The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-03-05
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

eous post cards at Boyce's, 25 Garden st.
Hiram H. Earnest has sold property
on Willow street, to Thomas Davis 70
$4OO.
Collector Frank s. Davis is now occu
plying his new residence on Washingto
street
Work will be resumed on the unfinish
ed dam, it is said, as soon as the weathe
will permit.
Rubber door mats are coming in de
mand by sneak thieves. Several wer
stolen last week.
Coal for sale at 81 and So per ton. cash
Fred Schrayshuen, Washington and Bis
pham streets.
Having recovered from his attack o
grip, Joseph Meeks has again resumed
his position on the trolley road.
William Sherman and Harry V. Keste
have each purchased house on Cherr,
street from the Barclay White estate
The house on Water street, owned b,
Mary B. Quinn, has been sold to the In
dustry Building and Loan Association TO
800.
A tract of land in Bass River township
has been sold by John w. Harris, Of
Mount Holly, to Allen Darby of Atlantic
City.
Having recovered from the grip, Ed
ward Burrough left for Florence, yester
day. to resume his position at Parker's
hotel.
Mark W. Harris, of Atlantic CITY, ha.
purchased the Evan farm, at Ewanville
excepting the cider press and dwelling
house.
An interesting missionary meeting OF
all denominations was held at the resi-
dence of DR.. Elmer d. Prickitt, on Thurs.
day night.
The pavilion and bath houses, at Sea
Side Park, have again been rented for the
coming season by c. Newell Harker, of
Juliustown.
Riverside members of the Burlington,
Lodge of Elks will entertain the entire
lodge with banquet and concert at Turn
er Hail. on Wednesday, March 6.
Much praise has been given Macs min
strel troupe, of Mount Holly, since their
recent performance at Pemberton, where
the young men were greeted by packed
house.
Several members of the Board of Free
holders had conference last week at the
Roebling plant, the subject under con
sideration being the proposed stone road
from Bordentown to Burlington, but it is
not likely to be built this year.
A regular meeting of the Mount Holly
Improvement Association will be held in
the Court House on Monday evening,
March 18th. at o'clock At this meeting,
officers will be elected and plans of action
arranged for the ensuing year. All citi-
zens are most cordially invited to attend.
At the quarterly meeting of the High
School Alumni Association to be held in
the school building on Buttonwood street
on Saturday evening of this week, at 745
be selected for the fourth annual reunion
in June. As it is an important meeting. a
full attendance is requested.
At the joint meeting of both houses of
the Legislature at Trenton on Tuesday,
Joshua E. Borton, of Moorestown, was
elected state director of railroads. The
post is an honorary one, except that the
director gets an annual railroad pass and
attends the annual meeting of the rail-
roads of New Jersey. where he votes the
stock New Jersey holds, which stock is
pledged to the school fund and cannot be |
sold by the state.
An edict has been sent out by the postal
authorities at Washington to confiscate all
post cards with raised and glistening sur
faces 1t has been found in handling
and especially in the cancellation of these
cards, the mica, glass and other substance,
come off in large quantities. The cloth
ing of the clerks operating the cancelling
machines is often covered with dust from
the cards and in some instances it is re-
trouble have developed because of the
flying dust.
Discussion of the voting machine and
other balloting devices consumed the bulk
of time at Tuesday mornings session of
the state senate. The discussion was
provoked by the bringing up for final
reading of Senator Robbins bill providing
that upon petition of 25 per cent of the
Quoted to determine whether or not voting
machines shall be retained. This measure,
known officially as senate No. IA, and |
popularity called the voting machine re-
ferendum bill, was finally passed Speak.
ing on the measure, Senator Robbins de-
clared that there is considerable dissatis-
faction in Burlington county over the
voting machine and cited an instance
where machine at the last election had
recorded 100 votes more than was cast.
He believed that the people should be
allowed to determine whether they should
be retained or abolished. The bill was
passed and will now go to the House.
March, the first day of the spring
months, entered on Friday like lamb,
an indication that harbingers of spring
may soon be looked for. Although the
shortest of the twelve. February will be
remembered as one of the most wintry
months for several years There were
only two days when the temperature did
not get below the freezing point. The
spring season, according to the astrono
mers and scientists, who measure time by
the stars, will not begin for nearly three
weeks yet. February entered in a driv-
ing snow storm FIVE inches deep. 1t re-
manned good until the 4th, and then start
ed the biggest snow storm of the year. 1t
lasted for "a hours and ~ inches of snow
fell, tying up the trolley service and
pretty much everything else that tried to
pillow through it. Five other storms oc
Cured during the month 10. II, %, "a
and 20, making for the entire month a
snow fall of "a inches.
AS far as known 1t seems that Thomas
w. Nippins is the only victim of an al
legged sharper who came to Mount Holly
on Tuesday, after something easy. The
fellow registered at the Arcade Hotel I'M
der the name of E. D. Fister, of New
York City, and stated to Joseph Cole, the
bartender that he was engaged selling