Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-08
CLAYTON.

The regular monthly business meet
ing of the Epworth League was held
in the M e. Church on Wednesday
evening, at which the annual election
of officers took place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sockwell en-
tertained Miss Mable Pomelear, of
Mays Landing, over Sunday.
William Pomelear is having a new
veranda built to his house on the cor
.ner of Pearl and Linden streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mizeal English and
Mrs. Nellie While and daughter, all of
Gloucester City, were over-Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Nichols
here.
Colonel Dickson, of Bivalve, spent
Wednesday as the guest Of Mrs Chas.
Crane and family.
N. v. Getsinger is painting the Hen
ley building on Central avenue, which
is occupied by the Real Estate Co. and
Fisler and Myers restaurant.
The Rev. J. A. Crawn, of Philadel-
phia, spent few days last week with
James Bird and family.
Richard Turner has accepted a posi-
ton in Downingtown, Pa, and has
gone to work there.
Calvin Usinger has purchased farm
on the F'ranklinyille road, below Clay
ton.
Walter Hawkey has accepted a posi-
ton in Millville.
The engineers OF the Camden, Glou-
cester ana Woodbury. trolley. road have
surveyed the road from Mantua to
North Clayton, SO things look as
though there will be something doing
in the way Of trolley to Clayton in the
spring.
The Janyier Glass Company was
robbed of 5000 worth of fancy buttons
and hat pins, on Tuesday night.
While cunning, on Saturday, Wesley
Hildebrand killed a fifteen pound rae
coon.
Harry Shields moved his family into
the house recently vacated by William
Bennett, on Clayton avenue, on Thurs
day.
Under the direction of the Clayton
Centre, a course of three lectures by
Walter L. Bozert; topic, Folk Songs"
was started on Monday in lecture
room of the Presbyterian Church. On
Monday evening the topic was Irish
Folk Songs on Friday evening, De-
cember is, topic will be English Folk
Songs" and on Friday evening, De-
Icember 80, German, French, Russian
and Hungarian Folk Songs" The lee
lures will be illustrated by piano and
voice.
The Enterprise Gas Company sent a
letter to one of our leading business
men one day last week, saying that
they had just erected a large gas plant
at Egg Harbor City, n. j., and asked
in regards to the locality here, as they
would like to erect one here.
DEBATE ON THE WAR.
On Tuesday evening the Brother.
hood of the Presbyterian Church had
their first public meeting, with large
attendance. After singing several ap-
propriate hymns a prayer was made
by the pastor, Rev. f. S. Nelson, after
which the debate on the question, Re-
solved, THAT the Russo-Japanese war
should be settled by arbitration, took
place. The judges decided upon were
DR.. Edward Kemp Moore, Mr.. Joseph
Patterson and Paul Bowers. The war
was discussed in every detail and each
DICTATOR showed that he had studied
the subject thoroughly and was very
we'll acquainted with every phase oil
the question. The judges decided that
the negative side had the most points
and therefore declared them the win
ners of the debate. The members OF
the team were Leroy Pierce and Ray
mond Crane
hcc roe ornnd hic
sition at Moore Bros. Glass Company
R. Harrison and William Lock, our
chicken fanciers, have been winning
more prizes r. Harrison had eleven
buff Wyandottes at the South Jersey
Poultry show, at Bridgeton, and won
eleven prizes. William Lock had two
Plymouth Rocks there and won two
prizes.
Albert Crane has purchased the trot-
ting horse Bourbon Glide Of Thomas
Downs. Bourbon Glide" has a re-
markable career and a host of friends
in Vineland, where he raced two years
and never met defeat, and is also a
fayorite among the sportsmen in Clay
ton.
Mrs. Harry Hillebrand was enter
tanned by relatives and friends in
Philadelphia. on Thursday.
Mrs. David Smallwood spent a few
days last week with relatives in
Bridgeton.
William souder has accepted a posi-
ton at Moore Bros. Glass Company
store.
Mr. Irwin Hustled has dissolved part
nership with J. Preston Potter, the UNI
dertaker here, and is now going to an
embalming school in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sayre attend
ed the funeral of Mr.. Aaron Elwell at
the Friendship Church, on Thursday
John Rouse has purchased the house
formerly owned by Mrs Hester Fisher,
on Main street, and is now having an
additional room built to it and will
also have it repainted.
Charles Dilks is wearing a broad
smile over a little girl that arrived at
his home on Thursday evening.
Mrs. David Iryingham has returned