The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-02-21

Miss Miriam McKelvy, of Chairville
was visiting friends in Mount Holly. o.
Thursday.
= J. Lloyd Wright and Miss Laura L
Miller, both of Medford, were married Of
Wednesday.
Reliability, Quality, Service, Progress
The watchwords of the store In which Yol
. have onf1dence-BoYce's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey 8. Walton, livinl
) near Moorestown, celebrated the tenth an
: niversary of their marriage last night.
Mrs. Louisa Colkitt, widow of Samue
; Colkitt. died at her home near Newbold'
corner, Saturday morning, aged 81 years
The W. G. T. U. will meet at the hom,
: of Mrs. Samuel L. Bullock, on Unior
i street. Tuesday afternoon, February %
at three O'Clock.
While helping to slaughter pigs re
Gently. Joseph Sherman, Of Mount
Holly avenue, had the third finger of his
, left hand broken.
]. F. 6tackhouss will occupy the Long
street farm near Jacksonville, as the pres.
. emit tenant, George w. Pope, will remove
} to Pennsylvania.
The county bridge at Delanco was In
spected by committee of the Board of
Freeholders, on Tuesday, and found to
be in bad condition.
Tomorrow will be Washington's BIRTH
day. The post office will close at 10 A.
NJ, and no business will be transacted at
the banks and county Offices.
Century Edition of ten cent Sheet Music.
Both vocal and instrumental. 1880 differ
ent selections. Catalogue free; kindly ask
for one. L. 8. Boyce, stationer.
A musical and dramatic entertainment
is soon to be given by the Union Sunday
school at Hartford. The arrangements
are in charge of Miss Vera Stiles.
Charles Gray, who has been tending
bar at the Washington House, Mount
Holly. Is now filling similar position
which his brother occupied at Braddock's
hotel In Medford.
The Young Friends Association has
elected the following officers for the cur
rent year: President, Elwood 81. Stokes;
vice president, Franklin 8 Zelley; secre-
tary, Martha D. Engle; treasurer, Cora
Stokes.
A safeguard and convenience you will
appreciate 10 Checking Account with
the MOUNT HOLLY SAFE DEPOSIT & Trust
COMPANY. 1t affords perfectly simple
method of payment which ia simply per-
feet.
The horse attached to the milk wagon
of Edward A. Colby created some excite
ment on High street. Thursday, by trying |
to run away. The owner, however, con-
trolled the situation and there was moth
ing doing.
Two teachers of the Mount Holly pub
lie school are incapacitated by illness.
Miss Gertrude @. Folwell was compelled
to take to her bed last week on account of
rheumatism, and Miss Mary B. Grigg has
typhoid fever.
Becoming confused while crossing the
railroad track at Broad and High streets.
Burlington, last night, Paul Lewis, aged
IA years, had narrow escape from death.
He was knocked down by an engine and
had deep cash cut in his head.
There is uncalled for mail at the post
office addressed to the following persons:
Letters, Earl Duncan, Foster Seed Com
pany. Miss Pauline Eaton, Mrs. Boen,
Mrs. Mary Murdoch, Mrs McKelvy, Mrs.
6cattergood; postal, Master George Sharp.
About thirty members of Company E,
Third Regiment, National Guards, of
Mount Holly, went to Beverly on Sunday
and attended the funeral of James v.
Cain, Sr.. who was captain of the mill
tary company in that city for over thirty
years.
Rev. ]. F. Shaw. of Collingswood, will
speak In the Methodist Church this even
ing. Others who will assist in the revival
services Of the week are Rev. George A.
Reynolds, Lumberton; Rev. Fred B. Har-
ris, Trenton; Rev. George W. Powell,
Lumberton.
THE Decorative Shop" Of Burlington.
the branch store of T. Walter Borton, has
the contract to decorate a large colonial
home at Marietta, Pa. Mr.. Borton has
also secured the contract for the interior
decoration of Robert NJ. SnYder's new
Madison Hotel at Mount Holly.
Last week Officers Sevsrns and Dalton
killed dog In the yard of Mrs. 8. s.
Wyllie ON Brainard street. There was
some alarm at first for fear the animal
might be suffering with rabies, but there
were symptoms to show that it had been
poisoned.
State Forester Alfred Gaskill, who de-
sires a permanent organization of those
persons interested In shade trees, has ap-
pointed William A. Slaughter. of Mount
Holly, a member of the state executive
committee which has been selected to
look after that matter.
About 900 pounds Of lead were stolen at
different times. last week, from the ware
room connected with the plumbing store
of George D. Worrell, corner of Mill and
Pine streets. In connection with this rob-
berry William Donnelly and Charles Pow
ell were arrested last night by Constable
Robert Myers. He was aided in the cap
ture by Charles @. Morton, who saw the
defendants carrying bags on their should
era that appeared to be quite heavy. The
officers visited junk shops conducted by
Italians on Monroe and Water streets and
recovered nearly 800 pounds of the plum
der.
1t Is announced that another large poul-
try farm Is to be begun to rival the big
egg plants at Browns Mills and Burrs-
Vile. The new farm is to be on the tract
that for many years was owned by the
late William h. Hurry, at Bamber, about
ten miles southwest Of Toms River, on
the Tuckerton Railroad. The tract of |
several thousand acres is now in the hands !
of company incorporated as the Jersey
Pines Poultry Farm Company. The
manager, D. D. Slade, says they expect |
to start with 10000 pullets within the
year, and will winter more than $4,000 |
laying hens.