The Penn's Grove record., 1919-07-04

dry districts to actually keep dry. Tn
der existing conditions there have been
lust enough "Oases" in this region to
prove a haven to the thirsty. The no.
: tel at Centreton, Salem County, one of
the two places In the county to survive
the local option elections, located in.
the center of a large eXpanse of dry
territory, has been Il Mecca for many
pilgrims from parched parts of Salem
and Cumberland Counties. P~ennsville,
the other wet" spot in Salem Gourt,
has a lone hotel. which has made ,rast
heavier on the trolley line between
Salem and Pennsgrove since both of
those places closed their bars.
Gloucester County has remained wet
on the edges up to the last minute,
having two licensed liquor places at
PaulsborO, on the western side of the
county. one at Westville, 1t the south
end. and another at Williamstown, in
the extreme eastern part of the county.
I'm addition to these %"oaSes," which
are to be closed, the beer arks," which
are considered by many even a worse
evil than the licensed places, are To lie.
eliminated by national prohibition
These beer arkS," operating under
wholesale bottlers' licenses, and most
of them from outside of the state, have
traversed dry territory with their car
goes and in some communities have
made the local prohibition laws il farce.
Once Had Good Roads.
At one time Burlington County roads
were so good that the United States
government authorities wanted to
make them Il national model, and by
a of reward to the county the first
rural delivery route would be started
between RivertOn and Moorestown,
Members of the Burlington County His,
forical Society, who had bumped to the
meeting i'm automobiles over horrible
highways. heard Heulings Lippincott
of Moorestown vouch for the truth OF
this statement.
Lippincott said he himself had hcen
road commissioner at the time and
had the government correspondence tG
%substantiate what he said. Some Ell.
thusiastic persons in the audience at
once wanted to boom the historian OF
the occasion for Il member of he new
small board of county ~freehoidersi
whose job after their election will be
TO endeavor to untangle the highway
problems they will inherit from the
present board, which the court has suS'
gested the grand jury should indict fol
its negligence of important roads.
Governor Named on Home Board.
At the request of the managers of
the receiving home of the New Jersey
Children's Home Society, Governor
Runyon has become a member of the
board. He visited the receiving nome
ON Brunswick avenue, Trenton, and eN-
pressed himself very much pleased
with the work that Is being done there
for children under the are of the So
ciety.
The governor is very deeply inter
! ested in all subjects pertaining tn
child welfare. He has children of his
own and any movement seeking better
ment of the conditions of children of
the poor has his unqualified support,
As a member of the legislature the
governor was always a leader in all
legislation dealing with the subject OF
child conservation and advancement.
While at the home the governor was
informed of the desire of the society
to raise money to be used o the cree
ton of a modern reception house for
such children aS como within fl" iuriS
dlcUiOn of the Suc.eiy. He expressed
himself as deeply impressed with the
new home plan and can be counted
upon for active support when the cam
paign for funds is conducted.
To Make Farm Survey in State.
Is New Jersey among the first as an
efficiently organized farming state? In
order to determine this the Department
of Agronomy and Farm Development
is arranging To cooperate with the
federal department in research work in
the state. The latter has offered to
pay half of the expenses entailed Ill
investigation work which is being
planned through the stare.
At the present New Jersey is cred
tied with having more distinct farm
types than any other state for the
same area. 1t also has better farming
opportunities than many states.
In order to arrive at the desired
efficiency it is necessary that the farm
ers know what types of farming to fol
low in the different localities of New
Jersey, that they know the proper or
ganiZatiOn of each unit or farm. ant
that they know the most efficient ope
ration of this organization. With these
things determined. they should alst
have the cost production of the farn
products so that those which are no
profitable may be eliminated for more
profitable crops.
Asks $4,000 to Aid Farmers.
Although the last legislature decide
that the State Agricultural EXperimen
Station was not entitled to Sl3.OO
which it sought for experimental pun
poses, DIR. Jacob G. Lipman, the ii
rector of the station, has applied to TN
d. III So NJ