Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-07-04
CLAYTON.

The Electric Light Company have re-
moved the lamps from the street, and the
town is in complete darkness. The stores
closing at 500 p. m. during July and Au
I gust will make Clayton real pit at night.
We will all be glad when the moon comes
up to relieve our suffering. However, by
the first of October the sixty candle power
lights to be furnished by Moore Bros. will
make Clayton shine above all other sur
rounding towns. Moore Bros have been
receiving large shipments Of cedar poles for
the purpose Of stringing their wires. 20
Miss Rose Peterson spent part of last
week with Reba Fox in Camden, n. j.
J. Preston Potter, Charles Moore, Roy
L. Campbell and some other business men
of this place went to Millyille to join she
EJks on Wednesday evening. Samuel
Silver was not taken in because of the ac-
ton of one of thu Clayton men who is a
member. Retributi0n was the theme.
John A. Steelman received the third de-
gree of the F. A. NJ. on Wednesday even
ing at Clayton.
J. Harold Leddon is attending Temple
College, Philadelphia.
The fires IN the Clayton glass factories
went out on Saturday, June 20, after a
fairly successful season. The blowers will
9soon begin to leave for their vacation at the
sea shore or mountains. til reported that
quite number of blowers from both plants
will work at Swedesboro next fire. The
ware made at Swedesboro, the blowers say,
is more profitable. Beer bottles are the
chief ware and big money is made on these.
If such be the case, the Clayton plants will
be short of help next season, and will be
delayed in starting. -"
A Pole was lost in Clayton on Monday.
He was hunting for farmer by the name
of Caustic who resides between Clayton and
Franklinville, but this was not found out
until men of different tongues had failed to
understand him. The poor PoIander broke
down and cried when he failed at first to
find his object, but Jos. Klinger took him
home and gave him good dinner, and a
rag man by the name Of Barowski put him
on the right trail, and he was taken to his
friends.
Since the electric lights haye been taken
of the streets, the town has been in abso-
Lutte darkness, and the residents in the CEN
trail part Of the town are placing lanterns
and candles in front of their houses, and
not a few pedestrians are ssen with lanterns
in their hands. Indeed Couldn't Council
have secured from the Electric Company a
little longer time for lights, even though it
would cost more. 1t would be better than
darkness.
The glass blowers annual ssstew-bang'
was held at Moore's Lake on Monday, July
4 /, 1907. There was snapper soup, sand
witches, coffee, root beer, soda, ETC., and
all the good things imaginable. The party
returned to Clayton about eight p. M, all
pretty tired. Charles Beebe was the only
one that got sick.
The Clayton band rehearsed all day Mon
day and Tuesday for the engagements at
Ocean City this summer.
Leroy Pierce is home from Western
Pennsylvania.
Charles Skinner is having steam heat in
stalled in his residence on Central avenue.
The chief and assistant Of the Pitman
Fire Patrol. was in Clayton last week look
ing at the apparatus Of Clayton Fir eCom-
pany. We should be ashamed to show any
other town our equipment. Will Clayton
ever get new fire house ? Taxpayers wake
up.