Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-09-28
PiTMAN GROVE.

To the surprise Of everyone H. P. Young
seems to be better.
Mrs. West, widow of the late James
West is building large cottage Oh West
avenue near Holly.
A carload Of Western pigs consigned to
liveryman Carr arrived on Tuesday.
Mr.. Geissler who has summered here for
several seasons has purchased building
lot on Pitman Summit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Tillyer, Of Vineland
have returned home after spending two
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. /. d. Haines.
J. w. James has been out but few days
having been confined to the house ever
since he was kicked by horse several
weeks ago.
Charles Riley has been nursing several
| fingers which were treated to bath Of boil
| ing water.
| Rev. and Mrs. Jesse Stiles have been yis-
Iting Tuckerton friends the past few days
| Daniel Carter left on Monday afternoon
for an extended stay with daughter at
South Bend, Ind.
Miss Bessie Lefevre is taking course
at Temple college. Four or five Of our
young people are Low attending that in
| stitution.
/ Orville Buys, Floyd Clark, Louis Hates
and johnson Justice are now enrolled as
cadets in the Wenonah Military Academy
Miss Anna McClelland has commenced
/ her second term at the South Broad street
Conservatory of Music.
Ernest A. Zahn, of West avenue North,
has bought three lots on the Carrigan tract
facing the road to Glassboro, and expects to
] erect fine summer home.
| Is The average juvenile is just little more
excited oyer football than eyer before, and
the young men have strong team.
i The Board of Trade haya petitioned the
Railroad Company to enclose and beat a
part OF the station adjoining the north
bound tract, and also to continue the 80
/ p. m. train
| j. G. Rulon went to Atlantic City on
Tuesday on fishing trip with party Of
Camden friends and the party Of eight
caught one hundred and seventy two fish
! Rev. E. E. Somers Of Millville, has rent
ed the Holiday property and will move
here. Mrs. Somers' health is poor and she
| finds no spot which agrees with her so well
as Pitman.
| While on his vacation Russell Treat took
a trip to Niagara and other places of in
terest and then joined Mrs Treat who had
spent the time with relatives in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Ostrander, Of Ocean City, has
| bought the Huseback properly on Broad
way near Focer and Pauline's store and
will improve it. E. r. Ostrander, will
locate his jewelry store there.
G. G. Justice will soon take possession of
his handsome new residence, and if Mrs.
Justices health will allow it the family
will remain here during the winter instead
of going to Honda as usual
j. NJ. MCGOWAN has sold his store proper
/ ty corner Broadway and Holly avenue to
Mr. Kitcham, Of Elmer. The present oc-
cupant, Samuel hotter, will continue the
4 dry goods business.
/ A strange man, presumably crank, has
been advising people to keep stric4 watch
on their effects as burglars would visit the
town soon.
| As an illustration OF the advancing prices
/ in lumber party who built house last
Spring asked the contractor how much
more it would cost to duplicate it now, and
he promptly answered sOne hundred dol
! lars.
| W. C. K Walls has been elected Fire
Marshal Of the Summer Cottager's Fire Pa
| troll and Harry McBurney Chief of Fire
Police. They have already purchased 500
/ feet of hose and handsome cart which ar
rived last week.
The unusual honor Of being acting Grand
Chaplain of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, I.
10. O. F., of the world was accorded TO Rev.
! F. T. Jewett, pastor OF the NJ. E. Church,
of this place during the great gathering IN
Philadelphia last week. Grand Chaplain
j. w. Venable, of Kentucky, was unable
to attend and Mr.. Jewett was chosen in his
place.
A test of the water plant was made on
Thursday last in the presence OF representa-
tiYes OF the Board Of Insurance underwrit-
ers, the Mayor and Council aud stockhold-
ers Of the water company. The test was a
complete one and will result in reduction
Of insurance rates. pressure Of 100 pounds
was shown on the indicator attached to
pipe in S. P. Clark's store. A satisfactory
test was also made in the Grove Two riY-
al candidates for Council playfully turned
the hose on each other to the amusement Of
the spectators. Both were we'll drenched,
but one could not be wetter were he i'm
mersed in old Ocean.
The table Of ratables published last week
was of interest TO many IN this town. It
was prophesied by some outside of the
town, and possibly within its limits, that
Pitman borough would show a case OF
ssswelled head and that taxes would soar
considerably above the two dollar mark
But we have council that purposes not TO
impede the growth Of the town by high
taxes. Improvements can be made gradu-
ally. Our tax rate within the fire district
last year was 81. 66 per 500 valuation and
ST. so in other parts of Mantua township
Taking the same basis the higher State and
County tax of this year would make our
tax SI.76, but Council has added A cents
making the rate ST. 78 and for that we have
protection against fire, lighted streets, an
increased appropriation for schools, $3.50
for streets and roads beside appropriations
for Board Of Health, etc. What the linn
its Of the borough has formerly meant to
Mantua township is shown in the increased
rate of % cents in the townships, making
<has, 81. TX xv,tf,;r, oorkr ~ that of