The Penn's Grove record., 1917-11-16
ABOUT HOME.
What Is Occurring Aud Being Talked
About In The Dor, ugh and township

Maine grown potatoes for seed are
Z a bushel.
The weather has been fine for gun
lers and for farmers to finish their
al work.
The Ladies' Aid of st. PauPs
Church cleared $175 by their chicken
pot-pie supper on the 9Th.
The price of milk went up to ID
cents a quart last Friday. The COW
will jump over the moon yet.
Penns Grove High School will 20 to
Millville on Saturday to play the
High School there at football.
Reliable Harry Has-It, 70 w. Main
street, gives ten per cent. of his re-
.eipts today and tomorrow to the Y.
NJ. c. A. fund.
A Lower Penns Neck farmer drill
"a wheat on Thursday. Very late
for planting, but the wheat will be
greatly needed.
Small houses OF the back part of the
Smith tract belonging to John Cofer
and Sewell Jolly were burend down
Tuesday afternoon.
The freight shed on Denny wharf
has been extended twenty feet to
over the large amounts of freight
brought from Philadelphia.
The dupont Company has a dozen
'ne-story buildings erected on the re-
emily cleared wood land on the west
side of the Georgetown road.
Forrest Tuttle, at 100 East Main
street, has a wolf shipped to him by
| friend in San Carlo, Arizona, where
1r. futile and family came from two
years ago.
Camp AZ, P. o. S. of A., will have a
aides night at the camp room on
tuesday evening next, when the men,
)ers, their wives and lady friends will
lave a good time.
A large banner announcing the
rive for IS millions Y. M. C. A. Fund
langs across the streets at Union Cor
Ter. The headquarters for the cam
1aign managers is in Robbins Drug
Store.
Newspaper advertising is the
'heapest publicity the business mar
an buy today" is the opinion of E,
]. Berlet, President of the Walnut
street Business Mems Association, as
;lven in a recent address.
The report on the goose bone. the
luskrat fur and other prognostica-
ions OF winter weather have not been
announced, but the Moose received a
orecast last Saturday that it will be
! dry" winter and probably very cold.
Penns Grove has had a sugar famine
! week. Last Monday nine thousand
ons were ordered distributed to deal
RS in New York, New Jersey and
pennsylvania at 8.8 cents a pound who
ire expected to sell it for 9h cents,
Mrs. Title Smith had an attack of
'ertigo on arrival at the top of the
itairs last week. She fell backwards
o the bottom of the stairway and was
'eriously injured. A nurse Is In
,harge. She continues in a bad, sad
condition.
Carney Point Hotel, on Salem road,
.bove Plant No. 2, was visited by the
sheriff S posse last week and so much
violence of liquor sales were found
hat the manager, Adam Johnson, has
'een put under $1,000 bail by Squire
NTH in Salem.
One of the greatest improvements to
he sight is that at the corner of
forth Broad and Pitman Streets,
lanes Workman has had q pretty bun
allow erected on the rear of the lot
and the. front filled in with cement
walk around.
On and after December first all
5romissory notes must bear a revenue
;tamp of two cents for each $500 or
ractlon thereof. Drafts or checks
payable at some future date must also
re stamped, but ordinary checks and
traits against bank deposits will not
require a e stamp.
Have you received your tax bill ?
Many who have, never realized how
ich they were until they saw the
greatly increased value of their prop
;rty. And they will lever feel so poor
as when they pay their taxes. Penns
Grove citizens have assembled in air.
plane wealth. Many cannot realize
hey are living in a city in which is be-
.ng poured the wealth of the world
which is on mortgage for hundreds
of years.
Laird Schober & Ge's. Footwear of
Fashion for Women. W. s. LEAP
Adv.
An auction of household goods will
De held at rs H Street, Carney Point,
IN Friday, 23d inst, consisting of kit
chen, dining room and bedroom fur
niture.-adv.