Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-10-04
PiTMAN.

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reside in Newark this winter.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Carr are in
Ocean City for the week.
J. D. Kelly and family returned to
| their city home on Monday
Some of our ladies are attending the
State w. G. T. U. Convention at Cam
den, this week.
Stephen Parsons has the cellar dug
for his new house on Holly avenue.
| Miss M. L. Delavan has bought the
| lots along the railroad front of the
Pancoast tract.
Mrs. Priscilla Applegate's residence
is being freshly painted.
Harry Allkire will move into the
Carly property adjoining the school
house.
Joseph Munyan is having his four
cottages painted
Miss Carrie Biddle, of Philadelphia,
has been visiting Mrs. Isaac Bowers.
Mayor MCGOWAN has bought a Broad
way lot of George McCIelland.
Edward Knisell has moved into his
new house corner Holly and Fernwood
avenues.
G. G. Justice and family started for
their Florida home on Monday morn
ing.
Ellis Stanton moved to Camden on
Saturday. Henry Stanton will oc-
cupy his fathers property.
Harry A. Atkinson has moved from
Mcclellan avenue to Jonathan Garri-
sons property on South Broadway.
Goods astray and many stolen in
transit gave our storekeepers lots of
trouble the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Sibley have
returned from their honeymoon trip
to Niagara.
The stork brought little boy to Mr..
and Mrs. ]. w. Titus. of Evergreen
avenue, on Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hates gave Rev.
and Mrs Jewett a delightful auto ride
of about forty miles on Saturday after.
noon
Mr. Hitchner, of Elmer, the new
operator at the station, has rented
Charles Ferris house on Woodlynne
avenue.
Rev. Lyall Morton, of the M. P.
year.
DR.. Fl. H. Carr has sold the former
Adams house and two lots to Miss
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to put up two new houses this fall
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clouds enter
tanned the executive committee of the
Kadosh Commandery, of Philadelphia,
Saturday afternoon and evening.
J. NJ MCGOWAN and H. M. Paneoast
are making fine thoroughfare of
Woodland avenue which separates
their two tracts.
4 The merchants of the town will
|sclose their stores every evening in the
week except Friday and Saturday
sfrom October 1 to April 1. GU
Liveryman Carr was busy last week
caring for the teams of the many who
drove here to take trains at Pitman
for the Trenton State Fair.
That variety of business in a
town draws trade from distance is
evidenced by the fact that parties have
recently driven from as far as Black.
wood and Williamstown to the local
jewelry store to purchase presents.
Two well-known men of the town
had very narrow escapes from being
struck by electric trains in one day
last week. Both unwittingly took
them for trains that were to stop at
the station. 1t is simply a reminder
of the care that ought to be exercised
by every one, and the need will be still
greater when all the trains are electric.
What Pitman needs especially before
the congestion of next summers
crowds, is subway from one platform
to another.
Samuel James has spared no money
on cement walks and curbs and grad
ing in making his place very attractive.
The ordinary blacksmith and wheel
wright shop is a scene of desolation
ornamented with broken vehicles, cast
off wheels, etc., but Mr.. James, while
he is making a fine lawn in front of
his residence is carrying the same eff
feet of retaining walls, etc., in front
of his shop and will have pretty
lawn in place of the usual eye-sore.
The project Of national bank is
taking definite shape Committees
have been appointed to confer with
the proper authorities at Washington
and with Banking Commissioner Wat
kins. The name, Pitman National
Bank, has been chosen. The idea of
starting with a capital of $4,000
seemed at first to be popular, but gem
eral opinion now seems to be favorable
to $4,000 This action of starting a
bank was FASTENED by the fact that
outside capitalists were going to start
one, and it is thought best to forestall
such move.
Mrs virgins M. b. Sunday School
class of young men and Miss Rulon's
class of young ladies picnicked at AL
cyon Park Saturday afternoon and
evening and had delightful time. The
weather conditions and bright moon
light were perfect A row of tables
beautifully laden reached the width
of the casino, and thirty eight hungry
persons made big inroads upon the
good things after an invocation by
Pastor JeWett. Boating and bowling
and other pleasures were INDUCED in
and all went home tired but happy,
and we noticed that with but very few
exceptions each was in his or her
place at church on Sunday morning.
"How much phonograph stock do you
own?" is the teasing question put to our
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