The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-05

what they call the oppression OF the
oyster monopoly of Middlesex and
Monmouth counties, and they are rep.
resented by Senator Thomas Brown of
Perth Amboy.
The effort is being made to prevent
any further leases of natural oyster
grounds to the Ellsworth company OF
keyport until legislation on the sub
ject can be secured. Recently repre-
s~entatives of the Ellsworths caused
the arrest of Robert Sheppard for
longing for oyster seed in the Raritan
river without a permit from the con-
Germ, which holds the lease from the
fisheries board of the state. The
charge was not pressed, and later
Sheppard returned to work under an
agreement with the Ellsworths.
The state shell fish authorities claim
that in opposing the leasing OF natural
beds the oystermen are standing in
their own light. The lease between
the state and the Ellsworth company
requires the latter to keep up the
natural beds, taking up only a part of
the yield each year and providing
shells for the spawn to set on.
Open Home for Nursing.
DR. Julius Levy, state director OF the
Department of Child Hygiene, plans 10
have included in the vocational in
struction being given to convalescing
mothers with infants, in the newly es-
tablished home at Ivy Hill such courses
as bookkeeping, stenography and type
writing. Useful arts, such as cooking,
sewing, housekeeping and marketing
are being taught there now. Vocation
al training will enable these mothers
to earn a livelihood for themselves and
their children when they are well
enough to leave the institution.
Mrs. Mabel Philpot, supervisor of the
nursing mothers, states that the tnsti-
tuition is being furnished along non
institutional lines, in the hope that Il
great deal more work may be accom-
plished. Instead of having one large
sleeping room for the mothers, Such as
is provided for the inmates of most
institutions, each mother is given 2
room, ta%stefully furnished.
DR.. Levy has opened the homo at
Ivy Hill unofficially only because OF the
impelling necessity of it, but plans are
being made for its official opening in
the near future.
ReveI in Cheap Ice Cream.
AS a result of the ice cream war he
tween independent dairymen of the
Columbus section and the combine Of
manufacturers, who have been getting
from 60 to 10 cents a quart forstheir
product. a situation exists in Burling-
ton county towns which residents
claim demands investi saticn by gov
eminent profiteer hunters. The dairy
men a week ago began selling their ice
cream at 40 cents a quart direct to con-
sumers. To meet this sudden competi-
ton that has brought daily PUSHES OF
patrons the companies have been cut
ting prices ard are selling ice cream 1T
As and so cents in some towns, but get
ing the old rate at other places a few
niles distant.
Bordentown, Burlington, Columbus
and the other places where the prizes
war RACES are taking full advantage
of the situation and are tapping NY
cheap ice cream in surprising quanti-
ties.
Several milk dealers have been
forced to lower their prices to meet
the direct-to-consumer price of the in
dependent dairymen, who are selling
Pasteurized milk at Is cents a quart at
stations and IA cents delivered, against
the 10 cent rate for raw milk recently
established by the combine of dealers.
Sorry for Stopping Train.
Peter Hagen, an aged resident Of
Gloucester City, caused an accommo-
dation train on the GrenlOch branch OF
the Atlantic City railroad to stop neaz
the Gloucester station to save him
from mangling. Hagan was picking
coal along the tracks, and, though the
engineer blew the whistle, Hagan did
not move. The train was then stopped
within two feet of the aged man, and
the engineer led Hagan from ths
tracks.
The aged man asked what was the
matter, and as he turned and saw the
pilot of the engine almost touching his
legs he begged the engineers pardon,
said he was sorry for the trouble he
had caused and promised to be care
full in the future.
Frees Girl Strikers.
Vice Chancellor Backes dismissed
the order obtained by the I. Lewis
Cigar Manufacturing Company Of New
ark, against two girl strikers to show
cause why they should not be held for
contempt of court for alleged violation
of the injunction against %picketing and
other activities calculated to intimi-
date non-striiIing employees.
The vice chancellor rendered his de-
cision Immediately upon the conclu-
sion of testimony and argument. The
defendants are Mary Rosko end Anna
Mortoseck. They were charged with
having assaulted enc Anne Smith upon
her way to the Lewis plant and after