The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27

this state as Memorial day by the Knights
of Pythias
The National Guards Of this state viii
go into camp on July IA, where they will
remain for two weeks.
Headquarters for Towering and vegeta
Bile plants, cut flowers and floral designs
at Rosbach's. Pemberton.
The Brotherhood of the Union, of Mas
onville, will give strawberry festival on
Saturday night, June IA.
The Sunday schools of Burlington talk
of having union picnic this year on the
Burlington Island some day in June.
A Law and Order Society has been or
ganized at Florence. William F. Thacher
is president, and EMS. Petty, secretary.
j. Franklin Hunter has fine line of
geraninms, coleus, begonias, ETC., at his
greenhouse on Grant street for Memorial
day.
An order has been issued to the police
of Moorestown to arrest all persons caught
in the act of throwing banana Feelings on
the side walk.
Charles Atmore, of Philadelphia, has
purchased the lot and car barn on High
street, belonging to the Mount Holly
Street Railway.
strawberry festival will be given at
Jobstown, by the ladies of the Baptist
church, on the church lawn, on Saturday
evening, May 81.
The Grand Army veterans will attend
the Baptist Church in a body on Friday
evening, where they will be entertained
by the Young Peoples Union.
A delegation comprising nearly fifty
members of the Shepherds of Bethlehem,
of Mount Holly, paid visit to Friendship
lodge at Riverton on Thursday evening.
Max Chilinsky, the new proprietor of the
Jacksonville Hotel, will have an opening
celebration on Thursday, June 5th.
Lunch will be served and there will be a
musical entertainment.
Surrogate Endicott has beautified the
space in front of his office by having set
out choice lot of blooming flowers,
which gives that corner of the court house
yard very cheerful appearance.
Congressman Gardner has been advised
that two rural free delivery routes will be
established at Jobstown on July 1, and
that pension of IS month has been al
lowed to Mrs Louis Senneff, of Beverly
Deputy sheriff Doughty has nice gar
den in the rear of the jail. Yesterday he
picked some strawberries and they were
the finest seen around here this season
Doughty says they are the ''iailbird"
variety.
The Moorestown Steam Laundry. Fl. B.
Gale proprietor, has the following branch
| offices in Mount Holly:S P. Cline's. Main
street, JOS. L. Rossell, Water street. and
Fl. G. Smith, No. Pine street Laundry
work in all it's branches.
AT Lumberton, on Memorial day. there
will be appropriate exercises held in the
Evergreen cemetary at P. M. William
ii. Parry, Esq, of Hainesport, will deliver
an GRAFTON, and Miss Beatrice Sooy. of
Mount Holly, will render some selections.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the post
ONCE for the week ending May "a: Earl
+. Gaskill Joseph Fl. Hill, Mrs. M. E.
Haines. Miss Winnie Ship, Henry Small,
NJ. Donate Filigno, Nicolo Trigo. IN
mailable, John Piam. Burlington Co., NJ.
Edda M. Satterthwait. age 80 years,
daughter of Alfred Satterthwait, a farmer
living at Crosswicks, committed suicide
by drowning in creek at that place Sun
day morning. She arose at an early hour
and, going directly to the stream, jumped
from bridge. On the way she met
neighbor and chatted pleasantly About
year ago Henry Satterthwait, her bro
ther, also committed suicide by drowning
in the Brandywine Creek at Wilmington
Del.
We ask you to examine the financial
statement of the Farmers National bank
published in this issue. With deposits
over half million and with the largest
capital and surplus of any bank in the
county 1t extends the greatest security
for deposits Also, having large invest
ment In available securities in addition to
its legal cash reserve, at all times, it can
command abundant funds to meet auy
emergency. If you are not a patron let
this be your invitation to do business with
this institution. Three per cent. interest
paid on certificates of deposit
President Sweigard, of the Burlington
County Traction Company, has awarded
the contract for the proposed line from
Moorestown to Mt Holly, together with
the large power house at Hainesport, to
William H. Quigg, of Newark. Mr.. Quigg,
with large force of men, has started the
work of grading at Masonville, about mid
way between Moorestown and Mount
Holly, and will push the work rapidly in
both directions. The line will be single
track road, with turn-outs, and will be
built in the most substantial manner. with
the express view of high speed. The
track will be made of sixty pound steel
IT" rails All the bridges will be of steel
superstructure, the most important on the
line being draw bridge over Rancocas
Creek, 1873 feet long. Another important
feature in connection with the work will
be undergrade crossing Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad east of Moorestown. The
entire roadbed of the Mount Holly and
Moorestown turnpike, fifty feet wide, will
be depressed so as to pass under the Penn
sylvania tracks. The power-house at
Hainesport will be substantial brick
and steel structure, 122 by fifty nine feet.
Personal.
Harry ]. Sherman spent last week in
Atlantic City.
Ernest d. Holeman spent Sunday in
Atlantic City.
Frank Cain and family spent Sunday
at Moorestown
Mrs. Emma Gaskill is spending a week
along the shore.
Eugene U. Gibbs, of Dayton, Ohio,
paid short visit to Mount Holly yester-
day.
Miss Bertha ]. Smith visited her broth
er, Robert Smith, at Plttsburg, Pa, last
week
| John D. johnson and wife went to
Pittsburg, Pa, on Thursday, to visit