The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-09-16
The foot ball season is rapidly APP

i The foot ball iseason is rapidly ap
preaching.
Three weeks from to-day the Grea
Mount Holly Fair opens.
The Thimble Ladies will hold cak,
sale on the court house lawn Saturda,
Afternoon.
The moving pictures to be shown a
the opera house tonight will be of unu
sual interest.
I'll. NJ. Black, of the Locust Hill farm
Jobstown, recently picked cantaloupt
weighing % pounds.
Hunters owning hounds are getting
their dogs in condition for the opening
OF the cunning season.
Sheriff Jordan will draw the panel Of
petit jurors for the fall term of court on
Thursday, October I'd.
A brass key ring on which is stamped
the name of J. w. Lippincott, Lumber.
ton, n. j., and containing three KEYS,
await the owner at this Office.
The Grand Circle of New Jersey,
Brotherhood of America, is in session to-
day at Asbury Park Fourteen past Of
Ulcers of the local Circle are in attendance
William B. Wills, editor of the Herald,
who has been confined to the house with
an attack of pneumonia, has so far re-
covered as to be able to go down stairs.
His many friends hope to see him out in
few days.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of Miss Matte Snyder, formerly of Mount
Holly and Edwin S. Martin, of Ceilings
wood. The ceremony took place at Col
lingswood on September 3, where they
will reside.
At Pemberton, on Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 4th, occurred the marriage of J.
Howard Montgomery and Miss May
Hewlings. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. Howard Nelson, pastor of the
Methodist church.
On Sunday afternoon some waste
paper caught fire under the platform at
the railroad station. Several planks
were charred before the blaze was extin-
guished. A few buckets of water were
sufficient to settle the trouble.
The contest over the will of Jane c.
Wilkins, deceased, who lived near Med
ford, has been ended by the court sus-
tanning the will. The contest was made
by son of the deceased, on the ground
of undue influence. V Claude Palmer
represented the contestant and after the
evidence was in he frankly told the court
that he had not made out case. Prose-
cutor Atkinson appeared for the other
side.
The third annual dahlia show in con-
nection with a cake and ice cream sale
for the benefit of the Burlington County
Hospital, will be held in Grange hall,
Pemberton, on the afternoon and even
ing of September 25. Two dollars is Of
fered as prize for the best II dahlia
blooms. Competition limited to anna
tours. If weather should prove unfavOr-
able the show will be held the next fair |
day. Admission 10 cents Cakes
from those interested.
Albert p. Cardwell, a former resident of
Mount Holly, who is editor of the Car
ridge Monthly, published by Ware |
of Philadelphia, sprung great
surprise on his employers at a recent con-
vention of the National Carriage Builders
Association, held at Atlantic City, when
his motion to create in this country a
technical school of drawing was I'M
carried and the young man
was made chairman of the committee
that was appointed to arrange the details
and secure location. In the interest of
his proposition, Mr.. Cardwell will start
IN business trip to-day that will take
him to Pittsburg, Harrisburg, Ohio,
Chicago, st. Louis, Michigan, Indiana,
Buffalo, Rochester, Albany and New
York. All his expenses are to be paid
md he will enjoy several weeks of first
class travelling.
The spirit of patriotism is inculcated
n its members by the ritual of the Pa
5riotic Order Sons of America, will be
at Trenton on the four days
with Tuesday, September %,
when at the annual state convention
will be celebrated the 25th anniversary
If the uniformed branch of the order.
The national and commanding conven-
ions will be held at the capitol at the
anne time. One of the features of the
went will be dedication of the Wash
ngton monument erected by the Penn
iylvania camp at Taylorsville, Pa. This
marks the spot where General I
and his army embarked for
is passage across the Delaware river on
December 25, 1875, which was the night
before the battle of Trenton. Another
eature is expected to be one of the largest
,arades ever held in the state.
The Armour Union held it's annual
Meeting for the election of officers last
Tuesday night. The following officers
we're elected: President, Mrs. Charles H.
Ingle; secretary, Miss Eulalie Chafey;
secretary, Miss Margaret
Keller; treasurer, Miss Julia A. Lippin-
oft; vice presidents, from the Baptist
hurch, Miss Julia A. Lippincott; Pres
)yterian, Mrs. Frank Wilcock; Method
st, Miss Ida Crammer; Friends, Miss
Ora Stokes; superintendent of Loyal
Legion, Mrs. Harold Hornor;
Miss Cora Stokes; organist,
Hiss Amy Keller; superintendent of
lower mission, Miss Cora Stokes. The
lower mission department sent out pa
of flowers, visited the hospital
nd Jail, sent out preserves, jelly and :
ther edibles to the sick and needy ones
Turing the past year. This branch of
he Armour w. c. L. U. was greatly APP
,reciated