The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-14
LOCAL NEWS.

InHammatOry rneunatlsm is causing
much suffering to jeremiah II. Deacon
of Garden street.
Claude B. Bullock has purchased the
residence on Andersonville from the j
Fred Kiner estate.
Services at the Unionville chapel, on
Sunday fternoon, were conducted by
Rev. r. HI. Baker.
George w. A. French has completed
the erection of large lumber shed at
his place of business on King street.
Harry l. Cooper caught ten nice bass
on the upper creek day or two ago.
Other anglers had similar luck there
last week.
Henry Rosenfeld has removed from
Buttonwood street and is now occupy
ing the Denness property which he re-
Gently purchased on Mill street.
The property on Bispham street, be-
longing to Mrs. Thomas A. Feeney, has
been rented by Mr.. and Mrs. David
Gross, of Stroudsburg, Pa, who will re-
move here.
Moving pictures of events at the Mount
Holly Fair will be shown at the opera
house every evening this week. Go and
see if you can find yourself in the groups
that were taken.
There was smashup of buggies on
Mill street, Thursday night, when q
horse belonging to William Prickitt, of
Red Lion, ran away and collided with
other vehicles.
Unclaimed mail remains in the post
Office for the following persons: Florence
Crammer, Elias Holmes, Miss Ida Leshss
er, DIR. HI. r. Loux, Walter Oliphant,
Allen Apologize.
Charles A. Comp, agent, has sold the
farm, known as the Horace Ford farm,
containing 1875 acres. situate near Cross
wicks, to G. E. Mayo, of Vermont, who
will take immediate possession.
During the past week thieves have
been operating quite extensively at Med
ford, Indian Mills and Columbus. 1t
begins to look as if gang of burglars
were making circuit of the county.
Citizens Lippincott is suffering from a
broken collar bone, and Peter Schmidt,
has several fractured ribs. Both men
were injured by falling into repair pit
at the Hainesport trolley power plant.
Mount Holly is getting 80 cent gas.
At least they are paying that figure per
1000 feet, but the article that has been
furnished consumers the past week has
had about so cent Illuminating power
On Thursday afternoon next, in the Y.
M. C. A. building, on Buttonwood street.
the Loyal Temperance Union will re-
open for this winters work with Mrs
Harold Horror in charge as superinten-
dent She hopes for large attendance
of children.
Blanchard H. White has recured di-
vorce for Mrs. Mabel A. Whartenby, of
Riverside, from her husband, William
Whartenby, on the ground of desertion.
He is now reported to be living at Ia
cony, Pa. 1t is alleged that William
became infatuated with an affinity and
left for parts unknown.
The newspaper men and their en-
ployes in Mount Holly, will have an
opportunity to hear splendid sermon,
as an invitation to this effect has been
extended by Rev. Frank Wilcox, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church, who will
preach ON the theme: 1.-The Coming of
the Kingdom of Righteousness versus
The Power of the Press, on Sunday
evening, October 18th.
That annual useless and expensive
article that is pushed upon every county
the Teachers Institute-will be held in
Mount Holly, commencing Monday,
October % and closing Wednesday, Octo-
Der %, compelling the schools of the
county to close and the children will be
allowed to run the streets, while the
teachers are getting very valuable (?) in
structions. Why does not some MEM
Der of the Legislature introduce law
abolishing these institutes?
The present site of the City of Bur-
hngton was purchased by party of
English Quakers from the Indians in
1877 History says that among the
goods traded for the land were the fol-
lowing: 20 guns, 80 kettles, 30 coats, 30
petticoats, 30 hoes, Is barrels of powder,
20 knives, 80 axes, 20 combs, go scissors,
so tobacco tongs, so looking glasses, 100
jewsharps, 100 fsh-hooks, 120 needles,
100 pipes, 200 bells and 6 ''anchors" of
rum.
The Both convention of the Bur!ing-
ton County Sunday School Association
will be held in the First Baptist church,
Mount Holly, October 23d, 1913. There
will be program of unusual merit and
prominent workers of the State will be
present and take part. Every Sunday
School worker should be present and
every school should send delegates.
Music under the direction of Fred b.
Cherry, of Burlington, assisted by large
chorus choir, will help to make the ses-
sion one of the best.
A petition is being circulated for the
improvement of Water and King streets
the desire being to have those thorough.
fares paved with ameisite. Property
owners interested have all signed and il
is likely that the matter will be favora-
blv considered. In this event two more
good streets would be added to Mount
Holly, with the possibility of divertins
some of the automobile traffic that way
to the relief of Washington and Higl
streets If the matter is decided upor
the sidewalk ordinance along the rout'
should be strictly enforced, as they ar
source of danger to pedestrians.
The first district, Knights of Pythias
composed of lodges at Medford, Noun
Holly, Bordentown and Burlington, i
to hold an important meeting in tn
Auditorium Theatre at Burlington OF
Tuesday evening, December 9Th, whel
class in the rank of Page will be I'M
tiated by degree team selected from
among the members of the grand an
supreme lodges, whose officers will b
well represented on this occasion, an
for which much preparation is bein
made William H. Dobbins, of Noun
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