The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-09-24
The MOUNT HOLLY NEW
LOCAL NEWS.


Two weeks from to-day the Great Noun
Holly Fair opens.
Pierre II. Stanton Ia now clerking IL
Wetherill's dry goods store.
Contractor E. W. Esham now drives
new Studebaker automobile.
The State Council o U. A. M. will hold
its annual session at Trenton. tomorrow.
James Mercer Davis has been appointed
Especial master and examiner In Chancery
An autumnal rally day will be observed
In the Methodist church on Sunday, Octo
Der 6.
DR.. P. Wendkos, veterinarian who had
an Office on Mill street, has removed to
Camden.
John Sullivan. of New Lisbon, is suffer
ing much pain and loss of sleep from an
abscess on bis hand.
The third quarterly conference of the
Methodist church will be held on Wednes-
day evening, October 2.
Mabel Clapper and Sylvanus Warner, OF
Shreve street. have recovered from their
attack of typhoid fever.
The w. G. T. q. will meet at the home
of Mrs. Samuel Bullock, 28 Union street,
next Tuesday afternoon.
A county convention Of the Brother
hood of America was held at MasonYille
last Thursday evening.
The engagement has been announced of
Ralph Connolly, Of Camden. and Miss
Margaret Smith, OF Moorestown.
While working at Burlington a few
days ago, Ellis H. Wright. of Mount
Holly, had toe mashed by the falling of
q railroad tie.
front of the residence of the Misses
Deacon, Henry M. Hughes. and the Misses
EVAN, on Garden street.
While driving near Maple Shade, on
Tuesday, shelving belonging to Benja.
min Jobes, of Mount Holly, was damaged
when side swiped by trolley car. No
one was hurt.
A cake sale will be held at the home of
Mrs. William B. Pearson, No. Wash
ington street, on Saturday, September %,
for the benefit Of the Ladies' Aid of the
Methodist church.
Satisfactory progress is being made
toward recovery by Rev. William j.
Morgan. of Bispham street. who was
operated upon at the Burlington County
Hospital, last week, for tistula.
John Haines. of Broad street, who was
bitten on the hand by spider some
weeks ago and which proved to be so seri-
GUS that he was cofned to his bed, is re-
ported to be recovering rapidly.
During recent storm lightning entered
the home of Horace Adams, of Chats
worth, and struck a mirror. The flying
glass cut cash In his throat, and cut his
mothers foot, and both were stunned.
The members and friends of the Armour
w. G. I. q. and the Methodist Brother
hood are cordially invited to attend the
social to be given at the home of Miss
Hazel Walch. of Hainesport, this evening.
The unclaimed mail remaining at the
post office is as follows Miss Gosfield,
Robt. Cornell. Friendship fire Co., W.
g. Kline. 2; Hon. Geo. w. Whytle, Miss
III. Wilson. Virtue Lyono, VIM. Deacon,
Joel johnson. Mrs. E. Pennington, Au-
drew Magill. Jim Young, James W.
After September 90. when he will have
q sale of his household effects, former
Surrogate William P. Lippincott, of Hart
ford, will remove his family to Ocean
City and take possession of the Swarth- |
more Hotel which he recently purchased |
at that place, and which will be run by
his son Frank. The place will open next |
Spring.
The sale of the machine shop property
of the Risdon-Alcott Turbine Company.
on Church street. did not take place on
Wednesday. The matter was postponed
for two weeks, and In the meantime
negotiations may be completed whereby
large manufacturing concern may take the
plant and bring considerable business to
Mount Holly.
In good spirits and with fairly good
health, Mrs Naomi T. Kingdom, of Bur-
lington, was visited by her children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren, or
Friday. all of whom congratulated her
upon reaching the Oath milestone on lifes
highway. With faculties unimpaired Mrs.
Kingdom takes great interest In all affairs,
and ID especially versed In the arguments
pro and con In the Presidential contest,
Ferdinand Radue. employed in drug
store at Tuckerton, was arrested two
years ago on capias, at which time Stacy
Atkinson, of Mount Holly, went his bail
In the sum of $500. On securing his
release the young man skipped, his bail
was forfeited and Stacy had to pay over
the money. Learning of his whereabouts
last Tuesday. Constable Samuel K. Gaskill
went to Tuckerton and arrested Radue
The prisoner was brought to Mount Holly,
and on Thursday Atkinson got his money
back.
1t Is reported that many of the Bull
Moose partisans will stay away from the
polls to-day, In order that they may be
able to vote In the primary box of that
party at the election next fall II the
new party casts sufficient number of
votes on November 5. 1t will be entitled to
separate primary box In the future
This will be of but little benefit, however,
as no one who votes In either the Repub-
lican or Democratic box to-day can cast q
ballot in the box of another party at the
next ensuing primary. The only way
out of the dilemma for them Ia not to vote
to-day
few months ago DIR. Bruce and his
brother, colored, of Mount Laurel, were
convicted of using the mails to defraud
by selling hoodoo powders, and were SEN
fenced to seven years In the prison at
Atlanta. Ga. Since that time the doctors
wife has disappeared, leaving two boys
with no one to LOOK after them. Their
names are William and Howard. They
were then placed In charge OF the New
Jersey State Board of Children's Guard.
ians at Jersey City. The children evi.
IDENTIFY did not Ike their new home and
started off TO see the world. but were
picked up In Wilmington, Del, and re-
turned to the institution.
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