Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-09
! PlTMAN GROVE.

David Burning and family Of Phiiadel-
phia spent Sunday with relatives.
/ Misses Anna Hazelton and Laura Beale
Of Mullica Hill, are here for week.
There is almost an epidemic Of whooping
cough amongst the youngsters.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Adams. Of Clarks-
boro. were in town Tuesday.
Rev. David Fl. Schoch, the new member
of the Association, has charge Of the ser
vices and presides in q quiet:dignitied man-
ner.
| Rev. DIR. Gwylim, the special ministerial
light Of she camp meeting is an Episcopal
rector in New York cisy.
| Miss Helen G. Rnmsey, the leader Of she
young peoples meetings, has many strong
friends among the girls.
| The steam digger is in town making the
trench for the gas pipes. Is is working on
Broadway which is crowded with vehicles
this week.
Harmon Dilks is doing big business in
sodas. he is now using about fifteen hum
dred pounds Of ice daily.
| The choir boys Of the Protestant Epis-
copal church, Goth and Columbia avenue,
| Philadelphia, are camping on the east
shore of Alcyon lake.
Mr.. Crowley has resigned his position as
telegraph operator at the station, and we
hear has accepted position in Connecticut.
| Besides the ministers here who are on
| the programme are Revs. J. B. Wescott,
DR.. E. E Hewitt, T. S. Wilson, Joseph
Garrison, OF Cedarville; and I. Y. Stevens,
Of Bridgeton, all here for the greater part
OF the camp meeting.
An Englishman spoke at the love feast
Sunday morning and said he read fifty
years ago of American camp meetings and
wished he could attend one, but this one
at Pitman is his opportunity.
On the first day of August receipts at the
railroad station for monthly and trip tickets
and freight amounted to over Sc, 900. This
is double the receipts on the corresponding
date FIVE years ago.
Frank Hayes cleaned his pantal0ons with
gasoline on Saturday and then thoughtlessly
struck match on them. Frank limps
from the resulting burns, and considerable
clothing was burned in his room. His
brother John rang the fire alarm, but
before the laddies got into action word was
brought that all danger Of confagration
was over.
The Ushers Union Of the M E. church
was requested by the camp meeting asso-
citation to appoint eight young men to take
the Sunday collections at the Auditorium
It was a new and pleasing feature to see
these young men line up for duty on Sun
day morning and evening.
The death of our townsman, Harry
Stranger who passed away on Saturday at
the residence Of his father in Glassboro is
striking example of the uncertainty Of life.
Mr.. Stanger was young man Of sturdy
physique, but he succumbed to the rayages
Of virulent typhoid after but few days Of
illness. Mrs. Stanger and her two inter
esting children have the sympathy Of many
friends.
At a special school meeting held last
week $1,000 were voted for she fitting of a
room and for the salary Of teacher. This
will make six rooms in our school, The
problem Of larger and better school facili-
ties is becoming pressing one The pop
ulation is increasing so fast that large
modern structure will soon have to be
erected.
Mrs. Elizabeth Spear, mother Of Mrs F.
l. Jewett, died on Wednesday last and
was buried at Bridgeton on Saturday.
Mrs Spear was considerably past four
score years of age and had been totally
blind for twenty-one years. She bore her
affliction with remarkable fortitude. Fun
eral services were held at the residence of
her son-in-law, Rey. F. L. Jewett and
Rev. w. E. Greenbank, Of Minatola, a pas
tor Of Mrs. Spears thirty years ago, was
the principal speaker.
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Albin A. Fischer at his home in Philadel-
phia on Sunday evening. Prof. Fischer
was a resident Of Pitman for a number of
years, and had host of friends. He was
Of middle age and a prominent educator.
He was the author Of several German text
books, and for several years has been pro-
fessor of German in the Episcopal Academy,
Philadelphia. His character was Of the
and four children, the oldest, Miss Marie,
being yiolinist of exceptional ability.
A number of our citizens, regular and
summer, went before Superintendent
Lowell TO rquest that trains stopping at
Pitman be sent on schedule time and espec-
tally that we be given Sunday evening
train later than the present latest one, the
l7.58. Mr.. Lowell received them very
courteously and promised better service,
also north-bound train next Sunday even
| ing between and 10 O'Clock. He also
stated that on and after September II we
would have the best of train service by the
new electric sytem.
| Now is the time when the LEGAL reporters
write up the exaggerations shat the Phila-
delphia dailies delight to publish. The
dam at Alcyon lake did not break last week
and Pitman was about as nearly washed
away as neighboring towns were and no
nearer Some cellars had water in them, a
portion of the foundation wall Of the new
! hotel, Golf became water soaked and fell,
and filled in dirt under the porch Of Mrs.
Appleby's residence was washed out, but
none Of the foundations was injured. This
seems like tame reading after seeing the
Philadelphia sort, but il is the extent OF
actual damage done here other than the
usual washings on the roads,