The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-01-03
NEW JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS


! ing whiskey in an. American flag.
Nine women are called on the At
lantic County grand jury called at
Mays Landing.
There are more decorated Christ
mas trees in Gloucester City than
ever before
Mayor McNally Of Gloucester City
/ displayed the Christmas spirit when
he suspended sentence on five pris-
oners before him in the police court.
Ambrose Soos, forty years old, a
Pennsylvania section haEd, was in
stantly killed by an express train
near the New Brunswick station.
The employees of the Welsbach
Company, Gloucester City, are having
ten days vacation while the COM
pany is taking account of stock.
Valentine H. Wendt, superintendent
of the Hinde-Dauch paper plant,
Gloucester City, played Santa Claus
to 20 employees, presenting each a SIS
gold pen The foremen and other
officials received other gifts.
An old building at the corner Of
Broadway and Burlington street,
Gloucester City, saloon for many
years, has been RACED and is to be
replaced by brick building to cater
! to motorists.
Game Warden Phifer announced
that sixty-four deer were killed in the
eastern part Of Cumberland County
during the five days of the season
last week
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points in South Jersey, Mr.. and Mrs.
William H. Bayley of Millville cele-
brated their f1ftieth wedding anniver-
sary on Christmas Day
John Gather, who escaped from the
Camden County asylum at Black
wood, was found hiding in barn on
/ the farm of Charles Smith, below
Mantua He was glad to go back.
Rev. Nelson Moore of Cedarville
has been appointed pastor of the AL
dine M E. Church to succeed Rev. F.
o. Jackson, resigned.
Woodbury. Rotary Club gave tur-
key dinner to thirty-fve boys at the
Country Club. In addition, each lad
was presented with a handsome pen
knife. There was a shArt entertain
ment.
Rev. John Sheedy, who was trans
ferred from Far Hills to Millyille,
has assumed the pastorate Of st.
Mary Magdalen Church, succeeding
the late Rev. John Caufeld
Under the direction of George G.
Baker, committee selected some
time ago will begin the campaign to
raise Camden County's $4,000 qnota
for the Harding memorial on January
T. Permission to extend the time
was given by National Director
George B. Christian.
The Board of Education of Glouces-
ter City met to choose the architect
for the new grade school to be built
on Ridgway street. Five architects
have been asked to explain their
plans.
The Tavistock Country Club enter
tanned 1913 caddies at turkey feast
at the clubs headquarters. Each cad
dy was presented with pocket knife
and President Middleton told them
that it will be an annual affair.
his automobile gasoline tank ex-
ploded. Mrs. Mary Morgan, mother
of Mrs. Marles, fell down stairs,
breaking her hip, and an infant son
of Marles contracted pneumonia and
died.
Hoboken starts drive to rid city
of gunner.
Calvin Richard of Port Morris shot
a buck deer that had IA prongs
The selection of Washington
Heights as a terminus for a bridge
across the Hudson river is ideal, ac-
cording to a statement urging the
project issued by Governor Silzer.
Earlier he had announced he favored
the program submitted by o. H. Am
mann calling for a structure at an
estimated cost of $30000,000, to be
built by the New York port authori-
ties.
County Detective David announced
that William Langfeld, alleged South
river bootlegger, who charged that he
was shaken down" for 1888 several
weeks ago by Perth Amboy police
men and who failed to appear before
the grand jury when ordered by the
prosecutors office, had had the money
returned to him.
The Camden real estate board APP
pointed a committee to wait on the
city commissioners to protest the
pending ordinance providing for es-
tablishing of sinking fund to carry
fire insurance on city property. Nor
man B. Stinson, an expert insurance
man, showed the fallacy of such
measure. asserting it is Ill advised.
Detective Sergeant Joseph Daniels
Of the Linden police was driving along
The road outside of the town when he
aw the body of man lying in the
oadway He stopped, turned his
fashlight on the mans face and
found that it was his brother, Casper.
forty years old, also of Linden. He
had been killed by an automobile.
Efforts to find the owner of the car