The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-11

opened here Monday.
Notwithstanding fire compa-
nv is preparing to furnish badges for
all the members.
Cape May Court House.-fhe glass
factory here has been closed, the
cap having fallen in the furnace
Work will be resumed in two weeks.
Wildwood. DIR. G. F. Dandois of
this place has been appointed surgeon
for the southern district of the West
Jersey and Seashore railroad.
.Asbury Park. - Lake avenue, the
most used automobile route to the
ocean front, will be paved with patent
paving at an approximate cost of $780,
900.
Blenheim.-The Wills-Bills Compa-
ny has begun work on the new brick
schoolhouse to be built here. The
contract price is S28,490.
Center.-W. F. Ogden, tax collector
of this township, has assigned Police
man Ephraim Sharp to collect delin-
quent taxes.
Trenton.-Assistant State Forester
Archibald D. Lamonte of Bound
ID iODi5hCoy tlot liz AAhy DIV 49,
entire time to his nursery business.
Wildwood.-Otto c. Koeneke, forty
years old, died at the home of his par.
ents here. He was a former freehold
er of Cape May county, president of
the Koeneke Brothers plumbing sup
ply house and prominent in fraternal
circles.
Atlantic City.--Forest fires driven
before strong westerly winds destroy
ed thousands of dollars worth of fine
cumberland between Germania and
Cologne, on the mainland, according
to word received here. Farmers join
ed fire wardens in backfring, but for
hours the high winds made their ef-
forts Intellectual.
Glassboro. The cold was was
blamed for the death of William Min
gin, sixty-four years old, at an out
door rendezvous of tramps at High.
bridges, near here. A companion
found the old man shivering violently
over a fire he had built to Try to keep
warm. When he returned later he
found Mingin lying dead across the
fire, which burned one arm and his
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living at Medford were notified.
Glassboro.-A petition for commits
sion government may be the next
move following the sensational break
in thed eadlock between Mayor Frank
E. Stanger and an opposing majority
in council, when three of the oppos-
ing councilmen resigned. Borough
appointments have been held up be-
cause of disputes as to whether the
power to make appointments is vest
ed in the mayor or council.
Woodbury.. = After lettering about
the railway station a stranger, carry
ing a large bundle, finally approached
members of a train crew and offered
fine furs at a low figure. He sold his
stock quickly. Fifty and $50 neck.
pieces went for So and $40. The stock,
which was new, bore the label of a
New York firm. A. soon as the furs
were disposed of the man left the city.
The police were notified, but they
failed to find the salesman.
Trenton.-Governor SilZer express
ed the hope that out of the actions of
the recent legislature will come a
stimulation of public interest that will
give New Jersey better government.
"Out of the evil there always m
good" was the way the governor sum-
married. the situation. There were
some things of Importance accom-
plished,. but almost every L of them
was wrung from the legislature by the
force of popular opinion, as, for in
stance, the highway reform and the
night work for women legislation"
said the governor.
Vineland. The trial of George
Arone, out on $40, 900 bail under an
indictment for fraudulent moving pic
ture stock selling here, has been set
for April 4 in the Cumberland county
court.
Woodstown. - High school pupils
are ~rehearsing for their annual op-
eretta, to be presented in the audi
forum or April Il.
Swedesboro. During a run to a
fire the fire engine was put out of
commission, and Fire Marshal Rogers
has asked the citizens to be doubly
careful until repairs are made.
Gloucester.-The Gloucester Coun-
Iy COuuCll OIL MOlueIS SluDo anu
ent-Teacher Associations are plan
ming for a manual training exhibit By
school pupils at the annual May Day
festival.
Swedesboro. = Materials are being
hauled for the new concrete road
from this place to Woodstown, and
contractors are expected to start
work soon.
Bridgeton.-Miss May w. Carton of
Newark has been named librarian for
the free public library here at a sal
airy of $500.
misunderstanding of Public Serv-
ice Corporation of New Jersey, best
in company's history, equal S14.1S a
share on common stock.
Trenton.-W. Lyle SWEET, a Mercer
county farmer, is dead by his own
hand, the fifth member of the family
to commit suicide within fifteen years.
His father, an uncle, his brother and
the brothers wife killed themselves.
SWEET drowned himself after firing a
bullet into his mouth. Previously, he
killed a favorite horse with an Ike
Woodbury.-Mrs. M. C. Titus and
her father, Hiram Clement, near this
Mace. were remembered in the will