The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-12-10

Look over the bargain table at Curtis.
Christmas Post Cards. Buy it a
Boyce's.
Mrs. ]. Estill Simons, living opposite
the Court House, died on Sunday.
The Lodge of Elks will have a social
session on Thursday night of this week.
Lucy E. P. Butler, wife of George E.
Butler, of Smithville. died on Thursday.
Mrs. Charlotte Hankins died at the res
idence of John Black, Yesterday morning.
The engagement of Miss Bessie Mason,
of Mount Holly, to Doctor Gerhard Loci
ing, of Pensauken, has been announced.
A steam tug and sand scow crashed in
to the Bridgeboro bridge, Thursday night,
and completely wrecked one of the wings
of the bridge.
Lewis Spencer, of the Standard Shoe
Company, on Water street, reports the
employment of 81 hands, who have not
lost an hour since July A. The force is
kept busy with rush orders, and there has
been no time yet to think about the spring
trade.
On the third and fourth of January the
Woman's League will hold its supper for
the benefit of the visiting nurse. Janu-
airy begins the fourth year of this excel
lent work in Mount Holly. Certainly we
have no more worthy charity and liberal
patronage is invited. Each church will
be represented by table.
The Burlington County Hospital is to
have an X-ray instrument. This will be
secured through the generosity of friend
of the institution, who donated certain
sum of money with the stipulation that
it was to be expended in conformity with
any agreement reached between his wife
and the superintendent of the hospital.
The Board of Pharmacy of the State
of New Jersey is sending out notices to
all registered pharmacists and assistants,
calling their attention to the law requir-
ing their Reorganization every three years.
Under the law any pharmacist failing to
renew his registration by January /, next,
will forfeit the privilege of pharmacist |
after that time.
Fred Reed, the 9-Year-old son of Mr.. |
and Mrs. Lewis Reed. of Jacobstown,
died, on Tuesday, of lockjaw. The little
fellow ran nail into his foot while at play |
on Saturday. AS it was not thought to
be serious, very little attention was given
to the wound until Monday afternoon. He
then complained and physician was
summoned. Every effort was put forth
10 save his life but in vain.
If you like high class moving pictures
you will be well pleased with the enter
in the Opera House this tues
iay) evening. E. J. Hadley's moving
which gave such satisfaction
n Mount Holly about year ago, will ap-
pear with an entire change of bill, show
ng some of the finest pictuers ever seen
lere. The Hadley entertainments are
amous through the east. You should
lot miss this one. Seats now on sale at
Tamison's.
Failure to work properly of the mech
.nism of the Pennsylvania Railroads
spanning Cooper's creek in
Jamden, on the Amboy Division. Thurs
lay evening, held up all trains from Cam
len on that line for upwards of an hour.
The trouble with the drawbridge mechan-
SIN, which was due to contraction follow
ng the sudden drop in temperature, de-
reloped q few minutes after 8 o'clock,
light at the time the rush of commuters
o reach their homes was at its height.
Jot liking the long wait, some of the
boarded trolley cars.
The winter residents of Beach Haven
1ere surprised when they learned that
be Ocean County Grand Jury had re-
urned bills of Indictment against John W.
,ranmer, proprietor of the Acme Hotel,
nd Captain Jere Sprague. well-known
kipper, for assault and battery on each j
ther and a joint Indictment for ma
cious mischief. The indictments grew
ut of ga friendly seance" between ,
'ranmer and Sprague at another hotel
ere. 1t is alleged that after Cranmer
nd Sprague had grown tired of fighting,
ley stormed the barroom, which they /
roceeded to demolish. II
Charles G. Keller, son of Howard v.
leeler, is working for prize of Shet- i
and pony, harness and cart, or $3.50 in
ash, offered by the Saturday Evening
'ost. The prize is to be awarded to the
oy showing the greatest gain in sales of :
be papers in towns of about the size of 1
Iount Holly. In report that Charles
eceived last Saturday might he stand first
or the past week over large number of +,
THE contest opened last week
nd will close january 25. The boy is
making strong effort to win the prize
'ersons desiring to assist him by purchas-
ng papers will be Accommodated promptly
nd very thankfully.
The great colored musical comedy,
The Hottest Coon in Dixie" will appear
t the Mount Holly Opera House Friday
vening December, 18th. The comedy is
ull of fun, musical and laughable situa-
ions, and will be presented by a clever
ompany of colored performers. The
omedy has small threads of plotrunning
trough it that adds to its general interest
nut it not deep enough to interfere with
he fun and music which predominates all