The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-07
FRIDAY, JULY = 1916
STATE CAPITAL NEWS.
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pldtc department OF Agriculture, the
Board this week began work along new
lines prescribed by the law under which
the Department was established. Two
of the most important things undertaken
are to improve the marketing conditions
for the farmers and gardeners of the
state and to acquaint prospective farm
buyers throughout the United States
with the agricultural lands available for
use in this state. Prof. Alva Agee, of
New Brunswick, who was elected secre-
tary of the Department, succeeding
Franklin Dye, of Trenton, explains these
advances as follows:
1--WE hope to do some valuable work
along marketing lines, especially in the
city markets. Advice will be sought
from organizations that are shipping to
these markets and from all other ship
pers to obtain their views on matters of
grading and selling. Bulletins on mar
ket methods will be published frequently.
Our Department believes that farms
are relatively cheaper in the eastern
and central states. Therefore. our Bur-
eau of Land. Crops and Markets will CO.
operate with country banks, real estate
men and others to aid in bringing buyers
of farms to New jersey
The new Board elected as its presi-
dent former Senator Joseph S. Freling-
huysen,of Somerset county, who was
president of the old Board. H. w. JEFF
fers, of MiddleseX county. was made
vice-president. Prof. Agee. who was
head of the farm demonstration. work at
the State Agricultural College, in New
Brunswick. was elected secretary at a
salary of $1,000 and is fully protected
by civil service. Former Secretary DYE
was placed at the head of the Bureau of
Statistics and Inspection. and A. l..
Clark, of the Agricultural College, was
made Chief of the Bureau of Land.
Crops and Markets. The salary of these
W chiefs will be $500. The other i'm
portant branch of the Department is the
Bureau of Animal Industry. the chief to
act also as assistant secretary with a
salary of $1,000. This position will not
be filed until the right man is found.
Meanwhile Prof. Agee will take charge
Of this work temporarily.
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The State Board of Education, upon
the nomination of State Commissioner
of Education Kendall. has appointed
helping school teachers in fifteen coun-
ties, pursuant to the law passed by the
last Legislature. There are about 1000
school teachers in the rural sections of
the state who have no help from super
vision and these new helping teachers
will spend their time in these rural sec
tons advising with and aiding the
teachers, thus giving them supervision
on a par with the city supervised schools.
The salary of each helping teacher is not
to exceed $1,000, from which they must
pay all travelling expenses. The salar-
les are to he paid from the state school
money apportioned to the counties.
The helping teacher appointed for
Gloucester county is Miss Katherine L..
Smith, of Clayton.
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Eighteen laws and three Joint resp
lions passed by the last Legislatures.
and which contained no section stating
when they would take effect. went into
force on July 4. This is under a statute
passed years ago making such a provis-
ion. Among the most important of
these new acts are: The amendment to
the Henncssy preferential primary law:
making it a misdemeanor for a mother
to desert her dependent child; providing
for q uniform system of transferring
stock by corporations; increasing the
number Of unsalaried automobile in
spectors providing for a commission to
revise the fish and game laws of the
stale.
The first petition of nomination for
United States Senator has Just been
fled with Secretary of State Martin. 1t
was placed on file by Frank NJ. McDer,
nit, Democrat, of Newark. His entry
into the Democratic Senatorial race as
sures a three-cornered race with Senator
James r.. MARITIME and Attorney General
John w Wescott. of Camden, as the 9TH
er candidates. McDermit is a lawyer
and several times before has run for
Senator, each time polling a small vote.
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Secretary of State Martin is prepar-
ing to send to the 81 county clerks the
official list Of officers to be elected this
fall. pursuant to the provisions of the
election laws. He is required to send
this notice before August /. 1t will show
that the main officers to be elected are
Presidential electors. United States Sen
ator, a Congressman in each of the
twelve districts, a Governor, State Sen
ators in Atlantic, Bergen, Camden. Cum
berland, Hudson. Mercer, Morris and
Ocean counties; also Essex if Senator
Colgate shall resign for his Gubernator-
ial campaign; sixty members of the As
sembly. Each county clerk must be-
tween Aust / and September l notify
formally all the municipal clerks in his
county of the list Of officers to be chosen.
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Congressman Elijah c.. Hutchinson. of
Mercer county, formally announces that
he is a candidate for reelection to the
House of Representatives on the Repub-
lican ticket. He will seek reelection on
practically the same platform on which
he ran two years ago. He will establish
headquarters in Trenton. but will also
have active lieutenants in Somerset and
Hnnterdon. the other counties in the
Fourth District. Congressman Hutchin-
son is in the -four milling business and