Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-02
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Miss Ethel Taylor, of Camden, spent
Sunday and Monday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Frank Taylor of So. Swedesboro
William E. Black and family will spend
the month of March in Camden
! Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Rode have been
entertaining their daughter, Mrs Edward
! Deaner, and child, of PhiIa
The annual meeting of the Swedesboro
! Board OF Trade was held on Wednesday
evening OF last week The reports OF the
several committees for the year were read
and approved. The treasurer reported a
balance Of S57 on hand. The following
officers were elected aud committees APP
pointed for the epsning year Pres, VIM.
1 H. Mccullough; N. Pres, Geo. Ne Ashton
Sec'y, John G, Rulon: Treas George b
Mitchell; improvement Committee, John
G. Rulon, William II. Hannold, Jr, Harry
B. Shoch; Railroad Com, /. H. yanneman
VIM. c. Hunter, George b. Mitchell: NUM-
| cipai Com, Howard Y Locke; Chas Will
SON. Lewis NJ. Shoch Membership, Henry
K Shoemaker, Geo. w .Pither J.A.James:
Printing, j. G Halsey, George A. Rode, A.
/ G. Ackley. The Railroad committee was
Instructed to pnsh the action taken at the
/ January meeting with. regard to the inn
provements that were requested at the rail-
road station Incidentally we may say
shat our people are indignant, and We
justly so, at the treatment they have re-
ceiyed at the hands of the West jersey 4
Seashore r. r. Co. Swedesboro is one of
the most important stations on the road
and the company can we'll afford to give us
a great deal better accommodations than the
very meager ones We now have Mean
while, il the company does not grant US
the needed Improvements, we shall keep on
with our requesting: also our growing.
| We are delighted to report that Oliver
Justice, the Young man who was taken
to the Jefferson hospital on Tuesday of last
week, and later removed TO the Municipal
hospital, suffering with anthrax. is improy-
ing and strong hopes are entertained Of his
recovery. He is located in a tent within
the hospital grounds, with physician and
nurse in attendance some one of his rela-
tives is permitted to 90 TO the edge of the
tent and look and speak to him for NOM
ent every day; and the reports they bring
here are most encouraging Conditions on
the Justice farm have materially improv ed
since our last writing, although Mr.. Justice
| lost a second COW, on the day his son was
| taken to the hospital. DR.. T. B Rogers
| State Veterinarian visited the Justice farm
Immediately after the outbreak of the an
thrax and inocuated all the stock and that
on neighboring farms to the number Of
| forty or more. Later we learn that the cat
tie and horses on most of the farms in the
vicinity of Bridgeport were inoculated.
| Every effort is being made to stamp out the
disease, and it thought there will be no
further trouble. Mr.. Justice had about
| forty tons of hay stored in his barn which
has been, of will be burned, by order of the
State authorities. 1t is thought that the
disease was communicated to his COWS
through hay grown on the graves of 2 mules
that died suddenly last summer and were
buried in the meadows. Mr. Justices loss
appeals strongly to the sympathies of his
| friends in this neighborhood and a fund
has been started for his benefit subscriptions
will be received at the Swedesboro Nation
al Bank and at the store of the of II H.
shoemaker.
Trinity guild gave pleasant reception
on Wednesday evening of last week to DR..
Geo. c. Sutton, to celebrate the sixth
anniversary of his pastorate here. A varied
program was rendered; and Dr. Sutton
made an address, Refreshments were
served, and social evening enjoyed
As a matter of safety to herself, Mrs
Harriet Taylor, wife of James Taylor, was
removed to the insane asylum at Trenton.
on Monday.
| A number of our people have been con-
fined to their homes with grip during the
past week; among them being Mr.. I. II
Stratton, Mrs. Lewis Reistle, Mrs Edward
Eastlack, Miss Florence G. Pither and Miss
Matte Headley.
Druggist Wilson moved his family and
business back to Camden last week
Katie, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Andrew Sheldon is i'll with scarlet fever,
and the home on Allen street is quarantin-
ed.
Mrs. Ann Shoemaker one of the old resi-
dents of Swedesboro, died at her home in
South Swedesboro on Saturday aged eighty
five years. Her funeral took place on
Wednesday at her late home and interment
at Lake Park cemetery.
A. Sidney Talman son of ex-J Judge Al
bert R. and Anna III. Talman died on Sun
day morning of paralysis after an illness of
several weeks aged twenty-six years. His
funeral took place on Wednesday at the
home of his parents and intermen5 was
made at Lake Park cemetery.
Miss Florence Rieger OF Bridgeport is
spending week with her aunt, Miss Mar
tie P. Rieger
Little Miss Eleanore Stiles of Camden is
visiting her grand parents Mr. and Mrs
Alonzo Patterson.
Mr.. Winner Egee, vino has been very i'll
with bronchial pneumonia is able to be out
again.
At the quarterly conference held last
week Rey. DR.. A. Lawrence rendered his
resignation and requested Presiding Elder
Dobbins to remove him to another field of
labor. His friends regret this.