Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-02-06


world for six weeks more. Hence, for that
brief period of sunshine Sunday afternoon,
we are doomed to six weeks more of freeze
and thaw and snow and rain and slush.
It's too bad.
See adver. of Gloucester Grain and
Feed Co.
This is the coolest wave of the Winter,
the mecury going to above zero.
American Mechanics remember the
smoker and lunch tonight at the Council
chamber.
Revival services are still in progress in
the NJ. E. Church and are attended with
wonderful success.
Three new trolley cars and six trucks
for the local traction company are on the
Dare st. siding.
The next county tax levy for school
purposes has been laid at 500, 971 IL. OF this
amount, $13, 989.89 is contributed out of
the State fund.
There will be song recital at the
Country Club on Saturday evening, the star
singers being Miss Charlotte w. Mawson,
Miss Holchon Mohr and Mrs Harry Under
down, of Philadelphia.
Dr. Rogers destroyed a rabid COW on
the farm of Sam'l H. Pine, Chews Landing,
ON Saturday last. A mad dog went through
that section about month ago and nipped
the COW while she was az pasture.
The terms of five Chosen Freeholders
expire this year, as follows: Chas Walton,
Third Ward, Woodbury.; E. G. Miller, Of
Greenwich; H. w. Jones, Franklin; A. R.
Handle, Washington; Geo. Tonkin, South
Harrison.
The will of Joseph B. Clement was
admitted to probate last Saturday, Mr.. R.
D. Hughes being named as executor. The
business at 118 Dock ST., Philadelphia,
will be continued by Mr.. Clements son,
Joseph B.
The pupils of Mantua Grove school
will have an entertainment in the school
house on the 18th inst. 1t will consist
of singing, speaking, dialogues, etc. Ad-
mission, adults, 15c., children, 10c. All
are invited.
The Joseph NJ. Haines farm, near Mt.
Ephraim, on the Blackwood pike, that has
been in the Haines family for $50 years,
was sold at public sale by the heirs on
Wednesday, the 9Th inst. One hundred
and twenty-nine acres, with the buildings
was sold to Herbert Dobbs for So, 400
Thirty-two acres on the easterly side Of the
pike, without buildings, was bought by
Edw. Bakeley for 81, 600; "a acres Of tim
Der was sold to Edw. Bakeley for 1923 per
acre.
! AT the annual meeting of Friendship
Fire Company, No. /, last Thursday night,
the following officers were elected: Presi-
dent B. w. Cloud; vice president, Samuel
II. Laid; secretary, Theodore S. Burrows;
treasurer, John Redfeld; trustees. Samuel
H. Laid, Nelson w. Sparks, Arthur Starr;
foreman, c. w. Shivers; assistant foreman,
John C. Ford; hook and ladder manager,
Nelson w. Sparks; police captain, Edmund
Dubois; driver, Charles M. Schrenk; asst,
John F. Hammell.
"A Kansas paper claims this card OF
thanks actually appeared in acounty paper
in that state not long ago: We wish to thank
those who helped out during the last illness
of our departed husband and father and
gave hand at the funeral. We expect to
sell off all the stock, farm machinery and
household goods and move back to Missouri.
Everything will go dirt cheap for cash;
date of sale will be printed later. oh,
why should the spirit of mortals be proud.
Peace to his ashes. A free lunch will be
served at the sale.'
i Last Friday Judge Garrison, at Cham
bers, refused the application of the Town
ship of Greenwich, for a writ of certiorari
to take to the Supreme Court for review a
resolution of the Board Of Chosen Free
holders of the County of Gloucester, by
which MIR. Miller was authorized to have
iron pipe placed along county road in
Paulsboro, to carry water across intersect'
ing streets, /" holding that the resolution
was itself legal and that the courts would
not impute illegal intention to municipal
j officers. The question of how much of 9
road in width the county acquired by i'm
proving a small part thereof under the
County Road Act, as well as whether the
county has right to lay pipes in the gutter
of county road was not decided.