The Penn's Grove record., 1909-12-03
HOME HAPPENINGS
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Read the Christmas advertisements in
the RECORD and do your shopping early.
A full line of Christmas Toys and
Novelties at j. U. LAYToN's.
John Giblin has sold his farm of %
acres. near Forked Hickory cross roads,
to Willard Layton.
A meeting of the Board of Protectors
will be held in the Mayors office this
Friday night at 7.30 O'Clock.
The school chill dren had two extra
days vacation ON Thursday and Friday
while the teachers attended the institute
in Salem.
Capt. Lacky hopes to have the steamer
Ulrica resume her trips between Penn's
Grove and Wilmington next Tueseay or
Wednesday.
The steamer "Adelaide'' will make her
last trip of the season between Salem and
Philadelphia OH Saturday next. She will
lay at her Salem wharf. during the winter.
Mrs. Lizzie Townsend was pleased to
receive a case containing twenty-four
cans of assorted California fruit from her
son, Harry d. Townsend, in San Fran
cisco.
The duPonts who are at the head of
the smokeless powder works on carney
Point gave a banquet in Wilmington to
the former of tile plant and there wives
on Thursday evening.
Mrs. John I'll. Jenkins lost her gold
watch and chain OIL Thanksgiving, which
she priced very highly, because Of its
being a gilt. She was very gratefully
pleased that Mrs. Charles tanning found
it opposite c. d. MAYORS and returned it.
Denny Bros. have bought the hull of
the Vigilant, a steamer from which the
machinery has been removed which
formerly ran out Leipsic creek in Della
were. 1t will be used as a layboat dur
ing the shad season.
VIM. Ii. Sailor.
The steamer City of Salem, which was
sunk by a fireboat in Philadelphia recent
ly, has been repaired, and has began
her regular trips between Salem and
Philadelphia. The damage to the boat
will be charged to the city of Philadel-
phia. :
After the big dinner try some of john
sons Digestive Tablets. zoe per box. at
Johnson's Pharmacy.
There Were. shipped from a single sta
ton of Salem, New Jersey, 48S carloads
OF sweet potatoes. 1t is estimated that
the total crop of South Jersey will aggreg-
ate 1000 carloads-total value 81. 200. 600.
This is an increase of 24O. 900 barrels over
last year. So says the farm news in the
Philadelphia Record. More sweet pota-
toes are shipped from Pedricktown than
from any station in Salem county.
Sweet potatoes are a drug on the mar
ket. Many are not keeping well and few
are being shipped to distant points. Good
stock are selling from 30 to 40 cents a
basket in Wilmington. Cabbage is 20
cents a basket and apples 40 to so cents.
White potatoes at As cents a basket.
The white potato crop in the New
England States was quite large. The
TACT that they are largely used for seed
made a good demand for them. Michi-
gan also had a big crop and they are be-
ing delivered in Eastern cities for So and
go cents a bushel in carload lots.
For Headache and Neuralgia, stop in
and get a box of Johnson's Headache
Tablets. 1Oc, at Johnson's Pharmacy. =
The past three months have been de.
llghtlul autumn weather in this region,
piuch dryer than ever before. The past
month was the hottest November Oh
record with a mean temperature of a.
degrees, and excess of 5.6 degrees. Ur
to November %, the month held it's owl
as a dry period, but the rain, sleet am
sno which prevailed in and about here
over Thanksgiving brought up tn
average rainfall from a deficiency of 1.3'
inches to and excess Of "A inches for til,
month. The normal rainfall for Nov
ember is 300 inches. The rainfall record
ed in the storm was 2.65 inches.
1t will pay you to come see our BIZ
line oil Xmas goods. We have a YER
large assortment. Something for ever
lady. j.. U. LAYTON
A gate and two window shutters hay
been missing from Penn's Grove schoo
house since halloween. 1t would b
a more pleasant surprise for the Board c
Education if those who know where the
are would bring them back some nigl
than for the Board to send for those win
took them.
Educate yourself to save money b
opening an account in the Savings ID,
partment of the Penn's Grove Nation,
Bank. 1t will earn you 8 per cent int
est compound semi-annual and you ca
draw on IA days notice.
For Hats 60 to Dubell the hiatt,
No. 2 East Third Street, Wilmingto
Largest stock and lowest prices in thu
city. 9-24-3m
l buy all kinds of fur hides, min
muskrats. b. q. Wood, 11-12-tf, \