The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-10-18

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ply at POI Garden street.
William B. Tomlinson has sold his farr
, In Eastampton township to William Cl
yer.
Ten men wanted at once by Chas. 3
, Hornor & Son to pick fruit and work 1
! the nursery.
A meeting of Armour Union. formerl
I the US. will be held at the home of Mis-
, Lydia Garon, this evening.
The contractor who is to build the ston
: road between Vincentown and Smalley'
Corner began work yesterday.
Work was begun yesterday on resurfac
ing with gravel, the turnpike between
Mount Holly and Chambers Corner.
] Rear-Admiral John ]. Read had q sever
attack of acute indigestion last week ant
. is still confined to his bed. with prospect
of soon entirely recovering.
John 8. Rogers 6 Co., of Stanwick
have secured the contract and have begun
work on brick and stone house for Mis-
8. B. Citizens. ON lot on Broad street.
The farm belonging to the estate O
Caleb 8. Huff, deceased, located nea
J Smithville, has been sold by Kelsey
Killie. of Mount Holly, to Hiram d
J Earnest
Rev. johnson Oatman, Jr.. will speal
at the Epworth League service in the M
E. church, on Sunday evening, at 6.45
His subject will be THE Universal King
dom of Peace"
The Methodist Sunday school will holt
a rally day pumpkin pie sale In the church
on Saturday afternoon next at o'clock
The pumpkins to be used were raised BY
the scholars.
Railroad gangs are now active In get
ting their respective divisions in shape fo
the annual fall inspection, and to contes
for the prizes which are offered In thil
connection.
A painting by Joseph r. Evans, an ar
fist, who recently died at the Burlington
county hospital, entitled, cat Sunset" Il
to be exhibited In the Philadelphia Acad
Iemy of Fine Arts.
The young men of st. Andrews Church
at Jobstown, will give dance in Stan
toms hall at that place tomorrow night
Music will be furnished by the Peerless
orchestra, of Mount Holly.
In order that he might visit his home
across the ocean, Herbert G. Smith, en-
ployed at Mayors bakery, sailed for Lon
don on Saturday. He will remain with
his parents until New Years.
Albert Engle, aged 10 years, escaped
from his cell in the lookup at Bordentowr
Sunday morning by prying bar from the
window. He was arrested for steal
ing articles from the yacht Ella.
Raymond Chance and Miss Emma Kah-
lin, both Of Florence, were married al
that place on Saturday evening The Ger
emory was performed at the Methodist
parsonage by Rev. G. v. d. Conover.
AT store in Mount Holly, on Saturday
evening, there was on exhibition a box Of
ripe strawberries picked at the home OF
John B. Herbert, on Mill street. Mrs
Eliza Claypoole, of Brainard street, treat
ed her family to some ripe raspberries
picked in her garden on Thursday.
81. 81. Albertson will speak In the court
house. Mount Holly, on Monday evening,
October "a. on the purpose of the George
Junior Republic. the object of which is to
save bad and unfortunate children from
the consequences Of their course and en-.
yironment, and to save society from the
burden of the criminals they would make.
Robert M. Snyder, proprietor of the
Madison hotel, has purchased from the
Mount Holly Garage Company lot of
land on Washington street, on which he
will build stables. When these are erect
ed, he will tear down the stables now
standing to make room for the extensive
additions he will put on the hotel.
By new ruling of the pest Office au-
thorities hereafter no so-called ''open"
mail will be allowed to be put on the
trains by the mail carrier. This will pre-.
vent letters being left at the station for
mailing or handed to the carrier to be de-
| livered on the car. 1t Is said the great
number Of loose letters so received In the
past has interfered with the railway mail
clerks regular duties. Outlines at Mount
Holly many letters are delivered In this
way, all of which have to be dated and
cancelled before the train reaches Cam.
den.
Abner Rogers, who has been serving o
term In the Railway Reformatory for Q
robbery at Vincentown, is again in the
county prison, charged with breaking In.
to the ticket Office at the railroad station
at Vincentown. About ten o'clock, or
Saturday night, young man on his way
home heard noise as If a window screen
had been broken. The sound came from
the direction of the railroad station. The
young man at once went over and seeing
Rogers inside summoned aid. A man was
put on watch and several citizens were
called out and Rogers was captured.
Peculiar things happen when one is away
from home. A Mount Holly gentleman
who has been travelling In Europe, was or
steamer in Germany, saw party oil
Americans on deck and he spoke to one oil
them. During the conversation the latter
said he wac from New Jersey and soon dis
closed that he was born ON the farm now
occupied by D. Budd Coles. His name Il
Abel White. 'If Cap. Branson is alive, ;
he said, task him about me- Another pee
uliar incident was when former resident
of Mount Holly, now living abroad, wen
into London barber shop, and during 9
conversation that barber is bound tt
carry on, spoke of Mount Holly. ~ usei
to live there" said the barber, 81 worked
for man named Kester," and then he re
lated some instances In his life here which
showed he was acquainted with this town
There came near being another fire yes
terday afternoon. Samuel Conover, EN-
ployed at Fenimore's hay press, saw smoke
coming from corner of the building anC
he at once Investigated, finding that some
body had placed infammable materials
where they would do much damage anC
had set fire to them. There were two boy
In the neighborhood and Conover founC
out who one of them was and had a war
rant issued for his arrest The youngster
who was only eight years of age, placed
the blame on another boy, but the latte
soon cleared his skirts of any connection
with the affair, and the blame was finally
located on the other boy. Justice Slacl