The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-14
New Advertisements.
LOCAL NEWS.

Will ypuoiu lever.
August ID has been fixed as the dat
for the annual Mount Holly merchants
picnic at Rancocas Park.
Washington Camp No. 1856, P. o. S. o
A., was organized at Marlton, last week
with 81 charter members.
The knights of Pythias lodges of thu
county will hold their annual picnic a
Rancocas Park next Saturday.
On Saturday game warden Morton
liberated 50 pheasants, the majority o
them being placed in the neighborhooe
of Crosswicks.
The circulating library will close mex
Saturday and will reopen on third o.
August Extra books may be taken gu,
on Saturday.
The Baptist Sunday School picnic will
be held at Rancocas Park. Thursday
July 18th. Cars will leave Garden
street at 9 o'clock.
Rev. William ]. Morgan, of Mount
Holly, has accepted a call to become
pastor of Grocer Memorial Baptist
church, Colwyn, Pa. He entered upon
his duties there on Sunday.
Juliustown will have its second annual
homecoming day on July Both. A
band has been engaged to supply the
music for citizens parade that is to be
one of the features of the day.
The Methodist Sunday school picnic
was held at Rancocas Park on Thursday
last. 1t was an enjoyable affair and was
the largest attended picnic that the
school has held for number of years.
The Grand Army "boys" had day of
real pleasure on Wednesday when they
went on their annual outing to the pines
after huckleberries. They report that
they gathered about two bushels of the
berries and had good time.
Theodore Hetzler, of New York, and
Miss M Regis Smith, of Smithville, who
were married on Monday night of last
week, sailed from New York on Tuesday
on a wedding tour to Europe. Upon
their return they will reside in New York
city.
Merritt E. Std was rendered uncon-
scious, had rib broken and was other
wise injured, at Wrightstown, last week,
by being thrown from wagon by mis-
horse running away. He was standing
in the wagon, unloading milk, when the
horse became frightened and ran away.
Two properties were offered at public
sale, last week, but were not sold. The
house and lot of b. III. Jones, on Mill
street, was put up on Thursday, and was
withdrawn on a bid of $1,000. On Sat
urday, Harry Claypooe offered his house
and lot on Pine street. The highest bid
was 81, $50, and it was withdrawn.
A union camp meeting in charge of
Bethel A. M. E. Church, of the Trenton
district, will begin in Parrys woods,
Hainesport, next Sunday, and continue
every Sunday afternoon and evening
and every Tuesday and Thursday even
ing until August 80. A large number
of clergymen have accepted invitations
to officiate.
The body of a man found drowned in
Crosswicks creek, recently, was taken to
Trenton and buried in potter's field
there. The authorities identified it as
being John Hess. On Thursday the
coroner's Office at Trenton received a
telephone message from Hess, who stated
that he was very much alive. He is a
farm hand at Recklesstown.
A large auto tank truck belonging to
the Gulf Refining Company was de
stroyed by fire on a road near Cross
wicks. The tanks contained nearly
thousand gallons of kerosene and gaso-
lene. The loss is about Sc, 900. Back fire
is supposed to have set fire to gasolene
that is presumed to have escaped from a
small leak in supply pipe.
The government crop report, dated
July l, estimates New Jersey prospects
as follows: Corn about same as average
for past five years; wheat, about 15es be-
low average for five years; oats and rye,
normal; potatoes, about IL below past
five-year average; hay, 1917 below aver
age for six years; tomatoes, so below
past eight-year average; peaches. 2i99S
above ten-year average; apples 179S above
ten-year average.
The Burlington County Fire Insur-
ance Association has been compelled to
call for an assessment from its members.
This is the first time in 81 years that
such a course has been necessary and
within few years passed the Associa-
has been able to pay dividends ranging
from three to twenty-five per cent
During the past ten years the losses that
the Association has been compelled to
adjust have aggregated 800, 000-an
average of $4,000 per year.
AS a result of the annual salary revis-
ion, based on the business done by post
offices, the salaries of the following post
masters in Burlington county have been
increased: Beverly, $500 to $500;
Browns Mills, 81, 900 to 81, 500; Delanco,
raised from fourth to third class, salary,
1000; Florence, 81 300 to 81, 400; Moores-
town, 81, 400 to 50, 500; Pemberton, 81, 100
to $1,000; Riverton, 5000 to s., 200;
Roebling, 81, 500 to $1,000. Medford was
decreased from 1,5OO to 81 200, and
Smithville from 81 500 to 81, 100.
Some time since Pocahontas fife and
drum corps, of Mount Holly, paid 8
visit to the fife and drum corps of Hope
Fire Company, of Burlington. Friday
evening the latter paid return visit tt
the Mount Holly corps and was enter
tanned in a tent on a lot on Pine Street
Luncheon was served and the visitor,
left town on a late trolley. The repor
that this was function of Relief Fir,
Company was not correct. The mem
bers of the fife and drum corps are con
nected with the fire company and us,
the room of the latter for practice, blu
the reception referred to was not on tn
fire company's property, nor was tn
latter in any way concerned in it.
Miss Maze r. Callahan, of Montours
vile, Pa, was elected by the Board G
Education last week as teacher in tn
high school. She is a graduate of Buck
nell University, and succeeds Miss Etht
Nj. Burr in the department OF English
The faculty for the ensuing school yea
will now comprise the Misses Mildred II