The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-21
News of Local Interest

District Deputy Grand Exalted
Ruler Robert ]. Gillespie paid an Off
cial visit to Penns Grove Lodge Of
Elks on Thursday night.
Penns Grove Lodge of Elks will
| visit Wilmington Lodge next Wednes-
day night, the occasion being a "pig
{ roast" and vaudeville entertainment.
Members will assemble at the ferry tn
take the P. NJ. boat.
Hear DR.. F. A. DeMaris Lecture on
The Plus Sign in the Algebra of
Life" Tuesday evening, January 25.
at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Carl Fogg, con-
tralto sOloist, of Salem, n. J., will
/ sing. Admission 35 cents and Is cents.
Seizure Of automobile or other con-
/ veyances in which liquors are trans
/ ported illegally is authorized whether
or not the owner of the conveyance
/ has been found innocent of contraven-
ing the law. The Supreme Court so
/ held in deciding a case from Georgia.
Richard Sherry Wallace, Charles
/ Whildin and Wilbert Sheldon, of Mill
+ vile, were visitors to Penns Grove
/ Lodge of Elks last night. They ac-
companied Deputy Grand Exalter
+ Ruler K. J. Gillespie on his official
visit to the lodge.
Mock Sam, the slant-eyed Celestial,
who conducts a laundry on South
/ Broad Street, was haled before Re-
+ corder Edgar by the Chief Marshal on
/ Monday charged with harboring young
! girls and boys in his place under
/ suspicious circumstances. He was
I fined SIS and costs.
Now that the scientists are con-
i fronted with evidence that changes n
/ the moon affect the operation of the
/ wireless service, the Salem County
/ farmers who have been laughed TO
scorn for planting by the moon, may
claim another inning.
Stealing Of material belonging to
/ the Standard House Wrecking Com
pany at Ca1neys Point has become so
+ general and SO much material has
/ been carried off that the Company will
j try to apprehend the thieves by offer
/ ing a reward of S25 for information
4 that will lead to- their arrest.
William Toy, jeweler, on South
Broad Street, has presented the police
/ department of the Borough with a
/ handsome clock. 1t was installed in
the Borough hall on Thursday and NJ
! Toy was rendered a vote of thanks
! by Chief Houseworth and TIE mar
shals fors his generous gift
There are a number of farmers in
South Jersey who have been expert
lnenting b making their own fertil-
lZers, and some of them had WOnocrful
success. These men Gu ttlL1sgy can
make as good a quauty for about s. 10
per ton as they are compelled to pay
$50 from dealers. 1t is claimed that
the idea started in Bun. gton County.
The Riverside theatre closed down
last Saturday night for an indefinite
period. The proprietor, George H.
Elkinton, stated that his decision was
due to a slowing down of industrial
activities and his desire to retire from
active business pursuits. He thanked
the patrons for their generous patron
age and intimated that if the theatre
opened again it would be under new
management.
Five Italians were arrested this
week by Chief Houseworth charged
with larceny of valuable materials
from the DUPONT Plant The loot, con-
sisting Of electric fans, bulbs and fix
lures, 80 powder bags, canvas, tools,
ETC., was found in the home of the
men, No. Griffith Street. Recorder
Edgar fined four of them SIS each and
costs and the principal was sent to the
County jail for 80 days.