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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-30
Game Farm at Forked River.

Game Farm at Forked River.
Commissioner Ernest Napier, on behalf
of the Board of Fish and Game Commits.
sioners, has purchased tract of land al
Forked River, on the bay, for a game
preserve. This tract contains 400 acres OF
the finest meadow and timber land in New
Jersey and has an ideal location, being
but a mile from the station at Forked
River on the south, and five miles from
the mouth of Toms River on the north.
The tract has four fine buildings on 1t and
is well supplied with running water
There is salt meadow frfnged by a
thick growth of briars and underbrush,
which will make an ideal cover for the
game birds Quail, English pheasants,
wild turkey and deer will be raised on the
preserve for liberation later In the best
hunting districts In the State. Commits
sioner Napier, not wishing to trust entire
ly to his own judgment In the matter of
purchase, sought advice from the Depart
ment of Biological Survey at Washington,
and Secretary of Agriculture sent on two
experts. After going over the tract
several times they declared 1t to be one of
the best sites, and equally suitable for
the purposes for which 1t is intended as
any they have ever seen. Experts have
declared that it is impossible to combine a
game preserve with fish hatchery. so the
commissioner has decided to be guided by
this knowledge and will seek site for a
hatchery elsewhere. The members of the
Fish and Game Commission have gone
carefully over the new purchase and they
haYe congratulated Commissioner Napier
on his selection.
Valentines and valentine post cards at
Boyce's, 81 Main street.
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Quality goods at Boyce's.
Theatres.
CHESTNUT STREET THEATRE.
"Tbs Chorus Lo.l,,,b

During the week of February 5th, com
mencing with Monday matinee, the Or
pheum Players at the Chestnut Street
Theatre Phi1a.. will present the mos
popular play that has been produced on
the stage for many years when they ap
pear in Rose StahPs coast-to- coast sensa
tional success, ''The Chorus Lady"
THE Chorus Lady" is a wonderful
play from many viewpoints. 1t is not 6
melodrama, nor a society drama, nor q
comedy of the farcica1 type. 1t is com
edy portraying the inimitable chorus lady,
Patrica O'Brien, a product of the race
track who joins the realm of burlesque
queens-a living picture of stage life,
their pleasures, and sorrows, how Patrica
leaves her country home, a trainers quar-.
tiers at Mallory's racing stables, joins a
burlesque company, "The Moonlight
Maids" Patricia has a sister, Nora, who
is also bent upon going on the stage.
Patricia takes her under her protection
with the Moonlight Maids" having
promised her mother that she will see nc
harm comes to her younger sister. A fel.
low named Dick Crawford forces his
attention on Nora and persuades her tc
play the races. The horses do not run as
per Nora's schedule and she soon be.
comes in dire need of money. Crawford
offers to loan her this and takes a note
from Nora for the Indebtedness signed P.
'Brien, the girls father. Nora's father,
by the way, is a horse trainer, and if il
were proven that he has played the ponies
it means absolute ruin Crawford plans
this to bring Nora to terms. Nora soon
realizes her terrible mistake and lust be.
fore the curtain goes up on the evenings
performance at the Long Acre Theatre,
she takes cab to Crawtord's apartments
to retrieve the forged note. Patricia learns
of this and suspects Crawford of some
mischief and likewise goes to Crawford's
apartments. On arriving there, she is
told that Nora is not there, but suspects
Crawford of hiding Nora, and consequent
ly stays to have it out with him. While
at the Crawford apartments, Crawford's
partner and Patricas sweetheart, Dar
Mallory, calls. Upon finding Patrica
there he openly accuses her of in6delity
and turning on Crawford breaks his bust
ness connections then and there Things
look rather bad for time, but though in
the rough. the marvelously strong char.
acter in Patricia finally wins out and the
play comes to very satisfactory ending
While this short and rather vague synop-
sis seems to dwell on the melo-dramatic
it is play of brilliant comedy and slangy
dialogue that is warranted in keeping up
the interest throughout the play and senc
you home with pleasant memory of it
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Business Notices,

House and lot, No. 81 Broad street,
Mount Holly, is offered for sale. Apply
to E. w. Esham.
Orders left with W. q. Bozarth, Ridg.
way street, for oysters or fish will be de.
livered promptly. Both phones.
House, No. SO Pine street, for rent
New, modern plumbing, heating and gas
Apply to S. G. Stanton. 10 High streets
On account of illness and inability tc
give personal attention to the business
the restaurant and oyster place at No. 81
Main street, Mount Holly, is off cred fo
sale.
Why not give your dollars the oppor
tunity to grow by depositing them reg
ularly In the Mount Holly Safe Deposit 4
Trust Company Three per cent In
terest paid on time deposits.
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MARRIED

CoLLINs-ALBERTsoN.- %, at Mag
nolia, Lester Collins of Moorestown, and Miss
Anna M. Albertson, Of Magnolia.
DoUGHTEN-JoNEs.-Jan 20, at WeIles
ley, Mass by Rev. George Mattress, Henry
W. Doughten, Jr.. of Moorestown, and Miss
Florence G. Jones, of New York.
EARL = FOWLER. = January 49, at New
Orleans, La, George Goodell Earl, formerly
Of Sykesville, and Frances Hamilton Fowler
of New Orleans.
HARKER-H acknowledgements 81, at Point.
Vile, by Rev. g. II. Evaul, Charles r. Harker
Of Pointville, and Miss Emma L. h symel, OF
Wrightstown.
oHNsoN-DEvINE.-Jan "a, at Borden.
town, by Rev. ID. ]. Duggan, George j. John
son and Miss Helen v. Dev1ne, both of Bor.
dentown.
OLDREY-PLATT-Janua 10, at Chester
field, by Rev. George L. Cowen, Walter h
Oidrey and Miss Lena A. Platt, both OF
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Lincoln's birthday post cards are fol
sale here. L. s. Boyce, stationer.
MoorestoWn.

The Thespian Dramatic Club, of Phil.
adelphia, is arranging for an early enter
tainment to be given at Moorestown fol-
the benefit of the Hartford Union Sunday
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua E. Borton, OF
Moorestown, were passengers on the
steamship Cleveland, which collided with
the battleship Colorado In the harbor OF
Honolulu last week.
Vivian Pitto was committed to the coun
ty jail on Wednesday. He is charged
with breaking into the room of William
Durling and wife, who conduct board
ing house at Moorestown, and threaten
ing to kill them,
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AUDITORIUM THEATRE, BURLINGTON
1.-THE Rosary"

''The Rosary" Rowland and Clifford s
theatrical success, which will be seen at
the Auditorium Theatre, Burlington, to-
morrow night, tells a story of modern
Garden of Eden in which the serpent
enters in the form of a rejected sutton,
who wrecks the home and happiness of a
married couple by playing upon the jeal
ousy of the husband. There is diffused
throughout the drama remarkable air of
purity, faith and hope from the opening
scene, which pictures the happy couple
about to celebrate their second marriage
anniversary, and surrounded by all the
creature comforts of modern civilization
to the last act when the twain. broken in
health and fortune, and wrecked by jeal-
ousy come after two weary children at the
feet of the old priest who has fathered
them through their troubles. In the days
of their prosperity they had built chapel
for their old friend the priest, and in
their adversely they come back to the
little edi6ce one Sunday morning, just as
the chimes send their music rolling
through the valley.
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clvmer Released.

Alfred Clymer was released from tn
state prison on Thursday. He was ser
ing a sentence of life imprisonment, Blu
the court of pardons evidently though
he had been In the prison long enough
and he was given bis liberty after spend
ing about 16 years behind the gloomy
walls of the Trenton institution.
On the 18th of December, 1894, Clymer
who was then s5 years of age, entered the
home of Bridget Doyle, at Burlington,
evidently with the intention of robbine
the place. He was surprised at seeing
the woman at home. She was saying hel
prayers and looked around upon hearing
the man. Fearing he would be identified
Clymer at once attacked the defencelesl
woman and stabbed her so that death en-
sued. He was arrested and tried. Eckard
P. Budd was then prosecutor of the pleas
former Judge Hendrickson representing
the accused man.
The death sentence was pronounced by
Judge Garrison, but Judge Hendricksor
had one characteristic which has served
him well in more than one instance. He
never admitted defeat until absolutely
every chance to secure victory had beer
exhausted. He at once tried to get ely
mer's sentence committed, but the court
of psrdons refused to interfere and II
looked as if Clymer must pay the death
penalty, the 10th of January, 1896, being
fixed as the date. Judge Hendrickson was
not discouraged, however, and he still
kept at bis task, and on the 18th of Janu.
airy, three days before he expected to die,
Clymer received word that he was to 20
to state prison for life.
The reports which speak of the mans
release say that 1t was brought about
through the efforts of Judge Garrison,
who is quoted as having been opposed to
sentencing ClYmer to be hanged, and who
was instrumental In having the death sen
tence committed. This may be so. Judge
Garrison is opposed to capital punishment
as general proposition, but his acts In
the trial Of Clymer were not all In favor
of the criminal. The charge delivered to
the jury was thought, at the time, to be
very unfavorable to the prisoner. One of
the sentences In the charge was: "a mans
home Is his castle, and at night 1t is his
sanctuary" These words had peculiar
meaning with reference to the sanctuary"
as the murdered woman was at her pray
ers when her life was taken.
Clymer was a model prisoner and was
well liked by all In the institution. He is
said to be without relatives or friends,
and when he left the prison he had quite
little sum of money. $50 of which was
raised by the other prisoners in contribu-
tions of FIVE and ten cents. He was &C.
companied to the Trenton railroad station
by deputy who saw that he boarded a
train for New York, where arrangements
have been made to care for him until he
is ready TO take position that is said to
be awaiting him. He was a clerk while
In the state prison.
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Personal.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Jones and
Mrs. T. 81. Risdon will leave on Friday
for Florence Villa, Florida.
Former Judge Joseph Fl. Gaskill anC
Scott Logan were booked to leave yester
day for Leesburg, Florida.
Former Assemblyman Charles Wright
and wife, of Mansfield township, are en-
joying visit to Orlando, Florida.
Mrs. Altheria Furth. of Columbus, and
her daughter, Mrs. Gussie K. Rigg, o
Philadelphia, are visiting relatives IL
town.
A Lincoln Sailer and. family and Mrs
Rachel Sailer, of High street, expect t.
leave for Miami, Florida, about the mid
die of February,
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Medford.

On Thursday evening. February 9Th, a
musical entertainment will be given in
Odd Fellows hall. Medford, for the bene-
fit of the Burlington County Hospital.
The safe in the railroad station at Med
ford was wrecked with nitro glycerine
early Sunday morning. The job yielded
nothing, as the cash compartment was not
broken. Before the cracksmen left the
building they took what money was in 8
telephone box.
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LHERIFF's SALE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, le1a

By virtue OF q writ of Il. IA, to me directed,
Issued out OF the Court of Chancery of the
state OF New Jersey, l will sell at public
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Is. 1919
| between the hours of II and O'Clock in the
afternoon of said day ito wit at o'clock al
the Court House, Mount Holly, N. j.,
en- snat eer.ain tract or parcel OF land and
lying and being In 1.-The township of Pember.
ton. county of Burlington and state Of New
Jersey. beginning at a stone in the middle
of the public road leading from PointviIle to
Browns Mills, this stone Is distant six chains
ana nfty links from stone in said road that
is the corner stone to a tract known as the
"Carty Place" and also to other lands of the
said Thomas M. Parker and known as the
Parker Homestead farm, thence ~ north
eighty and one quarter degrees east three
chains and fifteen links to a stone, thence (2)
north seventeen and one-half degrees west
three chains and fifteen links to stone,
thence 81 south eighty and one-quarter de.
grees west three chains and fifteen links to a
stone In the middle of the aforesaid public
road leading from Pointville to Browns Mills
thence Al south seventeen and one-haf de,
grees east along the middle of the aforesaid
public road leading from Pointville to
Browns Mills, three chains and fifteen links
to the place of beginning. Containing one
acre OF land with saw mill erected thereon
containing the following fixtures, viz:
One 90 horse power Erie boiler, one IS horse
power engine, one 81 inch inserted tooth saw.
one a inch solid tooth saw, 90 feet l2-in. driv-
Ing belt, one 35inch solid tooth saw, 80 feet 10
In. dry belt, 175 feet of Gin. betting, Pony
pianer, shingl1ng machine, bench saw, with
2S-in. saw; swing cutoff saw, with 32-in saw;
Boiter saw, 20 feet of S1S-in. shafting. eleven
pulleys, IS feet of 2L-fn shafting 1900 gal
cypress tank, swing table cutoff saw, with 30
inch saw, one saw mill with 80 feet of carriage
so feet of ways.
The land above described being part of a
larger tract of land that the said Thomas M .
Parker became seized of by deed of convey
ance from under the hands and seals OF Caleb
Bennett and Elizabeth his wife, Lewis B.
Let's and Martha, his wife. dated the LIST day
OF May. 1902, and recorded In the clerks office
Ga. &C.
Seized as the property of Nathaniel B. Carr,
ct ais, defendants, taken in execution at the
suit Of Mary G. Melcher, conn lainant, and to
be sold by
ANDREW ]. JORDAN,
hERBEkF .. kILLIE Solr. Sheriff.
Dated January 5, 1912. Prs adv fee SOS. IA
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Minute.


1t having pleased Almighty God. our
Heavenly Father, to take from our number
| by death, Charles EVAN Merritt, Senior War
den of Saint Andrews church. we, the yestry
| of st. Andrews, desire to place upon the
records of the Parish minute which shall
be an evidence of our appreciation of ouI
associate express our sense Of loss at his de
| parture from u.s. and also be witness to his
| long services faithfully rendered the Parish
and the Church.
Charles Evan Merritt was confirmed in
Saint Andrews church in the year 1871, and
at once began to take an active part In the
| life OF the Parish Very soon, in 1874, he was
made a member of the Vestry, becoming In
due time, in 1881, the Junior Warden, and In
] the fall OF 1901, after the death of Harris Cox
/ he was made Senior Warden. This ONCE ne
continued to hold by successive elections
until the day of his death, January 18th, 1912.
At the time of his death he was also the
Treasurer of the Parish, which office of re-
sponsibility he had faithfully administered
| from the time Of his election, 1874, q term OF
more than thirty years.
In the year 1877 he became the Superin.
tendent of Saint Andrews Sunday school,
and continued as such until forced to resign
| to perform the duties of the position. During
all this long period of over thirty years he
Sunday school, until stricken, in the Winter
of 1908. by the paralysis which made him q
partial invalid for the remainder OF his days.
He was first sent as deputy to the Con
vention OF the Diocese of New Jersey in 1872
| and from that date continued, year by year
to represent the Parish of Saint Andrews in
| he served a member of many i'm
portanJ committees of the Convention
and was given place on the Board of more
than one Diocesan Trust. In 1877 he was
elected Treasurer of the Diocese, and con
| tinued to hold that delicate and i'm portan1
office until his death. By choice of the Con
\ ventton he was sent as one OF the Deputies tc
/ represent the Diocese of New Jersey, at the
General Convention of the Church at Rich
mond, Va, in 1907, and again he was sent tc
the Convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio, in
| 1910.
! The mere reorganization of such long, an6
| SO varied a service rendered, is a more
| eloquent and significant testimony to the
| character and work of Charles Evan Merritt
| than any words which we, his associates anC
| friends might wish to speak write. The
| truegt witness we can give ofour appreciation
| of his personal worth, and his efforts In the
cause of the Church of Christ, is to incorporate
| this minute as a part of the permanent
| rec ords of the Parish, while no terms of sor
| row or regret we may use, nor any eulogy We
might form, can so adequately express oul
sense OF loss su,tained, when God called Hi
| faithful servant home.
Adopted at a meeting OF the Vestry of Sain
| Andrews church, January 10, 1912
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Death has invaded our ranks and removed an
honored citizen and faithful official
Charles Evan Merritt was born in Ohio in
1872. His7education was secured in institutions
of that state He served in the army during the
of the Rebellion, and on his return after
honorable discharge he resumed his studies,
finally being admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1870,
and to the bar of New Jersey in 1871. He began
uncle, EVAN Merritt, caused him to relinquish
his Office in the west, and he came to Mount
Holly. Taking active interest in public af-
fairs he was chosen director of the Farmers
national bank in January, 1888.
Charles Evan Merritt was the sixth president
of the Farmers national bank, having held that
position since January, 1901, When 1t was de-
cided to iquidate the bank and organize trust
company, Mr.. Merritt was one of the most act
i've in that direction and devoted time and at
tention to the details, to the detriment of his
personal health. But that was characteristic of
the man. He was always willing and anxious
to exert himself for the benefit of his friends,
his town. or the organizations with which he
was connected. He was the first president of
the Farmers Trust Company, being elected to
that position FIVE days prior to his death. The
directors and ofhc1rS of the Farmers Trust Com
pany desire to place upon record slight tribute
of the many qualities of their former associate
and friend Courteous, kind faithful to his
have been wont to meet him in the official
board and in the daily walks of life.
Grieved though we may be at the removal, by the
grim reaper of our friend, we have the consola-
ton that he died as he lived-the noblest work
of God an honest man.
The directors, officers and employees of the
Farmers Trust Company extend their sincere
sympathy to the family of the deceased presi-
dent in this dark hour of sorrow.
EDWARD D. STOKES,
EDWARD E. LOGAN,
JOS. c. KINGDOM,
January "a, 1874 Committee
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Valentines and valentine post cards.
Our assortment is large. unique, refined
and beautiful, and will appeal to your
taste. l. s. Boyce, Stationer.
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By virtue OF a writ Of Il. IA, to me directed
Issued out OF the Court of Chancery of the
State Of New Jersey, l will sell at public
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was made In the family plot In the Mount
Holly cemetery on Saturday morning,
Masonic services being conducted by
Mount Holly Lodge No. IA.
There has been much published about
che killing of diseased cattle at the aims
house and the probable tearing down OF
all the stables. The facts are that at the
request of the Steward Of the almshouse
and the committee In charge of the institu.
ton, q tuberculin test Of the entire herd OF
cattle was made by DR.. ]. Hume Carter
Is q result of which 1t was found thai
several of the animals responded. Tt
prevent trouble In the future the State
tuberculosis Commission was called upor
to appraise the entire herd and 1t was de
cided to dispense with the dairy unit
such time as the place could be properly
disinfected. As soon as proper arrange
ments can be made a new dairy will b.
installed.
A quit-claim deed filed at the county
clerks Office in Mount Holly on Satur
day, given by the Upton estate to thu
Hanover Farms Company. recalls one o
the largest real estate transactions eve
recorded In this section. The deed Ia tn,
final paper in q deal that involved tn,
transfer of nearly $4,000 acres Of land II
Burlington and Ocean counties to tn,
Hanover Company. On the tract are tw,
railroads and about seven miles of th,
proposed improved road from Brown
Mills to Lakehurst passing through 1t
The new road is the one that will give
direct route from Philadelphia to point
on the North Jersey coast. Along witt
the deed came mortgage for 500, 900
given by the Hanover Company to tn
First Mortgage Guaranty and Trust Com
pany, of Philadelphia. to secure an issu
of 800, 900 In two year, six per cent, goi
coupon bonds. Similar papers were ais
recorded at Toms River on the same day
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on by worry over kidney trouble of long
standing caused Leander Rogers. aged 81
years, to commit suicide at his home in
Lumberton township on Thursday after
noon. During the day his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Rogers, we're shopping
In Medford, and 1t was during their alb
sence that the deed was committed. Or
returning home Lesnder could not b.
found. and when search was made tn,
! father found his son hanging in the attic
The body was Immediately cut down anC
! DR.. Remer summoned, but life had gone
, Coroner ]. G. Bolton, of Moorestown, wa
} notified, and after viewing the remain
! issued burial permit.
One step toward the comfort
patrons of the trolley road between Noun
Holly and Camden has been taken, blu
the movement appears to have come fron
the Public Service end of the line. 4
waiting room has been established Of
! Main street, Moorestown, where passen
gers who are compelled to change from
y eA0 nAVAAt AAoAAy CoAe w SAc OomOCh lAuS
may wait until their car arrives. Thi
r move, while appreciated now, would hav
Q been enjoyed very much during the recen
3 cold spell when passengers were forced t
, get out into the street and stand 10 tn
e bitter weather until the car they wer
D waiting for arrived. II there happened t
E , be car for Mount Holly the comfort ths
S awaited the passenger was not great. Tn
. Camden cars were nicely heated, but
\ was hard to discover much heat In tn
s Burlington county line. The jolting owe
b the rough road. however, kept one warn
|, The Burlington county company has pal
9 a dividend of three per cent. recently, bu
!. If the sum thus expended had been pu
e on improvements to the road and rollin
d stock with the comfort of passengers q
o 3 sort of side issue 1t would appear {
:. have been better move.