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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28
OBITUARY.
DYAMy D. CowGILL,

Wife of Thomas Cowgirl, died at the resi-
denoe of her son-ln-law, William Reed,
near Woodbury., last Monday, aged So
years. The Cowgill's formerly resided
near Woodbury., but for the past eighteen
years have resided in Camden. Recently
Mrs. Cowgill's health has not been good,
and the family physician advising her re-
moyal to the country, they came to the
home of their daughter, several weeks ago.
No improvement took place, however, and
she passed away as above noted. The
funeral was on Wednesday, the interment
being at Eglington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cowgirl were married
nearly fifty-one years ago, she being the
daughter Of Benjamin w. Deyault, Of
Paulsboro. She is survived by her hus-
band and seven children, as follows
Louisa Hickey, William and Ruth SOUL
Of Camden; Mary Reed, near Woodbury.,
Isabella Smith, Mantua Grove, and Dyamy,
-, Of London, England.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28
Gloucester County Equalization.

The Gloucester County Board Of Equaliz-
alton of Taxes met the assessors Of this
vicinity yesterday morning, and had a
heart to heart talk relative to the assess
ment soon to begin.
The board has divided the County into
three districts, viz: First Glassboro,
franklin, Monroe, Pitman, Harrison and
Clayton townships; second swedesboro,
Woolwich, South Harrison, Logan, Green
wioh, and East Greenwich; third Dept
ford, West Deptford, National Park, Pauls-
boro, Washington, Wenonah, Woodbury.
and Mantua.
Meetings are to follow in each of the
other districts for the purpose Of doing the
assessing uniformly.
The board has found that there is some
opposition among the assessors to being
ssbossed, y as some express it. The assess
ors must under the law carry out the
wishes Of the board, and it is believed
there will be some stormy meetings. II is
the desire of the county board to get all the
information from taxpayers they can SO
that the assessing may be uniform, both in
real estate and personal property, and some
Of she assessors think this is an infringe
ment on their rights.
The next meeting will be held in
|swedesboro on Friday, and on Monday
next the board will meet the third district
assessors ii Woodbury.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28

From a prick on her arm with rusty
needle, Mrs. Theophilus Tice, of Millville,
is now suffering from blood poisoning, and
her life is in danger.
Charles E. Magill, Collector of Haddon-
field, has been removed from Office for
unbusinesslike methods in the keeping
Of his books He was refused a bond.
Oyer sixty power workers at Pennsgrove
are on strike for the same pay for eight
hours as they formerly received for ten
hours. The company refused the demand.
Two hundred and thirty EIGHT license ap-
plicants are in something OF panic over
the announcement that the Citizens Com
mittee has found flaws in fifty petitions
now before Council, and will enter remon-
strances against their being granted.
Smarting under the high rates charged
by fire insurance companies, the business
men Of Camden have determined to organ
ize local fire insurancecompany, William
L. Hurley, president of the reiuvenated
Board of Trade, is the prime moyer Of the
project.
It iscurrently reported that when the
electric system is placed on the Bridgeton
branch Of the West Jersey Railroad the old
station in North Bridgeton will be re-
modelled and used as terminal for the
electric passenger cars, while the station in
the centre Of the city will be used only for
freight.
Ernest Dovi, 20 years old, an TIA ian, Of
the vicinity Of Ninth and Catharine streets,
Philadelphia, was drowned while bathing
below Washington Park Sunday afternoon.
Dow, who was ia the water with three
friends, is supposed to have been taken
with cramps. His body was recovered an
hour later
Mrs. Anna Sidle, 65 years old, whose
red roses in her hat saved her from being
run oyer BY passenger trains twice last
week is now in the city jail at Camden
awaiting an examination as to her mental
condition. She has been an annoyance to
lcrews Of trains BY walking along the
tracks with her rose covered hat or lying
on the sleepers between the tracks. Her
hat was the signal Of danger each time and
the engine drivers saw her in time to halt
their trains.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28

Woodbury. will play Merchantyille next
Saturday, and on the Fourth will journey
to Westville in the morning, and in the
afternoon Westville will return the call
and play on the Country Club grounds.
Clayton will open their season with q
game at Camden on Saturday next.
The ushers Of the NJ. E. Church defeated
the West Enders on Monday evening by a
score of 7 to 6.
The printers defeated the grocery clerks
last night on the West End grounds by a
score of 10 to 3.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28
wILLIAMSTOWN POST OFFICE ROBBED.


Gloucester County was again visited by
safe crackers at 2.10 O'Clock Wednesday
morning. The burglars broke into the
Office at Williamstown, dynamited the safe,
blowing the door 20 feet, the length of the
office. Postmaster Eli R. Marsh said that
all that was taken was $40 in cash, the de-
posit fund always required by the postal
authorities to be kept on hand and $40 in
stamps.
The receipts for the last quarter will all
be in by Saturday Two hundred dollars
in cash was in the safe yesterday, but Post
master Marsh followed his usual habit of
always taking TO his home all moneys save
the deposit fund that the government always
requires to be kept on hand. Stamps
amounting to between $500 and $400 were
also taken home and secreted by Mr.. Marsh
and only enough to carry on business in the
morning was left in the iron box. A
number of due" stamps were left in the
safe, for they are of no use except to the
postmasters. A registered letter sent from
Laurel Springs, N. j. to Edward s..
Evans was also taken from the safe.
Mrs. Margaret Mcclure who lives on the
east side of the post office was sitting at
the front window when the safe was blown
open. She called John w. Mcclure and
the other members of the household who
just had time to see the men run. DR.. J..
Frank Edwards living across the street
saw three men, all dressed in black clothes
each wearing a light hat. The explosion
woke the whole neighborhood but the men
escaped before constable Charles G. McCally
could start after them.
S. II. Weatherly, baggsgemastera oa the
train that leaves Williamstown at 9.10
O'Clock, wired to Williamstown from Glenn
enton, N. j., to the effect that he saw three
men answering the description given by
Edwards walking along the tracks toward
Camden. He described them as did Ed
wards. He said one was about nineteen
years and the other two twenty-three years
of age. The men were arrested at Laurel
springs. McCully took the next train and
searched the suspects. Finding nothing in
their clothes that would incriminate them,
the constable was obliged to let the men
go, though he was reasonably sure they
were guilty.
The safe-crackers gained entrance to the
post-office through the front door, A hinge
and staple through which is fastened a Pad
lock, was pried off with a jimmy. The
lock in the door is old fashioned and was
opened with skeleton key. The post-ofice
building is an old wooden structure two
stories high. No one lives in it. The
place is equipped with electric lights, but
these were not used for fear the light might
attract attention Matches were used by
the men and the floor was strewn with
them yerterday morning
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28
The Fourth.

Mrs. Ella A. Boole AM, ex-President Of
New York w. G. 7. u, will be the Fourth
Of July speaker at Woodstown, New Jer-
sey on High School Bacon Academy
grounds, Wednesday, "A, 1906, at 2.45 p.
M. Come, and invite your friends to come.
Good music, good grounds, good ice cream,
good company, and splendid address.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Regular meeting Of City Council held on
Tuesday evening wish all the members
present except Mr.. Reading.
Minutes of the last meeting read and
approved.
Finance committee presented bill for
| S113. rs, three months interest on Cooper
street improvement note due First National
Bank. Also one for $3.50 for same pur-
pose due Woodbury. Trust Company
On motion Of Mr. Burkett Mr.. H. <.
| Stokes, formerly with jackson Company,
brokers, New York, was given the privilege
Of the floor. He said that his business here
was to negotiate for $40, 500 worth of bonds
which the city wished to dispose OF, and
that he had purchaser for same. Said he
would purchase the bonds for $l01 or $500
premium. This would save cost of adyer-
tising for bids.
Mr.. Cattell asked him if he could not re-
new his offer of $26896 premium, made
when the bonds were first offered for sale, a
year or two ago, he then being with jack
son Company.
Mr.. Stokes said that it was impossible to
do so, as the bond market was in such a
bad condition. Said he could get money
in a week or ten days, after he had sub
mitted the papers to his legal adviser for
this approval.
Solicitor said that the matter OF the
transferring Of the bonds must be done by
resolution, and as he had not as yet pre-
pared a resolution would do so at once
Mr.. Williams wanted to know il certified
check accompanied the offer Of Mr.. Stokes,
and said be WAS not in favor of awarding
him the bonds if not.
Mr.. Stokes said he would make out q
check in favor Of City Clerk for 5000 and
embody forfeiting clause in his offer.
The resolution to award $780, 500 worth
of bonds of the city Of Woodbury. due 1925
at A per cent. interest, was introduced and
approved by unanimous vote.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28
PET Calf's Deprayed Taste.

Edward Il. Turner, Of Glassbor0, has q
pet calf that has had the freedom OF his
yard. Mrs. Turner hung suit Of her hus-
band 's underclothing on q line and the calf
spied them, took nibble, liked the taste,
and never stopped until the whole suit was
eaten.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28
Base Ball.

Paulsboro for the second time this season
endeayored to wrest victory from the
Country Club team on Saturday last. but
were again doomed to disappointment, as
Woodbury. had no difficulty in winning by
a score of Z to 3.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28
CORRESPONDENCE.
WOODBURY., N. J., June 10, 1906.

" 051715V1s . sr7zF'7
James D. Carpenter, Esq,
Editor GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DEAR SIR: will you kindly advise
through the columns Of your paper how
the Freeholder Of the First Ward spen'
(S480) four hundred and eighty dollars
last year in cleaning and repairing culyerts
hauling gravel ard labors? By comforting
this favor, you grant the fayors Of many
taxpayers. x
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CONTINUED on sch page.l
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-28

The above Communication was received
last week too late for answer in our last
issue, hence the delay.
We have secured from the County Col
lector the vouchers paid to the Freeholder
from the First Ward. Items Of relief and
per diem are not included in the $3.50. Ed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30

- ~ uAOAGtA AtA0s S
,ut tt also educatee. 1t 10
.atOry ever written
London city govern.
ment tho
wonderful work 6e the
Salvation Army~aA e1-
tending to GeN aral
Booth the freedom OF
London.
II you love your chill
dren, and OF course you
do, you will want them
to read this story that
they may know the hor-
rors, the dangers and
the temptations Of city
life. II they are dissat-
1sfled with the old farm
this Ia the story they
should read that they
may more fully UNDER
stand the full meaning
OF lite in the city. There
ts one other character
IN this story and this
character has big, tired
eyes which gaze out
from the throng at the
beauty of Lady Lefty
with q strange envy.
The teachings OF tho
story point to the ideals
OF Christ. IL IL Crane.
Instructive, fascinating
and awakening. Every
picture drawn hy the
skilled pen Of Arthur
Applin. Its author. will
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30

ceasingly for the acquittal or release
Of accused persons she has known
every class of criminal from the MUIR
derer down to the tough brought up
for petit larceny. She has known
gamblers and thieves, great and small;
women of the streets and men about
town, but for all of these she has
found place in her heart and her prom
Use to "see them through" has done
more for many a nan and woman than
the services of a hundred clergymen.
Mrs. Kicker does not pray with her
clients. She brings to bear that great
common sense in which at that time
sound argument rather than religious
prating does more for the cause Of a
criminal in the dock and brings to
the courts mind a clearer insight into
the case right then before him.
Mrs. Kicker has a unique person
atty. She is tall. rather mannish,
wears her iron grey hair short and by
her ready wit, infectious laugh and
clear insight makes everybody about
her forget that she is a woman
lawyer"
Her permanent abode is Washington
and in that city she has worked I'M
ceasingly for forty years. Publicans
and sinners will go far out of their
way to do a favor for Marilla Kicker,
the one who of all in the vast army
Of wealthy women devotes her time
and money toward freeing unfortun-
ates. Mrs. Kicker believes in free.
dom. It makes no difference whether
or not the person she is defending is
or innocent. She is working
for his freedom and means to get 1t.
Elbert Hubbard, era Elbertus)
wrote Of her recently: "Marilla! who
Marilla I'll have to tell you-she
Is Marilla Kicker. Crank? I think 80.
Wheels? By all means. Bughouse?
Beyond a doubt. Everybody who
knows her loves her; those who do
not love her do not know her. And
there are plenty Of people who do
not know Marilla Kicker because their
mental processes run on a totally diff
'erent schedule from hers. They are
not on her wire. I ono heard her
luote the prayer of st. Augustine;
20 God l thank Thee that thou hast
seen fit not to allow me to be tempted
his day beyond my strength to re-
The life business of Marilla
Kicker has been to be a friend to the
'riendless-to be a friend even to those
Who were not friends to themselves"
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Beautiful Heads Of Hair.

Ifbeautiful hair were commonly seen,
it is certain that poets would not 90
into ecstacies about it, but many a
pretty face has a very meagre crown.
One most fortunate girl is Miss Edith
Root, daughter Of Secretary Root and
it Is strange that some enterprising
maker Of hair restorer has not tried
to use her picture as an latter taking
testimonial.
Her dark brown locks are Of a silky
quality seldom seen in curly hair, and
when loose reach within a foot of
the ground. She usually wears her
hair. braided and wound closely around
her head.
Some people contend that in ar~ang.
ing the hair a la mode, it is better to
have meager strands rather than thick
coils; women, however, still judge the
browning glory" by quantity rather
than quality.
Baroness Won Sternburg has hair
that many an actress has envied. It
is Titan red, curly and abundant.
She wears 1t in the low Greek couture,
without adornment of any kind.
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XARULA KICKER.
Wealthy Woman Lawyer Who Is
Friend of the penniiess Prisoner.

Friend Of the Penniiess Prisoner.
Fifty years Of her life spent in help.
ing others to freedom. That Is the
record upon which Marilla Kicker,
one Of the greatest women philan-
thropists Of the country, may look
back upon as long as she lives.
Keen knowledge Of the law, a
supreme sense Of justice and money to
spend where and when she will, are
the three things which have helped
Mrs. Kicker to open the gates for
thousands of accused persons and per.
NIT them to go again into the light
of the world for another try at life.
Fra Elbertus, that interesting man
whose picturesque haunt at East Auro-
ra is a garden spot, has said that
Justice is a commodity and the price
Is high" Not so where Mrs. Kicker
is concerned. The unfortunate man
or woman who finds himself or her
self in the prisoners dock and calls
for aid from this public spirited wo-
man may pay if the money is there
If not, Mrs. Kicker sees the case
through, goes on to the next one with
never a thought Of the unpaid justice
bill.
In the long fifty years during
which Mrs. Kicker has worked un-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Shakespeare on Insurance.

Shakespeare on Insurance.
l have heard you say honor and policy.
Measure for Measure.
Plague of your policy.
The policy Of those crafty, swearing
rascals.
-Troilus and Cressida.
The policy grows into ill opinion.
-Helry VIII.
Did not my brother Bedford toll his
wits
To keep by policy what Henry got?
Henry vi.
Or else this brain of mine
Hunts not the trail of policy so sure
AS it hath used to do.
Hamlet.
OF Albany's powers heard you not?
IT'S SO, they are afoot.
Seal up your lips and give no word but
mum. King Lear.
Believe me not, yet I lie not: I con.
TESS nothing o I deny nothing.
Much Ado About Nothing.
Heart-sorrowing peers
That bear this Mutual load of moan.
Richard III.
There is division,
Although as yet the face Of it be
covered
With Mutual cunning, 'twixt Albany
and Cornwall. King Lear.
Men and mems fortunes I could frank
~ use. -Timon Of Anthems.
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was what his soul craved, and he ad.
vanced to the bar, where. with the
praiseworthy intention of conciliating
a great man, invited the Sheriff to
drink. 1t was a serious blunder-not
that Lassiter had the least objection
to accepting whiskey from anyone,
even a Mexican at ordinary times, but
today he was on his dignity, and the
attitude of his neighbors forbade con.
d~escention, even inviting aggressive
measures. Finally, to complete Jos6's
discontinue, he inadvertently trod
upon the officers foot.
what the b." roared the Sher.
if %furiously, and, as Jose stumbled
back with an apology, he struck the
wretched youth a heavy blow in the
face.
"Take that, to teach you manners
greaser."
The boy reeled backward, blood
flowing freely from nostrils and
mouth, and %bedabbling his precious
new clothes. A shout of approving
laughter greeted the exploit. But Jose
was not a coward.
"Caramba!" he gasped. "you big
dam devil" He reached for his knife,
then shrank back at a threatening
movement from two of his neighbors.
"Not that" said one gruffly. "Hit
him back like a man."
The Mexican r. mped IN helpless
rage.
"Diabalo! How hit him? He big as
mountain bear!"
Whats that?" said Lassiter, the
elementary instincts of his nature now
fully aroused by the applause of the
crowd. Call me a bear, would you?
Clear away, boys. I'm going to pound
the stufin' out of the skunk"
He advanced with an oath, and the
Mexican covered behind the stove.
Upon this the bummers sprang out
of the way, taking their chairs with
them. But there was still John Ogden.
He did not move, except to rise to his
feet with a flushed face, and to quiet
ly lay his empty glass on the table. He
was not a tall man, but ~squarely and
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two saloon bummers, their feet ornaY
menting the top of an unlighted stove
The swing-door of the saloon opened,
and a man staggered up to the bar.
One Of the bummers pointed back
wards with his thumb.
That's him, Sammy-the new Sher'
it," The other grinned.
"Jedge Sanderbach's choice. Burt
Lassiter is the biggest tough in town"
"Why-naterally, he's friend Of the
Jedge."
You bet"
They both laughed, and then re-
lapsed into silence, while John looked
curiously at the nan who had aroused
this comment. He was tall, broad and
stout, with long heavy face, thick lips,
and beetle brows. Coarseness and
brutality were written in every line
of that face, and his eyes small, rest
less, and near together contained a
sinister expression that made the Eng
lishman frown involuntarily. The
Sheriff did not notice Ogden. He was
seeking for familiar faces.
The swing-door opened again to adj
NIT another man, who stood a moment
looking about him, %nervously Kicking
a rawhide against his boots and glanc-
ing doubtfully at the bar. He was a
Mexican with the full dark eyes and
graceful figure of a Spaniard and the
coarse, immobile features of an In.
dian. His dress was a complete suit
of grey buckskin, gaudily ornamented
with beads, and deeply fringed. His
sombrero, also new, was bound with a
smart cord of yellow and green, and
was tilted rakishly over his left cal.
His boots were polished, his spurs
silverplated, of large size, and, being
pendants Of steel, jingled like bells as
he walked. At the sight Of the
"greaser" there was a general growl
of disgust among the cowboys, and
had Jose Gallegos been a wise man he
would have gone elsewhere to assuage
his thirst and indulge his passion for
gambling. But Jose was not wise, nor
at the moment particularly sober. He
had been left a small legacy, some six
hundred dollars, and a portion of this
was still burning his pocket. Work,
therefore was out Of the question;
drink and play with the white man
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compactly built and very deep in the
chest, a great contrast to the loose
limbed Lassiter. Jose casting his eye
about for a way of escape, saw his
opportunity, and lodged round the
table, whereupon the Sheriff, who had
rushed at him, collided violently with
the Englishman.
When two bodies meet in such a
manner it is usually the smaller one
which suffers; but in this instance, to
the establishment of the cowboys, the
Sheriff staggered backwards while the
smaller man stood like a rock.
where are you coming to-" drawl-
ed John, in the most disagreeable man
ner he could assume. "Are you
drunk?"
Oh you," spluttered the Sheriff,
whose ribs had severely suffered by
the scientific insertion between them
of the point of Johns elbow. For
two bits I'll drop ye, as I dropped the
greaser!"
"Will your" said the Englishman
sn%eeringly, then do it."
He changed his position, his chest
expanded; he slightly raised his arm
and advanced his left foot a few in
ches, balancing himself on the right.
Sammy" whispered one of the
bummers to his friend, 1.-TWO drinks
to one on the cowboy"
"Ill take ye," was the gruf answer.
"Burt will kill him."
"Done."
AS the word wa spoken, the Sher-
if, seething in his wrath, bore down
upon the Englishman like a three
decker on a gunboat. AS he came he
lunged at him heavily twice; but he
beat the empty air. The first blow
was parted skillfully, the second
Slipped" and then Ogden, with every
muscle braced, poured in a swift broad
side. The first-a left hander-fell
between the Sherif's eyes, the second,
Immediately on top of it, came under
his china deadly blow in itself-the
third crashed full upon the end of his
nose, and the fourth, a vicious ham,
mer, with the weight of limb and
shoulder behind it, on the line Of his
jaw-bone just below the ear. Down
went the big man an inert mass, bleed.
ing and insensible, at which exploa-