Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-10-16
Neu Jersey
State Briefs
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was found guilty of drunken driving
| by Judge Brennan in Police Court.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania have
locked horns at last on the question OF
toll collections on the Camden-Phila-
delphia bridge, and the issue will be
fought to finish in the United States
| Supreme Court.
With his neck broken in an auto
mobile accident. Eugene RICARDO,
| twentyfour, of Hackensack was able
to extricate himself from the wreck
before he collapsed. He died on the
way to the hospital.
Edward N. Voorhees, for some years
a resident of Princeton, and at one
time a student in the Princeton Gradu-
ate School, is now the associate pro-
fessor of the English language and
literature, and instructor in public
speaking at ST. Stephens College, An
nandale-on-Hudson.
Delicious, Mcintosh, Jonathan and
Grimes Golden are few of the we'll
known and popular varieties of ap-
pies in which New Jersey growers
excel. Just at this time they are
harvesting their fall crop, which
means a wide choice as to grade and
size of apples available for the con-
sumner.
Harrison Noel, confessed killer OF
six-year-old Mary Daily, Is suffering
from dementia praecox, a progressive
form of insanity traceable to hered-
ity DR.. Charles Englander, of the
staff of the Overlook Hospital for the
Insane, told Judge Edwin Caffery in
the Court of Common Appeals in
Newark.
In observance of the one hundred
and seventy-fifth anniversary of the
First Presbyterian church four day
celebration was held in Blackwood, In
which former pastors and members
aud congregations of other churches
took part. 1t is considered an event
of historical interest. and a number Of
homes have flags displayed.
Pending submission of briefs, de-
cision was reserved by the Public
Utility Commission on the complaint
of the Concrete Specialties Company
of Trenton against freight rates
charged by the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the Reading Company on ship
ments of cinders between Roebling
and the company's plant, Trenton.
Having spent several months in
studying and investigating the Prob
lens and value of municipal coming,
the City Planning Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce has submitted
an exhaustive report on the subject
m tha hoard re d;roctore ne that mr.
ganization. The report includes an
explanation of zoning and its effect
A rain soaked mass of shoulder
Ing ruins stands on the site occupied
| by the Atlantic Tank and Barrel Com
pany, Hoboken, scene of the years
most spectacular water front blaze.
The company's buildings were almost
totally destroyed by flames which fed
upon 100000 feet of store lumber, IL
| Illuminating the sky for miles around
Estimates place the damage at $780,
00O
Thieves hurled brick through the
jewelry store window OF Leonard e.
Currie, Atlantic City, and scooped up
$1,000 worth of jewelry, but overlooked
goods valued at more than $4,000.
According to Currie, he had worked in
the store until midnight and being too
tired to go home had gone to sleep on
a cot in the rear He was not disturbed
| by the smashing of the glass and did
not learn of the break until notified
by policeman.
Demolition has been begun on the
old structure at the southeast corner
of Broadway and Cooper street, Cam
den, preparatory to erecting the city's
first real skyscraper office building.
1t will be IL stories high, and will cost
$1,00O,000.
Wandering from her home, No. 40
Berlin road, Haddonfeld and becom-
ing lost along Kresson road, Mrs.
Mary Alderman, 80 years old, spent
the night in the open woods until
found next morning by residents who
went in search for her
With the building of a dam at the
outlet of Lake Musconetong the lake
has become veritable paradise for
fishermen. The lake is being drained
into the Musconetong River, with the
result that thousands~of fish are be-
ing caught every day.
Casper Folk. Ewing Park man has,
what he believes to be the largest
squash in New Jersey. It is Sc inches
long, Folk, who is laborer employed
by the Mutual Pottery Company,
raised the squash in a little truck
garden at the back of his home.
Mayor Harry Jones. panied
by City Commissioners Walter Hates.
W. Fred Ware and City Solicitor Louis
H. Miller, reported having thrilling
experience with an immense shark
while fishing in the Delaware Bay
channel. The monster. after being
hooked, came to the surface and after
making dash at the side of the
boat broke loose and disappeared.
| The shark WAS estimated to he eight