The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-06-13
NEW JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS

Cumberland county clerSNlDen VIII
speak at the annual Deertield camp
| meeting. July 8 to 23.
The Hightstown chautauqua will be
held during the week of June 16 TO %,
on the Chamberlin lot ON South street.
Amos Wick, young business man
of Woodbury., has presented the Pres
| byterian Church with set of silver
collection plates in memory of his
mother
A fruit cake made last September
for Charles Kirby, near Gibbstown. as
his arrival from overseas was expected
by Christmas. has just been cut, and he
says 1t was good.
The highest tides of years have pre-
vailed this week along the meadows
in Cape May county. The waters cover
the causeway between South Seaville
and Sea Isle City at high tide.
The two 16-ton cannon to be placed
in front of the Du Pont Clubhouse,
Gibbstown, have arrived and one is
already in position. The guns will he
unveiled with proper ceremony on In
dependence Day.
1t is understood that there will be
several applicants for the Sewell post
mastership vacated by the death of
Frank c. Tomlin at the civil service
examination to be held on July IT,
The compensation last year was 81 400.
Great quantities of old ties are be-
ing burned along the West Jersey &
Seashore Railroad. During the war an
experiment of converting the ties into
charcoal was made with apparent sue
cess, but since the links have been
abandoned.
Chief of Police Linderman, of Mer-
chantville, arrested two young men
leading a horse which they We're try
ing TO sell for $50. Within an hour
a telegram from the Philadelphia po-
lice notified him that horse had been
stolen and the animal was identified.
The young men gave the names of Sal
v.tore Aveni. South Sixth street, and
Peter Tabgliv, South Eighth street,
Philadelphia.
Troop No. / Boy Scouts of Glouces-
ter City, returned home after camping
out at Fries Mill, near Clayton. for
three days in charge of Scoutmaster
John Corcoran.
The Baptist Church services on
Fogg's Pier, Ocean City, will begin
Sunday evening, July g. These services
have drawn large congregations in the
past two summer sessions.
The one hundred and forty-seventh
anniversary of Methodist preaching in
Haddonfield was observed in the NJ.
f. Church. the pastor. Rev. Alfonso
Dare, preaching on 1.-THE Strong
Points of Christian Methodism." The
original communion service and pulpit
were exhibited.
With three motor engines the Glass
boro fire department. under Chief A. J.
Stewart, Jr, is now one of the best
equipped in Gloucester county.
Glassboro voters will be asked to ap-
prove an additional appropriation for
increased salaries for teachers next
year at a special election on June II.
Handsome invitations have been is
sued for the Fourth of July celehra-
ton at Gibbstown in honor of $50 local
boys who served in the war.
Honor certificates will be given by
Absecon Council to all young men of
the town who We're in the service dur
ing the war.
Jersey politics took on added inter-
est through the filing with Secretary
of State Martin of the petition of State
Comptroller Newton A K. Bugbee as
candidate for the Republican nominal
ton for governor at the September pri-
maries. The document contained more
than 1000 signers, and It is under
stood the comptroller has 5000 addi-
tional names, but they have not yet
been placed on the official files. His
designation on the primary ballot is to
be Republican party
A canoe bearing Earl Grant, George
Phillips and Isaac Kronheim of Vine
land, capsized in deep water almost
half mile from lore in Union lake.
Several persons saw the young men
struggling and clinging to the over
turned craft. John Naylor and Harry
Maui rescued two of the young men as
they were almost exhausted and pulled
kronheim out unconscious. He was
resusctated.
Warren C. King of Middlesex county,
who seeks the Republican nomination.
has filed his declaration of candidacy,
as the law now requires. He designat-
ed C. S. Atkinson of New Brunswick
as campaign manager. Atkinson was
| formerly secretary to United States
Senator Frelinghuysen and also assist
ed in the management of the latter's
campaign in 1916
Mrs Thomas j. Preston of Prince
ton, widow of Grover Cleveland, for
mer President, was elected first vice
president of the New Jersey Associa-
tion Opposed to Suffrage for Women at
the annual meeting of that organiza-
ton in Newark. Mrs. Garrett A. Ho-
BART widow of the former vice presi-
dent, was chosen second vice presi-
dent.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey game
wardens visited the fishing points along
Maurice river and gathered from the
catches at Yamp Shore and vicinity
more than 100000 herring spawn and
10000 shad spawn, which will be used
in propagation at the hatcheries of the
two states
Organization of a teachers union, to
be affiliated with the American Fedora
ton of Teachers, which is associated
with the American Federation of La
Dor, was decided upon by local Newark
| ot fffO t,rh