Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-16
LOCAL EMs.

The November meeting of the Board
of Chosen FreehoIders is being held to day.
Considerable personal property is adj
vertised at public sale. in our advertising
columns this week.
The annual New England dinner will
be held in the Fhst Baptist church or
Thursday evening, the 23d inst
Joseph S. Peacock, of Camden, formerly
Of this city, spent Saturday evening here
the guest of Theodore Dllks.
Gloucester City is to be annexed to
Camden, by Legislative enactment of The
next Lex islature, we are told.
-The seven cent entertainment by the
Central Baptist Sabbath school. besides be-
ing pleasurable occasion, Melted $27 in
admissions and sale of refreshments.
Those riding bikes to the Poverty
Social at Mantua Grove, next Saturday
evening. for the benefit of the Sunday
School, will have their v heels cared for.
Mr. Geo. Valentine, through Theo.
Dlks, has purchased the White Plymouth
Rock fowls owned by Mr.. II. F. Riley,
South Seaville, n j., that took prizes at
the poultry show held in this city.
Isaac Allen, near Paulsboro, has placed
on our table branch of an apple tree bear
ing three perfect second crop apples. They
are the Densten variety, and all three are
smooth and perfect as first crop fruit.
DIR. T. B. Rogers. V. S. for the State
Tuberculosis Commission. has killed two
cows the past week, under the new law
which went into effect recently. Examina-
fiana ore r,aado Oplu imam onnlfoaffan
-Detectiye Garrison arrested on Satur-
day, in Philadelphia, Frank r. Richard
son. eolored farm hand, who left the
employ of Seby Weatherby taking a
ladies gold watch and several gold rings.
The astronomers have promised a
shower of stars this week, and Mayor
Laid has ordered the police to ring the
Court House bell when the shower begins,
so the people can get out and rescue them
from danger.
The Country Clubs membership was
increased by bakers dozen last Monday
evening. This club is now one of the per-
manent social organizations of the city, and
fills big place in the social life of the
the community.
The night school, that opened in the
academy on Nov 6, has an attendance of
40 to As pupils each night. This is the
largest attendance ever noted. The ses-
sions begin at seven and continue until 8
each evening, Misses Mitchell and Kerr,
teachers.
The annual oyster supper of the
Gloucester County Farmers Club will be
held next Saturday at Falls Hotel, West
vile. ALI the old members are particularly
requested to be present.. judge Mason
will preside, as usual, aud pleasant even
ing is anticipated.
The piano fund of the Woodbury. pub
lie schools is growing rapidly, and with a
little effort the amount may be reached
and the instrument presented by January
LIST. When our readers need clothing, go
to Wanamaker & Brown. and have the
amount of the purchase placed to the
credit of the piano fund of Woodbury.
public schools
Robert RedfeId was committed To the
county Jail Monday afternoon, charged by
his brother, Charles Redfeld, with the
larceny of about $50 The complainant's
home was entered some time on Saturday
and the money, representing his savings.
was stolen. Suspicion was directed against
the brother, who was taken into custody at
Gloucester, bat when searched very little
money was found on him.
"A call signed by Mrs Wilbur F.
Crafts, Supt. of S. S. Dept. Worlds W. G.
T. T., and By Mrs. Stella B Irvine, Supt
S. S. Dept. National W C. T. u, to all S.
S. superintendent and Teacher, W. C. T.
9. workers in Sunday schools, and all
friends of temperance. reminding them that
the fourth Sunday in Novem berthe 26tb,
is the great Temperance Field Day for the
Sunday-schools of the world.
The medals donated by the State of
New Jersey to the men who represented
her in the volunteer army in the late war
with Spain we're in part distributed at the
aImory of this city on Monday evening
The medal is a bronze casting with the seal
of New Jersey inscribed upon IT. Lieu
tenant Shivers has charge of the distri-
button here and those who have not yet
received them will do so by applying to
him
"A proposition to increase the salary of
the City Collector from 5000 TO 5000 comes
with a bad grace from a member of City
Council elected as a reformeT Woodbury's
tax duplicate amounts this year to $685.
500 0S S3l ,60l.o0 has been collected, max
ing the delinquents list Nov l, $3898.28
The people wouldn't have to search long
10 secure competent citizen to serve as
Collector and Treasurer of the city and
water funds at salary of $500 per year.
The Trustees of Friendship Fire Com
pany sold the old. fire house on Cooper
street at public sale last Saturday, and Col
q. g. Green was the purchaser at 81 $50
This is an advance of $3.50 over the price
offered at the sealed bIdD sale of two
weeks ago, and is ample yindieation of
those citizens who entered protest against
disposing of public property in a semi
public manner and without full publicity.
The increase in price obtained is less i'm
poriant than the Yindication of the prin-
cipal that privacy has no place in trans
action Of public business.
Sheriff Collins term ended on Tues
day last, when he was succeeded by Frank
lin D. Springer. So far as the clerical and
financial duties of the Office of Sheriff are
concerned, Mr.. Collins has, we believe,
made competent, painstaking, economical
official, but in the broad field of admins
trative duty be has been a narrow partisan.
To personnel, his Grand Juries have been
Dotoriously partisan, surprising even strong
Republicans in the matter of official bust
ness he has sacrificed the interests of the
people to partisan desires. The law re-
qnires that advertisement of sales of real
estate shall be inserted in two newspapers,
the intent being that insertion shall be in
representative papers of each Of the two
leading parties, to the end that the interests
of compliments and defendants will be
subserved by widest publicity. The letter
Of the law be has obeyed, by insertion in
the Consultation. the newspaper representa-
tive of the Republican party, perfectly
proper act, bat beyond that, he has ignored
The spirit Of the law, by employment OF
papers without general circulation or in
fuenee in the county We regret that we
cannot say of Mr. Collins, on his retirment,
what We have been able to say of all Of his
predecessors for twenty years, bot candoi
and truth forbid
Fatal Accident.
About II o'clock, M. to day. Will IN
Mccullough, an employee of A. s. Sim
norman, fell from the roof Of house on
German street. which he was painting
striking Oh a fence ard died Instantly.
Deceased was single man. aged about &c