Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-04-18
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| Mr.. and Mrs William e. Black an6
daughter Merle, of Salem, spent over
Sunday with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Patterson en-
tertained over Sunday Mr.. and Mrs
| Walter r. Stiles and children. of Cam
den.
Rev. and Mrs. S. F. Gaskill, of Viii
Jamestown, and Miss Lizzie Hagerman,
Of Trenton, are spending a few days
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M
Ashton.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Moffett and MIR.
and Mrs. Geo. M. Ashton are return
ing from their foreign tour and ex-
pect to reach New York on Wednes-
ady, having sailed from Liverpool on
the 10th inst, on the steamer Oceanic.
Robert Crater and family left for
their new home at Pottstown, Pa, on
Tuesday.
William Eastlack has been quite i'll
for several days and unable to attend
to business.
Allen Headley, who was struck by a
car and severely injured recently, Is
slowly recovering and is able to sit
up a part of the time.
j.. Preston Potter, of Clayton, Ma
tional vice councillor of the Daughters
of Liberty, paid an official visit to the
Swedesboro Council on last Friday ev-
ening.
w. H. Mccullough attended meet
ing of the Odd Fellows Home Asso-
citation, at Trenton last week.
Rev. Charles Bowden, of Camden.
occupied the pulpit OF the Methodist
Church on Sunday morning and even
ing in place of Pastor Provost, who
was unable to preach, although he IS
slowly recovering from recent severe
attack of illness.
The body of new born baby, a girl,
was found in the Methodist Graveyard
by some children on Sunday after
noon Undertaken Hannold and May
or Davidson were notified and took
charge of the body The child had evil
IDENTIFY been strangled as cord was
tied tightly about it's neck Coroner
Black. of Paulsboro, was sent for and
on Monday, Prosecutor Rogers took up
the case, but all efforts failed to throw
any light upon the mystery.
Miss Elsie Moore was surprised at
receiving fifty-seven pretty post cards
ON her birthday, and wishes to thank
her friends for their kind remem-
brance.
Miss Pauline Kaybrick received a
large number of post cards, on Monday
it being her birthday.
The funeral of William Vincent, OF
Beardstown, H., took place here on
Tuesday morning There is a strange
story back of the death of this man.
Nineteen years ago he deserted his
family here, leaving his wife and lit
tie children penniless. For years the
wife did not hear from him, but strug-
gled along as women will, doing many
different kinds of work to support her
self and her little family Finally a
letter came. followed at long Intervals
nv others. The children grew up; the
eldest son married and has family
of his own. One son died and the
Youngest is at home contributing to its
support. During the last two or three
years. letters from the husband have
been more frequent, but no money Tor
the help of his family was sent. A
few weeks ago Mrs. Vincent received
a letter together with papers asking
her to sign away her rights in a farm
her husband wanted to sell at Boards
town, Ill. After consulting lawyer
she signed the papers and sent them
back. Meanwhile the husband be
came impatient and came on arriving
at SWedesboro on Wednesday, April
3rd; only to find that the papers had
passed him on the way. He renamed
with his family over night and the next
morning went out to call on friends,
telling his wife he would be back to
dinner. Instead of returning he took
the noon train for the West. leaving
as abruptly as he had done nineteen
years before. A few days later Mrs.
Vincent received word that her hus-
band had committed suicide by stab
bling himself in the temple with pen
knife and asking what should be done
with the body. She ordered it sent on
and it arrived on last Sunday morning
in charge of brother and the 1uneral
was held on Tuesday. Verify. Truth
is stranger than fiction.