The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-30
LOCAL NEWS.
Boyce's, of course.

Boyce's, of course.
BENJAMIN Measey. of Burlington, is Sc
riously i'll with typhoid fever.
A lot adjoining his shop on Mill street
has been purchased by JOSEF s. Shreve.
A new garage is being erected on Broad
street in the rear of the residence Of Mrs
Harry E. Lynn.
The engagement has been announced Of
Harry A. Mccoy, and Miss Emma Altofer
both of Riverside.
Having given up his position at the
store of Philip Karg, Paul Lippincott has
opened a meat market at Lumberton.
A social will be given this evening
by the Mount Holly "Y's" at the home
of Russell Shemeley, on Madison avenue
Fred Kumpf, of vincentown, has pur-
chased the hardware store Of George
r. Haines, and took charge on Thursday.
At a recent meeting of the directors,
Aaron L. Collins, of Moorestown, was
elected president of the Burlington Coun-
ty Farmers EXcnauSe'
Joseph Dudley, patient at the Bur
lington County Hospital. is greatly I'm
proved from his recent illness and on the
way to complete recovery.
After several years residence In Phil
adelphia, Daniel Kimble, formerly OF
Jacksonville, is now an inmate OF the
Odd Fellows Home at Trenton.
If some hunter should invent noise
less gun, he might get permission to shoot
game on a farm near Willingboro, on
which there are posted signs reading; INC
cunning aloud"
A New England supper. for the beneft
of the Ladies' Aid Association of the M.
e. Church, will be given at the residence
of Mrs. E. R. Claypoole. on Brainard
street, on December IS.
For refusing to show his license while
cunning, John Bintliff, of Beverly, was
arrested by Game Warden Howard Mathis
on Thursday and fined by Justice Steven
son. Bintliff was cunning on private
property.
The Mount Holly Safe Deposit & Trust
Company is well equipped for handling
all banking business entrusted to it. New
accounts, subject to check, are solicited.
Capital $10O, 100000. Surplus and profits
$52, 1924.
It is probable that the Mount Holly
Water Company will food about ten acres
of It's meadow land in order to secure
greater storage of water for the turbine
wheels which are to furnish power for
running the water works.
Anderson & Dennis, who have arranged
for making pond In the rear OF their
stable on Pine street, will flood the field
and use 1t as skating park this winter.
During the coming year the excavations
will be completed for ice gathering pur-
poses.
A gunner who was seeking game on
the Mount Holly and Burlington branch
of the Pennsylvania railroad, while at
tempting to kill rabbit, sent some shot
into the face. arms and hands OF Walter
Nixon, track-walker, who was painfully
injured.
Misses Betty Beach, of Sandy Hills. N.
T.; Helen Davis, of Penn Van, N. T.; Olga
FaIk, of San Francisco, and Margaret B.
Parsons, of Mount Holly, all pupils at
Bishopthorpe Seminary, South Bethlehem,
Pa, spent part of their Thanksgiving
vacation in Mount Holly.
There will be an all-daY meeting at De-
lance, on Thursday, and large audiences
are expected to fill the Methodist Church
at each service. Sermons will be deliv-
cred by Rev George w. Powell, Bridge
boro; Rev. William Stone. Riverside, and
Rev. F. L. Jewett, Palmyra.
The cunning privilege on forty acres OF
land at Paducah has been rented for the
balance of the season by Alexander Du-
bell and Charles G. Morton. The latter
sent in his application for the position of
Fish and Game Warden of this county
Yesterday. This Office has been placed
on the civil service list.
While hunting in the pines for deer, on
Wednesday. John W. Sexton. of Passa-
dena, found a pocketbook containing a
sum of money, cunning license and some
other papers. From these it was
learned that the wallet belonged to
Clifford Cottrell, of New Egypt, and it
was restored to the owner.
In the presence of many visitors from
Boston, New York, Omaha and other
cities, Bishop McFaul. of Trenton, dedi-
Gated, on Thanksgiving day, the monas-
terry of st. Glare at Bordentown. Among
the visitors was Mother Gabriel, of the
Sisters of Mercy. who formerly occupied
the convent. The order of the Poor
Clares, or Franciscan Nuns, has been In
existence zoe years, but was not establish
ed in America until 1876. Its members
are devoted to prayer and penance, and
are supported by aims and their OWL
handiwork.
The special election to decide whether
bonds should be issued in the amount Of
$50, 900 to install sewage system at Bev'
erly, did not meet the approval of voters
on Tuesday, and the proposition was de
feated by vote of 154 to 104 Not much
interest appeared to be manifested, ant
the vote polled was very light. 1t il
thought that the reason for defeat is be
cause the people were not acquainted
with the Importance of the improvement
from a sanitary standpoint. The matte
has been agitated for quite some time
and it was confidently expected that !
would go through. 1t is now rumore'
that private corporation will endeavo
to secure a franchise to construct sys
tenn, believing that the project Is one tina
would return fair rate of interest on tn
investment.
For the first time since New Jerse
went into the business of licensing auto
mobiles those who have license number
cannot renew them for the same number
for 1910. State Motor Vehicle Commission
er J. B. r. Smith sent out a circular {
holders of 1909 licenses and told them tbs
they must have their new licenses by Jar
uary 1, and that no one could have th
1909 number retained. He says the bus
ness has grown to such proportions th'
this Ia no longer practicable. Anoth,