The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-07

" a small waiting room TOT the accom-
mediation of trolley patrons has beer
e erected at Springside.
Il A. J. Durand, of Moorestown, and for
merly of Mount Holly. sold $40 wortl
s of trolley tickets last month.
i Holeman & Son, agents for the famou
Grinnell gloves, water, steam and fire
y proof, special for firemen and railroad
e men.
The fees of the notary publics of New
: Jersey have been reduced to 12a cents fol
D each affidavit, instead of % cents as here
tofore.
Miss Bessie V. Durand has resigned hel
position as teacher in the Mount Holly
public schools, to take effect the Gath OF
, this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Evan, of Smith,
vile, announce the engagement of their
daughter. Emily, to Asa NJ Smith, of
Moorestown.
The merchant who expects to secure q
large volume of business during the ap-
preaching holiday season should begin to
advertise now.
Cards have been issued for compli-
mentarY dance to be given at Hartford.
on November 10. by Mrs. Frank Dilks,
the Misses Mabel and Edna Plasket.
The regular meeting of the W. G. t.
U. will be held at the home of Mrs
Boyce. No. 10 Garden street, on Wednes-
day, November s. at 8 o'clock P. M.
A masquerade party from the Shep-
herds of Bethlehem, of Mount Holly,
made fraternal visit to Good Shepherd
Lodge, No. 8, of Burlington, on Thurs
day night.
The advertised" list of unclaimed let
tiers in the post Office is as follows: Mrs
Martha Ballinger, Mrs. James Hamilton,
Mrs. May Hewitt, Gen. o. Ed. Murray,
Mrs. ]. E. Prickitt
Damaged straw In large quantities b as
been carted from the hay press of Feni-
more Bros. which was destroyed by fire
on Thursday. 1t is being used as bed
ding for horses and cattle.
Many headaches come from eye strain.
If you suffer with headache or neuralgia,
look to your eyes. Consult Stiles & Co.,
eye specialists. at the Masonic Temple,
Wednesday, November s. Free examina-
ton.
| Great Sachem Herbert F. Stetser, of
Gloucester City; Great Junior Sycamore
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cation of Red Men from those cities, on
Tuesday evening, visited the tribe of Red
Men at Pemberton and were rendered
big reception.
William II. Killing, while in Mount Hol-
ly on Sunday, said that the city party in
Philadelphia was going to win at the
election being held there day. Mr..
King says he has been identified with
the gang" for long time, but 1t will be
all over with them after to-day.
The annual donation day at the Burling
ton County Hospital was quite successful
and the gifts of money and other articles
were highly satisfactory. Mrs. j. How
ard Burr, of Pemberton, has been elected
member of the Board of Managers, vice
Mrs. Anthony ]. Morris, deceased.
Last week the directors of the Mount
Holly National Bank advanced John H.
Dobbins to the position of Assistant Cash
Ter, and elected to the same position c.
Shelley Heller. formerly connected with
the Girard National Bank, of Philadelphia
A. P. Walters, of Columbus, has been re-
tanned as book keeper, position he has
been occupying since the death of Samuel
s. Wyllie
1t is said that sex prevails in the vege-
table world as well as in the animal king
dom. In explaining why the leaves OF
one or two trees of the same kind, stand
ing side by side. should show marked
change before the other, gentleman who
has carefully studied the matter says the
trees which are the first to exhibit au-
tumnal tints and shed their leaves are of
the female variety and more delicate than
the male sex.
Word has been received by Governor
Stokes that his requisition on the War
Department for $1,000 pounds of gun
metal for monument to General William
J. Sewell, late United States Senator, had
been granted, and that the COM
mander of the Department of the East
had been instructed to deliver the mate
rial to the state arsenal in Trenton. No
site has been selected yet for the statue,
but it is likely that the shaft will be
erected in Camden, the Generals home
city.
The Township Committee of Northamp
ton on Wednesday evening decided to
recommend an appropriation of $500 to
purchase the Mount Holly end of the Lum
berton turnpike. This question had been
before the committee for some time but
was not finally settled until Wednesday
evening. Then it was too late to get the
item on the ballots, so the County Clerk
decided, notwithstanding the fact that the
| tickets were not delivered until yesterday
! However, this decision goes and the
amount is not on the ballots. If you are
in favor of this appropriation you have a
right to write it on your ballot
Efforts are being made to establish
national bank at New Egypt. with cap
ital of $25, 900. Congressman Howell,
who is president of one bank and d.
rector in several others, is willing to sub
scribe for considerable stock and ready to
endorse an application for charter. An
other person interested in the enterprise
is Governor Edward C. Stokes, who made
the assertion while attending the lake
carnival at New Egypt last August, that
the place ought to have bank and that
he was willing himself to guarantee to
raise all the capital which the people of
that place were unable to secure.
Prior to last Thursday there were two
unmarried men on the official staff of the
Farmers National Bank, but on that day
Samuel A. Borden, teller in that insti-
tuition, was married to Miss Anna Shaw,
of this town. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Mr.. Baker. This left but
one single man in the bank. That was
J. Edgar Evan, the book keeper, and he
evidently had been thinking over the stu
alton, for he, too, took unto himself wifei
On Saturday evening he went to Bur-
lington, where he was united by Rev.
Percy Perinchief to Miss Ruth G. Pretz,
of Brooklyn. So the officers of the old
bank are all staid married men now.