The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-12-05
new JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS

him IS not being needed as an ord
nance depot.
The Pieasautville public schools are
oyercssxded, and unless the Board o.
Education can fad temporary quarters
il may be Necessary for some q the
lower grades 10 % on half tine.
Having accepted cali 10 The pas
toraIe Of 3 church II Nashville. Tenn,
Rev Edgar White has resigned a. pas
tor Of the Mooresr0wu Baptist Church
Beginning December in accordance
with an order issued By the State
Board OF Public Utility Com issioaers
The price OF gas in New Jersey viii Be
Increased from 81 cents 70 sl-I5 Per
Loo cubic feet The price : for the
first loo feet. b1t the lower rates for
wholesale quantities viii Be Increased
cOrrespondingly
Rev. p. y. Phillips. former postmas-
ter. and Miss Matilda Lands OF Glen
enton are married, but not until three
days af1erwari did their secret leak
out. Now the couple are on their hon
eyrnoon TO Florida Mr.. Phillips i sew
enry years old. and the bride i past
fifty. The ceremony was performed in
OakIyn By Rev. Amos Chase OF the
Baptist Church Mr. Phillips * E l0-
cal preacher and for years spoke Sun
slnshouse
Following 4 conference between
Mayor Donneliy and State Commits
sioner OF Labor Bryant the Federal
tare-Municipal Labor Bureau direct
ed by Luke B. TraFers in. the city hail.
was reopeHed. II viii continue 70 op-
crate at least until January /, and By
that time il : hoped 10 obtain sufH-
Gent funds with which 10 guarantee lis
continued operation. The bureau WIS
closed several days ago because OF lack
OF state funds with which 10 permit lis
continuance
Prohibition isn't the Atlantic City
hotel mems only annoyance. They are
losing thousands OF dollars annually
on their telephone service 4 resolg
ton signed by representatives Of hotel
interests in Atlantic City and other
south Jersey municipalities has been
presented 70 the Public Utility Com
mission there asking that phone rates
be made Uniform throughout the state
Placed aboard an outbound train II
Atlantic City. four Red suspects
arrested by Detectives EckS-ein ard
Weakley some days aga. were told
that their return 20 the resort would
result in Imprisonment for long terms
/ No direct evidence was found thai the
/ four suspects were engaged in sezii-
! tious or disloyal movements. but they
were given 10 understand by Chief Of
Police Miller that their presence there
was undesirable.
When neishbors OF Tony PetrofsEy
saw smoke issuing from the roof Of his
home At Brotmanyille they rushed 70
/ the house and, finding the doors lock
ed. forced an entrance Petrofsky
was found lying dead on the floor, at
tired in his night clothing, as the
dwelling burned The flames were ex-
/ tinguished. and the coroner was sum
moned. How the man came 10 his
death is a mystery, which the officials
are trying 70 solve.
The new Chamber OF Commerce OF
Bridgeton Will be organized with 500
members
The BridgetOn city council has ar
ranged with the Electric Company Of
New Jersey for a new lighting system,
the arc lamps TO be replaced with the
modern flament type The contract,
which will begin December Is, is for
five years
Tie high cost of living assumed an
other phase at Woodbury. when the
Physicians Protective Association at a
meeting decided 10 increase rates for
visits 10 81.
Gloucester Posi- OF the American Le-
gion. recently organized, has elected
permanent officers: Commander, Hen
~ NJ. Evans: vice commander. Joseph
McHenFy; finance officer. y. A. Crews ::
adjutant, Archie D Grey; historian.
Edmund G. Wilmington chaplain.
William Springfield. The enrolment
is now 1a3
Farmers had q big fight TO have a
farm agent in Salem county and sue
ceeied only under stress OF var condi-
tons and the aid given by the govern
ment in its efforts 70 increase food pro
duction. II has been announced that
the federal i'll VIII not he available
next year. and county officials, who
are facing heavy expenses for new
roads and bridges, have been casting
about for other items In the annual
budget which can be trimmed
That Elizabeth Schmitter, twenty.
OF West New York, who committed
suicide by jumping from 6 ferrybOat.
had been married secretly and was
forced 10 take her life by threats from
an army officer who was her discarded
sweetheart has become known Her
mother, who came on from Milwaukee.
said her daughter became the bride
OF Edmund Moffett, Of West New York.
October 6.
The community gymnasium In the
basement OF the First NJ E Church.
Ocean City. was formally opened for
the winter with an entertainment.
Commissioner Campbell. acting may
or of Ocean City, al the weekly meet
Ing of the board. took official oogni-
zance Of the synonymous writer who
tras been flooding the city with post
card requests 10 residents to clean up
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