Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-11-28
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yerkes Of Phila.,
have been spending few days with Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Parker.
George Pither, Jr., spent Sunday with
his uncle, Vincent Sharp and family in
Camden.
Mrs. James Clark and children, of Will
mington, Delaware, have been visiting her
sister, Mrs. S. T. Rogers.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hawthorne, of Pauls-
boro, has been spending some time with her
nephew, Mr.. w. H. Mccullough.
Mr. and Mrs. w. d. Hudson, of Smyrna,
Delaware, who have been visiting Mr.. and
George w. Hannold, returned home on
Monday. They were detained here several
days by the serious illness of Mrs. Hudson.
Captain and Mrs James Somers, Of Sea
View, Atlantic county, have been visiting
their daughters, Mrs. j. F. Faucet and
Mrs. VIM. T. Stone, here.
Prof Haupt, of SomervilIe, has been
visiting old friends here and attending te
his business of tuning pianos and organs.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Zippler, of Phila,
were Sunday guests of their brother, Mr..
John Zippler and family
Mr.. Samuel S. Guest has been spending
a few days at Gettysburg.
Miss Hattie Ferguson has been the guest
of relatives at Alloway.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. @. Dubois spent part
Of last week with Mr.. and Mrs VIM. b
Zippler in Phila.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Black have beer
spending few days with relatives here
10, e.,
Colorado.
A union Thanksgiving service will bt
held in the Presbyterian Church, and Rev
w. S. Mitchell, Of the M. E. Church, will
preach the sermon.
B. A. Headley and B. c. Robbins have
been on cunning trip in the vicinity o
Ridgely, Maryland.
w. H. Mccullough was elected direc
tor of the Odd Fellows Home, at {
meeting of the Home Association at Tren
ton last week.
The work Of digging for the new sewe
here was begun Tuesday of last week, anG
contractor Sweeten expects to have it com
pleted in about three weeks, if the weather
conditions are favorable
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Taylor Rogers wer,
taken quite by surprise on last Saturday
morning, when their son Leroy Rogers,
member of the U. S. Signal Corps, walked
IN on them without any warning. He hat
had varied experience, having been very
i'll in a hospital at Manila for severa
months, then was sent to San Francisco
where he partially recovered, then t.
Angel Island, and then to Fort Harrison
Montana, where his health entirely brol
down, and he was finally discharged and
sent home. His many friends hope he ma,
speedily recover.
The sixteenth annual Convention of tn
Woolwich Township Sunday-school Con
vention was held in the M. E. Church Oh
Monday evening, with an unusually small
attendance. The exercises opened with
song service led by B. r. Moffett, FOLLOWED
by scripture reading and prayer, and re
ports of Superintendent. Rev. w. S
Mitchell made a fine address. The follow
ing officers were elected: President, W. II
Mccullough; vice president, George M
Ashton; secretary and treasurer, G. K
: Mayer; executive committee, Trinity, Mis-
Lille Worrell; Presbyterian, Miss Ma,
, Young; NJ. E., Mrs. B. r. Moffett; Baptist
Josiah Batten; Marabian, Henry Shivler
Mt. Zion, Charles R. OVERLY; Union Ameri
can, James I'll. Bookes.
: Mr.. VIM. Beckett, who has been ill TO
, several months with consumption, died a
the home of his niece Mrs. Thomas Nor
gan on Monday morning, and his remain
) were taken to the home of his sister i
; Glassboro in the afternoon.
Mrs. Abbie String, wife of VIM. String
died on Saturday morning after painful
and long illness resulting from numerou
cancers. Her funeral took place ON Tues
: day.
1t has been reported that there are severs
cases of smallpox in a family on Broa
street. We are happy to state that neithe
on Broad street on any other street her
has the dreaded disease appeared. TIL
! motive which prompted the circulation {
the report was not good one.
The heavy rain and wind storm of Sal
urday night and Sunday proved disastrou
=. to the new stone dwelling house bein
erected on Main street, for former Assem-
r blyman, James J. Davidson. The wall
were up and considerable carpenter wor
r had been done, and Mr.. Davidson expecte
that it would be ready to occupy by NeV
Years, when without any warning, an
with roar like that of an explosion at
O'Clock ON Sunday afternoon, the whole {
the rear wall, twenty eight feet HIGH wen
down with a crash, carrying with it larg
portion of the side walls, together wit
floors, stairways, beams, rafters, ETC., in
confused mass, and burying under it Car
ton Estilow, who along with Cliffor
, Pither son of George w. Pither, publishe
oe Al
maker, were in the third story. The lad
had been looking out of the third stor
/ rear window, and young Pither said, "boy
how would you like to fall out of this win
dow?" and young Estilow remarked, "wha
if this building should fall DOWN." The
then turned and went toward the front q
the building, when Estilow who was benin,
the others, was caught in the crash. TIL
fire alarm was sounded and crowd quickl,
gathered and the debris was carefully re
moved and the lad rescued from his peri
lous position, and carried into the office O
DR.. Oliver Grimshaw, who, upon examina
ton, found no bones broken, but his bod,
very badly bruised, but it is hoped Their
are no internal injuries. Smith Shoemake
was so near the front when the crash cam
as to be practically out of danger, but youn.
Pither had a remarkable escape. Whel
he felt the building move he Instant,
threw up his hands and grasped the rate
over his head, where he hung suspended
and after recovering himself little, h,
gradually worked his way to a place o
safety. Two badly frightened boys wer,
afterward rescued from the front by means
of ladder. Mr.. Davidson can give NJ
theory as to the cause Of the accident, othel
than that the walls had been weakened BY
the heavy rain which melted the new NOR
| tar. The foundations were laid five feet
beneath the surface, and the work had al
been done by masons fully competent The
loss will be heavy, and he has the sympathy
Of the community