The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-01-11
NelU Jersey
State Briefs

Bidding for the proposed bridge
over the Raritan River between Perth
Amboy and South Amboy, N. j., will
begin January 2.
Legionaires from Bridgeton, Vine
land and other South Jersey points at
tended the New Years ball in Manu-
musking Hall, Millyille. under the aus
pieces of Malvern Nabb Post.
Toms River Chamber of Commerce
reelected Charles N Warner, presi-
| dent for his fourth consecutive year.
Other officers are: Vice president,
Oren E. Payne: executive secretary,
Fred G. Bunrell; treasurer, George B.
| Dodd.
| Fenwick Smick, aged 68 years, a
farmer, was found dead at his home
near Cohansey. Death was due to
heart failure.
The Noreg Reality Company has
presented the BrookIawn M. e. Church
clear deed for the land where the
new edifice is soon to be built.
/ Tho new M. E. Church at Colonial
Manor was opened with special sery-
ices in charge of Rev. Alexander Cor
son, district superintendent. Rev b.
Luckenbill, of National Park, will look
| after the new flock until pastor is
| appointed.
Woodbury. traffic officers rounded up
more than a halfhundred automobile
lists driving without new license tags,
but all We're permitted to go.
| There was more excitement in Will
| Jamestown when carload of coal ar
rived than year or so ago when a
circus arrived for winter quarters.
So acute has become the coal situa-
ton in Millville that Mayor Felmey
has appealed to the State commission
for relief.
Pastors and representatives Of the
Gloucester City Protestant churches
formed an evangelistic association to
direct three weeks campaign, which
will begin January %.
Walter A. Nicely, of North Hermit
age avenue, federal prohibition en-
forcement agent, and Mrs. Annabelle
Gleason, mother of three girls, were
found dead at Trenton in com
munity garage near Nee1y's home. Po-
lice believe the couple died of asphyxi-
alton, the motor of the mans car hav-
ing been running when the bodies
were discovered.
William N. Runyon, unsuccessful
Republican candidate for governor in
the New Jersey elections, was nomi-
mated by President Harding to be the
additional Federal judge in New Jer-
sey under the act of September IA,
1922.
Building Inspector Smith issued 800
permits for improvements at Ocean
City during the year. Permits for new
buildings to the approximate value of
$2,600,000 were issued. This does not
include the new ocean-front hotel on
Eleventh street, the Flanders, the esti-
mated cost of which is $1,200,000 and
work on which was recently started.
Every month during the year, with the
exception of August, showed an in
crease in building operations over
those of 1921, and the total for this
year is double that of last year. The
number Of permits isued in 1921 was
four hundred and twenty.
The ministers of Gloucester City
Protestant churches met to arrange
for union evangelistfc campaign.
A few trainloads of coal have reach
ed south Jersey during the lull in 9TH
er rail traffic and is being well dis
tributed, towns getting one or two
cars each, although other shipments
are assured.
The Rotary Club and a committee
from Woodbury. council will endeavor
to get the new post office building, a
project started about ten years ago.
There are already five candidates in
the field for cler.s of Atlantic coun ;,
the term of the incumbent, Edwin
Parker, expiring next fall The can
didates are Frank Swoboda, Armand
Nichols, Assemblyman William Blair,
James O'Donnell and Parker.
Because De Grasso Rocco, an At
lantic City druggist, frankly admitted
selling a quart of whisky without
prescription in violation of the Vol
stead act, Federal Judge Rellstab ex-
ercised leniepcy and fined him 5000.
Cape May is the pioneer coast re-
sort to lower its tax rate for 1928. At
a special meeting of the city COM
missioners the tax was lowered IL
per cent, made possible by saving of
$4,000 in the annual budget. Tax
payers are jubilant over the reduc-
ton.
The suit for $4,000 damages
brought by Richard NJ More, presi-
dent of the Cumberland Trust Com
pany, Bridgeton.s against City Comp
troller Samuel p Fitbian, for alleged.
SANDER, has been settled out of
court. The case had aroused much
interest both on account of the promi-
nence of the principals and because
the testimony was expected to have
brought out, details of an alleged oil
deal in which prominent Bridgeton
men had invested considerable
money.
The street committee of Gloucester
City council will be asked by the
chamber of commerce to place street