Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-28
LocALtTEMs.

LOCAL ITEMS.
The bank statements are ad vertised
this week
Architect c. ". Pebble is making
plans for Friendship Fire Company's new
house.
The Sabbath School of the Central
Baptist church is picnicking at Almonesson
Park TO- day.
DIR. Charles D. Fisher died at Au' last
Saturday aged So years, of paralysis The
funeral was ON Friday.
The Fourth-aDnual Farmers Picnic
will be held at Washington Park on We'd
nesday. August "a.
Grocer VIM. Fl. Sithens is completing
a fine improvement to his property on
South Broad street.
The advertisement of specialist in
chronic diseases, DR.. ]. P. Finlaw, of Cam
den, will be found on the fourth page this
week.
Battery A, of Philadelphia, with which
John S. Jessup, Jr. of this city is connected,
will assist in the military operations at
Porto Rico.
-Mantua township tax rate will be
$1.22, as follows: County, 50 cents: school,
80 cents; township, 20 cents; township
school, 20 cents.
Al. higgins, Charles Thackara and w.
E. Mipgin fished off Port Norris last
Thursday, and their catch was between
five and six hundred blue fish.
The regular monthly meeting of the
n he hoIA NJ ha ~
Mrs. Ray Pratt, North Broad and Dare Sts.,
Monday evening next, Aug. l, at 8 o'clock.
In the death of their only daughter,
bright little infant, last Thursday, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. f. Graham sustained loss
which enlists the sympathy of the com
munity The inteTment was at Mt Moriah
last Saturday.
The tax rate of Logan township will
be $1.3S ON the 500 valuation this year,
divided SIS follows: County, 50 cents !;
road, sidewalk and broad tire. "a cents !;
township, 2 cents; poor, 2 cents school,
% cents. The increase over last year is in
the County and District school rate.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending July 25, 1898: Miss Kassie Cole
man, George Grey, Miss Ella May johnson,
Miss NJ Murphy, Miss Lucy Palm. Mrs.
E. H. Smith, Almo Spindles (2). Persons
calling for the above letters will please say
advertised.
VIM. J. Thompson caught two of his
walters in the stealing act on Monday, and
they are now in Jail. They will be given
a final hearing this morning before Justice
johnson. The question arises, is it a
greater crime to take your employers money
than it is your partners?
An Iowa physician not long ago had
under treatment boy suffering from what
seemed to be typhoid. 1t was found
subsequently that the boy had swallowed
several lemon seeds, which had remained
in the alimentary tract two weeks and had
sprouted fully one-eighth of an inch long
Collector Wilkins, of West Deptford
will sit for taxes at the house of Joseph A.
Moore on Tuesday, October l8 in New
bold, October II; at post Office, Thorofare
October 10. The tax rate is $1.22 as fol-
lows: Township, 80; county, So; State
school, 80.
The c. G. & W. Employees Relief
Association will run moonlight excursion
down the Delaware river on Friday even
ing of this week. Good order is promised
Tickets, 25 cents. Boat leaves Arch street
wharf at s p. m Gloucester s. 80; Wash
ington Park pier, S.45.
"A special meeting of City Council was
held last Tuesday evening, July 10, when
the report of Collector Redfield on the
sales warrant for unpaid taxes on properties
issued March 29th was received. At the
meeting SIX months interest on the water
bonds was paid-$1240, due August 1st,
held by the Philadelphia Saving Fund
Society.
The setting up of flag pole ia the
Court House grounds, seems to us not
called for. Ii will be no improvement over
the present arrangement for hosting flag
at the Court House, and the pole and flag
now 10 use are as good as new. The county
had no flag until the present pole and flag
were purchased by the Democratic Board
in 81 OF '92, and it will be time enough to
cast them aside when they show a little
wear. We doubt if single member Of
the Board, placing themselves in the
county's place, would feel called on to 90
to the expense of a new pole and flag
The Red Cross Societies 10 SwedesborO,
CIarksboro and Panlsboro are tireless ia
their labors. and are CO cooperating with the
Woodbury. Branch in very helpful way.
The especial needs af the boys of Company
Fl are. Towels, small pocket mirrors, song
books, National and others combined;
stationery, paper, envelopes and pencils I;
handkerchiefs, housewives, small combs,
pipes and tobacco" These are being sup
piled by the Red Cross, and on Wednesday
a few smokers down at Jobie Jones, under
the leadership OF Frank Bremen, passed
around the hat and took silver offering
that bought several hundred packages of the
soothing weed. 1t was forwarded on We'd
nesday, at an expressage expense of $3S5.
The farmers traffic from South Jersey
10 market is accurately obtained at the
Gloucester ferry. Taking last Monday
evening as basis of calculation, the in
crease is three-fifths - that being the
proportion of increase in number OF farm
wagons over those carried on any other
night in the history of that ferry. And
then, the loads are much greater. One
wagon. drawn by two horses. according to
the driver, had 2l7 baskets of truck for its
load. And the ferry company is making
every effort to meet the demands on it.
Three swift boats, making fifteen minute
trips, keep the procession of wagons NOV
ing to their destination with greater
regularity than ever before, hence with
good roads and quick river transportation,
the farmers Of South Jersey are enjoying
advantages not possessed by the generations
that are gone. Then hub deep sand roads
that permitted the hauling Of not more
than fifty baskets, and ferry service that
was positively hateful, were the difficulties
in the way Of marketing.