The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-12-24
New Jersey
State Briefs
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more than $4,000 to members OF
Christmas clubs.
Flower beds in the public parks at
Wenonah have been planted with hun
dreds of bulbs for spring blooming.
The new banking house for the Eli
mer Trust Company is expected to be
ready for occupancy in a few weeks.
Westville Council, at its organiza-
ton meeting on New Years Day, will
receive bids for collecting garbage
and ashes
Rev. ]. Swain Garrison, pastor of
the Second M. E. Church, Millville,
will likely change at the session OF
the Conference.
The Cumberland County School
Teachers Association has announced
meetings in Millville January 3 and
one in Vineland January %.
A loan of $4,000 will be loated by
the Wenonah Borough Council toward
helping to finance the new paving
project and water extensions.
/ The Hinde-Dauch Company has
started erection of another addition to
its paper plant In Gloucester City to
take care of Increasing business.
Candidates are being enrolled for
teams which will contest for cups Of
fered for the best debater at the Pit
man High School by the local Kiwanls
Club.
Discontinuance OF service by the
North Jersey. Bus Company between
BoOnton and East Dover was sane
toned by the Board OF Utility Com
missioners. Evidence was offered by
the company to show that operations
over the route were being conducted
at loss.
Federal charges of prohibition VIC
lation against James A. Healey, and
William J. Carr, Of Kingstop, were
nolle pressed in the United States
District Court OF Newark. The pair,
who are hot-dog vendors on the Lin
coin Highway, were charged with ped
ding liquor during the summer
months. The evidence against the
men was not strong enough to war
rant a trial
The State Highway Commission dis
tributed a s2,7OO,0O0 fund for the re-
pair, maintenance and reconstruction
Of county roads. The money is de-
rived from motor vehicle receipts and
Is apportioned among the twenty-one
counties annually on the basis of road
mileage, population and area Essex
county tops the list with an award of
$245,6 and Hudson is second, with
$199,152. Burlington also Jared well,
receiving $19O,O53.
Abraham Bromberg, second hus-
band OF the late Mrs. Fannie Winder-
baum Bromberg, announced at New
ark he had withdrawn as administra-
tor Of her estate in favor Of Samuel
Winderbaum, the first husband, who
returned June last after an absence
of twenty-three years, during which
he was declared legally dead. Win
derbaum brought suit to gain possess
sion of the estate, valued at $4,000,
on behalf Of his children.
Andrew S. Orr, State motor vehicle
agent and proprietor Of the Colonial
Hotel, who had been in failing health
for three years, died in the City Hos
,pital, Atlantic City. Mr.. Orr had been
suffering from cancer Of the stomach
and recently underwent several blood
transfusions He was born In Phtla-
delphia, was employed for several
years in cooperage factory and came
to Atlantic City in 1898. Since that
time he has been associated with
several shore hotels. He is survived
by his widow and six children.
Joseph Cavanaugh of Balmar and
Miss Dorothy Stillman of Ocean
Grove we're killed when the automo-
bile in which they were riding was nit
by a switch locomotive at grade
crossing near Sunset avenue, Asbury
Park. The couple was returning from
Red Bank.
! Mrs. Mary T. Norton of New Jer-
sey, first woman to occupy a Demo
cratic seat in the House of Represen-
tatfves, has been assigned to the Vet
Grams Committee, on care Of ex-sol-
diers OF the world war. Her duties
there will not be entirely new as she
was active in the Rad Cross during
the war
Apportionment among the various
taxing districts of the tax receipts
from second class property of rail-
roads operating in New Jersey has
just been completed by State Comp
trolIer Newton A. X. Bugbee. The
amount disbursed totaled $685.
1850, excluding $751;. 6S2.SS withheld
| to await the outcome Of litigation
instituted by some Of the roads.
Transfer of the purchasing power
now exercised by the State House
Commission to the hands Of a full
time purchasing agent, abolition OF
the State Printing Board, concentra-
ton Of authority over all State buy
ing, storekeeping and property con
troll with the State purchasing agent
| as well as numerous other changes in
the administration Of New Jerseys
purchasing department, were recon-
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