vineland to deter
mine whether a new school house
should be built, only lis voters out
of 2,200 in the district went to the
polls. And the people complain about
4 the government
Gloucester City Council granted 81
saloon licenses on Thursday night,
permission being given to all of the
old places to sell liquors, although
the owners had changed in a few in
stances because of remonstrances
against the former proprietors.
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The Camden Council, Thursday
gave a black eye to the project of the
Board of Education for bond issue
of 100000 for the erection of a new
high school building, the scheme be-
ing voted down at a conference of
Councilmen held previous to the meet
| ing.
Several thousand young brook trout
were received by the Salem County
Rod and Gun Club from the q. S. Fish
Hatchery in Virginia last week The
! young fish were liberated in Cool and
Easter runs. The fish were from one
to three inches in length and will not
be large enough to catch for about
three years.
A general business boom seems to
be prevalent in New Egypt. Every
body is so busy that an idle man is
hard to find. Five houses are under
construction; at least a half-doZen
business men are placing concrete
scurbs and sidewalks. and nearly 100
men and teams are employed in road
construction.
Members of the Royal Arch AS
sociation of saloon keepers and hotel
men of Atlantic City, issued an order
to-day that all its members shall COM
4 ply with the new law which compels
4 taking down of special beer or liquor
signs outside of bars or cafes before
! July f. The Arch also decided to
take a hand in prosecution of all
liquor men outside the association
/ who shall make any attempt to evade
the law.
In public debate in the First Bap-s
/ tist Church, Burlington, N. j., on the
! water problem and future source of
supply for the city, the artesian argu-
ment won out by 100 points. The
question was Resolved, that filter
\ ed water recommended by the Board
of Water Commissioners is better
than the artesian system, recommend
ed by State Topographer Vermeule,
city consulting engineer"
The U. S. Government intends to
erect monument to the Confederate
soldiers and sailors at Firms Point
Cemetery. The specifications call
for the furnishing and erecting COM
plete in the Confederate section of
Firms Point National Cemetery
monument to the Confederate soldiers
and sailors buried therein who died
as prisoners of war at Fort Delaware
between the years of 1862 and 1866.
The monument is to be of marble or
granite and is to be built to properly
mark the final resting place of 2,460
officers and men of the Confederat
army and navy who died as prisoners
4 of war. The monument is to cost not
more than $500.
The Camden Board of Health has
4 failed to get an approval from Coun-
Gil for the purchase of land on Ferry
Low fr,,- fosrN hoe fal Tho
4 tract wanted included fifteen acres,
and the price demanded was $4,000.
1t is said the valuation of Atlantic
/ City property are to be raised $s,0O0,-
600 this year by the assessors, bring
ing the total up to s60.O00,000 1t is
also said that the increase is made to
avoid raising the tax rate, more funds
being absolutely necessary for muni-
cipal affairs.
A strange young man very sleek
looking was in Alloway two weeks
ago claiming to represent a firm in
Elmer that was giving out all kinds
4 of fancy work. The zones taking the
work were to pay $1.50 in advance.
He claimed woman would be around
| in day or two to teach them how to-
do the work. Some of our women are
out $1.50 and still looking for the
lady teacher to come.
After hearing the opinion of town
ship council, v. Claude Palmer, at a
/ special session last Thursday night,
the local Board of Health is now
satisfied that it will have to comply
with the provisions of a notice served
by the State Board over three years
ago, requiring Mount Holly to erect
a sewage disposal plant and have the
same in operation by January I, 1911.
1t is estimated that the cost of COM
plying with the law will probably
reach $4,000.
Water Chief Hollingsworth, of Cam
den, reported that an ice plant capable
OF producing 90 tons day could be
built on city-owned property at the
junction of Federal street and Coopers
creek for $62,150, including the sink
ing of wells and the building of a 260
foot wharf. The plant can be con-