The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-12
The business men of Marlton have de.

: The business men of Marlton have de
cided to parade on July 4th.
e John A. Bidwell will sail for England
: on the Goth inst, on business trip.
The residence of Mrs Clifford s. Sims
b on Broad street, has been newly painted
: Frank Colkitt will conduct a livery
stable at Long Branch during the sum
: mer.
: A company of colored jubilee singers
gave a pleasing entertainment in the
court house last evening.
The cranberry boys now present very
pretty sight, because of the bloom which
is appearing on the vines.
United States Senator William j. Sewell
has been elected president of the Society
} of the Army of the Potomac
1t is said that the rank of admiral will
soon be conferred upon Captain John J.
! Read, q. S. N, of Mount Holly.
. Mrs Sarah Lowe, of Keyser, W. Va,
niece of Wilbur F. Shinn, of Mount
Holly, was buried few days since.
The foot path on the Bispham street
bridge has been made more safe to pedes-
TRANS by the laying of new planking.
The strawberry season is getting well
advanced, and prices are getting down to
low water mark.
George M. Hillman is walking abont
town with the aid of cane as the result
of having an ingrowing toe nail removed.
The mother of Prof W. c. Cook, prin-
cipal of Mount Holly High school, died at
her home in Bridgeton, on Sunday of last
week.
n.a 81 ha duo fha Dr.
ton Academy is Hector Trick, of Vincen-
town, who will enter the U. s. Naval
/ Academy at Annapolis
The circulating library is now open on
ly in the morning from nine until twelve
o'clock. This arrangement will continue
through the hot season.
1t is said that some farmers in this Sec
tion have killed a number of their trees
by putting too much oil on them to de-
stroy the San Jose scale.
The graduates of the Mount Holly high
school this year are Edith R. Harker,
Sadie L. Frake, Fannie E. Carly. Elsie G..
Davis and B. Alvan Sleeper.
Joseph Huff had good view of the
fire at 514 Market street, Philadelphia, on
Wednesday, as he was right in front of
the building when the alarm was given.
An accident to car loaded with ice at
Birmingham on Wednesday night made
it necessary for the wrecking crew to go
to the scene and straighten out matters.
Commencing on Friday Lumberton will
have improved mail accommodations as
f1llows: Leaye Lumberton 500 and II. 40
A. M; arrive s. 30 and 10.00A. M. ;5.1 Is F. M
Rev. E. B. Hodge, of Burlington, has
son in the mission fields in China, where
the Boxers are now killing all foreigners,
and there is much anxiety concerning his
safety.
An entertainment, consisting of series
of moving pictures, was given in the
Court House, on Wednesday evening, for
the benefit of the athletic association of
the Mount Holly high school.
The tall iron smoke stack that has been
standing among the ruins of the carpet
mill on King street, and which has been
considered very dangerous of late was
pulled down Wednesday afternoon by a
team of horses
The machine shops at Smithville have
not been closed for a period of three
months, either at night or on Sunday, and
it is safe to say that the mechanics there
have no use for William Jennings Bryan,
the free silver advocate.
The warm weather has no apparent
effect on the interest manifested in Com
pany E and the Mount Holly Banjo Club.
Both organizations are bound to succeed
because they have competent leaders who
are held in high esteem by the members.
Captain Walter A. Barrows left Wednes-
day for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to at
tend the national convention of the An
Gent Order of United Workmen. He is
chairman of the committee on appeals.
He will not return home until about the
first of July.
If you want to know all the important
events while they are fresh you should
read this paper. There are two reasons
why you should do so. The first is, be-
cause it will save you one dollar a year;
secondly, you will get the news before it
becomes stale.
There is quite change this month in
the bills of the Camden and Burlington
Gas and Electric Light Company presented
to consumers of gas. The clause which
provides for reduction of 10 per cent if
the bill is paid before the 10Th day of the
month, has been cut off and the words
mo discount" substituted, which means
an advance of Is cents per 1000 feet to
patrons who haye heretofore been paying
GQoIF DlllS WlbuIu buC OlSCOuut
consumers of gas for stoves, there has
been reduction made of % cents per
1000 feet, which rate is now $1.25
A prominent bicycle rider of Mount
Holly happened to be on the South Penn
berton road on Saturday morning. He
took short cut through the woods, com
ing out at Spottown. To get through it |
became necessary to cross narrow foot
bridge This is about foot from the
ground, and the rider jumped his wheel
to get on, Losing his balance he grabbed
post which proved to be rotten, and the
rider went headlong with his machine into
the creek. He got out with difficulty as
the bank is quite steep. Recovering him
self he realized that his wheel was at the
bottom and his hat was floating down
stream. There was nothing to do but to
jump in after them and they were re-
covered with much labor. The gentleman
was not observed riding on High street
with his wet clothes on, and he is tickled
to death to think that no one knows about
the occurrence.