Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-12-10
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
MicKLEToN.

Martha Taylor DeCou, of Trenton,
has been visiting relatives in this sec
zion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tuliis Packer recently
entertained Miss Sarah Gaunt OF Null
liea Hill.
Miss Hannah White, of " oodstown.
was a guest of George Heritage's fam
lily on the sixth.
John and Hannah A. Heritage at
tended the funeral of Maxwell Mar
shall, at Trenton, on Thursday of last
week.
Mr.. William Aiken has taken the
agency for the Brush automobile in
Camden, Gloucester and Salem coun-
ties. It is a nicely finished machine
and attractive in appearance. Mr..
Akin is well acquainted with automo-
bile construction and considers this
one of the simplest and best runabouts
on the market.
Friends here are generally attend
Ing their Quarterly Meeting at Wood
bury today.
The funeral OF Elizabeth H. Carter.
wife of William NJ Carter, held in the
Friends Meeting House on Friday
afternoon was largely attended. Words
of counsel and comfort were voiced
by Joel Borton, of Woodstown; Rev
Mr.. Lambourn, of Mullica Hill; Rachel
Lippincott, also of Mullica Hill and
Hannah A. Heritage.
Our community and the immediate
family were greatly shocked last week
by the sudden death y Mrs. Ella F.
Irwin, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Irwin
enjoyed the family reunion Thanksgiy-
ing Day at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Lucy Tyler, and was only considered
slightly indispose& by her family. The
deceased was once actively identified
with the interests of this community
and esteemed by ALL The family have
the sincere sympathy of many friends
in their bereavement.
Considerable business in the interest
Of educational work in this community
was transacted at the last meeting of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
IJpioS after which Voluntary readings
were given by #fe members present. A
letter was read concerning the work
in Trenton; recently Miss Christine I.
Tingling. an English speaker of espec-
iaI interest, has been speaking in the
schools of Trenton under the auspices
Of the Womans Christian Temperance
Union and with the hearty co-opera-
tion of teachers and superintendent of
public instruction.
An especially interesting program
was prepared for the last meeting oil
the Young Friends Association by the
literary committee. After the usual
opening exercises and the transaction
of business, Edwin A. Mankin read
from the life of Isaac T. Hopper, Gid
con Peaslee read a sketch of Hugh.
FoIke, Edwin A. Holmes read extracts
from an oration by Henry w. Grady,
'sThe New South - Anna H. Pancoast
read an excellent sketch of Joel Chand-
Ter Harris prepared by Alice c.
Brown; his Uncle Remus' Stories, an
evolution of his childhood experiences
and later education and reading are
published in twenty-seven different
languages. Mr.. Harris, although the
most distinguished man in Atlanta,
was known to few besides those with
whom he was intimately associated,
studiously avoiding all social functions
where he might possibly be the center
of interest A good paper on South
ern Writers" was prepared and read
by Mary ]. Heritage, Grace L. Bond
SSHt ltiiS iVpOit I VI tAS GSnSi al COn-
ference of Friends Associations recent
ly held at Langhorn, Pa, which was
read by the president; the topics pre-
scented were Essential Qualifications
for Service" and Possible Lines Of
Work for Friends Associations.
Hannah Ann Heritage had a birth
day postal shower on the seventh
Miss Edna Shaw entertained the So
cial of the young ladies' club on Sat
urday evening.
This community was we'll represent
ed at the County Board of Agriculture
held at Mullica Hill on Monday