The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29

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W. A. French. who proposes to open |
lumber yard there. Mr.. French will with
draw from the firm Of Colkitt d Co..
who operate a feed mill.
The Mount Holly High school go
fourth place In the mile relay foot race II
the college and school events on Franklin
field, Philadelphia, on Saturday The
boys representing Mount Holly were
Karg, Hatcher, Wills and Harris.
An interesting gathering to be held al
Rancocas on Saturday, May oath will be
an educational conference and reunion OF
the old pupils and teachers of the school,
which was established at that place in the
18th century. The present building is lis
years old.
The Mount Holly A. @. base ball team
played second game with the Mount
Holly regulars on Saturday and the latter
were defeated by the score Of to z. Cain
pitched for the regulars and boy named
Pitman for the A. G. Next Saturdays
game will be with Strawbridge & Clothier.
The unclaimed letters and postals that
remain In the post office for the week end
ing April 20, are as follows r. Beckett,
Miss E. Chandler, Curtis Davis, Harry
O'Donnell, M. A. NORM, ]. P. Smith, Mrs.
Walter Stark, Miss Title Williams, Miss
Inez NJ. Vance LETTERS Mrs. d. s. Simpson.
postal.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Spooner, wife Of
George @. Spooner, died Thursday at her
home in Moorestown. Mrs Spooner was
the daughter of the late Thomas Shreve,
who for many years was a conductor on
the old Amboy railroad She was cou-
sin of Mrs. Charles B. Keen. Of Mount
Holly.
The Methodist Brotherhood held its
anniversary exercises In the NJ E church
last Thursday evening. The program was
of an interesting character. A large
audience greeted Rev. Charles H. Elder,
of Trenton, who delivered an excellent
and a very appropriate address. 1t was a
very successful affair.
At Trenton, tomorrow, will occur the
marriage of Miss G. Jewell Butterworth.
daughter of Mrs. Mary 8. Butterworth,
and Albert E. Walters, cashier OF the
Mount Holly National Bank. The cere-
mony will take place at $50 p. m. The
happy couple will reside In Mount Holly
and will be at home to their friends after
June LIST.
Attention Is called to the three large
advertisements of the Wetherill store in
this issue of The News. They announce
respectively a special bargain day to-mor-
row: Memo week, from May to 10; and
the merits of Gordon hosiery. Mr.. Weth-
GRILL is firm believer In the value Of adj
yertising, and wisely selects those mediums
which best reach the buying public. An
advertisement in THE News will bring
the results you want.
While several gentlemen from Mount
Holly were riding through the pine dis
trict in Southampton township few days
ago, they saw fisherman catch large
mouth black bass in small stream where
anglers were casting for trout. The land
ing Of this bass was great surprise, as
1t was the first fish of that species ever
known to have been taken from any of
the trout streams Of the county, and
where it was supposed they did not exist.
The management of the Burlington
County Children's Home have long felt
the need of an infrmary. This was strong.
" emphasized by the fact that 1t was nee
essary to isolate patients suffering with
diphtheria. The managers are now plan
ming an addition to the building and In
order to secure funds for this purpose an
entertainment will be given In the opera
house on the evenings of May IS and IA
Due notice of the sale of tickets will be
given.
Frank Gaul died suddenly at Jersey
City on Wednesday. Deceased was tbs
son of former Mayor Samuel w. .Gaul
who was the chief executive of Camder
In 1871. The deceased took an active In
terest in Grand Army circles and was
member of Kearney Brigade. He wal
also the head of the Safety Ballot Boz
Company, which concern supplied many
municipalities throughout the state will
ballot boxes until the new Geran election
law went into effect. He was buried a
Green Bank in this county yesterday.
At a special meeting of the Board o
Education held last evening the PROPOSE
ton of Murrell Dobbins to establish
trades school 10 this county was discussed
Mr.. Dobbins has offered 5000 to pu
such school into operation and 1t is hopes
he will decide upon Mount Holly as tn
site. A committee, consisting of Johl
w. Harris. George w. Durand and Johi
NJ. Huff, was appointed to confer wit
Mr.. Dobbins. Miss Mary W. Budd wa
elected member of the Board of Educs
ton to fill the vacancy caused by tn
death of Francis G. Naylor.
The members Of the Jattaharp Club, 0
Mount Holly, recently formed organizs
ton of bachelor girls, were greatly SUI
prised, on Thursday, when their president
Miss Eta Tomlinson, announced her MAJ
rage to Edward Gibbs, of Mount Holly
The ceremony took place at Trenton o
October TO- Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs will n
side at Phillipsburg, where the groom
employed by the Pennsylvania railroa
company. They attempted to keep tn
time of their departure for their ne
home q profound secret, but the clu
members were on the lookout and caugl
the unsuspecting couple on Burlingto
trolley Thursday night. Details are VI
necessary, but Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs wei
given a stirring reception until their trai
left Burlington. According to the bylaw
of the club, Mrs. Gibbs must entertain Il
members at dinner as a penalty for b
I ing married.
II the question should be asked as
why Miss Elizabeth s. Kite, agent for Il
+ Commissioners of Charities and Core
tions, has been making such thoroue
e Investigation in Burlington county rath
than in other counties, sufficient answ
n will be found in the fact that the highe
\ proportion of dependents In our Sta
: institutions come from Burlington count
! viz. to every 1855. DR.. Henry a. Goddar
= Director OF Research Of the New Jers
lCh}ldren's Home Society has been dires