The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-07-30
LOCAL NEWS.

front Of Relief Fire engine house, on Pin
street.
The Methodist Sunday school will picni
In the camp woods at Vincentown Of
Thursday.
William s. Kelley, Jr., has entered tn
employ of the Joseph Campbell Company
of Camden.
A special session of the Supreme Circl'
Brotherhood of America, is being held II
Philadelphia to-day.
The Methodist Sunday school, of Lum
berton, will hold its annual picnic a
Rancocas Park on Wednesday, August z.
Mrs William Mcfarland. of Lumber
ton, was buried In the Brotherhood GENE
terry. Mount Holly. on Thursday after
noon.
A large window pane at the plumbing
establishment of B. f. Stidfole & Son, on
Garden street, was broken one day last
week.
During the absence of Prosecutor Samuel
A. Atkinson, business connected with his
Office is In charge of County Auditor
Robert Peacock
DIR James mcfarland and Miss Goldy
Budd, of Burlington, were married In that
city ON Wednesday morning by Rev. T.
M. Eastwood.
The remains of Mary 81. Galley, widow
of the late DR.. Samuel Galley, were taken
to Media. Pa where they were inferred
on Thursday afternoon.
A Moose lodge Is being organized al
Tuckerton by Robert B. Warwick. deputy
national organizer, who was so successful
at that business in Mount Holly.
In connection with the business to
be conducted on Mill street by Hirshblond
q Rosen, delivery wagon will be en-
ployed for the convenience of customers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lamb, of Cream
Ridge, announce the engagement of their
daughter Martha, to Mark Reynolds, for
merly of Mount Holly and now of New
Egypt.
Miss Mary Samson, of Burlington. has
been elected clerk In the Farmers Trust
Company, of Mount Holly, to fill the va
cancs caused by the resignation of Pierre
Fl. Stanton.
The monthly business meeting of the
Usher's Union of the M. E. church, will
be held at the home of Harry N Warner,
on Buttonwood street, this evening, at
eight o'clock.
Early on Friday morning the outbuild-
ings and their contents on the farm of
Burwood M. Haines In Westampton
township, were destroyed by fire. The
loss Is quite heavy.
Henry ]. Worrell Is temporarily In
charge of rural route No. 8, taking the
place of j. Frank Antrim. who was dis
missed as mail carrier from the Mount
Holly post Office last week.
In the absence of the rector, Rev. James
Stoddard, who is enjoying his annual
vacation, the services at st. Andrews
church on Saturday were conducted by
Rev. Mr.. Howa, of Albany, N. Y.
George Jarvis Thompson, of Medford,
who recently graduated from the law
school of Harvard University, has begun
the practice nf law in the office of Ham H.
ton H. Durand, in New York city.
A double wedding occurred at Ham
monton on June 23l The contracting
parties were ] I'm W Wells, of Taber-
nac!e, and Miss Nors Kel. of Atsion, and
Clarence Wells. of Tabernacle, and Miss
Maud Milley. of Atsion.
The ladies of the Jobstown Baptist
church will hold harvest home In Jacob
Harker's grove, near that place, on Thurs
day. August Is. Supper will be served
for 40 cents. Children under twelve years
of age, 25 cents. A good orchestra will
furnish music.
After camping for two week at Mount
Gretna Pa. the members of Company E,
Mount Holly, returned home on Wednes-
day evening. During their outing the
soldiers had good time. The pleasure
they enjoyed while away was mixture of
sport and hard work connected with
military life
Collingswood, on Friday night, locomo-
tive hit an automobile containing two
men and their wives. William Fl. Rogers
and Ernest P. Sutor, both of Merchant
vile, were killed. Mrs Rogers was In
jured and removed to Cooper hospital,
Camden. Mrs. Sutor was unhurt.
Malcolm B. VanZant, recently of
Chicago, but now stopping with his par
ents at Burlington, has accepted temper
airy employment as telegraph operator
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
He is stationed in Mount Holly at the
Medford junction. In September the
young man will go to Wisconsin, where
he will enter school and study for the
Episcopal ministry.
A shrewd swindler has been victimizing
people at Bristol by passing bogus checks
purporting to have been signed by local
merchants. A warning was given to
The business men of Burlington. The fell
low worked his game In Mount Holly on
Saturday. W. G. Wetherill cashed a GER
sified check for $25 for the man, and John
Worth one for $25. Both checks were
found to be forgeries.
Owing to a press on Its advertising
columns, THE News Is compelled to issue
q supplement, something 1t has avoided in
he past. We feel sure our subscribers
will bear with us this time. The value of
THE News as an advertising medium has
been steadily increasing, and the demand
made on us is very heavy at times, but
there has been no trouble In figuring out
the problem, but 1t got away from us this
week.
Because 1t was net his first offence in
the ill-treatment of his family, Harry
Weidler, known as the Mayor Of Federal
street." Burlington. found himself q
prisoner in the county jail, last week.
after he had confessed to Justice Smith of
abusing his wife and threatening to throw
all hands out of the house. The defen-
dant was charged with disorderly conduct
by his wife and mother-in-law, and he
was held to await action by the grand
jury.
The annual outing OF the local council,
Knights of Columbus, was enjoyed at
Cedar Grove, on the Rancocas road, We'd
nesday, Notwithstanding that light
rain made conditions uncertain during the
afternoon. Guests on this occasion were
the Sunday school scholars of the Sacred
Heart church, and five shelving loads
took the trip in the morning. 1t was q
merry crowd as they passed through High
street. A trolley car filed with Older
people embarked at Woodland and Joined
the event in the afternoon.
The third annual Merchants picnic Of
Mount Holly will be held at Rancocai
Park on Thursday, August .. Many o.
the places of business will close at twelve
O'Clock, noon, for the rest OF the day
Among the amusements will be game Of
base ball between the printers and the
merchants. As these two teams have
crossed bats for two seasons, each team
winning game by close score. Last
year the merchants won by the score OF
to 6, 1t taking ten innings to prove thei
supremacy. This year both sides have |
pretty strong defence. and hard battl'
may be looked for
There was a Democratic gathering a
Pemberton on Wednesday afternoon, wheI
q sixty-foot hickory pole and flag wer,
raised by Thomas Early, who promised
the town fete of this kind if GoYerno
Wilson received the nomination for Presi
dent of the United States. Music wa
furnished by the Citizens band, of Med
ford. and the parade of marching Demo
Gratis from Medford, Smithville and Noun
Holly. somewhat stirred the town. Dur
ing the exercises speeches were made b,
former Assemblyman Allen B. Walsh o