The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-11-12
The MOUNT HOLLY NEW
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1912
LOCAL NEWS.

William n. Taylor died at his home Il
Birmingham on Tuesday from apoplexY
Lewis r. Whitacre, formerly Of Noun
Holly, has sold his drug store business a
Merchantville.
There Is said to be flfty-one cases Of ty
phoid fever at Roebling. where the cpl
demic 10 spreading.
A concrete sidewalk has been laid II
front OF the property Of Frank T. Nor
ton ON Garden street.
The P. N 8. P. club will hold festiva
and bazaar, Saturday evening, Decembel
7th, In the Town Hall, Vincentown.
The fences, all the buildings and grand
stand on the fair grounds are being paint
ed. william A. Sine has the contract.
Jere q. CoIkitt has laid concrete wall
through the yard to the rear Of his prop
erty. corner of Union and Buttonwooi
streets.
There will be cake sale at st. An.
drew's parish building. Saturday after
neon, November 10, from two until Eve
O'Clock.
Mrs. Anna v. Edwards, who recently
sold her house on Church street to Charles
A. King, has purchased the property
back again.
At the recent masquerade dance given
ct Lumberton, Miss Julia Il. French. Of
Mount Holly, won the prize for the most
handsomely dressed lady.
After several weeks detention in the
county jail on a charge Of desertion.
which was not pressed, Bertram G. Rowan,
of Camden, has been discharged.
Quarters at the Garden Hotel. Camden.
are being occupied by MIR. and Mrs. IT,
vine e. Mcguire. of Broad street. where
they will reside during the winter months.
Henry H. Leeds, OF Rancocas, has been
elected director Of the Mount Holly Ma
tionsl Bank. He flls vacancy on the
board caused by the death of Joseph
Powell.
The Burlington County Teachers In
stitute will hold Its annual meeting In
Mount Holly. The session will open to-
morrow in the opera house and continue
for three days.
Owing to the breaking down Of his
health. James A. Hehdrickson. of Red
Bank. IL receiving treatment at sansto-
rum. The young man formerly resided
in Mount Holly.
In order that friends might meet Mrs.
Geo. Langstaff, of Paducah, KY. Mrs. John
Il. Howell and Miss Laura @. Howell will
give Q tea at the formers residence to-
morrow evening.
Following ia the unclaimed list Of mail
In the post office: Miss Title Aston. Miss
Lucy Cramer, Miss Lillian Let's. Mrs.
Mary Lewis Miss Alice Crate, Mrs. G. 9.
Laird. Rocco Kiseigno, foreign.
A congregational meeting OF the NJ. Z.
Church has been called for Wednesday
evening, November 20, for the purpose
Of electing three trustees, and such other
business as may come before the meeting.
After serving for some time as assistant
supervisor in the local Office Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company. A. D. Wilt,
who has been transferred to Watsontown,
Pa, 10 preparing to remove to that place.
Members of the Thimble Bee were
doubly entertained on Tuesday evening.
They were first taken to the moving show
In the Opera House by Mrs. T. Walter
Borton. after which the party enjoyed an
election supper as guests of Mrs. George
w. Durand.
The holding Of mass on Sunday morn.
ing In the Sacred Heart Church marked
the beginning of weeks mission with
daily services In the morning and even
ing. The exercises are being conducted
by Paulist Fathers from New York. The
mission will close next Sunday evening.
As the result of new edict issued at
Washington, there viii be nothing doing
for notaries In the future. so fer - the
pension business Ia concerned. Hereafter
checks are to be sent direct to the old
soldiers. which will save them the trouble
and expense of having their vouchers exc
cuted.
On Thursday evening Pocahontas Tribe
Of Red Men will have big time In con-
nection with conferring degrees on class
Of candidates which Is ready for adoption.
Visiting members of the order from
Philadelphia. Trenton and other places,
who will have charge Of the door work,
viii help to paint the town red during g
parade that will be held on arrival of the
visitors.
The pleasure grounds of canoeists on
the upper creek were deserted on Sunday,
owing to the low condition of the water,
which had been drawn OF to the extent OF
permitting the coves to be cleaned. The
only thing to cheer the situation was tie
fine weather and a large blue heron at
Schrayshuen's cove. Game Warden Nor
ton says this birds protected by law, and
q heavy fine will be imposed In case any
one should kill It.
Efforts were made In the New York
courts last week by Kaplan Brothers to
recover the insurance that was refused on
the loss of their stock and fixtures that
were destroyed when their cap factory
was burned In Mount Holly several
months ago. Policeman John L. Severns,
MIRA Edward Pagan, Mrs. Elwood Eckert
and daughter. In company with a detec-
tive, went to New York, yesterday. to
testify for the insurance company.
Samuel G. Brown, of Shreve street, 81
years old, was buried on Friday after
noon. He leaves widow, four sons and
q daughter. Deceased, who had been EN-.
ployed at the Smithville machine works
for nearly forty years, sustained fall
there and fractured several ribs. A post
mortem that was made on Wednesday re-
vealed the fact that the lungs had beer
punctured and this caused his death. Mr.
Brown was a member of the Odd Eel
lows and Mssons, and the services at tn,
grave were conducted by Mount Holly
Lodge, No. IA, F. and A. III.
A conference of all persons officially O
privately interested In the care or relic
of dependents In Burlington county, vii
be held at the Court House. Mount Holly
ON Saturday afternoon. November 10th
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