The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-02-01

Washington street Friday morning.
Harry Hawkins, Jr., township clerk, ha
issued four cunning licenses for the yea
1910.
The engagement is announced of Harr
III. Stricken, of Lumberton, and Mis-
Stella E. Grain, of Tabernacle.
The Episcopal Academy at Cheshire
Conn.,, has one pupil enrolled from Noun
Holly, Frederick H. Lee, Jr.
Charles 81. Estill's weather report 70
January: clear days 4. clear and cloud
IL, rainy Z, snow, rain and hail 2, snow
1t is announced that Walter Pierce, 0
Mount Holly, and Mrs. Julia Gleason, fol
merly of Lumberton, were married re
Gently.
The Poinsett brothers and Sam Moore
of Red Lion, are feeding grain to nearl
} one hundred quail on the Joshua Jone
place.
81. Colby Budd, of Pemberton, recent
ly submitted to an operation in Phil
adelphia hospital for the removal of tn
NOR from his lower lip.
The winter month for the catching O
pike closed Yesterday. The season will
open again ON May 90, when it will alst
be lawful to catch black bass.
A cake and bread sale will be held II
st. Andrews parish house by the candi
dates of the Girls Friendly Society, OF
Saturday, February s, at P. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos s. Evans, of Broad
street, have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Rachel R., to George
j. Anderson. of Boston, Mass The lat
ter is a Journalist, and Miss Evans Is 9
school teacher at High Bridge. Both are
college graduates.
Under direction of the township com
mittee Thursday night, road overseel
Powell, with some fire hose and helpers,
gave the brick-paved portion of High
street good cleaning. The Mount Holly
Water Company gave permission to use
the fire plugs for that purpose.
An opportunity to have a good laugh
will be presented at an entertainment to
be given In the Meth edist Church on Fri
day evening, when ]. Merrill Williams, a
humorist and impersonator, will appear.
There will be music by local talent. The
proceeds are for the benefit of the Sunday
school.
A matter of habit.-Saving money is
so much matter of habit that it behooves
one to acquire this valuable practice
Prompt. regular deposits in the Mount
Holly Safe Deposit and Trust Company
will accomplish much for you. Open an
account now, three per cent. interest paid
on time deposits.
The list of unclaimed mail at the post
Office for the week ending January 30, is
as follows Letters, Mr.. Evan, Oscar w.
Fox. special; A. Hance, Mrs. Rosie Sin
gular, L. A. Gibbs, Joseph 81. Atkins.
Samuel Allen, Elwood Bennett, II. G..
Smith. M. G. Zelley; package, George w.
Stevenson. Robert Worrall.
In game of basket ball at st. Mary's
hall, West Washington street, Thursday
night, the Sacred Heart first team defeat
ed the Incarnation choir team, of Phil
adeiphia, by the score of 10 to 10. The
second team contest which followed re-
suited In defeat for the locals, Moores-
town Y. M. G.. A. team winning by 81 to
20.
Stricken with an attack of heart disease
while walking on Broadway, Camden,
Thursday evening, Mrs. Jennie Bowman,
43 years old, of Mount Holly, fell at the
corner of Mount Vernon street. The wo-
man was taken care of by passing pedes-
TRANS until the summoned ambulance ar
rived and she was taken to Cooper
Hospital. After restoratives had been
administered Mrs. Bowman revived and
was allowed to go.
Mrs. 81. N. M. Pancoast, chairman of
Home Economics, Department of the New
Jersey State Federation of Women's
Clubs, will give demonstration on mod
ern housekeeping in the Masonic Temple
on February II and 1s, under the auspi-
ces of the Woman's League, of Mount
Holly. The demonstration will consist of
cooking by gas and electricity and the
fireless cooker. An oyster supper and
New England supper will be served on
both evenings.
While passing the unlighted corner of
Chestnut and Pine streets on her way
home from a store at Beverly, Thursday
night, Mrs. Maurice Rothblum was at
tackled by colored man, who threw both
arms about her neck. She wrestled with
him, succeeded In freeing herself, and she
ran several squares screaming for help.
Her assailant gave chase, but, frightened
by the appearance of neighbors from all
directions, made his escape. When Mrs.
Rothblum reached the home of friend
she tainted and was carried to her own
residence.
An interesting event will be meeting
of the New Jersey State Conference of
Charities and Correction to be held In
Camden on February IS, IA and Is. Its
purpose is to bring together men and wo-
men who are dealing at first hand with
problems of human affection and distress.
1t traces the first cause of social evil and
tries to remedy them. Subjects to be dis
cussed will be Criminal Reformation and
Prevention; Mental Hygiene for the In
sane; Moral Prophylaxis; Causes of Pow
erty; Preventive Work In Small Commu-
mites; etc.
While Justice of the Peace Clayton Fl
Brick, of Marion, was experimenting
the repairs to some roads, on Friday, his
attention was attracted by the cries of {
woman, and he observed a man running
after and beating her. Mr.. Brick ant
some of the workmen ran to the seem
and found that the brute had the woman
down and was beating and kicking her
Mr. Brick arrested the man, who PROVED
to be Richard Tolliver, colored. He wa
committed in default of $500. Mrs. Tol
liver, his victim, is suffering severed,
from the injuries.
While on visit to his daughter, Mrs
Ida Smith. at Trenton, George W. Sui
cey, of Beverly, died from threat cor
sumption Friday night. Sulcey, VIII
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