Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-08-15
GLAsSBORO

HG WGStNlllS Travellers was the at
traction here On Saturday afternoon
at the gas plant and edged out win
ner over the gas makers by the
score of to Z. 1t was a game mark
ed by heavy hitting by both teams.
! The home boys were the first to
score, they making one run in the
! first; both teams scored one run each
/ in the fifth. Then came the lucky
seventh" for the visitors, they secur-
! ing five more. In the eighth the loc-
| ais got busy and sent five home In
! the ending of the eighth the visitors
| scored two more, thus giving them
| the lead and victory, as neither team
! scored in the ninth.
About fifty men are now employed
lby S. H. Stanger & Sons at the Po-
mona Fruit Farm picking and pack
4 ing peaches, which are the finest in
Jersey, and we do not bar any
Thousands of baskets were sent to
A the Philadelphia markets last week
and on Monday of this week 1900 bas-
kets were shipped to Philadelphia.
! At the Grange Picnic held at Alcyon
| Park last week several baskets were
on exhibition and were SO large that
two couldn't be squeezed into a quart
box attracted the attention of the
sightseers. co
Sportsmen are already looking
about in the interest of the coming
seasons cunning, and have come to
the conclusion that game will be
plentiful There are plenty of reed,
birds about and they look too fat all
ready. Railbirds were never so num-
! dc
| ing in the meadows and they ought
to be plenty of food when they ripen.
There is also plenty of quail and rab-
| bits are very numerous and Scan be
seen nearly everywhere.
! John Lutz, John Callahan and Thos.
Kelly, alias 4sTincan Kelly, the king
of the tramps," were arrested by Off
Ger Martin on Monday afternoon for
! disorderly conduct, and were given a
hearing before Magistrate Paulin who
| imposed a fine of $3.50 on them or
five days in the county Jail at Wood
bury Being unable to furnish the
| fee the three of them took the FIVE
days and Officer Martin took them to
| Woodbury. on the 7.08 train.
| The Chestnut Ridge Estate have ex-
pended $65,000 for Improvements and
they now ask for the Township Com
mittee to be custodians of their water
plugs, etc.
John w. Anderson, formerly of this
place, but now located at Newtown,
| Pa, had his goods attacked here last
January by five different parties He
| has paid all of the claims and the at
| tachments have been dissolved.
| 1t is rumored that Connie Mack,
manager of the Worlds Champions,
will send one of his scouts here to
| look over Grove" Scharnacle, the
mound artist of the Gas Co.'S team,
and if he exhibits the real goods for
youngster he will be taken care of
| by Connie
A. P, Wilcox has been improving
! his tenant house on Broad street by
having cement walks laid around the
house He has also been making SIM
| liar Improvements at his residence on
| New street.
An ordinance was passed by the
| Township committe at their last regu-
| lar meeting allowing c. G. Justice to
lay water mains in Glassboro.
| Pocohontas Guards, under command
of Captain Harry B. Krouse, took a
hike" to Moore's lake at Clayton on
Sunday and pitched their camp and
| enjoyed a days outing. They went
under heavy marching order and
made. the trip in trife less than a
| half hour.
Henry Champion is improving his
| residence on Church street by enlarg
ing it and putting in a bath and other
| improvements.
| Ellison 7. Leap, of East High ST.,
has his irrigation plant in operation
and it is working very successfully.
The Citizens Military Band furnish
ed the music at the Grange Picnic at
Alcyon Park last week.
Rev. George T. Harris, of the First
NJ. 3. Church, has been granted a
/ two weeks vacation by the official
board of the church
Henry Clifford has returned to his
duties at the Whitney Department
Store after a two weeks vacation
| Harrison Ettgen, Of Gloucester, was
visiting friends here on Sunday.
Miss Della Nickerson was Sunday
visitor with her brother, William