Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-11-07
CLAYTON.

What might have been serious if not
fatal accident wassshappily averted on Sat-
urday about noon. Mrs. Julia Winner
while sweeping, in some way caused her
stove to TOPPED and spill the fire on the floor.
Luckily help was near at hand and the
damage caused was small.
The Presbyterian Church undertook to
wipe out debt of 5000 on the church and
parsonage on Sunday, and met with success.
Mr. Firman Crist, of Salem, visited
friends in town this week.
A large number of the former residents
who vote here were home on Tuesday.
The Epworth League gave social on
Wednesday evening.
The Christian Endeavor of the Presby-
terrain Church held ther monthly business
meeting and social at the parsonage on
Monday evening.
Revival services will begin in the NJ. e.
Church on Tuesday evening, Nov. IA.
George Foster and mother, of Camden,
were in town on Sunday.
Mr.. Calvin Hustled, resident Of the
State of Colorado, is visiting his nephew,
Calvin Usinger. This is Mr.. Husted's first
visit in 38 years.
A petition was circulated at the churches
ON Sunday, calling on Congress to SO
amend the Constitution as to prevent for
ever the practice of polygamy in this
country.
Miss Mary Roe, of New Brunswick,
daughter of P. E. Roe, a former pastor
of the M. E. Church, was visiting Miss
Ella Campbell on Sunday.
George Stephenson, who went from here
to the West to blow glass, has written home
that he has taken wife. Another batche-
lor gone. His many friends wish him
much Joy.
Alex. Mcneil, assistant foreman on the
section gang of the w. J. R. R., has badly
hurt one of his legs by flying spike which
he had been driving.
Charles Snyder, of Swedesboro, was in
town on Sunday.
Notices have been posted calling a spe-
cial school election to authorize the Board
of Education to purchase land for new
school house. Two sites have been pro-
posed, one on Central avenue opposite
Miller's livery stable, the other on Pearl
street above Samuel English's residence.
The first cost to completion would be
1924, 900, the second $22, The latter
seems to meet popular approval.
The annual meeting Of the Bridgeton
District Home Missionary Society was held
in the NJ E. Church on Wednesday.
Services were held morning, afternoon and
evening. Miss Corbin, of the Deaconess
Home, of New York, addressed the meet
ing. The new officers were elected as
follows: President, Mrs. R. P. Patterson,
of Woodstown; Sec. Miss A. M. Sayre, Of
Bridgeton; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs
G. M. Burge, Of Vineland; Treasurer, Miss
Ella Campbell, Of Clayton, and Miss Anna
E. Yerkes, of Salem, Financial Sec'y.
J. S. Fisher, Corbet Fisher, J. W. Kiel
and Thomas Stafford were cunning in the
deer woods, and succeeded in getting fine
buck weighing 10 pounds.
Mrs. Walthan Nelson was given sur
prise party by her friends on her birthday
Saturday evening.
The trolley petitions have nearly 40C
signers, and will soon be presented. Repre-.
sentative citizens from here attended the
meeting in the interest of extension al
Glassboro on Saturday evening.
Charles Farley will move from his pres
emit home on Chestnut street to the house
recently occupied by Mrs. Miller.
| Surrogate Willard Dubois has recently
had one Of the very finest monuments to be
seen in this section installed in his lot al
Evergreen cemetery. Morton & Dubois
did the work.