Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-12
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Woodbury..
Miss Rover, of Philadelphia, has a
Physical Culture class in Woodbury..
j. NJ. Henderson had green peas and
potatoes from his garden last Monday.
"A Seaford, Delaware, canning factory,
put up 229, 900 cans of peas last Friday.
The Central Baptist Sunday school are
arranging to have an excursion to Atlantic
City some time in July.
Miss Caroline P Smith gave her Sab
bath-school class pleasant days outing at
National Park yesterday.
The Paulsboro Traction Company is
making progress in the matter of securing
rights of way, which argues that it means
business.
DR.. H. H. Carr, of Mullica HILL who
enjoys comfortable carriages, finds what he
requires at "Gus' Prehl's warerooms on
Cooper street.
The first grass sale of the season is adj
vertised in our paper this week. It is not
necessary for US to say that grass sales will
be rare this year.
VIM S. Conner put in his next winters
coal this week at Sc per ton. Not every
body can get winters supply in Wood
Jul DIT ullaU
F. L. Wilkins estate agency has sold
the dwelling No. 76 German street, owned
by A S. Wilson, to Frederick Beader, of
Philadelphia, for 81, 200.
st. Patrick's annual Four O'clock will
be held in the church yard, Woodbury., on
Saturday, June %, 1902 There will be
music and other advertisements.
-Children's Day was celebrated in all
the Woodbury. Churches last Sunday, and
in each the services were of an intensity
interesting and instructive character.
Bishop McFaul, of this diocese will
visit St. Patrick's Church, this city, on
Saturday next, at 1870 O'Clock a. M, and
confirm class of about fifty children.
Those magnificent poles that are being
erected on North Broad street, and on to
Camden, are designed to carry the wires
for incandescent electric lighting in Wood
bury.
AT 230 p. M, next Sunday, Pastor
Wischan. of st. Paul's German Lutheran
Church, Philadelphia, will preach in the
German Church, Woodbury. The public
made welcome.
The State Bar Association will meet
at Hotel Chelsea on Friday and Saturday,
June Is and A. The Gloucester county
bar will be represented by Prosecutor Starr
and Judge Jessup.
The Pitman Grove Electric Light
Company's plant, whose power is a
combination of water and steam, finds
itself with only weeks supply of coal on
hand, and none in sight for immediate USE
High speed in electric traction has
come to be a matter of rails and road
bed and the attainment of more than one
hundred miles an hour has been proved
impossible unless the whole railroad system
is rebuilt.
AT the opening of the Red Bank Santa
rum last Saturday, 1773 children fromPhila-
delphia came DOVE in boats, breathed
the pure country air, were bathed and
washed and supplied with wholesome food.
This, it seems to us, is the most magnifi-
cent of all Philadelphia charities.
Saturday, June IA is Flag Day, and
4 will be fittinely observed throughout the
union. The American Flag Association
has issued circular letter to the Mayor
and people of different cities asking that
the day be observed more deliberately this
year than ever before.
EARLY Friday morning the team OF
Samuel Savage, at Fairview, driven by
joseph Shepley was struck by a locomotive
at Browning's Crossing. The horses were
cut loose. and the driver hurled several
yards. but was little injured. The wagon
was wrecked.
The Salem South ,JerseynndR says thai
Salem has more mosquitoes than Woodbury.
and if MOSQUITO DIR. Smith is going around
should come there first. As there is nc
selfshness in Woodbury., and nobody will
doubt that Salem is mosquito ridden, there
will be no objection to DR.. Smith making
his experiment in Salem at once.
The fellow who isn't the owner of I
800 Panama head gear is lonesome thes'
DAVIS. This particular brand of hat il
alleged to be woven by hand, while sub
merged in water, and the number on sail
in Philadelphia hat stores and in use lead'
to the conclusion that there have been
good many busy wet hands in the Soutl
Atlantic islands the past year.
Things are not all cheerful on the farm
these bright days The potato bug is chew
ing the sprouting vines, the black grub
emitting the Young corn, the tent caterpillar
is building his home in the fruit trees, thu
San Jose scale is running the peach trees
the seventeen-year locust is coming, and
the city cousin is opening correspondent
The annual meeting of the Glouceste
( and Salem Turnpike Company, held las
Saturday, elected directors and the mum
Der Of new names in the directorate show
that the world do move in Gloucester Co
They are: William S. Hancock, Barker
Gummere, Jr., Henry S. Talman, JOSEPH
J. Summerill, Charles w. Knight, Jane
J. Davidson and Alfred A. Bradshaw. TIL
directors elected c. w. Knight, president
Barker Gummere, Jr., vice president; II
S. Talman, treasurer, and Joseph J. Sum
merrill, secretary.
Our tennis players went to Haddon
field last Saturday where the first tourna
ment was played. The home team, Wood
bury and Moorestown were the contestants
and a very interesting series of contest too
Mace. Haddonfield won three events an
Woodbury. and Moorestown one each. IN
Woodbury. players were: Misses Edit
Stokes, Whitall, Morgan, Thorp, an
Messrs. John S. Jessup, Jr., w. X. Bean
F. B. Davis, and E. P. Trask. The mex
tournament will be held at Merchantvillt
june 21.