The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-12-24
LOCAL NEWS.


Merry Christmas.
Finest poultry, lowest prices, at Sapps,
for Christmas and New Years.
Julianna N. Powell, of Rancocas, aged
So years, was stricken with paralysis last
week
On Sunday several young men skated
from Mount Holly to Birmingham on the
Rancocas creek.
Dates, &c. per ID; best figs, 15c. per h.;
nuts the finest in town. Go way back
and sit down. Matlack's.
The Leeds store at Rancocas has been
sold to a man from Pennsylvania, who
will take charge in April.
A first class Christmas dinner will be
served at the Arcade hotel to morrow from
1915 to 2P. NJ Price rs cents.
A. Lincoln Sailer is receiving congratu
lations on Christmas present which ar
rived on Saturday, bright little girl.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel L. Tomlinson at.
tended the 25th anniversary OF the wed
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Engle, IN
Philadelphia, on Saturday evening.
The Ocean county courts have refused
to renew the license of the Biodgett house,
Forked River, the evidence showing tha'
the hotel was more of saloon than inn.
G. B. Parsons has the largest and hnes'
lot of turkeys in Mount Holly. Also
ducks, geese, chickens and home dressed
meats. Richardson & Robbins plum
pudding
William H. Stevens, residing near Ran
cocas has bought from Joseph A. Jones
farm of seventeen acres near Vlncentown.
The price paid was $500. Hewill occupy
it January 5.
There has not been such a demand dur
ing the present holiday season for gold, to
be used for Christmas presents, as for
merly, which is probably due to it's more
extensive circulation.
At the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Mount Holly, Lumberton and
Medford Railroad Company on Saturday
in Camden, the old Board of Directors and
officers was re. elected.
Thomas Early, of Pemberton, was in
Mount Holly, yesterday, visiting some
relatives and leaving specimens OF fine
Florida oranges from a lot sent by his
father who is in that state.
If YOU want to make home attractive
buy Photograph or Gramophone We
sell them on easy payments. Order them
now for Christmas presents Wetherills
A Main street, Mount Holly.
Judge Joseph H. Gaskill will give a
party to number of children this after
noon. The Judge is very fond of little
people and will enjoy this afternoons
event as much as his guests will.
J. Henry Heaviland, who died at his
home on Monroe street, on Thursday
evening, was buried yesterday afternoon
in the Mount Holly cemetery with mill
tary honors. Deceased was a member of
Gen. A. E. Shiras Post, No. 26, G. A. r.
Many favorable comments have been
made upon the artistic decorations to be
seen in the Presbyterian church, which
was the work of ] Sexton Folwell and
assistants. The other churches have also
been handsomely trimmed for the holiday
season.
After being in Mount Holly few min
utes, Yesterday, Aaron E. Burr, of
Moorestown, stepped into the cigar store
of T. Harry Bowker, took chance on a
turkey and won it, much to the disgust OF
the corps of regulars, who had hoped to
get it themselves. The bird weighed
334 lbs.
William G. Lowell was taken to the hos
pital late on Thursday night, suffering
with appendicitis He is a driver for the
Standard Oil Company and was taken ill
while on his route DIR. Small accompan
led the man from Riverside to the hospital
and an operation was performed on the
sufferer at midnight.
Joseph Atkinson, who spent three years
fighting in the Philippine Islands, return
ed to his home in Mount Holly on Satur-
day. He says it will take long while to
subdue the natives there. Samuel John
son started for home at the same time. He
will arrive later, having stopped off at St,
Louis to visit his sister.
A slick swindler has been in some OF
the counties of the state gathering In
many dollars. His method is to sell
stamped patterns for fancy work at $3.50.
He receives the money with the under
standing that lady will call in few
days, deliver the patterns and teach them
how to use them. The swindler receives
the money, the lady never appears, and
then you discover you have been hum
plugged.
The recent organization of two new
lodges in Mount Holly shows that there
is always room for more. From the
readiness with which some people seem
to be willing to assist new enterprises OF
this character, it looks as if some of the
weak lodges might be strengthened in
membership should they bring to town 6
hustling canvasser such as the new organ
zers have done.
a team of horses attached to farm
wagon belonging to Charles Lucas, of Ma
sonville, became frightened in Camden
late Saturday night and ran away. Lucas
was thrown from the vehicle on his head
He was picked up unconscious and carried
to the office of DR.. w. A. Martindale
where it was found that he was suffering
from a number of badly crushed bones il
the face. His eyelids were torn in half
He may not recover. One of the horse
was injured and the wagon badly dam
aged.
Albert Tilton, very clever cartoonis
of Camden, has made an oil painting 5 b.
feet, entitled "Bacchant Awakening.
1t is an excellent exhibition of fine art
The painting, previous to its arrival il
Mount Holly, attracted the admiration o
MANY and has caused much favorabl
comment from connoisseurs. Mr.. Tilton'
conception of colorings and shadings AM
the artistic feeling he has displayed i
treating his subject, mark him an arts
of great ability The painting has bee
purchased by Denness & Davis, and ca
be seen at their store on Mill street.