The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-26
Found. black, woody dog. Owner will

please call at The News Office.
Blanchard Horner, of PointvilIe. wa,
seriously Ill with appendicitis last week.
The holiday closing hours will be OBJ
served at the post Office next Monday.
Harry 81. Cross arrived from Cleveland
on Christmas eve. and will spend some
time In this neighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel NJ. Holt, returned
to Washington, D. c., this morning. after
spending Christmas with relatives here.
i A rat terrier, short hair, black back,
yellow breast. short tail, has strayed from
home. Send information to THE News
Office and get reward.
The season for catching game fish will
open on Monday, January LIST, and dur
ing the month 1t will only be lawful tc
take pike from the waters of the state.
William Kumpf. of the hardware firm
Of Kumpf Brothers, on High street, Ia
nursing painful wound on his left hand.
A falling window sash caused the injury
On Sunday, January Z, Rev. Adolph E.
Rapp, who has resigned as pastor of the
Medford Baptist church, will preach bis
first sermon In his new charge at Broken
Row, Nebraska.
/ At a meeting held Thursday night.
Washington Camp, No. II, P. o. 8. of A.,
initiated one candidate and served lunch
at the close of the session. Twenty five
members were present.
Anna P. Deacon, wife of Benjamin d.
Deacon, corner of Broad and Buttonwood
streets, died Yesterday in her SD year.
The remains will be buried in the Mount
Holly cemetery on Thursday afternoon.
Albert G. VanDoren, of Tullytown, Pa,
and Miss Frances Reed, of Burlington,
were married on Tuesday evening. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. DR..
Daniel r. Foster, at his residence In
Trenton.
Joseph r. Sharp, of Cape May city, and
Miss Florence M. Henderson, of Medford,
were married in the latter place on Decem-
Der 18th, by Rev. Joseph L. Roe. The
ceremony was performed at the Methodist
parsonage.
Having given up his position as care
taker OF the Friends meeting house at the
corner of High and Garden streets, VIII
liam l. johnson has been succeeded by
Josiah P. Engle, who also has charge Of
the Orthodox meeting house on Button
wood street.
The State Board of Agriculture will
hold four days session beginning today.
The meetings will be held in the build
ings on the state experimental farm at
New Brunswick. Interesting lectures by
prominent speakers will be a feature of
the gathering.
Surviving members Of the Mount Holly
Chiclet Club will give dance in the Ma
sonic Temple tonight. The hall is to be
decorated with furnishings supplied by
manufacturers of chewing gum. The
ranks of this society have been depleted
because Of those who have entered col
lege and business pursuits. and by the abb
sence of others who may have succumbed
from excessive indulgence in overwork.
DR.. Arthur T. Eaton. of New Egypt,
came near having serious accident on
Tuesday. His gasoline torch exploded
and caused quite blaze In his laboratory.
He knocked the can of burning gasoline
into the sink and the blaze followed the
liquid down the drain pipe to pile of
lumber on the outside of the building.
For time 1t looked dangerous but the
damage was slight.
Richaad Lamb was very successful In
blue rock pigeon contests on Saturday and
yesterday At Delanco he won five chick
ems and turkey that were offered as
prizes. At Medford, with twenty-seven
entries, he got first prize of twenty
five pound turkey and second and third
money His record there was 81 hits out
of 80. At Mount Holly he broke IA out
of 10, and won two chickens and pig.
The Philadelphia Press has been con-
Quoting contest in which prizes were
offered to the persons sending In the great
est number of votes and the largest
amount of money. Mrs. George II. Kirby,
of Eayrestown, was successful in one of
the classes and received an electric auto
mobile as her rewared Mrs. Samuel W.
Evans, of Mount Holly, was close after
Mrs. Kirby, and her share of the gifts
o% - frrro Mo Ia
dies feel very thankful to those who aided
them In their efforts to become prize win
ners.
Employees of the Public Service Rail-
way Company of this state were made
glad, on Wednesday, by announcement
that they were to receive an In
crease In their wages. The matter came
as complete surprise and was voluntary
on the part of the company, which gave
the motormen and conductors a similar
pleasure year ago. In accordance with
the latest announcement the company will
spend about $125, 900 per year in this
direction, which will give the men from
| 90 to rs cents an hour for their services,
to be graded according to their length
of employment with the company.
While In Mount Holly on Thursday
night, Leander Moore. of Tabernacle, was
the victim of runaway accident. Irving
G. Gaskill, of Mount Holly, was drying
when the horse started on a run In front
Of the opera house. caused by portion of
the harness breaking. Gaskill was doing
right and would have passed safely into
| White street had Moore kept his hands of
the lines. AS 1t was the horse and both
men landed in the basin of the public
fountain. Had the fountain not been
filled with Christmas trees, the result
might have included a fatality. Gaskill
was fortunate In escaping with only few
bruises. Moore sustained cut on his left
temple that penetrated to the skull, and q
quantity of greens were taken from the
wound by DR.. Prickitt The injured man
was given attention In the drug store Of
Alexander Dubell. The left hind leg OF
the horse was broken in two or three
places, and because Of that fact 1t was
killed on the arrival of Chambers dead
wagon. Mrs. Moore was standing or
( High street at the time. On seeing the
runaway she gave a scream that wal
heard for nearly a square. She had beer
waiting at Hirshblond's store, and becom
ing tired started up the street. reaching
the scene just after Gaskill started fo