Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-03-18
LOCAL BRIEFS.

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-Thos. w. Hurff, of. Atlantic City.
spent Monday night in Woodbury..
Mr.. ]. T. Wickersham has moved
from High street to AZ Aberdeen Place
-Pitman Breeders Association is
laying out mile egg-shaped race
track on the Kuhn farm.
j. j. KRONER and family will re-
turn to Cape May Point next week
from their winter home in Wenonah.
Mrs. A. E. Budd, of Hessian ave-,
attended services in the new church
at Thorofare on Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Bert" Dopson left on Mon
day for Wesley, Cal, to visit her par
ents. She will be gone three months.
Harry p, son of Fred" Kirby,
who went to California last Fall for
his health, died there last Saturday.
His age was rs years.
Subscribers changing their post
off ce address this Spring are request
ed to give the old as well as new adj
dress, in notifying us.
DIR. Forrest e. Dagger, of Philadel-
phia, will deliver his popular lecture,
Rags and Old Iron," in the Newbold
Baptist Church to-nig hit.
The high school pupils in Wood
bury showed respect for st. Patrick
on Tuesday by wearing green ribbons,
ties and some, carnations.
H. Nathan, of Clayton, who sold
VIM. Colby the bunch of milch COWS
that have caused SO much trouble, has
made Mr. Colby whole as to cash loss.
Carlton Timberman went to the
hospital last week and underwent an
operation on his ankle. This is the
fifteenth operation for the same pur-
pose.
We have beautiful postal OF Ho-
tel Green, Pasadena, CAL, from G. G..
s Dempsey and wife, conveying to US
Greetings from the State OF Sunshine
and Roses"
An eighteen horse power Buick
automobile, with all the latest I'M
proVements, including top, has been
purchased from A. ). Wilson by DR..
Ii. b. DIyerty.
On Tuesday evening, Chas w.
Knight lost his pocket book containing
between $40 and $15 in cash, cheek
and hay bills, between VIM. NJ. Carriers
office and his home.
Mr.. Repp, our county's celebrated
fruit grower, tells us taat Italians are
the greatest consumers of apples and
pears. f'irSt-class apples now retail,
he says, at S1.50 dozen.
-Milkman Harry Smiths horse be-
came frightened at an automobile in
North Woodbury. last Thursday and
ran away, upsetting the wagon and
breaking the snaftS.
,,,oo+ipo- will ba hold in
the Central Baptist Church next week.
The pastor will have the assistance of
brother pastors and the Berge sisters
will lead the singing. All are wei
come.
AT the close of the Davis hearing
in the Sheriff's Office yesterday, Sheriff
! Wilson served notice on Justice Man
kin that while the proceedings of his
court were exceedingly edifying, he
could hold no further hearings III his
office.
Prosecutor Rogers has paid $500
to County Collector Pierson, that sum
being the amount of forfeited recog-
nizance OF Chas. Gontha, under bail
for buncoeing a farmer named Ash
craft, near Swedesboro, in stock
transaction.
A small, neat stick pin that Frank
son of A. E. Budd, lost SIX months ago,
was found last Sunday in the lining
of his best shoes. How it got there,
and why it has not been felt in wear
ing the shoes, is what Frank don't at
tempt to account for.
"A white man, who farmer Mahlon
.Costill has had all winter with the ex-
pectation of having him in the summer
lett the house Tuesday, in the absence
of the family taking two suits of
clothing, and a new suit case belong
ing to Mr.. Costills son.
American apples, in boxes of six,
sold at S. in London during the holi-
days, we were told last week. That
free trade land must be enjoying some
prosperity, if the Kings subjects can
nay one dollar each for apples. We
could stand little of that just now.
-Gillfishermen Abe Cowgirl, VIM.
Miller, Capt. Geo. Lodge, James Carey,
David Devault, Oliver Sheets, Simon
.Devault, VIM. Hurley, Chas. Carey,
Benz. Brammell and Walter Cowgirl,
of Paulsboro, left for the bay on We'd
nesday morning in their naptha boats.
Forty of the sixty members OF
the Gloucester County Breeders ASso-
citation attended the meeting at FL. w.
Moore's home last Thursday and an
interesting session was held. The
stallion was examined with critical
eyes, and generally approved. He is
improving rapidly in all ways, and
now weighs 1900 lbs.
For four years Miss M.Ella Helms
sof Bridgeport, teacher in the public
schools Of Camden county, has inn
proved the opportunity offered by the
University of Pennsylvania Saturday
land Summer school to pursue instruc-
ton in special subjects, and on the
completion of those courses took the
State examination for Teachers State
certificate In these she was success
full, and the reward of four years eff
fort has been received. Miss Helms
began teaching with Third Grade
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