The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-09
LOCAL NEWS.
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Buy 1t at Boyces.
William Anderson, of Lumberton, Is
sorely afflicted with cancer on his race.
An ice manufacturing plant is to be
erected at Moorestown by j. Collins q
Son.
The Walter G. 6hinn property, on Mad
ison avenue, has been sold to John w.
Archer.
An augmented choir will render can
tata in the Methodist Church on Easter
day evening.
A fine house is being erected by Nathan
Henry on his farm ON the Smithville road,
near Topetoy.
Removed to 6S High street. William ].
Bill, fine and heavy footwear and first
class repairing.
Governor Fort has signed the bill pro-
viding for the compulsory retirement OF
National Guard officers at the age OF "a
years.
Having decided to rent his farm, Amos
Evans, living on the road from Mount
Holly to Rancocas. will take up his resi-
dence at the county seat.
William Overman will deliver an Illus
trated lecture on Yellowstone Park, in
the Junior Mechanics hall, at Lumber
ton, on Friday evening next.
John MuIraney, it is said, will be placed
in charge as manager of the West End
Hotel, and Alfred Wolfrom, the proprie-
tor, may remove to Trenton.
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs VIM. Bayersdorfer, well known
in Mount Holly, will be deliberately cele-
brated at their home in Philadelphia on
March IA.
r. Shannon Haines, of Springfield
township, who will retire from farming,
has purchased one of the new houses on
Union street, Mount Holly, being erected
by Ezekias W. Esham.
At q meeting of taxpayers held at Flor
ence, Tuesday evening. 1t was decided by
q vote of 1913 to II to erect school house
at Florence station, the building and fur
nishings not to exceed $500.
If any person is contemplating suicide
as the result of failure to get along In
this world, he should go to the Court
House tomorrow evening and hear Geo.
II. Gebel, of Newark, lecture on the sub
ject, How to Get Living"
The Third Regiment, National Guards.
will hold battalion drill in the armory
at Camden this evening. ]. F. r. Long,
of Mount Holly, captain of Company E,
is prominently mentioned in connection
with a vacancy in the inspectors of rifle
practice at Sea Girt, caused by the resig-
nation of Capt. E. B. Stone, of Burling-
ton.
Charles ]. Baxter, state superintendent
of public school, never attended public
schools after he was 10 years of age. With
the aid of college-bred uncle he studied
nights while he worked on Sussex farm,
meanwhile he acquired learning that en-
abled him to become country school |
teacher at the age of IS.
Part of the material is now ON the
ground for the erection of an iron foun-
dry in Mount Holly. 1t will be located
along the railroad near the old hammock |
factory. Robert NJ johnson, the pro-
prietor. brother of John D. johnson. of
of Mount Holly, will be manager.
He will manufacture small castings and
plumbers supplies.
The Post office department is consider
ing the project of stamping all letters
with the weather forecast for the day
when received at their destination. The
government makes a daily forecast to
every post office. By stamping the let
tiers with the forecast, people would re-
ceive their information direct, and rural
persons especially would be greatly bene-
flied.
A very pretty wedding occurred at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A.
Colby, Cherry street, on Wednesday even
ing, when their daughter, Marion, was
u
ceremony was performed by Rev. George
NJ. Hughes, pastor of the M. E. Church
The bride, who was given away by her
father, wore white satin dress and car
ried white roses. The bridesmaids were
Miss Kathryn Lauer, of Philadelphia, and
Miss Caroline Rogers, of Mount Holly.
Nitta Nippins and Grace MacFarland
were flower girls. William Mcfarland,
brother of the groom. was best man. The
usher was Restore Colby. Mr.. and Mrs.
mcfarland will reside on a farm near
Mount Holly.
The directors of the Burlington County
Fair Association have decided to hold the
Fair from October to 8, inclusive. This
will be the week following the Trenton
deviation from the usual racing pro-
gramme. Owing to the fact that the ST.
900 stake races have not been filling well,
and which were an expense to the asso-
citation. they will be dispensed with this
year and sixteen $500 races substituted,
four to be presented each day of the Fair. |
After thoroughly considering the matter
the directors concluded that better racing |
would result from this change in the speed
department. 1t has also been decided to |
give more attention to the vaudeville |
stage, and In this direction there will be |
noticeable improvements next fall.
The Young Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union of New Jersey held con
vention at Burlington, Tuesday night, |
and adopted resolutions Sin the name of
the girls and young women of the state,
petitioning every legislator to support the
Plummer local option bill A second res
olution commended Assemblyman Lewis,
of Burlington county, for his firm stand
against the open-SundaY bills in the As
sembly rules committee, of which he is
chairman. and urged Senators and As
semblymen ''in the name of principles,
which this nation has ever held sacred
and holy, to oppose any and all efforts to
desecrate the American Sabbath" Great
applause greeted the announcement of
Miss Blanch Dilks, that though forbidden
the privilege of home rule, temperance
people had found ways to make one-ffth