Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-11-06
Neu Jersey
State Briefs

DSidWdre RlVer Tor the past rev
days and several flocks of geese have
been heard in flight during the night
by Delair residents.
The new M. E. church at Northmont
will be dedicated on Sunday, Novem-
Der l, with all-day services. There
will be special services each night
during the following week.
'Dapper Dan" Collins, on trial in
the United States court for conspiracy
iii connection with the running of rum
cargoes between the West Indies and
this country was acquitted at Trenton
by jury which deliberated only fif-
teen minutes.
The American Christian Industrial
Association, organized for the welfare
of the children of Philadelphia and
Camden, is preparing to purchase
about 200 acres of land in the vicinity
Ct Turnerville or Blackwood for a va.
cation centre.
Confronted with an announcement
by the Merchantville Water Company
that 1t intended to seek an increase In
rates, the borough of Merchantville
and township of Pensauken have ap-
pointed committee to consider pur.
chasing the plant.
Commissioners Middleton and Sher-
wood Of Camden, and Traffic Inspector
Burns have assured the citizens COM
mittee of National Park and Verga
that the permits will be issued at once
| for the proposed bus line from these
places to Camden.
Frank Bylofsky, seven, 46S Penn
street, was found dead in a water-filled
excavation under the new Washing
ton street bridge over the Central
Railroad of New Jersey tracks at
Perth Amboy. The boy was missed
several days ago. Apparently, he
stumbled into the hole in the dark.
F. The golden anniversary of former
Union City couple, Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Reimer, now Of I'LL Summit avenue,
Jersey City, was the occasion for
happy celebration on Saturday night,
when large number of friends, the
four married children Of the Reimers.
and their three grandchildren gath.
cred in honor of the event.
John Caste and his aged wife, who
were made homeless when their house
and another bungalow were destroyed
by fire at Verga, are being assisted by
residents. Donations of furniture and
| clothing are being made and men Of
the town will assemble at the site of
the old home and begin erection Of y
/ M Mnnnxv x,{I1 ha atenJ k,r,
rious ways to buy the materials.
A value Of $500 was set upon nail
In a decision rendered by Judge
Myron c. Ernst In Second District
Court, Jersey City. But the nail be-
came worth it's weight in gold, or
more, because it was enclosed in a
huckleberry pie alleged to have been
baked by the American Pie Baking
Company of New York and sold by
Samuel Dino to Mrs. Nellie Spinello.
Annexation to the borough of Mer-
chantville has been asked by the resi-.
dents of Merchantville Heights and
South Merchantville, which are now
in Delaware township. Appeal has
been made to Merchantville borough
council and steps are to be taken to
place the matter before the voters
fer decision. The petitioners say
that they are not able to get needed
improvements and these would al;
come If they are taken into a larger
municipality.
The first of series of monthly
forum dinners was held by the Cam,
den Chamber of Commerce at the new
hotel, about 800 representative men
Of south Jersey participating.
Westyille borough council has re-
ceived word from the state highway
department. that 1t has planned to
have foot bridge erected on the west
side of Big Timber creek bridge.
Milton Bell, a well to do Netcong
carpenter, committed suicide at the
home of his father, James Bell, using
ten gauge shotgun. His head was
torn from his body.
Burlington county is literally infest.
ed with bootleggers and hi-jackers
This was the report made by John
| Whitehead, head of the federal brew.
cry squad under Major Murdoch, who
was sent to that section to conduct an
investigation. Conditions in that sec
ton, the agent reported, are rotten,
bootleggers and their kin holding
practical sway over the county.
Harrison w. Noel, former insane
asylum inmate, to be tried October 26
for the shooting to death OF Raymond
Pierce, colored chauffeur, near Mont
clair, is without counsel. Merritt Lane
notified Judge Caffrey he will not ap
pear as NoePs attorney. Noel, who
confessed the killing OF Pierce as well
as the kidnapping and murder of Mary
DAILY. six, Of Montclair, is held by his
former counsel to be ward OF the
state, and the contention Is made the
state should defend as well as prose
cute.
Blackwood will have big Hallow'
cen celebration, fostered by the