The Penn's Grove record., 1903-02-13
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1908.
Valentines Day.
Ducks begin to lay to-day.
Tmn 70 trim nrono x,inoe

neau j. ". LaytOns advertisement IN
this issue. 4
Fishermen are getting their boats and
nets in shape.
David G.. Simpkins has gone to North
Carolina to fish.
The Bank report is published in
another column.
Miss Emily Elwell is employed in the
Office of s. r. Leap & Sons store.
Rev. B. c. Lippincott preached at
Bridgeport on Thursday evening.
Upper Penn's Neck Township state
ment appears in onother column.
For Coughs and Colds try Johnson's
Compound Syrup of White Pine.
Cinders have been put on the Har-
mony Street side walks this week.
The bank was closed on Thursday,
Lincoln's birthday which is a legal holt
day.
r. F. Willis & Co. received three car
loads of coal on Monday which were sold
at S. a ton.
PENIS Grove fishermen write home
from the South that they are doing fairly
well catching shad.
Emmanuel Epworth League will hold
a valentine social this Friday evening at
Emmanuel parsonage.
Whether the ground hog saw his shad-
ow or did not see it, the weather has been
very springy this week.
WANTED-Three hundred people to eat
SHAD supper in Odd Fellows Hall, on
Saturday, Feb. 21st. Supper will be
ready at 5 o'clock P. M.
J. q. Layton has rented A. J. Trum-
bulls shop on Harmony Street and will
open a store there next week.
The Sons of Veterans will attend a
special Lincoln memorial service in the |
Baptist Church on Sunday morning.
"Penn's Grove wants water,' says
many. Well when they get it from the
clouds, others complain of bad roads.
Rev. B. C. Lippincott, D. D., will ex-
change pulpits with his son Rev. B. C.
Lippincott, Jr., on Sunday in case it does |
not storm.
Go to j. U. Layton's opening sale, be- |
ginning next Wednesday, February 18th, |
and continuing 10 days.
Thomas ]. Firestone who has been an
engineer on the PENIS Grove Branch
has been advanced to a train on the At
lantic City branch.
"Ancient History" in this weeks
Standard says: "May 26, 1875, the Pali-
SADIE has been withdrawn between Penn's
Grove and Wilmington"
A patriotic service in commemoration |
of the birth of Abraham Lincoln will be
held in st. Pauls Church on Sunday ev-
ening, Feb. 10Th. The Pastor will preach
on Heroes" The Patriotic orders will
attend the service in a body.
An exhibition of the new Victor Talk
ing Machine, in Odd Fellows Hall, Sat-
urday evening, Feb. 81, while the shad
supper is in progress. Supper 25c.
Rev. VIM. G. Meyer was sick abed with
the grippe last Sunday SO he could not
fill his pulpit. Prof. ]. Harry Smith
preached in the morning and Samuel A.
Harker in the evening. He will be out
this Saturday and be able to preach OH
Sunday.
Boring for water on Carney Point has
been resumed. Work was discontinued
some weeks ago because the drill got fast
in the rock and the rope broke about IS
feet below the surface, leaving about 1856
feet fall down the pipe. The rope and
drill have been drawn out and boring
has progressed about 35 feet.
Carpets, furniture, wall paper and
window shades may be selected at Lay |
toms special opening sale and delivered
in the spring.
1t is announced that W. J. Bryan will
be in Wilmington on February 18th as
the guest of the Democratic League. A
committee has been named to secure a
hall in which he will speak. Mr.. Bry-
ans visit is said to be without particular |
significance, but merely a tribute to the |
Zeal of the League, which supported him
in his campaign.
In connection with the shad supper in
Odd Fellows Hall, Saturday, Feb. 2lst, |
there will be a fine display Of Fancy and
Domestic articles. =
The Paulsboro people have sent a petit
ton to the railroad authorities asking for
the same rates tor monthly and tri-month-
ly tickets as is given on the Swedesboro
and other West Jersey roads. A petition
of Penn's Grove daily travellers will also
be presented because the rates have been
raised since the w. ]. & Seashore people
took charge. More is charged for school
tickets from PENIS Grove than from Sa-
lem to Philadelphia.
A pink and white Valentine party
will be held in C. G. Turner'S hall this
Saturday night by the members and
friends Of the Bethel M. p. Church.
Valentines will be for sale and refresh
rents will be for sale and q post office
for mail delivery. Ali invited to have a
good social time. =
The scratch Of q pin may cause the loss of
. limb or even death when blood poisoning
results from the injury. All danger Of this
nay be avoided, however, by promptly an
plying Chamberiain's Pain Balm. It is an
antiseptic and u~nequalled ass quick heal
ing liniment for cuts, bruises aud burns.
Fornle by b. 6. French.