The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-02
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Plans have been drawn for an addition
to the plant of the Philadelphia Watcl
Case Company, at Riverside.
Wanted-An experienced and attractive
saleslady, reference required. Globe Pos
Card Co., fair grounds. Main Building.
Ernest Miller, who has been clerking a
Barrington's pharmacy, has gone to Phil
adelphia to enter the College of Pharma
cy.
Harry Bush, of Pemberton, while at
the cranberry bogs of Benjamin Powell, q
/ few days since, had his pocket picked OF
$175.
Samuel Brown, of Mount Holly ave
nue., who is skilHul taxidermist, has {
fine exhibition of his work at the Mount
Holly Fair.
Dr. Atwood and mother have returned
from two week trip to Nashville, Tenn,
where they visited Prof. and Mrs. George
A Parker
night blooming cereus was an attrac
ton at the residence of Mrs. Frank
T. Morton, on Saturday evening. There
were quite number of blooms.
Mrs. Harry L. Schuyler, who was ope-
rated on at the Polytechnic Hospital, Phil
adelphia, last week, is getting along nice
ly. and her early recovery is looked for.
While working with a stalk knife, last
week. Edward Mccoy. of Hainesport, but
a cash in his leg below the knee. Several
stitches were required to slose the wound.
Fred and Anthony Gsell, having recov
cred from their attack of typhoid tever,
have left the Burlington County Hospital
and returned to their home at Haiuesport.
The semaphores, signals and other sign
boards along the line of the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad on this division have been
repainted, as is the usual custom in the
fall
Honorary membership in the National
Trotting Association has been conferred
upon Samuel w. Shiun, of Mount Holly,
secretary of the Burlington County Fair
Association.
Charles Haines. who recently suffered a
slight stroke of paralysis, has recovered
sufficiently to resume his position with
the South Jersey Tobacco Company. One
of his legs is still slightly affected.
The thirty-third annual convention of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of New Jersey. will be held in the First
Methodist Church, Camden, beginning to-
day and continuing until Friday.
For delaying trolley car traffic and kick
ing Patrelman Isaac Shreeve on the shins
when ordered to leave the tracks, David
Parker, Moorestown farmer. was fined
s5 in the Camden Police Court Friday.
Those people who were prevented from
the Trenton Fair, on Thursday,
because of the rain, can make up for
their disappointment by giving their time
and attention to the Mount Holly Fair
this week.
Harold B. Allen, formerly of Mount
Holly, and who has been in charge of a
drug store at Ocean City. took possession
of Barrington's pharmacy, on Saturday,
which business he has purchased The
young man has many friends who wish
him success.
John w. Harris did some surveying
near Chatsworth, last week. His extern
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made him familiar with large section of
the pines. Strange to say that during his
long experience in that wilderness he
never came across rattlesnake.
An erroneous report has arisen with ref
srence to the assessment of funds used
entirely for charity and the statement has
been made that the money belonging to
The Dorcas Society will be subject to tax.
This is not so. The funds of this society,
which are absolutely for charitable pur-
poses, have not been placed in the columns
Of taxable property.
The Morton house at West Greek was
on fire Friday night. The torch was APP
piled to pile of wood in a back shed.
The smoke awakened z. D. Kelley, who
gave the alarm and put out the fire. This
is the fourth Friday night fire at West
Creek, all of them without doubt set ma
The village is much wrought
up over the acts of the firebugs.
One end to the addition which is being
az
vile, is to be extended considerably high
er than the three stories, on which will be
placed a tank to hold $4,000 gallons of
water. A spraying system is to be in
stalled in the works, and in case of fire
there will be good supply of water on
hand for immediate use. There is tank
on the old mill which holds a similar
amount of water.
Beginning the first of next month new
district will be created by the Bell Tele-
phone Company in this county to comprise
Mount Holly. Moorestown, Riverton, Pal
myra, Beverly, Florence ard Burlington.
Formerly these places were in what is
known as the Camden district, but the in
crease in the business done by the Bell
Company has necessitated the dividing of
this district. The new district, compris-
ing the towns as stated, will be known as
the Burlington district and will be in
charge of William Rapp, telephone
superintendent from Ognotz, Pa.
A lady who understands advertising,
says: mo lady wishes to be looked upon
as a shopping tiend. She does not care to
go into the store and have a merchant
show all his stock in order to find out
whether he keeps what she wishes to pur-
chase and whether the article is sold at a
price she can afford. 1t is much easier
and pleasanter to look through the adver.
tisements in newspaper than it is to
bore the clerks and waste her own time
Next to the local news items, the adver.
tisements in a paper stating articles fol
sale with prices, will keep at home
much of the money that goes to the
larger cities"
On Tuesday morning the dead body o.
John Hozier, of Birmingham, was found
hanging to bed-post During the nigh
he tore sheet into strips. Making a rop'
of this he tied it around his neck, and hi
weight caused strangulation. Hozier hat
in his possession thirty-two gallons o
wine, and two weeks previous to his dealt
he determined to give it circulation b,
drinking as much as possible, which KEEP
him pretty well under the influence o
liquor Some friends helped to get ava.
with considerable of the beverage Mon