The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-11-19
LOCAL NEWS.

is to be opened in Mount Holly.
Robert Storey has been added to tn
force of letter carriers in Mount Holly
DR.. Atwood has been appointed stat
officer of the Sunday School Association
of New Jersey.
Sarah Collier was removed to the Coun
ty House, on Tuesday, by overseer OF tn
poor John Throckmorton.
The residents of Riverton want sewe
system at that place, and to that end
petition is being circulated.
Charles E. Hendrickson, Jr., who
located at Jersey City, has been admitted
to practice as counsellor at law.
The fall meeting of the County Board
of Education will be held on Saturday
November 80. at the Court House.
We have just received carload of fin'
York state potatoes, which we offer for {
limited time at 45c. per basket. Allin
sons.
Joseph Craig, of Smithville, who is EN-
at Philadelphia, is nursing badly injur
ed hand.
One of the water wheels at Smithville
refused to work last week An examina
ton revealed the fact that it was clogged
with cells.
William H. Parry, who passed such an
IL last week
has gone to Newark, to open an office as
attorney at law.
John W. Bodine, station master for the
P. R. R., at Camden, with his wife and
son Joseph, have gone to Montgomery,
Alabama, for a short vacation.
Miss Louis NJ Betticher, teacher in
the public school at Beverly, has resigned
on account of ill health. Miss Maria
FLYNN was elected to fill the vacancy.
While cunning for rabbits at Riverton,
on Wednesday, Marshal Clarence Bowers
was shot in the foot by companion, who
fired at a rabbit as Bowers ran in front Of
of him.
An automobile coming towards Mount
Holly at lively rate on Wednesday even
ing, had the misfortune to run into the
toll house at Unionville. The vehicle was
badly damaged
If YOU are in need of glasses we will
give you only what is right and best for
you. Thousands of people fitted by US
will confirm this statement. Examination
free. Stiles & Co.
A musical and literary entertainment
will be given in the lecture room of the
M. E. church, Thursday evening Novem-
Der 81. An excellent program has been
arranged. Admission 10 and 10 cents.
Possibly the effort to secure commu-
tation of sentence for murderer Young
may be all right, but to ask the widow OF
the murdered man to sign the petition
was an act of imbecility or a. case of I'M
mitigated nerve.
Ladies' black, fleece lined stockings,
good quality, two pairs for 20 cents
Shoulder shawls, so cents. Flannelette
night dresses, 40 cents. Good Taffeta and
Cashmere gloves for % cents S. S. EVAN,
% Main street, Mount Holly.
In the Baptist Church, on ThanksglV-
ing night, there will be fine entertain
ment consisting of a concert by the
Schumann Male Quartette, of Philadel-
phia. Miss Beatrice Sooy, of Mount Hol-
ly, will give some readings.
Lillian Carly, daughter of Edward Car
ty, and granddaughter of Thomas Carly
of Mount Holly, died at her fathers home
in Camden on Friday. She had been vac
cinated three weeks prior to her death,
and lockjaw ensued. The young girl
was an only child and was 16 years OF age
two days before she died.
There was an error in one of the cleo
ton tables in THE News last week-that
of Bordentown, where the published re-
port made it appear that Democratic
Freebooter was elected. We are glad to
say this is incorrect and that Edwin S.
Buzby. the Republican candidate, was
successful by handsome majority.
There will be change in the time table
next Monday morning. The train now
leaving for Philadelphia at $3.50 A. NJ,
will leave at 900. The other changes are
a minute or two on few trains. The
schedule gives full line between Mount
Holly and Burlington, leading to the i'm
preston that the trolley will soon be run
ming between the two places.
The Florence Water Company was char
tered Wednesday with an authorized cap
ital of $50, 900, divided into 1000 shares
of $50 each. The incorporators are Will
liam C. Jones, Camden, fourteen shares;
Thomas Fl. Birch and Ernest Watts, Bur
lington; Heber c. Robinson, John M.
Kelly, Richard T. Miller and John j.
Burleigh, Of Camden, one share each.
The new company has received permits
sion from the township of Florence to
construct works.
That "Side Tracked" which appeared
at the Opera House recently, was one Of
the best shows seen here in years is agreed
to by all who were fortunate enough to
witness it, The company was managed
by A. @. Scammon, of New York, and
"The Burglar" which comes November
%, ''The Real Widow Brown" Novem-
Der 81, and 1.-THE American Girl, Decem-
Der 7, are all under the same gentleman s
management and consequently the best
can be expected
A special meeting of the township COM
mittee of Moorestown was held on Thurs
day night for the purpose of receiving
bids for the completion of the sewer sys-
TEN, in which the original contractors,
Lonzello & Tigh, had defaulted, after
completing one-quarter of the work.
There were four bids, of which David
Peoples, of Philadelphia, $42, OIL, was the
lowest and he will get the contract. The
bond company will now be compelled to
pay the difference between the origina
contract price and the new one.
Washington Camp, No. II, Patriotic
Order Sons of America, was instituted or
Thursday evening last by the State of
ficers assisted by the degree team from
Washington Camp, No. 40, of Pemberton
The following officers were elected and
installed: Past President, c. c. Cowper
thwait president, Harry Hawkins, Jr.
vice president. Herbert Townsend; mas