The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-08

The Y. w. G. T. o. will hold a socia
meeting at the home of Miss Ray Oatman
tonight at z As. Honorary members arr
s requested to be present.
Samuel C. Roberts, of Hartford, has
). disposed of 1926 bushels of Irish Cobblel
: potatoes to farmers In that vicinity. who
will use them for seed. The tubers came
from Maine.
: Those who find it necessary to spend a
night in Mount Holly as guest of the
township, are warmly housed in the new
lookup which is now in operation on
Water street.
Christmas and New Year post cards.
Booklets and fancy boxed paper. Our
assortment is large, of high quality; our
prices are moderate. L. =. Boyce,
Stationer, 25 Garden street.
1t is said that the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company has made settlement in
the case of Walter L. Stackhouse, of Ju-
liustown, who was killed by the cars at
South Beverly several weeks ago.
About fifty members were present at
meeting Of Washington Camp, No. II, P.
o. S. of A., on Thursday night, when
a large number of candidates were given
the A. D. K. degree. The exercises closed
with banquet
State Superintendent Baxter has issued
an order that members of Boards of Edu
cation cannot be District Clerks. This is
on the ground that it is not legal or proper
for the District Clerk to be one of the
Board that votes on his selection and
fixes his salary.
In less than two hours after word had
been received that William Woodward
and Ellis Taylor, of Freehold, had stolen
horse and buggy belonging to Elwood
Hurley, Constable William 81. Thomp-
son, of Pemberton, had the guilty par
ties under arrest
The Good Intent Fire Company will
hold its annual supper in the engine
house on January 10 and is. When efforts |
were made to summon the members to a |
business meeting on Tuesday evening, the |
discovery was made that the bell was |
cracked, and committee was appointed |
to purchase new one.
The Central Record of Marlton, entered |
upon its thirteenth year of publication on
Friday. While the day and number are
both significant to superstitious minds,
Hester Clymer, the publisher, has no
misgivings for the future The paper is
well edited and thoroughly covers the
field for which it is intended. THE News
wishes the Record continued prosperity.
The Ross plant, the most valuable BATH
ing point on the Ocean Grove beach, has
been purchased by the Camp Meeting As
sociation, the controlling body of the
town. The pavilion will be remodeled
and extended seward before next season.
James NJ Ross will be retained as mana
ger. The latter is a relative of Charlie
Ross, who was kidnapped from his home
in Philadelphia many years ago.
The report of Frank s. billiard, of
Vincentown. delegate to the annual con-
vention of the National Retail Druggists
Association in Atlantic City, in Septem-
Der, was the feature of the regular quar-
terly meeting of the Burlington County
Association held in Mount Holly on Thurs
day A committee was appointed to ar
range for the United States Pharmaceuti-
cal and National Formulary Propaganda
work in the county.
The Westampton Gravel Company has
been trying to dispose of its property on
the Burlington road, which was purchas-
ed from John B. Davis, having removed
the soil from about one-third of the 20 l
acres it contains. The company sold more
than enough gravel to equal the first cost, .
which is said to have been about s., 900. '
The company was principally made up of
Railroad employees, that
being its best customer. IL
Fire was discovered on the roof of I
Robert Bells residence, at Archertown, I
on Wednesday morning, and although 9
every effort was made to extinguish it, l
the flames spread so rapidly that the house
was burned to the ground in very short
time Most of the household goods were t
saved, but Mrs. Bell lost some money
which she had put away in the second Y
story. There was $500 insurance on the
house. Mr. Bell was at New Egypt when
he received word that his house was on
fire. 1t was totally destroyed when he I
reached home.
The Keifer pear is generally despised by I
people in this vicinity without ever con- I
sidering its commercial value. Neverthe-
less the pear is very valuable, as it is
learned that 1875 cars, containing 800 bask-
cts each, have been shipped from the sta {
ton at Merchantville during the fall t
Seventy five thousand baskets of the fruit I
have netted the few farmers in that i'm {
mediate vicinity nearly $50, 900. A great &
er portion of the total shipped was con-
signed to European cities, where the pear
is in great demand, being considered a
delicacy. Farmers are now considering ,
methods for the care and ship !
ment of the fruit, and it is soon expected ,
to make Merchantville one of the most ,
important shipping centres of the Keifer
pear in this section. +,
In a game exciting and full of good
plays, the Mount Holly basket ball team
defeated the Meditation five, champions
of North Philadelphia, on the Opera
House floor Thursday night. Score S8 to
1s. Although the Mount Holly team held
a comfortable lead throughout the con-
test, the Philadelphia FIVE kept the score
close enough to make things interesting,
and it was only by the best kind of guard
ing on the part of johnson and Hancock
that their score was kept down. Morgan
and Lemke, as forwards, also played good
games, while Gauntt at centre was high
man at goal shooting, securing seven bas-
kets from the floor. In the game between
the second teams, Mount Holly lost by
score of % to IA Perinchief for Mount
Holly and Colley for the Meditation
team, were the stars in this contest.
Without the least ceremony or demon
stration whatever, the new iron bridge
crossing Crosswicks creek, between North
Crosswicks and Crosswicks proper, was
opened to the public on Tuesday. The
opening was attended only by an employee
of the Burlington county board of free
holders and at the time there was no one |