Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-07
THINGS TALKED ABOUT.

lIllNUO IHLILD HDVUl.
A big auto truck is doing the work
/ heretofore done by the railroad
carrying 80 cans of milk to Philadel-
phia from Woodstown daily, and all
because the railroad continued to ex-s
act refrigerator car prices after such
were neither required or used This
freight is said to net the truck SIG a
day. Does this mean that the auto :
truck is destined to become pertnan-
ent opposition to rail roads, in short,
haul freight? Time will tell.
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Because the people refused to con-
suit expert opinion in the location Of
a school house, we have what is now
generally admitted misfit high school
establishment If we have gained a.ly
wisdom from this blunder, there
should now be no hesitancy in con-
sulting expert opinion and the result
of experience in the matter of a
Young Mems Christian Association
establishment There need be no hap
hazard about this project because the
scheme has been we'll tried out, in
hundreds of towns of our size. This
project, if it is to be success, should
be free from the suspicion of private
ak grinding, or carrying out anyone's
pre-conceived ideas of location and
how it should be done. The philan
| thropic spirit is we'll developed in
people who know all about Y. NJ. G..
AS and such knowledge as they are
able to impart should be sought. 1t
may be that gymnasium, public Ii
brary and city hall would be a de-
sirable and workable combination, but
we think we see serious obstacles in
| the way. Again, it may be feasible to
erect such on public property by pri-
vate subscription, but that being a
| question of law, legal minds will
determine that phase of the problem.
our elbow suggests that tiye-year in
vestment at 3 per cent. interest, with
the prosperous city of Woodbury. as
surety ought to entitle the investors to
| a Carnegie hero medal, or free adver-
tising space in all the trolley cars
on the Woodbury., Almonesson and
Blackwood line, at the option Of the
contributor.
The fact that one pool room has
/ gone out Of existence here, presum-
] ably because of lack of patronage, is
/ evidence that pool-playing is not as
| attractive pastime as was believed to
be, or was, and that is sign that
recreation and amusement
The farmers who spoke on the sub
! lject, Is the automobile a benefit or
riculture meeting last Monday, agree
that it is benefit. That being fully
1 established, next season is sure to be
1 a big year in auto buying. We advise
prospective purchasers to- consult the
columns of the The Democrat when
starting out to buy, because the deal
/ ers who advertise here are all reliable
men.
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/ GunnerS of the county have become
| skeptical of the value of ring-neck
/ pheasants as game birds. They as
sert that very few, if any, have been
killed this year, and they claim that
| they either migrate or domesticate A
gunner told US yesterday that while
cunning near iWilliamstown he came
upon nest of thirty-one pheasant
eggs, that were spoiled. Whether the
old bird had been killed or deserted
/ them, or migrated, was question,
/ but no old birds were in evidence, and
/ many had been put out in that sec
/ ton last spring, by the wardens.
Gunners feel that the State should
confine themselves to propagating
! quail and rabbits.
The Trustees of the Deptford In
Istitute Free Library, at a meeting held
/ last evening. resolved against COM
bination of the Library with a X. NJ.
EC. A.