Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-07-24
MULLIcA HILL.

Miss Neigh, of Elizabeth, has been the
guest of Miss Alice Hazelton for few
days.
Miss Carrie Moore, of Swedesboro, is
visiting her cousins, Misses Alice and May
Moore.
Frank Steward is quite ill with typhoid
fever.
Some of our young people are enjoying
lawn tennis in the long twilight of the
season.
Mrs. Emma Acton and children, of
Salem, are guests of VIM. S. Harker.
Joseph Brown has been on the sick list
for few days.
The Young Friends Association held the
regular monthly meeting on last We'd
nesday evening with good attendance and
interesting program.
We are in the midst Of the picnic and ex-
cursion season. The Baptist Sunday
school of this place enjoyed the trip to
Cape May yesterday, the third combination
excursion, all of which have been very
satisfactory.
The Post excursion from this place will
go to Atlantic August 18th. Rudolph
Benezet is one of committee to arrange
for county Sunday-school picnic to be
held at Alcyon Park, August 21st. This is
a very harmonious arrangement.
VIM. M. Colson has purchased the Ke-
turah M. French property on the south side
of the depot.
The illustrated sermon preached by Rev.
D. E. Clair on Sunday evening was a de-
light to the audience.
Rev. F. L. Jewett, a former pastor of the
M. E. Church here, narrowly escaped
drowning on Saturday while bathing in a
lake. He became exhausted and was
rescued by friend.
Main street is alive just now with pro-
duce wagons on their way to the depot
with potatoes, tomatoes and apples. Crops
are large and the season is very busy one
Seventeen car loads of potatoes left this
station on Saturday. They were fine in
size and quality.
Stokes Union will hold the next regular
meeting on Friday afternoon, August LIST at
$50. Topic: What line of work is most
important for the success of this Union,
and what is the greatest hindranee to the
work?
A light shower fell here on Sunday even
ing. Rain is much needed by the corn and
other garden product.
Undertaken Wolf had charge OF the
funeral Of the son of Charles Meggins on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Carter and little
daughter, of Woodbury., visited friends here
on Monday.
Mrs. Anna Gorden and daughter, Mrs.
Brooks, of Athens, N. Y, are visiting old
friends and neighbors here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Getsinger, of Bridgeton,
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Pancoast.
The horse race at the north end of the
Der Of spectators to that locality. Messrs.
Fox and Carr were testing the speed of their
horses. Carr was the winner.
Several sections for the stand pipe have
arrived at the station.
The rain on Monday evening, though not
a heavy one was refreshing and gratefully
received.
The Woman's Work Question on Nation
alities formed the theme at the Mullica
Hill Grange on Tuesday evening. At the
next meeting, July 80, the program will
comprise Rotations by Lizzie Duell, Mabel
Brown and Beulah Gardiner; paper by
Anna Gaunt, addresses by George Gaunt
and Clark Gardiner.
Elizabeth R. Chatham is attending the
Ocean Grove School of Methods this week.
Relatives and friends from this place at
tended the funeral of Mrs. HI. Locke at
Woodbury. on Tuesday afternoon.
Lewis Hurff has had remarkable crop
of tomatoes. After two weeks picking, in
one day 542 crates were picked and mar
keted.
Miss Horn and Miss Florence Jeffries of
New York City, have been the guests of
relatives here during the past week.