The Penn's Grove record., 1917-08-31
HAPPENINGS ABOUT HOME
Ehal Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and Township

Eggs are 90 cents a doztn. III hers
are taxing a rrst.
Josiah 5. ri nigau picked fiom the
garden cultivated by lis father. Joseph
.. Flanigah, II tomato Wl.icfi weighed one
ana a bali pounds.
Very few in this region eyer saw pea-
nuts grow. Mahl0n Bennett has i vru !
l'ills IN his garden ut the corner 81 Beach
Avenue and State Street.
The Stockholders Of PENIS Grove Ma
ttohai Bank will vote on September 27tii
on the resolution to increase the capital
stock from $25, 900 to $50. 600.
Two cars Of powder at Plant 2 went on
a hdie-hp Neunesday evening. Samuel
Sokal and Manned Maiq les were burned
on The back aud neck, bat not seriously.
Penns Grove Lodge, Ne. 2Se. Can,eIs
of the World. will give a ~noUIiyIt ex-
cuIslon To Philadelphia on one Of tile
Wilson Line steamers on Thursday. SEP.
TENDER 9th.
Warren Risuer vacated on Wednfs day
tile palatIal nome he built at South
Broai and Walnut Street,. Ills goods
are stored until his bungalow in Si,eble
1rove is finished.
OAly small quantities of coal have bee II
received in Penns Grove. O-ders given
10y dealers last April have not heen filled.
Many btgln to lear for IA shortage OF coal
Tor next winter,
A lew years ago Swedesboro built a
large school ln)Hse witt tile hope OF hay
ing ample room for years. The school
children have been crowded for wears and
two ohtslce rooms are rented this year.
The 200 acres OF white potatoes plant
ed on the DUPONT land is nearly all
gathered. Many have been sold to the
employees Tor 80 cents Il basket. There is
100 acres OF corn also on tile DUPONT
land.
The Italian steamship Bologna cleared
rom Carney Point last Saturday with a
cargo o1 powder. lie Russian steamer
kanenapz ltodoioska also cleared fol
Arel'angel. Another large steamship
loaded this week.
The large brick building at Deep Water
Point, in which will be one OF tile most
complete laboratories in the United
States, will soon be inclosed. The large
brick building III which the chemical
dyes will be made is being erected rapidly
near the river end OF Penns Mex Canal
Scores Of other small buildings ale also
being erected.
Wal has been declared by Eden Lodge.
No. 10, |. 0. o. F., of Pelns Grove, and
the first dfait has been made. Two com
mittees are warning for new members
with the aided incentive that the losers
pay fora supper. The contest ends next
mont and the new menlbess will be
initiated OH September 29.h.
John Weston followed the advice OF
Henry Ward Beeeller, one OF the great
est OF American pulpit orators. Get
married, huy II home, aud both work to
pay Tor it," John is now an American
lice man last to the land and proud be-
cause lie has finished paying Tor the
home at Friendship Station, which lie
bought over a year ago of Albert p. Bid
die. Many more should follow his ex-
ample.
R here-Oysters. Luscious and
fat.
Get wise as an Owl. Join the
order.
Half an inch of rain fell during the
rain on Thursday.
Penns Grove schools begin next
Tuesday, September 4th.
Delaware State Fair will be held
in Wawaset Park, near Wilmington,
next week.
When you look into Mayor Cunning
hams fine show room of Ford cars on
the site of the old blacksmith stand
near Union Corner one thinks he is
on North Broad Street, Philadelphia.
About 400 persons went on the ex-
cursion on the steamer Lord Balti-
more to Lorewood Grove,o on the Della
ware and Chesapeake Canal on Tues
day. Franklin Flitcraft, of Woods
town conducted the excursion.
L. M. Bledin, agent, has sold the
Penns Grove electric light and ice
plant, which has not been in opera
ton for a year, to a Philadelphia
party. The ice plant will be enlarged
and put in operation as soon as posi-
BILE. All ice now is brought on cars.
w. c.. Thurston and "Plain Bill
Thompson, national organizers of the
Order of Owls are in Penns Grove for
the purpose of starting a Nest of
Owls here. They have an interest
ing statement in this issue. Look it
over.
The dog law as amended this year
gives a person a right to go into the
woods and fields with a dog for the
purpose of training or exercising such
dog from the first day of September
until the ODeninp of the season