The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-04-09
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acquisition which has been purchased b
Prosecutor Samuel A. Atkinson.
Richard Randolph, of Westfeld, WI
: badly hurt on Friday by falling from h
wagon, the wheels of which passed owe
r his chest.
The Rancocas Grange will hold meeting
hereafter on the first and third Wedne,
? day afternoons of each month at tw
o'clock.
E An early wedding at Beverly will l.
: that of Lewis c. Osmond and Miss Lilli
Marshall. whose engagement has been an
nounced.
Samuel Yost and wife, of Palmyrs
celebrated their twenty fifth wedding an
niversary Friday evening. Sixty guest
were present.
The following are the unclaimed letter
remaining in the post Office for week end
ing April g.: Mrs. F. Boone and Mrs
Frieda Gengenbach.
An unsolicited advance in wages grant
ed to the employees of the Riverside Meta
Company, it is said, will cost that com
pany about 900 year.
i At 7.45 P. M. this evening April 9th
the Young Women's Christian Temper
ance Union will hold their weekly meet
ing at the residence of Miss Marion
Keller, AZ Mill Street.
A gang of railroad men left Mount Holly
ON Saturday evening, about Z o'clock, tc
extinguish fire in woods near Rancocas
Park. 1t is said that sparks from a loco
motive started the blaze
Wanted, position as bookkeeper OF
writer. by Miss M. L. Smalley. who has
had long experience as bookkeeper OF
the Mount Holly Shoe Company Address
No. 1879 High street.
The new trolley time table went into
effect yesterday Cars to Camden leave
the fountain, Mount Holly, at IA and A
minutes past the hour; for Burlington at
20 minutes after the hour.
Glass No. 1, of the Jobstown Baptist
Mission, will render ''The Old Maids Last
Chance" in the town hall at Columbus.
on Saturday evening, April 13, for the
benefit of the new NJ E. church at the
latter place.
The second anniversary of the Brother
hood of ST. Paul of the M. E. church, will
be celebrated on Tuesday evening, April
10. Rev. Holmes F. Gravatt, of the
First M. E. Church of Camden, will de-
liver the address.
BY the death of his sister, known as
pine Needle Annie" late of Marlton.
Joseph Kelvy. of Beverly, has fallen heir
to thirteen acres Of wood land and nine
teen acres of farm land in Evesham town
ship.
Joseph Britain, aged 90 years, of Dor.
dentown, working as a brakeman on
shifting engine at the John A. Roebling
plant at Kinkora, was caught between a
pile OF steel billets and moving car on
Saturday. fracturing his collar and breast
bones He is believed to have been injur-
ed internally.
The Methodist Sunday school of MARI
ton has elected the following officers:
superintendent, Rev. John A. Cakes; as.
sistant, Harry Ross; secretary, Caddie G.
Fowler; assistant, Marian Evans; treas
urer. Mary Bareford; organist, Eva Far
row; assistant, Mabel Haines; librarians,
Florence Evans. Rebecca Homon; super
intendent of the infant department, Ida
M. Haines.
An interesting debate will be held in
the Methodist church on Friday evening,
under the auspices of the Epworth
League. The subject for discussion will
be: Resolved, that further restrictions be
placed upon immigration" The speakers
for the affirmative are Howard E. Alcott
and Henry G. Shinn; for the negative,
Richard B. Eckman and Ross s. McCown.
Admission free.
John Forsyth. of Pemberton, has rea-
son to believe he is lucky. While stroll
ing through the woods with some friends,
he discovered on reaching home that he
had lost his pocketbooks As 1t was quite
late, he concluded to wait until the follow
ing morning. After starting out early to
make search Mr.. Forsyth found the
pocketbook where he had lost it, its con-
tents of 5000 being undisturbed.
The practice of conductors and brake
men taking ladies by the arm to assist
them on and off the cars has come to an
end by the issuance of an order to
that effect. which only applies to women
wearing white shirtwaists or white dress
es. Numerous complaints have been
made because the blackened hands of
railroad employees have soiled delicate
wearing apparel of this character.
An enjoyable euchre was given in the
Masonic Temple, Saturday night, under
the auspices of Santa Maria Council, No
1179, Knights of Columbus. Large dele
cations were present from Moorestown
and Burlington. McAdams' orchestra,
of the latter city, furnished music One
hour of the evening was devoted to dane
ing. The affair, which was a great sue
cess both socially and financially, was In
charge of DR.. John ]. Flynn.
1t is understood that the Township At
torney, of Riverside, will examine into
the title of the wharf property at the foot
of Pavilion avenue, which is owned by
Charles Mitsch and leased to Collins & Son
as coal and lumber yard. The theory is
advanced that it is the natural outlet of
the street and they hold the opinion that
it was at one time decided to the town by
Samuel Bechtold. AS Mr. Charles Mitsch,
the owner, feels that he has a Just and
valid claim, the controversy will probably
end in the Courts.
The unexpected happened to Joseph
Pearson in the yard of the Friends High
School, at Moorestown, which compelled
injury. As he was crossing the property
to make short cut he was attacked by an
animal whose identity could not readily
be established. Time and again Pearson
was viciously attacked by what proved to
be an unusually large rat. Vigorous use
of club soon brought death to the ro-
dent, which had long claws, big teeth
and very thick fur. 1t weighed over three
pounds.
Miss Marian E. Ireland, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William B. Ireland, of Mount
Holly, was one of the victims of a trolley
car collision in New York city, on Thurs