Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-03
PITMAN GROVE.

JOIN O1lkS spent SUNDAY IN elmer.
Harriet, little daughter of Fetch
er Carter, has been seriously i'll with
pneumonia.
Little Gladys Lippincott and Iona
Conover are both i'll with tonsilitis.
G. w. Nicholson has the Fleming
cottage enclosed and nearing compile
ton
The league social was held at the
residence of E. G. Champion on Fri
day. evening.
Miss Carrie Biddle, of Philadelphia,
was guest of Mrs. Isaac Bowers
part of last week
Mr. Cole, known on the boards as
81. c. Mack" spent part of last week
with his family here.
The association expects to raise,
floor and otherwise improve the Tab
ernacle on Fourth avenue
The local branch, w F. NJ S., has
raised fifty-six dollars for missions
during the past year.
Dr. Boulton's lecture in the M E.
Church last week was masterpiece,
and all expressed desire to hear him
again in the near future.
George Myers, who came here from
Medford a few years ago, and suf-
ferer from Bright's disease for a long
time, is very poorly indeed.
Postmaster Focer secured a Z a. m.
mail for us without much trouble.
This gives US four mails day. and
many thanks are due Mr.. Foeer for
the enterprising way in which he has
looked out for our interests.
A car on the siding on Saturday
marked Dupont Powder Works,
Gibbstown, danger" ETC., ETC., ex-
cited considerable comment, but
proved to be loaded with nothing more
dangerous than phosphate.
We notice the negro question is
causing some trouble in the Mantua
school, There hasn't been a colored
pupil in our public school for the past
five years, and, during the past ten
years but one colered family has lived
in our school district.
Prospect Castle, K. G. E., celebrat-
ed their fifteenth anniversary on
| Thursday evening last. The officers
were respondent in new uniforms
The knights and their ladies partook
of banquet served at the Harler
House. The remains of the feast were
generously distributed to the sick on
Friday morning.
While making a flying drill on Fri
day the brake on a freight car refused
to work and the car was considerably
damaged by coming in collision with
another car. The brakeman saved
himself from injury by jumping. The
wrecker came down on Sunday and
got the car in shape for removal to
the repair shops.
Aged John Coombs, formerly of
Aura, but for some years a resident
of this place, had an attack of verti-
go on Friday morning and fell or sat
on the hot stove Mrs. Coombs was
making a bed in an adjoining room
and heard no unusual noise, but, hav-|
1 ing to watch him continually, looked
out to find him in that position. She
pulled him off and had to hold him to
prevent his going back as he said he
was cold. He was frightfully burned,
his hands to the bone. He was taken
on Tuesday to a private hospital in
Camden. His recovery is doubtful.
The extremely sudden death of Ma
linda A., wife of Allen P. Gardiner,
on Sunday afternoon has caused a
flood of sympathy to go out to the
stricken husband Mrs. Gardiner had
taught her class in the NJ. E. Sunday
school, and before going home called
on sick person with whom she
prayed. She walked home, took off
her wraps, sat down exclaiming, My
heart" died instantly Mrs. Gardiner
had for some time been active in
church, Sunday school and league
work and will be greatly missed. She
left no children. Funeral services in
the M. e. Church to-day (Thursday)
Interment at Manahath cemetery. This
make the third sudden death in the
town within few months.
Madam is your toilet table properly
equipped
You may imagine it is, and it may pc, but not
unless AseptikOn the fragrant antiseptic