Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-09-10
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cemetery. and on Sunday morning the 10 |
year old daughter, Irene, died of the same
disease and was buried on Monday. There
are swo more children down with this di-
sease at this writing. Much sympathy is
felt for the family.
Edward Cole has been quite sick with ty
phoid fever at his home
The bowling alley started business on
Saturday night and was we'll patronized.
There will be change in the time table
on this road next Tuesday. Beginning with
next SUNDAY, the 18th inst, an additional
train will run south arriving here at u IS
p m
The Billingsport Fire Company will hold
a fair at the fire house for one week in o.
tober winding up with an oyster supper.
james L. Cox spent Friday in Philadel-
phia. This was his first trip in four years
Leon A. Reeves has accepted position
with Mayor Adamson as his private score
tary and book keeper.
Uncle Dick received 165 post cards on his
birthday and offers his thanks to his many
friends
Harr Wilkerson was awarded th contract
for building the new church at Thorofare
He was five dollars lower than another con-
tractor from this place.
Harry Hates came near being hit with a
train at the depot the other morning having
got lost in the fog with John B. Miller's
team.
Several of our leading citizens are becom-
ing much interested in the new Imperial
road
Chief Marshal Samuel Cole stands great
chance of losing one of his eyes by cinder
getting in it some months ago.
The interest on the gas bonds was due on
Sept 1st and no PROVISION has been made
for the payment of the same. This year
it will be necessary to raise by taxation
enough to pay she interest on these bonds
and TO put into sinking fund not lees than
three or more than FIVE per cent of the
amount Of the bonds.
Our fire chief, w. Fl. Lamson, gave one
of the men working on the school house an
mex to understand that he was on the job
not as a spectator but as inspector, by gath
erlng his man by the neck and dropping
him out and then took charge himself and
had the work to 60 on.
Walter F. and Miss Harriet L Cox at
tended the Dawson and Mitchell wedding
on Saturday at Mickleton.
Clarence E. Donnelly and William Bor-
den both formerly of this place haye opened
drug store on the corner-of Goth and Chest
nut streets. Philadelphia.
A call was issued for a Democratic Mass
Meeting in Cowgills hall on Saturday night
and the following ticket was made up &c be
placed before voters at the primaries For
Freebooter, W. Scott Thomson; Assessor,
Jacob Ballenger; Collector, John Lodge;
Oyerseer the Poor, Cooper G. Thompson;
Congressional Delegates, Newton Thomson,
w. Harry Lamson; State Delegate, Ex-
Judge Bowman S. Cox. The Democrats
have placed before the voters in this Borough
a ticket composed of square honest upright
men. Every one Of them has held office be-
fore in this Borough and their past record
has never been in doubt. As to our Coun-
Gilman candidates they are both young men
born aud raised in this place and need 40
introduction they having been in the office
before this Borough was the laughing stock
of every one.
As to our candidate for Freebooter, w.
Scott Thomson, he is well known and the
way that he manages ais own affairs is suf-
ficient guarantee that the interest," of the
county will be carefully looked after if he is
elected.
As so the Assessor, "Uncle" Jake Ball.
niger is well enough known to need no in
PRODUCTION. Don't blame him for your adj
vance in taxes, but lay it to the misman-
agement Of your Mayor and his Council and
count up the amount that has been paid for
law suits, not fighting them, but confess
ing Judgment, and lawyers fees for opin-
ions on bonds, the matter of getting stumps
out of the gas plant and other careless ex-
penditures haYe been the cause of your ad-
vance in taxes
Our Collector, John Lodge, has held
that office before and gave the best of salts
faction. He was known as the Collector
who collected the taxes closer than any one
before or since his time. It will
be safe 10 say that if he is elected Collector
that there will be no excuse for such cases
as the David Homer case.
Now as TO the Overseer of the Poor,
Cooper G Thomson, he has been doing this
very thing for years without being elected
He does it every day and intends TO con-
Time TO do 60 The public opinion of this
ticket, when it became known, was that 1t
is the best ticket regardless Of the political
faith ever put before the voters of this Bo-
rough After hearing OF this ticket the
candidates that were appointed on Thurs
day evening by the Republican party de-
clared they would not stand. DR.. Laws
said be was too much taken up with his
business, Mr.. Brown, who would make
good one, said II am not going TO stand,
and now that settles is, both of those can
didates are good ones and will no doubt be
elected
| will tell you in next weeks issue why
the Mayor did not buy John Parker's lot
Mrs. Weldy properly, Cox Bros ground,
aud Mrs. Jacob Bender's property, and why
he did buy the lot of j. 0. Adams.
James Thompson has been placed on the
Democratic ticket as candidate for Mar
shal. The new law takes away the power
of the Mayor to appoint Marshal.
James is on the job.
VIM. Harry Lamson and Charles N.Salis-
bury are candidates placed before the
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