The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-07

Fedora Judge Joseph L. Bedtime at
Trenton sentenced three men for pos
sessing and transporting 900 grams of
cocaine. JosephaFladek, who pleaded
guilty, was sentenced to six months
and Ernest Nassaglia and William
Russo to three years. All were from
West Hoboken.
Superintendent Boyer announced
that the total enrolment of Atlantic
City's public schools is 1928 as
against 300 last year.
Because of the steady increase in
the number of automobiles four more
large garages are to be built on Broad
way, Gloucester City.
Judge Joseph L. Bodine in the Unit
ed States district court, Trenton, i'm
posed fines totaling s2,273 on boot
1eggers.
The State Highway Commission re-
quested Commissioner Kidde and
Highway Engineer Sloan to investi-
gate the cost of building a ferry termi-
nal and operating boats between Cape
May and Lewes, Del, which would
provide a direct route between New
York and Washington on the state
highway.
Gloucester county has contributed a
total of more than 81, 900 towards the
Japanese relief fund, according to re-
ports made by Red Cross collectors.
The Gloucester City Chamber of
Commerce has gone on record as OPP
posing the Reading railway being abb
sorbed by either the New York Cen
trail or Baltimore and Ohio and will
send a protest to the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
How she bested a man she believed
was robbing the cash drawer in her
store, took some money from his hand
and drove him from the building was
told at Morristown by Mrs. Harry Fa-
nok, wife of a Whippany constable,
following the arrest of Samuel Sim
mons, colored, of Whippany. He was
committed to the Morris county Jail
by Justice of the Peace George D.
Bleything on a charge of larceny, pre-
ferred by Harry Fanok. proprietor of
the store.
More than 2 5000 men and women
who had been out of work for a week
because of the shortage of water In
Hudson n Bergen counties returned
to factories with the drought at an
end. The Hackepsack Water Compa-
ny, which ssupplies the district affect
ed, sent out crew sof men to reopen
mains feeding manufacturing plants,
which mains had beer shut off to con-
serve the supply for domestic use.
Deciding that it lacks jurisdiction,
the Public Utilities Commission has
dismissed a petition under which the
Atlantic county freeholders sought .
compel construction of a new bridge
over the tracks of the Atlantic City
railroad and the Public Service Rail-
way Company where they intersect
the Kings Highway between Haddon
Heights and Audubon.
General William Heppenheimer, So
cially and politically prominent in
New Jersey, va named d~efen6ent in
a suit brought by his son-in-law, ].
Robinson Duff, for s44, SAB, which the
latter alleged was obtained from him
upon false representations
Theodore Young of Newark, ninety
one ear old, during the absence of
his nurse plunged from a three story
window and was killed. He had been
in feeble health two years and sad he
did not want to live since his wife
died last spring.
Edward Richards of Phillipsburg,
convicted Of beating his mother, Mrr.
Catherine Richards, seventy-eight
years old, was sentenced to from two
to three years at hard labor in the
state prison at Trenton.
Fifteen young women of south Jer-
sey have thus far entered the beauty
contest at the Halloween celebration
in Woodbury..
Paulsboro held a better baby
show" in front of the post office.
The Egg Harbor baseball club, win
ners of the 1928 county championship
pennant, were guests Of the local
Kiwanis Club. at luncheon.
Rev. George T. Hillman, pastor of
the Trinity M. E. church, Millyille,
has been invited to return for another
year.
A camp of the Spanish-American
War Veterans has Jeen formed in
Woodbury.. with C. w. Shiyers COM
mander.
After strong appeal by the Ceilings
wood borough commission n Free
holder George A. Waite to the Penn
sylvania railroad for proper protec-
ton for the Browning road crossing
a representative of the Public Utility
Commission made an inspection of
the crossing and declared it danger
GUS.
The New Jersey Real Estate Com
mission, holding hearings at New
Brunswick on complaints of real es-
tate agents violating license laws,
fined Fred Feuerlicht, a local furni-
ture dealer and justice of the peace,
$500 for selling property without a
license.
j. Harry Foley, state sealer Of
weights and measures, who was ar
rested in the raid upon bootleggers In
New York, will continue in his office
unless he should resign. The COVER
nor has not the power of removal. 1t
was said at the governors office in
the absence of Governor Silzer that
Foley would not be judged by the ex-
~ecutive department until he had been
tried.
Methodists at Monroeville cleared
$3.50 from their old home day dinner.
Requests by women's organizations
of Gloucester county for a home dem
onstration bureau will lie considered