Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-05-26
sWEpE SBoRO.

Mrs. Rebecca G.. Clement, Of New York,
has come to spend several weeks with
Swedesboro friends.
Miss Lizzie Sharp, evangelist, Of Bridge
ton, is spending a few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel A. Croft.
Mrs. VIM. H. Hannold, Jr, and children
William and Rebecca, visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Kirkbride in Camden last week.
Mrs. Sarah Parker is spending some time
at Atlantic City.
Mrs. George E. Stanley and son Charles,
Of Markleton, Pa, are spending two weeks
with her mother, Mrs. John Fish, and
other relatives here.
Rev. DR.. A. Lawrence and family, who
have been spending vacation at Island
Heights, are expected to return this week.
The doctor occupied his pulpit on Sunday.
John A. Dix Post, G. A. r., and VIM. P.
Haines Camp of Veterans, together with
Diamond Council, Jr o. u a. NJ, will
attend services in the Methodist Church on
next Sunday morning, when DR.. Lawrence
will preach patriotic sermon.
Miss Louise Hunter, of Phila., spent
Sunday with Mayor Mccullough and family
Archie Flitcraft and wife, Of Warrington
Salem county, were oyer-SundaY guests of
Clement Flitcraft and family.
Mrs. Joseph B. Mitchell, of Phoenixville,
Pa, is spending some time with her father,
William FL. Brown.
Mrs. Clayton Eastlack and children spent
last week with her grandmother, Mrs.
Amanda Locke.
TeleCranh narrator Anoos I{orr;o = as -,
ing ten days. vacation, part of which he
and his wife are spending with friends in
Salem county and part in Philadelphia.
Mrs. ]. J. Robinson, Of New York, has.
been spending a week with her mother,
Mrs. Helen Stratton, and her sister, Mrs.
Owen Il. Guest, here.
A lawn party will be held in the rear of
st. Joseph's Church ON the evening Of
Memorial Day, and pleasant social time
is expected.
A public meeting of citizens in connect
ion with John A. Dix Post was held on
Monday evening to make arrangements for
Memorial Day. The necessary committees
were formed and the program promises to
be of the usual interest. Hon. John Young
love, of Elizabeth, will be the speaker, and
the Twelfth Reg't Band. of Salem, will
furnish music
The terrible accident at HaIltown, in
Salem county, which cost the life of Earl
Richman the eleven-year-old son Of Frank
Richman on last Friday morning, has
brought sorrow into several homes here and
sent thrill ofsympathy through the town.
The facts as we gather them from relative
are these: The lad was working in his
fathers field on Friday morning. using a
disc harrow, to which pair of horses was
attached, when in some way the whifletree
broke and he, still holding the reins, was
drawn over in front of the machine and
among the sharp knives which bruised and
cut one leg from the foot to the thigh in a
shocking manner, nearly seveTing it above
the knee. His father, seeing the accident,
ran to him and finding him bleeding pro-
fusely applied tourniquet made from a
piece of the boys blouse, thus staunching
the blood, while he drove with all speed
eight miles to the Office of Dr. Waddington
in Salem. After a consultation of several
physicians it was decided to send the boy
Cooper Hospital Camden. He was taken
there Friday evening and the injured leg
was amputated on Saturday morning.
He died early on Sunday morning, May %.
Undertaken Hannold was notified, and
VIM. I'll. Hannold, ST., went to the hospital
and took charge of the body, and it was
brought to Swedesboro on Sunday evening.
and then removed to the parents home at
Halltown. The mother Of the unfortunate
lad will be remembered as Miss Lizzie Gas
kill, daughter of Samuel B. Gaskill, of
Swedesboro, and sister Of S. VIII Gaskill
and Mrs. Anna Locke, also of this place,
and the sympathies of many friends 90 out
to the bereaved parents in the loss Of their
only son. The funeral took place on We'd
nesday.
Howard Crispin has been appointed
member of the Woolwich Township Com
mittee to fill the unexpired term Of Chas.
P. Batten, deceased
We are glad to note that DIR. George C.
Sutton, rector Of Trinity Episcopal Church,
is recovering from his recent serious illness
and was able to hold short service in his
church on Sunday but did not preach.
The circus people had pretty big time,
nearly all to themselves, here on Tuesday.
The first wagons arrived shortly after mid
night and the last ones did not get in until
after eight O'Clock in the evening. Three
of the wagons broke down on the road from
Paulsboro, and as consequence there was
no parade and no afternoon performance.
The large tent was raised about nine o'clock
in the evening, and the circus opened about
10 o'clock and the performance lasted some
thing over an hour. OF course there was
considerable disappointment, not to say dis
gust among the people who patronize such
places, many of them not knowing the real
cause of the failure.
On last Saturday morning, Mrs. Harriet
Taylor, wife Of James Taylor, tender OF
the drawbridge here, left her home at about
s o'clock telling her husband that she was
going to spend the day with her daughter,
Mrs. Cordelia Leap, who lives just outside
the town. Toward evening Mr.. Taylor
went to his daughters house to accompany
his wife home, and was greatly surprised to
learn that she had left at about 10 O'Clock
saying that she was going home. AS Mrs.
Taylor is over seventy-tWo years Of age and
subject at times to attacks Of mild demen-
tia, considerable alarm was felt for her
safety, and her sons Immediately institu-