Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-03-18
PITMAN.


Hens are busy and eggs have drop |
ped to about twenty cents dozen.
The Round Table club met with
Miss Emily Harris Tuesday evening.
Dr. Gilbert has made great inn
provements to one of his houses on
West Jersey avenue.
Mrs. James Adams is suffering great
ly from infiammatory rheumatism
The devotional service of the Ep-
worth League has been changed from
Sunday to Monday evening
The M. 3. Conference was the mec-
ca for many of our local Methodists
last week.
Miss Katharine McNeill was ill all
of last week, and was greatly missed
by the patrons of S. p CIark's store
Rev. and Mrs. Harry Garrison have
been guests of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jonathan Garrison, during Con-
| ference.
| Council has ordered Mr.. Cresse,
lowner of K. G.. E. Hall, to place fire
escapes on the building.
Fire Co. No. 1, at their own request,
have been placed under the authority
of the borough government.
The Pitman Water Company have
ordered a carload of 4-inch mains and
additional service will be given.
| Hotel Pitman is meeting with ex-
cellent patronage. The number of
guests was swelled to between fifty
and sixty over Sunday.
| Oliver Locke moved into his new
home on McClelland avenue on We'd
nesday and Frank Gardiner moved on
the same day to Mr.. Locke's farm.
| Walter Schultz and George Ander-
son are building two houses at Brad
| ley Beach, and Mrs. Anderson is
| spending some time at the resort.
Mr.. William Chance and wife, of
Philadelphia, have taken rooms at Ho-
tel Pitman for the Spring and Summer
Louis G. Lupton has resigned his
position with the Penna. Railroad Co.
at Altoona and has accepted posi-
tion in Philadelphia, where he has
better chances of promotion.
| No special interest was shown in
the school election Tuesday evening,
as there was no opposition to the re-
! election of the trustees whose time
had expired.
| The many friends of Rev. E. A.
Robinson are glad he is returned to
his church for another year. The pub
| lie reception to Mr.. Robinson will be
held in the church this Thursday
| evening.
Sherman Stiles returned home from
the hospital Thursday minus his ap-
pendix, but showing the ordeal thro'
which he had passed.
Mrs. Richard Taylor will receive
quite a sum from the estate of her
/ brother, Samuel Warrick, who was
killed at Darby last week as she is
the only heir.
Rev. DR.. Weaver will have. his Uni
versity New Testament on the market
(, within a few weeks. The canvassing
outfits are ready and solicitors are
meeting with good success.
The mems meeting next Sunday will
be addressed by Frank Clouds and
!, Howard Lefevre, and D. Clarence Glib
| honey will speak on the 28th.
| G. G. Justice and family, also Miss
Ella Hess, arrived home from Florida
on Friday. Mr.. Justice and family
are taking their meals at Hotel Pit
man.
| The Horsemen's Association found
5that it would be very expensive to en-
large the track at Alcyon Park, owing
I to the contour of the land and the
project is not likely to go through. -
w I'LL IAC OPOuluS I'll oplluS d uG-
mand for cement walks is noted. Resi-
dents of Mt. Vernon, Woodlynne, Fern
wood and East Holly avenues have
petitioned for grades and cement walk.
A walk through the grove shows
tmany improvements going on. New
Ecottages are being built, some re-mod-
Eeled, and others in the hands of paint
Eers. In fact, both in and out of the
tIgrove the prospects are for a good
season. CN
The members of the Pitman Baptist
Church will hold social this (Thurs-
day. evening at the residence of Harry
Shoemaker. Rev. Mr.. Glasser, Of
Crozier Theological Seminary, preach
ed on Sunday both morning and even
ing.
Joseph Carr has lost five horses
with lung fever. They contracted cold
by being brought over on Gloucester
boat without being blanketed Mr..
Carr had fine carload to arrive Sun
day and it is hoped he will have no
further i'll fortune.
Book night will be held at Fire
Patrol headquarters ON Saturday
evening, the 27th. BY thisSmethod the
patrol boys hope to acquire an excel
lent library. A number of noted per-
sons have already responded to re-
quests for books from individual mem
berS.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Mount, who have
been residents of the town for two
years, left on Monday for Southern
Idaho, where Mr.. Mount expects to
enter into the culture of fancy fruits,
particularly apples.
1t has been demonstrated lately to
Charles Lynch that troubles do not
come singly. Both of his little boys
have been i'll, Mrs. Lynch has been
sick in bed, and Mr. Lynch has been
confined to his bed for about two
weeks.
me an Otis given by the Ushers'
Union Friday evening drew a full
house. The talent was all local and
far superior to most of the imported
kind that we are taxed high prices by
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