The Penn's Grove record., 1904-09-02
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1904.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1904.
Summer is ended.
Vacation is over. ,
Summer residents are returning home.
The grape crope is smaller this year
than usual.
Read about the box of monkeys in our
ad. column.
Only one more week vacation before
school begins.
Some are waiting to turn on the gas.
Others are getting ready.
A large number of students will enter
Goldey College September l.
Josiah Dubois has broken ground for a
new house on South Broad Street.
The North Baptist Sunday School, of
Wilmington, spent Thursday in French's
grove.
Soda Water at Johnson's Drug Stores
The price of sweet potatoes dropped to
$l.25 a barrel this week and most of the
farmers stopped digging.
d. R. Hughes's canning factory at the
Cove has been running full time this
week. The tomatoes were never finer in
quality.
"Uncle Billy" Somers at Churchtown
has a fine crop Of luscious peaches this
year. The Record extends thanks to him
for a fine sample Of his crop.
Mayhem Raine got badly hurt at the
Powder Works IN Thursday, by having
a rib splintered and shoulder blade hurt,
when something gave way.
The Salem County Republican conven-
ton will be held on Wednesday, October
18th in Elmer, when a candidate for
County Clerk and Assembly will be NOM
mated.
The Democratic Congressional Conven-
ton will be held in the Americas Club
Room, Broadway, Camden, N. j., on
Thursday, September %, 1904, at 2
o'clock p. m.
Peaches for canning purposes. Price
to suit all. ]. Ford Thompson ct
John Roddick, OF Philadelphia, super
intendent of construction for the Union
Railway Supply Co. arrived in PENIS
Grove on Monday and has been oversee
ing unloading OF material for the PENIS
Grove gas works.
Lima beans and corn are prolific this
year. Sweet corn is so abundant this
this year that there is no sale for it.
Farmers sent lots to market for which
they received nothing. Egg plants are al
SO abundant there is no market for them.
The Prohibitionists of Salem County
will hold their county convention for the
nomination of a candidate for County
Clerk and Member of Assembly at Allo-
way, on September 9th. There will be a
mass meeting in the evening which will
be addressed by DIR. James Parker, the
candidate for Governor.
The steamer Ulrica broke her shaft last
sunday. The steamer Admiral towed
her back from Wilmington with her pas
sengers in the evening and she did not
resume her regular trips until Wednes-
day morning. The Admiral carried
freight Monday and Tuesday and passen-
gers were carried in naptha launches.
Capt. w. P. Wright has been loading
thousands of baskets of tomatoes daily at
Biddle's wharf some of which have been
hauled several miles. He paid lie a
basket until this week when the price
dropped to 10c. If the Baltimore can
ners did not take these hundreds of dol
lars worth of tomatoes would be left to
rot in the fields for want of a market.
The caucus of Democrats in PENIS
Grove Borough last Friday evening chose
the following to be voted for at the pri-
mary election: Gubernatorial convention,
Job Bevis; Congressional, James Diver,
D. v. Summerill, Jr.; County, Jacob F.
Shoemaker, VIM. P. Shourds. In U. P.
Neck the following were selected; Guber-
material, John NJ. Bevis; Congressional,
Lemuel w. Tussey; County, Edward M.
Summerill.
All the finest favors in soda at John.
sons.
Just received a fine lot of palms fol
sale cheap, Chas. L. Smith. *t
LOOK BEST, LAST BEST, R BEST, Cum
mings' photos 3O7 Market Street, Wi
mington, Del.
Gunner's notices for sale at RECORD
Office. If.
List of Letters remaining uncalled TO
in the PENIS Grove Post Office Aug, 20
w. A. Boyd, Miss Anna Collins, Mrs. ]
Clarner, Harry Furley, Samuel French
w. III. Hewes, R. II. Hayes, Mrs. Ann
Wentz. Persons calling for the abov
letters will please say Advertised"
j. d. Whitaker P. NJ
Lower Prices for N. Y. Horse Manure.