The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-08-29
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, AUGUST %, 1911
LOCAL NEWS.


Children have but one more week Of
their summer vacation to enjoy.
The members Of st. Pauls A. M. E.
church will give q supper on September %
The Unionville Sunday school held ita
annual picnic at Rancocas Park on Thurs.
day.
The fifth annual camp meeting at
Fletcher Grove, Delanco, win open on
September /.
On Saturday morning the remains of
Mrs. Patrick Fitzpatrick, of Wall street,
were buried in st. Msry's cemetery.
On Tuesday last marriage license was
issued to Elizabeth McIlvain, Of Mount
Holly, and William Hale. of Philadelphia.
The Mount Holly post Office has been
designated as postal savings depository.
Business as such will commence 6eptem-
Der 10.
A. r. Bedwell, the shoe repairer. has
established an automobile route to sur
rounding towns. and. will make daily col
lections and deliveries.
A picnic will be held at Roosevelt Park
on Thursday evening, under the auspices
of the Elite club, for the benefit OF Mt.
Merial A. M. e. church.
Pocahontas Lodge, No. 107. l. o. R. M.
of Moorestown. celebrated its sixtieth
anniversary on Thursday evening. Ad-
dresses were made by grand lodge officers.
The 18th annual session Of the Grand
Castle Of New Jersey. Knights of the
Golden Eagle. win open at Trenton in
Mercer castle hall on Monday, September
4th.
The Jacobstown Baptist church win
hold Its annual harvest home on the
church lawn to morrow. Music will be
furnished by Mount Holly orchestra and
the New Egypt band.
About mile of the stone road between
HainesPort and Rancocas Park is to be re.
surfaced and widened. The work will be
done by E. @. Humphrey & Co., of Hack
ensack, and will cost "a, 859.7s.
The property at the southeast corner of
Ridgway and Buttonwood streets, belong
Ing to William Sherman. which was re-
Gently improved. has been rented to AL
bert G. Mayer, the retired baker.
At Saranac Lake, on Sunday, August
20, occurred the death of N. Ramsay
Pennypacker, former school boy Of
Mount Holly. Deceased, aged thirty
years. was the son Of Isaac r. Penny
packer.
Eli Parent. about 8 years old, of Hulme
street. was bitten by dog and had fin
ger lacerated when he attempted to shut
q gate at the home OF Wesley ]. Duncan,
on Shreve street. owner of the dog, which
was in the yard at the time.
A picture of William Y. Gennett, of
Mount Holly. appeared in Philadelphia
newspaper, on Thursday, 10 connection
with the campmeeting services being held
st National Park. William is sexton of
the grounds, and Is spoken of as leading
singer Of camp meeting hymns.
Captain William E. Doron, manager of
the ferry between Burlington and Bristol,
will give his usual enjoyable picnic for
children at Burlington Island on Thurs-
day of this week. A limited number OF
tickets have been placed with THE News
office to be distributed among good boys
and girls.
Notwithstanding the fact that his wife
held the legs of the fowl while he stretch
ed Its neck over block. Charles johnson,
Of Riverside, while attempting to cut of
chickens head, last week, oyerreached
the mark when he brought the axe down
and nearly severed the index finger on his
left hand.
The letters that remain unclaimed In the
post Office for the week ending August 20,
are as follows: e. L. Ballerd, Otto Auto.
mobile Co.. Edward Miles, Mics Mary
Krim. Charles w. Gill. Q; postals, M. W.
Bodner, Miss Sarah Brandt, Mrs. Aldhilda
Borton, Mrs. @. A. Gill. 8; J. Peter
KallerY, Clifford Massey, H. NJ. Ridgley.
Angelo Rigino.
During the heavy downpour of rain on
Sunday, the remark was made that farm
ers probably had enough water for time.
This may not be the case, however. as
reports come from various sections Of
wells being dry. On Saturday well was
being dug on q farm on the Burlington
road. and the workmen report that for
distance Of fifteen feet the earth was dry.
General satisfaction was given to large
audience by the Indians and cowboys who
took part In California Franks wild west
show. which appeared In Mount Holly on
Thursday. During the attack on the stage
coach at the evening performance, one of
the cowboys shot himself through the in
dex finger of his left hand. The bullet
was made Of soap, but caused bad
wound. Three stitches were taken In the
finger by DR.. R. Il. Parsons.
Although there were other attractions
in town Thursday night there was good
attendance at a meeting of the Commercial.
League held In the America hose house.
when the following board OF directors was
elected; For three years, Walter /. Din,
William d. Marren, Josiah w. EVAN,
George w. Durand. George W. A. French;
for two years, Charles II. Fitzgerald,
Alexander Dubell, T. Walter Borton.
William @. Wetherill. F. 8. Davis; for one
year. DR.. Raymond 8. Clarke, Philip 8.
Irons, George d. Worrell. ]. T. Royle,
Ernest d. Holeman. Bylaws were adopt
ed. The board will meet this week to
perfect the organization by. electing per-
manent officers. 1t IL expected that the
League will have membership Of fifty.
Running out into the middle OF the
road Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Howard
Osgood grabbed her little boy and saved
him from injury by runaway team be-
longing to William Henry, Vincentown
farmer, whose horses became frightened
al trolley car In front of the Arcade
Hotel and dashed of at high speed. AZ
ter entering White street the team ran on
the sidewalk at Mayors bakery, colliding