The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08

fair.
On Sunday morning some person stol
q wagon from the hotel sheds of Robel
NJ. Snyder.
Miss Ruth Branin, of Washingto
street. is teaching at the Free Soil school
Indian Mills.
James W. Deacon died at his home o
Garden street this morning, after Ion
: illness.
At his home on Water street, on Satur
day occurred the death of Charles Smith
: Civil war veteran.
Carloads of Italians who have beef
picking crsnberries in the bog district
were returned to Philadelphia last week.
Last night the America Hose Compan,
refused to rent Its meeting room to tn
Progressives, who wanted it until tn
November election.
If you have anything you want to sell
try local advertisement" In THE News
Other people find this profitable. Lool
at the list In to-day's Issue.
| While at the fair grounds. on Sunday
Constable Samuel K. Gaskill arrested tw,
men from Bristol. who were charged will
selling hard cider on the grounds.
1t Ia said that because he only delivered
go bushels of potatoes when his contrac
called for So bushels, Pemberton fsrme
was arrested In Camden and fined $40.
The annual teachers institute for Bur
lington county will be held in the audi
forum of the new school building, Noun
Holly. on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, November 10, IA and 49,
At st. Andrews rectory. on Saturday
occurred the marriage of William B. Bo
Earth and Edith May Elbertson, both Of
Mount Holly. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. James Stoddard.
While Jacob Worth, living near Chefs
worth, was driving In the pines on Sun.
day, he ran into a tree. His automobile
caught fire and the machine was nearly
consumed. He was compelled to walk
home. distance Of about eight miles.
The Lowell Printing Company, OF
Moorestown, announces that 1t has pur-
chased the name and goodwill of the
Republican, and that the same will be
merged with the Chronicle. This change
was made owing to q recent fire which
destroyed the plant Of the Republican.
The vice presidential candidate of the
Prohibition party engaged the attention
Of crowd of people at the fountain on
Saturday evening. when he delivered an
interesting address In connection with a
mass meeting that was held there. At the
same time colored Democrats held q meet
Ing on the Friends grounds, corner High
and Garden streets. where several speeches
were made.
Mrs. Watson T. Sooy, wife of the for
mer County Clerk, is at Hahnneman
Hospital, Philadelphia, where she was
operated on for painful trouble. Every
thing appeared to be going all right until
Saturday, when Mrs. Sooy was taken
worse and her symptoms were not favor
able but she Ia reported 70 be better now
and 1t IL hoped her complete recovery may
soon be reported.
On account of the change in the time
table ON the Mount Holly and Medford
railroad, which went into effect ON Tues
day and which is very unsatisfactory to
the people of Medford. William Jones,
the hackman, Of Mount Holly, is contem-
plating running his automobile hack from
Mount Holly to Lumberton and through
to Medford, and connect with trains there
and at Mount Holly. 1t is believed tina
such service would be well patrcnized.
Rev. James A. Reynolds. former pas
tor Of the church of the Sacred Heart,
Mount Holly, proved himself a hero In
the wreck Of railroad train at Westport,
Conn, last week. Father Reynolds was
badly burned and cut. but in spite of his
injuries he climbed through the window
Of car and enlisted the efforts of other
male passengers in the relief work of
which he took charge. Father Reynolds
was the last to leave the car, with his
clothes blazing.
The game of base ball Saturday for the
benefit of the Burlington County Hospital
was an interesting affair and was thorough
ly enjoyed by those who attended. The
regular team was defeated by the ''has
beens," although the real members of the
latter were not responsible for the result
Berner and Greenwood were the battery
for the picked nine and their work was
the largest part OF that side of the game.
The result was one to nothing In favor of
the ''has beens." The amount raised for
the Hospital was 1886.
Last week TIE News called the atten-
ton Of Its readers to the fact that dead
calf was lying In the creek at Ewanyille.
1t had then been there several days. The
badly decomposed carcass was still In the
water on Sunday. and had fioated about
half mile further down stream. At this
rate Of progress the calf will probably fall
to pieces before 1t reaches Mount Holly,
which will save any one the trouble of re-
moving 1t. Remember the dead calf, which
lie only one example of the many sources
of pollution along the sewage infected
stream from which Mount Holly derives
Its water supply. and boil all drinking
water.
In these days of greed and avarice on
the part Of many county fair associations,
1t is pleasure to give publication to q
thoughtful and generous action of the
directors of the Interstate fair at Tren-
ton. which has lately come to our notice
When the grand stand tickets were first
placed on sale, gentleman In the upper
part Of the state purchased number for
the use Of himself and family during the
five days OF the fair. Before the time
arrived when the tickets could be used an
unfortunate accident caused the death of
the purchaser after brief Illness Soon
after the funeral, his widow received
courteous letter from the secretary of the
fair association, expressing his sympathy
for her In her bereavement, and feeling
that she would not want to attend the fair
In her time. Of sorrow, he enclosed check
for the entire amount of tickets purchased
by her husband but a few days before
his untimely death.
A more rigid enforcement of the law
compelling wagons to display a light
after dark, might have been the means of
preventing an accident which occurred