Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-09
WILLIAMsToWN.

The funeral of Mrs. Tweed, whose deaf
was..announced in last week q issue. was be
on Friday, the Sd inst. Iuterment i
Presbyterian cemetery. Mis- Tweed wa
in her Sfst year.
Wilmer Doughty, brother of Insuranc
Agent, George W. Doughty, died last Sun
day morning from the effects OF hemor
rhage. Mr.. d. has been unwell for a Ion,
time, but has been able to be about town
A few years ago he started in as an appren
/ tice at the Medford glass works. but OWN,
to poor health, was compelled TO abandon
the factory. He was quiet, retiring youDl
man, and generally liked. A young wifi
survives him. Funeral will take place OF
Wednesday the 9th of March.
Monroe township spent $433 in openins
the roads during the recent blizzard.
A number of our leading citizens issued
call for a public meeting to be held il
the Town Hall for the purpose of devisins
some plan whereby our streets can b.
| lighted, and town supplied with water
The meeting was held on the 3lst ult Dr.
l.. NJ. Halsey was chosen chairman, VIM
c. McIIvaine, secretary. The meeting al
times was very exciting, as a great many
vi tAOcC AlFhuE Nut Vi tUWus CbRECldtiy tut
farmers, were under the impression thai
there was a scheme on foot to increase lbeiI
burdens of taxation without being able ia
receive any of the benefits. No doubt they
were right in their protestations, if such
was the intent of the promoters Of the
scheme, but it was stated from the chair
that the meeting was intended for the
citizens OF Williamstown only. After con-
siderable discussion, a committee was
appointed of which DR.. Edwards was
chosen chairman to correspond with some
of the light and water companies, after
which the meeting was adjourned, to again
assemble at the call of the committee.
The union caucus was held last Satur-
day evening. The following nominations
were made Town Clerk, E. @. johnson
Committee, r G. Chew; Com. of Appeals,
David s. Champion; Surveyor OF Highway
Christian Sharp. The balance of the ticket
as well as the appropriation, were simply
the endorsement of the Republican ticket
1t is believed that about the only fight will
be on the Committee las young Herbert Gar
wood is hustler and will be assisted by
some of the active Republican workers.
Ga the other hand, Mr. Chew, who is a
rtNsHSA vi IA. AVA. OucWt says NC uOoSu l
intend to leave one stone unturaed. He
expects to draw from both parties.
At recent meeting held by the Repub.
ilcan leaders of our township, it was de-
cided to bring out our well known citizen
and undertaken, VIM. P. Burk, for AS
Sc nbly. They also Endorsed D. o Wat
kins for Senator, and ex-Sheriff Springer
for reelection. These candidates
will, no doubt, represent the independent
wing of the Republican party of Gloucester
county. 1t was the intention of some of
the lea iers to present the real leader OF
Monroe township to the people for the
nomination TOR the Assembly in the
person of L. NJ. Halsey, but the DR..
declined, again proving that he would rather
be promoter than be promoted. The
DR.. is son-in-law of the late Senator
John F. Bodine, who for years controlled
Monroe township. at his death, his man
lie was thrown upon this son of Swedes-
boro. 1t has been attempted on more
than one occasion, both by township and
county leaders, to down this man of medi.
cine. But like cork, be has always bobbed
up again. Like the perturbed spirit of
Hamlet's ghost, he will not rest. Or, it
may be, that he is like Jonah when he
said to the whale that it IS hard to keep a
good man down.