The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-22
LOCAL NEWS.

Miss Charlotte Oliphant is spending
Thomas, at Newark.
The ladies of the M. E. church wi
serve an oyster supper in the Temple o
October Is. Keep this date in mind
The regular meeting of the w. C.
U. will be held at the home of Mrs. F
ID. jacket, on Tuesday, September 18th
at three O'Clock
Mrs. Martha Quigley, Harry Smit
and John F. Riley, of Pine street, hav
had concrete sidewalks laid in front c
their properties.
William c. Cook has entered Perki
omen Seminary, Pennsburg, Pa, wher
he is taking commercial course. A
Thomas Atkinson has begun fou
years course at Amherst College, Am
herst, Massachusetts.
Frank l.. Pratt, Jr, is the composer o
song which has been placed on sale a
the store of Miss Nora Naylor. We are
not much on the piano or the sing, bu
If the fellow who played it for us was
giving the correct rendition the song is
all right.
Failure of brakes to work caused ar
automobile driven by Robert Kline, Of
Pottstown, Pa, to strike wagon hold
ing David Micks, of Hartford, near his
home, on Thursday. Micks jumped
saving himself, but the wagon was bad
ly damaged. The motorist agreed to re-
imburse Mr.. Micks.
The fourth attempt to build a new
concrete dam across Oakford Lake at
New Egypt, was started by new con-
tractors on Thursday. Three times cot
fer dams have been built and the con-
crete work started, only to be washed
out by freshets. The new concern, how
ever, guarantees to put the dam across.
The dead body of Mrs. Lottie p. Will
bur was found in the bedroom of her
house at Crosswicks on Friday morning.
She had committed suicide by fasten-
ing a rope to bed post, placing moose
around her neck, and then lying down
in the bed. Since the death of her hus-
band, few years ago, she has been
somewhat unbalanced mentally.
Charles Wilhelm, farmer at Taylor's
Station, dropped dead on Thursday after
noon while leading volunteer fire brig.
ade in an attempt to save his burning
farm buildings. Wilhelm was to have
been an important witness for the state
in the Fisher-Murphy murder case He
was the father of Miss Ida Wilhelm,
sweetheart of Fisher, and was one of the
last to see the murdered youth alive.
John Blair is a man who was con-
victed of forgery and stealing from Will
liam Henry, near Vincentown. He was
sentenced to imprisonment and got out
about month ago. He appeared peni-
tent, SO Mr.. Henry took him in and
gave him work. Blair showed his ap-
probation and the depth of his peni-
tence by taking in" Mr.. Henry, for he
stole goods from the latter and then de-
camped.. He was caught in some woods
on the South Pemberton road, on Satur-
day, by Detective Parker and Deputy
Sheriff Fleetwood and is now in jail.
At the regular meeting of the w. c.
T. e., held on Tuesday afternoon, Sep
TENDER Is, the following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Henry l. Budd
vice presidents, Miss Mary Budd, Mrs.
Hannah Bullock, Mrs. Barclay Moore
corresponding secretary, Miss Olive
Robinson; recording secretary, Mrs. F.
HI. Jacket; treasurer, Mrs William P.
Eddy; superintendent of literature, Mrs.
Sallie B. Gibbs; supt. of press, Mrs.
Amanda nj. Boyce; supt. of soldiers and
sailors, Mrs. Charles H. Warner; supt. of
Sunday school, Mrs. F. P. Johnson.
The Mount Holly Water Company
has installed an aerating system at its
reservoir. This is in accordance with |
suggestions made by the State Board of
Health, and it consists of twelve-inch |
pipe through which the water is pumped,
striking pine platform, the boards of |
which are not close together, allowing |
viz WduCi W AItCi uliAOuSll bllCln DCcluCS |
flying over the top into the reservoir.
This gives the water thorough aerat-
ing and is supposed to be especially
effective in purifying it. The cost of
this improvement was over $500.
The COW barn, horse barn, wagon sheds,
crib house, wind mill, etc, on the farm,
naar nm, barton ooon,.;od hxy pr;+to,,
Brothers and owned by the estate of
Joseph Powell, were destroyed by fire on
Thursday. No live stock or machinery
was burned, but the season s crop of hay
and grain was lost. In one of the build
ings there was stored about $500 baskets
of potatoes. The potatoes have since
been sorted and about three-fourths
found to be unchanged. The fire started
on the floor of the COW barn from cause
unknown. There was no one in or near
the buildings at the time. The dwelling
house was not injured. The buildings
were partly covered by insurance and
half the crops were insured.
John w. Archer is very proud of some
peach trees that he owns and which are
on the lot where his carriage factory is
located. He says he has heard that
natural fruit cannot be raised for any
length of time and he wants to show
otherwise. He has one tree that is six
teen years old, which came up from a
pit planted by him. 1t has borne con-
tinuously since it was three years old.
He has another tree, the product of a
pit from the sixteen-year old tree and
which is ten years of age. This tree has
also given good fruit for years. Another
natural fruit tree three years old pro-
duced a large basket of peaches this
year. Mr. Archer would like to hear
from any one who can break this record.
Frank b. Jess, president of the state
board of eqalization of taxes, has sent
letter to William +. Morgan, president
OF the tax board of Burlington county,
which is of particular interest to persons
acquainted with the working out of the
new bank stock tax law, which was en-
acted at the 1914 session of the Legisla-
ture The communication is in reply to
a letter from the tax board asking as to
whether a national bank, which filed its
statement, could be permitted to make
certain bond deductions, which amount