Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-07-02
sWEDEsBoRO.

Masbef OllTer DrummOnd, of Salem
spent Tuesday with his little friend, Miss
7. Rogers here.
Miss Lavinia Fish, Of Gibbstown, spent
q part Of last week with her niece, Mrs
Geo. w, Pither.
Mrs. Stretch Harris has been the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Woodside, near Salem.
Mrs. George Parker, Of Salem. has been
visiting Mrs. Frank Parker here.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Russell Parker and
children, OF Clarksboro spent few DAYS
last week with Mr.. and Mrs. John K
Adams, parents of Mrs. Parker.
Mr.. Joseph Mitchell, Of Phoenixyille.
Pa, spent Sunday with Swedesboro friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Pither entertained
on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Zane and
son Harry, and Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent
Sharp and son, of Camden.
Henry II. Longacre has been spending
few days in New York
Mrs. Charles LeCroy and Mrs. H. Fl.
Longacre and son Herbert have been SPEND
ing few days with relatives in Camden.
Miss Name Kenney, of Phila., is spend
ing few days with her mother, Mrs.
Annie Kenney
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Moffett returned last
week from their trip to Europe, greatly
improved in health. They were gone five
weeks.
The news of the death of Mr. James D.
Hoffman, Of Clarksboro, came as a shock
to his friends here, many Of whom did not
know OF his illness. He was brother-in-
law OF B. r. Moffett, Of this place.
Mrs. Moses Batten is very slowly recoy-
ering from long and tedious illness.
Miss Gertie Mounts and Mr.. Howard
earns, of Cedaryille, were over Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Weber
George Storms, who removed his family
to Norristown, Pa, few weeks ago, has
returned to Swedesboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Vandersloot and
daughter Margaret have been visiting rela-
tiyes at Baltimore, Md.
Leroy Rogers spent Sunday with rela-
tives at Wilmington, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry McCollister and son
Percy, are travelling in the South and will
spend some time at Ashville, N G.
Mr.. J. E. Solomon is entertaining his
mother, Mrs. Mary Solomon, of Baltimore,
Nd
Miss Frances Leap, of Philadelphia, is
visiting relatives and friends here.
| Mrs. Chas D. Lippincott expects to leave
| within few days for Denyer, Col, where
she will spend a month with her son
Clarence Lippincott
There have been several business changes
here within a few days. E. Worthington
has given up the grocery business and re-
moved his goods to Newtown, Pa, where
he will be engaged in business with his
father. Geo. FL. Madara, and his brother
Louisa will engage in the same line of
trade in the Paragon store vacated by
Worthington, which they will occupy one
month and then remove to the store now
occupied by Guest & Guest, and the latter
will take possession of the Paragon store.
which they will fit up as first-class drug
store. We wish the new firm of Madara
Brothers great success in their new venture.
Capt. Edward Eastlack and sons COM
menced running their boat, the Robert E..
to Chester last week, making two trips.
This week they viii make three, and after
July 4th will make daily trips. The farm
ers and truckers Of this neighborhood know
the value of the Chester market, and
Swedesboro truck will be plentiful over
there soon.
Liveryman John w. Dubois, Of this
place, and Joseph S. Black, of Sharptown,
have entered into a partnership in the
business OF buying and selling horses.
The Swedesboro Horse Bazaar will be
located at Mr.. DuBoiss livery stables
which will be greatly enlarged to accom-
i m0dafn the urpafnr nr1na hor IF boreoe
| Mrs. Walter Simmerman and little
daughter have gone to spend two weeks
with her grandmother, Mrs. Charles John
son, at Absecon.
The first crate of tomatoes from this sec
tion were shipped by Elijah Rulon on last
Friday, June 26th. On Monday ninety
crates were shipped at 81. so to 81. rs per
crate On July 9Th last year four thous-
and crates were shipped at So. 10 per crate,
and 2S7, 900 were shipped during last sea
son.
Rev. III. Lawrence preached on the life
and character of John Wesley on Sunday
morning, that being the two hundredth
anniversary of the birth of that great di-
vine. He took for his text Numbers 23d
chapter and part Of the 23d verse:
| What Hath God Wrought He carried
his congregation back in thought to the
time of Wesley and showed that his life
and teachings had had a marked effect on
churches OF all creeds since that time
AS Miss Hannah Lippincott, daughther
of Nathan Lippincott, a farmer near here,
| was driven into town with cans of milk
for the local dealer on Monday morning,
her horse became frightened and ran away
colliding with the up-train from Salem,
due at Swedesboro at o'clock. The en-
gineer saw the runaway, and putting on
steam thought to rush by before the fright
ened animal should reach the track, but
the last car caught the wagon and threw it
high in the air and clear over the horse.
Miss Lippincott was found under the
wagon stunned little but not hurt, and a
young girl visitor from Pitman, who was
with her was thrown on top of high bank.
The wagon was demolished while the horse
escaped with few scratches The earth
drank up the milk, and, as consequence,
some OF Milkman Zippler's customers had
to go without The accident occurred at
Ivyside Station just below Swedesboro, and
those who witnessed it expected to see
both girls killed.
John Zirkenbacb, young farmer neal
here, met with serious accident on Satur
day evening which will be likely to lay
him up for some time. While unloading
half barrel Of cider at his home, the barre
fell on his left hand with such force tina
the iron hoop completely cut off tw,
fingers and a portion of the hand as clear
as if surgeons knife had been used. II,
was taken to Cooper's Hospital on Sunda,
morning, but has since returned home