Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-14
PITMAN.

II SIIMANs
II The Stag Cub now have the Satur-
\ day evening movies" in charge. "a
I Mr.. and Mrs Milton Percival, Sr.,
+ are boarding at Hotel Pitman.
Quite number of local Methodists
went to Glassboro Sunday to hear
Bishop Cranston.
Mrs. Parker Steward, of Jefferson,
was visiting Mrs. A. P. String on
Thursday.
Miss Katharine Mcneil and mother
have moved to Montgomery ave., and
AL Lippincott has moved into the
i house vacated by the Nc Neill's.
i Fred. e. Harris, of Rio Grande,
took possession of F.. s.. Harris oy-
ster business on Monday. The lat
ter has moved into one of Clarence
Hams new dwellings.
The gas truck struck the open wag-
on of JOS. Carter, Jr., Thursday and
Mr.. Carter was thrown out but little
hurt.
Chaplain Geo. E. T. Stevenson, of
the Virginia, will lecture on Saturday
! evening of this week in the Baptist
Church. Subject: Around the World
with the Atlantic Fleet" This lecture
ought to draw a large house.
Rev James Clark and wife have
moved into their Oak ave. residence.
His congregation at Woodlynne have
built a new parsonage, but he pre-
/ ferred to move here rather than go
into damp house, as he will retire
| from active work in March.
John Cowan will move to Bridge
ton this week to take position he
/ held for sixteen years on Bridgete> y
newspaper He has been working
! with the j. B. Lippincott Co., of
! Philadelphia for several years.
/ Mrs, Lodge, mother Of Jos. Lodge,
is confined to her bed and is not likely
!! to improve owing to advancing age.
| On Wednesday last leaves were
found by Fire Chief Moses under the
porch of No. 10 Webb ave- and
few hours later Jonathan Duncan dis
covered fire under so West ave. AS
the leaves were wet, but those afire
/ were dry ones under the porches, it
| looks like the work of an incendiary.
Both fires were put out without the
sounding of an alarm.
/ The Baptist Sunday school are saw
ing their Lincoln pennies until Christ
mas and expect to realize several dol
4 lars.
The Dutch supper at Howard Keeb-
ler's was well patronized and Melted
$3S to the Baptist Church.
The pushmobile races Saturday af-
| ternoon were enjoyed by many spec
tators. The senior scout contestants
were No. /, Warner and Crosse; 2,
Clark and Clark; Turner and Dav-
idson; 4, virgins and Harris; s.,
Deetz and Parker; 6, Slower and
/ Strong; Z, Pimm and Pimm s, Waters
and Waters; 8, Davidson and Little;
10, Mccormick and James; IL, KEN
4 merer and Doughty. Pimm and Pimm
winners of first prize, received silver
cups, and Clark and Clark won knives
/ as winners of second prize. The
junior scouts had three entries Mac
! Donald and Parker, Newcomb and
Thomas, Rogers and Hallman The
silver cups, first prize, went to Mac
Donald and Parker and Newcomb and
Thomas won knives, the second prize
Mrs. Fred Beck, wife of the jun
ior member of Curtis & Beck, drug
1 gists, has been through deep waters
the last few days. Her uncle and
aunt (also foster parents) Mr.. and
Mrs. Parker, of Philadelphia and
later of Atlantic City, have been spend
ing the summer with her. Mrs. Par
ker was an invalid and Mr.. Parker,
$ a wealthy, retired business man, was
suffering from Bright's disease. About
two weeks ago he was taken to a
Philadelphia hospital where he died
He was buried on Saturday. The
shock Of his death so affected Mrs.
s Parker that she died early Saturday
evening. Hon. Frank w Mondel
Congressman from Wyoming, a nephw
Of Mr.. Parker, and wife were at Mr..
Parker's funeral in Camden They
came to .Pitman after the funeral to
see Mrs Parker. The funeral of
Mrs. Parker was held in Camden yes
terday Wednesday,. Mr.. and Mrs
Parker were members of the Society
of Friends.
Jennie, wife of James Adams, was
taken to Hahnemann Hospital Satur-
day suffering from hernia of long
standing, but aggravated by lifting.
i An operation was performed, but was
fruitless of results largely owing to
the fact that Mrs Adams was a very
stout woman. Death came at / a. M
Tuesday morning. Thus passed swift
ly and Unexpectedly to the beyond an
other who seemed in the fullness of
i health. Much sympathy is felt for
Mr.. Adams who is alone, having had
both his daughters taken by death
when they were about eighteen years
of age.
A Christmas Gift is more appreciat-
ed If it is useful article, suspenders,
handkerchiefs and ties, Christmas
boxes, a shirt, boys suit or over
coat, a pair of gloves, dressing sack,
a waist, or a pair of shoes, are useful,
and our prices are right
COHEN OF PITMAN, N. T.. =
n. Broadway, Jos. Lodges old stand
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BARNSBORO.
Mr.. William Hutton and Mr.. Will