The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
LOCAL NEWS.

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Thursday will be strawriders' night
Rancocas Park.
Joseph Perinchief left the hospital {
Saturday. where he was operated on +
appendicitis few weeks ago.
Rev. Joseph L. Surtees will entertai
the Ushers' Union of the M. E. churc
at the parsonage this evening.
The Cole automobile owned by Mr.
A. l.. Sailer, was sold by A. A. Ande
SON, on Thursday, to Morris K. Peril
chief.
The monthly meeting of the Ladie
Aid of the G. A. r. will be held in I'll
Post room this evening. A full attend
ance is desired.
At the recent suffragist picnic in th
court house yard, the sum of $3.50 wa
raised for campaign purposes, instea
Of SIS, as stated last week.
Camp So, P. o. of A., will have dons
ton party tomorrow "wednesday even
ing, to which members of Camp II, T
o. 8. of A.. are cordially invited.
George H. Carpenter and Ella Ma,
Nutter, both Of Mount Holly, wer
married at the Presbyterian manse b,
Rev. Frank Wilcox, on Wednesda!
evening.
The unclaimed letters that remain il
the post Office for the week ending July
"a, are as follows: Miss Emma Oliver
Joseph Fairbrother, Robert R. Bould
Mrs. w. C. Lieb, Miss Mary Braislin.
Robert Samuels, while blowing field
near Maple Shade, found demiiohn Of
whisky, apparently there for number
of years. How it came there is subject
for neighborhood gossip, as Mr.. Samuels
il Prohibitionist.
1t is reported that the anti-suffragists
are to have speakers visit New Jersey
and tell the people that by no means
are all the women in favor of having the
right to vote; in fact they claim that a
majority are opposed to the principle.
Ellis Wills and brothers, on Samuel
8. Tricks farm, near Vincentown,
threshed 81 acres of rye which turned
out 2e54 bushels Of grain and "a, 800 Id.
Of straw, an average of 893 bushels OF
rye. and 5,Os4 Id. straw per acre. This
is considered to be remarkable yield.
The county officials have challenged
members OF Mount Holly Lodge of EIks
to game of base ball, and the challege
has been accepted. 1t will take place on
August 18th, and it is expected that it
will be some game, as the veteran ball
tossers on each side are preparing for the
event.
Mrs. Ants Robbins, who had been ill
and confined to her bed for two weeks,
died on Friday at the home of her son,
Shreve Robbins. ON Cherry street, aged
"a years. 1t was Mrs. Robbins hobby
TO piece and complete two bed quilts
every year. Mrs. Robbins was an old
subscriber of THE News.
The Greenwald property, corner High
and Water streets, was sold at Sheriff's
sale, on Thursday, for $4,325, to the
South Jersey Tobacco Company, which
will occupy the building after alterations
and repairs have been made. The Acme
grocery store, now located there, will be
removed to Bowen's storeroom, next
door.
Charles Davenport, while chopping
down trees near Birmingham, last week,
was caught under the limbs of big oak
and had an arm and rib broken. He
was held fast nearly three hours, when
his wife wondering why he did not come
home for lunch, went to the woods and
found him. Under his direction she cut
away the part of the tree that held him.
While crossing the Pine street railroad
tracks on Friday, a wheel came off a
carriage, in which was Mrs. Wilson,
Mrs. Pew and small child, who live
In the country, and the wagon was
stalled on the tracks. With the assist
ance Of several residents of that neigh
borhood the horse and wagon were re-
moved from the tracks just in time to
prevent an accident, as a train was APP
preaching.
Stanley Nippins, who underwent a
surgical operation for internal trouble
several weeks ago, at Philadelphia hos
pital. and which proved successful, re-
turned to the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank P. Nippins, on Cherry
street, Saturday. Mr.. Nippins is employ
ed at the Baldwin locomotive works,
Philadelphia.
A valuable young bird dog belonging
to Henry Macdonald showed signs of
being mad, on Saturday, on Washing
ton street. 1t frothed at the mouth,
made queer noises, and gave other evil
dence of having rabies. Safety first +,
said Mr.. Nc Donald; lit wont do to take
any chances of having some one bitten, :"
20 he secured rope, lassoed the animal
after an exciting chase, and killed the
dog without delay.
The Wedding of Rev. James H. Terry,
pastor of the Baptist Church, and Miss
Edith NJ West, of Chester, Pa, took
place on Tuesday at the home of the
brides aunts. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. B. D. Steele, pastor of
the Upland Baptist Church. Upon
their return to Mount Holly Rev. and
Mrs. Terry will occupy the recently-pur-
chosed parsonage next to the Baptist
Church on Carmen street.
Governor Fielder, on Tuesday, signed
an order granting to Edgar c. Murphy,
of Burlington county. slayer of Herman
Fisher, reprieye until October Is
Murphy was to have been electrocuted
the week of August 9. The reprieve was
granted for the purpose OF giving
Murphy s counsel an opportunity to bring
before the court of pardons at its Sep
TENDER meeting an application for COM
mutation of Murphy's death sentences
to life imprisonment. this application tt
be founded on the alleged derangec
mentality of Murphy.
The religious meeting at the fountain
Saturday evenings, under the direction
of Rev. Joseph l.. Surtees, is becoming
quite popular and very interesting, a
. large number of people gather there
hear the addresses. The speaking i
done by Mr.. Surtees and men OF tn
town. Last Saturday night Rev. Fran
Willcock was present and delivered a