Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-09-12
PlTMAN GROVE.

Frank Harry is on the sick list.
Richard Thompson's new residence on
Holly avenue is completed.
The Shaffer bungalow on Lake avenue is
pretty structure.
John GTiesingers new house on Oak
avenue is raised and sheathed.
Enoch Abbott has had cement walks and
curbs laid
Several coach loads of Pitmanites attend
ed Siekler's picnic last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lodge have been
entertaing several relatives from Allentown,
Pa.
Editor Albright and family are continu-
ing their stay through September.
Jacob Kuhn has had two horses to die
this summer, the last one on Monday.
The Gloucester County w. c. T. u. fall
meeting will be held in the local Methodist
Church Tuesday, September "a.
Misses Belle and Grace Bidwell, of Vine
land, are spending sometime with Mr. ana
Mrs. Harry Rulon.
W. A. Lacy has the contract for Watson
Michael's new residence. The cement
blocks for the foundation are being made
on the ground.
Brentwood Inn,' is the name given to
the proposed 126-room hotel to be built on
the Roberts tract.
Miss Mamie Atkinson, nurse in Cooper
Hospital, has been spending her vacation of
two weeks with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Il. Atkinson.
rrba Ascoo;af;o,, 10 ortt;x.< i. .+xaot n1-,.s
the station park from twelfth avenue to the
depot. In spite of their statements for
years that the park would never be sold,
and in spite Of the storm of Indignation
which was aroused the past spring when it
was rumored that the ground was TO be sold
for commercial purposes, the tract is now to
be placed on the market for sale to individ-
ual buyers, we are told on good authority,
and no propositions by Council, railroad or
syndicate will be considered. The dollar
Association in spite of the fact that the
greatest in the history of the place
Capt. G. Powell's family will remain
here and have rented one of Miss F. E.
Rulon's twin houses.
Joseph Simpkins, of Redwood, was
brought to Pitman station Sunday after
noon with broken leg caused by being his
by the auto of Stacy Heritage, Jr., of
Mullica Hill DR.. Heritage accompanied
him to the hospital
Mr.. and Mrs William Hughes and son,
Of Glassboro, spent Saturday and Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Gantz. The boy
had the misfortune while playing ball on
Saturday to haye finger so badly broken
that amputation is feared.
Two or three weeks ago the political skies
here we're very serene, but during the past
week they haye been very threatening. The
terms of Mayor ]. M. MCGOWAN and Coun-
cilmen Carr and Waters expire this fall, Mr.
Waters declined denomination. The con-
servatiye Republicans, having no special cam
didates for councilmen and desiring to lay
aside all political differences in local poll
tics, endorsed present Councilman G. W Carr
and Harry Pancoast- Democrats in place of
retiring Councilman Waters who is Demo
crat Mayor MCGOWAN was, OF course, en-
dorsed for another term. The contest be-
tween the two factions Of the Republican
party over the County Clerkship waxed hot
and was taken into local politics. The more
radical Republicans endorsed T. A. Goodwin
and Herbert Knisell for Council. Charles
Kenmerer, who is Democrat, entered the
field as an independent candidate for Mayor.
d. Fl. Supplee and David virgins, repre-
senting the Avis faction OF the party were
candidates for delegates to the County Con-
vention, and Jodn Sayre and Herbert Knis-
ell were candidates for the other faction. In
terest in the result Of the count was equal
to that in a presidential election. Result:
The Carter delegates, Supplee and virgins,
won By large majority, and Carr and Pan
coast made clean sweep for Council.