The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-01-07
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State Briefs

Salaries OF borough ofnclalS IN Mag
nolia will be increased in the proposed
budget drawn for adoption by the
council.
The books Of assessments for Cen
tire township and Haddonfeld have
been finished and are now being ex-
hibited to taxpayers, under the law.
The traffic light system in West
vile is working satisfactorily and the
police will no longer be in danger by
operating the old-time semaphore.
Salaries of police officials of Pen
sauken township, Camden county, will
be Increased by an ordinance intro
duced at tie township committee
meeting.
Seventy-four deer were shot in Sus-
sex county during the 1925 season as
against forty last year, according to
reports made to Game Wardens Henry
F. Bernius and Christopher Ashworth.
The instruction committee of the
Newark Board of Education had be-
fore it a request from the entire
teaching force of the public schools
for salary increases which would
amount to 100000 the first year.
A chapter of the Daughters of the
Revolution, with % members, was or
ganized at Millville by Mrs. Charles
A. Banks, State regent, Of Plainfeld,
assisted by district regents from
Bridgeton, Atlantic City, Hammonton
and Cape May City.
Sarah Volt, 10, was accidentally
shot by Roland Height, 1S, while
skating on lake near Manasquan.
She died an hour after being removed
to Spring Lake Hospital. A warrant
charging manslaughter was issued for
the arrest of Height.
Retiring after So years service,
Frank C. Simkins, conductor of the
"bo rdwalk flyer" of the Atlantic City
Railroad, was given an informal lunch
con and reception at the railroad ~ !"
Superintendent p S. Lewis, of the di-
vision, and several executives eulo-
gized the veteran for his long and
faithful service.
Jersey City got 500 tons OF bitumi-
nous coal to enable needy persons
there to obtain heat during the pres
ent cold spell. The coal will be sold
under the supervision of Health Of
fcer James j. Hagan in the fire houses
Of the city at so cents per 100 pounds,
and will be carried to purchasers
homes by city employees.
Asleep in bed, Milton Capps and his
wife persisted when flames consumed
their little home near Williamstown
Junction. Smou1dering ruins of the
house were the first signs of the
tragedy discovered by neighbors at
daybreak. In the ruins State Police
later found the charred bones of the
couple. Capps was AS years old.
Invitations have been issued for the
wedding Of Miss Eunice Wilson Hol-
man, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Holman, of Plainfield, and Par
ker White Silzer, only son of Gov
ernor and Mrs. George s. Silzer, Of
Metuchen. The wedding will take
place at the Crescent Avenue Presby-
terrain Church, Saturday afternoon,
January 16, at 4:S0.
Efforts to locate relatives Of Alfred
9anieast, 40 years old. and his moth
81. Christina. 7a years old, who were
found living in Al nave at Wayside dur
ing the cold way ave failed and the
couple were Ioda the Monmouth
county jail. Pol they claimed
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