Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-03-14
THINGS TALKED ABOUT

Deptford Township is going to have
another spirited school election this
Spring. unless all signs fail. New
Sharon,a booming community wants a
school house, and propose to show
their strength at the school election.
They propose to gather all the legal
voters, between so and 70 in number,
and march UP the stone road to West
vile, a distance of four miles, headed
by a band, and with banners suitably
inscribed In this way they hope to
enlist sympathy enough to bring other
support to their cause and elect a New
Sharon man Trustee.
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Woodbury. to finance their business :.
What they do ask is suitable build
ing here in which to do business, and
for which they will pay fair rental.
They are willing to take long lease
and enter into an agreement of pur-
chase at the end of the lease, if that
will encourage private parties, or a
number of individuals, to supply the
building. The reason for asking for
a new building is because there is
no building vacant suited to their
needs. The reason they desire to
come here is because Woodbury. is
accessible, and they can secure the
necessary labor. Salem has offered a
suitable building and they have the
labor there, but Salem is too far from
Philadelphia.
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rounds out thirty-three years as pub
Usher of the Democrat At that per-
.iod the Democrat was a six months
fold infant, and mighty sickly one
lat that; indeed most people prophe-
Hsied its early demise. Things have
Hchanged in Gloucester county in thirty
Ethree years, and the Gloucester Co.
I Democrat has kept well abreast OF
1.-THE progressive movement. We did
/ everything by hand power then, even
4 to printing; now we set type by cleo
E4tricity and print by gas. Then the
Gloucester County Democrat was at
| the foot of the list of Gloucester Co.
newspapers, now. we believe We can
say, with entire justice to our contem-
poraries, it is at the top of the list as
| to circulation and equipment. Then
we printed very little local news, now
we publish news letters from twenty
+ five county towns, and many columns
of local and State news /0Then it was
rare that public sale|was advertised
in our columns, now sale isn't adver-
tised if it does not appear in its pages
THAT is the difference, as to the DEM
j crat, between March, 1879 and March
/ 1912.
And there is nothing remarkable
/ about this 1t simply proves that We
cast our lot with broad minded, pro-
gressive people, and kept pace with
! the procession. Progress in the
county's greatest Industry, agriculture
has been fully as great as that in
printing Farmers may now plant
and reap almost exclusively by ma
chinery; go about in a horseless car
riage and converse intelligently with
person beyond their vision. 1t has
I been a remarkable period in human
history, and we are glad to have lived
in it, and been part of the moving
| procession.
The future is sure to be big with
new development. New needs are te
/ arise III publishing Gnu ~ iAeiliS % IL
/ agriculture and manufacturing ant
one thing we can promise that the
/ Democrats purpose is to keep itsef1
and it's readers abreast the times. We
shall continue to tell the story of the
county doings truthfully, promptly
and understandingly and be worthy
the patronage of a generous, intelli-
gent public.