Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-25
MuLLlCA HILL.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Il Pancoast left
on Friday to visit at Hammonton,
Frank Sherwin has the position as
night Waterman at the station in place
Of John Davis who is i'll.
Mr.. John G. Hazelton has purchased
fine team Of horses, of G. i. Gruff
Ex-senator Pancoast has sold 100
car loads Of manure for this spring.
The farmers are busy hauling and pre-
pairing for truck.
The middle OF winter and no ice in
sight.
Conductor Clayton Moore, and fam
lily Of Bridgeton, were visitors in this
town on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas |, Dunlap OF
Camden, were guests OF their aged
parents on Sunday.
Miss Deborah H Stratton returned
home from Upland, Chester, on Satur-
| day.
Miss Sarah White is quite ill with
gastritis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Moore are en-
pertaining Rev w. w. Bullock OF
Bridgeton, during the week of re-
vival services, and the evangelistic
work in the Baptist Church helping
Rev. Mr.. G. Lamborn, our pastor.
Miss Ida Barr, of Wilmington, Del,
has been the guest of relatives in town
| the past week
| A delightful surprise was given Miss
Hazel Pitman on last Friday evening,
/ by her friends. Music filed every
room and pleasure reigned over all
They played games and enjoyed a
great treat
Mr. Cs,,,y y, loocnd Tho 70 y.ff1
south of Mullica Hill belonging to Mr.
McCray who resides at Maple Shade.
Mr.. McCray is a large stock dealer.
Prof. ]. G. Given, paid a visit to
the Jefferson Hospital on Saturday,
The father of Mr.. Given has been suf
fering with a cancer on his right hand
and a few days ago the hand was
amputated above the wrist.
i The trustees of the Harmony Fire
lCompany proposed to erect the new
fire bell on top of the fire house. The
proposition is good if the building can
Estand the weight, 1880.
Mr.. Harry Grimshaw is able to be
out again, after his accident hauling
| logs.
Small farms of thirty to fifty acres
are in great demand this season. Mr..
H. w. Lawson, who owns a few OF
| this size, says he has had four appli-
cants to buy.
| Butchers, are at loss to procure fat
porkers, for home consumption. (Won-
der what price,
L The Committee for the Grange pic
mic at Alcyon Park has been organized
Eby the election of George F. Gaunt,
Fchairman: Elmer Bradshaw, secretary,
and Aaron Somers, chairman of the
committee of arrangements. The an
nual picnic will be held August 8,
10 and IL, at A1cyon Park.
Mr.. Vernon Burning was aroused
from his slumbers on last Thursday
night when surprise party came to
spend the evening, Mr. Vernon was
soon with them enjoying the music
and a pleasant evening Those present
were Misses Laura Beale, Maud Mills,
Bessie Heritage, Lillian Stratton,
Delma Wolf, Messrs. Ra1f Norman,
Vernon Burning, Chas. Pierce
On Monday night our town was vi
olently aroused by a person driving on
Main street hal1ooing fire. The fire
alarm rang and the telephone bells
rang, and it was said to be In the
l1OEtH SilQ Ol lOWlI. i lie HT6 C41IGl IdG-
ed his horse to the fire house, the fire
ladies were at their post of duty,
when it was found to be "a. false alarm
Every body was out and much anxiety
was manifested.
T The earliest gardener in Gloucester
County is David Burton who planted
Eradishes and lettuce, on Monday.
The Board of Education held a spe-
Fetal meeting III the new school house
Fat Jefferson on Saturday afternoon,
when the new building was accepted
from contractor Thomas L. Munyan,
who carried out the contract to the
letter, (even more). The Board took
up the matter of disposing of the oil
school house building, which will have
to be submitted to the legal voters OF
the township. Notice will be posted an
nouncing the sale after February 3rd.
The residence of George Ballengef,
north of this town, near Jefferson,
was entered by burglars on Sunday
night. and a lot of silverware and
two watches and money were stolen.
The money was taken from Mr.. Bal
lenger's pants pockets. They were
hanging on a chair beside the bed,
where he was sleeping.
I. Mr.. Dennelbeck, near Pole Tavern,
had two loads of crates started from
the station all right. They were pack
ed high AMI before they had gone two
blocks slipped off. 1t was laughable,
but presume the drivers did not en-
joy it.