Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-03

Several prominent citizens OF Camden are
suffering from injuries they sustained by
being dumped out of an automobile. The
injured persons are County Collector J..
Wesley Sell, Lawyer Thomas P. Curley,
Solicitor Of the Board of Health; Frederick
Downs, Of Merchantville, and Henry Barnard
and Edward Chew, Of Camden
Because Of the fact that the license Of the
only two hotels at Moorestown expired on
Saturday, the town will not s'go dry" as
the court has permitted the proprietors to
continue until the remonstrance case
against them is settled. This matter will
be taken up by Judge. Gaskill next Sat-
urday.
Like previous Mondays, shad fishermen
in the vicinity Of Gloucester made good
catches on Monday. At Washington Park
on the Delaware, 700 shad were caught in
FIVE hauls with the big sein, and 1000 her
ring in one haul with the siniggero net.
The gillers made big catches all along the
river front, on Monday, and those seeking
fresh shad were well supplied.
The boss carpenters Of Camden on Mon
day night rejected the proposition Of the
carpenters union for an increase OF 81 cents
an hour They made the brotherhood a
counter proposition to grant 3 cent in
crease and this was rejected by the union.
The demand some time ago for 423 cents an
hour beginning May /; or strike, having
been rejected, it is expected shat there will
be general tie up.
Charles D. Thomson, Of Atlantic City,
Great Sachem of the Great Council Of Red
Men of the State, will call a special session
Of the Great Council to be held in Trenton
early next month for the purpose of the
Past Sachems deciding whether OF not the
seal of the States Great Council shall be
placed on a circular to be sent to the tribes
throughout the United States.
Miss Efie Lucas, Of Brown's Mills,
principal of the public school at New LIS
bon, lies at the point Of death at the home
OF Horace Harker, from which place she
cannot be removed to the home Of her par
ents in Pennsylvania. While burning some
brush and leaves near the school house late
last Thursday afternoon, her skirts took
FIRE, and the lower part Of the young lady's
body was burned to a crisp. 1t is feared
she cannot recover.
The selection of those entitled to the re-
ward for the arrest and conviction of the
negroes who murdered Miss Florence W.
Allinson is held up because there is no
money available in the county treasury to
pay the claim, the appropriation of $12, 900
for criminal purposes having been exhaust
ed month ago. Bills which haye been
passed for services rendered in this direction
are being carried by several persons who are
waiting for something to turn up.
Work will soon start on the erection of a
new wooden mill for the B. F. Boyce Com
pany, at State street and River avenue,
East Camden. The plans and specifica-
tlOuS, pItpdfcu ny DaAAtuSci ~ 1 oAtppJseao
itects and engineers, call for factory build
ing, 56 by 20s feet, three stories'in height.
and surmounted by tower 20 feet above
the roof; power house, 50 by a feet, one
story in height, and an Office building
Estimates will beIcceiyed from builders on
May l.
According TO the DEPARTING t of Agricul-
ture at Washington, this country is to be
visited by both the seyenteen-year and the
thirteen-year locusts this year. The former
will make their appearance along the At
lantlc coast from Southern Massachusetts to
Maryland, while the thirteen-year variety
will be seen only in few Of the Southern
States. They are due in May, and it is adj
vieed that as matter Of precaution no new
orchards be located this spring in recently
cleared ground or in proximity to woods in
the regions where the locusts are scheduled
to appear