The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

companled by their wives, spent SUNDAY
at Doyfestown, Pa.
Everything is in readiness for the
Mount Holly Fair. With good weather
the crowd will be on hand.
Beginning October 1, most of the se
cret societies in Mount Holly will change
their hour of meeting from to 7.30 P NJ
Tickets of admission to the Fair and re.
served seats in the grand stand may be
secured at Edward B. Jones drug store.
An unusually large number of people
were in Mount Holly on Saturday night
Some of them participated in the dance
held at Rancocas Park
Rev. Mr.. Latscher, pastor of the Bap-
tist Church at Vincentown, has rendered
his resignation. and accepted call to the
Church of the Redeemer in New York
city.
The trolley road has been put in excellent
condition for Fair week. The repair car
has been on the go for long time, looking
at every joint. The safety of passengers
Is assured
In a quarrel between two sisters who
are employed as domestics in hotel at
Browns Mills, one of them emptied pot
of boiling coffee on the other, scalding
her severely.
The United States Grand Jury met at
Trenton on Tuesday. Among the mem
bers are James s. Hume, Mount Holly;
james E. Otis, Tuckerton; Joseph M.
Thompson, New Egypt.
Ernest Cotterell, minister from Lon
don. England, is expected to be present at
Friends meeting, corner of Main and
Garden streets, next First-day morning at
: IL o'clock. All are welcome.
There will be no entertainment at the
Auditorium Theatre. Gin Burlington, this
evening, as the engagement of the mu-
steal comedy, 1.-The Great l AM" has
been cancelled owing to the illness of the
leading man.
The revival meetings in the M. E.
church are still being held each evening.
Evangelist Barker closed his work on
Monday. and the pastor is conducting the
meetings. Six persons were received into
the church on Sunday.
Arthur Wrigley, of Smithville, one of
the two boys who survived from recent
terrible burning accident, which resulted
from an explosion while soaking cat tails
in oil, has recovered from his wounds and
is now attending school,
Next Tuesday will see the opening of
the Mount Holly Fair. Everything will
be in position when the gates Open save
the pies, cakes and bread, and they must
be In by noon. All exhibits must remain
until Saturday morning. so there will be
four full days of Fair.
On Saturday night robbers paid their
annual respects to the Cinnamon doing
business in Mount Holly. breaking into
both Establishments about 8 A. M From
Mock Ock. on High street, they secured
$40, aud 50 was taken from the laundry on
Washington street. 1t is thought that
the crime was committed by local operat
ors.
'.Chickaree GLORY, house on the South
Pemberton road, which has somewhat of
history. was destroyed by fire Wednes
day afternoon. No alarm was given, it
being too far away for the fire depart
ment to be of any service The origin of
the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to
have resulted from the carelessness of
tramps, who were its only occupants
This is the kind OF story they tell in
Burlington. At St. Mary's Hall they
had two cats that had become a nuisance,
and they were put into milk can in COM
pany with enough chloreform to kill an
elephant. The lid was put on and the
next morning the cats had apparently
passed in their checks. Their bodies were
inferred, and the next day one of the
cats walked into the dining room as large
as life and more than twice as natural,
which completely nonplussed the physi
clan and undertaken
Constables Conway and Beatty, of
Moorestown, raided fifteen crap shooters
at Jordantown, Sunday afternoon. The
men were all colored, and were operating
on the border line between Chester and
Cinnaminson townships. At the approach
of the officers, who surprised the players,
the men ran like deers In all directions,
leaving behind bicycle. three hats and
some money. Conway mounted the wheel
and captured Charles E. Amos, while
Beatty caught Charled Riggs The latter
furnished 5000 bail and was released, but
Amos was committed to Jail, and he was
brought to Mount Holly Sunday night.
Judge Lanning, in the United State
court at Trenton, on Tuesday, charged
the grand jury to exhaust every expe-
dent to get evidence against senders of
indecent postal cards through the mails
The court said that the vile postal cards
mailed at Atlantic City and other sum-
mer resorts were disgrace to New Jer
sey. The Judge scored the practice and
said it was sad commentary on the NOR
ais of Jerseymen who would so far forget
themselves as to engage in it. The court
placed all the machinery Of the govern
ment at the disposal of the grand jury.
and told them not to think any expense
too great if 1t drives out of the market
and the mails this pernicious and debas-
ing literature.
The Goth annual convention of the
Burlington County w. c. T. o. was held
at Delanco on Tuesday. The former off,
GERS were reelected. The Treasurer's
report showed balance of $84.23 In the
treasury. Among the resolutions adopted
were those favoring a greater observance
of the Sabbath, protesting against the
seating of Mormons in our national legis-
lature, discouraging the use of patent med
icines, and commencing President Roose-
welt upon the able part he took in bring
ing peace between Russia and Japan
DR.. r. A. Elwood, of Wilmington, Del,
gave an address in the evening, on 1.-THE
Hole in Baby's Shoe" Burlington is the
banner w. c. T. U. county in the state
with 1000 paid-up members. The Loyal
Temperance Legion in this county has
SAT members.
Having become enchanted with the
pleasure to be derived from fast automo
billing, during which he and his guests
were the victims of more than one acct
dent while running at the rate of sixty
miles an hour, Lawyer Robert s. Gaskill,