MONEY RETURNED, DR. C.M. FREEMAN SCHWARTZ TAKES LIFE ... · loved wife of Rev. J. G. Macon, D. TO...
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VO L . X X X II I . No. 9PgBUM KD IN THE INTERESTS O f m PEOPLE OF THE T R O UGH OF METUCH EN AND TOWNSHIP OF RARITAN
Continued Refusal o f Railroad to PutJiETUCHBN. N. J„ SATURDAY, MARCH
Boro to Ask Aid of Utilities Commission------------------ ------- <yl______________
P. R. B. H u Placed Gate* at Points Where Leas Traffic Crosses Than Amount Esti mated Here — W ill Make Another Check. r
MRS. J. G. MASON, WIFE OF CLERGYMAN, MOURNED BY HOST OF FRIENDS
Year, $1.50; Single Copy,. S Cents.
Mrs. Anita Hauschild Macon, be loved wife of Rev. J. G. Macon, D.
TO APPEAL TO STATE BOAR D ON SEWER OBJECTION
MONEY RETURNED, SCHWARTZ TAKES
A further communication from the Pennsylvania Railroad was received by the Borough Council at its meet- j ix\g Monday night, in which the rail- i road authorities reiterated their refusal to install anything other than! colored light signal at the , Grove!avenue crossing in. this borough.! ________
I t r r : 1 , r me discua-i Agitation Over Signs Causes21 1L, T \ SU/ geH'i Removal By Propertyti©n that a new check be made on O w n e rthe number of persons and vehicles I ___Uding the crossing. It was further1D I D N ^ W IS H T O O F F E N D .stated that the railroad had place.! I ______sates at several points where there] c i . . . .- ” - I Samuel Sthwartx, owner o f the
P»»tor of tlje First PresbyterianChurch, passed over into the better
Quarters o f Local Post Office to m oved to Station Pla Completion o f Burroughs Baldingw*B Rm foundation* « f ]
* * children's spiritual and lntellee-oducation. She left behind her „ . . - ---------------
. hnaband, the son and daughter and ' n , , 0,1 ,N *W s t r u c t u r e T o B e S ta r te d A s S oon A s W ea th erountrj Fnday, March 2nd, after the grandchildren: Aiilta I. M ason,' !U,d W ill B e R u s h e d to C om pletion P o ssib ly by
v la r i l el\ ° nly 7S i B" b*ra M a ^ ' n ^ E d ^ j ^ " ^ :years, J 1-2 months. She has enter- bert Mason and Ruth Harper, two' , » *** ...u.ihw. one nas enter- oert Mason and Ruth Harper two ------------------------- --------------------------- —
^ ” C m C K ™ E N T " ,E s r r s o A C H t o a s mthe Lord.” She was a daughter o f phis. Tenn., and Mrs. Henrietta H enrj Burcha-d and Irene N ichols: Lunday, wife o f \V. L. Lunday o f Hauschild, deceased. She was born MetuOhenin Durango Mexico Nov. leth, i m ; T he impressive funeral service
Thp family came from Mexico to w»s held in the Presbyterian Church New York Cdy. After a short stay j Sunday, March 4th at 4 o ’clock there she came with the family to j Rev. V . W. Knox, D.D., pastor em- Metuchen. She was then about five i eritus 9f the First Presbyterian
DR. C.M. FREEMAN LIFE R E S ID E ^
DIES SUDDENLYyears old After school preparatfon | Church,?N c v 'B ru n lw lk .^ rU fe " ! Husband of Novelist I’asses ' c T T blT "tshe entered and graduated at the] long friend o f Dr. Mason, officiated! Away After S h o r t | " * “ " y eo" « d* » N « dlstonc* from
i leas traffic than there is at this point, and there is no apparent rea SOB why Metucheri should be dis criminated against in this respect!! A* la well known, it was again pointed out that the sharp curve in the tracks and the grade at this ‘Point, make it a very dangerous crossing, and it was thought that if made aafe, it would be more freely used, as it is a short cut to the Perth Amboy roads. *
As a last resort the borough attorney was instructed to appeal the case to the Public Utilities Commission in the hope that the rail road will be forced to comply With the request o f the borough.
Recorder reported for month of February four borough case*, with US fines, and eight motor cases, with *14* fines
It was reported that the State •cert of Health had been appealed to In the matter of the refusal of the Raritan--------” | steh.rto*. wpermit the drainage of the borough
, , --------- .■*, ‘ ’ ' w orunswiCK, and a life-, she entered and graduated at the] long friend o f Dr. Mason, officiated 1 seminar) at Kent's Hill, Maine. | with appropriate words and tender W ith success she taught school in sympathy. The auditorium of the Calilorrua for two or three years. 'After her return to her home, -she
I f present plans materialise as anticipated, the Metuchen Post Office will again be housed in the Burroughs Building, and incoming commuters as well as incoming mails enh go direct to the Post Office
ithout crossing Main street or go-
property adjoining his store on Main street and formerly tbs front yard of the Hillside Inn, announced yesterday that he had returned the check paid him by the United Service Advertising Company, and had ordered the removal o f the billboards recently erected on the property referred to above.
The appearance of these sign boards a week ago was the cause of a lot of agitation on the part of the townspeople, who ware horrified at this defacing of the Main street of our borough, and Mr. Schwarts was the object of much bitter criticism for allowing such billboards to be erected in so prominent place. Several of the good housewives were so wrought up over Mr. Schwarts’s lack of civic prida that they felt unable to continue to deal with thi Schwarti butcher shop.
Whether or not this boycott was sufficiently , great to cruise Mr. Schwarti to reconsider his move, or whether he wes finally actuated bysewer, through Dismal Creek. The " --------— — --------- < ——
a u to tew gives the State board j* Ut*“ l “ »*• o f civic prid* hard. .. . Ia SSV knufAWAv Alt* niarma ewn 4a
DO&ra----------------------- ----------- ■-------- — —jeriedietkm over cases o f this kind.1 *° “ *■ however, the signs ere to
An ordinance to authorize the “ “ ',“ ~ council to purchase a road machine,swaeper and tractor for street work, at a coot not exceeding $1,750, wasroad twice, and laid over until future meeting for final piuwage.
The mayor appointed Miss Zoe Edward* a* a member o f the borough Board of Health in place o f Peter J, Gay, resigned.
I’ermivuon was ask^d, to install a cable on South Main street in the shape o f a conduit under the sidewalk at Lehigh Valley Railroad crossing. The permission was granted witli reservations for the future.
The South Metuchen League representative asked to have Maple
come down.When interviewed on the subject,
Mr. Schwarts stated that h e ___surprised at the opposition which ha had aroused by the erection of the signs, as there had been a aim ilar sign on an adjoining lot front mg on Main streot for several months without any opposition, far as he knew. He continued by saying that he had no deairo to hurt the town in any way, nor to offend any o f its residents, and in view of the opposition evidenced, was ready to comply with the popular demand. When applied to for permission to erect the signs he said he felt that they would be no more objectionXUAYtJ mu pie ' -------- --------- « T^«>.mw..
stteet improved, so as to get rid o f ! able than the condition o fthe prondUng conditions. Referred j the property,to the Itioet committee, with power We are inclined to a*roe with this to set, j latter statement, but might suggest
' Severe! communication* were re-1 ^ improvement o f the nppeannee "ceived. One from Borough Attor-!of the ltmd ,a s a further evidence of
ney Bonner asking attention t o ] his reawakened civic pride, and urge transferring the amount o f ntftt tb* taking o f steps to remove other now carried ip bunk on account o f j siFns as wal1 “ 1® prevent their street improvements to a bond issue, j conspicuous erection in the future.The borough auditor will bo aakad ------------------ —to acquire information deaired, j TALK AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
From attorney o f Now Jorwy' TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 3 P. M. Audit Company, asking attention o f Miss Mary Pnreone will talk oncounet to WII o f $175 for extra wtfk. This was referred to borough attorney. The bill has been turned down ©ace before.
Another letter was from George M. Anforefu Company, making bid of 3400 for annual audit of borough's books and accounts.
"Modern Poetry and Poets,” for the Public Library in Royal Arcanum rooms. Miss Persons prepared the Now Poetry Outline which the Quiet Hour studied this year. Mrs. Hull will recite. Mrs. JF. Qumstexd will sing.
All who are intonated in poetry u * invjted- H am* ton your friends,
taught for a number o f years \ n Public School No. 1, Jersey Cityy Previous to this she taught a private schobl in Metuchen.
April 1881, she became the wife o f the pastor o f the Metuchen church. A unanimous welcome to the place o f a ‘pastor’s wife was given her by the congregation and her many friends. By rare grace, culture, affection and unselfish spirit she won the love o f all who know her. T o her was given two children. Mrs. Irene Mason Harper, wife o f Rev. A. E. Harper, o f Sherakpeule, Indian, and J. Gilbert Mason, Jr., whose home is in Metuchen.
NO. MAIN STREET PAVING SOON TO BE RECOMMENDED
church was filled with sympathetic ^ IK T Y friends. The casket and front of the pulpit was covered with abundant and fragrant flowers. These fittingly symbolized the love and high esteem o f those w h o, knew Mrs. Mason.
A t the close o f Dr. Knox’s ad- dreav. Dr. Mason’s brother, Rev. E.C. Mason, sang a solo, words of his own, born out o f a great sorrow, “ Safe In His Keeping.’’ Also two duets by Mrs. Gregg* E. Rally and Mrs. Edward Morris gare com fret and impresatvenoea to the ser- Vie*. The eiders of the church were thtj pallbearers. The burial was in th Hauschild family plot.
Not only are plans being made to resume active work on the paving of the Lincoln Highway between here and New Brunswick, but it was learned last week that the job of concreting North Main street, interrupted by cold weather l*pt fall,when half done, will be completed ... . ______ _^on the western side o f the road a s 1 Kramer that the tablet now resides soon as possible. j ;in his cellar, and as the mayor'
This is good news to all Metuchen- committee, the American Legion,
PLAN TO UNEARTHMem o rial ta b le t, AND DISPLAY ITA special meeting of th* Chamber
of Commerce wn* held Wednesdaynight in Legion Hall, at which time the matter of “unearthing” the War Memorial tablet purchased over two years a bo by the citizens of the borough, was discussed.
It was recently stated by Harry
Away After'Short Illness
FIVE YEARS OLD
Dr. Charles Manning Freeman, husband of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, noted novelist, and a life-long resident of Metuchen, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at the home o f Harry Mohring on Volkmar Place. Although he had been in poor health fo r the past year, Dr. Freeman had not been seriously ill, and was about as usual until a short time before his death
the station.The older residents o f Metuchen
remember distinctly when mail was handled and dispersed from quarters now occupied by the offices o f the Amer ican Express Company, and the store o f the Meyers-Mayo Hardware Company, and the latest indications are that the quarters of the Post Office will again be shifted to a location on the northern side of ths pluza adjoining the station of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The building will not, however, be the same one which originally hous------ ] same one wnicn originally noua-
Shortly after noon on Wednesday ed Uncle Sam’s mails, but a brand p r . Freeman complained of difficulty j new one, ground for which was in breathing, and his physician Dr. broken this week, nnd the
and various other bodies and individuals seem unwilling or unable to get any action on this matter, a committee o f the Chamber o f Commerce has been appointed to see if the tablet can’t be "brought to light.
ites and particularly to those living north o f Middlesex averrue, who,, while delighted with the work done, had become dubious about the rapid completion o f the job , inaimuch as the original start o f the job was subject to so many delays, which some feared would be repeated. Permission was granted some time
At an early date M. Irving Demar- ■ aK« for the placing o f the monu- est, the contractor expects to start i ment on the school property antil the delivery o f the balance o f the ucl‘ time as the borough boasts o f stone necessary to complete th e ]11 Park or hall o f its own. How-westem half o f the road in prep- (Ve‘ j there has been no pedestal se- aration for an active start with the culed for the placing o f the tablet breaking up o f the cold Weather. I although there is considerable money
The stone for the job will be in- j being held in custody for the pro- eluded in the first deliveries o f th e , curing o f one.contracotr who is now preparing t o ' The furore created by the display expedite the remaining wbrk w ith ' a» d subsequent removal o f some all peesihie tpeed. A serious holdup! b'l>h«ards on Main street was the was experienced last yea* on «c -| caUB* of'd iscussion and joint actioncount o f the failure to obtain de-1 by the Chamber and Borough Im-livety of the reinforcing bars, but ] provement League, it is hoped willthe entire quantity required is now result in the preparation o f an ordi- on hand. | I nance which if approved by the Bor-
EUis was summoned. Dr. Ellis, after examining his patient, told him that he had practically no pulse heat, and was convinced that death wea near. When told of his condition, Dr. Freeman wes incredulous, but took his physician’s advice and undressing, laid down o s U l bed. Shortly afterwards, he said “ Goodbye" and breathed his last breath.
Dr. Freeman was horn in th* Free- nan homestead an kieses a vanes,
Sixty-five years ago. He gradaatad from Rutgers College in the dare of 1880, end shortly afterward* was an assistant to Dr. F. C. Van Dyke at the college. Later he took a medical course and became a full-fledged physician. During President Grover Cleveland’s administration he was medical examiner on the Government Pension Board.
Dr. Freeman, who received his degree from the College o f Physicians and Surgeons, New‘ York, did not practice medicine. Shortly after completing his studies, his father, Manning Freeman died and left him a big lumber and coal business known as tile Manning Freeman A Son Company o f Metuchen, which ousiness had been established over fifty years at the time Dr. Freeman assumed control.
On January 1, 1902, Dr. Freeman married Mary E. Wilkins, o f Randolph, Mass., and brought his bride to live in a handsome new Colonial home on Lake street, Metuchen, which home Mrs. Freeman still occupies. She and the physician sep-
lion o f which ia anticipated by July 1st, building conditions being favorable. The building is to be erected by Edw. A. Burroughs will be two stories in height, and will be composed of buff colored brick ia pea- formity with th* adjoining bedding already erected, and will occupy the *p**e between th* pceemt Burroughs Building and the real estate office o f E. F. Campbell. It ia pia»- Md to convert th* endue ground floor into a home for the Pest Oik* and the second story will bo occupied by offices or apartments.Some complaint having been vciead
by the railroad employees because of the distance from the station to the present post-office, it ia certain that the proposed location will be more satisfactory and accessible to* all concerned.
Representatives o f the United States Post Office Department and the Pennsylvania Railroad in a recent visit, to Metuchen, went over the situation and expressed satisfaction with the new location. It is believed that the Borough Council, by co-operating with the above parties will in the near future devise a plun to pave the entire plaxa with concrete, which move will be warmly welcomed by all residenta of the borough, and will make the present mud-hole, not ,only serviceable but attractive to persons going to and from trains, as well as to ell who are engaged in handling m*il and express, j
It is probable that in thearated about two years ago, she re- U is Probable >" the nearmaining in the Freeman home while fu tu™ th* 8<lul,r®- Tariou‘ |y ba® »»
------ us - M Station Place and Pennsylvaniaavenue will be transformed into s busy and easily passable entrance toand from Hetuchen.
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S A L E !
Mrs. George H . C. Williams, an
nounces a sale of objects of art, house
hold furnishings and other articles at her residence, 335 Middlesex A venue,
Metuchen, N. J., on March 15 and 16,
between the hours of 1 and 5 p. m.
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During the past month the excavator and concrete mixer have been thoroughly looked over in f preparation for a spring time rush,, and Mr. Demarestp redicta that not jover two or three weeks pf fevorable, weather will be needed" J , flptab the lob.
THOMAS D U N n !« v • •
Thomas Dunn, husband o f the late Margaret Dunn, passed aw ly Tuesday, March 6th at lus home on Sheridan street. - i I
Funeral services were held from his late residence Friday morning at 8.S0 o'clock and from Ithe St.
ough Council, will restrict billboards and prevent the recurrence ofla situations.
Francis Church at 9 o’clocl funeral was attended by and friends and members o f
The
Ancient Order uf^ which the deceased wes a
He is survives} by the follow children: Mrs. Catherine Mts. Charles Holitow Mrs. d£ont*«ai ifee f, K lt r in of I mitt, and Thomas Dunn of Me luyille, N. Y.
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS?
A Metuchen man jrms recently rushing around from place to place in Metuchen trying to buy s certain magaxine for his wife. He met a lady with new magaxines going home from the Library. Said she, “ Why
t* nL i f f f e r at th< PubMl never thought, o f it,” said he.Have you seen today’s list of
magaxines at the Public Library ip another part of the paper?
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Freemen. Th* funeral prebaWy wifioe held from Presbyterian Church of Metochca with totermsnt la th*old Presbyterian Cemetery.
Beside* his wife, Dr. Freeman leaves four sisters, Miss Nellis Free-
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maininghe sought residence with his seen tary on Volkmar Place.
About a- year ago Dr. Freeman relinquished active connection with the firm on account o f ill heelth, - . i but had felt much'bettor lately and < l KE AND CANDY expected to take the management SALE FOR BENSF1Tagain in a short time. OF SCHOOL ORCHR8TRA
After the physician’* death Wednesday, Mrs. Freeman claimed the body and it was removed to th* Freeman home. The funeral arrangements are in the hands of Pettit A Hillpot of Metuchen, and are not completed, • word being awaited from th* eleteie
The** will be a cake and candy sale at the Franklin School next Friday for th* benefit of th* High School orchestra ^
All parents and friends are urged „ , „ K .t® attend and help the school nrasi-
of Dr. clans meet their i
man o f Cuba; Mis* Sallie Freeman r teacher in the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; Mist Jane Freeman of' Nutley, and Miss Gwds Freeman of Boston, Mass,
t e l . PERTH AMBOY 752-W MRS. ALBERT HIRNER *
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P A G E TWO T H E M E T U C H K N R E C O R D S *
SEVENTEEN NAMED FOR
LISTSThe Middlesex County Jury Com-
miaaion has certified the lists of jurymembers for the grand, petit and struck juries for the April term ofthe Middlesex courts, which open on Tuesday, April 3. There are 300 grand jury names, 600 for the petit jury and 180 for the struck jury.
From the grand jury list there will he drawn tfcirty-fiee nasaes by 1 * oh Friday mornm* March *3 and the first twenty*three thus drawn will be sworn in on April 3 unless some o f their number are excused, in which eveht the next in order o f drawing will take the i place o f those excused.
Also on April 3- there will be drawn from the petit jury list sixty jurors who will serve throughout the new term. The members o f the struck jury are liable to be called for the trial of any civil pr criminal case which is ordered b e fo r e » struck jury during the coming term.
Seventeen Metuchen ment and women, five o f the list being women, are liable to service on one of the thre^ juries, their names haSring been drawn as follows: Grand Jury— Mrs. Chas. A. Prickitt, Abel Hansen, David Power, James Lawless; Struck Jury— Mrs. Lucy E. Gallagher, D. R. Edgar, Isaiah Rolfe, Luther E. Riddle- Petit Jury— Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Esther HolllS, Mrs. D. R. Edgar, Benjamin Wittnebert, William Berrien, R. L. Coerr, Edwari. Kramer, Walter T. Mook, H. S. Platt.
Didn’t you ever scrub a floor onyour knees? You can see the dirt come hut with the suds and you can watch the grain o f the wood appoor; where befere M was hiddenby oust and greape. I f you never say that you have missed something that I have seen many a time. To know how to scrub fc floor is asmuch a part o f your education
Methodist Church NotesThe Ever;
be taken Si sible try and canvasser calls.
iber Canvass will eftsrnoen. I f p$»- at heme when the
After having said some very im. . , . .__ V, .portent things Paul said: “ Now conto know how to sandpaper a floor . I„ . "
We could hire this c*rni" K the col‘*ctio“ Hwhich we wopld pharaphraSe thus:
In “/The Paterson Morning Call” under/the- Head o f “ The Iron Peddler” j James J. Davis, United States Secretary o f Labor,, tells the story o f his life ih the Rolling Mills ana what came o f it.
It would be well if every one of oun boys and even girls could read it trod it will interest many a man. Here is an interesting paragraph:
^Once three boys about fourteen y ea n old went on a strike because the proctor asked them to scrub the dining room floor on their knees. They thought this work would degrade them, and they started toward the superintendent’ s office.
“On the «ay they met me and told me their troubles. T think it is ail right for a young man to scrub the floor on his kfie^s,’ I said. ’I ’ve done it for my mbther, many a tyne. I have been a j boot- black. But it didn’t hurt my j character. You are going to the superintendent for his opinion. He is a Harvard man, but he worked his way through school and one o f his jfobe was a bell-boy in a hotel. Had he been too proud to work as a servant he never would have gotten the education that makes him head o f this great School (Mooseneart).
and varnish it. work done better than you can do it, but that wouldn’t be giving you a chance to learn the work. Now 1 am not telling you boy6 to go pack and do the work if you don’t want to. Use your own judgment. But fellows that balk on a job never go far. A balky man is like a balky horse. Everybody gets rid of him as quickly as they can. A quitter is never given a good job. i hey always keep him in a place where it doesn’t make any difference whether he qits or not.’
“ The leader o f the boys said; ‘Aw, piffle, cut it o u t We might as Well oe scrubbing the floor as listening to this talk. Come on 'fe llow s.’ He ied them back, one o f them protesting that he would never scrub a noor tor any man. He went ahead and scrubbed the floor stilL saying that he wouldn” t That lad was .veaker than the leader. He went wherever he was led. The leader was a bey who made his own decisions. He was ashamed o f calling off the strike, but he did it because he felt the strike was wrong. This is the idea o f the Moose heart uea o f eaucation. Every boy must Jse his own judgment. He faces every fact that he will face in life, ana by the time he is eighteen his udgment is as ripe as that o f the
.nuch older average man. The Mooseheart boys as a group have
outers beaten in all the qualities that go to make a young ntan excellent. W e have prepared them or life.”
Assembly Bill No. 26, by Mr. Paa- coe, o f Union county, entitled “ An .ct relating to and regulating and
providing for the government of .ituncipalities, excepting counties, by . municipal council and municipal lanager,” is commonly referred to
as the “ City Manager Plan.”By its provisions the executive
business affairs o f the municipality are concentrated under one head so
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
y ROOM AND BOARD WANTED — Man and wife desire room and
board, both persons are employed during the day. Box 15, Metuchen,N. J. 1 m9-2t
ROOMS W ANTED— Young' couple desire tw|o furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Will furnish reference. Box l£j* Metuchen, *N. J.
m9-2t
ROOM ANjjj BOARD WANTED— Several young men desire room and boai‘(i.W ill furnish reference.
Box-ir«, Mejtuchen, N. J. m9-2i
FOR kE N t-rStorfe and two floors | for factory,! 31 Smith street, Perth
Ajmbey. Ojvner lives in same build j ing. Cheap rent. R. June.
m9-ltp
WANTED4—Intelligent gill, over 12, with got^i manners, to take can
• t gill o f four, in her spare .time <12 Middle sex avenue. *
LOST— Pearl and amber earring Reward if returned to Mrs.O. T Ruegger, 299 Amboy avenue. Me tuchen. Tel. 78-J. j - '
FO R SALE—Seven room hou/x with bath and Ml improvements
In select; part o f Metuchen. F6 pvtlculars, address T. O. Box 10).
FOR SALE—-Cadillac louring car Ww|«y leaner.
FOR RALE — GoMsa eak chine d m i, four dining n o n iid« chairs twe dining room arm chain. Price reasonable. ’Phono 79-W. dS-t
WANTED—Kefiaedgirl or woman go general maid. Mrs. C. B Wright, corner Oak and Chestnut atrosus. Phono SM.
"N ow concerning the pledgee by the saints.” Very little haa bean said during the year about pledges or offerings and our people have done well, but can ;we. not d o even better as the necessity demand! both for tha year juat landing and the coming
Out o f the gratitude o f your hearts make your pledges as generous as possible and kindly have yourpledges for this year in by March25th if possible.
Next Sunday evening, March 18th, is to be Epworth League night and the pastor will take for his theme the League mottoff “ Look Up, Lift U p ”
The prayer meetings on Wednesday night will be held at the home o f Mr. Elmer E. Rapp, 65 Pearl street, and the home o f Mrs. P. E. VanSiclen, 280 Amboy avenue, corner Main street. The meetings will begin at 8 o ’clock.
E. H. Atwood, ‘freadksr. Tharoa; { “ In Gethsomane.”■ Wednesday evening, March 28th, in the Praabyterian Church, Rev. AG. Mason, preacher. Theme: “ The Silence o f Jesus.”
Thursday evening, March 29th, in the Reformed Church, Rev. Freder- ick Zimmerman, preacher. Theme: “ The Choice o f Barabbas.”
Friday evening, March 30th, in 8 t Luke’s Episcopal Church, Rev, John Fenton, preacher. Theme: “ At the Cross.”
“ What’stuchen?” At the she’s as white as the driven snow.
A number o f the members o f our Brotherhood attended the Brotherhood meeting in the Reformed Church Monday evening and listened with great interest to a fine talk on Japan by Dr. Oltman, for 34 years an educator in Japan. It was an evening long to be remembered.
H oly Week will be observed as last year by a series o f union meetings in the various churches o f the community as follows: fin^
Monday evening, March 26th, in \ with thosethe First Baptist Church, Dr. Cal- j ----------vin A. Hare, preacher. Them e: “ The. The Men’s Brotherhood will meet Dark Betrayal.” j at the church Monday night, March j
Tuesday evening, March 27th, in j 12th. Come out and have a good i the Centenry Methodist Church, Rev. | time. “ The more the merrier.
better and more efficient, economical administration o f municipal affairs.
The “ City Manager Plan” has the endorsement o f the Non-Partisan League o f Women Voters o f New Jersey. It has been approved by the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. I t 1 has also been advocated by practically all the newspapers o f the State, particularly the larger and more influential dailies.
Church ChimesCEN TEN ARY M. E. CHURCHRev. E. H. Atwood, Ph.B., pastor
— Sunday school at 10 a. m.; preach- glory she was enjoying had j ing at n a . m., subject, “ Squaring her tomb. Our hearts are y\ ith God” ; Epworth League at 7
p. m., topic: “ What Jesu3 Thought About Possessions,” leader: Miss L. Powers. Preaching at 7:45 p. m., ;ubject: “ The Hand On the Lever.”
A goodly number o f Centenary people together with the writer were present at the beautiful-service held in the ^Presbyterian Church last Sunday afternoon in honor o f Mr&- J. G. Mason, who passed so quietly and so suddenly from earth to heaven. Dr. Win. Knox paid a most beautiful tribute to the friend he had known so long. The afternoon was so bright that it seemed as if the
vho mourn.
ceiving the largest number o f votes are entirely satisfied with their pree- equal to the number o f places to ent form on account o f the wide- be filled will constitute the munici- spread dissatisfaction with increas- pal council. They must meet fo r o r ing cost o f government and mount-
ST. LUKE’S CHURCH Rev. John Fenton, Ph.D., rector. Holy Communion, 8 a. m.Church school, 10 a. m.Morning prayer and sermon, 11
ganizatian four weeks a fter their election and elect one o f their number to act as Mayor. They also appoint a city clerk, treasurer, auditor, attorney and assessor o r as- sors and the municipal manager.
The principal difference between the commission and manager plans rests in the fact that the latter sep-
that the functioning of the several arates whll« ^ form er combinesdepartments are co-ordinaated for efficient and economical operation. Present-day business methods, such as are in vogue in our large industrial enterprises, are thus adapted
municipal government. It is a decided step toward modernizing our civic affairs.
The more common and at the same time the older form of city government in effect in New Jersey today is the Mayor and Council. Under this form, and in order to keep up with progress, additional departments and offices have been auueu from time to time until tne present organization in many rau- licjpalities has become burdensome.
An effort was made to relieve the ituation with the passage in 1911
o f the Walsh Commission Government A c t There was much opposition to this bill at the timb but ince then some thirty-nine munici
palities have adopted it in this State including practically all of the large cities o f the first and second riasg^ Elizabeth and Paterson are tha, more noticeable exceptions. These large industrial centers have what is known as the “ Board o f Works” lorjra.
^he “ City Manager Plan” is not mandatory, but is ojtional with the voters o f any municipality whether large or small. , They can tik e it jr ileave it U3 they see fit. Neither do^s it apply to county government.
> avoid conflict, no city now uncommission government can in
stitute proceedings for the adoption o f the “ City Manager” plan until after commission government shall have been in operation in such mu-
iipality for a period o f four years.(The plan o f procedure for the
Sption o f the plan is as follows: it, a petition containing the
o f fifteen par cen t o f the voters, who voted a t the previous election for members o f the General Assembly is presented to the municipal clerk. This petition is to be Checked and certified by the municipal clerk. Then a special elector. is held within toui weeks from he date o f the petition. I f the ma
jority o f t^e votes cast are in favor of the adoption and the majority represents thirty per cen t o f the votes cast at the previous election far, the' memhsrs Fif th* fUnm rml i . -sembly the plan wiBtfbe declared adopted. Four weeks from this date a primary is held and the p er ions receiving the highest number >i vote* to a number equal to twice the number of place* t# be filled are placed upon the general election ballot which general , election shall be held four weeks after the primary. The number of candidates re
tire legislative and executive functions of local government. The commissioners who now combine executive direction o f their respective departments Would, under the manager plan, turn over the executive functions to the city manager, and retain for themselves the legislative, general administrative and judicial powers now exercised by the commission. There would be but one city executive where now there are three or more. It is generally conceded that not all mayor and council nor commission governed cities
ing taxes.Many States have permissible city
manager statutes in some form or other. Many o f these have been in existence for years. M ore than three hundred cities in the United States have adopted the City Manager Plan. What is even more significant is that the larger cities are Poking favorably upon’ this plan or (evenin« pray«ri 4*80 p. m. some variation o f it. Cleveland has already adopted it. Chicago, New York and Philadelphia are gradually, through revised charters, veering toward it.
Evening prayer and address, 8a. m.
Ash Wednesday, March 14th. Holy Communion, 8 a. m.Morning prayer and Holy Com
munion, 10.30 a. m.Children’s service, 4.30 p. m. Evening prayer and sermon, 8
p. <n.Thursday, Friday and Saturday
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH k Rev. Calvin A. Hare, D.D., Pastor. 10 a. m. Church School/
11 ft. m. Morning Worship andThe’ r . k DO good reason either Sermon t,y the Pastor, Subject: "The
Duty o f Deacons and the Duty o f Church Members,” Two Deacons will be elected at the Communion
All
INSTEAD OF DESERT
logical or fundamental why Mew Jersey should not have such a permissive law upon its statute books. _ _ _ , . „ „,o the door Of opportunity may b « j Sl,nd,a), Mornin« ’ * * * 1” 1ne3tt u opened wide to her m unicipalities1 are ur* e<1 *<> pirn, to beSeUUh. personal, p a r t i s or Ux»l „ y p U M w t^motives should not be permitted to , * , .. . . . . . , . , 7:30 Tho Pastor will preach theobstruct the onward movement for . . , . , „ ,first o f a series o f short Sunday■ ■■' ,■ i a - :---------- ■■■■., — , j evening Easter sermons. Subject,
March 11, "W hy Did the Chief Priests Crucify C hrist?,’ ’ March 18,
I "W hy Did Pilate Asaent t o ‘ Christ’s Crucifiction?,” March 26, “ The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem,” Palm Sunday, April 1, Special Easter Service and Baptism. And a
i Special Easter Offering o f $1,600 for | the Parsonage which is being erected on the church lot for which March Is
jself denial month. Week evening meeting friday, March 16, at 8 o'clock Bible Study! Class Wednesday evening, March 14.Serve BLUE GRASS BELLE JAM
t ,
for Luncheon. Make up sandwiches
with. Jam for the children’s school
lunches. Delicious on bread or cracki
ers.
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STRAWBERRY and RED RASP
BERRY, 1 Lb. Jar . . ...............20c
Also Specialties for Lent
M. Fekete2 1 4 5 0 . MAIN STREET, Phonc 333
METUCHEN, N . J.
W k , n T k . , M u l
Calendar o f M eeting Day* and Nighta o f O uba, Societiaa antf O ther L ocal Organizations.
In answer to many Inqairiee and requests from onr readers, wt have revised our calendar ef the meeting dates of the various organisations of ths borough and we peblish it below.
For the benefit o f thoee who do not remember the calendar aa formerly printed, we stay state that Its chief valne ia to penaaa planning to give eatertalaaMata ef aay kind, who may avoid conflicting with meeting nighte by consulting the calendar.
Men’s Club, Reformed Church; first Monday night o f each month.
Council meeting, first Monday night o f each month.
Girls’ Unit, first and third Monday nighte o f each month.
Royal Arcanum, second and fourth Monday nighta in each month;.... ...........— -........ —... .......
American Legion, first and third Tuesday night o f aach month.
Presbyterian Brotherhood, the third Monday night in the month.
Borough Improvement League, first and third Thursdays.
Woodmen o f the World, flrst end third Tuesday nighta In each month.
Order o f the Eastern Star, first and third Tuesday nighte In aaeh month.
Metuchen Club, second Tuesday night of each month.
W. C. T. D „ third Tuaeday after noea in aach asoath.
Junior Order o f Ualtod American Mechanics, second and fourth Tuesday nights to aaeh meuth.
Metuchen Library open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 1-6 p. m.; Tuesday, 7:30-9:80 p. m.
Quiet Hour, second and fourth Thursday afternoons each month.
Masonic, Mt. Zion Lodge; second end fourth Thursday nighta in each month.
Modern Woodman, moots the fourth Thursday evening ia tha month.
Missionary Societies, ia all the churches, first Friday ef tern eon ia each month.
Eagle Hook A Ladder, first Friday night ia aach month.
Washington Hoae, first Friday night in aach month.
Joy Scouts, Troop 14, first and third Fridays o f the month.
Foresters. last Friday night in aaeh month.
Beta Literary Society, second Saturday aftemoen eaeh month.
Methodist Brotherhood, o f tho Centenary M. E. Church, tha eae- ond Monday o f every month.
Chamber o f Commerce, first Friday in each month in Legion Hall.
The South Metuchen fleriel and Civic League meets first and third Tuesday o f each month at tha club, housa an Brunswick svenue.
THE REFORMED CHURCH Rev. Frederick Zimmerman, pastor
-Sunday school, 9:46 a. m.; morning service at 11 o’clock; Junior C. E. ot 8„o'clock; Senior C. E. at 7 o’clock;
Evening service at 7:46 a’cloch.
ST. LUEK'8 CHURCHHoly Communion ...... ............. .....g )0Holy Communion and Sermon,.:lll:00 Evening Prayer ...;................... .. 8:00
8T. FRANCIS' ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Kev. Father Heesett, PastorMssseo at ,» aad 19tM e'riaeh,
Sunday n o r n l i i .Dally Mata at T:*0 a. a .
I FOURTH AN N U AL EXPOSITION BUILDING
Wayne wood Park and W est Front S tOne Black W est o f F t a k M d A t o m
Opens Saturday, March 3___ 2 :0 0 P. M . '
CONTINUING SATURDAY, MARCH 10th ~ADMISSION, 3S CENTS
Under the Aunpices Plani&sld Automotive Trades AauYt.
B . D . F O R DU ' ij:" ■ ’ j
HARDWARE AND GROCERIES
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MAIN STREETl w W d a — x A n n a , • -
v
T H E M E T U C H E N R B C O I O I S
1 discontinued but can be read at the Y. M. G. A.
.....G O O D
CIGARETTES iC
7*TH DIVISION PLANFOR A BIO REUNION
Members of the 78th Division livr mg in Perth Amboy, Sooth Amboy,Woodbridge, Carteret, Ne\y Brunswick and other parts o f New Jersey, as well as New York and Pennsylvania, will hold their quarterly reunion in the Elks’ Club House, on Madison avenue, Perth Amboy, N. T„ on Friday, March 16th, 1923, at 8 p. m. This will be one o f the largest meetings o f the ex-service nen held here in some time. Perth Amboy and its immediate vicinity has some eight hundred members of
cigar business on the corner o f New and Main streets.
H. T . Me Michael has returned to Metuchen after being called to his home in- Ohio by the death o f his mother*
Washington Hoe* Company helda meeting Friday n:ght and enjqyed some motion ictures and refresh- ments.
The Indies' Auxiliary o f the American Legion held a meeting Monday afternoon at the home o f Mrs. A. L. Ellis to mate plans for
manufacture and sale o f Me- ial Day poppies.
METUCHEN PUBLIC LIBRARYMAGAZINE LIST, MARCH 1
Library magazine subscriptions be--gi-u..-t.lru. ■ teai-- -Marche 1st, and now
what tii" officers feel is a list10 he JiTOUd of.- This li.st bak been made up from expressed preferences o f readers and from gift**, Ihle. latter having added
"Vome. of- the most valuable, Metuch- eii has had great aid financially and • "iicntiii'ml'w from the magazine
ubscriptipns donated.Names o f donors will be seen next
to 'names o f magazines donated.Three magazines -are held at the
library for reference work and are tuarktsT‘ Refecence' '.'in the list below. M: other magazines are free and
Circulate immediately in the homes.American. American City, Ameri-
c;;in. Cookery, Asia, Llantic Monthly,Gift, Mrs. (1. Jackson; Booklist, Reference, Ask to see it; Bookman Book Review Digest, Reference;I l.k'e, Century, gi^t, Mrs. G. .!.;tk <m; v Current Opinion, Etude < Music); Garden, ooil Housekeeping gift, Mrs. A. Quint; Harpers, gift, Mrs. (i. Jackson; House Beautiful, John Martin’s Book, Ladies’ House .Journal, Living Age, Literary Digest, gift, .Mrs. Chester Fitch; Monitor, daily Newspaper, Mrs. R. Minton; National Geographic!, Gifts, Mrs. H. K. Ayers, Mrse. F. M. Pearse.
• iTat onal Humane Review, free; Na Gorini History, Mr. Charles Mook; New Near East, free; N. Y. Libraries Bulletin, Reference'; Outlook, gift, Mr. H. E. Ayers, Pictorial Review'; Popular Mechanics, Public
^ Libraries;, Reader’s Guide (index—to- ■^magazijies) reference;1 St. Nicholas,
Scribuers, gift, Mrs. G. Jackson, Strain! (London), 'Survey Graphic, Union Signal^ gift, W. C, T. U.; Woman's Home Companion; World's Work, Youth's Companion, gift, Beta Club. J
Three names on this list are new:The Living Age” which gives poli
tical and literary outlook of the w orld,’ T h e Monitor,” our only daily newspaper; ’T im Strand,” a monthly English magazine with stories, etc. bv foremost popular English writers. It is our only -foreign periodical.
The "Open .Road” and “ Radio News'” taken this last year will be
:ees, and it is expected that approximately five hundred men will attend this meeting.
The following speakers will also be present, as weTl:::as -a., few others: Lt. Colonel A. J. L ’Henreaux, Ma- i'or A. C. Judd, 310th Infantry; Lt. John R. Kennedy, 311th Infantry; lajoi H. E. Brown, U. S. A., oi
ihe present 811th Infantry; Ser&ean . S. Beyer, 310th Infantry, and a lumber o f buck privates.
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duced and passed on first and second reading by the Borough Council of the Borough of Metuchen at a regu-
r meeting held Mhrch 6, 1923. Said’ ordinance will be considered
W the council on third and final reading at a meeting to be held at the Council Chamber 403 Main street on Monday, March 19th at 8 p. m. at which time and place all persons -intefpsted will be given an opportunity Vi be heard. /
By order of the Borouglj Council, i EDW. A. BURROUGHS.
! Clerk.
The Metuchen
Pharmacy'
Edw. A. Bumrajh*, Prop.
The Drug Store on the corner
Telephone SO
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NateryPaWW
O fW .. Oh m H . p . ft. ft. flM taeOfto* Havre, • to I I a ja . 1 to I
UHTUCHRN, N. J.Q C Ia alTM
MRS. PHOEBE HUMMER Mrs. Phoebe Hum t er, widow o f
over- Henry S. Hummer, died at the home i f her sister, Mrs. John Tappan o f Rector street. She also leaves another sister, Mrs. William T. M cAdams, Ss. ^
Her husband died about a year rgo. She leaves no children. The funeral was held from the Presbyter- an Church Thursday afternoon at T30; o ’cloc, and interment made in the cemetery adjoining the chwch.
A. Rumler* Plumbing and Heating
"71 tmbers firelesa Gas Rangtf
Gaj Water Heaters 'Weetirvhouse Mazda T jvirip-
Borough BriefsMiss Dorothy Drew will play for
ward on the sophomore basketball eum at Hood College, Frederick, Md., where she is prominent thlet'cs. '
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Molineux left last Saturday' -for a trip to Porto Rico and vicinity.
Mr, Harold Edgar who has pur- hased the home o f Mts. G. H. C Williams will move there on May 1.
Mr. Adrian Waterbury has sold lis home to Mr. Crowell of Perth Amboy.
Martin Goldsmith has sold his
MEN'S U. S. ARMY MUNSON-LAST SHOES
A T $2.93 Sixes 5 1-2 to 12
Never again will you be able to juy these shoes at such a low price. We were lucky in finding a manu facturer, who was overstocked with -hem, and needed ready cash, so we bought them at almost one-half of the regular price* This shoe is made over the U. S. Army Munson-last, with extra heavy stiching; special grained chrome brown leather used throughout. An ideal shoo for workmen, farmers, ice men, postmen, carpenters and motormen, who are obliged to be on their feet aM day. -----
Send correct site. Pay postman $2.95 on delivery, or send us money order.
If you are not satised with these shoes after you examine them, will promptly refund your money,U. S. D ISTR IB U TIN G & SALES
COM PAN Y,20-26 W est 22nd Street,
— New York City. N. Y.
NOTICEAN ORfDTNA NCE AUTHORIZING
THE PURCHASE OF "A TRACTOR. EQUIPPED WITH RUBBER WHEELS AND A GOVERNOR, AUTOMATIC DRAW BAR HITCH A. SWEEiPER AND ROAD GRADER.BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Council o f the Borough of Metuchen:..-....( 1. That the Council is hereby authorized to purchase a tractor. Equipped with rubber wheels and a governor, automatic draw bar hitch, la sweeper and road grader.
2. That the amount to be expend ed ifor the above is to be taken from the Street Account and is not to exceed One Thousand S°v°n Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1750).
The above ordinance was intro-
PETTIT AND HILLPOTT’ Funeral Directors
Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen, N. J. Phone 149
4 East 39th Street, New York City, iPhone 8341 Murray Hill
THE ARNOLD POULTRY FARM
of Metuchen, N. J., is now book ing space in its Mammoth Can dee Incubator for custom hatching. Orders for the season should be placed at once.
High quality Baby Chicks and Hatching Eggs for Sale.
947 MIDDLESEX AVE.. . Telephone, Metuchen 257
LUNCH ROOM and RESTAUUA.VI
METUCHEN’S BAKER GEO. HANNEMANj Alia Private Supper.
FANCY CAKES & PASTItt
W o Cater to Special Order Wedding Cake A Special!'
lUt Bread and Rolls Dailv After 3 P. M.
B A K E R Y
MAIN STREET, Metuchen Telephone: 105-M.
PETE’S TAXI
Tel. 181 or 219
Convenient to Care For and to DriveIt’s a real pleasure to own a Buick pot only because of its dependable performance, but also because Buick has so many conveniences that simplify its care and operdtioa.A few momenta wSl reveal «*ac*y few everyday maintenance of Buick can is quickly, easily, and cleanly done.The variety of theee featurop apd the comfort that they provide to the owner can be fpUy appreciated only by personal toapectforr of the 1923 models.
Fours
3 Pass. Coupe - 1173S Pass. Sedan ■ 13953 Pass. Tourina
1313
r f t I f f 4»MakOOT* e ft«MH 7 Pass. Touring 1415
1 Pass. Towtag 7 Pass. Sedan 7195•Mm .Li,*•: >«• teas
Sport Roadster 1025 3 Pass. Sedaa IMS Sport Tourinc 1«7S
to b ? iJd !dPlan, which hrovldta for Dafmtwt Pmym**»
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AMERICAN AUTO COMP AWT,68 French Street, New Brunswick, N. J.
Telephones, Sales 1762, Service 898 UNION GARACME COMPAHY,
278 King Street, Tel. 1574,1575, Perth Amboy, X . J
W hen better automobiles ere built. B o ld : will bill'd them
>.♦ •.» v > ♦ : * ♦.
Quality Phone 333 Economy
GIJS YOURSTONE'S
MODERN214 MAIN S T , METUCHEN, N. J.
Prime Meats, Jersey Veal and Poultry
M ICH AEL RONNAN
Tinning and Sheet MetalW orker I
Stoves and Furnace Pipaa af I vary Daacrlptioa |
S'.oves and Furnace* Installed and Rep ired
Sheet Metal Work, Metal Ceiling' Roofing, Leaders Gutters, Cornice*
and Skylights
£5 H IGHLAND AVENUE, Metuchen, N. J. Phone 251-M j
I'lie Realty Man in Bank Bldg
A. D. H TDI Real Estate— Iasuraaee
ltd Main Street Phan# H
Charles Tausig’ / PLUMBING
447 Main St., ’Pbon* 27-W
F R U IORAI GES, GRAPE FRUIT, APPLES
Delivered to Your Door by
WOODBROOK FARMS
In Small Attractiv e Cartons or in Box Lots
Legs of Spring Lamb, lb.................<<35c
Prime Rib Roast, lb..............................30c
Top Sirloin Roast, L b ............. .. . . .35c
Stewing Lati^b, Lb. ...... .......................I5c
Fresh Shoulder Pork, Lb........165
Home M ade Sausage, Lb. ................30c
D. D. LA FORGE401 Main Strort. Phon* 49
Groceries,Flour and
Provisions
Dealer InVagetablea All tha Xaar
401 MAIN STKZT,* Phone 49
Chapman CarpetCleaning Co.
Phone 35KUOS and OAKPKTS . OLKAHXD hy th*
"SHAMPOO PROCESS’ 149 Heniy Street.
BOUTS AMBOY, N. 1.
ilirouglt our connection with Florida Irange Groves, we get fruit direct from the producer, and can sell the Very Highest QuaMty o f Fresh Fruit at prices that will interest you.
/ . 1 * j . ^ • i
Tliis is another distinct feature o f Wood* brook Farms Service. Let us supply your need*.
Don’t forget jthe other products:
Certified Milk, Grade A Pasteurised. Milk, Cream, Butter, Eggs.
Visit Our Farms
Woodbrook FarmsLocated in Store of
IVL FEKETE
Metuchen, N. J. Phone 179
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®Ije fErturfynt ErrordrrCH AKLZl A: PW CRITT, Editor
CHARLES N. PRICEITT, Maaoflnf Editor
Bntorod tt tho Motorkoo. N. J., Poor Oftca to Soooad Claos Matter i
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GET TO BOTTOMGovernor Silzer'i stand on tho highway question deserves!
commendation. There have bent all aorta of charges and rumors and reports on the highway situation* in this State, but no defi-; nite action was ever taken, and the public at large was not in a | position to know whether there was any basis for the attacks or whether they were merely political camouflage.
By taking the case into the courts, however, Governor Silver has put the case into concrete form for a definite decision, and the truth of the matter can be thoroughly threshed out in a manner which will be above criticism. — r-™=------------ -
The old highway board, if it had only the interests of the State at heart, will welcome a chance to exonerate itself, and that is the attitude which is indicated by Chairman Burton’s statement which was issued to the press yesterday. On the other hand, if there is any reason why the money should be returned to the State treasury such action should be compelled by the courts.
A most searching investigation into the whole question of highway management for the past few years should be made for the sake of the people whose taxes have been going to foot the bills, and there should be no hesitation. Taking the case intd court instead of before a politically organized legislative committee indicates that action is what is really desired by the Governor.—N. B. Daily Home News.
The debt funding bill gave opportunity for international 1- iiiud slinging which Senator Reed and one or two others found j irresistible, but it also gave opportunity for a demonstration that j such members of Congress are in a very small minority. Both j in the House and in the Senate the occasion waS seized by the p Democratic leader to call for a non-partisan consideration of the measure in a speech which was cheered to the echo. Here i the session rose to its greatest height. Its handling of a domestic financial problem by means of legislation* providing for larger credit to fanners was less statesmanlike. The Senate, passed the Capper bill, which was based upon sound principles, and followed it with the Lenroot bill, which involved the Gov-| emment in far deeper risks. The House took the short and easy | way out of the difficulty by combining the two measures. In its final form, therefore, this fan a credit legislation constitutes an experiment which must be closely watched.
If President Harding saved Congress from the liability of the Bursum pension bill, Congress paid the debt by saving him from the liability* of ship subsidy. It is the fashion to rail against checks and balances, but sometimes it looks as if the framers of the Constitution were uncommonly well informed regarding the practical working of democratic government.— N. Y. Evening Post.
REPUBLICANS VS. REPUBLICANS
Fifty Thousand Share Offer
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
7 Per Cent Cumulative Preferred Stock
Oversubscribed More Than Fifty Per Cent
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey on February 1 informed the customers o f its subsidiary operating companies, by means of a printed circular, that beginning March 1, there would be available for subscription under its Customer Ownership Plan, some 50,000 shares o f its 7 per cent Cumulative Preferred Stock.
The State Highway Commission fight is no longer a fight Customers desiring to purchase the stock were told that re- between a Democratic Governor, who demands that the dollar s<‘rva^onB cou'd be made, to the amount of stock available, graft for every square yard of road paving be eliminated, and throu» h of Hie corporations’ employes or commercial offices, a Republican Legislature which demands that machine Repub- *n advance of the selling date, in lots of from one to twenty licans have an equal vote in the new board. shares for each person, on terms of $100 par value, per share,
_ : plus accrued dividends.Governor Silzer made it a fight on PRINCIPLES VS.
GRAFT, and to some extent thereby made it a fight of Demo- So prompt and so widespread were the responses from those crat vs. Republican. NoNw, however, it is an open fight; any- whom the corporation is privileged to serve that the management body can get in. takes great pleasure in announcing that on Thursday, March 1,
And the strange part of it ia that it is now a case of RE- Hie day the sale was to begin, there were actually in hand PUBLICAN VS. REPUBLICAN. , reservations from 18,974 persons for a total of 75,179 shares of
President Hibben, of Princeton, resents the asserUons th a t !* 0* a 7 * 7 “^ “ ^ p H o n o f more than fifty percent o f the General Scott is not a Republican, resents the assertions that he :nUmber ° f sharea ° n,flnally ° ffe re i is not a Jeraeyman. And President Hibben took occasion toi „ ., . , , , ,,notify Senator Edge to that effect , ^ ** ^ e s t manifested and the confidence dis-
played in the corporation by so many thousand persons, it is Senator Stevens of Monmouth, and Senator Case, of Som- i extremely gratifying to be able to state that the total issue auth-
u0tft Republicans, resent the assertions of certain R«.pjb orized by the Hoard of Directors was not limited to 50,000 shares; licans that Governor Silzer broke faith with the Republican but was an equivalent of fifteen percent of the entire capital Senate delegation, and they took prompt opportunity to tell Sena-:stock* outstanding at the time the authorization was made, or tor Edge he had been imposed upon. " 72,622 shares. ,
James E. Pope, of Jersey City, life-long Republican, thinks . ,the Republican party is going to the merry bow-wows because 11113 fact’ h»PP“ y> makes it possible for the corporation to of the stupidity of the Republican Senate in not confirming Gov- grant the requesta of aU those who reservations up to and emor Silzer’s appointees. including February 28, under the terms of its offer, and additional
Senatnr P*rrv of m , n reservations already made wjll be honored on the principle ofreal 7 ? T ® 0" , “ t o t come, first s.eryed,” to ^he extent that shares of stock are,. . . . ^ can’ a7 Pre<*lcts t*lre Hiings for the avaiiabie but no more subscriptions for this issue can be acceptedRepublican party if the Senate fails to confirm such men as wthose appointed by Governor Silzer. With Customer Ownership as a fixed Public Service Policy
In fact, Gpvemor Silzer seems to be getting fully as much other opportunities for participation in the stock of the cofpora- support from Republicans as he is from his own party, which Hon will be later presented, is usually the case, when a Govemoi runs a straight course.—Hudson Dispatch. The money derived from these stock sales goes into the ex-
—--------------------------- tension and betterment of the properties of the subsidiary oper-CONGRESS ENDS A NOTABLE SESSION atink companies in order that more service and, where possible,
Little is expected of the ordinary short session of Congress. better 8ervice may be made available for all the people of the If it passes the baker’s dozen of appropriation bills before the many communities for which these companies provide such essen- dock strikes twelve on March 4, it is considered to have done tial utilities as electricity, gas and street railway transportation, its duty. The short session which expires tomorrow has done m, . . , . . .
r f * " * r ? J h* i2 » « * ? * ■» -• K S S f iwith unprecedented speed and had time left for passing so im- as tantamount to a substantial vote of public confidence and it portant and desirable a-measure as the debt funding act and for gives Assurance that it is fully cognizant of the obligations of blocking so important and undesirable a measure as ship sub- the °Peratin^ companies in their respective spheres of activities,
e > £ * £ • « “ » - > » < * - < -« •«*■««. - * '*p" it'*rTMiaent Harding will undoubtedly approve, and passed an out- rageous pension bill, which he disapproved in one of the most Qstinging veto messages that have ever been penned. All this D .-L l* C _____I . . . ___________________________________________the two houses did together. Separately, the Senate fod * U D ilC b e r V I C e C o r p o r a t i o n O f N e w J e r s e yrcall of our troops on the Rhine and adopted the Norris amend-! pient to the Constitution abolishing ’’lame duck” Congresses, while the House adopted the amendment prohibiting the issue of tax-exempt securities. Neither o f these amendments went through both houses.
In quantity this is doing well for a "lame dpek” Congress.In quality it is at least an improvement ova* the poor showing of the long session. All of the outstanding achievements o f the expiring session ade financial,. First came the appropriation bills, then the debt funding act, and finally the farm credit measure.Congress is sometimes to be charged with dawdling, but this sassikm set a pace which its successors may well emulate. It uembled on December 4. The first of the thirteen appropriation bills passed the House on December 9. Two more were passedon the 12th, two 6n the 18th, one on the 18th, three On January 8, one on the 4th,, one on the 12th, one bn the 19th, and the last one on the 22nd. On February 9 they had all passed the Senate, th is excellent ropord is due to cooperation between the House and the Budget Bureau, a co-operation marred by just one failure — the addition by the House o f 120,000,000 to the 187,000,000 carried by the army appropriation bill for riven and harbora.
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T H * M I T U C H I N B K C O R D K R FACE msDog Talks on Telephone
_ A Sot that probsj^ bsnts all rjc- ards Is Intelligence Is the polio® dag “W o lf belonging to Charles W. Wtn of Ithaca, N. Y., ©omments the Telephone Review. Of the many po-
•‘WoW," tha trained dap that uaaa Telephone
lice tops Is the Rocky Cliff Kennels trained by Mr. Rosa,'""Wolf’ *oaa to the top of the class for sagacloueness and Intelligence. He can climb ladders akin up a tree, go over a walk
%nd take the receiver off tka tala phone to send in a tra ar burglar alarm. If there's a tra ka howlsthrough tha telephone and if ka wants
oop ha barks for one and than hangs up the receiver.
Besides hla remarkable training tor police duties, his master has a veritable “bag of tricks” to try on him and the dog plays up te each one. Putting a cigarette in his own mouth and a match In the dog’s mouth, Mr. Rose says. ”1 want a light, Wolf.” The dog scratches the match on some hard surface and putting both paws on his master's knees he holds up tho light od match to the cigarette.
Blow out the light.” says Mr. Roes end the dog ebeys.
It was very diMeult for “Wolf* to learn to climb trees, but he Anally succeeded in becoming sn adept at this work. His police training In eludes many remarkable feats, such as plunging into the water and rescu tng drowning persons; jumping high fences, climbing a ladder, etc. He re sponda quickly to a whistle, to an ex presales on hts master’s face or to s spoken command. But to us his great accomplishment is his knowledge of the telephone's usage in an emergency. of^Are'or th e ft..
” ‘W olf Is as good as a burglar alarm in a factory, store or homjj; better than many burglar alarms." said one of his admirers.
How Telephone Company Wins Battles W ith King Winter
London Hears New York by Radio Telephone . r "ocbal Experiment Exceeds Expectations
To the average person In home or office howling galea of wind that drive blasts of sand like snow against the window-panes only make a warm radiator and an easy chair more' comfortable.
But for N. Y. Telephone Co. men storm brings another story, says the Telephone Review. When King Winter marshals his forces and sends them sweeping over the country telephone men call upon tholr regular and' reserve supply of men and materials and work until they hare made a ooa- plate restoration of telephone sendee after Nature's ravages.
Suppose a big blissard occurs In the Cstskill region. Bill Jones, the Wire Chief, has first knowledge of the extent of the damage because he Is the first to receive the reports on toll and exchange lines out ,of service. His
traction, Plant mtn from all over territory of the N. Y. Telephone Co. meet, discuss details for all emergencies that may arise and lay out plans to meet them. The men who will supervise the restoration work go over evory detail and are ready when troubles arise so that the forces may be mustered at once. Their men are carefully Instructed In the duties that they will have to perform later. Simultaneously with these conferences tho Building and Supplies Department secures from the Western Electric Company extra supplies of copper wire, poles, emergency cable, etc., and places them at strategic points where they can be reached without delay. This year 68,000 feet of circular loom Impair emergency cable, 850 miles of wire, 100,000 copper sleeves of va- rious slses, 45,000 bridging connectors,
New York and London are now within speaking distance. Recently Tuekssiges, sent by radio telephone from New York were clearly heard by an HMHH.nibly of British officials and scientists gathered in a suburb of London to participate in an exporl mebt which added a new page to the history of communication.
The talking was done from s room In the American Telephone and Telegraph Company’s building at 195 Broadway, New York. The following description of the experiment is from the Telephone Review, N Y H B. Thayer, head of the Bell System, was the first to speak His words were carried by telephone wires to the radio station of the Radio Corporation of America. Rocky Point, L I , and were there sent on to London.
"This Is Mr. Thayer of the Ameri
have heard Jt and tell me how clearlyIt comes to you?”
Mr. Thayer began speaking at nine P M , which* was two A. no. Greenwich time in England. At 9:11 word- had been received back from England by cable announcing the complete success of the experiment.
General J. J. Carty sent a message at 9:07 P. M. and at 9:14 a cablegram arrived reading "Purves recognized Carty's voice.” This refers to Major T. F. Purves who is Engineer 1n Chief of the British Postal system. Further messages ware sent by Mr. Gifford and others, all of which wera distinctly beard by a group Of editors, scientists. engineers and press ropresenta-
I tives tn England invited to form an audience during the experiment.
I During the progress of the test Brit ! tsh press representatives sent the fob I lowing cable massage to Mr Thayer: i "Representatives of British press con-
RESIDENTS TELL RECORDER WHAT
AILSMETUCHENAt the annua! meeting and sup
per of the Chamber of Commerce held last week a dozen or so of Me- tuchen men stated what in their opinion was wrong with Metuchen. Believing that there are several other persons who may have good ideao
“ What Ails Metuchen," th^RECORDER has decided
OPERATOR HELPS CAPTURE BURGLARS
ON LONG ISLANDWhen berglara broke into the home
of Jemee 8 . Long, BeneoohureL. L. L, It wee the use of the telephone end the quick assistance of the telephone operator which enabled the police te
.. , , , , capture the men. According Co thevarious persons in the borough who . . . . _ .. * .. . . . . . . . . . ■* 1. ! Telephone Reilew, it wee at threedid not apeak at the recent meeting, , .clook mornlal not ,to state briefly their kens. Toe Luclll. Loo( „ d b.following picked at random have re- Ur of JtmeI ta ^ D#puty Sur. plied m follows to the question. „ yor of customs, we. awakened by Ntot week we shall publish tne the rattle of ellverwar. end the eound opinions of a few others. of staalthy footsteps in the dining
Mrs. Aylin Pierson, president 01 room below. Setting out of bed and Borough Improvement League— “ To drawing on a dressing robe she tip my mind, nothing Jowls’’ Metuchen, t® her father's room and awak-it's a very nice place in whicn to him. Mr, Long oautloualy re-live. But a great majority of it, th .~ o .l»e r from U . telephone. . ... . .... 1 , . . . and quietly said ■•Burglars!” to theintelligent Citizen* are not interested operator-lira. Leon. Ptmbl.tt m civic affairs; You cannot reie- That waa sufficient and lira. Pirn gate the civic work in any place to blett transferring the call quickly to one or'two giDop& As Arnold Ben- the poliosr soon had ton policemen nett says, *Thef Community, That's detective* on the way. to the Long You,’ ” j home. In tholr hasto to errivo beforo
W. B. Hutchinson, chief of pol.ee “ *** T T '(((r,___ . T , , , .. . “ •■Jf jefaahed into a sand pllo,- There IS absolutely nothing tn* overturned anT planed Me man bw matter with Metuchen. The town s neath It fortunately, they were able all right” to quickly release hla ffom hie pre-
J. A. Barr, proprietor Metucnen *»rlous poeltion and running to the Hardware Company—“There's njtn home they arrived In time toing the matter with the town, but ,urroun<1 Plook *nd “ Pture two
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King Winter's Allies— Cold and Rair»-*-encrust wires with a coating Ilk# \ this end sweep them te the ground- The lea on these wire# weighs 12 pounds te the feet.
t of the American Telephone and Telegraph Com* i at 196 Broadway, New York* to England by radio
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like the growing boy that needs u young men/after a score of shots had , . i H been flredL !
new suit of clothes fro.n ti..,e to j e„ 1, the next moralng. Mr. Long time, the town needs to keep gferea*. telephoned to Bensonhuret central of- with its own growth by providing Ac# to thank the operator whose cap- such improvements as our neeus de- ab,# bundling, iof hla call had resulted unBd," cln~the capture of tho bnrglars. Tho
Lewis Compton, Ford D ealer- f" 0 R Dur^“ -•'Tu. „ . i , , , , , , . District Treat. Manager, commendedThe only fault that I personally the telephone hompwuyfoa the prompt
hnVe to find is that people persist in efficient servtcL rendered, adding that buying things out of town that they the telephone was a [great oomfort could buy hero, and get the same • dependable friend, qualityj * tor the same amount oi ’ H ' -■money, expended. This ta^es money The magnitude of telephone tra file oiut oi Metuchen thht should stay ^®Pariment operations loan perhaps bo H ut” visualised by the statement that tho
i Edwimd A'^Burroughs, proprietor m V d V ^ r a t ^ " " i t v ^ L * ? , * ^ - Metuchen Pharmacy — "Metucnen m stations, which make over u,»o«,- covere too much area, a large par, 000,000 calls a year. Looking forward of which is unimproved property. *• M40, there will probably bo 16,488,- \ye should strive to get the town telephones In the United States, more solidly built up. Westiield, “ ** Ul* . eomplexitis1 of telephOM
: r bl“■ted at *11,(HMI,U0U while we uoae. The 1«0,0«6 operator* are 1*have only $3 ,U00,000, and the tax ijata is about the same."
J. W. Connor, ■ *fr., cashier Ma- tuoben National Bank— “By leaving
Indone those things that should be one and doing those things that shouldn’t be done’ I think the
Chamber of Commerce hurts Ma- tWJWn.'] : \ j " y
■ — r#— f r --------- fMETUCHcN BOWLERS
DROP TWO TO AMBOY Tb8 -Perth Amboy Y. M. C. A.
bowling team came up to this borough last Saturday night, and won- two out of i three games from the loeal Y. M. C. A. team.
Metuchen won the first game, but was finable j to keep the lead, the visitor taking the other two garnet, by hik margins. .
!>@i«ey with a score at A i l had the high average for the night.
The scores follow:Perth Amboy.
Raymond . . . . . ......... 188 189 167H. Simonson .............. 174 166 173Wihoralske ............ 196 y81 168
rated |g I,too offices. Tie telephone buildings snd lend sloss represent investment of nssrly 8188,888,888 Telephone Review, N. T.
Orenter New Tort became the world's iret city of e guillon telephones In March. 1921. The down of 1621 raw 1,871,848 telephones tn nervine In the city. In the short span of 44 years since tke first telephone was Installed la the metropolis, there has grown ep n gigantic system containing more then 1.880,884 mlloa of wire, 44 hangings, 114 central offices an4 requiring the services of 11.888m p ltT m . Telephone "**"
A staff eerreeposdent ef the later sstleasl News Service writing tram Psrto states that Us governmesl owned telephone system In rrsnee la very generally bed Operators art slew. Insolent, and will never re-eetab- feb e hrehen eosnectloa To Inetall 4 tetsphene eoots a host f t a snd Ue yearly charge Is 178. Ung-dlstanee sails are vary expensive. taaUPranee there are anly 176888 etallene.—Tete- Ijhene Bnrtaw, N. Tj
I'ffetaghsne snhaerlhen ef tha
first job Is to determine the extent and Ideation of sll damage. With the aid of carefully kept records In the Emergency Bureau containing the names and addresses of all men who can be used for storm work, he gets his force together. These men, bundled In heavy clothes, leave their warm hornet or headquarters to go out through tha drifted snow and discover the details of tha wreckage. Each man is assigned a certain line to cover, and he makes his patrol,1 noting on a specially prepared form1 the extent and location of all damage to telephone property. Having reach ; ed the end of the line assigned to him,' he calls the Wire Chief and reports his findings. If he le unable to get a call through, he tramps back through the storm and makes hla report at the local report center.
As soon as the location and extent of all damage la ascertained, aeveral other forces snap Into action The Division Engineer haa a large skeleton map which ahowa the lines and stations In each central oGJce area and the open-wire trunk- lines. As fast as the reports come In he enters the breaks on it, add later makes cor rectlonaaa soon aa tho damage is repaired./ With this "birda-eyo v!ew**ol the trOnbl* before him he determines the type of restoration work whleh shall be done. He le often obliged to make Wiergency and temporary assignments. For example, there may be a toll circuit routed through a damaged cable between Albany and Syracuse end he must take emergency steps to get this repaired as quickly, as possible. Or Cairo, far back In the mountains, may be entirely cut off, and he must Issue orders for perhaps a single insulated circuit to be run across the snow, on fence tops and trees to give this town some com mu nlcatlon with the outer world until a more permanent job can be done.
Meanwhile, the Division Supervisor of Supplies having been informed of the amount of cable, poles and wire affected, gate all necessary materials to the places where they are needed. He then commandeers Company trucks and vehicles, either In his own division or from another, and sends his stocks in them. H# also knows where outside transportation facilities may be obtained. Then if supplies ere needed in some out-lying district where It would take considerable time to get a Company track through, he •ends word to the "Empire Trucking Company" to get certain material such aa "three poles and six cross arms” from tho Tayvtlle office and tahe them'Youths place where they are needed.
Broken poles and crosftmnu are Cleared away, together wlth^all poise, aerial wire which has became crossed with eleetplc or trolley circuits la eat down. Tangled wire# are either an- eaerled or caat aside. Now poles are set or old ernes reset, often lscsssl tatlng the dynamiting af holes In fro- ■on north. Temporary wires are run, to oertaln potato designated by the Division Bagla ear end old cable Is repaired or new cable is ran. AH theca and many other Jobe are dene by the men with the greatest efficiency and •peed possible, for every minute that
and 2,500 cross-arms were obtained and distributed .to our various storerooms to be used for storm troubles. Beside these emergency materials the Company and Western Electric supplies are always available for use.
Long distance and toll trunk linos because of their great Importance are the first to be restored and as fast aa men are released from this work they nre used to augment the Wire Chief’s forces to restore local lines and Individual subscribers’ drop lines. Hundreds of stories have been told of the gneat loyalty of telephone linemen, and thousands remain untold, of hours spent in patrollng lines In gales or wind, or working by the light of huge bonfires or under arc-lights ftr into the night. A ffian who dropped in the REVIEW office the other day told of seeing linemen near Syracuse who were bucking their way through four feet snow drifts to get to i pi out In the country where tr were In trouble.
h . 8. Thayer. Vies puny, talking from hie < telephone.
- 0 . . . can T elephone and Telegraph Com-1 gratulate America* Telegraph and pany. spoakljng from 195 Broadway, Telephone Company and Radio Cor- New York City, through th e Rocky poratlon in their epoch maklag sxper Point station of the Radio Corpora ; Iment, the success of which haa sx-
THff H A W A IIA N “ VOICEWITH THE •MILE"
iiouolulu, on the Island of Oahu, in far-away Hawaii, is said to have a moet up-to-date telephone system. In other of the island there aremany small exchanges and because of the many nationalities represented In the population, the Hawaiian telephone operator must be an expert In tifty-seven varieties of human speech.
Her nationality Is generally Chinese, Japanese or Hawaiian and what her day's work is like is told by a writer in the Christian SciSncd Monitor.
A Chinaman from his home In the rice field $ calls her and says: “Telephone line, him on the floor." Immediately tlje girl makes a'report to the "trouble man" that Hung Lung has reported the line broken and lying on the ground.
A Japanese calls central but does not know the number nor h^w to spell the name of the person to whom lie wishes to tmik. The. girl immediately puts him through a rapid croea-exami- natlon In pidgin English as to Where the man works and his friend's name, and tn nine cases out of ten gets the connection for him In a remarkably short time. When he has the correct number he does not understand that it la nsesaaary to drop ten cents in the coin box, and the girl proceeds:
"Yon drop dime box." "Yob put ten cent* Inside." "You aee little box near jonr nose, 6, 10, 26. eh? Yon see? Will, yon drop ten cents middle hole. AH right, now you talk.” "Why you no talk, you talk, other man he listen."
Then on another line n call oomeo from a Hawaiian who cannot talk English. He Is connected to a telephone tho owner of which dose not wish to talk Hawaiian, as ho nadcr- ■ toads Bngliah hot tar over tho tote phono It Is then neosesary ter tho operator to not aa referee, and by coaxing or near fores compel tho reluctant subscriber either to talk Hawaiian or to got some one to tho tote
lion of America."The radio apparatus anil system
used In this te-vt in made possible by co-operation between the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Radio Corporation of America and i« the result of research and experimental work In the laboratories of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and in the laborato ties of the Radio Corpiiratlou of America and its associated companies.
"In 1915 the American Telephoneand Telegraph t'ompany transmitteda message across the Atlantic by radio telephone from Arlington, Va., to the Eiffel Tower in Haris, .where it was heard and understood by ouf own engineers and by others. During 1915 we also sent a telephone message from Arlington part way across the Pacific Ocean to the Hawaiian Islands where It-was heard and understood by our own engineers ami by officers of the United States Navy Since then great Improvements have been made In the art not only of radio but of telephony and of radio telephony the experiments which we are conducting .
ceeded their expectations, and In which they'ace the dawning of a saw era in long distance speaking which will be of the greatest value te the press of the world.”
Toward the end of the experiment the loud speaker was used successfully, and at eleven P. M. this message was received from Frank Gill, European Chief Engineer of the Inter-. national Western' Electric Company and President of the British institute of Electrical Engineers. "Loud speaker now being used—good resells— great enthusiasm." “Your Interview on loud speaker came through fins." A final mesnage from Mr. Gill read as follows: "On conclusion of thesa most successful • and historic 'tests which have mitie a profound impression, all those assembled at the London end wish to congratulate most heartily Ihs American Telegraph end Telephene Company and the Radio Corporatisn of America." " % *
At the conclusion of the experiment Mr. Thayer Issued this statement: “Thees experiments' are part of our
In | effort to determine ts what extent the >w i radio telephone may ultimately be
we are making use of employed In talking across great bod- ements. ies of water where talking through
"Beyond a Hrtiall vroup listening for telephone wires Is not feasible. We thin message in England, I do not ere making steady progress, but there know N-hoso ears this .message may is much more to be done before we reach # all who hear It, 1 wish can speak definitely about establish health iind prosperity. Will you who ing ,practical commercial radio tele- are now, huaring it Inform me^fiat ^ou : phone Service across the Atlantic.
phis. She supposed he waa goingtoo. But when he took her te the station and she saw he waa ;te remain behind, she burst into 1 Bell leaped onto the train whisk wns already under way, and wltbsnt ticket or baggage, went with her te tho Centennial where fame waa awatttnff him.
The next year Alexander Graham Bell and Mabel Hubbard were married. Theirs was a perfect companionship, they could not bear to bo separated even for a day. lira. Ben
j accompanied the inventor on many Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell, widow cf hla lecturing tripe. Last spring In
•f the inventor of the telephone, died the Bahamas when Dr. Bell affvon- January frd, says the Telephone Re- tured down the Williamson submarine view. She never fully recovered from tube to see the under-eea cardans, the shock of her husband’s death, and Mrs. Bell waa his companion and moot five months and a day later, passed iatereeted observer She studied In
nt the home of her daughter at francs and Germany and. wan widely Chevy Chase, Md. j known aa a woman of dultnrn. ffhe
Alack in 1273 when Bell waa teach | spoke flueatly tn many languages. Her Ing deaf children in Boston to speak, 1 perfected system of lip reading prno- one of his pupils was Mabel Gardiner tlcally did ayray with algn language Hubbard, a young girl of charming ! for deaf mutes 8he wrote a hook ea personality to whom hs waa lmmedi. [ tho oral methods of teaching tbo-deol ately drawn She had been totally which attracted much attention. In deaf following an attack of scarlet Washington, the winter homo of tho tev*r at the age of three. Her speech Bells, her weekly soirees Were soger I y organs were in no way impaired, but looked forward , to by eminent colon-
TELEPHONE INVENTOR'S WIDOW PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Bell Encouraged the Great; Inventor When Success !
Seemed Hogeleu.
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Ii * u Mabel Hubbard who *taod hoblad th* Inrantor aad arqed hla to
with hla work whak ’th* pro*. ot auccra* looked darkut. 8k«
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I'AGE SIX T H E M E T U C H E N R E C O R D E R
MINTON SAYS HE WAS MISQUOTED
ON SCHOOL TALK
entiati between a poor school at ahigh cost anu a goou school at
| low coat1 O f course, there will be a howl if more money is spent from the
AnerS 0 1 undeveloped lands) bu tJf these vacant lands a r e ' pfoperiy
_ assessed there will be ample funds.Just why holders o f unimproved
The following letter is published iand should ^ ^ j owwl to ^ low•o full because it is s signed protest taxes whjle tlle,r vaiUes ,ncrease> hasagemst a quotation attributed to never been ahown
laSt iS3Ue' T h e i 1 hav« «■> personal quarrel with BECOEDER believed .t was quoting anyone connecled Wlth tht school correctly, and had no more desire; an(j j (j0 to give an incorrect impression of what was stated, than it has in the
not w aft^to criticise the management, but a number of in-
, , . cicients have been reported whichpresent instance of either endors.ng lead me t0 quest)0n whe.her the law
Z . T T l l * " " 2 ? Prohibiting corpora, punishmentWe do, however, question Mr. Minton's right to state that the iin-
mnde at the time his rearer* delivered, eras entirely
from that given by our reV jm rt o f what W AS mid. Mr. M in -;gar School ^ been Ue<,
ton can only “assume" how h.s r e - ; swearing. 0n the contrary the hi h marks were received, and might bet- sch00, son o f a ,,.ejllbcr o f £ht ter leave the question as to what Board ,s reported to have made B
I T T ' 0.", 1 y T ' ? t0 tho°e remark to a teacher, which, if true,
not, to soma extent, responsible for lack o f discipline. J
On the ether hand it does net explain it a l i There is a report that
thirteen-year-old boy in the Eld
who heard him, three o f whom, at least, do not agree with him.— Ed.
------------------- *.j ' * i .■:ic is very charming. 'Tickets are on sale at 75c each and can be procured at Heed’s Book Store, Montalvo’s Temple o f Music and at tfe Hoagland Pharmacy, New Brunswick.
WOOD BROOK FARMSGUERNSEYS MAKE MORE
SPLENDID RECORDS
do not have td be included11 in the income tax return o f the person receiving them, nor may they be deducted from the gross income of the person paying them. |n this respect, payment o f alimony may be likened to a personal or living expense, which is not deductible. However, a woman who has won a breach o f promise case, or has accepted a settlement out < o f court, must include the amount in her income tax return. The Bureau of Interna] Revenue has ruled in such cases that the amount received “ is not to be regarded as a return of capital, since the benefits o f which the injured party was deprived were merely anticipatory.”
Members o f a labor union may deduct as a business
merited nothing less than a souno thrashing and indefinite expulsion.
Metuchen N. J., Mar. 7. The law prevented the teacher act- Editor Metuchen Recorder: | ing—and the pupil is still in school.
In your issue o f the 3rd you give Wljy? a quotation attributed to me at th e 1Chamber o f Commerce dinner which! ___ w_______________conveys an entirely different mean ! W OM ANS COLEGEing than was intended, and w hich! ______wae understood by those present, j A real musical novelty will be
quotation, referring to the j presented at the gyn.nasium of the NO VISITO RS RESPOND member■ o f tho Board o f Education,, Woman’s’ College, New Brunswick,! TO IN V IT A T IO N O F HEAD that “ Thty am allowed to run the on March 10, 1923, at 8 p. m., when' OF BOARD OF EDUCATION ifljboslf just as they please, w hile ! the Marionette Concert Co. makes tlk| m ajority of the people d on 't1 its first appearance in New Bruns- •MSW *h * t is ^aiag do** by these! wick. The unique little perform-
During the past year, the pure bred herd of Guernsey cows, owned by Wood Brook Farm o f Metuchen,N. J., have made a number of creditable records.
The latest report from the Dairy Department of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station shows hat Fern o f Rich Neck 54881, a nature cow, has gained third place
" " " ’ I T ™ a “ * A> h t paid to such organisations during theueing 11*86. 71be. o f milk containing “ orgmiiiawono o w in g in*99.3 lbs. o f betterfat lfi one ye»r.j>,*ar <922. Such dues are held by
she produced well, besidss giving>irth to a calf just before she started j ler test, and cropped a second calf I 00 days after completing her record, j
Ter milk production was almost three { times that o f the averago^cow, and j 'ter butterfat production w m not j quite four times as much as- th e . average cow. The production being •4000 lbs. o f milk with 160 lbs. o f 1 butterfat
Mr. W. R. Hale, manager o f th e 'farm should be proud o f the splendid records made during 1922.
-he Bureau to be nocessaty ev- penses incident to the eafnitig o f their wages. A member o f a laborunion, while on strike, receives payment from an organization must include in his income for the yearsuch-items!
The taxpayer wbo in 1922 recovered damages for defamation o f personal character need not include in his return such amount, inasmuch as it has been held to be non-tax- ahle income. The revenue act specifically exempts amounts received through accident or health insur- ance, or under workmen's compensation acts as compensation for personal injuries or illness, plus any additional amount received by suit or agreement in such cases.
T o avoid penalty, returns shoakt be fled on o r before midnight o f March 16th. Free advisory sendee
In the preparatioe o f the forms is offered at the Office o f Collector o f Internal Revenue, 20 Washington Place, Newark, N. J., and the following branch offices:
Post office buildings at Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Morristown, and New Brunswick.
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In spite o f the fact that an urgent invitation had been extended
0 *** u •ntirely different im-1 ance was recently given at the all interested citizens whether par-Punch A Judy Theatre NewW i sh than when
a if caatentien was that the j Y ork and aroused unusual interest Board i f Education are elected by j and enthusiasm. It was the first the flemmunity to run the schools, time that Marionettes were used and that it is their,badness te learn j conjunction with legitimate concert
to wreag and corrupt it, or got i and q *M $ e,. p icric and tho effect ii « • Board. Tho tottor half o f ; said jp be quit* remarkable. Thethe aoateace wax in reply to the etatomoat of the Preoident of tho Board that the people paid no attention to what waa dona, aad wax in xopport of my contention that tho people alwayi voted te xnppiy tho money required by tho Board. Farther, that thix very attitude made it eaay for the Board to aak for any budget required te develop good xehooto, and that the recult is "quarety up te than.
It to iwpoxilbia to build a High claeo teaching personnel when paying poor aalarioo. Every year tho Board comes out for its own retention on the platform of economy,
economy at the oxpento of ehildiua. it is about time to differ
performance is fo r the benefit the debiting aociety, “ Pro and Con.”
The company carries its own miniature ataga with two complete^ changes o f scenery. The lighting effects are similar to those used on regular stages and tho marionettes are manipulated with most life-liks movements. ,One stage set shows an attractive drawing room with a ti :y giand piano at which :he miniature pianist seats himself to play accompaniments fo r the songs and later-on his own piano solos.
Tho company's repertoire includes operatic scenes, and one in particular "On Jhelum River” fa a delightful performance. Tha scenery for this is particularly effective and th* mu-
ents or not, to attend the meetings o f the School Board by the Board’s president, Ramsay Crowell, the meeting held Tuesday night had no visi tors. True, the weither was not conducive to visiting, so perhaps the next meeting will be better attended time o f the members present. The reports o f the medical dxainer, the school nurse, and the supervising principal were received and placed on file.
Permission was granted the Senior Class for the use o f the auditorium on April 6th and 7th, fo r tha class play and on March 16th for a St Patrick’s party. The use o f the school was also granted to Mrs. 8. C. Sclvenck on April 13th for an entertainment for th* benefit o f the Library.
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