Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-01-26
PlTMAN GROVE.
DIR. c. H. Clark is able to be out.


DR.. c. H. Clark is able to be out.
w. G. K. Walls has had his cottage
freshly painted.
Mrs Harry Allkire is steady improving.
w. G. Fox expects car load Of horses on
Saturday.
Edward Carty's baby has been critically
i'll with diphtheria.
Mrs. Joseph Campbell of Atlantic City,
was the guest OF her sister, Mrs. j. c. Ru-
lon, on Tuesday.
There is considerable sickness in this
community, one of our local physicians,
Dr. Phillips, being victim for day oil
two
The pleasant January weather has
brought number who are looking for sites
for future homes.
Sing. Prosser, of Cross Keys, moved ma
chinery home on Saturday that was on ex-
hibition during the farmers picnic last
summer
Joseph Dawson, of Monroeville, has
bought of A. c. Short lot on McClellanG
avenue, and will build during the year
He will live on Fourth avenue during tht
summer.
H. E. Blankaron has bought of Mrs
Wandell the Sunset Cottage, corner Yves
and Laurel avenues, for $1,000 w. r
Derrickson has rented this cottage fo
about fifteen years, and will have TO seel
another site for the summer of 1905.
| Mrs. Mary Simpson, who bad her arm
broken about month ago, is now very i'll
with infiammatory rheumatism. Mr.. ant
| Mrs. G. w. Taylor, of Philadelphia, sum
mer cottagcrs, were visiting Mrs. Simpson
when she was taken ill, and remained tt
care for her. Her many friends sympa
thize with her in this double affection.
Senator Terrell met the committee OIL
borough at ]. NJ. McCowan's office on Sat
urday Messrs. Lodge, MCGOWAN, Kerns
and Rulon were present. Mr.. Terrell com.
mended the committee for making the
boundary lines of proposed borough large
enough to meet the demands of an enlarged
Pitman, and small enough not to prove
burdensome He assured the committee
that he would give the matter his personal
attention
The biggest sensation Of the past week
was the birth of triplets to Mr.. and Mrs.
Sheppard Calhoun Mrs. Calhoun, net
Naylor, was the widow of Winter D.
Caulk The triplets are all boys, and nor
mally bright. Their weights are 81, AZ
and a, respectively. Knowing of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's fear of race suicide, Mr..
Calhoun wrote the President and received a
note of congratulation in reply. Their
names have not been positively decided
upon, but they will be named for relatives.
Both father and mother are very proud OF
the little fellows.
Considerable interest was evinced in the
sale of cottages for non-payment of taxes on
Saturday. Several parties came expecting
80 purchase cottage for a song, but the
taxes on every one were paid by noon.
Supt. Williams instructed Mr.. Dilkes to
sell no cottages as the association would
assume all obligations in preference to that
alternative. Nearly all the victims of
at last, strenuous collection of taxes took
the matter good naturally and philosoph-
ically.
The interest in the trolley question
has increased in the last few days. The
fact that an assured trolley line for this
year rests with one man has made discus
sion interesting. The trolley company
recognizing that the route directly through
the town is the bestfo the interests of both
the place and company, sent a representa-
tive to the Board of Freeholders on Thurs
day and the Board agreed to pay half the
purchase price of the Mantua and Glassboro
turnpike, and make it a State road MI
Whitney has been offered $4,000 for the
turnpike (of which he 10 the chief stock
holder), but has raised his price to $40, 900,
although he offered to take $4,000 year
ago. No one questions his right to choose
his own figure; but many of our citizens
declare that we will have one of two things
the trolley directly through the town, or
the turnpike brought up to charter specifica-
tions, which would required large expendi-
ture for the stockholders.