The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER ID, 1910
LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs. Caleb Southland, of Bordentowp.
suffering from stroke of paralysis.
Ryland E. Lippincott is reading Black
stone In the law Office of James M. Davis
One farmer at Jobstown has lost IA
chickens by disease known as limbe
neck.
Miss Sara Peirce. of Moorestown. ia re
covering from an operation for appendi
citis.
Reginald Branch, well-known Burlinp
ton lawyer. has Joined the AUTOMOBILE
ranks.
Inc Sunday schools In Mount Holl,
have discontinued their morning session
for the season.
An assignment as teacher of the Whit
school In Pemberton township, has beer
rendered to Miss Marguerite MeClain, o
Mount Holly.
A dressmaker will go out by the day t,
do any kind of sewing or repairing. NJ
objections to work out of town. Address
100 Risdon street
Coming In contract with an electric
light wire which he was repairing at Bev
erlY George Lockwood, of Riverside
was painfully burned
During his recent visit in Mount Holly
Ross B. Sims, of Rosemont, Pa, former
resident, announced his intention of enter
Ing the University of Pennsylvania.
II he passes successfully the examine.
lions which he is about to take. Joseph G.
Deacon, of Broad street, who has return.
cd from trip abroad, will enter Princeton
University.
Mrs. William G. Lippincott. of Union
street, owner of the yellow House farm, =
near Arney's Mount, containing 80 acres,
has sold the property to Lewis Curtis, OF
New York, for g.. 500.
After being at the Burlington County
Hospital, suffering from typhoid fever,
John Throckmorton, SON of constable
Throckmorton. has fully recovered and
returned to his home last Thursday.
Imperial Boy, well known race horse
owned by Harry M. @. Fry. of Mount
Holly. died last week. Tbs owner had
been offered 81 900 for half interest in
the animal few days prior to It's death.
In order that he might take a years
course at the Mccormick Theological
school, Ross 8. McCown has gone to
Chicago. On the completion of this term,
he win return to Princeton Theological
Seminary. where he has already enrolled.
and finish his ministerial studies there
Mrs. Allen M. Fenimore, of Ridgway
street, has recovered from painful bruises
received on the face and arm by falling
tree in her yard during the severe wind
storm Tuesday evening. At the time Of
the accident she ran into the yard to close
barn door. She saw the tree as 1t started
to fall and managed to escape more serious
injury.
A stone road is to be built from Small
ey's corner to the Buddtown road In
Southampton township. The contract was
awarded on Tuesday by committee of
the. Board of Freehnlders. which opened
bids on that day at Vincentown. The
cost of the road will be SEE. 452 65. The
work will be done by E. @. Humphreys,
of Hackensack.
At the annual session of the Senior
Order American Mechanics, held at
Trenton last week, Burlington county was
represented by the election of these
officers: 8. Earl Assay. councillor, Mount
Holly; Isaac King, Inside protector, Jack
sonville; Howard Shreve. national repre-
sentative, Hedding; Alvin Staley. exam
liner. Mount Holly.
After bidding In competition with a
number of other firms, the contract for
carpets. furniture. etc., for Richard Lambs
new hotel has been awarded to Henry
Resented, of Mount Holly. large dealer
In this line.- The sale will amount to
$1,000, and Henry is being congratulated
ON his success. He is regular advertiser
of bargains in THE News.
When the public school at Birmingham
opened on Tuesday, there was no one
present to take charge of the smaller
pupils This absence on the part of the
instructor was owing to the misunder-
standing as to the opening date. The
teacher Is Miss Bernadetta F. Fenton, of
Mount Holly. When the situation was
noted L. L. Gratz. the supervising princi-
pal, made hasty trip to Mount Holly
and had the young lady present for the
afternoon session.
The tract of land opposite Burlington,
known as Badgers Island, has been sold
to syndicate. All rubbish on the prop
erty is now being burned and the place
put in fine shape. The land is to be map
ped out into lots and sold to parties de-
string to erect bungaloes there. For such
a purpose no better place on the Delaware
river could be secured The sale of the
property will close the career Of the shad
fishery which has been established there
for over fifty years.
Next Sunday will be rally day in the
Methodist Sunday school, and an excellent
time is expected, as there will be special
programme, consisting Of instrumental
music, speaking and singing. which has
been carefully prepared by Superintendent
Atwood and his helpers. The lecture
room, where the service will be held. win
be decorated with sun1owers and large
pumpkins, which have been grown by the
scholars from the seeds that were given
them In the spring by the superintendent.
Testaments as prizes will be given to the
scholars who have grown the largest sun
flowers and pumpkins. and also to those
who have the largest number of flowers
and pumpkins growing on single stalk
and vine. The service will begin at two
O'Clock sharp, In order to dispose of the
lengthy programme.
In its efforts to give the townspeople a
pure and wholesome supply of drinking
water, the Mount Holly Water Company.
through its president. B. F. Haywood
Shreve, has started mandamus proceedings
against the State Board of Health, which
body refused to take action when It's at
tention was called to condition existing
at Birmingham. which was thought might
pollute the water at that point In reply
to the complaint representative OF the