The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-28
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n The days now have the upper hand c
Y the nights, condition that will preva
until next September.
u Oscar W. Pew, farmer of WOODLAND
n who raises fine capons, has sold abou
6 $3.50 worth of poultry this year.
As the result of beating his wife Will
8 intoxicated, s. s. Mcbride, Of Waite
!, street, has been held for court in $40
: bail.
Ralph W. Deacon is now in the emplo,
4 of James Barker & Sons, of Philadelphia
q having resigned his position with the Bal
: timore Copper Works.
Following are the unclaimed letters re
' naming in the post Office for the weel
4 ending March 25: Mrs. English, CaleI
, Price, Esq, Especially
The regular meeting of the W. C. T. U
? will be held at the home of Mrs Rebecc'
t Cameron, No. 10 Church street, on Friday
/ March 81, at 8 O'Clock.
William Schafer and Philip Karg hat
pretty good success on their cunning triI
to the shore last week. They brought
home several fine geese.
Cerebro spinal meningitis has attacked
Louis Yost, living near Hainesport The
lad is the 7-year-old son of Charles Yost
and is a severe sufferer.
! There is still quantity of government
seeds for free distribution remaining at
THE News Office. Each package contains
five different kinds of vegetable seeds.
The remains of May Hopkins, aged II
years, were inferred in the Baptist GENE
terry at Medford yesterday afternoon. The
deceased formerly resided in Mount Hol-
ly.
The advertisement of William s. Fryer
appears in another column. He is the
successor to Jackson L. Kelley in the
marble and granite works on Washington
street. Mount Holly.
Two large pine trees, which have been
landmarks for nearly century in front
of the residence of Mrs. R. II. Howard.
on Mill street, were cut down about a
week ago. One of them had been killed
by lightning.
The Isaac R. Parker house. at Union
vile has been rented by George F. King,
who will raise pigeons on an extensive
scale. Mr. King has given up the Haines
farm, at Jacksonville, which he held
under lease during the past year.
1
There seems to be no trouble to dispose
of the stock issued by the Lumberton
Light, Water and Sewerage Company.
The people of that place are giving good
support to the enterprise, which will be
constructed at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
The annual convention of the Trenton
district Epworth League, will be held in
the Methodist church here early in May
The date of the convention, which ex-
tends over three days, will be set at a
cabinet meeting of the League to be held
this week.
After seven months of blindness Frank
]. Sine, of Mount Holly, who went to
Boston to work in shoe factory. is now
beginning to recover his sight He was a
member of relief association composed
of his fellow workmen, from which he
drew benefits during his affection.
Gardner Mckay, who told Detective
Parker. while being conveyed from the
Mount Holly Jail to state prison, that he
would kill the next man who attempted
to arrest him, and who kept his word by
shooting John Kerr, a Philadelphia watch
man, was convicted in that city a few
days ago of murder in the second degree
and sentenced to twenty years imprison-
ment.
Upon the application of the Board of
Freeholders of Burlington county to
Judge Endicott, commissioners will be
appointed in the Circuit Court, at Cam
den. on April 10, to estimate and assess
the benefits conferred upon the lands
and real estate fronting or bordering
on the Vincentown and Red Lion road,
and the improved road known as the
Moorestown and Masonville stone road.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Rake Pond Cranberry Company was held
at the hotel of Richard Lamb, on We'd
nesday. The following directors were
elected: Barclay White. Joseph ]. White,
Joseph G. Kingdom, s. Budd Norcross,
William II. Reeves. The directors or
ganized by electing Joseph G. Kingdom,
president; William M. Reeves, secretary,
treasurer and superintendent.
The election of three members of the
Board of Education at Beverly Tuesday
night was one of the hottest in years.
Two factions were in the field, and both
have been canYassing for votes for
month Scores stood on the outside of
the building in the drenching rain seeking
admittance to the hall. Former Mayor
E. s. Adams, Elwood P. Rodman and
Howard B. Luker led the faction against
the reelection of ]. L. Perkins, Clarence
L. Hazard and George A. Smith. The
Adams faction won by a vote of 206 to
TT.
| 1t is announced that a second Juvenile
theatre is to be opened in the old mill in
Evans lumber yard, with Carl Evan as
manager. This enterprise is direct oppo-
sition to the Dramatic Association which
occupies the barn theatre of A. A. Ander-
son on Garden street, where two cents ad-
mission is charged. The down town boys
intend to play at popular prices, one cent
for any seat in the house. The stage
manager has three pistols in the property
room, and more paraphernalia is being col
lected. A starting bill will be presented
at an early date.
Covered with bruises and suffering from
severe Commissions of the arm and face,
Mrs. David Richmond, an aged resident
of Florence, went to Burlington on Fri
trate Charles P. Smith, charging Alvah
Carly, neighbor, with assault and bat
terry. The woman stated that Carly had
entered her home while intoxicated and
attacked her married daughter, Mrs. Mary
Lucas, knocking her down with his fist.
He then turned on the aged mother, it is
alleged, and beat her into semi uncon-
seriousness with fence rail. The woman
invalid husband and another daughter at
tempted to disarm Carly, but they also
it is said, were felled by the club. All Of
the family were more or less injured
and Mrs. Richmond's condition is seri,
. ous Cartv has a wife and four small
children. He was arrested at his home