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The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-05
PEDRlCKTONN PENCIILINGS
interesting Items From OIdmans
Township

Mrs. Anna Holton is i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hertz entertained
on Monday evening Rev. and Mrs. f. II.
Cloud, Mr.. and Mis-. Clay Smith. and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard JUS
tlce and daughter Grace.
Mrs. George Justice is teaching in the
primary rooms for Miss M. Dubois who
has the humps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Carney, of
Paulsboro, visited over Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Waters.
John Znnekar has moved onto +. q.
Sparks's farm and Fred Riger who has
been living there about a month has NOV
ed back into town.
Mrs. 4. HI. Cloud, Mrs. I. /. Holton,
Mrs. +. G. Sparks and Mrs. Arthur Hertz
attended the Billy Sunday meetings i'll
Philadelphia last Wednesday.
The home OF John Bowler has been
placed under quarantine, as Miss Eva
Zinneker,. who makes her home there has
the scarlet lever in a mild form.
Howard Galloway will move into part
OF Ms. Elise Weatherby's house.
Bear in mind the chicken potpie supper
to be held by tile Ladies' Aid OF the NJ.
3. Church on Saturday evening February
9th.
William Burk has purchased a new
Estey piano during the past week.
Mrs. A R. Holton spent part of last
week in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Elsie Weatlierby has returned to
Swedesboro after a visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
S. j. Shute.
Mr.. aud Mrs. William NJ. Burk visited
Mr.. and Mis-. S Il. Blocksom. in Phila-
delpitia On Saturday.
James G. Justice has a chicken with
TOUR legs matched last week.
Edward Keen has moved from near
Penns Grove onto the Weatherby farm
recently vacated by Joseph Dennis who
has moved to Penns Grove.
Mrs. A. E Wells the evangelist who is
conducting meetings in Penns Grove, had
charge OF the service in the NJ. E. church
on Saturday evening. A filled Church
greeted her.
Miss Miriam Cloud tile Young daughter
OF Rev. and Mrs. E. II. Cloud entertained
a few Of her young friends on Tuesday
afternoon in honor ST her fourth birthday
The guess were Inez aud Elsie Kelley,
Mildred Pedrick, Martha Burk, Evelyn
Galloway, James Parker and Kennard
Kelley.
The Fourth and last Quarterly Confer
elce was held in the M. Z. church on
saturday. The District Superintendent,
7 s. NJ. Nichols, was present. The official
Board have invited Rev. E. II. Cloud to
return for tie third year and have also re-
quested the Superintendent to return him.
Mrs. Ella Morrison has been confined
to her home by sickness for a few days.
During the revival just ended in the
M. E. Church here under Rev. E. n.
Cloud, as assisted by Ms. Anna E. Wells
1872 have protested conversion.
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Personal MENTION AND SOCIAL NOTES
The whereabouts And Doings of
GOOD People You Know


Alfred Sparks has been visiting relati yes
in Bridgeton for a few days.
Miss Margaret Borden is spending a few
DAYS with friends in Camden.
Milton Clair, of Trenton spent Saturday
and Sunday with friends in Penns Grove.
Miss Emma Hammes, Of Roxboro, Pa. is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Mahlon Bennett.
Aaron Wright spent Saturday and Sun
day in Philadelphia and heard Billy Sun
day.
Miss Anna Bevis visited in Philadel-
phia last Saturday and Sunday and heard
Billy Sunday.
Miss Victorine Sterling. of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with her brother, Harry
Sterling and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jere Chambers, OF Cape
Nav. were over Sunday visitors with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. tanning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mats, after spend
ing two months with relatives, the Hold
craft families, returned home to Bay City,
Mich, on Tuesday.
Mrs. Peter Miller, Of St. Louis, Mo who
has been spending two months among
relatives in this region, has returned home
Mrs. Mary Cook accompanied her to
spent two months with her sister, Mrs.
Eva S. Hanna.
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Board of Education Meeting.

The monthly meeting of Penns Grove
Board of Education was held Monday
| evening in Harmony School House. S.
Cunningham, president, w. P. Denny,
G. G. DolboM, E. H. Keen, J U. Layton,
and H.. j. Blohm were present.
The Clerks statement showed that 81,
445. 95 had been spent to run the schools
and $l6,026. IS had been paid so far on
the new building and land purchased.
The Supervisors report showed that
there has been enrolled during the school
year 622, all increase of II over Decem-
her. The attendance in January werp
9,6234 days and the absents were 1,S103
days. The 8th grade had an attendance
OF 50 per cent and were granted a half
day off. Other rooms reached 81 and 90
per tent.
The mid-year examinations in the High
School are being held this week. Abont
two-thirds OF the scholars received So per
cent and over and do not have to take the
examination. The 18th grade has COM
pleted physiology and the Sth grade civ
les.
The school is preparing for the County
Spelling contest to be held in Salem March
-'UH' Lux bcSb VIII We On Z,UUU WOruS.
One pupil spelled l85 without missing.
The scholars from outside the Borough
limit attending Penns Grove school num-
bered % in the high school aud Is in the
grades for whom the Borough will receive
about So, 1000.
A letter was read from State Commiss-
Toner Calvin Kendall. calling attention
to the meeting of the National Council of
Education to be held at Cincinnati, Feb
ruary 26, and suggesting that the Super
visor be sent at public expense.
No action WAS taken.
II. G. Dixon, County Superintendent,
visited the schools on Monday and attend
ed the Board meeting. He felicitated
the Board on the progress made on tile
building and called attention to the alb
sentees which amounted to twenty per
cent. Because the absent pupils lose and
the Borough loses money by every absent
ee lie suggested that greater efforts be
made to lessen them.
He had been requested to inquire as he
had Ionrnied over the County whether
instruction in agriculture was desired. and
the children taught practical agriculture.
Two counties have demonstrators. They
are partly paid by the State and Board of
Freeholders. No expression was made in
favor of it..
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See estimates in another column.
County Board of Agriculture.

On Thursday afternoon, February 18th
the annual meeting Of the Salem County
Board of Agriculture will be held in Pet
erson's Hall, Woodstown, beginning at
half past one o'clock. The meeting will
be free to all and the public is cordially
invited to be present and take part in the
discussion. The ladies are especially IN
vited as a subject OF interest to them is on
the program.
After the routine business session Rob-
u. Baynes, who was a delegate to the
State Horticultural Society will give a re-
port of what he saw and heard.
Miss M. Anna Hauser, of Rutgers Col
lege, will explain the planning of Well
J Balanced Meals
After a recitation by lacey M BromeII,
Henry M. Lovelend, who was a delegate
to the State Board of Agriculture, will
report what he saw and heard.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-05

Township Collector Hermon Day has a
new Ford touring car.
During the spring weather last week
some farmers began blowing.
Mrs. Anna E. Wells will continue to
conduct the revival services in Bethel
Church next week.
H. d. Turner was taken with a severe
attack 0 fquinsey on Tuesday and confined
to the house.
Vandyke Sickler has bought the Penns
Grove News stand OF Miss Cora Hoover,
who has had it one year.
Rev. Fred j. Peters, a returned miss
ionary from the Philippine Islands, will
preach in the Baptist Church Sunday
morning and evening, Feb. 9TH.
A Poverty Social will be held in En-
manuel Church, Friday evening, Febru-
airy IL, under the auspices OF the LADIES'
Aid. Home made cake, candy and ice
cream for sale.
Some who six months ago thought
Penns Grove would never grow now see
visions OF a city of 1000 inhabitants with
in two years, and another school house
will be needed before the one now building
is completed.
Never was there more disagreeable
weather THAI at sunrise February 2, when
it is superstitiously proclaimed that the
Ground Hog ONE out to forecast the
weather by seeing or not seeing his
shadow. He did not see it, but surely
there has been no more disagreeable win
ter weather since then.
The ground is so soaked With water that
there are very few houses that have not
had water i'll the cellars.
Postmaster 7. E. Hunt has arranged
for the last mail to arrive OH the express
train at 6 o'clock instead OF 7.3O in the
evening. 1t began on January 18th.
The mail leaves Philadelphia at the same
hour as formerly, but was held at Wood
bury for the late accommodation train,
An earlier distribution is a great accom-
mediation and avoids a crowd while wait
ing for distribution as formerly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-05
Stop That cough-Now

When You catch Cold. or begiu TO
Cough, the first thing to do is 70 take
Dr.. Bells Pine-Tar-iioney. 1t penetrates
the Innings of the Throat and Lungs and
fights the Germs OF the Disease. giving
quick relief and natural healing. S.sOur
whole family depend on Pine-Tar-H Honey
for Coughs ond Colds,'' writes Mr.. E.
Williams. Hamilton, Ohio. 1t always
helps. 25c. at your Druggist. adv.
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After r1anY Years

j.. L Southers, Eau Claire Wis, writes:
Years ago / wrote you in regard to great
results | obtained from F. ley Kidney Pills.
After all these years | have never had a
return of those terrible backaches or sleep
less nights; | am permanently cured. "
Men and women, young and old, find this
reliable remedy relieves rheumatism, back
ache, stiff joints and ills caused b. week
or diseased Kidneys or bladder. Sold by
all Druggist. adv.
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it Really Does Relieve Rheumatism

Every body Nwbo is afflicted with Rheu-
matism in anyNform should by all means
keep a bottle OF Sloan's Liniment on hand.
The minute you ieel rain or soreness in a
joint or muscle, bathe it with Sloan's
Imminent. DO not RUB it. Sloan's pene-
trates almost Immediately right to the
seat of pain. relieving the hot, tender,
swollen feeling and making the part easy
and comfortable. Get a bottle of Sloan's
Liniment for rs cents Of ANY druggist and
have it in the house-agaiRst Colds, Sore
and Swollen Joints, Lumbagos Sciatica
and like ailments. Your nNpDey back il
not satisfied, but it does give almost
instant relief. Buy a bottle to-day. adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-05
AUBURN

Mrs. Anna Batten has been visiting her
cousin Mrs. Clarence ShoIlenberger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard %IIorner have re-
turned from a visit i'll Philadelphia.
Miss Martha Hope, Of YORKTOWN and
a teacher in the Primary Department here
in the public school and Mr.. Clarence
Roberts, Of PENIS Grove were recently
married. Mrs. Roberts will resign her
position as teacher. Ruth SLollenberger
will fill tile vacancy.
Miss Della McAllister, of Auburn, and
Mrs. John Glenn, Of Daretown, were
January 81. by Rev. Oliver Lee, OF Auburn
near Pole Tavern.
Rev. Oliver Lee attended the Local
Option hearing in Trenton on Tuesday.
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Notice to Creditors
OF V. S. HOMAN GARAGE co.

Pursuant to the order of the Court Of Chan
Gerry Of New Jersey, made on this eighteenth
day OF January. A. ID. nineteen hundred and
fifteen, In a cause wherein Harry M. Green Is
c0mplainantand ". s. Roman Garage COM
pany defendant, notice is hereby given to the
creditors OF said corporation to present their
several claims and demands against said
corporation to the undersigned. and prove the
same before him, under oath or Affirmation, TO
his satisfaction, within three months from the
date OF said order, and that in default thereof
they will be excluded from the benefit If such
dividends as may hereafter be made aud
declared by said Court upon the proceeds Of
the effects OF said corporation
Dated January 18th. 1915.
CHARLES r. HALYBURTON,
Receiver Of v. =. H0man Garage Company.
sol Market Street, Camden, Nd.
b rvy y higgins,
Solicitors for Receivers. 81
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HOME BUSINESS NEWS

Chestnut posts for sale. H. s. Barber.
adv. 3-27-tf
L%inoleume, oil cloths. oil,cloth patterns
and a new line OF cheap wall paper at the
Union Corner Store. L. w. Cook. ad.
FURs bought, all kinds by B. G. Wood,
Penns Grove. 1t.
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If a better cough syrup than Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound could be toun0,
we would carry it. We know this reliable
and depend +ble medicine has given salts
factioo for more than forty years; therefore,
we never offer a substitute for the genuine.
Recommended for coughs, colds Group,
.wilooping cough, Bronchial and lagrippe
coughs. Noopiates. Sold by all Druggists.
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Five Cents Proves Ii

A Generous Offer. Cut out this adj, en-
close with 5 cents to Foley q Go Chicago,
ILL.,. and they will send you our trial
packages of Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for coughs, colds, Group, bronchial
and Iagrippe coughs; Foley Kidney Pills
and Foley Carthartic Tablets. For sale in
your town by all Druggist adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-05

A contract has been given for the cree
OF a banking house for Swedesboro Nat
ioAal Bank.
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What Kind Of A Road Do You Want :?

Because OF the rain last Monday night,
only a few attended the meeting to dis
cnss the material to be desired for rebuild
idg Broad Street and Maple Avenue in
Penns Grove.
At the Council meeting on Tuesday it
was decided to publish the estimates for
the costs of different materials, as estima-
tedAby the County Engineer and to hold
) IsA1aarfellOws' Hall on
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-05
Note of Thanks

We wish to thank neighborsaand friends for
their kindness shown and sympathy during
the illness and at the death of Charles s.
Sheets. Mr. and MRS. JOB BEyIs, Mr.. and
MRS HOWARD BORDEN.
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PUBLIC NOTICE!

Notice is hereby given to the citizens of the
Borough of PennS Grove that a public meet
ing will be held in the Lecture Room of I. O..
o. Hail. on Wednesday evening. February, II,
1915. at 8 D. IN for the purpose of publicly
discussing and voting upon the character Of
road TO be constructed on Broad Street and
Maple Avenue, in this Borough.
Estimates have been submitted of follows:
KIND OF ROAD WIDTH APPROXIMATE COST
Gravel 20 feet, Maple s. Broad $4,000
Gravel 70 feet, Broad Street
26 feet. Maple Avenue 1000
Concrete-6" 10 feet, Maple s. Broad 1850
Ugite & Stone top
Concrete-6" % feet, Broad Street
Ugite & Stone
top rs feet, Maple Avenue 24OOO
Shells l6 feet, Maple s. Broad 1900
Shells % feet, Broad Street
26 feet, Maple Avenue 1880
Shells 20 feet, Maple & Broad $500
Water Bound Is feet, Maple q Broad $4,000
Macadam
Water Bound 2s feet, Broad Street
Macadam 26 feet, Maple Avenue $4,000
Amesite l6 feet, Maple q Broad $4,000
Amesite % feet, Broad Street
rs feet, Maple Avenue 268OC
ASA G.. JUSTICE,
Boz Ough Clerk.
Penns Grove. N. j.. Feb. A, 1915. 2 5 2t
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1eadows To Be Raised

Samuel s. Borden and other owners in
the Pitman Meadow Company above
Penns Grove have procured the American
Dredging Company to fill in the meadows
with mud from the bottom OF the Della
ware river which will be taken from the
western channel between Holly Oak and
Gordon Heights. A small dredge has
been digging ont tile sluice race from the
river bank to Edward Turner's ice pond
during the past two weeks. Banks are
raised on each side of the sluice race SO
the meadow can be flooded without 6ll-
ing the slnice race. About so acres next
to.the Borough will be filed in first and
about l40 acres above the sluice race.
The Company expects to fill in at the
rate of an acre a day six feet deep begin
ming about the middle of March.
Hundreds Of health articles appear in
newspapers and magazines, and in prac-
tically every one of them the importance
of keeping the bowels regular is emphasized.
A co~nstipated condition invites disease. A
dependable physic that acts without in
convenience OF gripping is found in Foley
Cathartic Tablets. Sold by all Druggist.
adv. Il
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HOME HAPPENINGS.
SALE REGrsER

Feb. 9-Charles Dennis, near Pedricktown.
Feb. l0-Thomas G. Clark, Eaglet own.
Feb. l6-J. Harry Dolbow, U. p. Neck,
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" anted
dress Box 81, Penns Grove. 2 5 At X
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Died

ECKLEY-m Penns Grove. February 4. 1915.
infant son OF Harry and Alma lesley, aged
9 days.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-05

For Sale
About 100 hot bed sash, used one year, price
$1.S0. Inquire Bell P~hone-SaIem 1850. 1.
q. billiard.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-05
cENr coLuMN

Advertisements Published in this column
for one cent a word for first insertion and
half a cent a wort each subsequent inser-
tion. Minimum price l5c for first Insertion
and 10e for subsequent insertion. Cash
with order.
The Keota news., 1915-06-25
GEN e RAL

Bishop Joseph e. Hartzel Of the NJ.
this war all of Africa is under martial
law.
The Court Of Appeals Of New York
upheld the order Of Supreme Court
Justice Peter A. Hendrick, directing
jury trial to test the sanity Of Harry
K. Thaw.
Former Representative Whitefield
Tuck Of Winchester, Mass, announced
that he would run for governor as the
candidate Of "Bryan.Peace.D Demo.
cratic Party"
Leo NJ. Frank. convicted Of the muir.
der OF Mary Phagan. and sentenced to
hang, will not die on the gallows. Gov.
Slaton Of Georgia commuted his sen.
tence to life imprisonment.
Wesleyan University trustees at a
meeting at Middleton. Conn. appoint.
ed Prof Stockton Arson. q brother.in.
law Of President Wilson. az professor
Of English at the university.
Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong Reed,
mother Of the late Myrtle Reed, the
novelist. and herself widely-known
authoress. died at her home in Chi
cago at the age Of 72 years.
Former Secretary of State Bryan, in
the third and concluding section of
his statement Of the "Causeless war"
1llegitimacy." is the conclusion reached
AS a preventive Of war, Bryan pro
poses universal extension of his in.
vestigation commission peace treaty
plan.
Mrs. Gertrude Knau. eighty years
old, was killed; Frank Hunter prob
ably fatally injured and three other,
Mrs Hunter and Mr.. and Mrs. Tru
man Fosbery-seriously injured in
tornado which swept a section half q
mile wide and ten miles long nea,
Nevada, Mo.
The Keota news., 1915-06-25

Eddie johnson Of Pueblo got the de.
cision over Marty Rowan at the end
Of twenty hard rounds Of hard battle
1t Pueblo, Colo.
The storms which have wrought
havoc through the Western states
caused the postponement of the Den.
ver'Omaha game at Omaha, Friday.
Ad. Wolgast and Steve Ketchel.
lightweights. have been signed for a
|fifteen-round bout at the Colorado Ath.
letic Club in Denver June 80.
The Business Mems Athletic Clnb Of
Cripple Creek. Colo. signed frankie
Murphy, the Denver lightweight, and
Jimmy Reagan Of San francisco to
box fifteen rounds in the gold camp
on July s.
A plucky! unswerving effort. conn.
led with skillful riding, carried
Washoe Belle. George Winsfield
colt. under the wire a winner in the
Juvenile stakes classic at Overland
Park in Denver, within four.fifths of
a second Of the track record.
The Keota news., 1915-06-25

fraternal insurance order. was denied
in the Federal Court at st. Louis.
Reports from storm swept sections
of the Southwest continued to reach
Kansas City, bringing news OF nine
teen deaths and further property
damage that will reach $250.000.
Oidonycosis. a disease somewhat
like tuberculosis, bat more fatal, was
described at San Francisco at the Pan
American Medical Congress by DR.. E.
C. Dickson of the Leland Stanford. Jr.
medical school.
The Nebraska Supreme Court de-
clared that in the absence of specific
legislative action the state railway
commission is without authority either
to advance or lower passenger rates
on Nebraska railroads.
Three special trains Of newspaper
men, members of the National News.
paper Association, will arrive in Den.
yer June 25 from the East en- route
to the thirtieth annual convention In
Los Angeles, which will be held from
June 20 to July 2.
The Keota news., 1915-06-25
WASHINGTON.

The dreadnought Arizona was
christened with both wine and water
when she glided from the ways at the
New York navy yard Saturday.
Gilbert Teanhl of Oklahoma City.
Okla, superintendent of Mexican
mine, was killed while interfering in
a private quarrel near Charcas, Mex.
Former Secretary Of State William
Jennings Bryan, in the third and con-
cluding section of his statement Of the
"Causeless War;" suggests mediation
as ''the way out"
Special safety measures to be OBJ
served by ships navigating Swedish
waters have been proclaimed at Stock.
holm. according to advices to the
State Department.
Plans for the leasing of oil lands of
the Usage Indians in Oklahoma. worth
millions OF dollars, were agreed upon
by the tribal council Of the Usage ma
tion and approved by Secretary Lane
Of the Interior Department.
The British admiralty has an
nounced officially that the German
submarine U-29. which was sunk the
latter part Of March. fell a victim to
a British warship. the name Of which
is not disclosed.
All religious education will be
barred within ten years from schools
in Korea giving "a general education"
by order promulgated by Gen. Terau-
chi, Japanese territorial governor Of
Korea. the text of which was made
public by the Japanese embassy.
The Keota news., 1915-06-25
Uneasy lies the head that wears q
crowu-of false hair.
Makes tho lsundrsss hsppy-that's Red
oS:: oSi:: dIeths.. ast sa' AM eood oesas
Dragging.

Dragging.
Two close neighbors were In conver'
sation.
"Well." said one. ''you haven't any
call to be proud. My fathers taller
than yours"
"Bet you . nickel he ANTI" was
the retort.
"Bet you he is." said the nrst
youngster. my father can sec over
the wall at the end Of the garden.
Yours can't"
"Yes. he can, smarty." replied the
other, with his hat on"
The Keota news., 1915-06-25
Strange Death Message


It may have been q strange and
tragic coincidence. Some will believe
there was more In 1t than that. The
husband Of q Paris woman violinist.
himself q musician, left for the front
shortly after mobilization. His name
was Remy. At parting he told his
wife: III l go under will try to let
you know directly before the olacial
news reaches YOU" She scaycely
played any music during his absence.
But the other day she took up her vio-
lin. feeling impelled to play one piste
which he liked above all. She opened
the case, and two strings Of the violin
suddenly snapped. the d and the =.
IRE" and mi" she at once thought.
It was the warning he had said he
would give her. The next day . tele-
gram informed her that her husband.
Sergeant Remy. had been killed in
action. $50