The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-19

and Mrs. William ]. Haines, on Bispham
street, Friday.
trick mule will cut funny capers at
the Mount Holly Fair He will amuse
all, young and old.
Those desiring grand stand seats at the
coming Mount Holly Fair, can secure
them at Dubell's drug store.
On Saturday the Hainesport base ball
team defeated the Omley F. c., Of Phil
adelphia, by the score of II to 4.
Decorators are now at work painting
the metal walls and ceilings which have
been installed In America hose house.
An important business meeting of the
Epworth League will be held at the M. E.
church on Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
Harold 81 Budd, a graduate of the
Friends Academy, Moorestown, has en-.
tered Dartmouth College, Hanover. N. H.
1t has been some time since running
race was seen on the track of the Mount
Holly Fair. There will be some good
ones this year.
An Italian was arrested at Willingboro,
last week. by Game Warden Morton. The
fellow was charged with Illegal cunning
and fined $24.61.
The Presbyterian Sunday school will
hold rally day exercises next Sunday af.
ternoon. All the scholars and their friends
are invited to attend.
On Thursday a representative of the
State Board OF Health procured for analy-
sis samples of the water at Mount Holly
Medford and Moorestown.
Manager Doom, of the Philadelphis
National League base ball team, has sign.
ed second baseman eastman, who played
with Mount Holly part of this season.
The twentY-sixth annual convention OF
the Women's Christian Temperance Union
of Burlington county, will be held in the
Methodist Church at Jacksonville on
Thursday.
The balloon company that is engaged
for the Mount Holly Fair will send two OF
its most expert men. They will make
daily ascensions unless high winds OF
storms prevent.
At st. Pauls Lutheran Church next
Sunday, 1890 a. m, will be celebrated
the 37th anniversary ofchurch dedication.
The Rev. E. Neudoerffer, of Canada,
father OF the pastor. will preach In German.
Mrs. Howard v. Stratton. Of Borden.
town, died Saturday night from heart
trouble. The funeral will be held to.
morrow afternoon with concluding ser.
vices In the Methodist Church at Mount
Holly. The remains will be inferred in
the cemetery.
John A. Sweeney, pitcher of the Flor.
ence base ball team, broke his left leg
above the ankle while playing at Tully.
town on Sunday. The accident happened
while running from first to second base,
and was caused by spike 10 his shoe
catching In something that was fastened
in the ground.
Mrs. Susanna Haines, mother of Ed.
ward T. Haines, freeholder from Lumber
ton, celebrated her seth birthday at her
home on Garden street, Wednesday. She
received the congratulations of children,
grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
all of whom were pleased to find the lady
In good health.
Arthur Haines died suddenly at his
home at Tabernacle, Thursday night.
He had not been in good health for long
time. The family had gone upstairs and
heard slight noise in the room below.
fastening down they found Mr.. Haines
reclining on lounge. He gave gasp
and was dead Mr.. Haines was well
nown all over the county. He was the
father-in-law of County Clerk Knight.
There IL unclaimed mail at the post
Office for the following persons: Letters.
]. w. c. CARRIER. ]. w. Deits, Mrs. VIII
liam Gordon, Rev. John Cooley, Miss
Elsie r. Hahn, Miss Mary Mexican, Miss
Lii 8 Mcdaniel, Miss Helen Raymond,
John Rachor; postals, Mrs. Morris Haines.
Mrs. Ida Simon. Miss Helen Sigrest, Miss
Hattie Summons, Mrs. Helen Wells, Mrs.
Emma Jobs.
A letter from a Philadelphia subscriber,
announcing that she Is SO years of age
and asking II we have any subscribers of
that age, set us to thinking. In Mount
Holly we have one subscriber who will be
100 years of age II he lives until next
month, another 81 years old, another 81
years old, and another SO years old. 10
Burlington one SO years old We have
no doubt there are others but we do not
have the record before u.s.
Rev. A. F. A. Neudoerffer is enter
tanning his parents and sister who came
to this part of the country to accompany
the oldest son and brother with family to
Hoboken, where they sailed for India last
Saturday morning on the steamship
George Washington. Rev. E. Neudoerf-
fer Is also q delegate of the German
Canada Synod to the general Council of
the Lutheran Church Of North America,
In session at Lancaster. Pa.
The following members of the 1911
graduating class of the Mount Holly High
School have gone to college or normal
schools: Jay B. TomIlnson to Amherst
College. Amherst, Mass Lawrence G..
Gillian. Rutgers College. New Brunswick,
N. j.; Stanwood A. Melcher. Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Me-; Beatrice Bar.
rington, Smiths College, Northampton,
Mass; Ida M Prickett, Mary L. Flynn
and Louisa Evans, State Normal School,
Trenton; Mabel L. Higgins and Grace z.
| Upstyle, State Normal School, Montclair
| Hon. ]. Brognard Belts, Assistant Com.
missioner of Education of New Jersey
with County Superintendent Stees, sat al
the Court House, on Friday, to consider
some subjects which had been called tC
the attention of the commission. One OF
them was the payment of tuition fees fol-
children attending school in other dis
tricts. Northampton has claim of that
kind against southampton. Several pu-
pills have been coming here for years, but
last year the Southampton Board refused
to pay for quite number Of them on the
| ground that Southampton could give the
children as good accommodations "a
Mount Holly could. After hearing the
matter Mr.. Belts decided that Southamp
ton was morally bound to pay this In
debtedness, and he was very much In
clined to the belief that 1t was legally
held That is matter that will be set
tied later. as suit will be brought agains
Southampton for the amount due, If pay
ment is not made voluntarily.
The rifle practice season OF 1911 CLOSED
on Saturday and Company E, of Noun
| Holly, finished among the first companie
In the state Forty-four men qualified a
marksmen during the year, one as sharp
shooter and II as experts. Some yer,
good scores we're made but the COMPANY
was unfortunate in having to shoot severa
times In the rain. The following are tn
winners of prizes at each range: Expert
Captain r. r. Long; sharpshooter, quarter
master sergeant Nixon; marksman, privat
Benjamin H. Smith; recruit, privst
Eckard q. Kinsler; 1000 yards, corpora
Albert L Kinsler: 800 yards, captain Fran
n. Long; 800 yards, quartermaster SCI
geant Nixon; 500 yards, corporal Kinslel
800 yards, sergeant Loveland; 200 wards
privates Lear and Sholl; 200 yards, r. F.
private Carson Wright; skirmish, sergean
Nixon.
Eastman's Kodaks and supplies. L.
Boyce, stationer.
The attractions that have already bee
advertised for the Mount Holly Fair are nc
, all that are expected. President Viii
is on the lookout for more all the time.