Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
sWEDEsBoRO.

Henry Weatherby, of Millville, visited
relatives here last week.
Mrs. T. W. Dubois and Mrs. ]. Clifford
Dubois, of Woodbury., were guests of
Joseph R. Moore and family last week.
Miss Bertha yanaman, of Monroeville.
has been visiting her sister, Mrs Jacob S.
Ware.
Mrs. William E. Black and daughter
Merle, who have been spending several
weeks with friends at Salem, have re-
turned home
Mr.. and Mrs William Packard, of
Elmer, haye been the guests of their
daughter, Mrs. Frederick Weber.
Benz. B. Weatherby and wife, of Mill
vile, have been spending few days with
relatives here.
Frank p Dickinson and son Frank, of
Philadelphia, were guests of Mrs. Eliza
beth Howell and Mrs. Wilmer Egee last
week
Miss Emma Locke spent few days last
week with friends in Camden.
Messenger VIM. R. Stone is attending to
business again after an illness of several
weeks.
Adrian P. Locke is making very fair
Improvement at this writing.
We are glad to correct the erroneous
statement found in several Phila. papers
that Mr.. Robert Laux had lost third
child with membranous Group. Mr. Laux
informs your correspondent that his two
remaining children and wife are now in
good health.
Commission dealer 7. w. Davidson, sent
carload of pumpkins to Boston on Mon
day.
The employees of the Railroad Co. were
made glad on Tuesday by the arrival Of a
carload of coal, over twenty-seven tons,
which was promised them three months
ago. They will now proceed to keep
warm.
Diamond Council No. IA, Jr. o. U. A.
NJ, is just now having boom. Thirty lone
new members have been initiated and
more are to follow.
The Degree Team of Viola Lodge, K. of
F., will visit Mullica Hill lodge, on
Thursday evening, and work the third
rank.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Gill are now resi-
dents of Swedesboro, and are residing with
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Vanaman, until their
own new house is built.
Geo. r. Turner has broken ground for
his new house in South Sweetest orc, and
Harry Sparks has the cellar ready for his
new house on Park avenue Andrew ].
Hendrickson is rapidly pushing forward
the work on the new building adjoining
his grocery store, to be occupied by a
druggist from Camden.
William j. Peall has one house com
pleted and two more we'll under way, on
the tract of the Swedesboro Land Associa-
tion. The open winter has been favorable
for business and carpenters have had few
idle days.
Contractor Frank r. Powers, of this
place, is building for thousand dollar
house for William J. Helms, at Bridge
port.
Miss Sallie A. Batten, of Mullica Hill, is
snending some time with her sister, Mrs.
VIM. H. Brown.
Mr. Isaiah Mayher, one of the oldest
residents of Swedesboro, died at the home
of his niece, Mrs. George String, here on
Sunday evening. aged "a years. His fun
eral will take place on Thursday morning,
with services at the house conducted BY
Rev. S. F. Gaskill, of Collingswood, for
mer pastor of the NJ E. Church here.
The Woolwich Protective Association
has elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Howard V. Locke; vice president,
VIM. H. Wolf; secretary, Charles D. Lip
pincott; directors, Samuel B. Gaskill, Jos.
r. Black, David S. Adams, Carleton E.
Rulon, VIM. H. Borden, VIM. H. Brown
and James B. Cooper.
A quiet wedding took place at the resi-
dence of Jacob S. Ware, on Broad street,
on Saturday evening when Christopher
Wilbert Dolby, of Glassboro, and Miss
Margaret Cecilia Vanaman, of Monroeville.
were united in marriage by Rev. W. S.
Mitchell, pastor of the NJ Z. Church, in
the presence of the immediate family. Mr..
and Mrs. Dolby will reside in Glassboro.
Immediately after the wedding ceremony
the rite of baptism was administered to
Mrs. Ware, who is sister of the bride, and
to her little daughter Stella, at the hands
of DIR. MITCHELL
At the annual meeting of the Woolwich
Protective Association, the Swedesboro
National Bank was made custodian of the
funds of the Association, in place of Sam'l
Ashcraft, who had been its treasurer for
many years.
The fire company propose to hold an
entertainment soon in aid of the fund for a
fire bell
The entertainment given on Thursday
evening of last week by the Ladies' Aid
Society, of the M. E. Church, was one of
the best of its kind ever given in Swedes-
boro Miss Luella StrattOn, of Phila., a
graduate in elocution, is an artist in her
line, and words of the highest praise are
heard from all who were fortunate enough
to listen to her. The music, a part OF
which was furnished by fine talent from
Paulsboro, was exceptionally good, and the
evening was decided success, and added a
nice sum to the treasury of the Aid Society
after all expenses were paid.
Mr.. Emory E. Clark, of Bradford, Pa,
died at the residence of J. 7. Faucet here,
on Friday morning of last week, aged 40
years. He had been for some time suf-
ferer with that dread disease, consumption,
and came to spend the winter with his
sister, Mrs. F. H. Bertholf, hoping that the
milder climate of New Jersey might be OF
benefit, but he continued to fail, and died
suddenly of hemorrhage. Funeral services
were held at the home of Mr.. Faucet
on Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev.
John S. Heisler, and his remains taken to
Newburg, N. Y, on Monday and inferred
in the family plot. He was the son of DIR.
Clark, of the New York Conference, and a
most estimable Christian gentleman. He
leaves an invalid wife and other near rela-
tives to mourn his loss
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BLACKWOOD.