The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-07
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1909
LOCAL NEWS.

The store you have confidence in
BoYce's.
The M. E. Sunday school will resum
its afternoon sessions next Sunday.
Watson Moore, of Florence. has caugh
three large sturgeon during the past thre
weeks.
A fair and festival to be given In Octo
Der is being arranged by the Union Fir
Company.
The first floor of Red Mems hall a
Florence has been rented and fitted up TO
moving picture show.
A lot of tanks, suitable for water tank
ON a farm or elsewhere, for sale a
Chances factory, King street.
William G. Kimble has been awarded
contract for the erection of a new schoo
near the Florence railroad station.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptis
church is planning for a supper in tn,
Masonic Temple the 9th and 7th Of
November.
The Womens Christian Temperance
Union will meet at the residence of Mrs
Amanda Boyce, on Garden street. next
Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock.
On Thursday Jacob Haag. who lives on
Woolman street. left at this Office a
branch cut from raspberry bush, which
was clustered with second crop of fruit.
James Foy ana Miss Annie O'Connor,
both Of Burlington, were married in St.
Paul's r. G. Church, at that place, on
Wednesday, by brother of the bride, as
sisted by Rev. Father Russi.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Clevenger have
closed their residence on East Mill street
for an indefinite period, and are now liv-
Ing at the home of their niece, Mrs. Clar-
ence s. Durand. on Buttonwood street.
Rev. John BOWS Hills, D. D., formerly
rector of st. Andrews Church, Mount
Holly, has resigned as rector of Christ P.
E. Church at Oil City. Pa, where he has
been stationed for nearly seven years. He
viii remove to Pittsburg on October l.
The twilight services, which were held
during the month Of August in the M. E.
church, came to close last Sunday. Next
Sunday evening the preaching service will
begin at 7.80 o'clock. Rev. George T.
Harris will preach both morning and
evening.
Those who went out after reed and rail
birds at the opening of the season on
Wednesday had poor luck. There was a
scarcity of birds, and those killed were very
poor. Many gunners decided to wait I'M
til the birds become more numerous and
have time to fatten.
DIR. F. Allen Gauntt. a well known
physician living at Burlington. son of the
late DR.. F. Allen Gauntt, died at the
home of his brother, W. c. D. Gauntt, on
East Broad street, Friday morning. The
remains were inferred yesterday in st.
Mary's churchyard.
State inspectors were in Mount Holly
on Thursday. and from local milkmen
and farmers they secured samples of
milk which will be analysed to ascertain
Its quality. The inspectors will be heard
from If the samples obtained are not up
to the required standard.
The engagement has been announced of
Edison W. Rogers, formerly of Lumber
ton. and Agnes Sinclair Reid, of Los An
geles. California. Mr.. Rogers at one time
was employed in drug store at Mount
Holly. From here he went to Merchant
Vile, where Miss Reid resided with her
parents.
The esteem In which the Burlington
County Safe Deposit and Trust Company,
Moorestown, N. j., is held by the public
is direct result of its financial strength
and the fact that it combines large CAPT.
tai and surplus with those principles of
safe management which place banking
upon a safe foundation.
Having finally decided that he prefer
red employment where there was better
opportunity for advancement, Malcolm ].
vanzant, formerly of Mount Holly, after
securing leave of absence for six months,
has resigned his position as telegraph OPP
orator with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. He will act as salesman for
a rubber and leather betting firm located
at Chicago.
At st. Mary's Church, Burlington, on
W ednesday afternoon. occurred the mar
rage of Miss Helen Webster Crawford.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Crawford. of that place, and Edwin Lu
ther Brink, of New York city. The cere-
mony was performed by the rector, Rev.
j. r. Olmsted. The bride was member
of the teaching staff of the Riverside
public school,
A cruel case of two sons ejecting their
gray-haired and crippled mother out of
their home because she objected to them
using the house for gambling joint, and
refusing to support her, allowing her to
sleep on cellar doors and begging her
bread from door to door, has found its ter
mination in the court of Squire Steven
son, of Beverly, who had Dominic and
Angelo Angelica arrested for non-support
of their mother. Threats of prison fright
ened Angelo, the younger, who signed
an agreement to help support her. The
other refused and was committed to jail.
at meeting held in Moorestown, last
Monday night, looking to the appoint
ment of Board of Protectors, or flag
committee" to keep tab on habitual
drunkards, James Mercer Davis, with law
offices in Mount Holly, took part in the
proceeding. He admitted he did not
represent the Anti-Saloon League but re-
fused to state for whom he was speaking.
He branded the law as Joker" and
really more of benefit than detriment
to the saloon men. He pointed out how,
In his opinion, the law was an unfair one
and did not give square deal' to the
habitual drunkards nor those who are
liable to become such.
There were many star-gazers Wednes-
day night to view the eclipse of the
planet Mars. The weather was ideal for
view of the beautiful and interesting
phenomenon. But few clouds fecked the
eastern sky. The approach of the planet
to the outer rim of the moon was slow,
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