The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12

lantic City, with headquarters on
South New lork avenue.
Freddie Pagan, six years old, from
whose stomach safety pin was re-
moved in the Post Graduate Hospital,
New York, two weeks ago. is dead at
Paterson. Pneumonia was given as
the cause of death.
Woodbury. council has increased
water rates because the present rates
will not pay the expenses of the de-
partment.
Mayor Horner of Brooklawn is en-
deavoring to find some one to take
the position of dog catcher. There
are many dogs roaming at large and
residents are complaining.
Center township committee has or
dered 100 new street lights installed
by the Public Service Company in
different districts of the township.
OF this number 32 are scheduled for
the Fairfield district.
Rev. R. ]. Severance of Gentry,
Ark, has accepted a call to the pas
torate of the Marlboro church, to sue
coed Rev James H. Hurley, resigned.
James T. Smith has resigned as as
SCISSOR at Brooklawn. He was elected
at the November election. Mayor
.Horner will appoint his successor and
also constable at the next meeting
of council.
Government agents and Camden
county officials are making an inves-
tigation of report that schooner
discharged cargo of 300 cases of
whisky at the old Gloucester City fer
ry wharf a week ago and that the
whisky was taken to a farm at West
vile.
Brooklawn borough council decided
to modify the ordinance prohibiting
the display and sale of fireworks. A
petition of residents protested against
the passage of the measure.
Laura Hudson Hendricks, the sew
enteen-year-old Gloucester city
schoolgirl who eloped from her home
and was married to Edward Hen
bricks, returned to Gloucester and
was forgiven by her parents.
Receivers of the Pusey & Jones
Shipyard, Gloucester City, turned
over to City Solicitor Charles w. Letz-
gus of that city a check for 100000.
which was the balance due the city
on taxes for two years. The new
owners will take an appeal on this
years assessment, causing more liti-
cation, as the board of assessors claim
that the plant is worth more than the
price it was bid in for.
After 20 years active management
of the canoe livery on Bridgeton's
raceway David c. Jones retires from
active work With more than 500 ca
noes in use, there hasn't been one So
rious injury in two decades.
Municipal permits for the opera
ton of the Central Transportation
Company of Trenton of four busses
between Trenton and shore resorts
were approved by the Public Utility
Commission. Two vehicles will be
operated between Trenton, Asbury
Park and Bayhead, one between Tren
ton and Lakewood and fourth froms
Freehold to Asbury Park.
Interest in the approaching COM
mission election at HaddonfieId was
aroused by announcement that petit
tions are being circulated for three
candidates with prospects for several
more. Two of the candidates are
members Of the present commission,
Fred T. Holloway and Morris B. Clark.
The third is Joseph X. Lippincott,
twice mayor and who was defeated
four years ago by narrow margin by
John H. Lippincott, Jr., cousin and
present mayor. The latter has an
nounced he will not be a candidate
for reelection.
Parents in Bellmawr are urging the
Centre Township Board of Education
to purchase a plot for another school.
Girl students of the Ocean City
High School will have spring car
nivaP' in the swimming pool in the
gymnasium March 81
A large electric sign at Broadway
and King street, Gloucester City was
blown down by the high winds. Many
fences and trees were also lowered
The Burlington High School glee
club is rehearsing for an operetta
which will be presented some time
this month.
Boy Scouts at Woodstown will pre-,
sent to Borough Council petition for
new municipal building.
Harry Paisley, treasurer of the
Reading Railway Company, is to adj
dress a meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce at Woodstown on March 6.
For biting off finger of man with
whom he got into an alteration Gen.
eral Gahney, colored, of Woodstown,
was sentenced to two years in State
prison by Judge Mecum, in the Salem
County Court
The conclusions reached by the Pub
lie Utility Commission in its joint in
quiry with representatives Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission into
the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck at
Manhattan Transfer, will be an
nounced probably within two weeks,
Chairman Osborne said. Indications
uuora given hAmorV1~ 49,