The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-11
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Boyce's.
Miss Dora Melcher, who is on visit t
Boston, fell on Saturday and broke
wrist.
Stephen Mcbride, of Smithville, fell Of
the ice on Thursday and dislocated hi
elbow.
The W. G. T. q. will meet at the hom
of Mrs. Brown, % Brainard street, Tues
day afternoon, January 18th, at tire,
O'Clock.
Rev. James Durham, pastor of tn
Presbyterian church, will preach mex
Sunday evening on the subject SIS Their
a Probation After Death p
The annual banquet given in honor o
the ladies by Mount Holly Lodge, No. IA
F. and A. M, will take place in thu
Temple on the evening of Tuesday, Feb
ruary 8.
Unclaimed letters and postals that
remain In the pest Office for the weeE
ending January 8 are: Letters, Anna M
Cook, All. Signor Griform; postals: Miss
Marin Applegate, Master Hilman Apple
gate, John Bullock, Mrs. John Hutchin
son, Mrs William Monroe, Mrs. Belle
Shinn, Rev. M. W. Sholl, Thomas Word,
Miss Ruth Patterson.
J The annual meeting of the Mount Lau-
rel Pursuing and Detective Company was
held at Farmers hall, Mount Laurel, yes.
terday afternoon, when officers for the
ensuing year were elected as follows:
President, John E. Darnell; secretary and
treasurer, Ezra E. Darnell; directors,
Joshua S. Wills, Joseph 81. Haines, Jo-
siah Rogers, William Jones, Allen Jones,
Robert T. Evans, William 81. Zelley,
Horace Roberts, ]. Harvey Darnell, Bow
man s. Lippincott.
Word was received in Mount Holly last
week of the death of Josephine Gibbs.
The sad event occurred at the home of
her parents in Berkeley, California. JOS
ephine was about IA years of age, of a
cheerful and loving disposition, making
friends with all who met her. She was a
victim of Bright's disease, and had been
sick for some time. She was the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Stacy W. Gibbs, and
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hendrickson, of California. and Mrs
Daniel F. Gibbs, of Pemberton.
Morris 81. Keller had an unpleasant ex-
perience on Saturday afternoon about 80
o'clock. After lighting the gas in the sit
ting room he carried the match to the
hallway and lighted the gas there, too.
He struck the match under the sitting
room table, and returning there found the
cloth all in flames. Pushing a number
of books to the floor and shouting ''frel"
Mr.. Keller requested that all doors be
opened, and he soon had the burning cloth
In the yard. In efforts to save his home
from destruction he had both hands
burned, his eyebrows were singed and it
became necessary to cut of portion of
his Dundreary whiskers.
A question that ought to be taken up
and definitely settled by the Township
Committee is whether the ordinances on
the books are or are not of any account.
There are two that are openly violated.
One is that which prohibits the throwing
of circulars on doorsteps or thrusting
them in window shutters or other places,
only to be blown around the streets. The
other is the ordinance which provides for
the removal of snow from payements.
This the more serious of the two. II 1t is
capable of being enforced there should
not be any hesitancy in seeing that those
who offend are brought'to sense of their
duty. There is no desire to prosecute or to
put hardship upon any one, but a little
care in looking after this matter may pre-
vent serious mishaps. Even though the
snow and sleet cannot be removed ashes
or sand may be applied and thus decrease
the danger of falling. As result of neg
ligence in this respect lady is suffering
with injuries that will be painful for a
long time. In one of the townships In
this county they have ''snow tax" collect
ed by ordinance, amounting to 10 or %
cents against each property owner. The
amount thus received Is used for hiring
men to clean sidewalks all over the town,
regardless of the ability of the owner to
do the work.
AT ter ten years of sustained effort, the
boys of Company E, Sd Reg N. G..
N. j., have succeeded In winning the
coveted trophy known as the company
cup, which is annually awarded to the
company In the regiment having the
highest figure of merit at the close of the
rife practice season. The cup has been
won by Company l, of Woodbury., for
number of years last past, and Mount
Holly has been its closest rival. Last
winter Company E gave fair and festi-
val, which was quite successful, and the
money received was spent in rifle practice,
which showed at the end Of the season in
3 figure of merit of 1874. When it is re-
membered that In 1908 the figure of merit
was IL, ana that Nelson Gaskill, when a
member of the company, was the first
man to qualify as an expert, while this
years report shows IA In the company,
the progress of Company e Is little short
Of marvellous. The Woodbury. Company
felt confident of winning the cup this
year, having qualified every man in the
and having figure of merit of
about $50. 1t was found on Investigation,
however, that in striving for the high
figure, the ranks of the Woodbury. Com
pany had been cleared of all members
who could not qualify as marksmen to
such an extent that the company only
numbered 48 men, which is below the
legal number, SO Woodbury. was disquali-
fed, and the cup comes to Mount Holly
for the next year. 1t will be presented at
the Regimental Review on January Oath,
by Brig. Gen. Bird w. Spencer.