The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-05-24
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, MAY "a, 1910
LOCAL NEWS.


Straw hats and strawberry festivals ar
now in order.
Attractive interior improvements hay
been made to the Mill street hotel.
Quail and rabbits are reported to b
plentiful in the neighborhood of Retreat
The children of the Trick school on tn
Burlington road enjoyed picnic on Fri
day.
Spalding's base ball supplies at thei
lowest retail prices. L. s. Boyce, sportin,
goods.
Fred Parker and Charles Cleyenge
were among those visitors who spent Sun
day at Florence.
The proposed race meet on the Noun
Holly fair grounds for Memorial day hal
been abandoned
Prominent citizens of Riverside are In
terested In the proposed plan of organic
ing Y. M. @. A. In that town.
Lost.-A mother pearl pocket knife In
case. A reward will be paid for its re-
turn to George W. Durand. grocer.
The grave of Thomas B. Denness In
the Mount Holly cemetery is now marked
by handsome granite monument.
Mrs Michael Wells died on Saturday al
her home in Florence. The remains will
be buried at Pemberton to morrow
At its meeting tonight the township
committee will pass an ordinance prohibit
ting the sale and discharge of fireworks
on the Fourth of July.
An excellent organ recital was given to
an appreciative audience in St. Andrews
Church, Thursday evening, by Clarence
Wells, of Burlington.
Through her attorney, Blanchard H.
White. a government pension of $12 per
month has been granted TO Phoebe G..
Haines, of Mount Holly.
Harry E. Dubell, director of the Board
of Freeholders, has been registered on
the list of automobile owners, having
purchased Rambler car.
There is said to be one hundred dogs in
Pemberton borough, and those that are
not registered by tomorrow are to be
killed by the authorities there.
Officers are to be elected and other
business transacted at meeting of the
Alumni Association of the Mount Holly
High School to be held on Monday even
ing, June 8.
Richard s. -Folwell will be located In a
cottage at West End, near Long Branch,
during the summer months. ''Dick"
caught nice pike on the upper Rancocas
creek Friday morning.
Winfield 3. Gale has taken possession
of his new home which he erected on
Broad street. The premises which he va
Gated on the same street are to be occu-
pied by his son Roscoe.
James M. Smith, baggage master at the
railroad station, has gone away for vaca-
ton and will probably be absent until the
first of July. He will put in the time at
Salem and Spring Lake.
There is unclaimed mail at the post
Office for the following persons: letters;
r. Burns, 2; Mahlon Clapper. Rev. j. P.
Ferguson; postals. B. F. Fugerson, Mrs.
William B. Gibbon, Miss Anna Klotz.
Two boat houses. one large sailboat,
with sails, nets and decoys, and four row.
boats belonging to William Ford at Kin
kora, were burned at that place Saturday
morning from sparks of Pennsylvania
Railroad locomotive. The loss is 81, 200.
Rosbach's at Pemberton have for num-
Der of years supplied the trade with seed
ling asters by judicious selection and cult
walton. They claim to have now the finest
strain OF five different colors in existence.
Every purchaser of any plants to the
amount of one dollar or over will be pre-
scented with three plants of each color of
aster.
For the sake of the future good it is al
ways advisable to save something from
your income. The amount, whether large
or small, If deposited regularly with the
Mount Holly Safe Deposit g. Trust Com
pany will soon amount to a considerable
sum and prove steady worker at COM
pound interest. Three per cent interest
paid on time deposits.
In the Mount Holly cemetery on Satur-
day afternoon were inferred the remains
of Mrs. Bertha J. Hoffman, who died In
q few hours after being stricken with
acute Bright's disease. The deceased.
who was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James M. Smith, of King street, had only
recently been married. A large circle of
friends were saddened by her untimely
death.
The attendance contest, three weeks old,
now going on in the Beverly, Mount Hol-
ly and Burlington Presbyterian Sunday
schools is creating great deal of inter-
est. Thus far the Burlington school leads
by six points. The score now stands as
follows: Mount Holly, 451 points; Boyer
ly, 519; Burlington. 525. There remain
but two Sundays more for the contest,
and Burlington will have to do some
hustling to keep the lead.
A pleasing entertainment will be given
In the castle hall of New Jersey Lodge,
No. 1, Knights of Pythias, next Friday
night. Four male entertainers, whose
ability In this line is tirst-class, have been
secured. An orchestra of four pieces will
render selections. 1t is requested that all
members of the lodge invite to be present
at O'Clock those persons who might be-
come interested In the lodge or its insur-
ance feature who might make desirable
members of the order. The local Knights
will make fraternal visit to Medford
Lodge, 108, In the near future.
Misses Emma Davis and Marion Force,
aged II and IA years, respectively, con-
ceiving the idea of running away to New
York, planned to go by freight, not hav-
ing the necessary money for car fare.
They started Friday evening, but went
only ten miles, to Dobbins, where they
were locked up for the night The girls
had expected two friends named Wilkins,
of East Burlington, to go with them, but
these girls, at the last moment, abandon
ed the idea. The others, however, who
bad watched the trains making up for
some time thought riding free would be