The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-03-22

OF the American flag on Mothers Day,
| the second Sunday in June.
The Hamilton farmhouse at Far
Hills Of James Cox Brady, New York
financier and son Of the late Anthony
N. Brady of Albany was destroyed by
fire, with loss Of about 100000.
The cause of the fire has not been
determined.
Bootleggers and rum peddlers in
general, numbering close to hun
dred, were warned at Atlantic City by
County Judge Smathers that jail
awaited their temperance before
him for violation of the state enforce
ment act.
Although one patron testified he
waited Is months for phone, another
was unable to raise central 35 days
out of rs, wires were fastened into a
receiver with threads and other try
ing experiences were suffered, the
subscribers opposed before the Public
Utilities Commission an application
by the Glen Garden-Wood Glen line to
abandon the Service" Rev. E. F.
Sherman vas the subscriber who
waited Is months. Decision was re-
served by Commissioner Autenrieth
For a stretch of nearly 500 feet
along the Mount Ephraim pike be-
tween Mount Ephraim and Nicholson
road thieves removed about 1900
feet of copper wire from the poles of
the Delaware and Atlantic Telephone
Company.
The Public Service Electric Compa-
ny notified the householders of Verga
that it will run electric wires to that
place. 1t asks them to file contracts
at once for service. For two years
efforts have been made to get electric
service there.
Rev c. l. Fitzgeorge, pastor OF the
First Methodist church, Collingswood,
was presented with purse of $3.50 by
his congregation in recognition OF his
twenty-fifth anniversary as a member
of the New Jersey Methodist confer
ence.
There will be no probe of the Anti
Saloon League by the assembly OF
New Jersey, notwithstanding the in
PRODUCTION of a resolution to that ef-
feet in the house This decision was
reached during a caucus of Repub-
lican members of the house
John C. Thompson, formerly q
wholesale carpet merchant in New
York city and the oldest survivor Of
the New York volunteer fire depart
ment Of 1850. died at the home Of a
daughter in Plainfield in his one hun
dredth year. Both of his GRANDPA
theirs fought in the battle of Lexing-
ton.
Pastors of the Methodist and Pres
byterian churches in Gloucester City
and most of the Protestant churches
in Camden county sent resolutions Of
protest to Senator Joseph Wallworth
and Assemblymen Coles, Rowland and
Gibbs against the bill which viii al
low 3 per cent beer and light wines.
The Board of Education of Glouces-
ter City has appointed a committee,
! consisting Of Solicitor Henry NJ.
Evans. Mrs Emily Deck and Secre-
tary Charles Maier, to consult with
the State Board of Education and the
attorney general in relation to the
building
The First National Bank Of Eng
lishtown reopened and resumed bust
ness by the permission of the comp
troller of the currency Of Washing
ton after having been closed about
three and one-half months. When
the doors were thrown open there
were a large number of customers
waiting to make deposits. and bust
ness was active. Withdrawals were
light and mostly made fo- the purpose
of providing change and paying cur
rent bills
Women had charge of the services
Sunday in the Evan NJ. E. church.
Rev Walter Pine, pastor of the
Quinton M. E church, announced to
his congregation that he anticipated
making change.
A boom in building and construc-
ton in Haddonfield is forecast in the
number of permits taken out since the
first of the year.
Several Methodist pastors preached
their farewell cermons in south Jer-
sey preparatory to the conference at
Asbury Park.
Some of the auto buses running =
tween Camden, Fairview and Brook
lawn are using their own tickets,
while others collect cash fares and
causing some confusion among the
riders.
John Tommoney, thirty-nine years
old a blacksmith who resided at 233
Mercer street, Gloucester City, died
from pneumonia in Cooper Hospital,
Camden, after being taken Ill on the
street
The annual meeting and dinner OF
the Gloucester County Association or
School Boards will be held at the Ho-
tel Pitman. Pitman, on March rs.
Lieutenant Colonel William A. Carl
ton Of Camden, regimental command
er OF the Three Hundred and Ninth
Infantry, o. S. A.. addressed the Long
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