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

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Miss Elizabeth Reading, of Woodstown
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. H. V. Rogers, o
High street.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Zippler, of Phila.
were the guests of Mrs. T. c. Dubois, OIL
Curtis avenue, Sunday.
Miss Rena Edwards, of Elmer, spen
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Borden
of Glover street.
Miss Hattie Branson and Miss Anna
Turner, of Moorestown, are spening few
days with Mrs Frank Moore, of Newton
avenue.
William Wakeman, who has been &
faithful employee to Arthur J. Rice, and q
courteous gentleman to our town people
for number of years, has accepted a posi-
tion with Mr.. Mahlon W. Newton, of Phila
WANTED A correspondent for thu
DEMOCRAT at Mullica Hill.
The February meeting of the Board Of
Chosen Freeholde-s will be held next
Thursday.
Mrs. c. C. Jessup and Willard F. Du
Bots are executors of the estate of the late
c. c. Jessup.
John G. Whitall attended the meeting
of the Pennsylvania Board of Agriculture
in Horticultural Hall, yesterday.
The Logan township Democratic eau
Gus will be held on Saturday evening, Feb
%, in the Town Hall, Bridgeport.
On Monday last Sheriff Jones sold the
Samuel A. Wayne property in West Dept
ford to Emma W. Stuber, for $1,000.
Application is to be made to the legis
lature for borough charter for Paulsboro
The movement will be strenuously opposed
Frank Jones, arrested by Game War.
den Muller for cunning when snow was or
the ground, has paid his fine Of $50 and
costs.
There have been big snow storms in
the West, and Thomas Blacks horses did
not arrive on schedule time, hence his sale
was adjourned to next Saturday.
This is Lincoln's birthday, the banks
are closed, and the post Office open only an
hour in the morning and afternoon. The
public schools also observed the day.
Willie Wilmer, son of Water Supt
Wilmer, had the misfortune while jumping
from a pile of lumber, to break his arm
near the wrist. The fracture was a very
painful one, but was soon reduced by DR..
Geo. Z. Reading.
Game Warden Muller has placed one
hundred and fifty black bass in each Almo-
nesson and Warrington's ponds, and white
perch in Almonesson. He says the pros,
pect of receiving quail is not good. The
above is the allotment of Assemblyman
Avis.
The teachers of the Race street Friends
School, took their forty pupils on sight
seeing tour to Washington this week, start
ing yesterday p. m, and returning Sat
urday evening. In the class are Heller
Stokes and Helen Cooper, of this city
President Roosevelt will give them specia
audience to-day.
The twenty or more candidates fol
postmaster held harmony conference il
the parIors of Newton Hotel at eight O'Clock
last evening for the purpose of coming IL
an amicable understanding as to who should
be ut" Ex-Judge Clymer was present a.
pacifier, and delivered a judicial opinion
on the duties and obligations Of candidates
The meeting was harmonious one, eacf
candidate being of the unanimous opinion
that he was of right and ought to be "It. >
The Leaders conference at Camden
Tuesday to pick out postmaster for Wood
bury has excited good deal of comment
but none of the candidates have yet with
drawn their applications. Jacob II. Bibo
Capt. G. w. Hughes Joseph B. Best, VIM
! K Robertson, VIM. M. Carter, John Red
| field, D. F. Hendrickson, F. d. Springer
Theodore Burrows, are all yet confident
that the lightning will strike them. There
4 is said to be dark horse or two in the
| field, and these rumors are really more
disturbing to the pronounced candidates
than conferences. In the mean time JOIN
Rachor, Jr., is enjoying the salary, anc
mails are coming in as usual.
AT a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Gloucester County Historical
Society last Thursday afternoon, gift Of {
picture of the famous cattle raised an(
fatted by Edward Tonkin, of Clarksboro
notice of which will be found in anothe
column) was received from Mrs. Mar
Broadway, wife of John H. Broadway of thi
city, who was a daughter of Mrs. Tonkin
The executive committee elected at TIN
annual meeting were divided into thre'
classes of one, two and three years, in tn
following manner: The names of all wer
placed in hat, and the first five draw
were to serve for one year, the second fiv,
for two years and the third five for tire
years. Under this fair drawing the result
was as follows One year,. d. Carpen
ter. Dan'l L. Pine, D. O. Watkins Stephel
Abdell, F. D. Springer Two years-Geo
E. Pierson, w. H. Albright, w. Harrison
Livermore, Samuel D. Lodge, Edw. L
Stratton. Three years-Mrs j. P. Whit
ney, W. H Mccullough, Miss Lillian Du
rell, Mrs. w. ii. Miller, j.. II. Downer.
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