The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-10
LOCAL NEWS.
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voted In Mount Holly on Tuesday.
The New Jersey Grand Lodge of Cd
Fellows will meet at Trenton on Wednes
day. November IS.
Having closed their home In Noun
Holly, William B. Abbey and family vii
reside ia Philadelphia during the winter.
The Young Friends Association vii
meet at the residence of George II. Kille
Garden street, on Thursday evening next
There was a torchlight procession q
Pemberton.; ION Saturday evening, to cele
brate the Republican victory OF weeI
ago.
The number of convicts In the stat
prison is 1,40S There are now FIVE mel
in that institution awaiting to be electro
cuted
There will be bread, pie and cake sail
at No. Al High street, on Saturday after
noon, by the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union.
Mrs. John Marsh, of Burlington, who
recently underwent serious surgical op
Grafton In Philadelphia Hospital. has re
turned home.
The Burlington County Christian En-
deavor Association will hold its annual
meeting in the Presbyterian Church at
Burlington to day.
Walter Rosseil and Miss Myrtle Cham
bers, both of Riverside, were married on
Saturday evening, October 81, at Penn
berton, by Rev. Francis Purcell.
The vacant house adjoining the resi-
dence of DIR. Whitehead. on High street,
has been rented for occupancy by the
families of G. Harry Randall and Edward
B. Hulse.
Members of Marion Circle, No. Q, of
Mount Holly. have planned for good
time tomorrow night, when they will en-
tertain the Grand Chief Washington and
his staff, of the Brotherhood of America
Fifty-eight families were benefited at
Moorestown by the free distribution of
5000 sanwiches. donated by the Repub-
lican Club, of that place. because of dis
appointment on account of rain In hold
ing their political demonstration on the
day first selected.
The motorman ON the trolley due In
Moorestown about o'clock discovered
Nathan Bartlett's furniture room ON fire
Thursday morning. He sounded his gong
vigorously which woke up the families In
the neighborhood who all gave hand In
extinguishing the flames. An overhsated
stoye caused the trouble. Little damage
was done.
Mrs. Mary Hullings. of Riverside, was
attacked at lonely spot by strange col
ored man as she was returning home from
work at 6 80 o'clock Tuesday night. At
ter desperate struggle the woman es-
capped from the clutches of her assailant.
running across field to the home of Chas.
Horner. She became a nervous wreck
from her terrible experience. The fellow
managed to elude arrest.
The next visit of Stiles & Co. eye
specialist. to Mount Holly, will be Wed
nesday, Nov. 10, when a representative
will be at the Masonic Temple and ex-
anime your eyes free of charge. If you
suffer from headache, neuralgia or other
pains in the head, correctly fitted eye
glasses or spectacles may remove the
trouble. Stiles & Co.. will frankly give
you an opinion on the subject.
Instead of attending the funeral of her
mother at Tuckerten, last week, as origi
nally planned, Miss Florence Goldecker,
formerly of Wading River, and who had
been in Philadelphia for the past few
years, was borne to the grave at the same
time as her mother. The mother was
found dead In bed Sunday morning. The
daughter went home to attend the funer-
al, when she was taken suddenly Ill and
died.
Governor Fort and the State Forestry
Commission have decided to buy 1000
more acres of forest land to add to the
state forest reserve, making $500 acres
located in Burlington county. When the
titles to the lands have been cleared
the land will formally be purchased by
the state. New Jersey has already IL, 900
acres of forest land In her reserve in At
lantic, Burlington and Sussex counties,
none of which has been touched by the
recent forest fires.
1t was kind. though fateful wind,
that waited until after election to attack
the Democratic campaign banner stretch
ed across Broad street, Burlington, for the
month preceding November 8. During
Wednesday nights gale the large word
"victory" was twisted from Its place at
the bottom of the banner and dropped to
the street. Not satisfied with this, the
wind tore the picture of Mr.. Bryan from
the middle of the banner and left rag
ged hole where once was the face Of the
Democratic candidate. The slogan "And
the people shall rule" was left intact.
Such is the irony of fate.
When Thomas Mulraney opened the
baggage room at Moorestown, early on
Thursday morning, he found two trunks
broken open and their contents scattered
on the floor The ladies' waiting room
was also strewn with packages. So far as
can be learned, however. nothing was
taken, the robbers finding nothing that
could be turned to money without casting
suspicion on them. Entrance to the sta.
ton was obtained through rear window.
The window separating the ladies' room
from the baggage room was also smashe.-
to effect an entrance. There were marks
on the Office door where an attempt had
been made to pry 1t open.
Postmasters throughout the country
have been asked by the Postoffice Depart
ment at Washington to visit the public
schools In their respective localities anC
instruct the pupils in matters pertaining
to the work Of the postal department
They have been asked TO instruct tn,
scholars as to the rate of postage on tn
various classes of mail matter in both thi
and other countries, what articles of mer
chandise are mailable and what are not
how large an article can be sent through
the msils, and what is done with article
or letters that have no postage staml
affixed. Besides this, they will instruc
scholars the proper way to address q let
ter. where to place the postage stamp
how to tie parcel so 1t can be properl
examined. and In addition will talk abou