The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-02-07
LOCAL NEWS.
Valentines at Boyce's.

Valentines az bOyces.
The Delaware and Raritan canal will
open to navigation on Wednesday morn
Ing. March s.
George A. Lippincott. civil war vete
ran living on Water street, died on Satur
day from paralysis.
There 10 unclaimed mail in the pos
Office for J. L. Mason, Mrs. W. E. StokeI
and scavilla Giuseppe.
The Young America Fire Company Of
Burlington will hold its annual smoker OF
Wednesday evening, February %.
Rev. Eli Clifford has been asked to re
turn as pastor of the Merchantville M. e
Church for the coming conference year.
There is an improvement In the condi
ton of Mrs. Howard Goldy, of Mount
Holly avenue, who was quite Ill last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G.. Mason, of Mil
street, entertained their daughter, Mrs.
Gerhard Loellng. of Pensauken, last
week.
A Washington birthday social has been
arranged by the Girls Friendly Society,
Of Florence, for Wednesday evening, Feb.
ruary %.
John D. Johnson, formerly of Mount
Holly. contributed $1,000 to the million
dollar Y. M. G. A. fund raised in Phil.
adelphia.
Owing to the recent death of Mrs. Sooy,
on Mil street, Harry g. Randall and wife
are now living with Mr.. Sooy, father Of
Mrs. Randall.
Electric clocks that will give the correct
time from Washington are to be installed
In Mount Holly by the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
New uniforms and instruments are to
be furnished the drum and bugle corps
which has been organized by the Fores-
tiers of America at Riverside.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Board of Agriculture. which is to
be followed by Farmers Institute, will
be held In the Court House, Mount Holly,
on Saturday. February IS.
Having been transferred from the cler-
ical staff of its store in Mount Holly,
Raymond Gilmore has been made mana
ager Of the new store which the Acme
Tea Company has opened In Florence.
The attractions at Orlando, Florida, are
now being enjoyed by Mrs Ernest d.
Heleman and daughter. of Mount Holly,
and the formers sister, Mrs. Joshua Hill
lard. of Manahawkin. They will remain
south until spring.
A small boy roaming about the mud
shore at Delanco, on Friday, discovered
the body of white male infant wrapped
In newspaper. The body was taken In
charge by Constable George Jones and
Squire Ziegler, Of Riverside.
The drawing Of maps at Tuckerton and
making preparations for early spring work
ID engaging the attention of James Logan,
who is an engineer of the department Of
inland waterways. The young man is a
son of Edward e. Logan, farmer living
on the South Pemberton road.
Benjamin O. Herbert, DR.. Elmer D.
Prickitt. Louis Mack, William Rossell,
Jr.. and George F. King are the incorpo-
rators and trustees of Mount Holly Court,
No. 2, Improved Order of Foresters
which has filed certificate In the Office
Of the Secretary of State at Trenton.
While William Fl. Huff, a retired mer-
chant of Beverly, was painting his barn,
last week, the scaffold broke and he fell
headfrst into ten-gallon can of bright
red paint. He injured his back, and be-
fore he could extricate himself from the
can, he was painted from head to foot.
A fire last week at Lumberton destroy
ed the blacksmith shop belonging to
George Cooney and the adjoining wheel
wright shop owned by George Walther.
The blaze started around the forge and
caused loss of about $500. The fire
department saved the adjoining property
of Jonathan Thomas.
The Women's Home Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church, in order to raise
sum of money that is greatly needed,
will sell bread, pies, cake, candy and
other things that will yield profit, in
the unoccupied room adjoining the office
Of Morris H. Keller, on High street, next
Saturday afternoon.
William Kiner, who was admitted to
the Burlington County Hospital some
time ago suffering from tuberculosis and
appendicitis, will be buried on Wednes-
day. He died at the residence of Miss
Minnie Saturday, on Bispham street, who
Is relative. Deceased was a member of
the Junior Mechanics.
The House of Congress, on Tuesday,
passed the post Office bill. carrying an APP
preparation of about $2s5. 600, 600 for the
maintenance of the postal service In the
hscal year beginning July /, next. An
amendment adopted provides that the
compensation of rural carriers on routes
Of standard length shall be increased to
q. 900 a year.
Owing to Its increasing popularity. SUI
perintendent Charles r. Fenton has been
assigned additional space for the poultry
display that will be one of the features at
the Mount Holly fair next October, when
the entries will be shown In the building
that was last year set apart for the dis
play Of automobiles. This department Of
the fair has grown In public favor very
rapidly, and the outlook for the next ex-
hibition made more room imperative. The
association is fortunate in having such q
capable director to assume the manage
ment of Its display of poultry, pigeons
and pets. which is growing in interest
each year.
The explosion of stove, on Thursday,
caused by blank cartridges being thrown
with rubbish into the fire, seriously in
jured Mrs. Hattie Simpkins, who was as.
sisting In housekeeping at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Howard Smith, of Charles
ton. near Beverly. The terrific explosion
was heard by neighbors quite distance
away. The top of the stove flew in all
directions. several pieces from two to three
inches long striking Miss Simpkius, who
by similar accident several years ago lost
the sight of one eye. A four-year-old
child of Mrs. Smith, seated on it's high
chair, was knocked TO the floor, pieces of
iron entering its cheek.