Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-07-10
p1TMAN GROVE.

|T. /. Dunlap and family, OF Camden, are
First Ave. for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Rihl, of Philada.,
ave been spending several days with
rank Clouds and wife.
4 Miss Belle Bidwell, of Vineland, is visit
ing Mrs. Harry Rulon.
Mrs Martin entertained her Philadelphia
pastor on the Fourth.
John Chew has the handsomest vehicle
/ in town.
Samuel Downer and family, of Downer,
were in town on the Fourth.
Rev. w. L. Peterson entertained rela-
tives from Hammonton on Friday.
Rev. A. Downer and wife and Mrs
Lippincott are enjoying the camp meeting
at Mountain Lake Park, Nd.
Samuel Lord had an extremely serious
attack Of heart trouble on Friday.
Mac is learning to ride horseback and
the way he and his steed disagree in motion
1t times is quite funny.
Samuel Carr has returned from Ohio
where he has been working during the
recent blast
Lorenzo and Harry Sayre have returned
from Smithport, Pa, where they have been
fiattening glass during the past fire.
Mrs Frank Allen and Mrs. j. G. Rulon
visited the Newschafer triplets at Barnsboro
on Independence day.
Mrs. Geo. Poole gave reception to
about two hundred residents of the Grove
on Wednesday evening of last week.
The fire alarm, the rim Of locomotive
wheel, has been placed on the fire COM
pany's lot and is proving great tempta-
tion to the small boy who delights in
shying stones at all prohibited objects.
Joseph and Clarence Hopkins, of Cam
den, with their wives, have been spending
several days with their mother, Mrs.
Louisa Hopkins.
The business men of the town were
rushed with work on Thursday and Satur-
day. The number of people here is greater
than ever before this early in the season.
Mrs Rink, eighty-fve years of age and
helpless for fifteen years from stroke of
paralysis, suffered another attack about
two weeks since and seemed to be dying,
but her wonderful vitality asserted itself
and she seems to be returning to her usual
state OF lnvalidism.
A large number of young men in the
Grove woke the whole town up after mid
night on Thursday night. The business
men of the place good-naturedly got up
and treated them to cigars. A newly
welded couple on 18th Ave. were well
serenaded. During the fun the policeman
in the Grove aroused the Indignation of the
people by arresting one of the popular
young men of the Grove for shooting blank
cartridges, thing which scores of others
were doing. Justice of the Peace MCGOWAN
refused to recognize the matter on account
of the triviality of the offense and the fact
that the officer had never been sworn in.
The celebration of the Fourth was the
most successful ever held here. The fan
tastic parade was complete success.
About one hundred dollars were spent for
the hire of costumes, and the personation
of celebrities wasoyery good. The Boston
Tea Party were infull war paint, but their
nag refused to take them into the harbor.
Sam. Goorley's 57-year-old mule looked his
age. 1t would take too long to even
enumerate the good things. The exercises
at Summit Park were attended by an i'm
mense audience The address of Rev. j.
Madison Hare was fine, and that of Rev.
Samuel MacBurney masterpiece. The
parade was so late in starting that the par
Elephants had no time to change their
costumes before the exercises began and the
righteousness of quartettes, musicians, ETC.
made up of Indians, clowns and every con-
ceivable funny dress can well be imagined.
The game of baseball between married
and single men resulted in favor of the
latter-1S to 3.
James Kelly's display of fireworks cost
him about two hundred dollars, and it was
magnificent, the last piece set off being a
string of 10000 Chinese fire crackers.
Carr Bros. had big day, the evening
closing with pretty display of fireworks.
Among the many 4th of July celebra-
tions in this county there were none more
worth Of mention than the one held on the
lawn Of James D. Kelly's, at Pitman,
which was seemingly the mecca for about
all the children, attended by their parents
in that progressive town, to witness the
liberal display Of fireworks furnished by
this local philanthropist After an hours
enjoyment of a very creditable exhibition
Of pyrotechny, the guests were generously
supplied with ice cream. Mr.. Kelley's
patriotism shall not be overlooked this
fall, when the Democrats hold their con-
vention for nominating State ticket, as he
possesses the attributes of successful can
didate and will make popular representa-
tive.
CLARKSBORO.