Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-06-16
LOCAL ITEMS.

LOCAL ITEMS.
Edgar WfigIey, Carpet weaver, RarnshOro
Evergreen Hall is filed with summer
hoArders.
The hay crop is going to be light in
this county,
WIN, j. Thompson, DR., was admitted
to the practice of law as an attorney on
. Menday last.
Mrs, Mary Thornton and daughters
Miss Bessie and Miss Hattie, are at the
Beechwood, Atlantic City for week.
Joseph Coombs bought the George W.
Jennings house at Wenonah last Saturday !.
Price not stated, and Thomas C. Dilkes a
building lot.
-Theo. Laub expects to have the improve
ments TO his business place completed this
week, and then will have ample room TO
accommodate his patrons, and show foot
wear.
When Mr.. James Jessup, near Barns
boro, drives his handsome team of sorrels
through Woodbury., they are always fol.
lowed by admiring eyes. 1t is one of the
finest teams in the county.
The Boards of Education of the town
shiEs of the county will meet in the Court
House next Saturday for the purpose of
organizing of County Association. State
SCHOOL Superintendent, G. ]. Baxter, will
be present AND make an address.
Next Saturday, Harry c. Sharp, ad
ministrator of the estate OF the late D. j.
Patterson, will offer the late residence Of
deceased en- Hessan avenue at public sale
in front of the Court House. Full partic
plars are given in advertisement in another
column.
Few towns of its size have so large a
number of up-to-date. gO-a-head business
men as Paulshoro, and now that they
have got together in movement to ad-
vance the general and material interests of
their village, the old ruts will be allied up
aud new pace set. Such movements,
while primarily 10 advance local interests.
yet have a larger Significance. and the
whole county should feel and even have
an interest in the efforts the Paulsboro
people are putting forth to help their
town.
The item of Court expenditures the
past year must surprise those confiding tax
payers who favored the elimination of the
Lay Judges from the bench on ground of
economy. There have been no criminal
trials of importance the past year, and no
lay judges to pay, yet court expenses are
way above the average. Compare expen-
diture for 1898 and '94, the two last years
with Lay Judges on the bench, with the
two last years With only law judge, and
We have the following figures 1893,
$7.S29. 10; 1891, $9,715.S2; 1897, 1881
1898, $l1,676 Wherein is the economy of
the one judge system2
An improvement in Woodbury. real
estate is indicated in the recent sale OF
building lots by Col G. Ct. Green who
SINCE his arrival home late in May. has
sold three handsome lots -ane on Cooper
atreet, one each 90 Evergreen and Popular
avenues. Handsome residences will at
ONCE be erected on two of these lois, and
Col. Green is having plans prepared for an
up.to-date city house which he will have
erected on Cooper street, near Woodland
avenue These with Mrs. O. G.. Abbott's
fine cottage now building, and NJ. BOnsall's
of the firm # Comfy & Flanigen, soon to
be started, will give an impetus to long.
delayed activity in Woodbury. real estate
market. That there should ever be q
batting or downward tendency in " God
bury property is due TO unnatural con.
ditions and not TO conditions within OF
for which the city is responsible. Wood
bury is one of the heaIthiest towns 10 the
State; our railroad facilities are unsur
passed by any suburb of Philadelphia
considering the city possessions, our tar
rate is low. and the tendency will be
downward rather than upwa d our publ.
schools are unsurpassed /: the city is vel
lighted and policed our churches repre-
sent every denomination the city water il
pure and wholesome, its source being cedal
swamp springs, nearly ten miIes distant
With SO much to commend. and with n'
other drawback than a lack Of paVet
streets tpese are now in sight, Wood
bury Is one Of The best home towns in
Fadips Of fifty miles Of Philadelphia
And owners Of Woodbury. resl estate ex
tend an invitation to good men everywherl
to rome and look at us; go into on
churches snd schools, walk our shaded
well paved streets take dive oyer ou
telforded county roads through an exceIles
farming district, sIake your thirst will
Woodbury. water, become acquainted witt
our courteous people, and if you are seek
ing place to dwell in health, securit.
aud comfort. you will come to Woodbury.