The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-01
The Second Moorestown License,


The application of Henry Barry I
! license to keep a hotel at Moorestov
s was taken up Wednesday morning b
! fore Judge Lippincott. Former Senat,
! Avis and John McMullen Representa-
' the remonstrants. James Mercer Dav
3 and Francis J. Smith appeared for tt
applicant.
: Charles B. Reynolds was the first wi
ness. He lives at Camden, having bee
there since April l. He signed the al
plication for license. At the the time b
attached his name to the paper he live
at Moorestown and owns real estate there
He felt there is need for Barry's hote
: where he could get accommodations fc
himself and horses. He admitted tina
Halleran's hotel is in existence but
thought Barry's place just as necessary
Louis Wiegand, another signer t
Barry's application, has owned propert,
in Moorestown for three years. III
thought two licensed places necessary a
there had always been two there, ant
Barry's is good, handy place. He dit
not know of any teams or persons &C
commodated at Barry's that could no
be accommodated at Halleran's.
f. w. Tippenhauer was asked if h
owned real estate at Moorestown. HI,
replied in the affirmative. He is anothe
signer of the application. His reason TO
signing was that he thought anothe
hotel in Moorestown necessary. He il
in business and rents property from
Barry.
Michael Downs, Jr., lives on Church
street, where he owns property. Barry
ought to have license because people
stop there for accommodations for them
selves and their teams. The fact that
there had always been hotel at that
place had actuated him in signing the
duplication.
Dennis Ryan, who lives between
Masonville and Bridgeboro, thought the
hotel a necessity because it had always
been licensed. Every Sunday and four
nights in the month he put his horse
under the sheds. He almost always
found other teams there, and sometimes
there was not sufficient room for all OF
them. In his opinion one hotel was not
enough to accommodate the travelling
public.
James Morrison, Maple Shade resi-
dent, has owned property for four years.
He believed in general license and that
one hotel was not enough for Moores-
town. He had heard that there was to
be an application for a hotel at Maple
Shade, but he would be opposed to that
as it would be too far away from police
protection. He launched into long
speech in which he contrasted conditions
between Moorestown, Camden and Phila-
delphia.
Patrick Matthews did not think one
hotel could accommodate the travelling
public.
John Albright knows Barry by sight
but meyer spoke to him. He signed the
application on request of Barry's son.
George Doppler signed the application
at the request Of Mr.. Barry. He thought
another hotel very necessary, basing his
opinion on the number of teams and
people he had seen stop at Barry's. He
could not specify any particular cases.
Joseph w. liver owns a small farm of
% acres. He guessed the deed was in
the name Of himself and wife, but did
not know anything about it. He sup
posed the deed was at home. He did
not know.
Z. q. Baker owns ten-acre farm on
the New Albany road One hotel is not
enough for Moorestowp. During the last
year witness had seen the sheds at both
hotels full so that teams had to stand
along the streets. He signed the appli-
cation at Mr.. Barry's request.
George Stalsimer's father died in March
and was buried on the 9th Of that month.
Witness became owner of the property
by the death of the father. The latter's
will was probated in Philadelphia, and
the property in Moorestown was left to
the mother. 1t was to be left to the son,
who had put the money in it, but the
father died before the transfer was made.
G. d. Bartolo is the owner of property
in Chester,
James A. Logan thinks town is dead
without license and one is not enough
for Moorestown. He cited the fact that
Haddonfield had gone back since licenses
were taken from it and he did not think
it would take long for Moorestown to
get in the same rut.
Rev. j. d. Hilton, pastor of the Baptist
church, lives near the hotel. He was a
witness for the remonstrants last year.
After supper on the evening the license
was refused he went to barber shop
and was compelled to pass Barry's hotel.
On the way he met William b. Lippin-
colt very close to the hotel They had
conversation, during which time Barry
came out of the hotel. Lippincott said,
"Mr. Barry, things seem quiet tonight.
Barry said, ut ought to be quiet, you
At first Barry's remarks were addressed
almost exclusively to Lippincott, telling
the latter he was no good to the town,
would soon be dead and would soon be
forgotten. After making some remarks
about the Quakers, who came to the
town to sleep only, and were of no ac-
count to the town he turned his talk
to the witness, referring to him as a
minister attending to business that
was not his own. The conversation at
tracted large crowd, numbering nearly
200. The witness was about to leave
when Barry said: g you, Mr..
preacher, come back, am not done with
YOU" He then said Mr.. Hilton had
studied law and could not make q living
and took up preaching. Barry said he
had always made living selling rum
and intended to continue to do SO. He
said Mr.. Hilton should be tarred and
feathered~ and lynched. Some one said
he had one Of the articles-the tar, the
rope or the feathers-and Barry said he
would supply one of them. Mr.. Hilton
tried three times to leave and Barry
called him back. Barry referred to
Judge Horner as a G thief and
a - crook" Witness made notes
of the affair the next day.
Harry Smith, who lives at Moores
town, was about 100 yards from Barry's
on the evening spoken of by Mr.. Hill
ton. Witness went on toward the hote