Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-02-09
PlTMAN GROVE.

PiTMAN GROVE.
Mrs. Harry Allkire is now able to be
about her room
r. A. Goodwin is clerking for Joseph
Lodge.
Joseph Lodge has placed an engine in his
warehouse.
The local w. C. T. U. has sent box Of
literature to the soldiers at Panama.
W. c. Fox sold twenty -one horses at his
sale last week at an average price OF
$162. 65.
Joseph Lodge expects to make extensive
alterations to his store in the near future.
Bert Mounce was in town Thursday, and
was heartily greeted by his many friends.
Edward Corty's baby has recovered from
diphtheria and the quarantine is lifted.
l. W. Newkirk and son Earl left on
Saturday night for short trip to Niagara
and its icy gorge.
Maurice Parker, son of Elmer E. Parker,
has been very Ill with pneumonia, but is
now convaiescent.
We hear the triplets have been named
Charles, Frederick and Louis. 1t is said
one of them is quite i'll. Since the above
was written, the smallest of the tripplets,
Louis, named for DR.. L. M. Slaughter, of
this place, died, and was buried in Name
hath Cemetery, Wednesday.
An Ushers Union has been organized in
the M. Z. Church with Clarence Owen,
president, aud Raymond Wood, secretary
and treasurer.
Clay Marks has taken up his former
position as telegraph operator at the sta
ton. Mr.. Crowley has gone back to Glass
boro as operator
Miss Ann Miriam H. Roe, one CT the
oldest ladies of the town, Is very feeble, the
effect of old age.
Mrs Joseph Carr, of North Broadway,
slipped on the ice Thursday afternoon and
sustained a severely sprained ankle and
strained muscles, and is unable to get
around.
Miss Anna McClel land, one of Miss Frida
Brockway's piano pupils at the Temple
College, gave piano solo at a public re-
cital given in the college forum on Sat
urday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Missey, who are childless,
have taken a little nameless boy only a
few weeks old, and will adopt him and
care for him as their own son. "Inasmuch
as ye have done it unto one of the least Of
these ye have done it unto me-"
Ethel Caulk is recovering nicely from
scarlet fever, and the family will not have
to be quarantined long. Ethel slept with
Eleanor aud Ida Kersey the night before
the physician was called in, but neither OF
them has yet contracted the disease
On Monday while adjusting a pulley in
the Philadelphia machine shops in which
he is foreman, George Creekmore, of West
Jersey avenue, fell struck stepladder,
breaking rib in two or three places, and
bruising himself badly, especially over the
kidneys, and is now confined to his bed,
practically unable to move.
Rev. F. l.. Jewett preached a powerful
missionary sermon on Sunday morning, and
told some startling facts regarding the con-
dition Of affairs in Turkey. The effect on
the worlds evangalization should Russia
conquer in the present struggle was dwelt
upon, and be gave a splendid tribute to
the United States for preserving the integ-
rity of China at the close of the Boxer riots.
There is an unusual amount of sickness
in this p ace, several of the victims being
men of middle age. Pastor Jewett states
families in which there is illness. w. H.
King is very sick with a complication of
diseases, and Allen S. Conover with heart
trouble and dropsy. George Anderson has
suffered untold agony with an abscess in
the inner ear, and an ear specialist was
sent for on Monday who relieved his suffer
ings somewhat Mrs. Joseph Carr, Of
Holly avenue, is grip victim, and Miss
Jennie Mattson, East and Second avenues,
has been confined to her room for month.
A special meeting in the interests of the
proposed borough was called for Saturday
night by the joint committee that each
voter might have an opportunity to state
whether he was favorable TO or opposed to a
change in the south boundary line as the
people of Glassboro township were siren
uousIy opposed to the line as first laid out,
but would make no opposition to a line
running north Of Josiah Shubes property.
The new line was voted on and adopted by
vote of.19 to 2. By vote of 19 to 5 the
the committee was empowered to proceed
with the framing Of the bill and to use
their Judgment regarding a referendum
vote AS the vote every time has been so
overwhelming y in favor of borough, it
is thought by many useless to cause delay
and expense by asking for such vote.