The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-07-06

the proposed improvement.
William G. o. Critchley has been
recommended by Congressman Ran
dolph Perkins for acting postmaster
at Allendale. Mr. Perkins also rec
commended reapopintment Of Edmund
A. Kenny as postmaster at River Edge.
The last payment on forty-year-
old debt sustained by Elizabeth shortly
after the panic of 1879 was made to
the Bankers Trust Company, fiscal
agents for the city, by Mayor Victor
Mravlag and City Controller Denis f.
Collins. A check for $703,000 was de-
livered to the trust company and the
last of the old bonds issued during
the boom years after the civil war,
totalling, with accrued interest, $7,000,-
600, was cancelled.
Charged with the theft of $4,000
worth Of materials from the United
States army supply base at Port New
ark, four privates are under arrest
after an investigation of several days.
Part of the alleged stolen property,
valued at $4,000, has been recovered
and search is being made for the re-
mainder.
John Murray, Of Passaic, was SEN
fenced to ninety days in Jail at Somer-
Vile, that he may recover from the
nervous shock he said he'd resulted
when Mrs. james Gibson, wife of
farmer near Somerville, fired several
shots at him to dissuade his unso-
licited advances.
Mayor Frank S. VanHart, of Cam
den, stood upon the same platform
with his fatehr and his son at a
"father and son" service at Pitman
by the mems class Of the Methodist
Episcopal Sunday school. The mayor
was the principal at meeting and
spoke both as son and as af ather
in advising parents in the large audi
ence as to the responsibilities towards
the rising generation. Leon A. Goff,
president of the class, made short
address and a musical program was
carried out under the direction OF w.
P. Hunterson.
Army worms have invaded grass and
grain fields in scattered sections OF
Salem county.
Old home day was observed at Han
cocks Bridge, Salem county, with a
chicken potpie dinner, ball game be-
tween the Shiloh and Vineland teams,
concert by the Salem Tall Cedars band
and a home talent entertainment as
features Of the program.
The gold medal offered ty Argonne
Post, American Legion, for the best
essay on Americanization written by
student of an Elizabeth high school
student of an Elizabeth high school
was awarded to Katherine McKellar
of Hillside at the commencement ex-
ercises of Battin school. Her essay
was selected from about forty sub
mitted to the judges.
Charged with atrocious assault and
battery upon Charles Holly, colored,
of 152 New Jersey Railroad avenue,
and his daughter Blanche, sixteen
years old, May IL, and recently found
guilty by jury, Rev. Charlie Chaplin
Walker, colored evangelist of 105 Wal
nut street. was sentenced in Newark
by Judge Flanagan to serve two years
in the Essex county penitentiary.
| A IL foot fall from a cherry tree on
his farm in West Freehold killed VII
liam S. Dawson, seventy-four years
| DID, when his head struck the roof Of
low outbuilding, breaking his neck.
He died within an hour. Mr.. Dawson
is survived by three sisters, his wife,
daughter, Mrs. Thomas s. Messler of
Freehold, and a son, Robert Dawson
of Princeton.
Army worms have appeared in
Gloucester City, and owners of gar
dens are much annoyed.
The cornerstone of the new high
school at Swedesboro was laid with
out ceremony.
Within a month 127 motorists have
been summoned before Justice of the
Peace George e. Strouse of Hammon-
ton to answer for violations of the
motor vehicle laws. The most COM
mon offense lsas parking at night
without rear light burning. All of
the offenders were warned not to
again violate the law under penalty Of
being fined.
Struck by the mud guards of an au-
tcmobile along the road near Rancocas
Park, short distance from his home,
Jacob Garlinger, sixty-seven years old,
mason, was so badly injured that he
died in the hospital at Mount Holly
The car was owned by A. Clenton
Clement of Westyille, who hurried
Garlinger to the hospital Clement
was unable to see the man walking too
close to the path of automobiles.
About 100 members who seeded
from the Presbyterian Church at Bar
rington as the result of the decision of
the presbytery sustaining the report
retaining the pastor formed the First
NJ. E. Church and will make formal
application for recognition into the
New Jersey conference and the as
signment of pastor. The meeting
for organization was held in the fire
house.
The glass blowing season in South
Jersey, which usually stops for the
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