The Penn's Grove record., 1916-04-21
HAPPENINGS ABOUT HOME
What Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and Township
Fiue weather prevailed this week.

HhChN'ita VINE hCbhs
Farmers are overwhelmed with work.
The yards and fields are being beauti-
iully clothed in emerald green.
The excayator for the trolley bed
reached sack venue this Friday.
At the powder plants last week 1O6
men were suspended and u discharged
Tor carrying matches.
The dupont Company has ordered a
million brick of the Company at Sop,ers
Point. The order has made great
activity there.
fhirty-6ve Russians obtained employ
meht at the powder plants on Tuesday.
They were brought from New York by a
Russian cosular agent.
A. D. ~Snellbaker, president of Woods
Chamber of Commerce, was i'm
Penns Grove OF Tuesday to get people
Interested IN a trolly line from Penns
Grove to Woodstown.
The opinion is growing in the minds of
property owners that sewer pipes should
be laid before fine and expensive roads
are made. Some desire TO pay for the
work along their properties.
William F. Yeager has sold hls barber
business to Mr.. Andrews OF Philadelplia.
Mr.. Yeager has been in Penns Grove for
forty-hve years and by constant attention
to his business has earned a long needed
vacation.
This is Good-Friday. 1t has beep
made a holiday by the legislature in COM
memoration of the crucifxion of Christ.
yet is not made legal to read the New
Testament in the schools to learn about
Christ and why he was crucifed.
The season is late and We editor is not
much OF a farmer, but he dug potatoes in
his garden on April 18th and ate them on
the l4th. They were sound and had
sprouted. The frost had not been Sc we're
enough to freeze last years crop.
The Italian ships Albania and Etna
which arrived at Deep water Point were
loaded with about 500 tons of powder
each. They left On Tuesday. The Russ
in ship Vologda which will take about
1000 tons of powder is still being loaded.
Jere Chambers, who has charge OF the
dock at Deep Water Point at night jumped
from the front OF a locomotive last Mon
day night on which he was riding and
sprained his ankle but saved his life. He
has been unable to work since. The en-
CINE collided with a train running back.
ward at Plant 8.
William b. Megear, president OF Will
mington Chamber of Commerce. is en-
deavoring to get a direct mail route
between Wilmington and Penns Grove.
The long route thru Philadelphia is too
slow in this hustling age OF business be-
tween Penns Grove and Wilmington,
The purchase by the PENNSYLVANIA
Shipbniding Company of the lower
beach front at Gloucester City has for
ever ended the Seine fishery there.
There use to be several seine fisheries
along the Jersey shore operated during
the shad fishing season. This at Glou-
cester City ls the last to be eliminated
below Camden.
John 2. Leap has transferred his gen.
eral mercantile business to 5. r, Lean &
son, Inc, IN which David P. Featherer.
Robert Kidd. Jr., and John P. Leap are
interested. Mr.. Featherer has been man
ager for five years. The new firm will
continue the same politely and employ
the same clerks. John P. Leap succeed
ed bis father in business, which has been
i'll the Leap family for go years.
Elmer Smith, of Salem, James Work.
man and s. Rushing Leap, OF Penns
Grove. commissioners appointed by the
Court to assess damages for the taking of
land for the trolley road on the east side
OF railroad from South Broad STREET. to the
Cove Lane, have awarded Charles II.
and James B. Summerill So, 900 damages
to D entailed estate and $1,000 for per-
sonal damages.
Councilman Harry A. Dalbow returned
last week from a trip to Southern fishing
c~enters. He found sturgeon scarce and
there will be little roe procured this year.
notwithstanding the price is $2.25 a
pound. Hansen Brothers of New York
have large quantities OF Russian caviar in
storage at Archangel, for shipment to
New York as soon as ice disappears from
the White Sea. Navigation opens there
in May.