The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-21
Spring advertisements planted now will

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William ] Morgan. of Mount Holly, il
conducting Sunday evening services il
the church at Hainesport.
Alice Riley has sold property on the
north side OF West Washington street tc
Anna r. Allen for 800.
Buy of Cavanaugh if you want fine out
of-season vegetables. Choice fruits of all
kinds. candy and peanuts. Main street
Senator Horner was not able to occupy
his seat in the Senate, last week, owing to
an attack of tonsilitis, which kept him in
bed.
Jerome B. Grigg has been nominated
by the Democrats of Joplin, Missouri, as
their candidate for Mayor. The election
will occur in April.
Wanted. at once, So, 800 at Az per an
unum $4,000 real estate security guar
anteed. Apply to Jacob G. Hendrickson,
attorney, Mount Holly.
The Ushers' Union of the Methodist
Church will tender a reception to pastor
Rev. W. Ct. Meyer, after his return from
day evening.
William s. Rendell. who is consul for
the American Motor League in this sec
ton, states that Mount Holly will have
an automobile club before the opening of
the coming season.
1t is not musical composition that will
engage the attention of our readers on
the fourth page of this issue of THE News,
but mammoth advertisement of the Pru-
Dental Insurance Company.
Unclaimed letters await owners at The
post Office as follows: E. W. Anderson,
Frank Doute, Mrs. George Davis, Valen-
tine Kreps, Peter ]. Meade, Budd Mason,
John Mabe, Mrs Mary Linton.
C. Craig Tallman, of Springfield town
ship, has purchased small farm from
Mrs. Samuel H. Chambers, of Mount Hol-
ly, for 81, 500 1t is located on the road
from Jobstown to Jacksonville.
The "Ghost School, will constitute an
entertainment to be given at Columbus,
on Saturday evening, April 1. by the pu-
pills of the public school at that place.
The exercises will be held in the town
hall.
The Junior Dramatic Association will
give minstrel performance in the barn
theatre in the rear of the residence of
A. A. Anderson, on Garden street, on
Friday afternoon, at two o'clock. Ad-
mission two cents.
The citizens of Bridgeboro will soon
have an opportunity to take water from
new mains, survey to that end having
been made When the work is started gas
pipes ought to be laid, to save tearing
up the stone road second time.
Abe Witcraft seems to have struck
silver mine while digging cellar on the
Shreve property on Mill street. After
unearthing Spanish silver dollar, he dug
up some old-fashioned ivory handled
forks neatly wrapped in cloth.
The condition of Amos L. Poinsett is
not improving as fast as his friends hoped
for. He is still confined to his home in a
dark room because of an ulcer on one of
his eyes. In addition to this he has
stomach trouble.
The New York-Philadelphia Co.,
which is the new organization which has
acquired the Camden and Trenton Trolley
line and also the line from Trenton to
New Brunswick and thence to New York,
has appointed Gaskill & Gaskill as it's
solicitors for Camden county, and Howard
Flanders for Burlington county.
After being confined in Jail for about
two months for abusing his family, Frank
D. Smith was released by Justice R. ]. B.
Slack The husband and wife agreed to
separate, but Smith is to support the chill
dren. But there was more trouble before
the compact could be executed Smith
got gay on Saturday night and assaulted
his wife again, and he was sent up for
sixty days
at meeting of Washington Camp, No.
II, P. o. s. of A., on Thursday evening,
Harry Hawkins, Jr., and Samuel E. Col
der were selected as the respective cap
tains of two teams, organized for con-
test in canvassing the town for candidates,
the losing side to furnish refreshments to
the members of the lodge. Under these
conditions it is natural to expect that
there will be some hustling.
Richard E. Lewis had fall, on We'd
nesday, from which he escaped without
injury "Dick" is an agile young man,
employed by the Interstate Telephone
Company. He was engaged in fixing
some wires in the rear of the offices of
Walter A. Barrows, and while at work
the ladder on which he was standing
slipped, and falling against window
completely demolished it.
On Tuesday morning last Mrs Henry
Mace, of Bridgeboro, was found lying on
couch with her life fast ebbing away.
Upon the arrival of physicians it was dis
covered that she was suffering from some
self-administered poison, but her life was
saved. The mystery was solved on learn
ing that the night before the aged lady
had taken quantity of laudanum in mis-
take for cough medicine, after which she
lay down to rest.
Affor haipn n0tiHod hxy xuiro that hic
valuable automobile had been lost in fire
near Riverton, several days ago, DR..
jerome L. Artz, of Dudley, thought there
might be some parts of the machine left,
and Sunday paid visit to the scene of
the blaze. When he returned to his home
DR.. Artz opened small bag containing
ashes, and turning to his wife, who seemed
anxious to know the result of the trip,
the doctor said: "All there is left of our
automobile you can find in that bag"
At the inspection of Company E, to be
held this evening, medals representing
five years service are to be presented to
Captain William A. Slaughter; lieuten-
ants James F. R. Long and John N. Aus
tin; sergeants Wilson Matlack, Robert
Hawkins, Alfred ]. Delete, Bertram
Fisher; corporals Barton P. Bullock and
Harry P. Evans; private Cornelius E. Sell
lers Commissary sergeant James E. Berry
will receive medal for ten years service,
and badge of honor is to add lustre to
the uniform of Alfred NJ. joyce. who has
been member of the company for fifteen
years.