The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-08-17
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

Blanchard 81. White.
A lot of tanks, suitable for water tank
on a farm or elsewhere, for sale a
Chances factory, King street. =
Thomas Powell, of Smithville, celebrat
ed his S0th birthday, on Wednesday, b,
paying visit to Bordentown friends.
The Chesterfield Board of Education
has accepted plans for four-room bricl
schoolhouse to be erected at Crosswicks.
William H. Holt, of Riverside, formerl,
of Mount Holly, is suffering from very
sore foot, caused by stepping on rusty
nail
Room has been made at the boat hous,
of Edward Hack for another canoe, tn,
property of Dudley Perkins, of Moores
town.
William Burns and Leon Carly, justices
of the peace at Bordentown, haye collect
ed fines amounting to $31.8 for Sunday
base ball playing.
Some people at Pemberton are keeping
watch with guns for an animal believed
to be weasel, which is killing a large
number of chickens In that town.
The annual picnic of the daughters Of
America at Rancocas Park, ON Wednes
day, proved most successful affair The
attendance fell off somewhat this year.
After having new spokes inserted In the
wheels, and portion of the running gears
repaired, the truck of America Hose Com
pany, No. 4, has again been placed in
commission.
Although load of shot passed through
portion of his body, it is said that an
Italian on the Fort farm, near Pemberton,
will recover. He shot himself in the side
while handling gun.
In this issue of The News may be found
In full the proposed amendments to the
state constitution, which are to be voted
on at special election to be held on
Tuesday, September IA.
New Jersey Lodge, No. 1. Knights of
Pythias, of Mount Holly, will confer the
third degree on four Esquires next Friday
night. All members of the initiatory
team are requested to be present.
The new passenger station at South
Pemberton is nearing completion. 1t is
located on the north side of the railroad,
and although small, when finished 1t will
be handsome, fre-proof structure.
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the Society of Friends will be held in the
meeting house. corner of High and Gar
den streets, Mount Holly, on Tuesday,
August 81, commencing at 1890 a. m.
For more than fortnight Budd's cram
berry Dogs have been visited by numbers
of anglers, who found sport in large
catches of pike and catfish. Several large
snappers were also taken from the pond
there.
During the past week large number
of bass and pike were taken from the
small stream that recently formed the
Rancocas Park lake. They were caught
by anglers who made casts from the shore
with spoon hooks.
At Rancocas Park on Thursday will be
held the annual picnic of Rancocas
Grange. This organization will be joined
by many farmers who were disap-
pointed on the day set for the Pomona
Grange picnic, when 1t rained.
Secretary Benajah P. Wills has met
with gratifying success In his efforts to
re-enlist the services of ladies In the de-
partment work of the Mount Holly Fair.
One of these is Mrs. Raymond Jones, of
Medford, who has the clerical Office work
we'll under her command.
The vested choir of st. Andrew church
will return from Island Heights this even
ing. The members have been camping
there for week. The choir left on their
outing Wednesday morning accompanied
by Harry W. Phares as one of the chaper-
ons. Some of the preliminary arrange
ments had been previously attended to by
William A. Slaughter. Those who parti-
cipated had good time.
If the practice is not stopped, on warm
days especially, committees may send a
round robin to the railroad officials in
complaint of practice now existing by
train men who, on trains going no further
than Mount Holly, close all the windows
of the cars after the train leaves Mason
yille On the two exceedingly hot days
last week some of the passengers were
nearly overcome by closing the cars In this
manner. A vigorous protest went up
from those who were compelled to submit
to this proceeding and there came near
being trouble. The idea of the brakemen
is to get as much of their work done as
possible before their destination is reach
ed, but there should be an exception to
this practice when the weather Is extreme
ly hot.
night when the Waterman at the Florence
foundry made his rounds, he found that
some one had been in the foundry store.
He Immediately called up Gus Britton
and they proceeded to investigate. They
found the cash register had been rifed,
but as no money is kept In the store over
night. the burglars were disappointed.
Some tobacco was missing and a few
other things. The matter has a peculiar
look. No doors or windows on the first
floor were open, but window on the east
side of the building on the second story
was found open, and the gutter running
along shed was broken down. This
leads to the conclusion that the person
who did the work was hiding in the store
when Il was closed and then came out OF
the second-story window and walked out
on the shed and fell. Blood marks were
discovered on a wagon that was standing
alongside of the shed. Very little plum
der was secured.
There was no person, perhaps, at Asbury
Park last week who typifed in appear
ance more accurately the celebrated IszaR
Walton than did George W. Savage. Of
Mount Holly. Most conspicuous by hii
dress and up-to-date paraphernalia, he
was an attraction to hundreds of people
many of whom asked the stereotypec
question: "Have you caught anything 2
AS means of warding off any suspicion
that these frequent interrogations were
annoying, Mr.. Savage smiled pleasantly
and replied in modulated tones of sweet