Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-28
LOCAL BRIEFS.


Clarence J. Borden is spending a short
vacation at Elmer.
Eight hundred Bridgetonians picnicked
at Washington Park last Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Cooper Jessup are en-
ioying stay at Eaglesmere, Penna.
Mrs. Fl. B. Diyerty, Of Cooper street, is
enjoying camp meeting at Seaville.
Mrs. /. P. Smith and Irving Cooper
are spending two weeks at Cape May.
Mr.. w. S. Bonsal and family are en-
ioying Ocean City for the remainder of the
Summer.
The Salem county Board Of Freeholders
has authorized an issue of $85, 900 of county
road bonds
Thai new Cooper street pavement
WON'T look nice until it is swept and then
kept swept
David O. Watkins has been confined to
his bed since last Friday with inflammation
Of the bowels.
Prof E. J. Frey moved from Wood
bury to his new field of labor at Merchant
vile, yesterday.
Miss Edna and Rena Budd and Miss
Clara Haines are enjoying a few days at
Atlantic City.
The financial report of the Board of Ed
ucation of Woodbury. will be found in
another column.
Miss Margaret Wilson, of Bridgeton, is
spending few days with her cousin. Miss
Jennie L. Garron.
Mrs. Mary Locke and Miss Sarah Hem
Erickson are enjoying stay at the Sea
Crest, y at Cape May.
If our readers don't believe Woodbury.
is growing, just scan the salary list paid by
Council on Tuesday evening.
The Board of Pardons, at its session
last week, paroIed Chas. Fey one of the
assailants Of Clement Reeves.
Masters Horace and Raymond Burke
are enjoying the Summer with their grand
parents at Cape May Court House.
Mr.. C. T. Molony, sales agent for the
New York Manure Co., reports reduction
of IS cents per ton at all stations
-Thos. c. Dilkes and George E. Pierson
have been reappointed members of the
County Board Of Elections for two years.
Miss Blanche Girard entertained a
number of her Woodbury. friends at her
beautiful cottage home at Pitman Grove
last week
m w. Newton has purchased the tract
Of land on which the Lawrence lumber
yard is located on Centre street and Curtis
avenue, from Mrs. Mary Lupton, for 50, 500
Mr. Ernest Fox, tenor solofst Of Grace
Methodist Church, Philadelphia sang in
Kemble Memorial Church Sunday evening.
Mr.. Fox was the guest Of Mr. and Mrs.
Preston F. Price.
Foreign horn citizens, who desire to
become naturalized in time to cast their
ballots this fall, should move in the matter
soon, because it takes time to observe all
the crooks of the new law and get the
certificate thirty davs before election day.
Grocer VIM. H. Sithens, of Woodbury.,
has bought John A. Browns AZ acre
farm at Jobstown, West Deptford township
and is going to make a speciality of aspara
gus growing. He intends putting out
trial patch of fifteen acres at once.
w Harrison Livermore has received a
deed for the old First National Bank lot
corner of Broad and Hunter streets, that
required legislative aid to accomplish, and
will at once raze the old building and on
the site erect handsome up-to-date
dwelling.
After carrying his conviction to the
Court Of Errors and Appeals and having
the finding Of the lower court affirmed,
John Hoffman. of BiIlingsport, was taken
to the State Prison at Trenton Wednesday
to serve a sentence of one year for violation
of the liquor laws.
"A farmer propounds this question to as:
In case Parker is elected, and hail storm
or some other visitation of Providence de-
stroys one half the tomato crop, will toma-
toes get below. s cts. per basket, the stand
ard price this year" Our Devil sug-
gests that Teddy will, perhaps put a
tariff on hail next year and keep it out.
The Board of Education has repairs and
Improvements to school properties well un-
der way, though extensive repairs are not
necessary. The most expense will be incur
red at Carpenter street where new closets will
be built and connected with the sewer. AT
fhe First Ward house a new fence has been