The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-23
LOCAL NEWS.
3oyce's, of course.

0OyOC ., VI COuicC.
Edgewater Park has its first case o
diphtheria in twenty years, and as result
the Shedaker public school has bee
closed.
A carload of turnips shipped from
Stanwick, last week, to the coal regions o
Pennsylvania, netted Aaron Engle excel
lent prices.
Seventy-fve thousand trout fry is al
order given by the State Fish and Gam
Commission, to be placed In the stream
of this state.
William Sherman has purchased tn,
property at the southeast corner of Ridg
way and Buttonwood streets, now occu
pied by George W. Savage.
Rev. Lena Mason, celebrated coloreC
evangelist. has been conducting series o
interesting meetings in Mt Moriah M. E
Church on West Washington street.
The third rail electric system may be in
stalled on the branch running from Mount
Holly to Burlington, on which piece Of
road the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has already experimental In running cars
by electricity.
Two farmers living near Vincentown
have raised large crops of sugar beets
this season. From three-eighths of an
acre John P. Lippincott grew 900 baskets,
and G. II. Bakely gathered 1000 baskets
from ono aora
Two hundred new records for the Edi-
son photograph have been received by
Henry Rosenfeld at his store on Mill
street. He also has a large line of Edi-
son Emberol records. He will sell you an
outfit on easy terms.
The annual union Thanksgiving service
of the Baptist. Methodist and Presbyterian
churches, will be held on Thursday morn
ing, in the Presbyterian church. The SER
mon will be preached by Rev. r. H.
Baker, of the Baptist church.
A property north of the Royal & Pix
ington Company's factory, belonging to
the Lumberton Sand Company, has been
purchased by R. P. Sword for the purpose
of enabling him to extend his increasing
business. He is shipping large quantities
of fire-proof felt for roofing purposes
William A. Slaughter, county probation
officer, has taken Mrs. Clara Woolston
Reagle to home near Newark, where
she will be properly cared for. This step
was taken in lieu of sentence for con-
viction of a serious crime with William
Lamb, of Pemberton, who was given one
year in state prison.
The letters that remain unclaimed in the
post Office for the week ending November
Goth, are Mrs. Sarah Atkinson, Joseph w.
Cox, VIM. Burr, Geo. M. Greene, Geo.
Client, J. B. Russell, Emma Howard,
John F. Parker, Joseph E. Fl. Phi. Miss
May Thomas, Joseph M. Wallazz, Ezekiel
Wallace. Miss Nellie R. Willitts. Benz.
p. Wakefield.
Thomas c. Alcott and Miss Lillian
Meta Austin were married on Tuesday
evening az the home of Howard E. Alcott,
on Brainard street, tby Rev. George T.
Harris. After the ceremony had been
performed the happy couple left for New
York. Confetti in liberal doses was used
to express their good wishes by party of
friends. who boarded trolley car near the
mount and surprised the bride and groom,
who had expected to slip off unnoticed.
The family of Fred Shobert, paper
konrar Iivfn n ~, Oharru cfraaf had
row escape from death on Thursday. Mrs.
Shobert noticed that piece of meat de-
livered at the house that day was green on
one side. The person who delivered it, it
Is alleged said he would cut that portion
off and it would be all right. Soup was
then made of the meat, and shortly after
eating 1t the entire family was stricken
with ptomaine poisoning. Their cases were
attended to just in time to prevent fatal
results.
Increasing attendance marked the second
lecture here last Thursday evening by
Edgar J. Banks, Phi. D., of the Univer-
sity of Chicago. His next lecture on can
cient Egypt" will be delivered in the
Court House tomorrow "wednesday eve
ming at o'clock, the night having been
changed this week owing to Thanksgiving.
Great things are expected of this lecture
which all should hear. A new stereopti
can will be provided for the illustrated
views. Tickets and syllabi at Boyce's, or
at theCourt House.
The members of the Marlton Grange
had quite corn contest at their meeting
on Tuesday night. There was a good
turnout of the members and there were
quite few visitors. There were 81 ex-
hibits of corn and all of Ithem were very
good. The judges were David Ballinger
and Joseph Engle of Moorestown and
Harry Brick, of MedfoTd. The first prize
for the best single ear and best FIVE ears
was awarded to George P Lippincott. and
Mrs. Maggie Morrison won the second
prize. After the contest everybody ate
pies There were plenty Of them and
from the way they disappeared they must
have been very good.
A large audience was present In the
Methodist church on Friday evening, to
witness the third medal contest of the
Mount Holly "Y." A fine musical pro-
gramme was rendered, the feature being
the tableau given by three girls. The
contestants were Misses Bertha Shinn,
Marion Keller, Grace Prickett, Ruth
Branin, Elsie Shinn and Edwin Ogburn.
The judges, James Davis, Prof. Under
wood, Prof Sullivan and Miss Smith
awarded the silver medal to Miss Bertha
Shinn. The musical part of the program
was: violin solo, Russell Shemeley; vocal
solo, DR.. A. r. w. Atwood; piano solo,
Miss Elizabeth Anderson; duet. Messrs-
Archer and Lippincott. The medal was
presented to the winner by Rev. George
T. Harris.
When In need of feeds for the dairy and
poultry do not forget that our line is COM
plete. We have ceraline, hominy, gluten,
brewers grains, malt sprouts, Quaker
molasses grains, Victor corn and oat feed,
Schumacher bran, ground rye, corn meal
and sugarota dairy, feed that analyses
with the best and reasonable in price
Our chicken feeds are all recleaned and
free from dirt. The Schumacher scratch