Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-04-18
MicKLEToN.

Nellie John, of Elysburg, Northum-
berland county, Pa, is spending a
week with J. Omar Heritage and wife.
A number from here attended the
Friends First-day School union held
at Woodstown on Seventh-day, the
18th
Theodore and Mary r. Brown, Wal
ter and Sue r. Heritage, Wilbert and
Hannah L. Hendrickson, and Florence
Stackhouse were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tyler Engle, of Rancocas, on
Thursday evening the eleventh at the
marriage of their daughter. About
two hundred guests were present.
Samuel Downer, of Downer, after
visiting the Sunday School of the Ger
man Evangelical Church, at Clarks-
boro, attended the First-day School
here on the fourteenth and spoke in
the interest of the State Sunday School
Association. He held the attention OF
all during his earnest address and es-
pecially commended our school on the
large attendance of adults, this being
one of the best means of holding the
young people. Mr.. Downer lunched
with friends here
Although the day was unfavorabie
the last meeting of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union was an inter-
esting one. The president, Annie n.
Dale. was in the chair. Owing to the
absence of the secretary, Rachel Live
| zey Borden acted for the day. Mrs
Sadie Strom acted as organist, Han
nah A. Heritage gave the Scripture
reading. Considerable business was
/ transacted. Current events brought
out the fact that during the National
w. C. r. u. presidents recent trip to
Tennessee. both houses of the Legisla-
ture passed a resolution to meet IN
/ Joint session in order that Mrs Stew
ems, of Maine, might have an oppor-
tunity to address the legislature. She
was received with applause. Her adj
dress was a mastery setting forth of
the reasonableness and proved success
4 of prohibition. At the close of the adj
| dress a vote of thanks was extended
to Mrs. Stevens and prolonged APP
plause followed. The formation of
good character among dependent chill
/ dren was the subject of the program.
a description Of Washington Juven-
lie Court scene was read at which fifty
children were present, their attention
never tagged while Rev. Mr.. Copp, the
( principal pIOUdt1OiA OlAlSSi, NesAiAS :.
kindly and frankly to them. A total
abstinence pledge was read and
/ explained and the boys urged to sign
that and one against cigarette smok-
ling. All did so. A tulip bulb was pre-
sented to each with instructions how
to care for it. When they blossom
there will be flower show and a
prize for the one that does the best.
An address by Judge B. B. Lindsey, Of
the Denver Juvenile Court, was also
read in which he said ninety-five per
cent. Of the boys we have tried to
help have turned out well. If boy
fails to control himself he and the
/ Judge agree that he must go to the In
dustrial School, where they help
fellow to do right" The boy takes
| his writ and his carfare and goes
alone. Of over two hundred sent in
this way only two or three have run
away. The boys generally have gotten
| their ideas of strength from accounts
of prize fights. Judge Lindsey teaches
| that we do not want to fight men and
| boys, but EVIL: Real strength is the
strength to overcome evil.
! Miss Jessie G. Brown will be instruc-
tor at the Friends School the coming
year.
/ Frank Henry is building new barn
for Enoch " Lock
| George Burrough, of Philadelphia,
| is spending few days at Clayton
| Thompsons.
The snorfino fraternity of the county