The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-06-06
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. JUNE 8, 1911
LOCAL NEWS.

Visit your home store, BoYce's.
Frederick H. Lee and family have re
moved to Marblehead, Mass.
The season for catching shad In tn
Delaware River will close tomorrow.
Max Caplan has rented the house OF
Broad street owned by DIR. r. 8. Clarke.
The picnic season has begun, and thi
sort of diversion appears not to have los
Its hold upon those who enjoy out-doo
life.
At meeting held on Friday, Benaiaf
p Wills, who has sold his stock, resigned
as director of the Mount Holly Nation
al Bank.
Walter A. Richman. of the firm Of
Richman g Vennell, Moorestown con.
tractors, Ia threatened with nervous pros
tration.
An entertainment will be given In Odd
Fellows Hall, at Medford, on Thursday
evening, June %, for the benefit of the
Medford Field Club.
A successful entertainment was given
In the Presbyterian church on Thursday
evening. under the auspices Of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
John Shower, of Medford, IL about to
undergo q second operation for the re-
moyal of cancer. 1t may be necessary
to remove part of his jaw bone.
Carson w. and Albert r. Wright, for
meriy of Mount Holly, are having tanned
the hides of two alligators which they
recently captured in Orlando, Florida.
Fred Cooper. Of Burlington, has filed a
voluntary petition of bankruptcy, in the
United States District Court. His lisbili-
ties amount to $2,056.16 and assets to
s809.77.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hsag, Of Woolman
street, celebrated the fifteenth anniver-
sary of their marriage on Saturday night.
A number OF relatives and friends enjoy
ed the event.
James Caldwell. ST.. Of Paxson street,
had his left foot amputated at the Bur-
lington County Hospital. on Wednesday.
The trouble was caused by an ingrowing
toe nail developing blood poisoning.
In the Dobbins' Memorial Chapel on
Pine street. en- Sunday afternoons during
the summer. beginning next Sunday.
June 18th, services will be held at
o'clock. Please attend and bring your
riends.
There viii be automobile races at the
air grounds next Saturday. and similar
programme will be carried out there on
August 10. The entries will be confined
TO those composing the membership of the
South Jersey Motor Club.
J. J. Fenstermacher sold tract OF land
In Lumbertown. owned by Mrs. E. A.
Robinson to Louis Fl. Baumbach. Also the
property 90 Grant street, Mount Holly,
owned by Miss s. L. Citizens. to Samuel
Fryer. OF Newark, who will occupy the
same.
The unclaimed letters that remain in the
post Office for the week ending June Bird,
are as follows: Letters. W. q. Bright,
Mrs. Owen Coe. Mrs. Frank Eddy. Sam
uel A. Weldon, Esq, George e. Hall.
Postals, Miss Edna Harding, David Hen
erickson.
While 10 the Mount Holly cemetery on
the morning Of Memorial day, William
@. Wetherill laid valuable penknife on
the base of monument and went of and
forgot 1t. Discovering his loss he went
to the spot on Wednesday afternoon and
found the knife where he had placed 1t.
The blades were badly rusted from OK
posure.
John, son of Patrick Lollard, who oper-
ates the Samuel Parker farm. near Arney's
Mount, met with painful accident on
Wednesday afternoon. While working
around horse the animal kicked him in
the face. His eyelids. nose. lips and scalp
were badly lacerated and ore arm injured.
He was treated at the Burlington County
Hospital.
The police were called to the corner of
MIL and Pine streets at o'clock on Sun
day morning, where eight young men
were singing and acting in disorderly
manner. Five of them were arrested
and at hearing before Justice Risdon,
yesterday morning. paid the fine and costs
imposed. Warrants were issued for the
three who escaped.
The use of stomach pump by DIR. e.
d. Prickitt and other strenuous measures
adopted to keep him from going to sleep.
saved the life of John A Hausseman, of
Water street. after It was discovered that
he had attempted to commit suicide by
swallowing an ounce of laudanum on
Tuesday afternoon. As blacksmith he
is frequently employed at the carriage
factory of John w. Archer.
An interesting programme was carried
out In Mount Holly on Memorial Day,
and visit to the cemeteries showed that
very few graves had been neglected in the
distribution of flowers. In the line of
march the old soldiers. Sons OF Veterans
and militiamen were accompanied by the
Vigilant Fife and Drum Corps, of Cam
den. Many spectators witnessed the ex-
arcises at the grave of Gen. A. e. Shiras
In st. Andrews burying ground.
The extent of the drought, which was
broken by copious rains last week, has
been far-resching in this county and the
loss to farmers will be heavy. One in
stance In this connection was noticed last
Tuesday, when four crates Of strawber-
ries were shipped from Moorestown as
compared to four carloads on May 20, last
year. The situation. as reported by off,
cials connected with the Burlington Coun-
ty Farmers Exchange, is most serious
one. and has curtailed large volume of
business should be enjoying at this season
of the year.
There was NEE ting of the freeholders
of North Hanover. New Hanover, Ches.
terfeld and Cassville on Saturday last. at
which the State Road Commissioner was
present. The meeting was held for the
purpose of discussing the question of q
gravel road from Lewistown to New
Egypt by the way of Wrightstown and
Cookstown, which will make fine road
direct from Camden to the sea shore by
way of New Egypt. II anyone needs a
good road 1t is those who ride between
Wrightstown to New Egypt by the way
Of Jacobstown.
His arm broken while motoring In the