Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-07-04
GLASSBORO.

The Clafiln University Jubilee
Singers delighted large audience in
the First M. e. Church on Friday
night, when they rendered one of the
finest programs of vocal selections
ever heard in Glassboro Their pro-
gram included rare old plantation
melodies, folk songs, patriotic songs,
and solos. During their renditions
the audience sat almost spell-bound
BY request they sang the old favorite
melody, Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Every member was good and the en-
tertainment offered by them will be
long remembered by all who heard it.
Willie Asbury, small boy, who trav-
els as a humorist with the party, has
seldom been equalled and rarely sur
passed in his elocutionary selections.
He, too, delighted ALL The President
of the University explained briefly
the work which is being done in the
Southland and in the baskets good
collection was given them. The sing
ers have never been here before, but
should they ask return date, it will
be gladly given them.
S. S. Luffbary, A. NJ. Seabrook,
Howard Moore, J.. j Ledden, Thos.
c.. Allen and Joseph Helm have been
appointed as committee from the
First NJ e. Sunday school to arrange
for it's annual picnic.
In fourteen innings of brilliant
innings in which "Grov' Scharnacle,
the locals mound artist, struck out
eighteen batsmen, the n. ]. Gas Co.
ball team won its fifth straight VIC
tory on Saturday afternoon before a
large crowd, by defeating Bridgeton
by the score of 10 to 8. 1t surely
looked like defeat for the gas boys
UP to the 7th inning, as the score
stood to 2 in favor of the visitors.
BY a remarkable squirt, the local boys
tailed and in the eighth Bridgeton
scored; GlaSsboro again tailed.
Neither side scored in the ninth and
in the tenth the visitors scored two
more and so on until the fourteenth
when the winning run was made.
Captain Treat, who sprained an ankle
a few weeks ago, again met with bad
luck in sliding to End base in the
tenth inning, again spraining the
same ankle which is feared will keep
him out of the game the rest of the
season.
new grand stand has been built
by the Gas Co. at their ball ground
at the plant and was largely filled at
Saturdays game
Rev. C. Carol Walker, a former
pastor at the Presbyterian Church,
has accepted a call to the Presbyter-
ian Church at Swedesboro.
George Keebler returned home on
the Democratic Convention at Balti-
more.
Pocohontas Guards attended pat
riotfc service at Hurffville Sunday:
Fire balloons, with prize brass tags
attached, are to be sent up in every
township in the county on the night
of July the 18th, to boom" the annual
picnic of the Sunday schools of the
county, which is to be held two days
later at Alcyon Park. 80
A large force of men are working
at nights at the Whitney Glass Works
on the new factory that is being built
to take the place of the one recently
burned O.
Holiness Tent Meetings which be-
gan on Friday evening at the corner
of Lake and Church streets, will con-
tinue until July 14th. Local workers
are now in charge, and on and after
the 5th, the Rev. B. S. Taylor, noted
evangelist, will be in charge. 20
Albert Souders, who for several
years has been resident here and
who carried on the painting and pa
per hanging business, moved to Cam
den on Monday.
Harry Brown has resigned his posi-
ton as deliveryman at the Child's
Grocery Company.
Mrs. Charles G. Chew and daughter
Evaland, of Olean, N. Y, are spend
ing some time with James F. Barton
and family.
Walter Farrell has returned home
from Alexandria, Va, where he has
been blowing glass the past season.
Preston Abbott and wife and Tim
othy Looney and wife returned home
on Saturday from Hamburg, N Y,
where Messrs. Looney and Abbott
have been working the past season
The residence of Mrs. Jacob Camp
bell on Main street, is being treated
to coat of paint.
Mrs. Harry G. c.. Shute is spending
a few days at Ocean Grove as the
guests of her mother, and also is at
tending the summer school of Meth
DDS.
Miss Lizzie Tonkin, who has been
teaching school in Oregon for the past
two years, is spending the summer
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. john
Tonkin, on North Broad street. Miss
Tonkin will return to the West in the
Fall
THE FOURTH ON HIGH STREET.
High street will celebrate today in
glorious fashion, and all kinds OF
stunts have been arranged on the pro-
gram. At $50 in the morning there
will be a children's parade, and at
$50 in the evening the sports Will
begin. The races are:
/. Potato race, IA years and under.
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