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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

n wish the public to know that worse
II lgs are going on in Billingsport than
thing done by John Hofmann. II all
Mid get caught who deserve it, there
Mid be more than dozen. where he is
and they would be worse off because
have done worse things | know a
e where whiskey is carried into the
7 be in a satchel, and they give it away
Tr consideration. Atanother place there
Rambling and betting on horse-race
@ugh telephone, and there is nobody
I Nay beans because of the family. Those
Al b call themselves gentlemen go there,
/ living that it is against the law, and
tlH they deserve to go to Trenton to-
II II many preach and pray against drunk
ei ess, who drink, themselves, at home,
al there are many who take it for sick
ne but who are sick all the time. Is
th- right Shouldn't they be punished
for their falseness, and their hypocrisy :?
Noone can say that he ever saw John
Honann drunk or engaged in gambling.
He vas against immortality of all kinds.
He sas out on bail for $1,000, and Mr.. F.
B. hurry was his bondsman, but one, who
has ouch to say against him was under
bailt one time for $1,000. Another thing
hae to say there is place where peo-
pie en- get whatever they wish to drink,
and an get beer from a glass to a keg, and
ther is no license and nobody makes a
comjaint. If either of the club houses is
out beer, you can get a keg, or as many
kegs,s may be wished in fifteen minutes.
This we know, but where is the store
houss There are many people who call
then9lves respectable, and belong to
churees who to-day owe John Holman
large sums for liquor bought from him
years ago. There are those who go to
churc and pray, Forgive us our sins as
we fosive those who sin against us, and
who sy that Hofmann should have twenty
years,epd that it serves him right, and
they rus de to speak to his wife when they
meet a on tne road Let him that is
witho5 sin among you cast the first stone ;"
And know men holding political positions
and oiers in the employ of the government,
who, they had been caught in the past,
could ever have held these positions. The
big thsves they let run, and the big ones
they ing up. N. L. H.
Pauiboro, N. j., 7-29-o4.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
Fell From Train and Killed

As the Cape May express was crossing
Great Timber creek last Sunday evening, a
man was seen to fall from the rear
platform into the water. The body was
recovered next day by Eds Addison, near
the railroad bridge. ahere were some
bruises on the body, and the right foot was
cut off above the ankle. Corner Wilson took
charge of the remains and had them re-
moved to Budd's morgue where they were
Unidentified next day as Wm- -sadring, a brick
layer by trade, who recently came to Phila.
from st. Louis. With some friends be had
spent the day at Cape May. None Of his
friends can account for his falling off the
train. The remains were buried in Egling-
ton to-day
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
SPECIAL MEETING
OF COUNCIL.

special meeting Of City Council was
held on Friday evening last with all the
members present
Dr. Reading stated that the object Of the
meeting to be to hasten the passage OF the
ordinance appropriating moneys to pur-
chase the ssManley Lott for school pur-
poses, as the City Solicitor had informed
him that the date was nearly expired at
which appropriation could be made to
meet the first years. interest
After the minutes of the last regular
and special meeting were read and ap-
proved, the sManley Lot" ordinance was
taken up, read thrice and passed by the
following vote =
No-Burkett, Glover, Henderson, Nun
yam.
Aye-chenoweth, Davis, Kugler, Pier
son, Reading.
A bill by B. F. Sweeten & Sons, for
81, ,158. So for the final one-half of the Is
per cent Of the gross cost of sewer con-
struction according to the engineers eerti-
ficate was presented.
Mr.. Davis said the first Ward section
was accepted last September, and the final
acceptance Of the entire system IN May
averaging the two dates makes the limit OF
acceptance over due. though technically
the amount was not due until six months
from the date of final acceptance He said
Mr.. Sweeten was held up in his payments
on the street Improvements by reason of an
error in the loan ordinance, and 1t may be
two weeks before any payment could be
made on that account He thought 1t was
a measure of justice to Mr.. Sweeten to pay
this amount. Further, the sum of S4, 600
OF street improvement money will be held
by the city until after the first of January,
and Mr.. Sweeten was willing to enter into
contract to have any moneys due him
from the city held as guarantee against
his work.
Mr.. Kugler said be thought each contract
should stand on its own bottom, and he
was unwilling to depart from the regular
order.
Mr.. Chenoweth thought it only fair that
the bill should he paid
President Reading favored payment of
the bill, and the motion to do so was
adopted with no dissenting votes.
The ordinance to provide for the appoint
ment of three Commissioners of Assessment
to assess benefits arising from the construc-
tion of sewers, was taken up on second
reading, and passed by a unanamous vote.
Ali
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
County sunday School Picnic.

The annual picnic of the Sunday
Schools of Gloucester County will take
place at AIcy0 Park, on Wednesday Aug
ust 9th. Their will probably bea free to
all game Of bass ball in the morning.
There will be Sunday School Mass Meet
idg and Sacred Concert inthe Casino, at 2
O'Clock in the afternoon, whic will be furn-
ished by the Clayton Cornei Band %7llt-
iamstown Glee Club, and the Pitman Grove
Male Quarette. The address of the after
noon will be delivered by Rev. L. D.
stultz, D. D., of Bridgeton, formerly Pres
ident Of the Gloucester County Sunday
School Association.
At 3.3e there will be game of base bal
between two well-known Gloucester County
teams, probably Clayton and Glassboro,
At 500 o'clock there will be a coneer
in she Casino, conducted by the Band, Gle'
Club and Quartette.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
Pitman Camp Meeting.

Tomorrow, August 5, Pitman Camp
Meeting proper, will open with sunrise
service, to be conducted by Rev. H. NJ.
Brown, Director of the Camp Meeting
Association, and the first sermon of the
camp will be preached by Presiding Elder
Dobbins, of the Camden district. Begin
ming with that day there will be the usual
nine services. Rev. e. L. Hyde will have
charge Of the sunrise services, which will
be held this year at a. m. instead of at
$50 a. n., as in she past, and the young
peoples meeting, which will begin at 6
O'Clock in the evening.
Or. f. ]. D. Pepper will ofieiate at the
Bible reading and praise services from s to
10 o'clock in the morning, and Mrs. Lizzie
Smith will conduct the l and o'clock
afternoon and evening holiness meetings in
the Temple" on Ninth avenue.
Mrs. Carrie Thompson will be the leader
of the children's meetings, which will be
held daily at 13o o'clock in the Tabernacle
where the sunrise and young peoples ser
vices will be held. The Bible reading and
praise meetings and the three main preach
ing services of the day, at 1890 a. M, $50
and 7.3o p. M, will be held in the Audi
torium
There will be more preachers from the
New Jersey Conference than usual who
will deliver sermons this year, but there
are many preachers both from Methodist
and other Evangelical denominations who
will deliver sermons during the camp
meeting.
After thirty-four years of endeavor the
cottagers of Pitman Grove procured this
year 4 Sunday lailro,si service, but the
Sunday trains to Pitman will be abandoned
during the two weeks Of the camp. No
Sunday trains will stop here, but hacks,
buses and farm wagons will meet the
Sunday trains as usual at Lambs Station
and Glassboro
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
A Free Scholarship.

Any young man or woman who is bona
fide patron of this paper may secure free in
struetion in Music or Elocutiop.
The Ithaca Conservatory of Music, with
the desire to stimulate the study Of these
arts, offers one free and one partial scholar
ship in each State in the United States
Each scholarship is valued at 500 and is
good for term of twenty weeks beginning
with the opening of the school year, Sep
tember 8, 1904, in any Of the following
departments Voice, Violin, Piano, Organ
and Elocuticn. These scholarships are
awarded upon competition which is open to
anyone desiring musical or Literary educa-
tion. Anyone wishing to enter the compe-
tition or desiring information should write
to Mr.. George G. Williams, the General
Manager of the Ithaca, New York, before
September /, 1904
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
Horse stolen at Mullica Hill.

Tuesday evening Mr.. Joseph Chatham
Of near Jefferson, drove over to the Hill to
attend meeting of the Loan Association,
and hitched his horse under the Baptist
Church sheds. About ten o'clock be went
to get the animal, and it and carriage were
gone. Thinking the horse had become
united in some way, and gone home, Mr.
Chatham started home afoot. Arriving
there he found the horse mad not returned,
and then it dawned on him that the rig
had been stolen. With some of his neigh
bors he went beck to the Hill, got Joseph
White, Jr., clerk in Elkinton's store, to-
open up the telephone exchange Il was
then about twelve o'clock, and word was
sent to Woodbury., Camden, and PhiIa.,
Of the loss, and description Of the rig
Toll-gate keeper Coombs, at Mantua, says d
gray horse, and carriage, answering the de-
scription, passed through his gate at nine
o'clock. The driver had only two cents to
pay toll, but he Iet him through. II the
driver was enabled to get through the toll
gates he must have been over the river
when the Mullica Hill phone exohange
was opened, hence well ont d danger q.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04

c. G. Justice is.grading streets and walks
on the tract recently purchased Of Z H.
Comey
Last Thursdays weather was rather feak-
ish and we got our share OF it. About one
p. M, during light shower, lightning
struck the Bleyler cottage on West avenue,
and Mrs. Bleyler who was sitting on the
porch, was stunned and temporarily paral-
occurred about FIVE o'clock, and lightning
G. w. Carr's pasture, and killed it.
The disputes between the water company
and G. G. Justice and Others, has been
settled, and water mains are now being
laid on Highland Terrace and other streets.
The company pipes these streets at their
own expense, with the exception of one
which Mr.. Justice has just opened, and he
will advance the cost until such time as the
street is built on.
The fat and lean men played their annual
game of base ball on Friday, commencing
about p. N. They marched on the
grounds dressed in the Pitman Grove col
ors-pink and green. The fat men wore
green blouses and pink sashes, and the lean
men pink blouses and green sashes- Fun
and some poor plays were the chief features
of the game. Darkness closed the game in
FIVE innings, with the score Il to II in
favor Of the lean men.
Residents of the grove are severely criti-
eising those in authority for putting several
inches Of poor gravel on East avenue at this
inopportune time. They justly claim that
work ought to be done in the fall or early
spring. The recent rains have made the
avenue mass of sticky yellow mud, and
as practically all the residents of the grove
have to cross East avenue on their way to
the station and business portion of the town
the dissatisfaction is general.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
National PARK Camp Meeting.

The management OF National Park Camp
Meeting have arranged for three sessions,
the Annual Camp Meeting from August II
to IS; the Holiness Meeting from August
19 to %, and the Temperance Meeting from
August 80 to September 5.
The opening sermon Of the first session
will be by Rev. Charles NJ. Boswell, D. D.,
of Philadelphia. Anniversary Day Aug
13 Rev. John Handley, D. d., will preach
the sermon at 5 p. M. $50 a. M, Bible
reading; 1880 a. M, 8 p. m. and 7.30 p.
M, preaching; 1.30 p. M. Holiness and
Children's Meeting; $50 P. M, Young
Peoples Meeting, S. B. Chamberlain will
lead the singing. Rev. L. A. Parsells, D.
d., will have charge Of the Evangelistic
services. The Annual Camp will close
with grand march, August 1s, 10 p M.
Rev. Gerge w. Ridont viii be in charge
of the Holiness services.
Leading temperance workers will have
charge of the temperance meetings.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04

MULLICA HILL.

Harrison Township Committee will hold
their regular business meeting in the town
hall on Aug. 9th.
Harmony Fire Co. No. 1, of Mullica
Hill, will hold special meeting on Mon
day evening, Aug. 8. All members are
earnestly requested to be present.
Rev. J. J. Davies, pastor Of Mullica Hill
Baptist Church, on Monday will start on a
fifteen days trip to st. Louis to visit his
three sons, William, Ward and Vance; also.
take in the Worlds Fair.
"A large excursion is anticipated a .sh&
seashore from this place to-day rofsQk
guess-six hundred.
Twilight services will be held in the NJ.
E. Church Sunday evenings during August,
from Z to s o'clock. Short sermon and good
live singing everybody invited. Subject
for Sunday. Aug. 7th, 1880 a. M, The
Old Sword;;n p Z p. M, Cutting out the
Curves Preaching by the pastor, Rev. d.
E. Clair.
Mr. c. Lippincott and wife and little
daughter are spending a few days with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lip
pincott.
Master Earl Shute, Of Camden, is spend
ing the summer with his grandmother, Mrs
Maggie Shute.
Walter A. Ridgway, one Of our energetic
young citizens has about completed a
sewer system for his own benefit. The pipe
line is about Of mile long, back into the
valley of his farm.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
trolley TO Mullica Hill

On Wednesday Messrs. ]. Willard Nor
gan, J. ]. Burleigh and Superintendent
Harrington, all officials of the Public Ser
vice Corporation, were driven over the high
way from Mantua to Mulliea Hill to view
the route of the proposed extension Of the,
trolley road to the latter place It is re-
ported that they were faYorably impressed
with the route, and that engineers will be
put on to estimate the cost of the extension.
The people are anxious to have the exten-
sion made.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
DASE BALL.

Clayton, with over a hundred rooters
came to Woodbury. last Saturday to win
the fourth game of the series and nobly did
they do it. The game was not as good as
the one at Clayton the Tuesday before, but
nevertheless it was the kind that fills the
spectators with eager expectancy, for the
score was so close that few solid swats
would turn the tide of victory. The say
ing that Brady was the only pitcher who
could win for Clayton was proved false as
Simmerman did the trick neatly. We
tremble when we think of what might have
been with Brady in the box. Zimmerman
was hit hard at times. Houser had two
two baggers to his credit while Keeling bad
one. Smith, of Clayton, also pulled off a
double and brought in two runs in the
eighth.
The game started at $50 sharp. In the
first inning there was nothing doing on
either side save that both pitchers famed
the first man. Clayton scored 2 runs in
the second. Ward led off with hit to
center, Smith grounded out to Booger,
Simmerman walked and Dayis hit to cen
ter On an attempt to put Ward out at
third Houser made a low throw which
Eggert let pass oyer to the fence and
allowed Ward and Simmerman to score.
Marshall and Brady were easy outs.
In Woodbury's half of the fourth inning
two runs were made which tied the score.
Powell famed, Houser hit double to
right and Pedrick got to first on a grounder
on which Ward tried to throw Houser out
at third KEELING made neat sacrifice
scoring Houser and advancing Pedrick and
Booger brought in Pedrick on safe one to
right Woodbury. made third run in the
sixth with two out Pedrick got his base
on a hit to center and scored on Kelling's
two bagger which went nearly to the locker
house. In the eighth inning Clayton won
the game by getting two runs. Bevier
singled to left and Keough followed with
another to third. Booger flied out to
Pollock and Ward flied out to Powell
Smith then met the necessity of the situa-
tion and the ball) by driving swift liner
to left field. Reynolds misiudged the ball
and ran forward. He saw his mistake too
late, for the ball went high over his head
and rolled nearly to the bunker before it
was returned. In the meantime the two
runs had counted and Smith was roosting
on second. Simmerman flied out to Kell-
ing. Neither team could score after this
although Houser made noble effort at a
rally in c. c. half Of the eighth when he
started off with double to right.
The line up:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
To Subscribers.

Beginning Monday August Sth, our col-
lectors, Martin B. Robinson and J. D. Car
penter, Jr., will call on subscribers for
the purpose of receiving amounts due the
GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEMOCRAT on sub
scription account, This opportunity Of
paying subscription bills at your own home
is offered at considerable expense to us, and
we trust lit will be generally improved.
]. D. CARPENTER.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
Sufferers Relief Fund.

Reports from members of the General
Committee Of the Relief Fund, received
this week, indicate that the fund is grow
ing steadily. The petitions will be in the
hands Of the membess Of the committe be-
fore the end Of the week.
Amount previously acknowledged, $685. :
90.
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Of Woodbury.: Mantua Grange, $4,000;
Wm. ]. Thompson, $1,000; ] Willard
Morgan, 800; Robert .. Hughes $1,000
Charles 4. and Rhoda Eastlaek, $3.50
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
7 !

It is claimed that Clayton did not play its
game, being somewhat scared, but will do
better next time.
Yesterday Clayton vent down to Cape
May and administered a, shut out to the
crack collegians-6 to Z. To-day Glass
boro is playing at Clayton, the visitors, it
is said, having professional battery. On
Saturday Gloucester plays at Clayton.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
|. New school House Contest.

Washington township has an interesting
new seool house contest on its hands and
the peole are pretty evenly divided over
the quation. The people of Grenloch say
they NED a new school house and must have
one. lorder to put the proposition before
the sorce Of all authority, the Board Of
Edneabn gave notice of an election to be
held Bunker Hill school house on Sat
urday vening two weeks ago G. J.
Daysnprt was chairman of the meeting,
and El lood Hurf, Secretary. The ques-
tioR Q school house or no school house
was pl and the election resulted in a tie,
each opposition receiving eighty votes.
The 81 irnan decided there was no cleo
ionan oldered another ballot The re-
dtof 1e second ballot was two majority
foahe aiool house, and an appropriation
Of 20 br the purchase of land, and 50, 400
for efeng building, was voted. It is said
that af the first ballot many of the peo-
pie weraway, the larger number being
those ossed 10 the new school house.
The pro 1ings of the meeting were for
warded the County and State superin-
tendent approval, but both these Off
cials ha' Aclared the second ballot, at the
first meea4 illegal. Now, a second meet
ing wiz kels, and the question resub
mltted tST people
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04

The Township Committee Of West
Deptford Township will meet in the Town
Hall, at Thorofare, on August at six
O'CLOCK.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
gsopus Backward.
[From the Utica observer.l !

yillager- Yes, Esopus sounds quite
classic. We invented it ourselves, though.
It is the word suppose spelt backward.
visitor-How clever But is there not
one P missing
yillager- oh, no We are purposely re-
serving that letter for election day, when
we will use it to make our distinguished
resident President
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
: Denies Negroes Rule

Edikh sArocRAT .-In your report Of
the trpeEwe had in the Borough of
SwedesA bn Saturday night, the 10th
instant say the negroes practically
take Ilf n Of the town on Saturday
nights Mis- not the fact. While we
have one hufS red to one hundred
and 4 e TORS Of ii fat race on that night,
this Is 6rst out-bIsas have had,
which rred about 11.3o p. m. after
business 8 over, and while / Was off
guard sdng gang of drunks ut Of
town. people in their excitts Pment
asked fositional police, but we Q not
vans to5ayertised as a town unsaf fe for
gooe citllto enter to make purd hases
from thely cheap and reliable stores
we save II Borough. Our town. will
compare rably with other towna !, in
cluelng city, near where this ele-
meat is Dyed, and our streets a Re as
free fronawuotion as is possible ghen
we have farmers, one hundred and
fifty ennpA and twenty baby carr fiages
to paradtnr beautiful walks, and well
lighted ston shat night. &.
ura
| H. ID. GARRISON.
! A " v Police Marsh al:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
The line up:

Earned runs, Woodbury. . Clayton, 3. Two
base hits Houser, 2; Keeling, Smith Sacrifice
hits, Smith, Marshall, Keeling. Stolen bases
Powell, Pedrck Keeling. simmerman, Mar
shall. Struck out, by Pollock 5; by Simmer
man z. Base on balls, by Simmerman, l. Left
on bases, Woodbury., z; Clayton, 4. Double
play, Ward and Brady. Time, 1h-, 25m Um-
pire, Haney.
Eight hits off Pollock. Seven off
Simmerman.
Eggert, Pollock, Daley and Powell are
failures at the bat.
Powell deserves a Carnegie hero medal
for his put outs in center field Every
one was a hair raiser.
Keeling made fine catch of Keough's
drive in the first.
Buddy is losing his fielding eye
There was the usual kick on the umpire.
Mr.. Haney was it this time and at the
hands of Clayton. Last week it was Mr.
Roselle at the hands of Woodbury.. Will
there ever be a man who could give perfect
satisfaction? Truly Socrates and his lam
tern would not be out Of place on a tour
through these parts.
Clayton seems destined to make it five
straight
Dopson, our dear old "Doppy'' has
signed with Clayton.
Jim Booger did great work at short-5
outs, assists, hit and no errors
Crusaders will play on Saturday next.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04

That Clayton has the base ball fever was
shown on Tuesday, when game was sched-
uled with the Philadelphia Giants. 1t
rained hard until afternoon, and the game
had been declared off Soon after the sun
came out, and there was time to have the
colored champions catch the 1.30 from
Philadelphia, and a message was sent
With practically only Clayton to draw from,
and many holding season tickets, the re-
ceipts at the gate were $l72.50. Had it
been clear day, the amount would have
been tripled The Giants won the game 8
to |, but Clayton is not satisfied and an
other game has been arranged for the 16th.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-06

cent. greater than during the year 1896
1897. Moreover, it is a notorious fact
that these averages do not begin to rep
resent the increase in the earnings of
railway employees during the summer of
1908, when the rate of pay of certain
classes was raised from 10 to 10 per cent.
In that year, too, there were 227,912
more persons employed in the six classes
named than in 1897, and according to the
Interstate Commerce Commission they
were receiving the increased daily aver
age pay where they received nothing in
the year last named.
Finally, returns gathered from the an
nual reports for the year ending June
Both, 1900, of eight representative rail-
ways in different parts Of the country,
having total mileage of 1851 miles,
indicate that the compensation Of their
employees has increased more than 10 per
cent. over the year previous. while the