Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-24
CLARKsBORo.

The annual picnic of the Sunday school
will be held at Lincoln Park, on Thursday
August "a.
man Grove during the week, and repre-
sented the Clarksboro Union at the Tenn
perance Rally, under the auspices OF the
w. c. T. U.
Brown & Sons have recently shipped
twenty thousand cabbage plants TO Charles
ton, s. G.
Edwin Holmes, wife and daughter,spent
last Sunday with Helena Casey, Pedrick-
town.
Miss E Z Chatham, of MulIica Hill, was
the guest of Mr.. Burning on Saturday aud
Sunday
Rev. James Fl Joiiffe, student of Grocer
Theological Seminary, has taken charge Of
the Baptist church at Mt. Royal.
The seventeenth annual convention of
the Gloucester County w. C. I C., will be
held in the NJ. E. church in September
Benjamin Lodge is quite sick with ty-
phoid fever
Mrs. May Marshall, of GreuIoch, is
visiting friends in this neighborhood.
George Willie and family, of Camden, are
guests Of Mrs John Sickler
Edward Higgins and family, OF Bridge
ton, has been visiting relatives at Mt.
Royal
Albert Dobbs and family. and Mrs. W.
K. Sloan, have been spending few days at
Atlantic City.
Mrs Eliza Burrough is spending week
at AsbuIy Park.
The annual picnic of the First-day
school was held yesterday in the grove at
MickIeton The Baptist school held its
picnic the same day in Tatam's grove.
Mr.. and Mrs Penland, of Ohio, are the
guests of Mickleton friends.
Mrs. George Heritage is on the sick list.
Mrs. Rapp and family, who have been
visiting Rev. Charles Bensler, have return
ed to their home in Baltimore.
In sinking well on the store property
of William Green, the drill struck an old
meadow at the depth of twenty feet, and
| the peat which was removed burned rapidly
| when dried Although there were six feet
of water in the well, the pump could not
raise any to the surface So the project OF
drill well has been abandoned and the
ordinary pump substituted.
Although able to have charge of the
service in the M E church last Sunday
Rev. Mr.. Mayhem is still quite poorly. He
expects to have man to preach for him
next Sunday.
! |. T. Haines and wife went on an excur-
sion up the Hudson last week.
Miss Sallie Weatherby, who has been
suffering with a broken ankle. is able te
ride out occasionally.
Rev j. w. Doris, formerly pastor Of the
Baptist church at Mt. Royal, who wa;
ordained at Pedricktown on Wednesday OF
last week, has accepted position as Pro
| fessOr of Creek and Hebrew at Crozel
Seminary.
This locality was well represented at the
Farmers Picnic on Wednesday. In the
display of variety of articles comparing
| very favorable with the exhibits of Other
parts of the county. Nathan Smith exhibit
ed cantaloupes, sweet potatoes and apples
Thomas Strstton, melons, egg plants, peas
sweet potatoes and very fine peaches Mrs
A. T. Dawson a fine display of rare plants
i palms, umbrella plant, coco palm, rubber
plant, beg0nia Mrs. John Sickler, palms,
flowers jelly, apples. strawberry, grape anC
eIderberry Mrs G w. Brown, fern Mrs
! Thomas Stratton canned peaches, iellie
In the fine art display Mrs. Stratton had
quilts, cup and saucer, doilies, handker-
4 chiefs, book marker Among antiquitiei
i Mrs j r. Sickler warming pan, and irons
tea kettle Mrs Nathan Smith meat dish
one hundred years old Mrs G. Greer
tea pot one hundred and nineteen year
i old Mrs Samuel Stetser sugar bowl on,
hundred and thirty five years old In tbs
baby show, too, this community received 1T
share of prizes. The infant son Of Mr.. and
i Mrs Charles BIensinger took the prize fol
being the largest under one year present
Il The infant OF Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green
4 and the twins OF Samuel Stetser weT,
among the number. Quite d number o
our citizens were in attendance to partici
pate in the various attractions of the oe
casiOns
Conrad Geitz has q fine sweet potato fell
the yield being 81 baskets 10 the 100 hills
Mary johnson. OF Bridgeton, has beel
the guest Of Martha Engle
Rev. Herbert Buck and wife, of Morris
town, Pa, were guests OF relatives here Of
Tuesday.
Mrs Coles, Of Point Pleasant, is visitln
her sister, Mrs. Edward Steward.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stewart gave
! family reunion last Sunday in honor Q
I Mrs. Stewards brother, William b Sailei
who has been visiting them. Mr. Sale
left on Monday for his Western home a
Massilon, Ohio. Those present were: ME
, and Mrs, Stewart. Mrs James Hollis an
, children, Misses Rae and Hannah Steward
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