Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07


one. A MEMBER.
-Senex Green has plan of tomatoes
growing that is q curiosity. He stakes bis
plants with stakes six feet high, and trains
the vines thereon. His vines now are six
feet high, and loaded with fine tomatoes
some weighing from pound to pound a
half, each.
The carriage of William Lickfeld, pro-
prietor of the Washington Hotel at Glass.
bOro, was struck by the Bridgeton train,
south bonnd at Pitman Grove, on Septem
Der 6. The vehicle contained his wife and
three children. Mrs. Lickfeld had her
hand broken, and one of the children
was injured internally.
Washington Park was yesterday
crowded'with Philadelphia's veteran guests,
officers and jackies of the war ships, and
thousands of citiz ns. Admiral Sampson
was the guest of honor, and with his off
GERS were rendered banquet in the main
pavilion. The veterans and a large party
of newspaper men, enjoyed a genuine
Rhode Island CLAN bake at the lower
pavilion.
Among the veterans visiting PhiIadel-
phia is Robert HoldcrafL, of Indiana. Mr..
Holdcraft, whose father was John Hold
craft,was born in Battentown IS years ago
In 1921 years ago, he went West and
has not been East since. He came to
Woodbury. this morning to visit the late
Chas. S. Knisell, with whom he was school
boy. He will go to Swedesboro next week
to visit the scenes of his boyhood.
Woodbury. public schools opened last
Tuesday with an unusually large percent
age of attendance as compared with the
last census. Clerk Redfield states that $50
pupils responded to the first roll call, from
an enumeration of 945, and if experience
of recent years is repeated, the number
will be increased TO 500 during the month
of September. The teachers were all in
their places the children earnest and
anxious fJr the work before them, and the
labor of the year resumed in all grades
without friction of any kind With our
city free from contagious diseases which
have delayed school work in Mantua and
Glassboro, and with harmony and enthu-
siasm pervading every department, the
people have reason to expect good results
from this important public institution.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Woodbury. Glass Works
was Iheld last Thursday afternoon The
financial statement showed the business
last year to have been profitable one, aud
dividend of Eve per cent. was declared.
The following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, G. G. Green Secretary, IL. B.
Beckett Treasurer. g. G Green Super
intendent. G. A. Madden Board of Direc-
tors, G. A. Madden, c. F. Marshall, j. E
Andorfer, James K Park. One factory,
which was originally the "Dinkey' furnace,
will be started next Saturday, and it is
hoped that conditions will soon require the
starting of at least another furnace. Moore
Bros, of Clay ton, now have three furnaces
in operation, and F M. Pierce & Co one ;
Whitney Bros, at GlsssbOro, two furnaces
Williamstown, two, and SwedesbOro one.
About $50 last Sunday evening. a
Reading railroad train crashed into a troll
ley car at the point whore the trolley
crosses the Reading in Gloucester City
Miss Anna Neueaschwandtr,o of PhiIa was
killed and and half dozen passengers
more or less injured Coroner Bushey held
the inquest 90 the 9Th inst, and the YER
dict Of the jury was That Annie MEN
schWander came to her death through GRIM
minal neglect of duty ON the part of Motor
man Harry Derricks0n and Conductor Al
bert Davis, and the company were censured
for not giving more explicit instructions to
their men," Warrants were issued by Jus.
tice McAdams. and both men were arrested
at z O'Clock and given hearing by Justice
ncAdams, who held them in $1,000 bail
each, the charge being criminal negligence
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