Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-11
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Atlantic City's tax rate is $3.35, an in
crease Of S1.03 over last year.
There will be matinee races at Green's
Stock Farm next Saturday afternoon.
The Santiago hero, 'Hobson, " will de-
liver his lecture on the Navy in Woodbury.
on October %.
Woodbury. Republican Club has en-
dorsed the candidacy of J. Boyd Avis for
Assembly.
Salem City's tax rate will be 81. 40 on
the 500 valuation. And Salem has paved
streets and sewers.
We thank the Constitution Office for
courtesies extended while our gas engine
was awaiting the repairs.
-Thos NJ Tice sold % head of COWS at
his sale at Mt. Ephraim last Saturday at an
average price of $51.75.
October 23rd is the date set for the
annual oyster supper by the ladies of the
Central Baptist Church. Keep this date in
mind.
Before leaving for the West, the mem
bers of his band and friends of Liberati's
Band presented him with a purse of
$4,000.
Last Saturday night thieves invaded
Ed. Dobb's peach orchard and stripped the
trees of his finest fruit. He estimates that
they took fully Is baskets.
The employees of Green's Stock Farm
were presented with watermelon weigh
ing over fifty pounds by J. Wood Han
mold. This Iucious fruit was of the Sweet
Hart variety.
Work was begun in the fDinkey" fac
tory of the Woodbury. Bottle Works last
Tuesday. One of the large houses will go
into blast tomorrow and the other in about
two weeks.
Mrs. D. T. Sweeten, wife of the mana
ger of Green's Stock farm, on Saturday
drove Belmore three trial heats on the
home track with the following results:
22O2, 2.213 and 2.164.
Frank Kavanaugh, of High street, en-
ployed at Blasius piano works, had a mar
row escape on Tuesday. In some way his
overalls caught in the cogs of the planer,
and in twinkling the covering was strip
ped from his limbs.
"A new book, Lizzie M'Guires' Parody
on Mary Maclave,' - is shortly to be issued
by Boston publishing house, and has an
immense advance sale. There is something
about the work that will interest Wood
burians. After you read it, try guess
The statement in Philadelphia papers
Yesterday ''that Woodbury. school children
have visions of numerous holidays when
cold weather comes" is premature The
Board of Education will start the furnaces
with wood and as cold weather increases use
bituminous coal.
Subscribe for the Neie idea Woman's
Magazine 1t is one Of the best fashion
Journals. Only so cents per year. We
want fifty subscribers by the first of Dec.
Sample copies on our counters at cents
each if YOU want to take one home. The
Misses Cozens 172 South Broad street.
Woodbury..
Estate Agent Burk says he could rent
fifty eight r0omed houses, at from S12 to
SIS month rent inside of three weeks
Superintendent Madden, Of the glassworks
saws men who would like to work at these
works are prevented because they cannot
secure suitable houses in the city.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending, Sept. 8, 1902. Isaiah Coleman
Katharine III. Cowdrich, Annie Cats.
Charles II. Fisher, John f. Girhen, Mrs.
Katie Hinson, Chas. Shernechofsky, Harry
johnson. Persons calling for the above
letters will please say advertised.
-Humphries, the murderer of Camp
bell, who was brought from Pittsburg by
officer Dopson last Saturday night, was
oiven hearing before Justice Barnaby
Monday afternoon. He was represented
hy LAWYER Davis and made no statement.
The facts of the case were testified to and
on motion of the Prosecutor HUMPHREYS
was held for appearance before the October
Grand Jury, without bail.
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last Tuesday afternoon and confirmed the
nomination for Boards or registry and
Election nv the chairman of the two leading
parties. and designated the GLOUCESTER
County, DEMOCRAT and Constitution, of
Woodbury.: lassboro Enterprise, Newfield
Bem. Svedesboro Ne,es and Paulsboro Press
to nnblish same, also other election notices.
The District Grand Lodge, No. 4, Grand
limited order of Odd Fellows, (African), of
New Jersey, held their nineteenth annual
session in this city last Thursday and Fri
dav. Mayor Samuel H. Laid made an
address of welcome, which was responded
to by District Grand Master Ralph Hilton,
of Newark The reports of the District
Secretary showed gratifying condition in
tbe finance of the Order. A street demon
stration on Friday afternoon and ball in
the evening, concluded the gathering
Marcus NJ. Whitcraft, who has beeniin
the employ of Col. Green, also the late l..
Mr. Green, in the manufacture of August
Flower and Boschee's German Syrup since
1865 was taken to the state hospital for the
insane at Trenton last Saturday Mr..
Whitcraft was soldier of the Rebellion,
and since the close of the war has been
continuously in the employ of the Greens
father and sons-in various capacities. II
is said that he was the original compounder
of the preparations. which form the foun-
dation of the Green fortune. His case is
an acute MANIA difficult of cure.
The enrolment for the first day in our
nublic schools is 6S9 Last year 651 re-
norted the first day, and by the close of the
FIRST month 734 had been enrolled. Basing
calculations on the ratio of increase for this
f;rst month, our enrolment by Oct. will
rise to about 790 If 40 pupils is taken
&c tbe maximum number resigned to one
teacher there are rooms below the high
school that overreach the mark from to z;
and should 80 be the largest number there
would be only rooms in the whole city
even now not having more than the maxi
mnm. The wisdom of opening another
fifth Grade room is shown by the fact that
at present the respective numbers IN these
two grades are "a and So.