Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-08-20
LOCAL BRIEFS.
See adver. of Pierce School.

See adver. OF Pierce School.
&C. w. Starr Company advertises a re-
duction sale.
The County Board Of Elections adveI-
tise the election notice.
"A. G. Silvers, of Clayton, was in
Woodbury. Tuesday nursing his boom for
Surrogate.
w. j. Peall has typhoid fever, and has
been removed from the jail to room in the
Court House.
Woodbury. merchants closed their bust
ness places last Tuesday afternoon to per-
NIT their clerks to attend the Farmers Pic
mic.
On Monday last Sheriff Jones sold
lands Of the Franklin Land Company, in
Franklin township to Mary F. Janvier,
complainant in the action, for 81, 900.
Mr.. C. T. Molony is confined to his
bed. His eyes, at first slightly infamed
from being switched by his horses tail,
have assumed serious condition, and he
is not allowed to be about.
The Temperance Camp Meeting under
the auspices of the w. G. T. T., will open
at National Park on the 25th inst and
continue until the 31st Mrs. Emma
Bourne, State President, will be in charge
The appointment of rural mail carriers
for Gloucester county was made OH We'd
nesday as follows: Mullica Hill, regular,
Joseph White, Jr.; substitute, Elizabeth
NJ White. Swedesboro, regular, William
H. Brown; substitute, C. Justice.
Adm James, on the Marldale Farm,
near Hurffville, better known as the Flani-
gan Farm, owned by Geo. B. Hurff, be-
lieves he has the largest yield of potatoes
IN tie county. He has the Green Noun
tain variety, and the yield is $50 baskets
per acre.
List of advertised letters in the post
Office for the week ending Aug. IL, 1907
Miss Bertha Carter, DR.. E. E. Corson, Miss
Halle Grouse Mr.. M. A. Foster, Mrs
Jno. Handy, Mr.. Oliver H. Hawkins, M.
]. Kireger, Mr.. K. c. Loogsmith, Mrs Ida
G.. Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. White.
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say advertised.
An order of Vice Chancellor Reed,
made on Tuesday cited the Citizens Mort
gage Refunding and Construction Company
of this city, to show cause on September
why receiver should not be appointed.
The order was made at the instance of the
Attorney General, representing Banking
Commissioner Watkins The assets of the
Company are alleged to be $23l; liabilities,
1914.
Merchant j. R. Wick, who recently
purchased the Stokes lot adjoining his
business place, has just completed a new
ware house, containing 400 square feet of
floor space, which, added to his former
store, gives him total floor space of 3, 500
square feet, and enables him to properly
display his immense stock of goods. Mr..
Wick is one of Woodbury's most enterpris-
ing business men, and by honorable
methods has built up large business here.
When returning home from Woodbury.
last Friday evening, with his family Free
holder E. G. Miller had strange expe-
rience One of the swingletrees came off
and struck the heels of one of the horses,
frightening the team. The horses circled
around big field at the road side, finally
throwing the five occupants out, and free
ing themselves from the carriage. At Mr..
Williams call, the team came up to him.
None Of the party were injured, and all
walked the three miles to Paulsboro, reach
ing home at eleven O'Clock