The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-04-26


With every purchase of $40 worth o.
: goods at Rosenfeld's vacuum cleanel
: will be loaned for one day.
The county convention Of the Brother
3 hood of America will be held in Mason
/ vile, on Thursday evening.
J. J. Fenstermacher has sold the farm
owned by John Fassnacht on the Mount
Laurel road to A. Engle Haines.
Having accepted position In Borden
town, Frank Poinsett, of Mount Holly,
/ removed his family to that place yesterday.
Representatives of the local lodge at.
tended a county convention of the Shep'
herds of Bethlehem held at Roebling last
night.
A week of special services will be held
in the M. E. church, from May 10 to 90.
In celebration Of the centennial year OF
that church.
Plants, plants, plants and more plants,
for the flower and vegetable garden. for
vases, baskets border and beds, at Ros-
bach's. Pemberton.
William Prickett, of Moorestown, has
been committed to the county Jail in de-
fault of 5000 bail. He is charged with
assault and battery on his wife.
Rev. James Stoddard, of st. Andrews
church. Mount Holly. and Rev. Mr.. Bres-
tel, of st. Pauls church, Camden, will
exchange pulpits on Sunday evening.
Miss Elizabeth Hopkins, of Moeres-
town, who is in Philadelphia hospital
recovering from an operation, will re-
ceive shower of post cards on Thursday
from the Daughters of Rebekah.
On Thursday afternoon, Emerson Mid
dleton and John Throckmorton, Sr., gave
interesting talks upon their life and per-
sonal experience during the Civil War, to
the Senior History Glass of the Mount
Holly High School.
At public sale of stocks and bonds In
Philadelphia, on Wednesday, so shares of
stock of the Bristol and Burlington Ferry
Company sold for $1,000 per share, and
81, 500 six per cent bonds of the same
Com pany brought 81, 750.
On Wednesday night Clarence Marshall
hired gray horse and buggy from
Samuel Matthias. and the rig has not yet
been returned. Thus far Mr.. Matthias has
refused to swear out warrant, believing
that Marshall is off on joy ride.
Don't forget to go to the "Old Country
School, at the opera house this evening.
There will be plenty of fun. Go and see
Henry Savage as the school teacher and
DR.. Atwood as the member of the school
committee. There will be lots of other
good characters.
Sparks from the burning of some waste
paper in the court house yard. on Satur-
day, burned over large area of grass
and set fire to the Elks' line fence.
Deputy Sheriff Joseph B. Fleetwood and
Turnkey Samuel K. Gaskill got buckets
of water and put out the blaze.
The bar of Burlington county gave a
dinner at the Elks' Home, Mount Holly,
last night, in honor of Hon. Edmund B.
II
vice chancellors. Judges Willard P.
Voorhees, and Frank T. Lloyd were also
guests. There were 40 hosts. The affair
was great success.
The Mount Holly Evaporating Com
pany filed articles of Incorporation at
Trenton last week. The capital is $50, 900.
The business of the company is to con-
dense milk. The officers are Henry J.
White, Of New York city, president; w.
W. Webster. of Philadelphia, secretary.
The concern has purchased and will occu-
Ply the canning factory on King street.
H. c. Wagner has sold his interest as
agent for the Buick automobile to his
partner, Ellis H. Parker Mr.. Wagner
will take the agency for another make of
auto. Mr.. Parker expects to be associat-
ed with two other Mount Holly business
men, and garage will be erected on the
carpet mill lot at the corner of King and
West Washington streets.
The work having been about complet-
ed, the cables which are to carry power
to the water works were put in motion on
Saturday and operated quite satisfactory
ly. Some little adjustment is required to
put this new power plant In perfect order.
1t is said that an official test will be made
on May 1. A bridge is to be erected
across the raceway at the wheel pits
Lake Kenilworth, pleasure resort near
Marlton, owned by Clayton Il. Brick, has
been sold to the Central Y M. G. A., of
Philadelphia, The lake will now be used
as vacation place for the boys depart
ment during the summer season, and will
also be used at week ends In winter by
the young men. Several hundred mem
bers of the association will spend vaca-
cations there this season, the parties to be
divided so as to conform with the accom-
modations. Lake Kenilworth is no long
er public resort.
On Friday evening next, the Knights of
Pythias will confer the third degree on
four candidates. Last Friday night, af-
ter the regular meeting of the lodge, a
AASuAf plCdSAuS was given
by the committee haying that matter In
charge, the vaudeville performers being
the best yet present. The present COM
mittee on entertainment will close its ap-
pointment for the semi-annual term on the
last Friday night in June, when there
will be extra attractions and banquet.
The adoption of this entertainment
i feature has increased interest In the lodge
and at the next election the committee
will be continued.
Mrs Edward Case, who a week ago
suddenly disappeared from her home in
Trenton, leaving husband and five small
children, is back with her family after
having been found at work In Riverside
shirt factory. She declares that she felt
impelled by some unknown influence to
leave home and seek employment outside
the family circle. This feeling. she says,
remains to degree, but she hopes to be
able to overcome 1t and to give her people
no further anxiety. 1t is believed that
the woman was suffering from serious
nervous trouble due to close confinement
to her home and the care of her children.
Reformers in charge of the Citizens
League, which started q crusade 1gainst