The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-11-12
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Announcement is made by the fire
alarm committee Of the Fire Depart
ment OF Lambertville, that the alarm
system is completed.
Rev William Park. who resigned
the pastorate Of the Pennsgrove Bap-
fist Church, will leave shortly to
enter a new field in Massachusetts,.
Fire which is believed to be Of in
cendiary origin, swept the fourth
floor OF the Bartram Hotel in the
heart of the business section in Wild
wood.
A single vote elected George Kratz
justice Of the peace in Hatfield. Some
one wrote his name on ballot. As
there was vacancy in the office,
the lone little TX" elected him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burchell Emery of
Somerville were found guilty of as
sault and battery in Common Pleas
Court for beating Eta Mae Gehr, 10
years old, an orphan committed to
their care.
Edward Pahlck, "a years old, Of
North Bergen. was killed by an east
bound Erie train at the foot of Main
| street, Bergen. He was said to have
been walking on the track. He is
survived by widow and two small
children.
Princeton University will get car
illon of thirty-dve bells from the
class of 1892. If the Board of Trus-
tees votes to accept the gift at its
next meeting, the carlton, which is
to cost approximately 100000, will
be received, it is hoped, in time for
the class's thirty-ffth annual reunion
in 1927.
Mayor Frank Hague, Democratic
/ leader, said he would continue as
Mayor of Jersey City. His term ex-
pires in May, 1929. "There are lots
of things may retire from, but the
Mayoralty at this time is not one
of them" he said. He refused further
to explain this statement. The May
or's remarks killed retirement rum
ors.
Prosecutor Wilfred H. Jayne, Jr.,
of Ocean County, was named spe-
cial Deputy Attorney General to in
vestigate reported bootlegging activi-
ties among officials of Burlington
County Mr.. Jayne recently COM
pleted an inquiry in Morris County,
where he obtained the conviction Of
Prosecutor James H. Bolitho for mall
feasance in Office.
Buses may soon displace the troll
leys now in use on the Burlington
County Transit Company's line con-
Meeting Burlington with Mount Holly
and Moorestown, the company having
received permission from Common
Council to operate buses within the
city limits upon payment of fees of
S35 per annum per bus. Should the
bus line be installed the company
has agreed to remove its poles and
track at it's own expense.
That fines collected by the city
from several motorists who a few
weeks ago passed the traffic signal
at the intersection Of High street
and the Garden State Highway, Bur
lington, were Illegally imposed, was
the opinion handed down to Common
Council by City Solicitor Ernest
Watts The fact that there is no
local ordinance regarding traffic
lights, Mr.. Watts stated, makes 1t
illegal for the city to fine motorists
who disregard such lights.
revised building code to keep
pace with the rapid growth Of Pitman
was presented for the consideration of
| council
Collingswood's commissioners at
their weekly meeting passed on first
reading an ordinance providing for
the acquisition Of several acres OF
land in the Vineyard Farms tract to
be used for extension and improve
ment of the borough water system A
/ pumping station and artesian wells
are to be constructed.
Fourteen firemen and four police
men were swapping yarns outside en-
CINE house 4, Elizabeth, when shouts
directed their attention to a bull run
ring toward them The firemen and
policemen ran into the street, block
Ing the path of the animal The bull
charged the uniformed formation,
which scattered, and ran into a field,
upsetting an automobile and three BIZ
cycles and knocking down several
small trees. Patrolman Richard Barry
got riot shotgun and killed the ami
NAL.
Growth Of Pennsville section is re-
Elected in the registration of voters
this year, in which Lower PENIS Neck
township shows greater increase
than any of the other districts in Sa-
lem county. The total registration
for the county IL 1905, an increase
Of nearly 400 over year ago. Salem
city's total registration this year is
4,479, while Pennsgrove has 2.2S4. The
registration in other borougEs is:
Woodstown, 1,141, and Elmer, sos. In
the townships the registration runs:
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