Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-10-16
CLAYTON.

| Howard Moore met with bad accident
on Thursday while looking after the work
| in his fathers new house. He fell through
the stairway into the cellar, spraining his
ankle.
| The Township Sunday-school Convention
held in the Baptist Church last Friday
evening was quite a success, a number of
people attending from Glassboro and Aura.
Contractor Sam'l Downs has the new
house of Thos. Campbell on Pearl street
raised
| Chas. Fisher closed out his household
| goods at private sale iast week and will
rent his home.
Our town was in darkness Saturday night
during the heavy rain.
| Another factory has been put in blast at
Moore Bros.
Miss Hattie Justice of Camden, visited
Mrs. VIM. Angle on Sunday.
| Mrs. Silvers is making extensive alter
ations and improvements to her home on
| High street.
D. w. Tweed and family, of Woodbury.,
spent Sunday with Mr.. Tweed's parents.
Mr.. Brooks, of Elmer, spent Sunday with
the family of F. G. Laid.
Extensive preparations are being made
by those in charge for the Christian En-
deavor Convention which is to be held in
the Presbyterian Church on Friday even
ing. Delegations are expected from every
society in the county. The Rev. Mr.. Ben
nett, of Germantown, Rev. Mr.. Gage, of
Wenonah, and Rev. Mr.. Nichols, Of the
Glassboro M. E. Church, will be the princi-
mol cr,ooLarc II ora .nv.faI ~ at4arJ
Mr.. Plum and H. d. Beckett attended
the G. A. Il. Encampment at Washington
last week. They came home late Saturday
night, reporting grand occasion.
Cards are out announcing the marriage of
Miss Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Post
master r. T. Beckett to Edmund Jones
Costill. The ceremony will take place on
Wednesday, Oct. 20, at ~ O'Clock noon.
Lillian B. Porch, daughter of Jerry
Porch, was buried here last week. The
deceased died at the age of twenty-one of
hasty consumption,
Our local chicken fanciers have again
been victorious, this time at the Interstate
Fair in Trenton. G. G. Burroughs received
four first premiums for Buff Rocks; Rob't
Harrison, Joseph Kille and Alfred Smalley
were also prize winners.
Miss Mary Crane, who has been suffering
from diphtheria is much improved and
again able to be out
Night school opened last Monday evening
with Prof. Griffith and Miss Name Davis
in charge.
The club started by number of the
young men of the town has secured the
building on Church Lane, formerly used as
the kindergarten school.
Edward Hawkey, of Salem, was in town
attending the funeral of his father on Sat
urday.
Miss Marian Leigh has accepted the
position in the post office made vacant by
the resignation of Miss Beckett.
Walter Nelson, of this place, who is en-
ployed as a brakeman ON the w. J. r. R.,
met with very unfortunate accident on
Monday by getting his hand crushed be-
tween two cars.
Coal impossible, and wood at almost pro-
hibitiye prices is the situation in the fuel
| line in our town.
The shirt factory project seems to be
taking a long sleep.
J. Stanley Ashbridge has been on the
sick list
Firman Crist spent Sunday with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Crist.
Raymond Brown has accepted a position
in the mould room at Whitney's Glass
| works at GlaSsbOrO.