Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-01-12
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One of our observers says we have had
fourteen SHOWS since Dec. 9Th.
Hannah D. White of Woodstown spent
last week with her uncle George Heritage
and family.
Lottie Powell of Newton Square, Pa has
been visiting her grandmother, Charlotte
Burrough.
George Tonkins and wife of Mullca Hill
were guests OF Joseph T. Carter and wife
this week.
Our shipper James G. Dawson is busy
hauling sweet potatoes.
Will Dorch has nearly thousand young
chichens. He is to be congratulated on his
success
The regular meeting of the Young
Friends Association will be held at the
Meeting House Seventh day evening the
18th at seven O'Clock.
The Library Association reorganized by
electing as trustees William II. Borden,
John C. Heritage, William Dawson. Han
nah L. Peaslee, Mary Owen, Esther L.
Rulon, and Laura E. Holmes; President of
Board, William Fl. Borden; Secretary, Mary
Owen; Treasury, Esther L. Rulon; Librar-
ian, Laura E. Holmes; Book Committee,
Hannah L. Peaslee, William Dawson.
The members here very generally attend
ed the meeting of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union held at Clarksboro on
Wednesday; communications were reported
from Co. President, Mrs. Gilmour, concern
ing arrangements for meeting to be adj
dressed by Mrs. Cora Seberry of New York
State The date assigned is Saturday even
Tn, 4taC IND bkaG riych
E. church. Mrs. Seberry is popular lee
light her audience.
The annual lecture Of the Library Asso-
citation was we'll attended; the speaker
Thomas Collins, of Haddonfeld was prac-
tical man of affairs who had managed a
coffee and cacas plantation in Central Guat-
amala having under his authority fifteen
hundred Indians, six hundred of whom were
working men, Land in that section is
worthless unless occupied by Indians as
other laborers cannot be obtained. They
work usually one week in three, never more
than one week in two, this service they con-
slider belongs to the white man for their
privilege of OCCUPYING the land. The Indians
on his plantation had unquestioning respect
for authority if the patron was deliberate,
reasonable, and square in his dealing with
them; in moral attributes such as honesty,
virtue, truthfulness, etc the average stand
ard was as high as that of any block of men
we might select in any any city or country
district here. Ninety five percent Of the
Indians food was made from our common
horse corn. Salt in that district was twenty
five cents per lb. and even at that price diff
ficult to obtain, the government having a
monopoly of the mines. The Speaker gave
much information concerning the coffee in
dustry; its planting, cultivation, gathering
MASKING, and shipment for market. Il
should be in good bearing condition when
five years old, trees can be picked until
twelve years old, after which they are toe
high to be picked with profit even with
careful pruning; from their plantation there
were no roads wide enough for pack mules
so the coffee was all carried in hundred h.
sacks on the backs of Indians, distance Of
about forty-five miles over mountain roads,
for which the Indians received forty cents
in our money and were quite content with
the compensation. The lecture was brim
full of information along new line and
was much appreciated by the audience.