The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
News of Local Interest

!he rugged small boys have been
gong barefoot for two weeks.
Asparagus is appearing above
ground. Some cut for market xbi.b
Is two weeks ahead of time.
The Hog Island shipping board are
ships. u
David English will have another of
ms popular combination sales at MAR
aho OAK Streets tomorrow. SaturdaV
Chas. b. Norton has raised the Ian
III property three feet so as IN have
a cellar under it. 1t was Originate
built IN a frog pond.
frank Debell, whose shoe ranair
shop Is at l73 West Main Street h.
audeo a handsome little red gas wagon
70 ms equipment and can now deliver
his work on short notice.
Chemists have worked ont = forr,,,I.
Tor making milk out of oats. peanuts
water and salt. Given the same ~
gradients a COW can do quite a. vel
If not better. we'll
About 300 men from Penns Grove
and along the Penns Grove Branch go
70 Camden and Philadelphia every
morning on the train and return in The
evening. ~
County Clerk Ballinger and Re-
cofdef Dunn have received the fI,e+
lnstatlment of the printed laws of the
1Sz1 session Of the Legislature. and
copies may be had by application n
either office in Salem.
MaskeI Ewing has received word
from the Labor bureau that the claim
OF y. ,. 0 Tor injury TO ms hand
mas been again refused. Nh. Wood.
II Is Claimed, was q partner and MOI
an employee.
members Of the new Borough
IRE Department have been notified TO
meet al their headquarters on Monday
hlght Ter the purpose OF ~per1ectlng
thelf organization and present same
70 the mayor and Council on tuesday
night Tor confirmation.
Inc contents OF the barber shon
conducted by Tony Mack, at Il6 West
la Street, We're sold on Thursday.
to satisfy q chatUel mortgage. Walter
Edgar was the purchaser, acting Tor
outside interests.
The Degree Team Of Penns Grove
Lodge, No. $50, L. o. O. M. are plan
ming for a dance in St. James audi
forum the evening of the 29th. The
public is invited for an ENJOYABLE
time. A prize waltz Will be an at
tractIye feature.
A representative of a PHILADELPHIA
clothing manufacturer was in Penns
Grove this week and expressed the
opinion that here would be a good
place TO have a branch factory. be-
cause OF labor and cheap rents and
cheap living.
Odd Fellows from all parts of Sa-
lem County participated in the big
session at Woodstown on Monday
night when a degree team from
Br1dgeton Lodge conferred the first
and second degrees upon a large class
of candidates.
The schools of the County have been
invited to hold their third annual May
Day tete on the athletic field in Car
neys Point. No better grounds can be
found anywhere in the County. They
are ample IN size, easy Of access and
have grand stands that Will accomn,o-
date many visitors. The festival VIII
be held there probably the latter part
of May.
The Public Utility Commission on
Tuesday reserved decision on the ap-
plication OF the Salem & Penns Grove
Trolley Company for permission to
put into effect an increase Of from :
to s cents in the fare on each of the
systems 1t is maintained by
the company that for several years
the road has not yielded sufficient
revenue to meet operating expenses.
Mayor Samuel NJ. Hunt, Councilmen
Charles L. Smith, Robert w. Kidd and
Firemen Nelson Munyon and Donald
]. McCloskey went to Bridgeton on
Monday and witnessed a demonstra-
ton of the Stutz pumping engine.
They were the guests of Ham Bros
Agents of the Stutz Co. in Bridgeton
and Mr.. B. Story, a factory represen-
tative.
The Bridge Committee of the Board
of Chosen Freeholders sat at the
=. Court House, Salem, on Monday after
noon to receive bids for the construc-
ton of a reinforced bridge at Webster
Mill pond. Nine firms competed for
:, the contract and there was some close
competition. William H. Slough, of
Alloway, was the lowest bidder at
; S6,695.27. Bids ran as high as S13,-
417.62.
As the legislature made no change
in the law requiring every male resi-
dent to pay a poll tax, women will not
be required to pay that tax this year.
, There was considerable discussion
of this question last year after
woman suffrage was adopted, and
it was decided that no tax was due
until the law IS changed, and that the
privilege of voting is not dependent
upon the payment of poll tax.