The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-08-02
Your new store. Boyce's. 81 Main

ton as baggage master at the railroad
station.
Last week weasel killed twenty-eighi
young chickens belonging to Lloyd Davis
of Cookstown.
Now Is the time to have your photos
taken at Keeler's studio, AZ Mill street.
special prices until September LIST.
Edison Tantum's cranberry bog near
Cookstown. was considerably damaged
last week by a fire that lasted two days.
Seaside Park borough is extending its
water service by laying about mile Of
mains. The cost is approximately $4,000.
Mrs. ]. Frank Craft, of Burlington.
died at the Jefferson Hospital, Philadel-
phia, last week. following an operation
for badly gathered ear.
A swapping turtle, weighing about 80
pounds, was caught at Rancocas Park last
week. 1t was sold to George Coleman,
proprietor Of the hotel at Centreton.
Charles B. Smith has succeeded Ralph
A. Whitman as driver of the Adams ex-
press wagon In Mount Holly. Mr.. Wit
man has accepted a position at Hazleton,
Pa.
There will be lively time at Rancocas
Park, on Thursday, when Pomona
Grange will hold its annual picnic. Ad-
dresses will be delivered by prominent
members of the order.
The mill of Jesse Jones, at Masonville
was visited by thieves last week, who
made failure of their attempt to open
the safe with crowbar. The door of the
safe was badly damaged.
Miss Theo Hertzman, of Spring Side,
near Burlington, and Samuel Evan, Of
Delanco, were welded in the Delanco M.
E. parsonage last Monday evening. June
20. The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Mr.. Burket.
Elizabeth Hoffman Haryeson, of Bur-
lington, will be buried In st. Mary's
church yard at that place this aftern DON
at o'clock. The deceased was the
daughter of the late Robert T. Wood, and
sister of Mrs. Craig Moffett, of Mount
Holly.
There was bowling contest ON the Mill
street alleys last week between William
Stevens, William Matthews and William
Frake. The score for the five games was,
Stevens s01, Matthews 762. Frake 61s.
The winner was presented pair of bowl
ing shoes by A. Saltzmsn.
Robert Murphy, son of Patrick MUIR
ply, farm hand, was threshing at the
farm of Granville Haines, near Column
bus, when another farm hand dropped a
pitchfork from the NOW, one of the tines
running through his face near the jaw
bone. Murphy pulled the tine from his
face.
Self reliance.-Teach your children to
cultivate self-reliance. In NO better way
can this be done than by starting accounts
for them with the Mount Holly Safe
Deposit & Trust Company. This will
prompt them to make regular deposits
AAASS RoA SOhts AHtCACct paiu VI tAmc
deposits.
At the property occupied by the Early
Risers' Club, on the upper Rancocas
creek, supply of water has been obtain
ed from a well that was sunk by Samuel
]. Taylor, who struck sparkling stream
at depth of eighteen feet. The water
will be analysed before 1t is used for
domestic purposes.
The terms of A. Engle Haines, Frank
j. Miller and 1. Snowden Haines as men,
bers of the County Republican Execu-
tive Committee expire this fall. Messrs
Haines and Miller are candidates for re-
election. Mr.. Haines has decided not to
be candidate. Ernest Watts would like
to be Mr.. Haines' successor.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is having
trouble with foreigners who are raiding
their freight cars in East Burlington.
They even cut the air brake hose and use
the leather to repair their shoes. The
cars are robbed of coal, lumber. coke,
".
Camden, are investigating the matter.
A forearm and several ribs of human
being were found on Saturday by work
men Of Contractor John B. Goodher, of
Columbus, while they were clearing away
the debris of house near Florence sta
ton, which was burned three years ago.
At that time the house was unoccupied
and none of the nearby residents can &C.
count for the discovery.
Unclaimed mail in the post Office In
cludes the following list: Letters, Hotel
Aetna, Miss Stella Beatty, Rev. VIM. ].
Boyer, 81. 8. Mannerback, Mr.. Hines,
Harrison Janney, 2; 81. R. Larnger, Mrs.
Mary Reilly, Mrs. D. D. Cicco, foreign.
Postals, Miss Christina Fellows, Mrs,
Maggie Jones. Mrs. w. G. Eliot, K. Bard
Sholl, Miss Pearl Schaffer.
A special election was held on Tuesday
In Pemberton township, and the pro-
position to bond the township for $50, 900
to build the Burlington county end of the
Lakehurst- Browns Mills road was carried.
Only four votes were cast against the pro-
position. The Ocean county Board of
Freeholders, 1t is understood, have agreed
to build their end, and give through
road across the state.
Had 1t not been for the tender sympa-
thy of William Miller, freeholder of North
Hanover township, twenty young pleas
ants would have died for want of care
Mr.. Miller recently liberated some of
these birds, received through the influence
of Assemblyman White. and finding that
the mother bird and her mate had been
killed, he put the brood of youngsters in
charge of bantam hen. and the foster
mother. taking kindly to her charge,
brought them up In fine shape.
Death, on Thursday. summoned Ben
jamin G. Reeve, one of the leading busi-
ness and professional men of Camden. A
complication of heart and kidney diseases
was the cause of his passing away. He
was sixty six years old and is survived by
widow. son and daughter. He was
vice president and trust officer of the
Camden Safe Deposit & Trust Company,
junior member of a firm of oil cloth manu-
facturers. and prominent in trolley cir
cles. He was president of the Camden
County Country Club and director of
the Y. M. G. A. Mr.. Reeve graduated as
civil engineer of the Polytechnic Col
lege In Philadelphia in 1855, but never
followed his profession.
The most interesting feature OF the
Mount Holly merchants picnic. which will