Gloucester County Democrat., 1901-08-01
TROLLEY TIME TABLE
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The City Board of Education will
meet in the Academy tonight.
The bank statements are advertised in
this issue of the DEMOCRAT.
Sheriff Springer last Friday sold the
Jane Wallace property to John Wallace for
$3.50.
The handsome Josiah Cloud house on
Centre street has been rented through F. L.
wilkins agency.
The tax rate of Washington township
will be 81 80 ON the $100 this year, DC. less
than last year.
&C. J. Davenport, of Hurffville, sold
and set up Deering Mower at Green's
Stock Farm yesterday.
The rule is that the katydid is the
harbinger of frost, to come six weeks after
the first katydid note. Unless the sign
fails, we will have the first frost on Septem-
Der 4.
The Richards property at Westville has
been put in excellent condition by the new
owners, the Woodbury. Real Estate Mutual
Loan Association.
The report that there are two cases of
anthrax at the Eastlack farm has been
investigated by order Of the State Board of
foundation.
1t will be pleasure to the sea-shore
resorts and to Elmer to know that State
Entomologies, John B. Smith, is trying to
devise a scheme to exterminate the Jersey
mosquito.
Collector Coles, of South Harrison
township, this morning paid to County
Collector Pierson his townships portion of
the assessment for the construction of the
Harrisonville county road.
The Woodbury. Real Estate Mutual
Loan Association has purchased the Porch
town Mill property from C. P. Carton, and
will sell or lease it, The mill is in good
condition and is driven by never failing
water power.
The West Deptford Board of Education
is having the Thorofare and Newbold school
houses painted by George Adamson, of
Paulsboro, and a concrete porch, or plat
form, erected along the entire front of the
Thorofare school house.
The NJ. S. Dollar, the first ship con-
structed by the New York Shipbuilding
Company, has been sold to J. M. Guffey,
and her name is to be changed to that OF
her new owner. She is to be used as a
tanker to carry oil from Texas ports.
Walter Dick, at Pauslboro, has removed
all impediments to the erection OF the steel
plant at Paulsboro, by making transfer OF
his property to Henry G. Morse, according
to the terms of the option given by him,
and same has been recorded.
Architect Peddle, of Woodbury., has
submitted plans for the new bank at
Paulsboro. They provide for stone
building, 30x40, twenty feet to caves, and
finished in oak 1t will be an ornament to
the town as we'll as a safe and comfortable
place to bank in.
Charles WoIferth has been appointed
the Democratic member Of the County
Board of Education for two years. This
Board as now constituted is composed Of
George E. Pierson and Will IL. Hoffman,
Republicans, and Thomas c. Dilkes and
Charles Wolferth, Democrats.
North Woodbury. boys are making a
reputation for themselves that may prove
a misfortune Complaint is made that they
cut the curtains of farmers wagons and
take out cantaloupes and other desirable
truck. There is way to stop such prac-
tices and those who pursue the business are
liable to suffer.
The value OF publicity was shown last
X.
the fact that two vacancies yet existed in
the corps of teachers there, and the Board
of Education had some anxiety as to where
suitable instructors could be found. That
item helped the Swedesboro Board of
Education out of at least half its trouble,
before the close of another day.
-Sam'l II. Kirby, of this city, has a
Grievance against the county, growing out
Of the construction of the Glassboro stone
road. In substituting iron pipe for an open
water course across the road, the pipe was
laid above the natural bed of the stream,
and as a result six-acre field of former
arabic land is now a quagmire. Mr.. Kirby
will bring the matter to the attention OF
the Board of Freeholders.
List Of advertised letters for the week
ending July 20, 1901 Sadie Brown, John
English. VIM. Fran, John M. Harding
Lena jackson, Theodore G. Knauff, Imre
I,oos Mrs. VIM r. Lyman, Emma Oetin,
Mary j. Taylor, Jessee Taylor, Jessee
Thompson, VIM. Truitt, Rubbie Washing
ton, Lucius Washington, Mrs. Bertha
wilkins. Persons calling for. the above
letters will please say advertised.
r. L. Wilkins estate agency reports
an increasing demand for houses IN Wood
bury, the applicants generally being EN-
ployees Of the ship yard. These works are
really just getting into full operation, and
in position to take on additional high class
workmen. An applicant for home said
Yesterday that three hundred high salaried
men would be taken on soon, and if homes
could be procured for them in Woodbury.
they would undoubtedly come here.
The people of Philadelphia are COM
planning at the prices of truck, saying that
meas beans, tomatoes, ETC., are SO scarce al
to be practically unattainable even by the
fairly well to do classes, while potatoes art
SO high as to be beyond the reach Of th'
poorer classes Probably this statement ii
not overdrawn All vegetables have beer
high in price since the season opened, ant
tomatoes, of which there is less than half |
crop, have not reached even moderated,
low prices since they came into market
TVS the harvest for the Jersey farmer VIII
have had more than their share of th
onposite condition for several years, ant
while we regret that any should be denie'
the luxury of succulent Jersey truck, ye
our farmers are getting deserved reward 70
their labor in fair prices The regret
that they are unable to get such with full