The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-03-10
New Advertisements.
LOCAL NEWS.

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Rev. James Stoddard preached at IL
noon service in Christ Church, Philade
phia, Saturday.
F. E. Embree, manager of the Fla
mers' Exchange, returned on Frida
from trip to Maine for seed potatoes.
The euchre and dance that was to hay
been given by Rancocas Grange o
March has been postponed until Marc
IA.
Charles II. Warner has purchased froI
Samuel A. Atkinson the property NJ
IL Paxson street, formerly owned an
occupied by A. Elwell Gaskill.
DIR. r. S. Clarke has bought a sixty
foot lot, on Main street, above the mount
from John B. Davis, through the agenc
of A. A. Anderson, real estate dealer.
The Jury Commissioners have decides
not to employ clerk, feeling that tn
duties are not so hard but they can pei
form them without going to the expens
of additional aid.
A large gang of wiremen, collecte'
from southern states, was brought t.
this section yesterday to repair the dam
age done by the storm to the lines OF thu
Bell Telephone Company.
A bull dog belonging to Harry Kempte
of Mill street, died one day last weel
of old age. He was brother to doc,
Barclay Aliens dog that was killed by
an automobile two weeks ago.
The senior class of the Mount Holly
high school will conduct bazaar at the
high school on March q, from 2 until
in the afternoon and from to 8 in the
evening. Admission cents.
At the Methodist parsonage on Wed
nesday evening occurred the marriage OF
both of Mount Holly. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Thomas J. j.
Wright.
The following unclaimed letters re-
main in the post Office for the week end
ing March Z: NJ. r. Bowker, S. Stone
hill, Miss Frances f. Brown, Mrs. H. b.
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Sharp, Miss
Miriam Shiffert
The next meeting of the Burlington
County Federation of Patriotic Frater-
mites will be held at Bordentown on
Wednesday, March IL, at which time it
is expected that eight new orders will
join. There will first be an open meet
ing of about half hour for the purpose
of explaining the purposes of the FEEDER
alton to all interested, after which the
regular session will be held.
1t has been learned that shade tree
commissions appointed in townships are
illegal and consequently without any
power. The shade tree act was passed
in 1898. When the amended township
act became law in 1899 it repealed the
shade tree act so far as townships are
concerned. A supplement to the act, to
re-establish the tree commissioners, in
townships, has been placed in the hands
of Senator White for action by the
legislature.
A pair of horses belonging to Captain
Elton A. Smith were drowned in the
Rancocas creek at Smithville on Thurs
day. The team had been carting snow
from around the Smith property and
was dumping it into the creek. When
the wagon was being backed down to the
creek to unload, the horses could not
hold it, and wagon and horses went into
the water. The driver, Albert Cramer,
jumped off just before the wagon got
into the water.
jag lists" are being established by
many hotel keepers in the county, as a
result of the revocation of the two hotel
licenses at Moorestown. In those cases
it was demonstrated that the law had
been violated by the sale of liquor to
men of confirmed incorporate habits,
which was probably the chief reason
why the licenses were discontinued.
Hereafter it will be quite difficult for
habitual drunkards to obtain liquor at
many of the hotels.
A plan of the Public Service Railway
Company to pay for 80 new cars by the
issuance of a purchase money mortgage
for 100000 has failed to receive the APP
proval of the Board of Public Utility
Commissioners. The conclusion was
based upon the ground that the pro-
posed issue would not constitute in real
ity purchase money. mortgage, and
that the holders of the bonds should not
be permitted to acquire right to which
they are not properly entitled.
Next Sunday the pulpit of the Mount
Holly M. f. church will be occupied in
the morning by Rev. T. Alexander
Cairns, who will speak on the most Vita
question of the day, 1.-THE Liquor Traffic
It's Curse and Cure Mr.. Cairns is q
forceful speaker and an orator of rare
ability. In the evening Rev. William
J. Morgan will preach. The pastor, Rev
II. ]. j. Wright, will be at the annua
New Jersey Methodist Episcopal confer
ence, which opened its sessions at Asbur,
Park to-day.
Several residents about town failed t
clean their sidewalks after the heav,
snow storm of last week. During tn
thaw these foot-made paths were in sucl
an awful condition that passage wa
impossible for those wearing over shoes
The law that was in effect several year
ago provided that all property owner
and residents should clear their side
walks of snow for the use of the publ
or be fined for violating the law. An ez
cuse would have been impossible las
week had this law been in effect, as
large number of snow shovelers WEI
ready to offer their services.
1t is advisable that all persons DO
their drinking water and avoid typhoi
fever. An epidemic may possibly occr
if caution is not taken. With the thav
ing of the snow, stagnated water and tn
refuse of unsanitary places may fin
their way into your well; hydrant wat,
must not be overlooked as it is pumpe
from the creek into the reservoir whe
it passes into the mains for the town
supply. The reservoir is open at the to
and the snow which has fallen into
may have contained some kind of gerI
which may probably find their way in
your system through your neglect to he
the Warming and boil your drinking watt
Tins cans and other receptacles that he