Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-09
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Woodbury. station platform is to be
enlarged.
Read the public everything from
hammer to farm.
The Week of Prayer is being observed
in the various churches.
Station agent Murphy, who has been
i'll for several weeks, is recovering.
Joseph Carr is in Illinois buying a
car load of horses to sell at Pitman Grove
on the 18th inst.
William G. Allen, of Westville, left on
rtthe $50 train thisp m, for three months
Grip to California.
Howard HAWTHORN is home from Corn
ing, Thoma county, California. He has
not vet fixed the date of his return.
-fsTomn Black will start West this week
for a drove of horses which he will sell at
WestvilIe. See adver. next week.
Revival services are in progress in the
M. E. Church, Pastor Moore being assisted
by Evangelists Mitchell and Litsinger.
Woodbury. Country Club management
is encouraged to believe that the Club is
entering on the most successful year of its
history.
If you have anything for sale, ex-
change, or rent, you can tell your story to
5000 people by putting it in the DEMO
Graf.
The fine skating of the past few days
was enjoyed to the utmost Even on the
Sabbath the ice was thronged from morn
till night.
Revised plans on which the new Cen
trail Baptist Church will be built have been
approyed and are in the hands of builders
for estimates.
We regret to state that Fire Chief, III.
G. Waram. is i'll with pneumonia at his
home on Cedar street. He was stricken
last Saturday.
The glass house boys are organizing
an athletic team. Company | boys will
have opposition worthy OF their steel, IL
the glass house boys harness up.
At the annual meeting of the Demo
cratic County Executive Committee, held
last Friday, J. d. Carpenter was reelected
Chairman; George B. Hurff, Secretary; G.
A. Madden, Treasurer.
IS. R. Budd is having the former Prehl
residence renovated and expects to have 1t
ready for occupancy about Feb. 1. Edgar
F. Dell, Jr., will occupy Mr.. Budd's pres
ent residence, on Delaware street, as soon
as he vacates.
The Republican Club of this city held
ifs annual meeting and smoker on Tuesday
evening. Councilman Kugler was elected
President; w. H. Albright and Hon. J.
Boyd Avis, Secretaries, and II. II. Clark,
Treasurer.
THE new Board of Health organized
last Monday evening, as follows; President,
: VIM. M. Carter; Secretary, Arthur Starr;
Treasurer. Warner Underwood; Physician,
DR.. II. B. Diverty; Inspector, Joshua Daw-
List of advertised letters for the week
ending January Z, 1902: Mrs. Addie Carter,
Miss Mabel Lewis, Washington Payne,
Samuel Pisedest, Willie Smith, Mrs. Mos
sic Smith. Persons calling for the above
letters will please say advertised.
At the annual meeting OF Kemble M.
r.. Church last Monday evening, the treas
nrer,s report showed receipts $3444.2l,
which sum met all current expenses, and
lAft small balance The following trus-
tees were elected: ii. A. Fish, year; Rev.
r Fl. Durell, John Thompson, Jr., j..
Frank Wilson, years; DR.. II. b. Dlverty,
Treasurer.
Major John I. Sinner inspected Co. l,
of this city, on Monday evening and found
clothing and equipments in excellent con-
d;tion After very creditable drill, the
Major presented the marksmen badges and
also the regimentaI throphy won on the
r;fe range at Sea Girt last summer A
smoker and social followed.
The petition of the Sanitarium Associa-
t;on of Philadelphia, for the purpose OF
having the assessment on its land In West
Deptford township lifted, was heard before
the State Board of Taxation at Trenton on
Tuesday The Board reduced the assessment
from $25, 900 to 10,000 Alex. L, Rogers
represented the Sanitarium Association, and
HIS. District Attorney d. o. Watkins the
Township of West Deptford.
with the prevailing scarcity of legiti-
roate news the space writers are driven to
t5,s extremity of manufacturing something
startlino. The latest novelty stated is that
tt,a bachelors Of Woodbury. have organized
a s,,icide club. 1t is exceedingly kind In
tba aforesaid s. W. to confine the mem
bershin to bachelors, because such notice
confines CONSERVATION to the misses, and Is
,,otice to the matrons that their 'hubples'
are the happiest men alive.
The estate of the late Amos Gardiner
- soId al public sale on the premises,
near MulIica Hill, on saturday last, a
foliows: No. /, the homestead farm, con-
Gaining S93 acres, was bought by A. Clark
Gardiner, for $87.75 per acre; the late resi-
dense. in Mullica Hill, was bought by the
zUidow for $1720; tract Oh IL acres OF
stnmD and timber land was purchased by
VIM. A. Costello for 30 per acre,