The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-12-13
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.
christmas Gifts at Royce,s.


on Mount Holly Avenue
Visit our store and get calendar. j
d. Lippincott, II Garden street.
The proposed poultry show at Moores
town will probably be held there in Jan
uary.
Red Cross Stamps are for sale here
Help good cause. L. 8. Boyce, 81 Mali
street.
'Terrapin alive or cleaned ready for fix
Ing for sale at G. A. Matlack & Sons frui
store, No. Mill street.
Mrs. G. r. Mercalli, of Philadelphia
was visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Garbarino, last week.
Former Judge Joseph 81. Gaskill ha
closed his residence on High street. TIL,
family will live in Camden during tn,
winter.
Another exit that will make four from
the gallery, Is to be installed at the Oper,
House as an additional means of safety IL
case of fire.
In the list Of incorporators of the Offic,
Building Company. of Camden, appears
the name of Judge John G.. Horner, O.
Mount Holly.
Ofhcers are to be elected for the ensuing
year by Rancocas Grange, No. 131, a
q meeting to be held tomorrow Afternoon
for that purpose.
Francis Fox, of Philadelphia. caught IL
the act of committing robbery In Moores
town, was committed to the county jail ir
default of $500 BAIL
After spending about six weeks visiting
relatives In Mount Holly and vicinity
Chester A. Lewis sailed on Saturday fol-
his home in England.
Citizens are paying for the services OF
William Warthsn, who has been engaged
as night-watchman at Beverly, on &C.
count of SO many robberies at that place.
The last meeting of the present Board
Of Freeholders will be held at the court
house next Wednesday. The new board will
meet for organization on Monday, jan
uary 2.
An interesting illustrated lecture on "a
Trip Through Scotland. was delivered in
the Methodist Church, ON Friday evening.
by Rev. r. Fl. Baker, pastor of the Bap-
tist Church.
Having disposed Of his farm near Union
Vile. Rudolph Boyer will soon remove to
Mount Holly and occupy the house on
Garden street recently vacated by George
T. Durand.
The health authorities have decided to
quarantine all future cases of infantile
paralysis that may appear in Mount Hol-
lY. as the malady comes under the head of
contagious diseases.
Walter T. Stewart, of Mount Holly, as
a representative of the State Commits
sioner of Motor Vehicles, will be prepared
to issue automobile licenses for 1911 on
and after Thursday.
The Casterline & Burton Company, of
Philadelphia, manufacturers of inks and
chemicals, which has decided to locate at
Burlington, will begin business with a
force of fifty employees about January /.
Milton Murphy and Miss Agnes Pinker-
ton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Pinkerton. of Bridgeboro, were married
on Thursday evening at the Methodist
parsonage. Beverly, by Rev. G. w.
Powell.
The snow storm last week having made
1t difficult for them to get food, many
thoughtful people in Mount Holly threw
bread crumbs to the birds. A request SIM
liar to this was issued by the s. P. c. A.,
of Burlington.
Seventeen Days in Europe" is the sub
ject of an illustrated lecture to be given
by Henry T. Brown. under the auspices of
the Y. M. G. A., In the hall at Hainesport,
on Tuesday evening, December 90. Ad-
mission 10 cents.
For their exhibits in the Laltese pigeon
class at poultry show held at Bristol
last week, Harry Hawkins, Jr., received
a second and third prize and George Du-
bell got fourth prize. Both exhibitors
live in Mount Holly.
The Lumberton Fire Company has the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President, James M. Harrison; vice pres
ident, Walter N. Voorhees,; secretary, B.
Frank Clayberger; treasurer, w. D. Ma
son; chief, Elton r. Warwick; trustees,
J. ii. Stermer, Charles Coles, F. E. Shinn,
George F. Ried and f. D. Adams.
Charles 81. Straugh died at his home on
Brsinard street, Tuesday night, from
Bright's disease. at the age of "a years.
Previous to his removal to Mount Holly
he conducted the Indian Chief hotel at
Medford and the Central hotel at Farm
ingdale. The remains were inferred In the
Mount Holly cemetery on Saturday after
noon. Deceased, who was born at De-
lance, was member of the Masonic lodge
of Freehold.
AS there was no grass to cut last week
Joseph Costello, well known gardener,
used part of bis spare time by removing
some of the hard packed snow from a dis
lance of nearly 200 hundred feet along the
west side of the Emley property ON But
tonwood street, because of the absence of
Miss EmleY, who is visiting In the west.
This unsolicited act shows that Joseph is
kind neighbor and public spirited citi-
zen, who has received many congratula.
tions from pedestrians.
In order to hasten the building of the
new post office at Broad street and Locust
avenue, Burlington. the government has
appointed three local commissioners to ap-
praise the land of the Peter estate, ad.
joining lot already bid in by the treas.
ury department. The government has
considered the amount asked for the Peter
property too high, and will ask the com.
mission, named on Wednesday, to set q
fair valuation. The commission is com.
posed OF Joshua Taylor, G. Taylor Rue
and Elmer G. Doolin.
In the distribution of merits recently
made at the Third Regiment armory II
Camden, for proficiency In craftsmanship
at the Sea Girt rifle range, Company E, o.
Mount Holly, came In for its share. New
bars In the expert class for successive
qualification under the three year plaI
were awarded to Capt. ]. F. r. Long ant