Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-09
NEW JERSEY NOTES

Jersey City lis engaged in a pure
milk campaign.
The Princeton Theological Semi
nary graduated 81 new clergymen last
Monday.
1t is reported in north Jersey that
agents of the Barnuln & Bailey circus
are negotiating for land in Mercer
county for the establishment of win
ter quarters of the show there.
Marshall E. Williams, colored
man of Elmer, is under arrest charg-
ed with forging the name of Howard
Hitchner to $40 90 check.
The Woodstown Board of Education
has advertised for proposals for a
lot containing about two acres suita-
bile for use as a location for a pro-
posed new school building.
In Bridgeton court last week, three
days were consumed in a case where
IN the Corey Company, of Maine, had
brought suit against Minch Bros. to
recover damages of $4,389.S4, alleged
to be due them on a contract to pur-
chase 5000 bags of potatoes to be de-
livered at Bridgeton during the fall
of 1910 and spring of 1911. Minch
Bros. rejected them on the claim
that they were scabby, had stem rot,
and were not up to sample; numerous
witnesses were called to show the
inferior quality of potatoes shipped.
Wednesday afternoon the jury de-
cided against Minch Bros. and in
favor of the Corey Company.
Four Millville parents were fined
$5 90 each for keeping their children
at work instead of sending them to
school.
The Salem High School will hold
it's annual commencement exercises
this year in the First Baptist Church
ON June 18th. The schools will close
for the summer vacation on June II.
There was lively time at the
meeting of the Salem County Board
for Equalization of Taxes Monday
afternoon over the question of sec
retary. Charles Mecum and Clayton
L. Batten, the Democratic members,
presented Clark Petit, of Salem, for
secretary, and adopted a resolution
instructing Secretary Charles F. Pam
coast to turn over the keys, books,
etc., to him. President Smith called
for charges against the incumbent
and held that unless they were made
and could be proven Mr.. Pancoast
was entitled to hold Office under Civil
Service rule Mecum and Batten
claim that the county has never
adopted the Civil Service act, SO it
cannot govern here. Secretary Pam
coast says he will hold office until
the counts decide he must get out.
The legislative act OF 1911 creating
a State board for the sterilization of
detectives is to be tested in the New
Jersey Supreme Court Proceedings
were instituted Monday by Charles T.
Cow wenhoven; a New Brunswick law
yer on behalf of Charles Saltwater,
an inmate of the New Jersey State
ReformatoTy at Railway, questioning
the constitutionality of the law. The
case is a test one. Saltwater having
been decided upon by the State board
for an operation in order that the
law might be passed upon by the Su-
preme Court Mr.. Cowenhoven at
tackled the law on the ground that it
violated the constitutional prohibition
against infiiction of cruel and unusual
punishment
The 235th annual session of the
Council of New Jersey Proprietors
was held at its headquarters, the
Surveyor Generals office, Burlington,
on the 7th inst. The following Off
GERS we're elected: Ex-senator Henry
J. Trick was elected president. Other
officers are Benjamin B. Cooper, vice
president; Walter 3. Robb, treas
urer; G Chester Craig, registrar; :;
Henry S Haines was reelected Sur
yeyor General, an Office he has held
for many years, and his bond for a
Thousand pounds sterling was approx
ed and accepted. Other members of
the body are William Cooper Wood,
Frank w. D'Olier, Richard Mott,
Laura Cooper Wood and 7 Snowden
Haines.