Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-29
LOCAL BRIEFS.

MI ~. b. heyS0r, OIL ADeTue6u
Place moved his household goods to
Elizabeth to-day.
MIR. H. P. Brown, of Washington,
ID. G., is spending some time with his
brother, c. A. Brown.
Miss Ellen Matlock, of this city,
attended the Convention of the D. A.
r. in Washington last week.
The Memorial address at the First
Baptist Church on Decoration Day
will be given by Prosecutor A. L.
Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Scheer and
Mrs. John Scheer, of Ledgewood, have
recently been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
James Dehnert.
Official notice of the 39th annuaI
meeting of Woodbury. Mutual Loan
Association will be found in our ad-
vertising columns.
Geo. Redfield has returned from
Pasadena. CAL, where he has been
since last Fall, as clerk of Hotel Green
said to be the finest in the country.
Mrs. Isaac Hewitt returned from
Hahneman Hospital last Thursday, it
being found unnecessary for her to
undergo an operation for appendicitis.
DR.. Webb, secretary of the Christ
ian Endeavor Society of the United
States, preached both morning and
evening in the First Baptist Church.
MIR and Mrs John F. Graham,
Hon. d. o. Watkins and Cashier Ell
lison H. Davis, of the this city, spent
last Sunday at the Chalfonte, Atlantic
City.
Mr. and Mrs. Caleb S. Dennie,
formerly Mayor of Indianapolis, Ind,
are visiting their daughter Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace F. Nixon, of Evergreen
avenue.
County Clerk Sturgess says that
eighteen per cent. more papers have
been filed in that office the first four
months of 1909 than during the same
period of 1908.
The Hendrickson & Co. real es-
tate agency announce the sale of the
Angelica Cropper residence, No. As
Delaware street, to Mr.. A. E. Card, of
this city, for $4,000
Rev. E. Bruce Price, former pas
tor of the Central Baptist Church,
now of Phoenixville, Pa, has received
unanimous call to Bergen Point
Baptist Church, Bayonne, N. j.
Justices of the Peace elected in
this county last Fall must appear in.
open court tomorrow (Friday) and
have bond approved, if they desire to
enjoy the honors and emoluments of
that Office this year
Lewis H. Joslin, local preacher
of the Fourth M. E. Church of Bridge
ton, has been appointed by District
Superintendent Rev. Sanford M.
Nichols, to the NJ. E. Churches at
Downer and Turnerville.
County Clerk Sturgess has re-
ceived notice from the Secretary of
State that, under the provisions of a
law just enacted, all Justices of the
Peace elected at last election must
qualify on or before May 1st.
Mrs. Aaron Johnson, of German
street, says that fifty-five years ago
this morning, there was deep snow.
It's cold enough for snow this morn
ing, and the acres of hot-house grown
plants in the fields look very cold.
This is the last week of April, Sat
urday is May Day-the real beginning
of Spring-the outdoor time. 1t is
the recreation season, and everybody
will expect to enjoy the river the
ponds and the resorts on their banks,
and the woods.
John Leonard has joined the mo-
toring fraternity, and purchased one
of Agent Wilson's popular four cylin
der model 10 Buick automobiles. John
has his machine fully equipped, with
two seats to accommodate four pas
sengers and extensive top.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. W. Newton and
AIR and Mrs. Townsend, nee Florence
Newton, sailed from New York We'd
nesday morning in the Lucitania for
a six weeks European trip. Unless
they become attached to the Old
World they will return about June 1sts
Next Sunday evening at the Cen
trail Baptist Church, Rev. Samuel g..
Neil will give an illustrated lecture
on the subject, What Came Out OF A
Hat" Mr.. Neil is a district secretary
of the Baptist Publication Society
and the address will bear upon inter
esting features of that work.
Last Thursday morning, Mrs. VIM
H. Barnaby, of the First Ward, at
tempted suicide by gas. Her husband
happened to return home, and on en-
tering the kitchen found her and their
three-year-old son lying on the floor
in front of the gas range, with the
gas turned full on. Both were revived
and now are out of danger. Domestic
troubles are said to have been her in
centive to the act.
Last Saturday e. H. Dobbs saw
two men in his kale patch Going to
x1,<,., 1,o cam tIlavs ware filing bags
with the succulent green's. In due
time they were arrested and gave Jos.
Penn and Tenac Melo as their names.
One of them felt like sticking Mr..
Dobbs with knife when caught, but
didn't. Justice Mankin held them to
court in 5000. and James Sweeney, a
Bridgeport farmer, went surety and
took one of them home.
Mr.. j. Wood Hannold' Westviie.
was the first Gloucester county cltl-
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