The Penn's Grove record., 1920-03-12
News of Local Interest

Albert D. Carmen has been appoint
ed District Deputy for Salem County
for the Junior Order American Ne
chanics.
The reason no DRINKS get into the
lookup nowadays is because they are
taken direct to the morgue. Wood al
eohol and speakeasy -concoctions are
sure some winners in that line.
The Moose are making great prep
arations for their fifth annual ban
quet to be held on Wednesday, 3Ist
inst. A handsome souvenir program
is being prepared for the occasion.
Asa Holmes was arrested on We'd
nesday by the Chief Marshall for a c
ing his jitney on South Broad Street.
He will be given a hearing to-day,
Friday.
William Matlock and wife, who liv-
ed all his life of about so years on the
Matlack farm in Warrington town
ship at Courses Landing, moved 10
Sharptown last Saturday, having sold
his farm, stock and implements.
On Thursday Chief Marshall House
worth arrested Albert Smith for oper-
ating a commercial truck on a dealers
license and operating without a
drivers license. He was held for a
hearing.
William Brice, colored, was arrested
at the ferry on Monday after he had
been detected in the attempted theft
of a mackinaw coat At w. S. Leaps
store. Recorder Duffy gave him a
hearing after which he was sentenced
to 80 days on the stone road.
The women of Mooseheart Legion
will hold a cake sale for the benefit of
the House of God in the Moose Home
on Saturday afternoon 18th. All
homemade cakes and pies and other
goodies. The sale will be open to the
public.
Bertis Sparks has moved onto the
Peter Sparks farm, below Courses
Landing, succeeding Joseph Burden.
Clark l.. Pedrick has moved onto the
DUPONT Well farm formerly Willard
Layton,s. He succeeds Henry Wilson
who moved on a farm near Salem.
The Stetson has has an international
reputation. There are none better.
You can get them in Penns Grove only
at w. S.. Leaps store on Main Street.
Bus you can get almost anything you
want in high-grade goods at his store,
and a ~70-year-old business guarantee
back of it.
Moses G~ousland, proprietor of an es-
taolishment or Willis Street, together
with Albert Ziegler, Calvin Young and
Emmanuel Pent were arrested on
i Monday night charged with gambling.
Chief Houseworth and officer Byrd
made the arrests. Gousland was fined
$50 and costs and the others SO and
costs.
A government boat drug her anchor
and broke the telephone cable on the
bottom of the river between Deep
Water Point and Pigeon Point last
! Friday night. Consequently regular
] telephone connections with Whining
!. ton and Philadelphia were broken for
] some days.
! Frank J. Gaventa, James and Emer-
j son Cunningham went to Tarrytown,
n. Y, last Friday to bring three Chew
! rolet automobiles for Cunningham q
Son. They had a thrilling experience
J coming thru the snow banks. 1t took
all Saturday to reach New Brunswick,
and until Sunday night to reach Penns
Grove.
Roland Whitby, of oldmans town
. ship, is in jail awaiting trial, charged
: with having stolen 3 muskrat hides
! which he sold to Constable Graham, OF
. Pedricktown, for SLIPS. Whitby
| pleads not guilty and resents the ac-
] cusation that he would be so foolish,
! if he did steal an article, 70 offer 1t
!: for sale to an officer of the law.