The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-25
WOODSTOWN.

Aug. 23-Fire broke out at 2 o'clock
Tuesday morning OH the farm owned by
William Weatherby near Webster's Mill,
occupied by William Hiles, destroying
two large and two small barns, four
horses, one mule, a calf and one sheep,
80 tons OF hay and also wheat. The stock
was partly covered with insurance. How
the fire was started is unknown.
The canning of corn in the canning
factory owned by Curtis Bros, of n. Y,
has proved a success. The tomato sea-
sou has also opened and Curtis Bros. are
paying $12 per ton for tomatoes.
The friends and relatives OF Mrs. Will
liam Kinsey, of New York City, former
ly Miss Emma Lawson, OF Woodstewns
are greatly surprised and grieved over
her death which occurred suddenly last
Tuesday night. After spending the sum-
mer here with MIR. VIM. D. Clayton,
Mrs. Kinsey returned to Asbury Park
where she intended TO spend the month
of August. She left Asbury Park Tues
day morning for Point Pleasant, a small
resort a short distance from Asbury Park
to get her daughter Gladys who was Wis
iting there. AS they reached the station
and were about to take the train for AS
bury Park Mrs. Kinsey had an attack of
heart disease and died in twenty minutes.
After this occurred at 7.30 p. M. Her
body was sent to the residence of her UNI
Gle Mr.. Lawson in Salem, and will be
buried at Eastvlew Cemetery. She leaves
a husband and two children, Lawson age
IA years and Gladys II. Deep sympathy
is felt for the aged parents Mr.. and Mrs.
James Lawson as they have buried both
daughters within nine months, the death
OF Mrs. William Clayton occurred eight
months ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Swing, of German
town, are visiting Mr.. William Parker.
Mrs. James Sweeten, Jr., and children,
of PENIS Grove, are spending this week
with her parents, MI. and Mrs. Ernst
Becker and family.
James j. Petit, one of our venerable
citizens aged Sc years, is very feeble with
old age and his death has been looked for
the past week.
An election was held on Tuesday of
last week to decide whether Woodstown
Borough and Pilesgrove Township should
unite as n school district. In the Bor-
consolidation and it was also carried in
the Township by a vote Of 80 to Is. The
object in consolidation is to have gram
mar schools in the Township and have a
tirst-class High School in the Borough to
which the Township children may come
when they get through the grammar
grade. Next years supervising princi-
pal will be elected to supervise all the
schools.
In accordance with the vote at the cleo
ton held last week the Boards of Educa-
ton of Woodstown Borough and Piles
grove township, at their meeting Monday
night, decided to consolidate and the
schools of both borough and township
will hereafter be under the direction Of
one board, as follows: j. M. G. Richman,
j. E. Jaquette, w. B. Foster, Edward
Richardson, E. P. McGeorge, William
Richman, Stephen McAllister and Albert
Borton. The board elected j. E. ia
quette president and w. B. Foster dis
trict clerk.
Salem County Pomona Grange wilt
hold the first annual picnic at Webster's
Grove on Saturday, Aug. 26th. Hon. n.
}. Bachelor, Ex-Governor OF New Hamp-
shire and lecturer of the National Grange,
will speak in the afternoon, as will also
Geo. W. F. Gaunt, Master of the State
Grange.
At the last meeting of the Borough
Council the First National Bank, through
their Solicitor E. S. Fogg, asked Council
to reduce the assessed valuation of the
bank stock from $29S a share to $40, in
accordance with the provisions of the law
passed last winter by the Legislature, but
the Council refused to comply with the
request. A lawsuit over the matter is
promised. An opinion was read from
Bleakley & Stockley, attorneys, of Cam
den, supporting the County Board of
Assessors in assessing the stock under the
old law,