The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-14
There will be nine Sunday school pic

Rev. J. II. Durham and Rev. G.. NJ
Hughes exchanged pulpits last Sunda.
morning.
, The lawn social of the Luther Leagu
will be held at Hainesport ON Thursda.
evening.
John Evan, farmer, had his shoulde
and head badly injured yesterday by fall
ing from q wagon.
There will be another band concert a
Raucocas Park next Sunday afternoon
from $50 to o'clock.
There was a very heavy shipment O.
potatoes from Mount Holly to Philadel
phia, last week. The price ranged from
So to 65 cents per basket.
From the joint offerings of the Young
PEOPLES Union and Miss Mary E. Bullock
twenty-one new hymnals have been pur
chased for the Baptist church at Jacobs
town.
Falling from the second story OF Swift't
machine works at Bordentown, Wednes
day morning, George Slim, the night
Waterman, sustained fractures OF both
| ankles.
Some twenty-five young people from
Beverly and vicinity came up In wagons
on Saturday evening, and paid Miss
Maggie Woertz, on Garden street, an en-
joyable visit
Charles II. Estill has been elected pres
ident of the Relief Fire Company, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death OF Col.
Charles M. Sloan. A. P. Ley was elected
vice president.
William Fl. Dobbins, Harry l. Cooper.
George w. A. French and A. E. Gaskill
are arranging for an outing on Barnegat
bay. they will start next Saturday and
put up at Humphrey Martins
George Mathis. aged II years, living al
South Medford, is said to be one OF the
most successful fishermen in that town.
He has been catching some big pike and
bringing home large strings of fish.
The Sunday School Teachers Associa-
ton of the German conference, OF Phila-
delphia and vicinity, will hold service In
st. Pauls Lutheran church, Hainesport,
Sunday, at $50 P. M. The service will
be In German.
Sitting ON load of hay as 1t was being
taken into barn on the farm OF Samuel
w. Bishor, at Pointville, Joseph Burns
was struck by beam and badly hurt.
protruding nail cut cash all the way
down his back.
Reeve Stewart has purchased the Allen
A. Engle property, on High street, oppo
site the fountain, for So, $50. 1t is occu-
pied by his brother, Walter I. Stewart
as cigar store, and by Eugene Haines,
who conducts barber shop.
The autograph quilt, made by the La
dies Aid Society of the SmithvIle MI. 4.
Church, will be exhibited In the hall a.
that place Wednt sday evening, July o.
All are cordially invited to come and see
It. Ice cream and cake will be on SALE
The authorities of Atlanta, Georgia,
have sent $50 to Mayor Rue, OF Burling-
ton. to be distributed among those who
were instrumental in the capture OF w.
g. Thompson, q forger. This was half
the reward offered for the mans arrest.
A COW belonging to George Wolfrom, a
farmer, living near Marlton, died few
DAYS ago. 1t is believed that the animal
was bitten by rattlesnake. One OF It's
legs was badly swollen. A RATHER had
been seen in the field where the COW died.
H. Homeyard, of Camden, a banana
nedler. was struck on Tuesday morning
by an engine as he was crossing the rail-
road track at West Palmyra He escaped
with an injury to his foot. The horse re-
ceiyed some cuts and the wagon was de-
molished.
Charged with being drunk and disor-
DERBY and assaulting Constable Nelson
Peak, of Medford. George kellogg, who
has a bad reputation, is confined in the
county Jail in default of $500 bail. 1t is
quite likely that Kellog will go up the
road. as he has served several terms in
state prison. He created disturbance at
the Medford base ball grounds.
In order that they may not be confined
until the September term Of court. several
prisoners in the county jail will probably
waive Indictment anG have their cases
disposed of on Thursday, July 20, which
will be the last session of court until fall.
Those who plead guilty in this manner
have their sentence reduced because Of
the expense saved to the county.
1t is learned from reports received that
about the only thing to be feared at this
time by cranberry growers is the exces-
sive hot weather, which has come Just at
time when the blossoms are dropping OH
and the fruit setting In some sections OF
Ocean county worms have made their ap-
pearance, but liberal spraying has put
check to their destructive work. The out
look for large crop of cranberries is very
promising.
The drought has caused falling off OF
the huckleberry crop. killing most OF the
berries on upland. Those now being sold
are swamp berries, which are large and OF
good flavor. Chatsworth is one of the
principal huckleberry centers in this coun-
ty, where the receipts from the shipments
made last year amounted to $4,000. To
MANY of the pickers the berries are clear
profit, being obtained from the unculti-
waited land in the pines.
Under the new block system on the
Camden and Burlington County Railroad.
Prescott Eckman, ticket agent at Mount
Holly, is enjoying better hours than for
merly. Under the old system Mr.. Eek
man was compelled to be on duty all day.
When the block system was installed. the
telegraph line for train orders was remov-
ed from the station and the ticket agents
hours were arranged so that he goes on
duty at $40 in the morning and stops
work at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. Budd Norcross, of
Mount Holly, while riding in their auto
mobile last evening at o'clock, barrow
ly escaped serious accident. While at
tempting to cross the railroad track at the
Smithville station they failed to see an
approaching express train. Mr.. Norcross
managed to turn and stop the auto just In
the nick of time, as the wheel of his ma
chine was only about foot from the To-
connective.
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