The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
HOME HAPPENINGS.

Shad fishermen have begun to han
their nets.
A shower on Tuesday night was &C
companied by lightning.
The foggy, muggy thaw is makini
very bad roads.
Subscribers who change their residenc
and post office address should not fail t.
report both their old and new addresses.
The members OF Bethel Church clear
ed about $50 by their supper on Thurs
day night of last week.
Employees of the West Jersey and Sea
shore Railroad have received notice tha
their salaries have been increased 10,
per. cent.
Tire aarning express nom Penn's
Grove now makes no stops between Wood
bury and Camden and runs through in
one hour and eight minutes.
An entertainment will be given in Odd
Fellows Hall on Thursday 2lst, by home
talent for the benefit OF the Fire Com
pany.
The per capita circulation of money
is now at the highest point ever reached
III this country, being $3.50, as COM
pared with $3l.SS a year ago and $2I.4l
liz 1896.
The grim reaper has been cutting a
wide suath in humanity in this region
within the past five months. In that
time twenty-tlree burials have been
made at Emmanuel Cemetery
J.. Z. Hayes succeeds ii. L. Blohm as
agent for the Prudential Life Insurance
Company under the Salem su%perinten-
dent ". Perry. Mr.. Blohm has ac-
cepted a position as bookkeeper at the
dupont Powder Works at Penn's Grove.
The Scientific Country School, all
amusing drama, will be given i'll Odd
Fellows Hall, Saturday evening, 10th by
the school children. Admission 25 and
l5c. Proceeds for the benefit OF an
organ for the nigh school. DON'T fail to
hear the boys and giIl.
White Pine Cough Balsam, the best
ior coughs and colds at Johnson's Drug
The Philadelphia mel who bought
the tealner Major Reybold about a year
ago together with the wharves at Salem
and Pennsville for $3l, 500, have sued
Capt John Doyle for the return of their
money, because they claim the amount
oil business was misrepresented.
The ali-day snow storm last Sunday
when seven inches OF snow fell recalled
the billiards. of 1883 and 1899. 1t
fell nearly oil the level as the wind from
northeast was light, the temperature in
the 20s. There was sleighing on Mon
day, but the warmer temperature S 90
took all the snow from the middle OF the
road and on Thursday it all disappeared.
A new design Of postage stamps will
be issued by the government to CON
niemorate the Jamestown Exposition.
The one-cent stamp will bear a vignette OF
Captain John Smith and the date of his
birth and death, 1850 and 1851. In the
upper left hand corner will be a
profile oil P~ocahontas and in the upper
right hand corner a profile OF Powhatan.
The two-cent stamp will bear a fine ell
craving of the landing OF the first set
tiers at jamestown.
The Pea Shore fishery, along the North
Cramer Hill shore, Camden, will not be
operated this season, because it has prov
ed a failure the last two years. Last sea-
son the fishery was abandoned ten days
after the fishermen started work. The
shore fisheries along the Delaware which
use to be very valuable, because profitable
have all been abandoned, with the excep-
ton of that at Washington Park. The
gill net have caught the shad before they
get to the shore seine grounds.
LARGEST, stock of wagons in South Jersey
at Joseph S. Blacks, oharpt0wn, n. j. 13-5-tf.
Souvenir post cards of PENIS Grove a
speciality at Johnson's drug store. 4
For SALE-Twelve bicycles for from
6 to SIS. j. K. DUFFY.
For RENr-My old business stand,
No. 223 Main Street, PENIS Grove, both
house and store. Can be occupied on and
after March 10th. Tillie Smith. \
NoTICE-On and after March %, l will
leave on the Z 50 train instead of 10. 80,
daily for Philadelphia. All business strick-
ly confidential, Philadelphia office 1874
Market st. Phone 1896 Lombard, Penn's
Grove phone 24H. J. X. DUFFY. SPLIT