{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3416", "width": "2096", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "iq.\\nV.^\\n0\u00c2\u00bb o\\n^oV\\no\\nc ,j\\n.-i^f:^^^\\n%iAl^\\nA q^\\n.5\\n6J- *p\\noK\\nvE-o*-\\n^o^ .0-", "height": "3134", "width": "1820", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "-^^0^\\n^v^\\nb^\\n.1^\\n^5\\nof^-\\nM,\\n.0^\\n.0\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V./^^c,\\n^^i*.*\\ns A", "height": "3134", "width": "1820", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3134", "width": "1820", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3134", "width": "1820", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3134", "width": "1820", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "ILLUSTMTED HISTOHY\\nOF THK\\nM\\nTOWII OF HflMMOJlTOH;\\nWITH AN ArCOl NT OF ITS\\nSoil, Climate and iNDUSTRiErs.\\nH. \u00c2\u00ab1. lOIIiBUt^ Rp \u00c2\u00abl. B. Hfljll).\\nIPI^IGE, S5 GJEISTTS.\\nHammonton, N. J.\\nThe Mirror Steam Printing House.\\n1889.", "height": "3134", "width": "1820", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "oiriJIBGB Mo jr, BYKKBi", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "ILLUSTRATED HISTORY\\nOF THE\\nToWH Of HfllwiwojlTOH;\\nWITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS\\nSoil, Climate and Industries.\\nBY c )P ^R GHr %_\\nMAY 171889\\ni S ^l If\\ni^KIGE, S5 CEISTTS.\\nHammonton, N. J.\\nThe Mirror Steam Printing House.\\n1889.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "COPYKIGHTED 1889 BY WiLBUR AND HaND,", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HAMMONTON.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nWhence Came the Land. West Jersey and its Settle-\\nment. The Bounds of Old Gloucester, Etc.\\nIt isn t so very long ago, that land was the perogative of\\nkings, and was doled out to feudal lords, friends and retainers\\nin royal fashion, and if the people got it at all it was from\\nthe king. Enough of this existed two hundred years ago as\\nto cause Charles the II to give his brother, the Duke of York,\\na ro^ al charter for the land embracing the present states of\\nNew York and New Jersey. In 1664 the Duke deeded to\\nLord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, the territory known\\nas Nova Ca^saria, New Jersey, and eleven years later Carteret\\nsold his undivided half of the territory to John Fenwick, in\\ntrust for Edward Byllinge. Dissatisfaction was the result of\\nthis transfer, and Byllinge made over this possession to his\\ncreditors, putting it in the hands of trustees, of whom Wil-\\nliam Penn was one. The trustees immediately went to work\\nto put the lands of their trust in the market for settlement,\\nthe first step being to secure a division of the territor}^ sepa-\\nrating their half from that owned by Lord Berkelej The\\ndividing line accordingly agreed upon began at Little Egg\\nHarbor bay, and ran nearly North to a point on the Delaware\\nriver just above the forty-first parallel of latitude. The\\npart South and West of this dividing line became the prov-\\nince of West Jersey, and was divided into one hundred\\nparts, ten of which were assigned to Fenwick, before men-\\ntioned, and ninety parts remained to be sold for the benefit of", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "4 History of Hammonton.\\nthe creditors of the said Edward Byllinge. The holders of\\nthese uiuety parts in the order of their purchase, became the\\nWest Jersey Proprietors, mentioned in the history of this\\nprovince.\\nThe plan of peaceable intercourse and understanding with\\nthe Indians, adopted by Penn in Pennsylvania, was applied\\nto New Jersey, and although enjoying a land tenure running\\nthrough deeds from Carteret, and the Duke of York, back to\\nthe Royal Charles, there was an honest assumption that King\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Charles had granted titles to lauds he did not actually own,\\nand to use a modern expression, was not able to deliver the\\ngoods he had couve3 ed, while the native Indians stood in the\\nway by the right of possession. Accordingly Penn and his\\nassociate trustees, through accredited agents, proceeded to\\nback up their title from King Charles b} title from Indian\\nchiefs. As this work was accomplished, settlements began\\nand progressed, colonies taking up land at Salem and Bur-\\nlington, and founding in earnest the province of West Jersey.\\nThese first settlers were mostly members of the Society of\\nFriends, and had no trouble in peaceably occupying the soil\\nthey had secured.\\nCounty lines were established, and wide extent given to\\nthese subdivisions of the West Jersey domain. Salem,\\nGloucester and Burlington were the first counties established.\\nThe county of Gloucester was first laid out in 1677, and em-\\nbraced the territory now included in the counties of Camden,\\nAtlantic and Gloucester.\\nThe present county of Atlantic was not organized until\\n1837, and had been in existence but nineteen years when the\\nnew towil of Hammonton received its first impetus.\\nTo particularly trace the land of which the Hammonton tract\\nwas a part, back to its original ownership, would be an inter-\\nesting, although a toilsome task, and exceeding the limits of\\nthis little book. Still an intelligent history demands that we\\nexamine in brief some of the conveyances and reconveyances\\nthrough which the soil of our prosperous town has passed.\\nIn 1748 the West New Jersey Society located 33,078 acres\\nof land, and two years later the same society located 36,241", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 5-\\nacres additional. Tliis land remained idle and unproductive\\nin the hands of the Society until 1713, when a resurvey was\\nmade of the two tracts, which were found to contain 78,060\\nacres. Another lapse of years followed, and in 1812 Phineas\\nBond, attorney of the Society, sold the whole tract to Charles\\nShoemaker, George Ashbridge, Morris Robinson and John\\nand Joseph Paul, of Philadelphia. This vast possession is\\ndescribed in the original deed of transfer, and in the various\\ninstruments by which its divided parts were afterwards con-\\nveyed, as being located in the townships of Great Egg Harbor,\\nGalloway and We^^mouth, in Gloucester county.\\nThe passage of the land from the West Jersey Society, was\\nthe beginning of its settlement, b^^ purchase in various tracts\\nby different owners. In 1805, 13,821 acres of this vast pos-\\nsession were sold to William Richards, and in January 1808,\\nRichards sold 654 acres of the above purchase, to William\\nGriffith, Griffith sold his interest in the following August to\\nJohn R. Coates, and in 1814 this tract was sold by Coates to^\\nWilliam Coffin.\\nAugust IT, 1743 Mar^^ Kirkbride located 944 acres. This\\nland passed though the hands of the historic Pemberton fam-\\nily, and in 1804 was deeded to the William Griffith who\\npurchased the 654 acres of the West Jersey Society tract\\npreviously mentioned. The Kirkbride tract was conveyed by\\nGriffith to Benjamin B. Cooper, by him reconve3 ed to Griffith\\nby whom it was sold in 1808 to John R. Coates, and by him\\nin 1814 to the William Coffin mentioned above.\\nThese two surveys, containing an aggregate of 1598 acres,\\ncomprised the Old Hammondton tract. Upon the death of\\nWilliam Coffin in 1844, this property was left by will to John\\nHammond and Edward Winslow Coffin, sons of the-deceased.\\nOf the above two tracts, the 654 acres originally a part of\\nthe West Jersey Societ^^ s domain, lay in nearly a square\\nchunk, to the North and East of the present village of Ham-\\nmonton, taking in the lake, running to a |)oint nearly where\\nthe present park borders on Egg Harbor road, and then\\nrunning North-west in nearly a straight line. The Kirkbride\\ntract began at the Society s corner near the lake, ran North-\\nwest and then South to the old Chew road, crossing the\\npresent railroad near the Buzby farm, and following the Chew", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "6 History of Hammontov.\\nroad to a point nearly opposite the lower end of the lake, and\\nthen to the aforesaid Society s corner, or place of beginning.\\nIt may be remarked that the smallest tract cut from the\\nWest Jersey Society s 78,000 acres, was a piece of land sold\\nin 1804, and containing 168 and uinet -one hundredths acres,\\nto John Horn, George Horn and Stephen Horn, of the town-\\nship of Galloway, Gloucester county. This is now the old\\nHorn farm near New Columbia, which is still in possession of\\ndescendants of the original purchasers. The price paid was\\na])out $3 per acre.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER II.\\nOld Hammondton Early Traditions Its Life, Business\\nAND Industries.\\nWhere tradition leaves off and actual, authentic history\\nbegins, is generally a puzzle in relation to the growth of na-\\ntions and peoples, and what is true on a large scale, also\\nholds good in an effort to get at the first beginnings in Ham-\\nmonton.\\nTraditionally, it is said, that the first settlement, if one or\\ni;wo cabins may be dignified by that name, in the vicinity of\\nHammonton, was near where the old Egg Harbor road crosses\\nthe head of the lake. It is said that this mythical first settler\\nwas a migratory son of Erin, and that he kept a groggery at\\nthis most lonesome spot in the wilderness. Such a location\\nmight have been fit for a moonshiner, but could hardly\\nhave been a profitable location for a liquor saloon, even at a\\ntime when everybod}^ drank. This Irishman s name was\\nMullen, and it is barely possible that he may have eked out a\\nfeeble existence entertaining the few travelers who in those\\ndays journeyed from the city to the sea. Had he a wife, chil-\\ndren or other ftimily, tradition saith not, and from whence he\\ncame, and whither he went, the guardian spirits of undevel-\\noped history are equally silent.\\nAbout the time when our countr}- was having its second\\nwar with Great Britain, say 1812, William Coffln,whose father\\nwas a native of the island of Nantucket, Mass., and who had\\nsettled at Green Bank, Burlington county, this State,came to\\nHammonton under an agreement with John Coates to build\\nand operate a saw mill. Coffin operated the mill for a couple\\nof years, and then purchased it, with the tract of land men-\\ntioned in the last chapter. The mill at the lake, now owned\\nand operated by George W. Elvins, stands upon the site\\noccupied by the mill of the days of Coffin and Coates.\\nCO", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "8 History of Hammonton.\\nThose were the days of small things, when a little money-\\nwent a good ways, and trade was carried on by barter rather\\nthan bank checks. Still the industrious and economical pros-\\npered, and to this class Mr. Coffin belonged. The saw mil!\\nwas his principal industry until 1817, when in company with\\nJonathan Haines, then in the business at Clementon, Burling-\\nton county, he commenced the erection of a glass factory.\\nHaines and Coffin continued the business until 1821, when\\nthe firm dissolved, Haines moving to Waterford, and starting\\nthe glass business at that place.\\nThe elder Coffin manufactured glass and lumber until 1836,\\nwhen he leased the works to his son Bodine Coffin, and his\\nson-in-law Andrew K. Hay. The firm of Coffin Ha} was\\ndissolved in about two 3^ears, and then William Collin oper-\\nated the works until his death in 1844. Upon the death of\\nthe father the factories and the estate passed to the ownership\\nof John Hammond and Edward Winslow, the sons. In 1846\\nEdward sold his share of the property to hi\u00c2\u00ab brother John.\\nThe town was named for John Hammond Coffin and was\\nthen known as Hammondton, the d having been drop-\\nped after the new settlement was begun.\\nThere is little now at the lake to remind one of the d:i.ys of\\nCoffin. The glass factory was located on what is now the\\ncorner of Central and Hammonton avenues, in the middle of\\nW. H. French s blackberry patch. The flattening ovens were\\nsituated on the opposite side of the road, near the present\\nresidence of Henry Niccolai. What is now called Hammon-\\nton avenue, was then Waterford road. The old house on the\\nright-hand side of Hammonton avenue, going towards the\\nlake was the old Coffin mansion, the older part of which was\\nbuilt in 1812, and the larger or main part in 182.5, and between\\nit and the lake, was the store, where the Coffin eraploj ees did\\ntheir trading. The larger and more pretentious house, on the\\ncorner of Pleasant Mills road, was built by Andrew K. Hay,,\\nafter he became a rising business man of the region, and be-\\nfore he entered upon his prosperous career at Winslow.\\nThe glass manufactured bj the Coffins sought an outlet ta\\nthe market by being carted to the forks in the Mullica river\\none and one-half miles below Pleasant Mills, from which point.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 9\\nit was carried b}^ water to the New York and Philadelphia\\nmarkets.\\nThe lumber for the original Richards mansion at Batsto,\\nwas sawed at the Coffin mill, soon after he began its oper-\\nation.\\nOld Hammondton was a business and social oasis in the\\nwilderness. When sickness came the doctor was sought in\\nHaddonfield, and it may be that the general healthfulness was\\ndue to the fact that the ph^ sician was so far away.\\nThe preacher came about once in two weeks, and always le-\\nceived hospitality and cheer under the Coffin roof.\\nReligious services were held in a combined church and\\nschool house, which stood back from the old Waterford road\\nand near the Miner Rogers farm. There is an old grave\\nyard th?re now to mark the spot, in which sleep the ashes of\\nsixteen of Hammonton s early settlers. The oldest grave\\nstone is dated January, 1841, and marks the ^-esting place of\\nAbigail Daniels, and by a strange fatality the last person\\nburried there as late as 1855 was Charles Daniels. In this\\nhouse the .young members of the Coffin famil} received the\\nrudiments of their education. Later a new house was built\\nwhere the present Lake School House stands.\\nIn 1840 the Coffin glass works were burned, but were im-\\nmediately rebuilt, and he then sent to Massachusetts, and\\nimported a new gang of workmen, the old ones having been\\ndischarged for cause, and under suspicion of having set fire\\nto the property. Soon after this a post-office was established,\\nand as a matter of course William Coffin became the first\\npostmaster.\\nCommunication with the outside world was b}^ stage, which\\nran from Camden to Leeds Point every Wednesday and Sat-\\nurday, and made the return trips Thursdays and Mondays.\\nThis was the fast mail route of the primitive days. Rich-\\nard Cake was the first stage driver, and after him came\\nWilliam Satt. He was succeeded by Captain Kimble who\\npulled the ribbons over the stage coach team, until the build-\\ning of the railroad caused the stage and the stage driver to\\nmove on to a wilder country. It is said that when anything\\nhappened that Capt. Kimble couldn t drive the route, his wife", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "10 History of Hammonton.\\nwould mount the box, and apply the lasb with niasculine\\nvigor.\\nSome idea may be obtained of the social and family life of\\nthe people who worked in the factory at Old Hammondton,\\nand a glimpse may be had of how the^ lived, b} noting the\\nstore purchases of the workmen. An entr^ from Mr. Cotlin s\\nday book, runs about as follows 1 quarter of flour; 5 pounds\\nof pork, 1 pound of sugar; 1 plug of tobacco; 1 quart of mo-\\nlasses; 1 quart of rum; and it is averred that this individual\\nentery was duplicated by nearly every head of a fam-ly who\\nworked in the factory. The sameness in quantity of the rum\\nand molasses is singularh suggestive, and demands no com-\\nment.\\nOur way is not the way of the people of Old Hammondton;\\nwhat was scarcely a hamlet, has become a poi)ulous, prosper-\\nous ind thrift}^ town, and while we may flatter ourselves that\\na decade of our time is worth a cycle of that of the older\\ntime, still au lionorable fortune Avas made in those daj S, and\\nhappiness and good fellowship abounded at the lake in\\nthose ante-bellum times.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER III.\\nBuilding the New Town Byrnes and Landis Early\\nBuying and Settling.\\nThe years just preceding the war of the rebellion, were\\nmarked by new efforts to develop and improve South Jersey.\\nWithin a few j ^ears of each other Elwood, Hammonton and\\nYineland received their lirst inception, and the effort began,\\nwhich turned many acres of the Jerse}^ wilderness into fertile\\nfields and blossoming gardens, and infused new moral and\\nintellectual blood into the life of this region, by transplanting\\nfamilies from New England and New York, to become part\\nof the population of the commonwealth of New Jersey. The\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Yankees in their coming, both acted, and were acted upon.\\nThey brought new ideas and methods, which were appropri-\\nated by the older towns to their benefit, and as time goes by\\nboth natives and new comers in all this section find that in\\ngetting better acquainted both are mutually benefitted and\\nblessed.\\nIn 1856, Richard J. Byrnes, a young banker of the Quaker\\ncity, and Charles K. Landis, a young Philadelphia lawyer,\\nformed a copartnership for the purpose of engaging in the\\nreal estate, stock and note business.\\nJust across the Delaware, and almost so close as to really\\nhe considered a suburb of Philadelphia, was the South Jer-\\nsey wilderness. Early in their business career, several tracts\\nof this wilderness, in and adjoining Old Hammondton,\\nwere secured by Messrs. Byrnes and Landis co be disposed\\nof as their judgments might dictate. These tracts of land\\nwere owned in part by Charlotte Cushman, the actress, by\\nheirs of the Richards family, the Chew and Cooper fami-\\nlies, and the Peterson family, of whom the Philadelphia\\npublishing firm are members.\\nThe new proprietors at once began the advertisement and\\nsale of their land, in farms and tracts to suit purchasers.\\nTheir headquarters were at the lake in the old Coffin house\\n(11)", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "12 History of Hammonton,\\nPassengers by the newly built Camden and Atlantic Railroad,\\nleft the cars at Da Costa, which was then Hammonton station,\\nand was about two miles below our present depot.\\nMay 15th, 1857, the first purchase of land was made of the\\nnew proprietors, by Matthew Seagrove, of Philadelphia. This\\npurchase included four acres of land, and an old house, a\\nremnant of the old Coffin glass manufacturing property.\\nIn the summer of the same year, Capt. A. Somerby, fresh\\nfrom Newbur3 port, Mass., arrived in town, and purchased a\\npiece of land at the foot of what is now Central avenue.\\nUpon it he erected the first house built in the Hammonton\\nof the new time. It is the house at the lake, now owned and\\noccupied by John Myers, Sr.\\nAll of the first sales of land, and the earl^^ improvements,\\nwere made in the vicinity of the lake, and mostly on the\\nPleasant Mills road. In October, 1857, John Myers bought\\nthe farm, and soon built the house on that road, now occupied\\nby his son William. The section on Main Road in the vicin-\\nity of what is now known as Elvins corner, was opened up\\nto settlement in the fall of 1857. Capt. Somerby had sold\\nhis new house at the lake, and moving up the road purchased\\nthe farm now the Ransom nursery, and erected a house upon\\nthe same before the end of the year. The Swift farm was\\ntaken up by Harry Tucker, a Boston man, and by John W.\\nChamplain, of Duchess count}^, New York.\\nMain road along which these settlements were made, was\\nthe old stage road from Philadelphia to the sea. It was a\\ncrooked thoroughfare winding through the wilderness. The\\nold road wais kept, but was straightened, graded and improA ed.\\nThe other roads about town were surveyed in the Fall of 57\\nand Spring of 58, and opened up as fast as possible. The\\npeople came rapidl} and land was sold with a rush, faster in\\nfact than the roads could be l uilt to give the purchasers\\naccess to their possessions.\\nIn 1858 what is now Hammonton Station was established,\\nand Bellevue avenue was opened, to become tLe main street\\nof the town. The new town had its ups and downs, especially its\\ndowns. The war of the rebellion came on, and some of the\\nmen who had staked their all in Jersey to subdue the wilder-", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 13\\nness, enlisted to help save the country. Discouragement arose,\\nand dark days lowered over the infant settlement. But pluck\\nand perseverance characterized the Hammonton pioneers.\\nThey were here to stay, and wisely deciding to bear the ills\\nthey had until they could conquer them, instead of fl3 ing to\\nothers they knew not of, they sensibly settled down, to\\nachieve that prosperit} as a fruit growing community, which\\nhas so abundantly crowed their efforts.\\nIn 1859, the older part of what is now Whiffen Bros. shoe\\nfactory, was erected by the late Capt. C. J. Fay. It stood on\\nBellevue avenue, between the present site of Fay s drug store,\\nand the Camden Atlantic railroad. For about five years it\\ndid service as a planing mill, and in it Fay s hay, cotton and\\ncider presses were made. From this time on buildings mul-\\ntiplied at what is now the center of the town. John Stewart,\\nof Philadelphia, built the house where Judge B3 rnes resides\\nabout this time. In the Spring of 1860, A. J. Delano, from the\\nstate of Maine, built a small building where the store of S. E.\\nBrown Co. now stands. For a couple of years it was used\\nas a hotel. The following year, another Maine Yankee, Eli\\nHanson, by name, invested in hotel number two, purchasing\\nthe lot, now ornamented by Wooley s handsome brick block.\\nThis building did hotel service till 1866, when it was pur-\\nchased by Mr. E. J. Woolley, and transformed into a store\\nand dwelling. In a sort of apostolic upper chamber in this\\nbuilding, Mr.^.Woolley s son Dion produced the Hornet, which.\\nin time evoluted into the Atlantic Mirror, of which more fur-\\nther on. The old house was moved to its present location on\\nVine street, to make room for the brick block before men-\\ntioned. The building now, and for many years known as\\nTilton s store, was commenced in 1861, but it came to a stand-\\nstill when in an unfinished condition, and remained so until\\n1864, when P. S, Tilton and Pardon Ryan, of Smith s Land-\\ning, purchased the unfinished structure, completing it, and\\nstarting the store which still holds a most prosperous and\\nhonorable place in the merchantile life of the town. Mr.\\nRyan retired from the business in about two years. This\\nbuilding for a number of years was the accommodation post\\noffice, when the main office was out at Elvins corner.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "14 History of Hammonton.\\nEarl}^ in 1861, Messrs. Landis and Byrnes parted compan}\\nthe partnership existing between them being mutually dis-\\nsolved. Mr. Byrnes remained to grow old and ripen with\\nHammonton, while Mr. Landis went over into Cumberland\\ncounty, and on the 8th of August in that year stuck the\\nproverbial first stake in what has become far-famed Vineland.\\nHe still resides there, but his attention is principally absorbed\\nin looking after Sea Isle City, the successful summer resort\\nhe founded on Ludlam s beach.\\nHammonton remained a part of Mullica township until 186(5,\\nwhen finding that she was old enough to go the journey of\\nlife alone, application was made to the Legislature for a charter\\nto permit her to set up in business for herself. The bill grant-\\ning this privilege was a somewhat voluminous document, and\\nwas approved March 5th, 186G. Under its provisions an\\nelection was speedily held, the event taking place on the 14th\\nof March. The election was held in Elvins Hall, corner of\\nMain road and Bellevue avenue, the following officers being\\nelected Council for two ^^ears, Peter S. Tilton, Thomas\\nWetherbee, Gerry Valentine Council for one year, John C.\\nBryant, Isaiah Potter, Jesse Thomas. Assessor, George F.\\nMiller, 3 years George W. Pressey, 2 years A Somerby, 1\\nyear; Collector, Geo. Elvins; Town Clerk, E. P. McKean; Jus-\\ntice, Alonzo Potter; Constable, S. W. Gilbert; Poundkeeper,\\nH. T. Pressey Overseer of Roads, William A. Elvins; Com-\\nmissioners of Appeal, H. P. Crowell, S. M. Cathcart, James\\nDuble; Town Superintendent, D. B. Snow; School Exam-\\niners, F. R. Brace, Asher Moore; Judge of Election, Asher\\nMoore; Freeholders, William A. Elvins, John C. Bryant. A\\ntown tax was voted as follows Dog tax, $1.50 per head.\\nFor town purposes, $1,000. For Schools $3 per scholar.\\nAt the first meeting of Council, Thomas S. Wetherbee was\\nelected president, Peter S. Tilton, Councilman-elect, tendered\\nhis resignation, which was accepted, and Moses I). DePuy\\nwas elected to fill the vacanc3^ A series of conferences or\\nconventions with the township committees of the townships\\nof Mullica and Hamilton, were held lasting into the summer,\\nfor the purpose of apportioning the assets and liabilities of\\nthe various townships, so that the burdens and benefits should", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 15\\nrest justly upon all. After a time this task was duly accom-\\nplished.\\nWhen Messrs. B3 rnes and Landis took possession of their\\ndomain in Jersey, they put in the field as selling agent, Judge\\nGoorge A. Walker, of Philadelphia, and he kept the post\\noffice at the lake until 1859, when George H. Brigham, who\\nlived at the corner of Fairview avenue and Main road, was\\nappointed post master, and dispensed the mail matter from\\nhis residence. In the fall of the year, the administration of\\nPresident Buchanan conferred the honors of postmaster at\\nHammonton upon Capt. C. J. Fay, and the post office was\\nmoved to his store near the railroad. He remained in charge\\nof the same until the universal change which the war brought\\nabout in the civil service, and in 1862 George Elvins was ap-\\npointed postmaster, and removed the main office to his store\\nat the corner of Main road and Bellevue avenue. A branch\\noffice was kept at Tilton s store, but this was discontinued by\\nthe government about 1883. Mr. Elvins was succeeded bv\\nhis wife, who served during his term in the Legislature, and\\nhe again succeeded to the office, and held it until his time ran\\nout in 1887, when C. F. Osgood, was appointed by President\\nCleveland, and is now the efficient and respected incumbent\\nof the position. Mr. Elvins fitted up the present cozy and\\nattractive office. A branch office to accommodate the farmers\\nof that region, is kept at Mr. Elvins store.\\nThe first man to embark in pear culture in Hammonton,\\nwas Henry S. Ferris, on Main road near Walker. He still\\nresides on the property.\\nTo a woman belongs the honor of building the first store.\\nIt was at Old Hammonton, and is still standing, the second\\nbuilding on the right hand side of Pleasant Mills road as you\\nturn at the lake. The owner was Charlotte H. Speakman.\\nThe first child born in the new settlement was a son of\\nWilliam Hamlyn, who lived at the time on the place now\\nowned and occupied by L. H. Parkhurst. This new comer\\nwas presented with a new dress by Judge Byrnes.\\nThe first blacksmith shop was built and owned by William\\nStimson, on what is now known as the Almy place on Belle-\\nvue avenue.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "16 History of Hammonton.\\nIn 1859 A. W. Hortou built the first house on Bellevue\\navenue. It was located where M. L. Jackson s meat market\\nnow stands. The house was afterward removed to Grape\\nstreet, and is now occupied as a residence by Mr. Harrald.\\nGeorge Henry put out the first strawberry patch, to raise\\nthe berries for the market. It was on the farm at the corner\\nof Fourth street and Bellevue avenue, now occupied by Capt.\\nSwank.\\nIn 1866, the 3 ear of the town s incorporation, a local cen-\\nsus was taken, and it showed the town to contain 1422 inhab-\\nitants Horses, cattle and swine 581 number of acres\\nassessed, 19,064 number of acres in cultivation, 2,031\\nThere were planted in strawberries, 304 acres in blackberries\\n212 acres; in cranberries, 40 acres. In the town were 53,000\\ngrapevines; 23,906 pear trees; 677 quince, 829 plum, and\\n1,350 cherry trees. Number of dwelling houses, 365; school\\nhouses, 4; churches, 2; mills and factories, 4; whole number of\\nbuildings, 383. The real estate of the town was valued at\\n$596,319, and the personal property at $169,132.\\nOn the 6th day of June, 1866 there was a grand strawberry\\nexhibition in town, and among the exhibitors of big berries,\\nwere W. F. Bassett, Dr. Bowles, G. W. Pressey, G. Valentine,\\nCapt. Burgess and a host of others not now residents of town.\\nThe most interesting feature of the exhibition was the visit of\\na delegation from the far-famed Farmers Club of New York.\\nAmong the visitors were Solon Robinson, then agricultural\\neditor of the New York Tribune; P. T. Quinn, of Newark,\\nChas. Downing, of Newburg, N. Y., and a score of other\\nhorticulturists, besides the railroad officials who accompanied\\nthem. They were driven about town, and feasted upon\\nthe fat of the land. Visiting Atlantic Cit3% they returned to\\nspend the night in Hammonton, and in the evening a public\\nmeeting was held, at which the visiting dignitaries made\\nspeeches to the edification of the Hammontonians. It was a\\nsort of a boom for the town, and the affair was elaborately\\nreported in the Trifiitne, whose agricultural editor, Mr. Robin-\\nson, and editor in chief, Mr. Greeley, were warm friends of\\nHammonton, Vineland and other fruit growing towns in South\\nJersey.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "^|r^^ V**** *^i^l!g.\\nSTORE OF P. S. TILTON SON.\\nSTOKE OF S. E. lUiOWN cV CO.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF D. COLWELL.\\nRESIDENCE OF P. H. JACOBS.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. It\\nReturning to the matter of early settlers, it may be men-\\ntioned that during the first 3 ear, (1857) John North, Peter\\nMoran and Joseph Biddle purchased land, as did William\\nGibbon, James and Thomas Trafford, John Lawrence, Henry\\nS. and Thos. Wetherbee, Henry L. Ferris, who planted the\\nfirst pear orchard, S. F. Twomey, S. C. Miller, Charles Hig-\\nginson, M. M. Merrill, E. T. McKean, for several years town\\nclerk, W. Davidson, Henr}^ Tucker, John W. Champion, and\\nLewis Downs. Benjamin Henshaw came in the fall of 1857^\\nand lacks only a few days of contesting with Capt. Somerby^\\nthe honor of being the first settler.\\nAmong the arrivals in 1858, were Ezra and Orin Packard,,\\nSidney Mood}-, George Taylor, and William Black, the store-\\nkeeper. There also came during that year, Thomas Pas-\\ncoe, Eri Wells, E, R. Jenkins, John Buckley, Thomas Tib-\\nbetts and Robert Putnam, who after having lived in Virginia,\\nfor a number of years, has returned to Hammonton. Mr,\\nPutnam erected the house on Pine road now occupied by Mr,\\nTudor. H. N. Parkhurst, father of L. H. and Merrill, was\\none of the fifty-eighters. He built part of the house and\\ncleared some of the land of the present L. H. Parkhurst farm.\\nThis farm and that of Merrill s adjoining it, are among the\\nbest in town. F. Priestly, J. Budd, C. A. Mintzer, E, A.\\nHeston, Henry T. Pressey and C. E. Roberts, came here the\\nsame year. Andrew Elvins, lather of Williaaa A. and George\\narrived in 1858, and erected the store, corner of Main and\\nBellevue. In it was Elvins Hall, where the public meetings\\nof the early days were held. George, the present store keeper^\\nand ex-assemblyman and ex-post-master, and William A, one\\nof our most prosperous farmers, clerked in their father s\\nstore. Hiram Crowell was one of the fift3 -eighters, as was\\nDr. Joseph H. North. Dr. North bought and cleared what\\nis now the Daniel Colwell farm on Fairview avenue. Dr. North\\nstarted what is now Mr. Colwell s large pear orchard, from\\nwhich he shipped this j^ear 300 barrels of pears. The Doctor\\nsent all the way to France for some of the trees in this famous\\norchard. Dr. North still resides here, and although an octo-\\ngenerian, his interest in Hammonton is as lively as ever.\\nThis activity may be shown by stating that within the past", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "18 History of Hammonton.\\nfew years he cleared the land and plante.l a peach orchard of\\n4,000 trees.\\nIn 1859 Mr. Kirkpatrick built the house now owned hy\\nSamuel Anderson, the well-known owner and breeder of grade\\nAldernej^s. The same year Rev. Asher Moore, father of Rus-\\nsell, of the woolen mill, H. ^V. Loring, Rev. Wm. Passmore,\\nDaniel Baker, A. Ellis and Warren T. Pastor made purchases,\\nL. Monfort, the Middle road pear grower, was among the\\nfift3 -niners. He is the premium pear grower of the town.\\nHis crop of Bartletts last year (1888) amounted to over 500\\nbarrels. Lewis Hood, Gr. C. Hooker, S. W. Gilbert and A.\\nO. Clark, came this j^ear. Mr. Clark built the block of build-\\nings just below Second street on Bellevue. He now resides\\nin Yineland. Undertaker Gerry Valentine, late coroner, and\\nfor several years a member of the Council, left his Massachu-\\nsetts home for Hammonton during 1859.\\nAmong the arrivals in 1860 we have H. A, Andrews, Alon-\\nzo Potter, H. G. Newton, William F. Trost, Abel Fairchild,\\nDaniel Heller, and P. S, Robbins, T. J. Smith, of the State of\\nMaine, and now one of our largest house owners, came this\\nyear, as d^ct George W. Presse}^, the inventor, who built a\\nblacksmith shop on the lot now occupied by C. E. Hall s\\nblock, corner of Bellevue and Central avenues.\\nMost of the earlv settlers mentioned in the foregoing para-\\ngraphs, or members of their families, are still residents of\\nHammonton.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IV.\\nHammonton Its Location, Government, Soil and Climate.\\nHammonton is the North-east town in Atlantic county,\\nand is situated about thirty miles East by South from the\\ncity of Philadelphia, and about equal distance from Atlantic\\nCity. It has two competing lines of railroad, the Camden\\nAtlantic, which is a part of the Pennsylvania system, and the\\nPhiladelphia and Atlantic Cit} Railway, which is operated\\nb} the Philadelphia and Reading Companj These lines are\\nboth well equipped, and the railroad accommodation, whether\\nfor passenger or freight-traffic is excellent. Besides these\\ntwo railroads connecting Philadelphia with the seacoast, run-\\nning on the northern border of the town is the New Jersey\\nSouthern Railroad, a direct route from the Delaware bay to\\nNew York. This is also operated by the Philadelphia and\\nReading and gives the town ample outlet for the products of\\nits farms and factories.\\nThe soil of the town varies. There may be found light sand\\nand sandy loam, while the land bordering on the swamps and\\nstreams is more of an alluvial deposit. No one claims for it\\nthe depth and natural richness of the lands of the Mississippi\\nYalley, or the Western prairies. But it is susceptible of a\\nhigh state of cultivation, and responds quickly to the care\\nand culture of the experienced husbandman. It is wonder-\\nfully well adapted to fruit and truck raising, and has charms\\nto attract the general farmer, as a survey of the many fine\\nfarms will prove.\\nConsidering its nearness to the great centers of population,\\nwhere live the consumers who make the best markets of the\\ncountry, and the consequent small cost of transporting the\\nproducts of the farm to the consumers, with its excellence of\\n19", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "20 History of Hammonton.\\nclimate, and it may be claimed that Hammonton has advan-\\ntages comparable if not superior to the great West.\\nProvidence has favored no one localitj* with all the signs\\nof bounty, or advantages, social, material and educational,\\nbiit we claim for our town a full share of all those attractions\\nwhich make life pleasant and labor ])rofitable.\\nIdleness, intemperance, and extravagance tend always and\\neverywhere to failure if not to want, and the misfortunes of\\ntrade, speculation and business effort visit at times the best\\nof men and the most favored communities, and we claim no\\nUtopia where none of these misfortunes enter. But the suc-\\ncess which follows earnest effort and honest toil has been, and\\ncan be achieved here in as great abundance as in an} locality\\nin our favored countr}-.\\nIn about thirty -nine and one half degrees North latitude,\\nHammonton has a climate as warm, or warmer than Richmond,\\nVa., the temperature being modified by the proximity to the\\nocean. Nothing can be more complete in the way of climate\\nthan the Springs and Falls of South Jersey. That intermedi-\\nate period of freezing and thawing, and universal mud, which\\nfollows early Autumn and precedes early Spring in more\\nnorthern latitudes, is here unknown. A few days at most\\nremoves all traces of Winter, and we at once pass from what\\nWinter we haA^e, to the time of balmy breezes, opening buds\\nand singing birds. Cold weather, yes, of course, we have it,,\\nbut it does not last long, and the prolonged season of being\\nfrozen up and snowed in is here unknown. The summer\\nheat is tempered by the ocean breezes which fan away that\\noppressive sultryness which belongs to more inland places.\\nThe climate is conducive to health. People get sick, and\\ndie here as they do every where else. But all other things\\nbeing equal, and the tendency of our climate is to health.\\nMalaria has never been known to originate in this climate,\\nand the diseases which prevail are either such as were brought\\nhere from other localities, or are traceable to flagrant care-\\nlessness, or the ])lain work of a hereditary taint. Lying\\nwithin the Isothermal liiie, the region of South Jersey, has\\nspecial claims to consideration as a healthy locality, and", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "HlSTCKT OF HAW Mvrr.v, 21\\namong all the towns in this locality. ELammonton takes\\ntiie lead in the showing of her vital statistics. The last\\nAnnual Report of the State Board of Health gires the death\\nrate of Hanunonton as 14 to the thousand for the last rear.\\nThis is quite a considerable less than any town appearing\\nunder a like head.\\nThe people who settled the town of Hammonton came\\nlargely from Xew England, which feet appears in the town\\ngovernment, which is patterned after the Xew England plan.\\nThe government of the town is vested in a Town Council,\\ncomposed of six members, three of whom are elected annually.\\nIt is their business to audit and order paid all bills against\\nthe town for services rendered. They also have legislative\\npowers, and may from time to time pass ordinances for the\\ngovernment of the town, and the regulation of its afi irs.\\nThe Council for 1S?9, as determined by the last town meet-\\ning, was composed of the following gentlemen: T. B. Drown.\\nPresident, and William Bemshouse. Charles Woodnutt. C. S.\\n^ewcomb, L. Beverage and I). ColwelL The other town\\noflBc-ers for 18S8 are as follows: Town Clerk, A. J. Smith:\\nCollector. O. E. Hoyt: Assessors. H. J. Monfort. D. Col-\\nweU. D. F. Lawson: Chosen Freeholder. M. L. Jackson:\\nConstables, Geoige Bemshouse, Charles M. ScuULn: Town\\nMaishaL Jesse Fairchild: Justices of the Peace. John Atkin-\\nson. Maj. C. yL Jordan: Overseer of Highways. W. H. Bur-\\ngess: Overseer of Poor. Georare Bemshouse Judge of Elee-\\ntion. J. C. Anderson: Inspectors. EL E. Bowles. M. D.. J. T.\\nFrench Commissioner of AppeaL George W. Pressey. E.\\nR. Sproul. M. L. Jackson Poxmd Keeper. Alex. Aitfcen.\\nThere are in the town one hundred and fifty miles of streets\\nand roads, so that the overseer has wort to do. and holds a\\nvery responsiWe position. The appropriation for roads for\\nISS^* was $2.(\u00c2\u00bb00. and considering the amount of surfece over\\nwhich the money has to be spent, and the roads are in good\\neoiiditi The main roads in the rming district are g^i-\\nerally in fine condition, being well graded. There is room,\\nhowever, for improvement in most of the streets and side-\\nwalks in the village.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "22 History of Hammonton.\\nIn the town, and ubout a mile from the center, is a fine\\nsheet of fresh water, about a mile long. It is formed by dam-\\nming a small stream, and is fed by innumerable springs. It\\naffords fine opportunity for boating and bathing in Summer^\\nand for skating in Winter, wLen the weather is cold enough\\nto form ice of sufficient thickness. Adjoining the lake is a\\nnatural groA^e, and twenty acres of land called the park.\\nThis is the propert} of the town, and is free of access to all\\nresidents and visitors, affording in connection with the lake,.\\na fine opportunity for picnics, public gatherings and pleasure\\nparties. The town has onl} recently come into possession of\\nthe propert} When improved it will make an attractive resort.\\nSanitarians and physicians well know the health-giving\\ncharacter of the climate of South Jerse} Its pine forests,\\nhelp to charge an atmosphere? already remarkabl} free from\\nthe germs of disease, with extra health-giving power. In\\nAtlantic county the acres of these forest lands are as eight\\nto one compared with the cultivated land, and a consequent\\nlarge opportunity for further settlement, without injuriously\\ndenuding her })ine forests.\\nThe town has an excellent system of graded schools, with\\na central Grammar and High school, all of which are manned\\nby eflScient teachers, who stand high in the ranks of their\\ncalling. The high school course includes the ordinary Eng-\\nlish branches, and the Natural Sciences, History, Algebra\\nand Geometr3^ For the current year, the teachers are W. B.\\nMatthews, Principal, and the following associate teachers:\\nAnnie L. Weston, Susie L. Moore, Nellie D. Fogg, Grace U.\\nNorth, Clara E. Cavileer, Carrie L. Carhart, Minnie Newcomb\\nSara Crowell.\\nAt the last school meeting held in March of this year, an ad-\\ndition was ordered to one of the buildings, to accommodate\\nanother school, and provide for the town s increasing school\\npopulation, so that next year there will be an addition of one\\nto the list of school teachers.\\nP. H. Jacobs, S. E. Brown, and C. S. Newcomb are tlie\\nschool board, to whom the voters assigned the work of di-\\nrectino; the schools.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 23\\nBy provisions of tlie town Charter, the Council has control\\nof the streets and sidewalks, and of the moral and material\\ninterests of the town, and by ordinances regulates, prohibits\\nor licenses public games, and entertainments, provides for\\nlighting the streets, defines nuisances, and fixes the punish-\\nment for the same. The question involved in the sale of in-\\ntoxicating liquors, is determined by the Council, instead of\\nbeing referred to the Court of Common Pleas, as in the ordi-\\nnary townships of the State. The sale of intoxicating liquor\\nin any shape or form, except for mechanical or medical pur-\\nposes, is prohibited in Hammonton by town ordinances, and\\nthe law is as well enforced as most of the statutes relating\\nto crimes and misdemeanors.\\nThe sentiment in the town against license is very strong^\\nand an unlooked for change will have to come to the people\\nof the town if Hammonton ever has a licensed hotel, saloon\\nor groggery for the sale of intoxicants. The no license ex-\\nperiment has proved itself thoroughly successful, and an im-\\nportant factor in developing the moral and material prosper-\\nity of the town. As a policy, by making it easy to do right,\\nand hard to do wrong, it has saved the young men of Ham-\\nmonton to themselves, their families and their friends, in-\\nstead of tempting them to the waj^ which leads down to death,\\nthrough the legall} and publicly endorsed drinking saloon.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER Y.\\nHammontonton Churches and Religious Societies, their\\nHistory, Growth and Development.\\nbaptist.\\nThe Baptist denomination early occupied and cultivated\\nthe spiritual vineyard in Hammonton. Meetings for public\\nworship were first held in private houses, and in 1859 the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2church organization was formed. For a time meetings were\\niheld in the hall over Elvins store. In 1862 the in ant church\\ncalled to the pastorate Rev. Thomas Davis, and under the\\nministrations of this worthy shei)herd the flock grew and\\nmultiplied, and reached the point where the building of a\\nchurch edifice was ventured. The building was located on\\nBellevue avenue, just above the Methodist parsonage. Aug-\\nast 16th, 1863, the new house was first opened for public ser-\\nvice. About this time Rev. Dr. Kempton, a successful and\\neloquent preacher from Philadelphia, settled in Hammonton,\\non account of the health of his family. His services were\\nsolicited, and freely given. He served the church faithfull}-,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0without fee or reward, for several years. Under the pastor-\\nate of Dr. Kempton, the church grew and prospered. Fail-\\ning health compelled the doctor to give up his laboi of love\\nin Hammonton, and the work passed into other hands. In\\nJanuary, 1887, Rev. C. M. Ogdcn, the present pastor, was\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2called to minister to the Baptist church and people. He\\nis a native of Cumberland count} this State. In 1885 the\\nhouse of worship was moved from its former site to the\\npresent location corner of Third and Vine streets. Since\\nthen the meinl)ership has nearly doubled. The church main-\\ntains a flourishing Sunday School, of which Moses Stockwell\\n24", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 25\\nis the Superintendent. It does its full share of missionar}-,\\nbenevolent and church work.\\nCATHOLIC.\\nThe oldest historic church was the last to have a name and\\nhabitation in town. Catholic services were first held in Ham-\\nmonton in 1881, in the house of the late Lawrence W. Cog-\\nley Rev. Joseph Esser, D. D., of Egg Harbor City, offlcating.\\nAttendance rapidly increasing, services were held in what is\\nnow Black s Hall.\\nThe inconveniences of this arrangement were so many and\\nso great, that pastor and people were constrained to make an\\nearnest effort to build a place of worship, A handsome lot,\\nof nearly an acre, on Third street was presented by Judge\\nBarnes, and with the consent of the Bishop the work of\\nbuilding a church was begun. The foundation of a stone\\nchurch was begun in 1884, by George Bowers and his son,\\nLouis, who donated their labor. Owing to the untimely\\ndeath of Father Esser, the woi*k was temporarily- suspended\\nuntil the Summer of 188G, when the contract to complete the\\nchurch was given to William Bernshouse, by Rev. A. Van\\nKiel, the successor of Father Esser. In November of die\\nsame 3 ear, the corner stone, the gift of Mr. Bernshouse, was\\nlaid, and the first Mass celebrated in the new church, St.\\nJoseph s, on Passion Sunday, during the Lenten season of\\n1887. The church was substantially aided by additional\\ngifts from Mr. Bernshouse, Judge Barnes, and donations from\\nGeorge Elvins, C. F. Osgood, and others. Henry Schulz, an\\nartist of Hammonton, formerly of Germany, lately presented\\nthe church with fourteen large pictures, entitled the Way of\\nthe Cross, and painted 113 him from paintings by Klein, of\\nAustria.\\nEPISCOPAL.\\nIn the summer of 1858, Bishop Odenheimer was stopping\\nat the lake, and the matter of a Protestant FJpiscopal Church\\nwas there talked for the first time, and a lot on Central ave-\\nnue for a church was donated by Messrs B3-rnes and Landis,\\nbut the fffatter there rested, nothing practical coming from it.\\nThe present St. Marks parish was organized January 16th,", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "26 History of Hammonton.\\n1870, by Rev. William Stewart, of King s College, Windsor,\\nNova Scotia. The first ofllcers were: George Andrews, Sen-\\nior Warden, Harmon A. Tremper, Junior Warden, and the\\nfollowing vestrymen: William Hartshorn, George Johnson,\\nH. S. Seeley, H. L. Poyer and R. J. Byrnes. The corner\\nstone of the church was laid October 23rd, 1870, by Bishop\\nOdenheimer, and the same day he administered the rite of\\nconfirmation for the first time in the parish, five persons\\nbeing confirmed. Rev. William Passmore donated the land\\nupon which the church is located, and was helpful in many\\nways in organizing and carrying on the work of the parish.\\nThe first service was held in the new building May 21st, 1871,\\nRev. W. V. Beavers, of Philadelphia, officiating. The church\\nhad a number of diflTerent pastors after the death of Mr,\\nStewart in 1871, and in 1874 the parish was placed under the\\ncharge of the Missionary Convention of Burlington. Rev.\\nGeorge McClellan Fisk was made rector of the parish and\\nserved until 1876. During his incumbency the church was\\nadmitted to the Convocation of the Diocese of New Jersey,\\nand H. A. Tremper and J. E. Watkis were the first lay depu-\\nties rei)resenting the parish in convention. The rectors fol-\\nlowing Mr. Fisk, were Rev. Thomas B. Gordon, Rev. J. Gib-\\nbons Gantt, Rev. 0. S. Prescott, Rev. G. R. Underbill, who\\ncame in September, 1881 and was succeeded by Rev. Lewis\\nK, Lewis and he in turn by Rev. William C. Starr. In Oc-\\ntober, 1885 he resigned, and in Januar}^, 1887, Rev. G. R. Un-\\nderhill, the present rector was recalled. The parish has a\\nSunday School and an active Ladies Aid Society. The par-\\nish is financially and spiritually prosperous, and during the\\npast year has built and completed a handsome new rectory at\\na cost of about $2,000.\\nMETHODIST.\\nThe followers of Wesley were the first to perfect a religious\\norganization in Hammonton. As early as 1857, Rev. Dr.\\nJohnson, then preaching at Waterford and Winslow, began\\npreaching in the school house at Old Hammonton, at the lake,\\nand in the Spring of 1858, Rev. A. Palmer organized a class\\ncomposed of the following persons Henry L. Ferris, Har-", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 27\\nriet L. Ferris, Thomas Trnfford, Hannah Trafford, George\\nElvins, Annie Elvins, Charles E. Roberts, James Trafford,\\nGeorge Henry and a few others. The infant society was at-\\ntached to the Winslow and Waterford Circuit, and the\\npreacher came every other Sunday afternoon. Meetings\\nwere held in Elvins Hall. George Elvins was the society s\\nfirst licensed exhorter. The church building was not erected\\nuntil 1866, and only the first floor was furnished, and the\\naudience-room was completed in 1879. In 1885 the parson-\\nage was built, and furnished, mostly by the Ladies Aid So-\\nciety. The church has been blest temporally in various ways,\\nand spiritually in three marked revivals. One in 1868-9, one\\nin 1878-9, and one in 1885-6. In these revivals about one\\nhundred and thirty persons were added to the church mem-\\nbership. The following pastors have ministered to the\\nchurch since its organization: Revs. Dr. Johnson, A. Palmer,\\nC. H. Kirkbride, J. H. Stockton, A. Getmire, J. B. Turpin,\\nA. Owen, A. R. Jones, H. Warner, J. White, M. Depuy, W.\\nS. McCowan, S. G. Hiler, J. Joraloman, E. Post, J. A. Jones,\\nP. Provost, J. F. Morrill, E. C. Hults, L. M. Atkinson, H. J.\\nZelley, and C. S. Lawrence, the present pastor. Attached to\\nthe church is a large Sunday School, of which W. R. Tilton\\nis Superintendent.\\nPRESBYTERIAN.\\nPresbyterianism was first established in Hammonton as a\\nlocal mission station, but as early as 1861 a church was or-\\nganized by Rev. F, R. Brace, the present Superintendent of\\nCamden county, assisted by Rev. Allen H. Brown, the\\nefficient missionary of the West Jersey Presbytery. The in-\\nfant church started out with but nine members, Alonzo Pot-\\nter, and Morris Sutherland were the first elders chosen.\\nServices were held in what is now Black s Hall, and after the\\nerection of the Baptist church the Presb3 terians held one\\nservice each Sabbath in that building, until 1866 when the\\nchurch edifice was completed. The new church was built on\\na lot adjoining the present residence of D. L. Potter, and\\nwhen the church moved into the new house, it had a member-\\nship of thirty-four souls. In 1878 the building was moved\\nto its present location. Many of the members of this church", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "28 History of Hammonton.\\nwere of Congregational fellowship before they came to Ham- j\\nmonton, and the church has quite a cosmopolitan character\\nin a small way. The following is the list of ministers who\\nhave served the church since its organization: F. II. Brace 1\\nfrom 1861 to 1867; D.W. Pratt from 1867 to 1871; F. G.\\nAustin, from September 1871 to September 1872; William i\\nBaldwin from 74 to 75; E. M. Kellogg from 75 to 79; A. S.\\nYaughan from 79 to 81; E. E. Rogers from 81 to 84; M. J.\\nMewhinne}^ from 84 to 86, The present pastor is Rev. H,\\nR. Rundall, who was installed in 1886. The church is pros-\\nperous, and has a large Sunday School, of which Z. U. Mat- i\\nthews is Superintendent. j\\nI\\nSPIRITUALISTS.\\nAs early as 1858, the believers in the Harmonial Philoso-\\nphy held meetings iu Hammonton, most of the time the res-\\nidence of J. B. Lake, on Bellevue Avenue, being the place\\nwhere the believers and investigators congregated. Meetings I\\nwere subsequently held, for the purpose of organization, in i\\nwhat is now known as the Ellis or laundry building, then\\nowned by Dr. Ira Nevins. The organization was finally per-\\nfected by electing H. N. Parkhurst, president of the Society,\\nwith other offices to perfect the organization. In August, j\\n1886, the Society [was incorported under the laws of the State,\\nand officers elected as follows: H. N. Parkhurst, President;\\nJ. 0. Ransom, Vice President; Russell Ellis, Secretar3^ The\\nsociety was named the Progressive Spiritualist Association.\\nThe meetings becoming too large for the hall, it was decided\\nin 1867 to erect a building for the use of the Association, and\\nin accordance therewith Union Hall was built, and dedicated i\\non Thanksgiving day of that year. Meetings are held every j\\nSunday, with speaking either by home talent or traveling j\\nlecturers and mediums. The hall is about the only place of j\\npublic entertainment in the place, and is held in almost night- 1\\nly requisition for that purpose. Some of the most highly\\nrespected citizens of the town are members of the Associa- j\\ntion. The present president of the Society is Merrill Park-\\nhurst.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 29\\nuniversalist.\\nLiberal Christianity has a foothold in Hammonton in the\\nTJniversalist and Unitarian Society. Among the early set-\\ntlers of the town was Rev. Asher Moore, a TJniversalist\\npreacher, who began as early as 1858 to preach the doctrines\\nof his faith in the school house at Old Hammonton. Nothing\\nwas done towards organization until some years later, when\\nin 1864 the Universalist Social Circle was organized, the first\\nmeeting being at the house of Mrs. H. T. Pressey, December\\n1st, of that 3 ear. The object of the Circle was the equip-\\nment of the Sunday School. Meetings for preaching were\\nheld at various times and places, and in 1873 the Social Cir-\\ncle took shares in the Hammonton Building and Loan Asso-\\nciation, with the view of securing a fund with which to build\\na church. In 186*1 the Society purchased the lot upon which\\nthe church now stands, and the friends patiently bided the\\ntime when a church building should adorn their lot. In 1876\\nRev. Moses Ballou, well known and much beloved wherever\\nthe Universalist name was spoken, was engaged to preach\\nhere, being then a resident of Atco. He came eveiy two\\nweeks, and services were held in Union Hall. The preaching\\nof Father Ballou cemmented the hearts of theliberal people,\\nand opened their hands, for the building of the church edifice\\nwhich was completed and dedicated in 1887. It is the hand-\\nsomest church edifice in the town. Mr. Ballou preached here\\nuntil 1878, when failing health compelled him to resign. Rev.\\nAsher Moore, the present pastor, came to the church in 1885.\\nAlthough of the same name as the first pastor, we believe the\\ntwo advocates of Universal salvation were not relatives. Mr.\\nMoore is a venerable preacher now in his eightieth year, who\\nwill soon complete a half century of service as a preacher of\\nthe liberal gospel.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER YI.\\nCo-operation in Hammonton The Fruit Growers Union\\nFruit Growers Association Building and Loan As-\\nsociations People s Bank.\\nIt is less than half a centiuy ago since the question of co-\\noperation took such a distinct shape from the mooted one of\\ncommunism as to receive practical attention. Communism\\nseeks the surrender of the idea of individual gain and pros-\\nperity for the good of the mass, while co-operation aims at\\nthe combination of strength and effort, in order that greater\\nbenefit ma^^ come to the individual. This form of co-opera-\\ntion hns reached a higher grade of success in England and on\\nthe continent of Europe than in this country. Across the\\nwater the co-operative effort has three forms of expression,\\nknown as societies of consumption, societies of distribution\\nand societies of credit. The first named are stores, carried\\non as a means of distributing goods to the members, of guar-\\nanteed quality, at a uniform price, and dividing the profits\\namong the patrons and share holders. Tlie cooperative\\nstores have reached a high state of perfection in England;\\nand it is estimated that nearly every town in the United\\nKingdom has its store of this kind. The societies of distri-\\nbution are combinations of craftsmen for the manufacture and\\nmarketing of the products of their skill. These societies are\\nmore numerous and successful in France than any where\\nelse. The societies of credit are simply co-operative banks,\\nand the centre of their operations is Germany.\\nIn this countiy the co-operative store has been a success\\nrather as an exception than a rule. These stores have been\\nstarted in many towns, to flourish for a brief season and then\\ndecay. The causes of the failures have generally been two\\n30", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 31\\nfold: first the business incapacit}^ of the managers, or their\\ndishonest3^, much more often the former than the hatter. The\\npolitical method has prevailed to a large extent in selecting\\nmanagers. Favoritism has characterised the selection, men\\nbeing chosen who were popular, rather than for their man-\\naging qualities. Our building and loan associations answer\\nto the European societies of credit, and are the most success-\\nful form of co-operation in this countr}^, those in Philadelphia\\nalone representing a capital of $100,000,000.\\nSome of the most successful co-operrtive societies in this\\ncountry, ma} be found in Hammonton. The first on the list\\nis the\\nFruit Growers Union,\\nfirst organized in 1867 as a society for distribution. Its pur-\\npose was to combine the fruit growers of the town into an\\norganization for mutual helpfulness, and to market the farm\\nproducts of its members at the least possible cost, receiving\\nfor the same the greatest possible return. B}^ thus uniting,\\nit was found that rebates were secured on freight rates, and\\npercentages from the commission merchants. From these\\nitems the small expenses incident to running the society were\\npaid. At the end of the first year, a dividend of $261.67 was\\npaid after meeting all obligations; the second year, there was\\na profit of $200, and this sum has annually been increasing.\\nIn 1888 the amount saved to the members was a little over-\\n$9,000.\\nIn 1884, the society took a new departure, was incorporated\\nunder t^ie laws of the State, and became also a society of con-\\nsumption, by engaging in the store business, to the extent of\\nhandling fertilizers and other necessary articles used by the\\nfarmers. But thisliranch of the business grew on the socie-\\nty s hands, and soon a general store Avas opened. It now\\nowns three acres of land, with store building and other struc-\\ntures valued at over $7,000. Last year the cash sales\\namounted to $81,000, the net profit on which was $5,000. Its\\ngoods in stock are inventoried at $15,000. There is no debt\\non any of its real estate, and the society s net assets over all\\nliabilities, are $26,165. A dividend of six pej- cent, is paid to\\nstockholders, and a dividend of five per cent, on store pur-", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "32 History of Hammonton.\\nchases is paid all members, and hnlf that amount to non-mem-\\nbers. The expenses of conducting the business of the society\\nare only 4.8 per cent, on the business, or less than one half of\\nthat of the next best co-operative concern in the United\\nStates. The Secretary of the society, and the efficient man-\\nager of the store business, is Z. TJ. Matthews, and the Ship-\\nping Agent, Charles Woodnutt. The other officers are as\\nfollows: President, E. K. Spoul; Directors, L. H. Parkhurst,\\nCharles Albright, Thomas Rogers, Charles Woodnutt, M.\\nParkhurst, H. J. Monfort, W. F. Trost, Z. U. Matthews.\\nAuditors, A. J. Smith, D. Colwell, L. Monfort.\\nFruit Growers Association.\\nIn 1880 a number of the members of the Fruit Growers\\nUnion withdrew, and organized the Fruit Growers Assso-\\nciation, which has steadily grown in membership and busi-\\nness transactions. The Association gives all of its attention\\nand energies to the shipment and marketing of the products\\nof its members, and claims to have secured a better service\\nand more satisfactory returns for shippers, than any other\\nsociety. Pretty much every farmer in town belongs to either\\nthe Union or Association, so that there is scarcely an individ-\\nual shipper of fruit in the whole place; all the farmers\\nseeking the strength which comes from a union of effort in\\nthe marketing of their crops.\\nThe Association has been industrious in seeking and adopt-\\ning improved methods for marketing fruit. They claim to\\nhave first demonstrated the success of using refrigerator cars\\nfor shipping berries to distant points. During the eight years\\nit has been in business, the losses sustained by members\\nthrough commission merchants will not exceed ten dollars.\\nJohn Scullin is the Association s agent, and the following\\nis its list of officers President, W. A. Elvins; Vice Pres-\\nident, Hon. Geo. Elvins; Treasurer, J. W. Lysinger; Sec-\\nretary, B. Crawley; Asst. Secretary, W. H. Doucet. Direc-\\ntors D. L. Potter, Hon. Geo. Elvins, Saml. Anderson, Har-\\nvey Beach, R. H. Anderson, Levi G. Horn, Chas. E. Roberts,\\nChas. Wescoat, Saml. L. Forman, J. W. Butterton, E. Cor-\\ndery, Wm. Ehrke.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "FRUIT GROWER S UNION STORE.\\nC. E. HALL S BLOCK.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "ELA3I STOCKVVELL S STOKE.\\nGEO. ELVIN S STORE.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 33\\nOne of the means of growth in Hammonton, and especially\\nin the line of building, is its two building and loan associa-\\ntions. In affording the man of small means with the oppor-\\ntunit}^ of pajdng for a house in monthly installments, as he\\npays rent, they afford a healthy stimulus to the workingman\\nto become a householder, and the owner of his own home.\\nLast year the new buildings erected in Hammonton aggre-\\ngated fully $50,000 in value, and they were many of them\\nerected through the aid offered by these associations.\\nHammonton Loan and Building Association\\nwas orgar.ized in 18Y1, R. J. Byrnes being the first President\\nand A. J. Smith the first Secretary. During the past 3 ear its\\nlong loans amounted to $40,098, and its short loans to\\n$11,647. It has the best record of any like association in the\\nState for the short time in which it has paid off its shares.\\nThe present officers of the association are R. J. Byrnes, Pres-\\nident; Gr. F. Saxton, Treasurer; W. R. Tilton, Secretaiy. Di-\\nrectors, T. J. Smith, A. J. Smith, D. C. Herbert, S. E. Brown,\\nAlbert Adams, G. Yalentine, W. Bernshouse, T. B. Drown,\\nD. S. Cunningham.\\nWorkingmen s^ Loan and Building Association\\norganized January 3rd, 1877, has had a ver} prosperous ca-\\nreer. Dr. Edward North was the first President, and A. C.\\nWetherbee the first Secretary. Its present number of shares\\nis 2,213, with a par value of $128,285. Its loans the past j-ear\\namounted to $39,657. The expenses of the Association have\\nbeen conducted at the small cost of one per cent, to the mem-\\nbers, and not a dollar has been lost, a loan compromised or\\na mortgage foreclosed. They sell members $200 on each\\nshare of stock, no bonus being required. The present offi-\\ncers are, President, M. L. Jackson; Secretary, J. C. Anderson;\\nTreasurer, William Black. Directors, George Elvins, C. F.\\nOsgood, D. M. Ballard, J. T. French, D. F. Lawson, A. W.\\nCochran.\\nThe People s Bank.\\nThis is one of the most helpful institutions to the business\\ninterests of the place in town. The credit of originating the", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "34 History of Hammonton.\\nbright idea which resulted in its establishment, belongs to\\nEdward Whiffen, of the firm of Whiffen Bros. Co., shoe\\nmanufactures. With the co-operation of M. L. Jackson, John\\nC- Anderson, B. Crawley, W. A. Miller and others, Mr. Whif-\\nfen succeeded in obtaining a charter, and an organization was\\nperfected on March 12th, 1887. The capital stock is $50,000,\\nof which $20,000 are paid. It is a bank of deposit and dis-\\ncount, and not of issue, but pays a dividend to stock holders\\nequal to National Banks of like class. It has one of the most\\napproved burglar and fire proof safes, with time lock, and is\\notherwise provided Avith the regulations and appurtenances\\nwhich insure safetj to depositors. The bank has correspon-\\ndents in New York and Pliiladelphia, and the accommoda-\\ntions which it is able to grant are equal to those offered by any\\nbank of like standing in the countr3\\\\ Since its organization\\nit has discounted about 2,000 notes. The officers of the bank\\nare, President, R. J. Byrnes; Vice President, M. L. Jackson;\\nCashier, W. R. Tilton. Directors R. J. Byrnes, M. L. Jack-\\nsou, Geo. Elvins, E. Stockwell, Z. U. Matthews, D. Colwell,\\nEdw. Whiffen, J. C. Browning, A. J. Smith, C. F. Osgood,\\nD. L. Potter, G. P. Saxton and P. S. Tilton.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER YII.\\nThe Secret and Civic Societies of the Toavn, their His-\\ntory, Growth and Officers.\\nMASONS.\\nThe Masonic order, the oldest of the secret societies, and\\nthe one which dates its origin back to the daj-s of Solomon,\\nwas esti^ Wished in Hammontoa fourteen years ago. Among\\nthe old Masons who had taken the mystic rites before coming\\nto Hammonton, were E. D. Redman, Dr. H. E. Bowles, C. P.\\nHill, S. Draper, I. W. Warner, C. P. Wescoat, J. H. Jones,\\nGeo. W. Rich, and Orrin Packard. These became the char-\\nter members of the M. B. Taylor Lodge, which Avas instituted\\nEebruarj- 19th, 1875. The growth of the lodge has been\\nhealthy, and its condition is satisfactory in every way. It\\nnumbers about fort} members, most of our business men\\nhaving been initiated into its mysteries. The communica-\\ntions are on the second and fourth Friday nights of each\\nmonth. The -following are the principal officers W. M.,\\nCharles Woodnutt S. W., Dr. J. A. Waas J. W., Wm.\\nHaney S. D!, A. W. Cochran; J. D., C. M. Cook; Sec, H.\\nE. Bowles; Treas., H. Poyer,\\nOdd Fellows.\\nWinslow Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., is one of the oldest lodges in\\nthe State, and was oi ganized in the village 5f Winslow, in\\n1846. Since the decline of that glass manufacturing town,\\nthe active members of the lodge being mostly Hammonton-\\nians, it was moved to this place last Fall. It is one of the\\nrichest lodges in Xew Jersey, having about $4,000 in its\\ntreasury, and has paid out in benefits since its organization\\nthe magnificent sum of $20,000. They have the most commo-\\ndious lodge room in town, and are in a very flourishing cou-\\n35", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "36 History of Hammonton.\\ndition. The officers for the current term are as follows N.\\nG., H. P. Hill y. G., W. fl. Bernshouse Sec, Geo. King\\nTreas., M. L. Jackson.\\nRed Men.\\nShaumunkin Tribe, No. 87, Improved Order of Red Men,\\nwas established Oct. 26, 1886, a team from Pequod Tribe of\\nAtlantic City performing the ceremonies. The order has\\ngrown ver}^ rapidly, the membership numbering considerably\\nover one hundred. Their hall was neatly furnished at a cost\\nof $250, and they have a snug sum at interest, besides their\\nwell filled wampum belt. Connected with the tribe, is a\\nChieftain s League, the highest degree of the Red Men s or-\\nder. The following are the present officers Prophet, Dr.\\nT. G. Bieling; Sachem, W. F. Maloney; Sr. Sagamore, J.\\nLear; Chief of Records, George Potter, Asst. Chief of Rec-\\nords, H. P. Blythe; Keeper of Wampum, W. H. Burgess.\\nThe Grand Army Post.\\nA Post of the G. A. R. was organized in Hammonton in\\n1868, but its life was short, and in about a year it had ceased\\nto exist. D. A. Russell Post, No. 68, was organized May 8th\\n1882, and has had a prosperous existence. Its first officers\\nwere, L. H. Parkhurst, Com.; C. F. Osgood, Senior Yice\\nCom.; Jason St. John, Jr. Vice Com.; H. J. Monfort, Officer\\nof the Day B. F. Henshaw, Officer of the Guard; 0. E. Moore\\nQuartermaster; Dr. H. E. Bowles, Surgeon; 0. E. Ho3 t,\\nChaplain; William Rutherford, Adjutant. During its exis-\\ntence over a hundred members have been mustered in, and\\nit now has about half a hundred members in good standing.\\nBut four deaths have occurred since the Post was established,\\nand one of them being Gen. Herman Biggs, who died from\\nwounds received in the service. Much has been done in the\\nway of furnishing relief to needy and disabled comrades.\\nThe present officers are: Com., Maj. C. M. Jordan; S. V.\\nCom., E. L. Cauffman; Jr. Y. Com., T. B. Drown; Adjutant,\\nP. H. Jacobs; Surgeon, Dr. H. E. Bowles; Chaplain, W. H.\\nBradbury; Officer of the Day, H. J. Monfort; Officer of the\\nGuard, George Bernshouse; Quartermaster, J. Atkinson; 0.\\nG., W. Jones; I. G.,J. Bakeley.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 37\\nWomen s Christian Temperance Union.\\nA local Union of this most efficient temperance organiza-\\ntion now doing work in this country, was organized in Ham-\\nmonton, the sixteenth day of last October. There was a\\nlarge attendance of the ladies of the town, and a commendable\\ninterest was manifested, A delegation from the Atlantic\\nCity Union assisted in the organization, and officers were\\nelected as follows President, Mrs. H. R. Randall; Corres-\\nponding Secretary, Mrs. J. C. Browning; Recording Secre-\\ntary, Miss Minnie Newcomb; Treasurer, Mrs. C. S. Lawrence,\\nand one Yice President from each church and religious or-\\nganization in town. The Union meets every two weeks, and\\nalready exercises a wholesome influence upon the public sen-\\ntiment of the town. In connection with the Union is a Lo}^-\\nal Temperance Legion, of which Mrs. I. Y. Allender is super-\\nintendent. About one hundred and fifty boys and girls are\\nenrolled as members, and have taken the pledge to abstain\\nfrom profanity and the use of tobacco and intoxicants.\\nIron Hall.\\nLocal Branch, Xo. 221, was instituted Feb. 27, 1885, with\\nfifteen charter members. The officers Avere: Trustees, Dr. E.\\nNorth, M. L. Jackson, and William Haney. Other officers\\nPast Chief Justice, John Scullin; Chief Justice, Dr. E.\\nNorth; Yice Justice, M. L. Jackson; Accountant, J, R. Ma-\\nloney; Treasurer, J. T. French. Since its organization it\\nhas had 114 assessments, and paid in sick benefits $2,325.\\nThe present number of members is forty-five. The present\\nofficers: Past Chief Justice, H. L. Irons; Chief Justice, John\\nWalther; Yice Justice, M. L. Jackson Accountant, A. B.\\nDavis; Cashier, J. T. French. Has a reserve fund in the\\nLocal Branch of $790.84. Ladies Sisterhood Branch, No^\\n669, was organized Feb. 20, 1888. Officers: Past Chief Jus-\\ntice, Mrs. Geo. Potter; Chief Jiistice, Mrs. L. Beverage; Yice\\nJustice, Mrs. W. A. Hood; Accountant, Mrs. E. L. Whitmore;\\nCashier, Mrs. J. T. French.\\nSons of Yeterans.\\nGen. D. A. Russell Camp, No. 25, was established April 25,\\n1888, with W. Cunningham, Captain; F. T. Drake, First Lieu-", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "38 History of Hammonton.\\ntenant, and AV. St. John, Second Lieutenant. The present\\nofficers are: Captain, F. T. Drake; First Lieutenant, W, St.\\nJohn; Second Lieutenant, Cliarles Parkhurst. The camp\\nhas twent^-tliree members. A Sons of Veterans Cornet\\nBand was organized in December, 1888. It numbers sixteen\\npieces. Band Master, W. Cunningham.\\nKnights of Labor.\\nThe AVorkingmen s Beneficial Association of the Knights\\nof Labor, No. 1480, was organized in Hammonton, on the\\n17th of March, 1880, with J. S. Thaj-er as Master Workman.\\nThe Society pajs funeral and sick benefits, and now has 130\\nmembers in good standing. This order has done good work\\nin inculcating temperance ideas, and habits of economy and\\nthrift, and the result is that many of the members own their\\nown houses. It has exercised a conciliatory influence, and\\nhas been the means of preventing a number of strikes.\\nHammonton Volunteer Fire Company.\\nThe Town has an organized fire company composed of a\\ngoodl} number of prominent citizens of the town. It has\\nabout fift}^ members. The company has a two stoiy building,\\nwith a hall on the second floor. They also have a fire engine,\\na hook and ladder truck, and a reasonable quantity of hose.\\nThe water supply is from cisterns. The officers are as fol-\\nows: President, Wra. Bernshouse. Trustees, J. W. Myers,\\nJ. M. Austin, W. DePuy. Marshal, H. P. Blythe; Foreman,\\nGeorge King; Assistant Foreman, Frank Thomas.\\nSons of Temperance.\\nAtlantic Division No. 18, was first organized July 7, 1862.\\nSince that time it has been disbanded and reorganized\\na number of times, repeatedly rising, PhcBuix-like, from its\\nashes. D. L. Potter and Russell Moore have been the bul-\\nwarks of the Division in sunshine and in storm. The pres-\\nent officers are W. P.. Samaria Bernshouse; W. A., Mamie\\nWood; R. S., N. D. Page; A. R. S., Annie Herbert; F. S.,\\nGeorge Bassett; Treasurer, R. Moore; Chaplain, Mrs. Hines;\\nConductor, Maude Jacobs; A. Con., Hannah Mick; I, S.,\\nHattie Smith; 0. S. Mrs. D. L. Potter.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER YTII.\\nFarmers. Business and Professional Men and other Prom-\\ninent Citizens of Hammonton.\\nRichard J. Byrnes\\nwas born in Pennsylvania in 1830, his ancestors being old\\ntime residents of the city of Brotherlj^ Love, His step-father,\\nwhose name he bears, was an Irish gentleman, who was in the\\nemploy of Stephen Girard for many years, and assisted in\\nsurveying the grounds now occupied by the college which\\nbears tlie name of Philadelphia s great merchant prince and\\nphilanthropist. When ten years of age Richard went to\\nwork in Merriew and Thompson s printing office in Carter s\\nAllej^ where the Pennsyliania Freemav^ an abolition paper\\nedited by the poet John G. Whittier, was printed. A year\\nin the printing office, and the boy was sent to a private school\\nthe idea being to fit him for orders in the church. This plan\\nwas not carried out, and young Byrnes graduated from the\\nCentral High School, and subsequentl} entered the law office\\nof C. O. Robinson. After the death of Mr. Robinson, he\\nserved two years with the silk importing house of Davis\\nThatcher, and then secured a position in the Mechanics\\nBank. He was the youngest bank clerk in the city, but his\\npromotions were rapid, until he occupied various responsible\\npositions about the institution. Having spare time on his\\nhands he engaged in stock and real estate ventures, and was\\nsuccessful. In his youth Judge Bj-rnes was quite an athlete,\\nand as a member of the Schuylkill Barge. Club rowed in a\\nnumber of winning races. He met with Chas. K. Landis in\\n1854, and in 1859 left the bank to enter the real estate and\\nbrokerage business, and formed a partnership with Mr. Lan-\\ndis. At the breaking out of the war he assisted in forming a\\ncoiQpany of cavalr} which he intended to join,, had not his\\n39", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "40\\nHistory of Hammonton.\\ninterests in Hammonton prevented. Judge Byrnes is one of\\nthe Lay Judges of tlie Court of Common Pleas of Atlantic\\nCounty, a position to which he has been three times success-\\nively reappointed. He is connected with various enterprises\\nin Hammonton, as will be seen by consulting the pages of\\nthis history.\\nGeorge W. Pressey.\\nMr. Pressey is a native of the State of Maine, and was born\\nin Waterville, in 1825. His father was a carriage manufac-\\nturer, and by the time the 3 oung man was eighteen, he had\\nlearned carriage building in all its branches. He earlj^ gave\\nsigns of an inventive genius, man}- useful tools having been\\ninvented by him. He invented the first apple paring ma-\\nchine, and a carriage spring, known as Pi essey and Far-\\nnum s lever spring, a wagon attachment which in its day\\nwas deservedl} popular. Mr. Pressey came to Hammonton\\nin 1860. In 1867 he invented the Pioneer Stump Puller,\\nwhich had a wide use all over the United States. Other in-\\nventions which followed were the Pressey Folding Umbrel-\\nla, a ventilating stove, and a snath fastener for scythes. But", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 41\\nthe inventions whieli have made him best known are the\\nAmerican Star Bicycle, and his incubators and brooders for\\nthe artificial hatchino- and raisins: of chickens. The Ham-\\nmonton Incubator and the Pressey Brooder have extensive\\nsale and use among poultry men. Mr. Pressey, and\\nhis daughters Misses Emma and Anna, are extensively en-\\ngaged in raising chickens, and have reduced the business to\\na science. They raised and marketed last year about five\\nthousand.\\nJohn Murdoch,\\nthe shoe manufacturer and dealer, is a native of Scotland, and\\nwas bern on the banks of Ayr, Dec. 31, 1839. His parents\\ncame to this country in 1842; they lived at Bussleton, the\\nsuburb of Philadelphia, for a year, when they settled at Wey-\\nmouth in this county. There young Murdoch lived until\\n1857, working in a sawmill. Subsequently he worked on a\\nfarm at May s Landing, and then learned the trade of a\\nshoemaker. He followed various callings until 1872, when\\nhe settled in Elwood, working at his trade. Mr. Murdoch\\ncame to Hammonton in 1874, and worked for Elvins and\\nDarling in the old Main road factory. After that he worked\\nfor Rogers and then for Osgood Co., and in 1884 began\\nbusiness for himself His business has steadily increased\\nboth in the store and manufacturing departments, and he\\nrejoices in a reasonable prosperit3^\\nGrEORGE ElVINS.\\nCame to Hammonton from Philadelphia in the fall of 1858.\\nThe store building, Main road and Bellevue was erected, and\\nthe business carried on under the name, A. Elvins Sons.\\nAfter a few years the father withdrew from the business, and\\nthe store was carried on by P^lvins Brothers. William con-\\ntinued in the firm but a short time when he withdrew, and\\nengaged in business in Philadelphia. George then succeeded\\nto the business, which he has carried on ever since. He was\\na member of the Legislature of 1881, and postmaster most\\nof the time, when not in the Legislature, during the Repub-\\nlican party s control of the government. Mr. Elvins is one of", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "History op Hammonton. 42\\nour most successful business men. He is a prominent mem-\\nber of the M. E. Church.\\nM. L. Jackson.\\nThe subject of this sketcla was born in Hartland, Somer-\\nsett count} Maine, Sept. 25, 1846. In the spring of 1868 he\\ncame to Hammonton, and the first work he did in town was\\nto swing a grub hoe, turfing the cranberr}- bog now operated\\nb} H. E. Andrews. He stopped in Hammonton a year, and\\nin that time taught school six months near Green Bank.\\nMr. Jackson then took a trij) west, going as far as Iowa. In\\nthe spring of 1870 he drifted back to Maine where the sum-\\nmer Avas spent. But when he came to take an account of his\\nstock of traveling experience he made up his mind that Ham-\\nmonton was about the best place he had seen, and in the fall\\nof that j-ear he returned to this place. In the spring of 1871\\nhe formed a partnership with Benjamin H. Bowles, a brother\\nof Dr. H. E. Bowles, and engaged in the meat and provision\\nbusiness. The firm opened store in a small building where ra3 s\\ndrug store now stands. They bought the lot corner of Bel-\\nlevue and Second, and in the fall of 1872 built a part of the\\npresent market. Mr. Bowles left the firm in 1874. Mr.\\nJackson now has a finely equipped market, with engine and\\nsteam kettle, and does a large business. He is Hammonton s\\nmember of the Board of Freeholders, is one of the Directors\\nof the People s Bank, a member of the Board of Commission-\\ners of Appeals, and is prominently connected with various\\ncivic and beneficial societies in tlie town.\\nZ. U. Mattheavs.\\nMr. Matthews is a native of Oswell, Bradford count}\\nPenna. In 1865 he came to Hammonton, and settled on a\\nfarm on Middle road, then known as the Shoemaker place.\\nHe also rented a farm at Winslow, and the same summer\\nbought fiA^e acres where his present residence now stands.\\nAfter residing here for five j-ears he went to Dutchess coun-\\nt}^, New York, where he remained for two 3 ears. Returning\\nto Hammonton he built a house on his propert} When he\\ncame here he was in poor health, and without means. But\\nhe had pluck and perseverance and kept right at it, being", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton.\\n43\\ndetermined to make a success. He purchased more land, un-\\ntil he now owns his home farm of eight acres, and two other\\nplaces of twelve and twenty acres each. About 1877 he took\\nthe position of Secretary of the Fruit Growers Union, then\\nsimpl3^ a distributing company. In this capacit}^ he served\\nthe Union for three years without salary. After the reor-\\nganization he had charge of manufacturing fertilizer, and has\\nalways been the purchasing agent of the Union. In 1882 he\\nwas made manager of the Union Store, which position he\\nstill holds. Under his direction the business has become a\\ngreat success.\\nJ. M. Peebles, M. D.\\nThe subject of this sketch, J. M. Peebles, M. *D., was born\\nin Whitingham, Windham County, Yt., March 23rd, 1822.\\nEarly developing a liking for school and books, he began\\nteaching before 17 3 ears of age; and later he taught a high\\nschool in Broome County, N. Y. Self-reliant, he prepared\\nhimself for college in the Oxford Academy, Chenango Coun-\\nty, N. Y., but did not take the collegiate course for lack of\\nfunds. At the age of twent} he began the study of medicine\\nwith Dr. 0. Martin, now of Worcester, Massachusetts, but a\\nlittle later turned his attention to theological subjects, and", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "44 History of IIammonton.\\nlater still to the study of mesinerism, psychology, and psy-\\nchic forces.\\nThe Doctor, an energetic self-made man, is the writer of\\nnumerous pamphlets, and author of nearly a dozen books,\\nsuch as Travels Around the World, Seers of the Ages,\\nBuddhism and Christianit}^ Face to Face, Our Homes\\nand our Employments Hereafter, etc. At present he writes\\nfor the Medical Brief, lledical Review, and two or three\\nhealth journals. During his two journeys of travels arouud\\nthe world, he devoted much attention to the magic of India,\\nthe occult forces so prevalent in Ce3 lon, Siam and China, and\\nto leprosy and the leper hospitals of the Oriental countries.\\nThe doctor graduated from the Philadelphia Universit} and\\nis registered in the city of Philadelphia as a practicing phy-\\nsician, and also in New Jersey.\\nIn 1868 Dr. Peebles accompanied and participated in the\\ndeliberations of the Northwest Congressional Indian Peace\\nCommission, appointed by Congress, and constituted of\\nGens. Harney, Sherman, Sheridan, Sanborn and Col. Tappan.\\nIn 18G9, he was appointed by Gen. Grant United States\\nConsul to Trebizonde, Asiatic Turkej-*, returning he visited\\nSmj^rna, Ephesus and Rome.\\nIn 1881 he was appointed, Representative abroad by the\\nNational Arbitration League of the United States of America,\\nto meet the International Peace Congress of Europe,\\nin the interests of arbitration as against war. He continues\\nto work with tongue and pen against war; against the inflic-\\ntion of capital punishyient; against vaccination; against class\\nmedical legislation; against intemperance; and in favor of\\nwomans suffrage and her full equality with man. And\\nthough Dr. Peebles is a Fellow of the American Academy,\\nJacksonville, 111., Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, New\\nOrleans, La., Fellow of the Anthropological, and Psychologi-\\ncal Societies of London, FelloAv of the Academy of Arts and\\nSciences, Naples, Italy, and of other learned\\nsocieties, he is a very plain and unassuming man,\\nquietly attendi-ng to his own affairs, and found, when\\nnot traveling, nor pruning his vines or fruit trees, in his li-", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 45\\nbrary, a choice collection of scA eral thousand volumes.\\nThough at present traveling and lecturing Winters, upon\\nPhj ^siology, Hj giene and Health, in opera houses, churches\\nand before the State, formal Schools, of Pennsylvania, he\\nfinds time to lecture more or less to the students of the\\nAmerican Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in which\\ncollege he is Professor of Pathology, Physical and Mental\\nHj giene. He is proprietor of the H:-mmonton Atlantic Mir-\\nror^ a weekl}^, edited by H. W. Wilbur, and proprietor and\\neditor of the Golden Door of Hope and Temple of Health, a\\nmonthh\\\\ Dr. Peebles and his excellent family, have been\\nresidents of Hammonton for some twenty years.\\nElam Stockwell,\\nwas born in Allegany County, New York, in 1838, and\\ncame to Hammonton in January, 1867. Mr. Stockwell settled\\non the farm on Main road now owned by D. Campanella.\\nFor some time he ran a wagon to Pleasant Mills and Batsto,\\nand peddled groceries. In 1872 he opened a store ,in his\\nhouse at the farm, and in 1876 came down town and built a\\nsmall store Bellevue and Third street, on the present loca-\\ntion. The store was 32x22, with small residence attached.\\nIn 1883 he built an addition to the residence, and fitted up\\nthe old residence for a dry goods department to the store.\\nThree 3-ears later he built a large addition to his store, and a\\nfeed depot two stories high 40x72 feet, put up a windmill for\\ngrinding corn, and made other improvements. His business\\nhas steadily increased, and he now sells in addition to his\\nregular stock, large numbers of organs and sewing machines.\\nMr. Stockwell is one of the directors of the People s Bank,\\nand a leading member of the Baptist church.\\nD. C. Herbert.\\nMr, Herbert came to this countrj- from Oxford, England, in\\n1867, and settled at Newtonville this county, about six miles\\nfrom Hammonton. In 1870 he moved to this village, and\\nworked in Rogers and Wood s Shoe Factory, and at the end\\nof four years started a shop of his own where he did custom\\nwork and repairing. Several years after he bought E. L.\\nLo veil s shoe store, and carried on the same. In 1882 he", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "46 History of Hammonton.\\npurchased a lot and erected a wooden building where hi s\\npresent store is located. This building was subsequently\\nburned down, and his present neat brick store was erectel to\\ntake its place.\\nJ. D. Fairciiilix\\nThe parents of Mr. Fairchild came to Hammonton from\\nCourthmd country, New York, and he came with them. They\\nsettled on a farm on Central Avenue, and the year following\\nMr. F. enlisted in the army and served until the close of the\\nwar. After the war he studied dentistry, and practised his\\nprofession in Connecticut. In 1868 he married Nellie, a\\ndaughter of the late Capt. C. J. Fay, and the}^ went back to\\nConnecticut, and remained until 1876, when they returned to\\nHammonton, Mr. Fairchild becoming manager of Capt.\\nFay s Centennial Store, just opened. In 1880 he pur-\\nchased the property on Bellevue, and began the keeping of a\\ngrocer}^ store. The property has been lately improved by\\nextensive additions. Mr. Fairchild has been Town Marshal\\nfor a term of 3 ears.\\nC. E. Hall,\\nCame to Hammonton in December, 1865, from Rockland^\\nMaine, and tried farming on Pine road. Learned the trade\\nof a tinsmith of A. G. Clark, and about the year 1876 bought\\nMr. Clark s interest in the hardware business, and rented the\\nstore now occupied by Wm. Mannice. He carried on his\\nbusiness in this location for about five years, when he pur-\\nchased what was then known as the Darwin property, corner\\nof Bellevue and Central. The building on the lot was a rather\\nungainly five-roomed tenement, which Mr. Hall rebuilt and\\ntransformed, and arranged as a store and dwelling. In 1887\\nMr. Hall purchased a lot on Bellevue adjoining his other\\npropert} and erected a two stor}- building, which was fitted\\nup as the furniture and hardware department of the store.\\nMr. Hall s business has constantly increased, and his block,\\na cut of which appears in this book, is one of the best busi-\\nness sites in town.\\nWilliam Haney.\\nMr. Haney became a Hammontoniau in 1879, coming here\\nfrom Haddonfield. He opened a barber shop, buying out", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 47\\nJoseph Coast, who was located in a building on the lot now\\noccupied by Miss Newton s stove. In 1884 he bought a lot,\\nand erected his present shop and residence. Mr. Haney has\\none of the best equipped barber shops in South Jersey.\\nL. W. COGLEY.\\nArrived in Hammonton from Tro}^ N. Y. in October, 1866,\\nand bought a fruit farm on Middle road, now owned by Mr, Gil-\\nlingham. In 18T0 he opened a harness shop in a building\\nwhich stood where Jackson s meat market is now located.\\nHe then moved to a small building on the present site of\\nSimon s bakery, and in 1881 put up a frame building where\\nthe present shop is located. He died in 1883, and since\\nthat time the business has been carried on by his widow.\\nThe shop was burned down in the fall of 1886, and the pres-\\nent brick store was built by Mrs. Cogle}\\nC. M. Cook.\\nAmong the youngest of onr business men is Mr. Cook,\\nwho came to Hammonton in 1886. He engaged in the jewel-\\nry business in a part of Cochran s store, but his trade became\\ntoo large for the location, and Mr. Cochi-an built the present\\nstore for him, which he occupied in 1887. Mi-. Cook is a\\ngraduate of a New York school of optics, and makes a spec-\\niality of fitting glasses to diseased and defective e5^es. Mr.\\nCook has as his assistant in his growing business, A. J. Pot-\\nter.\\nA.,W. Cochran.\\nMr. Cochran came to Hammonton from Camden, this\\nState in 1879. After graduating from the College of Phar-\\nmac} he opened a drug store in the rooms now occupied by\\nW. F. Bassett Son in the Rutherford building. In 1882\\nhe purchased the lot corner Second and Bellevue, and the\\nfollowing year built the store and residence which he now\\noccupies. In the fall of last year he built an addition to and\\notherwise improved the building.\\nSamuel Anderson, Sr.\\nIs a native of Philadelphia where he was born in 1822.\\nReaching his majority he engaged in business in that city\\nfor some years. He moved to Hammonton in March, 1860^", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "48 History of Hammonton.\\nand bought the farm on Middle road now occupied b} liim.\\nIn August 1877 he began the flour and feed business, at the\\npresent location corner Bellevue and Second. The business\\nhas always been under the management of his son, John C.\\nAnderson.\\nN. D. Page.\\nIn 1887 Mr. Page, just arrived in Hammonton from St.\\nLawrence county. New York, opened his photograph gallery^\\nin the Rutherford building. He is a first-class operator and j\\nhis excellent work has brought him a good business from I\\nHammonton and the surrounding country. In fact Mr.\\nPage s pictures will compare favorably^ with those made by\\ncity artists. The cuts which illustrate this history-, were j\\nmade from photographs taken by Mr. Page. j\\nWilliam Rutherford.\\nMr. Rutherford fought in the war of the rebellion, and\\nafter that unpleasantness lived in Bath, New York, from\\nwhich place he came to Hammonton in 1872. He purchased j\\nthe lot on Bellevue, where his present building stands. At\\nthat time the lot was planted to grape vines, and these were j\\ncleared off and the building erected. Mr. Rutherford is an\\nearnest believer in the future greatness of Hammonton.\\nW. D. Packer.\\nMr. Packer was born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1819. He\\nbegan business by keeping a temperance hotel. Spent about\\nten years in Providence, R. L, and in 1865 came to Hammon-\\nton. For two years he led the life of a farmer, and in 1S67 j\\nopened the restaurant at the present stand. In 1869 Mr.\\nPacker started the first bakery^ in this section, and experi- j\\nenced all the struggles incident to a new calling in a new\\ntown. I\\nC. P. Hill. i\\nMr. Hill used to be a Yankee tin peddler, making his trips\\nthrough Western Vermont and Eastern New York. In 1865\\nhe moved from Saratoga Springs, N. Y., to Hammonton. In\\n1868 he left the town, and after visiting several places, and\\nfinding none equal to Hammonton, he returned in 1872, and\\nthe following year opened the restaurant on Bellevue avenue.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF JUDGE BYRNES.\\nJ. c. 1!K()\\\\v.\\\\im; s r.KooDixc; house.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 49\\nHis son Herbert succeeded to the business in 1.884, and Mr.\\nHill lias since given his attention to working up a trade for\\ncommission houses in New York, Boston and Philadelphja.\\nC. J. Fay.\\nThe late Captain Fay was born near Lexington, Mass., in\\n1809, and followed the sea until 1845, when he opened a large\\nhotel in Maine. In 1859 he came to Hammonton, and pur-\\nchased the entire block of land running from the Camden\\nAtlantic Railroad to Third Street, down to Pleasant, and\\nmuch of the land on the opposite side of Bellevue. He built\\na pare of the old building. In this he manufactured his pa-\\ntent hay press. He also opened a variety store. About\\n18*10 he sold out to his son George W., who now carries on\\nthe drug business. Capt, Fay died m 1880. He was ai ex-\\ntensive inventor and manufacturer of patented articles, hav-\\ning invented hay presses, a folding saw horse, etc. Some of\\nthese articles are now manufactured by Capt. Fay s son in\\nCamden.\\nElliot J. Woolley.\\nElliot J. Woolley, who in 1888 erected the first double\\nthree story brick block in Hammonton, came here in the fall\\nof 18G6. He was born in Westminster, Yt., April 15th, 1824;\\nduring his infancy his parents moved to Watertown, N. Y.\\nIn 1845 he married Eleanor P. Pa}^, and shortly after remov-\\ned to Windsor, Yt., where they spent two years and then\\nlocated in Wisconsin, going thense back to Watertown, N. Y.,\\nand from there to Washington, Iowa in 1854, where he en-\\ngaged in the manufacture of portable steam engines and saw\\nmill machinery. He then learned the watchmaking business\\nunder one of the most competent workmen in the West. At-\\ntracted East through an advertisement of Hammonton pub-\\nlished in the New York Herald, he came here and purchased\\nthe property then known as the Penobscot House, the only\\nhotel in the town. After making necessary alterations he\\noccupied the place as*a store and dwelling until the spring of\\n1888 when the old building was removed to Yine Street, and\\nreplaced by a handsome brick block which was completed", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "50 History of Hammonton.\\nOctober 1st. Mr. and Mrs. Woolley are occupying a portion^\\nof the new building as a store and dwelling.\\nJohn T. French.\\nThe proprietor of the Hammonton Paint Works, was born\\nin Delaware county, Pennsylvania, March 2nd, 1851.\\nIn l Sf)7, having learned his trade, he began his career as a\\njourneyman painter, which he followed for a number of years.\\nIn 1877 Mr. French came to Hammonton, and wielded the\\nbrush successfully until 1883, when he began the manufac-\\nture of prepared paints. The products of the Hammonton\\nPaint Works are so popular at home that more than two\\nhundred houses in the town have been painted with French s\\npaint. The sale for his various brands of i)aintis constantly\\nincreasing, and they have found their way to different parts\\nof the country. Mr. French has a large store in Atlantic\\nCity at No. 2202 Atlantic Avenue, from which he sells large\\nquantities of his goods. The Paint Works are one of the\\nrecognized institutions of Hammonton, of which our people\\nare deservedly proud. Mr. French s mother died when he\\nwas a mere lad, since which time he has fought his way alone\\nin the world. For several years previous to learning his-\\ntrade he worked on a farm, some of the time in Camden\\ncounty this State.\\nAndrew J. King.\\nWas born Dec, 1828, in Wilton, five miles north of Sara-\\ntoga Springs, N. Y. Taught a district school when sixteen\\nin his native town. Attended the State Normal School at-\\nAlbany in 1847-8. Married July 4, 1848. Was admitted to-\\nthe bar of New York when twenty-one at Saratoga Springs.\\nPracticed law there till 1852 when he moved to Illinois.\\nPracticed law there 10 years, when health failing he moved\\nwith his family wife and two children across the plains\\nwith his own teams to California, in 1862. Though admitted\\nto the bar his health never permitted him to practice his\\nprofession there. After remaining in Napa City about three-\\nyears, he returned, by the way of Panama, to New York and\\nthe home of his father, who was then old and infirm and", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 51\\nneeded his care. On his father s decease, he purchased the\\nold homestead, and remained there some three years; but the\\nclimate proved too severe, and he was comjjelled to seek a\\nmilder climate. Hearing of the healthfulness of Hammonton\\nhe visited it in the fall of 1868, with a view of securing a\\nhome for the Winter and returning to the old homestead in\\nthe Spring. Arriving at Hammonton in the evening, he\\nlooked around the next day, and the day after he purchased\\nin two or three hours after seeing it the premises he now lives\\nupon, and never returned to the old homestead to live. In\\n1871, he lost his left arm by falling under the cars and getting\\nit run over. Here his health improved, and he has been able\\nto practice his profession since 1874.\\nWilliam F. Bassett.\\nMr. Bassett is a native of Ashfield, Mass., where he was\\nborn in 1825. For a number of years he led a farmer s life,\\nand also acted the practical part of a Yankee school teacher.\\nIn 1862 he moved to Yineland, then in its infancy. He\\nstarted the first store in that town, and for a year kept the\\npost office in his store. In the spring of 1864, Mr. Bassett\\ncame to Hammonton, locating where he now lives on Belle-\\nvue avenue. In 1868 he started in the nursery business,\\nwhich calling he has followed ever since. Mr. Bassett intro-\\nduced the Agriculturist strawberry into this vicinity, paying\\na fabulous price for one thousand plants. He is the senior\\nmember of the firm of Wm. F. Bassett Sons, seedsmen,\\nnurserymen and florists.\\nJohn Scullin,\\nThe agent of the Fruit Growers Association, was born in\\nUtica, N. Y. in 1825, and while he was a boy his parents\\nmoved to Colchester, Yt. He worked on a farm during his\\nboyhood, and followed mercantile life for some years until\\nhe came to Hammonton in 1867. Arriving here he bought\\nthe place on Basin road where he now resides. At that time\\nthere was practically nothing but a wilderness in that part of\\nthe town. He now owns his home farm of thirty acres, and\\ntwo other farms besides. Mr. Scullin is the most successful", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "52 History of Hammonton.\\nraiser of apples in Hamraonton, his heavily loaded orchard\\nof perfect fruit ^/as a sight to behold last Fall.\\nEdwin R. Sproul,\\nMr. Sproul was born in Bangor, Maine, in 1830, but his\\nparents moved to New York while he was a small child, and\\nthere he grew to manhood and lived and labored until 1876,\\nwhen he moved to Hammonton. For ten years he was in\\nthe government employ, with headquarters in New York.\\nHis farm on Basin Road was then in a wild state, and al-\\nthough without previous experience as a farmer, Mr. Sproul\\nset himself vigorously at the task of making the wilderness\\nblossom as the rose. He now has a fine farm, and one of our\\nhandsomest rural residences. He was president of the Park\\nAssociation one 3 ear, was a director of the Association until\\nthe town purchased the park a member of the Board of\\nFreeholders two j^ears, and director of that body for one\\n3 ear. Mr. Sproul is serving his second term as President of\\nthe Fruit Grower s Union, and is also one of the Commis-\\nsioners ot Appeal of the town.\\nL. Beverage.\\nCouncilman Beverage was born in North Haven, Maine,\\nin 1842. He followed the sea, coasting, and in 1864 enlisted\\nin the navy. At the close of the war he returned to his home\\nand former occupation. In 1868 he moved to Jerse} set-\\ntling at Elwood, and living the life of a sailor as in Maine.\\nHe finally learned shoe making, and in 1883 came to Ham-\\nmonton, since which time he has worked in Osgood Co. s\\nfactory. Was appointed a member of Council last Fall to\\nfill vacancy caused by death of St. Paul Seeley, and was re-\\nelected at the Spring election in 1889.\\nA. J, Smith.\\nOur present Town Clerk was born in Steuben, Washington\\nCo., Maine, in 1845; came to Hammonton when 15 years of\\nage. Learned the mason s trade under his father. In 1865\\nhe was employed as the agent here of the Camden Atlan-\\ntic Rail Road serving in that position about three years.\\nHis predecessors in that office were Jos. Miller, from Maine,", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 53\\nLewis Evans, our present County Clerk, and Wm. Brace,\\nbrother of F. R. Brace, of Camden County, and his successor\\nwas Russel Moore who held the position for fifteen or sixteen\\nyears. Mr, Smith i-esigned his position as railroad agent to\\nenter the firm of T. J. Smith Son, lumber dealers, continu-\\ning in that business until 1875. Since that time has been in\\nthe real estate and conveyancing business, working occasion-\\nally at his trade. Was Secretary of the Hammonton Loan\\nand Building Association for thirteen years, and is at present\\na director in the same, and also of the People s Bank and the\\nHammonton Cranberry Association. Has held the position\\nof Town Clerk for eleven years. Has been a candidate for\\nSheriff and County Clerk of Atlantic County, on the Prohi-\\nbition ticket.\\nC. F. Osgood Co.\\nCyrus F. Osgood, senior member of the above firm, was\\nborn at Auburn, Maine, Sept. 10, 1841. At the age of twenty\\nhe went to L3ain, Mass., the great shoe manufacturing me\\ntropolis, and soon after his arrival, enlisted in the 4th Massa\\nchusetts Heavy Artillery, under Col. King, of Boston. At\\nthe close of the war, Mr. Osgood returned to Lynn, and\\nlearned the business of shoe manufacturing, and in 1870cr.me\\nto Philadelphia. The year following found him in Elwood,\\nas superintendent of a factory in that village. In 1872 he\\ncame to Hammonton, and in company with Calvin Johnson,\\nbegan the manufacture of shoes, in the DePuy building. Af-\\nter a year, Mr. Osgood bought out Johnson, and took in T,\\nB. Tilton and William Black, and the firm did business as\\nOsgood, Black and Tilton. At the end of a year and a half\\nMr. Osgood withdrew, and formed a partnership with Ex-\\nSheriff E. D. Redman. The firm of Osgood and Redman\\nconducted their business in a part of the building now occu-\\npied b}^ John Murdoch, for about six months, and then\\nmoved to the bviilding occupied by Whiflen Bros. Co.\\nAnother 3 ear and a half passed, when Mr. Osgood sold his\\ninterest to Henry Poyer. Mr. Osgood is the present Post-\\nmaster of Hammonton. He is a firm believer in the maxim", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "54 History of Hammonton.\\nthat everlastingly keeping at it brings success. William J.\\nSmith, the junior member of the firm, was born in Milibridge\\nMaine, in 1855, and came to Hammonton with his parents in\\n1860, learned the shoe manufacturing business of C. P. Os-\\ngood, and entered the firm in 1878.\\nWhiffen Bros. Co.\\nThis firm of shoe manufacturers is composed of Jesse,\\nHarr} and Edward Whiffen. and David S. Cunningham.\\nThe brothers are natives of Christ Church, Hampshire, Eng-\\nland, where Jesse was born in 1840, Harry in 1843 and Ed-\\nward in 1845. They learned the business of shoe manufac-\\nturing in the old country, and all came to America in 1872,\\nand located in New Yorlv. In about a year they went to\\nPhiladelphia, and l)egan the manufacture of shoes in that\\ncity. In 1884 the Whiffens bought the shoe manufacturing\\nbusiness of T. B. Tilton in this place. Edward Whiften is\\nthe originator and joint inventor of the Whitl en-Lake lasting\\nmachine, an ingenious device tor quickly and neatly lasting\\nshoes. David S. Cunningham, the junior member of the firm,\\nwas born in Philadelphia in 1858, and in 1863 became a resi-\\ndent of Vineland, his jxirents having moved to that place.\\nIn 1879 he beg.an work for Whiffen Bros, in their Philadel-\\nphia factory, and in 1883 was taken into the firm, and in 1884\\ncame to Hammonton to take charge of the factory here.\\nWilliam Mannice.\\nHe is a native of Philadelphia, and became a resident of\\nHammonton in 1870. Learned shoe making of Osgood,\\nBlack S: Co., and after that followed his trade, working for\\nOs;:ood Co. for a number of years. January, 1888 in com-\\npany with John Galigne, opened a shoe store, connected with\\nwhich was a repairing and order department. In July, 1888,\\nMr. Galigne withdrew from the firm and in the Fall Mr. Man-\\nnice put in additional machinery, and since then has given\\nhis attention almost exclusivel} to manufacturing.\\nJustin S. Thayer.\\nMr. Thayer is a, native of New Hampshire, and was born in\\nRichmond that state in 1844. He came to Hammonton in", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton.\\n55\\n1800, and in 1861 went back to New Hampshire, and brought\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2back his parents. In the fall of the latter 3 ear he enlisted in\\nthe army, and after four years service returned to Hammon-\\nton and learned the carpenter s trade of his father, one of the\\nold fashioned practical mechanics. He began business for\\nhimself !is a contractor and builder in 1880, and has met with\\n-good success. Mr. Thayer during 1888, erected buildings in\\ntown and made repairs to the value of $22,000.\\nP. H. Jacobs.\\nMr. Jacobs was born in Richmond, Va., April 24, 1841.\\nHe lived with his grandfjither, on a slave plantation until\\nthe war broke out, when espousing the cause of the Union,\\nhe enlisted and served three years in the United States\\narmy, as hospital steward, commissiary sergeant and quarter\\nmaster sergeant. When the war closed\\nhe took lip his residence in Philadelphia,\\nand was foreman of the book department\\nof the Lisenrings printing house, and\\nwas also for a time foreman of Morrell\\nBrothers establishment. Was offered\\nthe position of editor of Farmers Mag-\\nazine, Parkesburg, Pa., and afterwards\\nof the agricultural department of Phila-\\ndelphia Record. Was selected to edit\\nthe Povltry Keeper, and afterwards, in\\nconnection with Mr. A. H. Potts, purchased it. At present\\nis editor of Poultry Keeper, Farmers Magazine, and agri-\\ncultural department of the Philadelphia Record. Has charge\\nof poultr} department of Farm and Fireside. Springfield,\\nO., American Rural Home, Rochester, N. Y., Mirror and\\nFarmer, Manchester, N. H., and a regular contributor to\\nAmerican Agriculturist, Rural New Yorker and Philadel-\\nphia Weekly Press. Has resided in Hammonton about ten\\nyears, and has largely used the above papers to advertise\\nour town.\\nA. H. Simons.\\nMr. Simons was born in Gettysburg, Pa., in 1860, and\\nwhen three years of age his parents moved to Hammonton.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "50 History of Hammonton.\\nApril 24, 1886, with S. E. Brown, started the bakery business.\\nMr. Brown soon sold his interest to J. C. Browning. Mr.\\nBrowning remained in the firm a short time when Mr. Simons\\nsucceeded to the business. In bout three months after this\\nevent his bakery was burned down, but in about lour weeks\\nhe had anotlier oven up ready for business. Upon the com-\\npletion of Black s block he established himself there which\\nhas since been his location.\\nD. F. Lawson.\\nMr. Lawson is the surviving member of the firm of Jones\\nLawson, Mr. Jones having died in the Spring of 1 888. The\\nfirm was established in 1884. Since that time as contractors\\nand builders the^^have put up buildings in town valued at $50,-\\n000. Last year Mr. Lawson s business ammounted to about\\n$15,000.\\nAndrews Roberts.\\nHenry E. Andrews, senior member of the firm, was born\\nin Medford, Burlington county, in 1839. Enlisted in the\\narm}^ in 1861, and served four years. In 1869 became super-\\nintendent of the Hammonton Cranberry Meadows, which po-\\nsition he held for fifteen years. Came to Hammonton in\\n1884. He still carries on the cranberry business. The firm\\nwas formed in Feb., 1889, when they bought O. E. Moore s\\nstand, and opened a grocery and provision store. Frank E.\\nRoberts, the firm s junior member, was born in Portland, Me.,\\nin 1858. At the age of seventeen entered the store of George\\nElvins, and remained in his emplo} until February of this\\nyear.\\nJ. 0. Ransom.\\nThe Main Road Nurseryman, was born in Plymouth, Chen-\\nango county. New York, in 1818. At the age of fifteen, his\\nfather moved to Chautauqua county, and a year later young\\nRansom entered a dr^^ goods store in Jamestown as clerk. In\\n1837 he started on a trip West and South, and went as far as\\nNew Orleans. He clerked and taught school for about two\\nyears in the Red River country. But his health broke down,\\nand he started for his father s house in York State, riding the", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 5T-\\nwhole distance of 1,600 miles on horse-back. In the Spring of\\n1840 he opened a general store in Smyrna, New York, where he\\nremained for twenty-three years. His health again failing,,\\nhe came to Hammonton in 1866, and was greatly benefitted\\nby the climate, and now enjoys good health for a man over\\nseventy years of age. Has been in the nurser}^ business here\\nfor over twenty years.\\nCurtis S. Newcomb.\\nMr. Newcomb was born in Courtland county. New York^\\nin 1843. Was mostly engaged in farming and stock raising\\nuntil he came to Hammonton in 1874, and settled on the farm\\nhe now owns on Middle road. In 1888 was elected school\\ntrustee, and also member of the Town Council, and re-elected\\nto the latter position in 1889. Mr. Newcomb deals exten-\\nsively in butter, shipping it from York state, and selling it to-\\nthe trade. Has sold over seven tons since Ifist September.\\nPeter S. Tilton.\\nWas born in Bakersville, Atlantic County, N, J^ in 1823,\\nWas a farmer for several years, and in 1864 came to Ham-\\nmonton, and opened a general store. Mr. Tilton took his son\\nWilber R. in the firm, which is now P. S. Tilton Son. Wil-\\nber R. is the cashier of the People s Bank, holds oth\u00c2\u00b0r respon-\\nsible positions, and is a young man very highly esteemed by\\nthe people of the town.\\nS. E. Brown.\\nSamuel E. Brown, of S. E. Brown Co., was born in El-\\nmira. New York. Came to Hammonton with his parents in\\n1865, and worked on his father s farm. Was operator at\\nHammonton station on the Philadelphia and Atlantic Citj^\\nRailway for about seven years. Has been a member of the\\nschool board since 1,883. Began the hardware business in\\nAugust, 1886.\\nCharles Woodnutt.\\nMr. Woodnutt, is one of the members of the Town Coun-\\ncil. Was born in Salem, N. J., Jan. 14th, 1836. By profes-\\nsion he is a dentist, which calling he followed for twelve", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "58 History of Hammonton.\\n3 ears. Mr. Woodnutt w:is prominent in the Grange move-\\nment when it first started some seventeen 3 ears ago, at which\\ntime he was a resident of Cumberland count} He came to\\nHammonton in the spring of 1883. Is one of the directors\\nof the Fruit Growers Union.\\nBIOGKArHICAL NOTES.\\nJohn Atkinson was born in Philadelphia, but has been a\\nresident of New Jersey mo^t of the time since 1837. He\\ncame to Hammonton in 1875. Has been a justice of the\\npeace for fifteen ^-ears, and a Hammonton justice since 1885.\\nIs also a commissioner of deeds. Served for three years in\\nthe army during the rebellion.\\nMrs. D. Arlitz came to Hammonton in 1885, and soon after\\nmoved their Philadelphia store to this place, locating in Fay s\\nbuilding. In November, 1888, moved to one of the commo-\\ndious stores in Woolle^- s brick block.\\nA. A. Butler moved from Marlton in the Spring of 1888,\\nand opened a barbershop corner of Bellevue and Third street,\\nand now has an attractive shaving saloon.\\nMiss C. E. Newton began the millinery business in what\\nis now the bank building in 1886. In a few months her in-\\ncreasing business compelled har to seek larger quarters, when\\nshe moved to her present location in Black s brickblock.\\nH. M. Trowbridge was born in West Chester County, New\\nYork, in 1857, and came to Hammonton with his parents in\\n1874. The store he now keeps was opened bj-^ his father J.\\nL. Trowbridge in 1875.\\nW. H. French, who keeps the Lake View Nursery, was\\nborn in Hallowell, Maine, in 184:9. Came to Hammonton in\\n1880, and in 1881 embarked in the nursery business, and has\\nmet with gratif3 ing success.\\nW. H. Burgess, our Road Superintendent, was born at\\nYinal Haven, Maine, in 1853. Came to Hammonton in 1862.\\nIn 1877 visited nearly all the Western States and decided to\\nmake his home in Hammonton.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IX.\\nThe Newspaper, Farming, Poultry and Manufacturing\\nInterests of Hammonton.\\nThe first newspaper publication in Hammonton, was the\\nHammonton Farriier, which was issued by Judge Byrnes, as\\na monthly, for about four years. It was devoted largely to\\na, record of sales and improvements of real estate. The paper\\nwas discontinued upon the establishment of a weekly paper\\nin town.\\nSouth Jersey Republican.\\nThe Republican was first issued at Absecon, August 15,\\n1863, with D. B. Snow as editor. It appeared regularly in\\nthat town until February, 1866, and on the third of that\\nmonth the plant having been transferred to Hammonton, its\\nissue of that date was dated and printed here. We believe\\nthe plant of the paper was purchased by some of the citizens\\nof the place, and at the end of the year, Mr. Snow had done\\nso well he was given a bill of sale of the plant in fee simple.\\nFebruary 26th, 1870, Mr. Snow sold the paper to J. S. Cor-\\ndery, who had been associated with him in conducting the\\npaper. Mr. Corder^- continued in the business until November,\\n1872, when he sold it to Dr, H. E. Bowles. The Doctor was\\nan old time printer as well as a medical practitioner, a native\\nof Western New York. He had served in the army. The\\nDoctor remained in the journalistic harness until 1880, when\\nhe sold his paper to Orville E. Hoyt, the present proprietor.\\nDr. Bowles is still a resident of Hammonton, and is the Cor-\\noner of the count}-. Mr. Hoyt is a native of Mauch Chunk,\\nPenna. Entered the army in 1864, and came to Hammonton\\nin 1865, and in 1870 went to Michigan, and was foreman of\\nthe Ypsilanti Commercial^ and from 1876 to 1880 published\\nthe Dexter Ledder in that State when he returned to Ham-", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "60 History of Hammonton.\\nmonton to take charge of the Republican as above stated.\\nHe has been collector and treasurer of the town for some\\nyears. The Republican is a five column quarto, subscription\\nprice $1.25 a year. The Republican office has a job printing\\ndepartment connected with it.\\nIn the fall of 1878, Gren. Joseph Barbiere, of Tennessee,\\nwho served in the confederate army, started the Hammonton\\nTimes. It had a short career, when it was moved to Atlan-\\ntic City, and was the beginning of the Times now published\\nat that place.\\nThe Atlantic Mirror.\\nThe Mirror was started in 18Y9 as The Hornet, an amateur\\nsheet, about the size of a sheet of note paper, by Dion E.\\nWoolley. It grew with its growth and strengthened with its\\nstrength, contending with opposition and predjudice. In\\n1882 it was sold to A. H. Whitmore, b}^ whom its name was\\nchanged to the Atlantic County Mirror. It was also enlarged\\nand advanced on the road of journalistic progress. Mr.\\nWhitmore sold the paper in 1887 to G. A. Crichet, who drop-\\nped the County from its name, and left it as the Atlantic\\nMirror as it now stands. In June 1888 the paper and plant\\nwere purchased by Dr. J. M. Peebles, and H. W. Wilbur was\\nselected as its editorial manager. W. B. Hand, a native of\\nCumberland county, was secured to attend to the canvassing,\\nnews gathering and outside business. We may honestl} and\\nmodestW remark that the paper has been improved in various\\nways, and its patronage increased during the year. Messrs\\nWilbur and Hand operate a large book and job printing office\\nwith steam power, in connection with the Mirror, although\\nit is not a part of the plant. The Mirror is independent in\\npolitics, and is furnished at $1 a year.\\nThe Poultry Guide and Friend\\nis the first poultry journal ever printed in Hammonton. It\\nwas started in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1880, by its present\\nproprietor, Michael K. Boyer. In 1886 J. Frank Mancha, of\\nthe Claremont (Va.) colony, held out inducements to Mr.\\nBoyer to remove it to that place, where it flourished until", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton.\\n61\\nMay, 1888, when sickness compelled the publisher to get\\nback North. Hammonton being a very prominent poultry\\ntown he chose this location, and ever since it has been pub-\\nlished here. Mr. Boyer reports his success here as simply\\nphenomenal, having more than tripled both his subscription\\nand advertising patronage. The paper is devoted to poultr}\\nand pets, issued monthly, and only 25 cents a 3^ear. Outside\\nof the editing of his paper, Mr Boyer is on the editorial staff\\nMiCHAKL K. Boyer.\\nof the Texas Farm and Ranch and Germantown Telegraphy\\nand engaged as a specialist on the American Agriculturist,\\nFarm and Home, Godeifs Lady^s Book, and other publica-\\ntions. He is at present establishing an experimental farm\\nfor poultry and pets, using both the natural and artificial\\nstyles of incubation with his fowls.\\nMr. Boyer is a young man yet, born in Reading, Pa., July\\n14th, 1858, making him not quite 31 yeai-s of age. Ever\\nsince his residence here he has been working hard for the\\nadvancement of our town s interests, and is becoming a valua-\\nble citizen. The Poultry Guide and Friend is printed at the\\noffice of the Atlantic Mirror.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "62 History of Hammonton.\\nShoe Manufacturing.\\nThe business of manufacturing shoes has been an important\\nindustry in Hammonton for a number of years. Various es-\\ntablishments of the kind have existed here since the business\\nwas first begun, and a number of ill advised experiments\\nfailed and went their way. The business is now upon the\\nbed rock, substantial men being engaged in it, and their en-\\nterprise is a credit to the town, and a source of profit and\\nprosperity to them.\\nWhiffen Bros. Co., started a branch of their Philadelphia\\nfactor} here in 1884, and the following year their entire man-\\nufacturing interests were transferred to this jilace. Their\\nfactory is well fitted out with all the most approved shoe\\nmaking machinery, and has a capacity of 500 adult and 300\\ninfants children s and misses shoes a day. Thej have an\\noffice and salesroom at 136 Market street, Philadelphia.\\nThe firm of C. F. Osgood Co., was formed in 1878, and\\nconsisted of C. F. Osgood, W. J. Smith and C. Small. They\\nbegan business over Fay s drug store. In 1881 C. Small sold\\nhis interest to J. B. Small, who remained in the firm until\\n1884, when he withdrew, leaving Messrs. Osgood and Smith\\nas the sole proprietors. In 1885 the commodious new factory\\nwas erected and occupied. Osgood Co., have been doing\\na constantly increasing business, and have one of the best\\narranged and equipped shoe factories in New Jersey. When\\nworking a full force they are able to turn out 1,800 pairs of\\nadults and 300 pairs of children s shoes a day.\\nFruit Growing and Farming.\\nThe adaptability of the soil and climate of Hammonton for\\nthe raising of all kinds of fruit, has been demonstrated by\\nmore than a quarter of a century of successful efibrt on that\\nline, and now the annual product of fruit is simply prodi-\\ngious. Last year the town s blackberry crop picked and\\nmarketed amounted to 2,500,000 quarts; of strawberries we\\nmarketed 700,000 quar :s, and of raspberries upwards of 300.-\\n000 quarts, and of grapes, 100,000 pounds. There are in\\ntown 833 acres of cranberry bogs in bearing, last year s crop", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 63\\nof which amounted to 100,000 bushels. The pear crop ag-\\ngregated over 5,000 bushels, and of this fruit many large\\norchards have not yet reached fall bearing. There was paid\\nto berry pickers alone last year, by the farmers of Hammon-\\nton, in the neighborhood of $50,000, for simply picking the\\nberry croj) from the vines and bushes.\\nThe farmers of the place, as a class, enjoy reasonable pros-\\nperity, and while all have not proved successful in grabbing\\nthe nimble sixpence to their heart s content, the ne r-do-\\nwells are a small minority. Many of the farmers came here\\nwith nothing, and in commencing heroically shouldered\\ndebt, and have conquered success from threatened disaster.\\nZ. TJ. Matthews, from his small farm, reports having cleared\\nlast year, the snug sum of $1,000.\\nD. Colwell, whose pear crop amounted last year to about\\n300 barrels, a net income of $1,000. Mr. Colwell came here\\ntwenty-one years ago, and at that time his farm was heavily\\nmortgaged. That has all been i)aid off, and money in the\\ntreasury. Mr. Colwell is a member of the Town Council.\\nHe came from Buffalo, N. Y.\\nL. Monfort came here in 1859, and in 1806 took up his\\npresent farm from the stump. To get started he had to\\nmortgage his place. He has fifteen acres in pears. The\\nmortgage was paid off long ago, and has money invested.\\nThe buildings on his farm are first-class. His pear crop net-\\nted him $1,500 last year, and he believes it will continue to\\npay him six per cent, on the value of his farm, over and\\nabove expenses, and support of family.\\nW. A. Elvins netted last year about $3,000 on twenty-five\\nacres of blackberries, and ten of strawberries.\\nD. Campanella is an Italian, and owns 130 acres. Eleven\\nyears ago, as he puts it, he began with nothing and an old\\nhorse. He now owns his farm, with good buildings, clear\\nof debt, and is yearly making money.\\nThe above are not unusual examples of thrift and prosperity,\\nas many others may be found, but we do not pretend that\\nmoney can be made without hard work and good management.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "64 History of Hammonton.\\nWe simply claim that Hammonton offers p:ood advantages\\nfor the industrious and capable to get along in the world.\\nOur Poultry Interests.\\nDuring the past few j ears, the raising of chicken s for\\nbroilers to tickle the palates of the epicures of the large\\ncities and fashionable resorts, has become a profitable indus-\\ntry and Hammonton has achieved a national reputation as\\nthe largest broiler town in the country.\\nThe raising of these broilers has revolutionized the chicken\\nbusiness, as the setting hen as the hatcher and brooder of\\nchickens has been superseded by the artificial process. Un-\\nder the modern plan, chicken raising has been reduced to a\\nscience, and. that it contains ample return for labor, skill and\\nprofit invested, has been amply demonstrated in Hammon-\\nton.\\nThe modern process involves hatching the chicks in incu-\\nbators by means of artificial heat, applied in various ways.\\nOf the making of incubators there seems to be no end, and\\nalmost every conceivable kind is in use here. In the single\\nmachines the heat is derived from a lamp, and it is claimed\\nthat these machines, properl} attended, will produce a chick-\\nen from ever}- fertile egg. When hatched the chickens are\\ncared for in brooders, also artificially wai med, and the suc-\\ncess of the business may be said to largely lie in the skill\\nwith which the chicks are cared for and fed, after being con-\\nsigned to the care of these artificial mothers.\\nThere are about twenty-five persons in town, more or less\\nextensively engaged in raising broilers for the market, their\\ncapacity ranging from a, few hundred, to several thousand\\nduring the season. Harry M. Phillips, who is the largest\\nbroiler raiser, has a mammoth establishment, his brooder\\nhouse being 300 feet long, with a capacity of 7,000 chicks.\\nMr. Phillips establishment is fitted up with all the ingenious\\ndevices and improvements which a successful experience has\\ndemonstrated as necessary to the l)usiness. J. C. Browning\\nis also a large producer of broilers. Both he and Mr. Phil-\\nlips heat their large establishments from steam boilers. Other", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF M. L. JACKSON.\\nWOOLLEY S BLOCK.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 65\\nlarge broiler raisers are C. E. Howe, G. W. Pressey, James\\nSeel^ Cliadwick Berr}, Henry Niccoali, Frank Hopping,\\nMr. Edsall, R. G. White, A. M. Millan, George Swank, Capt.\\nRickard.\\nThe market for broilers begins the first of Jannary, and\\ncloses the last of June, so that most of the work is done\\nwhen the other farm interests do not press themselves for\\nattention. It is believed that a fair estimate will place Ham-\\nmonton s production of broilers for the.3 earat 25,000, and\\nthe price brought, while varying, it is thought will average in\\nthe neighborhood of Y5 cents each for the season. The mar-\\nket is quite fastidious, and not a little fickle in its demands,\\nrequiring the chicks when divested of their feathers to weigh\\nfrom a pound and a half, to two pounds each, the profit being-\\nlarger on a larare than a small chicken.\\nThe broiler business is a source of profit to those who are\\nsuccessful in it, but it is a business requiring work, patience\\nand watchfulness, to bring the best returns. Not every per-\\nson engaging in it makes a success, and those who do find\\ntheir results proportioned to the capital invested, and the in-\\ntelligent attention given the business. The location and cli-\\nmate of Hammonton, with the fact that here may be had an\\nassociated experience, makes the success much more certain,\\nthan new and isolated experiments ai*e likely to prove else-\\nwhere.\\nCONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS.\\nEdwin Jones, the butcher was born in Delaware Count}\\nPa., and came to Hammonton in 18T8, buying the farm which\\nhe now owns. Began butchering in 1886, and opened his\\nmarket in June, 1888.\\nWilliam Black was born in Booth Bay, Maine, in 1821).\\nFor some time he carried on the drug business in Augusta.\\nFirst settled in Hammonton on Fairview avenue. Was\\nelected a director of the Philadelphia Atlantic City Rail-\\nwa}^ in 1885, and only recently resigned on account of poor\\nhealth. He first opened his store at the present stand of S.\\nE. Brown it Co. Was also engaged in the shoe business,", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "fi6 History of Hammonton.\\nand in 1878 bought out A. G. Clark at his present stand.\\nlie has held nearly all the offices in town during his residence\\nhere, and was treasurer of Workingmen s Loan and Building\\nAssociation for over eight years.\\nGeorge F. Saxton, was born in Williston, Vt., in 1827,\\nwhere he followed farming until 18(55, when he came to Ham-\\nmonton, buying the place on Central avenue where he now\\nresides. In 1869 he opened a coal yard, which business he\\nhas followed ever since.\\nJohn Walther is a native of Germany, and was horn in\\n1849. Came to America in 1853 with his parents, who set-\\ntled at Lumberton, N. J. Learned the blacksmith s trade,\\nand in 1879 came to Hammonton, and opened a shop where\\nthe carriage factory now stands. Howard L. Irons was born\\nat New Egypt, this State in 1851. His parents moved to\\nToms River in 1800, and there he learned the wheelwright s\\ntrade. Came to Hammonton in 1884, worked for Alex. Ait-\\nken about a year, and in 1885 the firm of Walther Irons\\nwas formed.\\nAmong the manufacturing industries of Hammonton, may\\nbe mentioned the woollen mills operated by Messrs. Evans\\nand Moore. The} manufacture flannel cloth of a standard\\ngrade, which finds ready sale in the mining districts of Penn-\\nsylvania.\\nC. E. Fowler, at the lake, has a well equipped machine shop.\\nHe manufactures the Hammonton Incubator and Pressey\\nBrooder. In connection with his brother Horace, of Phila-\\ndelphia, he has nearly completed an original baker, which\\ntakes the raw dough and prepares and bakes it automatically.\\nT. B. Drown was born in Kennebunk, Me., and learned the\\ncarpenter s trade in Boston. Worked at his trade in that\\ncity until he can:e to Hammnionton in 1806. Worked at his\\ntrade here, and for a time in Camden, and in 1881 returned\\nhere and built his present residence. In 1884 was made\\nforeman of Bernshouse s mill. Was elected a member of\\nCouncil in 1885, and has been chairman of that body for two", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 67\\nyears. Served in the war, and is a member of the Grand\\nArmy Post.\\nMajor C. M. Jordan was born in Roxbury, Mass. in 1834.\\nMost of his life was spent in business in Boston and vicinity.\\nWas five years postmaster at Somerville, Mass., and for fif-\\nteen years was emplo3 ^ed in the Boston post office. On the\\nbreaking out of the war he enlisted, and was major of the\\nFirst Massachusetts Regiment. Served three years and\\nfour months, and was mustered out in very poor health.\\nCame to Hammonton in 188( Is justice of the peace, com-\\nmissioner of deeds, and is engaged in the auctioneer and real\\nestate business.\\nAmong our successful farmers is P. H. Brown, a native of\\nSteuben county, New York. Previous to 1863 Mr. Brown\\nspent most of his time teaching in New York state and Hl-\\ninois. Shortly ?ifter the war broke out he left his profession\\nin Hlinois on account of poor health, and came to Hammon-\\nton. In 1865 he moved here with his family, and settled on\\nthe farnt, corner of Basin and Main roads, where he engaged\\nsuccessfully in fruit raising until 1884, when he sold, came\\ninto the village and built his present handsome residence.\\nShortly after this he purcha\u00c2\u00abed 120 acres of wild land about\\ntwo and one-half miles south-east of the village. He has\\ncleared sixty-four acres, and has fine peach and pear orchards\\nand large blacklierry, raspberry and strawberry fields, and\\nwithal a very fine farm. Mr. Brown is nearly seventy years\\nof age, and has lots of faith in the capabilities of our soil and\\nthe excellence of our climate.\\nWm. Bernsh ouse, the proprietor of the steam planing mill\\naud sash and blind factory, was born in Fathinga, Prussia,\\nMarch 30th, 1884, and landed in New York, August 12th,\\n1837. His father was a cal)inet maker, and soon moved to\\nPhiladelphia where he worked at his trade tor some time. In\\nSeptember, 1848, moved to New Germany, about three miles\\nfrom this place, and William chopped wood for the Winslow\\nGlass Works. After two years went to Philadelphia, and", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "(i8\\nHistory of Hammonton.\\nworked in Burgess glass factory. In March, 1852, apprenticed\\nhimself to learn the carpenter s trade. Started business for\\nhimself in 1855, after having served his time as an appren-\\ntice. In 1864 and (55 followed the butcher business, and\\nsupplied Hammonton, Winslow and New Germany with\\nmeat. Bought the mill propert} November 13th, 1875, and\\nhas carried on the same ever since. Has built hotels, facto-\\nries, farm buildings and fine residences throughout New Jer-\\nse}^, Pennsylvania and Maryland.\\nCol. Daniel Stone, who\\nis represented in the ad-\\njoining cut, is a native of\\nNew York state, and is\\nforty -seven years old. He\\nspent some time in the\\ngreat west, where he now\\nhas real estate interests.\\nFor some time he was gen-\\neral field manager of the\\nClaremont, Ya., Colon}\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-:_. and in August of last\\n:\\\\jyear came to Hammon-\\nton to act as gelling\\nagent for Judge B^ rnes.\\nSince coming here the\\nColonel has sold several farms and a good manv town lots.\\nCorrections. On page 10, top line, for A. W. Horton,\\nread A. W. Harlow.\\nOn page 21 for D. Colwell, one of the Assessors, read\\nWillimn Colwell.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF THE LATE DR. SNOWDEN.\\nA. II. SIMONS BAKERY. MISS 0. E. NEWTON S STORE.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 1\\nWM. BERNSH0USE 8\\nSteam Planing (Dill,\\nDOOR, SASH BLIKI) FACTORY,\\nALL KINDS CF\\nLumber,IVIill Work,WindowGlass,\\nBRICK3LIME3CEMENT3PLASTER3LATH3HAIR3 C.\\nWe Manufacture\\nBERRY CRATES AND CHESTS\\nOF ALL KINDS. ALSO\\n-^PENNSYLVANIA HEMLOCKS-\\nAt bottom prices. We manufacture our own\\nYour patronage solicited. Satisfaction Guaran-\\nteed.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton.\\nWM.RBASSETT SONa\\nFlorists mb Seedsmm\\nDeal ill the best goods in their line at reasonable p rices\\nWith a decided love for their bnsiness, and a good botanical\\neducati on, thej combine an acquaintance \u00e2\u0096\u00a0with the Seed\\nTrade, and an experience with Fruits and Plants which qual-\\nifies them to secure and recommend the best to their custom-\\ners.\\nConsult your interest by conferring ivith them before placivrj\\nyour orders.\\nARE YOU INSURED?\\nIf not insured ad-\\ndress,\\ny,peiLLiPS\\n|p^^ ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.\\nV REFERENCES:\\nResidents of Ham-\\nmonton who have had\\nV losses by fire or light-\\nning. 345 policies\\nnow in force in Ham-\\nmonton.\\n-Correspondence Solicited.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "History of Hammontox, 3\\nHj^ fe\\nBellevae and Central Aves.\\nTHE HiDEJ^IDimrO\\nHardware and House Furoistiiog Store\\nIN HAMMONTON.\\nFiirniture, Cliamber SniteSy,\\nCarpets, Matting, Bed Springs,\\nJVIattresses, Oil Cloth, Rugs,\\nand everything for the proper\\nfurnishing of the home or of-\\nfice.\\nCook and Parlor Stoves, Ran-\\nges, Portable Furnaces, Stove\\nPipe, Carpenter Tools, Build,\\ners Supplies, Farming Imple-\\nments, and all articles to be\\nfound in a well conducted hard-\\nware establishment.\\nSpecial attention given the manufacture of Tanks for Hot Water Incubators, Heat-\\ning Pipes for Brooder Houses. Pipes for tiie Hammonton Incubators always irs\\nstock. Tin Roofing and Jobbing of all knids promptly and efficiently done. Our suc-\\ncess is due to the fact that we furnish only Reliable Goods and Reliable Work at Hon-\\nest Prices. Estimates cherfuUy given.\\nC- E- HALL,\\nOor. Bellevue and Central Avenue. Hammonton, N. J.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "History of IIammonton.\\nHRIfllVIOflTO}! IflCUBflTOll\\n150 and 300 Eggs. Price $15.00 and $25.00.\\nMm\\nSiiiii I\\nPATENTED OCT. SOtla, ISSo.\\nPrice Complete with Seven Day Stove, $8.00,\\nliiiiiressG,W,PRESS[Y,llammonton,ll,J.\\nPATENTEE AND MANUF R. CIRCULARS FREE.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton.\\nThe above is a partial view of the Store of\\nS. E. BfiOWN CO.,\\nand is the old reliable\\nJiardware arid pnrniture\\nESTABLISHMENT.\\nThe first floor of main building is devoted to Hardware and its\\nbii^nches, and the smaller first floor front and second floors to\\nFurniture, Carpets, etc. Their policy of doing business is\\nGOODGOODS FAIR PRICES.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton.\\ne. j. woolley,\\nW atchmaker and J eweler\\nWatches, Cloc is, Jq^qIt^, SiBver^are, Specta-\\ncles and Optical Goods. Stationery, School\\nBooks, Blank Books, Musical In-\\nstrunsents and To^s.\\nBELLEVUE AVE?\\\\!UE, H. MMOe^TON. NEW JERSEY.\\nJ^\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00b0 A11 the Popular Weekly and Monthly Publications on hand.\\njTd. fairchild\\nDealer in\\nCountry Produce, etc. The place where you get one hundred cents\\non the dollar and sixteen ounces to the pound. Largest stock, low-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2est prices, prompt attention, full value. T/ie best place in tozvn to\\ntiade. fi^^A full line of violin, banjo and guitar strings in stock.\\nHAB3M\u00c2\u00a9KTI)K, K\u00e2\u0080\u009e S,\\nFor coughs, COLDS,\\nAnd kindred uihnents the nse of\\nGreseeDt Goagh GoFdlal\\nIs marvelously eftective. Scores in Hammmonton can and do testify\\nto its eficacy. Prepared and sold by\\nA. W. Cochran, Ph.G., PHARMACIST, Hammonton, N- J.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton, 7\\nWILLIAM D. PACKER\\nmay still be found at the old stand dispensing\\nBaked fresh eveiy morning the year ronnd. Dealer in\\nCHOICE FRUITS CONFECTIONS\\nN. D. PAGE,\\nPhotograpbie Artist\\nHAMMONTON, N. J.\\nYiews of residences, large out of doors groui:)s, fine cabi-\\nnet portraits and pictures of all kinds.\\nStereoscopic views of all points of interest in Hammonton\\nand vicinity, including views of the Lake, etc. A good idea\\nof the tow^n can be gained from them.\\nSingle views 25 cents each 1 dozen assorted $2.00. Sent\\nby mail on receipt of price.\\nW. A. ELVINS, Jr.,\\nDelivery of United States Express to all parts of\\nof the town.\\nCor. Egg Harbor Koad and Yine Street.\\nHammontois^, IS ew Jersey.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton.\\nAND\\nSo-oper6itive (\u00c2\u00a7)ociety,\\n[LIMITEE,]\\nStore, t HI. Gof. 01. H- 1 Ave. S 13th St.\\nDEALERS IN\\nGEJ\\\\^ERAL MERCHAJ^DISE\\nFlour, Feed,\\nChicken Supplies of all kinds.\\nA general assortment of\\n-FARM IMPLEMENTS-\\nAgents for Bird s Sulky Cultivators and the South Bend\\nBissel Plows. A large stock of GROCERIES, of the best\\nquality. A full stock of HARDWARE and WOODEN-\\nWARE. Stoves and Ranges of the best patterns. Tin-\\nware, Agate Ware and Crockery are.\\nDRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.\\nGents and Ladies Underwear. CLOTHING to fit all sizes\\nand ages. We make a specialty of Pants. FURNITURE.\\nChairs, Rockers, Tables, Stands, Bed Room Suits, Toilet\\nSets, Mattings and Carpets. We are agents for the Adams\\nand Westlake\\nl^y\u00c2\u00ae ri^^ /T^ r s^ \\\\^T yg^v c\u00c2\u00aez^ (M:m\\nThe very best in^the market. All goods not found as repre-\\nsented can be returned and exchanged or money refunded.\\nEVERY PURCHASER SHARES IN THE PROFITS", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton.\\nW. H. BERNSHOUSE,\\nDEALER IN\\nBest Grade Lehigh Coal\\nYARD OPPOSITE THE MILL.\\nMONTHLY COMMENT.\\nTHE NEWEST THING IN LITERATURE.\\nFirst Number will be out about May 7th, 1889.\\nSixteen pages. Contains a Digest of the\\nMonth s News, Opinions and Comments liy\\nthe Leading Newspapers of all shades of\\nopinion, the poetry of the month, and origi-\\nnal reviews and comments.\\nSend for sample copy. Just what every\\nbusy man and woman needs, in the briefest\\nway to get a record ot the world s doings, and\\nthe current comment of the month. Issued\\nthe first of each month, at low price ot M cts.\\na year. Begin with the first uumher.\\nAddress MONTHLY COMMENT, Hammonton, N. J.\\nNowhere else can you get so many facts and opinions\\nfor tlie small outlay of one cent a month.\\nA specialty. The latest styles and best assortment. Particular attention to trim-\\nming to suit the style and complexion of wearer. Hats and bonnets colored and\\npressed over if desired. Infant s and children s mull caps handsome and cheap. A\\ncomplete line of ladies and children s underwear. A complete stock of hosiery no-\\nthing lacking in this line. Rushing, cuffs, collars, kid and silk gloves, Swiss and\\nHamburg edgings, all kinds of notions, dress linings, trimmings and buttons. Mate-\\nrials of all kinds fcr fancy work. Perfumery, stationery, fancy soaps, etc. New goods\\nevery week, and don t forget that I take orders for any goods not kept in stock. V ou\\ncan save money by buying or ordering goods of\\nCORA E. NEVS^TON.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "10 History of Hammontox.\\nTHE HWONTOH\\nmm\\nis a pure Linseed Oil Paint composed of the purest Materials\\nand Pioments known. A thoroughly\\nPRACTICAL PAINT\\nand sold at the lowest possible price. You talce no chances\\nin buying the Hammonton Paint.\\nHU.YDREDS of BUILDL^ GS\\nhave been painted with the Hammonton Paint, and every\\ngallon guaranteed to wear as long as any known paint un-\\nder like conditions.\\nJOHNT,FREN ]H,Profr,\\nFACTORY\\nHa,z:cLz:cLor:Lto3nL, 3Sr. T.\\nstcdh:e3,\\n2202 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City.\\nSEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 11\\nSTRONG GREEN\\nCYCLE CO.,\\n707 ilFeh street, Philadelphia, Penna.\\nBicycles, Tricycles and Sundries.\\nThe largest retail store in America. Every first-class make of bi-\\ncycle kept in stock. Purchasers taught to ride ft ee of charge. Call\\nand see, or send for catalogue.\\nJOHN ATKINSON,\\nJustice of the Peace--\\nAND COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.\\nHammonfon, New Jersey.\\nJ. S. THAYER,\\ni^fcMtect, Conti actoi and BuildEf,\\nHAMMONTON, N. J.\\nI have a large variety of new and original designs on hand,\\nwhich I respectfully invite all to examine before purchasing\\nplans elsewhere.\\nAll work guaranteed, and best of references furnished. I re-\\nspectfully solicit your patronage.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "12\\nHistory of Hammonton.\\nlv\u00c2\u00a3. L. T-^CI^S03iT,\\nWholesale and Retail\\nFRESH MEATS.\\nThe Best Shamong Veal Lamb\\nIn Season. We make a Specialt} of\\nJersey Cured Hams, Shoulders,\\nPork, Lard,\\nCANNED COODS, VEGETABLES, ETC.\\nWatehes, pFeneh and flmepiean Clocks,\\nSILVERWARE AND FINE JEWELRY.\\nI\\nAlso a comi)lete line of\\nSPECTACLES EYEGLASSES\\nOur improved facilities for testing and fitting th-^ eyes en-\\nable us to guarantee satisfaction in this department.\\nREPAIRING CAREFULLY PROMPTLY DONE.\\nCorner Bellevue Avenue and Second Street.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 13\\nHammontou Iiand Office.\\nOpened in 1857 by R. J. BYRNES.\\nFOH SilliE.-Improved pF^it Fa^ms,\\nwith suitable buildings. Land planted in all fruits for market,\\nat $i,ooo and upwards.\\nPOULTRY FARMS, well located.\\nFRUIT POULTRY LANDS, at 30 dollars per acre.\\nTOWN LOTS, at 50 dollars and upwards.\\nA tract of suitable land has been recently survey-\\ned into five acre farms foi fruit and poultry, which\\nwill be sold at $150 each, on the installment plan,\\nby paying $5 each month, without interest. 1,500\\nlots, pieces or parcels of land, have beet\\\\ sold from\\nthis of^ce, and the titles have been examined by the\\nbest lawyers of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New\\nYork without discovering any defect.\\nLand buyers should on arriving at Hammonton,\\ncall at once at R. J. Byrnes office, where all the\\noriginal maps, plans and surveys can be seen, and\\nall information can be had as to titles, conveyancing,\\netc., and every facility will be given to examine the\\nthe land and property free,! thereby saving time,\\ntrouble and expense. Address or apply to\\nR. J. BYRNES, Founder.\\nCol. Dan l Stone, Selling Manager.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "14 History of Hammonton.\\nL. W. COGLEY,\\nplarness, ^adlery andTi^mnl^ ^tope,\\nBELLEVUE AVENUE, HAMMONTON, N. J,\\nA large assortment of Machine and Hand Made Harness, double and\\nsingle always on hand, from |S up. Riding saddles, bridles, blank-\\nets, horse sheets and dusters, whips, brushes, harness and wagon\\noils, soaps, etc. Leather and rope halters, trunks and valieses. Or-\\nders and repairing prcimjitly at lowest city prices.\\nt4ERM/iN FlEDiiR,\\nManufacturer and Dealer in\\nTremper Block. All orders promptly attended to. Factory\\nNo. 86, 1st District of New Jerse}-. A full assortment of\\nOOIsTIFElCTIOTsrEIR Y\\nHammontoTi New Jersy^\\njToTransom,\\nGrower and dealer in all kinds of\\nFruit Trees, Vines, Evergreens,\\nHEDGE AND LAWN PLANTS, SHADE TREES, c.\\nHammonton,\\nNew Jersey.\\nW^M- MANlSlCE,\\nManufacturer of\\nLadles Misses and Children s-\\nF f MR SMORB.\\nHAMMONTON, N. J.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 15\\nP. S. TILTON SON,\\nDEALERS IN\\nGeneral\\nISerehandise,\\nHAM1I\u00c2\u00aeKT\u00c2\u00a9K3 M. Jo\\nCorner of Belleinie and E^^ Harbor Road.\\nValley \u00c2\u00a3venue Egg parm.\\nEggs from R. C. B. Leghorns, P. Rocks, W. C.\\nB. Polish, W. R. C. Leghorns.\\nPrices reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed.\\n^W. IBL. HI. BI^.^3DBTJK Z\\nGrape and Valley Ave. Hammonton, N. J.\\nJOHD maMD O^H,\\nManufacturer and Dealer in\\nBOOTS, SHOES AND SLIPPERS.\\nA M SdpbIj of Eiililier Goofls lie Year Roiil.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "16\\nIIlSTOHY OF IIaMMONTON.\\nA. H. SIMONS S\\nBAK E RY I\\nManufacturer of\\nDealer in\\nGoiifectioiiery, J^ruits, ]N[uts, Etc.\\nPicnics and Festivals supplied at short notice, at special rates.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "1 J..^\\nC. F. OSGOOD CO^S SHOE FACTORY,\\nPEOPLE S BANK BUILDING.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. IT\\nSEEDS.\\nOne hundred and five years ago David Landreth commenced the business of\\nraising Garden Seeds for sale, and was the first in this country to pursue it on\\na systematic plan. His efforts eminently successful secured public confidence,\\nand established for his produce a reputation unapproached by the other seeds\\nsold in America. The concern thus founded has passed to the third gener-\\nation, and the present proprietois of Bloomdale, with whom it has been a lead-\\ning object to perpetuate the professional reputation of the founder. The estab-\\nlishment continued on principles laid down by its founder has been gradually\\nenlarged, increasing with the growing wants of the country, and continues to\\nbe by far the most extensive in the Union, supplying a large share of the de-\\nmand of the United States, and exporting to Europe, Asia, Africa, West In-\\ndies, South and Central America, Mexico and Oceanica. Catalogue published\\nin seven different languages. Our new catalogue for 18S9, containing descrip-\\ntive lists of novelties and standard sorts, with 72 photograph illustrations of\\nchoice vegetables, with culture instructions and recipes for preparation and\\ncooking. Sent free to all applicants.\\nXD- Xja^riLd-retltL d^ SorrLS,\\nIMPLEMENT AND SEED WAREHOUSE,\\n21 ai 23 So. Siitli St, or Delaware Ave. aiil Arch St,\\nPHILADELPHIA-\\nThe well-known Hat Store of 204 Market Street, Philadelphia, has\\nbeen removed to 241 MARKET STREET. We have a larger stock\\nof Hats, Caps and Umbrellas than ever, all new and warranted to\\ngive satisfaction. The best and latest styles in Silk, Fur, Derbys,\\nSoft Fur, Cloth and Straw. Bottom Prices.\\nEverybody bivited to to call and see our store and goods.\\nSILAS BETTS.\\nW. H. FRENCH. Proprietor.\\nAll kinds of Fruit and gOrnamental trees, Shrubs, Roses,\\nVines, etc. J3aker Seedling Pach a specialty. This is a nat-\\nural peach, reproducing itself from pit; free stone, flesh yel-\\nlow, and quality superior to ano peach we have ever grown.\\nSend for testimonials.\\nCentral and Hammontoi^ Avenues, Hammonton, N. J,", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "18 History of IIammonton.\\nContractor and Builder,\\nhammoNton, N. J.\\nPLANS, SPECIFICATIONS M ESTIMATES ftrnisliefl.\\nJOBBING- Promptly Attended to.\\nThankful for your past patronage, I would re-\\nspectfully solicit a continuance of the same.\\nID. W. I_.^WS0S\\\\\\nContractor and Builder,\\nHj^IVUMONION, N. J.\\nHaving a large variety of new and beautiful designs for modern cottages and other\\nbuildings, I respectfully invite all who contemplate building to call and examine the\\nsame before purchasing plans elsewhere.\\nPlans, specifications and estimates furnished on application. Practical drawing done\\nin a neat and careful manner, at reasonable rates. I respectfully solicit a share of\\nyour patronage.\\nW. B. MURPHY,\\nLiverf, Sale, Exchange Ooding Stable,\\nCor. I2TH 5t. R. R. Ave., Hammonton, K.J.\\nBuss to meet all trains, and will deliver passengers to all parts of town within one-\\nhalf mile of station, for ten cents each.\\nDog Carts, Phaetons, and Saddle Horses. Bran new outfit at the old stable.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "History of Hammonton. 19\\nHAMMONTON HOTEL\\nHouse newly repaired ajid enlarged. Aeconimodation for perma-\\nnent and transient guests. Splendid accommodation for Summer\\nbo.irders. Terms Reasonable. No paitis will be spared to make the\\nhouse pleasa7it a?id attractive for the guests.\\nJESSE TREATj Prap^r.\\nOPPOSITE THE DEPOT.\\nHammonton, N. J. Wholesale dealer in\\n^ov*h State Swttei*^\\nMAPLE SUGAR SYRUP, POTATOES APPLES.\\nCn 1 1 1 1 I Shipping Agent for houses in Philadelphia,\\nI Fl nil I I New York, Boston, etc., for forwarding Fruit,\\nProduce, etc., Hammonton, N. J. Shipping\\ncards and stencils furnished on application.\\n.__. ,_. Our many years experi-\\niVfl n I GT^ce has given us a knovvl-\\nI II U I edge of the different collieries,\\nI I I I I I and we keep for sale only\\nV/V/XJlJ-At THE BEST.\\nOrders promptly tilled, whether for\\n100 pounds, a ton era carload. Othce and yard on Railroad\\navenue, corner of Orchard street. Orders may be left at the\\nstore of P. S. Tilton Son.\\nG. F. SAXTON.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "20 History op Hammonton.\\nANDREW^S ROBERTS,\\nSuccessors to O. E. Moore, headquarters for i\\ni\\nfish, Goantry Prodaee,\\nFOREIGN DOMESTIC FRUIT,\\nCreamery and York State Butter^\\nCanned Gocds^ Cheese^ Etc.\\nCall and see us at the Little Store round the\\ncorner. Delivery wagon to all parts of town.\\nThe People s Bank,\\nH:j^.is^:vno:N TOisr, isr. cr.\\nCapital|(authorized) $50,000\\nOapitaK(paid in) $20,000\\nSurplus $2,500\\nR. J. BYRNES, President.\\nM. L. JACKSON, Vice President. W. R. TILTON, Cashier\\nDIRECTORS.\\nR. J. Byrnes, M. L. Jackson, Geo. Elvins,E. Stock-\\nwell, Z. U. Matthews, D. Colwell, J. C. Anderson, I\\nJ. C. Browning, A. J. Smith, C. F. Osgood, D. L.\\nPotter, G. F. Saxton, P. S. Tilton,\\ng:;;^Diseount Days: Tuesday and Friday Evenings.^:^^", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "History of Hammon ton. 21\\nWALTHER S( IRO^S,\\nManufacturers of\\nWAGONS -km CM!1LAGES,\\nRepairing and General Jobbing done neatly and Promptly.\\na specialty. New Farm Wagons; without a rival in quality\\nor price. Come and see.\\nPainting and Trimming\\nDONE BY\\nJOSEPH I. TAYLOR.\\nELAM STOCKW^ELL,\\nDealer In\\nGroceries, Prisons, Feed, Di} Goods, Ci\\nSEWING MACHINES AND ORGANS.\\nRammonton, JVew Jersey.\\nD. C. HERBERT,\\nDealer in all kinds of\\nCustom Work and Repairing Neatly Executed.\\nBELLEVUE AVENUE, HAMMONTON, N. J.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "22\\nHistory of Hammonton.\\nReturns Made Every Monday. Sales Reported Daily\\nT. E. WESCOAT CO.,\\nDEALERS IN\\n333 North Water St., Philada, i\\nReference Consolidation National Bank and Trade in Gen e/-al.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "History op Hammonton. 23\\nHas the most complete line of\\nto be found in town, which she is sellina; at prices which will\\nsurprise you all. Children s Trimmed Hats from 50 cents up,\\nand Ladies Trimmed Hats from $1 up. Hats of all kinds\\ntrimmed in the latest styles at bottom prices. In addition\\nwe carry a full line of\\nNovelties, Fancy Goods, Notions,\\nTrimmings, Hosier3\\\\ and a very large stock of\\nwhich we propose to sell below city prices. Orders taken for goods\\nnot in stock. fi^^No charge for trimming hats.\\nMRS. D. ARLITZ.\\nHeal Estate Insaranee.\\nFARMS AND TOWN LOTS\\nFor sale. Estates cared for.\\nInsurance on all kinds of property.\\nFarms for Poultrymen a specialty, as we are prac-\\ntical poultrymen.\\nAll kinds of property sold at auction.\\nMaj. C. M. Jordan Co,", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "24\\nHistory of ITammonton.\\nW. F. MALONEY,\\nMvery Boarding Stables.\\nNew Clean Staile.\\nHorses and Carriages\\nto hire. Carriages to\\n(j^j meet all trains. All\\nC kinds of carting done at\\nshort notice.\\n^^^^^Stables opposite Camden and Atlantic Depot.\\nThe Walmer House Winter Scene,\\nH. E. Thayer, Piiop r.", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "vO\\n*i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^^\\nZ^^^^:-\\nc-^\\nA^\\n^^,.c^", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "p^^.\\n,0-\\nu\\n^J.\\n^M\\n.V^-.\\nV5^-\\n-S^^ ^^i^\\n1 C ^Jy", "height": "3128", "width": "1771", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3379", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "illustratedhisto00wilb_0126.jp2"}}