Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-24
Delaware River Branch.
LocALtTEMs.
.Jersey strawberries are in marked.

Read G. w. Starr Company's adver
tisement.
"A. S. Wilson advertises '99 Ramble
bicycles for $25.
The county financial statement is pub
lished in this issue.
H. L. Burkett, the Hopkins stree
grocer, offers his business for sale.
Farmers complain that potato bug,
are unusually numerous this year
Miss May Henderson is yisitin,
friends in Paterson and New York.
Mrs. E. E Reading. of Erenchtown
n. J., is visiting her son, DR.. Geo. E
Reading.
Geo. W. L. Buebee, news agent at tht
station, is city bill poster, now, and faith
full one.
Miss Alice Emmel has been elected
one of the teachers Of the Wenonah pub,
lie school.
-Gen'l Howell Post No 81 will attend
the M E church in a body next Sabbath
morning.
DIR. Stocking and daughter will open 8
private school in room /, Merritt Block
next September.
The Newbold Improvement Company
will make public sale of building lots OF
Wednesday. June 90
Friendship Fire Company will hold 8
Birthday Party on Thursday evening. June
ii. There will be music and refreshments
"A H. Swackbamer, trustee in bank.
ruptey, sold the J. A. BalliDger residence
in Mullica Hill on Wednesday to ]. A.
Ballinger for $4,000.
Democratic N lettings to elect delegates
to the State Convection will be held in
the various townships and wards Of the
county next Saturday evening.
The Philadelphia Liquor Dealers
Association partook of plank shad din
ner at Washington Park on Wednesday
Covers were laid for four hundred.
On Monday last Sheriff Springer sold
the real estate of the Aimonesson Lake
Company to Michael McCarron for SIS
subject to mortgage sggregating SIS 600
-Liberati's band, which will furnish
music at Washington Park this year, ar
rived in Woodbury. on Tuesday and gave
the first rehearsal at the park yesterday.
DIR. Ward, of the State Hospital, sends
word to relatives of Jesse C. Chew here.
that Mr.. Chew is losing strength steadily,
with no improvement in his mental con-
diiion.
The public sale of real estate by the
Clsrksboro Land Company, advertised to
take place last Saturday, on account of the
severe storm was adjourned to Saturday,
June 2. See adVer.
One week from next Friday the count
of the people in all parts of the, country
will begin. It will end in the cities two
weeks later and in the rural districts before
the end of June.
John Rambo, late Supervisor of Roads
OF Paulsboro, has appealed from the YER
dict of the jury in the case Of Miller VS.
Rambo, awarding Miller damages in the
amount of 500, and costs.
Don't forget the unique and novel
entertainment, Mystic Midgetsn which
will be given in Green's Opera House. Sat.
urday evening. May 26, for the benefit Of
Christ church. All who miss it will have
much to regret
-Geni Howell Post No. 81, G. A. R.
will have no general celebration of Mem.
oriai Day this year, but details will visit
the various cemeteries and decorate the
graves OF fallen comrades with flags and
such flowers as friends contribute. The
request is made that all contributions be
lett at the Court House before o'clock on
the morning of Memorial Day, where the
members OF the Post will gratefully receive
. them
Councilman Samuel Munyan took
i into his head that the proper thing to do
Tor KEY Mr.. Childrey was to see that he
had bike" SO that be could get around
among his congregation more ex peditiousiy,
Hence, during Tuesday evenings Home
Department social, Harry Waram, Jr.. on
behalf of the donors, presented Rev. Chill.
drey with SpaldiDgp The gift was ac.
knowledged in a BETTING manner By the
recipient
The largest and most enthusiastic
meeting of the Home Department. of the
First Baptist church tooksplace last Tues
day evening in the SuDd, school room O
the church. Mr.. VIM shirley, Superin
tendent, bad srrabged avery entertaining
program, including vocal and instrumental
music and recitations. Rev. Edwin Mac
Meen, of the First Baptist church, Salem
n. j. Rev. NJ. Childrey and NJ Ware Scot
made short addresses The report of Mr.
Shirley showed the department to be in ,
very prosperous condition, numberin.
seventy eight. The evenings enioymen
was pleasantly teImipated with refresh
ments.
There was meeting of the Mayors o
the various municipalities of New Jerse,
at Trenton on Tuesday for the purpose O
formulating plans TO have the sehoo
children Of the state raise fund will
which to purchase silver service for thl
battIesbip New Jersey. The following
officers we're elected President, Mayo
Edward Hoos, Jersey City; Vice Presiden,
Mayor Frank D Briggs, Trenton Secre
tary, s. Conard. OF. Camden; Treasurer
State Treasurer Swain. The Mayor o
Woodbury. is named among those who en-
courage the project The committee de
cided to have the collections for the fuDl
made in all The schools of the state dHrin
the week beginning October 16 II wa
decided to liui it the subscriptions to no
more than i've cents for each child. and th
teachers are to take The names of all til
donors. but not the amounts Of the dora
tions The names are to be engrossed ~
book. which is % be presented TO tbs chi
with the plate.