Gloucester County Democrat., 1911-11-02
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GLAS0BUkU.
Il The Country Club which has been
1giving minstrel shows for the past
flour years, will again be seen before
Ethe foot-lights this season. The date
fof the yearly merry minstrel show
will be Thanksgiving night in the Au-
ditorium SEeveral new faces will be
seen in Che circle this year, and some
of the old favorites will again keep
the ball of mirth rolling at a fast clip,
with their jolly quips, their ballads,
and their specialties. J. Leon Bar
ton, the well known local performer,
will be the interlocutor; AL Marshall,
Billy Dubois, Larry Haines and
| Wilbur Haight will be seen on the end
John NJ. Cake and Howard Simpkins
will again be the soloist Dr. e. NJ
Duffield and Prof. Frank R. Stanger
will have charge of the music.
Last Sunday was observed as a
special day in the First NJ. e. Church
when the John Repp memorial indi-
vidual communion service, the gift of
! the hepp Bros, was unveiled. Rev.
| Dr.. Sanford NJ. Nichols, Dist. Supt.
and a former pastor, preached in the
morning, and report was made from
the Property committee on recent i'm
provements and repairs to the church
and parsonage. The pastor, Rev. J
NJ. Read, preached in the evening.
There are special services this week,
| for each service.
| 1t is said there are more Keep Off,
signs posted in Gloucester county
| than ever before. Almost every acre
of woodland is placarded, and where
the average gunner is to have his
sport this fall without trespassing is
a mystery.
Thieves stole three pigs from the
piggery of Mrs. Lizzie Dubois one day
| last week
Hundreds of enthusiasts, not fans
nor sports, but sportsmen, wearing the
Drowned and briar-scarred garb of
| Nimrod, met at railway depots on
Tuesday evening, some for the first
time since last season, and clasped
hands and talked of the pleasure of
the return to the crisp air of the
Autumn field and woods The first
gleam of daylight Wednesday morn
ing found hunters lying in wait for
the prey, with dogs eager for the sea-
sons work, patiently yet exciteably
peerlng for some signs of life in the
bush. Many hunters from Philadel-
phla came to New Jersey where the
deer season opened yesterday in hopes
OF bagging an early supply of venisen.
Countless numbers were seen on the
electric trains passing through here
MI y,
carload of dogs on the Bridgeton
branch and many of these were put
OIL at Elmer. The game in this sec
! tion is reported to be plentiful owing
to the absence of forest fires this sum-
| mer and the favorable weather con-
dltlons for Matching. Dealers in
sportsmen's supplies have been having
run the last few days for khaki trou-
sers and hunting coats, to replace
those that were ruined or worn out
last year
Mr.. T. o. Cord, a prominent citi-
zen of this place, died at his home on
Saturday after long illness of
Bright's disease. Mr.. Cord was
stricken with a paralytic stroke some
Years ago while on duty as an operator
IN what is known as G.. S. tower on
the W. j. & S. S. R. r. and had been
confined to the house more or less
since then. The deceased was
prominent member of the NJ. P.
Church and a well known lodge man.
His funeral was held on Tuesday af-
ternoon, interment being made at the
NJ. P. Cemetery. Besides his widow
Mr. Cord leaves three children to
mourn MS loss, viz: Mrs. Horace
Payne, of South Seaville; T. Blake
and Perry H.
Farmers in South JERSEY are dig
ging the last of their sweet potato
crop. Taking the county over, the
average is about half a good yield
me price is about 40 to so cents a
basket
c. G. Bishop moved his family to
Cape May Court House on Monday.
Harry Denn is on cunning trip to
Rio Grande this week.
New and more electric lights have
been placed over the entrance of Whit
ney's Department store and also at the
butcher shop entrance, which is quite
an Improvement.
The new steam bake oven at the
knew bakery of Campbell and Patter-
Eson lis nearly finished, and when COM
tpleted will be one of the finest in this
section. "a
George B. Allen has been appointed
messenger at the First National Bank
to succeed George Benninger, who has
held the position for IA years.
William Fl Yenney has hoop o1oot {
ed president of the Gloucester County
Sunday School Suprintendents' Assn.
An attractive Halloween party was
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Ballinger on Academy street,
on Friday evening, in honor of their
daughter, Miss Olive M. Ballinger.
Games suitable to the occasion were
INDUCED in, and supper was served at
"a seasonable hour. The decorations
! were in keeping with the season. The
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