The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-01
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

Pemberton Grange will hold Its al
nual picnic at Rancocas Park Tomorrow.
Harry Martin, has bought q 10 fox
gasoline power boat for use on the Raj
cocas creek.
Edward Hawkins, son of Harry Hav
kins, Jr, of Broad street, is Ill wit
typhoid fever.
The Baptist Sunday school at Hainei
port will give fair and festival next Sal
urday evening.
improvements to the extent of 100
are being made to the grist mill Of An
thony ]. Morris. of Pemberton.
Philip n Haines, of Jacksonville, ha
gathered 1850 baskets of potatoes from
four acres, which is very large yield.
Abraham Scattergood, employed at thu
power house at Hainesport, has removed
his family from that place to Mount Holly
Samuel j. Taylor. who is Republican
candidate for the nomination of consta
BILE, has secured the necessary signers t.
his petition.
Although he has returned from Phila
delphia hospital, the condition Of William
w. Antrim, of Jobstown. still continues
to be critical.
Charles Shinn, of Mount Holly, aged IL
years, was run over by wagon on Mar
ket street, Camden, week ago, and mad
one of his feet crushed.
Notwithstanding the rain on Thursday,
many people attended the clam bake Civ
en- at the Locust Grove club house, on the
Atkinson farm. near Burlington.
The marriage OF Henry Gallagher and
Miss Nellie Katharine Call, both of
Moorestown, will take place on September
Q, in the Catholic Church at that place.
The Riverside Maennerchor will give q
grand OK roast and summer night festival
at their garden tomorrow afternoon and
evening. A fine program has been
arranged.
William Gilbert, of Riverside, recently
had his right feet badly burned by the up
setting of nearly thousand pounds of
molten metal at the Moore Brothers
foundry.
On Thursday Sheriff Norcross sold the
property of Laura Beebe, widow OF David
Beebe, who was murdered at Chairville.
to Mary B. Wills. the complainant, for
&1.O0. The place Is located near Red Lion.
One letter for William G. Johnson and
postal cards for the following persons
remain In the post Office unclaimed: Miss
Stella Brown, Mrs. Bertha Collins, Clair
Nusser, Daniel Paskill. Suiron Shannon.
Master John Wilson.
Jacob II. Adams and daughter, of Brain
ard street, have gone to Brighton. Mass.
where they will remain for six months
with Rev. George Read, cousin of Miss
Adams, who has temporary charge OF
an Episcopal parish there.
Work on the mill dam is progressing
very slowly. A large number of sheet
piling to protect the foundation of the
concrete work had not been driven &C.
cording to contract and had to be taken
out. This has caused considerable delay
In the work.
Joseph A. Southwick will run hack to
the lawn social to be given On Thursday
evening at the residence of A. H. Burtis.
on the Jobstown pike, under the auspices
of the Unionville Sunday school. The
start will be made from Allinson's corner
at 8 o'clock
Because of the storm last Wednesday
only five people from Mount Holly went
on the shore excursion. There were only
twenty passep~ ers on the train when 1t
left here. The last mid-week excursion
of the season to Long Branch and inter
mediate points win take place tomorrow.
William A. Lippincott, wheelwrfl
of Masonville, is looking for William a
Lee, of Wilmington. N. c.. whom he
recently employed. The man left last
Tuesday, and, it is alleged, took with him
a watch, suit of clothes and umbrella be-
longing to his employer, valued at sac so
Charles Sharp, of Medford. was arrest
ed and committed to the county jail In
default of bail on Tuesday, on charge
preferred by his son. Leon Sharp, of
stealing pair of shoes and a razor from
the latter. for the alleged purpose of getting
money to buy liquor. The father, 1t is
said. bears bad name and at times abuses
his family.
Because of the absence of ministers from
Mount Holly, who are enjoying their sum
mer vacation, couple from ArneY's
Mount, who came here last week to get
married, decided to postpone the event
until future date, and they returned
home to continue their csurting until the
vacation season is over. They wanted
minister to perform the ceremony.
Failing to secure the contract for max
ing the extensions to the towns sewer,
one ct Stanwick and the other at the west
ern end of Moorestown, E. O. Worrell has
brought suit against Chester township for
alleged breach of contract in awarding the
Stanwick extension to Walter 8. French.
The case will be heard before Judge
Lloyd, at Mount Holly. on September 10.
The T. A. Snider Preserving Co.. of
Cincinnati, has decided to operate the
Anderson canning factory. on Water
street, Mount Holly. The concern made
a sufficient number of contracts with farm
ers last week for tomatoes to warrant
starting the factory. A large amount of
tomatoes are still needed, SO farmers not
already under contract for their crop.
will find ready market at the old Ander-
SON factory. The Snider concern puts up
catsup, so can use small as well as large
tomatoes.
Having learned from experience that
an automobile passing over snake will
not kill it, Clifford r. Bower, of Mount
Holly, while riding in his auto from Jack
sonyille to Hancock's corner, saw stretch
ed in the road mottled green pilot snake
about five feet long. Being too pretty to
iniure. Mr.. Bower turned out for the rep
tile. These serpents, which are harmless
and very rare In this section, derive theil
name from the fact that they pilot rattle
snakes. This is one reason why 1t wal
not molested. that others travelling In thai
direction might be the better warned o
the coming poisonous RATHER.
Liquor dealers in this town are not an
ticipating with any special degree Of ex
pectancy the coming of September %, OF
which date will occur the opening of tn
fall term of court, the Mount Holly Fair