The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-02-05

fee building adjoining and a small
house in the rear
A statewide referendum which
would give the New Jersey electorate.
an opportunity to express its views
on prohibition is provided in a bilE
which was introduced in the State.
Senate by Senator Alexander Simpson
Of Hudson county, floor leader of the
Democratic minority.
Howard Moore, 10 years old,
charged with the murder Of his
brother Thomas Moore, in his home,
and who has been in jail at Millville
since, was removed to the Cumberland
county prison, at Bridgeton.
First of the measures to be passed
by the House this year was Senate
Bill 20. The act allowed persons reg
istered at the last general election to
participate in school elections. Here
tofore, the right to take part In school
balloting has been restricted to voters
who cast ballots at the last general
election.
Justice of the Peace William Wynne
of Absecon was held in $4,000 bail by
Police Judge William B. Stephens of
Pleasantville, following the death i'm
the Atlantic City Hospital of Thomas
Burke of Pleasantville. Burk was in
jured by an automobile said to have
been driven by Wynne.
The new York Telephone Company
started a suit in the United States
District Court at Trenton to enjon the
Board of Public Utility Commission
order made by the board on December
81 which requires the telephone COM
pany to continue to charge its present
telephone rates In northern New Jer-
roy without increase.
Fire which started in the kitchen OF
the Paris Restaurant, Perth Amboy,
destroyed the two-story brick build
ing, occupied also by a dentists office
and mems hotel, with a loss esti-
mated at $4,000. One of the hotel
roomers discovered the fire and
reused the others, all of whom
escaped.
The body of Edwin Sheridan, 3d.
years old, was found near his home on
East Jersey street, Elizabeth. He ap-
parently had died of exposure. Sheri-
dan lived alone since the death, three
weeks ago, of his 9S-year-old mother
While visiting relatives at Hillcresty
Mrs. Jennie T. Reese, of No. 1920
Cresson avenue, Camden, was fatally
stricken by heart disease. She is sur
vived by a daughter and three sons,
one of whom is in the navy.
More than 100 representatives of
fire companies in Camden county
Fire Company, Brooklawn,. at the
monthly meeting. Assistant Chief
Dade, Of Camden department, talked
on the danger incident to the corrod-
ing of chemical apparatus
The union evangelistic services at
the Stockton Baptist Church are large
ly attended. Misses Irene Brainard
and Agnes Geiger, evangelists, are in
charge.
After Highaldn Park is annexed to-
Gloucester an effort will be made tor
have the boulevard leading to Kings
highway made into county highway
as connecting link
Business men of Fairview are hav-
ing residents sign petitions to be pre-
sented to Camden City Commissioners
against the mercantile tax ordinance
and favoring referendum.
Haddenfield borough commissioners:
covering many years delinquent In
erased from the tax list as uncollecta-
BILE the names Of nearly 1000 persons,
poll tax and who have moved away.
A remnant supper was served by
men of the Franklinville M. b. Sunday
school.
Gloucester City council at its next
meeting will instruct City Solicitor
Letzgus to draft some kind of ordi-
nance fixing license or tax for the
80 or more saloons
The total assessment for real estate
in Gloucester City this year is $685..
BAT, despite the fact that the assess
ment on the Pussy G Jones shipyard
was reduced one-hah by the asses
sors.
juvenile thieves have been making
raid on the back yards in Fairview.
taking sleds and coaster wagons. The
police are keeping an eye on all sleds,
that are being used.
Cloud Chapter of the Eastern STAR
Gloucester City, has been transferred
from the Seventeenth to the Ninth
district of the State body, so that it
will be in the same district with other
Camden county chapters
Arwames Lodge Of Odd Fellows
Of Gloucester City has donated bed
In the children's department at the.
West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.
Camden. and will look after it's main
tenance.
A campaign has been started by vo-
ters of Brooklawn to defeat the bud
get to be submitted at the annual
school election on February 10. The
committee behind the movement
claims that the amount is too high