Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-02-23
PiTMAN GROVE.

Warren Focer has been having vacation
Isaac D. Haines has been quite i'll with
tonsilits
Mrs. 2. II Focer is a grip victim
The stork has left little hoy at Robert
Murphy's.
Mrs. Jesse Stiles is one OF the many who
sustained bad falls during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Rulon spent part
of last week with Philadelphia friends
Mr. and Mrs Edward Carter, Of Jenkin-
town, Pa. have been spending few days
with his brother Fletcher Carter.
Mrs Capt. Jewett, Of Philadelphia, visit
ed her Step-son, Rev. F. l. Jewett on
Wednesday of last week.
Jack Frost has his grip on some of the
pipes connecting with water mains and a
number Of families are without water
The Daily Quartette, under the auspices
Of the fire company, sang in X. G. E. hall
Thursday evening, but the icy streets pre-
vented large attendance.
Miss Ann Minani f. Roe died on Mop
day about noon largely from the effects Of
old age. Funeral services were held to-day
Thursday in the NJ. f. Church.
S, P. Clark and Harmon Dilks attended
the session Of the State Legislature on Mon
day eyeing The bill to incorporate Pitman
into a borough was introduced at that
session.
4 number OF the little friends Of Sylvanus
Doughty were invited TO the Doughty home
on Saturday afternoon in honor of the boy :
tenth birthday. The children had good
time and were reluctant to go home.
During the past weeks the piliug were
driven for the new board walk at Acyon
Park The thick ice has made the work
easy and considerably less expensive. The
pilIng are now driven for the addition to
the bowling alley, for the new walk along
the dam, and for the new board walk
G. G. Justices lawn is a pleasure to the
eye during the summer, but it is a special
delight to all lovers of eoastiDg when it is
covered with snow. Scores of young people
have gathered there every afternoon and
evening for several days past.
One Of our best known summer residents
Jonas Mellor, unfortunately slipped on an
| icy pavement in Camden last week and sus-
tanned conclusion Of the brain He was re-
turning from the funeral of an old friend
where he had acted as pall-bearer when the
accident occurred. Mr.. Melor is the father
of Mrs. r. H. Comey.
| The welcome reduction in railroad fares
removes an unjust discrimination against
this place. BY purchasing an excursion
ticket to Sewell or Wenonah and then buy
! ing another from one of these points per
son could get to the city for sixty cents
whereas an excursion ticket from this
place cost seventy cents An excursion
ticket to Woodbury. cost forty cents, but a
single fare only nineteen cents. The re-
duction to sixty and thirty FIVE cents re-
spectiyely is simply giving US tardy jus
| tice.
| The extreme chillness of the waiting
room at the station has been endured by
commuters and others until the Board of
Trade at last weeks meeting instructed
the Secretary to write Supt Atterbury
asking for relief On Thursday morning
last the temperature was twenty-five de-
grees. For two nights we have had no
electric lights owing to the installtion Of a
new engine, and some wag, putting these
facts together, placed lighted candle on
the register in the waiting room with the
legend; Pitman Heat Light and Power
Company.