Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-07
PITMAN GROVE.

Mr. Simpkins, of Camden, has moved in
to his Mt. Vernon Ave. cottage.
w. g. Thornburg is down for the season
and ready for business.
The Methodist Protestant Sunday school
attended the exercises at HurfVille on
Decoration Day.
Mrs. Annie Iredell and son Willie, Of
Mullica Hill, were in town on Tuesday.
Joseph Lodge has put new platform
under the large awning in front OF his
store.
The Association has moved the house
occupied by Mr. Duncan back on line
with the cottages on the Boulevard.
One of R. NJ. Shoemaker's horses ran
away with him few days since and hurt
itself so badly that it will probably have
to be killed,
The township is putting a heavy coating
of gravel on Pitmen Ave. The R r. Co.
has improved the grounds around the
station and on Railroad Ave.
A great many summer residents have
moved into the Grove during the past few
days, and the business men are getting
busy. Everything indicates very success
ful season.
Our vigorous musical infant, the Pitman
Cornet Band three monts old acquitted
itself so well Decoration Day that nothing
but words of cOmmendation have been
heard regarding it.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Comey started FRI
day for trip to Japan. They will go via
the Suez Canal, and will visit Paris and
other points of interest in Europe while en-
route. They expect to be gone about three
months.
Alcyon Park opened very auspiciously
on Decoration Day. the crowd being large
and liberal one, and Carr Bros. have sub
stantial reasons for being well satisfied
Owing to Indictment weather the Park was
not opened on Saturday evening.
On Thursday night thieves entered the
house of Mr.. E. M. Gardiner, Pitman Ave,
and secured fourteen dollars in money, rwo
gold watches and gold badge. Mr.. q.
and family had unwittingly made it easy
for them, as all the things stolen were on
the first floor and a window had been left
open.
Our public school will c'ose on Friday.
The enrolment and attendance have in
creased sufficiently to require the services
of another teacher. The subject of adding
another room will be presented to the peo-
pie within few weeks During each of
the past few years there have been several
scholars who have neither been absent nor
tardy during the year. This year there
are three, as follows; Lottie Adams, Doh
G Shute, second consecutive year; Anna B.
Kelly, third consecutive year.
On Friday evening the first of the special
services being held in the M. E. church
was addressed by Mr. Fl. p Young, Rev
A. Downer and Mr.. John Habeker. On
Sunday morning the pastor stated that
four hundred dollars were needed to paint
the church outside, fresco the walls and
purchase new organ. Four hundred and
thirty dollars were raised in about twenty
minutes. Nyr. Habeker spoke on Sunday
evening, Rev. Mr. Denlinger on Monday
evening and DR.. Moore, of Tabernacle
church, Camden, on Tuesday evening.
Last weeks Enterprise says "The off
Gals of the Gloucester County Electric
Company state that there has been no
differences existing between the company
and the Pitman Grove Camp Meeting Asso-
citation, as has been published in one of our
Gloucester County contemporaries" Mr.
Editor, your correspondent is not in the
habit of making misrepresentation; but if
by chance an error should occur, ample
explanation and apology will be made.
But we have no apology to make to the
Electric Light Company as it is we'll known
in Pitman Grove that the price first asked
of the Association was considered by them
exorbitant. and that they were preparing
to look up some other method of lighting.
No harm, therefore, was done the company
by saying they had arrived at settle
ment" 1.-THE exact words used). Since the
present manager and workmen have been
running the plant the service has been ex-
cellent; but while unjust demands are
made upon those who use metres there
must be dissatisfaction. Let the Glouces-
fer County Electric Light Company treat
all it's patrons with equal impartiality, as
any business corporation is expected to do,
and all dissatisfaction will cease.