The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-09-26
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.
A new tile roof is being placed on the
porch of the Methodist parsonage.

farm demonstration George L. Reld,
Tuesday.
Mount Holly Lodge of Moose W
hold social session on Tuesday nigl
October 10th.
Grandstand and season tickets
the Mount Holly Fair are now on Sc
at Dubell's drug store.
Beginning Monday next, the circ
lating library will be open in the aft'
noon, from until o'clock.
The property Nos. % and 25 Garde
street, belonging to Frank Wright, hi
been sold to Harry Hawkins, Sr.
The visiting nurse reports havin
made sixty visits to fourteen patient
and twenty-eight social calls durin
ing August.
The Josiah Engle property on Cherr
street is now occupied by George +
King and family, who moved from
Rutland avenue.
j. Harold Worrell, of Collingswood
is at the home of his father, William
w. Worrell, in Mount Holly, i'll witt
nervous indigestion.
The West End hotel property a
Moorestown was sold at sheriff's sale,
on Thursday, to Blanchard H. White
on his bid of $4,000.
John Eclxman, of Mount Holly EN-
ployed by the Pennsylvania railroad
as section hand, had foot mashed
on Friday morning.
Frank Mcfarland, of Mill street, had
deep cash cut in his left leg below
the knee while cutting corn, on Satur-
day, when his stalk-knife slipped.
Frank L. Pratt, Jr., left for Upland,
Indiana, yesterday, where he will re-
enter Taylor University to continue
his study for equipment for religious
work.
Letters for s. III. Room, Henry Miller,
Claude Thompson, Mrs. f. Heck,
Chas. H. Garker, Mrs. Sadie Byrd and
Mamie Becker remain unclaimed in
the post Office.
Robert Farr, aged Is years, was ar
rested by Constable Armstrong and
given hearing before justice of the
peace Throckmorton, Saturday even
ing, on charge of stealing truck from
the garden of Charles H. Moore. Farr
was released on bail.
A son of Edward Davis, of Wrights-
town, was severely injured Sunday.
He was crossing the road when
motorcycle came along and knocked
tho boy down, breaking his leg. The
injured lad is ten years of age and is
slightly deaf, so he did not hear the
motorcycle approaching.
Some boys made raid on the water
melon patch of Thomas L. Alcott, on
Arnold avenue, one day last week and
stole and mashed all his fine melons.
1t was one of the finest looking patches
in this vicinity, but the boys put
crimpin its looks. They should be ar
rested and punished for this act.
George ID. Worrell has rented a por-
ton of his building on Mill street to
Cooper Smith, who has been conduct
ing store and shirt waist factory in
the former Burtis building on the same
street. After alterations are completed
to the Worrell property it will be used
by the shirt waist factory.
Large farming areas of Burlington
county will be added to the protected
fire zone as result OF the decision of
firemen of Medford and Vincentown to
motorize their apparatus. Each de-
partment has purchased a speedy
chassis, upon which equip ment Of
hose and chemical tanks will be
mounted.
Sportsmen of the county are consid-
ering plan for the operating of a rab-
bit farm on which game could be prop
agated for the restocking of county
cunning grounds. The scheme has
been placed in the hands of a commit
tee of the county Game Protective
League, which will report at the next
meeting of that organization.
William, son of Joseph Horner, of
near Tabernacle, who died last week,
was buried on Sunday. The boy had
been afflicted ever since birth. He had
Ilo 10 fNlly
walk, and was unable to eat except to
take milk from bottle. In that con
dition he lived to be 8 years old. He
grew normally and was the size of the
average boy of that age.
Every one interested in the young
girls of Burlington county is requested
to attend meeting to be held in the
Baptist church at Marlton, on Satur
day afternoon, September 80, at three
o'clock. Miss Anna NJ. Clark, national
county organizer for the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association, will lead
a round table conference, when the
subject of organizing Y. w. c. A.
work in Burlington county will be dis
cussed.
The Board of Health of Northamp-
ton township held a meeting with the
directors of the Burlington County
Fair Association on Friday, and dis
cussed the subject of lifting the quar-
antine so that children might attend
the fair. 1t was finally decided that
all children presenting permits from
any township should be admitted
The action of the local Board of
Health is in accordance with advice
received from the State Board of
Health.
This is the time OF year when out
breaks of hog cholera may be expected.
1t is possible to prevent hogs from be-
ing attacked by the disease if they are
treated with a serum before being
taken sick. In case one or two hogs in
drove contract cholera the Others can
be saved if treated in time. Any
farmers having sick hogs are requested
to communicate with County Demon
strator Reid at once. The process o.
immunizing hogs has been perfected tt
ksuch degree that 95 per cent. of hog:
which have been treated with the serum
escape cholera.
A case of infantile paralysis is re
ported at Pointville and another a
Browns Mills. In connection with thi
disease and the issuance of health cel
tificates yequote from an item in Sur