The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-01
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, JUNE l, 1909
LOCAL NEWS.


II. Shinn, the owner.
Franklin M. Bennett has purchased Q
property on West Washington street from
Bertha c. Gibbs for g, 400.
The degree team of the Delanco lodge
of Red Men will do some "scalp-lifting'
at Columbus tomorrow evening.
Rheumatism in his left foot is proving
an inconvenience to A. Lincoln Sailer,
who is compelled to use crutches.
John G. Deacon, former resident Of
Burlington, who died in Chicago, was
quite well known in Mount Holly.
The commencement exercises Of the
Brainsrd school will be held at the Opers
House on Thursday evening, June II.
Quite large delegation of Odd Fellows
attended district meeting of that order
held in Mount Holly on Wednesday night.
James E. Weldon, sentenced to state
prison for six years for granddaughter,
will be taken to Trenton to-day by Sheriff
Worrell.
''Clover Hill, a handsome summer res
idence on Garden street, is now occupied
by its owner, Richard Ashhurst, of Phil
adelphia.
A crowd of young people from Mount
Holly drove to Jobstown, on Thursday
evening, and attended dance given al
that place.
1t is proposed to erect q new Catholic
church at Pemberton. To that end an
option has been secured on desirable
location.
G. Howard Taylor is prepared to spray
all kinds of shrubbery with his King OF
All Exterminators. So White street, OF
Bell phone 617a.
Norman Gaskill has been released from
Jail under bail. He was sent up on COM
plant of his wife, who relsnted and Sc
cured his liberty.
Samuel Shinn. of Pemberton, Is enter
tanning his son Frank, q resident Of Cali
fornia, who is visiting his home after an
absence of 30 years.
Mrs Charles Harker spent last week at
her Seaside Park cottage, where she en-
tertained Elizabeth Darlington and Stan
ley and Charlotte Melcher.
Rev. George T. Harris, pastor of the
Mount Holly Methodist Church, delivered
an Grafton at the Memorial day exercises
held at Lumberton yesterday.
Francis Taylor, of Boston, Mass. who
has been visiting his mother In Mount
Holly, left last week for Columbus, Ohio,
where he will spend season with rela-
tives.
at Cinnaminson, will receive q benefit
from the fourteenth annual fets to be held
on the grounds on the afternoon and
evening of June 10.
Norcross & Edmunds, Of Birmingham,
were successful among twenty bidders In
receiving q contract for the construction
of sewage disposal plant at Colstadt, in
the upper part of the state.
Rosbachs, at Pemberton, have fine lot
of hardy plants, such as peonies, phlox,
roses, and many others, ready for imme-
date planting, and an extra fine lot of
bedding plants for later planting.
While chopping wood, on Wednesday,
an axe'i in the hands of @. Howard Taylor,
of White street. caught on clothes line.
He received painful injury on the fore
head by the handle striking him.
At its annual meeting held in Mount
Holly, the Peahala Club, of Long Beach,
elected the following officers: President,
John 1. Bishop; secretary, John H. Hutch
inson; treasurer. Frederick H. Lee.
1t was Junior Mechanics day at New
ark yesterday, when the A. ]. Smith mon
ument was unveiled. The exercises were
attended by delegation from Washing
ton Council, No. s, of Mount Holly.
Following is list of the mail remain
ing uncalled for at the post Office for the
week ending May 30: Harry Brown, J.
Cepess. Miss Jennie Little. Charles Payne.
Richard Stogton; postal, G. II. Parker.
The Burlington County Safe Deposit
and Trust Company. Moorestown. N. j..
makes determined effort to keep every
trust fund employed. All trust funds are
kept separate from the general assets of
the company.
Dali hat F.I4 for I'D rwflI
keep workingmen from saloons, the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union Of
Florence, is collecting funds to erect one
at that place. 1t will be placed In the
heart of the town.
A property on Bispham street has been
sold by T. Harry Bowker to R. N. Carly
for 81, 225. The interest In the homestead
property, belonging to T. Harry and G.
Edward Bowker, has been sold to their
sister, Mrs. Cassie o. Hates.
1t is said that former Judge Joseph h.
Gaskill, of Camden, will occupy his resi-
dence in Mount Holly for the summer
after the premises are vacated by John d.
johnson, Jr., who will soon take posses
sion of the residence now occupied by his
father.
]. ]. Fenstermacher has sold the Don
ovan farm. on Wood Lane road. to Sarah
E. Reynolds, of Moorestown, who is now
occupying same. He also sold twelve
building lots. at Hainesport, to Maurice
T. Holland, who intends erecting brick
bungalow on same.
Climbing the fence at the fair grounds
some one broke pane of glass, raised a
window and entered the office of Presi-
dent Benajah P. Wills. It is evident that
gambling was carried on there, and from
various articles found on the floor, some
women were also mixed up in the job.
R. P. Sword has asked permission of
the township committee to lay a railroad
siding to his factory near Medford juno
ton. On the claim that a street was laid
out In that section on the north side of the
railroad many years ago, concerning which
NO records can be found, the application
was laid over for further investigation.
Improvements are being made to the
front of the Farmers National Bank which
will greatly add to the looks of that insti-
tuition. The installing of new safe and
lock boxes of the newest pattern has done
much for the interior The hank is nro.