Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-08
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MI anu HirS. JONI naSJlack, OF
Camden, we're guests OF Mr.. and Mrs
B. 2. Moffett, last week
Miss Mary Metts, Of Paterson, has
3come to spend the winter with Swedes-
bore friends.
Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison and
son. Of Philadelphia, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs Edward McAllister.
George OFT, Of Elmer, has been
I spending 8 few days here.
Mr. and Mrs William H. McCul-
El0ugh Jr of Salem. were Sunday
guests Of their parents, Mayor and
Mrs. W. II. Mccullough.
Mr. and Mrs. Clement F'litcraft en-.
tertained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Meter and other Philadelphia
friends.
Miss Maggie Ore is visiting her sis
Ter, Mrs. Herbert Spencer, near Mill
willie.
Mrs. Owen L. Guest has returned
from a visit Of some length with her
sister, Mrs j. ]. Robinson, in New
York.
The friends of Miss Emma Locke.
who recently underwent serious
operation in the Hahnemann Hospital,
ing very satisfactory improvement.
John Ashcraft, Of South Swedesboro,
who has been very Ill, is improving
and able to leave his room
Miss e. NJ Glenk, a returned mis-
sionary from China. will lecture in the
Methodist Church, under the auspices
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society, on Tuesday evening, Deeem-
Der 49, Miss Glenk spent five years
in China. and is able to tell, in a pleas
ing way, of her experiences in the mis-
sion field, and all who hear her can
but be interested and profited
The Home Talent Minstrel Troupe
will give their first entertainment on
Thursday evening, December Is Bene-
fit of the Swedesboro Band
Our stores are rapidly filling up with
holiday goods and any reasonable de-
sire in the way of Christmas presents.
can be gratifed without leaving town
Supreme Master Workman William
NJ. Narvis, Of Muscatire. Iowa, paid an
official visit and had a meeting of the
united lodges A. o. Il. w Of South
Jersey, in Morgan's Hail. Camden, on
last Friday evening. Supreme Repre-
sentative William FL Mccullough was
also present.
We learn that Rev. w. S. Mitchell,
q former pastor oil the Methodist
Church here, will leave in d few days
for Redlands, Southern California
where he expects to spend the winter
for the benefit of his health Rev. w
L. Peterson, of Pitman Grove. will take
charge of Mr. Mitchell's Church, at
Hurffville
An Italian farm laborer in the en-
ploy Of |. Fl Weatherby was severely
cut and bruised about the head while
working at B. A. Headley's ware
house on last Thursday Wishing to
take a load from the top floor down to
the first floor. ne placed the load on
the large and heavy elevator and step
ping on himself, started down The
elevator. not having a guiding hand,
fell rapidly and the man, becoming
frightened, seized hold Of the large
rope and was quickly carried to the
top of the building, striking his head
against a joist His hold on the rope
was broken and he fell to the second
story floor where he was rescued, in
bad condition, but fortunately his skull
was not fractured The elevator fell
to the bottom and was badly broken
Miss Cornelia G. Bodine, of Philadel-
phia, the story of whose tragic death
from gas asphyxiation was told in
Mondays papers, was an intimate
friend of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Vana-
man, Of this place; she. together with
her mother, had been in the habit of
visiting them since she was a child.
She spent last Christmas with them,
her usual custom, and often spent a
part of her summer vacation in their
home. Mr.. and Mrs Vanaman speak
of her in the highest terms and are
greatly afflicted over her sudden
death
Snow to the depth of about three
inches fell on Monday, and the wealth
aer since then has been decidedly win
t&rish.