Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-09-10
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.

4 The Woodstown M. +. Church ls being
fitted with electric lights.
Tbirty-two new members were taken into
the Mantua Nj E. Church Sunday.
Farmers south of Clayton are becoming
great pepper raisers, from four to six cars
being shipped daily from Malaga and New
Geld stations
There are now fifteen cases of typhoid
fever in Salem. The latest victim is Rich
ard Carney. Nearly all of the other pa
tients are recovering.
IAN addition of four rooms is being built
to she school house as Williamstown, which
will make it one Of the most up-to-date
lschool houses in that section.
George Pedrick, OF Pedricktown, has
raised some curiosities in the shape Of
white eggplants, small red eggplants the
size of tomatoes and purple corn.
Blood poisoning from the bite of spider
has deprived Christopher Raymond, of
Vineland, of the use of his hand, and ply
slcians are trying to keep the poison from
extending.
To show that he had the mettle of 40
years ago, Birdsall Cornell, S5 years old, an
inmate of the Soldiers Home, Vineland,
walked to Bridgeton Sunday, a distance of
Is miles, in five hours.
Carlo Quairoll left Vineland on Monday
for Rome, Italy, to represent his country
men of that section at the + First Congress of
Foreign Italians, which meets October Il,
under the patronage of the King
So scarce are tomatoes in the section OF
woodstown that foreign buyers have left,
as they could not get the fruit. The crop
in Salem county is the worst in several
years, and canneries are not running half
time.
THE vineyards at Nineland that were
sprayed and cared for under the direction
of the U. S. Agricultural Department show
marked improvement over the surrounding
vineyards The yield is greatly increase
and the fruit is finer.
The monument recently erected at Green
witch, New Jersey, to the Revolutionary
Tea Burners will be dedicated on the Both
instant. Governor Fort, former Governor
Stokes and Governor Lea, Of Delaware, are
expected so take part.
As a result of the activity of officials in
enforcing ordinances governing street mar
kets and the obstruction Of the streets,
the Jersey truckers who had mar
ket at Fourth and French streets, Whining
ton, have all moved back TO Church street
wharf.
While attempting to board freight train
which left Camden shortly after three
o'clock Wednesday morning of last week,
at sitley's grain elevator, William Corson,
q years of age slipped when be made a
grab for the train, and falling beneath the
train had his leg run over.
Great surprise followed the announce
ment in Camden Sunday Of the resignation
of Rev. DIR. William H. Fishburn as pastor
Of the First Presbyterian Church, having
accepted call to the Grandview Presby-
terian Church, Los Angeles, California. at
an increase in salary Of $1,000 year.
While playing along the raceway at the
Cumberland mill dam at MillYille, Flora
Pagan, 3 years old, fell into the rapid cur
rent and her body was found at the food
gates half-hour later. The little girl had
wandered away from her home near By and
was alone when the accident happened.
Monday was "Childrenn's Day. at the
Wildwood Crest Pier, and all the children
were entertained during the afternoon,
though the main feature Of the program
came in the evening, when Baker Crest
Thurber, the first baby born at Wildwood
Crest, was presented with a valuable
building lot.
Owing to the hard times and scarcity Of
work the past year, there is no trouble to
get men help at the Quinton canning fac
tories Although there are three factories
in the town, it seems to be over-run with
strangers seeking employment. Most Of
the men are bottle blowers, from the sur.
rounding cities. Among them, Cramps
ship yard, Philadelphia, is represented
Oyerwork is the cause assigned for the
death Of Miss Eta Lerner, Is years old, oi
Vineland. A year after she graduated from
the grammar school she determined on a
higher education. She recently graduated
as an optician and diligently studied medi
cine all summer, at the same time pre-
pairing herself to secure High School di
ploma shis winter in anticipation Of grad
uating as an ocuiist. Her death on Thurs
day is mourned a. one Of the most energeti.
girls in the town.