Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-04-09
LOCAL BRIEFS.

-1he CHOSEN treeDOluerS Will meet next
Thursday.
There will be meeting of the Board
of Education in the Academy tonight.
Postmaster Walton was able to resume
his business duties last Monday.
There will be baptism in the Central
Baptist Church next Sunday morning.
Coal has dropped to 1925 in ton lots;
in quantities of five tons or over, $500;
pea, $3.50.
Much news and correspondence in type
for this issue, is crowded out by press of
advertisements.
Porch Bros, Hurffyille, are Gloucester
County agents for the American Field and
Hog Fence. See adver.
Former Postmaster Dell on Monday
last purchased the late A. S. Barber, j.,
residence on Centre street.
The new primary election law will
knock out the Crawford County Primary
scheme of Gloucester County Republicans.
Easter services will be held in the
Central Baptist Church next Sunday morn
ing. The topic for the evenings discourse
will be 1.-TWO Views of Life"
Last Monday Sheriff Jones sold a prop
erty of Samuel Garwood at Williamstown
to the New Jersey Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, complaniants in the action, for
$500.
The new real estate and insurance
firm of Henderson & Redfield are increas
ing their insurance branch of their business
by addition of additional companies to
their list.
List of advertised letters in the post
office for the week ending April Z, 1908
J. Campbell, Harris Harrison, Francis B.
johnson. Persons calling for the above
letters will please say advertised.
Our townsman, Andrew M. Redfeld,
Sr.. has a fine selection of chickens. Each
day a great production Of eggs are made
manifest. He now has one that measures
inches around, and weighs A ounces.
The chimney of the Green street resi-
dence of Mrs. Briggs, colored, took fire last
Friday evening, and the fire department
was called out, but was not obliged to go
into action.
The First National Bank of Elmer has
denosited Government bonds to secure
circulation as required by law and was
granted charter and number last week,
The number of the bank is 6707.
Woodbury. High School boys will open
the season with game on the Country
Club grounds next Friday with the Speed
wells of Philadelphia. Game called at
3.45. Next Wednesday with the Oceanic,
of Philadelphia.
Some clothing, hung too close to gas
stove at the residence of Mr.. Angle, on
High street, took fire Friday afternoon, and
serious consequences were averted by the
presence of plumber Muller and his assist
ant. who placed the flaming apparel out
doors. The woodwork Of the kitchen was
somewhat charred.
On Monday evening, the 9Th instant,
the young people OF Janvier, Franklin
township, organized branch OF the y. M.
g. A.. with membership of fifty, includ-
ing the Juniors and Ladies Auxiliary. The
officers are President, Walter Sharp; Sec
retary, Z. ". Simkins; treasurer, A. Kill
burn. Meetings are held in the hall.
A period, wrongly placed, made the
item in our last weeks issue telling of the
sale of some stock of the Woodbury. Trust
Company appear ridiculous. The price
was SflO, not $1.I0. What a mischief
maker period can be when it starts.
, -inyitations to the complimentary ban
cret To Hon. D. o. Watkins at Newton's
Hotel ON the 18th inst, at 2 p. m, were
sent out Monday morning The banquet
will he one of the most elaborate ever given
in Woodbury.. 1t is expected that Governor
Murphy and staff will be among the guests
Congressman Loudenslager has noti-
fed Postmaster Iredell, of Mulliea Hill,
4bat the uetition for a new rural route to
ha established from that Office had been
acted on fayorably. The new route will
take in Jefferson, fleetwood, Evan and
several other small places. 1t will not be
started for several weeks
-Fhe wholesale and retail tobacco store
of our townsHlap, James e. LeNoir, corner
South and Delaware avenue, Philadelphia,
vvas broken into on Friday night last by
four men. Investigation was made by
some employees of the South Street Ferry
who noticed some men moving about in
the store, and before long policemen OF
shat district captured the robbers.
The election of officers which are en-
..reiy new staff of workers of the Primary
Juniors Union which is held in the Presby-
terrain chapel each Monday night, are as
follows: President, Mrs. Blair Smith; first
vice president, Mrs. FL. " Rogers; second
vice president, Miss Loudenslager; secre-
tary and treasurer, Miss Jennie Tallman
council delegate. Mrs. Fanny Kenworthy.
We cali attention of our readers to the
advertisement in another column, of that
old and popular clothing house. Oak Hall,
at 9Th and Market streets, Philadelphia
The name of Wanamaker & Brown is
known in every Gloucester County home,
and Che fact that it continues in the lead Of
all its philadelphia competitors is proof that
the high standard on which the house was
founded has been rigidly maintained
through all the years Of its existence. We
are not inviting our readers TO strange
surroundings, or unknown business stand
ards, when we ask them to patronize Wana-
maker & Brown.