Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-02-27
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SWEDESBORO.
Miss Name Weatherby is spending ten
days with relatives in Camden and Phila.
Mrs Samuel A. Croft has been visiting
her son, VIM. A. Sailer, in Phila.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Moffett and son, of
Phila, spent Washingtons Birthday with
their parents Mr.. and Mrs B. r. Moffett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Nichols have been
entertaining their sister and children, Of
Salem county.
Miss Alice Pancoast, of Clayton has
been visiting her cousins, the Misses Carrie
and Elsie Headley.
Miss Margaret Vandersloot has been the
guest of friends at Westville.
Rev. w. s. Mitchell is improving at this
writing, and able to leave his room, al
though still in a weak condition.
Rev. Edward Mount, of Woodstown,
occupied the pulpit Of the Methodist
Church on Sunday and preached two excel
lent sermons.
1t is understood that Rev. w. S. Ludlow
of Tuckerton, will spend Conference Sun
day here. Mrs. Ludlow and son will spend
several Gays mere.
The glassworks have resumed operations
again, after shutdown of several days for
want of sand, which was delayed on the
road on account of the storm.
Edgar Dilks moved this week to the
house on Broad street purchased by his
father, VIM. Dilks.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Simmerman, of
ord Do how hoe LOTT
here.
Mrs. Frank Parker has been entertaining
Miss Kate Sullivan, of Salem.
Miss Agnes Walker, of Phila, has been
the guest of her friend, Miss Helen G.
Mcmahon.
Joseph Sithens and wife, John Sithens,
wife and daughter Hannah, Geo. Hall, wife
and daughter Gertrude and son Walter and
the Misses Laura and Hannah Lippincott
spent pleasant day recently with Council
man W. H. Sithens and wife at Woodbury..
Michael Purtill has moved to Mrs. Mary
Richardson's farm near here
Harry Shoch took possession of his newly
purchased premises on Railroad Ave., on
Thursday of last week, and Robert Moore
removed to the house vacated by him on
All6U SbEeSE.
Hucksters are buying up eggs of the far
mers in this neighborhood at forty cents per
dozen, a price never reached before at this
time of year since the War of the Rebellion.
Verify, those who eat eggs have to pay for
the high priced corn the farmer feeds his
| hens.
Thomas Davidson, of South Swedesboro,
who has been lying very low, is somewhat
improved at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Elder have the SYM
pathy of the community in the loss of their
daughter Clara, who was found dead in
bed on Wednesday morning of last week.
She was eight months old and died of heart
disease.
Since our writing of last week, in which
we noted the fact that scarlet fever had
broken out in the family Of VIM. Helms,
on Mill street, the disease has appeared in
three other homes, that of DR.. B. F. Buzby,
whose son Frank is sufferer; that of VIM.
H. Hannold, Jr., whose little daughter
Frances is i'll, and in the home of John
Miller, who has daughter sick with the
disease. A rigid quarantine has been es-
tablished at each home, and every care is
being taken, but it is feared that the pub
lie school will have to be closed as the sick
ones were pupils there.
The Junior Epworth League has been re-
organized with Mrs. Walter r. Stiles as
Superintendent. 1t meets every Saturday
afternoon in the Methodist Church.
DR.. J. Keasby Weatherby, brother of 1.
Hurff Weatherby, of this place, has sue
ceeded to the practice of the late Bowman
Fl. Shivers, M. D., of Haddonfeld occupy
ing the offices and having access to all the
medical books and records of DR.. Shiyers.
His friends in this vicinity congratulate
the young M. D. ON his good fortune.
Mrs. Agnes J. Hannold, wife of L New
ton Hannold, died at her home in Philada
on Sunday, and her funeral took place on
FL. Hannold, of this place, and his friends
here tender their sympathy to him in his
sorrow.
This section had its full share of the
terrible ice storm of last Friday, the like
of which the oldest inhabitant cannot re-
member. Shade trees in all directions were
broken down and nearly ruined by the
heavy coating Of ice and the raging wind,
and it became dangerous to walk the street
on account of the falling limbs, and there
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thony Steelman had narrow escape.
While passing up Main street with load
of coal, large limb fell from tree in
front of the residence of George Meley,
directly across the horse and cart. Steelman
was knocked down, but not injured. The
horse escaped. 1t took the united effort of
several men to remove the limb. A few
electric light wires fell, and the telephone
wires were nearly all broken down by the
falling limbs. 1t is feared that Swedesboro
which has always boosted of the splendid
shade, will be all out in the sun next Sum-
mer. Fruit trees are reported badly
damaged, and the prospect for fruit the
coming season is said to be not good.
The many friends of Prof. John. Tharp,
of Mantua, will regret to learn that small
pox has broken out in his home, brought
there by the child of his son, James Tharp,
of Phila., who was visiting him. Prof.
Tharp and family spent twelve years in
Swedesboro, where he was principal of the
public school, and naturally considerable
anxiety is felt here for the family in its
affection.