The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-28
Mount Holly and miscellaneous souvenir


A roast beef supper will be given in tn
# .Gaskill building, on October IS, by til
# Shepherds of Bethlehem.
The wife of Rev. James M. Buckley
d the eminent Methodist clergyman, is yer
It i'll at her home in Morristown.
: The up-to-date Mother Goose House
presented by Professor Emmett. will anus
: all who attend the Mount Holly Fair.
Tuesday. October 9Th, will be "Chil
: drens Day" at the Mount Holly Fair
Let the youngsters go early and have
long day.
The deaconesses of the Baptist Church
will hold a bread, pie and cake sale at *
Main street, on Saturday next, from two
until six o'clock.
The next meeting of the Y. w. G. T. U
will be held at the home of Miss Lydia
Garon, Rossell street, on Thursday even.
ing, at 2 40 O'Clock.
Ex-Postmaster Evan F. Benners, OF
Moorestown, has been appointed Super
visor of the Census for the Second Con-
, gressional District of this state.
The 32d annual convention of the Bur-
lington County Sunday School Associa-
ton will be held in the Mount Holly Bap-
fist Church on the 28th of October.
"Faith Paralyzed by Fear" was the sub
ject of an address by Rev. George T. Har-
ris at the Epworth League service, held
in the Methodist church Sunday evening.
The Nords are man and woman who
will make high dives at the Mount Holly
Fair on October 8, 6. and 8. In their
descents they encircle themselves with
fire.
The funny bears will be at the Mount
Holly Fair on October 5, 6, z and g. They
will ego on a skate, or rather on skates"
as they will have roller skates attached to
their feet.
| A former resident of Mount Holly has
been honored, as ]. Byron Deacon has
been elected secretary of the Pennsylvania
Society for the Prevention of tuberculosis.
His headquarters are in Philadelphia.
The Pine Beach Improvement Company
will run free excursion train to Pine
Beach next Sunday, leaving Mount Holly
at 1.3O a. m. For particulars see their
advertisement on the second page.
The daring automobile rider is always
an object of admiration. La Belle is the
most intrepid rider who has ever attempt
ed the feat of going down an incline In
an automobile. She will be at the Mount
Holly Fair Octooer 5, 6, and 8.
1t is quite difficult for one man, dressed
for the occasion, to act on a cable wire,
but the Lorellis, who will appear at the
Mount Holly Fair on the 9th, 9Th. 7th and
9Th of October, will have two men on the
wire and they will be attired as elephants.
Ross s. McCown, formerly connected
with the Burlington county Y. M. @. A.,
as general secretary, has entered the Theo-
logical Seminary at Princeton. He gave
up Y. NJ. @. A. work to become a Presby-
terrain minister. A host of friends are
sure of his ultimate success.
Rev. DIR. Daniel E. Clair, pastor of the
Eighth Street Methodist church at Cam
den, is i'll at his home from ptomaine pois-
oning. He was stricken on Friday while |
conducting a funeral service. In the
midst of a prayer the clergyman's voice
sank so low as to be almost inaudible, and |
before he had proceeded much further it |
was seen he was very i'll. He was assist
ed to his home. His sickness is attribut-
ed to the eating of crabs. DIR. Clair is |
we'll known in Burlington county.
Samuel Layfield and John Brown, two
colored prisoners, were brought from !
Philadelphia by Sheriff Worrell and De-
tective Parker and placed In the county |
Jail yesterday afternoon. Layfeld is the
farm hand who confessed to having as
saulted Mrs. W. M. Mortland, near Marl- |
ton, who was bound, gagged and chloro-
formed. Brown is suspected of series
of burglaries. When arrested there was
found on his person razor that had been
stolen from the home of Surrogate Lip
pincott at Hartford.
1t is hardly likely that those hunters
who are unable to tell the difference be-
tween a quail and chicken will be will
ing to pay $1.15 for license permitting
them to kill game, and as a consequence
some of them will be denied the pleasure
of participating in the sport this season,
ubiob mill oman on Nouau,har tx II fo
the "don't care" spirit which generally |
snimates this class of gunners, and farm
ers will be rid of much annoyance by
their absence, as their lack of discernment |
in shooting and destructive propensity |
when trampiug farm, has been largely |
the cause of the general posting of warn
ing notices to keep off. which are to be |
found in all sections of the county.
William Sherman has bought from
William s. Rendell, controlling interest
in the Burlington County Shoe Company,
situated on King street. Mr.. Sherman
has been in the retail shoe business for
some time and has thorough knowledge
of the trade Mr. Rendell is interested in
various enterprises in Trenton which will
occupy his time and he thinks he can
give better attention to them by being on
the ground. Stock is now being taken at
the factory on King street and the new
management will take hold in few days.
1t is reported that two practical shoe
manufacturers will be associated with
Mr.. Sherman and the prospects are that
the business will be extended to a great
degree.
John Gitterson, of Hulme street, com
mitted suicide this morning. He was up
town, and evidently purchased the car
bolic acid with which he did the deed, for
he went directly home and drove his wife
out of the house. Then he drank the
poison. The bottle which contained 1t
was found on the floor together with the
cup from which he drank it. Some of the
fluid ran over the mans face and it was
burned and blistered In several places.
Gitterson was brought before the public
gaze some time ago when his wife died
suddenly. The cause of death was drink
ing carbolic acid, but Gitterson explained
that he had put the poison In cup and
his wife drank 1t through mistake think
ing it was liquor. Two weeks later he
married. Coroner Grobler was notified