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Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
To BUILD
co. ROADS
FreeholderS Consider Mat
ter To-day.
BONDS
Board Will Consider Proposition
to Permanently Improve
Four Roads.

The Cumberland County Board of
Chosen Freeholders met in adjourned
session this morning at 10 o'clock,
the special object being to consider
the proposal to improve four pieces
Of county highways.
The Board had before it at the op-
ening of the meeting the bids for the
building of the road from Carl's cor
ner through Vineland and Lands
township to the Atlantic County line,
the lowest bid being that of A. H.
Lupton & Son, of this city, SIG, 1863. .6S
In connection with this road Su-
perintendent Buckalew, of the West
Jersey and Seashore Railroad Com
pany, will be here and meet the
Board to discuss the proposition of
elevating the grade. railroad crossing
just south of Carll's Corner His ap-
pearance at the meeting is in response
to letter addressed him on the sub
1ect by County Solicitor Roscoe c.
Ward.
The Board today will open bids for
the improvement of the Stoe Creek
road, and the survey and cross sec
tions of the proposed road from Mill =
vile to Mauricetown bridge road, will
be presented the Board by engineer
Walter NJ Sharp.
There is still another proposition
to improve a Greenwich township
road
1t is estimated that the county will
/ have to provide $4,000 for the build
ing of the two state roads named, and
about $4500 for the Stoe Creek and
Greenwich roads 1T will be impos-
sible to raise this amount of money
without exceeding the tax levy capac-
ity of the county in the annual bud
get and if the Board decides to make
the four improvements, an issue of
bonds will be necessary for the en-
tire or the greatest part of the mon
ey. 1t has been suggested that the
money be provided by an issue of
bonds for approximately 100000 upon
"a basis of Az per cent. interest and
for term of or 10 years.
The Road Committee of the Board
of .Freeholders this morning received
bids for the county road in Stoe Creek
township. Two bids were received.
The bids were as follows:
A. H. Lupton & Son. $4,9 ,926 20
Richman & Craig ....... 5,S05 90
The committee recommended to the
Board of Freeholders that the award
be made to the lowest bidder, Lupton
& Son, which firm also is low bidder
for the road from Carll's Corner to
Atlantic County line.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
OUT OF TOWN
0RJAIL | Y EAR

Fred Masquale, former dog catch
er of this city, served four days last
week for being drunk. He was taken
in early Tuesday morning in highly
intoxicated condition.
This morning he was ION the car
pet" to answer for his wrong doing.
Not only was he drunk when taken
yesterday, but he could not explain
the disappearance of rain coat which
ne borrowed from friend. The coat
was recovered from the man to whom
Masquale had sold it.
Mayor Whitaker sentenced this man
to one year in Jail under the disord-
erly act, but suspended sentence, say
ing that if he wished to have his free
dom he had best beat it, otherwise
he would have the year to serve.
Masquale started Immediately to
"hot foot" it in the direction of Mill
vile after being told that if he ever
came back to Bridgeton there would
be this sentence awaiting him.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
STATE LEAGUE
COMMITTEE

Newark, Jan. 19.-The first definite
steps toward the permanent organiza-
tion of New Jersey State League of
municipalities was taken when Mayor
Thomas L. Raymond appointed a COM
mittee which will draft a measure.
This bill will then be submitted to
the Legislature and in this way give
the league power not only to consid-
er matters of statewide Importance,
but will also give the members power
to spend such moneys as will be nee
essary to carry on the fights, similar
to the gas case.
Because of his active part in the
formation. of the league and also his
great interest in the gas case, Fred
erick wv. Donnelly. Mayor of Trenton,
was appointed chairman of Mayor
Raymond's committee. The other
members chosen were Commissioner
George A. Brensinger, of Jersey City:
Lewis H. Miller, city attorney of Mill
vile; George L. Record, Jersey City,
special counsel for Passaic and Pat
erson; City Counsel Ellis, of Camden;
Mayor Robert H. Fordyce, of Pater-
son; Mayor George N. Seger, of Pas
sale; John ]. Fallon. city attorney of
Hoboken; Spaulding Frazer, city
counsel of Newark, and Mayor Thom-
as L. Raymond, of Newark. This COM
mittee will hold a meeting during the
ensuing week and prepare the bill
which will then come up at the may
ors' next meeting January 20.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
RILEY WILL
is OFFERED
Proponents Present Dis
puted Will.
CAvEATORS' DATE
Monday, February lst, Is Fixed
by Judge Loder to Hear
Attack on Will.

Yesterday Charles E. Sheppard,
counsel for the caveator in the Riley
will case made a most minute exam
ination of David NJ. Bowen, City
Treasurer and the attorney who drew
the will of Francis p Riley, deceased,
which was offered for probate in
december.
His examination took in all the de-
tails of the visit to Mr.. Bowen to Mr..
Riley's home on South Pearl street
on the day on which the will was
drawn. The witness told of an old
will which was shown him, and is
now in his possession, in which Os-
car B, Riley, the son, shared alike
with the two married sisters, Mrs.
Minnie c. Wood, and Mrs Andrew
Zane. He said that Mr. Riley in
structed him to draw a will in which
Arthur S. Riley was to have his ia
theirs share upon reaching his ma
jority, saying that he preferred this
because the money would do his son
Oscar no good as he would go right
through it, and that Arthur was
good boy deserving of a chance.
He told of drawing rough draft
of the will and putting it into the
proper shape, returning that day
with Mr. S. NJ. Coombs, Jr., whom he
brought for witness. This man was
brought by him chiefly because he
had been a witness of the former
will.
| Mr.. Bowen stated that Mr.. Riley
had him re-read those portion of the
will in which his son Oscar was men
toned, and seemed perfectly salts
fed with the document as read to
him.
Samuel M. Coombs, Jr., the wit
ness who signed the will, was next
called to the stand and testified to
having been summoned by Mr.. David
NJ. Bowen to go to Squire" Riley's
to witness a will; that he heard Bow
en- read the will to Mr.. Riley, saw the
deceased sign it, signed it himself
and saw Mr.. Bowen sign it.
After a most minute cross-exami-
nation of this witness by Mr.. Shep-
pard, Mr.. Fithian again offered the
will as evidence and for probate.
Monday, February 1st, was set by
| Judge Loder for the hearing of the
, caveators in this case. At the con-
clusion of this, Orphans Court ad-
journed until Friday morning.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
SAVE ROADS
IN JERSEY
Highway Commissioners
Opposes Notion.
BAD PROPOSITION
Stevens is Opposed to Universal
Touring Privileges Proposed
by Congressman.

Vigorous opposition to the Adam
son bill, supposedly backed by a mil
lion and a half of automobilists, was
expressed by State Road Commission
one of lesser importance than the
the New Jersey Representatives in
Congress yesterday. The measure,
which provides for universal touring
privileges for any motorist who has
complied with the registration laws
of his home State, would have par
tlcularly injurious effect upon New
Jersey.
The letter written by Colonel Stew
ems read as follows:
Il have just received information
from the American Automobile Asso-
citation that bill presented by the
Hon. William c. Adamson, of Geor-
gia, proposes to allow any motor We
hicle owner who has complied with
the laws of the state of his residence
to operate his machine in any state
or territory without additional regis
tration.
desire to call your attention to
this act and would request that you
exert your influence against it's pas
sage. 1t would be especially injuri-
GUS to this state. In the first place,
the state would be deprived of very
large income derived from summer
residents. This traffic is large of vol
ume and very trying on our roads
This item. however, is, to my mind,
one of the lesser Importance than the
absence of control over drivers.
I'VE have found it necessary in
this state to require of all motor We
hlcle drivers, whether they be pro-
fessionals or owners, a searching eX-
animation which eliminates many of
those who are physically or from lack
OF training unfit to operate so danger
GUS contrivance as an automobile
on public road. Neighboring states
are much more lax in this respect
the only state which has exacting re-
,quirements is Massachusetts,.
Reference to statistics in New
York will show that by far the larger
proportion of accidents occurred with
drivers who are owners and who, in
that state, are not required to pass
an examination.
The congestion of motor vehicle
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
LICENSE AT.
ONCE REFUSED
Judge Loder Promptly
Made Decision.
MANY WERE HERE
All Testimony Was that Licensed
Bar in Port Norris Was Bad
For the Place.

Once again the Court Room was
crowded when the Port Norris license
case came up yesterday afternoon.
A large delegation of remonstrants
came into Bridgeton on a special car,
arriving at the Court House at 1.30
p. m.
Ex-senator Boyd Avis started right
in to examine witnesses for the re-
monstrants. He was assisted in his
work by ]. Ellsworth Long and sew
era citizens of Port Norris.
DeVoe Tomlinson, with his client
Jonathan w. Kirchhoff, opposed the
remonstrants.
The first man examined was Daniel
Chew, of Port Norris, who said that
there is still some drinking in that
place, but that conditions were much
improved over when there was IL
censed hotel there.
Enoch Sharp, Harry Laws, David
Powell and Levi Robbins, all inhabi-
tants of Port Norris and Bivalve, tes-
titled that conditions are much i'm
proved over what they were when
there was a license there. They all
said that they were opposed to the
sale of Intoxicating liquors and that
they had rather see the hotel closed
up than to have it licensed.
Daniel Hand, Port Norris, said that
conditions under license were very
bad; that he had seen as many as 35
intoxicated persons in the streets at
once. He added by way of diversion
that he had heard of one drunken
man who was seen in Port Norris
last week and that he was such an
unusual sight that the boys pelted
him with apples.
The remonstrants' witnesses took
up all of the afternoon, one after an
other told of their belief that a IL
cense would be menace to the COM
munity. Something over 40 witness
es were examined to the above effect
during the afternoon. The total num-
Der of witnesses presented ran some
thing over 100.
| J. S. Newcomb testified that the
strawberries raised about Port Nor
ris brought better prices after the
license was revoked, than they did
while there was a licensed hotel
there.
After an afternoon of taking of tes-
| timony for the remonstrants, Judge
Loder said that he had during the re-
cess over the night previous, consid-
cred the evidence presented by both
and that the evidence of the day simp-
| ly corroborated the foregoing testi-
monyJ He said that he saw no reason
why he should withhold his decision,
that the applicant had failed to show
where the licensed tavern was a ne
cessity, or that 1t would conduce to
the public good; that his decision was
governed solely by the evidence and
that his personal feelings in the mat
ter had no weight. Finally. he said
that in view of the evidence he could
not grant a license at this time of the
hotel at Port Norris.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
WHOLE NO. 3,4l0
LABOR MEN
ARE OPPOSED

At a meeting of the Executive
Board of the New Jersey State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, Anthony Spair Of
the Sanitary Pressers' Local. will
represent the Central Labor Union.
A number of labor bills will be dram
ed and considered for presentation at
the State Legislature The Legisls-
tive Committee of the local central
body last night discussed some meas
ures. 1t was stated that the state and
local unionists will work for the
presentation of a number of bills. An
amendment to the compensation act
for the benefit of the workmen has
already been introduced by Senator
McGinnis of Passaic County. 1t in
creases the compensation to almost a
third more than is laid down for in
juries and disability in the present
act. A bill will be introduced to limit
the powers of detective agencies en-
ployed during strikes. The bill,
should it become law, the labor men
claim, will prevent the wholesale ar
rests of strikers on trif1ing charges.
Senator Gaunt's local option bill
will be opposed by union labor men,
They are antagonistic to a law of. this
kind, claiming that it is the personal
privilege for one to abstain or imbibe
in toxicants.
The unionists will oppose the pro-
posed economy and efficiency bill
consolidating the State Bureau of Sta
tistics and the Labor Department.
They claim that the Labor Depart
ment is one of the best in the coun-
try and should not be consolidated
with any other Protest will also be
made on the bill presented by Senator
Pierce of Union County, providing
for fee of $40 accompanying the sp-
plication for copies of bills, resolu-
tions and laws. The unionists de-
clare this is a direct slap at organized
labor, because it prevents many un-
ionists from procuring copies of bills
in which they are interested.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
SURPRISE PARTY

A few nights since there was happy
surprise party, Miss Helen Reilly, At
lantic street, being the recipient of the
attention of her friends. 1t was Jolly
affair there being many pleasurable
games and lively, entertaining music.
There were refreshments of ice cream,
cakes, fruit and candy. Enjoying the
affair were these guests:
Helen Reilly, Josephine Reilly, Ger
trude Goldberg, Anna May Pugh, Har-
riet Bolton, Claire Miller, Yetta Heller,
Henrietta Pine, Martha higgins, Eliza
beth Neal, Jane Shoemaker, Esther
Shoemaker.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21

traffic in this state is greater, taking
the state at large, than any other
community in the world, Massachu-
setts approaching it more closely
than any other. The need of consid-
ering safety, not only in the design
of our roads, but as to the traffic
thereon, is of vital importance"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Bridge
ton Branch S. P. c. A. will be held
tomorrow afternoon in the rooms Of
the Bridgeton Commercial League
The public is urged to be present and
the people will be afforded opportun-
ity of hearing an address of Mrs. S.
G. Van Hoesen, one of the State Off
csials of the State S. P. G. A. Mrs.
Van Hoesen is one of the most ener-
getic women engaged in this impor-
tant work and she has done impor-
tant service for the protection Of
dumb animals.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
ADMITTED TO BAIL

Leon Feaster, committed to Jail from
Justice Lore's Court on three charges,
one of forgery and two of false pretense,
to await the action of the Grand Jury,
was admitted to bail in the amount of
$500 on the forgery charge. There still
remain the two charges which require
bail before he can gain his freedom.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21

Such days as we have had since the
storm makes us feel that we don't
get so much of our weather from
Medicine Hat as we used to.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21

1t looks very much as if there is
going to be an extra session of Con-
gress in the spring. The President
just must have something around that
he can give orders to.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21

AS compared with war on earth
quake is no great shakes
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
Sweaters for Men,
Women and Children

Special lot manufacturers
samples at 15 regular prices.
Regular 81. so all-wool Misses
Sweaters now $3.50 each. All
colors, sizes 26 to 81.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21

Beautiful Embroidery FlouncA
ing, IS in. wide. Regular 81
yd., now 3oc yd. Bands to
match, Ioc yd.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
Bio Crowds at Our
Lace and
Embroidery Counter

Real linen torchon lace and
embroidery now sc yd.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21

as In. Unbleached heavy
Sheeting Muslin, regular 16c yd.
now I2c yd.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
Pick from These
Under Priced Cotton
and Linen Specials

Regular &c unbleached muslin,
full yd. wide, now sc I'D.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21
VOL. LXVII
ENTHUSIASM GROWS

Do YOU wonder at it? Such values were never
offered to the shopping public
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21

Regular 18c Bleached Mohawk
Pillow Cases, 42x36 now I5c
each.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-21

15c Fine, soft finish Longcloth,
Ladies choice now 1oc yd.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-15
SEVERE PUNISHMENT
OF Mrs. Chappell, Of Five Years.
Standing, Relieved by Cardui.

Mt. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah M. Chap
pell of this town, says: 81 suffered for
live years with womanly troubles, also
stomach troubles. and my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
| tried most every kind of medicine,
but none did me any good.
read one day about Cardui, the wo-
mans tonic, and | decided to try ii. |
had not taken but about six bottles until
] was almost cured. It did me more
good than all the other medicines | had
tried, put together.
My friends began asking me why
looked so well, and told them about
Cardui. Several are now taking it."
Do you, lady reader, suffer from any
of the ailments due to wofnanly trouble,
such as headache, backache, Sideache,
sleeplessness, and that everlaStingly tired
feeling?
If so, LET us urge you to give Cardui a
trial. We feel confident it will help you,
just as it has million other women in
the past half century.
Begin taking Cariui to-day. You
won't regret it. All druggists.
Wyfte TO: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies'
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn, for SpEcIaI
hsstyNcti0ns on your case ID 64-pags book. Home
T-e1tment for Women" in plain wrapper. NC l24
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-15

many maintain is a fairy tale, there
was the telephone central into which
ran the wires from all the forts. The
Germans, advancing, are supposed to
have learned of this vital fact, and to
have trained their guns effectively on
this building first of all, so that the
connecting lines were cut and no one
fort had any means of communicating
with any other.
The German officers in Namur today
smile as they tell the story and shake
their heads. They admit that it is
quite possible that the Germans should
have learned the secret of the position
of Central and also that the aim of
the guns might have been accurate
enough to destroy the building, but
they cannot quite believe that the
Belgians could have made so grave a
military mistake as to expose their
lines of communication, and prefer to
think that the hotel was burned in in
cendiary fashion and the loss blamed
onto the invaders.
In the country portions of Belgium
today there is scarcely trace of war
beyond an occasional ruined building
AS in Northern France, the landscape
is infinitely more attractive than OF
old because the extensive culture OF
sugar beets, with their brown growth
has been discontinued, and Theat an1
corn, with green shoots. have been
substituted.
The destruction in Belgium may
have been overestimated and exagger-
ated in the beginning. Whether that
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-15
FLORIDA COMMISSIONER
WILL ATTEND CELEBRATION

Prof. J, E. Mathis, general chairman
of the Dixie Highway Celebration, is
in receipt of litter from G. W. Saxon,
one of the two Dixie Highway com
missioners of Florida, stating that he
will be in Americus on July Fifth to
help celebrate the selection of the
western route for the national good
road.
Mr.. Saxon is prominent banker
of Tallahassee, being president o.
the Capital City Bank, of that city.
He will make the trip through the
country in his automobile and will
bring his entire family to the cele
bration here.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-15
MIAMI To HOLD
DIXIE HIGHWAY
CELEBRATION
Especial to Tjmes-Recorder.)

MIAMI, Fla, June IA celebration
of the creation of the Dixie Highway
will take place in Miami the southern
terminus of the highway on July 5th,
i, accordance with resolutions passed
at the Chattanooga meeting of the
Dixie Highway association, May GOTH
The Miami celebration will be under
the auspices of the Miami Chamber
of Commerce and the Miami Athletic
club. A program is being arranged,
including addresses by number Of
speakers of prominence, a track meet,
baseball game, band concert, stre1
parade, a drill participated in by the
Miami fire department, boy scouts and
the Miami company of the Florida
National Guard and several other
events. A large attendance is expect
ed, not only from this vicinity, but
from the other cities along the route
of the Dixie Highway. Invitations
will be sent to every city along the
route to send representatives to the
Miami celebration.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-15

absolutely unbroken and unchanged
appearance. Where the great shells
burst in the masonry one can only
guess at, for the holes are gone. Only
the hotel at the very top of the hill OH
which the Notifications are built is
still in a state of ruin.
In this hotel, so goes the story that
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-15
1. o. o. F.
AMERICUS CAMP, POP, WOODMEN
OF THE WORLD.

Meets every Wednesday night in the
Wheatley Bldg, Windsor Ave. All vis-
ting Sovereigns invited to meet With
US. ]. M. TOBIN, c. C.
NAT LeMASTER, Clerk.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-15
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. IA,
p. q. 8. OF A.

p. 0. s. OF A.
Meets on Thursday nights, Wheat
ley Building, at 1880 o'clock. All MEM
burs are urged to attend. Visitors
welcomed. E. F. WILDER, Prest.
o. D. REESE, Recording Secy.
NAT LeMASTER, Financial Sec'y.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-15

or not, the combination of the recon-
struction efforts of the victocs and in
vaders, and the forces of nature in the
springtime have made of it Cnce more
a pleasantly smiling country that tax
es the imagination to draw picture of
war in progress.