Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-11-14
LOCAL BRIEFS.

John B. Clayton declines to be candi-
date for Steward of the Aims House.
According to the report of the State
Board of Taxation, filed last Tuesday, 35
per cent. of the property in this State pays
no tax.
Woodbury. night school opened last
Monday evening with an attendance of
thirty-fiye.
The November meeting of the Board
of Chosen Freeholders will be held next
Thursday
Joseph Nowrey's majority in Camden
is 207. The term is for four years and the
salary $500.
"A pointer as to the winter is given by
squirrels. IT'S said they are building nests
unusually warm.
w. A. c. football team defeated the
Columbia Field Club I'd on Saturday by
the score of 5 to 0.
-Dan'l Mumford is about to build a
1880, two-story addition to his West End
livery and sales stables.
"A Revolver Club has been organized in
this city with Major Mathers President and
Duncan Jaques Secretary.
The Paulsboro Traction Company has
filed in the office of the Secretary OF State
notice of the extension of its lines.
The Excelsior Poultry Yards, near
Woodbury., Fl. G. Huey, proprietor, are
making speciality of Leghorn fowls.
If there is any excuse for keeping the
city sidewalks piled with dirt and stone
the people are not able to discover it.
The ladies of the Central Baptist
Church are arranging for a Festival of Days
to be held the 18th and 18th of December.
The members of Council elected last
week will not take their seats until January
LIST. This is one of the peculiarities of the
law.
"A musical and vaudeville entertain
ment will be given in Green's Opera House
next Thursday night by the Blasius Aid
Society.
If YOU want nine thousand people to
know what you have to sell, and when and
where you are going to sell it, advertise in
the DEMOCRAT.
The Woodbury. Country Club, at a
meeting held last Monday evening, by q
vote of So to IA, decided to increase the
membership dues $3.50 in each OF the
various classes.
More people know about vendues adj
vertised in the DEMOCRAT, because the
DEMOCRAT has more readers than any
paper in the county.
-Sam'l III. Laid has sold his farm neal
Westville to Ephraim Davidson, of Dept
ford township, for $4,000. The farm con-
tains about 125 acres.
Astronomers prophesy shower OF
meteors OF shooting stars this month. the
exact dates being the 18th or 18th. Similar
prophesies were made last year, but they
did not materialize.
Citizens of Woodbury. generally will
be glad to learn that Jos. Clement, whose
right hand was amputated at the German
hospital last week, is making nice recov-
ery, and will be home in few days.
Woodbury. ladies will this Winter take
steps to endow bed at Red Bank Santa.
rum. The amount necessary is $500 and
they have pledge of one-half that amount
as a necleus. Their plan will be announc-
ed later.
OF the one hundred and fifty school
teachers in this county, one hundred and
forty-eight attended the teachers institute
at Atlantic City last week and report one
of the most interesting and instructive
sessions ever held.
The merchants of Springfield, Mass,
have demonstrated to their entire satisfac-
ton that the only profitable advertising il
in newspapers that are certain to be read
in the family, and have agreed to CEASE
fooling their money away on novel methods
that are sprung upon them by professional
travellers.
\ President Roosevelt is searching the
ountry Tor having it searched) for team
y fine horses for the White House stables
- 5 requisite that cannot be waived is that
he horses tails must not be banged. We
ave no doubt that either Gloucester oil
Salem counties can furnish just the team
the President is looking for SAM Budd
says he can.
-ssJeff' Ayres, for whom bench war
rant has been out some Is months, was ar
rested at Westville Tuesday by Constables
Davenport and Dopson, on charge of loot
ing boat houses. Pat" Kenney was ar
rested in Camden Monday night by Deputy
Sheriff Chew, on charge of stealing wire
from the Del. & A. Tel. & Tel. Co. Jus
tice Pancoast committed both for further
hearing.
Farmers wanting vegetable seeds fol
the year 1902 should now make application
to the member of Congress. The Agricul
tural Department has made new depar
ture in the distribution of seeds and ha;
notified the members of Congress that thost
constituents who want seeds must send il
their applications ON or before the 10th O.
January. If they neglect to apply they
will get no seeds.