The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-14
HOME HAPPENINGS.

There was some frost Thursday morn
ing, the first this fall.
H. ]. Heinze Co., at Salem, has beef
paying as high as % cents a basket TO
tomatoes.
hilary Sterling fell down stairs about
O'Clock Thursday morning and was Sc
yerely bruised.
D. Next Thuraday evening 10th is the time
for the luscious feast Of oysters in EN-
manuel Church.
Robert w. Bevis has bought a fine
horse of W.. E. Taper s. Son who have
several others to sell.
Call at S. M. Hunt and look over his
line of Sweaters, House Dresses, Wrap
pers. Underwear, etc.
George R. Pedrick has shown us two
stalks of 9O.day corn with five fair ears
ON them, which were thirteen feet long.
The Philadelphia Milk Shippers Union
hsa fixed the wholesale price of milk for
the remainder of October at 5 cents a
quart.
Penn's Grove parents are attending
night schools at home helping their chill
dren work out problems in their new
freak arithmetics.
The forty-seventh annual convention
of the Salem County Sunday School As
ISOLATION will be held in the Asbury M
E. Church, Woodstown, ON Wednesday,
October 26th.
A chicken potpie supper will be held
in the parish building at Church town
next Friday 21st. Oysters will also be
served separately. Proceeds for the grave
yard fence.
Harry s. French. while on the battle
ship Delaware last Friday fell down a
hatchway and dislocated his arm. He
was taken to the hospital ON the ship, put
under ether and the arm was put intoH
place.
The rain last Friday was light. Not
half an inch of water fell in this region. |
The drought continues. 1t is injuring
grass sowed this year. The ground is
dry and hard and very untavorabIe for
sowing wheat.
The murder trial of Mrs. Elizabeth
Robinson charged with shooting Walter
Harvey last June at Pennsville will be
started in Salem County Court next Tues
day. 1t will be one of the most interest
ing in years.
October 1st usually brings in pork
meat. Owing to the warm weather and
scarcity of hogs very little is now used.
Dressed hogs are worth SIP and $13 pc
hundred, the highest price in this gen
Grafton.
Capt. H. O. Weber, of Courses Land
ing, and Capt. w. P. Wright from
BidddIe's Landing made their last trips
with tomatoes for Baltimore Gamers last
week. Capt d. A. English made his last
trip from Penn's Grove last Wednesday.
In answer to an inquiry about the
raj lroad from Penn's Grove to Salem D.
H. Lowell has informed the SalemJ
b nsiness Mems Association that the pro-
posed extension is in the direction of
Mott and not Salem. The matter
has not assumed anything definite.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Penn's Grove National Bank, held
Tuesday, October 18th, DR.. Newton H.
was elected a Director to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Capt.
Joseph D. Whitaker. At a meeting O
the Board this Friday morning DR.. Barn
art was elected President, succeeding
Capt. Witarker.
The funeral of Capt. Joseph D. Whit
aker was largely attended last Sunday.
The floral tributes by the friends and
of which he was a member were
beautiful. Hon. George Hires president
and Henry NJ. Rumsey cashier of Salem
National Banking Company, ID. Harris
Smith of the County Board OF Taxation,
and Lucius E. Hires, a member of the
Board OF Chosen Freeiolders
were honorary pail bearers.