The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-08-15

would cost over $4,000 this year. The
state pays part of the bill.
Despite dry conditions the Absecon
Development Company, through VIII
liam F. Davis and Edward r. Wilson,
have filed application with the borough
council for renewal of the liquor Ii
cense of the Rockingham hotel.
A donation of $50 books have bees
received from the state library depart
ment by the new library association at
Pitman.
To determine the constitutionalfty
of war time prohibition, criminal infor-
nation was filed in the United States
district court at Trenton against the
Feigenspan Brewing Company of New
ark, charged with the manufacture OF
beer containing alcohol in excess OF
one-half of per cent
Former Chief of Police Clarence
Fisher of Pennsgrove, who recently
sold out his garage business and left
town, much to the discomfort of those
who went on his bond for $4,000 pend
ing an appeal for three convictions for
alleged grating, is now working for a
steamship company in Philadelphia.
Seventy-five carloads of peaches
were shipped from Glassboro last
week. They were mostly of the early
clingstone varieties, the Carmens pre-
dominating. Rot has appeared among
the later varieties, which will decrease
the yield
Final action on the street paving or.
dinance, which involves an expendi
ture of nearly S350.000, will be takec
by borough commissioners of Ceilings.
wood, following which certain legal de-
tails will be concluded as soon as POI
sible, that work may be commenced
without further delay.
Charles Hannah, well known and
well to do farmer, committed suicide
by hanging atihis farm near Daretown
He had been In poor health for long
time, and in addition there has been
much sickness in the family, which, il
is presumed, unbalanced his mind
Hannah was ,sixty-five years old and
lldu IdiScu IL diSc luu1iiy.
The commissioners Of Ocean City's
public recreation grounds, who have
charge of the concerts In the music pa
vilion, have arranged to sell ten tick
cts for 81 to the concerts, and the plar
has been approved by Representatives
of the hotel keepers.
Charles Hurff, Joseph Nicholson ant
Hiram Nicholson of Sewell killed what
is known as 'rattlesnake pilot" il
huckleberry swamps at Williamstown
The men brought in their trophy fol
proof The technical name for the
monster is "wamper" 1t is fully ter
feet long and as big around as mans
arm. The men were just getting read,
for a good days picking when Hurf1
saw what he supposed was an ordinary
snake. He broke it's back with club.
Free band concerts are to be held in
Ballard park, Pitman, every Saturday
night during the remainder of August
as result of a movement started by
business men and citizens. Council
man John II. HOLIDAY has also beer
active in planning for the free con
certs, and he announced that the Lib
erty band, of 20 pieces, of Gloucester
City has been engaged to give the con
certs.
The summer patrons of the Ocear
City Gas Company got shock by be
ing asked to pay the new meter charge
of 25 cents a month for year in ad
vance, and there has been considerable
kicking The company officials say the
war service charge must be paid in ad
vance by all consumers for year, ex
cept in cases where contract as year
ly consumers is, made, when the 2;
cent charge will be made monthly il
advance.
Lester Decker, who had been in thu
county Jail, Paterson, pending an in
vestigation Of the death of his twenty
year-old fiancee, Miss Mabel Harris
whose body was recovered from thu
Ramapo river after she had been miss
ing several days, was released from
custody. His release was recommend
ed by County Prosecutor Dunn, VIII
reported that an autopsy on the youn.
woman's body showed that she hat
met death by drowning and tina
Decker's story of going over. the dan
in canoe was fully corroborated.
Interest of the campgoers at Pit
man Grove camp meeting is alread,
turning toward plans for the celebra
ton of the golden jubilee next sum
mer.
Representatives of women's an
children's dress manufacturing con
Germ have completed negotiations 70
establishing a factory in Paulsboro
which will require about hundre
women and girl operatives.
BY reason of the added cost Of al
| supplies and the boost in teachers
salaries the Camden school budget TO
the coming year will be $107,70O in eS
cess of last year. The appropriation
ordinance was agreed on and carrie
| items to the amount of $S5S,000. 1
report presented by Secretary Bleak
sets forth that 1t costs The city $59.3
to educate each pupil, based on tn
average daily attendance. The er
rollment last year was 1882 and tn
average daily attendance MAS 1881
The board authorized the purchase Q
plot of ground adjoining Linde
school as site for portable school.
John E. Stout of Phillipsburg has
geranium A feet 6 inches in heigh
| bearing 81 flowers and 10 buds.
John Rupell, Lehigh Valley raj
reader, was seized with apopleX
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