Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-02-04
THoROFARE.

There is no winds but sows some seeds
OF q more true and open life,
Which burst unlocked for into high-souled
deeds
With wayside beauty rife. I
We hope that this may be the case in
Thorofare, though it does look little dis
couraging, just now. We had debate the
other night. The question; Resolved that
the Government should effect permanent
separation between the colored and the
white people. was an absurdity in itself
But the President Of the society, the Rev.
George s. johnson, called it a trial trip =
and almost anything would do to test our
wits upon. Mrs, Thompson and Miss
Banks were on the affirmative, and Mr.. L.
K Wilkins and Mr.. Edmund Shirk were
on the negative. Mrs Thompson adj
mitted that under the constitution as it
stands today, the Government could not
effect this separation, but argued in its
favor for the benefit OF the colored race.
He suggested Liberia as q suitable home
for the colored race, because Of its climate,
its products, and its Government, modelled
upon our own. Its churches and its
schools would give the colored man an
opportunity for education, and intellectual
development which he does not find here,
and there would be no social inequality
staring him in the face there. Miss Banks
thought the negro should be sent out of the
country because he was liar and thief,
and several other very bad things; that he
was incapable of being Taught and too low
and wicked for reformation. Miss Banks
has never lived South. Mr.. L. K. Will
kins, who led the negative extolled the
constitution, and made the glorious flag
of our country wave until it could be
heard all over the room. He wants the
negro kept here because he is needed ON
he Southern plantation, and on his little
truck farm. Mr.. Shirk argued in the same
line, but took wider view of things, and
his concise and pointed conception of the
situation, gave MIR. Wilkins better support
than he gave himself The judges, the
Rev. Geo. S. johnson, chairman; Prof. r..
G. Hilliard, and Mr. James T. Budd decid-
ed unanimously for the negative. The de-
bate was then open to the house and the
negative still had it. However, the de-
bate was a pleasant one,-full of good
humor, and passages of wit, which would
have done credit to graver occasion.
There were, however, two things which
impressed me unpleasantly: first was,
that we have among us white men, who
call themselves Christians, who are yet so
low in intelligence, and whose sense of
their duty to humanity is so entirely dor
mant that they prefer their own conve-
nience to the moral and spiritual good of
race which has been ground under the
white mans foot for generations. The
other was, or lis, that we are always
Hearing" that GLORIOUS flag wave, and
never seeing it. There is a flag staff on
the school building; why should not this
glorious hago wave from it in all wealth
ers, and during all seasons? The town
hall would certainly be a fitting place for a
flag at all times. The Wilkins Bros. have
just completed a new store. Why should
they not erect a staff, on top of it, from
which the stars and stripes, which SO
abundantly and redundantly adorn their |
speeches, wave, and give US chance to see
as well as hear of them occasionally.
'sAll thoughts that mould the age begin
Deep down within the primitive soul.
And, from the many, slowly upward wing
To One who grasps the whole"
We acknowledge the primitive squl''
and hope for the upward wingn which
shall bring us to the full light that we long
for
On January. twenty-third, 1904, Miss
Sadie H. Taylor, and Mr.. William F.
Skill, both of National Park, were married,
in Thorofare, by the Rev Isaac L. Fowler,
of Thorofare.
The first leap year party Of the season
was given by Miss Laura DeHart, on last
Saturday night, in honor of her guests, Miss
Rens Souther, and Miss Sadie M. Tired
way, both OF Camden, N. j. Each lady
invited her escort, aud the evening was
voted success by all. Progressive games
went to prove that Thorofare was not be-
hind the times. Refreshments were passed
during the evening.
Some thieves, it is supposed, entered
Wilkins Bros. store on last Friday night
They had opened the money drawer but
found nothing IN it. 1t is supposed that
they were frightened away before reaching
the post Office drawer, and, with the excep-
ton of few candies the Wilkins Bros.
miss nothing
Thorofare is quarantined; we don't quite
know for what. but we accept the dictum.
There is no church, no Grange, no w. G. T
U. and no Ladies Aid. The Philadelphia
papers tell us that we have six cases Of
scarlet fever, but we can only count three.
The only one, directly in the village, is
that Of Margaretta Truncer, and hers was
only scarletina 10 the beginning. She is
getting we'll, and we have no new cases.
The schools are closed and | don't doubt
the teachers are glad of the vacation.
Mr.. H. A. DeHart has bought the house
and lot adjoining his own from Mr.. Chas.
w Wilkins.
The youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Hammel was buried on last Sunday morn
ing. Ii was always, what is called by
many people, afflicted, and its death is