Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-09-16
SWEDESBORO.

/ William Strang and family of Borden
town have been visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Strang.
Miss Sadie Smith is spending two weeks
with her brother and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas B. Smith of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and l. Il. Yanaman, Mrs. Mary Mus
grave Mrs. Samuel Gaskill and party Of
other friends are making a trip to Gettys-
burg, Cayerns Of Luray. Washington and
other points of interest.
Mrs. Richard Ham of Camden is the
guest of her brother A. R. TaIman, and
her neice, Mrs. 3. A. Headley.
Miss Helen Walton and nephew of Oak
Lane, Philadelphia, have been visiting Miss
Retta G. Fox.
i Misses Lizzie and Clara Gibbs, of Phila-
delphia, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs
Al. Hendrickson and other friends here.
Miss Frances Locke Of Philadelphia has
been the guest Of Swedesboro friends.
Miss Prue Holbrook and Thos McCnlIy,
of PhiladeIphi- have been visiting DIR.
and Mrs. B. F. Buzby.
Mrs VIM Dilks has been visiting her
daughter at Royersford, Pa.
Miss Name Weatherby has gone to spend
some time with friends in Camden, Phila-
delphia and Norristown.
Miss May Young has gone to spend seve-
raj weeks with Rev. A. E. Wanderer and
family at Paterson
VIM, H. Mccullough left here on Tues
day morning tor the reunion of the 48th N.
Y. Regiment, to which he belonged. The
reunion takes place at Sleeps Head bay,
Long Island. He was accompanied by his
son William.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. E. M Atkinson, of Salem,
have been visiting George Cheeseman and
sisters.
Mrs. Elizabeth Beckett of Glassboro, has
been spending several days with her
brother, B. r, Moffett
Mr.. and Mrs. John Simpkins and daugh-
ter of Camden have been visiting Sweds-
boro friends.
Miss Lille Eastlack has been visiting
friends at Wood bury.
] Miss Eva Huber, nurse in the Penna-
sylvania Hospital, is spending a short vaca-
ton with the family of J. Frank Faucett.
Editor Geo. w. Pither spent Sunday and
Monday at SeaYiew.
Mrs. Louis G. Green of Woodbury. has
been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Batten.
Mrs. w. Fl. Hannold is spending some
time with relatives in Camden and Phila-
delphla.
Herman Bertsch and family of Philadel-
phia have been visiting Mr. and Mrs Louis
G. Reistle and other friends in this neigh
bOrhood.
On last Saturday morning while Robert
S. Porch, proprietor of Porch's mill near
here, and his wife were attending church,
a young man who had been in his employ
but few days, unlocked desk and stole
a pocket book containing $50 and two
checks. Mr.. Porch on arriving home found
his man and money both gone
Miss LIZZIE Cozens is attending Prof
Lewis private school at Woodbury..
Rev, D E.vishanoff of Thessalonica, will
preach in the M E. church on Sunday
evening and give an account of the man
ners and customs of his far away home.
The picnic tea given by the OAK Grove
Sunday school on last Thursday was an
enjoyable affair and netted the school the
neat sum OF 1927.
The annual meeting of Downs Wet. U.
will be held on Friday afternoon, 18th
inst A full attendance of members is
desired as reports of superintendent will
be given and officers elected for the ensu-
ing year.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Epworth League was held on Tuesday
evening and delegates were appointed to
attend the annual conference of the Cam
den District League.
AT special school meeting held on last
Friday evening 5000 were voted to main
tain night school. The school will begin
as soon as the necessary arrangements can
be made.
| Thursday afternoon of last week team
| belonging to VIM. Bennett ran away with
hay wagon and leaving the highway
crashed through fence into a. field near
the tollgate, where the wagon was upset
and the horses thrown down in heap.
One horse had its shoulder broken and the
bone pierced the heart causing death in a
short time Mr.. Bennett valued the ami
NAL at $3.50.
! The thermometer which registered from
| so to SO degrees nearly every day last week
took drop of 81 degrees between Satnr-
day night and Sunday morning, a change
of temperature just little trying to weak
constitutions.
| William Emme, a resident of this place,
died at the County Almshonse on Saturday
night and was buried in the M. E. grave
pard here on Tuesday. He leaves wife
who is in the Insane Asylum at Trenton.
Considerable excitement prevailed here
on Sunday morning oyer the arrest OF q
man and woman charged with counterfeit
| ing. They were first seen on the streets
Saturday evening and visited nearly every
| business place in town making small pur-
chases of few cents value and offering in
payment silver dollars until they had
| passed thirteen of the spurious coins
| Butcher Vim. A Homan discovered the
| fraud Immediately after the parties left his
| shop, but supposing they were strangers
recently moved into the town. said nothing.
| However, seeing the couple IN the street
on Sunday morning on their way to the
railroad station and recognizing them as
| the persons who bought pound of pork
| in his shop and gave him the bogus dollar
| in payment, he was not long in securing
the services of Deputy Marshal Garrison,
who surprised the couple at the station by
| politely ~ asking the man to let him see
| what he had in his pockets They were
taken before Justice John Ford and COM
mitted TO Woodbury. jail TO await hearing
before United Commissioner Morgan on
Monday. On being searched four of the
| spurious coins, each bearing date of 1890,
were found on them. They passed Satur
day night at Ford's hotel and on leaving
On Sunday morning paid their bill in good
money. They gave their names to Justice
| Ford as John Smith and Mary Anderson,
although they registered at the hotel as
man and wife. The man was heard to
remark on Saturday night that he thought
Swedesboro was pretty slow kind of a
town, but he found to his sorrow that it
was fast enough for him. Great credit is
due Butcher Homan for the prompt man
ner in which he acted in causing the arrest
of these dangerous charateIs, who, we learn
have been plying their trade in several
other South Jersey towns
BILLINGSPORT.