Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-10-22
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daughter nave returned TO their nome
at Fort Strong, near Boston, after
spending few weeks with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Chas. G. Shute.
Mrs. Emma Locke, of Pedricktown,
was visiting relatives here last week.
Walter r. Stiles and family of
Camden, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Pat
| terson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Buzby, of
Parkside. Camden, have been visiting
Mr.. |. H. Weatherby and his daugh-
| ter, Miss Laura Weatherby.
Miss Clara Boyd, evangelist of Phil
adelphia, has been visiting her niece,
Mrs. John G. Sharp, here.
Thomas Vananan, of Forest Grove,
was a guest in the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs j. G. Ware last week.
William H. Mccullough, Jr., and
family, Of Camden, spent Sunday with
his parents here.
Ny. and Mrs. Jacob S. Ware and
/ daughter, Estella, and Mr.. and Mrs.
4 Wilbert Dolby have gone to spend a
/ few days with their father and sister
at Forest Grove.
Mrs. Edward Eastlaek, Miss Mary
Homan, William Eastlack and family,
Clayton Eastlack and family, George
EasIIack and family, John Gibson and
/ family, Budd Eastlack and family,
7 Harry Honlan and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Nj. Homan and son, Walter,
and Miss Eva Madkiff, all Of Swedes-
/ boro, were among those who surpris-
/ ed Mrs. Mia Eastlack, at her home
in Mantua, on last Saturday.
A delegation from Viola Lodge, Il.
Of P, paid fraternal visit to a lodge
at Media, Pa, on Tuesday night of
last week.
Mr.. Harold G. Gaunt, of Princeton,
| will preach in the Presbyterian Church
on next Sunday morning and evening
Rev. S. F. Gaskill spoke in the
! Methodist Church on Sunday evening
and gave very interesting talk on his
summer visit to Mortified, Mass,
the home of the late Dwight L. Moody.
The evening was greatly enjoyed.
/ Mr.. James Batten, sold his house
hold goods at vendue at his home on
Lake avenue, ON Saturday afternoon.
At the same time he sold his house
1 where he has resided several years.
| Newsdealer, R. A. Acton purchased
/ the premises, paying $4,025. Mr.. and
! Mrs. Batten have gone to live with
their daughter, Mrs. Louis c. Green,
| at Woodbury.. They will be greatly
missed by their many friends here and
all wish them health and happiness
In their new home.
Miss Josephine Hildebrand celebrat-
ed her seventeenth birthday on last
watch and chain and guard, gift from
+l1sS y1fr h
kerchiefs, a card receiver and a show
er of post cards, from other friends
Rev Mr. Hoppe, who has served the
Baptist Church here for nearly two
years, has resigned his pastorate to
take charge OF a church in Camden
He will remove TO Philadelphia soon
Mrs. Hannah r. Mitchell had entire
| ly forgotten that Wednesday, October
18th, was her birthday, until she re-
ceiged her mail and found sixty-flve
birthday cards. reminding her that
others had not forgotten. Friends in
New York, Glenside, Pa, Pocono
Mountains, Pedricktown, Woodstown,
Mullica Hill. Woodbury. and Swedes-
| boro remembered her. She also re-
ceiYed a beautiful post card album, a
gift from her mother, and basket of
fruit and flowers from other friends.
| The whole affair was a great surprise
to Mrs. Mitchell, but none the less en-
joyed for that.
Mrs. Mary Jane Justice, another of
| the old residents of Swedesboro, died
at her home in South Swedesboro, on
Tuesday night of last week, after an
illness of only two days. aged 81 years.
Up to that time she had appeared in
her usual health and not many of her
friends knew of her Illness and her
death came as a shock She was a
woman well known and universally
respected for her many excellent
traits of character She leaves two
daughters, Mrs Hannah Robbins, OF
| Swedesboro, and Mrs. Ella Hickman,
of Philadelphia, and one son, John p
Justice, of Swedesboro Her funeral
| took place on Saturday afternoon at
her late home and interment was
made in the Episcopal cemetery. She
was the widow of Charles Justice.
| Wilmer Egee, local agent of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, was called upon on Wednes-
day of last week to investigate what
| proved to be the worst case of cruelty
| that has ever come before him. F. G.
Snedaker & Co., of the mill works,
Ninth and Tioga streets, Philadelphia,
sent team here with a load of lum-
Der for the new school house. The
team was fed in the street, and an OBJ
| servant woman noticed that one of the
horses was not eating its dinner, at
which she wondered and finally becom-
| ing convinced that something was
wrong, telephoned to Agent Egee. who
upon examining the animals mouth
found its tongue had been cut nearly off
far back in its mouth. The driver of
the team was taken before Mayor De
Croft and fined s25 for cruelty to ami
mails and then released as from his
story, he was not responsible for the
condition of the horse. It seems that
on Friday of the week before, the
horse baked and to punish it, or cure
it Of the habit wire or cord was tied
tightly around its tongue with the
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