Palisadian., 1923-04-27
new JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS

drawn on the Monmouth county grand
jury for the May term.
Italian women are helping Glouces-
ter county farmers setting out onions
and other light field work.
Hundreds of radio fans are up in
the air" over a notice served by the
Public Service Company that it's poles
cannot be used for aerials.
The combined efforts of the Palmy-
ra and Riverton fire companies were
required to extinguish blaze in a FIVE
acre grass field in the southern end of
the borough.
Barney Dunn, colored, with prison
record in nearly every state, was COM
mitted to Monmouth county Jail with
out bail after he had threatened sew
eral Asbury Park policemen with re-
volyer when they arrested him.
Complaints of boys playing ball on
the public highways are being made
daily to the Camden police. THAT
can be remedied by the establishment
of more Fairgrounds" says Mayor
King.
Gloucester Parent-Teacher Associa-
tions have started a movement to es-
tablish a city owned free library, to
take the place of the county library,
In the basement of the high school.
The city now pays the county as its
share of the circulating library $1,400
year.
Another brush fire in the field near
l. ot NoftOno1 pQ Qrk
threatened the old Baird mansion.
Men, women and children turned out
to check the flames.
Thieves entered the Culver gram
mar school, Millville, ransacked the
office Of the principal and stole money
donated by pupils for the purchase Of
school equipment. They also broke
into the high school building adjoin-
ing the police station, but got little for
their efforts.
The Vineland borough commission
ers have voted to do $215,000 OF con-
crete paving this spring. Elmer and
Wood streets and all the cross streets
leading thereto, in addition to both
boulevards, with Sixth street. are to
be paved.
Freeholder J. Russell Treat has been
elected president of the Pitman Board
of Trade to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of William A. Parent. The
new president announced that he
would revise some of the committees
and call members together soon to
outline a program for the rest Of the
year.
The body OF Mrs. Frank C. Frost,
who disappeared from her home in
Lyndhurst on April 2, was discovered
by her nephew, Everett Frost, in the
pool in the Nutley quarry. Frost was
riding past the Quarry on bicycle
when he happened to glance into the
pool and saw half submerged body.
He notified the police, who dragged
the body ashore, and it was quickly
identified.
the question of adopting commission
form of government on May s. A Pc
tition was filed with the township
clerk, but was found to lack the num-
ber of registered voters required by
law. Those back of the movement
will file the petition completed within
| a day or two. The Democrats are
back of the movement for a change.
and the Republicans are opposing it.
The old Markley estate in Bridgeton
has been taken over by the Bridgeton
Homes Corporation. and moderately
.Yyic xutl1 cd 10 fQ1u ho
erected.
Newark Museu-..'s effort to raise
$1,000,000 by popula~ subscription,
originally planned for May. but called
of to avoid conflict with the commu-
nifty chest campaign, will be held in
January, 1924.
With growing belief that the re-
port of a girls body being hidden in a
swamp near Hammonton is merely a
hoax, detectives who have been
searching the pine wastes were ready
/ to drop the search. The letter said
the girl had been murdered. Detec.
tives say the note may have been
written by a demented person.
Deputy Collector of Internal Reve-
nue. Willitts held hearings at the
, Hammonton postoff1ce in the cases of
motor car owners who are charged
with having repeatedly violated the
federal law regarding the payment OF
fee for using cars for the transpor
tation of passengers. The owners
were warned that the practice must
cease or heavy penalties will be i'm
posed on violators. Many Of these
J men are said to have no state license
for that purpose.
In bitter contest taxpayers OF
Moorestown township at a special
meeting in the high school auditorium
passed upon an additional appropria
tion of $150,000, which, with $111,93s
voted at the annual meeting in Feb
ruary, makes for additional educa
tional facilities. 1t was the largest
gathering ever turned out for a schoo
board meeting, more than 500 voters
crowding the auditorium and over
flowing into the street.
campaign is on to raise $1,000 a:
Pitman's quota toward the work o.
the Y. NJ. c. A. in Gloucester county.
Installation of officers concluded tht
second day session Of New Jersey Ma
sonic grand lodge in Crescent Tenn
pie in Trenton. Frank c.. Sayrs o
Camden was installed as grand mas
ter. Other officers are: Andrew
Fouids, Passaic, deputy grand master
Isaac Cherry, Trenton. grand secre