The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-11-26
LOCAL NEWS.


Mrs. Caroline Hance. of Bordentowr
is Ill with slight stroke of paralysis.
The post Office will close at 10 o'cloc
on the morning of Thanksgiving day.
Harry a. Bowen has installed ne'
front and enlarged the step at his restau
rant on High street.
There will be shooting matches on tn
grounds of the Mount Holly Gun Club a
day on Thanksgiving.
T. Walter Borton, of Mount Holly. ba
finished painting the residence OF Mrs
Harriet Earl. of Jobstown.
On Thanksgiving day the drug stores II
Mount Holly will close during the after
noon from one until five O'Clock.
Edward Hack will remove all but twt
of hin boats from the water, this week, ant
place them In storage for the winter.
While handling knife on Tuesday
Harley Henderson, of New Egypt. near
w cut off the end of his little finger.
AS the result of coming in contact will
circular saw, Charles Cottrell. of New
Egypt, is suffering with very sore hand
The raiders of the Mexican border, 9
thrilling motion picture produced at great
expense, will be shown at the opera house
tonight.
Oliver Fl. F. Eldridge, living near New
Egypt. died on Friday at the age of A
years. The remains were inferred yester'
day In the Jacobstown cemetery.
zaccheus A. Harris, who died at his
home in New Egypt, was buried In
the Baptist cemetery at Jacobstown on
Saturday afternoon. Deceased was In his
S4ih year.
The time clock system, now In opera
ton In many of the manufacturing plants
throughout the country, was put into ope.
ration for the first time at the Florence
iron works yesterday
Miss N. P. Horner, deputy clerk of
Ocean county, is reported to be improv-
ing. She has been In Philadelphia hos
pital for several weeks and is now able to
sit up little each day.
Rev. William Fl. Carter has been super
iHtendent OF the Methodist Sunday school
at Fieldsboro for 50 years. He is one of
the oldest superintendent, In point of
service. 10 the state.
The public school at Dudley has been
closed because of an outbreak of diphthe-
ria. Miss Gwendolin Merritt, of Mount
Holly, who is teacher there. contracted
the disease while In Camden
Reuben Hendrickson. of Imlaystown.
and Miss Anna Virginia Hutchinson were
married by Rev. L. L. Hand. The cere-
mony was performed at the home of the
brides parents. MIR. and Mrs. Armsted c.
Hutchinson, who reside near New Egypt,
on Wednesday evening.
Three representatives from Trenton,
connected with the electrical department
OF the Public Service Corporation. were
in Mount Holly on Thursday looking over
the situation with a view Of installing an
alternating day current TO furnish power
for manufacturing and other purposes.
At the proper time representatives of
the Commercial League, of Mount Holly,
will appeal to the proper authorities at
Washington In the interest of having the
Rancocas creek dredged for commercial
purposes. The matter will be taken up
after Congressman elect Baker takes his
seat
Arthur Cox and Leon Archer were both
seriously hurt In motorcycle accident at
New Egypt Thursday night. The young
men were riding down Maple avenue at a
high rats of speed, and as they turned
into Main street they collided with an au-
tomobile that was driven by William F
Robbins.
There are many friends In Mount Holly,
where he formerly resided. who hope for
the speedy recovery of W. Frank Dean,
now living at Salem, Va. He has been
quite Ill for several weeks. Frank was
first taken with diphtheris, and just as
his condition began to show an improve
ment he suffered a relapse.
The proposed musical entertainment to
be given at the Baptist Church will be
held ON the evening of December Sd, In
stead of the 9th. This change of date
was decided upon in order not to inter-
fere with the supper and bazaar to be
given on the latter date at st. Andrews
parish building for the benefit of the Bur-
iington County Hospital.
On Thursday of next week Washing
ton Camp. No. II. p o. g. of A., will
hold meeting that will be full OF inter-
est, for that Is the date when class of
fourteen candidates are to be initiated
At the last gathering of this kind the en-
tertainment committee handed out cider
and doughnuts. This time they may
serve bonnyclabber and pretzels. But
members must attend this meeting to find
out the full details of the programme.
There will be yery interesting game
of football on the High street baseball
ground on Thursday afternoon, Thanks
giving day., when Mount Holly will buck
up against the Bordentown first team. and
battle for victory. Both sides are con-
fident and the game will be one that
should be largely patronized as both sides
are evenly matched In both weight and
strength and the battle will be one that
has not been seen In this town for
several years. Admission to the game is
free, and large crowd is expected. En-
courage the home team by attending and
make all the noise you possibly can every
time Mount Holly gains an inch
The Keswick Colony of Mercy, near
Writings, received some notoriety, last
week. because of the fact that ]. Frank
Hickey. a well known chemist, was ar
rested at that place for murder, on Tues.
day, ON request of the authorities of Buf.
fslo, N. Y. who allege that Hickey was
the slayer of little Joseph Josephs, whose
dismembered body was recently found In
q cesspool at Lackawanna, which Is near
Buffalo. The man was taken to the jail
at Toms River. The extradition of the
prisoner may be fought on the ground
that he may be charged with murder In
this state, as he is alleged to have been In
Lakewood In April. 1911, when Mrs. Car
RE G. Turner was killed at that place
Hickey makes positive denial of an,
murder and denounces his arrest as an