Palisadian., 1923-04-27

Standard Oil Company of New Jer.
sey announced a / cent reduction in
the price of gasoline.
Women of st. Paups M. e. church,
Pennsgrove, cleared more than 800
from their FIST shad supper of the
season.
Fines of s1,650 were collected by the
county at Elizabeth. representing PEN
alties imposed by Judge Stein on vio-
lators Of the liquor laws.
The Collingswood Building and
Loan Association has completed 80
years successful operation and will
observe its anniversary May 2.
Sparks from an engine caused a
block of evergreens and most of the
grass in South Orange cemetery to
go up in flames, causing loss Of more
than 100000.
Members of the Magnolia fire COM
pany made a tour of the town in auto
trucks collecting old newspapers to
raise funds to buy rubber coats and
other equipment.
Bids have been received by the Had
don Township Committee for paving
Cooper and Center streets and Crystal
Lake and Virginia avenues, West
mont. The lowest bid was $100,129.
An ordinance prohibiting roller skat-
ing on the paved streets of Millville
went into effect, and the police were
instructed to see that 1t is enforced.
Sea Isle city commissioners have
contracted with the local band to play
on the Boardwalk two nights week
during July and August.
The electric cross to be erected in
the tower of the Protestant Episcopal
Church Of the Ascension, Gloucester
City, will be memorial to local boys
who lost their lives in the world war.
1t will be erected by the Knights Of
st. Paul.
Joseph P. Day, who has been desig-
mated by the government to dispose
of the 447 homes at Brooklawn next
month, will open headquarters this
week SO that he can consult families
occupying the homes and who desire
to purchase.
Members of Christ M. p. church,
Haddonfield, are planning erection Of
a new Sunday school building, plans
for which have been approved. Will
liam Watson is chairman Of the build
ing committee.
The committee of the Collingswood
fire company, preparing for housing
the new $4,000 hook and ladder truck
on June 9, has sent out over 80 invita-
tions to companies within radius Of
100 miles.
A school of drumffsh headed south
at Wildwood got within the breakers,
and hundreds watched them as they
tried to leap the breakers out of the
danger line. May Ottey, 151 East An
drews avenue, landed two of the
stranded fish. ordinarily gamy, hard
to land variety. with boat hook.
William H. Hendricks, farmer liv-
ing near Bound Brook, died of suffoca-
tion while attempting to extinguish a
brush fire on ahis farm. Physicians
say that Hendricks suffered heart
attack and fell into the flames, suffo-
eating before aid could reach him.
Resenting insults to his wife, An
thony Cirali, forty-seven, of Folsom,
Atlantic county, grabbed shotgun
and blew off the head of negro, be-
lieved to be Nathaniel c. Wilson of
Mizpah. The negro had gone to CT
rails farm and asked for something
to eat While the farmer was getting
1t for him he became abusive, it is al
legged, and struck Cirali and his wife.
At the organization meeting of the
Wildwood Parent-Teachers' Associa-
tion held in the High School audi
torium the following officers were
elected: President. Mrs. William H.
Austin; vice president. Mrs. Palmer
NJ. Way; secretary, Frank S. Lloyd,
and treasurer, Mrs. Washington Hill
ton.
A series of house robberies has
stirred residents of Clayton. and the
authorities havesmoved to obtain war
rants to search the homes of suspects.
Bridgeton Hospital cared for 6S8 pa
tients during the past year. There
were 496 operations performed, with
5S deaths and "a births.
DR.. James D. Bills, formerly super
intendent of the New Brunswick dis
trict of the New Jersey Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, died
at his home at Ocean Grove at the age
of sixty-one years. He had been in i'll
health for some time and resigned his
superintendency in the church a
month ago for that reason.
That a certain group of men in Rah'
way, the names Of whom he did not
mention, haye threatened to start a
petition Of recall against him if, as
head of the police department, he did
not name a man of their choice to the
force, was the charge made at meet
ing of the city commissioners by
Mayor James B. .Furber.
Justice Of the Peace Seddon of Ver
ga summoned Frank Catando OF
Northmount, a Public Service trolley
motorman, to his Office because lie Te
fused to stop his car at a certain sta
tion to let off an elderly woman and
himself The squire claimed that the
motorman abused him, and in the
presence of Superintendent Macarthur
severely reprimanded Catando ant
ordered him to appear in his court II
one week to make public apology. Z.
Sixteen Gloucester City plumbers
were granted licenses by the Board o.