Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-05-06
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Tomorrow, May is Arbor Day.
Fred. Lang is nursing a felon.
The May term of our county
courts will begin May Is.
The bank statements are ad-
vertised.
Mrs. A. Glover will erect two
houses on West street at once
Jacob Gunther, an aged citizen
near Almonesson. is seriously i'll.
Miss Verona Hammill, of Para
disc, has been recent visitor of
Miss Grace Duffield, of Centre st.
The Central Baptist Sunday
school picnic will be held at Knights
Park, June 18th.
e Mrs. George Batten, of Mont
clair, has recently been visiting Mrs.
Emmaline Batten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Westcott, of Salem,
are spending few days with their
daughter, Mrs. Clarence Batten.
Lumber and stone are being haul
( ed to the ground, at the corner of
Z Cooper and Euclid street for the new
Catholic Church. no
Fifty dollars were realized by the
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e. Church at the Market Day" sale
given last week.
Next Sunday Mothers Day will
be observed in Central Baptist
Church. White carnations will be
.emblematic of the occasion.
The steamer "Adelaid,' that
makes daily trips between Salem and
Philadelphia, makes regular stop
at Billingsport.
Last Monday Sheriff Wilson sold
the c. F. Myers property in Logan
township to Josephine B. and Jane G.
Myers and Isabella Zane, for $3,774.
Miss Ella Davis, who has been
spending some time with her brother
in Los Angeles, Cal, returned home
Tuesday evening by way of the South
ern Pacific.
The Physicians Protective Asso-
citation of Woodbury. and vicinity, en-
joyed planked shad feed at DR.. Jas.
afternoon.
Since the increase in trolley rates
between Woodbury. and Camden, the
number of daily commuters between
Blackwood and Camden has fallen
from 81 to Z.
Game Warden Avis is distribut-
ing an assignment of ringed neck
pheasants throughout the county. He
received thirty of the game birds on
Saturday.
Misses Mary and Emma Lindsay,
who have been spending the winter
in Woodbury., left on Wednesday for
Deal Beach, where they will stop for
some time at the Hathoway Inn
On April 26, of the present year,
John G. Whftal1 cut IL punches of
asparagus. On the same date, 1908,
he cut 500 punches from the same
acreage. The difference was due to
weather conditions entirely.
On the last Monday of April, 1908
j. G. Whitall shipped S99 punches of
asparagus to market, while on the
same date this year he shipped IL
punches. That shows the difference
in the seasons.
A stereopticon lecture on What
came out of the hat" by DR..
S. G. Neal, of Phila., in the Central
Baptist Church Sunday evening,
proved to be very interesting and in
structive, especially to Baptists.
"A musical tea will be given in
the Central Baptist Church Tuesday
evening, May II, 1909. An attractive
musical program has been arranged
and refreshments will be served.
Silver offering.
Clarence Batten moved yester-
day from Maple street into his new
home, corner of Cooper and Ever
green ave- Mr. w. G. Greer will oc-
.cupy the house vacated by Mr.. Bat
ten.
On Wednesday Albert Featherer,
of Gibbstown, and VIM. p Allen, of
Chester, were badly cut and bruised
by an explosion of gun cotton the
men were experimenting with when
it went off. DIR. Black announces
that he may be able to save their
eyes.
Transfers of six licenses have
been made this year-four hotel Ii
censes and two for sale of liquor by
wholesale. They are: The Ford hO-
tel. Swedesboro; the Clarksboro,
Williamstown and Newfield hotels,
and two wholesale at Swedesboro.
This is said to be an unusual num-
ber.
Mr.. e. t. Bradway and wife and
Miss Margaret Renshaw, Of Phila-
delphia, will sail for Europe the lat
ter part of June for the summer. Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. g. Speakman and
daughter will leave for Norway
where they will spend the summer,
and next winter in Italy. They will
be absent about a year.
A new trolley rate went into eff
( feet between Woodbury. and Camden
lon Tuesday that increases the round
trip passage sc. Formerly conduct
6rs sold round trip tickets for 15c.
The new order puts these out of ex-
Aistence and hereafter two &c. fares
will be collected between Woodbury.
and Camden.
Whose going to carry the bar
room flag is said to be agitating the
regulars in Woodbury.. The name of
that valiant old warrior, "Thack'
Cozens is mentioned as one, and for
the first time in his life the man who