The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-01
LOCAL NEWS.

Der 18th.
The regular September meeting of the
Board of Freeholders will be held at the
court house tomorrow
Don't forget the dance at Rancocas
Park on Thursday night for the benefit
of the Fourth of July carnival fund.
The annual convention of the Burling-
ton county w. C. T. U. will be held at
florence on Wednesday, September %.
Samuel Heller was sent to Jail for
ninety days, last week, because he got
too hilarious and had to be disciplined.
The annual session of the New jersey
held at Atlantic City beginning to-mor-
row.
The Knights of Columbus of Burling-
ton county will hold picnic at Ran
cocas Park on Labor day, September
9TH.
The public sale of refreshment stands
for the Mount Holly Fair will take place
at the fair ground on Saturday, Septem-
Der 49,
The season for rail birds, mud hen
black breasted plover, golden plover,
Jack snipe or Wilson snipe, greater Or
lesser yellow legs, opens to-day.
Clifford r. Powell and Ralph w.
Haines, law students, have given notice
that they will apply for admission to the
bar at the November term of the Su-
preme Court.
Albert Chance, member of the firm
of r. C. Chances Sons, and brother of
Wilmer Chance, of Mount Holly, died
at his home in Philadelphia early yes
terday morning.
Henry Haines and Ernest Durham,
both of Florence, left yesterday for Flor
ida, where they intend to remain until
next spring, They are making the en-
tire trip on bicycles.
Examination of pupils who have been
conditioned in the Mount Holly public
schools will begin next Tuesday after
noon in the rooms of the grades in which
the conditioning exists.
Intending to remove from Mount
Holly Miss Edith B. Cook will sell the
household goods in the house at No. AZ
garden street at public sale on Saturday,
September 10Th, at one o'clock.
Ann Stoddard, mother of Ridgway
Stoddard, of Mount. Holly. died at the
home of her son-in-law, George N.
Wood, Bordentown, on Tuesday She
was in the SD year of her age.
The enormous peach crop in this
county has resulted in the lowest prices
known for many years. Fairly good
peaches have been selling as low as 90
cents per basket; good grades from 40 to
so cents.
Prof. w. c. Sullivan will be at his of
fee in the high school building, next
Monday morning, from 8 to u, to re-
ceive for registration nonresident pupils
and Mount Holly pupils who have never
attended school.
Rev. William Z. Zimmerman, of Lum-
berton, will occupy the pulpit of the
Mount Holly M. f. church next Sunday
Rev. T. J.J. Wright will preach in the
Beverly NJ E. church at the dedication
exercises of a new pipe organ.
William ]. Evans, Jr, of Catasauqua,
Pa, has bought the garage business of
Colder q Grooms, corner King and
Washington streets, and took charge
this morning. Mr.. Colder will continue
in the employ of the new management
The following unclaimed mail remains
in the post Office for the week ending
August 20: Letters, Mystic Co., 2; ]. H.
Wood. Cards, M. c. Fisher, Michael
O'Brien, Mrs. A. C. Servan,, Mrs. w. H
Reed, Mystic Co., Mrs. Mary Warnacke.
William l.. Wilkinson, the paper ham
ger, corner Pine and Mill streets, has re-
moved his family to Poughkeepsie, N
Y, where they formerly lived before
coming to Mount Holly, Mr.. Wilkinson
will remain here until after the first of
the year to close out his business affairs
and will then join his family
The executive board of the Mount
Holly Business Mems Association, at a
meeting held on Thursday night, order
ed Al suits be instituted against debtors
who have failed or refused to pay claims
filed with the association. Other suits
will follow from time to time as ordered
by the executive board, No suits are
brought where people through unfortu-
nate ciroumStancaS cannof nov nor
against those who show disposition to
settle by making partial payments
weekly.
Captain William E. Doron, of the
Bristol and Burlington Ferry Company
was in town Thursday. He has arranged
his annual outing for children at Bur
lington Island Park for Thursday of this
week. Each child who attends will be
given two rides on the -go-round,
and free trip on the ferry boat to and
from the island. Children must take
their own lunch. The trolley company
will carry the children in this neighbor-
hood to and from Burlington free of cost.
A limited number of tickets to this out
ing have been left at THE NEWS office
and will be distributed to those who are
of the proper age to receive them.
Riverside anglers have decided to be
gin an inquiry to ascertain why Burling
ton county, which contributes more thar
any other county in cunning licenses
gets little fish or game for restocking
from the Fish and Game Commission
The organization of the Rock Fish club
in Riverside, with the above object al
one of its main aims, has been perfected
A law that will compel the Commission
to distribute fish and game for restock
ing purposes in proportion to the gun
ming and fishing license fees collected
from the respective counties is to b
pushed. b. C. Doyle is president of tn,
new club and other officers are John AL
fred, secretary, and Frank Springer
treasurer.
Union Fire Company, with eighty fiv
men and accompanied by band Q
twenty pieces, will go to Asbury Park
Thursday, 20 participate in the big fire
mems carnival, in which more than 10
companies from points in New Jersey
New York and Pennsylvania, will tax
part. This is firemen's week at Asbur
Park, and there will be hose-laying cor