Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-08-27
CLAYTON.


Fred Beck and family, of Cleveland,
Ohio, are visiting his parents, Geo. G. Beck
and wife. Mr.. Beck is at the head OF a
large machine shop in that city.
Miss Matte Rouse, who has been spend
ing some time in South Carolina, has re-
turned to her home in this place.
Miss Frances Porch has been visiting
friends in Phila.
A game of ball was played here on Thurs
day between the local team and the Bridge
ton Athletics resulting in a score of z to 5
in favor OF the visitors. Clayton through
errors allowed the visitors runs in the
first inning, losing the game
Misses Lizzie and Elsie Rouse are spend
ing some time at the Delaware Water
Gap.
Miss Laura Costill is spending two weeks
at Atlantic City.
Clayton Sd team defeated Malaga at that
place on Friday. Score, II to 10.
A crazy man was captured near the
gravel hole on Friday morning and confined
in the lookup.
Mrs. Thos. Fry left here last week to
join her husband in Streator, Ill.
Mrs VIM. Pierce and son Leslie have re-
turned from an extended stay at Eagles
mere, Pa.
Our local base ball team played the Mill
vile team here on Saturday, winning the
game by the score of Z to l, the local team
playing an errorless game.
Ridley Moncrief was sent to Woodbury.
Jail on Monday for beating his wife.
Two large bats disturbed the evening
service at the Presbyterian Church last
Sunday evening.
The house purchased by Hiram New
kirk on North Central avenue is being
newly weatherboarded and renovated in
general.
The glass company has built very fine
walk along the front of their property on
High street, and will now erect nice wire
fence along that street
Mayor Nichols and wife spent part of
last week in Cape May.
Quite large number of our people
attended the Malaga camp meeting on Sun
day.
Misses Dorothy and Margery Brown, of
Palmyra, are visiting Mr.. E. B. Fisher.
Harris Corson, of Princeton, is visiting
his sister, Mrs ?. K. Dubois on Maple st.
Assemblyman ]. Boyd Avis was a visitor
in this place on Monday.
Vim. Staulcup is carrying his arm in a
sling. He suffers very much from re
arm caused by vaccination.
There is on exhibition in the drug store
Of DR.. c. F. Fisher some of the very finest
peaches ever grown in this vicinity They
were raised by Isaac Pancoast.
Quite large number of people went
from here to Woodbury. on Wednesday to
witness the game at the Country Club
grounds between our local team and that
club.
Several straw-rides went through this
place on Tuesday evening. One from this
place made up of young people went to
Malaga camp to witness the closing services.
Two fires will be started in furnaces at
Moo>e Bros. Glassworks this week. One
on Wednesday and the other Thursday.
Our authorities are at last going to take
some measures to punish drivers of auto
mobiles that speed through our town at
high rates of speed. So many are running
| through here on our fine road that they
seriously menace the saftey of the owners
and drivers of horses. One particular law
breaker ran through here on Tuesday of
which he may hear more of later as the
Mayor secured his number.
Leonard Costill, of Melville, visited rela-
tives here on Tuesday
VIM Shreves is enlargin his store on
South Central avenue.
Contractor Fisher has reached this Dor
ough with the new Williamstown road.
This road when finished will be credit to
the county. Especially so the fine steel
bridges at Fries Mill and Big Bridge
creek.
John Patterson and family will start
from here for Olean on Thursday where he
will be employed the coming blast
Chas. Seeds, our popular undertaken who
been in business here for some years, has
sold his undertaken business to Irwin L.
Hustled, of Cedarville, brother of Dr.
Hustled. of this place. Mr.. Hustled will
form partnership with Preston Potter, of
this place, and they will carry on the bust
ness at the old stand. We wish them sue
cess.
Sam'l Ledden, of Baltimore, former
Claytonian, is visiting relatives here.
A baby girl was born to Me-. and Mrs
Silas Gray last week.
VIM. Williamson is pending his vaca-
tion in the Catskill mountains.
DR.. johnson, of the Presbyterian Church,
preached at Malaga camp on Tuesday.
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