Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-02-29
CLAYTON.


William Redington, of Norristown,
Pa, and Miss Name Sparks, of Cam
den, were week end visitors at the
home of Joe Cassidy.
The revival services at the Mission
have been brought to close, and the
two lady evangelists have gone to
/ Glassboro to conduct series of
meetings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hams are re-
joicing over the birth of 2 little
daughter.
A woman by the name of Atkinson
was brought here for interment from
Atlantic City last Tuesday.
Mr. John Burson, after suffering
for many months, passed away last
Saturday. He was buried from the
residence of John Young Tuesday af-
! terno0n.
Mrs. Martha Crane is visiting at the
home of Mrs Marshall Campbell, in
Glassboro.
Harrison and His Band have secur-
ed an engagement for the coming
Summer at Ocean City. $4,000 was
appropriated for music and Harrison
had the good fortune to get it, for no
other band in South Jersey can com
pare with Harrison and His Band. .
About seventy ladies turned out to
the cob-web social last Friday even
ing, and they made things hum for
four hours straight. The men have
nothing on the ladies when it comes
to looks or noise either. Ice cream,
cakes and biscuits were served.
There will be a cake sale this Fri
day afternoon at Reeves restaurant.
for the benefit of the Ladies Auxil-
larry of the Fire Company.
A Leap Year Social will be given
in the NJ. E. Church this Friday even
ing. An admission of 10 cents will be
charged and coffee and sandwiches
a good cause. %
Mrs. AnnaWoodunt of Bridgeton,
is visiting at the home of her mother.
Mrs. Anna Hill, on High street.
Mr.. Eugene Doughty, who has made
Clayton his home this winter, has ar
ranged with. a Philadelphia jobbing
house to take care of their business
in the state of California, so within
a short time Mr.. Doughty will bid
Jersey adieu and embark for the land
of sunshine and fruit. We are sorry
to lose him but wish him well.
One of the features of the clayton
/ High School is to have and to hold
an annual debate and accordingly last
Friday evening was the occasion for
this event. A large number of our
townspeople were present, and from
what the writer has been able to
learn there was not one present but
what felt that each and every one of
the debating class had acquitted them
selves in creditable and an efficient
! manner Their showing not only be-
(; speaks their intellectual advancement
but also evinces the good work of the
principal, Miss Nan Haupt, who, by
her persistency has established a
| standard for the Clayton High School
that will compare favorably with the
!, High Schools of the State. But while
we are all agreed as to these attain
!. ments, we regret very much to know
that there is goodly number of peo-
. pie who came away from that meeting
with a telling that the real object and
] purpose of the debate had been de-
feated simply by the manner and
+. method of the judges in reaching and
giving the decision. The object of
these debates is to broaden the young
: mind as we'll as to teach the student
the power of concentration, so that
when he begins the life of business
/ activity and is dependent on his own
| resources, this special training COM
bined with indefatigable efforts will
assure him success. 1t is in this re-
spect that large number of those
present feel that the debate was a
faflure-for it is doubtful if there is
one of the debators who could give
an intelligent reason why the affirma-
tive won or why the negative lost. a
fault which may be charged up to
the judges. 1t is a fixed custom in all
educational institutions to accurately
explain every detail of a debate so
that the debators thoroughly under
stand the reason why debatable ques
j ton is won and why it is lost Again
it seems that the arbitors in this par
tticular debate were carried away by
the splendid oratorical accomplish
of the affirmative side, overlooking the
salient points of the negative side. We
hope that on a similar occasion the
selected judges will be alive to the is
sue and give a more satisfactory de-
cision.
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