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Courier-Post from Camden, New Jersey • 6

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CA ecu Tri: i-ay, i i tahy 1:22 OUR FLA NT so tato I0E39I A Walch Sliould lie I Fatah Hifd I- i. zal r.oz rc.i a lilt line Five of the city's largest industrial concerns, including the Campbell Soup last night skirted the ball rolling for a real belt line for Camden, which would extend from the Reading OverliQuledOccassionally Kailroad yards at Kaighn's point northward to Looper point. J. fat truor Publisher WiL i 1 it li.utacu taaoager. 7cfy evening eiceut t-imday at Third.

Federal nd Afch BtEfceia, bj earner In city and suburbs. 13 eni a weclt By mall li U. S. ouiaiaa of city, and Cauaiia, 14.it a year, bio. a month In advance.

koaea privets excfcaBgrs eeaaeet all departaaeata Bell 3303 Keystone 7 i ai seeoud-ciasa matter at Poat tifnce, Camden, N.J. Notional kewreseniatives. Crtaa. H. Eddy Co.

New lor, fifth Ave bide. Chicago. People a Caa Bldg. Euston. Old South bids.

By occasionally vve mean! about once every year. This is the proposed belt line urged in these columns only a short time ago. -v 2 course it will run ana jw.a- even if it II "does not havi this sort of attentionbut lack- of atfention I has ruined many good watches five urged. the -construction of the belt line at a meeting of, the street committee of council last night. The committee favors the idea and will bring the' whole question -before TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1922 5 Don't wait until yourwatcn sxpps ueaq, io onng m-f 3 it hasn't been looked after in the last eighteen months 2 fripn it needs overhauling.

council at the next or an early session. A pelt line, isn't spectacular. It is conceivable that a might live in a city for a year and I never even notice'a belt line Bat nothing Canv We make no chsrge for regulating watches 'and repair estimates are free. Bring yours here. den can do will so hasten the coming of new industries and make it so easy for the old ones to CUKEES'G LITTLE TRUANT EOY P.S.

I PRODUCTION CO. 1 In truancy cases, when it. is found that the school attendance officer cannot control a child, the parent is hauled into court and maije to assume the fuU responsibility tf or thft offspring' acts, T- j. Consider little 'Public Service Production Co" locaoi expand as the construction of a real belt line thai will pierce the factory district and link every factory shipping department with the lhain lines of our great railroads. the fourth and youngest child of Mother Public WALLEN'S Gift Store "Always the Place for Gifts 405 Broadway jjrJ-Q -SAW ANVThih3 irdrK A flourish 1 111 1 1 '1 1 1 It is a question that council cannot dismiss lightly.

A belt line cannot be planned in a day or or a month, but with a running start it should materialize in Camden within the next Service Corporation, who Is going out to play with his three elder brothers, P. S. Gas Co, P. trie Co. and P.

S. Railway Co; ESTABLISHED UOt Now, you understand, tho, three elder brpthers are under' the control of the Public Utilities Com- eighteen months. WHAT YOU'VE LOST The oldest Industrial. company in the. world is IOOQ 1.

1 i. i iQCTOasaaaaaoaa IOE30I OBOE mission. Gas rates cannot be raised, trolley fares cannot be increased and electric charges ctanot be boosted -without the consent of the commission. seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeesseeeeseoeeaeaai a Swedish' Its letterhead announces that it herM-Sml Inner Limn) was founded in the yew 1225. 7z The name of the company is Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags Aktiebolagefe The name itself is formidable enough tV withstand the storms of seven centuries, Translated, it means', The Great Copper Mountain Mining Company.

But take the newest -little brother, for Instance. His vork is to build depots, bridges, draw plans for new lines, construct power stations, etc. vf And all that is construction work "which, under the faw, is entirely outside the jurisdictioOf the Utilities Commission. 1. But suppose P.

S. Electric Co. decides to build a nice little new power plant. Little brother P. S.

Production Co. would get the contract. The job THE ORX31NAl PAThNTU TURHAOr, THE CHAMBERS rireles Gas Rasuga nnd THE WASCO Garage Heating; System OX DISPLAY AT TRS POLICE CARNIV.AL Third Regiment Armory This oldest company has many interests, Primarily it has always been a miner and refiner of MWMWMMIwwwwWwVwMWWw copper. would cost, say, $1,000,000 and little P. S.

Produc- ths-sea with all its inhabitants and sojourners were safe. 'Atlantic City Safe Inatantaneoualv. this Invmia hnTTa- THE PEPPERY POT Abe Martin Today it has scientific management in the 33d degree. Its welfare activities for its employes tin waa posted on the Evening Stars include hospitals, libraries, baths, schools, co OR AT From the Note-book of the Veteran Reporter oa the Courier Staff By MACK operative stores, recreational centers', children summer country homes and garden plots for the CAMDEN FURNACE SUPPLY CO. wmaows wnue tnousanas cheered in Seventh street from Chestnut te Market.

Dispatcher Burleigh then Issued passes to the regiment of reporters which suddenly swarmed into the building. "A special train speeded the newspaper men to Atlantic City. Arriving at Pleasantvlllo the train had to wait sometime before it eould nro- workers homes. We have gained a lot of things by our modern F.or one minute Ave years ago 11 to 11.01 a. every activity of the laceessors to Homer Pnraace Oompaay a New Jersey Bau nm snM.

503 FEDERAL STREET industrial system. Also, we have lost a lot. Public Service Corporation throughout oeed. The meadows were aubmera-ed The age of alarm clocks, time clocks and system MsaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeaeeeeeeeeftteeeeeeeeoeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeaaeMi under the sluggish waters, several tne enure state, from Patersoa tol feet deen. Three of the more ven keeps us caged in offices and shops which our tion Co.

-would make ten percent profit The 000 profit would go tovP. S. Production Co. stockholders and Electric', Co. would show a $1,000,000: investment ia its annual report.

It would demand and probably would get. a rate increase from the public to pay the profit for little brother P. S. the truant child which is entirely without the control of the Utilities Commission, i 1 Pretty soft! yon say. But here is where there's a chance the parent of the trijant child may have to assume the responsis bility.

Senator Perry has introduced a 631 ini'jthe Legislature providing, that Mother PubliSeryidis Corporation, whp has given birth during (theiast score of years to the four aforementioned sons, be turesome among them the Cape May. ceased action, This atop of human endeavor and mechanical contrivance In offices anfl workships. ancestors would considered prisons. unei ox repperr rot. However, crossed Our great-grandfathers felled trees, made clear- the meadows oh a handcar and as the primitive looking- "special" rumbled into the Missouri avenue sheds of the trolley cars, gas and coka plants all inas in the wilderness, built log cabins.

Musket Pennsylvania Railroad, a roar of wel come cheers greeted them. balls, molded at an Open fireplace, brought them oa Tewest mt wild turkeys and other game. over New Jersey, was the unusual tribute of respect paid to a remarkable citisen of Camden. Tonchiag Tribute to. Bwlelgh He waa John J.

Burleigh, vice president of the Public Service Corporation. The silence of halted Inrf And who amona- tha thousands who Tanned deerskin and spinning-wheel solved the must still recall tha heart throbblna- Like Running a Race on Crutches! clothing Forests yielded free fuel. paid as his body was laid to rest in the occasion, wilt ever roryet, when, with the engine driving wheels rutted by the salt waters of the Absecon meadows through which they wallowed, the first section of three Ions- anecials chop, tne rewooa, and he had to work a few hours a day in his garden. But Tiis beloved home was in sight at imposing lamuy mausoleum In St Peter's Catholic churchyard at Mer-chantville. The supervision ia the construction of this stately tomb occupied much time during 'his closing years.

He waa in tha wttn tne storm Deieagurea thousands sooaro, rouea into Federal street station on that mellow mid-September nearly all times. Adebgwea rollicked him aho'ut as he widded ax andhoe: brought tinder the "control of the Utilities Commission. It is a bill that may save theKpeople of New Jersey several millions of "dollars "within a few In the business race, and in the raea for health, for comfort, for happiness 7 out of every 10 men, women and children are participating with as much degree of excess as the athlete who attempts to win afoot raee V' on crutches. noonday, thirty-two years ago. The resoundinar chr4 of tha when he A truly wonderful man was John J.

Burleigh. There Is no question but throngs of overjoyed: relatives and friends which jammed the old train sheds from end to end. and behind the We eat out of a tin can and a cold storage plant now. Our water is treated chemically to kill The Senator or Assemblyman who doesn't tnat.be would have been a pre-eminent flfrure in any Drofaaaion. germs.

Spinning-wheel and deer are gone; cloth vote for it win have a hard time explaining to his politics, diplomacy, medicine, or what- entrance gates, must sun ring endearingly hi their, ears. It was a magnificent demonstration of the homely anrwoaiioo ne aaopteu. ror He was Here's why: Their eyes are defective. And i don't know lu-yetl Result: A muddled, brain, Vquafcy nerves," an "off" stomach, etc Have erea' A ing-eats into our pay. forests are nearing ex constituents why he "didn t.

one oi ense tVM ar men vhnM ansrarv People ara all alike, we're all hnsaam em have aar kaaea eaavlfl lqio saying; "una touch or nature tinction and sooty coal costs like sixty. amMtloifc.deWrn)bja?r? The bill will make it necessary for Mother P. S. makes -the whole world akin," vieaaing ineuya; resewoa xnaUitBrs actual coaUtion-top' tioas aa belief eept a few Rpub-Iteaaa the used he Deaioerata. Weva alias waaidered Bnrr VnrA.

All is system methodical, this regulated, that examined ana KNOW their "guessing." Corporation to lay her cards on the table and to explain just how she arid her children work and ucminats envuaMiinent. Every event in bis notable career, from farm boy to vice nrealriene nf nrohibited. Such is progress. And tne ultimate ir. with all his wealth a-i' gealna, eonM pat a nut-dewa hstil oa a payin' basis.

toal is what? It may not do neaitn ana ion Do You Know? the greatest corporation in tha. State play together. The bill will mate little truant poy P. Production Co. tell how and where he spends irevityi bit at any rate the present system is a lot Jersey.Moed a he upward and affluence.

i 1 steadily an to prominei and inence handier tnan tne oio. his time and how much his elder brothers give him to build their depots, power houses, trolley cars, That the jdrst Methodist class was tracks, etc. etc etc. IXTTERS TO THE EDITOR organised in camaen In I80. That the first railroad between Camden and Amboy was completed in STATIONERS AND OFFICE OUTFITTERS And better than all that, the Perry Bill will stop the vicious circle that benefits the Mother and LIFE HEREABOUT "WHAT rOOUl TBMI afOBTAX MPJ Four Children at the expense of the people who That Camden Is almost totally surrounded by water.

That Camden usee 21,000,000 of water ner dav. Open Saturday Evenings 'til 9 JO have to foot an the Kladllaeaa ef the Maa The Chef of Peppery Pot will never forget his great kindness- and considerate help on a very Important assignment, when John J. Burleigh was dispatcher for the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company, thirty-two years ago. The Chef was then a very young reporter on the old Philadelphia Evening Star of John Bleakley, that double of Abraham Lincoln, of Haddohfleld. and John Russell, Young, United States Minister to China, and historian of President U.

Grant's memorable trip around tha world. Thirty-one years ago last September. Atlantic City was beleagured for three days by what was at first thought to ba a arrest tidal wave. DEFENDS TAX EXEMPT UW Collin gawood, N. Feb.

18. 1922. That 10,000 Camden residents own sutomoDiies. Editor The Courier. LEAGUE ISLAND NOT TO EE SCRAPPED Dear Sir: On aaaa Hatm-Aav WANT FROGS' LEGS SAVED By InteraatlesMil News Wire Courier there to an article under Rear 'Admiral Nulton, commandanti of the Matthews Onnnaaa Tav Rvmn, I League Island Navy Yard, declares there, is little Mr.

Matthews above ur nomas. IM lawr likelihood that the great plant will be closed, due Boston, Feb. Jl. Fried frogs' legs are without an exception the finest ProS5M.0' fj? culinary art, according to William C. Adams, State director of conservation.

Adams is seeking State nro taction far fmrm an Filing Cabinets The State of New Jarsav. nn Ifa nwn Initiative, entered into a contract ta to the cut in the naval program. He says that exempt from assessment and taxation for present government purposes the yard is more Telegraph and telephone line wires between every shore point from Cape May to Brigantlne Beach were down. Railroad traffic waa ausoended. ouuaings erected (or dwelling purposes, etc can no revoke 4-Dravrcr jEJeciricaDr c.i nMi useful that any other in the, country.

louipuienaea mat tne Iegls- LHS.1 elosed seasons on both, similar ta ihna. iuch contract than she could re-'use to ear her dovemor'a snlnrv rt So. for three days In that mld.Sep- ash and same, It is to be hoped this is so. It seems' hardly possible that a nation could be so foolish as to icnioer, isss. mo.

enure nation was is very much doubted whether Judge Kat sen bach would sot contrary to held in the heart tugging anguish shut and allow to go to rust- equipment that suspense oecause Atlantic jity ana nearby resorts alone the southeastern cost millions of dollars and years in the ouilding, estate law, or tee constitution, but the fundamental law of the right and wrong ia far older and It takes no politician nor legal light to see that a contract once entered Into cannot be abrogated at the whim of either Atlantic tjoast naq Been overwhelmed by the ocean in tumultuous rriood. For its stragetic value the League Island Yard wjia tne toss ot tnousanas or lives. Big Assignment tow Cnb' To this assignment, one of respon party thereto. 0iio( Tfeiaea The great demand' for this File enables us to offer it you lor $30.00 Although made to sell for $5(te Occupies less floor, space than other cabinet, but allows greater filing capacity. is above any other.

Enemy ships lying at sea off New York could easily shell the Brooklyn; Navy Yard and in a few minutes after finding the range wnen governments go Into the sibility to a "cub," waa the youthful meu-irama." or any other swindle Star reporter detailed. Approaching me taste in tear ana tremDiing. ne they cease to be governments. Will The Courier give an author! EO EDM! THREB whole dan and "nary a alngle taw myatery to keap llf from becoralm a drab, dreary. moBotonoua cxUtanea.

All tbafi left to bo done to to road the mortuary eolyum and apaculata.on how long It wUl ba hafor the atreeta ara clean again. NEW TORK ECONOMIST advises unemployed men to marry rich wives, But why punish a uy just because ha happens to ba out of workt THE SOUTH CAMDEN girl who threw a store at the head of her lover is a fit of jealous rage at least showed tba spice, of originality. Much better, say we. than putting poison In bis coffee, paga tba Powerful Katrlnkal ANOTHER PKOOF THAT prohibition problblts--' Eight exclusive shops in the elect of Chestnut street ara showing- an -expensive line of a German, silver, leather encrusts flasks; -Which -may be taken to mean that a lot of folks are either violating the tenets of Volateadlsm or trying to win a reputation with their friends tor being a regular gosh-dinger. -FOB AFTER AIJU" says" 'Squire Abner Harp-; fngton.

"the principal reason fracturing the Eighteenth amendment Is to be able to have your friends point to you with pride." ft PTNHEAD PETB SAYS when you Jsea cigarette eulna on the grand piano, you know right away that hubby to the boss. JACK JOHNSON. AFTER worrying through three half -minute rounds at the Broadway Theatre 'Saturday night. no)ed his act by challenging Jack Ienipaey. -Vi Wherein Jack goes In the same class with the Sti Louis guy who got one vote lor President two years ago and who intends to run again la Itli.

BACHELOR 13 Jt HAN who can chew tobacco if he wants to chew. H. 8. emerged therefrom with -raise. In lay it in, ruins.

Not so, however, with the Delaware- Vard, tati or absolute definition of the wordv "erected" as used in this salary, anew suit of. clothes, overcoat and a pass to Atlantic This is no siaiuteT We have had ft defined ay five officeholders, and while each differs Strong coast defense hatteries would have to be passed before foreign warships could find it possible to use -even vtheir -greatest guns -in this aeir-aauiatioa or but actual faoL But the young news-gatherer does hot attribute his success on this occasion brilliant attainments of his own, but rather to the unforgettable assistance given raaicany xrora tne otner lour, the animus to easy to toad, via, "We need "Always the Best for Less" xotk. Dwt law nas ueciaeu 'erected" and com t.t" nun in getting in on tne ground floor, as it were hv the dlanaf die, John I. pleted." whila these New Jersey of-1 ncenoiaarr ramies ainer rrom "erected" means permit to issued to Burleigh of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company. During the three days tha was Kept In anxisty.

Dispatcher Burleigh, consult a lawyer," To us "erected' IESSS should be "completed' You'll Be Delighted CAMDEN, NJ. -jeraj street. Kept the nedgimg report- usual advantage SurelV The Co i salsa for more houses wiU not caun tenanea abrogating contracts already sjiuauon. --r- There -apneared to be no other news- -not-above papermcn whe hadgotten on te thla II with the quiet atmosphere that prevedea our dining room, and which ia ao essential to th. full enjoyment of a msalT Th.

TfJodii delicious and our self-service mesne eeonomv wrftiima, law. neither are its laws made and iiiiiooiinpiiipiiiiiif; unmade for- the nurnoaa af srivino. mine or iniormation ana so tne rnna-delphla Evening Star scored beat after beat on more pretentious contemporaries like the Evening Bulletin, the some poijiicjan job, venlenee. FRANK CODUNO. iFOR BOUJ1BB BONDS now oetunet evening Telegraph, Call, News and Item.

Hariataiar Of itte Rlrtri wsJwsVVTVTWVeVVaV That is only one phase of its great value' to the United It houses the only aircraft factory under naval control, costing the government between forty and fifty 'millions of dollars, and uith the decrease in ships more planes than ever will be needed. It is the only fresh water yard "in the country and can take care of 150 ships of all sizes if, under the disarmament treaty, it becomes (necessary to lay that many ftp. In salt water these vessels would soon deteriorate so they would be valueless to be placed in commission again. BUILDING AIRPLANE CARRIERS' 'tf' While statesmen 'and lobbyists are trying to decide in Washington whether the Battleship Washington, under construction in Camden, or the Battleship West Virginia, being built at Newport News, shall be scrapped, a new suggestion is made, Theodore Roosevelt, Jrv assistant secretary of. the ravy, "advdeated before the House Ways and V.cans Committee yesterday that neither be trapped.

I Roosevelt points to the fact that the. naval Editor The Courier. 1 Otis of the exclusive stories obtain- Dear Blr: Five years ace we were Berton Bfaleys Daily Poem ea rrom sJispatcner tiurieign was tne i not worrying so much about the Sol- aiersr zsouus imenering wnn ousmess nor-even the tie per cent Bonus some MS-tegWeVnyaaeaaej "financiers" were taking), as we were tttnch 110 to 2 Dinner 5 to 6450 en, fi will make you regular patron. Opesi Dally Sxaept Snadays Y.W.C.A. CAFETERIA Ooff BIdz- 25 Broadwsw thinking how to, keep our skins whole.

Somers' Point Fortunately, although the Sra occurred in the-early hours ef the morning, it did not turn out to be a holocaust. Not a life was tost but the mammoth hostelry was burned to the ground. Finally, while thousands of persons had about Concluded in -the terribly wrousht-uo state of nublio feellnr Three or four years ago tha writer. advocated each householder taking one share of building and loan stock toward creating a tuna lor tns Betterment of our returned soldier boys. Will not The Courier discuss this -vr" ORB KINO pf WRITING Whine, whine, whine, whine! Whine about life "as fit only for -swine." -Dwell on the flesh and deny the And one brand of critic will shout out, for sure, "That's literature!" Crab, crab, crab, crab! Crab that there lsn a color but drab, -v Fill up youf pages with gloomiest gab, And one brand of critics wUl sure enough, GREY POPUN SHIRTS, $3 With collar match.

Imported Madras SHIRTS, $3 ana Anderson's' imported r3 two collars to match, in Blue, Hello, Green. Teif f5 Wear the Proper Hat" Teur Hat bere. $3 and $5 Scotch, Madras Kandkerchlefs, 25c With fancy borders, 9e valae essy and effective method of paying that Atlantis City had been wiped off the map of New Jersey, the gladsome tidings -came over- Dispatcher Burleigh's "wire that the ocean floods had that tha great clty-by- Third Flaav Elevate k4l ins tax we bi to sremuaer Almost from the first BSTmmt ample funds will be available for the really needr, in temporary leans, while providing capital for home nlldina-. education build nar And brotherhood-of-men" building, not RELIABLE FOOTWEAR to mention the building of a better concept of the fact that we owe- to the world a proper living, and not AT REASONiVBLEvpRICES continue to dream the fool dream that the world owes ue a living. "Marvelous stuff Snivel, snivel, snivel, snivel," Enlvel that faith hope and love are but Snivel that fates been Intensely uncivil, And there is one group which will say, from the start, "Gosh, Vat that's art!" Wail, wait wail, wail! Wail that all tffort is cratin to fall, Wall about thlng-s that are dreary and stale Sm little group will Juct foUow along With "GoshLAln't it strong?" own to the extent of five1 treaty puts no limit on the construction Of air- risncs and suggests that the battleships now under construction, and which may be scrapped, be cr-verted jnt0 airplane carriers.

The reaction in naval personnel and is the possible argument for America hir a.rpW.e production to a mark as h'ri any rival. And the latest type ai.T'are carrier is absolutely essential to real (oas-J sir supremacy. ye- to ccr.e we wHI chuckle, because "vay vr-st would hpppn to tre c' -I hares, but the slouB it will malurei otiKht to, and would have had many more otphera after the II if we had 1 heard dutys call as loudly aa we Men'i and Women's Shoes, $4 to 580 Footwear for Growing Girls $4 to ZM Boy8'Shoes $2.50 to $5.09 For ChUdrea to $4.50 Calwhes sad Bibbers In AH SIses as tyia. eoropeiied our soldier boya to hear it. How often win our snip coma in" It rone ia ever sent outr We'l, COUER EE WON.

II SIG SCHOENAGLE I and rfr by ciispter. Vpf't prt. by Iln: cTit'-c arree, tut ypjic" t) A 9T TW ved th rf Wr- I St. 1 Federal Camden, N.J. 1 iBswaif rW.

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