Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-01-10

Down in Salem county last week a fierce
battle was fought between cow and a
gander belonging to Samuel P. Fryant, a
farmer. The gadder seized the COW by the
foretop and beat out both Of the animals
eyes with its wings before the COW could
shake the angered bird off.
A big mas meeting was held in the City
Hall, Millville, last Thursday evening for
the purpose of taking steps in an effort to
beat down the spread of consumption in
that city. 1t was unanimously decided to
have the State tuberculosis exhibit come to
their city for one week, and DR.. Samuel D.
Bennett, president of the local organization,
appointed a committee to raise the neces-
sary funds for such purpose.
Richard Rainear, young farmer living
just out of Bridgeton, was attacked with
appendicitis on Saturday, December 90,
and was taken to Brldgeton hospital. On
Monday an operation was performed.
Rainear did nos rally, and it was evident
that he could not live. Conscious Of
his condition, he sent for lawyer, made a
will, and until within three or four min
utes OF his death, was calmly giving direc-
tions about his business affairs. He was
33 years old and very successful farmer.
DR.. B. D. Evans medical director of the
Morris Plains Hospital for the Insane, in
his annual report suggests, that an insane
hospital is needed in South Jersey. Last
year 430 patients were received at Morris
Plains, 312 of these being patients treated
for the first time for insanity. OF this num-
ber "a families in which there was no
previous taint of insanity are represented.
Insanity is on the increase. What's the
cause, what's the remedy ?
The report of Hall Officer E B. Me-
Clong to Mayor Ellis shows the census
just completed by the police to haye been
a most thorough one. Mr.. McClong was
detailed to take charge of the work and
two policemen from each ward were given
him as assistants. Blanks were furnished
especially gotten up for ths work, aud
every house in the city was visited until
all persons living in it we're properly en-
rolled A blank was used for every house
If the building was not used for dwelling
purposes the enumerator was instructed to
indicate on the blank for what purpose it
was used. The census showed popul-
alton of 2.458.
At the annual meeting of the State
horticultural Society at Trenton last week,
papers upon fruit growing were read by j..
w. Kerr, of Denton, Maryland; G. E.
Blackwell, of Titusville; Albert T. Repp,
of Glassboro, and Joseph Barton of Marl-
ton. The society adopted resolution
memorializing the National Government to
oppose the imposition by the German Gov
ernment ola new tariff on apples, raising
the import duty from so cents barrel to
|S1.65 a barrel Officers were elected as
follows: President, Horace Roberts, Moores-
town; vice president, Elias S. Blake, Little
Silver: secretary, Miss Mary w. Budd,
Mount Holly; treasurer, George E. De-
camp, Roseland. Mr.. Decamp succeeds l.
]. Black kwell, OF Titusville, who retired on
account of i'll health.
Pretty schoolma'ams led the applause
and cheers last Thursday afternoon when
Presidents Alburt Shurr, of the Newark
School Board, declared before the State
Teachers Ass. at Atlantic City, that New
Jersey school teachers should have their
salaries raised. .sHod carriers and errand
boys in stores get more money than the
eight or ten dollars week paid to many
teachers he asserted. The speaker also
came out boldly with a statement that
.'The people of the State would willingly
It md for the increase in their taxes neces-
sary to give the instructors the raise, if
they were assured that the money would
not have to he divided with conniying
politicians, y which was greeted by much
applause.