The Penn's Grove record., 1919-08-01

inmates: Road camp No. 2-B, West
Portal, 100 inmates; Robbinsville-
Windsor road, 100 inmates; prospec-
tive camp at Budd's Lake, 70 inmates.
Ii was agreed TO bring some men,
now assigned TO the farm, back for as
signment upon road WORK, reducing the
number at the farm down to 80, which
was deemed sufficient for the agricul-
tural program for the season, and
when the construction season closes
then these men TO be Immediately re-
turned TO the farm for clearing and
developing.
May Be All Mar Heroes.
Wholesale changes in the personnel
Of county and district boards of cleo
ton will become effective as a result
of the operation of the veterans pre-
ferment act of last winter. The MEM
bership of virtually every board in the
state will be changed and upward Of
5000 former soldiers will assume
charge in the polling places.
Steps TO assure the appointment OF
veterans have been taken by Governor
Runyon, who in a statement calls at
tention to the act and to the peculiarly
fitting condition which it will estab-
lish.
Il have been giving careful consid-
Grafton TO the provision of chapter 125
of the laws of 1919, sometimes called
the veterans preferment act" says the
governor, "and have reached the con-
clusion that under the terms of this
act every branch of the public service
in the state and its various counties is
affected so far as appointments, EN-
pigments and promotions are concern
ed, outside of the competitive civil
| service examination appointments,
promotions, ETC., and departmental
deputies or persons holding colAden=
tial positions.
This being the case, l believe that
among the many appointments to be
made those to the various county
boards of election are of the class
which demands the appointment of
veterans, provided they possess the
requisite business capacity. l have
therefore taken the steps required of
me by law to insure the appointment
of veterans to the various county
boards.
This will mean for the present the
appointment of II veterans as mem
bers of the county boards, and as the
county boards in turn appoint the
members of the district boards of reg
istry and election. it will eventually
mean that upward of 5000 veterans
will be in charge of the various polling
places throughout the state. All Of
which appeals to me as peculiarly fit
ting. | know of no class of citizens
better qualified or better entitled TO
take charge of this branch of u pub
lie service than that class whose mem
bers offered to die in order that the
state and the nation might live"
In the view of the amendment taken
by Governor Runyon the new law,
which was introduced by Speaker Pier
son, is practically a repeater of the
Richards act of last year authorizing
the appointment of school teachers as
election officers. Interesting develop
ments may also be expected from the
fact that the judges in whom are vest
ed the authority to appoint election
boards, seem to have entirely ignored
the new law in recommending appoint
ments to the governor.
Even in counties o. approximately
the same size the salaries of members
of the county boards of election vary,
as they are fixed by the boards of free
holders. The pay of district board
members is $50 each, with an addi-
tional SIS in the event of a special
election being held.
Stockholders Hard Hit.
When Henry VI. Black, president of
the Farmers Telephone Company, OPP
Grating in Burlington, Monmouth and
Ocean counties, made a deal to sell u
to the Bell Telephone Company the
exclusive right to serve Camp Dix he
'browbeat, salved and threatened
stockholders of the Farmers Company
TO accomplish his purpose. This find
ing was made by Vice Chancellor
Backes, who filed an opinion directing
Black to turn over TO the Farmers
Company a bonus of S2S,635 received
by him from the Bell Company upon
the delivery of 1909 shares of its
stock.
Or. Robert NJ. Kelley of Browns
Mills, owner of so shares of the stock
of the Farmers Company, was the
complainant in the suit against Black,
charging fraud. Kelley refused to sell
his shares to Black and thus prevented
Black getting a bonus of $4,000 offer
ed by the Bell Company if he procured
more than so per cent of the shares.