The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-02-15

mas been visiting friends in Mount Holly
during the past few days.
Samuel s. Evans has been app ointed 8
member of the Medford township com.
mittee to succeed DR.. L. L. Sharp, de-
ceased.
George Mcdonald, who lived on the
Bishop farm, near Columbus, died Satur.
day morning Of tuberculosis in st. Fran.
els Hospital, Trenton.
Edward Wills, of Columbus, formerly
of Mount Holly. celebrated his SGD BIRTH
day on Sunday. He was the recipient of
huge shower of post cards.
John B. Davis, cashier of the Farmers
Bank. has bought the house and lot on
High street belonging to the estate of
Margaret s. Peacock, deceased.
Henry D. Culin and wife are on trip
to California. They met Edward D..
Stokes and wife in San Francisco before
the latter sailed on their trip around the
world
Having given up his position as clerk
In Sherman's shoe store few weeks ago,
Mark A. Reynolds, has accepted a position
with the Williams s. Gerbrech Shoe Co.,
of Trenton.
William G Liddle, of Scranton, Pa,
has bought the Allen F. Powell farm,
near Smithville, and will go into the poul-
try business there on an extensive SCALE
8. G. Lawrence made the SALE
George Fl. Atkins, son of I. Lacey
Atkins, is at Sidney, Cape Breton. Canada,
where he will remain for several months.
He is acting as assistant manager for the
American Coke and Gas Construction
Company. of Camden.
St. Msry's hall, on West Washington
street, will be point of interest Thurs
day evening, when the Sacred Heart first
and second basket ball teams will play
games with the Emerson A. c., of Cam
den, and the Mount Holly high school.
While on her way to school Tuesday
morning, Nellie, the 11-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Woodington, of
Cherry street, fell and injured herself
quite seriously. A lead pencil which, she
carried penetrated her face, the sharp
pointed instrument entering for quite a
depth close to her eye.
At Riverside, on Friday afternoon, the
Pennsylvania Railroad work cars struck
wagon in which were William Schell and
two boys, Henry and Charles Sutton, who
were being given a ride. All were hurled
from the vehicle. The two boys were I'M
injured, but Schell sustained a broken
arm and Commissions of the body.
Under the auspices of the Woman's
League, Mrs. II. N. M. Pancoast, chair
man of the Home Economies Department
of the N. J. State Federation of Women's
Clubs, will give demonstration on mod
ern housekeeping at the Masonic Temple
on the evenings of February II and IS.
A twenty-five cent oyster supper will be
served.
Burlington is not to have a military
company very soon to take the place of
the recently disbanded organization. Col
John A. Mather. commander of the reg.
iment, says the discipline of the regiment
demands that no reorganization of the
company be allowed at this time He
states that the action taken was entirely
justified, and that it would be unwise to
attempt to organize another company at
Burlington now.
A desire frequently expressed that she
should suffer no lingering illness before
death was realized by Mrs. Henrietta Sill
path, 50 years old, when she suddenly ex
PRED, on Wednesday, at Burlington,
while in conversation with her pastor,
Rev. 7. M. Eastwood, who was making
an afternoon call. Mrs. Silpath was the
Oldest member of the First Baptist Church
and for many years took an active part in
church work aud as a Sunday school
lesder. She is survived by a brother,
Horace Grant, of Woodbury., and by sew
eral step-children.
Albert Patterson, 80 years old, of Bev-
erly, is cutting his third complete set of
teeth. The unusual experience is harder
for him than it was when he cut his first
set, and he is now under treatment at a |
hospital Patterson lost his second teeth |
when he underwent an operation a year
ago for abscess of the upper jaw. He |
was considering suggestion that he pro-
a of nf l.
ticed a swelling along the gums, accom-
panied by irritation and soreness. In a
few days the teeth began to show them
selves.
A mad dog created some excite
ment in Mount Holly, Thursday, Just
after children had entered school. A yell |
low dog coming down High street snap
ped at everything in sight and bit about
eight dogs. Frank Let's put load of
shot into the animal on Garden street and
finally killed it at the run crossing Mount
Holly avenue. Its head was sent away
by Dr. Parsons for examination. A re-
port from the State Laboratory of Hygiene
says the animal was found to be suffering
with rabies. The Township Committee,
at its meeting tonight, will take action
relative to killing all unmuzzled dogs
running at large. The dogs that are
known to have been bitten should be
killed at once, which is the only safe plan
Of STAN ping out the disease
Sometime ago James E. Berry, who
con ducts hotel on Water street, pub
lished a sworn statement in which he
charged that efforts were made by de-
tective in the employ of the Law and Or
der Society to blackmail him into hand
ing oyer some "hush money" in order to
check any prosecution against him. But
instead of handing over any cash, Berry
told them to proceed if they had any evil
dence. A few days later afldayits were
published by the men who had been men,
toned by Berry, all alleging that his
statement was untrue. One of these aft
davits purported to come from Jeremiah
F. Corners, $50 Erie street, Camden, and
formerly of Mount Holly, in which there
was a denial of all statements of a con-
versation which Berry said Corners had
with detective named William Cook 1t
now appears there was fraud in the
publication of the Corners affidavit
Mr.. Corners has made an affidavit,
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