The Penn's Grove record., 1912-01-26

The Marion Board of Health has
elected William Dunphey chairman
and B. K. Brick secretary.
The new box factory at P~aulsboro
will begin operation the first of Feb
ruary.
At a recent sale in Gloucester coun-
ty timberland averaged about $21 per
acre.
The "B. T. S." Girls Club, of Pauls.
boro, has elected Miss Anna Chesney
president.
Sportsmen who were in the rural
districts after the late snowfall re-
port rabbits plentiful and predict a big
cunning season next year.
Mrs. Frank Gaventa, of Pedrick.
town, sold 1853 chickens for which she
received $3.50, an average of $3.50
each.
A. H. Powell having resigned as
City Auditor of Salem, Alfred S.
Wordsworth, a member of the Board
of Education, has been chosen to fill
the vacancy.
Thomas G. Hilliard has been ap-
pointed Solicitor of Salem City at a
salary of $3.50 per year, a requirement
being that he be present at all meet
ings Of the Council.
Game Warden Charles C. Morton,
of Riverside, has distributed many
bushels of buckwheat among farmers
who have agreed to feed it during the
winter to quail in their neighborhoods.
A playful dog running under the
feet of a horse John Dennis was lead
ing from the stable at Pemberton,
caused the animal to kick, striking
Dennis in the face, breaking his jaw
and probably destroying his left eye.
The Salem County Freeholders
have appointed a committee to ar
range for the building of a State road
from Salem to Quinton, which will
give an excellent thoroughfare from
Salem to Bridgeton.
William I. Garrison. has replaced
George A. Bourgeois as c~ounsel-in-
chief for the e~ighty-odd citizens of
Atlantic City indicted for election
frauds, and he will conduct the de-
Tense of those whose trials are slated
for January.
Arrested on a charge of cruelty to
his children, Thomas Farquehr, 40
years old, a widower, had a hearing in
the Camden Police Court. The com
plant was made by Mrs. Mary Werz,
who alleges that Farquehr spent his
sons wages for liquor while the other
children were in want.
The. Hotel Albion, one of the land
marks of Atlantic City, situated at
Massachusetts, and Atlantic avenue,
has been purchased by Winfield S.
Mise and Stephen Thurber, of Phila-
delphia, and, after extensive improve
ments, will be opened to visitors. The
Albion was once the centre of wealth
and fashion in the resort.
A maj giving the name of Charles
Blomberg walked into police head
quarters at Perth Amboy and said he
wanted to give himself up. He said
he deserted from the Twenty-second
Coast Artillery, Pensacola, Fla, in
May, 1908, after helping to lynch e
negro who killed Frank Marie, a
mounted policemen, of that place. The
man was placed in a cell and the army
authorities were notified.
At an enthusiastic special meeting
of the New Sharon Improvement AS
ISOLATION Joseph B. Cliff was unani-
mously Endorsed as a candidate for
the Deptford Township School Board.
Woodbury.. Interesting addresses
were made by a committee from the
WestV lille Improvement Association,
and at the regular monthly meeting
delegations are expected to be pres
ent from Westville, Almonessen and
Woodbury. Heights.
Arraigned in the Camden Criminal
Court on a charge of assault and bat
terry in grasping Margaret Jones, col
ored, a high school girl, Frank Pizuta
dropped on his knees in front of
Judge Joline and exclaimed: 81 am
Innocent" AS he rested on his knees
the defendant waved a circular bear
ing an illustration of a cathedral and
some Italian lingo, but was promptly
ordered on his feet. He was sentenced
to four months in the county Jail.
The waterways committee of the
Board of Trade of Woodbury. has OBJ
tanned the consent of nearly all the
landowners along the creek to allow
the proposed Strengthening OF the
stream by the Government without
cost for land.
Walter Riggin, Of Port Norris, is in.
dorsed as candidate to succeed Cap
tain Ernest L. milford, of Cedarville.
as a member of the State Oyster Com.
mission. Mr.. Riggin has been an as
SCISSOR in Commercial township a num-
Der of years.
Aunt Sadie's Potato Cake.
Two-thirds cup butter, two cups gra-
ulated sugar, one cup mashed pota-