Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-01

Harvey Cramer and daughter Geor-
gia, of Haddonfield, were in town this
week looking up old acquaintances.
w. Amber Stetser will not be in the
race with his new touring car when
Waisbain, Haines and Lodge start
with their Fiat, White Steamer and
Renault cars on the endurance run to
Mount Royal on Sunday morning
While the distance is not great the
conditions are little hard, because
of the fact that no towing or unneces-
sary pushing is to be allowed to get
the care up the hills.
Mrs. Frank Lock has bought Frank
Thompson's property and will move
there in about a week.
The family of Joseph Wicke will
leave for Wisconsin the last of this
week.
The family of Frank Thompson will
move into their new home the last of
this week.
Mrs. David Carson is reported on
the sick list.
Several of our Delaware street resi-
dents are having gas put in their
homes.
VIM. G.. Cowgirl is improving his
Broad street property by a new coat
of paint
Mr.. Fred. Weller is confined to his
house with illness this week.
Several new families moved here
from Phila. this week. My how our
borough is growing.
Mrs. R. A. Jester has returned home
after two weeks spent in Germantown,
the guest of relatives.
Young Dr. Pounds, of Phila., was
the guest of his father here over Sun
day.
Several of our fishermen who did
mot go down the bay are getting ready
Ito fish off Billingsport next week.
There is an opening here for an
lp-to-date dentist, and Mayor Adam
son has one in his view for his sec
ond story or the old Council chamber
1t would have been just as well to
have left well enough alone.
Shamrock, better known as Robert
Smith, has returned looking as of old.
Mayor Bonner has new horse and
will discontinue borrowing as well as
lending.
Supt. Rhile, of the gas plant, has
refused to have any visitors in his gas
plant and the people don't bother him
either.
Cooper can't go by lThorofare any
more without someone asks about the
new road. Now Cooper can give you
very good reason for feeling sore at
our Freeholders. First, he has loss
of trade that has taken him years to
build up with the people between
Bonner's Corner and Thorofare which
amounts to several dollars. Second,
has extra toll from Westville to Wood
bury. Third, has to send an extra
pair of horses and a man to Woodbury.
to get his wagon up the hill. Now
why should he not be sore. While on
the other hand who is to blame? Some
one who ought to go to farming in
stead of building stone roads. There
is some talk of having this on Della
ware street, which seems all right. as
Clifford recommends putting straw in
the bottom and then if it is not salts
factory on this street it could be on
Mantua avenue.
A special meeting of Council was
held in the Mayors Office on Monday
evening, with Mayor Adamson and
Councilmen Stines, Pounds, Jester,
Stiles and Doolittle present.
uC luCctiuS WAS Cdll0Q IOT The pur-
pose of ascertaining if it was the wish
OF Council, to have curb stops put on
all connections of the gas pipes or
only where the property-holders de-
sire them, at their expense.
A motion was passed to rescind all
former motions on this question and
another was made not to compel prop
erty holders to have the curb stops
put in
DR.. Pounds made lengthy state
ment of the advantages of the gas
committee who are devotjng their own
time to this gas plant without any
compensation whatever. If some of
those kickers had heard it they would
know some things that they have fail
ed to consider before.
Several matters were taken up, one
OF the most important of which SEEM
ed to be the reaching out after the
cider joints that have started in this
borough.
Mayor Adamson wanted to know
of member Doolittle by what authority
he went to the insurance company ask
ing for insurance rates and other in
formation. It. seems rather queer for
our Mayor to want to know, while no
reference was made of the fact of one
of the Councilmen calling on the
meter manufacturers and wanting to
know how much, If any, commission
was paid our Mayor on those meters.
and then reported to the Business
Mems Association that the Mayor was
not wise enough to get it. What next
may we expect?
Bibo's Jumbo cigars are better than ever.