The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-11-22


Joseph Allen, of Medford, is Ill will
symptoms of typhoid fever.
Most of the business places in Noun
Holly will be closed on Thursday after II
A. M.
Hand painted Japanese china, the very
best, at honest and just prices. L. s
Boyce, 81 Main street.
Tomorrow afternoon there will be in
teresting Thanksgiving exercises In thu
public school at Medford.
Mrs. Frank Deacon, of Union street, Il
recovering from an illness which made he
condition serious last week.
Merchants who do legitimate advertis
ing at this season of the year are those
who are able to report an increase in theil
business.
Joseph Phifer and Emma Speaker, bott
of Medford, were married In the Metho
dist parsonage at that place, on Novem
Der IA, by Rev. Il. NJ. Lawrence.
Mrs. Peter Beatty. of Moorestown, was
bitten on the arm by a spider. Since Their
blood poisoning developed, and she has
been seriously Ill for several days.
A serious laceration of the knee cap Ii
the injury which Charles Klingler, Of
Riverside, received by colliding with an
automobile while riding on his bicycle.
The owner of dog promptly killed the
animal after 1t had bitten Howard Harris,
of Moorestown. If became necessary fol-
physician to treat the wound, which was
a bad one.
The Riverside base ball association has
elected the following officers: Manager,
Edward Seybold; president, Armstrong
Keebler; secretary, Martin o. Mattern;
treasurer, Theodore A. Schneider.
Thomas Mulraney has been transferred
to the freight Office in Mount Holly, and
Harry L. Smith, of the latter place, sue
ceeds Mulraney as baggage master at the
main railroad station In Moorestown.
A masquerade dance was given b. Mrs.
Clothier for her children's class, on Satur-
day evening A large number of children
and their parents were present. Music
was furnished by the Harry Cook orches-
ira from Philadelphia.
Men and women at Delanco, last week,
were terrorized by the action Of three
tramps In the role of umbrella members,
who cursed ladies and used vile language
at men and threatened them with drawn
knives. No arrests were made.
Four more weeks, and then Christmas.
Why go to Philadelphia to buy your
Christmas goods when you know that
your home merchant keeps them2 If you
will carefully look over the advertisements
In this paper you will perhaps find
what you want, and if you cannot find it,
give your order to your merchant and he
will get it for you.
Following are the list of letters and pos
tails that remain unclaimed In the post
Office for the week ending November 49,:
Roland Amos, L. F. Gallagher, Rev. G.
W. o: Nyce, Mrs. John Prosser, Luther
J. Schroeder, George Steel, Harry Shinn,
Dobriskan Simon Monats, (foreign). Cliff
ford johnson and Thomas e. Scudder,
postals.
1.-THE whole town Is invited to my we'd
ding" was the invitation extended to all
by Miss Claribel Albury, daughter of Col.
R. w. D. Albury. cashier of the First
National Bank, of Beverly. Who was mar
ried to Frank Smyth. Jr.. of Meadow
brook, Pa. Tuesday, at noon in st.
Stephens Church, by the Rev. William
Snead.
After being confined in the county jail
for several weeks, Joseph P. Fem, of
Burlington, against whom there are
charges of irregular laundering. has Sc
cured his freedom by the action of friends,
who signed bail bond for his release. 1t
is said that many alleged victims will
testify In this case when the trial begins
on December 5.
The Court of Errors and Appeals on
Tuesday reversed the decision of the Court
of Chancery, under which a preliminary
injunction was issued restraining the play
ing of Sunday baseball games in Atlantic
City. The application for an injunction
was made last summer by Rev. Mcmillan,
of Atlantic City, and others against Louis
Kuehnle, proprietor of the Atlantic City
base ball park
Ever since the election on November 8,
a young lady living on Union street, who
won bet on Woodrow Wilson being
elected Governor, has been somewhat
agitated over the expected publication in
the local newspapers of story concern
ing a wheelbarrow ride which the loser
gave her from the jail TO the fountain and
return. The bet was paid late at night
during the blowing of Gale.
Howard Poinsett, Jacobstown farmer
Is the proud possessor of an apple tree
which has grown second crop this year.
The tree was full early in the spring. and
during the fall it bloomed and produced a
second crop. 1t Is doubtful If such an in
stance has ever before been recorded in
the state. Walter Borden took one of
these apples to New Egypt, where it was
placed on exhibition. Farmers in that
Sc ction will plant the seed.
AS nearly all the necessary excavations
have been made on their lot in the rear of
Pine street, Anderson & Dennis will soon
flood the place with water from the creek
From this pond they hope to gather a
supply of ice during the winter that will
be of sufficient quality for use by por-
ton of their trade This firm will gather
its ice for domestic purposes from the
pond at Smithville, where they have Ca
pacity Of storing hundreds of tons.
The scarcity OF hard wood In this coun-
try is becoming a serious problem. espe-
cially to railroads, which require millions
of hardwood ties for track purposes, the
demand for which being constantly on the
increase. AS the supply has nearly reach
ed the limit, corporations of that character
are turning their attention In other direc-
lions, and may seek relief by the adoption
of soft wood for tie purposes. This is
the case with one Western railroad,
which has contracted with the Otto
Gas Engine company. of Philadelphia, for
the building of a machine that will bore