The Penn's Grove record., 1913-07-04


and many where men and women, who
had never been married had lived to-
gether. Other cases where the man or
woman had left to go with omeon
else. All those whom l talked with
expressed the desire that their chill
dren should go to school and it
seemed to me, in the majority Of
cases, the children were of a better
type than the parents. 1t was a con-
vincing point in considering remedies
through better educational facilities.
Many of the children looked and acted
bright enough. I visited one house
where the children were fairly ell
dressed and reasonably clean, but the
conditions about the house were bad.
There were three rooms and all in a
dirty condition. Next to the bedroom
was a chicken house. When l entered
the chickens were in the house. In
the bedroom they were roosting on
the bed. That was not away out in
the Pines; it wag close to one OK the
towns.
Something Must Be Done.
Conditions are certainly bad.
Something will have to be done to
correct them. Just how to go about it
properly is not an easy matter to de
eide. l have, had a good many sugges-
tons made to me. Some of them sound
good and some of them do not. Faults
of the older must be corrected and the
children must be started in the right
direction. Prosecutions by the county
for bigamy is not a solution in my
mind. Already the men and women
have been brought into the courts and
some of them sentenced. 1t has sim
ply given them the idea that they are
taking a great risk in getting married
or remaining in that state. Recently
many have applied for divorces, for
fear that they will be arrested for
bigamy. So you see prosecution along
such lines is by no means a cure. The
county, of course, should prevent big
amy. But there should be prosecutions
to the limit for those who live together
without marriage and the conditions
of those who desire to be married
closely studied before licenses are
granted.
Study the Situation.
"As yet | can not make any definite
statements as to what will be done. l
must study the situation longer. As
500 as possible l will have a confer
ence with Mr.. Byers, commissioner of
the Charities and Corrections Bureau.
He has studied the conditions thor,
oughly and has without doubt valu,
able suggestions to make. l want it in.
derstood that l fully realize how bad
a situation we have in the southern
part of the State. l am going to do
everything in my power to correct the
abuses. They must not continue"
To Develop oyster Industry.
Bay Head is rejoicing. The new in
land waterway connecting Barnegat
bay with the Manasquan river, is as
sured in the near future, and when it
is opened Bay Head will have three
beneficial things that have not been
possible before; salt water, commerce
and oysters. Of course she has always
had salt water. but her greatest boon
in the way of water has always been
Barnegat bay, and because the inlet
is twenty-five miles away The mighty
not been sufficient to force the salt
water that distance against the pres
sure of the pent up fresh water from
the bays northern tributaries. When
the canal is finished the tides will
operate in both directions, mingling
with and drawing fresh water along
the line of least resistance. There is
no doubt of the result in the minds of
aquatic engineers. Bay Head will have
salt water in the bay, and she will be
the southern terminus Of the canal.
State Appropriates $4,000.
During the last winter the New Jer-
sey State Legislature passed an ap-
preparation of $50, 900 for the purpose
of securing right of way for the pro
ject. The bill was introduced and
sponsored by State Senator George A.
Low, of Ocean county, who has re-
Gently been appointed chief of the Blu
reau of Labor and Statistics. The
States interest in the project can be
better understood when it is realized
that when completed the proposed
canal will bring the inland waterway
that extends northward from Cape
May to a point little more than TWEEN
ty-five miles from the waters of Sandy
Hook bay. Bay Head looks eagerly to
the development of the oyster industry
that will surely become a great fac
tor in her winter life should the salt
water be realized Her banks and coves
are admirably adapted to the culture
of the bivalve, both for growing and
fattening, and there are many anxious
to engage their services and their cap
ital in the business. 1t is a field of end
less opportunity. On the Manasquan a
similar condition prevails, and the one
thing needful is the constantly open
inlet that will be assured with the
creation of the currents certain to be
set in motion by the cutting of the
canal.
New Try for Old Job.
Quo warranto proceedings were in
stituted in the Supreme Court by Will
lam B. Van Horn to regain his posi-
ton as warden of the Mercer county
Bail, now held by John Darcy. When
Walter Madden "a elected sheriff he
ousted Van Horn and named Darcy,
Van Horn has tried several other ways
to get his job back, but failed each
time.
Labor Denounces J.. w. w.