Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-02-06
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.

Captain William A, Slaughter has re-
signed the command of Company E, Third
Regiment, of Mt. Holly.
A carload of can n-making machinery left
Salem on Friday for exhibition at the Can
ners' Convention at Cincinnati.
It has recently been stated by one Of the
authorities Of New Jersey that 40 per cent.
Of the children in our Commonwealth stop
going to school at the age OF ten years. "A
1t is said that contracts haYe been let Tor
the building of one hundred concrete houses
at Burlington, the work 30 commence as
soon as the weather becomes favorable in
the spring.
Twenty employees Of the Board of Health
Of Atlantic City, are to be placed in blue
uniform and sworn in as sanitary police.
They will be assigned to regular beats in
the city, and each will be held responsible
for the cleanliness of his section.
Post Office thieves have been operating
in Burlington county for the past few days,
and several offices have suffered from their
depredations The government authorities
have been notified and are likely TO make
an active campaign in search of the thieves
Henry Crowley, of Clayton glassblower
As years old, was buried on Monday in q
new suit Of clothes that he boughs several
weeks ago especially TO be married in. After
buying the clothes he laid them carefully
aside, and refused all entreatres 80 wear
them saying: 81 bought them for my
funeral Clothes
A fire OF unknown origin broke out at
the glass works of T. G. Wheaton Com
pany, at Millville, Tuesday, and burned TO
the ground large continuous tank, entail
ing a loss estimated as about Sc, 900. About
150 hands are thrown out of employment.
The factory will be rebuilt at once, as the
company has now many orders.
The school board Of Woodstown held a
special meeting to take action on the school
law requiring certain branches to be taught
in the high school. 1t was decided, COM
mencing March 1st to start course in
stenography, typewriting, bookkeeping,
commercial arithmetic and geography. An
other room is being furnished at the High
School for this purpose.
Thomas Daniels, IA years old, OF Woods
town, has broken nose, the deep imprint
of horses shoe under his eye and every
tooth in his head loosened by the vicious
kick of a green Western horse at the sale
stables of Howard Harris Saturday after
noen. Young Daniels let the shafts drop
on she horses back, which scared it into
kicking.
AS q sale of five shares of stock of the
Camden Safe Deposits and Trust Company,
in the Philadelphia market, Wednesday,
the very high price of 1862 per share was
paid The par value of the stock is $25
per share. This is the highest price ever
paid for the stock Of this company and is
an index of the remarkable success and
stability OF this Oldest trust company in
South Jersey.
Mr.. Howard M. Cooper calls attention
to she fact that February 18Th, and not the
18th, is the correct date for the anniversary
of Camden's incorporation as city. He
cites the pamphlet laws of the year 1928 as
the authority for his statements, and saws
that the act Of Incorporation was passed on
February 13, 1928, according to the date
printed in the laws Of that year.
In the Supreme Court Saturday action
was brought by Jay & Neale, grocers Of
Trenton, against Mrs. Josephine 2. Breese,
widow of Captain James Buchanan Breese,
and society leader, to collect bill Of
$1798 IL The petition declares that the
account has been running since October l,
1903. Forty-four closely typewritten
pages of items are contained in the bill OF
complaint.
With the object Of bringing about a
strIcter observance Of the Sabbath, prom
inent cleTgymen and church workers from
all parts OF the State met in the State St.
M E Church, at Trenton, on Thursday
last and organized the New Jersey State
Sabbath ASSOCIATION Rev. Samuel d.
Price, of Camden, was chosen president,
and Rev S. H. Ham, recording secretary.
The treasurer is to be elected by the above
officers, and oEe vice president from each
county.
Owners and drivers OF automobiles will
be taxed in the near future three times as
much as they now pay for the privilege Of
running their machines in New Jersey If
legislation recommended by Governor Fort
in his inaugural message shall be enacted.
In the year ending December 81 last the
State Department. of Motor Vehicles turned
into the State Treasury $85, ,694 81 derived
from registration and license tees and fines.
Governor Forts view is that automobile
owners and operators should pay to the
State each year about $3.50, 600.
A number OF farmers near Pedricktown
met last Saturday for the purpose of organ
izing TO protect their interests in selling
products and buying supplies Growers
have for a long time believed thas they
have not been getting all that is due them
in dispOsing OF their crops The matter
was thoroughly discussed, and it was decided
To hold another meeting soon. There was
a general opinion that it will be necessary
to grade the products for markets and care
be taken to not glut them.
The Milk Shippers Union held meet
ing at Woodstown last week to discnss
what measures should he taken to protect
them against the arbitrary rulings of the
Philadelphia Milk Exchange. The dairy
men were Of one accord thas milk could
not be shipped at A cents, the price set BY
she Exchange, as il yielded the farmes only
81 cents after expressage is paid This is
below the cost Of production, owing to the
high price Of feed and labor Many Of the
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