The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-03
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ere will be horse racing at Salem on


There will be horse racing at Salem on
July 4th.
Italians arrived from Philadelphia this
week to pick tomatoes.
Saturday, July 4th, will be observed
by early closing of stores.
Improvements to cost $4,000 are to be
made in the First Presbyterian Church,
Salem.
The PENIS Grove National Bank de-
clared a %semi-annual dividend of four
per cent. July LIST.
On July 2S the residents of Fleming
ton will vote on the question Of abolish
ing voting machines.
An aged colored man from Dayton, O.,
has been soliciting aid and preaching on
the streets i'll the evening this week.
Theregular round trip fare from Penn's
Grove t. Philadelphia ON the railroad
was advanced July LIST, from 81 to $l'l0.
John M. Bevis has divided his farm
and built a barn near the house at the
cross roads for his son, Robert w. Bevis.
w. F. Yeager, financial s~ecretay of the
Heptasophs paid C. G. Turner sons So, 900
this Friday as his insurance in that order.
There will be Meeting of the Law
and Order Society on Monday evening,
July 9th, at s o'clock. By order of Presi-
dent, J. Harry Smith.
The steamer Thomas Clyde will begin
her daily excursion trips from Phila-
delphia to Woodland Beach, touching at
Penn's grove, on July 4th.
Rains have taken place north and
west the past ten days with only a few
drops falling in this region, Rain is
badly needed by vegetation.
The best cuts of beef stake are now
sold in Penn's Grove at 25c a pound and
meat dealers declare they will have to adj
vance the price to get a profit.
The partial eclipse of the sun last Sun
day was visible here. Some who did not
have the eclipse i'll mind thought the sky
was being clouded for a shower.
On account of the stoppage of travel
over the bridge at Courses Landing, Ma
than Hiles, a Woodstown rural mail car
rier, is obliged to drive 80 miles a day,
>Edw. S. Harris has sold his shad skiff
Hiawatha to a party at Betterton, Md.
She was built by Samuel Simpkins eight
years ago and was the first "snap shot"
at Penn's Grove.
The farmers in this region never had
finer weather for gathering grass and
wheat than this year. The weather has
been dry and hot. The grass crop is big
and the wheat crop is good.
Over $50 were taken at the festival by
st. Pauls Epworth League last Saturday:
THE automobile rides given by Warren
Risner, Charles Fried, and Clarence
Doughten were in great demand and
some who wanted to go did not get rides.
About $40 were taken in 10c rides.
EOuI tACuISlOu6 CdlDc HUH WHINING |
ton to Penn's Grove this week. On
Monday the Central Presbyterian Sun
day school came over; Tuesday, Hope
Baptist Sunday School; on Wednesday
the Italian Mission, ON Thursday the
Zion Luthern brought the largest crowd
of the season.
The best work OH PENIS Grove streets
for six years has been the cutting OF
grass and cleaning of the curbs and
carting the dirt to the low places.
1t leaves the streets better in the
middle, gives a neat appearance to
the sides and furnishes material to fill
in when the custom has been to buy
dirt. Keep it up.
Mr.. +. P. Sweeten, OF Pedricktown, and
Mr.. James Sweeten, Jr., spent three days
last week in Syracuse, N. Y, and arrived
home last Friday in a new Franklin
automobile after a ride OF 800 miles thru
Binghamton, Scranton, and along the
the summer resorts of the Upper Delaware
River. The touring car they came in be-
longs to Mr.. P. P. Sweeten.
Tomatoes sold in Philadelphia for from
So to $2.35 a basket and in Wilmington
at ST. so to 81 rs. Five hundred baskets
vent over on the Ulrica Saturday morn
ing. On Monday the prices in Whining
ton and Philadelphia were from $1.50 to
So a basket. Tomatoes have been scarce
the latter part of the week and the price
has gone from 81 and So. SO a basket.
NoTIcE-Our store will be losed at 10
o'clock OF Saturday morning, July 4th
S. r. LEAP & SON.
Educate yourself to save money by
opening an account in the Savings De- |
partment of the Penn's Grove National
Bank. 1t will earn you 3 per cent inter-
est compound s%emi-annual and you can
draw on IA days notice.
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