The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-10-06

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A little daughter has arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs ]. Blake Slack, OF
n Atlantic City.
William y. Rendell and e. Clinton
C Rothpletz have each bought gasoline
boat for use on the lower creek.
October 90 is the date on which the La
t dies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
will hold a Halloween supper.
The Burlington County Fair Associa-
, ton has decided to hold its fair next year
at Mount Holly from September 81 to "a.
Having entered the freshman class, Jas.
Stoddard, Jr., of Mount Holly, is now
pursuing his studies at Princeton College.
United States Marshal Thomas ].
Alcott and wife found much pleasure in
their tour through the New England
States.
A tract of land on Branch street, be-
longing to the heirs of David Reeves, has
been sold to Miss Sarah Randall, of Broad
street. for $175.
A new upholstery business, in connec-
ton with carpet cleaning and general re-
pair work, may be established in Mount
Holly by Daniel Cline.
The Sist annual convention of the Bur-
lington County Sunday School Associa-
ton will be held in the Methodist Church.
Beverly, on Thursday, October 30.
Mrs. George B. Clothier will give pri-
vate dance at Rancocas Park, on the
evening of Thursday, october 8, for the
benefit of the Burlington County Chill
dren's Home.
| Charles 81. Estill makes the following
report of the weather for the month of
September: Clear days 0; partly clear and
cloudy 10; partly clear, cloudy and rainy
8; partly foggy and clear 6.
A. W. Dresser, of Burlington. while in
New York recently, had the bones of one
of his feet fractured. He was stepping |
into an automobile when the handle gave
way, throwing him against the curb.
As a reminder that some one got more
than was coming to him at the recent fair, |
Edward B. Hulse, lessee of the Opera
House, has since been looking for gold
watch of which he was relieved by q
pickpocket.
Many friends called on Mrs. Amy Elem |
ard of MIL street, on Thursday evening" |
to make pleasant the Goth anniversary OF
her birth. Tokens of esteem were left
with the aged lady, who is hale and hearty
and still enjoys her faculties. She thor
oughly enjoyed the event.
There is every indication that the Hal
lowe'en celebration to be held at Burling-
ton on the night of November 2, will be
carried out on scale greater and grander
than last year. 1t is, to some extent, ex-
banding into county affair, and prepare
lions In surrounding towns are being made
for. the event. The Red Men of Flor
ence, and marching club from the same
place are planning to be in line.
So determined were Joseph Gilbert and
Carrie Armstrong, of Riverside, to get
married Tuesday night. that although 1t
was midnight they refused to leave the
front door of Justice of the Peace e.
Budd Stevenson until he rose from sick
bed and performed the ceremony. The
couple had previously made round of
all the local ministers. but the clergymen
apparently were too sound asleep to re-
spond to the summons.
Robert Parcel, popular ball player of
the Bordentown A. G. and the Mount
Holly mines, was the guest of honor at
reception held Tuesday night by his as
sociates at the Washington House, Bor-
dentown. Speechmaking, vocal and in
strumental solos and artistic dancing
made the occasion a very enjoyable one
Mr.. Parcel was much affected when call
ed upon for speech, but In few well
chosen words he thanked his friends for
the honor accorded him.
Unclaimed letters in the post Office for
the week ending October 8, are as follows
H. E. Allabach, Timothy Buckley, Mrs.
Elizabeth Carter, A. Curnis, Atha B.
Crochs, Harry Delaney. Thomas Dunn. 2;
Joseph T. Hoffman, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Jones, Joe Jones Especially, George w.
Moore Especially. Cornelius Lewis, Clar-
ence McKechnee, Jackson A. Swagler,
Mrs Katherine L. Thomas, James w.
Whroyle, Rev. J. F. Williams, William
Wingate, Mrs. ]. Veres.
George T. Durand, son of Mr.. and Mrs
George w. Durand, of Mount Holly, and
Miss Anna T. Lippincott. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James s. Lippincott, of Bur
lington, were married In Mount Holly on
Thursday evening. The ceremony was
performed in their newlY-furnished
home on Union street by Rev. T. M. East
wood, pastor of the Baptist Church at
Burlington. Relatives of the immediate
families were present. The bride was
given away by her father. John Rigg, of
Burlington, was the best man. After a
wedding dinner the happy couple started
on pleasure trip.
Cranberry growers in the neighborhocd
of New Egypt have finished harvesting
the smallest crop of berries grown
there since the cranberry industry first
developed fifty years ago. Robert Bells
bog was the only one to produce anywhere
near a full crop, while the boys of former
Senator Shinn, A. H. Hammill, Mrs.
Hannah Emson Wilbur and the Park Dogs
produced not more than one-third of the
usual number of crates. One bog In par
ticular that has always been of the best
produced only thirty bushels on one of its
thirty acre lots, which picked nearly one
thousand bushels last year.
The subject of trusnt officer was giy- |
en- some prominence by the testimony of
James L Jamison before the commission |
to investigate the causes of dependency |
aud crime, on Tuesday. This is no new |
subject. 1t has been considered by the
Board of Education, and was matter of
discussion at a meeting not month ago.
That such an officer might find work is
certain, but the statement of Mr.. Jamison
that there is ample room in the schools
for the children of the town is not cor
rect. If the truant law Is to be enforced
there will have to be another building
erected. That is bound to come, however,
within the next two years, in any case.
The argument that too many out-of-town
children are allowed to go to school here
does not enter into the subject under dis