The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-02-29

WoMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
A Woman's Christian Temperance Union was
organized on Monday afternoon at the Broad
way M. E. church, by Mrs E. t. Scott
Mrs. BENZ. Patterson was elected President
with number of Vice-Presidents. the names
not being fully decided upon yet Recording
Secretary, Mrs. George Hires Correspond
ing Secretary, Mrs Henry Holme; Treasurer,
Mrs. r. f. Boon. Some twenty ladies' be-
came members and an effort will be made to
enroll all the ladies of the city favorable to the
cause of temperance.-Sta
Our READERS will doubtless remember the
suit brought by Rev. J. H. Pierce (colored),
formerly residing at Woodstown against the
school trustees of Union district at Burling-
ton city, to compel them to admit his chill
dren to the white schools in that city. The
decision in this suit was rendered last week
in the Supreme Court by Judge Dixon. The
opinion is that as the law states explicitly that
no child between the ages of five and eighteen
years shall be refused admittance to any
school, the act of the trustees was Illegal.
The children being colored was no reason
for refusing admission to them at the school
for white children. The plaintiff was entitled
to have his children educated at the school
nearest his residence The rule to show cause
was absolute and peremptory, and mandam-
us was ordered to issue.
The Eoening Neaos of Bridgeton has estab-
lished route in Woodstown and secured a
Woodstown correspondent and will serve us
with the paper every afternoon. Judging by
the large bundle the carrier started with on
his first trip on Wednesday, Brother Apple
gate was very successful in his canvass for
subscribers at twenty-five cents month"; de-
livered at your door every afternoon.
The Nesos is lively little sheet, and the
issue of Wednesday contains very fiattering
notice of our borough and some of its people.
We judge from perusal of the number in
question that the Neacs is also temperance to
the backbone.
The CRY OF THE AUcTIoNEER is heard in the
land" Going going the last call are you
all done? and sold!" To see the vendue
posters on the walls of our public places one
would suppose that all the farmers in Salem
county were going to quit the farming bust
ness, but for every one having farm there
are dozen applicants for his place.
The FUNERAL of George Avis, of Daretown,
took place on Monday last and was attended
by large concourse of people. The sermon
was preached by Rev. VIM. A. Ferguson, OF
Maryville, Ohio, former pastor of the Dare,
town Presbyterian church.
The Brsdgeton Nesos complains of the inef.
ficient telegraph service in that city, and
among several other instances of bad manage
ment says that telegram was sent from there
to Woodstown the other day and after while
an answer was returned that there was no Office
at Woodstown, but that the message was in
Daretown, and would be delivered for SO
cents.
This won't do by large majority. We
have telegraph office in Woodstown in
charge of one of the most expert operators in
this part of Jersey, Mr.. Chas. o. Haight and
there has never been any cause for complaint
at this end of the line since the Office was
opened. The reply that there was no Office in
Woodstown did not come from here that is
certain.