The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-28
LOCAL NEWS.

November 3st, from 3 to o'clock.
A second stroke of PARALYSIS has re-
duced Restore b. Lamb, of Union street,
to condition which is regarded as very
serious.
Mrs. Maria Lewis, corner of Washing
ton and Bispham streets, was SO years
of age on Thursday. She is in COM
paratively good health.
L. Walter Borton will have an inter-
esting announcement to make in a
change of his advertisement which will
appear in our next issue.
Mrs. William I. Harding, of Union
street, was seized with slight stroke of
paralysis on Wednesday evening. Since
that time she has improved considerably.
At the home of Albert Hansell, RAN
cocas, on Wednesday evening, October
18th, occurred the marriage of his daugh-
ter, Helen, to George H. Tate, well
known detective of Philadelphia.
Having died at her home on Pine
street on Wednesday, Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Cross was taken to Pointville for burial
on Saturday morning. Services were
held in the Methodist Church there.
There will be rummage sale of wear
ing apparel, by the Woman's League, on
Thursday, October Both, during the en-
tire day, at the residence of Mrs Richard
p. Holeman, 1OS Garden street, Mount
Holly.
AS the petitions that were circulated
asking for the improvement of Water
and King streets were not drawn ac-
cording to law, there will be no bond
issue for that purpose this year, and the
matter will have to be gone over again.
Having leased the building in which
l.. C. Sherman q Company have for
many years conducted a shoe business,
the Union Merchandise Company, who
operate chain of stores, will soon open
there for the sale of Shoes and clothing
for men and women.
The annual meeting of the Peoples
Building and Loan Association will be
held at the Office of the Secretary, "
Claude Palmer, High street, ON Thurs
day evening, November 18th, at 1880
O'Clock. Nine directors are to be elect
ed and a new series of stock will be is
sued
Oliver G. Billings, who has charge of
Dubell's pharmacy, accompanied by a
friend from Trenton, will leave ON a.
three days pleasure trip next Sunday
morning. Both young men are drug
gists and their employers have decided
to send them to Boston, Mass, for the
express purpose of inspecting the Rexall
NiQS StOiC di1Q 1dOOidbOly bACIC, WllCu
concern is the largest of that kind in
the country.
Since returning from Atlantic City,
where the Junior Mechanics held con-
vention on Thursday, and which was
well attended from this section, much has
been said of the good treatment received
by some of the Mount Holly members
who stopped with Norman Gale, pro-
prietor of the Haverhill Hotel Harry
Hawkins, Jr., was reelected a member
of the state auditing committee for a
period of five years.
The following mail remains uncalled
for at the post office: Continental Con-
densed Milk Co., Lucy Carter, Mrs.
Mary Carr, Mrs. NJ. B. Jones, James
Lamb; Narrenena Fortiti, foreign; pos
tails, John Howe, Jesse Vogt, VIM Mac
Matt, Mrs. Frank Bowen, George Wes-
Kocherperger, Jill Homer, A. F. Chap
man, Tom McAnders, Mrs. Arthur Will
son, Mrs. Louis Newman.
Richard Lambs horse, Kelly, cap
tured the best part of purse in 2.15
class at Frederick, Maryland, on We'd
nesday. The race was holly contested
and it took five heats to decide it. Kelly
won the first heat, came in fourth in the
next two, and won the last two. His
time was 2.1S4, 2.l64 2.19t. The heats
he lost were trotted in 2.174 and 2.174.
Kelly did not have the same driver who
held the lines over him at Mount Holly.
There will be a special attraction at
the Opera House next Friday night,
when a spectacular war drama in five
acts, entitled Victory" will be shown.
The films will present some notables of
the army and navy. A thrilling naval
engagement will be one of the features,
reproducing battleships, hydroplanes,
gunboats, monitors and destroyers in ac-
ton. The explosion of harbor mines,
cannon, gun cotton and dynamite will
be another interesting sight,
DR.. Edith Z. Keisker, school physi-
clan in Philadelphia, died on Saturday
from scarlet fever contracted a few
DAYS prior to her death. DIR. keisker
was visitor at the Philadelphia munic-
ipal hospital where she was studying
the symptoms of children afflicted with
scarlet fever, her purpose being to give
instruction to school teachers and Others
how to detect the dread disease. She
visited the hospital from October ID to
II. was taken i'll on the latter day and
died on the 23d. DIR. Keisker was for
merly Miss Edith Earl Eayre and lived
at Lumberton.
Interesting exercises were held in the
Methodist Sunday school on Sunday
afternoon, in observance of rally day and
the dedication of the new piano. A very
large attendance was present to enjoy
the interesting program. The following
took part: Piano duet, Prof. Lawrence
Emerson and Beverley c. Kingdom;
piano solo, Miss Elizabeth Eckman;
quartette, Mrs. Louella Colder, Miss
Ethel Cronl<, A. II. w. Atwood and John
M Hltff violin solo Job
euphonium solo, j. z. l.. Eckman; piano
duet, Mrs. John Rigg and Elizabeth
Eclman.
A striking example of the value OF
persistent advertising in an individual
way was shown by an item which APP
peared in THE NEWS last week. The
advertisement was:
Just received. Cushion covers, foul
designs. Regular price $l.50; limited
time only $ll5. adv
1t will be noticed that the name of The
advertiser, l.. 5. Boyce, did not appear
and that there was nothing to tell tn,
reader where to purchase the article ad
yertised. Nevertheless, Mr.. Boyce haC
MANY customers for the cushion covers
number of them saying they had reaC
the advertisement in THE NEWS and
although no name was given, they weT
SO familiar with Mr.. Boyces method o
advertising that they knew jug here t
go. 1t is evident that persistent keep
ing your name before the public pays.
The friendly assistance on the part O
neighboring communities in connection
with the Halloween celebration to b
held at Medford next Friday night ex
tends to Mount Holly, some of who's
merchants have offered prizes as fol
lows: Best dressed horseman, So Stetsol
hat, donated by Abram r. Gerber; hes
representative character, mounted, S
umbrella, by Schuyler & Rogers; mos
comical or original horseman, s. bria
pipe. by South Jersey Tobacco Co.; bes
dressed lady in lady attire, sweater coat
by William c. Wetherill. At the con
ciusion of the parade the Pocahonta
fife and drum corps, of Mount Holly
will give a unique concert in front {
the Judges stand that will be a decide
novelty. Constable Samuel K. Gas
kill, of Mount Holly, has been engage
to act as special officer there tina
night, when boozers from the pines wi
have to step some if they cross the dea
line.