The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
LOCAL NEWS.

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Howard M. Eldridge ran up froI
Beach Haven, yesterday, to look at n
Mount Holly friends.
The wholesale price of milk for JAM
airy has been fixed at five cents a quar-
by the Interstate Milk Producers Ass'
citation.
Mrs. Mary B. Borden has purchase
from Mrs. Edward B. Jones the hous
No. Ii Brainard street. She will occup
it in the spring.
George Witcraft, of Vincentown, wa
arrested, on Friday, and committed
jail, without bail, on a charge of rape o.
Anna Webb, aged ID years.
The sheriff's sale Of the Burlington
Auditorium property. adjourned las
Thursday for one week, has been ad
journed an additional week.
Kirby's Mill, near Medford, was broker
into on Sunday evening. The thieve
had a horse and open wagon and they
loaded up several bags Of flour.
Harvey E. Lippincott has bought ant
will occupy the William G.. Cook house
on Garden street. The sale was mad
by A. A. Anderson. real estate dealer.
Revival meetings are being held in thu
Baptist church every evening, at las
until January oath. Preaching by Rev
James H. Terry. Gospel in song by
Tuttle Walker.
Francis Tracy Tobin, who appeared
before Judge Carlow. Thursday, to ans
wer to charges on which he was arrested
on a capias, was given an additional ten
days in which to prepare his case.
Several oil the officers of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows will visit Mount
Holly and Unity Lodge on Wednesday
evening Of next week, at which time the
district deputy will install the officers
elect.
]. Edgar Evan and wife, of Chicago,
are visiting Mr.. Evans parents in
Mount Holly. William s. Sharp and
Carl Evan, two Mount Holly young
men, are now employed in that city,
both having good positions.
There will be a special meeting of
Good Intent Fire company on Monday
evening, January i1S, at 7.30 p. M, to
discuss the proposition of purchasing
new apparatus. All members are re-
quested to attend this meeting.
Owing to the fact that many people
seem to think the ordinance requiring
snow to be removed from sidewalks
within a specified time is a dead-letter
the Township Committee has decided to
take steps that will PROVE otherwise.
The Mount Holly office of the Adams
Express Company reports that its De-
cember, 1914, business, exceeded that OF
the same month in 1913 by $3.50 and also
was about a like amoun greater than in
December, 1912, which is very gratifying
to the company.
Harvey A. Bates. a Mount Holly job
printer, brought suit against Joseph
Morris, of Trenton, OF Wednesday.
Bates claimed to have sold Morris $500
calendars, but the latter said he only re-
ceived $50. The amount sued for was
sos. but Judgement was rendered for
$1,000.
The FOWL line" on the Pennsylvania
railroad. which, in the last change of the
timetable, was put down to leave Phila
delphia at 11.20 pAhas been restored to
it's original time Of 11.50. This allows
theatre goers more time and does moi ne
cessitate their feeling uneasy over the
prospsct of having to miss part of show.
A fellow applied at a store, last week,
for two cents to add to three already in
his possession, that he might go to a
bakery and get something to eat. He
was told TO find a policeman who would
give him a place to sleep and something
to eat. mot much" he said, 81 can
get the place to sleep but they do not
hand out meals" Policeman Curtis
says this fellow was evidently one OF the
1869 who were kept over night at the
town lookup last year.
A lad named Levi Stidfole was caught
stealing coal from the Pennsylvania rail
road, on Tuesday night. The boy first
went to the house of Detective Parker
and borrowed a wheelbarrow. Then he
went to the yard and got the coal and as
he came out under the strong electric
light lone of the new ones that happened
to be working) policeman Hall saw the
boy and nabbed him. The fact that he
had Detective Parker's wheelbarrow did
not permit the lad to claim any abb.
He was put under bail for his appear
ance at court.
In a basket ball game between Mount
Holly and Moorestown Y. M. C. A. on
Thursday night, the latter wa de-
feated by the score of % to 20. There
will be another game with Moorestown
on the 18th of this month at Moorestown.
The players are as follows-Mount Holly:
Elbertson forward; Linton. guard; Nc
Kelvey, forward; Brown, guard; Wolf
ner, guard; Wright, centre-Moorestown
Lowden forward; Haines forward; Alder
shaw guard; Potts guard; French centre.
referee Howard Harris, Timekeeper
John Whitman.
Mount Holly fremen seem to have
the spirit of improving the service for
the benefit Of the public. America Hose
company will purchase an autotruck,
and Good Intent Engine Company is
considering the purchase ofan automobile
chemical wagon that will carry 1000 feet
of hose, have a 35-gallon chemical tank
and two hand chemical extinguishers
When this idea is carried out the tow
will have two steam engines, four or iv,
hose carts, two chemical engines and
host of good men to fight the fires
Union company is considering convert
ing its chemical engine into an aut
machine. With all these advantage
fire wouldsseem to have a poor chance il
Mount Holly. Good Intent hopes t
to get its new apparatus installed befor
Chief Sapp, who is q member of tina
company, goes out of office, that he ma
share in the glory OF the new innovation
When the grand jury visited the ia
after finishing the work of considerin
complaints the members were surprise
to find al aged man who had been con
mitted by Justice of the Peace Hancocl
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