Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-12
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Miss Clara Summerill, Of Camden, has
been spending few days with her friend,
Mrs. VIM. E. Black.
Mrs. S. Taplor Rogers has been the guest
of her sister, Mrs. James Clark, at Will
mington, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Ware spent Sunday
with friends at Redwood.
DIR. J. Keasby Weatherby, of New York,
has been visiting his brother, l. III.
Weatherby.
DIR. Harry Justice, of Ironton, o., is
spending vacation with his mother Mrs.
Lydia Justice.
Mr.. and Mrs. John K Adams spent Sat
urday and Sunday at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Jacob Guest, of Windsor, is visiting
her brother and sister here.
Editor and Mrs. Rob't S. Gwynne and
daughter Dorothy, of Salem, have been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs John c. Rulon,
parents of Mrs. Gwynne.
Mr. and Mrs Azariah Stratton left on
Monday for their home at Beasley's Point
after spending pleasant vacation with
their sisters, Mrs John F. Meley and Mrs.
Mary E. Black.
Mrs. Lemuel Ogden and daughter, Miss
Verna, of Camden, have been the guests of
her aunt, Mrs. Rebecca Reynolds.
Mrs. Lizzie Carrow, of Camden, was the
guest of Elijah Bower and daughter last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Meley have been
entertaining Hartman Dilks and daughter,
Miss Hattie, of Phila., and Samuel Pan
coast of Woodstown.
Mrs Rebecca Reynolds entertained ON
Friday of last week, Mrs Lille Fry and
daughter, Miss Florence, of Phila., Mrs.
Jacob Guest, Of Windsor; Mrs. Geo. Ham
and Mrs. William Denny, of Swedesboro.
The Swedesboro Sewer Company has filed
articles of incorporation in the Gloucester
County Clerks office with these incorpora-
tors: Alexander B. Hewes, John c. Rulon,
George B. Mitchell, Harry McCollister,
VIM. HI. Mccullough VIM. l.. Moore and
Charles D. Lippincott. The capital stock
of the company is $1,000.
Thomas w. Davidson, who last week
was very dangerously i'll, is greatly i'm
proved, to the great satisfaction of his
many relatives and friends. He is one of
the oldest commission men here, and his
presence at the railroad station is greatly
missed by the farmers, who from year to
year have consigned their produce to him.
Mrs NJ J. Leake, of Tuckahoe, has be-
come resident of Swedesboro, having
rented half of Miss Amanda Wilson's house
on Mill street.
Emile Mampe, of Phila., Clark Helms
and VIM. Conover will erect houses in the
near future on the Lakeside land tract, and
James Morrison and Albert Titus will
erect houses soon on Lake Ave.
The public schools of Woolwich town
ship opened on Monday with the following
corps of teachers: Principal Of academy,
Miss Sue Ii. Coles, Miss Vida Lippincott,
Miss Florence M. Wiley, Mrs. Harriet E.
Croft, Miss Alice Lippincott, Miss Sallie K.
West, Mrs. Mary Yourison, Mrs. Lydia
Gallaher, Mr.. Richard Somers.
Operations began at the glasshouse on
Monday The prospect for a prosperous
year is good and orders are plentiful.
We are pleased to note that VIM. Han
mold, Jr, who is ill with typhoid fever at
the home of his brother-in-law, DR.. John
2. Cheesman, at Elmer, is doing we'll with
every prospect of an early recovery.
The terrible news of the shooting of the
President was received here with every
demonstration of sorrow, and if the villain
who perpetrated the deed could have been
placed in the hands of our usually quiet
and order loving people, he would have
been disposed of without judge or jury.
Prayers were offered for the President in
all our churches on Sunday and we all
share in the feeling of relief and are pro-
foundry thankful for the good news which
comes daily from the Presidents bedside.
A harvest home supper will be given by
the members of the Methodist church on
Wednesday evening, Sept. 25.
Re-opening services will be held in the
M. E. church on Sunday, September 10Th.
An interesting occasion is expected.
The Survivors Association of the 18th
New Jersey Reg't held its twenty-eighth
annual reunion here on Wednesday of last
week. The day was an ideal one, and as
the veterans alighted from the 9.23 train
they were met by the 18th Reg't Band, OF
Salem, their comrades who resided i'll this
vicinity, and goodly number of the citi-
zens of the town and escorted to Meley's
Hall where the exercises were held. The
residences along the line Of march on Rail-
road Ave. and on Main street, together with
the business places were handsomely decor
ated with flags and bunting, courtesy
which the veterans were not slow to notice
and appreciate. The morning session was
called to order by President James White.
The band gave selection and Rev. VIM.
S. Mitchell, of the local M. f. church,
offered prayer. At the roll-call of mem
bers, eighty-one of the nine hundred and
seventy five surviving members of the regi-
ment answered to their names A few ar
rived later Eleven comrades had died
during the year as follows: Thomas Adams,
Co. G; John H. Croft, Co. II; Henry c.
Hance, Co. X; Henry G. Lore, Co. K; Asa
A. F. Randolph, Co. K; Sam'l Tomlinson,
Co. X; VIM. Fl. Rogers, Co, CT Amor Burt,
Co. X; Benz. F. Lee, Co. B; Josiah Holton,
Co. |, and Richard G. Hustled, U. S. N,
honorary member of the 10Th Reg't. The
memoir of Barclay D. Gaunt was read by
Sec'y Geo. A. Cobb. Letters were read
from absent members located both North
and South. Addresses were made by Capt.
Brown and Capt. Brooks, Washington, d..
c., Supt. of Foreign Mail Service. The
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: Pres, Henry M. Avis; V. Pres,
Jacob DeHart, Frank Kellar, Geo. Whit
aker, VIM. Swift, Geo. Riggs, Geo. H.
Duell, VIM. III. Hendrickson, Elwood S.
Dubois, Isaac N. Norton, Chas S. Papgett
Sec'y, Geo. A. Cobb; Treas, Chas Wiedi-
man. The afternoon session opened with
the report of the Obituary Com. A sword
belt and sash, left by the will of Capt.
Acton to the Association, was presented and
received Invitations for the next annual
meeting were received from Port Norris,
Elmer, Pennsgrove and Swedesboro. 1t
was voted to hold the next reunion at
Swedesboro. Comrade Rev. D. B. Harris
made an interesting address. Comrades
Griscomb Burroughs and Borton also
spoke. The bountiful dinner, furnished by
the entertainment committee and served by
Caterer Chapman, of Woodbury., assisted by
number of Swedesboro ladies, was highly
enjoyed by the veterans, who voiced their
appreciation in set of complimentary
resolutions, which were unanimously
adOnted