The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
First of all. Reliability. L. 8. Boyce,

;. from her illness of typhoid fever, is able
to be out again.
+ Lawrence II. IL the name of a new
:. boy now living In the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William R. Hail.
: Miss Anna Harris left yesterday for
b Wellesley College, where she starts on a
four years course of study.
o People were seen drying through town
: Sunday night without lights on their
vehicles as required by law.
Rev. John W. Lynch will speak at the
8 Epworth League service In the Methodist
r church next Sunday evening at 6.45.
Edward Hack proposes to rebuild the
, wharf at his boat landing, but the work
| will not be started until next spring.
Put the date of the Mount Holly Fair in
your hat. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, October 4, S, 6 and z.
In connection with the prayer meeting
! service In the NJ. E. church on Wednesday
evening, the quarterly love feast will be
, held.
Several bands have been engaged to
furnish music for the proposed Halloween
demonstration to be held at Bordentown
this year.
Twenty-Five girls from Burlington, who
have been given employment at the Riv-
erside watch case factory, form a merry
crowd of commuters.
i W. s. Gale has contract to lay con-
crete sidewalk In front of the residence
of Jere II. Colkitt. corner of Union and
Buttonwood streets.
There are about twenty-five members of
Post 90, G. A. R.. of Mount Holly, in at
tendance at the Grand Army encampment
at Atlantic City this week.
There will be meeting of the Epworth
League on Friday evening in the M. E.
church. All members are requested to be
present at 7.30 o'clock sharp.
After being operated on at the Jeffer-
son Hospital, Philadelphia, for growth
in his nose, Hamilton B. Hall has return
ed to his home at Bordentown.
Otis B. Read says his baby boy is such
squaller. he will take him out to the
first foot ball game played in Mount Hol-
ly and let him yell for the home team.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Y. Flanders, of
Burlington, announce the engagement of
their daughter. Marguerite Beldin Flan-
ders, to Aubrey s. Worrell. Of Mount
Holly.
Henry Craft, of Trenton, civil war
veteran, while on his way to attend the
annual encampment at Atlantic City, died
on train which arrived at Burlington
at 1912 yesterday morning.
The Thirty-seventh New Jersey volun-
teer Infantry, known as General Grubb's
game chickens" will hold Its annual re-
union at Atlantic City on Thursday 1t is
expected that fifty survivors will be
present.
There will be lecture, under the au-
spices of the Knights of Columbus of |
Burlington county, by Prof. Monaghan,
national lecturer of the Knights, at the
ACdbAC, Ou 0AOu-
day evening, October Sd.
At the annual meeting of the fire de-
partment of Northampton township, held
in the Good Intent engine house Friday
night, Robert 8. Gaskill was reelected
president and the other officers were con-
tinued. But little business of Importance
was transacted. A feature of the meet
ing was the decision to have department
inspection parade next year.
Nearly two hundred chickens have been
stolen from the Lilac farm near Riverside.
The last thief to visit the place got stung
In his efforts to carry away more birds.
Detected In raid by P. A. Jordan, man
ager of the place, the latter put load of
shot into the intruder, who dropped bag
found on the ground and fence post the
Intruder must have been quite badly hurt. |
There are many ways of getting to the
Mount Holly Fair, steamboats, connecting
with trolleys, trolley lines, steam roads, |
carriages and automobiles. And ample |
room and accommodations after you get |
here. Shelter will be provided with at |
tendants who will be responsible for the |
welfare of the auto and its contents, to- |
gether with representatives of the lead |
ing manufacturers, who will give any in |
formation in their power to aid those who |
own this mode of conveyance.
A new automobile belonging to DR.. |
George T. Tracy, of Beverly, may have 60
be consigned to the junk heap as 1t Is a
complete mass of scrap iron and debris.
On Sunday morning, while preparing for |
trip to Atlantic City, the auto. while be-
ing turned around on Warren street, was
struck by speeding trolley car. Broken |
glass and parts of the machine were scat |
tered all over the street, and the trolley |
car was somewhat damaged. DR.. Tracy |
and Lional J. Kane jumped for their lives
and escaped injury.
The Methodist Sunday school observed
rally day last Sunday afternoon. The |
room was beautifully decorated with sun
flowers and pumpkins, which had been
grown by the scholars from seeds given |
them by Superintendent Atwood in the |
Spring. Field corn also added to the |
decorations. Appropriate exercises were
enjoyed by the audience, which filed the
room. The scholars receiving testaments
for rewards were, for sunfiowers, Harvey
Murdoch, Jennie Flowers, Mary Gauntt.
Orpha Apologize; for pumpkins, Dorothy
Paul, Edna Easton. Edna Gauntt.
Teasing small children seems to be a
favorite pastime with some people. Not
long since drunken tough was arrested
for abusing small boy. Not much better
was to be expected of such a fellow,
but from a man with business ability
and a sense of responsibility one would
think of better things. Yesterday afternoon
the sight was presented of man roughly
handling a little colored lad. throwing him
into large box and pretending thatihe was
going to nail the lid on. The child may not
have been hurt although he said he was
but that he was scared there was no doubt
Business must be very dull when there is
time to illtreat helpless children.
During runaway on Broad street, Sat-