Gloucester County Democrat., 1903-07-23
MULLICA HILL.

our greatest railroad wreck was Wit
messed only by a few. 1t occurred last
Thursday, July Is, at 1915 a. m. The
shifter was bounding in with nine cars, at
full speed. Engineer George Eldridge
stopped his engine thinking he had the
whole train. The next second the rear
came up at full speed with seven cars and
struck him, and what crash! This hap
pened on the trestle and two cars were
completely showed off and fell forty feet
below. No one was seriously hurt.
Miss Florence Copestick has been visiting
friends in Woodbury..
Mr.. William Madciff and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Fox spent Monday evening the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. Vandelice.
Boys look out now for w. Dubois as he
has got a new horse and buggy, and he'll
make the dust fly.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thomas, of Cam
den, and Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Allen, Of
Paulsboro, spent Saturday and Sunday the
guest of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Allen on North side of town.
Mr.. John Shoemaker and family, Miss
Fanny Shiveler and Mr.. Allie Shiveler
spent Sunday the guest of Joseph Moore
and family.
Miss Mary Simons and nieces, of Cherry
Lawn Farm, spent Sunday afternoon the
guest of her parents near Evan.
Miss Mamie Pratt, of Gloucester, has
returned to her home after visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac H. Lloyd on North side of
town.
Mr.. J. Allen Smith, of Massillion, Ohio,
spent Monday and Tuesday with his wife
who is visiting her mother, Mrs. H. d.
Shute in this place.
Mr.. Lonsdale Alloway, has moved to
Camden.
Mr.. Frank Lafferty and family, of Allan
tic City, has been visiting his mother at
this place.
Elsie, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs
j. Allen Smith, of Massillion, Ohio, is
very i'll at the home OF her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Shute.
Mrs. H. A. Stiles is entertaining her
mother from Blackwood
Mrs. Brown, of Swedesboro, has re-
turned to her home after stay with her
son at this place.
Mrs. VIM. Evans and daughter Eva and
Mrs. III. A. Stiles and niece spent Thurs
day in Blackwood.
C. W. Elkinton expects to open up the
First Ave. restaurant at Pitman Grove on
July 9th.
Can't stay home, because Volunteer
Castle No. 80, K. G. E., of Glassboro, are
going to run their excursion from Mullica
Hill and intermediate points, via Reading
Road, to Atlantic City, Thursday, July 80.
Leave Mullica Hill at a. m. Fare 81,
children 50c
1t has been reported in several papers
that the rural carriers were appointed for
Route No. 3, and the time of starting, but
there is no truth in it, No carriers have
been appointed as yet and no stated time to
start the route.
The fifteenth annual excursion of James
S. Stratton Post No. 80 G.. A. r. and Mt.
Vernon Council No. 81, Jr. 0. Q. A. NJ,
on Thursday, Aug. 18th, leaving Mullica
Hill at O'Clock.
James Wolf has very sore eye, result
ing from hot cinder.
William Romig and family, of Cape
May, are the guests of George II. Poinsett
for few days.
Harrison Stratton and family are spend
ing few days with friends Of this place.
Mrs. Hetty Rienhart, of Atlantic City,
is spending some time with old acquaint-
ances of this place,
The I'd district meeting of the Junior o.
U. A. M. of Gloucester county will be held
at Mullica Hill on July 31st. Addresses
will be be made by Rev. D. E. Clair, Dist
Deputy Duffield, of Glassboro; also State
Councillor Warden j. Preston Potter of
Clayton. An invitation is extended to all
Juniors in the district. All plans have been
completed for grand occasion.
Ex-senator Pancoast, of this place, spent
Sunday with friends of Landsdown.
Masons have begun work on the new
Bank. 1t begins to look like business.
White potato harvest is here at last.
Sixty carloads of them were shipped from
here last week, being the largest number
on record for the first week of the season
The price still keeps up. Tuesday of this
week was the record breaker. % cars being
forwarded. Farmers say they never had
finer potatoes or larger crops This looks
very much like prosperity.
Miss May Ecret, who has been i'll at her
home here, passed away early last Wednes-
day morning in her 33d year of her age.
Miss Ecret was highly esteemed by all. She
has for many years been member of the
nj. E. Church and Epworth League, and
until her health failed active in church
work. Her death comes as a severe blow
to her aged parents with whom she resided,
and they have the sympathy of all in their
bereavement. The funeral was held last
Saturday morning in the NJ E. Church,
Revs. Clair and Davies, of this place, and
Rev. F. Faucett, of Plainfeld, participat-
ing. The interment was at M. E. cemetery, |
conducted by James Wolf undertaken