VGL. LXVII. No. 37. 11.00 Per Year. HIGHTSTOWN, MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1916. Price 3 Cent9. Whole No. 3,469. r o a d contractors MEASLES GRIP DRYCRANBURY RUNAWAY BOY MANY SECTIONS IS DESIRED i SAID TO BE IN REV. C. W . HEISLEY READY FOR WORK OFTHE STATE BY RESIDENTS! THIS LOCALITY DIES AT CRANfeUlY Hightstown Has Its Share of Residents of Cranbury Will Pro­ Fifteen Year Old Philadelphian Measles Which is a Disease of test Against the Renewal of Runs Away. Mother Claims Construction Work on Hights- Child Life. No Explanation can Liquor License for United States [le^ Was Sent Here by Employ . Hotel.....oaisL^-: ,«tit. She, Wahls Him Nejy to th e ^ y ^ t Minister in the iom'^ There is an epidemic of measles About one-half of the, population N. J. Gonfererice. He Receiiii5^ in the State. Hightstown has iti of Cranbury turned out Sunday even­ Post Master Addison Robbin.s, Ji-., Will Commence Soon. share. During the past few weeks ing at the meeting in the Frist Pros- received the following tetter from Celebrated His 90th Birthday. the measles have been holding sway byteriah Ohureh lo register a pretest Philadelphia regarding the disap­ in this section. Ko ;^xplanalion can against the renewal of the liquor pearance of a fifteen year old boy. be given for its appearance. The license of life United States hotel, an The letter was addressed to the Hioks- Manwaring and Cummins ot Phil- disease comes along periodically and oldtime inn, in which Itliuor has been town, N. J. Postmaster and roads sdolpUa, who have the contract for PEDDIF, WALLOPS REV. C. W. HEISLEY ELLIS HENDRICKSON is usually regarded all too tightly sold for almost a oentruy. as follows: the building of the Hightstown-Prinoe ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE of Imlayst^n died Wednesday, Feb- and children are not safeguarded a- The main speaker-at'the- protest Dear Sir: I have a boy 15 years old Rev. Charles Wesley llesiley, next ton Junction road, afe assembling ryary 23rdWt the. home of his son, gainst it as thoyare other diseases. meeting was William K. Lombard, a was sent down to your place last to the oldest minister in Ihe New their equipment for the building of the Joseph, Ocera Grove. He was 88 While this section of the state has former licensee of the hotel, who Wednesday a week and is supposed Jersey conference, died al his home road at Hightstown. Several carloads years old. Funeral services were held In a very loosely played game numerous cases of measles the oily "hit the trail" at the Sunday meetings to be working for a fa mer thefo. lie in Cranbury, Sunday afternoon from of 'machinery and tools have been Saturday with intenhent at Allentown on Saturday, afternoon the Pnddie oLNewark is, topott^d .as.having, Z,(XX) la PhnadelphigTlffi-i' rSS 'jg.'likht. j hg» .a 'red ^sweater ailments incidcal- to old ag,e_ He waoi 0 received. Five miles of road will lYcBbyterram_0^^ He Is ,sur* varsity defeated St. Joseph's College oases. Dr. Charles V. Craster, health the hotel for a short time about on and a checked cap. He was sent in3K,s'0Otr?Sar.-'M?~tlT'tSlT'y'JotnBd- u- - be constructed in acoordance with vivod by a son, Joseph; a daughter by a score of 48 to 20. Th’e playing officer of Newark, prepared a bulletin eight years' ago, but has been inter­ by an employment a^eiit on Front the New Jersey conference in 1853 the contract with the county. The Mrs. Anna. Polhemus; a sister, Mrs. on both teams was below the average; on measles, which is being distributed ested in the liquor business elsewhere and Walnut, if you can kindly let and so stood next lo Dr. A. E. Ballard contract price ., is $52,573.95 and of Charles WyokofT of Allentown; three and, bad the visitors been able to in the Newark district. Dr. Craster for a number of years. Since his me know if you can locale him there in the length of lime of service. He this amount the state will pay forty grandchildren. Mr.s. Bertram Ellis ot shoot, the score would have been also issued a statement regarding conversion he has become one of the and lot me know as soon as you can was a man of large ability and an per cent,, the County fifty per cent, Etra, .Mis.s* Mae Smith of .Asbury much closer. The game was rather measles, as follows: trade’s most uncoraprising foes and as I ha-ve been worried and cannot author, writing a few years ago a " and Fast Windsor Township ten Park and Irviii IIiMidrit'kson of Ci<m- roughly played by both sides, but “Measles is frequently a forerunner his speech Sunday evening bristled sleep. I will certainly prosecute the book on the “ Mysteries of Di\ine per cent. dcn. this was due to the. spirit with which of more dangerous diseases especially with “inside stuff" learned through one that is harboring him and I will rr:)vidence,.“ The contract includes-the material, both teams fought. with broncho and* lobar-pneumonia his years of experience. Giving thp- sp^re no expense to try and put Rev. Heisley had a long and useful ^ all pipes, under drains, catch ba.sins, MISS ELLKN JANE Peddie’s pass work was very poor, and tubercolosis. It is an unfortu­ saloon and the liquor traffic generally that employment agent in jail for ministry. He hegaii at Rockland concrete retaining walls and guard CHAMBERLIN and a basket w'ould have been nate faet that so many persons look no quarter he declared that there I went personally and warned him Lake and then went to Oloueester rails, also the maintainonce of the died on Monday at her home at the inevitable result of a pass which upon measles as a necessary evil, was no place for the .saloon in society not to have anything to do with circuit, Pitts Grove, Tuokahoe and ' road for one year .after eompletion. Perrineville. iShi* was 77 years old. was either thro-wn top high, or, if and a disease in which all children and that the liquor traffic in its en­ him. You will do me a groat favor Broadway, Camden. He was a chap­ The work will be done under the su­ She leaves two brothers. Abijab B. thrown straight was poorly handled, more or less to suffer from. tirety ought to be crushed.out, if you will hunt him up for 1 am nearly lain in the U. H, army in IStil and pervision of the state and county (’hambi'rlin lif PerriiK'ville and John if our opponents had not been playing "This is an entirely erroneous point Kemonstrnnoe blanks -were passed out of my mind. He even has not 1862 and following that was hosjjilal department of roads. State Inspect­ Chamberlin of Etra. The funeral as loosely as our fellows wer^. of vie-w, and wo will reiterate that among the audience, many pf- them good c4ptho.s on him. He left them chaplain of the army in 1863. In or Jared Jenette will represent the will be held from her late residenee Because of an injured ankol Brower no child need have measles, and that being returned to the committee, home hero and, went away like a 1864 he was called by Long Branch. state, while the county engineer and tdiis Thur.sday aft-i'rnoon at one ohdoek: had to be taken out of center in the if it is properly protected from in­ ready for filing with the court of ragpicker. Ho has no need to go In 1865 lie was made supermiinerary. Freeholder George M. Wycoft will with interment al Piu-rineville ('eme- first half. Ingram was shifted to fection in its early years the natural common pleas of Middlesex County, away as 1 am in the oy.ster business In 1.S86 he was stationed at Elmer, represent the county. Active con­ tery under l.lie dii;eetion of Allen center and "Brick" Jones took lii,s immunity from the disease bcoomes before -ft-hioh the renewal application here. Kindly look into this and let then at Alt. Holly, then at Warren struction work will begin within the and Stults. place at forward. strong enough to protect the child. will corpe in April. me -know." Respectfully, Mrs. Catli- Street, Trenton: Pitman Chureh, netd few days. In the second half Murphy was “It can not be too strongly im­ Other speakers at the meeling were New Brunswick; Broadway, Salem; orSne (Jrace, 2302 Soutli Sixth Street, GEORGE McGHESNE^■ substituted for Dunning, and although pressed upon the public that children Rev. J. E, Curry, pastor of the Firist Philailelphia. First Chpreh. Red Bank; again al .HELMETTA FIRE a(jed (h) Vi'ars. died at home on’ ho was not in the game for more than in houses where mea.sles exists should Presbyterian Church; Rev, Warron- Tuekahoe, ' I hen al Hamilton and Stockton Street. SjiMirday afl(‘rnoon. ton minutes he made good in his not be sent to school within a period Elsing, pastor of the Second Pre.shy- Warwick, (hen I’nnlshoro. He lie- Fire, the origin of which .seems lo­ Funeral sinviees wi-re ludd TiU’sday manner by playing the fast, brainy of at least two w-oeks?"from the-time teriaii Church and Rev. (1, M. 'Wells, UNIVER.SAI.LST CHURCHI eame superminierury ,'igain in 1.S9I, be eiouded in several eonflicting noon in (he First Ih’i'shyterian (diuridi, game that only Murpliy can.