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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-03-11
Penherton.

Announcement was made in the Baptist
church here of the death of Amanda Budd
Jones at Philadelphia, the death having
occurred in that city early last Sunday
morning. Mrs Jones was the widow OF
Thomas Budd and the mother of Samuel
Budd, of Woodbury..
J. R. Clevenger met with very serious
accident last Thursday. In unloading
milk he slipped and fell severely, injuring
his leg, scraping the skin almost off the
side of his left leg.
Tuesday evening next H. S. Pine, Grand
Master of Odd Fellows, accompanied by
Frank W. Tussey, Grand Representative,
will pay an official visit to Pemberton
Lodge of Odd Fellows. While here they
will be.the guests of R. Harry Robbins
who is the District Deputy Grand Master.
Maumee Tribe, No. 1853, l. o. r. M,
had big time Saturday night, the occa-
sion being an official visit by the initiating
team of Pocahontas Tribe, Mount Holly,
who had the pleasure of adopting ten pale
faces into the order, after which repast
was served by the members of Maumee
Tribe.
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Now is the time when the township
committee could use the road scraper tx
good advantage.
Bishop Scarborough visited St. Andrews
church, on Sunda y evening" and confirm
ed class of nine persons.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Of Mount Holly have sent two boxes
of literature and provisions to two life
saving
The estate of John Sharp, deceased,
will sell some desirable real estate in
Mount Holly, on Saturday, March %,
! at the corner of Union and Cherry streets.
Samuel Brown, formerly of Medford,
who purchased the house corner of Gar
den and Cherry streets, moved to Mount
Holly on Saturday, and Mrs. Brown met
with misfortune by falling down some
steps and breaking several ribs.
Camden will have the finest base ball
club the coming season that has ever rep
resented the city. Grounds have been
secured and work will commence the last
week in March to put them in shape.
Manager Black has secured most of his
players, and they are the best to be had
among the semi professionals. Fred Per-
kins will play centre field and captain the
team.
George Brown, of Springfield township.
appeared before Justice Clevenger yester-
day, and gave bail for his appearance at
court, on a charge of assault and battery
on boy 1t seems the schoolboys at
Jobstown have been bombarding, with
snowbals, the people compelled to pass
the school house Brown received one of
the missiles on the face, another back of
the ear, so he cut switch and chastised
the boy who threw the SNOWFALL Hence
the suit
Joseph s. Shreve has been appointed
superintendent of the Interstate Tele-
phone Company's interests in Burlington
county. 1t is intended to reconstruct the
line as speedily as the weather will per-
NIT. Underground wires are to be put in
wherever practicable, and it is hoped to
have service between Mount Holly and
Burlington within short time. Arrange
ments are also being made whereby the
Inter State line will connect with the Key
stone, of Philadelphia.
On Friday Judge Gaskill suspended
sentence on Joseph Atwood and Joseph
Reed. The former was charged with steal
ing watch and the latter had larceny
charge against him. Bert Caldwell, for
stealing a watch was sentenced to four
months in the county Jail, to date from
January 80. Ralph Brown, for breaking
and entering, was committed to the State
Reformatory at Railway. John Moore, the
negro who assaulted Anna Hendrickson at
Maple Shade, pleaded not guilty. He was
remanded for trial
Joseph Schriner, of Riverside, who was
superintendent of contracting firm max
ing repairs at 412 Appletree street, Phil
adelphia, fell down an elevator shaft
from the fifth floor of that building on
Thursday afternoon and was killed. He
was alone on that floor, assisting the
men below, who were hosting boards up
the open shaft. One lot had just been
raised up, when the men on the fourth
floor saw the body shoot past down the
shaft. Life was extinct when the body
was picked up. Schriner was So years
old and well known in Riverside. He
was member of the Board of Education
and secretary of the Republican commit
tee
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Burlington.

John Finnegan, of Dilwyn street, has
accepted a position at the Smithville
Machine works.
Minor f. Phillips has gone to Atlantic
City, where he has accepted 6 position as
assistant cashier at the Haddon Hall.
John G. Sholl has received from ].
Frank Budd, who is travelling in Florida,
ten live alligators, which are now on ex-
hibition at the green houses.
Ezra Leatherbury, Samuel johnson, Jr.,
and George H. Fort, on Wednesday even
ing, were elected trustees of the Broad
Street M. E. Church to serve three years.
A stable and shed on the Sholl estate,
which is occupied by Shinn Baker, fell in
Wednesday. A horse was caught by the
falling timbers, but was not seriously in
Jured.
Councilman Charles p Farmer, of Bur
lington. has taken steps in the Common
Council to prevent the sewer company,
which is establishing plant in this city,
from tearing up any more street until they
replace those torn up last fall.
The Enterprise wants filtration scheme
for that city. 1t says: If there is any
one thing more than another that Burling
ton needs, just now, it is a filter, for the
water WOrKs. Inc city water is positively
unfit for use. Not even fit for bath.
Measures should be taken at once to in
stall filtration plant. The necessity for
such system is growing more and more
apparent every day and why put off doing
that which will have to be done sooner OF
later The expense will not be so great in
comparison to the benefit that will be
derived"
The business men of this city are max
ing an attempt to get better ferry service
to Bristol, and to that end have requested
William E. Doron, of the Burlington
Bristol Ferry Company, to run his boa
earlier in the morning and later at night
Mr.. Doron has replied that he cannot com
ply with the request except at great fin
ancial loss. The boat now runs half
hourly, between o'clock in the morning
and at night, after that only on specia
occasions. Owing to the peculiar con
! struction of the charter granted the orig
inal company more than 100 years ago
Mr.. Doron can do as he pleases in the mat
! ter. The charter not only gives the RICH
to run ferry across the Delaware, bu
also forbids any other ferry from landing
within a hundred yards on either side O
the original company's slip. This broaC
sweep includes all the available wharfage
and it is practically impossible for com
pany to start competing line.
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Bordentown.

Charles Fenimore of White Hill, will
run for Chosen Freebooter, independent
of the Union ticket in Bordentown town
ship.
Glenn II. Dobbs, who has been superin-
tendent of Murrell Dobbins' brick yards at
Kinkora for the past four years, has taken
charge of the Bordentown brick works.
Harry B. Ford, of Bordentown, has re-
ceived the contract to do the plumbing at
the new power house to be built by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company at Cam
den.
Harry Stroud, of this city, and Mr..
Merryweather, of Trenton, played con-
tinuous game of pool Tuesday evening at
the latter place. Stroud won by a score
of $50 to 1872.
Townsend Cox, street commissioner, on
Tuesday evening sent his resignation to
common council. to take effect Immediately.
Mr.. Cox is veteran of the civil war. and
has filed the office referred to several
times. always in a faithful and impartial
manner,
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Although Congressman Gardner did not
have the popular side of the question in
advocating the contract system rather
than the rural free delivery carriers, he
made an able speech on the post Office bill
and his remarks received close attention.
Some of the ready debaters in the House
attempted to interrupt him at times, but
the Jersey statesman was ready for all
corners and held his own in good style.
Mr.. Gardner characterized the rural
free delivery system as one of the great
est internal problems in both financial
and political sense that the people of this
country have for many years ever met. !"
He said, in continuing:
I'm my Judgment it is an understate
ment of the fact to say that in the near
future this system means the service of
80, 000, 900 people by 60, 900 carriers at an
expense of more than 800, 000,0 900 year,
if the service goes on under present con-
ditions."
Mr.. Gardner portrayed the power the
rural free delivery carriers might become
with organization until they could control
the election in almost any state because
they would through their organization
hold the balance of power. He declared
that if the carrier had wife she would
that would make two more and by taking
in the relationship phase of the question
it was easily seen how it would spread
out.
In ending his speech Mr.. Gardner said:
81 am not here, Mr.. Chairman, to draw
any comparison between the rural and the
city carrier, in their respective positions
of hardship or labor, the cost of living, or
the Intelligence required. l am going to
say, after having given some study to the
subject, that if you will hang on the wall
the picture of the rural carrier with his
horse and wagon, covered in to shut out
the storms and the sun, and the horse to
do the pulling, it would make a very COM
Portable picture compared with that of the
city carrier, who in sun or rain or snow,
and in the hot days of summer is loaded
with his sack and trudging from door to
door
There is another element, as have in
timated, that should come into this
speak not against it as principle, but as
a fair element of the expense to be calcu-
lated Just as sure as this service goes on
as it is now you are going to have what
the gentleman from Indiana demands.
You cannot restrain it. You will have
salaries equivalent to city carriers, plus
the government horse and wagon, plus the
hours of service by law, plus the law and
sick leave, plus a substitute system, that
will make the estimate of one hundred
millions grossly inadequate. In this es
innate, and in this only, have | belittleo
the system.
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Teachers Retirement Fund.

The Fund may be said to be just five
years old. The treasurer's first report,
dated January 10, 1897, gives the receipts
to that date as $4,51513 For the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1901, the income was
$40, 1854. 40. The treasurer's report of
June /, 1898, shows that the total an
nuities paid to that time amounted to
$500 90. The annuities in force January
1, 1902, amounted to $12, 491 year. In
ALL forty seven teachers have been retired;
of these, seven have died, leaving in
force forty annuities averaging $312 81.
January 10, 1897 the assets of the Fund
were about $4,000; January 1, 1902, they
were above $61 900.
Last year the receipts from members
dues, at an average of about one and one
half cents per day per member, were $15,-
80277. If all New Jersey teachers were
members, the income from this source
would approach $4,000
Expanding benefcence and financial
strength are not, however, the only di-
rections in which the Fund has developed.
1t has grown in the esteem of teachers,
school authorities, the people. 1t has
proved ''its right to be-" 1t has demon
strated its necessity as a part of the pub
lie school system.
Now is the time to join the retirement
fund on the one per cent. basis, but teach
ers must be quick about it. The original
law permitted all teachers to join on the
basis of monthly dues Of one per cent of
their salary without any other conditions,
but the law of 1900 imposed much severer
terms on those who had taught more than
ten years. These the law of 1900 com
PEELED to pay two per cent; while teach
ers of fifteen or more years service were
obliged to submit to "a medical examina-
ton" and, if the medical examination
proved satisfactory" they could join on
the two per cent. basis.
The act of 1900 has been declared I'M
constitutional, and the retirement fund is
temporarily governed by the old law.
Any teacher, therefore, may now join on
the one per cent basis, without any other
requirement. The new school bill con-
tains the Objectionable features. 1t may
be passed any day; so teachers who wish
to escape the two per cent. and medical
examination provisions should apply for
membership at once by postal card to
Miss E. A. Allen, secretary of the retire
ment fund board of trustees, 1917 Garden
street. Hoboken. N. J. Applications
must be dated.
1856 teachers are members of the fund
and new names are being added daily.
The funds income is over $40, 600, its
permanent endowment is already above
$61, 000 it is paying $12, 491 in annuities,
and has on file many applications for re-
tirement.
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a DEMONSTRATORS SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE

FuTsuanL OTphanBT COuTl
of the County of Mercer, dated January o.
A. d. 1902, and an oraer of the Orphans Court
of the County OF Burlington, dated February
7, A. d. 1902, the subscriber, substituted ad.
ministrator with the will annexed of Michael
II. McGovern, deceased late of the county oil
Mercer. will sell at public sale on
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10th. 1902,
at two O'Clock in the afternoon, at the Wash
ington House in the city OF Bordentown, In
the county of Burlington, the following tracts
OF land;
The first tract being situate In the city OF
Bordentown, in the County of Burlington
aforesaid. beginning at a stake standing in the
northerly side OF Elizabeth street. corner to
land of William Chamberlain, thence running
~ along said Chamberlain's line, north
twenty-six degrees west one hundred and four
feet still corner to said Ckamberlain's and
land OF Nimrod Warner, thence (2) along said
Warmers line, north stxty-fOur degrees east
ninety feet to a stake corner to other land of
said Vernon. thence (sl along said vernon's
line, south twenty-six degrees east one hun
dred and four feet, more or less, to Elizabeth
street, az south, sis ty-four degrees west
ninety feet to the place OF beginning. Being
the same premises conveyed by James
Stewart and wife to Michael f. McGovern by
deed dated June IA, 1871, aud recorded in the
Burlington County Clerks office in Book 8
of deeds, pages 1885, &C.
The second tract being a.double frame
house and lot of land, situate In the City OF
Bordentown, in the County OF Burlington
aforesaid: Beginning at the corner OF William
Durham's lot on the southerly side of Mary
street in the said city, and runs thence ~
along said Durham's line one hundred and
four feet TO Hopkinson's line, thence (2) along
Hopkinson's line thirty feet to John Emley's
line. thence (3) along Enjoys line toward said
Mary street one hundred and four feet to said
y airy street; thence az along the edge OF said
Mary street thirty feet to the place of begin
ming. Being the same premises conveyed TO
the said Michael f. McGoveru by Hugh Coyle
and wife by deed dated Augusta, 1867. ana re-
corded in said Clerks office, in Book o of
Deeds. at page 277, &C.
Conditions made known and attendance
given by
JAMES ID. MURRAY,
Substituted administrator, sc.
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DUBLIC NOTICE.

Public notice is hereby given by the Board
OF Chosen Freeholders of the County of Bur
Company, corporation existing under th'
laws of the State OF New Jersey, and q major
fty of its Board of Directors have this day, to
wit February twelfth, A. ID. 1902, FLED will
the Clerk of the said Board. a petition bearing
date the eleventh day of February, A. d. 1902
applying for permission to construct, operate
and maintain, and tor the d King of the location
of the tracks or rails and poles OF single
track railway of the gauge of FIVE feet, to bt
operated by the motive power of electricity
by the overhead system, extending through
and over the following named road, bridges
and culverts of the County OF Burlington, to
wit, over the improved road leading from
point where the road from Kancocas to Mason
vile intersects the road from Moorestown Il
Mount Holly, and extending thence in al
easterly direction through the Townships o.
Mount Laurel, Lumberton and Northampton
and ending to a point in Washington street, in
Mount Holly, where the aforesaid road strikes
the road OF the Mount Holly Street Railway
said improved road being commonly known
as sthe MasOnville and Mount Holly Stone
Road" And also for the drawbridge at Hafnes
port, across the Rancocas creek, in accord
ance with the description of said route laio
down upon a map accompanying said petit
ton to the said Board OF FreehoIders, which
said map can be seen at the County Clerks
office, in Mount Holly, New Jersey.
And netice is further given that the said
Board of Chosen Freeholders OF the County
| of Burlington has fixed Wednesday the nine
teenth day of March. A. ID. 1902 at the hour o.
| ten O'Clock in the forenoon, at the Court
III mount EOilys us lQH tlI06 anu pldCe
when and where the said Board will consider
SAID application and petition, upon the sub
| ject matter in said petition mentioned ano
contained; and that at the time and place sc
liked and designated. the said Board OF Chosen
FreehoIders OF the County of Burlington will
consider SAID application and will give hear
| ing thereon.
By order of the Board of Chosen Freehold
ers OF the County of Burlington.
JOHN e. DARNELL,
Attest: JOHN Fl. ANTRIM. Director
Clerk OF Board
Dated, Mount Holly, Feb. Il, 1902.
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Death of 7. Howard shinn.


j. Howard Shinn died suddenly on
Wednesday, after an illness of less than
"a hours. About half-past eight on Tues
day morning he started from his store on
an errand, but had not gone far when he
was taken with shortness of breath and
was compelled to return home. Growing
worse he went to bed and physician was
sent for. The gravity of the situation
was apparent and there were three consul
tations during the day. All effolS to save
life were unavailing and Mr.. Shinn passed
away at Z o'clock Wednesday morning.
Death was from congestion of the lungs,
and the heart had been failing to act
properly for some time
Mr.. Shnn was born in Vincentown and
came to Mount Holly early in life. He
was clerk for Benjamin Buchanan and
Joseph r. Deacon, finally engaging in the
millinery business on his own account,
continuing In this branch until his. death.
His mercantile life brought him in con-
tact with many people and he had an ex-
tensive acquaintance throughout the
county.
He took great interest in church mat
tiers and was fond of listening to a good
sermon. often going to Philadelphia OF
Trenton to hear some noted preacher. He
probably had larger acquaintance with
ministers of the Methodist Conference
than any other layman.
Howard Shiun was man of kind and
genial disposition always ready to do an
act that would benefit his fellow man, and
with kind word of greeting for all. This
characteristic was referred to by the min
listers who spoke at his funeral, both Of
whom remarked that Howard Shinn was
al, q &alx - hxr@ ho~ II
them welcome to Mount Holly.
The funeral, one of the largest seen il
Mount Holly for some tins, took place or
Saturday. Services were conducted by
Rev. c. H. Pendleton, of the Baptis
Church, and Rev. N. ]. Wright, of the NJ
E. Church. Interment was made il
Mount Holly cemetery, the remains being
borne to their resting place by William
w Curt S, William B. Ogburn, DR.. A. r
w. Atwood, John D. Mason, M. Howard
Dobbins and Harry L. Walters.
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Personal.

James P. Logan, of Newark, visited
his parents in Mount Holly on Sunday.
Mrs Harris Glover, on Saturday, enter
tanned Mrs. Daniel Iszard, of Camden.
Griffith W. Lewis, of Burlington, was
a caller at THE News office on Saturday.
Mrs Rebecca Scattergood, of Union
street, is visiting her daughter at Lam
bertville.
Mrs. Leonard Greenwald, of Haines-
port, visited relatives in Mount Holly
last week.
Reuben II. Scheetz, foreman of the
Herald office, has recovered from his re-
cent illness.
Thomas Lynn and daughter have re-
turned from Trenton to their home in
Mount Holly.
Miss George Taylor is spending two
weeks at Moorestown with her sister, Mrs
Elwood Bolton.
Joseph Cross and family are at Atlantic
City, where they will remain until the
opening of spring.
Miss Nellie Childs. of Philadelphia, has
been spending few days in Mount Holly
with Miss Irene Gaskill.
Misses Belle and Ellen Garrison, of
Medford, visited Miss Alice Thorn, on
Cherry street, last week.
Mrs. William NJ Risdon is at Char
louisville, Va, where she will make an
extended visit to relatives.
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MARRIED.

WHBUR-EMsoN.-March 4, at Golfers Mill
by Rev. A. j. Gregory, DR.. William L. wilbur
OF Hightstown, and Miss Hannah A. Emson,
daughter of the late EphIaim Emson.
WARNER-SPRow-March 6. by Rev n j.
Wright, Charles H. Warner and Anna NJ
Sprow, both of Mount holly.
BRTDeEsAN-CorToN February %. at Phila
delphia, Charles A. Bridgeman, of Phiiadel
phia and Miss Emma j Cotton, of Medford
STILRs-REED-March5 5, at Bordentown, by
Rev. Jesse Stiles Rev. George II. Stiles, OF
Maryland, and Miss Ida Reed, OF Burlington.
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Commissioners of Deeds.

The following Commissioners of Deeds
for Burlington County have recently been
appointed:
Bass River, Joseph B. Lamson.
Beverly City, E. S. Adams.
Burlington City, I'd ward. Walter E
Dobbins; Sd ward, Edward Rigg, Jr.; 4th
ward, George w. Smith, Shreve Taylor.
Burlington township, William j. Terrill
Chester, Albert S. Petit, Henry w
Boureau.
Chesterfield, John Braislin, Charles B
Holloway.
Cinnaminson, William F. Morgan.
Peterborough, Lemuel E. Fisher, vii
liam Leatherbury.
Lumberton, Joseph Powell.
Mansfield, Charles E. Folwell.
Medford, Stacy c. Prickett, Gilber
Haines.
Mount Laurel, John A. Smith, B. Franz
Lewis.
Northampton, Howard T. Warrick.
Pemberton Borough, Frank Earl, Ben
iamin White.
Riverton, Howard Parry.
Southampton, Samuel o. Ross.
Willingboro, I. Sherman Borden.
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N Office OF SETTLEMENT.


Notice Is hereby given that the accounts OF
the subscriber, administrator with will an.
nexed, of Mark r. Sooy late of the county OF
Burlington, deceased, will be audited and
stated by the Surrogate and reported tor
settlement and allowance to the Orphans
court of said county at q term to be held on
the Fourth day of April, 1902
SAMUEL A. ATKINSON,
February 4. 1909 Administrator