Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-19
OVER THE COUNTY
What our wide awake correspondents find
to write about, and items gathered from
other sources.

John Souders, of Mt. Royal, is said to
have been $500 short after seeing the sights
of Gloucester City last week with two mer
named Wood and Tully.
Charles Walker, of Franklinville, is q
large peach grower, and says his crop is not
as large as former years, but the fruit is
very fine.
John ]. Costello, near Wenonah, last
Friday caused the arrest of Fred. Phillips,
his colored farm laborer, for stealing truck
from his fields and household goods.
Philips had concealed the articles in Cos
tello's hay NOW until convenient oppor-
tunity offered for their removal.
The store Of Edward King, of Wenonah,
was entered by thieves last Thursday night
and general merchandise to the value OF 5000
carried off Mr.. Kings store is connected
with his house, and during the day ne had
been on the Eagles excursion returning
late, and was in the store until after IL
o'clock. No clue to the thieves has been
obtained.
At a meeting OF the Glassboro Board of
Education held August 9th, it was de-
cided to commence School on Monday,
September 6, 1897. The following resolu-
ton was also adopted by the Board. Re-
s0Iued, That owing to the crowded condi-
ton of our schools facilities for the children
of the district we deem it proper at the
opening of the school year that the pupils
outside of the school district desiring to
enter hereafter shall be compelled to pay
q tuition fee, viz: The tuition fee for the
school years of forty weeks to be in lump
sum OF 500 90 or subdivided in terms of
quarters of $500 each.
J. P. SrANGER, Clerk.
In connection with the Marriage License
act Attorney General Gray, in reply to a
letter from the County Clerk of Monmouth
county has pat a construction upon the law
which changes its meaning as accepted by
many people throughout the State. The
letter in full is as follows:
"Replying to your favor Of August 5, received
this morning, beg to say that the construction
put upon the act of 1897, chapter 1893, as under
stand, is to require licence where either of the
parties are non-residents OF the state; There
and Section 2, but this Interpretation makes it
absolutely safe for any minister justice or other
person to perform marriage ceremony in con-
fOrmity with the statute'' Truly yours,
IS. H. GRAY, Attorney General
The Constitutions Swedesboro correspond
emit writes:-
These prices were paid for produce at
the station last week: Sweet potatoes
$2.75 to So Is per barrel second size 81. co.
Watermelons, $12 90 per hundred. Citron,
SOC to 75c per barrel; Jenny Lind variety,
ST. 90 to ST. 25 per barrel. Egg plants, 30c
to 40c per barrel White potatoes, 81 80
to SITS per barrel. Tomatoes, Soc to 40c
per crate. The shipment of produce of
all kinds is far below the average of other
years. That of citron has been about 200
barrels per day, which is considered very
light. 1t is estimated that the crop of
white potatoes is the smallest raised in
this section for forty years.
Out of their own mouths they convict
themselves The prosperity which the
Consultation devotes four fifths of its space
in Dragging about, according to its own
writer's, is born of crops star below the
average of former, years" And the same
condition prevails the country over in truck
and round potatoes.
It is said one must go away from home
to fiud out news. The DEMOCRAT stated
last week that the appointment of Mr..
Beckett as postmaster did not give satifac-
ton. 1t would be hard to please that
editor with anyone other than Democrat,
but in this appointment he was not the
dictator. Constitution
Our statement last week that the
appointment of postmasters at Clay ton,
Franklinville and Malaga were very un-
satisfactory called forth the above para
graph from the editor of the Constitution
this week, under the head of Clayton
news. We have no disposition to meddle
with Republican appointments, but when
the Constitution talks about "dictators'i it is
well enough to state that the reason the
Clayton appointment is especially unsatis-
factory is that it was made on the recon-
mendation of three citizens, while the
peoples choice was ignored.