Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-08
peach crop is said to be safe.

Memorial Day address at Swedesboro.
Mrs Robert Smith had natural grown
white radishes in market last Saturday.
VIM. Stone has moved into the house
at the corner of Green and Packer streets.
The price of milk dropped to the Sum-
mer rate in Woodbury. last Monday-6c per
quart
The May meeting of the City Board Of
Education will be held in the Academy to-
night.
The last session of the old Board of
Chosen Freeholders is being held as we go
to press.
Miss Carrie Smith and Miss Martha
Conway spent last Sunday at Petty Insti-
tute.
Mrs. Eisenhart has moved from her
house on Green street to her property on
Broad street.
Congressman Loudenslager and Rev
enue Collector Moffett were in Woodbury.
last evening.
John Campbell, of the First Ward,
brought home 103-pound shad from
Peunsgrove yesterday.
-Gen'l W. P. Edgarton and wife, of
Newfield, sailed for Europe last Saturday,
to be absent six months.
Up in Trenton a man has been in jail
40 days for debt. During that time his
family has been in destitute circumstances.
County Collector George E. Pierson is
being urged to give his consent to the use
of his name as candidate for County Clerk
The colored population are anticipating
large time at Green street hall this
evening. A grand opera company will
give a performance.
Out of about one hundred cases of
measles reported to the Board of Health
this spring, one has proved fatal, an adopted
infant child of Chas. Carr.
"A harness built thirty years ago for
the late Dan'l J. Packer by Eustace Eggie
was taken to harness maker Orr, at West
vile last week for repairs.
The Camden and Gloucester turnpike
is being re-surfaced from North Woodbury.
crossing to the toll gate, and from West
vile to Brownings crossing.
August Querm, a mechanic of this city,
lost S25 last Saturday on either Broad,
Cooper or German streets, or Green ceme-
terry. A liberal reward will be paid to the
| finder.
New Jersey pays her male school
teachers an average salary of $8139 and
her female teachers an average of $48. 10.
majority pay less.
Don't forget the entertainment in the
Central Baptist Church, Thursday evening,
May Is. The proceeds will be devoted to
the Young Peoples fund for the new church
ediice. A good program has been prepared
and will be published later.
The State Board of Taxation will hold
scheduled meetings in various sections of
the State during the month of May to hear
appeals. The only South Jersey point in
schedule is at the Court House, Camden, on
Thursday, the 22d instant.
Jesse W. English, who for ten years
past has conducted dry goods business
in the Schrenk building, closed out the
balance of his stock in bulk to Philadelphia
parties last Friday, and this desirable bust
ness stand is now for rent. Mr.. English
will go into the coal business at Wenonah.
The Agricultural Department recon-
mends that the first flies which appear
during the summer be summarily dealt
with, as fly generations follow each other at
ten day intervals, with 120-fold increase.
Therefore one original progenitor killed at
the beginning of fly time is equal to several
million later on.
-Apropos to the matter of the admission
of West Deptford school children to Wood
bury schools, we can say on the authority
of high State school official that the State
Superintendent of public instruction will
permit no hardship to be imposed on
or of
an adjoining municipality.
The shop adjoining Marshall's drug
store, that has been a meat market con-
tinuously for forty years, is to be torn
down by the new owner, Mr.. A. S. Mar
shall, and new building erected thereon
at once. John E. Pierson, the last tenant,
closed the business on Friday last Builder
VIM. D. Fletcher will construct Mr.. M. IS
new building.
Sixty of the sixth and seventh grade
pupils of Woodbury. public schools spent
last Saturday at the Zoo, champeroned by
their teachers Misses Handle and Klock.
One of the attendants at the Garden paid
the pupils the compliment of being the
best behaved school children that had
visited the Zoo in several years.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending May, 6, 1902: Florence Allen, Mrs
S. w. Barber, Rolang Black, j. M. Buckley,
G. w. Claisborne, VIM. Henry Covington,
VIM. Cleveling, Mrs. S. Diedson, w. A.
Devices, Mrs. A. Meyers, Mrs. L. Marks,
Miss Madeline Minis W. Murray, Cresson
Pearson, Mrs Mary A. Warren. Persons
calling for the above letters will please say
advertised.
The first election under the Borough
Charter will be held at National Park on
Tuesday, May 20. The Board of Registry
and Election composed of Harry G. Hopper
and George B. Densten, Republicans, and
Joseph Lang, ST., and Henry Hurff, Demo-
Gratis, will register the votes on May 10.
A Mayor, six Councilmen, Assessor, Col
lector, and Justice of the Peace, will be
elected. About every able bodied man in
the borough limits will hold an Office.
On Monday afternoon last City Mar
shall Frank Bullock, of Millville, caught
four young rascals who engaged board at a
boarding house in Millville last Friday,
and on Sunday night robbed the house
They went to Camden on an early morning
freight train, and when they alighted the
officer was there and clapped nippers on
them. They were returned to Millville on
the $50 train. They claimed to be natives
of Atlanta, Georgia.
West Deptford will receive 81 ,075.74
in franchise taxes this year, ,022 03 from
Camden, Gloucester and Woodbury. Trolley
Company; 500 04 from Westville and New
bold Water Company; S24.67 from Del
and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone
Company, total, 81, 075.74. This is for the
year 1901, under law of 1900, and is based
on amount of business done by the various
corporations, and is in addition to the prop
erty tax of about $500 now and heretofore
paid by these corporations.
New Jersey lost more by fires during
March than any other state in the Union.
The losses based on losses of $4,000
amounted to 81, 2S5, 900, and with ten per
cent. added to the amount for unreported
losses the total aggregated at least 81, Alb,
500. The losses by fire throughout the en-
tire United States for the same period
amounted to $l2, 056, 900, and this amount
the losses in New Jersey were more than
ten per cent. The total fire losses through
out the country for the three months end
ing March 81, were S49, 099, 900.
just one year ago this month we opened
our store. 1t was in its infancy and was a
venture. Now it is older and a decided
success, and we owe it to the public. The
good work Of last year is an incentive to
better things this year, and to keep up the
good work we are featuring the very class