The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-13
LOCAL NEWS.


A slight reduction has been made in tn
price of coal by our local dealers.
Raspberries were picked on the Rich
ardson farm, opposite the fair grounds
last week.
Franklin B. Lewis went to Westerly, X
l.. last week to visit his son, Rev. Nor
man v. P. Lewis.
George w. Durand has rented hous
on Clifton avenue, where he will sool
take up his residence.
The annual convention of the Women'i
Equal Suffrage Convention will open it
session at Moorestown to-day.
Floyd Rogers and Fred Bowker, OF Vim
centown will give dance there in thu
town hall tomorrow evening.
j. Fred Laumaster was guest ovel
Sunday of ex-Sheriff Edward Emley, Oh
the latter's farm near Jacobstown.
The men working at Smithville are OIL
full time again, as number of large or
ders were received on Wednesday.
The Mount Holly contingent employed
at Washington came home to vote, and
they were not all Republicans, either.
While serving on the election board al
Merchantville Tuesday morning, E. W.
Morris was taken ill and died in few
hours.
man recently arrested at Baltimore is
said to be the same person who stole a
horse from Samuel Matthias, of Mount
Holly.
The remains of Noah Fl. Peacock, ST.,
of Vincentown, were inferred in the
Mount Holly cemetery on Thursday af-
ternoon.
At the missionary meeting held in the
Baptist Church on Wednesday evening,
several interesting letters from China
were read.
Miss Edith Earle, of Lumberton, a
graduate of New England college, has
been appointed principal of the Palmyra
high school,
The ladies of the Vincentown Metho-
dist Church gave an old fashioned chicken
potpie supper in the town. hall on Satur
day evening.
The ladies of St. Paul's Church will
give supper on Friday and Saturday
evenings, December and 8, for the bene-
fit of the church.
Fl, G. Allen, of Medford, is building a
new barn for Hudson B. Haines, near
Rancocas, on the site of the one recently
destroyed by fire.
The Jr o. u. A. M of this state, which
recently seeded from the national organ
ization, has assets to the amount of $400,
600, with $214, 900 out at interest.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
will serve an excellent bill OF fare at their
supper to be given in the Masonic TEN
pie next Friday and Saturday evenings.
On Thursday Sheriff Fenton sold the
Charleston mill property to the Provident
Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia,
agent for the estate of Plummer Gourley
deceased, for $1,000.
A rich treat is In store for those who
attend the lecture to be given this even
ing in ST. Andrews parish house by
Prof F. N. Thorp. His subject will be
westminster Abbey"
The Grand Lodge of the colored Knights
of Pythias of New Jersey will hold their
annual meeting at Newark next Tuesday.
]. Wesley Macklin. of Mount Holly, is
the Grand Chancellor.
Interesting services were held by the
Volunteers of America on Friday even
ing. The meeting was addressed by Lieut..
Col. James j. Kepple, commander of the
Atlantic coast regiment, and Major John
Harbecker, of Philadelphia.
Amos Cline of Indian Mills who is ar
inspector on the Central Railroad and the
owner of several Dogs, favored THE News
last week with cluster of cranberries on
the vines. They were very large and as
fine as any we have seen.
On Thursday evening drunken vaga
bond knocked at the door of Samuel A
Atkinson, on High street. When Harvey
Thomas answered the call the fellow be-
came abusive. Harvey had the mar
locked up in Jail. A number of people
were annoyed by this same fellow.
Isaac L. Shinn, who was recently In
iured by the upsetting of the Good In
tent engine, and Robert Hawkins, VIII
contracted cold by swimming across tn
creek with a line of hose at the Anderson
fire, have presented claims for benefits t.
the Firemen's Relief Association.
Alfred L Davis, of Pemberton, was on
of those persons who spent Tuesday nigh
in Philadelphia to get the election returns
He stopped at Green's hotel, where b
left his diamond ring on the bureau. !
was found by the chambermaid and hand
ed to Landlord Newton, who restored tn
ring to its owner.
Charles e. Hendrickson, Jr., son o
Judge Charles E. Hendrickson, of Noun
Holly, and Miss Janette Estis, of Mem
phis, Tenn, were married Wednesday a
New York City. The ceremony was wit
messed by only the immediate families G
the happy couple. Mr.. and Mrs. Her
erickson will reside in Jersey City.
Several Republican campaign parader
on horse back came to Mount Holly frol
neighboring districts last Monday might
because they had been invited to partic
pate in parade that was said to hay
been arranged to take place here. 1t di
not lake long to find out that the invit'
ton was not sent out by Republicans. :.
young Democrat who was about to ca
his first vote remarked: II won't hay
anything to do with party that will pla
such mean trick as that, and | shall vol
the Republican ticket" The horseme
were greeted with Rubber when the
passed the Arcade hotel.
The New Jersey Dairymen's Associi
ton held a meeting in Camden on Satul
urday to amend their bylaws and adoI
plans for fixing the price of milk for I'll
ensuing six months. J. Walter Pancoas
Of Sharpstown, presided. To change I'll
price of milk it is first necessary to col
suit with the Milk Producers Exchang
of = .:ladelphia, and the following con
mittee was appointed to represent the a