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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
CLARKsBoRo.

Mrs. Hannah Packer, OF Bridgeton, has
been visiting friends and relatives in this
vicinity.
The residence of Mr.. Jacob Kirby, at
MIckletOn, is being painted.
Mr.. Jacob Miller, who has been i'll with
pneumonia is improving.
The funeral of Mr.. James Vanneman
was held in the NJ. E. church on Saturday
interment at Eglington.
About twenty members of the Young
Friends Association attended the General
Conference of Associations held at Woods
town, on Saturday of last week. Repre-
sentatives were present from the Yearly
Meetings, OF New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
John Myers moYed, last Tuesday, into
the house he lately purchased from Mr..
Allen.
Mrs. Ella Paulin, of Bridgeton, is spend
ing some time with her mother, Mrs. Hig-
gins.
Miss Emily Coale spent Saturday and
Sunday with friends at Hatboro, Pa.
A number of Mickleton people visited
the Exposition on Friday Among them
Charles Heritage and family and Joseph
Carter and family.
The W. C. T U. will meet Friday after
noon, Dec. LIST. Topics for the day
Health and Heredity and Non Alec
holics in Medicine" The following read
ings are assigned -" The Preachers Con-
version. p" What is the Law of Heredity ~
" London Temperance Hospital Uncle
Josiah's Bedtime" A report of National
Convention of tine w. c. T o. held re-
Gently at Seattle, Washington, will be
given. Singing" A Hymn for Help y and
"A Cup of Cold Water" Discussion,
How May Evil Tendencies be Overcome?'
opened by Mary Brown.
Thanksgiving services will be held in
our church on Thanksgiving morning.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
MANTUA.


Thanksgiving service was held in the D..
E. church last Sunday evening.
The next regular meeting and social of
ST. Barnabas Guild will be held at the
residence of DIR. E. Hillegass.
The members of j. H. Tharp's bible
class cleared fifteen dollars at their cake
and pie sale last Saturday.
Miss Carrie Fink is spending Thanks
giving at Tacony with her friend, Mrs
Gardiner
Mrs Fl. A. Long is visiting friends in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs A. ]. Craig are spending q
few days with their daughter at Holmes
burg
There is family reunion at the home
of ]. Il. Tharp to-day
Quite party from here visited the Ex-
position on Monday.
Bible study next Monday evening at the
home of the Superintendent, J. j. Truncer
Miss SOoy is home from Caldwell for the
Thanksgiving holidays.
Our new grocers, Thomas & Hayes, have
choice lot of new canned goods, dried
fruits, etc. Try them.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
PEDRICKToWN.

new flag has heen presented the public
school recently.
Love feast was held in the NJ. E. church
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gates and two children, of
MonroeYiIle, returned home Sunday after a
pleasant visit here with parents and
friends
Lewis Cook, our ticket agent. is to leave
us and fill that Office at Ocean City. Well
what is our loss is their gain, but we surely
hate to part with such good agent and
jOvial citizen.
Cooper Pedrick, of Phiia., spent Monday
here with relatives.
The Commissioners of Appeal sat in X
Mems Hall Tuesday.
Robert Tull has teams very busy carting
dirt filling up around his new house
The telephone employees are working on
4. r. Ave. stalking off the distance. for the
telephone poles.
Quite number from this place witnessed
the game of foot bail at Pennsgrove on
Saturday.
Walter Baker, of the men laid off at the
powder works, is working in Cramps ship
pard.
Winfield Piekens and Wilbert Richards
who went up to Cramps to work, returned
last week, Pickens with the measles and
Richards because he didn't like the job
Morning and afternoon freights were run
along this road Sunday, an unusual oc-
currence.
David Henderson is daily expecting to
go to work for the Traction Company.
Well the supposed white bear has been
shot but instead of being a white bear was
a very large white dog and was owned by
Adam Lawrence. 1t was said to be of a
rowing disposition. Several had met the
animal along the road between here and
Perkintown but in each instance the teams
had to turn out, the dog would just stand
and growl.
Mr.. and MIS- George Beckett and daugh-
ter Florence are spending some time at
White Horse Pike, Camden County.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
BRILLIANT BRITISH VICTORY.
Beers Attack an Armored Train an

Beers Attack an ArmOred Train and
Are Put to Flight.
London, Nov. 29-The British arms
have achieved brilliant victory. The
enemy, strongly entrenched, held q
range of hills commanding both sides
of the railway at Rool Laagte, near
Gras Pan. The Lancashires, under
Lewis, reconnoitered in an armored
train on Friday The Beers shelled the
train, killing Lewis and private.
General Methuen then advanced. His
column made detour and bivouacked
for the night three miles from the Boer
position.
At dawn the advance began, the
guards forming the reserve. The BoeI
guns opened fire. Two batteries of Brit
ish artillery. posted on each side, she'll
ed the Beers, practice being good on
both sides. The duel lasted three
hours
Finding it impossible to displace the
Beers by artillery General Methuen re-
solved upon an infantry attack A bri-
gade of infantry calamity stormed tbs
Boer positions in the face of a wither-
ing fire, carrying hill after hill, but
suffering severely.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
D0INGS IN NEW JERSEY.

Glassboro. N. j., NOV. 29.-ProfessoF
F. w. Bowen, for Is years principal of
the public school of this town, has
resigned to accept more lucrative DO
sition in Philadelphia.
Salem, Nov 27.-The coroner's jury
investigating the death of 4-year-old
Blanche Wittmore has placed the
responsibility for the child's death on
Elizabeth Murray, colored, who was
committed to await the action of the
grand jury.
Trenton, Nov 29.-The court of err
rors and appeals yesterday in Bay
onne case decided that it was not
necessary for an ordinance granting a
franchise to an electric light COM
pany to designate the particular
streets in which poles are to be erect
ed, provided the company is engaged
in the business of public lighting. This
is reversal of a supreme court de-
cision, and is viewed as a big victory
for electric light companies.
Elizabeth, Nov. William Dun
ham, aged Is years, an employee of the
City brewery. was discharged from the
general hospital yesterday as cured
from severe case of poisoning from
wearing colored socks. The perspira-
ton from the feet caused the eoioring
matter to run into a cut IN the foot,
and the leg and foot were soon badly
swollen, followed by swelling in both
arms and severe pains through the
body. He had been in the hospital sew
eral weeks.
Trenton, Nov 27.-The death of
Vice President Hobart calls to mind
the loss which New Jersey has sus-
tanned within decade through the
same cause of many of its brilliant
public men. In the mortuaFy list are
the names of Albeit, Bedle, Phelps,
Mcpherson, Green, Halsey, Beasley,
Robson. Runyon, Cattell, Keasby and
now Hobart Truly, the list is APP
palling. But few great leaders of the
people are left. All were giants in
their day and generation.
Paterson. Nov 2S.-It is supposed
! that the estate of the late Carrot A.
Hobart was worth IS 900 900. The will.
for there is believed to be one. will
not be probated for few days. 1t is
taken for granted that his son and
only child. who was until his fathers
death Carrot A. Hobart. Jr.. will in
herit the bulk of the vice presidents
wealth. Edward r. Bell. president of
the First National bank. of Paterson,
and Colonel William Barbour will
probably be named as executors of the
will.
Passaic. N. j.. Nov. 27.-An explosion
of ammonia, resulting from fire, de-
stroyed the big plant of the Passaic
Beef company, on Central avenue. yes
terday. The loss was $4,000. The
fire started in the smokehouse and was
soon followed by the explosion, which
completely wrecked the building, max
ing it an easy prey for the flames. Two
employees of the company were hurled
through the windows by the exploding
ammonia, which was used In making
ice for the refrigerators Seven thou
sand pounds Of fat. 5000 turkeys and
10000 mounds Of beet wers dsstroyed.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
APPREHENSION IN CUBA.

Havana, Nov Although there
has been a great deal of exaggeration
with reference to risings in different
parts of the island, there is no doubt
that, despite the tranquility of the
country. some apprehension exists lest
within the next few months some
trouble should occur in the event that
the United States congress does not
give definite assurances respecting the
future of Cuba. 1t is asserted that
many of the police, especially mem
bers of the rural guard, have for sew
eral weeks been paying a fraction of
their salaries to a fund intended for
use in case of an outbreak against the
United States. 1t is also reported that
recruiting for future emergencies" is
in progress.
The best opinion, official and nom
official, rejects the idea, however, that
there will be any trouble before the
beginning of next year.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
Rrxan on the Rond.Ruxina

Hon. VIM. j. Bryan reached Springfield
Mo-. on Monday, on his return from q
weeks hunting in the woods of Southern
Missouri, where he had seen no newspapers
and he expressed himself pretty plainly
when told of the Administrations purchase
OF bonds in New York and asked for his
opinion of it.
The Republicans. he declared, have
been saying all the time that there was
plenty OF money in the country. When
the free silver pc pie advocated an enlarge
ment OF the money supply, they were told
that the circulation fully met all the de.
mands OF trade.
Now, when Wall street becomes short
of money, the Government is prompt TO GO
to che relief of the spectators All that
we Free Silver people ask is that Uncle
Sam shall treat the farmer and the laborer
with as much consideration.
The Gold men, claiming that there is
plenty of money in the country, never
make the proper distinction between a
standard dollar and a credit dollar. They
assume that for all purposes an actual
dollar and promise to pay a dollar are
the same.
This failure to make the distinction
between the money of final account and
the various forms OF credit employed IN
the transactions Of the country has greatly
confused the minds of those controlled by
the gold standard idea"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
PITMAN GROVE.

Religion, politics and social life are get
ting well down to the Winter leyel-on the
ebb tide. The flood tide of the camp
meeting fervor sometimes extends to noun
famous heights during the warm aud
inspiring Summer season, but when the
chill Autumn winds begin to search for all
the crevices and defects of mechanical
structure, there seems to come into the de-
fective structure OF humanity the same de-
gree of chilliness and an intense desire to
hug closely the warm Preside, satisfying
conscience with the promise of doing bet
ter ia the future, when the extra meetings
shall begin, for one muet go there or take
the chance of being thought weak and
cowardly soldier, or probably backslider
and hereto. Politically the food comes
along early in November, but the ebb is so
rapid and decisive that we soon reach the
normal condition only TO be aroused from
a state of apathy by the Spring caucus ADD
election in March, more of which anon 10
the future. Socially the Summer time,
with all of its beauty is our flood tide
season. Some localities have their greatest
social successes during the Winter season
" lille the northwest winds shrek out their
wintery blasts and the snow flakes fall
thick and fast, creating opportunity for
hours of pleasure in variOns ways the least
of which is not the merry. jingling of
sleigh bells and the effort of the bright
young lady's best fellow" to drive a
spirited horse with one hand while the
other is lovingly and confdingly occupied
in-well we won't say what. But with MS
these much to be desired pleasures are
limited to a very few unless it should be
that our young ladies are fortunate enough
to have best fellow from some other
locality, which, by the way, we note that 8
few have already started in on that basis.
Buggies now and sleighs later on. If not,
why not? But taken altogether, our So
cial life is at the ebb until the ides of
March are thing of the past.
Mr.. P. H. Focer, our post master, has
built himself very nice residence on the
east side of the pike, opposite the Second
Avenue gates, on what WAS formerly the
hitching ground, but which has been all
plotted into fine building lots. Mr.. VIM.
Downer, of Downers, is building nice
residence on the lot adjoining that Of Mr.
Focer. and we are told that every lot on
the pike has been sold.
Rev. w L Peterson has purchased the
lot fronting near the railroad and paral-
lei with Pitman Ave. on which he has
erected new printing Office for all kinds
of job printing.
Mr. F. Winglet is building himself a
large work shop and tool house.
Mrs. Henrietta Lodge sold sll of her
household goods at public sale on the 22nd
inst.
Mr.. Tubman and Mr.. Jesse Fraser, the
engineer and fireman of the Electric Light
Works moved into the John Kline property
last Monday, coming from Monroe.
Mr.. W. c. Schultz moved into his house
on Arbutus Hill yesterday, returning here
from Woodlyn, near Camden, after an alb
sence of over two years, during which time
both himself and family have been in very
poor health so he concluded to return to
the high ground, pure atmosphere and I'M
excelled water of Pitman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30

Chicago, Nov. pa riot occurred
last night at the intersection of In
diana avenue and Thirty-ninth street,
where for some time there has been a
strike on the large intersection sewer
being constructed by the city. There
have been numerous fights between
the strikers and the men, mostly color
ed, who have taken their places The
strikers have beaten several of the col
ored men badly, but last night the
strikers were beaten, dubbed and
chased out of the neighborhood. Will
Jam Tuck. striker, may die, officer
O'Connor had his toe cut off by bull
let, and Officer Fox had his right hand
severely cut by razor. Police ar
rested rs colored men.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
WANAMAKER'S.
Philadelphia. Monday, Nov. 27. 1899.
Santa Claus is here!

See the great big jovial fel-
low, with his Christmas tree
on his arm, as he looks down
on the Arcade from his corner
of the grand stairway!
Don't we all wish we knew
what those laughing eyes
might tell US, if they would?
What glad surprises he has
for the childrenl But he Cant
be coaxed to tell his secrets.
The shopping is comfortable
now ~ the stocks of pretty
things and useful things are
full and complete. You car
buy things now, and have
them sent home or some place
else, whenever you wish.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
silver uevnl,IIeau. leor nrvnn

Chicago. NOV. 49, Informal discus
sion by members Of the executive com
mittee Of the national Silver Republic
can committee and chalrmen of the
state committees at the meeting held
here yesterday developed, as the con-
sensus Of purpose. difference to the
Bryan Democracy, Il the right men
are nominated There was no dis
sent from the opinion that, as the
presidential candidate, William J..
Bryan. would be the right man.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
internal revenue Receipts.

Washington. Nov. Commissioners
George w. Wilson, of the internal
revenue bureau, in his report to the
secretary of the treasury of the oper-
atoms of his office from the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1899, shows that the
receipts from all sources aggregated
S273, 4S4,5 73, an increase over the pre-
ceding year of $102. 817 900, and an in
crease of $3,484,573 over the estimate
of the commissioner made one year
ago. The commissioner estimates that
the receipts from all sources for the
present year will approximate $685.
100000, which is about $11,500,000 in
excess of the receipts for the year clos
ed June 80. 1899.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30

The able Newark Sunday Cal wants New
jersey representatives in Congress to lead
the fight to have the tariff taken of paper
and wood pulp, for the purpose of destroy
ing the paper Trust. II occurs to us that
the paper Trust is no more destructive Of
the newspaper business than the other
trusts on business generally, and that the
newspapers would cut pretty small figure
if they directed their energies to the de-
struction Of the paper Trust, alone. What
the paper Trust is to publishers, some
other Trust is to some other industry, and
so on along che whole line.
The True american, commenting on the
Calls proposition, says
The newspaper trust tells to all printers
and book-makers and newspaper publishers
just what every other trust means to every
other branch of industry on which the
greedy monsters have set their grasp, and
TO the public.
This knowledge makes it the duty Of
the newspapers OF the country to lead in
the movement which is to free the people
from the domination of the trusts, and
makes it crime 10 be bought off by tneiI
own exclusive freedom
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30

Philadelphia, Nov. %. -Ellery P. Ing
ham and Harvey X hewitt, formerly
United States district attorney and as
sistant. were sentenced by Judge he
Pherson yesterday to serve two years
and six months each ia the Eastern
penitsntiary and to pay q fine of 81
each and the costs of prosecution. The
utmost possible sentence for bribery OF
q secret service agent and conspiracy
with the counterfeiters' gang to de-
fraud the government. OF which the
defendants were convicted Is fiveyears
Soon after the sentence the convicted
men were taken to prison.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
aneen YictorIn to Yirit Germnnx.

London, Nov. 29.-Truth announces
that Emperor William has achieved
one of the objects of his visit to Eng
land in having induced Queen Victoria
to give conditional promise to visit
the Prussian court during the last
week of April. She will travel, it APP
pears, from North Italy to Germany
by the St. Gothard tunnel, and will be
Germany's guest for several days at
Coblentz or Potsdam. Her majesty's
visit will be entirely private. There
will be no receptions, reviews or Other
wearisome functions.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
Plot to Assassis.af.. Turkeys sultan.
Eve Yearn For Cole.

Wilmington, Del. Nov g. Monty
alo A. Cole. the former dental student
at the University of Pennsylvania, who
was convicted on Saturday night of
manslaughter for causing the death OF
William A. Montague, in this city on
May IT, was sentenced yesterday by
Chief Justice Lore to FIVE years i'm
prisonment, $500 fine and costs OF
prosecution.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
A World wide Tariff Trust

Byron w. Holt of New York, has contribu-
ted complete exposition of the BoraxTrust
and it makes an interesting history. In
the United States are the biggest and most
productive borax mines or beds in the
world. They are all owned by the Pacific
Coast Borax Company, which has for ten
years held idle all but one or two of its
dozen mines. 1t buys them up to hold
them idea nd TO retain its monopoly. 1t
got increased duties in 1890 and 1897, and
has made exorbitant profits from these
duties. It, however, not only survived
under the three years of low duties of the
Wilson bill, but greatly increased its pro-
duction then to supply the extra demand
caused by the low prices at which it was
forced to sell. Not only did it survive,
but it then began to export bOrax in large
quantities, and to undersell its foreign
competitors at their own doors 1t brought
them all to terms, and last January formed
The B0rax Consolidated Works. Limited.
of England. which owns and operates all
of the most profitable borax mines and
refneries in the world 1t sells refined
borax in England for 81 cents per pound,
and in our own protected markets at n
cents, which has been the price for one
year. Its net profit on every pound sold
in America is not less than 4 cents. As it
sells about 10000 tons in our markets its
yearly net profits are about $500 600 1t
Is this sort Of enterprise and this kind OF
mine owners who can afford to put up a
half-million dollars with which to buy a
six-year term in the United States Senate.
The borax trust, inclusive as it is, is but a
fragment OF the associated trusts and
combines and corporations which buy the
election of Presidents and Congresses, and
pass Mckinley and Dlngley schemes, and
keep their foot down tight on the necks of
she American people, who haye to pay the
bills.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30

New York, Nov David D. Ba-
deau, AZ years old, has conducted
a stamp store at u Br roadway for the
past 16 months. was arrested yester-
day, charged with buying and selling
washed internal revenue stamps. He
was held in $4,000 bail Internal reve-
nue. officials allege that he has been
buying and selling washed stamps at
the rate of $1,000 to So 600 day, and
has cleared about $4,000 by his
transactions. Five Thousand revenue
stamps. worth from to $50 each,
many of them washe were seized in
Badeau's store.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30

New York, Nov. 49, Sub-treasury
disbursements on account of govern
ment bond purchases aggregated ST.
1S8,S40 yesterday, of which $1.124.835
was paid for the per cent issue. I'm
less Secretary Gage extends the time
for receiving the bonds no bonds will
be purchased at the sub-treasury in
this city after today tomorrow being
a legal holiday. Beside yesterdays dis
bursements $12,619. 1888 has been paid
cut here on account of treasury bond
purchases since Secretary Cages or
der of Nov. Is became effective.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30
Wanamaker So Shoes
For men and women.

FOR men and women.
Three dollars will buy pretty
nearly as good-wearing shoes
as can be made-that is, in
this store. If you pay us five
or six dollars, you will get
finer and handsomer shoes
but for everyday wear, grant
ing that you are particular
about shape and looks, you'll
hardly want better shoes than
we show for So.
Mems shoes in the sturdy
but flexible boarded calf,
smooth calf, shell cordovan,
enamel grain, winter russell
chrome kidskin-all with dou-
BILE oak-tanned soles, welted,
of course, in bulldog, London
and Waukenphast toe-shapes.
Shoes that a good shoe store
may match for four dollars. A
good dollar saved. by choosing
from these.
Women's shoes of fine kid
skin, in fall and winter weights.
with welted oak soles, yet very
flexible; patent leather or kid
tips laced or but1oned; S..
Worth a dollar more.
A most complete range Of
sizes in these regular lines Of
shoes.
John Wanamaker.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30

Washington, Nov. 49, General
Leonard Wood, governor of Santiago
province. who has been summoned to
Washington on business connected
with Cuban affairs. reached the city
yesterday afternoon. Last evening
he visited the White House, in COM
pany with Mrs Wood, and spent some
time with the president and Mrs. Me
Lrininv
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-30

Editor Barber evidently conceiyes that
there is vein of humor somewhere 10 his
ANATOMY, and for two weeks he has endea-
vored to tap it. What it is that he has
succeeded in drawing from his mixed con.
dition we are at loss to make cut. We
have put magniiying glass on it; washed
it with ivory soap and concentrated lye
and then referred it to bacterialoeist.
The professor, also, is unable to tell exactly
what it is. He says it proceeds neither
from the brain nor the stomach, bat that
some animals occasionally generate it in
the gall cavity. Can it be another office