Gloucester County Democrat., 1911-11-02
NEW JERSEY NOTES.

Smith states that the amount aValiaDle
for the improved roads of the State
this year from automobile license fees
will be more than $4,000. The gross
receipts for the year from such fees
will be at least $365,000, and about
$40, 900 of this will be required to pay
the expenses of the Automobile Dept
The Atlanta" steam dredge be-
longing to The River and Harber I'M
provement Co., is now engaged in
dredging out the shallow places in
Alloways Creek just below the town of
creek will be continued as long as the
appropriation lasts.
John Kuscik, of Trenton, has insti-
tuted suit in the Supreme Court
against Harry H. Duncan, a wholesale
dealer of Camden, to recover $4,000
damages for injuries he received when
he was struck and run over by an au-
tomobile owned by the defendant. The
plaintiff has been confined to his bed
since the accident happened.
The $4,000 Sunday School Temple
lof the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, Millville, which has been in
the course of erection for the past
year, was dedicated Sunday The
structure is the finest of it's kind in
that section of the State. Its dimen-
sions are 70 by 80 feet. and it has
seating capacity of 1900. 10
With a subscription list, headed
with $4,000 from George j. Gould,
$50, 900 has been subscribed toward a
hospital at Lakewood, and a charter
obtained The hospital is to be
ball.
Suit has been brought against the
South Jersey Motor Club for the
amount of the linseed oil used in oil
ing the track at the Labor Day meet
in Salem The case, unless settled,
will be heard in the Salem County
Courts at the December term.
One of the greatest exhibitions ever
held in South Jersey will be that of
the Salem County Poultry, Pigeon and
Pet Stock Association in Salem from
December goth to 23rd, inclusive.
Poison seems to be the favorite
method of committing suicide in New
Jersey, according to the report of the
State Board of Health. During the
last year there were 432 suicides and
12S of these persons used poison.
Other methods used were: Shooting,
10; asphyxia, 70; hanging, 63: drown
ing, 3d. cutting instruments, Is; jump
ing from heights, 7; crushing, J.; caus-
es not given. 2.
The first fruit of the recent appeal
of State Road Commissioner Edwin A.
Stevens for more cooperation among
the various State Departments, made
as the result of what he learned at
the recent national conservation con-
ference, appeared day or two ago at
Vineland Colonel Stevens, State
Board Supervisor Robert A. Meeker.
and State Forester Alfred Gaskill, met
the property owners of Landis ave-
nue. and the result of the conference
was the adoption of plan to pave
the avenue without destroying the
handsome trees which line it. The
property had defended the old trees
for fifteen years even in the courts
and we're preparing to fight against
their destruction. By the cooperation
of the road and forestry departments
the plan was worked out to save the
trees.
In connection with the address by
Dr. Calvin N. Kendall, State Com
missioner of Education, Saturday at
Haddonfield, before the State Fedora
ion of Women's Clubs, in which he
made plea for more trained school
teachers, it is interesting to note that
in this State there has been a con-
stant decrease in the number of male
teachers. The report of the Stats
Board of Education shows that last
year there were 1,14S3 male teachers
in the State, while the number of fe-
males employed was 10,604 This
was ratio of male teachers to fe-
male teachers as one to seven. In
1856 the number of male teachers en-
ployed was 1,125 as against only S17
female teachers in the State. Since
that time there has been steady de-
crease in the number of men teaching
in New Jersey