Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-24

James Griscom and Job Scott are gnn-
1 ing in North Carolina.
Mr. Fred Myers has accepted a posi-
tion with Mr. Mahlon Newton as his head
plumber,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Andrews are
spending two weeks with frinds at Youngs-
town, Ohio.
There will be Recital at Davenport's
Hail. Hurffville, on Saturday evening" Dec
3. See adver.
The ladies of the First Baptist Church
cleared $11o by their New England dinner
last Thursday evening.
Col. G. G.. Green and family will leaye
for their Winter home in Pasadena, Cal,
next Saturday.
Clement Stlnger, a colored man of con-
siderable intelligence, died at his home on
Park avenue last Friday, aged A years
John Dopson, of Gloucester City, was
buried in Green cemetery last Friday He
was father of Fenwick Dopson of this
city.
Gloucester County has 81 inmates in
the State Hospital, at Trenton, and the
cost of maintenance the last quarter was
81, ,538. 80
-Couneilmen Dr. George E. Reading
and Geo. d. Chenoweth are candidates for
the Presidency of City Council for the year
beginning Jan. 1.
Wesley B. Richman, of 100 Hunter
street, this city, represents the Fireman
Fund Ius. Com of California, and the
Travellers Ins. Co of Hartford, Conn.
Game Warden Avis fined Hugh Nc
Reeder and Capt. Blake, of Westville, $50
for shooting duck on Sunday They ad
mitted the offense against the law and paid
the fine
The New Jersey State School Teachers
Association will make fight before the
next legislature for an increase in salaries.
The Association numbers in its member
ship $500 of the 5000 teachers of the
State
Says Portland, Oregon, despatch:
The national grange has adopted resolutions
favorlng the enactment of a law by congress
against the manufacture and sale of cigar
cites or cigarette papers within the United
States.
-Cn Friday, December %, at the power
house, near Pitman, D. O. Watkins, Re
ceiver, will sell the real and personal estate,
franchises, privileges, contracts and agree
ments of the Wenonah. Glassboro and Clay
ton Electric Light Company.
"A landlord and tenant case in Justice
Mankins court last Saturday was of some
local interest. p 6. Tiffany sought to
dispossess Ora H. Sharp from the dwelling
portion of the house at Broad and Cooper
streets. The defendant claimed possession
to May 8, next, and the jury so found.
Miss Bessie Hustled, organist of the
Presbyterian Church, recently passed an
examination for membership i'll the Ameri-
can Organ Players Club, which is composed
of the best professional organists of Phila-
delpha and vicinity. Her average of
ninety and two-thirds is the highest
yet attained by any candidate
At Amos Hendrickson's vendue last
Wednesday corn sold at Il cents per
bushel, crab grass hay $11 per ton, hot-bed
sash 81 65, shelving wagon that cost $3.50
last year, S17l A good horse, S141. Mr..
Henirickson has gwen up the farm, and
wm c. Allen, of Deptford township, has
leased it for next year.
The members of the Passaic county
board OF canvassers has declared the Feferen-
dun adopting the Strong law as carried by
majority of 144 votes This was done at
the meeting of the board in the court house
last Friday afternoon, and was the unani-
nous decision of the members of the board.
Middiesex county has also adopted the
County Commissions to suppant Chosen
Freeholders.
The New Jersey Conference of Seventh
Day Adventists, in session at Hixson's
Hall, Hudson street and Hamilton avenue,
Trenton, adopted resolutions last week,
to the effect that a special message had
been received from God that the world is
coming to an end at an early date The
time, however, is not fixed. Subscribers
may look for the DEMocRAT Thursday
next
The instructor at the meeting Of the
Gloucester County Teachers Association in
Woodbury. on December 10. will be Prof
J Franklin Muller, Of Temple College,
whose topic will be The Necessity Of Ex-
preston in all Reading (classwork There
will also be discussion as to best methods
of securing more satisfactory results in
writing, to be participated in by teachers of
the county.